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Norman, Maxie (1992) Making pupils think : the development of a microcomputer-inspired adaptation of the Standard 7 mathematics curriculum. Masters thesis, Rhodes University.
This half-thesis gives an overview of the influence of the microcomputer on the way in which mathematics is done, taught and learnt. The nature of mathematics and the nature of the tutor,tool and tutee modes of microcomputer usage are discussed as background. A case is made for the use of action research methods and a classroom-based curriculum development model to facilitate innovation and the integration of the microcomputer into the mathematics classroom. A curriculum development cycle of situation analysis. planning, trial and evaluation is advocated. This approach is used to develop a microcomputer-based course aimed at enhancing the reasoning skills of standard 7 pupils. Pupils, working in groups of three, interact with the PROLOG system to build up databases of facts and rules. The microcomputer is used in tutee mode. In "teaching" this tutee, pupils discover the need for formal language and logical reasoning. Active learning is promoted by pupils' interaction with the PROLOG system and by discussions within groups. In this environment the teacher becomes a consultant and constructive critic rather than a lecturer. Findings suggest that the microcomputer plays an important role in terms of pupil motivation and that the microcomputer-based course enables pupils to experience formal language usage and logical reasoning·as relevant activities. Pupil databases provide evidence of the pupils' ability to make appropriate use of rules and to distinguish between and-conditions and or-conditions. The objective of making pupils think was largely achieved. It is recommended that the course be incorporated in the standard 1 or standard 8 curriculum to complement or replace parts of the Euclidean geometry sections as a vehicle for developing logical reasoning skills. Suggestions for the further use of the microcomputer as an investigative tool in mathematics classes and for further microcomputer-inspired courses are also made. The provision of appropriate training to enable teachers to make effective and innovative use of the microcomputer in mathematics lessons is advocated.
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I asked her how the development of special effects was going.
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Texas Matters: A radio documentary investigating the increase in the number of immigrant refugees, many of them unaccompanied minors, that are turning up at the Texas-Mexico border. The greatest percentage of migrant youth are coming from Honduras.
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The efforts to keep high-tech military technology out of the hands of enemy states and combatants comes to light in the book "Operation Shakespeare."
Investigative reporter John Shiffman tells us about Homeland Security's three-year effort to block and apprehend arms traders from accessing some of America's leading technologies.
Texas State Board of Education Vice Chairman Thomas Ratliff said he would like to see the state completely abandon the federal No Child Left Behind program.
Ratliff said in 2013 lawmakers reduced the number of tests for high school students but failed in their attempts to do the same for elementary and middle school students out of fear that Texas would lose its federal public education dollars. Ratliff said that money only accounts for less than 10% of the state public education budget.
A new economic impact study has tried to put a tangible number on the intangibles of the benefits from investing in streetcars.
$1.3 billion over 25 years is the expected benefit to the city for the $280 million investment.
The study, conducted by The SABÉR Research Institute, says the 5.9 mile streetcar route will spur development and the ascent of property values.
District 8 City Councilman Ron Nirenberg's office is celebrating the efforts of a community outreach program.
Leaders with the effort say the councilman's Community Academy meets constituents where they are to get involved in local government.
A San Antonio-based study suggests a more effective outcome might be achieved for epilepsy patients through a change in prescription protocols.
The study showed that patients responded better to combinations of anti-epileptic drugs with different mechanisms than to combinations of drugs of that act in the same way.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry testified before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, urging the president and congress to take more diplomatic efforts to stop the surge of accompanied minors coming into the state and send the National Guard to the border.
Perry told members of the committee that the federal government has not tried to put any type of pressure on Mexico in order to stop the flow of accompanied children entering Texas every day.
Agriculture forecasters at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension are predicting a medium-size pecan crop for the state in 2014. Experts say this year's production will be better than the last three, but still under capacity.
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A proposed law might allow feds to read e-mail without a warrant, Facebook tests a tool that auto-uploads iPhone photos, and Nokia's Here Maps arrives in Apple's app store.
But the U.S. Justice Department seems certain to oppose the privacy-enhancing requirements, part of legislation introduced today by Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
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A Nobel Prize winner. A new police chief. Former residents of a low-income housing complex. Hundreds of academics and practitioners worldwide, committed to healthier relationships among national, regional, and local governments.
All these individuals have been united by the Robert B. and Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government. The center works with government officials nationally and internationally, recruits local municipal managers, and trains students in the frustrating, rewarding work of public works.
The Meyner Center opened in 1994 with funds from the late Robert B. Meyner '30, who served as New Jersey's governor from 1954 to 1962, and his late wife, Helen Stevenson Meyner, who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975-79. At its center is founding director John Kincaid, Meyner Professor of Government and Public Service, a prominent authority on federalism, intergovernmental relations, and state and local governments. During his 16 years on College Hill, he's made the Meyner Center an international forum on federalist approaches to economic development, human rights, government innovation, civic compromises, and ethnolinguistic accommodation.
Last year, Kincaid brought in academics and officials from around the world to his courses on American government, state and local government, and federalism. International guests discussed local government in Japan, the high court in Australia, and federal features of the European Union.
