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If you were to believe the Mayan calendar, this year wasn't to be. Last year marked the end of a 5125-year cycle and, according to which website you read, would see the Earth obliterated by another planet, sucked up by a black hole or undergo a complete spiritual transformation.
Instead, 2013 dawned into a long, pleasant summer scoring one of the driest Januaries in the North Island in 100 years.
And there's more pleasant weather to come. MetService meteorologist Daniel Corbett predicts a nice weather pattern ahead, with anticyclones interspersed with troughs. But be aware, it is cyclone season, so there is always the chance of these developing in the Pacific, he says.
So what other turbulence, trials and treats can we expect? Is the recession really showing signs of easing up? What about the housing market? What will be the trends in fashion and travel? What can we look forward to in the way of live music, cultural events and outdoor activities?
Here's a rundown of what to expect.
There are signs the country's economy is recovering slowly. The Treasury's Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update, released in December, revealed that the country's economy continues to slowly recover from the 2008/09 recession, and that this trend is likely to continue.
Our gross domestic product is predicted to continue to grow throughout the year, although this growth will be uneven and with variable outcomes in different sectors and regions.
Auckland Chamber of Commerce's Michael Barnett says this year is the time to be proactive. The improving economy will provide opportunities for businesses but not for those who sit back and wait.
Most firms have trimmed costs and are in a good position to meet a recovery but are operating in an environment of caution. In such an environment, firms are slow to invest, to employ and to make the big decisions.
"Making things happen with a focused plan and a sense of objectivity will work."
Property prices are expected to remain buoyant this year, fuelled by a shortage of property for sale.
Real Estate Institute chief executive Helen O'Sullivan says the shortage of properties for sale drove up prices last year, particularly in the Auckland and Canterbury regions, and believes the housing market this year will follow a similar pattern.
"We are expecting to see these trends continue with volumes steadily improving in most markets, albeit probably not at the pace at which they have increased this year. In the Auckland and Canterbury regions we expect to see prices continue to increase, although increases should be relatively modest outside of those regions."
The economy and housing aside, there are plenty of highlights to keep Kiwis occupied. This year, the Royal New Zealand Ballet celebrates its 60th anniversary with a full year of performances, including a new work starting next month entitled Made to Move, which features three works that celebrate the joy of dance.
The ballet company will also tour Swan Lake through the country from July to September, and the ever-popular Tutus on Tour will tour from October to December.
For opera buffs there's a season of Madam Butterfly at the Aotea Centre in April.
The Edge (which incorporates the Aotea Centre, the Civic, the Auckland Town Hall and Aotea Square) will host the Auckland Fringe Festival (February 15 to March 10) and the Auckland Arts Festival (March 6-24) featuring local and international talent. And the UK's National Theatre smash hit War Horse comes to the Aotea Centre in August. (The starring horse is manipulated by three puppeteers.)
Auckland Art Gallery celebrates its 125th anniversary this month. As well as a range of free live performances, talks and tours, it will offer the first 125 people to arrive at the gallery free entry to the photographic exhibition Who Shot Rock'n'Roll. Other highlights include the exhibition Angels and Aristocrats, European art from the 14th-19th century that was collected by early New Zealanders (March 23 to June 16) and the 5th Auckland Triennial (May 10 to August 11).
Fans of classic rock and pop will be well catered for as music legends from the past visit New Zealand. Barry Gibb (Bee Gees) is headlining the Mission Concert at Mission Estate Winery on February 14; Neil Young and Crazy Horse play Vector Arena on March 21; and Joan Jett will be joined by glam rockers The Darkness for a show at the Logan Campbell Centre on April 9.
Ozzy Osbourne will bring Black Sabbath to Vector in April for a night of classic metal; hopefully he'll remember the lyrics. South London MC and producer Dizzee Rascal and New York's hottest property, 22-year-old Azealia Banks, will headline Back to the Future (a showcase of international hip-hop) at Vector on March 1; and 90s superband Garbage will rock the Civic on February 20.
As for what to wear out on the town, say goodbye to bold prints and blocks of colour. Fashion designer Georgia Currie says 2013 will see some big changes in colour and silhouettes. "We are seeing a return to more subtle and neutral colour palettes. Texture is always key, so accessorise with interesting pieces, big bags and chunky jewels."
The 90s look set to be a big fashion influence in 2013: "Slogan tees with crisp structured pieces, masculine silhouettes, pants and separates." Oversized pieces will also be big in this year.
"I am inclined to be more boyish in my styling, so I implore everybody to get their hands on a pair of oxfords or saddle shoes. Also, if you don't have one, now is the time to buy a great coat or trench."
Sports fans will have plenty to keep them on the couch in front of the TV sports channels. The Black Caps tour England in May and June, the All Blacks play France in Auckland, Christchurch and New Plymouth, and the Rugby Championship runs between August and October.
The Winter Games will take place in Queenstown over the winter months, including skiing, figure skating, curling, ice hockey and snowboarding. The event will attract more than 10,000 athletes from more than 50 countries.
Come September and we'll be glued to the America's Cup as Emirates Team New Zealand battles it out against the best yachties in the world in San Francisco.
Trials take place in February, so fingers crossed we get the chance to battle for a place in the Louis Vuitton series in July. The winner of this will take on Cup-holders Oracle in the finals in September. Late nights shouting at the TV are predicted.
Then there's the Rugby League World Cup in England and Wales in October and November.
For those keen on the outdoors, the new Waitawa Regional Park will be partly open for use by the end of this year. Once an industrial wasteland, the picturesque headland near Kawakawa Bay in Southeast Auckland will be transformed within five years.
Stage one, which includes a water supply, toilets, campsites and a carpark, will be developed by December. Trails and other facilities will be developed over the next few years.
Auckland's waterfront is set for great things as well. Luke Henshall from Waterfront Auckland explains: "This year is looking to be a big year in the development of the waterfront. There will be further growth of Queens Wharf, with programmes of public events and the opening of Shed 10. It's been beautifully redeveloped in a way that reflects its 100-year history [as a cargo shed]."
Two waterfront streets are also being developed in the area. Daldy and Hasley Sts will be transformed into pedestrian-friendly walkways, and will improve connections between North Wharf and Fanshawe St.
The new Daldy St design will include the planting of native trees and feature reused material. Public art will also be on display.
Top five trends for 2013
1. Adult playgrounds
No, it's not kinky. Adult playgrounds are an international trend aimed at increasing access to fitness equipment and making exercise more fun. Think rock walls and jungle gyms.
2. Allergen free
Gluten, dairy, nuts . . . everyone seems to have an allergy these days. Expect more allergen-free products to hit the shelves this year.
Forget Angry Birds and Twitter for mobile, this new breed of apps takes technology to a new (and slightly scary) level. Gloves with embedded microphones, high-tech specs with inbuilt screens - what will they think of next?
4. Chia seeds
The health-conscious among us will already know of this "wonder food" but it's set to hit the mainstream in a big way. Chia seeds offer protein, antioxidants and fibre, and have already appeared in staples such as Vogels bread.
5. Detoxifying
As the public become more aware of chemicals in everyday products, corporates will respond by removing toxic nasties from their goods.


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In the 1880s a new generation of artists, including Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat, burst onto the cultural scene in France. They announced a break with Impressionism, competing with the older painters and with each other, to develop the range of styles now known as Post-Impressionism. Masterpieces from Paris displays key paintings by famous and influential artists along with the work of their peers, revealing the artistic diversity of the times.
This exhibition explores movements such as Pointillism, Neo-Impressionism, Synthetism and Symbolism, as well as the groups of artists known as the School of Pont-Aven and the Nabis. Emile Bernard, Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Claude Monet, Gustave Moreau, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Signac and Edouard Vuillard, among others, are well represented. Masterpieces from Paris shows how the radical experiments of Post-Impressionism are the basis for modern art in the twentieth century.

