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"Nobody expects new surgeons to be any good. It wasn't until my fortieth or fiftieth bypass surgery that I started feel like I knew what I was doing." "I wish I could go back and retry those cases from my first year. If I knew then what I know now, they'd never have been convicted." "Look, every rookie shoots an innocent bystander by mistake or arrests the wrong guy. That doesn't make you a bad cop. Your first year on the job is all about learning from your mistakes."
"Nobody expects new surgeons to be any good. It wasn't until my fortieth or fiftieth bypass surgery that I started feel like I knew what I was doing."
"I wish I could go back and retry those cases from my first year. If I knew then what I know now, they'd never have been convicted."
"Look, every rookie shoots an innocent bystander by mistake or arrests the wrong guy. That doesn't make you a bad cop. Your first year on the job is all about learning from your mistakes."
Odds are pretty good that you've never heard anything like the three statements above. Hopefully you never will. But ask a teacher about his or her first year in the classroom and you'll hear, either with a smile or a shudder, how "nothing prepared me for my first year as a teacher."
Funny thing, if you think about it. Other fields rarely send unprepared recruits off to their first jobs. In education, we not only expect it, but we seem proud of it. You haven't earned your stripes as a teacher until you've earned your scars. I've said it myself to grad students and new teachers, thinking I was giving sage advice and comfort: "Your first year in the classroom is about moving from unconscious incompetence—not knowing what you don't know—to conscious incompetence—knowing what you don't know and need to improve."
I wonder how many unconsciously incompetent...
VOUCHERS FOR SPECIAL-NEEDS STUDENTSMayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to make it easier for New York students with special needs to receive private-school vouchers. A bill in the State Assembly to force the Big Apple to do so was stopped when de Blasio promised to make the changes himself. (New York Times) LOW-INCOME, BRIGHT KIDSA new program called College Match guides high-flying, low-income kids to top universities. (Hechinger Report) TEACHER TENURENext month, a lawsuit in New York will aim at teacher tenure and dismissal in a manner similar to the recent Vergara case in California. (Teacher Beat) COMMON CORE IN LOUISIANAThe Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education called a special meeting to discuss Governor Bobby Jindal's recent efforts to block Common Core–aligned state tests. (Times-Picayune) FORDHAM IN THE NEWSYahoo: "Fordham Institute Correct in Suggesting Schools Seek Talent Outside Education Field"Real Clear Politics: "Common Core Panelists Rue Politics' Toll on Reform"...
The Education Department has been slowly gathering itself together over the past decade to review states' mandatory annual IDEA "performance plans" on the basis of student outcomes, in addition to bureaucratic compliance with sundry procedural and data-reporting requirements.
In giving feedback to the states a year ago, for example, Melody Musgrove (who directs the Office of Special Education Programs at ED) forewarned chiefs that ED was redesigning their monitoring system into "a more balanced approach that considers results as well as compliance."'
Yesterday, they made considerable news by basing their latest round of feedback on criteria that include how a state's disabled students fare on NAEP and the size of achievement gaps that separate those pupils from "all children on regular statewide assessments." Further changes are promised for subsequent years, including student-growth data based on statewide assessments. Also promised is a reduction in compliance-style reporting and data burdens.
Based on this analysis, the feds then sort states into three buckets labeled "meets requirements," "needs assistance," and "needs intervention." And the inclusion of outcomes data really does turn out to make a difference. Whereas in previous years almost every state and territory (forty-one last year, to be specific) fell into the first bucket, this year just eighteen do. (There's a fourth bucket entitled "needs substantial intervention," but at present, no state has been placed there.)
Among the many "sinkers": Ohio, which went from bucket 1 to bucket 2, and Delaware, which declined from 2 to 3....
Yes, everybody understands that "school leaders matter," a truism now morphing into a cliché that trips easily from the tongue but typically fails to cause movement anywhere in the worlds of education policy and practice.
As a result, far too many U.S. schools lack the leaders that they need. Far too many principals lack the wherewithal—authority, resources, capacity, etc.—to lead effectively. And far too many school systems, especially urban districts with the most urgent need for dynamic competence in this crucial role, haven't yet figured out the best way to find the strongest candidates in the land and induce them to move into the principal's office.
This is scarcely a new problem. Indeed, it's been so much discussed and fussed about that people may be wearying of it—or possibly have come to believe that surely it's been solved by now.
Yet urgent leadership-related changes haven't yet been made in American public education, or have been gingerly tried in just a handful of places. Most states still expect principals to possess a traditional administrative certificate, at least for those running district schools, and most of those certificates are still awarded primarily through completion of traditional "ed leadership" programs via graduate degrees in conventional education schools. Nor has the compensation of school principals much improved; indeed, the annual average salary difference in 2011–12 between what veteran high-school teachers (eleven to twenty years) and their principals get paid was roughly $40,000. In the District of Columbia, top teachers earn as...
FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF SPECIAL EDThe Education Department's new standards for judging whether states and territories comply with federal disability law include a comparison of special-needs students' test scores with their non-special-needs peers. The number of jurisdictions in compliance has hence gone from thirty-eight to fifteen. (New York Times, Washington Post, NPR) HIGHER ED PREPS FOR COMMON COREUniversity professors are planning shifts to accommodate students who have been taught a Common Core–aligned K–12 education. (Hechinger Report) SCHOOL DISCIPLINENPR delves into several approaches to ending the "school-to-prison pipeline." (NPR) IS COLLEGE WORTH IT?A study finds that even as the cost of attending college skyrockets, a college degree is worth it—but a four-year degree doesn't seem to add much more value than a two-year degree. (Wall Street Journal) FORDHAM IN THE NEWSDaily Caller: "Report: To Improve Schools, Pay Principals $100,000"Daily Caller: "Hawaii Teachers Expect Common Core Test Score Implosion"...
School leaders matter enormously. But are districts doing enough to ensure that the best possible candidates end up in these positions? That's what Fordham examines In Lacking Leaders: The Challenges of Principal Recruitment, Selection, and Placement.