The most distinguished guest was Elinor Ostrom, co-winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and a longtime colleague of Kincaid's. Her visit was sponsored by the policy studies program, the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, and the Mellon Foundation. She discussed her specialty — the governance of "common pool" resources, such as forests, fisheries, oil fields, grazing lands, and irrigation systems — with small groups of students and faculty from several disciplines.
Ostrom impressed Charles Prutzman '11 (Martins Creek, Pa.), who assists Kincaid with research and oversees the center's developing website. The government & law and psychology double major was captivated by the Nobel winner's ambition, vision, and decency.
"It's an honor to be with someone so esteemed, so accessible, and so kind," he says. "It's inspiring. It makes you want to reach that level of esteem."
In June 2009, the center hosted its eighth annual forum on local government. It was keynoted by Michael Nutter, the dynamic mayor of Philadelphia, who discussed how his city has developed innovative programs in education and public safety while combating severe poverty and severe budget cuts. More than 100 municipal leaders also shared other strategies, such as how to decrease utility bills through green designs and increase income through cell-phone towers.
The forum marked a whirlwind year for David Woglom '78, the center's associate director for public service. He's used his political and psychological skills to aid municipalities, especially those that are understaffed and underfunded but eager to improve governance and administration.
Last year, Woglom helped Pen Argyl, Pa., hire a police chief. He smoothly coordinated everything from following state regulations to meeting deadlines, reports borough manager Robin Zmoda. "Dave kept us on track and in focus," she says. "He took a huge burden off us. He's very easy to get along with while being businesslike, and that's a hard line to walk."
For three years, Woglom has been part of ongoing efforts to stabilize and revitalize Easton, Lafayette's closest municipal partner. In 2007, he undertook a comprehensive study of the city's operations, which included reviewing the implementation status of recommendations for improving operations that had been set forth the previous year by consultants under the auspices of Pennsylvania's Early Intervention Program. His work helped Easton stave off remediation under the state's Financially Distressed Municipalities Act.
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Under an agreement negotiated by Kincaid, the Meyner Center and many other Lafayette professors are providing an in-depth, four-year evaluation of the redevelopment of a public housing complex in South Easton. Funded by a $20 million federal HOPE VI grant, the Housing Authority of Easton demolished the 250 dwelling units in the increasingly derelict and dangerous Delaware Terrace/Annex neighborhood, necessitating relocation of residents in the summer and fall of 2008. Since then, 96 rental units, including family housing and "senior cottages," have been built in the redeveloped complex, called Neston Heights. Plans also call for construction of 48 low-income homes to be offered for sale.
Under their direction, Lafayette students interviewed nearly 100 former Delaware Terrace residents. This summer, students will interview the first residents of Neston Heights. The evaluation team will use the information to determine whether residents achieve federal objectives for self-sufficiency. "The goal is to make sure that the new residents are good residents," says Panto.
Kincaid is a leading academic ambassador for the Global Dialogue on Federalism, a multi-year, multi-million dollar project originally proposed by the Meyner Center. A network of 3,000-plus members, it is sponsored by the Forum of Federations and the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies. Kincaid has lectured on federalism from Australia to India, from Ukraine to Egypt. At Lafayette, he helped launch a summer institute for young federalism scholars; in Iraq he helped launch a multi-institutional center for federal studies.
In September 2009, Kincaid was in Philadelphia for an international conference on federalism and the global financial crisis that drew scholars from around the world. Research was presented on Argentina, Australia, Canada, the European Union, Germany, India, Italy, Nigeria, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. The conference was organized and hosted by the Meyner Center and the Center for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, Camden.


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Sustainability is almost a laughing matter (or crying one, rather) when it comes to seafood. Populations are often exploited via overfishing, threatened by poor aquaculture practices, or contaminated by power plant runoff, oil spills, etc. It's truly a sad situation for fish, our number one source of omega-3s.
But Consumer Reports (the magazine produced by Consumers Union) has delivered us the latest unfortunate news, pointing out that mercury rates in tuna surpass EPA's daily limit.
These levels in tuna (a fish high on the aquatic food chain) have been of specific concern for children and pregnant women for some time. Both the FDA and EPA recommend each demographic consume no more than 12 ounces of light tuna (only six ounces of white tuna) per week. These guidelines are too lax, according to new testing. Time Magazine reports:
Every sample that Consumer Reports tested had measurable levels of mercury, ranging from 0.018 to 0.774 parts per million (ppm). Samples of white tuna ranged from 0.217 ppm to 0.774 ppm and averaged 0.427 ppm — enough that by eating 2.5 ounces of any of the tested samples, a woman would exceed the daily mercury intake considered safe by the EPA.
In light of the test results, CU makes its own recommendations that are more cautious than those made by the federal agencies, lowering young children's servings to 4 ounces of light tuna, or 1.5 ounces of white tuna per week. For pregnant women, CU recommends avoiding canned tuna completely and selecting a low-mercury fish instead.
Spikes in certain samples pose a threat to consumers, who have no way of knowing if the canned tuna they purchase has average or unusually high levels of mercury. Mother Jones notes:
Given the fact that mercury content varies dramatically from can to can, Consumers Union recommended in 2006 that the FDA issue a warning that some cans of white tuna may contain levels that exceed those on which the daily consumption recommendations are based. The agency hasn't issued any such warning yet.