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2.31: Neutrons
The arrow in this photo is pointing to a star that doesn't look like much compared with some of the other stars in the picture. It's certainly much smaller than most other stars. In fact, it's only about 20 kilometers in diameter. Compare that with the 1.4-million-kilometer diameter of our own sun. Despite its small size, however, this star has greater mass than the sun, making it incredibly dense. It also has tremendous gravity. In fact, gravity on its surface is about 2 × 1011 times the gravity we feel on Earth! What type of star is it? It's called a neutron star. That's because it consists solely of neutrons. You can learn more about these fascinating stars at the URL below. You will read about neutrons in this article.
What Is a Neutron?
A neutron is one of three main particles that make up the atom. The other two particles are the proton and electron. Atoms of all elements—except for most atoms of hydrogen—have neutrons in their nucleus. The nucleus is the small, dense region at the center of an atom where protons are also found. Atoms generally have about the same number of neutrons as protons. For example, all carbon atoms have six protons and most also have six neutrons. A model of a carbon atom is shown in the Figure below. For an excellent video explaining the structure of atoms, including neutrons, go to this URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi91qyjuknM (7:44)
Properties of Neutrons
Unlike protons and electrons, which are electrically charged, neutrons have no charge. In other words, they are electrically neutral. That's why the neutrons in the diagram above are labeled n0. The zero stands for "zero charge." The mass of a neutron is slightly greater than the mass of a proton, which is 1 atomic mass unit (amu). (An atomic mass unit equals about 1.67 × 10-27 kilograms.) A neutron also has about the same diameter as a proton, or 1.7 × 10-17 meters.
Same Element, Different Numbers of Neutrons
All the atoms of a given element have the same number of protons and electrons. The number of neutrons, however, may vary for atoms of the same element. For example, almost 99 percent of carbon atoms have six neutrons, but the rest have either seven or eight neutrons. Atoms of an element that differ in their numbers of neutrons are called isotopes. The nuclei of these isotopes of carbon are shown in the Figure below. The isotope called carbon-14 is used to find the ages of fossils. You can learn how at this URL: http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/carbon-14.htm.
Q: Notice the names of the carbon isotopes in the diagram. Based on this example, infer how isotopes of an element are named.
A: Isotopes of an element are named for their total number of protons and neutrons.
Q: The element oxygen has 8 protons. How many protons and neutrons are there in oxygen-17?
A: Oxygen-17—like all atoms of oxygen—has 8 protons. Its name provides the clue that it has a total of 17 protons and neutrons. Therefore, it must have 9 neutrons (8 + 9 = 17).
Particles in Neutrons
Neutrons consist of fundamental particles known as quarks and gluons. Each neutron contains three quarks, as shown in the diagram below. Two of the quarks are called down quarks (d) and the third quark is called an up quark (u). Gluons (represented by wavy black lines in the diagram) are fundamental particles that are given off or absorbed by quarks. They carry the strong nuclear force that holds together quarks in a neutron.
- A neutron is one of three main particles that make up the atom. It is found in the nucleus and is neutral in electric charge. It has about the same mass and diameter as a proton. Neutrons are found in all atoms except for most atoms of hydrogen.
- All the atoms of a given element have the same number of protons and electrons, but they may vary in their numbers of neutrons. Atoms of the same element that differ in their numbers of neutrons are called isotopes.
- Neutrons consist of fundamental particles known as quarks and gluons. Gluons carry the strong nuclear force that binds together the quarks in a neutron.
- neutron: Electrically neutral atomic particle inside the nucleus of an atom.
Read the article on neutrons at the following URL, and then complete the fill-in statements below.
- _________ are created when you change the normal number of neutrons in an atom.
- If many neutrons are added to an atom, it becomes _________.
- Extra neutrons may be knocked out of the nucleus during the process of _________.
- The only element that normally lacks neutrons is _________.
- What is a neutron?
- Compare and contrast neutrons and protons.
- Explain how isotopes of an element differ from one another. Give an example.
- Identify the fundamental particles that make up a neutron.
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Run on guns sends ammo sales soaring
SPOKANE, Wash. - The run on guns is causing an ammunition shortage nationwide and local law enforcement agencies are feeling the pain.
According to the FBI's National Instant Background Check System, 519,209 firearm background checks were ordered in Washington State in 2012. In December alone, more than 74,000 checks were initiated, more than any other month. When compared to 2011, 2012's numbers were up 31-percent.
With more background checks and guns being obtained by citizens there's a run on ammunition, too. At the General Store in Spokane sales are up 280-percent in the first 18 days of 2013.ammo shortage
"Most people come in looking for .223 ammunition, but we are selling a lot of everything else as well. We're out of the most common stuff, the inexpensive stuff, even the handgun ammunition," General Manager John Evans said.
Normally, the General Store will have made $14,000 in sales by now, but they're up to $40,000 thanks to this run on guns and ammo. That's great news for businesses, but for police this means trouble.
In a press release Monday, the Moses Lake Police Department said their ammunition is on back order.
"We're okay for this year," Captain Dave Ruffin said. "We kind of expect the market to be saturated within a couple of months and supply should begin to ease. This is also dependent on what kinds of regulations come out of Washington on gun control issues."
If the ammunition continues to be in short supply, Ruffin said the department will have to make some adjustments.
Both the Moses Lake Police Department and the General Store cite President Barack Obama's proposal for a ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines as the cause for the rush on ammunition.


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Will talk of stronger Somali justice lead to action?
Spirits of journalists in Somalia, the most dangerous country in Africa to practice the profession, were lifted slightly this week after Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon made several auspicious announcements. The key concern on the minds of journalists in the capital, Mogadishu, is access to justice--both in terms of journalists' own court appearances and in terms of solving the many outstanding murder cases of their colleagues. Twelve journalists were killed in the line of duty last year, the worst on record, and there hasn't been a single prosecution.


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Big rule? Players go after gear. Its the aim of the game and it makes players better in just about every single aspect from soloing to raiding. You put better gear somewhere, you can expect players will flock to it...even if they hate the mechanics involved.
This is partially why the old model was removed. And its what Blizzard seems to want to avoid now. Vanity gear, pets, titles, etc are the same, albeit to a lesser degree.
Almost 95% of top 100 guilds are dedicated 10man (not 10/25 as you mention, check second and third pages also). So I think 10man will stay 10man even if 25man drops that much better gear. Its like 95% of raiders here cba doing hard modes even though gear there is much better there. 25 man is harder in its organization ways so 10man will stick to 10man (probably) and 25man guilds will have a reason to go on and survive.
** Edit: Although all these things are just based on what I see there, was sort of surprised to see it myself. Not sure if same will happen here or not.
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"Blizzard is not incompetent or stupid and they are not intentionally screwing you over"
Farming? Also fun...for a while. 16-20 encounters per days just to farm gets irritating.
And there is plenty of opportunity for other pursuits...maybe explore the lore behind the Darkmoon Faire with a card game of some sort? Perfect the mounted combat mechanics (get rid of that delay!!!!)? Expand archaeology and fishing in a manner similar to cooking.
Yep. Dailies were about as optional as doing 2-4 raids a week in LK. Sure...you can get by without it, but you din' if you were truly serious. Still, at least the daily situation has eased off as reputation has been earned, but the emphasis on dailies remains, IMO, one of the biggest flaws of this Xpac. There is simply too much emphasis not on providing new content, but on stretching out he content we have. Something involved and interesting enough to last a week is now expected to provide content for months. It gets old.Sure a lot of people argue that you do not have to grind reps and daylies, but if your a person who wants to give it your best in this hobby that you might consider a sport well then the position that daylies and repgrinding is optional is simply not valid.
Its very possible. But Blizzard don't seem to want players to deal with that burnout problem. Nor do they seem to want to deal with the balancing issues inherent in having multiple gearing speeds.Personally i think raiders would probably rather for some time raid a new raid instance 2 times a week with their main than having to raid and do daylies rep grind. So 10/25 seperate lockout although controversial as stated above could be nice.
I don't think either of these issues are insolvable. And in some ways, it would be nice to have the option to raid both formats again.
