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The End of Your Life Book Club (original 2012; edition 2012)
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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe (2012)
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Although this could be said to about the books that Schwalbe and his mother read and discussed as she underwent treatment for pancreatic cancer, it really is about Mary Ann(e) Schwalbe: her life, and her battle with that cancer. If you know that going in, you might not find this as disappointing as I did.
Read this if: you're interested in the story of one courageous woman who worked hard for world change, even through the unchangeable diagnosis which resulted in her death. 3½ stars
Why did I wait so long to read this book? Maybe I was put off by the title. I shouldn't have been. What a tribute Shwalbe has written to his mother in a guise of a two person book club that meets while his mother is waiting for chemo to treat her pancreatic cancer. I learned that even as much as I read there are a lot of books I haven't read! But the books aren't the main attraction, they are the vehicle for letting the reader know what an amazing person Mary Anne Schwalbe was. Her thoughts and beliefs should be guidance for all of us.
This book will no doubt resonate with me for many months. I agree with Mitch Albom when he says, "A wonderful book... This story with stay with you long after the last page." I wish I had someone in life in to discuss so many similar books as this mother and son did. Lovely story, wonderful woman, and a very lucky son! I must add that I listened to this book while in my car, and it may have enhanced it a bit, as the reader did an excellent job!
This book will no doubt resonate with me for many months. I agree with Mitch Albom when he says, "A wonderful book... This story with stay with you long after the last page." I wish I had someone in life in to discuss so many similar books as this mother and son did. Lovely story, wonderful woman, and a very lucky son! I must add that I listened to this book while in my car, and it may have enhanced it a bit, as the reader did an excellent job!
I really loved this book. It is deceptively simple but very genuine and very moving. As any book lover will know already, books enrich and expand life, in all directions and in so many ways. The best way I can express this is to quote from Will Schwalbe's final paragraph of the book:
"...She never wavered in her conviction that books are the most powerful tool in the human arsenal, that reading all kinds of books, in whatever format you choose - electronic (even though that wasn't for her) or printed, or audio - is the grandest entertainment, and is also how you take part in the human conversation. Mom taught me that you can make a difference in the world and that books really do matter: they're how we know what we need to do in life, and how we tell others...that books can be how we get closer to each other, and stay close..."
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Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2012: Tissues at the ready, I braced myself for The End of Your Life Book Club, Will Schwalbe's memoir of his mother's death from pancreatic cancer. But Mary Anne Schwalbe is such a fierce, unsentimental heroine--and her son such a frank and funny storyteller--that what could have been an emotional roller coaster turns out to be a beautifully paced ride. Mary Anne loves a good book as ardently as she loves her kids and her causes, chief among them a campaign to build a library in Afghanistan. When her health starts to fail, Will joins her for hospital appointments. They wait, they talk, and they read together--everything they've ever wanted to discuss. As much an homage to literature as to the mother who shared it with him, Will's chronicle of this heartrending time opens up his captivating family to the rest of us. We should all be so lucky as to read along with the Schwalbes. --Mia Lipman
Amazon Exclusive: An Essay by Will Schwalbe
For twenty-one years I worked in book publishing, mostly in editorial, acquiring the rights to manuscripts, working with authors to help shape their works, and trying to convince the world to pay attention to the various, wonderful books we were publishing. I learned from some of the all time great editors and publishers. But part of my publishing education went way, way back – to before I could read a word myself.
When I was a young child, before I went to sleep, my mother, like so many parents, would read me a book. My brother, eighteen months older, got his own book read to him. Later, my sister, four years younger, would have her own.
My mother was a working mother (a phrase she always disliked, as she rightly pointed out that no one talks of "working fathers"), so she wasn't always home at night. She sometimes worked late, and she travelled for business, and, even when she and my dad were in town, they occasionally were out for dinner. But if she was home, she read us each a book before bed.
My early favorites included The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Harold and Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. I loved that there was a bull who liked to smell flowers and wouldn't fight, and I was amazed by the boy who could draw himself out of any jam. But the experience was far more than the books themselves. First, there was the comfort and security of being tucked into bed. (Is it coincidence that we use the phrase "tuck into" before three of my favorite things: food, bed, and good books, or is it because the pleasures of each have so much in common?) Then, there was the happy, selfish knowledge that, when it was my turn, I would be able to monopolize my mother's attention just by sitting and listening.