Good food advocate Naomi Starkman quotes Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union, who provides further evidence that the FDA is behind on seafood regulation.
Halloran noted that there may well be other species that vulnerable groups like pregnant women should avoid, but the FDA needs to conduct more testing to draw conclusions. "The last set of FDA data gathered from 2002-2004 and published in 2006 needs to be updated and the sample size of many species should be increased," she said.
While the government remains hands-off, we're forced to rely on consumer groups and certain retailers to tell us what is safe and sustainable. Fish consumption is a tricky issue, with problems in one area or another appearing in most types of seafood. The best bet for consumers is to be selective. In terms of mercury, that means eating fish lower on the food chain.
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Service Project in Costa Rica
Ask the teenagers in Congregation Shir Hadash's Jews Around the World Class, "Do You Know the Way to San José?" they would likely respond, "Sí, Mishka! ("Let's go!" in the language of the Costa Rican indigenous Bribri people).
In addition to visiting a sanctuary for rescued sloths and ziplining through the canopy of the rainforest, these eleventh and twelfth grade students helped with service projects in the Costa Rican capital and in the rainforest near the Caribbean coast. In addition, the group participated in Shabbat services and related activities with the Jewish Community of the Reform Congregation Bnai Israel in San José.
Becky Barryte, Carlos Dell, Lyla Pack, Megan Pappas, Jessica Safran, Rachael Snyder, Daniel Spool, and C.J. Weil, accompanied by Rabbi Melanie Aron, film maker Tricia Creason-Valencia, chemistry teacher Ken Porush and parent chaperone Ellen Hudson-Snyder, gave up their spring break to participate in the expedition led by Matt Cook of CASE (Central American Service Expeditions).
Friday evening was spent at Kabbalat Shabbat services at the small more traditional Reform synagogue, including a sermon by Rabbi Aron, followed by home hospitality for Shabbat dinner with the Rabbis, temple President, and congregational members. Saturday morning services included a lengthy discussion of the Parshah in English, Spanish, and Hebrew, followed by the Torah service in which several Shir Hadash students participated. Saturday evening the Temple hosted a screening of the Spanish language film, "My Mexican Shivah," with English subtitles.
Sunday morning the Californian Jewish teens were joined by youth from the Bnai Israel congregation for the first service project, mixing and pouring cement for the continuation of a road in the district of La Carpio. All participants took advantage of the opportunity to practice their English-Spanish skills while helping this immigrant community of mostly Nicaraguan refugees. La Carpio is a Los Gatos-sized barrio located between to the municipal airport and sanitary landfill, where houses are small tin-roofed structures, education goes through elementary school and the daycare center is the central meeting place. The 18-year old sector began as a squatter community, and other community service projects have assisted the residents build houses and roads and add electricity. Following a warm and humid day of construction, students made a presentation of school supplies, baby clothes, and money to the community leaders, all of which were gratefully acknowledged. In exchange, students heard about how the residents have used and are continuing to use community organizing to bring progress to their neighborhood, including the possibility of land ownership.
Monday's travel to the coast included a stop at the Sloth Rehabilitation Center where injured or abandoned sloths are brought for care and where appropriate for preparation for re-release. Destruction of the local rainforest is a major contributor to the decline of the sloth population; the group got to see some permanent resident sloths as well as recent arrival as young as a few weeks old.
From the coast, travel continued upstream in dugout canoes to the tiny community of Yorkín. This community of some 200 Indigenous people is located deep in the rainforest, in an area one traveler described as "it looks like we're in a postcard!" The community is sustained by the production and sale of organic bananas and cacao, used to make chocolate. The community is also bolstered economically by sales of hand-made jewelry and crafts, as well as donations from outside groups and some support from the Costa Rican government. This community established a collective dedicated toward three main goals: to maintain and continue teaching the Bribri language and culture; to establish a scholarship fund for local youth to go to college—the first high school graduation was held last spring; and to live in ways that are not damaging to the physical environment. The Shir Hadash contingent came prepared to help, with donations similar to those at La Carpio.
The service project in Yorkín involved arduous work on a hot and humid day. The teens divided into groups and the process began with digging rocks and sand from the banks of the Yorkin River. Umpteen bags of these materials were carried uphill and over the muddy unpaved paths to a location about half a mile from the river where they were used to extend a path through the forest. The tired, sweaty and sunburned diggers, carriers, and path makers then planted two native trees each to help prevent deforestation in the area and compensate for the carbon impact of their air flights.
Cameras were flashing throughout the weeklong journey, and many students helped film the work and conduct interviews for the documentary, funded in part by Bechol Lashon, which was screened for the congregation in early August. The excursion ended where it began, back in California with a troupe of tired teens. The lessons learned about crossing boundaries—physical, economic and linguistic—to spread social justice, and the friendships made with both Jews and non-Jews will remain important memories for years to come. Thanks to CASE and the people of La Carpio and Yorkín, these kids now DO know the way.


