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The Vampire Diaries Sneak Peek: Sired?!?by Matt Richenthal at .
Okay, so maybe Damon hasn't known this entire time.
At the end of last night's polarizing Vampire Diaries episode, Caroline and Stefan had an epiphany: Elena is totally sired to Damon! That explains everything!
They arrived at this conclusion, of course, just as Delena was finally coming to fruition (if you know what we mean!), leading to one very awkward conversation on next week's flashback-heavy "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street."
Watch now as Stefan tries to convince Damon of the spell he has Elena under:
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I saw an interview (comic con maybe) where Julie stated that a sire bond does not change your feelings toward the person your sired to, you are just loyal to that person. If that is true, then this means that Elena's feelings toward Damon are true and aren't there because they are sired. I guess we'll see what happens (:
I can't understand how someone can love Damon and hate Stefan and reverse. Both are good and bad in different ways. I like both. I love the way they love each other and how they forget that when comes to Elena. I don't believe in that thing with the sirebond. I think that Elena has real feelings for Damon, she loves him.
All these things happened because she really believes Stefan can't love her if she is a vampire, so she pushes him away and turns to Damon 'cause now is more like him. But Stefan can't let her go, he shouldn't do that. Elena never gave up on him, even if he tried, hard, when choose to save Damon life and lost her "the minute he left town with Klaus". Now is his turn to bring her back. I'm sorry though for Damon.
I hope that Katerine, who always has told she loves Stefan, but instead helped him secretly to save Damon's life (only us and Stefan know that), hope she finally tells Damon that she loves him. She is for Damon, not Elena.
wrong clau damon has been chosen by rose and others.i dont know why do i c that stephen is so guilty.and does not deserve the babyvamp! this episod was amazind did u guyz c klaroline i mean a happy klaus,caro get your ass off u realy boring.let delena be!!!!luv all delena shippers...
Claudia! you totally nailed this. The obstacle will create greater charge between them, if the chemistry is real - and who would doubt that.
I cannot for a moment remember any sex scene with Stefan that was one tenth as hot. Stefan's chemistry with Elena is brotherly. But I love the way he was so cut up about the break up, that was part of the back ground build up to Delena sex.
Looks guys, chemistry is chemistry. And when they cast TVD, they could not have predicted that Nina and Ian would have so much. we all know that scripts are to some extent are open to modification, depending on what the actors deliver....


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Christians in Syria are facing a seemingly endless Way of the Cross, one of the country's most senior Church leaders has said.
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This year, the number of SXSWedu badge holders doubled, the number of interactive badge holders jumped by more than 6,000 and the music portion overwhelmed the streets of downtown.
By Monday morning cleaning crews had replaced crowds at the Austin Convention Center. Across the street, Downtown Burgers was stocking back up after serving some 9,000 meals during the festival.
"It's by far my biggest week of the year," said owner Steve McDermott. "Missing South by is like missing the boat."
Hotels including the Four Seasons were booked solid, as visitors flocked to Austin from all over the world.
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Play-Asia director, Jan Neuhaeusser
PC World had a unique opportunity to get an inside look at biggest online game retailer in Asia Pacific, Play-Asia.com. Based in Hong Kong, the online store mostly caters to customers in the APAC region, but Play-Asia director, Jan Neuhaeusser, says that the online store also has a substantial customer base overseas, spread over America, Europe and Africa. Many of these overseas customers are made up by ex-pats who are used to getting the items they want but cannot because their local market does not carry the product.
What types of products do you mainly deal in?
Play-Asia director, Jan Neuhaeusser (JN): We sell video games from many regions, video game related toys and merchandise, DVDs and CDs which are of Asian original. Naturally, as our business has grown from a pure video game retailer in 2002, we focus on video games and pride ourselves in having the largest selection of video games in Asia, perhaps even the world. We currently offer games for more than 50 platforms, whether it is Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 or out-of-production systems such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System.
You recently attended the Tokyo Game Show in Japan. What was the response to Play Asia there?
JN: We have not been attending as an exhibitor, but as visitors only. Our purchasing team attends there at business opening days to gather information on newly released items, especially announced limited edition consoles, pricing information and so on. Basically, we went there to gather as much information as possible to be able to provide this content to our customers. Customers have a tendency to ask us months in advance about game specific information such as DLC, pre-order gifts, limited editon availability, pricing, etc. Of course we use the opportunity to strengthen our ties with local distributors and publishers.
What challenges do you have to deal with in your space?
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Software is increasingly becoming tailored to the regions where they are released. Is this creating issues for you?
JN: The problem we have stems from the same root in that we offer different region's worth of items, and as a result, they are not always identical. Limited editions are only literally limited in some territories and again it is difficult for a consumer to understand that an item offered in one region, such as Japan, is not offered in the same fashion in an English language edition. Region lockout is a problem of course, which really is something that is very annoying to many consumers but the market has proven that consumers' needs are not always the decision maker here.
What is your view on companies that are putting in region lockouts in software?
JN: We have companies who never applied regional lockouts suddenly do so, and with the enforcement of online registration of PC games, we see an increase on restricting consumers' freedom of choice. I personally do not recommend my friends to buy PC games because of this restriction. You own the physical media, but if the company so pleases, you are unable to play it if your IP address (i.e., your current geographic location) doesn't satisfy them. Especially being an expat myself, I can vouch for the difficulties it creates when moving from one zone to another. I basically end up buying all the games again if I still want to play them online. Good for the publisher, of course, but not for the consumer.
What is Play Asia's relationship with global game publishers, considering the type of distribution that you do?
JN: This really depends on the publisher. For some territories we have very good relationships with them. For other territories we don't because we buy from the open market. The best publishers are, due to our location, Asian publishers and working with them is great.
What do you have planned for the next six to 12 months?
JN: I can not be specific on our plans but we have plenty of new developments in the pipeline and they will be announced in due course when they are ready. Play Asia in business now for nine years, and as our first decade comes to a close, we will have a bunch of new and exciting stuff coming up.
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From the moment he speaks, KB Solomon's distinctive bass voice — think Barry White or James Earl Jones — is large, rich and resonate.