But raiding twice a week simply burns out the player at least twice as fast. Which means Blizzard would need to push out new content even faster. AND either deal with the balance issues inherent with the "loot twice" model or put into place mechanics to prevent it (ie the LFR system becomes standard and guilds yell at the total loss of control over gearing).
I think that - IF the problem lay with dailies - Blizzard could simply increase certain rewards (e.g. double VP rewards) so they weren't as much of an issue. But Blizzard put a lot of work into dailies and the story and while I don't agree that is necessarily the best mechanic for such a system, I do think it means Blizzard will want players to experience that content.
As I said, the problems here aren't insurmountable...but I think players may not like the solutions.
Want a easy fix for 25 man raids...add a new form of currency.
With every kill you get a X amount of tokens and after collecting a total of XX tokens (depends on the gear) you may buy any gear that drops from a boss.
Simple. Make only one number raids.
CRZ raiding (25 only or otherwise) will never happen as long as blizzard keeps charging people for server transfers. Why would they want to cut off part of their revenue stream? Not a big one but still and after all, they are in the game (sic!) to make money. Their primary objective is to cater to the largest segment of the player base, whatever it may be and try to maintain and grow it. They're not gonna intentionally piss of large amount of people hoping that they would change their play style or whatever just so that blizzard could make some minority segment slightly happier. To screw over 10m they would have to have some concrete data that majority of 10m would make a switch to 25 and 25 would become the "preferred" raid size among the players to justify the move. If they dont have that, they're not going to take a huge gamble like that. Because, frankly they don't have to.
prolly different instances like it used to, and only 15man difficulty in 6.0
In a perfect world..... for me that is, the new heroic only boss would only be on 25. Seeing as how that is unlikely, I would wager that they are going to make tier tokens have a random chance to drop off of extra bosses.
I don't know why they don't just provide 3x more loot for 25man raids and call it a day.
Why are 25's bitching?
There is always enough incentive by them getting A LOT more loot, them seeing everything on the loot table because SO MUCH MORE drops, having people geared more QUICKLY, thus in the long run making encounters easier since they gear for them faster.
25's don't need anymore crap. This is stupid.
Tears will come. Oh yes, I've got my care cup ready for the flood.
25 mans need more of an incentive. I found it astonishing in another thread poll at the overwhelming number of people that play in 10 man guilds that want to play in 25 mans. Something needs to be done and a 'possible' solution is right around the corner. I really hope it isn't underwhelming.
i still hope we get 1 raid size
all the way for 15player raids!
wont happend saddly.. i think we are going to get an ugly solution sadly ^^


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K-1 Global's Ned Kuruc Discusses the Future of K-1
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There have been a lot of questions from fans over the past few weeks as for what will be in store for K-1 after the tremendous September 14th event in Mallorca, Spain. To the public, things have been quiet on the K-1 Global front, but there has been a lot of movement behind the scenes, with plans being laid out for the next year. I spoke with K-1 Global's Director of Events & Fighter Acquisition Ned Kuruc about the future of K-1 and it seems like the gears are fully in motion in pushing K-1 into the future.
The first topic was on making the message extremely clear to fans; K-1 is going to change how their shows are run, shifting the emphasis from tournaments to crowning champions across weight divisions and having them defend these belts. "We're gonna open up our weight divisions, we want to have a clear cut champion in each division," he stated. "He'll go on to defend that championship and we'll get to see who is really the best in each weight class. We'll have a top ten ranking in every division and fighters will move up the ranks and try to fight the champion.
"We definitely wanted to open up all of the weight classes," he continued. "For too long K-1 was just two weight classes and this is the solution that we had to help to establish all of these weight classes."
For many fans, the idea of losing the tournament format will be a loss, as K-1 was established on this idea of annual tournaments to decide the best in the world, but Kuruc assures us that K-1 isn't done with tournaments. "Is K-1 done with the tournament format? Absolutely not. We want to establish these weight divisions and crown champions, but we still want to run tournaments, just not as often. Maybe they are every two or four years, just not every year like we are all used to."


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Teacher evaluation fight may prove costlyJanuary 12, 2014 11:37 PM
After the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded Pittsburgh Public Schools $40 million in 2009 to help improve teacher quality, the district and its teachers have received national attention for working together.
Now the two sides have been at an impasse for months over scores to be used to determine teacher ratings -- distinguished, proficient, needs improvement and failing -- in a new teacher evaluation system going into effect this school year.
The ongoing dispute in a portion of the Empowering Effective Teachers initiative has raised some concerns about the future of the Gates grant, but Gates spokeswoman Deborah Veney Robinson said last week, "We have not said we're considering pulling the grant."
Pittsburgh Public Schools superintendent Linda Lane said: "They haven't threatened to take away the money, but they do review ... There's a process of holding us accountable for doing what we said we were going to do."
So far, the foundation has paid the district $24.2 million of the grant, with $15.8 million left to go, according to Ms. Robinson.
In response to questions about the grant's future, Ms. Robinson released this statement from Vicki Phillips, director of education, college ready in the United States program at the foundation and former Pennsylvania education secretary:
"The district and teachers have worked together for four years to build one of the most comprehensive systems in the country for supporting, developing and evaluating teachers.
"The foundation has made no secret of our frustration about the impasse between the district and the union, however no decisions have been made about the future of the grant.
"As a normal part of doing business, we regularly monitor progress against grant deliverables. We continue to watch the situation very carefully, and remain hopeful that the two sides can reach a resolution."
She added that "it would be a tragic loss for teachers, students and families if this work doesn't move ahead."
In recent months, Bill Peduto, who was sworn in as Pittsburgh's mayor last week, met with Gates officials, said Sonya Toler, communications manager for the mayor.
She said he would like to broker a deal between the union and the district and asked the foundation to give him nine months.
Teacher ratings used to be based on classroom observation, but a new state law requires that observation count for only half of the evaluation and other factors, including student test scores, make up the rest.
Pittsburgh has won a one-year approval from the state to use its own formula in teacher evaluations.
While the district still counts observation for half as other districts do, the weights of the various other factors differ and the district is using its own, more complex calculations of student growth based on test scores as well as student surveys.
All of the components add up to a point total for each teacher. The dispute in Pittsburgh centers on where to draw the line separating the scores of teachers who are considered proficient or better and those who are not.
While approving the cut scores for the levels, the August letter from the state expressed concern that the "district's current application of cut scores may not coincide with the intent of Act 82, which is to improve teacher practice and quality and thus improve student achievement."
Based on a dry run of the performance levels using 2011-12 data, the district announced in August that 9.3 percent of city classroom teachers would have received failing -- the new term for unsatisfactory -- ratings if the new system had been in effect.
That compares to the roughly 3 percent who actually received unsatisfactory ratings in June.
In addition, 5.3 percent would have been in the needs improvement category.
That left 85 percent performing proficient or above, including 15.3 percent who would have been distinguished.
The dry run was intended at least in part to give teachers a chance to improve before they receive the first ratings that count at the end of 2013-14.
Teachers may be fired after two consecutive failing ratings.
Local union president Nina Esposito-Visgitis maintains the district's required scores for the ratings are a much tougher standard than teachers elsewhere in the state or even the nation face.
However, Ms. Lane said, "I think it's fair. I think it is an accurate reflection."
Ms. Lane said the performance levels are not about firing teachers but are "about professional development and improving teacher performance."
Ms. Lane said the district's initial proposed score for performance levels would have designated more than 25 percent of teachers as not proficient.
She said she lowered the level twice and does not plan to lower it again.
Although Ms. Lane said the parties continue to talk, she said, "I've made the decision."
Ms. Esposito-Visgitis said, "We are always willing to work with the district to come up with performance ranges that are equitable and fair for our teachers ...
"Our teachers have worked so hard to make sure it is an evaluation and growth system. People all over the country have looked at our evaluation and growth system. I'm really proud of that ...
"Our issue is equity. That's the only thing."
Ms. Lane said she does not need board approval to set the levels.