Our primary finding: the practices by which school principals are selected—even in pioneering districts—continue to fall short, causing needy schools to lose out on leaders with the potential to be great. Yet better hiring practices are only part of the solution. Districts must also re-imagine the principal's role so that it is a job that talented leaders want, are equipped and empowered to execute successfully, and are suitably compensated.
Among the lessons districts and policymakers should heed are the following:
Make the job more appealing—and manageable
TEACHER PAYA new Vanderbilt working paper finds that top Tennessee teachers are more likely to continue working in low-achieving schools when given a substantial pay increase. (Teacher Beat) PRESCRIPTION: VOCABULARY BUILDINGUnder a new policy instituted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, pediatricians will tell parents to read aloud to their infants from birth—with the hope that doing so will help reduce the education gaps between high- and low-income kids as well as racial groups. (New York Times) CHARTER ACCOUNTABILITYAn investigation by the Detroit Free Press finds that Michigan's charters, while costing taxpayers a hefty sum, are not adequately held accountable for spending, nepotism, and poor academic performance—though the paper concedes there are also high-performing, innovative charters. (Detroit Free Press) GRADUATION RATESNew York's high school graduation rates are slightly up from 2013, but ELL students continue to struggle. (Wall Street Journal) GIRLS IN TECHNOLOGYGoogle has launched and put $50 million toward Made With Code, an effort to close the gender gap in computer coding. (Curriculum Matters) FORDHAM IN THE NEWSAtlantic: "Should We Be Treating Principals Like CEOs?"Education Writers Association: "Report: Want Better Schools? Hire Better Principals"Charlotte Observer: "Study: Get more creative in recruiting principals"...
VOUCHER EXPANSIONGovernor Rick Scott signed a bill expanding Florida's tax-credit scholarship program. (Pensacola News Journal) TEACHER QUALITYSome teachers are looking for ways to improve the quality of those within their profession, because "if a union makes collective demands, it also has to promote collective quality." (Washington Post) PUTTING ADULTS' INTERESTS OVER KIDS'The New America Foundation's Anne Hyslop argues that dropping the Common Core in Louisiana without a policy alternative is reckless and could "quickly wreck years of careful planning and hard work to improve student outcomes across the Pelican State. And that would be a very high price to pay just to make a political statement." (Real Clear Education) PHILLY SCHOOLSThe Philadelphia City Council will borrow $30 million to help plug the public school district's funding gap, while it seeks more funding from state lawmakers. (Associated Press) VALUE-ADDED PAUSED.C. has paused its use of the value-added algorithm in teacher evaluations for the 2014–15 year, in order to smooth the district's transition to Common Core–aligned tests. (Teacher Beat) SPECIAL ED IN CHARTER SCHOOLSA new CRPE study finds that "counseling out" does not explain why Denver's charter schools have fewer special-education students than their traditional public school counterparts. (Charters & Choice) ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERSFlorida has adopted a new set of English-language proficiency standards. (Learning the Language) FORDHAM IN THE NEWSU.S. News: "Climate...
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Throughout this series, I've complained about the relative paucity of streaming videos on human history; now it's clear that there aren't nearly enough videos on human biology, either. But we found a few, and they are fantastic, particularly the episodes from The Magic School Bus (which is making a comeback!). Enjoy—and, as always, let us know if you find some others, too.
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Why does Ralphie have a fever? Time for a field trip inside Ralphie's body to find out. But white blood cells start to attack the
Richard Whitmire is a former reporter and editorialist for USA Today,and the author of The Bee Eater (about Michelle Rhee) and Why Boys Fail. Now, in his latest book, On the Rocketship, he turns his attention to how top charter schools are pushing the envelope. Through dozens of short chapters he tells the story of the meteoric growth of the Rocketship network of charter schools, known as a leader in "blended learning," along with the trials and tribulations of other charter chains. He looks for insights into how other charter schools—and traditional public schools—can learn from their successes and failures.
On this edition of the Education Next Book Club, Richard talks with Mike Petrilli about the book, about Rocketship and other high performing charter networks, and what he learned that surprised him most.
To listen to the podcast, visit Education Next.
To watch Richard Whitmore and other charter experts discuss the future of charter schooling, attend or live-stream our Fordham LIVE! event "On the Rocketship: Expanding the high-quality charter school movement," taking place June 26 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET....


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Hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.
House Speaker John Boehner has sent out a memo to fellow House Republicans in which he updates the current situation and attempts to bathe his party's efforts in the reflected nobility of President Abraham Lincoln, the most famous Republican of all.
Boehner writes:
There should be no doubt that our purpose in calling for a balanced budget is a noble one, and the right one.
The book Congressman Lincoln by Chris DeRose, which I recently read, includes a chapter focused on Abraham Lincoln's efforts to help craft a new national agenda. At one point in the book, young Lincoln warns that government debt is "growing with a rapidity fearful to contemplate."
"[Government debt] is a system not only ruinous while it lasts, but one that must soon fail and leave us destitute," Lincoln warns his countrymen in Congressman Lincoln. "An individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds
Continue reading Speaker Boehner and the eternal wisdom of Abe Lincoln »
An angry North Korea has cut the last remaining military hotlines with South Korea, raising tensions between the countries still further.
"There do not exist any dialogue channel and communications means between (North Korea) and the U.S. and between the North and the South," the North Korean regime announced. "Not words but only arms will work on the U.S. and the South Korean puppet forces."
That came after previous statements from the North Korea military claiming that its missiles "are assigned to strike bases of the U.S. imperialist aggressor troops in the U.S. mainland and on Hawaii and Guam and other operational zones in the Pacific as well as all the enemy targets in South Korea and its vicinity."
"They should be mindful that everything will be reduced to ashes and flames the moment the first attack is unleashed."
The United States has now responded with a message of its own, announcing that it sent two nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base
Speaking in purely political terms, the best thing the Supreme Court could do for the future of the Republican Party is issue a sweeping ruling that gay marriage is a constitutionally protected right. By doing so, it would pretty much gut the issue as a point of political contention.
