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By Bill Bradberry
Niagara Gazette
Niagara Gazette — Some things bear repeating, like what I penned almost exactly 10 years ago to the day, and again five years ago on these very pages, "Although you can't tell by the weather, according to the calendar it's (almost) summer."
Time to start thinking about vacations or, as is the custom among some families and friends, it's time to start thinking about the annual family reunion again; time to "party like its 1999."
As in years passed, Mother Nature has certainly done her part to pent up our desire to get the heck out of the house if not out of town; to hit the parks, beaches and highways, anyplace where the sun is shining and the temperature has risen high enough to break out the sandals, shorts, swimming suits, hiking boots, fishing poles, Frisbees, horse shoes and barbecue gear — whatever it takes!
This year, just as they did 10 years ago, the annual barrages of cool winds, gray skies, and spring showers have lasted well beyond their welcome; we're ready to see and feel the warm glow of the sun, are we not?
Ever since, and, I'm sure, generations before I was a tiny bundle of babbling joy, my dad's side of the family enjoyed getting together every August for at least one week in sweltering Riviera Beach, Fla., where his father's family settled after they migrated from Georgia in the 1920s.
But after living there until his early teens, my father, like hundreds of thousands of others, had headed north in search of better opportunities than life in the South could offer at that time.
Most African-Americans in the South were still struggling in the post-Civil War, Reconstruction atrocities which had resulted in the strict racially fueled segregationist, "Jim Crow" laws designed to keep things just the way they were, separate and unequal, keeping black people on the bottom rung with little hope of ever climbing any higher.
Rumors, along with real-life accounts by many who made the journey "up north", spread like wildfire all over the South; that things were different up there was indisputable.
The greatest human migration in this nation's young history was under way as hundreds of thousands separated from their families and abandoned Dixie to resettle in Yankeevile in search of the American Dream.
Of course, not everybody wanted to leave their "roots" in the Southern soil.
Some had accumulated considerable valuable property, many owned productive farms and businesses — but their trade was often not welcome outside their own all-black communities.
Travel was not easy, separation was difficult for many. Black folks could not safely navigate the highways and were usually banned from public accommodations.
That meant they had to form their own networks of hotels, restaurants and other facilities. It meant they did not get to see their families for years because for most, more frequent travel was almost impossible.
Over time, as the political and legal battles raged, barriers fell, things got better; travel became safer and easier, and the tradition of the annual family reunion was born.
Now, it is one of the strongest traditions, one of the most enduring, having survived against the odds, nearly intact after all these years.
Sometimes initiated by chance encounters at elder's funerals, distant cousins, aunts and uncles, otherwise rarely seen, or heard from, often agree to meet again at another place, under less stressful circumstances, and the family reunion seed is planted.
The planning begins.
Someone agrees to host, and, ready or not, before you know it, its time …
Hosting the reunion is considered an honor in some families, in others, a curse; in either case, it is a huge responsibility.
What may have started as an informal gathering among a few family members has blossomed into a gigantic industry, spawning all kinds of how-to books filling entire sections in public libraries, bookstores and internet sites.
But most successful family reunions are still, relatively speaking (pun intended), loosely assembled, unprofessionally planned gatherings with little strict structure; that may be what makes so many of them so successful.
Some are as simple as agreeing to meet at the same place, same date and time every year with your own picnic basket; whoever shows up, shows up, whoever doesn't, doesn't.
The reunions that I have attended over the past few years, including as a guest at other family's reunions, all tend to follow the same general patterns, regardless of whether the families are African-American, Polish, Italian or, nowadays, any combination thereof.
Generally, in my experience, when the hosting family is in the South, the essential reunion takes place over a long holiday weekend, but may extend over one or more weeks, and includes a tour of the local cemeteries, old farm houses where great grandparents may have birthed a whole generation of ancestors, a huge fish fry and an all-day barbecue.
Local churches sometimes participate too, putting on special services, even sponsoring breakfasts and offering the blessings of the local pastors.
Typically, there is food, plenty of it, cooked the way we remember it; the way mom did it, or from our favorite local family-owned and operated restaurants; there is music, lots of music; our adolescent soundtracks, the music we, or our parents grew up on, the good stuff we all know (or think we know) the words to, and, of course, there are the memories, the stories, the legends …
Like many of us who have traveled or lived for any extended period of time outside of our hometowns have discovered, there is no place exactly like home, but that, sometimes, for many, "home" may be a good place to be "from," a nice place to visit, but no longer a great place to live.
Real Niagarans love to party; maybe it's time to seriously think about and plan one gigantic annual homecoming/reunion for everyone who left Niagara Falls to come back home and get reacquainted with all the good friends and family they left behind.
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Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum
1400 Classen Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(405) 235-4458
Honoring Oklahomans for their service, Anna B. Korn founded the Oklahoma Memorial Association and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1927, but it wasn't until the early 1970's that a facility was finally dedicated to displaying busts and exhibits for the honorees. The Hefner Mansion was donated to house the exhibits, and the organization changed its name to the Oklahoma Heritage Association in 1971. Known as the Oklahoma Heritage House, the museum opened in 1972, and the association began publications a few years later to further recognize and celebrate contributions in the state.
In 2007, the Oklahoma Heritage Association moved to its current location, the historic Mid-Continent Life Insurance Building, constructed in 1928 but renovated extensively beginning in 2004 thanks to gifts from Edward L. Gaylord and T. Boone Pickens. Today, the museum features interactive, high-tech exhibits in order to "tell Oklahoma's story through its people."
Location & Directions:
The Gaylord-Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum is located along Classen Drive at the corner of NW 13th Street and Shartel Avenue. It is just north of the MidTown area of Oklahoma City, and driving directions from major highways are available online.
Admission & Hours of Operation:
The museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In addition to Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the museum is closed on Mondays and on Sundays from April through October. Sunday hours from November through March are 1-5 p.m.
Admission prices are as follows:
Admission prices are as follows:
- Adults - $7
- Seniors (62 and older) - $5
- Student (6-17) - $5
- Children 5 and under - Free
- Discounts available for groups of 15 or more.
Permanent museum exhibits include:
- Oklahoma Through Its People Gallery - The interactive exhibit explores Oklahomans past and present, famous and not-so-famous.
- Edward L. Gaylord and T. Boone Pickens - Examines lives of the influential men by which the museum is named
- Bust Gallery - A tour of notable Oklahomans through bust sculptures
- ONEOK Tell Your Story - Record memories/experiences about your heritage and email them to yourself.