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For me, the DVD's 52-minute "Bernardo Bertolucci Makes 'The Dreamers'" was much more engaging than most making-of documentaries. Theres something fascinating about Bertolucci and the way he fluidly switches from English to French to Italian in dealing with cast and crew. Watch for the sequence where Eva Green repeatedly starts walking when instrumental music begins, even though she has been directed to wait for the singer's voicethe exasperated director says the word for "voice" to the young actress in four languages. Also in the documentary, notice how jittery Louis Garrel gets when he sees the explosive power of the faux Molotov cocktail he's going to throw.
The DVD also contains a 14-minute featurette about how 1968 student protests escalated to disruptive strikes by ten million French workers, creating a national political crisis. Professor Robin Blackburn, editor of the "New Left Review," is called upon to explicate, and Bertolucci and Adair chime in with their reflections on the era.
In addition, there's a music video directed by Bertolucci where Michael Pitt and the Twins of Evil perform "Hey Joe," a song popularized by Jimi Hendrix. Below I've listed all the special features on "The Dreamers" DVD.
- Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1), Color
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Just did a engine swap in my 96 chevy due to some spun main bearings. Threw a cheap used 305 back in it. Got her up and running but runs like crap, or dies. Check engine light on. Pulled code. MAF input low. So I check for 5 volt reference. Its there. Check ground for continuity. Got the beep signal. Now I have one more wire. Which I believe is the signal wire to the computer. I don't know how to test it or where it leads for I dont have a ewd.
I swapped a known good maf onto the truck also. No go. So Im pretty sure I messed up a wire......that third wire, which I believe it the signal wire.
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did you rewire too, or just change engine? Are you thinking you pinched/broke the wire somewhere? I think there's a power feed to the MAF, so you could have bad power too it (or blown fuse), or broken wire back to the ECU.1986 Chevy G20 Tow Rig - 5.7 TBI conversion
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I have 12v pink wire. 12 v to positive battery terminal from blk/wht wire. And 5 v yellow wire. Swapped Maf with known good one.
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yeah, the signal wire probably got pinched. you'd need a shop manual or wiring guide to find out what pin/wire.
I've found the wiring diagrams in Chiltons are mostly adequate for this kind of thing. If you don't have/want the print manual, you can access a free electronic version of Chiltons on autozone's website (look for the "vehicle repair guides" and they require you to register with the site).
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Just what constitutes reverse discrimination? In a 2009 case known as Ricci v. DeStefano, a group of white firefighters presented the U.S. Supreme Court with a case that challenges conventional notions of bigotry. They argued that the city of New Haven, Conn., discriminated against them in 2003 when it threw out a test that white firefighters passed at a 50% greater rate than blacks. Because performance on the test was the basis for promotion, none of the blacks in the department would have advanced had the city accepted the results.
To avoid discriminating against black firefighters, New Haven discarded the test. By making that move, however, the city prevented the white firefighters eligible for promotion from advancing to captain and lieutenant rank.
The Case in Favor of the Firefighters
Were the white firefighters subjects of racial discrimination?
It's easy to see why one would think so. Take white firefighter Frank Ricci, for example. He scored the sixth highest on the exam out of the 118 test-takers. Seeking advancement to lieutenant, Ricci not only stopped working a second job, he also made flashcards, took practice tests, worked with a study group and participated in mock interviews to pass the oral and written exam, according to the New York Times. A dyslexic, Ricci even paid $1,000 to have someone read textbooks onto audiotapes, the Times reported.
Why were Ricci and the other top scorers denied the chance to promote simply because their black and Hispanic colleagues failed to do well on the test? The city of New Haven cites Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibits employers from using tests that have a "disparate impact," or disproportionately exclude applicants of certain races. If a test does have such an effect, the employer must show that the assessment directly relates to job performance.
In April, counsel for the firefighters argued before the Supreme Court in Ricci v. DeStefano that New Haven could have proven that the test directly related to work duties; instead, the city prematurely declared the exam unfit. During the hearing, Chief Justice John Roberts doubted that New Haven would have chosen to discard the test had the outcomes by race been reversed.
"So, can you assure me that…if…black applicants…scored highest on this test in disproportionate numbers, and the city said…we think there should be more whites on the fire department, and so we're going to throw the test out? The government of United States would adopt the same position?" Roberts asked.
But the New Haven attorney failed to give a direct and coherent response to Roberts' question, prompting the judge to remark that the city would not have discarded the test had blacks scored well and whites not. If New Haven only did away with the test because it disapproved of the racial makeup of those who excelled on it, the white firefighters in question were no doubt victims of discrimination. Title VII not only prohibits "disparate impact" but also discrimination based on race in any aspect of employment, including promotion.
The Case in Favor of New Haven
The city of New Haven asserts that it had no choice but to discard the firefighting test because the exam discriminated against minority applicants. While counsel for the firefighters argues that the test administered was valid, the city's lawyers say that an analysis of the exam found the test scores had no scientific basis and critical design steps were omitted during its development. Moreover, some of the qualities assessed on the test, such as rote memorization, didn't directly tie in to firefighting in New Haven.
In discarding the test then, New Haven didn't seek to discriminate against whites but to give minority firefighters a test that would not have a disparate impact on them. Why did the city so emphasize protecting black firefighters from discrimination? As Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointed out, traditionally in the U.S, "fire departments were among the most notorious excluders on the basis of race."
