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Situated behind 420 Lincoln Road, the original 1940s-era building at the southwest corner of Washington Avenue and Lincoln Road, Park@420 is literally at the center of the citys vibrant artistic, cultural and retail renaissance. Park@420 will be open to the public in time for Lincoln Roads wildly popular Halloween weekend.
The five-story, $40 million contemporary complex contains the 500-space parking garage with an entrance conveniently located on 16th Street and Drexel Avenue, and Shoppes@420, which boasts 17,400 square feet of available retail and restaurant space. Miami-based Arellano Construction is responsible for construction management of the project.
Lincoln Road is now anchored on both east and west by mixed-use garage structures designed by two of the worlds top architectural firms: Nortens TEN Arquitectos, based in Mexico and New York, and Herzog & de Meuron of Switzerland, which designed the garage at the corner of Alton Road.
Neighbors include architect Frank Gehrys New World Center (designed for the New World Symphony); The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater; the Miami Beach Convention Center; Miami City Ballet; Bass Museum of Art; and The Wolfsonian-FIU. Recently, FIUs College of Architecture + The Arts opened its Miami Beach Urban Studios satellite campus at 420 Lincoln, adding to the growing artistic synergy of the area.
As we created this new structure, we visualized a design that would fit both the tempo of the neighborhood and also connect with the dynamics of a garage, said former Ambassador Paul Cejas, president and CEO of 420 Lincoln Road Associates, the property owner. And then, with the opportunity to weave in the new FIU campus, we were able to capitalize on the artistic and cultural energy that now embodies this truly exciting neighborhood.
TEN Arquitectos (Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos) was founded in Mexico City by Enrique Norten in 1986 and has produced numerous award-winning and acclaimed architectural projects. Current commissions include two mixed-use buildings in Washington, DC; a shopping mall in Puebla, Mexico; the master plan and library of Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City; and a new vision for Rutgers Universitys Livingston Campus and Business School. In addition, construction is underway for a museum in Mexico, Acapulcos City Hall and Mercedes House in New York City, a luxury rental development overlooking the Hudson River. Award-winning projects such as the Guggenheim Museum in Guadalajara, Mexico and the National School of Theater at the National Center of the Arts and Hotel HABITA, Mexico City have also established the firm as a leader in contemporary architecture.
In the past two decades, the firms projects have been recognized with numerous awards, such as the 2009 Institute Merit Design Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter for the Xochimilco Master Plan and Aquarium and a National 2009 Institute Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design from the AIA for the Orange County Great Park.
We conceptualized all aspects of the new building before construction began, said Lamys Guerrero, vice president of 420 Lincoln Road Associates, who is overseeing the construction of the building. Our team captured the boldness of Nortens design and managed the project through its two years of development and construction, working in close collaboration with the architect, the community and the city to achieve an iconic masterpiece that will make a lasting contribution to the urban fabric of Miami Beach.
The still evolving city-wide block, anchored by the original 1940s building, is ideally centered in the heart of South Beach, just blocks from the beach, convention center, City Hall, cultural arts venues, and hotels. A 20,000 square-foot, 1,600-seat former movie theater, located adjacent to the new addition, is in the process of being transformed into a multi-level retail space with an anticipated opening of December 2012.
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Broken glass, twisted beams, piles of debris--these are the early memories of the children who grew up amidst the ruins of the Third Reich. More than five decades later, German youth inhabit manicured suburbs and stroll along prosperous pedestrian malls. Shattered Past is a bold reconsideration of the perplexing pattern of Germany's twentieth-century history. Konrad Jarausch and Michael Geyer explore the staggering gap between the country's role in the terrors of war and its subsequent success as a democracy. They argue that the collapse of Communism, national reunification, and the postmodern shift call for a new reading of the country's turbulent development, one that no longer suggests continuity but rupture and conflict.
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I don't know about you other bloggers out there, but I sometimes get to wondering who else out there is reading my blog, beyond the small circle of friends, and occasional commenters, who sometimes stop by for a glimpse into my virtual world. Lately, I have sensed traffic picking up a bit, and some new friends stopping by for a chat.
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Hi Wulingren,I visited Mark's site yesterday and read his post on the Yao paintings and the comments, and was fascinated by the process in which he and his readers gradually made sense of the paintings. I started to fondly remember my own initial reactions when I saw Yao ceremonial art. Then, I noticed this comment:
I wonder if I could get your help. I purchased what appear to be 2 Yao sacred paintings in Hanoi last month and have posted pictures of them on my blog (Six Months in Hanoi: http://hanoimark.blogspot.com). My readers have been helping me interpret them. If you get a chance I'd be very grateful to get your insight on them since you appear to be a scholar of the Yao.
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January 7, 2016 – Picture: Lapido Market Lagos Spare Parts Dealer Sells Baby In Anambra To Raise Money For Business
Meet Okwuchukwu Ibekwe, a 28-year-old Lagos-based trader who recently sold his baby boy to a baby buyer simply identified as Chinelo in Ihiala area of Anambra State.
Okwuchuku, a resident of Shinaba Street in Iyaba Iba area of Lagos had some difficulties in his trade and told his wife to release their baby so they can sell him and raise some money for his crumbling business.
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While being paraded on yesterday, Okwuchukwu said he collected N400,000 from Chinelo in exchange for his son with the full knowledge of his wife.
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The 2700 block of Washington Road has a funny legacy – in fact, it's a legacy with a comedic reputation.
Not so many years ago, the Comedy House Theater sat atop what's now a grassy knoll next to a Wendy's fast-food restaurant.
These days, the Comedy Zone on Wednesday nights is all the rage at Somewhere in Augusta, a sports bar at 2820 Washington Road that's just blocks away from where the old Comedy House Theater was.
Before going out of business, the Comedy House moved across the street near where the Fresh Market grocery store and Legends conference center are now.
Cindy Fiske, who co-owns Somewhere In Augusta with her husband, John Fiske, said comedy nights at her venue are not new and have been enjoyed by a solid clientele for several years.
"When we purchased Somewhere In Augusta about five years ago, comedy nights were already in place," she said.
Somewhere prides itself as Augusta's premiere sports bar, with the area's coldest beer and, now, the region's only professional comedy outlet.