- Oklahoma Hall of Fame Gallery - The database of Hall of Fame members dates back to 1928
- Story of the Building - Learn the history of the museum building, originally constructed in 1927
Special exhibits are also available throughout the year, examining anything and everything related to Oklahoma heritage, from individuals to companies, medias and the arts.
As with most museums, outside food and drink items, even including gum, are prohibited. In addition, photography, video and tape recording is not allowed without special permission.
Become a Member:
As an Oklahoma Heritage Association member, you are given discounts on publications, event invitations, admission passes and more, depending on the level of membership. Currently, there are more than 10 membership levels with costs ranging from $15 for students all the way up to a $10,000 Chairman's Circle membership.
Get level descriptions online, and call (405) 523-3207 for more information.
Get level descriptions online, and call (405) 523-3207 for more information.


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"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." — Harry S. Truman
The D ran a profile on votre humble serviteur the other day that was capably written by Mitch Davis '11, aided by Kate Farley '10. It contained the oft-leveled charges: "outspoken," "controversial," 'fervent," "needlessly combative," along with temperate commentary from Association of Alumni President John Mathias: "an unrelenting critic of Dartmouth, almost pathologically."
My response: in the present cultural context, guilty as charged (except for the "pathologically" remark, of course). But let's get a little deeper into it.
My Dartblog posts and D columns about the College are usually divided into two sections: 1) an elucidation of data, most often gleaned from the College itself, that lay out the basis of my concerns; and 2) my conclusions and recommendations for action, often directly critical of College policies and administrators, whom I have the temerity to criticize by name.
The first part seems acceptable to people, though the College's designated responders usually offer up blanket condemantions of my stats without ever offering other, supposedly correct, figures themselves. But the second part really rubs folks the wrong way. Why?
For one, we live in an environment of false gentility: don't offend anyone by criticizing their performance personally. Go along to get along. Truth is less important than bonhomie. After all, "there are always two sides to every story." And besides confrontation is not nice. Secondly, in an academic setting, the goal of a professor's analysis is often to lay out in the most nuanced of terms all facets of a problem — so much so that people often get lost in the weeds of detail and don't draw conclusions.
But I am not an academic and we are not discussing subjects that require excruciating analysis. Rather, I approach problems as an executive manager: Is an employee doing a good job? Are students getting value for their money? Is the College acting honestly and fairly, and in search of excellence? And so on.
The goal of any effective manager — in both the business and academic worlds — is to acquire sufficient information to make decisions — and then take action, a quality that has been consistently lacking in Hanover for the past decade. In doing so, a leader necessarily makes some people unhappy: one program gets funded and another doesn't; an administrator is fired or a department cut; a competing idea sees the light of day. The alternative is stagnation - treating everyone equally well (or badly) by making no changes at all. Sound familiar? Well, we have had too much of that kind of spinelessness around here for too long.
President Kim aspires to change the way that Dartmouth is run. Good! But what he has not yet told you about leadership is that it is not the easy path. Change is disruptive; real leaders make enemies and attract (pathological?) name callers. But not to worry: shallow, angry attacks should be worn as badges of honor, proof of a job well done. They are too often a necessary precursor to achieving measurable gains.
So let's leave the endless soft-headed praising of the College to the folks who don't have the nerve to tell the truth as they see it. The rest of us can stridently work to make Dartmouth a much better place.
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---- — Every time I see references in academic papers to "fiscal dominance," I envision a gigantic dominatrix, whip in hand, staring down at the world.
And that isn't far from the truth. The term, which found renewed application after the 2008 financial crisis, refers to the domination of fiscal policy over monetary policy. It describes the extent to which budget deficits determine central bank actions. Once subjugated, the central bank's role is to monetize the debt to keep interest rates low and inflate away the debt burden.
It's hardly the role central bankers envisioned for themselves. After spending the last three decades delivering on their pledge of stable prices, the last thing they want to do is sacrifice their credibility, which has costs. Yet some economists think we may be getting near that point.
If interest rates rise and the Federal Reserve, in the normal conduct of monetary policy, has to sell securities from its huge portfolio, it could incur a loss. Too many losses mean less or no money to turn over to the Treasury Department. (The Fed earns interest on its securities and remits the balance, after paying operating expenses and interest on reserves, to the Treasury; in essence, to the taxpayer.)
Last year, the Fed remitted a record $88.4 billion to the Treasury after a $75.4 billion payment in 2011. Financing the U.S. government isn't part of the Fed's job description. Why should it be an issue if those remittances dwindle?
Because a bookkeeping issue will quickly turn into a political issue, according to Al Broaddus, former president of the Richmond Fed. Some lawmakers will forget about all the years of generous remittances and use a one-year loss as an excuse to curtail the Fed's independence.
"At the end of the day, it looks like quantitative easing was the right thing to do," Broaddus said. Would politicians have wanted the Fed to roll the dice and do nothing to avoid a potential bookkeeping loss? Probably not, he said.
As a point of reference, the Fed earned $41.5 billion in interest on its securities portfolio in the six months ended in June and paid $2.3 billion in interest on excess reserves.
Bernanke's announcement in June that the Fed would refrain from selling its holdings of mortgage-backed securities reduced some of the concern about portfolio losses and prompted some staff economists to revise their projections of Fed earnings. They now expect annual remittances to the Treasury "to remain elevated by historical standards through 2015," declining to a low of $17 billion in 2018, close to the $25 billion average in the decade before the financial crisis. Cumulative remittances from 2009 through 2025 should exceed $900 billion.
In January, the economists had projected unprecedented losses and no profits for the Treasury for up to six years.
The Fed could have mitigated balance-sheet losses by sticking to its traditional operating procedure of buying short- term securities: expanding the balance sheet without increasing interest-rate risk. But as Bernanke explained in December 2008, the focus of monetary policy was shifting to the asset side of the balance sheet, not the liability side. P, the price of long- term bonds, became more important than Q, the quantity of money created though purchases.
The potential bookkeeping loss is actually a small part of the story. The bigger issue is one that was described in a February 2012 paper (revised in July) by economists David Greenlaw, James D. Hamilton, Peter Hooper and Frederic S. Mishkin: "Crunch Time: Fiscal Crises and the Role of Monetary Policy."
"Fiscal dominance forces the central bank to pursue inflationary monetary policy even if it has a strong commitment to control inflation," the economists said. "Ultimately, the central bank is without power to avoid the consequences of an unsustainable fiscal policy."
I asked Hamilton to outline a scenario under which monetary policy would be subjugated to fiscal policy. Here's what he said. Congress fails to take actions to address the U.S.'s long- term fiscal imbalances. Confidence in Washington fades. The Treasury holds a bond auction that is undersubscribed, leading to a spike in interest rates.
