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Idaho adopted the Common Core State Standards as Idaho's Core Standards in mathematics and English language arts in 2011. The new Idaho Core Standards are a higher standard of what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade level. As a state, we believe these standards will help us achieve the goal we have set for 60 percent of Idaho's population having some form of postsecondary degree or certificate by 2020.
Since 2011, teachers and other educators have been working hard to implement these standards and integrate them into the classroom. Successful implementation of the standards is critical going forward. To help ensure every teacher receives meaningful professional development, the state has made available nearly $22 million in new and existing resources from both the state and other partners.
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Assessments that reflect the Idaho Core Standards should focus on a 'Balanced Assessment System' as defined by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). Assessment Targets define the evidence from students to show mastery of the content standards and should be considered during instruction as well as in classroom formative assessment, interim or summative assessment. Assessment Claims are the broad statements of the assessment system's learning outcomes. They define what we can claim is true if in fact we see that evidence.
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The Schoolnet Assessment module item bank has 52,000 items that can be used formatively and embedded in instruction or to develop unit and benchmark assessments aligned to the standards.
Assessment Support and Resources Best Practices in Classroom Assessment Recognition Program Classroom Assessment Group on EDMODO The Power of Assessment Webinar Series. Video, PowerPoint's and activities for teacher teams/staff.
The Idaho State Department of Education has established a partnership with Discovery Education to provide Idaho educators access to more than 200,000 digital learning objects that cover all curriculum areas and meet Idaho Core Standards. These resources are available by logging into Schoolnet through the ISEE Portal and range from videos, high-quality images, math tutorials, encyclopedia articles, an interactive atlas, teachers' guides and much more. Powered by Discovery Communications, the No. 1 nonfiction media brand in the world, Discovery Education is the leading provider of standards-based digital resources for the classroom. Discovery Education Streaming Plus captures the minds and imaginations of students by tapping into their natural curiosity and desire to learn.
Also available within Schoolnet are Open Educational Resources (OER) free to all Idaho educators. These OERs include educational gaming, mathematics, social sciences and many more categories that support many content areas for Idaho educators. While these resources are available as free resources, there are instances where the creators of these resources begin to charge fees. In this instance, the Department has provided an OER Suggestions Form to allow great Idaho educators to make suggestions of new OERs or to inform the SDE that a resource is no longer free.
In recent months, the Instructional Technology staff has collaborated with ISEE Navigators, district leaders and Discovery Education to develop the Integrated Professional Development Modules, which now are available for use by all Idaho school districts.
These modules are geared toward administrators and encompass and integrate the Idaho Core, Next Generation Assessments, and Digital Content, all supported by Data Driven Instructional Practices and the educational ties between them all.
Periodically, Schoolnet provides platform updates, enhancements and 'bug' fixes through a version update process. This process occurs every quarter, and we are currently working in Schoolnet version 15.0. With each version upgrade, information is available to all Idaho teachers within the "See what's New in Schoolnet" section located on the My Schoolnet Homepage.
This great resource will provide information on Schoolnet core enhancements, and also updates to each of the modules within the platform. For example, if you use the Assessment Admin module frequently to create and provide formative assessments within your classroom, you would find that there are assessment enhancements within Schoolnet version 15.0, such as allowing inline responses and mobile device support.
This fall, Schoolnet will be upgraded to version 15.1 and will provide enhancement such as multi-dimensional rubrics, assessment manipulatives and improvements to the professional growth plan. Also, based on user feedback, the Schoolnet look and feel will also be updated to provide a more consistent look across all areas of the platform, such as improved screen legibility, larger fonts, more spacing and more open screen layouts. More details are provided within the Schoolnet 15.1 Release Notes.
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Deep understanding means that concepts are well represented and well connected to other concepts. Think Through Math makes extensive use of models—real-world situations, manipulatives, number strips, graphs, and diagrams—to help students see the connections between different topics and develop strategies and reasoning that serve as the foundation for learning more abstract math.
