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LAVC Child Development Department
Family Resource Center
The Family Resource Center (FRC) provides family support services to LAVC students, staff and faculty, as well as community members who have children. Various services are designed to assist families such as infant and toddler play sessions, a baby clothing exchange, lactation room, parent-lending library, and community resources – all for free!
The FRC also houses grant programs that provide education and professional development activities to build the early care and education workforce. Activities are designed to support high school students through those completing their Master's Degree. With the goal of student success, programs include cohort groups with academic support, CD units, CPR and first aid training, career advisement, mentoring, and other support services.
Current Hours of Operation: Monday - Friday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: LAVC Child Development & Family Complex (Oxnard Street and Campus Drive)
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Terry fined £220,000 and banned for four matches
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An Independent Regulatory Commission has today [Thursday 27 September 2012] found a charge of misconduct against John Terry proven and has issued a suspension for a period of four matches and a fine of £220,000, pending appeal.
The Football Association charged Mr Terry on Friday 27 July 2012 with using abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards Queens Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand and which included a reference to colour and/or race contrary to FA Rule E3[2] in relation to the Queens Park Rangers FC versus Chelsea FC fixture at Loftus Road on 23 October 2011.
The charge was the result of The FA's long-standing investigation into this matter, which was placed on hold at the request of the Crown Prosecution Service and Mr Terry's representatives pending the outcome of the criminal trial.
A hearing took place from 24-27 September 2012 before an Independent Regulatory Commission of The FA to consider the charge.
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Clean hotel with great staff.
Most important things; it was clean, people were friendly and it's near to the metro station.
Excellent location near Keleti station. Also buffet breakfast was quite good.
Budapest City Park
Behind Heroes' Square lies the ice-skating rink which is a lake in the summer with boats for rent. Since 1996, the ice-skating rink gives home to speed-skating championships.
Along Állatkerti körút (Zoo Boulevard), to the left from Heroes' Square, the first building is the Gundel Restaurant, built in 1894 (until 1910, it was called Wampetics Restaurant). Gundel Károly has taken over in 1910, and turned it into the best place for fine dining in Budapest.
Next to the Gundel is the ornate Art Nouveau entrance to the Budapest Zoo, which opened in 1866.
Walking past the Zoo walls, the domes and towers of the Széchenyi Thermal Bath come into view; the bathhouse is one of the largest bath complexes in Europe. The thermal spring underneath it was discovered in 1879.
Across from the bath is the Municipal Circus, where the first performance was held in 1891 - since then, 125 shows were held, with 15500 performances and over 25 million viewers.
Next to the Circus is the Amusement Park, which in today's form has been operational since the 1950's.
The Vajdahunyad Castle, originally built of cardboard and wood for the 1896 World Expo, was rebuilt from stone at the end of the expo. It is a copy of three other buildings from the Hungarian countryside, showcasing Hungary's predominant architectural styles.
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Rural History 2013
Rural History 2013 was the first conference held under the auspices of the European Rural History Organisation (EURHO). It stood in the tradition of the Rural History 2010 conference held in 2010 in Brighton an took place at the University of Bern from 19-22 August 2013. More than 300 participants from virtually every country in Europe as well as from Africa, Asia and the Americas presented and discussed their newest research. The keynote sessions illustrated that rural historians do not solely look backwards but also reflect on their own activities.
While Rural History 2013 in many ways was the culmination of the numerous new initiatives launched by rural historians since the early 1990s, we are happy to announce that the preparations for the next two conferences are already under way. In 2015 EURHO goes to Spain (Girona) and in 2017 to Belgium (Leuven).
The Swiss Rural History Society (SRHS) and the Archives of Rural History (ARH) in Bern as organisers of Rural History 2013 keep this website active until our colleagues in Spain take over.


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It's naturalApril 27,2014Farmers and gardeners are ready to get going after a long, cold winter, rounded off by a long, cold month of April. Mid-April is ordinarily a target date for planting seed for early vegetables, such as peas and spinach, though many gardeners might have been persuaded to wait a little longer for warmer weather and warmer soil.
That Vermonters maintain a deep connection to the rituals of spring the preparation of soil, the planting of crops is one reason for the widespread interest in the bill passed by the Vermont House last week requiring the labeling of food made from genetically modified organisms. Agriculture is a process that ties people intimately with nature whether they are growing a few tomato plants in their back yard or acres of feed corn for their dairy herd. Commercial exploitation of the stuff of nature and tampering with genetic material seem like a worrisome violation of a cherished relationship between man and the world.