New Haven itself had to pay $500,000 to two black firefighters in 2005 for unfairly promoting their white counterparts over them in the past. Knowing this makes it difficult to buy the white firefighters' claim that the city prefers minority firefighters to Caucasians. To boot, New Haven substituted the controversial test given in 2003 with other exams that did not have a disparate impact on minority firefighters.
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What did the court decide? In a 5-4 ruling, it rejected New Haven's reasoning, arguing that, "Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer's reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions."
Legal analysts predict that the decision could generate a bevy of "disparate impact" lawsuits, as the court's ruling makes it harder for employers to discard tests that adversely affect protected groups such as women and minorities. To prevent such lawsuits, employers will have to consider the impact a test may have on protected groups as it is being developed rather than after it's been administered.


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Cassandra Wilson was born on December 4, 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi and is a jazz musician, singer, and songwriter, who incorporates country, blues, and folk music into her sound. Wilson has won two Grammy Awards throughout her musical career and credits her parent's love for Motown music and jazz music as the inspiration and encouragement she needed to embark on a musical career. Wilson's love for music began with classical music lessons in piano from the age of six to thirteen, she then moved on to playing the clarinet in middle school, and became part of the marching band in high school. As a teen, Wilson's father taught her to play the guitar. During this time Wilson began to write h... Continue Bio >>
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Remote desktop software is used by professionals in order to send or receive files from their home or workstations. This access is of great use to people that work from mobile workstations to get quick access to files or information that is left on their desktops at home or the office. PC remote access software was originally designed for professional use and for helpdesk support. Now, much, if not most, of the use comes from people using remote access for personal purposes. People use it to share pictures and videos between computers. Remote Desktop Software has lot of features that were not available earlier.
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The Dallas Cowboys are finally able to hang something aside from a zero on the scoreboard at Lincoln Financial Field. After falling behind 34-0 to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football, Laurent Robinson caught a bomb from Tony Romo to start what would be an improbable at best comeback -- but should at least make any potential fantasy football owners happy.
Robinson made a more spectacular catch earlier in the game, but since it was ultimately ruled that he stepped out of bounds, the 70-yard touchdown catch is probably going to make him feel better about his Sunday night. Robinson has caught five passes for 103 yards and a touchdown, an impressive feat considering Tony Romo has only completed nine passes for 132 total yards.
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Pete Hunt is no stranger to the music business. He grew up with a father who was a singer, entertainer and recording artist touring the country as "Tony Vee." There was always music in the house, and Pete was drawn to it just as his father was. Pete grew up in Texas, played football for USC and after a stint on Wall Street, Pete came home to his beloved Florida and started his band, "Southern Branded," from his home in Brooksville. It became one of the hottest country bands locally.
Through a mutual friend Pete met producer Andy Anderson with Treasure Isle Recorders in Nashville, home of Jason Aldean, Montgomery Gentry, Trace Atkins and so many more. Andy and Pete decided to do Pete's first major recorded album entitled Alligator Alley in June 2011. The album was released in the fall of 2011 by Blue Ridge Records, recorded and tracked in studio "A" and completed in Studio "B" at Treasure Isle Records in Nashville
Pete Hunt is the front man/lead vocalist and rhythm guitar. He has traveled the states playing with different bands and solo acts until he created Southern Branded; which now plays all over the United States. Pete has a strong country side to him, but also sings and plays Caribbean Country Style, Southern Rock, Classic Rock & a little Blues. You don't want to miss this band that is new to this area. Pete's butter smooth, country rock, voice is reminiscent of greats like Ray Price and Jim Reeves but has a cutting edge as well in step with the country rock feel of today's country. You can listen to Pete Hunt and Southern Branded's music at www.reverbnation.com/petehunt.
The SOSMP's SOS Café and Restaurant is always open during events and brings wonderful culinary creations to delight you and your guests. The Music Hall will open at 6 p.m. Saturday night with the show beginning at 8 p.m.. The SOS Café and Restaurant has a newly redesigned full-service bar.
For more information about the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, call 386-364-1683, email email@example.com or go to www.musicliveshere.com. You may also contact the SOSMP to inquire about any of the many exciting events coming up such as Texaco Country Showdown auditions and finals, Suwannee River (gospel) Jubilee, July 4th, Labor Day, Magnolia Fest featuring such artists as Bonnie Raitt, Del McCoury Band and Emmylou Harris and many other wonderful events this year.
The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park is located at 3076 95th Drive 4.5 miles north of Live Oak, Fl off US 129 at the famous Suwannee River. The park is 4.5 miles south of Interstate 75 and 4.5 miles north of Interstate 10 off US 129. Keep an eye out for the SOSMP sign and white painted board fence!


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Chair: Andrew Harris, Vice President for Finance and Administration
Council Charge: Serve as a central review, planning, and development group that considers,
prioritizes, recommends and tracks all capital projects to assure effective completion in line with strategic objectives. Considers all requests for land use, building names, and projects impacting the same when not separately governed by university or System policies.