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Idaho Digital Learning (IDLA) was created by the Idaho State Legislature (Title 33, Chapter 55 Idaho Code, 2002) and Idaho educators to serve Idaho learners and is recognized as a leader across the nation in online virtual education. IDLA was created to provide access, equity, and flexibility for students in the state of Idaho. The mission of IDLA is to serve students, school districts, and the state of Idaho by providing a high-quality public school education, aligned with state achievement standards, utilizing innovative e-learning methods of delivery.
IDLA has been able to effectively train teachers in both online and blended learning environments and course development through the iDigLearning Consortium as well as teaching strategies for school counselors in career and academic counseling with the Collaborative Counselor Training Initiative (CCTI).
iDigLearning Consortium
The iDigLearning Consortium is a statewide blended learning initiative led by IDLA. IDLA provides access to instructional technology, engaging digital curriculum, and customized professional development. Consortium members are given the resources and skills necessary to create a blended learning model for their classroom and are able to share curriculum with other consortium members across the state.
Collaborative Counselor Training Initiative (CCTI)
CCTI is an online course that teaches strategies for school counselors in career and academic counseling. The course is designed as three distinct modules for professional development credit or as a complete course for certificate endorsement or academic credit. Through the College Access Challenge Grant, CCTI is offered at no cost to the participant.
The Idaho Education Network (IEN) provides free training and professional development opportunities as well as two modules eligible for professional development credits through Boise State University. Contact IEN staff at 208-332-1842 to schedule.
As you begin to plan your activities throughout the school year, keep these opportunities in mind to enrich your students' learning experience.
Schoolnet is not just limited to data and applications from the State Department of Education or Discovery Education. The Department also has provided additional opportunities through partner applications. For example, the Department has an agreement with Libraries Linking Idaho (LiLI) that provides access to the library database, which contains magazines, professional journals, newspapers, and references. It also has basic courses in Microsoft Office and SAT prep. Check out LiLI and see what resources you can find for you or your students!
The Department has also established an agreement with Idaho State University for Education Technology Integration (ETI), which supports Idaho educators in creating more effective lesson plans for the 21st century. It is an easy, inexpensive avenue for college credit through professional development.
For more information and access to these two partner applications, simply login to Schoolnet through the ISEE Portal and click on the appropriate item within the scrolling banner.
Throughout the Schoolnet project in working with dozens of school district, the Idaho State Department of Education received feedback that more readily available training materials would be helpful in learning the Schoolnet platform. Several months ago the website Power Source was launched which houses dozens of training materials for teachers to access at their convenience.
Time constraints is always an issue for Idaho school teachers, and Power Source is available 24/7 allowing teachers the ability to learn about the valuable resources in Schoolnet when they have the time. For example, as a teacher you may ask how do I create an assessment in Schoolnet? Through Power Source, you can simply find your question in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) section, click on the resource and quickly find your answer. Power Source then becomes an ongoing resource for teachers, not only showing you a resource to answer your specific question, but also leading you to a multitude of resources related to your question about Schoolnet.
Early in 2013, the Idaho State Department of Education awarded 42 school districts the ISEE Phase II B grant. This grant is focused on clean and accurate data within the ISEE upload and implementation of Schoolnet throughout each school district. Each of the 30 grants, whether individual or working in partnership with others, have their own goals and objectives throughout the 12-month life of the grant. These goals and objectives range from building a specific number of lesson plans or assessments in Schoolnet, to developing business documentation of the ISEE upload, to creating more efficient access to Schoolnet and Discovery Education.
Currently, these 42 grant districts are taking the opportunity to work with Discovery Education through the Integrated Professional Development Modules, which focus on encompassing Idaho Core Standards, Next Generation Assessments, and Digital Content, all supported by Data Driven Instructional Practices and the educational ties between them all.
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There is a thread of loneliness running through the fabric of American life. Dr. Robert Weiss, a sociologist who has studied the causes and effects of loneliness, says it is "more common than colds in winter." One study found that one in nine American adults, and one in four unmarried adults felt "very lonely."
Why are we, a nation of people living side by side often in crowded locales, lonely? The source may lie in the values of our modern culture. Human beings need to form attachments to other human beings. One fundamental essential is the need for an emotional partner, a "significant other." But this need is often hard to fill in a culture that doesn't value marriage, committed relationships, or even emotional intimacy.