In opera circles, he is known as a basso profondo, an exceptionally deep male singing voice. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, a typical bass has a range that is limited to the second E below middle C, but basso profondos can often descend as low as three Gs below middle C.
"A lot of basses are in the background, but not me," Solomon said recently from his home in Los Angeles County.
Solomon's voice is so huge that it needs to be heard in person to be fully appreciated — so it's fortunate that Solomon will be performing "Speak of Me as I Am" — his one-man musical tribute to iconic singer and civil rights activist Paul Robeson — Thursday night at the JSU McClellan Center.
Solomon's performance will be part of a daylong celebration of the groundbreaking for Freedom Riders Park, a memorial planned for the site of the infamous bus burning outside Anniston on May 14, 1961, a seminal moment in Civil Rights history.
To be able to perform his one-man show as part of such a momentous event proves just how far we've come, Solomon said.
"It's like looking back on Mt. Everest after climbing it. There's something about looking back at a mountain that once seemed so impossible to climb. I'm thrilled to be living in a day when, in the South, there's such beauty — beauty of spirit, the beauty of forgiveness, the beauty of art and song. It's a story of triumph for me."
The organizers behind Freedom Riders Park hope that it will become a place for remembrance and healing. "This will be a place for education, contemplation and reflection … a bad event triggered good things — unity, and wonderful partnerships," Bill Harbour, Freedom Riders Park Committee co-chairman, said in a statement.
Harbour was a Freedom Rider and will be among the guest speakers during the morning groundbreaking ceremony, along with fellow Freedom Riders Charles Person and Hank Thomas, as well as Janie Forsythe McKinney who, as a young girl, brought water to the Freedom Riders after they fled the burning bus and the mob that attacked them.
The park will be an opportunity to take one of the darkest moments in Anniston's history and place it in a positive light.
"The focal point is not the terrible actions that occurred at that moment, but the lessons learned in perpetuity from that moment," said Pete Conroy, the other co-chairman of the Freedom Riders Park Committee. "Anniston reacted very differently from most. The petition to integrate the library evolved from that moment."
Finding his voice
Thursday's performance will be something of a homecoming for Solomon (real name Kevin Bell, KB Solomon being his stage name). Solomon lived in Anniston from the age of 2 until his final year of high school, before moving to Oregon to study music.
It was in Anniston where Solomon found his voice.
"It was spring break when I was 15 years old, and it literally happened overnight," he said. "I woke up one morning with this bass voice, pretty much the way it is now. The kids at school thought I was joking because, before that morning, my voice was very high.
"I wasn't so much born with this voice, as I grew into it. And I can say that it was never my ambition to be an opera singer, but I found it naturally and thus found my path."
Solomon traveled the world for 20 years, performing principal roles with major opera companies in American and Europe, before stepping away from the opera stage.
Solomon branched out into R&B, blues and soul music. He released an album, "Inexplicable," in 2007. But it is his tribute to Robeson that has become Solomon's most cherished work.
Growing up, even before the voice change that would define his life, Solomon loved listening to classic music on the radio. One of his favorite singers was Paul Robeson, who was most famous for his haunting rendition of "Deep River" along with spirituals like "Amazing Grace" and "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." But Robeson was also a controversial figure.
"When I hear someone sing and it emotes beauty and peace, I find it confusing to hear they're bad people," Solomon said.
Robeson was born in 1898 in New Jersey; his father was a former slave. Robeson graduated from Columbia Law School and played in the NFL before taking to the stage as an actor and singer.
Robeson matured into a political activist. During World War II, Robeson played Othello in the United States while supporting the war effort. After the war ended, the Council on African Affairs, in which Robeson was very active, was placed on the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations. It was the age of McCarthyism, and Robeson was blacklisted.
It was Solomon's father who called Robeson a "bad man."
Robeson died in 1976, at age 77.
In late 2004, after returning from Germany, Solomon wanted to perform something that would "promote social health and healing." He spent a year studying the life of Robeson, whom many said he sounded like, and wrote a screenplay for a movie. As a means of promoting the screenplay, Solomon began performing the tribute as a one-man musical.
"I learned what a great story his life was," Solomon said. "His story exemplified what I always believed — oppression and racism are conditions of the human spirit. It has nothing to do with skin color.
"And it's an impossible story to tell without singing."
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Freedom Riders Park groundbreaking
• The two-part event on Thursday is free and open to the public.
• 9 a.m., groundbreaking with music and speakers at the park's future location on Highway 202, west of Anniston.
• 6 p.m., speakers and a performance by KB Solomon, who will perform portions of his Paul Robeson tribute, "Speak of Me as I Am," at the JSU McClellan Center.
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Welcome to Muhlenberg
First-Year Student "To-Do" List - Class of 2018
- Prepare for your June Advising visit
In early May, expect a letter from Michael Huber, Dean of Academic Life, assigning your day of advising - either June 3, 5, 6, 9 and 10. Included with this letter will be a packet of information for both you and your parents.
We believe that most of your questions will be answered by the materials in this packet. However, if you have any questions, please call 484-664-3130. Our staff will be happy to assist you.
You will also receive health forms from the Health Center. If you do not receive a separate packet from the Health Center by May 19, please call 484-664-3130.
- Return the postcard and read through the Welcome to Muhlenberg booklet (Link will be provided in early May)
Complete the rsvp postcard on the front of the booklet and return it to the college by May 19 to ensure your appointment or call the office at 484-664-3130 to reschedule your day, if necessary. Highlight that day on your calendar and call the office as soon as possible should any conflicts arise.
- Examine the First-Year Seminars being offered (Link will be provided in early May)
First-year students are required to roster one First-Year Seminar, either in the fall or the spring semester. Carefully read each description in the First-Year Seminars Brochure and choose eight seminars. Rank your eight choices in order of your preference. Make sure that you would be comfortable taking all of your eight selected seminars. (If you are a Muhlenberg Scholar, DANA Scholar or RJ Fellow, you will be pre-assigned to the appropriately designated First-Year Seminar.)