The worst thing the court could do to the GOP — again, politically speaking — is duck the issue and leave it for politicians to wrangle over, which is the outcome that most observers now predict.
Here's why:
Last week, Mike Huckabee was asked if the GOP could ever endorse gay marriage.
"They might," Huckabee responded. "And if they do, they're going to lose a large part of their base because evangelicals will take a walk."
He's probably right. As the latest Pew poll reports, 75 percent of white evangelicals oppose gay marriage. As Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, warned recently:
"If the RNC abandons marriage, evangelicals will either sit the elections out completely or move to
Continue reading GOP should pray it loses gay-marriage decision »
In fiscal 2013, the federal deficit is projected to be 5.5 percent of GDP, a level that according to many in Washington threatens our basic solvency and that must be addressed by any means possible, as long as "any means possible" does not include tax increases.
Meanwhile, Americans spend 17.6 percent of GDP on health care, more than three times our deficit. Much of that money is of course considered well-spent, keeping ourselves and our loved ones alive and healthy. But here's the problem:
By any measure that you care to use, U.S. health-care spending vastly outstrips those of our competitors in the industrialized world. Here's the comparative data, as compiled by a new report by the International Federation of Health Plans, a global network of health-insurance companies:
If we reduced health-care spending to the level of the average member of the 34-member Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, we would offset our deficit entirely and free up another
Continue reading Health-care costs consuming our national future »
Two stories at The Fiscal Times capture our predicament nicely.
The first, from Blaire Briody, explores the job-stealing impact of technology even in the service sector:
"MIT already has a BakeBot that can read recipes, whip together cookie dough and place it in the oven. The University of California at Berkeley has a robot that can do laundry and fold T-shirts. Robot servers have started waiting tables at restaurants in Japan, South Korea, China and Thailand – and just last week, a robot served Passover matzah to President Obama during his trip to Israel.
"Every year, machines are getting more capable of doing low-level tasks," says Professor Seth Teller, a robotics researcher at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab.
Many experts worry about what robots in the service sector could do to employment. The national unemployment rate remains at 7.7 percent — not remotely close to the 4.7 percent unemployment in 2007 before the recession. Job growth isn't
Continue reading The economic conundrum of the 21st century »
In 1994, 66 percent of Americans told Time/CNN pollsters that they did not have a close friend or family member who was gay.
Little did they know.
At the time, the closet was still a pretty crowded place. President Bill Clinton had just signed the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, instructing the Pentagon not to pursue gay military members as long as they kept their sexual orientation secret. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres was still three years from her "big reveal" on prime-time TV, and people in less-accepting communities and industries had far more to fear than she did. Matthew Shepard was still four years away from dying a brutal beating death in Wyoming, martyred for the sin of being gay. And just 10 years earlier, Rock Hudson had been dragged, sick and dying, from the closet by AIDS.
(For all of its horrors, and strange as it may sound, the AIDS epidemic played a crucial role in forcing society to acknowledge at least the existence of the gay community, and in encouraging many
Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican and head of the House Intelligence Committee, told the world Sunday that "I think that it is abundantly clear that that red line has been crossed" by Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons against its own people, and that small numbers of U.S. forces must be put on the ground in Syria to fend off impending chaos in that country.
"Our Arab League allies talk to us frequently, and they are as frustrated as I have seen them because of the lack of U.S. leadership," Rogers said on "Face the Nation." However, the Obama administration says it has no conclusive proof that chemical weapons have been used in the conflict.
That echoes demands made last week by Lindsey Graham and John McCain, both of whom insisted that President Obama intervene militarily in Syria, including using US troops.
"Absolutely, you've got to get on the ground," Graham said. "There is no substitute for securing these weapons, I don't care what it takes. We need partners in the
Continue reading U.S. boots on the ground in Syria? Only as a last option »
Today, March 25, is the birthday of the wonderful Flannery O'Connor, the greatest writer in Georgia history if not the best-selling (take a bow of your own, Margaret Mitchell). Miss O'Connor, born in Savannah and for most of her life a resident of Milledgeville, had a talent for telling it straight and blunt, and for distilling complicated thoughts into sentences of startling clarity.
So let's start the week with some selected O'Connor wisdom:
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
""Conviction without experience makes for harshness."
"I hope you don't have friends who recommend Ayn Rand to you. The fiction of Ayn Rand is as low as you can get re fiction. I hope you picked it up off the floor of the subway and threw it in the nearest garbage pail. She makes Mickey Spillane look like Dostoevsky."
"You have to quit confusing a madness with a mission."
– Jay
You don't generally think of the Rolling Stones as a country-music band, but when they want to be, they do a damn fine job of it. "Dead Flowers," recorded back in the prehistoric era of 1969, is a great example. Listen to the song as if it were the first time that you ever heard it, forgetting that those playing and singing constitute a celebrity rock band from England, and it just oozes country.
What you also hear, however, is a direction not taken for country music. The Stones were tapping into the country genre at a moment in its history when its commercial sound and its authentic sound had not yet divorced because of irreconcilable differences. It could still be vibrant and rough and at times crude, both in its lyrics and its sound, and it was still true to its shared roots in the blues and rock and roll.
Within a decade of this song's release, country music in its commercial form had been castrated, and all the hat acts in the world can't reverse the operation.
– Jay
Continue reading When old songs were new songs, and dead genres lived »
President Obama's visit to Israel and Palestine has now ended, with the president having made quite an impression.
For example, Naftali Bennett, head of the far-right Bayit Yehudi Party, criticized Obama's continued push for a two-state resolution to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, arguing that " "a nation does not occupy its own land." However, as the Jerusalem Post reports, even "Bennett said he recognized that Obama's words came from concern for and true friendship with Israel."
Others in Israel were considerably more emphatic and supportive, and in many cases downright enthusiastic about a major speech given by the president Thursday. Here's Herb Keinen, again in the largely conservative Jerusalem Post:
He had us at the word "Shalom," did President Barack Obama, on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport.