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To overcome the loneliness of our culture, each of us needs to act in some counter-cultural ways. We need to reach out to become friends with our neighbors and acquaintances, to spend time getting to know them. We need to repair and maintain our close relationships and commit to keeping them healthy and to find ways to help others in our communities.
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Filed by U.S. agricultural firm Monsanto, a bio patent for a swine breeding process provoked the rally. A letter with more 5,000 signatures ended up at the patent office (EPO) in Munich in form of a protest march. Representatives from farmers' unions, Greenpeace, the Misereor development corporation of German Catholic bishops, other religious groups, and Richard Stallman attended the rally in the Marienplatz. Stallman spoke out on behalf of the German FFII about the shared interests software developers have with pig farmers: "Patents on plants and animals attack farmers as they do their work. Software patents attack developers as they do their work."
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It's hard to say what's the greater pleasure, watching winter squash ripen on the vine or watching zucchini wither away. Forward-looking gardeners may have already pulled out overly prolific summer squashes and filled the space with cool-season crops — broccoli and beets, cabbage and carrots, greens for salads and stir-fry, peas, cauliflower, turnips. The list goes on.
September becomes a turning point in a gardener's life as we wrap up preserving summer's bounty and anticipate late harvests. There are still a few veggies along with apples and some pears for storing, drying or canning, but the main focus is on facing the new season.
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4.5/5 rDev +18.4%
01-26-2014 14:30:21 | More by Zonian1
New Jersey
3.28/5 rDev -13.7%
Draft at Bells.
Pours dark chocolate brown with minimal head. Aroma of chocolate. Taste is hints of chocolate, roast malt. All flavors somewhat muted. Could be indicate of a dry stout - a style on which I am not well versed. I'd think it's close to an Irish stout (some definite Guiness comparisons here).
01-17-2014 19:09:23 | More by jdb288
3.51/5 rDev -7.6%
Growler @ Bells
A- Near black with a nice light tan head that stuck around for 10min or so, and still left nice lacing all over the glass. No noticeable bubbles.
S- Barley, dirty earth, over ripe fruit funk. Some light chocolate, vanillas
T- Kinda meh as it was cooler with nothing distinguishing it. Got better as it warmed with roasted barley, hints of chocolate, still had the earthy flavor hanging around. Noticable dry finish with no real bitterness.
M- Medium body but slightly watery feeling, still no noticeable carbonation. No noticeable stickiness.
O- Started off as disappointed as it was cool, but it did get better as it warmed up, still nothing to write home about, but drinkable. Fairly average across the board, guess I was expecting more from one of my favorite Brewerys.
01-12-2014 00:56:55 | More by Gryphon69
3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
12-15-2013 14:54:50 | More by gratefulbeerhead
3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
11-25-2013 15:08:45 | More by craft_shannie
3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
11-19-2013 05:14:24 | More by Morakaton
North Carolina
2.5/5 rDev -34.2%
07-17-2013 00:33:47 | More by mwbrady12
3.5/5 rDev -7.9%
06-12-2013 02:21:49 | More by ColdWaffles
3.75/5 rDev -1.3%
05-05-2013 21:08:03 | More by Arsenal0328
4.75/5 rDev +25%
05-05-2013 18:07:24 | More by Izzybone
3.5/5 rDev -7.9%
03-30-2013 06:23:44 | More by shep8821
4.25/5 rDev +11.8%
01-17-2013 16:44:35 | More by PHBoiler
3.5/5 rDev -7.9%
01-13-2013 03:03:31 | More by buzze40
3.5/5 rDev -7.9%
12-30-2012 19:40:32 | More by Holland
3.5/5 rDev -7.9%
11-12-2012 01:45:37 | More by Zaphog
3.93/5 rDev +3.4%
Served on tap at Bell's Brewery (Eccentric Cafe).
A: Glasses are waterflushed before pour so I cannot factor in the head appearance. Pours a dark brown with a minimal head and absent lacing.
S: Great aromas. Toasted malt, liquorice, pine, hops, earthy, dry.
T: Don't know if this changed, but this was def. an Irish stout. The taste was typical of an dry stout with simple flavors coming full circle. The malt and earthy elements tasted great. There however was one flavor I could not pinpoint, but regardless still enjoyed.