Requiring labels on food products is not going to end the use of GMOs or the power of Monsanto. It is likely that GMO labels will become so common that they are hardly noticed. Moreover, some GMO crops may over the long run prove useful, helping to enhance productivity to meet an expanding need in era when agriculture comes under new strains.
But the anti-GMO movement comes as revival of interest in what might be called traditional agriculture is reshaping the state. For generations dairy has been king in Vermont, and it is still king in terms of economic impact. But among young people looking for entry into a life on the land, dairy is not necessarily the easiest way to get started. It is capital-intensive and subject to the demands of commodity agriculture in which large-scale production becomes necessary to survive.
As young farmers look for other ways to make a living on the land, they are revitalizing the agricultural sector in Vermont. Vegetable and fruit crops are increasingly grown locally, and the proliferation of farmers markets and other outlets are making local crops more readily available. Dairy of a different sort is having an impact, making Vermont a center for fine cheese made from the milk of cows, goats and sheep. This is economic development that is real and is bringing new life to small towns where growers are active participants in the life of their communities.
Where there is a niche, people are trying to fill it. Thus, as Vermont has become home to numerous small micro-breweries, some growers are experimenting with whether it is possible to introduce the growing of hops in the state.
Enterprise of this sort respectful of the land, unwilling to scale up too rapidly and too extensively, happy to focus on quality and local markets is antithetical to the sort of agriculture that looks to new, patented seeds and the regimen of chemicals that go with them. It is becoming more widely understood that reliance on chemicals to kill pests or curb disease also kills the biological life of the soil, which is the basis of everything. Vermont farmers, growing on a small scale for local markets, are naturally wary of these industrial processes.
Labels on packages are not going to dent Monsantos profits too deeply. But Vermonters are cheering the GMO bill as a statement. Its a statement that says: OK, youre out there growing GMO corn and other crops, and thats a particular thing that were not especially interested in. Good luck in developing crops that can help bring down food prices and make food more readily available in impoverished nations, but as for us, we are doing well the natural way.
Grocers and food producers dont like the hassle of having to deal with labels. Nobody likes hassle. But people learn to deal with hassle, as grocers have learned to deal with the recycling of bottles and food producers have adapted to other labeling requirements. European nations are surviving their own GMO labeling requirements, which reflect concerns similar to those felt by Vermonters. They have set down not a red line but a green line, allowing them to distinguish what was made from GMOs and what was not.
It is easy to conclude that something is not harmful, until the harm is evident. Tinkering with the genetic makeup of species has the potential of touching off unpredictable ecological effects. And not nearly as much research has gone into an examination of those potential effects as has gone into the profit-making potential of modified seed.
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Since Trouble's self title album that came out at a time where if you wheren't Satanic, then you wheren't cool, since then they have stayed true to their musical intentions, keeping it interesting at the same time. Best track is the title track, Trouble is still around, and still doesn't get any respect. Their sound is like Black Sabbath, motorhead, Corrison of Comformity.
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I got into Trouble a number of years ago when music stations on digital cable were just becoming mainstream additions to the cable lineup. I head Flowers off of this album that fair day and loved the vibe it was given to me. I quested desperately to find their work, but sadly always came up empty until finally a few weeks ago i found some, and this album happened to be one of them.
First off, what an album! Brilliant guitarwork, thumping bass and steller drumming spotlights Trouble at their tightest and most well oiled lineup maybe ever…while the vocals are screechy sometimes, while other times they are blissfully melodic. Requiem is one of the most beautiful pieces of music that i have ever had the priviledge of listening to, and for that I am very happy that I found this band. The title track is very fun and heavy, and the covers of Carole King and the Beatles are both fun and inspired works that are almost worth the cost of finding this gem.
Trouble is a band that constantly got written off in the savage undertones of other thrash bands like Metallica and Megadeth and the doom metal godfathers like Candlemass because they combined the doomy atmosphere of Black Sabbath with the thrash virtuosic guitarwork of a thrash icon. If you are a new fan, keep looking until you find every album by this act. Trust me, you shall not be disappointed!