- Familiarize yourself with the General Academic Requirements for the Class of 2018 (Link will be provided in early May)
Taking a course that fulfills a requirement is a great idea. You are not only completing a graduation requirement but also gaining insight into which topics you might like to pursue even further. Note: If you have taken a College Board Achievement Test, Advanced Placement Test or International Baccalaureate exam or believe that you can demonstrate the required level of your proficiency in a subject area, see "Exemptions from Requirements" on page 9 of the Welcome to Muhlenberg booklet. If you have any questions about proficiency level, please contact the department chair by calling 484-664-3100 or talk with a representative from the department during June Advising. Possible exemptions and/or credit may be granted.
- Look over the list of fall semester courses and build a tentative fall schedule (Link will be provided in early May)
Review the Courses for First Year Students List . For further descriptions, consult the Muhlenberg Course Catalog. Pick four (4) preferred courses (including a seminar and a foreign language) and three alternate courses from the list. Write these selections down and bring them with you to your advising session. The College suggests that incoming students take four courses during their first semester. However, you may register for the maximum of four and a half course units to include special experiences like Applied Music or Dance which are half units. Be certain to choose some alternate courses in the event that your first choices are unavailable.
- Complete the on-line placement questionnaires and exams from April 26 to May 19.
Complete the online Mathematics Placement Questionnaire and Exam
Complete the online Foreign Language Placement Questionnaire
- Complete your Online Housing Application
- Attend your scheduled June Advising date and complete the following:
A. Bring the following items with you:
- Your completed First-Year Seminar Form
- Your four (4) course selections and alternates
- Your completed health forms
B. Have your student identification card picture taken
C. Sign your Housing Contract
D. Meet with an advisor to select fall courses.
- Watch for updates on this website. This website was created to introduce first-year students to resources and services available at the College. Visit this site regularly for additions and new information throughout the summer.
- Watch your mailbox for notification on how to login to Muhlenberg's Online Capstone System where you can find class schedules, housing assignments, and roommate information. This mailing will be sent on or around July 18.
- Go on-line to complete the AlcoholEdu program. All first year students are required to complete an online alcohol course before you arrive on campus. The instructions will be e-mailed to you. The course will be accessible July 24. Please activate your Muhlenberg e-mail account so that you will be able to receive the instruction guidelines.
- Read essay and write a paragraph or two on a sentence or short passage. Be prepared to discuss this reading during orientation weekend, and be prepared to hand-in your writing at this time, as well. (Link will be provided in July)
- In order to serve you
better during Orientation Weekend, you are asked to complete a brief survey regarding meal needs and family participation in the weekend.
This information will allow our Dining Services staff to best prepare
for your arrival on August 22, 2014.
- Complete the Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment. In your summer mailing you will receive instructions on how to take this unique assessment designed to help you maximize your potential for success both in college and your personal life. You can find out more about StrengthsQuest at strengthsquest.com
- Start a packing list for Move-in Day
Make sure you are aware of the items to bring and not to bring to Muhlenberg.
- Consider shipping some of your items ahead of time
Because of limited storage facilities, first-year residential students are permitted to ship items as long as they arrive the week of orientation which would be the week of August 18 this year. If you wish to ship some things ahead of time, please follow these specific instructions for doing so.
- Download the Guidebook App
Orientation schedules will be available for your smart phone or tablet device in August. You'll be able to view a complete schedule of the weekend and set reminders for important programs, meetings, and events.
- Show up!
Move-in for first-year residential students begins at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, August 22, 2014. Please note that the AlcoholEdu Program must be completed before you move into the residence halls.
Information on traffic patterns to access to your hall is available here.
All students (commuting and residential) can pick up their orientation materials at the Welcome Center, located in the Light Lounge of the Seegers Union between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.


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Webinars: Focusing on CTE
NASDCTEc hosts webinars on a variety of topics and pressing issues of interest to the CTE community and others. These webinars bring NASDCTEc staff together with leading experts from across the nation to share their expertise on issues including policy, research and best practices. Participants can take full advantage of these opportunities by asking questions during the live session, or you can follow up with comments and questions afterward.
All NASDCTEc webinars are recorded and archived online for convenient access and reference. We encourage you to browse previous topics below—and listen to any you might have missed.
Upcoming webinar to be announced soon!
Most recent webinars
Supporting 21st Century Educators: How States Are Promoting Career and Technical Educator Effectiveness
Teacher effectiveness is a critical issue on the minds of educators, administrators and state leaders across the country. With many early reform efforts focusing solely on how to improve and measure the effectiveness of educators in the core academic areas, now many are turning their attention to those "untested subjects," including Career Technical Education (CTE).
To dig into this issue and highlight some early lessons learned from states, the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, the Central Comprehensive Center, the Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center, and the South Central Comprehensive Center co-hosted a webinar on Supporting 21st Century Educators: How States Are Promoting Career and Technical Educator Effectiveness.
Date: March 7, 2014
Watch the recording on YouTube here and access other materials from the webinar here
CTE is Your STEM Strategy
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education is attracting interest across the nation. In many states, top policy leaders, including governors, K-12 chief state school officers and economic development commissioners, have made STEM central to their reform platforms. A significant number of states have STEM coalitions in place to coordinate STEM activities across agencies and industries. Business leaders routinely call for more STEM-ready graduates broadly and within specific industry and specialty areas at the national, state and local levels.
While states, districts and schools strive to operationalize a concept like STEM, many already are offering high-quality Career Technical Education (CTE) programs that impart critical academic, technical and employability skills. To connect the dots between CTE and STEM for policymakers and advocates, NASDCTEc will be releasing a new report entitled "CTE is Your STEM Strategy." The paper makes the case that STEM must not be viewed as a separate enterprise from CTE, as high-quality CTE programs can help provide a strong foundation for and serve as a delivery system of STEM skills and competencies for a broad range of students.
Join NASDCTEc staff and field experts for a webinar that will discuss this paper, how CTE and STEM can advance one another, and provide examples from states successfully integrating their CTE and STEM strategies.