Since the last report, the CPC has tackled all four initiatives referenced in the previous report. These initiatives have significantly enhanced the university's ability to engage in inclusive, collaborative and strategic capital planning. Additionally, the CPC is committed to operating in an open and transparent manner, as such, beginning with this fall semester the CPC will post the meeting minutes to this website, so our work can be shared.
The initiatives are:
The process ensures cross-functional representation in every phase of the capital process, and fully integrates UNT and UNT System expertise through close collaboration.
Although the Legislature did not offer TRBs during the last session, the UNT projects scored very high in the State's rankings for consideration and that might bode well for future TRB sessions.
In addition to all of the significant initiatives begun since the last report, the CPC has continued its progress as follows:
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One of my favorite parts on my current road bike is the Giant aero seat post shown in the picture to the left. It looks great on the bike and, with its 4:1 length to width section profile ratio, has a much lower drag coefficient than a standard round post. Due to its location on the bike, an aero seat post provides a pretty significant aerodynamic improvement when compared to some of the other aero bike parts that are available today. The only problem is that these posts can be a bit expensive. The other day I was thinking, what if someone made a slip-on aero post cover for a standard 27.2mm seat post? The plastic part could be made inexpensively and could even have a film dipped faux carbon fiber finish (like the one found on some sunglasses). Maybe a little tab at the bottom could register the part in the frame's seat post slot to ensure proper aero alignment. Good idea, huh? Well, probably not (why else would I offer it for free). The 2:1 ratio of something like this would not provide much of an improvement in drag coefficient over a standard round post, so the product would really just be for pose value. I do think that if it were sold in the right channels, quite a few people would buy a product like this because it would be a cheap way to get the look of an expensive part. Ultimately, I think that most of those customers would eventually regret the purchase and wish that they had just gone ahead and paid more for the real thing. If you have a long-term marketing strategy, you have to ask a deeper question than "will this product sell?" Every interaction that a customer has with your product shapes his or her perception of your brand. So, why did I sketch this idea if I don't like it? Because I sketch all kinds of ideas that pop into my head before I go back and evaluate them. Why am I posting an idea that I don't like? I guess so that I can make my point about the difference between short-term sales driven and marketing driven product design. But hey, if you still like the idea, have at it. After all, it's free.
Note to all interested: I didn't do a patent search, so you might want to check into that before you make 10,000 of these things.


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---- — Myth No. 1: Everyone "knows" that Detroiters are deeply biased against anyone who is not "one of them," which means anyone living outside the city and, especially, anyone white.
Myth No. 2: Detroiters are also fundamentally ignorant, largely illiterate, and would rather suffer in their murderous hellhole of a city than give up any amount of political control.
There are lots of people who have long believed both things. To be sure, the actions of some of the city's politicians — the criminal and sexually promiscuous mayor; the disappearing city council president —have often helped further the worst stereotypes.
Yet Detroiters recently went to the polls and, in an amazingly stunning result, proved both myths decisively wrong. More than half the voters cast write-in votes for a candidate who is white, wasn't on the ballot, and has lived in the city barely a year.
Everyone knew that Mike Duggan, previously a longtime resident of the lily-white suburb of Livonia, moved to Detroit just to run for mayor. Yet not only did a majority of all voters write his name in, but something like 85 percent of it spelled it exactly. Thousands of others wrote things like "M. Duggan" or "Michael Duggan."
Voters were not in a mood to be distracted.
The news media went crazy a few days before the election when a new write-in candidate appeared in what was clearly a strategy designed to confuse voters.
Mike Dugeon, a barber who had never previously voted, suddenly decided to run as a write-in, after being led to the clerk's office by Charlie LeDuff, a reporter for Detroit's Fox affiliate.
That led to predictions things would be hopelessly confused, and that there might be a Florida recount-style battle over which write-in votes were legal and which were not.
But the population was far too smart for that. Mike the barber got a grand total of 17 votes, plus around 20 more slight misspellings that probably were meant to be for him.
Mike Duggan the original candidate, the 55-year-old former wayne county prosecutor, deputy county executive and, most recently, head of the Detroit Medical Center, got 44,395 votes.
Plus ballots were marked "Mike Duggan the whiteman," and "The White Guy Mike Duggan," from voters who wanted to make perfectly clear which candidate they preferred.
What happened?
Shiela Cockrel, a former council member who has been active in Detroit politics for decades, said, "Voters just want someone who can fix the city. They want the streetlights to come on, they want the cops to come when they are called. That's all they care about."
Clearly, they felt Duggan was best equipped to do that.
The man who may have been most astonished by the result was the supposed front-runner, Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, 57. Charismatic and well-liked, "Benny" is a lifelong Detroiter who easily qualified for the ballot. But he managed only 28,352 votes. Duggan beat him in 95 percent of the precincts.
But is this an indication of what will happen in the general election? Eight years ago, challenger Freman Hendrix beat the controversial incumbent, Kwame Kilpatrick, in the primary — only to lose to him in the general election three months later.
Some commentators said that while the Duggan showing was indeed surprising, it came when there was very low turnout. The candidates would face a different electorate in November, they said.
Except there are reasons to believe both assumptions are wrong. While elections officials said the turnout was a mere 18 percent, the official number of registered voters — 550,000 — is hilariously out of state. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates there are only 514,000 adults in the entire city, and not all are registered.