On a recent Comedy Zone night, comedians Lyndel Pleasant and Landry, worked the club, and both said they were impressed with Somewhere's atmosphere.
"In general, I'm impressed with the new South – so much better than the old South," said Pleasant, 32, who hails from Chicago, but as a kid often visited his grandmother in nearby Washington, Ga., where he "picked figs off trees," he told his audience with a chuckle.
"Somewhere in Augusta has great management, and I enjoy the close proximity of the audience. The pay? It's not bad either," said Pleasant, who considers Dave Chappelle one of his favorite comedians.
He also names Bill Cosby as a favorite, "mainly because Cos never resorted to expletives to tell a story. And, that's my style too," said the married father of two toddler sons.
Landry says he considers the cold beer and fresh, hot wings a bonus when he visits Augusta's new home of comedy.
In the early 1990s, the Comedy House Theater hired major acts such as Sinbad and Gallagher, the food-smashing comic, along with a fresh-faced comic from Cleveland, Ohio, named Steve Harvey, who stayed with Augusta businessman Charlie Williams during stints until Harvey's finances grew along with his comic genius.
Harvey, now a movie-star and love-relationship author, is a Hollywood renaissance man who no longer requires assistance from Williams, though Williams says Harvey remains a true friend – one who never forgot those leaner times in Augusta.
In recent years, Club 706 on Deans Bridge Road was another local venue that staged comedy nights in Augusta.
Cindy Fiske says her Comedy Zone is an inexpensive evening of entertainment for couples, co-workers, military comrades and singles. Shows cost $8.
"It's a nice option for Augusta," she said. "We provide a little more diverse entertainment without having to go to major concert venues."
She also notes that her comics are not locals, but are booked from the Charlotte-based Comedy Zone talent agency, one of the nation's largest comedy club networks. More than 3,000 comedians appeared at the network's 100-member venue network a year ago, according to Somewhere's Web site.
"Really, it's just a great social night out," Fiske said.
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As part of the conference theme of Working Toward Recovery a special regional panel will canvass what cargo opportunities and transportation challenges exist at Baltic ports.
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The Baltic trade routes are historically important and continue to be a vital link to offer reliable access to markets in northern Europe and Russia, Mr Khan said.
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text: Overview By Mayo Clinic Staff Print Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental disorder in which you can't stop thinking about one or more perceived defects or flaws in your appearance — a flaw that, to others, is either minor or not observable. But you may feel so ashamed and anxious that you may avoid many social situations. When you have body dysmorphic disorder, you intensely obsess over your appearance and body image, repeatedly checking the mirror, grooming or seeking reassurance, sometimes for many hours each day. Your perceived flaw and the repetitive behaviors cause you significant distress, and impact your ability to function in your daily life. You may seek out numerous cosmetic procedures to try to "fix" your perceived flaw. Afterward, you may feel a temporary satisfaction, but often the anxiety returns and you may resume searching for a way to fix your perceived flaw. Treatment of body dysmorphic disorder may include cognitive behavioral therapy and medication. Request an Appointment at Mayo Clinic Symptoms & causes April 28, 2016 Print Share on: FacebookTwitter References Body dysmorphic disorder. In: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5. 5th ed. Arlington, Va.: American Psychiatric Association; 2013. http://www.psychiatryonline.org. Accessed March 24, 2016. Phillips KA. Body dysmorphic disorder. In: Gabbard's Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders. 5th ed. Arlington, Va.: American Psychiatric Association; 2014. http://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.books.9781585625048.gg22. Accessed March 24, 2016. Body dysmorphic disorder. Merck Manual Professional Version. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/psychiatric-disorders/obsessive-compulsive-and-related-disorders/body-dysmorphic-disorder. Accessed March 24, 2016. Veale D, et al. Body dysmorphic disorder. BMJ. 2015;350:h2278. Fang A, et al. Body dysmorphic disorder. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2014;37:287. Greenberg JL, et al. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescent body dysmorphic disorder: A pilot study. Behavior Therapy. 2016;47:213. Body dysmorphic disorder. Anxiety and Depression Association of America. http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/related-illnesses/other-related-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder-bdd. Accessed March 24, 2016. Sawchuk CN (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. April 12, 2016. RelatedMeditation Body dysmorphic disorderOverviewSymptoms & causesDiagnosis & treatmentDiagnosisTreatmentPreparing for your appointmentSelf-managementMore aboutIn-DepthResources Advertisement Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. Advertising & Sponsorship Policy Opportunities Ad Choices Mayo Clinic Store Check out these best-sellers and special offers on books and newsletters from Mayo Clinic. The Last Diet You'll Ever NeedNEW! Mayo Clinic Guide to Integrative MedicineStop Osteoporosis in its TracksMayo Clinic Health LetterThe Mayo Clinic Diet Book Diagnosis & treatmentRequest an AppointmentDiagnosisTreatmentPreparing for your appointment CON-20194210 Patient Care & Health Information Diseases & Conditions Body dysmorphic disorder


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This post is about natural development cycles.
"Ringing" describes the curve of a waveform that occurs naturally. It's called "ringing" because striking a bell is one of the natural places this curve appears. I see this curve in software projects.
Code Churn
Code Churn is a generic attempt to measure the stability of software under development. It improves upon the earlier Lines-of-Code metric by measuring line of code added, deleted, and edited. One of my more productive days as a developer resulted in removing 90% of the lines of code. My LOC metric for that day was "-1800" but the software (code-behind a web page pre-.Net, before code-behind was automated) was 10 times faster.
At the beginning of a project, code churn will spike and bottom-out as teh development team figures out the best approach to solving complex challenges. One way developers manage this is to sketch out the workflow and identify the "difficult" stuff. Let's face it: If you've been designing solutions for any length of time you have solved some common problems before. You don't need to reinvent the wheel, you can simply utilize the same design pattern.
Once the difficult items are identified, it's common to start by developing those pieces of code. Solving the big mysteries first allows you to knock out a proof-of-concept and will drive the more familiar portion of the design. It's not uncommon to develop several proofs-of-concept applications to test various approaches to the solution and even different tools. This makes for lots of code additions, deletions, and modifications. As development time nears the release date, code churn stabilizes to a predictable norm.