Panelists were:
•Tony Baldwin, Superintendent, Buncombe County Schools
•Kate Blosveren, Associate Executive Director, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)
•Tina Marcus, Project Manager, STEM Education and Leadership, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
•Linda Rosen, Chief Executive Officer, Change the Equation
Date: December 17, 2013
Time: 3 p.m. Eastern
Link to RECORDING
Link to PDF of PowerPoint of CTE is Your STEM Strategy
Link to CTE is Your STEM Strategy REPORT
The State of Career Technical Education: An Analysis of State CTE Standards.
Join the National Association of State Directors for Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) and field experts as they share the major findings from their recently released national report comparing each state's Career Technical Education (CTE) standards and the major policy levers and structures that support the adoption and implementation of CTE standards at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. The State of Career Technical Education: An Analysis of State CTE Standards is the first-ever report to analyze all state CTE standards using a common benchmark, the Common Career Technical Core, setting a new baseline for understanding CTE across the country.
When: November 19, 2013
Time: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Eastern
Link to RECORDING
PowerPoint PRESENTATION
Legislative Update - Back to School Edition: Policy and Funding
Join Kara Herbertson, NASDCTEc's Research and Policy Manager, and Steve Voytek, NASDCTEc's Government Relations Associate, as they walk you through the latest policy happenings in Washington.
After years of anticipation, Congress has taken steps toward reauthorizing several pieces of legislation that impact CTE including the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, the Workforce Investment Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and the Higher Education Act. In addition to updates on these key pieces of legislation, we will discuss sequestration and debates over the FY14 budget.
Are there specific questions you would like us to address? Email Kara at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will be sure to address your question during this webinar.
Time: September 26, 2013 at 3 p.m. Eastern
Recording Link
Power Point Presentation PDF
Advanced Placement® Across the Career Clusters®
Traditionally Advanced Placement® (AP) courses and exams have not been recommended for students in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs. To bust this myth, NASDCTEc and the College Board worked together to draft a document – Career and Technical Education and Advanced Placement – that shows how AP courses and exams can be relevant to a student's program of study across the 16 Career Clusters®.
Join us for a webinar that will feature that work, explore how AP courses and exams are being embedded in students' programs of study at the local level, and engage participants around additional strategies for including AP courses and other rigorous courses within CTE Career Pathways.
When: the webinar will take place on Thursday July 25 at 3 p.m. ET and feature:
- Kate Blosveren, Associate Executive Director, The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)
- Barbara Dittrich, Program Supervisor, Advanced Placement, Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Tom Evans, Principal, Eastern Technical High School, Baltimore County, Maryland
- Betty Klattenhoff, CTE Director, Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Wanda Monthey, Senior Director, Career Readiness and CTE, The College Board
Recording LINK
Power Point PRESENTATION IN PDF
Career Academies: An Investment in Students, the Workforce and the Economy
Career academies are a proven way of delivering high-quality Career Technical Education (CTE). Through small learning communities, college-preparatory curriculum, and strong partnerships with local employers, career academies offer work-based learning opportunities and rigorous pathways to postsecondary education and careers. Research strongly supports the efficacy of career academies in increasing the academic success, attendance levels and future earning potential of participating students.
Join us for a webinar that features state and local leaders who will discuss why career academies are a successful delivery mechanism for CTE, and what they are doing in this exciting field.
Broadcast aired Thursday, May 9th at 3 p.m. ET. Speakers:
Jan Struebing, Executive Director, National Career Academy Coalition
Kathleen Taylor, Chief for the Bureau of Standards, Benchmarks and Frameworks, Division of Career and Adult Education, Florida Department of Education
Sabrina Arney, Teacher, Aspirations in Medical Sciences Academy, Long Beach, California
Kara Herbertson, Research and Policy Manager, NASDCTEc
Moderator Ramona Schescke, Member Services Manager, NASDCTEc
Recording LINK
Power Point Presentation PDF
Area CTE Centers: Conquering the Skills Gap through Business-Industry Collaboration
Area CTE Centers operate in a variety of ways – from shared-time centers offering primarily technical training to full-time centers that provide students with both academic instruction and technical training – but all provide opportunities for students to receive relevant, rigorous CTE. And at a time when employers say that they are unable to find workers who have the right skills to fill job vacancies, area CTE centers provide a crucial link between the knowledge and skills that students learn and those demanded by local businesses.
Join us for a webinar that features state and local leaders who will discuss area CTE centers in their states and how they are making connections to the needs of business and industry and their communities.
When: April 25th at 3 p.m. ET. Speakers included:
Steve Gratz, Ph.D., Director, Office of Career-Technical Education, Ohio Department of Education
Harold Niehaus, Director of Instructional Development, Miami Valley Career Technology Center
Paula Bowles, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Bill Kramer, Communications and Marketing Coordinator, Canadian Valley Technology Center, El Reno, OK
Recording LINK
Power Point Presentation PDF
Associated publication on this topic – Area CTE Centers: Conquering the Skills Gap through Business and Industry Collaboration. The paper provides information on the history, benefits, and cost effectiveness of area CTE centers. Several examples of best practices are highlighted including Miami Valley Career Technology Center in Ohio and Canadian Valley Technology Center in Oklahoma. Read more
Workforce Readiness – Learn how your Students can Earn an Industry Certification in Sustainability 101 and all about GEF's Green Building Curriculum!
Victoria Waters, Green Education Foundation (GEF) Institute President, introduces the Institute's new offering for CTE schools – a Sustainability 101 Certification! Learn how Virginia Beach City Public Schools is implementing this valuable credential in the one of the largest school districts in Virginia and what their students are saying about it.
GEF will also showcase how New Jersey is educating their CTE students on green construction at nine school districts throughout the state with the Institute's Green Building Course. The curriculum includes the following seven modular units that can be taught in conjunction with an existing course, as a semester or yearlong offering or standalone:
• Introduction to Sustainability and Green Building
• Sustainable Sites
• Materials and Resources
• Energy and the Built Environment
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Water Efficiency in Buildings
• The Present and Future of Green Building
Patrick Konopnicki, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, CTE Director;
Todd Menadier, Director of Field Implementation and Enhancement for the NJ Green Program of Study grant project; and
Victoria Waters, CEO of GEF Institute
When: April 3, 2013
Power Point Presentation PDF
No recording available
The Research Behind Branding Best Practices
When the CTE: Learning that works for America® brand was created, state CTE offices were given the opportunity to be part of a national movement to change the image, definition and expectations for CTE. Through a series of interviews with the states participating in the branding campaign, NASDCTEc has discovered that eight best practices in branding can elevate a state's branding campaign and increase their chances of successfully communicating the brand message.