There was more interest in Detroit than in most places in President Obama's re-election last year. Still, fewer than 300,000 people voted in that general election. In Detroit's last election for mayor, fewer than 125,000 people cast ballots.
Everyone agrees the city has fewer people now. Complete, unofficial returns from last week's primary show 95,691 votes.
The odds against the general election being dramatically different seem long indeed, even if the votes for the other candidates, none of whom got even 6 percent, all go to Benny Napoleon.
That doesn't mean that Duggan couldn't lose. Nor does it say what kind of mayor he, or Napoleon, would be.
What we do know is that the city officials elected in November - a mayor and nine council members - will take office Jan. 1, 2014.
But they will be largely powerless while Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr remains at the helm, and while the city's bankruptcy filing plays out in federal court.
However, by October of that year, the bankruptcy will be complete, and the new city council will be able to dismiss Orr.
The question voters, and the press, need to be asking both Duggan and Napoleon is - what happens then?
How will any new mayor keep the city solvent and yet improve the services that the city absolutely needs to prosper?
How will the new mayor work with a newly elected council, most of whom will come from individual districts, to position the city to grow and be prosperous again? How, in a time of limited and still-shrinking resources, can Detroit manage to attract the new capital, jobs, and residents it needs if it hopes to survive and thrive?
Finding the right answers to these questions is probably the most important task facing whoever wins in November.
What is encouraging is that Detroit voters - so far - seem willing to go outside their traditional comfort zones to find them.
Jack Lessenberry, who teaches journalism at Wayne State University, is Michigan Radio's senior political analyst, ombudsman and writing coach for the Toledo Blade and former foreign correspondent for and executive national editor of The Detroit News. He was named Journalist of the Year in 2002 by the Metropolitan Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.


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CEO to CEO: How Members React to Change
ASSOCIATIONS NOW, November 2012 Leadership
|Summary: Association CEOs share their most recent big change and how it went over with their members.
What was the last significant change you made, and how was it received by members?
We are a national organization, but our annual conference had been held in Southern California for six years in a row. When I announced that we'd be moving the meeting, there were objections from the conference committee. In 2011 and 2012 we increased attendance by 8 percent and 6 percent, respectively. The rotation plan now moves the yearly event around the country. Our survey of members confirms we made the right decision, and we are seeing more robust bids to host the conference.
—Susan Weeks, CEO, Running USA, Colorado Springs, Colorado
This year we incorporated an afternoon of social events in the middle of our annual conference. A majority of attendees appreciated [the events], and they all liked that it was a part of the conference at no additional cost. Some, however, felt this type of activity would be better before or after the conference. There were enough negative comments that we will evaluate the placement of the social events, but at least for the coming year they will remain a part of the meeting.
—Carol L. Watkins, CAE, executive director, National Dental Electronic Data Interchange Council, Phoenix
In May 2012 we introduced a premium membership option as a way to reward our most active and engaged members. For a $20 annual fee in addition to regular dues, premium members receive discounts on products and event registrations, an exclusive "insider" newsletter, advance notice of research results, and concierge-level service from our staff. Members appreciate the program because it saves them time and money, which in turn increases member loyalty and satisfaction.
—Sal Martino, CAE, CEO, American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, New Mexico
We have struggled to get members to visit our tabletop exhibits during receptions at one of our small conventions.
Several years ago we went with the idea of giving each exhibitor a specialty Michigan-made craft beer or wine to sample at their table, along with a complimentary hors d'oeuvre. We changed to a cash bar for mixed drinks and eliminated the centrally located food station. The change was a hit with exhibitors, and members flocked to their tables.
—Donnelly Eurich, CAE, president and CEO, Eurich Management Services, LLC, Lansing, Michigan
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'National roaming' proposal to give UK phone users access to all networks
U.K. networks report weak iPhone 5c pre-orders, well below expectations
Networks already sold on Blackberry 10
4G signal could hit digital television signal in the UK
AT&T tops poll for worst coverage in low-reception areas
Britons spend more than six billion on phone contracts annually
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iMessage and others took a $13.9bn bite out of carrier profits
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iPhone dev team confirm 3G iPhone unlocked for all networks
BlackBerry PDF flaw exposes corporate networks
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Arbor to acquire Ellacoya Networks
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Sprint and Clearwire Abandon Plans to Join WiMax Networks
Consumers can soon stream cable TV over home networks, DRM
Will ISPs begin to filter their networks for illicit music?
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'Surge' in hijacked PC networks
AT&T to spend $750M for new networks and services in '07
Mobile Networks powered by Wind
Viacom/MTV Networks buys Xfire
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Intel, Clearwire Aim to Accelerate WiMAX Networks Deployment
Are P2P networks leaking military secrets?
The iTunes Phenomenon, P2P Networks and Music Lite
Wallpaper designed to protect Wi-Fi networks
From Cisco, self-defense weapons for networks
BT to do a £3bn upgrade on networks
New wireless network protocol for multi-hop networks
DoS Vulnerability Threatens Wireless Networks
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Fictional Butler from Macon
In the new movie Lee Daniels The Butler that opens nationwide Friday, the title character in the movie is said to be from Macon.