M: Good coating and medium/light body with a nice dry aftertaste.
03-08-2012 21:42:39 | More by cagocubs
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4.25/5 rDev +11.8%
11-15-2011 17:20:57 | More by nmann08
4/5 rDev +5.3%
11-15-2011 08:02:14 | More by doughanson78
2.83/5 rDev -25.5%
I'm not really impressed with this one. Looks pretty, and it's nice and crisp like a good Irish-style stout should be, but there's something on the nose I don't dig... Almost a touch plastic-y. It rounds out as it warms, I guess... Still an A-OK beer, but it's not my favorite.
10-21-2011 21:45:36 | More by lisomiso
3.9/5 rDev +2.6%
Served on tap at the Eccentric Cafe.
A: medium brown, very light for a stout, flat appearance, no head
S: big roasted barley character along with kiln coffee
T: notes of smoke and roast. This one does a great job at featuring specialty grains. Great balance.
MF: light body, high carbonation
D: nicely balanced stout, a bit on the light side for the style- great amount of flavor
02-22-2011 08:56:43 | More by homebrew311
4.18/5 rDev +10%
On-tap at the Cafe...The color is way too light for a stout, a dark clear copper with lots of amber, ugly and off for the style. A light tan head with bad retention and lacing...The aroma is light but good, lightly roasted coffee, a touch of smoke, black coffee finish. Not really balanced but good...The taste is a big improvement, light coffee, very creamy and smooth. Roast and nuts begin to dominate after a while. Super easy to drink.
A great brown ale, a terrible dry Irish stout which is what they told me this was.
02-01-2011 22:42:37 | More by jrallen34
3.7/5 rDev -2.6%
On tap at Meridian Pint during their Bell's Night of Darkness event. Served in a snifter.
The pour brings a hazy, medium-brown brew with a thin light tan head and a thin collar after that falls. The nose is pretty good with some fairly-strong chocolate dominating and being followed by a bit of earth, light roast, and a touch of vanilla.
The flavor pulls back quite a bit and there is some chocolate behind a flavor that is mostly a bit woody and earthy. Interesting, but not all that grand. Feel is a bit thin for what this is, though not by a large amount. Pretty drinkable in the end, but not my favorite. Out of the four new ones I had, Milk Stout is crowned king.
12-22-2010 18:45:11 | More by Thorpe429
3.95/5 rDev +3.9%
Another stout on tap at Meridian Pint. Beer is brown and hazy with a thin tan head of small bubbles, leaves a little lacing on the glass, carbonation low.
Aroma is good, chocolate, woods, mildly vanilla. A little coffee.
Beer is thinner than expected, way way thinner. Roasted malts and minimal sweetness are the things I notice first, it's interesting. The finish is a little dry, the flavors are all there but it's still somehow bland. I'd have ti again but wasn't overly impressed with it. The chocolate was the most interesting thing.
12-22-2010 05:10:07 | More by drabmuh
3.78/5 rDev -0.5%
Brought this one back for Bell's All Stout's Day. Reviewed from notes.
A- Pours a deep dark brown color. When held up to the light you can see ruby highlights around the edge of the beer. 1 finger dirty tan head that leaves a little lacing on the sides of the glass but not much to really write home about.
S- Nice upfront smell of roasted malts. Almost more of a coffee smell than anything. Some chocolate notes in there as well. When this warms a little I could pick out some light vanilla.
T- This is a full force roasted malts in your face kind of stout I think. There is some underlying sweetness in the full drink but you can really tell of it in the towards the middle and ending of it. Nothing really else going on in the flavor department.
M- Medium-heavy mouthfeel. Carbonation is lacking a little with this beer I think but it doesn't take away from the overall enjoyment of the stout. Nice coffee flavors stand out on the tongue long after the beer is gone. Nice clean feel to this beer. A little watery but overall good.
D- This is a very sessionable stout in my opinion. Nothing really too over the top which makes it a nice beer. Nice way to end the day which is what I did with this one.
I'm glad Bell's brewed this one again and would hope that maybe it might become a mainstay. Of course we all can't get what we want huh?