Or if not at "Shalom," then 33 words later when he said in Hebrew, "Tov lihiyot shuv ba'aretz" (It's good to be back in Israel). And if not then, well, at least at
Continue reading Israelis and Obama: 'He had us at 'Shalom" »

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Why millennials have a tough time landing jobs
The job market is soft for recent college graduates, and experts say millennials themselves are part of the problem.
This post comes from Kelley Holland at partner site CNBC.
It's job-hunting season on campuses across the country, and the anemic job market is adding some extra stress to spring for many millennials.
Recent college graduates are facing less unemployment than those without college degrees, but a study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce found they are still contending with a nearly 8 percent jobless rate. And 44 percent of recent college graduates are underemployed, meaning they hold jobs that do not require a college degree, according to a separate report by the New York Fed.
But it's not just slow job growth that is hurting millennials' job search prospects. In many ways, hiring managers and others say, they are hurting themselves.
Stories abound of millennials showing up in casual clothes for formal interviews, bringing—and using—their phones during the interview and worse.
Not only that, in a survey of 22- to 26-year-old college graduates by Adecco, a staffing and recruiting company, 8 percent reported that a parent accompanied them on at least one job interview, and 3 percent said a parent actively joined the interview.
"I've had moms call me for interviews," said Dan Black, Americas director of recruiting at EY, the global firm that includes Ernst & Young, though he added that the candidates themselves were uniformly mortified when this happened.
Millennials "have been technology enabled from the minute they were able to crawl, so to speak, so they have a different way of connecting and a different way of engaging," said Kip Wright, a senior vice president with ManpowerGroup, the staffing company. As a result, he said, "they struggle with that traditional interview."
Some of the biggest mistakes recent college graduates make involve interview preparation, or a lack thereof.
In an Adecco survey of hiring managers, 75 percent said millennials' biggest interview mistake was dressing inappropriately, and almost as many said they tended to mess up by posting inappropriate material on social media. Almost two-thirds of respondents said millennials tend to demonstrate a lack of research preparation for interviews. These hiring managers also said they were three times as likely to hire a worker over age 50 as a millennial.
Black said he is often struck by millennials' casual approach. "I've gotten emails saying 'hey, it was gr8 to meet you'" after a recruiting event, he said.
But college students needn't despair. Hiring managers and recruiting experts say millennials also bring skills to their post-college jobs earlier generations lack.
"They know technology front and back. They know how to multitask at a level we can't imagine," Wright said. "If you put them in a conference room when they are trying to solve a problem and let them use their laptops, they will be networking with their own networks and they will collectively come up with solutions that you may never have thought of."
Black is similarly enthusiastic about millennials' capabilities. And Ernst & Young LLP intends to recruit nearly 12,700 professionals in the U.S. in fiscal year 2014, with nearly 7,200 coming from college campuses.
Black contends that employers need to make some adjustments to their expectations in order to work successfully with millennials—and millennials need to do the same.
"We've made lots of changes around the different technology platforms we use," he said. When his firm is training millennials, it offers podcasts and webcasts because "this is how this generation learns."
But 20-something job candidates and employees need to respect the client focus of the business, and adjust their behavior accordingly, he added.
"I can't wear shorts to the office, much as I'd like to. That's an accommodation that the candidate's going to have to make. That's what is accepted and required to do the job."
In other words, millennials: Go get those shoes shined.
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I believe the colleges have offices to help prepare people for the job market. Perhaps it should be required of the students to take a seminar on resume writing and interviewing before allowing them in the world with their degrees. If I was an educational institution I wouldn't want those recent grads representing my school in such an unprofessional manner.
Another issue is viewing the writing capabilities of many kids in high school. They have no writing skills. I am far from perfect but some of the writing is so terrible it should be obvious to anyone. They shouldn't get passing grades for that kind of work. I think we have lowered our standards or allow too many excuses about this is how the world works. Gr8? Really? You do not do that professionally.
I am not some old lady either. I am 37 years old and have a son that will be in high school next year. I work in an office. I have a college degree. I know I am not perfect and know that we all make mistakes. However, I feel that these millennials need to put in a little more effort. They have been so used to having things handed to them.
I thought working min wage Walmart and hammering ebt with 6 fatherless kids was a career?
That's what the weekly native advertising anti-walmart article on msn tells us.
In reality the job market is great, but only if your the <25% or so of the country that isn't an idiot. And it gets even better with union K12 churning out more unemployable morons everyday.
Poor poor millenials.... NOT!
If you idiots want jobs then you better be worth hiring. Get off your damn phone, turn off face book and twitter and focus on the task you are given. Perhaps consider not piercing every part of your body and covering every inch of your skin with ink. Your image represents the companies image to those you interact with.
You don't look cool, you don't look unique but you do look like a miserable failure of abstract art - as if a gang sign infested wall of graffiti mated with a deep sea fishing lure.
P.S. learn to spell, learn the difference between text appropriate abbreviations and REAL English and realize that you are expected to be on time and work like everybody else.
Sincerely, The guy who is tired of interviewing idiots like you for jobs you THINK you are entitled to but will probably never get.
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The 2012 election may be in the rear view mirror for many people, but the hotly fought races for president, Congress and state-level positions still are spurring discussions, particularly over what it all means.
And faculty with West Virginia University's Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will add their thoughts about the election into the dialog during the "Beyond Red and Blue: A Closer Look at the 2012 Elections" discussion, which begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at the Women's Club of Charleston, 1600 Virginia St. East.
The event is free and open to the public. It is the inaugural event for the College's new Eberly Ideas Discussion Series, which will invite panelists to exchange ideas and debate about current events. The Nov. 27 Beyond Red and Blue event will feature a panel of Eberly College faculty discussing the nation's political landscape and the role technology played in the elections, among other topics.