Dr. Melinda Lloyd will discuss the research that was conducted and the key findings of that research. Two of the branding best practices – co-branding and engaging local educators – will also be highlighted during this Webinar. State staff from Arkansas, Oregon and Wisconsin will participate to share examples of their branding efforts. The Webinar will conclude with a brief introduction to a new set of resources on www.careertech.org that will serve as examples for states that are just getting started with their branding efforts or states that are hoping to take their branding efforts to a new level.
Presenters included:
Melinda Lloyd, Ed.D, Communications Consultant for NASDCTEc
Sandra Porter, Associate Director for Workforce Training, Arkansas Department of Career Education
Donna Brant, Education Specialist, Oregon Department of Career and Technical Education
Jennell Ives, Education Specialist, Oregon Department of Career and Technical Education
Larry Cheyne, Education Specialist, Oregon Department of Community College and Workforce Development
Sharon Wendt, Director, Wisconsin Career and Technical Education
Sara Baird, Career Pathways Consultant, Wisconsin Career and Technical Education
When: March 21, 2013 at 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. Eastern (1 hour)
Power Point Presentation PDF version
CTE Trend Analysis: Governance and Funding Issues from Across the Nation
When: February 21, 2013
CTE Trend Analysis: Governance and Funding Issues from Across the Nation
Every other year, the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) conducts a survey of the membership to gauge trends in Career Technical Education (CTE) across the country. Based on analyses of this year's survey results from 50 states and territories, and comparisons to surveys administered in 2008 and 2010, NASDCTEc has authored a series of synopsis papers that describe trends in four key areas: Career ClustersTM and Programs of Study, CTE Teacher/Faculty Shortages, Governance, and Funding. February's webinar will focus on the final two synopsis papers: CTE Governance and CTE Funding.
Kara Herbertson, NASDCTEc Research and Policy Manager, gave an overview of trends in these areas. Rich Katt, CTE State Director of Nebraska, described how his state successfully garnered support for state CTE funding through social media and CTE student organizations.
Power Point presentation
Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) Progress Update
January 31, 2013
The webinar is designed to share an update on the progress toward implementation and use of the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) through the planning and engagement phase. Updated information about the gap analysis / alignment study process that will provide a state level policy scan, a pilot alignment study and a complete state-by-state gap analysis of CTE standards will be provided as well. Hear from the collaborative partner about the timing and efforts to support information and implementation of the CCTC in the states as well as the proposed timeline of the study. Opportunity for question and answers associated with the implementation process of the CCTC will also be provided.
Dean Folkers, Deputy Executive Director of NASDCTEc, will lead the discussion.
Presentation PowerPoint
Link to recording
2012 Webinars
Legislative Update: Policy, Funding and the Year Ahead
February 22, 2012
Join Nancy Conneely, NASDCTEc's Public Policy Manager, as she walks you through all the policy happenings in Washington. The last few years have seen cuts to Perkins funding and a stalemate in Congress over the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Workforce Investment Act, while Perkins is due to be reauthorized next year. During this webinar you will hear about the President's State of the Union Address and his proposed FY13 budget, as well as Congressional plans for funding and education legislation.
Recording of webinar and Slides in PDF format
Achieve and State CTE Directors: Integrating the Common Core State Standards and Career Technical Education
March 20, 2012
As states and districts begin to implement the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), teachers may need to redesign their lessons and classroom activities to ensure that course content is rigorous and aligned to the CCSS. To help teachers and education leaders address this challenge, Achieve and NASDCTEc have joined to pilot a process in which secondary and postsecondary educators develop and evaluate instructional tasks that demonstrate how for high school mathematics expectations can be applied using Career Technical Education (CTE) content. Hear about the process, pilot results, and the plans for the future related to using the protocol.
Webinar recording HERE and PowerPoint Presentation in PDF Format
Accompanying Brief Achieve and State CTE Directors: Integrating the Common Core State Standards and Career Technical Education
Common Career Technical Core Initiative
April 27, 2012
The National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) is coordinating the state-led effort, which will complement and support comprehensive college and career ready standards, such as the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSI) in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
RECORDING Link
PowerPoint in PDF version
Infusing Green and Sustainability Knowledge and Skill Statements
July 17, 2012
Overview of the process and resources associated with the development of Green and Sustainability Knowledge and Skills statements in six Career Clusters™ that are now available for use by states and local school districts.
PowerPoint presentation
Green and Sustainability Knowledge and Skills Statements: Connecting to the Curriculum
August 16, 2012
This co-sponsored webinar will present an overview of the process and resources associated with the development of Green and Sustainability Knowledge and Skills statements in six Career Clusters™ that are now available for use by states and local schools districts. Participants will learn the details of how the statements were developed, review the developed statements, obtain information about accessing additional resources, as well as hear about strategies for implementing the standards.
Presentation PowerPoint
Federal Funding Update: FY13 and Sequestration
September 25, 2012
Over the last several years federal funding for many programs, including Perkins, has been slashed. Following this trend of shrinking budgets along with the looming threat of sequestration, Fiscal Year 13 could result in more cuts. Join Nancy Conneely, NASDCTEc's Public Policy Manager, as she walks you through the federal funding maze. During this webinar you will hear about Fiscal Year 13 federal funding, the Budget Control Act, and sequestration.
Webinar Recording
Power Point presentation
CTE Trend Analysis: Career Clusters and Programs of Study, CTE Teacher/Faculty Shortages
October 4, 2012
Every other year, the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) conducts a survey of the membership to gauge trends in Career Technical Education (CTE) across the country. Based on analyses of this year's survey results from 50 states and territories, and comparisons to surveys administered in 2008 and 2010, NASDCTEc has authored a series of synopsis papers that describe trends in four key areas: Career ClustersTM and Programs of Study; CTE Teacher/Faculty Shortages; Governance; and CTE Funding. This month's webinar will focus on the first two synopsis papers: Career ClustersTM and Programs of Study and CTE Teacher/Faculty Shortages.