But what I remember most is the way Mom made us feel that she was sharing something she loved with us, not completing a chore or performing a ritual. (Though I'm sure there were many nights when she was exhausted and would have loved to be in bed herself and fast asleep.) And when we shared the books, we also shared discussions about them. Why didn't the men understand that Ferdinand just didn't want to fight? There's no one answer, but it's a question Mom and I explored together time and again.
Later, I would start to read to myself of course. But it was the nightly reading with Mom that helped me become a reader – and probably pushed me toward the career in book publishing. From Mom, I learned that there's a public pleasure in books as well as a private one; that sharing books you love and getting others to read them can create a powerful bond, not just between a parent and child, but among thousands or millions of strangers.
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A very important and urgent step to take as early after a security vulnerability is discovered as possible is to notify the community of port users about the jeopardy. Such notification serves two purposes. First, should the danger be really severe it will be wise to apply an instant workaround. E.g., stop the affected network service or even deinstall the port completely until the vulnerability is closed. Second, a lot of users tend to upgrade installed packages only occasionally. They will know from the notification that they must update the package without delay as soon as a corrected version is available.
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The full-blown XML format is complex, and far beyond the scope of this book. However, to gain basic insight on the structure of a VuXML entry you need only the notion of tags. XML tag names are enclosed in angle brackets. Each opening <tag> must have a matching closing </tag>. Tags may be nested. If nesting, the inner tags must be closed before the outer ones. There is a hierarchy of tags, i.e., more complex rules of nesting them. This is similar to HTML. The major difference is that XML is eXtensible, i.e., based on defining custom tags. Due to its intrinsic structure XML puts otherwise amorphous data into shape. VuXML is particularly tailored to mark up descriptions of security vulnerabilities.
Now consider a realistic VuXML entry:
<vuln vid="f4bc80f4-da62-11d8-90ea-0004ac98a7b9"> <topic>Several vulnerabilities found in Foo</topic> <affects> <package> <name>foo</name> <name>foo-devel</name> <name>ja-foo</name> <range><ge>1.6</ge><lt>1.9</lt></range> <range><ge>2.*</ge><lt>2.4_1</lt></range> <range><eq>3.0b1</eq></range> </package> <package> <name>openfoo</name> <range><lt>1.10_7</lt></range> <range><ge>1.2,1</ge><lt>1.3_1,1</lt></range> </package> </affects> <description>
J. Random Hacker reports:

Several issues in the Foo software may be exploited via carefully crafted QUUX requests. These requests will permit the injection of Bar code, mumble theft, and the readability of the Foo administrator account.

  </description> <references> <freebsdsa>SA-10:75.foo</freebsdsa> <freebsdpr>ports/987654</freebsdpr> <cvename>CAN-2010-0201</cvename> <cvename>CAN-2010-0466</cvename> <bid>96298</bid> <certsa>CA-2010-99</certsa> <certvu>740169</certvu> <uscertsa>SA10-99A</uscertsa> <uscertta>SA10-99A</uscertta> <mlist msgid="email@example.com">http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=203886607825605</mlist> <url>http://j.r.hacker.com/advisories/1</url> </references> <dates> <discovery>2010-05-25</discovery> <entry>2010-07-13</entry> <modified>2010-09-17</modified> </dates> </vuln>
The tag names are supposed to be self-explanatory so we shall take a closer look only at fields you will need to fill in by yourself:
This is the top-level tag of a VuXML entry. It has a
mandatory attribute,
This is a one-line description of the issue found.
The names of packages affected are listed there. Multiple names can be given since several packages may be based on a single master port or software product. This may include stable and development branches, localized versions, and slave ports featuring different choices of important build-time configuration options.
It is your responsibility to find all such related
packages when writing a VuXML entry. Keep in mind that
Affected versions of the package(s) are specified
there as one or more ranges using a combination of
In a range specification,
The above example specifies that affected are versions
Several related package groups (essentially, ports)
can be listed in the
The version ranges should allow for
This is a summary of the issue. XHTML is used in this
field. At least enclosing
This section contains references to relevant documents. As many references as apply are encouraged.
This is a FreeBSD security advisory.
This is a FreeBSD problem report.
This is a MITRE CVE identifier.
This is a SecurityFocus Bug ID.
This is a US-CERT security advisory.
This is a US-CERT vulnerability note.
This is a US-CERT Cyber Security Alert.