"Our graduates are educators, innovators and leaders that want to talk about what's going on in their communities, and how we can all work together to build a brighter future for generations to come," said Dean Robert H. Jones in a news release. "Eberly Ideas will give us the chance to highlight our faculty's expertise and engage with the public in meaningful discussions about current events." The Nov. 27 forum will feature Eberly College faculty members Elizabeth Cohen, Scott Crichlow, Patrick Hickey and Karen Kunz. Cohen is an assistant professor in the WVU Department of Communication Studies. She specializes in media psychology, new media and health and risk communication. Crichlow and Hickey are both faculty within the WVU Department of Political Science. Crichlow, an associate professor and the department chairman, teaches and conducts research on U.S. foreign policy, Middle Eastern politics, political psychology and international relations. Hickey, an assistant professor, investigates how presidents build winning legislative coalitions in Congress.
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Well either Soundwave is trolling Starscream or Screamer is having an identity crisis IDEK.
My friend gave me a package of glow in the dark snakes as a birthday present…and while most of them ended up stuck with my glow in the dark stars (SNAKES. IN. SPAAAAAACE) one ended up hanging with Starscream >_>
EIGHT YEARS I HAVE SEARCHED FOR THIS THING. It. is. mineeee.
Now back to your regularly scheduled Transformers. Maybe.
PS: Yes that is the tip of Starscream's coronation crown peeking in there.
I FOUND THINGS. Bless you TRU, bless you. Still haven't run across Kreo Series 2 to find Acid Wing (it's Storm gdi!), but we did find 3 so I picked up the planes and Kickback. Amazing Construct Bots Scream is also mine, and my amazeballs roommate bought me MP Acid Storm as a (super early) Christmas present.
*goes to glee in corner*
While I was at Mythicon I got to meet Sam Riegel and Liam O'Brien who's autographs joined Crispin Freeman's in my Fall of Cybertron book. Also met Grant George who voiced my favorite Disgaea character Axel!
All three of these guys were -so- friendly and amazing. I'm extremely grateful I got the chance to meet them, and in Sam's case have dinner at the Untold Tales show with him :)
I survived being a giant robot! We won Best in Show at Mythicon, which was AMAZING.
But my favorite thing that happened while in costume was Sam Riegel coming by and taking a picture with me! He's WFC Starscream's voice, and my favorite version of Starscream around (sorry Ghost!Scream…you somewhat count too).
This. Was. Awesome ;__;
Well this should be an interesting car trip. Also jfc is it BRIGHT OUTSIDE ARGH. Why Florida sun WHY.
All the pieces are made, the paint is on and now it's time for some rust! Unfortunately, I suck at painting rust! On the up side, my roommate works for cookies!
And so, thus bribed, she painted on all this beautiful rust!
She put a little less on Starscream's wings since he'd probably take better care of them than Skywarp.
And here's his front.
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Throw the word balance out the door. Forget balance. It's not needed anymore, and it really doesn't matter when it comes down to winning games.
If you can run the ball nine times, throw it 51, and still win the game, you don't need a "balanced attack" that football coaches always love to throw out there.
However, in no way do I think the Cowboys should just throw the ball around all day and expect to win games with empty-sets and calling just eight running plays. Yeah, I know the ratio was 51-9, but one of those runs was a quarterback scramble by
But this counterpoint isn't about Romo running it more. It's about this team committing a little more to the running game. Now, it's not about how much they run, but how they do it.
Why do you have to always bunch this thing up all the time on third-and-1? I just don't understand it, especially when your offensive linemen aren't menacing blow-you-off-the-ball-type players. It's one thing if you can physically dominate the line of scrimmage and so seven, eight, even nine men in the box really doesn't matter when you're talking about getting one or two yards.
But this team isn't that way, especially now with
This team needs to spread it out to run. To me, that's something that will get teams to respect the passing game even more.
Think about it: How many throws have we seen when the Cowboys insert
This team needs to build off their own strength and then run the ball from that. Even on fourth-and-inches, why not spread things out? If the defense doesn't respect the outside receivers and continues to bunch it up inside, then make them pay. Romo is a $100 million quarterback and there are plenty of quality receivers that you can trust enough to play pitch-and-catch if no one is on them.
However you do it, this team still needs to run it.
Last week, they were down late in the game and had to go 90 yards. So they can pass all day and drive for the winning score.
Two weeks ago, however, they had to get a first down and couldn't. We remember the games like that against Denver when they were down 15 at the half and played from behind all game. Sure, you can throw yourself back in the game, and it was clear the Broncos couldn't stop it – until the last throw by Romo, of course.
But there are going to be games when the Cowboys have to be able to run it – somehow, some way. The weather is about to get colder, especially in places like New York, Chicago and Washington, the Cowboys' final three road games. It won't be easy to just spread it out and chunk the ball around 50 times.
I don't think the Cowboys have to get this to a 50-50 split. They don't need 30 carries and 30 passes. Even a 40-20 deal might work out, depending on the circumstances.
Like I said on the radio show Tuesday, no one ever says "pass" out the clock to finish games. It's typically "run" out the clock, as in run some time off the clock. But it's also about running the ball to do that.
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The NHL lockout continues and the Capitals have lost another player to Europe. Forward Marcus Johansson signed with BIK Karlskoga on Tuesday, according to multiple Swedish-language media reports. He becomes the sixth Washington player to sign with a team in Europe as the lockout enters its seventh week. As of Tuesday evening, there were still no talks scheduled between NHL owners and the NHL Players' Association. In fact, it is expected that later this week the league will cancel plans to hold its annual Winter Classic event, which this year is set for New Year's Day in Detroit between the Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium.
So Johansson signed a short-term contract with Karlskoga, a team in the Swedish second division, the Allsvenskan. Johansson, 22, had 14 goals and 32 assists last season and played 80 games in his second NHL season. He was a first-round pick by the Caps in 2009.