"What would the Fed do under the circumstances?" Hamilton said. "They'd pretty much have to step in, assure dealers they would buy the debt."
What might seem like a short-term solution could turn into something protracted if investors bail. "It's not a way to solve things, but we could find ourselves in that situation," he said.
Central bankers, weaned on the idea of low inflation as the Holy Grail, aren't really going to play that game, are they? The answer I got surprised me.
There are two schools of thought on the issue, explained Marvin Goodfriend, a professor of economics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and former research director at the Richmond Fed. The first holds that "central bank independence is illusive" and only as good as the public's belief in the central bank's commitment to stable prices.
The other view? "The central bank is available when needed if a country becomes paralyzed," Goodfriend said.
OK, but real central bankers don't ascribe to that view, do they?
"Having studied the issue for a lifetime, I can tell you the second view is taken seriously," Goodfriend said.
I'm already sorry I asked.


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Murphy got on the bus I was riding a couple of days ago and followed me into my apartment. When I fired up my laptop, Murphy's Law struck. My harmless plan was to watch TV via streaming from my office. I have a VDR [1] set up in my lounge for this purpose, and a well-kept home network [2] between the lounge and the office to handle the rest. But the performance was so jerky, I really thought I was watching a breakdancing movie. A (fairly exhaustive) diagnosis of the network hardware failed to reveal broken components. My switch is a dumb device without management functionality, so there was nothing to diagnose. What finally helped me save the day was Ethtool [3].
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Pediatric Clinic - Medical Plaza
Clinic policies
At Providence our mission is to provide your children the best care at all times and to accommodate as many requests as is realistically and feasibly possible. It is within this context that we ask you to take a moment to review policies that affect the way services are provided to you and your children. We will begin enforcing these policies on August 1, 2012.
In the Office
- Schedule an appointment by calling (254)224-8188: Same-day appointments are available for all sick visits, and will be given the first open time slot. Walk-in patients are also offered the first available appointment.
- Arrive early: Please remember that all insurances require that your insurance data be updated prior to each visit. Understandably this takes a few minutes. If this is not done, your insurance may deny your claim. When possible we like to complete these administrative requirements before your scheduled appointment, so that it does not use up your time with the doctor.
- Late Arrivals: If you are more than 10 minutes late for your scheduled appointment, you will be worked in at the next available time slot. We will do everything possible to get your child seen as soon as possible. However, this might mean that patients who arrived on time will be seen ahead of those who arrived late.
- Call ahead if you are late or need to cancel/reschedule your appointment time. We will do all that we can to accommodate your child's appointment and to minimize the need to reschedule your appointment whenever possible.
- No Shows: After the first and second missed appointments, the family will be notified by letter of our office policy. The appointments may be rescheduled by the family. Multiple no showed appointments may result in the dismissal of you and your family from the clinic.
- Appointment for siblings, or additional children, should be made prior to coming to the office. If, however, you decide you would like another child seen after arriving to clinic, you will need to schedule their appointment at the front desk. They will be scheduled as a walk-in patient and offered the first available time slot. Please understand that this may or may not mean that your walk-in appointment is at the same time as the previously scheduled appointment.
- Please turn off all cell phones while in the examination rooms with our staff.
- Please be respectful and courteous to other patients and all Providence staff while in the clinic. Use of inappropriate language, elevated voices and threats will not be tolerated, and may result in the dismissal of your family from the clinic.
Thank you for allowing us to participate in the care of your children. Together, we hope to ensure that they have every opportunity to grow up happy and healthy.


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If you could choose one book as a mandatory read for all high school students, which book would you choose?
I know I'm probably going to catch a lot of flack for my response on this one, but my answer would be "The Hunger Games" trilogy. It's not just because I really, really loved the books, which I did. But I think the story has a powerful message to deliver, too.
Our children have grown up in a utopian world. Again, you might want to argue with me about this point, but let's face it: for all intents and purposes, our kids have it made. They have their own computers, their own cell phones, their choice of the finest and best brand-name clothing, and it doesn't matter in their world that gas is almost $4 a gallon — mom and dad find a way to get them where they're going no matter the cost.
And I'm not talking about spoiled, over-priviledged kids from affluent families, either. I'm talking about your kids. And my kids. And with very little exception, every other kid our kids know.
It's not a bad thing to want the best for our children. It's only natural that we try to protect them from the harsh realities that we face as adults every day. It's a tough world, and we want them to be kids.
But you have to admit, it's a little scary that most of them are more prepared to survive a zombie apocalypse than an economic collapse.
For those of you who haven't read the entire "Hunger Games" trilogy, or who have only seen the movie, this story is about far more than a futuristic reality show gone bad. It's the tale of a society (very much like our own) that has succumbed to an out-of-control government (very much like our own) and where class lines are so distinct that the poor live in oppression, poverty, and violence, while the rich gorge themselves with extravagant over-indulgences. (Sound even a little bit familiar?)
Author Suzanne Collins doesn't even pull any punches with the setting and plot. The nation known as Panem is the former United States. The spoiled citizens known as "The Capitol" are garish reproductions of our own celebutantes and corrupt elected officials. And our heroine, Katniss, struggles to survive while taking care of a mentally ill mother and a little sister with limited resources and rations of food.
It wouldn't do our kids any harm to realize this type of dystopia is one civil war away from becoming a reality.
Of course, we all hope that this type of speculation is ridiculous. But just 12 short years ago, we could hardly imagine the bombing of the World Trade Center, or the war in Afghanistan, or the bombing of the Boston Marathon.
"The Hunger Games" gives our children the chance to ask themselves some hard questions about priorities, about their government, and most of all, about their own character. Never in history have our children needed the lessons taught in this trilogy more than they do now.
This is a book that should be a required part of every high school English curriculum in America. Of course, it probably never will be, because of the violent content that we need to protect our children from.
"But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction." — Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay


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ANNA MARIA -- Saying that maybe they had been premature last week in voting to enforce existing restrictions on short-term rental properties, Anna Maria city commissioners Tuesday night rescinded that action by a 3-1 vote.
On Jan. 24, residents packed city hall to voice their displeasure with short-term rentals bringing unwanted noise, traffic and people into the community.
Commissioner Dale Woodland supported rescinding the previous vote, which he called a "knee-jerk" reaction to a problem that needed more study.
To that end, commissioners agreed to begin meeting in weekly workshops on Thursdays to grapple with the building and short-term rental problem.
"We need to refocus on the issue," Woodland said.
Tuesday's meeting attracted another packed house to city hall.
Commissioner John Quam agreed that the commission last week failed to "thoroughly review the ramifications."