This is a US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert.
This is a URL to an archived posting in a mailing
list. The attribute
This is a generic URL. It should be used only if none of the other reference categories apply.
This is the date when the issue was disclosed
This is the date when the entry was added
This is the date when any information in the entry was
last modified (
Assume you just wrote or filled in an entry for a
vulnerability in the package
clamav that
has been fixed in version
As a prerequisite, you need to install fresh versions of the ports ports-mgmt/portaudit, ports-mgmt/portaudit-db, and security/vuxml.
To run
packaudit you must have
permission to write to its
To use a different directory set the
DATABASEDIR environment variable to a
different location.
If you are working in a directory other than
${PORTSDIR}/security/vuxml set the
VUXMLDIR environment variable to the
directory where
vuln.xml is
First, check whether there already is an entry for this
vulnerability. If there were such an entry, it would match
the previous version of the package,
portaudit clamav-0.65_6
If there is none found, you have the green light to add a new entry for this vulnerability.
cd ${PORTSDIR}/security/vuxml
make newentry
When you are done verify its syntax and formatting.
make validate
You will need at least one of the following packages installed: textproc/libxml2, textproc/jade.
Now rebuild the
portaudit database from
the VuXML file:
To verify that the
section of your entry will match correct package(s), issue the
following command:
portaudit -f /usr/ports/INDEX -r
Please refer to portaudit(1) for better understanding of the command syntax.
Make sure that your entry produces no spurious matches in the output.
Now check whether the right package versions are matched by your entry:
portaudit clamav-0.65_6 clamav-0.65_7Affected package: clamav-0.65_6 (matched by clamav<0.65_7) Type of problem: clamav remote denial-of-service. Reference: <http://www.freebsd.org/ports/portaudit/74a9541d-5d6c-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html> 1 problem(s) found.
The former version should match while the latter one should not.
Finally, verify whether the web page generated from the VuXML database looks like expected:
mkdir -p ~/public_html/portaudit
lynx ~/public_html/portaudit/74a9541d-5d6c-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a.html
All FreeBSD documents are available for download at http://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/
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We are in dire need of a Central midfielder whose creative as well as defensively brilliant, and I think Yaya Toure fits the bill perfectly.
He's defensively great, has an amazing creativity, brilliant in positioning and does not give the ball away at all. Seeing our options of an inconsistent John Obi Mikel, who gives away possesion too easily, a certain Michael Essien whose looked out of form lately and Raul Meriles.
Now that Lamps won't be getting that much action because of his age and add to the fact that our recent buys,the likes of Marin,KDB, and hopefully(Please!) Hazard, are pretty weak defensively. Playing them would only be viable if you have a good back 4 and a good CDM. Playing Toure with Lamps would be a real treat with Mata and Eden helping out Torres. Yaya would add the much needed depth to the squad and being physically strong, he's pretty good aerially too. Plus his agent already said he wants out of City. Would be a pretty reasonable buy for a top player. Total win situation. Check this video of him in his prime.
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This five-peaked rocky crag seems to loom above the city wherever you go. It has been a Muslim place of pilgrimage for centuries, supposedly because the Prophet Mohammed once prayed here. Its slopes are indented with many a cave and crevice each reputed to have different curative or spiritual properties (many detailed on photo-boards in the Cave Museum ).


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It's the circle of life, and it moves us all.
It's the circle of life, and it moves us all.
That song from The Lion King will be in our heads the rest of the day. [Cobble Hill Blog]
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Habitat for Humanity featured as one of America's greatest brands
AMERICUS, Ga. (Dec. 13, 2004) – Habitat for Humanity International is included among the organizations and businesses featured in the 2004 edition of America's Greatest Brands, a hardcover book that recognizes some of the strongest and most trusted brand icons in the United States.
"This is quite an honor for Habitat and a testament not only to our work, but the outstanding partners who are so committed and dedicated to helping us in our house-building and hope-building work," said Paul Leonard, interim chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity International. "We are in great company considering how many of them also appear in this volume or previous volumes of the book."
Currently in its third edition, America's Greatest Brands, each year profiles leading companies from a brand marketing perspective. The book covers the history, innovations and achievements of these brands and offers the expert insight and opinions of the American Brands Council.