At first, I didn't realize this was the same band that put out 1991's 'Manic Frustration'. As I remember seeing these guys on tour as support act for Savatage back in the day. Basically, very good '90's heavy rock. About every cut on this CD rocks, but the tunes I dug the absolute most are "Flowers", their unlikey cover of the Monkees "Pourpose Song" (totally caught me off guard), the wailing "Hear The Earth", "Long Shadows Fall" and another outrageously killer cover, the Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows". Might possibly appeal to fans of My Dying Bride, Obsessed, Sleep and Electric Wizard.
A loud and heavy band that never got the attention they deserved, Trouble's "Plastic Green Head" pretty much picks up where "Manic Frustration" (which is no longer available) left off.Stand-out tracks include "Another Day", "Below me", "Opium-Eater", "Long Shadows Fall" and an interesting version of The Beatles "Tomorrow Never Knows".Anyone who is a fan of such bands as Black Sabbath, Soundgarden or Corrosion of Conformity should not have a problem finding a place for this disc in their collection.
I am a big fan of heavy metel cover songs. Type O Negative might have had the prize for there version of "summer Breeze" but the cover crown belongs, no doubt, to Trouble for there psychotic version of "The Pourpoise Song" Only a very few of you will recognise this gem as bieng the theme to another forgotten classic, the now infamous movie "Head" starring the Monkees. Carole King wrote this and I have attempted to find out how to procure writes to use a piece of this song in a short animation. Strangely enough this song, and Tomorow Never Knows (The Beatles) are not listed as bieng on the album, at least as far as the copywrite people are concerned, hmmmmmm, pretty wierd. This one song makes the whole album worth whatever one pays for it, it must be heard to be beleved, I am glad someone else sees the Monkees movie as something worth remebering, watch "Vanilla Sky" to hear this song yet again, Tomorow Never Knows is good too, but no one can touch the Pourpoise song cover for shear retro genoius.


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The last couple of years have obviously not been kind to Research in Motion, which is why the company has been hoping to generate some much-needed positive buzz by unveiling portions of its upcoming BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system this week.
Before we get into reactions to BlackBerry 10, though, let's take a look at just what RIM is highlighting with its shiny new OS. The two big features to come out of this week's BlackBerry World conference so far have been a new camera system that is capable of "rewinding" photos to seconds before you took them so you can have more choice in which picture you want to keep if your initial snap doesn't turn out right, and a new touch keyboard system that lets users swipe backward to delete whole words and that adapts to users' typing habits in a manner similar to the BlackBerry PlayBook's QNX-based keyboard system.
[ Also on InfoWorld: Prior to introducing BlackBerry 10, RIM outlined its back-to-business strategy. | Get expert advice about planning and implementing your BYOD strategy with InfoWorld's 29-page "Mobile and BYOD Deep Dive" PDF special report. | Stay ahead of advances in mobile technology with InfoWorld's Mobile Edge blog and Mobilize newsletter. ]
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While these new features are certainly welcome, most tech reporters and bloggers at this week's grand unveiling of BlackBerry 10 have generally reacted by calling the new OS a case of too little, too late. To be sure, many writers had positive impressions of BlackBerry 10's new features, including its new keyboard and camera functionalities, but they mostly doubted that they were enough to make a dent in the market shares of mobile world's two OS powerhouses, iOS and Android. Boy Genius Report's Jonathan Geller best summarized this sentiment by basically noting that RIM at this point needs plastic surgery a lot more than it needs a makeover.
"The parts of BlackBerry 10 demoed are slick -- capturing a series of images and combining different elements from each one before you save a photo seems genuinely incredible," he wrote. "What we saw wasn't truly innovative, though. It wasn't compelling enough, and it's unfortunately too late to try and gain enough traction and support for a third mobile ecosystem."
The Verge's Chris Ziegler was significantly more enthusiastic about the newest BlackBerry 10 features demonstrated today, but similarly thought that RIM didn't deliver enough of a differentiator with its new OS to bust through the current duopoly in the smartphone and tablet industry.
"Prior to [HP's now-defunct mobile operating system] WebOS, I would have been bullish on BlackBerry 10," he said. "Now, though? I'm too jaded -- lots of moving parts that RIM needs to get right."


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The use of alcoholic beverages by members of the Prairie View A&M University community is at all times subject to the alcoholic beverage laws of the State of Texas. Student organization events involving alcohol are not permitted on University property.
Students wishing to have alcohol at a social activity are advised to hold the activity at a licensed liquor establishment where participants may purchase their beverages by the drink directly from the establishment with their own personal funds. It is understood that in this situation responsibility will rest entirely with the license holder.