Bug Rate and Severity
When testing begins, you'll see lots of bugs reported and then fixed, then almost as many bugs reported and then fixed. The curve will ebb and flow, it's as natural as ocean waves washing ashore. In general (and all generalizations are false), the number and severity of bugs will decrease over time. they will become "fewer and farther between." Stability ensues as the ringing subsides.
Developer Enthusiasm
Developers need a challenge. Stop challenging them and they get bored. They respond to challenges differently - most start new projects enthusiastically, followed by stark realization of the scope of work vs. the timeline - which dimishes enthusiasm. As the project progresses, mysteries are revealed and problems solved. Gradually, the unknowns dissipate. For developers, emotions ring at the beginning of the project until the unknowns are resolved.
Ringing is normal. It's tempting to react to the troughs - or even the crests. Relaxing when things look good can be just as damaging as creating drama when things look bad. A steady hand is required to manage ringing. Realize it's normal, and be a normalizing influence.
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Your analogy brings up a few questions. Speaking from a control systems view, what, if anything for these examples could/would be an influence to make it a more critically damped system, to smooth out the oscillations earlier? Second, does this assume no other outside forces are acting over the duration? I could see things settling down when an outside force applies an impulse which causes higher oscillations again. Third, as an extension of the second and as a worst case scenario, what situations would cause this pattern to reach its resonant frequency where oscillations would get worse over time instead of better?
Hi Chuck,
These are outstanding questions. As someone with controls knowledge, you realize one solution is to introduce Proportional/Integral/Derivative (PID) feedback. Finding (proper) analogues with managing software teams is the challenge before me now. I have some, but I am taking time to work through some good examples (test-driven blogging?) before I write more.
If you have thoughts on the topic, please share.
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Ok, I'll give it a shot. I asked the questions because I could see this idea turn into its own full post, or just rat-hole off on its own tangent. I'm not sure how well thought out my ideas are, so here's a rough sketch of what was starting to go through my head. Plus, it's been a while since I've really had to think about control systems, I could hear the rust falling off the grey matter.
First, there will always be some measure of oscillation and volatility due to current iterative dev approaches (agile, scrum, xp, etc.), and the fact that we're human, we have good days and bad, and there are always those things which are completely out of our control no matter how much we wish it were otherwise.
So to abbreviate my previous questions, I'll label each as follows and consider them for each of your headings.
q1: critical dampening?
q2: external impulses?
q3: resonance?
Code churn:
q1: I think you achieve dampening through an experienced team familiar with problem domain and tool set. You know what the problem is, you have enough experience and/or forethought to mock out a good framework, then go out and build it.
q2: An example would be new directives mid-stream, such as "ok, but now make it do this other thing instead" which wasn't in the original plan and requires going back to the original architecture. Things might have been settling down before but now you have to adapt to the new input.
q3: An example of resonant code churn would be loss of project direction, or a spray and pray dev model, or teams building pieces in isolation that when integrated blow up and you have to go back to the drawing board, or projects initiated to build a tool to do x but then it morphs into something else and each time it goes through another iteration it has to do something else, where code reusability basically goes out the window.
Bug rates and severity:
q1: Probably the same answer as q1 under code churn. I suspect there's a strong correlation between code churn and bug rates, but maybe not.
q2: An impulse to cause a jump in bugs here could be new tech, like adopting cloud or new languages. Or maybe someone runs a new security tool against it and finds a new set of vulnerabilities you have to address.
q3: Resonance could if people start introducing more problems than they fix.
Developer enthusiasm:
q1: As I said above, people are variable, and similar to answer for the other headings. The goal would be to increase enthusiasm yet still have the "been there done that" mindset to prevent the highs or lows.
q2: Impulses on enthusiasm could be + or -, + if there's new found support from upper mgt, - if beta users blast it, or mgt suddenly says it needs to launch next week when there's two months' work left.
q3: Resonant enthusiasm, that sounds like manic depression or something. Or perhaps an unstable environment, perhaps due to recent layoffs, etc.
So there you have it, for better or worse. I see a bit of recurring patterns and variation on a theme, which I guess could all be neatly summed by the idea of adaptability.


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After posting my plea for help on here, I have had loads of responses. Thanks everyone. One of which was to try the Bernstein solution. So I have the book from the library and am reading through it.
I have to say it does make sense, because one of the major problems I have is taking boluses of any size. I just imagine the insulin going in to me as a big puddle, and then suddenly all working at once before the food absorbs. So I under bolus or extend with the pump. And I do eat a lot of carbs.
So it makes sense to eat fewer carbs so I don't have to take too much of a bolus to cover it.
BUT, I don't know if I can be as strict as Bernstein suggests in the book. The only carbs coming from vegetables?? No fruit, milk, bread, potatoes etc. It is very drastic and I wonder if it is safe. Yes he has used it for 40 years and is still alive and kicking which tells you something, but if you don't eat carbs where does your energy come from? Also, does it make you ketotic if you are burning fat instead of carbs?
Anyway in the meantime I am testing basals to get those right. Mornings seem to be ok but lunchtime onwards is not right. I have reduced some of them for tomorrow. As I have been high a long time I felt hypo symptoms at 6.0 (108) earlier on and despite eating 30g carbs it took an hour for my sugars to rise to 8.8 (154). I'm wondering if my gastro is about to play up, ulgh!!!
Well, not everyone is as strict as Bernstein. We just lower carbs to what is doable for us, in lowering errors, and numbers... You can join the Bernstein group in our site... and gets lots of advice from people there... Lots of recipes, too... etc.
Thanks I'll check that out.
I found yes if you go cold turkey with no carbs you will have Atkins Breath and be burning Ketones while you burn fat. In addition it takes time to work down to a blood sugar of 83 feeling normal. I believe in the book he shoots for his patients first to achieve a blood sugar of 100 and then continue to work it down from there.
Most people follow a version of his and are not quite as restrictive. I just stay away from problem foods where I know I will get into trouble.
I find that adding a small bit of beans or lentils or ezekial bread to my meals of veggies and organic meat/chicken/fish/fowl, gives me just the right amount of carbs to feel good all day. You don't need the calcium in milk if you eat veggies high in calcium like spinach (which is also high in potassium) and you don't need the protein in milk if you eat meat or chicken or fish.