Johansson joins five of his teammates in Europe. Both Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom are playing for the same team in Russia's Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Dynamo Moscow. Forward Wojtek Wolski, acquired by Washington over the summer as a free agent, is playing for KH Sanok in Poland. Wolski was born in the country before emigrating to Canada as a boy. Forward Brooks Laich signed with the Kloten Flyers in the top league in Switzerland, National League A. Goalie Michal Neuvirth returned home to play for HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga. Two other players expected to make the Caps' final roster -- goalie Braden Holtby and defenseman Dmitry Orlov -- are currently playing for the Hershey Bears, the club's top farm team in the American Hockey League.
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Hamas – The Present Day Haman
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hours before the celebration of Purim was to begin.
The shells were fired from the Hamas controlled territory of the Gaza Strip. Hamas was voted into power by the people of the Gaza Strip and has reigned with an iron hand ever since, even killing fellow Palestinians and members of the other dominate political party, Fatah.
Thankfully there were no serious injuries from the barrage of mortar fire that rained down within a 15 minute period. Two people, however, were slightly injured with shrapnel from one of the rockets as they were entering a bomb shelter.
The Jewish holiday of Purim started on Saturday evening and will continue until Monday evening. Purim began during the days of Queen Esther when a wicked man, Haman, sought to destroy the Jewish people from the face of the earth.
As detailed in the book of Esther in the Bible, Providence turned the tables on this wicked man Haman. As the story is accounted for us, King Ahasuerus was unable to sleep so he had the royal records read to him. During the reading he found that there was a Jew named Mordecai that had saved the life of the king but had not been rewarded. The King then ordered Haman to take Mordecai and reward him before the people. Haman knew then that his days were numbered.
Jews in Israel are presently celebrating Purim, the day that God gave the Jewish people deliverance from Haman and victory over all their enemies. It is ironic that Hamas has chosen the time of Purim to attack Israel and destroy our people.
A month from now Jews all over the world will be celebrating Passover. In the Passover Haggadah, which is used during the first night of Passover, we read the following: "It is this that has stood by our fathers and us. For not only one has risen against us to annihilate us, but in every generation they rise against us to annihilate us. But the Holy One…rescues us from their hand." (Family Haggadah, p. 31)
The nation of Israel is continually being reminded that Almighty God is watching over us and that in the end He alone will save Israel from all of her enemies, even Hamas.
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More than a year on from the first showing of the prototype CB1100F at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2007, the new documents reveal that Honda has now patented the bike's final styling, preventing rivals from copying the design and ensuring the company will be due royalties from any firms offering models or toys of the bike.
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VANCOUVER -- Knowing he has the depth makes it easier for national basketball team coach Leo Rautins to play his youth.
Rautins didn't hesitate to go to his bench as Canada easily defeated China 86-62 Tuesday in an international exhibition game Tuesday.
"We go deep," Rautins said after the match, a warmup as Canada prepares for the FIBA world championships later this month. "We will continue to go deep to make sure people stay fresh.
"Everybody that I call on, there is a lot of trust. I'm not afraid to put different guys in at different times. The depth is a positive factor for us."
Guard Andy Rautins, the 23-year-old son of the coach, led Canada with 19 points, including four three-pointers. Jevohn Shepherd, a 24-year-old guard from Toronto, added 16 points while Joel Anthony, 28, who plays for the NBA Miami Heat, had eight points and led Canada with eight rebounds.
"These guys really push each other," said Rautins. "They trust each other.
"Some guys I can call on for limited minutes, other guys extended minutes. It allows me to keep players like Joel fresh and strong."
Anthony, the only Canadian player with NBA experience, liked what Canada, ranked 19th in the world rankings, showed against ninth-ranked China.
"It felt really good, they way we did it, just playing together," he said. "Defensively we played really well in terms of doing things we wanted to do by taking them out of their sets and being really aggressive and helping each other.
"Offensively, we were able to get some great looks. We weren't rushing things."
Canada led 41-16 at half-time. The Canadians dominated the boards, out-rebounding China 44-25.
Robert Donewald, the American-born coach of the Chinese team, said his side was simply over powered.
"They just took us out of everything we wanted to get into early," said Donewald. "I thought we were a deer in the headlights early.
"In the second half we picked it up and tried to pressure them a little more. We were just too far behind to make any type of move."
Vancouver native Levon Kendall, 26, a six-foot-nine forward, scored the game's first basket, then brought a cheer from the small crowd of 4,845 at Rogers Arena with a vicious dunk to make the score 10-5 early in the first quarter.
"Levon is the type of player that can knock down the shot, moves the ball fast," said coach Rautins.
Late in the first half Anthony, a six-foot-nine, 255-pound Montreal native, set up a screen that China's slender Liu Wei didn't see until the last minute. It was a like a bug hitting a car's windshield when Liu smacked into Anthony.
Liu regrouped to lead China with 19 points, including a pair of three-pointers.
Chinese supporters in the crowd also let out a large cheer when Zhang Zhaoxu took an inside pass, fought his way through a couple Canadian defenders, and slammed down a dunk.
Andy Rautins was taken in the second round of this year's draft by the New York Knicks after playing at Syracuse University.
His father said spending a lifetime watching his son gives him an advantage when coaching.
"I've seen Andy more than anybody us," said Leo Rautins. "I know his game intimately. In some ways it's an advantage. I can look at him and know when it's there. I can see when it's not going to be there maybe quicker than other players.
"Other than that, he's one of the boys. If he doesn't do his job, he's going to sit. If he does his job, he'll play."
Chinese forward Yi Jianlian said his team looked better in the second half.
"Our guys fell asleep in the first half," said Yi, who played for the New Jersey Nets last season but has been traded to the Washington Wizards. "In the second half we tried to pick it up.
"We played pretty good in the second half. We needed to play the whole game like that."
Yi finished with 15 points and five rebounds.
Wang Zhizhi, a seven-foot centre, was one of the first Chinese players ever drafted by an NBA team when he was selected by Dallas in 1999. He also played for the L.A. Clippers and Miami.
He scored no points and was held to just one rebound.
The game was Canada's first at home since 2008.