11-03-2009 10:57:34 | More by alleykatking
3.68/5 rDev -3.2%
12oz bottle acquired in trade with robertsreality (thanks!).
Poured a dark and cloudy brown color with a large sized tan head. Aromas of roasted malts, chocolate, wood, and coffee. Tastes of roast, chocolate, and some coffee. Flavors on the weaker side compared to the aromas. A very, very light sourness to it. Thinner body.
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11-14-2008 01:01:04 | More by hopdog
Bell's Trumpeter's Stout from Bell's Brewery, Inc.
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Exeter, N.H. — Pauline Nona (Scott) Williams, 87, died March 1, 2013 in North Hampton, N.H., after a period of failing health, surrounded by her loving family. She was born April 15, 1925 in Haverhill, daughter of the late, Dr. Frank Joseph Scott and Honora Elizabeth (Nagle) Scott.
Pauline grew up in Bradford, and was a graduate of Haverhill High School, class of 1943 and a graduate of UMass Lowell, class of 1947. Following her marriage, she and her husband lived in Newton Junction, N.H. until 1961 when they built and moved into their house on Newfields Road in Exeter where they lived ever since.
Pauline was an elementary school teacher at the Hannah Dustin School and the Knipe School in Haverhill, and then at the North Hampton Elementary School in New Hampshire. In her youth, Pauline enjoyed ice-skating and ballet. Later in life, she enjoyed cooking and gardening and was also a gifted artist. She was a communicant of St. Michael's Church in Exeter.
She is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, Attorney Edward Ellsworth Williams of Exeter, N.H.; son and daughter-in-law, Edward Scott Williams and Tracy Emerton Williams of N. Hampton, N.H.; son, Peter Kenneth Williams of Exeter, N.H.; and two grandchildren, Alexandra C. Williams of Cambridge, and Nathaniel J. Williams of N. Hampton, N.H. Pauline leaves three nieces and their families, Mary C. Wheeler of Amenia, N.Y. her husband, Kevin and their two sons, James and Ayden, Sue Crumley of Ft. Worth, Texas, her husband, David, and their two children, Sarah and Scott, and Lisa Walsh of Tyler, Texas, her husband Steve, and their two children, Jennifer and Ryan. She was predeceased by her brother, Robert F. Scott of Ft. Worth, Texas, and her sister, Joan E. Manning of Mahopac, N.Y.
ARRANGEMENTS: There are no calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 12 p.m. at St. Michael's Church, Exeter, N.H. Burial will follow in the Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, NH.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Rockingham VNA & Hospice, 137 Epping Rd., Exeter, NH 03833. Brewitt Funeral Home, 14 Pine St., Exeter is handling the arrangements. To sign the online guest book, please visit www.brewittfuneralhome.com


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Steve Dale, CABC (certified animal behavior consultant), reaches more pet owners than any other pet journalist in America.
Steve writes a twice-weekly syndicated newspaper column (Tribune Media Services, since 1995); he's a contributing editor at USA Weekend (since 2002) and blog Petphoria. Host of two nationally syndicated radio shows, Steve Dale's Pet World and The Pet Minute (together heard on over 100 radio stations, syndicated Black Dog Radio Productions, since 2001). He's also a special contributor and program host, Steve Dale's Pet World, on WGN Radio, Chicago. He's also a columnist and special correspondent for Cat Fancy and thecatchannel.com. He's a Chicago Tribune blogger (www.chicagonow.com/stevedale), and contributes blogs on various other websites, including for Victoria Stilwell.
On TV he's appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show; National Geographic Explorer; Pets Part of the Family. PBS; various Animal Planet Shows and many others. For several years, Steve was a regular contributor to Superstation WGN-TV morning news. And he formerly hosted Animal Planet Radio.
In print, he's been quoted in, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Redbook, veterinary publications and dozens more. Steve's the author of two ebooks, "Good Dog!" and "Good Cat!" (published by the Chicago Tribune). Steve edited "Decoding Your Dog," written by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (due out in 2014). He's the author of several other books including "DogGone Chicago" and "American Zoos."