Like others say, you can eat a not so strict version of the bernstein diet. Any small changes are probably more likely to stick rather than trying to restrict everything you're used to eating all at once.
Anyway, good luck, sounds like you're doing pretty well
I also find this diet to be a little hard to adhere too, so I tend to gravitate to the paleo or caveman type diet. I wrote a post a couple of weeks ago Titled Diabetic Caveman I also hear The Primal Blue Print is a good lower carb diet but easier to adhere to. Good luck. I do like the smaller inputs = more predictable outcomes. Makes sense. Cheers from http://www.three2treat.com
I think it is perfectly ok to adapt Dr. B's diet. The "law of small numbers" is what matters. If you can reduce your carbs, your blood sugar swings will be much less. And this will let you drop your blood sugars lower (much lower) and still be safe from hypos. You may continue to fear hypos and you still may need to work on that, but gaining confidence in your own ability to control your blood sugar and feel safe will also go a long way.
ps. You feelings of hypo at 108 mg/dl are natural, your body has adjusted to higher blood sugars. The hypo feelings should diminish in a few days.
pps. You need to also recognize your personal accomplishment of getting your blood sugars down, that is good progress.
It sounds like you are taking action! Yay! I too read Dr. B before I knew anything about DM or found this website. I thought he was on crack. But now that I am almost a half a year in, I won't completely adhere to his suggestions, but I do see the benefits of limiting my carbs by 50g from my past norm. I still need 70-150g but it depends on my exercise levels. I am also trying to find better carbs that won't make me spike as much. Yesterday I walked so much at work and exercised that I ate 70g of carbs without bolusing. Good luck!
I have had db for 37 years and been on dialysis for 4 months. As a dialysis patient I am required to eat at least 10 ounces of animal protein per day. My doctor says that as long as I do this, I will keep up my strength and vitality.Once the protein requirement is met for each meal, there is little room for carbs.Without even trying (only testing about twice per day, but still taking mdi's) my A1C came back the lowest ever - 6.3.
I am not exactly a low-carber but I have cut them back considerably from what I used to eat maybe 5-6 years ago and am always sort of refining things a bit, trying to push it a bit? I also have a ton of respect for Dr. Bernstein however I am not 100% in agreement that you need to be quite so rigorous to maintain very good control? I have noticed that when I don't eat a lot of carbs I don't go up or down nearly as much. I get nice, flat lines with my CGM a lot the time and just sort of keep an eye on it. I have had my fair share of hypos too, and certainly understand being averse to them although as long as I have carbs around, which is about 99% of the time, I am not all that fazed by them either? I hope that you can work out what the situation is. Another thing about AM/ Lunch differential might be to set different basal rates? W/ the CGM, I've noticed that a very small adjustment, .05U/ hr will make my BG go all nutso, either high or low, so I don't make big adjustments. If, OTOH, I get a period which runs high for a few days in a row, with no other changes, I will push the insulin up a shade and see what happens for a couple of days. Small changes in basal can make a big difference in stability for me so maybe that would be worth a try? Good luck with whatever you come up with!
I read Bernsteins' book a decade ago and it made me change how I eat entirely. I used to say I eat a low carb diet because of that book, but truth is it's just a low refined carb diet. For breakfast I eat steel cut oatmeal along with no fat yogurt and peanut butter for protein. For lunch I eat veggies and a little feta cheese or turkey or chicken. For dinner it's usually fish or chicken, low carb veggies and beans. That's not truly a low carb diet because veggies and beans have carbs and oatmeal sure does, but the low refined carbs means my sugars no longer swing like someone on a trapeze! I have so much more control. I thank this way of eating for giving me peace of mind.
I don't follow Bernstein in how strict he is. I eat a small amount of fruit, bread when I'm out at restaurants, sweet potatoes, the occasional fried calamari. You need to do what's right for you and wiping everything you love out of your diet, you're not going to stick for long. Find your middle ground and as you get used to it you'll be able to eat more complex carbs and less refined carbs and less carbs overall.
You might have some gastroparesis, anyone who's had diabetes for a while might, you will feel like you're low if you've been high a long time, and if it's taking a long time to recover for a low it might depend what you're using to recover. You want fast acting carbs: glucose tablets, juice, real soda, skim milk. Anything with fat in it will delay your rise.
I just bought the book too and wow it is a wake up call! I doubt I will try and get my carbs down to 30 per day. I exercise too frequently. I am averaging around 170 or less per day. I think a good goal at least for myself would be to get my total carb intake down to under 70 desirably. I will try and treat it like a weight watchers diet and give it some kind of points system. Its crazy because when I was first taught to count carbs and balance my plate I was told to keep my main 3 meals under 60 per meal and my snacks to under 15. I feel like I need to re-learn everything now.


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CEBU, Philippines - Finding probable cause, the Cebu City Prosecutor's Office indicted the alleged members of an Ozamis-based robbery group for having inflicted physical injuries to a roving teller of China Bank-Cebu Main Branch.
Prosecutor Mario Ley Gidayawan elevated the criminal case for robbery with physical injuries before the court against Junjun Cabando and three unidentified cohorts, all residents of Purok 1, Cogon, Ozamis City.
Gidayawan recommended P200,000 bail for their temporary liberty.
In his two-page resolution, Gidayawan cited the failure of the accused to file their respective counter-affidavits and other controverting evidence as basis for filing the complaint in court.
"The complaint is undisputed. Respondents are wanted fugitives after a failed daylight heist inside the Robinsons Mall at Fuente Osmeña, Cebu City, that left two security guards dead, a bank teller and two police officers wounded," the resolution reads.
In the complaint filed by Lewin Kaye Surig, he stated that on September 5, 2011 he was assigned to deliver the money to one of their bank's clients, a money changer located at the ground floor of the said mall.
However, while going to the basement, armed persons blocked their way and pointed a gun at him. While he was trying to move away, Surig was shot and he fell on the floor, wounded in the thigh.
Surig added the money was taken away by the accused and he heard more shots.
Despite his wound he contacted his supervisor using his cellphone and told him what had happened. Several minutes later he was taken to the hospital by an ambulance.
Gidayawan stated that based on the foregoing facts, he found sufficient evidence to hold accused for trial.