"If a great brand is one that stands for something, it's obvious why Habitat for Humanity must be considered one of America's Greatest Brands," said Rich Jernstedt, executive vice president and senior partner of Fleishman-Hillard and a member of the American Brands Council. "Habitat for Humanity has developed its brand recognition in to brand relevance and brand action. When you hear or read the name, you think of people helping people. And, don't you ask yourself: 'What am I doing to help?' "
While the book predominantly features business and consumer brands, the publishers recognized the increasing importance of corporate philanthropy to marketing strategy and decided to highlight the work of nonprofits and charities as well, said Rob Manfredi, manager, marketing communications of America's Greatest Brands
"This year we asked the brands featured in the book to select three non-profit organizations from a list of groups which have built good brands from good deeds," said Manfredi. "The selection of Habitat for Humanity speaks very highly of its reputation among leading marketing and communications professionals."
Said Jernstedt, "Habitat for Humanity as a brand now symbolizes a movement. It has evolved, excelled and excited as our society changes. Having a home and having others create it for you are two powerful dynamics. There's nothing greater than building a better world … one house, one family at a time.
Manfredi adds, "To build a great brand by building homes for people in need is a tremendous accomplishment and we are grateful for the opportunity to profile Habitat for Humanity."
About America's Greatest Brands
America's Greatest Brands covers the history, innovations, and achievements of the world's most admired companies. This book also features the expert insights and opinions of the American Brands Council — some of the most respected marketing and communications professionals in America. Headquartered in Rye, New York, America's Greatest Brands, founded in 2000, is a subsidiary of UK-based Superbrands Ltd., doing business in 42 countries. www.americasgreatestbrands.com [1]
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International, based in Americus, Ga., is an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. By the end of 2005, Habitat will have built its 200,000th house and more than one million people will be living in Habitat homes they helped build and are buying through no-profit, zero-interest mortgages. www.habitat.org [2]


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The Paws for Charity Art Book Project is a compilation of photography and artwork submitted by artists from the US, UK, and Canada. All the images are of dogs and cats (the "Paws" part of this project) and proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade (the "for Charity" part of this project).
Information about the 37 artists and Paws for Charity is available on the blog:
Acerca del autorPaws4Charity
Paws4Charity Canada
Fecha de publicación 14 de marzo de 2009
Dimensiones Cuadrado pequeño 40 páginas Papel estándar
Categoría Organizaciones sin fines de lucro y beneficencia
Etiquetas artists, artwork, photos, fundraiser, dogs, charity, cats, photographs, dog photographers, Paws for Charity, breast cancer
Comentarios (18)
cardonation dice
This is a great book. Also we can try to donate car
to charity. It will big help to support cancer victim.
publicado 26 de ene. a las 22:29 PST
jkd1199 dice
I'm so honored to have been a part of this project and to have my photo included here with the work of many talented artists. It's an added bonus that proceeds benefit a worthy cause!
Thanks, Sara!
publicado 16 de mar. a las 07:17 PST
nutsycoco dice
Thank you so much for the opportunity to be a part of this cause!
publicado 11 de ene. a las 05:15 PST
gigileonard dice
This project was a pleasure to be a part of, for a very worthy cause. I love the way the book turned out - thanks so much for all your hard work Sara!
publicado 08 de ene. a las 07:13 PST
MCiarloHayes dice
I can't tell you how honored I am to have my work featured on the cover of this lovely book - thank you for putting together such a beautiful and important project. Sarah was such a joy to work with - I can't wait to see the new book for 2010!
publicado 06 de ene. a las 10:17 PST
melissamcd dice
Thanks for this wonderful book that not only celebrates people and their pets, but also helps people through donations. I'm grateful to have had the chance to participate.
publicado 06 de ene. a las 07:38 PST
felsteadd dice
Sarah...I am so glad you are going to produce a second edition of PAWS for Charity! It is such a worthy cause and I am so grateful to have been a part of the first book. Looking forward to the new one ....can't wait!
Dan Felstead
publicado 06 de ene. a las 07:22 PST
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Blame Cameron for closing Cross Roads recycling centre, says Andrew Thornton
2:00pm Tuesday 5th February 2013 in Keighley
Bradford's Conservative councillors are blaming the wrong Dave for the planned closure of Sugden End recycling centre at Cross Roads, according to a Labour councillor.
Andrew Thornton, executive member for the environment, was responding to what he believes to be a "ridiculous" claim the closure would mean people faced a half-hour drive to dump their waste.