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All tenants shall comply with QUIET HOURS as posted, and shall comply with all rules and regulations as posted from time to time for use of the recreational areas. No guest or visitors shall be authorized in the recreational areas except when accompanied by Tenant.
(Quiet Hours: 11 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.)
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Fire warning devices and safety equipment are to be used only in care of emergency. The sounding of a fire alarm should be taken seriously. In the event of an alarm, tenants should proceed in accordance with the instructions posted in and about UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The intentional sounding of an alarm outside of an emergency situation is a criminal offense and a material breach of the Lease Agreement. At lease commencement Landlord will test the smoke detectors in premises (room) for proper operation and working batteries. Upon notification by residents owner will replace battery. Tampering or altering the smoke detector will result in a $250.00 fine. Any violation is a default under the Lease which would entitle Landlord to declare a default and pursue all remedies provided to Landlord.
Fire code prohibits storage or use of barbecue grills in or on any building, walkway, stairway or balcony. Grills found on the premises will be disposed of by landlord. Microwaves, refrigerators, hot plates and other heat producing appliances are specifically prohibited, except those provided in the room.
The use of candles on the premises is not permitted.
Room Condition & Damage
DAMAGE, CONDEMNATION OR DESTRUCTION OF PREMISES. If, in the opinion of the Landlord, the Premises or UNIVERSITY COLLEGE should become untenantable during the term hereof because of damage, condemnation or destruction by fire or other casualty, Landlord shall have the right to terminate this Lease, or move Tenant to similar accommodations within UNIVERSITY or other casualty, Landlord shall have the right to terminate this LEASE, or move Tenant to similar accommodations within UNIVERSITY COLLEGE and repair and restore the Premises. In the event of such damage, condemnation or destruction to the Premises or UNIVERSITY College without the fault of Tenant, his agents or guests, Tenant's obligation to pay Rent shall be abated only if Landlord terminates this Lease or does not furnish Tenant with similar accommodations at UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.
Pet Policy
Pets or any animals are absolutely prohibited from being brought into the premises of UNIVERSITY COLLEGE at any and all times. Pet prohibitions apply to all mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and insects. Not withstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit seeing-eye dogs in UNIVERSITY COLLEGE for the visually impaired. In the event of a violation of this rule, a $100 fine will be assessed against the Tenant, and Landlord, at its discretion, may declare the Lessee in Default. In the event of a subsequent violation, a $200 fine will be assessed against Tenant and the Landlord will declare the Lease to be in default. Pets must be removed from the premises immediately. Owner may remove any unauthorized pet if one day's written notice of intent to remove the pet is left in a conspicuous place in the apartments. Owner may turn the pet over to a humane society or local authority.
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A new program at Grand Island Public Schools could help fill a void in the state's job market, according to Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy.
Sheehy said although the state is proud of its low unemployment numbers, that could create a challenge for some employers.
"We're doing a great job of creating jobs, now we need to create the work force," said Sheehy.
The lieutenant governor met with businesses three years ago, and those companies hoped to expand then. Now three years later, he said those Central Nebraska businesses have expanded, and need a stronger workforce.
The new career program at Grand Island Public Schools will come just in time.
"Just as we have done since the '80s when it was identified we were going to have a workforce shortage in the healthcare industry and we started creating pathways and explore paths in healthcare, well in all of the other trades we begin to look in the middle school," Sheehy said.
The Career Pathways Institute, set to open in August 2013, is a direct result of a demand for a larger, skilled workforce.
The education will focus on technical and industrial careers, including automotive, manufacturing, construction, and information technology; but GIPS Superintendent Robert Winter said the building space will allow them to add more hands-on learning programs as needed. Students will be able to use the experience to receive college credit.
"They can step out of the program right after high school graduation or they can take that skill set and develop it even further," Winter said.
Sheehy said this program could benefit the state as a whole.
"We're going to have to work differently to fill those jobs, because we have a lot of jobs all across the state of Nebraska."
Students will be introduced to the program in the sixth grade, but can officially enter as high school juniors and seniors.
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Wedgwood #511 is a first floor 2BR/2BA condo located in beautiful Barefoot
Resort in North Myrtle Beach. This condo is comfortable and affordable. It has a
fully stocked kitchen to cook your meals and enjoy in the spacious dining room.