"Complainant positively identified Junjun Cabando as the person who shot him in the leg then took the bag of money. The injuries sustained by the former are supported with a medical certificate," the resolution reads.
Earlier, Prosecutor Rodulph Joseph Val Carrillo charged the accused for robbery with homicide, a non-bailable offense for the death of security guard Etac and Odag.
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One is a University professor who was a key figure in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The other is a young activist whose father was murdered by the head of Vlakplaas, Eugene De Kock.
Healing the traumas of the past is the passion moving two special South African women.
Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela has placed this passion at the centre of her academic work at the University of the Free State. She is Senior Research Professor and with the support of the Mellon Foundation runs a research project in trauma, memory, forgiveness and representations of the past.
Candice Mama is an undergraduate student in Communications at the University of South Africa (Unisa). She majors in communications and psychology and has recently had to grapple with forgiving Eugene De Kock who murdered her father, Glenack Masilo Mama in 1992. He was 25 years old and an activist from Dube, Soweto. Candice was eight months old at the time of his death.
The two were in conversation at the university's Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice earlier this year, the one skillfully drawing out the other to tell her riveting story.
Here follows an edited audio recording of their conversation. Listen to it and decide if they are inspirational South Africans deserving celebration on Women's Day.
While Pumla is the trained psychologist familiar with the unfolding dynamics, Candice's youthful exuberance helps to carry her through the difficult narrative of how the murder took place and how she had to face the murderer recently.
In an interview with The Journalist, Candice later jokes that she was always interested in news and had then "became the news herself."
"I studied communications because I wanted to become a journalist and a news anchor before I became the news, that was the direction," she laughs. "I still would like to continue in that direction of reporting on news but now maybe get into a doccie series and doing informative education that will still entertain the youth," she said.
She describes herself as a dreamer and a hopeful who would like to change the world. She has a firm belief in the value of dialogues.
"I believe that as soon as we discuss things we can find solutions to fixing them. So in South Africa, where there are so many traumas, my passion lies with the youth. I'd like to help empower them, give them hope and mobilise them to action because I know how hard it was for me personally before I started this journey. I just want to help the youth who are in similar situations and show them where the opportunities are," she says.
She is a Tears (Transform education about rape and sexual abuse) foundation ambassador and she is also part of a mentorship programme that helps to search for bursaries for youths who are between 16 and 18 years of age. In addition, she is also part of a series of public dialogue sessions in various universities across the country looking at topics such as racism, trauma and xenophobia. Aside from her studies, Mama is currently writing a book on her journey of forgiveness and she is also involved in various projects that are aimed at empowering the lives of others. At age 23, she is fortunate to have a mentor as accomplished as Pumla who is quietly and consistently plugging away at the difficult issues of understanding our traumas and finding ways to heal.
"Few topics stake a more compelling claim on humanities research than the legacies of historical trauma – the impact of genocide and mass atrocities not only on individuals and groups that experienced the violence directly, but also across multiple generations of the descendants of survivors," said Pumla.
"Trauma's transmission across generations is probably one of the most urgent questions of the 21st century. This is why healing from trauma is so important, because dealing with trauma can interrupt its intergenerational repercussions, which may manifest in a range of ways, including through violence. Yet healing from the traumas brought about by oppressive regimes and massive violence is a nearly impossible task precisely because its consequences often play out in ways that may seem unrelated to the original traumatic experiences," said Pumla. "And as we try to rebuild our country, the violence remains embedded deep in our psyches leading to more traumas."
For her professorial inaugural lecture at UCT in 2010, she studied the work that has been done to transform the lives of farm workers and descendants of slaves on the 320-year-old Solms Delta estate in Franschhoek. Her lecture entitled "The 'Face of the Other': Human Dialogue at Solms Delta and the Meaning of Moral Imagination, focused on the process of transformation that made the farm workers co-owners of the wine business at Solms Delta, restoring the workers' human dignity. The farm is owned by Professor Mark Solms, who established the Museum Van de Caab and dedicated the museum to honouring the farm's slave heritage and memorialising the individuals who lived and worked on the farm, from pre-colonial times to the present. The Journalist, Issue 38.focuses on the transformational issues on this farm that has provided inspiration to many.
While she has settled down on the Free State campus and the university claims her as one of its most outstanding professors, a little bit of her belongs to at least three other South African universities. She completed her undergraduate studies and Honours degree in Psychology at Fort Hare. She went on to complete a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology at Rhodes University and then received her PhD in Psychology at the University of Cape Town. Her main interests are traumatic memories in the aftermath of political conflict, post-conflict reconciliation, empathy, forgiveness and psychoanalysis.
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HE HAS always seen himself as a man of the people; now Sir Paul McCartney is asking fans if they'd like to appear in his next video.
The ex-Beatles legend, 71, is making a promotional clip for Save Us, a song from his latest album New, and he's asking his army of followers to submit photos of themselves that also include one line of lyrics from the tune.
A message on McCartney's official website explains: "We would like you to pick a line or two from Paul's song Save Us (or pick every line if you want!) and take a photo of yourself with it.
"You could write the words on a piece of paper; make something with the words on; do something on your computer – remember, the more creative your photo, the more chance you have of being included!"
We would like you to pick a line or two from Paul's song Save Us (or pick every line if you want!) and take a photo of yourself with it
Macca and his team will then "pick our favourites" and put them into a new video for the song.
Fans are asked to include the phrases "Guitar Riff", "Instrumental" and "End" in their pictures for use in the portions of the clip that do not feature lyrics.
Despite his age Macca has been keen to embrace the latest social media trends such as setting up an Instagram account and a picture and video-sharing site for his latest album.
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Mike Pettine is Cleveland's new coach.
Buffalo's defensive coordinator, who met with team officials for the first time just a week ago, finalized a five-year contract Thursday to become the Browns' seventh full-time coach since 1999. The team fired Rob Chudzinski on Dec. 29 following one season and embarked on a winding search that ended with Pettine.
"We wanted to be thorough from the start," CEO Joe Banner said, "and we interviewed as many people as we could. From that group, we hired the best individual for this job. Our players and fans are going to really enjoy Mike Pettine and his leadership style."
The 47-year-old Pettine, the son of a legendary Pennsylvania high school coach, spent one year with the Bills after four as Rex Ryan's defensive coordinator with the New York Jets.