Voting in favor of the motion to rescind last week's vote were Woodland, Quam, and Gene Aubry, with Chuck Webb dissenting.


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See part one of Somerville's craziest crime stories of 2012 here.
A couple was sitting on a bench in the middle of Union Square at about 5:45 p.m. Saturday when a drunk man unzipped his pants and started urinating on the sidewalk, according to a police report.
Man Accused of Touching Himself in Market Basket Parking Lot
It was a busy Friday afternoon in the Market Basket parking lot when a woman, accompanied by her 19-year-old daughter and her daughter's friend, parked next to a blue 2003 Ford Taurus, according to an account in a Somerville police report. Inside the Taurus, according to the woman's account in the police report, a 54-year-old Cambridge man was touching himself.
Police: Man Broke Leg Running From Cops Who Weren't Chasing Him
iPhones have GPS tracking devices, and a 20-year-old Somerville man learned that lesson the hard way, according to accounts in Somerville police reports.
An unlicensed Somerville teenager with a stolen taxi cab tried to give a group of people a ride in it, according to a Somerville police report.
Police: Alleged Prostitute Kicks Undercover Cop in Crotch
A 41-year-old Somerville woman being arrested on prostitution charges kicked an undercover officer in the "groin/testicular region" in an attempt to escape, according to a Somerville police report.
Man Arrested for Allegedly Shaking His Genitals at Neighbor
Somerville police arrested a Beacon Street resident on April 15 after he allegedly exposed himself to a neighbor. According to a police report, he grabbed his genitals and waved them around "in a circular motion" after his neighbor asked him to stop making noise in the middle of the night.
A Somerville detective told a suspected drug-dealing prostitute he was planning a sex and drugs party, and he asked her to help supply both items, according to a police report.
Angry Man Arrested for Throwing Coffee at Dunkin' Donuts Worker
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Firefighters responded to a report of an apartment fire in the 200 block of Pine Street (near First Baptist Church of Lilburn) about 2 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2012.
When crews arrived, they found a small fire burning in the bedroom of one apartment unit on the ground floor of the building, according to report from Capt. Tommy Rutledge, of Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services.
Emergency workers brought the fire under control by 2:18, and the fire was contained to the room of origin. Firefighters did, however, force entry into adjoining units to be sure the fire had not spread.
Rutledge said "the cause of the fire appears accidental and may have started from an older box fan being used in the bedroom."
The renter was not at home at the time of the fire, but was displaced from the damage. The Red Cross was contacted to provide assistance.
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For all the political noise about hedge fund regulation, today's Turner review looks like a relatively easy set of rules for the industry to stomach.
In his 126-page document, mostly about the banking sector, FSA chairman Adair Turner says the watchdog will demand more information from hedge funds and says regulators should be able make rules in areas such as capital and liquidity if hedge funds start to pose systemic risks or become "bank-like" in their activities.
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Any news on how Sarah Hecken's injury is healing? I've missed seeing her on the GP!
Any news on how Sarah Hecken's injury is healing? I've missed seeing her on the GP!
She finished third overall.
(Edited to indicate her final placement.)
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Could you please elaborate.... Who is their coach and what is wrong with his attitude?Problem both pairs have lies with their coach and his approach to to training.
If a coach has the wrong attitude towards working hard it is of no wonder
he has had good material to work with , but since Schwarz / Müller hasn`t really had any success any more.
Aaron was ill during the competition in Berlin.
Mari and Aaron are going to Warsaw this weekend, I believe the competition will be better than Berlin
Martin Liebers seems to have had a tryout with Joanna Suleij.
Partnership with Anzhelika Pylkina probably didn`t work out....
I've only seen the SPs in Warsaw but at this stage Vartmann/Van Cleeve seem much further ahead than Gierok/Just.
Van Cleeve indeed seemed to have gone a bit too crazy for German beer since he moved there and he looks a little out of shape but all their elements are working very well.
In the SP she landed a solid 3toe and a very solid throw 3salchow. He fell on the 3toe but fully rotated it. Non-jump elements were ok.
Gierok/Just seemed to have been struggling with their elements. They are slowly getting there but it all still looks like it's very difficult for them.
so, anette dytrt is out of the nrw-trophy and not in the entries of the golden spin in zagrebd.
is there any chance now for her to qualifiy or does anyone has news about her?
that´s not good, i want to see her skate again.
hm,now, her only chance is, to win nationals, hecken is sent to europeans (because of the rules), heckens fails totally at europeans and then dytrt is sent to worlds.
is this going to happen?
Bleh, poor Anette. I'd much rather watch her pretty and graceful skating. Hecken has clearly been working on her presentation but her basics are still rather subpar.
Considering the qualification criteria there are still some other ladies in the running for the spot at Euros but they have to beat Sarahs combined score from the ISU event and Nationals. I have a feeling that only Constanze Paulinus could do that if she skates well at NRW Trophy this weekend, Golden Spin of Zagreb and Nationals. Though Katharina Haecker is currently scheduled to skate at Golden Spin as welll. I'm also curious how Isabal Drecher will skate at NRW Trophy this weekend after switching back to her old coach. Its only her second ISU Senior competition of the season.
The German lady qualifying for the Final at Euros get the spot for Worlds otherwise there might be a skate off.
yes, i know that there are other ladies in the competetion, but i don´t see andy of them getting 130points or more in an international competition. and at nationals the judges would do erveything to send hecken to the euros. she is the only one to fight seriously for a second place for next year, the others would have to fight to reach the final.
i don´t like paulinus skating, katharina häcker looks nice on ice, but low jumps. i would prefer isabel drescher, i like her style, but she was very instable at the jgp (don´t know she switched coaches again). i also liked sandy hoffmann, but she´s injred all the time.
I think it will be almost impossible for other German skaters to beat Sarah. I was impressed by her at TEB, her 3-3 combo was good in both programs and the lutz in the free. She said she focused a lot on those jumps as she fell on them in Graz, which might explain her new problems with the salchow. For having been missing quite a lot of training in summer (foot injury) and september (back pain) and being not happy with the training situation (other rink, less ice time for everybody) she is doing well - and she can now skate again in the usual rink. I like her short program, it suits her. But of course I also look forward to NRW trophy to see how the other girls will do.
It's in German but I think it says if they don't get their lost luggage in a few days they will have to withdraw.
nooo! I hope this is not true. So far, they've been head and shoulders above everyone else.