Among Steve's many awards, the AVMA Humane Award (the only AVMA honor bestowed to a non-veterinarian), Editor and Publisher syndicated newspaper Feature Writer of the Year Award, AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Public Service Award, HSUS Pets for Life Award, and has been honored with over 15 Maxwell's Awards from the Dog Writer's Association of America and over 15 Muse Awards from the Cat Writers' Association of America. He's also been honored by the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, and was the first recipient of the Winn Feline Foundation Media Appreciation Award. In 2012, Steve became the youngest person ever inducted into the Dog Writer's Association of America Hall of Fame.
Steve's a regular speaker at veterinary and shelter conferences around the world, and for shelter fundraisers, and other special events. Steve's presented at each of the major U.S. veterinary conferences (numerous times), and he's the only speaker to present in all of the conferences for the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (which he is a certified member). He's also spoken at the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Conference, Caribbean Veterinary Conference and many others.
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Parents, family, and friends play an important role in student health and safety by providing a support base for students. Parents will not be there with students, and parents need to be able to trust their students to make good, informed decisions. However, there are a number of steps that parents can take to help assure that their students are well-prepared and to reassure themselves that they have necessary information as well.
Talk with students about health and safety. Students are sorting through all kinds of information prior to their departure, and sometimes they may not think through the health and safety context. SIT Study Abroad offers detailed materials on health and safety specific to each program, and we hope that students will discuss the information with their parents. We also encourage students to consult other resources, some of which are listed on this website. Students will continue the discussion of health and safety throughout their program, during orientations and other sessions, but having a good working knowledge of the basics before they start the program can be very helpful.
Ask questions. If a question arises after reviewing the program materials, please ask your student. Each student has individual needs, and parents know their students well enough to know what to ask. When parents and students discuss what possibilities may arise abroad and how to handle them, the issues are often easier to manage from afar.
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For a long time people that know me have been telling me they think I may suffer from depression and/or anxiety. So much so that I began to believe it. I am still somewhat open to the possibility, but my position on the matter is: so what? I'm not hurting anyone. I'm certainly not going to alter my body chemistry just because it doesn't match what is "normal". Where would evolution have gone if all species could change themselves back to "normal"?
Last night I read this article about shyness, introversion, and social anxiety. It confirmed many of my thoughts on the matter, and got me to research introversion more. Before, I had been aware of the general idea of introversion/extroversion (never studied psychology that much), but I did not know that it could be such a specific and pervasive behavioral trait. After much reading I found that on the introvert/extrovert scale, I'm about as introverted as you could possibly get.
Anyway, in the article the author references Winifred Gallagher: "The glory of the disposition that stops to consider stimuli rather than rushing to engage with them is its long association with intellectual and artistic achievement." It got me thinking about religion. Are introverts more likely to analyze the inconsistencies and problems with religion before (or even after) committing to one? How many atheists are introverts?
So, do you consider yourself more introverted than extroverted? A poll would be awesome, but I don't see an option to add one.
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(KDVR/CNN) - A Colorado woman is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.
Shannon Maureen Conley, 19, was arrested at the Denver Airport back in April just before boarding a flight to Germany.
FBI agents say Conley told them she was going to Turkey to marry a member of the terrorist group ISIS, whom she had met online.
Officials say she planned to join him at an ISIS camp in Syria near the Turkish border, where she would act as a nurse.
She came to the attention of authorities after a Colorado pastor called police and reported she was acting suspicious.
Her neighbors also noticed a change in her behavior.
"Any time I saw her walking, she would always walk with her head down, you know, very covered," Brenda Herrera said, who is a neighbor.
Conley is in the custody of U.S. Marshals.
If convicted, Conley faces up to 15 years in prison.
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Pinal County temporarily halting routine TB tests
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FLORENCE, Ariz. -- Pinal County is temporarily suspending routine tuberculosis screenings.
County Health Department officials say the screenings normally offered at clinics will be halted as of Friday.
They say the screenings are expected to resume once a national shortage of the Tubersol solution for skin testing is resolved.
However, the County Health Department will continue testing people who have symptoms of tuberculosis.
Pima County temporarily suspended routine tuberculosis screenings on Monday, also citing the Tubersol shortage.