Kara Herbertson, Education Policy Analyst, will give an overview of trends in these areas. Collie Wells from the Alabama Department of Education will discuss Alabama's Business and Industry Certification, awarded from the International Organization for Standardization (IOS), and how the certification ensures high quality CTE programs.
Career Cluster® Crosswalks and the Crosswalk Validation Project
October 25, 2012
This webinar will discuss the Crosswalk Validation Project and provide an understanding of why it is necessary use a validated crosswalk when trying to develop and implement programs of study (POS), career pathways, or, more, generally career preparation areas. In addition, discussion about the crosswalk uses for state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) in building linkages for career guidance and a discussion about the necessity for SEAs and LEAs to use a validated resource for reporting Perkins accountability requirements.
The Crosswalk Validation Project was a two-year long project led jointly by the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) and the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE). The Crosswalk Validation Project focuses on updating and refining the original national crosswalk (known as Table 7 on www.careertech.org) used by SEAs and LEAs for career guidance as well as Perkins accountability.
Pradeep Kotamraju, Deputy Director, National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE), Louisville, KY
Bruce Steuernagel, Consultant, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) and National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE), Burnsville, MN
Dean Folkers, Deputy Executive Director, National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)
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National, State, and Local Strategies that Work to Increase Nontraditional Participation and Completion under Perkins
November 13, 2012
NASDCTEc sits on the advisory board for the STEM Equity Pipeline Project™, and we are pleased to offer this webinar that discusses a research-based program improvement process targeted at nontraditional participation and completion. The National Science Foundation has re-invested in the project for another five years, and we invite you to join us in discussing the specific, high-impact strategies that State Education Agencies and Local Education Agencies are implementing to increase participation and completion rates, particularly for female students in STEM-related programs.
•Donna Dutcher, Special Populations/Disabilities Coordinator, Middle Georgia Technical College
•Courtney Reed Jenkins, Director of Professional Development, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity
•Jeanette Thomas, Consultant, Iowa Department of Education
Recording of webinar
Accompanying student math study guide document:
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Building Adult Students' English Language and Workforce Content Skills
December 6, 2012
Increasingly, many immigrants and other non-native English speakers are studying in career and technical education certificate or degree programs. Their acquisition of content may be compromised by challenges with English vocabulary, language structures and functions, and cultural information. In Washington, DC, the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) has been training workforce instructors at the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School in sheltered instruction methodology that improves students' English language proficiency and content knowledge. Hear about the project and its outcomes, and learn about some of the strategies instructors employ to build learners' English language and workforce content skills.
Miriam Burt, Adult ESL Specialist, Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), Washington, DC
Heather Tatton-Harris, Computer Literacy Instructor, Curriculum Specialist, Carlos Rosario International Charter School, Washington, DC
Christopher Pepin, Culinary Arts Instructor at Carlos Rosario International Charter School, Washington, DC
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The Career Pathways Effect: Linking Education and Economic Prosperity - A Conversation with the Book's Team Leaders
December 13, 2012
Jointly published by CORD and the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), The Career Pathways Effect meets a need for evidence-based support for concepts and principles associated with Career Clusters™, Career Pathways and Programs of Study, and provides more uniform implementation across the nation.
The Team Leaders of the book discussed:
• Why the book was developed
• How it is organized
• How the book will stimulate conversation on topics such as new models, collection of evidence-based data, and how the successes achieved by CTE can improve all of education.
Team Leader Presenters:
Dean Folkers, Deputy Executive Director, NASDCTEc
Kimberly Green, Executive Director, NASDCTEc
Richard Hinckley, President and CEO, CORD
Debra Mills, Vice President, Partnerships, CORD
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CTE: Keeping Adult Learners Competitive for High-Demand Jobs December 8, 2011
In today's turbulent economy, how can adult workers best position themselves to succeed in rewarding careers in high-demand fields? Further, how can employers aid in up-skilling current employees to meet increasingly complex job demands? Experts from the field answer these questions by describing how their programs directly and indirectly keep adult learners competitive for high-demand jobs. PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format and Recording
NSDI Up to Speed Webinar Oct 6 2011
Title of webinar: Bringing New State Directors and Leaders Up to Speed on what's on NASDCTEc's Radar, Thursday, October 6, 2011 3 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time
Description: There are many new changes in the air for NASDCTEc. As new State Directors and Leaders, NASDCTEc staff want to 'bring you up to speed' on all the new happenings going on in your new organization. Speakers Dean Folkers, Erin Uy and Ramona Schescke will share key activities, programs, and projects, and put you 'in the know' so when you attend the upcoming Fall Meeting you will be as informed as your peers.
• Dean Folkers, Deputy Executive Director, NASDCTEc
• Erin Uy, Communications and Marketing Manager, NASDCTEc
• Ramona Schescke, Member Services Manager, NASDCTEc
Investment in Career Technical Education: Linkages to Greater Earnings, Higher Employability, and Positive Benefit-Cost Ratio - September 27
Policy makers today must direct scarce funds toward education programs that produce maximum results, and reduce or even eliminate funds for programs that do not measure up. States and programs that demonstrate the positive impact of Career Technical Education (CTE) through return on investment (ROI) analyses can provide compelling reasons for policy makers to support CTE. Unfortunately, diminishing resources and unavailability of longitudinal data limit many states and CTE programs from carrying out ROI studies.
NASDCTEc's Education Policy Analyst, Kara Herbertson, frames the conversation by highlighting state and organization cost-benefit examples that aim to show the value of CTE and education to the community and the economy. We are also pleased to have Kevin Hollenbeck, Vice President and Senior Economist at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, join us for this discussion.
NASDCTEc's latest issue brief on the same topic, the last in our series of vision papers, will be available on the day of the webinar.
Tuesday, September 27th from 2:00 to 2:45 pm ET.