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Women's Economic Ventures 'Alumni' Host Unique Event Series to Help Fill $200,000 Funding Gap by December 31st, 2010
Due to an unexpected and significant decrease in funding from both Foundation grants and corporate gifts, non-profit Women's Economic Ventures (WEV) is now facing a $200,000 budget gap for 2010. At a time when WEV's self-employment and small business training programs and small business loans are needed more than ever, WEV program clients and 'graduates' are stepping up to help ensure others in the community have access to these critical services. WEV Alumni are hosting a series of events at their own businesses from now throughout the month of December to benefit WEV programs.
In 2010 WEV is experiencing the impact of major budget cuts across private funding sources. Foundation grants are down 60% and corporate gifts are down 40%.
"If you know of WEV, you probably already know about all the great things they do and lives they touch," said Talia Wunder, owner of Devone Design Perfect Fit Jewelry and a founding member of the WEV Alumni Fundraising Committee. "I know firsthand as WEV helped me on my journey from stalled to success after I lost my full-time job last year."
The goal is for alumni to individually give and/or raise $500 each or $3,000 per team of alumni toward a goal of $100,000. WEV's board and staff goal is to match that $100,000 with grants and major gifts.
The WEV Alumni Challenge events range from a Jewelry raffle by WEV Self-Employment Training graduate, Maurice Moreno of MM Personal Jeweller, to convenient online fundraisers. Santa Barbara Axxess owner and 1999 WEV Loan Fund recipient Karim Kaderali will donate $5 to WEV for every membership purchase when WEV is selected as the beneficiary.
Last month, at The Women's Conference in Long Beach, hosted by the First Lady of California, Maria Shriver and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, WEV alumni Talia Wunder of Devone Design Perfect Fit Jewelry and Ana Rojas of Comfy Commuter donated to WEV 10% of sales made at their exhibitor booth, sponsored by Shriver's WE Invest initiative and WEV.
"We are so grateful to our alumni who are banding together to make sure WEV can continue to serve others in the community," said Marsha Bailey, Women's Economic Ventures Founder and CEO. "These women and men are the ones who best understand what WEV does, why we do it and how it helps."
For more information about the events, how to join or create a fundraising team, make a gift or to RSVP, visit www.wevonline.org or call Shana Pearson at (805) 965-6073, ext.105. Also on the website, are resources to contact if you have an idea or are looking for a way to help.
WEV is dedicated to creating an equitable and just society through the economic empowerment of women. Since 1991, WEV has been providing self-employment training, technical assistance and microloans to primarily low-income women. Today, WEV offers a continuum of programs to help women succeed at every stage of the business lifecycle.
With a robust menu of training, technical assistance and networking services, and access to capital through its loan fund, WEV has helped to create or expand over 2,000 businesses since inception, creating or retaining over 3,000 local jobs. www.wevonline.org.
December 9, 3:00-8:00 pm—20% of all sales from the Shopper with a Cause holiday fundraiser gift sale and soiree held at the Erle Stanley Gardner Museum 433 East Main St., Suite C, will be donated to WEV. The event is hosted by WEV Alumni Lynne Castillo, Ana Rojas, Talia Wunder, and Sandy Silva; the majority of vendors at the holiday sale are WEV Alumni.
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The traditional UNIX privilege scheme divides processes into two categories: those whose effective user ID is 0 (superuser), which bypass all privilege checks, and all other processes, which are subject to privilege checking according to their user and group IDs.
The coarse granularity of this scheme is a problem. If we want to allow a process to perform some operation that is permitted only to the superuser—for example, changing the system time—then we must run that process with an effective user ID of 0. (If an unprivileged user needs to perform such operations, this is typically implemented using a set-user-ID-root program.) However, this grants the process privileges to perform a host of other actions as well—for example, bypassing all permission checks when accessing files—thus opening the door for a range of security breaches if the program behaves in unexpected ways (which may be the consequence of unforeseen circumstances, or because of deliberate manipulation by a malicious user). The traditional way of dealing with this problem was outlined in Chapter 38: we drop effective privileges (i.e., change from an effective user ID of 0, while maintaining 0 in the saved set-user-ID) and temporarily reacquire them only when needed.


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Question: Does the city of Tacoma have a standard for pedestrian crosswalk signals?
Ive noticed that some signals show the solid hand at the same time the light turns yellow, while others show the solid hand several seconds before the light turns yellow. In fact, the intersection of North 26th and Proctor in my neighborhood has both, depending on which street youre crossing. Why the difference? Randy Steele, Tacoma
Answer: The city does indeed have standards for crosswalk signals, but they arent simple. Timing of the lights is based on guidelines in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, an 861-page document published by the Federal Highway Administration.
Generally, the durations of the steady and flashing signals are based on the width of the street and the time it takes to walk across (at an average rate of 3.5 feet per second), according to Leigh Starr, principal engineer in the street operations division of Tacomas Public Works Department.
Intervals are set so that a pedestrian stepping off the curb when "Walk" ends (and the flashing "Dont Walk" starts) has enough time to clear the intersection before the flashing Dont Walk goes to a steady "Dont Walk."
But the timing can be adjusted based on factors including the volume of traffic, the likelihood of conflicts with turning vehicles and the physical condition of pedestrians. Crosswalks near schools or senior centers, for example, might be adjusted for longer walk times.
"When the green is extended beyond the pedestrian clearance time, a solid 'Dont Walk' will be displayed until the yellow interval," Starr said.
For various reasons, one phase may get a green light for longer than the other phase of the cycle in an intersection, he said.
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If you're applying for a loan, a bad credit score can be a major obstacle. From a lender's standpoint, a poor credit score is a mark of high risk in an applicant. And if you have a history of defaulting or paying your bills late, the financial institution may decline your application.
A credit score is a three-digit number that lenders and creditors use to assess your credit habits. A low score typically indicates credit problems, whereas a high score indicates a healthy credit pattern. Improving your credit before applying for a loan is the best way to ensure an approval. But, what if you need bad credit personal loans urgently? Do you have any options?
Although getting a personal loan with bad credit is challenging, it's not entirely impossible. Bad credit personal loans can be used for a variety of purposes, such as home improvement projects, debt consolidation, a car repair and even as student loans for college tuition. Some banks have strict lending guidelines and will not consider applications from people with low credit scores. Fortunately, this isn't always the case. If you apply with the right bank, you can find bad credit personal loans that will suit your needs.
When looking for personal loans for bad credit, it's important that you speak with different banks and weigh your approval chances. Check your own credit report beforehand and order your FICO score. Prior to applying, contact banks and inquire about their lending guidelines. Does the bank offer bad credit personal loans? If so, what is the minimum credit score for personal loans with bad credit?
This approach is helpful because you avoid the risk of submitting application after application, which may only lower your credit score more, if you get denied.