He says the Tories are wrongly blaming council leader, Councillor Dave Green, for the cuts, when the blame lies with Prime Minister David Cameron.
The authority says the Cross Roads facility is the least used of its recycling centres, and the closure is necessary to save money in the light of central government funding cuts.
Coun Rebecca Poulsen, Conservative spokesman for regeneration, said: "I find it somewhat confusing that on the one hand the council is encouraging residents to take their refuse to the nearest waste transfer centre, yet at the same time budgeting to close Sugden End, despite it being a heavily used centre, which is much valued by local residents.
"Some will have to travel for as long as an extra half-an-hour to the next available recycling centre. Common sense suggests to me the less responsible amongst us will simply not bother and at worst resort to a bit of fly-tipping.
"I am confident the money the council hopes to save by this closure will prove to be a false economy, as the cost of tidying up after the additional mess this closure causes is likely to far outstrip a mere £100,000 or so per year.
"It is unreasonable to expect the more vulnerable or infirm members of our communities to travel this extra distance."
But Coun Thornton responded: "Sugden End has the least number of visits of all our household waste recycling centres, and Coun Poulsen's comment it would take an extra half-an-hour to drive to an alternative is ridiculous.
"Most homes will remain within a 15-minute drive of a centre and virtually all within 20 minutes' drive. If she wants to 'Blame Dave' she needs to direct her anger at Mr Cameron.
"Government cuts in funding to local authorities have required budget reductions of £72 million in the past two years, and the council is now facing cuts of almost £30 million in 2013/14.
l What do you think? We welcome letters on this or any other subject. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or write to The Editor, Keighley News, 80-86 North Street, Keighley BD31 3AG. Include your full name, address and phone number.
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7:59pm Tue 5 Feb 13
Mixter says...
Use tips in other parts of the country, and they couldnt care less where the waste came from as long as you dont abuse the system. They even give you a hand out of the van with it! As a result, its noticeable how rubbish-free their highways and byeways are.
12:20pm Wed 6 Feb 13
samuels david says...
I have family in Haworth who find it difficult enough to travel into Keighley, let alone the fight to Hard Inns.
Basically the solution is very simple, and would apply to any local council with huge economic problems and don't wish to raise ratepayers financial burdens, cut the mangers numbers and then cut the salaries of all senior staff by at least 10%.
Problem solved!
Will any council do it, most certainly not!
It's greed and position, not caring for the public purse!
David Samuels
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"The Perfect Gift for your Special Someone"
I Am Salon and Day Spa is located in Monkey Junction at 5315-C South College Road. If you would like to find out more about I Am Salon and Day Spa or to set up an appointment give them a call at (910) 395-1335.
By: Allen Denning
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A trip to I Am Salon and Day Spa in Monkey Junction is always a perfect way to treat yourself or someone special. Everyone loves to look and feel their best when they spend time with family and friends. "
I Am Salon and Day Spa" offers a variety of great services that anyone will love ranging from skin care and body treatments to all kinds of hair styling and nails.
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They "offer 'natural nail' services that use Aveda products for the best in relaxing hand and feet care." Nail services available at "I Am" include classic, express and spa versions of their manicures and pedicures, paraffin dips and polish application.
"I Am Salon" offers hair styling and cutting services for women and men and they can do everything from your general cuts to styling for special occasions and even fixing hair with moisture treatments and even Intensive restructuring treatments. The professional hair stylists at I Am are also experts in the field of hair coloring. Offering all kinds of coloring services from cleansing to balancing, I Am can give your hair the perfect hue. Owner and operator Christopher Gates has put together a salon and spa that is affordable as well as lavish. You will surely be amazed with the pricing while being blown away by the quality of the treatment you receive.
"Together with our entire salon spa team, I personally invite you to experience the vast variety of services that we offer. We hope that you will be pleased. It is our aim to provide you with an exceptional experience. It is my belief that we are only as good as our "last service" and it is on that credo that we have built our business," says Gates. They offer professional massage treatments such as Swedish massage, Hot Stone massage, deep tissue massage, Fusion massage, and more.
If you want to get a little of everything try one of I Am Salon's package deals that can include a variety of great services. In addition to there great salon services, "I Am" also carries many products that you can take home and use to keep looking your very best between visits. They are an authorized supplier of the famous Aveda line of products as well as carrying their own brands of hair and skin care.