With his clean-shaven head and no-nonsense approach, Pettine, who also was an assistant coach with Baltimore, is popular with players. He'll inherit a Cleveland team that went 4-12 this season after losing its last seven games.
"To compete in the AFC North, you have to be willing to bloody your nose a little bit," Pettine said. "That's the mentality we're going to take here. This is team is going to be built on toughness."
Pettine emerged as the favorite to become Cleveland's fourth coach in six years as the Browns eliminated candidates and Denver offensive coordinator Adam Gase, considered the front-runner when the search started, told the team to move on without him.
His hiring ends a 25-day odyssey for the Browns. It was a search filled with rumors, denials, withdrawals and far too much drama for a franchise seeking stability.
On Wednesday night, reports of a "mystery" candidate sent some Browns into a social-media frenzy, jamming Twitter timelines with all types of theories.
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The central panel of this triptych, carved in high relief, depicts two essential mysteries of Christian faith. The lower register presents the crowned Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child; the adoring angels on either side recognize the divinity of the infant Christ. The upper register depicts the Crucifixion with Mary and John the Evangelist witnessing Christ's sacrificial death for the sake of humankind.
The wings add a polemical and political tone to the devotions enacted with the triptych. On the lower register, the apostles Peter and Paul (holding their respective attributes of key and sword) observe the Virgin and Child, symbolizing the two main communities that contributed to early Christianity—Jews and Gentiles. Above Peter and Paul stand allegorical representations of the Christian church (Ecclesia) and the Jewish Faith (Synagoga). Ecclesia, brandishing a spear, proclaims the Christian religion triumphant over the blinded and broken Synagoga. Medieval Christians held that the Crucifixion annulled God's special covenant with the People of Israel by making a new covenant with Christ's sacrifice.


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Despite almost three decades in the political arena, nationwide appeal has eluded the Muttahida Qaumi Movement while it has failed to shake off the 'ethnic' tag. Also, a reputation for strong-arm tactics still follows it.
Going into the 2013 polls, it seems the MQM is in a stagnant position, whereby it is in little danger of losing the number of seats it secured in the national and Sindh assemblies in the last elections, while there are slim chances of it bringing in a much larger haul this time around. The MQM seems comfortable with the assumption that its hold over urban Sindh is relatively secure.
The party remains centrally controlled — from London that is — with Altaf Hussain in charge. However, there were rumblings earlier this year when Ishratul Ibad, the Sindh governor, tendered his resignation after the MQM left the PPP-led coalition. The rumour mill had it that Altaf Hussain wanted Mr Ibad to resign, yet the governor, through deft manoeuvring, managed to retain the post he has held since 2002. Nine Zero, of course, termed such talk "malicious analyses".
Before that, the political scene in Pakistan was shaken by Dr Imran Farooq's murder in London in 2010. Long considered the original brains behind the MQM phenomenon, the party's former convener was reportedly planning to pursue an independent political career.
The MQM enjoyed a love-hate relationship with the PPP — what some would describe as a marriage of convenience — which finally ended in a divorce with the Muttahida bidding the PPP adieu in February this year, after sharing almost five years in power.
Yet it was a stormy relationship, which began — after the MQM supported Yousuf Raza Gilani's prime ministerial vote of confidence back in 2008 — with much fanfare. Asif Ali Zardari, then still only the PPP co-chairman and not president of the republic, made a memorable visit to Nine Zero in April 2008. It appeared that all was forgiven and forgotten. But perhaps not.
The MQM threatened to leave the coalition on several occasions over various issues, including fuel prices, rolling back of the local government system, imposition of reformed general sales tax and, what it claimed was the PPP's support for the Lyari-based People's Amn Committee.
The Supreme Court's verdict in the Karachi violence suo motu case was a sobering moment for the party, as the apex court suggested the MQM, as well as other political players, were willing to use violence in order to dominate Karachi. The past five years saw plenty of violence; there were vicious turf wars between elements allied to the Muttahida and those apparently supporting the Awami National Party.
Yet a point came when the ANP and MQM were confronted by a common enemy in Karachi: the 'Taliban'. The MQM had been crying itself hoarse over creeping 'Talibanisation' in the city, yet it was dismissed at the time as ethnic scaremongering. The party saw two of its provincial lawmakers (Raza Haider and Manzar Imam) apparently targeted by religious militants, while the ANP too saw itself systematically uprooted by the extremists from many parts of Karachi.
Ultimately, if the MQM can convince the electorate it is a multi-ethnic, progressive and non-violent force which seeks to empower the working and middle classes, its efforts to expand beyond urban Sindh may bear fruit. Yet much remains to be done on this front.


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Guwahati, Jan. 18 (ANI): Describing the eight North Eastern states and West Bengal as 'Paradise unexplored', Union Tourism Secretary Pervez Dewan on Friday said that the two-day maiden International Tourism Mart (ITM) beginning here tomorrow is aimed at showcasing the region's tourism potentials to national and global markets.
The states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim and also West Bengal with contiguous features and varied topography, its flora and fauna, rich heritage of ancient traditions, lifestyles, festivals, arts and crafts of numerous ethnic communities offer diverse tourist attractions and products making them holiday destination waiting to be explored, Dewan said at a press conference.
The maiden event, a collaborative venture of the Ministry of Tourism and nine state governments, would be first such in the world where about 79 foreign delegates including officers, two ministers, 55 tour operators and 14 media persons from 23 countries, including 10 ASEAN countries, neighbouring SAARC countries, USA, UK Germany, Cambodia, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, France and Bhutan would receive nine varieties of local gifts, enjoy the unique cultures, products at stalls and unique cuisines of these nine states besides the foreign delegates going on familiarization trip to different states and cruise in Brahmaputra and visit to Pabitora wildlife sanctuary.
Assam Governor Janaki Ballav Pattanaik will inaugurate the tourism carnival in presence of Union Minister of State for Tourism Dr. K Chiranjeevi tomorrow at Saru Sajai Stadium.
The day-long event will have a culture display by 450 cultural ambassadors of the nine states to be followed by a cultural procession near the Judge's Field, in the heart of city. Highly talented artists of the region would be present unique cultural programme during the day, Dewan disclosed and appealed to the people of the city to put on their traditional dresses for the day to draw global attention.