Banks that have personal loans for people with bad credit typically require collateral and a co-signer. A co-signer is a person who also signs the loan agreement. This person must have a good credit history, and by signing the loan agreement, they assume responsibility for the debt if you default.
Banks vary, and along with a co-signer, some institutions also require collateral. This is a valuable piece of personal property that secures the loan. For example, if your car is paid off, you may sign over your vehicle title as collateral. In the event of default, the lender can repossess and sell your car, and then use the proceeds to repay your debt.
If you do not have collateral or a co-signer to back your credit reputation, a bank or credit union isn't likely to approve your request. However, there is another option: payday loans.
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Valve vs. other developers on piracy.
Remember how awesome Game Boy's were?
I wonder… is there a museum of knock-off art anywhere?
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The age-old tradition of gaming teaches us strategy, maneuvering, and the importance of making choices.
MIT researchers develop self-programming AI video game
What if programming a video-game AI could use an algorithm to figure things out for itself, extrapolating from a few decisions made by players — and even reuse those lessons from one game to the next?
"Robotany," a game prototype from the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, wants to answer those questions. Set in a garden, the game features small, robot-like creatures that take care of plants
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The 18th Annual Net Impact Conference, 2020: Vision for a Sustainable Decade, hosted by the Ross School, will challenge attendees to envision their role in working toward a sustainable future.
The three-day event, taking place October 28-30, 2010, will welcome more than 2,500 professionals, MBAs, and other graduate and undergraduate students. Attendees will hear world-changing ideas and lively debate on how to achieve a more sustainable decade during these keynote addresses:
Joining these keynote speakers are more than 350 sustainability and corporate responsibility experts will share their experiences at more than 100 sessions, engaging attendees in discussions about how to overcome challenges and make dramatic strides in their work in the coming years. Attendees will be able to design their own conference experience, choosing sessions from eight tracks: corporate impact; energy and clean tech; environment and natural resources; impact investing; international development; professional development; social innovation; and urban revitalization and community development.
"For nearly 20 years the Net Impact Conference has been the leading event that brings together current and future leaders to unlock the power of business to improve the world," said Liz Maw, executive director, Net Impact. "The perspectives that converge at the conference and the resulting energy provide attendees the inspiration, tools, and ideas to lead sustainable change.��
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Norwich - Dancers performed while participating in the outdoor festival for the 10th annual World Youth Day hosted by Bully Busters on the parking deck outside Norwich City Hall Friday.
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These color blocked gloves look like they came from a trendy-trendy store, but they're actually a DIY from two pairs of inexpensive solid colored gloves. Stacie from Yellow Spool shows how to cut and resew them into one pair of color blocked gloves. Go to her tute.
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Fifteen years in business is no small feat in today's transforming and sluggish economy.
That's why when Payroll Network, Inc.—the workforce management solutions company George A. Whitehouse cofounded with longtime business partner Charles J. Wolf II—approached the 15-year milestone this year, the duo decided to celebrate.
The celebration, at the company's offices on Gaither Road in Rockville, reflected both the personal approach the expanding company offers clients and the technology they use to do it, said Whitehouse, the company's executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
The 750 people at the Sept. 13 celebration also were evidence of a double meaning behind the company's name, Whitehouse said.
"Network" refers to the computer network the company uses to manage clients' payroll, timekeeping, credit card processing, human relations and tax filing. It also refers to the network of friends, partners and associates, Whitehouse and Wolf have built, Whitehouse said.
Whitehouse and Wolf, the company's chairman and CEO, have been friends and colleagues since 1968.
"Back before firms had computers we were the computer guys" who did work for financial firms and other clients, Whitehouse said.
In 1997, the duo sold an accounting/data process firm. A year later they launched Payroll Network with about 25 clients. The company now claims 50 employees and nearly 1,000 clients in the Mid-Atlantic.
While Payroll Network's partners and clients are regional and in some cases national companies, most are based in Montgomery County.
"It's where we grew," said Whitehouse, a northeastern Pennsylvania native who has lived in Montgomery County since 1968.
Clients include nonprofits, congregations and associations, such as St. Mary's and St. Elizabeth Catholic churches in Rockville and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. They include businesses with a small number of employees, such as Addie's restaurant, to those with hundreds, such as the law firm Shulman Rodgers.
"We get most of our business from CPA firms, benefit brokers, bankers, HR consultants," Whitehouse said.
As the business has grown, so has its network of clients and prospective clients, he said.
"Technology really has helped us continue to network," he said. "We've become Linked In buffs."
Whitehouse and Wolf got turned on to the business-centric social network by "young people working for us" soon after Linked In launched online in May 2003, Whitehouse said.
The results weren't exactly instant. As a networking site, Linked In seemed "dormant until three or four years ago," Whitehouse said.
Now, Whitehouse and Payroll Network are "linked in" to more than 2,000 people, he said.
"Many of them have reached out to me," he said. "I wouldn't say I know them well."
The networking opportunities afforded by Linked In have helped with marketing Payroll Network, he said. The 28,000 email addresses Payroll Network has on file also helped with turnout for the anniversary celebration, Whitehouse said.
So is it difficult to use technology and keep personal touch?
"Not if you try," Whitehouse said. In fact, Payroll Network has used technology to enhance its personal connections to clients, he said.
Payroll Network's products are "100 percent Internet based," Whitehouse said. Clients can access accounts and data from anywhere. The products include features such as a green button that clients can click to chat or instant message with a live client service person about issues such as how to write a check.
"Technology has helped us stay in touch personally," Whitehouse said.
But technology has its limits. Enter last month's celebration, which gave clients and service people a chance to meet face-to-face.
"Some of them have been talking with and chatting with each other for 10 years and they've never met," Whitehouse said.
Payroll Network connects with the community in other ways. The company contributes financially to more than 40 nonprofits each year and provides free service to professional organizations such as the Greater Washington Society of CPAs. The anniversary celebration featured a raffle to benefit So Others Might Eat, the homeless in Washington, DC.
The nature of the business has allowed Payroll Network to survive the economic downturn.
"Everyone out there has a payroll that's got to get done," Whitehouse said. "We're fortunate to be in that kind of business."
While prospective clients "have been slower to make decisions," he said, "we've grown throughout this bad economy. We haven't had to lay off anybody."
Payroll Network is looking forward to many more anniversary celebrations, Whitehouse said.
"We're excited about our business and the clients that we have," he said.


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The Oklahoma Christian baseball team upset No. 3 Oklahoma City University on Thursday night with an 11-10 ninth inning win.
The Stars drove in a run two batters into the first inning to get the early lead up on the Eagles at 1-0.