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American devotees of the Caterham brand got a little love this week as the car maker presented two new models for the US market at Monterey Car Week. The Seven 480 and 360 are the latest variant on the classic, minimalist Caterham Seven sportscar introduced four decades ago, and are available to US customers directly through Caterham's US distributor. Read More
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For over fifty years Caterham has been known for its purpose-built sports cars and motorsports activities. This week, however, the company announced that it will be expanding its product offerings from four-wheeled machinery to that of the two-wheeled variety. Starting in 2014 Caterham Bikes will introduce three products: the Brutus 750, the Classic E-Bike and the Carbon E-Bike. Read More
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The latest generation of track-honed roadsters offer quick, corner-hugging performance at a more affordable price point. However, unless you're in a position to use a fast, furious, roofless two-seater as a daily commuter, a niche track-weekend auto may still be well out of your price range. Caterham is looking to change this with its all-new, entry-level Seven 160 that went up for pre-order this week. Read More
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The thing about Caterhams is that they're wonderfully bonkers little cars that beg to be driven. Now the automotive company has taken its Seven CSR chassis and turned it into the Caterham AeroSeven Concept. Unveiled last week at the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, it uses technologies not found previously in a Caterham and is intended to give the public an idea of the design of future models. Read More
Caterham 620 R brings extreme to Goodwood
For four decades, the Caterham Seven has been turning heads and packing large servings of performance into a very small package. This weekend, at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Caterham Cars is unveiling the slightly mad Caterham Seven 620 R, which will be put through its paces by F1 Team driver Charles Pic and other drivers from the Caterham stable. Built to celebrate 40 years of the Seven, Caterham says that it's the most extreme version in the lightweight, high-performance line ever produced. Read More
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The Alpine car brand is coming back. Renault and the Caterham Group have announced a new joint venture to build sports cars beginning in January 2013 at Renault's Alpine plant in Dieppe, Normandy. The partnership between Renault and Caterham involves the latter holding a 50 percent stake in the new business called the Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham. Read More
Caterham provides a first look at the Superlight R600
Caterham has released the first official photos of the fastest of the company's Series 7 cars, the Superlight R600. This racing variant of the Seven line will, according to the British lightweight sportscar maker, "represent the top echelon of the Caterham racing spectrum" in the Superlight R600 Championship from 2013. Read More
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Glen Ridge unveils latest student test scores
The results were in. And some of them had school administrators a little worried.
A number Glen Ridge's students are lagging just behind their peers in similar school districts when it comes to standardized test scores, according to the district's annual testing report.
The 2011-2012 scores were presented to parents during Monday night's board meeting at Linden Avenue School.
On the language arts section of the Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (ASK), about 24.8 percent of third-graders scored as partially proficient, 71.8 scored as proficient, and 3.4 percent scored as advanced proficient. In regards to reading and writing skills, Glen Ridge third-graders performed just behind their peers in similar school districts, but well ahead of the state average.
On the math section, about 14.8 percent of students got a partially proficient score, 43.6 percent scored as proficient and 41.6 scored as advanced proficient.
The test results led to the question: How much time should Glen Ridge students spend preparing for state tests?
"The poor third-graders always get the most scrutiny, because they're the first slide (in the PowerPoint presentation)," Student Services Director Mary Lynn De Pierro remarked.
The numbers of students scoring as proficient or advanced on reading and writing tests tended to rise through the grade levels. The district also saw top scores on fourth and eighth-grade science tests, and high school students did well on both state tests and the SATs.
But it was the third-grade language test scores - especially the 24.8 percent scoring as partially proficient - that caused some concern. "That seems like a score we shouldn't be happy about...what do we do with that number?" Superintendent John Mucciolo asked.
It's important to look at how students have done in the past on that test, De Pierro said, and to see which individual students seem to need help.
For third-graders, it is also possible that some outside factors could be influencing their test scores, she said. In most districts, elementary school students stay in the same school from kindergarten though fifth or sixth grade. But in Glen Ridge, second-graders transfer to a different school - Ridgewood Avenue School - when they start third grade. "Our kids transition at a different time," De Pierro said.
And the third grade, she said, is when the students see an ASK test for the first time, so the students may be a little nervous.
Many school districts spend a lot of classroom time preparing their students for state tests, a practice that administrators in Glen Ridge have dubbed "drill and kill." In Glen Ridge, a test is generally regarded more as a diagnostic tool - something that helps measure what a student knows and where that student could use some extra help.