The school board has four new members -- including three former teachers, one of whom was a high-level union officer -- since the cut scores were announced.
School board president Thomas Sumpter said he is "optimistic" the impasse can be resolved.
He said the performance levels set by Ms. Lane are "fair at this point," but "let's just discuss how it benefits teachers to have this system in place and what supports are necessary, because of how they rate, to help."
This isn't the first time there has been a roadblock in the Gates grant or in union-district relations, but the grant has continued so far.
In 2011, the district was unable to open the new Teacher Academy, in which the district would have trained new teachers who were uncertified as part of the effective teachers plan.
The district couldn't get the union to agree to hiring untrained teachers while furloughs of existing teachers were taking place.
In 2012, the union and Ms. Lane disagreed over which teachers should be laid off.
Ms. Lane wanted to lessen the role seniority plays in layoffs. The union wanted to stick with state law that requires layoffs to be based on seniority and certification area. Without union approval, Ms. Lane could not change the method.
More recently, the union opposed the district's efforts to hire uncertified teachers through the Teach for America program.
The Gates Foundation was willing to spend $750,000 over three years for program fees, but the new school board last month rescinded the prior board's vote for the program.
The district faces other challenges in the years ahead with paying for the Empowering Effective Teachers initiative.
So far, the cost has been borne largely by the $40 million Gates Grant and a $37.4 million federal Teacher Incentive Grant.
Those grants are winding down from now through 2016, and the district's share is increasing. A district presentation made in November showed the district contributing a total of as much as $31 million in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
In 2016, the projection stated there would be $1.3 million from Gates, nothing from TIF, $10.6 million from the district's general fund and $4.1 million in unfunded project costs.
"I don't think it's possible to continue every single thing at the current level," said Ms. Lane.
She said each part of the initiative will be evaluated, saying it will be "very important" to keep the ones that are "really getting mileage."
Education writer Eleanor Chute: email@example.com or 412-263-1955.


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The Danes have done a lot right when it comes to bikes.
This video (which I found on the excellent, but hard to spell, Cycleliciousness blog) is the first of a five part podcast from A Billion bikes. (Parts four to five are also on the Cycleliciousness blog.) There's about half an hour of video in total, so I've not watched it all yet.
Monday, November 05, 2007
A Billion Bikes: Cycling in Copenhagen
3 comments:
- An Inconvenient Truth said...
"How did we get here in Copenhagen - maybe because we have 100 years of cycling tradition in Copenhagen".
"How did we get here in Darlington - maybe because we have 100 years of cycling tradition in Darlington - but we've ignored it for the last 70".
- 12:42 pm, November 05, 2007
- miketually said...
It's easy to look at places like Copenhagen and Holland and just put their current cycling levels down to the fact they've always done it. But, from other books/videos I've seen on Copenhagen, they also ignored their cycling culture during the sixties and seventies and had to make a conscious effort to move back to bikes.
- 1:16 pm, November 05, 2007
- An Inconvenient Truth said...
My partner stayed with relatives in Copenhagen in the 60's, and confirms it was car hell then.
- 2:37 pm, November 05, 2007
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19 June 2014 - 9:06amThe first Regional Consultation of the World Humanitarian Summit starts today in Abidjan,Côte d'Ivoire. The summit aims to create a new global humanitarian system that is more dynamic, more efficient and more inclusive. The consultation will bring together a diverse group of aid professionals,...
6 June 2014 - 2:35pmEvery year, the community of Wutorobe, in northern Burkina Faso faces drought and food insecurity. People here are struggling more and more with climate change and erratic, failing rainfalls. Aid organizations offer some support. They provide food when times are really tough and offer training and tools...


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Concerns on moving an "Albino shark".
Oh dear, this was not the introduction to fish keeping I was looking for...
After about a year and a half of scrimping and saving and only making it to about halfway through the set-up for my 55g I've run into some trouble.
I was offered a "complete" set up for £30. 110 litre tank, heater, filter and all. Also contains one..."Albino shark". As far as I can tell this would be a Epalzeorhynchos munense (http://www.freshwater-tropical-fish-...fin-shark.html), though I'm seeing a different scientific name on every website I look at. So link included for clarification.
Apparently everything aside from the "shark" has died shortly after being introduced and the owner has lost heart with it. They were waiting for the fish to die and then planned to sell the equipment. I didn't like the thought of the poor sod living in a 110l with only some gravel and a pirate ship ornament to look at so I took it on as well.
Will be doing the move in two runs, one for the fish and then one for the rest. I've nabbed two large fish transport bags from Pets at Home (First time I've had anything positive to say about PaH, they were real good with letting me take some of their bags) and have bought a cool box for the 20 minute journey. Fish will be introduced into a 100 litre plastic tub that'll be heated and aerated. Gives us time to go back, grab the rest of the gear, return and get everything set up. I've bought a bottle of "SafeStart" that will hopefully buffer against going into a mini-cycle. I'll slowly introduce the fish to the storage tank, probably bring a bucket of his own tank water back as well to try and keep down the risk of shock. I've never bought a fish before... let alone tried to move one so I'm trying to be as careful as possible.
The main concern for me here is that the tank is supposedly running at 33 degrees Celsius... which seems incredibly high. I've not come across many fish that are listed as being OK with that high a temperature. Is there a risk of the fish being shocked by temperature changes here? Weather is a little better than it has been but is still dropping to 10 degrees Celsius... should I be worried even though he'll be in a large bag inside a cool box? The heater I've purchased for the job of warming the holding tank only goes up to 31, hoping this will be OK if I float him for a time?
Have zero experience with keeping fish but have been fanatically reading magazines/books and browsing the web for all things fish for the past two years or so. Hoping I can get by on that alone. Spent a lot of time reading up about moving fish but I've found that you can always weevil out a few additional details to think about by asking people directly.
Hopefully this will all go well and I'll be able to lower the heat... strip the tank down and plant it up. Add some silica sand and build in some caves for him to prowl around...
Any advice would be great. Also if anyone has any experience with the fish (I hope is) in question, that'd be great. Or if there's anything else the fish could be it'd be great to get a head start on preparing for that eventuality as well. Even if it means a run down to a willing public aquarium... Thanks in advance!
R.I.P for another few months, 55g.
Be prepared to do a fish in cycle. I highly doubt that the previous owner had half a clue about fish keeping. Reflects in the fact that they put it in a tank too small(55gal minimum for this species) and 99,9% probably didn't cycle their tank silting in all those fish deaths. Or maybe the shark itself killed the others. The previous owners should have known that these sharks are highly territorial especially in small tanks if they had done any research. A large bag in a cool box will change little in temperature. I would not be worried about that. Just make sure that in no circumstances the fish is subjected to more than a degree change in a couple of minutes.
I've bought some larger buckets so I can do larger water changes just in the case we do go into a full cycle. Hoping that by carefully transporting the media in a bucket of tank water and getting it straight back in the tank I'll be able to avoid that. Maybe the SafeStart will help but I'm always quite sceptical of these products, it does say that it'll help bolster the bacteria after water changes and the like... but they could write any old tosh on the back of the bottle.
Unfortunately as it is with a lot of people, they expected the store owner to know what he was selling and sell it properly. People will skip the part where they do their own research, which as in this case has had a few fatal consequences.
Yep, I figured I'd be buying a new 55g this year when I saw what species it could be. Hopefully I'll be able to build a community tank out of this. More finger crossing...
Thanks for the advice Madagascariensis. Move is hopefully happening in the next few days so I'll leave a post saying how it went and if the fish actually turns out to be some amazing new species of freshwater great white shark or something... seeing how this week's going so far, I wouldn't be surprised.
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species...chos-frenatum/ and http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwsubwebi...dfinsharks.htm may provide a fea hints on identification.
A temp of 31 could well explain tge the other deaths. 25c would be much better. If this fish is sweating in 31 (could be a bad thermometer so check) bring it down to 25 over a few days.


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Steamboat Springs It wouldn't have been an easy decision for anyone, but at 8 years old, Jonathan Martinez was the one who had to make it on his own.