Next up Canada will play France Thursday and Friday at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto as the team prepares for the FIBA world championships which begin Aug. 28 in Turkey.
At the world championships Canada will be in a pool with Spain, ranked No. 3 in the world, Lithuania (sixth), New Zealand (13), France (15) and Lebanon (24). The top four teams in each of the four, six-team pools advance to the playoffs.
Notes: Canada's team at the world championships will average 24.6 years of age. ... Kendall is the son of Simon Kendall, keyboardist for the Canadian ban Doug and the Slugs....Canada qualified for nine consecutive world championships before missing the 2006 tournament in Japan.
It was Canada's night at the NBA Draft as four players from north of the border were selected.
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The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has the responsibility
of maintaining all state and federal highways in a
condition that will allow safe transportation. A number of
specific sites along U.S. Highway 89 in Logan Canyon have
been identified by UDOT as requiring repair in the near future
to provide safe transportation in the Canyon. Much of
the highway in the Canyon lies within the Cache National
Forest, which is administered by the U.S. Forest Service
(USFS) who must approve all work on the road beyond routine
maintenance. As a result of these currently needed repairs
and other perceived problems, UDOT and USFS have agreed that
an overall transportation plan for the Canyon is necessary
and that a comprehensive study of the possible problems and
needed repairs/improvements should be conducted rather than
examining each site independently as major problems occur.
To begin, UDOT selected CH2M HILL, a consulting firm of
Engineers, Planners, Economists, and Scientists with offices
in Salt Lake City and other communities throughout the country
to conduct the study. Valley Engineering, Inc. of Logan is
a major subcontractor.
This study has three major objectives:
o To identify locations on the road where problems
in safety, maintenance, road design, and capacity
occur, and to document these problems.
o To propose several alternative means, through repair
or improvements, to correct the problems.
o To conduct an analysis of the potential impacts of
the proposed alternatives on the environment.
This portion of U.S. 89 has been under scrutiny by UDOT for
some time because of congestion, accidents, and maintenance
problems. The highway has been on UDOT's schedule for improvement
since the late 1950s. In 1961, improvements were
made to the road between Logan and DeWitt Springs. In 1969,
the section between DeWitt Springs and Right Hand Fork was
improved. Pre-design work on improvements between Right
Hand Fork and Ricks Springs was completed in late 1968, but
following passage of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) in 1969, local concern showed the necessity to reevaluate
the project. The Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) determined in 1972 that an environmental impact statement
(EIS) would be required for the project in accordance
with NEPA. At this time, the project consisted of improvements
to the road that would result in a 4-lane highway.
Considerable study of the project intended to conclude in a
draft EIS continued until April 1979. The original 4-lane
highway concept was discarded for one that would widen the
pavement from the existing 22 feet to 34 feet, provide a
5-foot cut ditch, and raise the design speed from 35 to
40 miles per hour. As a result of that change, the FHWA
reclassified the project to require only an environmental
assessment rather than a full EIS. Again, local concern
(involving the environmental community), over the reclassification
of the project resulted in the FHWA revising its
decision and requiring a full EIS for the project. Changes
to NEPA adopted by Congress in 1977 resulted in revision of
all federal agency guidelines for the preparation of EIS.
UDOT therefore suspended work on the EIS in 1980 to await
the new directives, and is now reactivating the process.
The first task is to analyze travel constraints in the Canyon,
including safety, maintenance costs, points of substandard
design, and congestion. Accident reports will be reviewed
in an attempt to determine the cause, and accident rates
will be compared with those of comparable roads in the state.
Locations with abnormally high maintenance costs will be
evaluated. This analysis will include calculation of permile
costs for the entire length of road, identification of
specific sites of unusually high costs, and comparison of
these costs with statewide road maintenance costs. Highway
segments where the road geometrics may be inadequate for the
overall design speed will be inventoried and assessed. Finally,
the degree and occurrence of congestion on the road
will be determined by identifying the road capacity and
evaluating current traffic volumes. The level of service
that can be provided on the existing highway in year 2010,
with expected traffic increases, will be projected. A report
will be prepared explaining the findings of this part
of the study.
The second task will be to prepare a transportation plan for
the corridor, including up to six alternative concepts. The
alternatives will consider specific repairs or improvement
plans for sites where problems have been identified including
spot improvements, resurfacing, new signing, reconstruction
along the existing alignment, and widening of the existing
roadway between Right-Hand Fork and Garden City. Such
widening might include slow-moving vehicle lanes, passing
lanes, or minor alignment changes. From Bear Lake Summit to
Garden City, the plan will consider the location of two
totally new, alternative routes, one to the north of the
existing road and one to the south. Each alternative will
be evaluated in terms of costs and benefits, including construction
costs, reduction of travel time, vehicle and road
maintenance costs, safety, aesthetics, and recreational factors.
General environmental trade-offs and a comparison of engineering
requirements for each alternative will also be incorporated
into the technical report prepared upon com-pletion
of this study task.
Major geologic features of the study corridor will be identified
and a geotechnical analysis conducted. A description
of engineering conditions of the soils and geology as they
relate to possible construction and maintenance problems
will result from the analysis. Northern Engineering and
Testing of Salt Lake City is a subcontractor to CH2M HILL
for the geotechnical work.
An environmental analysis will then be conducted. A full
environmental impact statement may ultimately be required.
The environmental analysis will include participation of
interest groups, agencies, and the general public to identify
major issues to be investigated in the analysis. The
analysis will be based on literature review and field studies
and will identify possible impacts of each project
alternative and suggest mitigation measures.
Work on the project began in June and is expected to be completed
by June 1987, with the possible exception of some
public participation activities and completing the environmental
analysis. A study task schedule for major work in
each task is provided below.