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Appropriately, the road to writer Chris Enss' home on the outskirts of Grass Valley takes a visitor along the Overland Emigrant Trail, past Ponderosa Pines Way and Lone Star Road, and on two streets named after rattlesnakes.
Parked in the three-car garage of the 3,000-square-foot-plus house is her ride a Ford pickup truck.
Enss is a screenwriter and author of 27 nonfiction Westerns about the unheralded folks who lived, loved and died in the Old West mail-order brides, prospectors, nurses, entertainers, soldiers. She writes mostly about pioneering women, both the innocent ("Frontier Teachers," "The Doctor Wore Petticoats") and the not-so-much ("Bedside Book of Bad Girls," "Pistol Packin' Madams").
She also has written books about some of the Old West's folk heroes William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Annie Oakley, Gen. George Custer and less genuine but more recent Western-centric icons Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, John Wayne.
"I'm an observer of history who retells what is there," she said modestly. She's also a former stand-up comedian, displayed by her quick wit.
The three-bedroom, 2 1/2- bath house perches on a rise in a hilly grove of oaks and firs, above a stream. Inside is a mini-museum of artifacts and memorabilia, an homage to the Old West.
It's a fascinating array that she and her husband, John Parry, have collected in antiques and mercantile stores during their travels through the Western states, largely during Enss' book- research forays.
How to explain such a passion?
"My family lived near Tombstone, Ariz., and I hung out there when I was a kid," Enss said. "I got hooked on the Old West and what it represents the adventurous spirit of the people who ventured out to tame a rugged land."
A house tour is revealing. Floods of natural light illuminate framed movie posters decorating the walls throughout. Among them are "Silverado" and the remake of "True Grit."
Enss can quote dialogue from "3:10 to Yuma" and "Once Upon a Time in the West," her favorite Western.
"(In it) the bad guys get their comeuppance right away," she said. "That sense of justice is what has inspired me to write Westerns. It was the one time in history when the bad were severely punished for the bad they had done. They didn't get three strikes."
Every room in the house holds treasures. Over here are saddlebags and spurs, over there are vintage photos of movie sets in Lone Pine, once the location for many Hollywood Westerns. Mini-saddle candleholders decorate a kitchen window sill. Old whiskey bottles are clustered atop the wet bar.
In her office, Enss pushed a button on her answering machine to play a message from director-producer Walter "The Long Riders" Hill. He's finishing the screenplay for Enss' book "Thunder Over the Prairie," co-written with movie producer Howard Kazanjian. It's about the 1878 posse made up of Dodge City's legendary lawmen Charlie Bassett, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp and Bill Tilghman and how they tracked a murderer across desolate country.
"I've finished the first draft and sent it to my agent," Hill's voice said. "Hope you like it."
"How many people get a voice message from Walter Hill?" Enss said. "I'm never going to take it off."
One last thing: If Enss were to write an epitaph for herself, what would it be?
"Hmm," she mulled. "Something like, 'Born 170 years too late.' " She paused with a comedian's timing and added, "Except I like modern plumbing."
Visit her at www.chrisenss.com.
Framed and glassed hand-drawn movie posters by artist B.J. Walken decorate the half-bath. The works were purchased at the Tucson Western Film Festival. "This one is from 'Barbarosa' with Willie Nelson and Gary Busey," Enss said. "Notice that the gun Nelson is holding will follow you around. Whatever your perspective, you're looking down its barrel. The other drawing is of 'Missouri Breaks' with Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando, from the novel by Thomas McGuane. I don't think the filmmakers did justice to the book."
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Replant New Orleans With the Help of Seventh Generation
by Julie Harries, Darcy Harvey, and Jennifer Hileman
The SEED Collective, Replant New Orleans, and Seventh Generation are working to rehabilitate the urban forest that was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. It was last April, for Earth Day, that Seventh Generation asked retailers to create an in-store display to promote their One Ton Tree program.