He played kickball in the street and enjoyed his time in Mexico, but he ultimately decided to leave some of his family and his home to return to the United States.
Now a sophomore at Steamboat Springs High School, Martinez, who said he's never acted before, played out the scenes of that decision with a group of his classmates.
In three sentences and three frozen poses, the group of five told the story as part of a Literature to Life workshop with the American Place Theatre on Tuesday afternoon.
"I still hear my mom's sorrow," read the last sentence. It cut through the jubilant and chatter-filled classroom with a somber weight — illustrative of the consequences Martinez now carries with him. But he wouldn't have changed that decision.
"I'm happy," he said. "This is a good place."
Decisions and consequences were the centerpiece of the interdisciplinary workshop in the high school's American Studies class, led by American Place Theatre teaching artist Erin Ronder.
Ronder, who is visiting Steamboat from New York, used conversation, writing, interpersonal activities and theater to illustrate how the featured book, "The Things They Carried," wraps into even larger themes than the Vietnam War story so painstakingly displayed in the fictional memoir.
"The things you carry all relate into how you approach different decisions," Ronder told the group in closing. "There are reasons we do what we do."
And it was the sharing of these reasons that she said helps build a community out of the classroom.
Author Tim O'Brien "chose to share an experience that is not often talked about," Ronder said. "It helps us reflect on some of our own."
Teachers Deirdre Boyd and Jennifer Gabriel sat and looked on as the students acted out decisions in their lives in which they refused to give up, in which they chose to give back to their community or found a new beginning.
"It's a really relevant closing to the book," said Gabriel, who has been teaching "The Things They Carried" to this particular group along with Boyd for the past three weeks. "It's culminating the whole experience for them.
"The book itself not only leaves you with a real feeling of Vietnam, but it becomes an important story of the process of writing. It's very universal."
Despite the difficult subject matter and sometimes downright depressing nature of the book, Gabriel said some of her students had told her it was their favorite thing they'd ever read.
"It's not about every fact, it's about the reader leaving the story with a strong feeling of Vietnam," she said.
She said she uses O'Brien's lectures in her writing class to help illustrate the potential for fiction — how in some way it's all based in some reality.
In culminating the book's lesson with the workshop with Ronder and, for many, the stage performance of "The Things They Carried" on Tuesday night at Strings Music Pavilion, the students were taking steps toward telling their own stories, which they're building experience by experience, decision by decision.
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Afghanistan is facing a crisis of confidence in its future. In 2014, the only president the country has known in the post-Taliban era, Hamid Karzai, is due to leave office; there is no front-runner to succeed him and it is not clear whether it will be possible to hold an honest and secure election. More significantly, that same year, the bulk of the Western troops, currently 130,000 strong (including 90,000 Americans), are also supposed to depart. The Taliban, meanwhile, has been weakened, but remains secure in its Pakistan redoubts. Whether the Afghan National Security Forces will remain strong enough to fend them off largely on their own remains unknown. Many Afghans fear the answer is no. That is why home prices in Kabul are declining, capital flight is increasing, and there is growing talk of emigration among the country's elites.
Will the signing of a U.S.-Afghan security partnership agreement, announced Sunday, dispel those doubts? Not likely. To be sure, it is good step forward. That the American and Afghan governments were able to overcome their differences, especially on the controversial issues of "night raids" and detentions of Afghan suspects by U.S. authorities, is certainly positive. That the United States is promising to remain committed in Afghanistan to some degree at least until 2024 is another vote of confidence in the country's future. But much remains unknown about the American commitment.
If the United States were to promise to keep 30,000 troops in Afghanistan post-2014 and, in cooperation with its allies, to fund the Afghan forces at their soon-to-be-reached level of 350,000 personnel indefinitely, that would be one thing. But if there are to be only, say, 5,000 U.S. advisers in Afghanistan post-2014 (no actual figure has been decided on yet), and if funding levels for the ANSF are going to be cut, forcing a reduction of the force down to just 230,000 personnel (as currently envisioned in plans that call for cutting ANSF funding from $6 billion a year to $4.1 billion a year) that's another thing. Afghans--and Americans--don't know which policy Washington will pursue, so there is understandable concern about the future.
To allay those concerns, the Obama administration will have to offer more specificity about the nature of the long-term U.S. commitment to Afghanistan. Of course, no president can compel actions on the part of his successors or future Congresses, but there are examples of Washington making long-term foreign policy commitments and sticking to them--whether the deployment of troops in Western Europe after World War II (where some still remain), or the provision of foreign aid to Egypt and Israel under a formula dictated by the Camp David Accords (followed to this day). Until it includes those kinds of specific pledges, the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan's future will remain more rhetorical than real--and fears about Afghanistan falling apart after 2014 will continue.


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It's almost that time of year. The time when your refrigerator door disappears behind the wallpaper of holiday photo cards sent by cousins, friends and colleagues who think their baby/pet/significant other is just the cutest.
And, well, they certainly are.
Crane & Co. knows this, and so this year we have a special new batch of digital holiday photo card designs that reflect the same bespoke luxury Crane & Co. is known for, but with a delightfully fresh spin. Like snowflakes, no two are alike, and like children , we could never love one more than the other.
With that said, we do have a few we'd love to share to get you in the holiday (and shopping!) spirit.
We fell in love with the photo card above for so many reasons. First, the z-fold style gives us room for a little more of everything — more pictures, more words, more space on the mantle (grandma will be happy).
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Finally, what we love most about this particular holiday photo card is the recipe idea . Anyone can say 'Happy Holidays,' but adding something so personal — and something they can keep forever — is a lovely gesture.


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3rd December 2012 12:06 AM #1
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Getting Pregnant After Missed Abortion
I am an ardent lover of your forum since I have been going through your forum from a long time. I think almost all the topics have been covered in your forum. This has forced me to post a question about my dearest friend who is very worried about her probable pregnancy.
My friend always has regular periods with good flow without any clots. She started planning for pregnancy in January 2012 but was unable to get pregnant till May but during the same month she contacted a gynecologist who gave her some medicines related to hormones. One of them was cyclogest syrup and some other tablets. Luckily, she conceived during June. But she got a very faint line on the pregnancy checking stick so she consulted the doctor. She was upset to know that the pregnancy is very high risk because of low implantation. She took some HCG injections too. However, after 8 weeks the doctor informed her that she has to under go D and C as the child has no heartbeat. She underwent the procedure. Next month, as she did not get her periods she contacted another doctor who informed her that there were remains of the previous D and C in her uterus so she has to undergo another D and C.
Will this affect her next chance of getting pregnant? She has recently taken Rubella vaccine. After how many months she should try again to conceive? What are the steps she should take to ensure that next time she does not get a child without heartbeat?
Pls reply. I would really appreciate it.
8th December 2012 12:50 PM #2
Hey Sarah, thanks for posting and welcome to the group!
I am so sorry to hear about your friend's loss. It is unfortunate, but it does happen quite a lot. I have had two miscarriages and it is estimated that at least 1/4 of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Do you happen to know your friends age? I ask, because failing to get pregnant for five months is usually not substantial enough for an OB prescribe medication. Even in healthy, fertile couples it can take a year or more.
It is a good sign that she became pregnant and the odd are that she will have a successful pregnancy the second time around. For now, she should focus on nutrition. If she is overweight, now is the time to lose the excess. She should be eating a healthy diet, drinking plenty of water, and exercising regularly. Preparing the body for pregnancy is very much a matter of improving overall health.
As for waiting, she should give herself a good two or three, normal cycles following the repeat D & C. She should also be taking prenatal vitamins and folic acid or eating a diet rich in vitamins like folate, this is important long before conception for best results.
As for the Rubella vaccine, it is generally recommended that women wait at least 28 days before trying to conceive following the inoculation.
19th December 2012 11:17 AM #3
Hi Sarah,
Preconception care can make a positive difference in the outcome of any pregnancy.