In the bottom of the inning, however, with Dillon Andrews, Taylor Parcus, and Tyler Gipson all on base, Clint Bowker took the plate only to smash a grand slam over the center fence to score four runs for the Eagles and take the 4-1 lead.
A scoreless second followed before Oklahoma City tied things up in the third with three runs of their own. Determined, the Eagles responded with a single run in the bottom of the inning when pinch runner Chance Nichols scored on a ground out from Bowker to lead the Stars 5-4.
In the fourth, after holding the Stars again, the Eagles tallied another run to take the two-run advantage at 6-4. Following a safe bunt from Dillon Andrews, a wild throw from OCU allowed Heath Steele to make it home for the score.
Despite such, during the top of the following inning OCU sent home five runners to take a 9-6 lead. Nevertheless, the Eagles retorted in the bottom of the inning with three runs to tie things up at 9-9 going into the sixth. With Dustin Andrews at third, a wild pitch allowed Andrews home for the score before Steele followed with a double, two batters later, to drive home Gipson and Bowker for the tie.
The Stars regained a one-point advantage in the sixth to lead the Eagles going into the seventh where Gipson scored on a ground out from Davis to retie the game at 10-10.
Things held tight in the eighth as both squads held a firm defense and kept the other from scoring. In the ninth, the Eagles held the single-minded Stars from scoring once again and put up a final run in the bottom of the inning to seal the 11-10 win. Bowker scored the winning run on a single from Dillon Andrews.
Bowker led the Eagles at the plate going 2-for-4 with five RBI while Dustin Andrews, and Josh Balch each went 2-for-4 as well. After holding the Stars in the final inning, Parcus secured the win from the mound.
The win improves the Eagles to 23-14 overall while bringing them to 15-10 for conference play. On Friday at 7 p.m., the Eagles will continue their series with the No. 3 ranked Stars across town at Oklahoma City University.
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The Oklahoma Christian baseball team upset No. 3 Oklahoma City University on Thursday night with an 11-10 ninth inning win.
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UCO golf sixth at national golf tournament
No. 1-ranked Central Oklahoma used a back-nine rally to overcome a rough start and stay in the mix of things on the second day of the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships here Tuesday.
UCO men's golf goes to Division II nationals Monday
Central Oklahoma will be one of the favorites when the No. 1-ranked Bronchos travel to Florence, Ala., Monday for the start of the 2011 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships.
Evans, Central sign seven new Bronchos
Central Oklahoma men's basketball coach Terry Evans has announced the addition of seven players to the roster for 2011-12, with the Bronchos signing four talented transfers and three highly-touted state high school recruits.
OC announces fund raising campaign for new softball field
Oklahoma Christian University announced today that it is launching a fundraising drive to build a first-class softball stadium. Ricky and Kelly Lawson will lead the drive.
Bronchos win regional, earn spot at nationals
There may be no stopping Central Oklahoma now.
Eagles fall in SAC tournament
The Oklahoma Christian baseball team fell to No. 2 Oklahoma City University 4-3 in the first round of games during the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament on Wednesday.
UCO women finish 4th in regional
There would be no back-nine rally for Central Oklahoma in the final round of the NCAA Division II West Regional Tuesday as the Bronchos fell short in Their bid for a national tournament berth.
UCO ready for regionals
Top-ranked Central Oklahoma looks to continue a dominating year and earn a spot in the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships when the Bronchos head to Georgetown, Ky. for the start of the South Central/Central Regional.
UCO baseball sweeps Patriots
Mac Gordon and Josh Rolan dominated on the mound to lead Central Oklahoma to a doubleheader sweep of Arlington Baptist Thursday at Wendell Simmons Field as the Bronchos continued their impressive season-ending resurgence.
Eagles yield final home game to Storm
The Oklahoma Christian baseball team fell to Southern Nazarene University 8-6 on Thursday night in their final game at Dobson Field this season.
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Palo Alto, CA – January 11, 2013 – Telik, Inc. (Nasdaq: TELK) was notified today that its product candidate, ezatiostat HCL (Telintra), has been granted orphan drug designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Orphan designation grants potential US market exclusivity to a drug for the treatment of a specified condition for a period of seven years following FDA marketing approval. Additional potential benefits of orphan designation include development grants, tax credits related to clinical trial expenses, protocol development assistance and exemption from FDA user fees. The US Orphan Drug Act aims to encourage the development of drugs for the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of medical conditions affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US.
Telintra is an investigational agent in development for the treatment of MDS and idiopathic chronic neutropenia. Telintra is a novel inhibitor of the enzyme glutathione S-transferase P1‑1, leading to activation of Jun kinase, a key regulator of cellular growth and differentiation of blood precursor cells. Telintra has been shown to cause clinically significant and sustained reduction in red blood cell transfusions, transfusion independence and multilineage responses in MDS patients. The results of four clinical trials of Telintra in MDS have been reported in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Telik is a clinical stage drug development company focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat cancer. Telik's product candidates were discovered using its proprietary drug discovery technology, TRAP®, which enables the rapid and efficient discovery of small molecule drug candidates. Additional information is available at www.telik.com.
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JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Jackson City leaders were expected to vote Tuesday on a new wrecker rotation agreement.
Company owner Trey Ward presented a new agreement to council members during a public hearing Monday.
Ward says the agreement solves the tow fee problems, but it's not being accepted by police negotiators.
JPD Deputy Chief Lindsey Horton says he has not seen the plan because wrecker representatives did not attend a meeting Thursday where it could have been reviewed.
However Ward says his calls to Horton about the time of the meeting were never returned.
The existing agreement, passed in the planning committee., it now heads to the council for a vote.
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In Geneva, the US and Russian foreign ministers announced their agreement on a plan for the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons – but is it a breakthrough for a political solution? Or is the agreement itself merely a manoeuvre to help Russia and the USA save face? Answers from Andreas ZumachMore
The Syrian conflict has shown that the UN's "responsibility to protect" concept and the EU's common foreign and security policy are no more than wishful thinking, writes Andreas ZumachMore
The Houla massacre signals the definitive failure of the peace accord drawn up by Kofi Annan, the joint UN and Arab League special envoy to Syria. Now, the only alternative is a peace mission to Syria agreed by all five veto powers on the UN Security Council. Commentary by Andreas ZumachMore
The urgently needed humanitarian intervention in Syria will only become reality if there is consensus between the five veto powers in the UN Security Council. As impossible as it seems – it can be done, says Andreas ZumachMore
Following Russia and China's veto of the UN resolution on Syria, the outlook for Syria is bleak. According to Andreas Zumach, both the harmful confrontation in the UN Security Council and the escalation of violence in Syria itself makes it seem highly unlikely that any effective help will come from outside the countryMore
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has become a bone of contention. Since it was secularised in 1935, it has been a museum. Now Turkish nationalists want to turn it back into a mosque - while the Patriarch of Constantinople wants to use it as a church again. A photo essay by Klaus Dahmann.