Respective state in a 15-minute power point presentation each would reflect their unique cultures and traditions, business to business discussion between the 70 delegates and international buyers and 108 sellers from participating states, he added.
Assam is putting up its best effort to make the event a great success, said principal tourism secretary of Assam HS Das and informed that the state's budget included Rs 3 crore by the tourism department and expenditure by other nine departments besides the budget of MOT and nine states.
Quoting Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, he stressed on taking the delegates to villages to promote rural tourism and acquaint them with the rural life involving use of dekhi for husking or offering village dish. This event should be consolidated to promote inter-state tourism, he added.
Arunachal tourism will fully encash this opportunity by showcasing its unique products through its 85-member indigenous delegation, cultural presentation and a stall to the global guests, said tourism secretary Sonam Chombay.
Responding to questions, he informed that Protected Area Permit (PAP) has been relaxed and being issued for two foreigners the same day while a system would be in place soon to make innerline permit available online.
Manipur Tourism Commissioner Dr Rajesh Kumar cited the success of Sanghai Festival, use of IT and social media to popularise tourism in a massive way.
Pointing out that Manipur is a safe state without any PAP, he advocated fusion of ideas and interlinking state festivals to woo global tourists through the effective tool of IT.
Sikkim has made a mark in the sector, tourism secretary K S Tobgay said and urged the media to highlight good aspects as news instead of giving priority to only negativity.
The Union Ministry of Tourism has been spending about 15 to 20 percent of its budget for the North Eastern states against the central government's policy to allocate 10 percent budget by each department.
There is a special policy for the North East, including for funding projects or free stalls to NE states in international tourism marts.
The North East states have been doing very well in tourism sector despite their peculiar problems, Dewan said.
Additional Secretary Girish Shankar pitched in saying that the north east states are doing exceedingly well, including in implementing centrally-sponsored schemes.
Against all odds, the states of the region including Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya are doing very well in project implementation, he said.
Responding to the question that only one project was implemented during though Rs 77 crore was sanctioned during the 11th Five Year Plan, Ministry of Tourism Additional Director General A K Gupta quoted year-wise statistics: Rs 150 crore, Rs 160 crore, Rs 178 crore, Rs 208 crore, Rs 137 crore and Rs 134 crore during 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and till now this fiscal. The achievements are fantastic, he added.
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Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, who is nursing a knee injury, sat out Thursday's practice and was limited on Friday. The 13-year veteran is listed as questionable for the Ravens' tilt against the Colts.
Indianapolis defensive end Dwight Freeney, also listed as questionable, sat out two practices this week with a hamstring injury but fully participated on Friday.
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Denzel Washington is prepping for the release of a new film, 2 Guns, but early next year he is going to be on a Broadway stage. The Oscar-winning actor has revealed that he will be starring in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's classic play, A Raisin In The Sun.
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Standing with his wife, Pauletta Pearson, on the red carpet Monday at the premiere his new movie, "2 Guns," the Oscar- and Tony-winning actor said he's set to appear in a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun."
"We start previews in March," he said.
Washington then explained his motivation for returning to the stage.
"I'm trying to keep up with my wife. My wife has been doing a lot more theater than me," he said as Pearson smiled.
Washington said they were heading to North Carolina for the National Black Theatre Festival, where Pearson is starring in the award-winning "Power Play."
Sidney Poitier starred in the original Broadway version of the play in 1959. The story is about a Black family living in poverty and striving for better in Chicago's South Side. Recently, Sean "Diddy" Combs played the role of Walter Lee Younger in Hansberry's play for a 2004 revival and also starred in its 2008 film adaptation.
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A common mistake on the Joe Horn shooting is that people get the impression it is OK to shoot to protect the property of a third person in Texas. The circumstances where you can legally do that in Texas are VERY limited and Joe Horn would likely have not been covered by that law.
Joe Horn's lawyer stated to the press and the grand jury that when Joe Horn confronted the men outside, they charged him and Joe Horn shot in defense OF HIMSELF, shooting one of the men in the back as he veered away at the last instant. This account was coorborated by a plainclothes officer who had arrived in response to Horn's 911 call and witnessed the entire shooting.
Horn was not real far away from having shot two men, one of them in the back, in a situation where deadly force in defense of property was not authorized and where there were no witnesses to support his version and forensic evidence was ambiguous. Throw in his 911 tape and he could have been in a world of trouble. Horn was very lucky. He was lucky he had a credible witness whose story matched his perfectly. He was lucky he had the attorney he did.
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The second of two Israeli frigates sold to Ceylon, the Mizhak, was en route today to Colombo where a Ceylonese crew will take over the vessel from its Israel crew. Several Israeli instructors will remain to train the Ceylonese crew and the other Israelis will return home. The Miznak left Israel last Thursday night and crossed the Tiran Straits separating the Gulf of Akaba from the Red Sea at sunrise.
The first ship, the Mivtach, left for Ceylon last year after several months of political debate touched off by refusal of the United Arab Republic to allow a Ceylonese crew to enter the Gulf of Elath where the two frigates were stationed. The impasses was broken when an Israel crew sailed the Mivtach to the Indian Ocean where it was taken over by a Ceylonese crew.


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The idea sounded great on paper: Take 20 struggling schools, cluster them in their own little district and force them to focus on their shortcomings. That's what Pinellas officials did last fall when they created the "Success Zone," a constellation of high-poverty, high-minority elementary schools that have consistently failed to meet federal standards. Modeled on similar programs in big urban districts, the experiment was heralded as an opportunity to raise student achievement by providing concentrated resources, including tutoring and mentoring, to schools where as many as 88 percent of the kids qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. But at the end of the first year, the results are mixed.
While two schools showed marked improvement, 12 schools posted reading scores lower than the previous year. Math scores dropped at 10 schools. And with only one exception, the schools failed once again to make "adequate yearly progress" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
Ironically, the one school that did make progress, South Ward Elementary in Clearwater, was one of three schools the district closed in May.
"Obviously, we wanted them to do better," said interim superintendent Julie Janssen. "A lot of energy was spent, but we didn't get the results we expected."
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Michael Casserly, executive director of the Council of Great City Schools, said zones can turn schools around if they're done right. The zone structure itself is a plus, he said, because it allows struggling schools to short-circuit normal bureaucratic channels and get what they need more quickly.