This is when you take about 3 to 4 months to "act pregnant" so you can "get pregnant". If you wouldn't eat it, drink it or do it while you're pregnant, then don't eat it, drink it or do it before you get pregnant.
The reason for this is because it takes about 4 months for an egg cell to develop into a fully ripe "adult" egg that can be fertilized, and it takes about 4 months for sperm to be created. It's a perfect time for husband and wife to adopt a fertility friendly diet and lifestyle in preparation for conceiving a truly healthy baby.
When you have a truly healthy egg and sperm, the baby will be healthier which means less chance of miscarriage. When mum is highly fertile and healthy going into the pregnancy, there is less chance of miscarriage or preterm labour.
I would encourage your sister to wait 4 months before she tries to conceive and the reason I say this is because of the Rubella vaccine she was given. That vaccine affected the eggs that are currently developing and if she wants to have the best chance of avoiding another miscarriage and D&C, then she's going to want her embryo to be as healthy as possible.
There's probably little you can do about where the embryo implants in the uterus but there are so many other things that can cause miscarriage that 4 months of preconception care would be prudent.
Please feel free to share these forums with anyone you feel may benefit from them. We're here to help.
Warm Regards,
18th February 2013 03:49 PM #4
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Him Mom2many and Kate!
It has been three months since my friend had taken Rubella vaccine. Her doctor suggested that she can try now. However I found it weird when I saw her tablet dublin which contained Norethisterone content. She was advised to take this from day 16 to day 25. I dont understand this. As far as I know this tablet is meant for delaying period????? Please advise me. Is she taking a safe drug which is in favor of her getting pregnant???
Worried but ensured that you will reply,
20th February 2013 04:21 AM #5
Hi Sarah,
Norethisterone is a progestogen which means that it acts similar to the way progesterone would work in the body. It is a steroid and it is synthetic so it would be good to learn all you can about the risks of using this particular "form" of progesterone. Natural progesterone can often times be effective and does not have side effects from all I've read (I've used natural progesterone myself).
The doctor may be using the Norethisterone to help support a possible pregnancy by prescribing it for days 16 to 25. The doctor may also be hoping that she will ovulate around day 14 of her cycle. If the doctor was prescribing it during the first half of her cycle, it would then act as a contraceptive and work to suppress ovulation (keep her from ovulating).
Something that can be very helpful at balancing hormones naturally is the use of acupuncture and herbs.
Hope this helps!
Warm Regards,
27th February 2013 06:01 PM #6
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Hi Kate!
Thanks for your detailed reply. It is good to know that this drug is good for her. I just spoke to her on phone. Today is her Day 20. she is taking the pills regularly. She is having severe on and off cramps on her lower back. She never has them during regular periods but she had such cramps last time when she was pregnant.
I dont know if she is having it. I think its too early to say anything but she is being hopeful. l think we need to just wait and watch. What do you say?
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Hi Kate!
My friend got her periods after four days of stopping the medicine. She visited the doc who said an ovulation study needs to be conducted. But she gave her 50 mg of Clomophine citrate to be taken from day 3 to 8. She has been called on her 11th day. I was wondering how this study is conducted??
Awaiting your response,
23rd March 2013 07:37 AM #8
HI Sarah - I am sorry to say Kate has left the forum due to her job. Unfortunately I don't know the answer to your question.
25th March 2013 05:07 PM #9
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Thanks for your reply. Anyways she has stopped going to the gynaec after she went on her 11th and 12th day and was told that there was no egg developing inside and was told to come the next day.
This frustrated her because the gynaec did not check her. It was her assistant with half knowledge who intimated her telling her she was not ovulating. This frustrated her and she decided not to go for any medicines and now she will be trying on her own to see if she gets any results.
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I have the same problem here, I was getting pregnant in june 2015 and the embryo was abort after 12 weeks. We are now trying for a baby and still I am not getting pregnant.
28th July 2016 02:32 AM #11
Hi dulmi,
Welcome to the pregnancy, birth and beyond forum.
Thank you for your post. I'm sorry to hear about your loss.
Did you have a D&C or did you miscarry naturally last year? Was it confirmed that there was a complete miscarriage?
Do you have regular periods? How long did it take you to conceive when you became pregnant last year? Please could I ask how old you are?
Are you and your partner healthy generally? Are you a healthy weight?
How frequently do you and your partner make love? Are you aware of when your fertile days are each month?
I look forward to reading your reply.
Warm wishes,
28th July 2016 04:15 PM #12
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Hi ljmarsden,
Thank You for your kindly reply.
It was naturally miscarriage and My doctor confirmed that miscarriage was completed and I was fully recovered. Of course I have regular periods. I was pregnant in June 2015 and the embryo was abort after 12 weeks.
Yes Me and My partner are healthy and also have healthy weight too.
I am 25 years old. we made love two or three times per week. I think I don't have much knowledge about fertile days. Please let me know more about it?
I look forward to your reply
Thank You,
28th July 2016 08:15 PM #13
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Got pregnant and delivered a baby boy
Hi Friends,
I am happy to inform you that my friend got pregnant naturally after trying continuously for eight consecutive months. There's hope. If all your reports are normal, even if you have previously undergone abortions or miscarriages, you can definitely conceive a healthy child. bt all it takes is time.
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Thank you very much Sarah.
29th July 2016 02:31 AM #15
That's great news Sarah Griffith.
Thank you for your reply dulmi. If you have been trying to conceive without success for 12 months or more then it is recommended that you see your doctor incase you or your husband have fertility problems.
There are actually only around 3-5 days each month that you can become pregnant on. These occur on the days leading up to ovulation (as sperm can survive in a woman's body for up to 5 days) and on the day of ovulation (an egg then can survive for up to 24 hours, sometimes only 12 hours). You can look for the natural changes in your body that ovulation will occur soon and that having sex in this period of time could result in a pregnancy. Have a look at this informative previous thread which explains about the natural signs of fertility which you can track and look for in your body each month.
How long do your periods last? Do you have a 28 day cycle?
Have you spoken to your doctor recently about trying to conceive?
With warm wishes,


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STARKVILLE, Miss. – Junior outfielder Demarcus Henderson delivered a clutch RBI single in the sixth inning and sophomore relief ace Jonathan Holder tossed 1.2 innings of shutout relief as No. 5 Mississippi State (2-0) nipped the Portland Pilots 2-1 on a wind-chilled Saturday afternoon at Dudy Noble Field.
Five Bulldog pitchers combined to limit Portland (0-2) to a run on four hits.
The win was Mississippi State's 1,000th at the current site of Dudy Noble Field, MSU's on-campus baseball home since 1967.
"It's great to be a part of a program with so much history," said Cohen, who has now been associated with 179 of those wins as a player and head coach at State. "The 1,000 wins represent a lot of players, coaches and fans who through the years have given so much to Mississippi State baseball."
Starting pitchers Evan Mitchell and Travis Radke hooked up in a dandy pitching duel. Mitchell allowed one run on three hits while striking out six in five innings, his longest stint since a career-best 8-inning freshman year performance in the NCAA Atlanta Regional. Radke, the 2012 West Coach Conference Freshman of the Year, registered nine strikeouts and scattered seven hits before exiting the game in the seventh.
After three scoreless innings, State broke scoring ice. Junior outfielder Hunter Renfroe reached on a bunt single that scored Wes Rea from third. The Pilots avoided further damage later in the fourth by turning an inning-ending double play.
Mitchell walked the first Pilot batter he faced in the sixth and Jeff Melby then came through with his second single of the game to tie the score.
State used a two-out rally to regain the lead in the home half of the sixth. Daryl Norris delivered a two-out single and later touched home on Henderson's game-winning hit.
Ross Mitchell (1-0), who replaced starter Evan Mitchell in the sixth, pitched an inning of scoreless relief to get the win. Ben Bracewell and C.T. Bradford blanked the Pilots in the seventh and into the eight before Holder, a candidate for the 2013 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award, came on to close the door. Holder fanned four of the six batters he faced over the final two frames to earn his first save of the year and the 10th of his two-year career.