For more information, please contact Kara Herbertson at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Green Education Foundation Pilot Curriculum Project - September 27
Victoria Waters, GEF President, introduced two new GEF pilot offerings for CTE schools including their Green Building Course which is a one semester, environmental science elective that educates 11th and 12th grade students on green building attributes and benefits, and provides them with the educational resources necessary to understand, identify, and improve environmental inefficiencies within their own school buildings. Topics covered included: sustainable sites, energy sources and conservation, water efficiency and indoor environmental quality as related to building construction, operation and maintenance. The course utilizes a digital resource.
GEF also showcased its brand new professional development course for K-12 faculty entitled Sustainability Education Concepts and Teaching Methods.
For more information about the webinar content, please contact Dean Folkers at email@example.com.
The Ins and Outs of Advocating - September 14
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MuseScore lets you notate and compose music easily with your keyboard, your mouse, or a MIDI keyboard. You can print beautifully engraved sheet music or export it as PDF or PNG. You can play your score, transpose it, and save it as audio or MIDI file. MuseScore also supports MusicXML to let you share your composition with other scorewriters. MuseScore is often advertised as a cost effective alternative for Sibelius and Finale.
Tux Paint is a simple and entertaining drawing program geared towards young children. It has a simple interface, sound effects, and a cartoon character (Tux, the Linux penguin). Along with drawing brush strokes, lines and shapes, you can also enter text and place "rubber stamp" (or "sticker") images on the picture. Tux Paint is extensible, and could be useful in an educational environment (such as a grammar, elementary, or grade school). It's portable across numerous platforms, and runs well even on slower systems like the Pentium 133MHz.
mtPaint is a simple GTK+1/2 painting program designed for creating icons and pixel-based artwork. It can edit indexed palette or 24 bit RGB images and offers basic painting and palette manipulation tools. Its main file format is PNG, although it can also handle JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, TGA, XPM, and XBM files.
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I really do not like these.
Not because I would not want one, quite the contrary I would love one.
But each time I read a message I am reminded that to have one, I would need to tear down my bathroom wall and route a new circuit to behind the lav just to fit a GFCI to power the bloody thing!
Great idea but a silly lot of work.
How are licensed plumbers fitting these things without being licensed electricians? As a DIYer I dabble in both, but I doubt you all can professionally.
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Everytime I click "install this script" it blows away all the exceptions I add to the script. Is there a way to update a script without blowing away the exceptions? Other than cut-and-paste, I mean.
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Good catch nazgullien and jdub! I have fixed the source. :-)
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I didn't realize that GM had a storage mechanism. I was caching in-page, but not across pages. Nifty! Thanks for telling me.
I'm not sure storing images is worth it. :-/ I'll think about.
This was actually written as a proof of concept for an "add gravatars" Bugzilla extension. I realized this could work pretty much anywhere and so I made a few tiny changes and submitted it here.
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Nice idea. I have a couple of suggestions:
Incidentally this would be highly reusable code. Consider making a library (for caching serialized objects up to a given amount of time) now that GM supports it natively.
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I didn't add any include sites, since you will probably want to decide when you want it turned on.
Works great for Bugzilla.


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The adenoids are lymph tissue that sit in your upper airway between your nose and the back of your throat. They are similar to the tonsils.
Enlarged adenoids means this tissue is swollen.
Adenoids - enlarged
Enlarged adenoids may be normal. It may start when the baby grows in the womb. The adenoids help your body prevent or fight infections by removing bacteria and germs.
Infections can cause the adenoids to become swollen. The adenoids may stay enlarged even when you are not sick.
Children with enlarged adenoids often breathe through their mouth because their nose is blocked. Mouth breathing occurs mostly at night, but may be seen during the day.
Mouth breathing may lead to the following symptoms:
Enlarged adenoids may also cause sleep problems. A child may:
Children with enlarged adenoids may also have more frequent ear infections.
The adenoids cannot be seen by looking in the mouth directly. Your doctor can see them by using a special mirror in your mouth or a flexible tube (called an endoscope) placed through the nose.
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It's been a true dynasty for the Crimson Tide in the Nick Saban era (2007-present), as Alabama has had as consistent of success that any team could possibly ask for, winning the national championship in three of the last four years and winning double-digit games in each of the last five seasons, during which they have been ranked #1 nationally at some point every year. Quarterback A.J. McCarron has seemingly been there forever, but he will return for his final year as one of the best QBs in all of college football. Running back Eddie Lacy has gone to the NFL, but elite T.J. Yeldon (1,108 yards, 6.3 yards per carry) takes over. Six starters return on an elite defense (best in the nation in 2012). The question of the season will be if they can overcome the losses of Chance Warmack, Barrett Jones, and D.J. Fluker on the offensive line, but there's no reason to think they can't. Alabama scored the best recruiting class in college football this year, according to ESPN. Add that to the fact that they have a favorable schedule, and that this is Alabama, and that's all you need to know about this season for the Crimson Tide. Four titles in five years is a definite possibility.
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The question is, would the album be called "Keanu" or "Neo"?
The Pink Album
Yunjin "Sun Hwa-kwon" Kim on the front cover - not only is she foxy, but "Sun" is a pretty cool name for an album.
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Botanical Note Card
Delicate coloring in this embossed image gives this card the look of spring.
Designed by Geny Cassady for Stampendous™.
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Fold a 4¼"x11" panel of Guacamole cardstock in half to form card base.
Trim a panel of Eggplant cardstock to 3½"x5" and adhere to card base at an angle.
Trim a panel of Kraft cardstock to 3¼"x5". Tear edges and sponge distress ink on panel edges for aged look.
Stamp Asperula image in VersaMark® ink. Sprinkle white embossing powder over entire image, tap off excess powder and return to jar. Heat to melt powder with embossing heat tool.
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Howren felt the trend was heading in that direction.
Since 2005, Reed has been all spread offense and the offensive production has been impressive.
In the past three seasons, Reed racked up 14,680 yards of offense while scoring 1,481 points — an average of 367 yards and 37 points per game.
Last year was the most impressive by far. Reed won its second Northern 4A Region crown in the past three years, led by quarterback A.J. Silva.
Silva completed 207 of 320 passes for 43 touchdowns and 2,884 yards. He also was the team's leading rusher, rumbling for 630 yards and 11 touchdowns, making him the easy choice for Player of the Year.