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July 29, 2014
November 1, 2005
As the election creeps near--citizens gathered to discuss a key issue--education.
Parents, teachers, and students discussed ideas they want send to the gubernatorial candidates. The Virginia Education forum called "Speak Out For Public Schools" was held state-wide. Here in Charlottesville, most issues dealt with money--the lack there of and where to distribute it.
One big issue was increasing teachers salaries, "not simply because they want to make a lot of money, but because they want to attract high quality teachers and to retain them," explained Stella Edwards, Virginia's PTA Legislation Chairman.
Other issues included: education before kindergarten, focus programs on ESL students, and having flexibility in assessing students.


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Registration Week is 'one-stop shopping' for parents
Where can you register your child for school during the morning, evening or weekend, learn about school nurses, special education, school technology, transportation and guidance, not to mention sign up for online access to your child's academic records? The Haverhill Public School Department has scheduled a special Registration Week from Aug. 11 to 16 at […]View More »
Beth Kitsos named principal at Haverhill High School
Today, Superintendent James F. Scully named Beth Kitsos principal of Haverhill High School. Kitsos had been acting principal at HHS since the departure of Bernard Nangle at the end of 2013. Assistant Superintendent Julie Kukenberger and Director of Accountability Johnathan Letcher recommended Kitsos from a total of 43 applicants, eight of whom were invited to […]View More »
Three assistant principals named
Superintendent James F. Scully announced today that four Haverhill schools — Tilton, JG Whittier, Nettle and Golden Hill — have new assistant principals. At Nettle, the assistant principals's position opened when Timothy Corkery became principal upon the departure of Michael Rossi. Dr. Tiffany Luther, the Haverhill district's Race to the Top project manager, will fill […]View More »
It's official: Clerk certifies Hunking vote
City Clerk Linda Koutoulas on Friday, June 20, 2014 certified the debt exclusion vote for the Hunking School. Officially, 6,595 ballots were cast in the June 10 election: 4814 were marked "yes"; 1778 were marked "no"; three were left blank. A copy of the certification document will be sent to the Massachusetts School Building Authority […]View More »
Hunking project shifts into Design Development phase
Now that the Hunking school building project has hit two milestones — voter approval and a project funding agreement between Haverhill and the state School Building Authority — it moves to a new phase: Design Development. The project teams completed a feasibility study and schematic design prior to the vote. Within months, the project will […]View More »
School Committee OKs PARCC test for next year
Elementary and middle school students in Haverhill may have taken their final MCAS exams this spring. The Haverhill School Committee approved, at the request of the Haverhill School District's administration, switching from MCAS to the test known as PARCC for grades 3 through 8. The state will require 10th graders through the Class of 2018 […]View More »
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The sequence prepares students for multimedia journalism careers at newspapers,
magazines and the full range of online organizations. Required coursework includes
reporting, editing, graphics and specialized writing across media, as well
as courses aimed at providing professional and societal context to the profession.
Career development:
Internships give students opportunities to work in local and regional
media as well as some of the country's top newsrooms and
multimedia journalism organizations. Recent placements have included
numerous Dow Jones internship recipients and a student selected
to travel through Africa and do multimedia reporting with New
York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff. Many students also take leadership
roles in the full range of on-campus student media.
Capstone Experience:
Senior journalism majors work in the integrated Dateline Carolina/Carolina
Reporter multimedia newsroom to produce The Carolina Reporter print
edition and the regularly updated Datelinecarolina.org.
Faculty and media professionals provide regular feedback on the
work and the publication and its staff consistently win state,
regional and national awards, including being judged among the "Best
in the Nation" by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Mass Communication
The mass communication concentration provides students with a broad
intellectual grounding in the field, as well as well as the opportunity
to engage in detailed exploration of the role of media and media
institutions in society.
Students in the concentration take a common core of courses along
with students from other sequences as well as principles courses
in journalism, advertising, public relations and visual communication.
Mass communication students also have the opportunity to take multiple
electives and concentration-specific courses meant to ensure a deep
understanding of key mass communications ideas.
Career progression:
The mass communication concentration is designed to produce well-rounded
students who are media literate and capable of thinking critically,
creatively and independently. Graduates would be equipped to take
jobs directly out of their undergraduate programs or pursue advanced
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Mass communication majors must complete two 500-level conceptual
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Female Freedom Fighters: Malala Yousufzai, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, FEMEN, and others…
Posted: Thu, January 10, 2013 | By: Joern Pallensen
[the Home Page foto for this article is of Aliaa Magda Almady, the "Egyptian nude blogger"]
Infanticide, child marriage and slavery, rape, genital mutilation, forced marriage, tracking, beating, honor killings, acid attacks, can't go to school, can't make enough money, – the list goes on an on… [a recent survey of G20 nations listed India as the worst place to be a woman, and Canada as the best] http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/special-coverage/g20women/
How encouraging amidst all this misery and abuse it is to read about heroines and freedom fighters like those I've put together in the photo list below. I could have spent hours adding more to the list, but these brave women and girls are some of the finest representatives I could think of. I will probably add more along the way… [additional info and links on these women can be found at my blog, where they were originally posted, HERE]
Psst.. I don't suppose you could tell me of any heroines who are not revolting against Islam.. ?! – We all know what goes on in India, but.. present day names ? – China ? – Africa ? – Shouldn't be too hard, but it's quite amazing how Islam is "stealing" the spotlight, isn't it..
This essay was first posted in Jorn's blog, HERE Check there for additional photos and links to information on these women.
Being Female In India: A Hate Story
Transhumanity.net Is Cross-Posting With "Everyday Feminism"
Reproductive Choices: The Promising Landscape of Assisted Reproductive Technology
Top Five Questions About The Female Orgasm Answered
Feminism: The Necessary Ingredient for a Successful Society?
Women-Only Leadership - Would It Prevent War?
Ova-Fusion and the Elimination of the Male
Liberating Egypt From Female Genital Mutilation
Time Magazine Woman of the Year: Malala Yusufzai
Turkey, a Secular State - FEMEN, Atheism, Domestic Violence


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Q: Is it OK to take something to increase your sex drive? If so what would you recommend?
A: Doing strength training exercises, especially for the lower body, which has the largest muscles in the body, can increase the body's production of testosterone. Getting a good night's sleep is also important in balancing all of the body's hormones. Be sure to stay away from eating soy products, as this can dampen the libido.
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