"Jonathan Holder did a great job for us and Nick Ammirati was outstanding today behind the plate," said Cohen. "That's going to be so important for us to have two catchers that can do a great job for us. We hung in there pretty well against a very good, SEC-caliber pitcher (Radke), and then Demarcus (Henderson) gets the big hit for us."
Designated hitter Trey Porter laced a double and a single to lead State at the plate. Melby had two of Portland's four hits.
During pregame ceremonies, 2012 Bulldog senior outfielder Brent Brownlee was presented the Mike Burns Teammate of the Year Award by Coach John Cohen and Martha Burns, the wife of the late All-SEC outfielder. Among others on hand for the ceremony were Burns' former Bulldog teammates Bill Hamilton and Ken Tatum, also members of State's 1965 and 1966 SEC championship teams. Tatum, a second-round MLB draft pick, pitched six years in the Majors.
State and Portland conclude their four-game opening weekend series Sunday with a 1 p.m. twinbill at Dudy Noble Field. The radio broadcasts of the two games will be heard in the Golden Triangle on WNMQ-FM (103.1).


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I took the below frorm a link off the Kentucky DF&W Site on Turkey Transition Periods. Being fairly new to Turkey hunting myself, and understanding the importance the Rut plays in Deer Hunting Tactics, I wanted to get a sense of the calling tactics relative to the different transition periods. Best as I can figure, from my experience and that of others, less is more when it comes to calling, but so are the right types of calls. However, when you throw in hunting public land some of it all goes by the wayside because every Tom, Dick and Harry is yelping like fools out there..myself included until I was properly educated by some of the pros and vets here. So below is paraphrased from the KY DF&W site, and I've taken the liberty of boldtyping the portions that pertain to the calling recommended during that period. Would appreciate it if you all would comment on the accuracy, and I'm especially interested to hear what those who hunt public land in the North East have to say about transition periods and calling tactics. Best as I can tell from a Knight and Hale show on TV we are towards the end of transition period 3 (May 3 -10th?) in the northeast, which is equivalent to the peak of the rut when it comes to Turkey hunting and calls for aggressive calling once he pitches down and then backing off to more soft clucks and purrs? Your thoughts?
[font="bookman old style"]Transition Phase I
[font="bookman old style"]Turkeys begin changing their routines in early spring. Gobblers that traveled alone or with other toms throughout the winter start bunching with congregating hens. Large mixed flocks of mature toms, jakes and hens begin spending virtually all their time together. Regular gobbling begins in this phase.
[font="bookman old style"]When hunting during the first phase, the most productive way to tag a gobbler is to get as close to the roost as possible to begin calling. Foliage is sparse, so approach flocks cautiously. Start calling softly with tree yelps, but as soon as it is light enough for turkeys to be on the ground, use louder, more aggressive calls. Hens gather in large numbers during this phase and are very vocal. Hunters can call frequently.
[font="bookman old style"]Try using a number of different calls during this phase. Mixing a box call, a slate or glass call, and a mouth diaphragm makes a hunter sound like a flock of hens. Often this will bring a whole group of turkeys into range, with the gobblers bringing up the rear.
[font="bookman old style"]Hunters who aren't successful just after fly down should move ahead of a flock to likely feeding areas. Turkeys are predictable in early spring, and determining the daily routine of the flock will increase the chances of harvesting a long-beard. Also, hunters can spend productive time around the original roost site late in the afternoon. If the flock returns to roost in the same area, a hunter can put himself in good position by arriving a couple of hours before fly up.
[font="bookman old style"]Another effective tactic during this phase is using a set of "fighting purrs" -- two push-pull type box calls -- to simulate a gobbler fight. The sound can also be reproduced on a slate-type call and a diaphragm. This call can work any time of day, but it isn't a sure bet. Get ready if a tom gobbles in response to the mock fight, because birds usually come in fast.
[font="bookman old style"]Transition Phase II
[font="bookman old style"]Commonwealth turkey hunters usually encounter the second transition phase during the opening days of the spring season. Flocks have broken into smaller groups of one or two gobblers with a small band of hens. This is the phase when many hunters complain that the toms are "all henned up."
[font="bookman old style"]Gobbling is intense on the roost and during the first hour that the birds are on the ground. This is when gobblers are staging, or regrouping with their hens, and displaying.
[font="bookman old style"]Luring a gobbler early in the morning is difficult during this phase -- the best bet is to get in close to the roost and call aggressively. The ideal time to hunt is during late morning and early afternoon. Hunters should cover a lot of ground and try to locate gobblers with shock calls like a crow or hawk call. If shock calls don't work, cutting loudly on a turkey call often will elicit a response.
[font="bookman old style"]When a gobbler is located, a hunter should try to get the bird excited with aggressive cutting and yelping. Once the tom responds a number of times or begins working his way closer, the hunter should tone down the calling to clucks, purrs and soft yelps to lure the bird into shooting range. The second phase is a good time to harvest subordinate gobblers. These birds work around the outskirts of flocks with dominant toms, and many times these two-year-old gobblers will slip in silently to a hunter's calling. These toms do the majority of their gobbling in mid-morning.
[font="bookman old style"]Transition Phase III
[font="bookman old style"]The third spring transition period for turkeys is equivalent to the peak of rut for white-tailed deer. This is absolutely the best time to hunt gobblers. Most hens are sitting on their nests, and the few that aren't leave gobblers early.
[font="bookman old style"]The great thing about this time is that basically all calls are effective. Gobblers are lonely and eager to come to a potential mate once they're on the ground. Getting a tom excited with aggressive calls then backing off to soft contented calls is a good method to bring in a long-beard.
[font="bookman old style"]Locator calls are also effective during this phase. Use an owl call early and an aggressive crow call during the rest of the day. Cutting loudly on a tube call also is a good way to locate a willing gobbler. The acoustics from tube calls carry long distances due to tone and volume, and produce realistic turkey sounds when mastered.
[font="bookman old style"]Once a tom is located with a shock or cutting call, hunters should switch to their favorite turkey call. Set up quickly and quietly if a gobbler responds. Many times birds will come in fast with only a few gobbles.
[font="bookman old style"]Hunting from mid-morning into the afternoon is productive during this phase. Gobblers stay in core areas that they have staked as their territories. If a hunter can get in one of those areas, the likelihood of a long-beard responding favorably to a call is high. Placing a jake and hen decoy in a gobbler's core territory can be effective. A boss tom will not tolerate a juvenile male around a hen on his turf. This phase is the best time to take an old long-spurred trophy gobbler.
[font="bookman old style"]A tactic that also works well during this time is buddy hunting. One person is designated as the caller, while the other is the shooter. The caller should sit 40 to 70 yards behind the shooter. The gobbler, believing a hen is farther away, will pass by the shooter. This tactic is especially effective when a tom hangs up to gobble and strut 60 to 100 yards from the caller. If the tom does this, he will still be within range of the shooter.
[font="bookman old style"]If the tom still won't come close, the shooter should stay put while the caller keeps working the bird and slowly moving away. A long-beard that believes a hen is leaving him will often break position and come closer to the calling. Again, the shooter is much closer to the bird and often gets a good shot.
[font="bookman old style"]Transition Phase IV
[font="bookman old style"]Hens are rarely available for gobblers during the fourth transition phase because most are sitting on their nests. At this stage, toms gobble some on the roost then travel to their strut zones.
[font="bookman old style"]Strut zones are places where a gobbler has called up hens earlier in the spring. Typical strut zones include logging roads, flats on a hardwood bench, or points overlooking pastures or bottoms.
[font="bookman old style"]Toms call up most of their hens by drumming during this phase. Hunters should listen closely for this low frequency sound.
[font="bookman old style"]Patterning a gobbler's strut zone routine isn't difficult. Once a pattern is realized, hunters should get to a tom's strut zone and wait patiently for the turkey to arrive. The tom will usually gobble on approach. It is best to let him gobble a few times with no response. When the bird gets close to the strut zone, a few soft calls are usually all it takes to bring him in. It is much easier to call a turkey to somewhere he already wants to go than to try to make him come to where you want him to be.