Stores across the nation were asked to create a fun and
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highlighting âthe effect that planting a tree can have, and the impact
of using recycled paper products.â Julie Harries and Mac McLauchlin
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store. We later heard from Seventh Generation that Julieâs display had
won in the midwest. Julie and a guest were invited to New Orleans to see first hand the condition the city is in and to volunteer for a day with Replant New Orleans and Hands On in the rehabilitation of the grounds surrounding a high school in the Upper 9th Ward.
We spent two days visiting the city. Walking through the French Quarter, one of the areas that was less affected by the Katrina, you can see evidence of the economic impact of the storm; there are empty buildings everywhere and shop keepers talking about how hard it is to stay in business. Driving through other areas of the city, there are many places where every home and commercial space sits empty, whole communities devastated. It was shocking to see - we has heard about the condition of the city, but of course, to see it was an eye opener.
While there we met some wonderful people, and everyone was thankful to have us helping and taking our story back so that others might hear about what is happening in the city. Many schools have been damaged and large numbers of residents relocated; the high school we volunteered at was formerly an elementary school. Currently two of the floors are restored and in use, 400 students are in attendance and administrators believe that number will double in the next two years requiring the use of the other two floors of the building.
Replant New Orleans is working with the school to create an outdoor classroom and demonstration garden (with a compost area) that can be used by the biology classes at the school. There will be a green house, murals explaining the project to the community and guest lecturers that will use the space to educate students and the families who live in the area. We worked on preparing the lumber for compost bins, planter boxes, and murals. Volunteers from the community were to be assembling on Martin Luther King Day to begin construction. Our trip was inspiring, we met so many wonderful people who welcomed us and were truly thankful for the work we did.
We are very grateful to 7th Generation for giving us this opportunity and we hope to return and continue helping with the efforts to restore the city and rebuild strong communities.


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In the aftermath of the Massachusetts debacle, a lot of people are wondering what the hell happened.
The talking heads inside the Beltway are sure that it's because Obama is too Librul™, of course, but I think that Josh Marshall talked about the core problem in August of 2004.
He was talking about the Bush-Kerry campaign, and he characterized it as follows:
Let's call it the Republicans' Bitch-Slap theory of electoral politics. It goes something like this.
Consider for a moment what the big game is here. This is a battle between two candidates to demonstrate toughness on national security. Toughness is a unitary quality, really -- a personal, characterological quality rather than one rooted in policy or divisible in any real way. So both sides are trying to prove to undecided voters either that they're tougher than the other guy or at least tough enough for the job.
One way -- perhaps the best way -- to demonstrate someone's lack of toughness or strength is to attack them and show they are either unwilling or unable to defend themselves -- thus the rough slang I used above. And that I think is a big part of what is happening here. Someone who can't or won't defend themselves certainly isn't someone you can depend upon to defend you.
Hitting someone and not having them hit back hurts the morale of that person's supporters, buoys the confidence of your own backers (particularly if many tend toward an authoritarian mindset) and tends to make the person who's receiving the hits into an object of contempt (even if also possibly also one of sympathy) in the eyes of the uncommitted.
Only now, it isn't the Republicans bitch slapping anyone. It's the Democrats who bitch slap themselves.
Or as Zaid Jilani's southern ConservaDem friend says:
And can I say this? F*ck the Democrats. They couldn't get shit done with 60 seats, why the hell would I care if they have 59? F%$# them seriously we deserve to lose Congress this year. And don't bitch and whine about it either how much has changed since we took over in 2006? Ain't s%$# as far as I can tell. We capitulated to Bush, then capitulated to Republicans and now are just capitulating to ourselves.
F%$# it dude, I mean Republicans get whatever the fuck they want with 50 seats and we can't do fuck all we deserve to lose
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Fundamentally, when we look at what is going on in DC, it looks like no one in the Senate or the White House is even trying to make substantive change. (Pelosi, at least, creates the appearance that she is trying to do something)
What's more, among the DC Dems, there has been near constant bitch slapping of the Party Base, whether it's the capitulation on the public option, the labor union insurance surtax, or the constant drum beat of how "the left" hates the Democratic Party because they want to primary DINOs (Democrat In Name Only) who have safe seats. The central campaign platform of the Republican Party is that government can't do anything.
The Democratic Party seems to try very hard to prove them right.
Cross posted from 40 Years in the Desert.