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4
Analysis of Transportation Need
Started early June 1986; complete August 1986
Location Studies/Transportation Plan
Begin early August 1986; complete late November
Geotechnical Considerations
Begin early September 1986; complete late October
Public Involvement
To be conducted throughout study duration
Task 5 Coordination
To be conducted throughout study duration
Task 6 Environmental Analysis
Started June 1986; complete late January 1987
Task 7 Preparation of Documents
Begin early January 1987; complete late May 1987
A public involvement plan based upon project milestones will
be implemented during the study. In addition to the program
proposed for each study milestone, the following activities
will occur continuously throughout the study:
o Maintenance of a Mailing List - all individuals
an~ interest groups requesting mailings will be
included on this list (list available upon request)
o Local Study Liaison - Valley Engineering, Inc. in
Logan will maintain copies of all informational
material on the study in its Logan office, and
will answer or refer questions to the appropriate
person. CH2M HILL will also perform this service
in its Salt Lake City office
o Local repositories for study materials will be
arranged at the Logan Public Library, Utah State
University Library, Garden City Municipal Offices,
and Salt Lake City Public Library. All informational
materials will also be available at Wasatch/
Cache National Forest offices in Ogden and at the
Utah Department of Transportation offices in Salt
Lake City
o Study Organization and Data Gathering and the
analysis of transportation needs began in early
June 1986.
o Interdisciplinary Team Organization - an interdisciplinary
team which includes representatives from
UDOT, USPS, FHWA, the environmental community and
CH2M HILL was organized in June 1986.
o Press Release to be submitted to all media included
on mailing list - week of July 28, 1986.
o Project Introduction - a detailed written explanation
of the history of this study, the reasons for
conducting this study, and the tasks to be conducted,
will be mailed to all groups/individuals
included on the mailing list - week of July 28,
The analysis and conclusions of this study should be close
to completion by mid August 1986.
o Press Release to be submitted to all media included
on mailing list - late August 1986.
o Summary Report of Findings/Fact Sheet will be
mailed to all groups/individuals on mailing list -
late August 1986.
o Town Meeting to discuss findings and answer
questions, to be held in Logan - early
September 1986.
o Meetings With Interest Groups as requested - following
town meeting - early September 1986.
o Written Summary of activities, response, and
issues will be prepared upon completion of ·the
second phase of the public involvement program -
late September 1986.
(Prior to environmental impact analysis) - This should occur
near the end of November.
o Press Release giving brief review of study findings
to date, explaining proposed alternatives, and
reviewing the proposed scoping activities will be
submitted to all media on the mailing list - late
November 1986.
o Fact Sheet giving detailed explanation of each
alternative with graphic illustration, explanation
of level of service provided by each, and general
advantages and disadvantages, will be sent to each
entry on mailing list - late November 1986.
o Meetings With Interest/Service Groups expressing
strong interest in the study will be held during
December to discuss the alternatives and identify
their concerns. A maximum of four such meeting
are planned, and as a result some groups might be
requested to meet together. Groups that request
such a meeting might include:
Sierra Club
Utah Wilderness Association
Bridgerland Audubon Society
Rich-Cache Tourist Council
Cache County Chamber of Commerce
Bear River Association of Governments
Bear Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau
Cache Economic Development Council
Civic/Service Clubs
o Town Meeting will be held in Logan to summarize
alternatives, report on concerns voiced by groups/
individuals, receive testimony on other concerns.
Issues to be addressed in environmental analysis
will be summarized - early January 1987.
o Press Release reviewing scoping process activities
and issues to be studied in environmental analysis
will be submitted to all media included on mailing
list - mid January 1987.
o Written Summary of all public involvement activities,
response, and issues will be prepared after
the activities of this phase have been conducted -
late January 1987.
This milestone will occur approximately May 29, 1986.
o Videotape explaining the alternatives and discussing
the environmental tradeoffs will be developed
prior to Milestone 4 to be presented during this
stage - Months of February and March 1987.
o Summary Report reviewing findings of the draft
analysis will be mailed to all groups/individuals
included on mailing list - early June 1987.
o Press Release reporting findings of environmental
analysis and schedule for public input/hearings to
be submitted to all media listed in mailing list -
early June 1987.
o Workshop Meeting to present videotape, discuss
environmental analysis findings, allow questions
and answers - Logan, late June 1987.
o Public Hearing to present videotape and receive
testimony on draft environmental analysis - Logan,
July 1987; possible hearing in Ogden or Salt Lake
City, July 1987. Written testimony will be accepted
for 30 days after last hearing.
o Written Summary of all public involvement activities,
response, and issues will be prepared after
the activities of Phase 4 have been conducted -
August 1987.
All aspects of the public involvement program will remain
flexible since it must be responsive to the conduct of the
project and the needs of the community. Public involvement
activities will be announced in all press releases.
Public agencies indicating interest in the study will be
included in the public involvement activities. In addition
to the U.S. Forest Service and Federal Highway Administration,
other public agencies that will be involved in the
study include the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau
of Air Quality, Bureau of Water Quality, Geological and
Mineral Survey, and Division of State History.
In addition to personnel from CH2M HILL and Valley Engineering,
Inc., an interdisciplinary team has been established to provide
input and recommendations throughout the course of the study.
Study team members are listed below.
Team Leader
Commission Representative
Highway Preconstruction
Environmental Engineer
Transportation Planning
Public Involvement
Representativea of the
Environmental Community
Stan Nuffer CH2M HILL
Todd Weston Utah Dept. of Transportation
Lynn Zollinger Utah Dept. of Transportation
John Neil Utah Dept. of Transportation
Stan Nuffer CH2M HILL
Fred Labar USFS, Logan
Allan Stilley Northern Engineering & Testing
Sheldon Barker CH2M HILL
Jack Spence Sierra Club Landscape Architecture
Clark Ostergaard Wasatch/Cache Nat'l. Forest
Mark Shaw Wasatch/Cache Nat'l. Forest
Duncan Silver FHWA Alternate Environmental
Rudy Lukez
Torn Lyon
Steve. Flint
Bill Helm
Stan Nuffer
Sheldon Barker
Cliff Forsgren
CH2M HILL, Salt Lake City
(801) 363-0200
Gale Larson
Valley Engineering Inc., Logan
(801) 753-0153
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