[font="bookman old style"]Hens aren't vocal during this phase, so calling should be soft and infrequent. Loud aggressive calling will not sound natural and is not effective. Clucks and purrs with an occasional soft yelp are a hunter's best bet, and slate calls and push-pull boxes are the easiest to make quality soft calls on.
[font="bookman old style"]Hunting around fields is also effective during this phase. Gobblers spend a fair amount of time near fields because hens nest around the edges. Fields also supply nutrition for toms physically run down by the breeding season.
[font="bookman old style"]Using a blind made from camouflage material or building one from natural cover help hide a hunter's movements from a silently approaching long-beard, especially if the hunter plans to stay at the set up for a number of hours.
[font="bookman old style"]A few decoys, an occasional soft call, and patience will often pay off when hunting a field during this phase.
[font="bookman old style"]Transition Phase V
[font="bookman old style"]The final spring transition phase finds gobblers returning to fall flocks. Multiple gobblers will regroup, and gobbling activity decreases dramatically. Toms spend a lot of time in fields eating new vegetation and insects. Hens often have poults with them by this point and are not interested in breeding.


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Yesterday was a great day. The world did not come to end and I had a great time with a great group of kids. Yesterday I was shown just how special the kids of today are. My youngest son is on a Relay for Life team. They fund raise for a great cause, a cure for Cancer. There is no one out there reading this blog that has not been touched by cancer, and I am thankful that organizations like Relay for Life are out there working to fund that opportunity to turn cancer into a curable affliction.
So yesterday started out at a Pancake breakfast at Applebee's. A great fund raiser that the kids really enjoyed. Then it was off to the High School, where they joined 200 of their fellow students in a Relay for Life. The student government of the High School planned, prepared, and executed yesterdays event and I am impressed with their dedication and caring nature to take on such a task. They could have easily just had a dance, a car wash, or bake sale. But these young people put together a first class event. They had games, food, and music (live music). They invited cancer survivors to speak and share their thanks, which was moving. But I think the one single thing that impressed me the most was that all of the teams at the event were made up of students from the High School. The band had a team, student government had a team, various clubs and groups of friends all showed up to support this great cause. They arrived with team t-shirts and set up their "camps". The administrative staff of the High School pitched in and cooked burgers, hot dogs, and breakfast this morning.. all out of their own pockets.
It moved me that these kids cared enough to spend their entire weekend dedicated to this cause. Early this morning, about 2 AM or so, they stopped the relay and everyone walked into a dark gym. Around the gym floor were bags with candles in them, on the bags were messages written by the students to loved ones that have been effected by cancer. We sat silently on the floor surrounded by these luminaries as a few students stood and shared their connection with cancer. A set of sisters that lost their father to cancer, one that lost a grandpa and the stories touched each and everyone in the gym. They asked for people to stand if they had been touched by a Mother or Father with cancer… people stood, a Grandfather or Grandmother.. more stood, a spouse, friend, brother, sister.. even more took to their feet, still in silence. Nephews? Nieces?.. still more stood. By the time they had asked these questions all but a small hand full of the participants were standing. I could hear the muffled tears and heart felt rubbing of backs as the students looked around and truly saw the impact on just their group that cancer has brought. And when the emotional roller coaster was about to let me off.. we were invited to quietly walk around the Luminaries, reading the bags and seeing the painful messages.. "Hang in there Mom", " I miss you Dad", "In loving memory of my Grandma".. touched.
We went back into the commons to continue the relay, as I sat with a few other parents we looked around the room and these great kids. We shared how special they are, not just to us, but that how these kids act today will make our world such a better place tomorrow. The current generation often gets a bad rap.. they are slackers that need to pull their pants up and take out the ear buds… but you know what.. I think those are too broad of paint strokes… these kids are socially aware and care. They have hearts of gold and want to help. They are growing up in a time of super media and up to the second information. They are smarter than we often give them credit for and they are moving in a world where things are changing faster than they can learn it. The jobs that they will have after graduation have not even been invented yet. The language they speak evolves and the technology that they use is out dated the minute they walk out of the store.
I look at these kids and their friendships, the way they treat each other, their caring nature and I see a great future.
We have great kids. I am proud of them.
Part of the Relay for Life obviously is the relay itself. Team Kellogg (the team my son is on) walked in one hour shifts. I took a few of those hours with them. As I walked I listened to music, podcasts, and chatted with some of the kids. After the last shift I walked I could not help but feel great about the walking and what we were doing there.. which of course brought it all back to Scouting. "To help other People at all times" Team Kellogg raised close to $900 dollars for Relay for Life. I do not think they understand the impact that money will make. They were awarded the "Gold Team" distinction for raising the most in this Relay for Life event. While it is great to be the winners, it is better to know that what they won is going to help.
#100daysStrong is doing that in each of us too.. committment to a goal and achieving it will show that we are serious about fitness and healthy choices. How we live will be reflected back in the Scouts, and in this case, the friends of my son, our sons and daughters and how they live. If we truly care about it.. we need to share it.
I read about American kids being obese and unhealthy. Well, we can help change that, just like Team Kellogg is helping to find a cure for cancer.
Day 2 Health tip:
Make healthy eating and physical activities fun!
Take advantage of physical activities you and your friends enjoy doing together and eat the foods you like. Be adventurous – try new sports, games and other activities as well as new foods. You'll grow stronger, play longer, and look and feel better! Set realistic goals – don't try changing too much at once.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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|Classic Atlantic Salmon No pursuit rivals salmon rivers, flies & legacy
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|Gary W
|I know that the Esk DSFB proposed that the nets were banned until June. I don't know what the final decision was regarding the nets.
presumably this means that the netsmen won't be able to pilage the stocks until june as well? i've not seen this stated in the two articles i've read on the matter.....
if that is the case, then the anglers should be thankful for what will undoubtedly be a huge upturn in runs. if it isn't the case then politics north of the border have clearly gone mad
|Gary W
As I've stated before, I return well over 90% of the fish I catch. However, regardless of what side of the fence you sit on this sticks in the throat, as it seems to be penalising rod and line anglers while the netsman are allowed to take a highly disproportionate number of salmon for profit. This hardly sounds like a measure that has been put in place in the interests of conservation. Anybody who has been following this issue, knows that there are people involved with a definite conflict of interests.
Also, when you pay for a days fishing you are, effectively, leasing the fishing rights. Fishing rights allow you to reap the natural resource, if this element is removed, should anglers be offered a sporting ticket, where the price is substantially lowered.
Also, without going into the figures and detail, the North Esk has one of the most prolific spring runs of Salmon in europe. If there was a genuine concern about conservation on this river, the nets should have been lifted long ago. These are not estuary or in-river nets and could also be taking salmon destined for other less prolific rivers where spring salmon may be at a dangerously low level.
I fail to see the sense in penalising the sporting anglers, while the netsman are allowed to endanger the salmon run.
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One in the eye for the salmon killers
Interesting report for you non Scots,
Most of the scottish rivers have a C&R policy, the Dee suggests everything goes back, but I have seen fish being killed for trophies.
The Spey, Tweed suggest as a minimum that the 1st 3rd etc is returned again I have seen the one for the pot boys killing the first so they do not have to go home empty handed.
The Esks took the step of going for a compulsery C&R and I was aware it was very unpopular.
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Imogen has a trampoline, Joseph gets jealous. He'd love to bounce on it too but it's a bit big too big for him and we both get highly scared when he's on it. TP Toys sent him the perfect solution to his jealousy when their Bubble Bouncer arrived in the post.
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Joseph was intruiged when he saw the box and very kindly helped me get it out of the box for me. With a quick flip of the handle into the upright position the Bubble Bouncer was ready to go and Joseph could not have been happier. He hopped on straight away grabbing hold on the handle and giving his knees a good old bend and his bottom a golly good wiggle!!!
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