While Silva thrived in the spread offense, some don't believe Reed excels because of the system but rather the studs it puts on the field year in and year out.
"They have really good athletes. I'm a firm believer in that if you have athletes, it doesn't matter what you run," SSHS football coach Scott Hare said. "Reed last year could have run the triple option, under center with three backs in the backfield and they would have been regional champion. The schemes have to be coached. Whatever you do, you have to believe in it. You have to coach it and the kids have to know it. Once all the intricacies of the coaching is done and the kids understand what to do, the kids are the ones who have to go out there and execute the play.
"Reed had kids the past couple years who are just flat out better than other kids that schools have. To be honest with you, I don't think it would matter last year what Reed ran…I don't think our kids are confused by what they run. You watch the film and Reed makes a play. They get out there and out-edge you and then they outplay you."
As a former quarterback himself, Hare knows the importance of the signal caller to the spread offense. Hare said Reed continues to have talented players at the position.
The Raiders' last five quarterbacks have either earned Player of the Year or Offensive Player of the Year honors.
Even Howren realizes the spread offense is just a system and he needs the players to go out and put it all out on the field.
"I think it's a combination. If I was going to put it on one thing, it's definitely the kids," Howren said. "They're the ones going out there and performing. We've been very fortunate with the kids we've had."
Also making the Raiders a tough offense to handle is the fact they run a hurry-up offense. The Blue and Gold's scoring drives last around two minutes more often than not.
"You do things to get an advantage and we feel it gives us a competitive advantage since we're in better shape than most of the teams that we play against," Howren said.


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Fee Increases on Federal Direct Loans Begin Summer 2013
Loan origination fees for Stafford and PLUS Loans to increase this summer due to recent federal sequestration.
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A three-day summer program for high school teachers, July 29-31, 2013.Read More »
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While in graduate school at UCLA and working in the Center for Primary Research and Training, Ali Anooshahr brought paleographic training and language proficiency in Persian, Arabic, and Ottoman Turkish to the task of describing and processing the UCLA Library's collection of Near Eastern Manuscripts. He is currently Assistant Professor of History at UC Davis.Read More »
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Family and friends will honor Robert "Mutt" and Lucille Kines with an open house to celebrate 60 years of marriage from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 14 at the Nestorville Community Building.
The couple was married on Oct. 3, 1952, at Pix, with the Rev. Richie Smalley officiating. Lucille Kines is the daughter of the late William "Bill" and Gay Righman, and Mutt Kines is the son of the late Delbert "Deb" and Tina Kines.
The Kines are the parent of two daughters, Bobbie and Rick Rinehart and Joyce and Bob Simmons. They have three grandchildren: Rickey "RJ" Rinehart, Nikki and Derek Wolfe and Robert "Rob" Wilfong; five great-grandchildren: Makylie Rinehart, Kale and Keagan Wolfe and Taylor and Kelsea Wilfong.
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Unvarnished cedar shoe tree in an aromatic wood that naturally absorbs moisture from your just-worn shoes. Slip the cedar trees into your shoes to allow them to retain their ideal shape. Comes in a pair. Handmade in the U.S.A. (
Retain the form and balance of your shoe's original construction and make your footwear last the way it was meant to. Unvarnished cedar will remove any moisture from sweat, rain, sleet and snow, and minimize the creases and cracks of leather which allows the shoes to accept polish and maintain their original luster. The natural aroma of cedar deodorizes shoes.
Use & Care
After you get home, slip off your shoes and slip in a pair of the cedar trees. The optimal time for using them is that first hour after wear, when they'll soak up the most moisture and give shape to your shoe, preventing uneven wear and improper traction from the turns and twists you make in your everyday route.
Note: If you come home with soaking-wet shoes, stuff them with newspaper first. Before they're entirely dry, insert the shoe trees to make sure they dry out evenly and maintain their original shape.
Occasionally, you can gently rub 120 grain sandpaper over the cedar to revive its aroma and deodorizing properties.
Production & Design
The company that makes these cedar shoe trees used to manufacture shoe lasts, before shoe lasts were outsourced to China and made of plastic.
Established in New England in 1922, when New Hampshire and Vermont were prime regions for shoe manufacturing and leather tanning, this company discovered red cedar and developed the first shoe tree, which became their number one product.
The shoe trees are turned from the scrap wood of Eastern aromatic red cedar, a tree indigenous to the Northeast region. The wood is then kiln dried to a furniture grade to prevent breakage and cracking. The kiln drying process begins with the lumber which is stacked with air, then placed into an oversized oven and sealed by steam. The fire for the process is fueled by the sawdust byproduct from logs that were previously cut in the plant. The plant keeps an elaborate sawdust collection that is used for each kiln drying.
The cedar is then cut by hand (with the help of a wood machine), and the toes and heels are shaped on shapers before the hardware is attached and the trees are hand-finished with a gentle sanding and individual check for knots.
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Dawn Rising
The Dawn mission to study Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt launched today at 7:34 am Eastern Daylight Time. The four-year, 1.8 billion-mile flight started with the rumble and roar of a Delta II rocket that hurtled the Dawn spacecraft off a launch pad in Florida and into space.
Launch controllers at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station monitored a near-perfect countdown leading to launch, and then applauded as the rocket's three stages performed perfectly in dispatching Dawn on its way.
"Understanding conditions that lead to the formation of planets is a goal of NASA's mission of exploration," said David Lindstrom, Dawn program scientist at NASA Headquarters, Washington. "The science returned from Vesta and Ceres could unlock many of the mysteries of the formation of the rocky planets including Earth."
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Stylish, versatile, and built to accompany your winter escapades, the girls' Burton Starr Vest is as reliable as your BFF.
Throw on this quick-drying and breathable cocoon underneath your jacket for technical, core-insulating warmth on the hill. Or take it with you around town for a stylish outer layer that features a chic heathered fleece fabric. And wherever it goes, its extra tall storm collar and deep snorkel hood will defend you from vengeful weather that's trying to rain on your parade. Hey, that's what all-star friends are for.
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