Last year, in response to a drop in writing scores, Ridgewood Avenue School began conducting writing workshops for students - the district brought in the Writing Workshop, a program developed by Columbia University. "Basically, we want to see improved students," De Pierro said.
The district has also had reading workshops in place for several years, with great success, Mucciolo said.
But some of the districts in Glen Ridge's District Factor Group (DFG) administer a practice ASK test to students in the second grade - leading administrators to wonder if Glen Ridge should start doing the same.
A DFG is a group of school districts that are similar to each other in terms of socio-economic status and level of education in the community. The state classifies a district into a DFG based on the most recent census data. Glen Ridge is in DFG I, which also includes Montclair, Verona, South Orange and Maplewood.
Any time you lose classroom instruction time, board member David Campbell said, is a downside.
On one hand, Campbell said, giving students a practice test may get the scores up without showing what it is the students really know and understand. "You might be poisoning the well a bit."
But on the other hand, he said, if other districts are giving their students practice tests, Glen Ridge might be putting itself at a disadvantage by not doing the same.
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Walker, who is ranked the Twins' No. 14 prospect hit a two-run home run on the first pitch of his first plate appearance in a Grapefruit League game in the seventh inning. He added a double in the eighth inning to finish the Twins' 7-4 win 2-for-2 wiht a run scored an a pair of RBI.
Drafted in the third round of the 2012 draft, the former Dolphin spent last season at Cedar Rapids Kernels (A Full) hitting .278 with 27 home runs and 109 RBI in 129 games. Named the Topps MID Player of the Year, he led the Midwest League in home runs, RBIs and total bases and ranked second in slugging percentage, runs scored and extra-base hits in 2013.


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That is a remarkable video. Thanks for sharing it. Mum looked a bit surprised when she arrived back at the nest!
So pleased. The second fledgling this year was a coal tit. They zipped past me at 5a.m. this morning as I was filling the ground feeders. The parent bird investigated the fat balls (too soggy after the rain yesterday) while the little one flapped wings and opened mouth. Very tiny and very cute.
The feeders have been hit hard this morning which is dry so far - empty an hour earlier than usual.
They are so cute GeoDave and liked your story about the squirrel.
Wonderful video. Am green with envy as our nesting box was deserted by a blue-tit after she had laid two eggs.
Lovely new photos :) Birdwoman, your Blue Tit is an adult, by the way.
Thanks for putting me straight aiki. I was convinced it was a young one as it looked like a little ball of fluff.
Thanks for putting me straight aiki. I was convinced it was a young one as it looked like a little ball of fluff.
Thanks for putting me straight aiki. I was convinced it was a young one as it looked like a little ball of fluff.
It did look very fluffed up! The juveniles have different colours though - the blues are quite subdued, the eyestripe is dark but not black, and the yellow of the underside extends to the cheeks and forehead/supercilium. (These pics are from last year/the year before, not seen any fledged tits yet this year...)
First young of the year for me..pity it's a miserable little s*d lol.
LOL doggie. It looks a bit down in the mouth :)
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'A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now.'
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Now End Game... There's a potential shark jumper. It was certainly a massive anti-climax to the series as a whole, even if I thought it was virtually a given that the Borg transwarp hubs were always going to be the logical way for Voyager to get home.
Still though season 1 had wayyy to many anomalies, Parallax, Time and Again, The Cloud, throw in a holodeck episode with Heros and Demons (great for the doctors character but completely lacking in originality in terms of theme), and then a couple of 'it's all their head' episodes for good manner, Ex Post Facto and Cathexis.
I reckon, these should have gone in favour of possible marquis mutiny episodes, build up an atmosphere of paranoia and tension eventually leading to trust and friendship over the course of a series, rather than a pilot. And actually running out of resources and not making it a trivial fixed by the end of the episode job.
Still though, you're right in that there were a lot of great ideas, and it's a lot stronger than a lot of season 1 TNG and DS9 epiosdes.
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I don't think that VOY has ever jumped the shark. It had its fair share of bad episodes, it had some structural issues (perhaps more than any other Trek show) which have already been mentioned and like TOS and TNG its quality decreased towards the end.
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I think it's well known that VOY is by far my least favourite piece of series Trek but I have to agree that 'jumping the shark' was not it's problem.