Slate published a story this week that details the differences between the movie, in which the main character is named Cecil Gaines, and the real-life inspiration for the movie, longtime White House butler Eugene Allen, who served under eight presidents.
While Allen grew up on a plantation in Virginia, the movie opens with the Cecil Gaines character as a boy working alongside his father in a cotton field in Macon.
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Turn your traditional pinata into a safer, kid-friendly version with the Converta Pinata Kit. Works great on pinatas with a flat bottom. Includes 20 pull ribbons, including one that has a "secret" release device. No swinging at or hitting the pinata required.
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Brendan Farrell begins his second season at Middle Tennessee, but his first as a graduate assistant on Andy McCollum's staff. Farrell, who will work on the offensive side of the ball, spent the 2004 campaign as the program's video coordinator.
Prior to his arrival in Murfreesboro, Farrell served as a graduate assistant coach for two years at Wayne State University working primarily with the running backs. He also served as the program's video coordinator.
A 2000 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Farrell also has a master's of arts degree from WSU in sports administration.
The Fairport, N.Y., native earned one monogram during his four years (1996-1999) in South Bend as a strong safety and linebacker. He was a member of teams that participated in the 1997 Independence Bowl and the 1999 Gator Bowl.
Prior to joining the WSU staff, the 1996 graduate of McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, New York spent two years as a legal research assistant at a Law firm.


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NFC East Spin cycle: Redskins claim first division title since 1999
The Redskins are in the playoffs and everyone else is home for the rest of the holidays. Surprised? So are we.
Reid's time in Philadelphia comes to an end
The Eagles announced the end of Andy Reid's 14-year tenure of head coach on Monday morning.
Giants rout Eagles in Reid's expected finale
Eli Manning threw five TD passes in the Giants' 42-7 win over Philadelphia on Sunday in what might have been Andy Reid's final game as the Eagles' coach.
Eagles' Kendricks shows strength on weak side
The Eagles moved Mychal Kendricks to the weak side once the wide-9 was scrapped, and he has played better.
Wednesday's 60-second rant: Vick can resurrect career once more
Michael Vick's Eagles career could end after Sunday's start. But bank on it: His career will begin somewhere else as a starter in 2013.
Eagles sign DT Dixon, place QB Foles on I.R.
The Eagles signed DT Antonio Dixon to a two-year contract and placed QB Nick Foles on injured reserve.
Eagles QB Foles has broken hand, won't play
Eagles QB Nick Foles broke his hand in Sunday's loss to the Redskins and will not play in the team's season finale against the Giants.
NFC East Spin cycle: Setting up a D.C. showdown
The Giants can't win the NFC East. But the Redskins and Cowboys both have a shot to claim the division, and they both could make the postseason.
Redskins beat Eagles, extend win streak to six
Robert Griffin III threw two touchdown passes and the Redskins held on to beat the Eagles 27-20 Sunday for their sixth straight win.
Asomugha's options: Redo deal or be cut
CB Nnamdi Asomugha could return next season, but not at the massive salary he's scheduled to make.
The greatest sack season ever
Two players are chasing Michael Strahan's sack record this season. However, neither is having a better year than Reggie White did in 1987.
Eagles sign TE Moore
The Eagles signed TE Evan Moore to the active roster, the team announced Thursday.
Key matchup: Eagles QB Nick Foles vs. Redskins pass defense
In Thursday's key matchup, we take a look at the Redskins' key battle with the Eagles in Philadelphia.
Eagles place TE Harbor on I.R.
The Eagles placed TE Clay Harbor on injured reserve, the team announced Tuesday.
Pa. prosecutor: Steroids found in Garrett Reid's room
An investigation into the fatal heroin overdose of Garrett Reid, the oldest son of Andy Reid, revealed there were steroids in his room the day he died.
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WASHINGTON — Work to refinish part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial where a disputed inscription was recently removed may not be done until after the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
Executive architect Ed Jackson Jr. told The Associated Press on Monday that a disagreement arose over the past 10 days over how to sandblast and refinish the stone where an inscription was recently chiseled away.
The side of the memorial's "Stone of Hope" has been left unfinished because the main contractor, Worcester Eisenbrandt Inc. of Baltimore, doesn't have insurance to complete the sandblasting with steel pellets, the way it was originally created, Jackson said.
There are color differences now where words were removed, and a slight yellow stain was left on the stone Friday when workers tried an alternate process using walnut shells to blast the stone.
"It looks unfinished," Jackson said. "The artist is furious about leaving his work unfinished."
Sculptor Lei Yixin, who created the memorial, traveled from China to do the corrective work and plans to return home Aug. 20.
Lei told AP that sandblasting was always a crucial piece of the project, and he did not know how it was left out of the National Park Service's contract.
"All we have done is kind of physical damage to the sculpture because we chiseled the inscription out," Lei said through his son, Ke Shi, who interpreted. "The sandblasting is a way to restore the damaged surface to make those damaged surfaces look uniform with the rest of it."
National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson said officials agree the work must be done, but it may have to be part of a new contract because of government rules.
The project may have to stop for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Aug. 28 when commemorative events are expected to draw big crowds. Scaffolding would be taken down around the monument, and work would resume later, she said.