"It gives the schools additional priority, and that priority is articulated all the way to the top," he said. "They don't get lost in the shuffle."
Successful zones also tend to have "somebody of unusual skill" at the helm, Casserly said.
Former superintendent Clayton Wilcox put veteran administrator Barbara Hires in charge of the Pinellas Success Zone last summer. Hires, who was not available for comment for this story, paid frequent surprise visits to the teachers to make sure they were using the practices the district prescribed to boost learning in high-poverty schools.
While some principals considered the scrutiny an intrusion, others welcomed it.
"A high-performing classroom has certain essentials," said Debi Turner, principal at Blanton Elementary in unincorporated Pinellas. "We're not at all embarrassed to tell people we're very structured."
The structure seems to have paid off for Blanton. The school, with a minority population of 61 percent, showed a 9 percentage-point increase in the number of students reading at grade level or above. Additionally, special education students and those who speak English as a second language made progress under the federal standard.
Clearview Avenue Elementary in St. Petersburg also showed gains, increasing the number of children reading at grade level or above by 14 percentage points. But Tyrone Elementary in St. Petersburg and Sandy Lane Elementary in Clearwater fared less well, slipping 7 and 13 percentage points, respectively.
"It's a very challenging group of schools," said Harry Brown, the district's deputy superintendent in charge of curriculum. "No success of the magnitude that's required in those schools can be done overnight."
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To be fair, the big changes at the schools haven't kicked in yet. Last spring, principals were required by federal law to submit improvement plans tailored to their schools' individual strengths and weaknesses. They'll implement the plans when school starts next month.
Sandy Downes, principal at Eisenhower Elementary in Clearwater, wanted to extend the school day as part of her plan but learned there was no money in the budget for that.
Instead, students will begin each day with 30 minutes of additional reading instruction. Even teachers who normally don't teach reading will get training so they can help, Downes said.
Blanton teachers will open their doors 30 minutes early to any student who needs extra help, said Turner, the principal. The school also will tap teaching interns from the University of South Florida who will work with special-education students and those who speak English as a second language.
"I have this dream of 40, 50 people running around teaching," Turner said.
She added: "I know that's pie in the sky."
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Dreaming big was the idea behind the success zone concept when former New York City schools chancellor Rudy Crew pioneered the idea in 1996. Since then, a handful of urban districts have tried similar projects, including Detroit, Cleveland, San Diego and Charlotte, N.C.
The zone that has gotten the most attention is in Miami-Dade, where Crew is now superintendent. The three-year project was dubbed one of the top 50 innovations in government this year by Harvard University and helped Crew earn the honor of superintendent of the year.
Among other changes, Crew extended the school day by one hour and the school year by 10 days for the 39 schools in the zone. Teachers got a 20 percent pay bump for the extra work.
Despite repeated requests from the St. Petersburg Times, Miami-Dade school officials could not provide information about either the cost or the effectiveness of the zone. But the Miami Herald, which referred to the project as "a $100-million experiment," reported last week that only one zone school earned an A from the state this year, while three others fell from an A to a C.
On the other hand, seven zone schools that earned F's last year moved up to D's and C's.
Pinellas, like Miami-Dade, clearly has work to do. Since this time last year, six more high-poverty schools have failed to meet federal standards for the fourth year in a row. Those schools, along with about a dozen others headed in the same direction, will become part of a larger zone for the coming school year, said Janssen, the interim superintendent.
"We have a large group of schools that we've got to spend lots of time on," Janssen said. "We're not letting up."
It's unclear whether the district will continue to use the designation "Success Zone."
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|Results in the zone
Percentage of students at schools in the "Success Zone" who were at grade level or above in reading in 2006-07, the year they were placed in the zone, and in 2007-08, after one year of intensive remediation. Most schools in the Pinellas School District's zone last year had failed to meet federal standards for four straight years.
|Point change
|1. Blanton
|2. Clearview Ave.
|3. Eisenhower
|4. Gulfport
|5. High Point
|6. Kings Hwy.
|7. Lakewood
|8. Lealman Ave.
|9. Maximo
|10. Melrose
|11. Pinellas Park
|12. Rio Vista
|13. Sandy Lane
|14. 74th Street
|15. Shore Acres
|16. Skyview
|17. South Ward
|18. Tyrone
|19. Walsingham
|20. Woodlawn
|Source: Florida Department of Education
|More struggling schools
Schools that continue to struggle that are slated to receive extra help from the district in the coming year:
|21. Azalea
|32. Northwest
|22. Bardmoor
|33. Pinellas Central
|23. Bear Creek
|34. Ponce de Leon
|24. Belcher
|35. M.K. Rawlings
|25. Belleair
|36. San Jose
|26. Campbell Park
|37. James B. Sanderlin
|27. Fairmount Park
|38. Sawgrass Lake
|28. Gulf Beaches
|39. John M. Sexton
|29. Douglas L. Jamerson Jr.
|40. Skycrest
|30. Lynch
|41. Westgate
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The Tussing Block Watch in Pickerington warned people about two dogs taken from their secured backyard.
"Losing two of them would be a real terrible thing. Couldn't imagine it," David Mize said. But it almost happened last week.
Mize said his wife was home and let their three dogs in the backyard to play in the 3200 block of Jacklin Drive in Pickerington.
When Mize's wife went to check on the dogs, two of them were missing. The family's backyard gates were still locked.
"(My wife) went down off the steps into the yard, and it's not that big a yard. You can see pretty quickly the dogs aren't here," Mize said.
Mize said Columbus Police came out to help.
He said about two hours after the dogs disappeared, Patience and Scottie were found across the neighborhood.
Mize said whoever took the dogs may have been frightened by the police presence.
"They think perhaps they just felt like they'd lost the opportunity and put the dogs out and took off," he said.
The Tussing Block Watch said several dogs have been taken over the last few years.
The block watch coordinator said that since 2009, eight dogs have been stolen in the area.
Mize is glad to have his two dogs back.
He's now beefing up security in his backyard and sharing his story as a warning to others.
"You think you're secure because during the day when you're busy, it's very easy for someone to walk up and open the gate, let the dogs out and they're gone," he said.
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