(though I kind of agree with Moore's 'let'g go get borgified like it's nothing' Unimatrix Zero episode. After the trauma that Picard was shown to have gone through it really quite trivialised the horror of the initial idea of being consumed by them - the Doctor's ability to restore them notwithstanding).
It was a combination of all the excellent points that have already been made by most everybody else.
For me, I actually enjoyed the first couple seasons. It was strictly following the established TV Trek format by that point - Delta Quadrant gimmick notwithstanding - and was nothing special but it was enjoyable enough.
But ultimately it just became a collection of old ideas, styles that seemed ill thought out. Strand the ship, but don't really show the resource and psychological problems that could ensue. Don't really seriously go down the route of fuel and food shortages - it's all been said, no point restating it.
Plus, I was into darker and gritty Trek by then with DS9 - so on a personal level the whole thing was just too flimsy and lightweight in comparison.
But great points everyone!
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I would have to agree it wasn't any one thing Voyager did; it just never really seemed to take off. Maybe it was what Berman, Paramount/Viacom, and UPN wanted: a show that stayed solidly and safely within the TNG template following the (perceived) lack of success with DS9.
I think past comments made by Kevin, Horatio and others regarding the "phases" of TNG may have helped me to better isolate why VOY just never connected for me:
DS9, I believe, was very much an outgrowth of TNG's middle years, when the show was largely focused on family and politics. I don't claim to know most of the writers of DS9, and which of them besides Rom Moore were involved with TNG (or when)... but it's always been my impression DS9 got first dibs on TNG's more qualified veterans, while VOY inherited whoever stayed behind on TNG in its final years (including Brannon Braga, whose gimmicky stories from 'Imaginary Friend' onward have consistently turned me off).
It's probably more complicated than that, and I'm sure memos passed around regarding DS9's performance -plus the fact VOY was a network show- still had a lot to do with the direction.
But I have to be honest; I was pretty much completely turned off of TNG in its final year. All the magazine articles of the time regurgitated that TNG was ending "at the height of its success" (always those exact words), and to see the Neilson ratings that was apparently true. Eps like 'Dark Page' and 'Attached' seemed to be all the rave among fans, but to me they embodied what had become the worst of TNG. I felt like the show fell off after fifth season's 'Unification', occasionally hitting such gems as 'The Inner Light', 'Starship Mine', 'Relics' or even 'Ship in a Bottle', but just never fully came back.
When Voyager started, it seemed right off the bat to attract TNG fans who had tuned out of DS9 (and the pilot was quite impressive, even though it had more than a few on-the-nose moments. Actually, DS9's pilot was fairly on-the-nose too). But the show really just looked like more of what TNG had been doing in those final years. Despite some interesting story ideas, VOY in my opinion seemed perfectly content to be the eighth-thru-fourteenth seasons of TNG. By its third season, I had tuned out. (Continued to stumble across Rick Berman magazine interviews talking about bringing Q, Riker, Barclay and and Troi over, though)
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Voyager was the first Star Trek series that I saw all the way through. (Actually it is the only one I have seen every episode of.) I agree with many of the points made here except, I think Voyager got better and better. it lost it's way a bit in Season 6 with a few pretty lame episodes but in general, I think from Season 4 onwards it was great. I also have to say that Season 1 was fantastic too.
I thought the Kazon were a pretty rubbish enemy. i never took them seriously... maybe because they looked like the Oompa Loompa's in the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. People often say there was not much discord between the two crews and to a point that is fair. Though they had Seska, the guy who helped Seska once she had defected, the 3 crewmembers who had to be retrained by Tuvok, Suder becoming a murderer and episode 2 when B'Elanna and Janeway went head to head. Had it just been in-fighting, many would have criticised it.
I agree that they didn't really explore the idea of food and fuel shortage and the ship seemed to be a self-fixing creation. Apart from in Year Of Hell, it never really suffered any damage that lasted more than an episode. Even at the end of The Killing Game, Janeway's log states that the ship is very badly damaged, yet they are walking down a corridor near the cargo bay that had absolutely no damage whatsoever.
Maybe because I haven't seen all of TNG, I do not think they over-used the Borg. I thought Seven of Nine was a great character. Though I would have preferred her to take a few more episodes to accept her fate on Voyager and become a "babe."
So to sum up. I think Voyager improved from the end of Season 3 onwards.
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