The living room has a sleeper sofa and slider out to the screened porch that
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Oct 20, 2013- Jan 31, 2014 $535
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BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick has formally signed a compact with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, allowing them exclusive rights to develop a resort casino in southeastern Massachusetts.
Joined by tribal leaders, Patrick signed the agreement, which was ratified by the Legislature, in a short ceremony Monday afternoon.
The agreement calls for the Mashpee to return 21.5 percent of future gaming revenues to Massachusetts, the highest figure ever negotiated between a state and Native American tribe.
Patrick said the compact reflects a collaborative relationship between his administration and the tribe.
The U.S. Department of the Interior must approve the compact and the Bureau of Indian Affairs' must give its permission to place the land into federal trust, before the tribe can move forward with a proposed $500 million casino in Taunton.
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Tomorrow Kagame will appear as one of Bill Clinton's featured speakers in a plenary session of the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual gathering of the global elite. At the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton presented Kagame with a Global Citizenship Award.
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On Aug. 29, Barack Obama's State Department filed a request for immunity for Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the civil lawsuit Habyarimana vs. Kagame, which alleges Kagame's guilt in the Rwanda Genocide and Congo wars and demands damages for the widows of assassinated Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira.


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8:00am Thursday 9th January 2014 in News By Thomas Burrows
THERE are fears a popular outdoor education centre could be closed as part of cuts at another local authority.
The Stansfeld Education Centre, by the Shotover Country Park in Quarry Road, Headington, used by a number of Oxford schools, is owned by Birmingham City Council which has identified it as an area to help save a total of £340m over the next two years.
Teachers and councillors in Headington have described Stansfeld, which offers kids residential courses and includes a five-a-side football pitch and adventure playground, as irreplaceable.
Head of Windmill Primary School in Margaret Road, Headington, Lynn Knapp said: "We are very concerned as we use it on a weekly basis.
"The benefits children get from it are huge. If it closed, it would be irreplaceable."
Bethan Baldwin, senior nursery teacher at Headington Quarry Foundation Stage School, agreed.
She said: "We are really, really desperate for it to stay open.
"The children get a fantastic experience of being outdoors throughout the season and it gives them a chance to do things they don't necessarily do with their families."
County councillor for Headington and Quarry Roz Smith, a trustee of Windmill Primary School, has started a petition to keep it open, which she said hundreds had signed.
She said: "It's an excellent facility not just for local schools, but for children all across the country. It would be terrible if it closed."
Birmingham City Council is holding a consultation on its outdoor education centres and the closing date is January 19.
Cllr Smith said: "Every council is dealing with cuts, but there are certain things that are necessary to keep."
City Councillor for Headington Ruth Wilkinson said: "It's an outstanding resource. We must do everything we can to preserve it so that our local children can learn about our natural environment."
When asked about potential closure of the centre, Kris Kowalewski from Birmingham City Council, said: "The Outdoor Learning Service is running at a deficit of over £1m per year with a projected loss for 2013/14 of £1.21m and estimated repairs of £4.1m.
"With ongoing budget pressures too – we have a projected funding gap of £840m by 2016/17 – this is clearly not sustainable.
"Our resources must be focused on our core statutory services and protecting our most vulnerable children, so it is right that we consider looking to the market to provide other services that are simply too expensive for the council to run."
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Number 95 Merrion Square- known as Apothocaries' Hall- is a listed building. It was sold to an unknown foreign buyer last November. It stands on the corner of Merrion Square, facing the Oscar Wilde statue, at the end of the Nassau Street/Clare Street tourist trail. It was one of the Square's first buildings, finished in the 18th Century as part of the square's transformation into the city's most desirable address.
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As is decreed by natural law, when Tyrann Mathieu leaves LSU, the Tigers secondary will only somehow become stronger. That seems to be order of things, at least. According to Mathieu himself, we could have to contend with a Honey Badger-less future very soon.
Via Sports Radio Interviews, where we also learn Les Miles "comes up with a new word every now and then," to say the least:
"I hope [to make the leap to the NFL after next year], if I'm fortunate enough. But we've got a pretty good team coming back next year, pretty much the same team from a year ago minus the quarterback, a few receivers and obviously Morris and Brandon Taylor and Ryan Brooks in the secondary. But we have a lot of guys that are going to step up and make a name for themselves."
Mathieu was only a sophomore during his Heisman finalist run, lest we've forgotten. 2013 would be his first chance to leave for the NFL. He's already got a SEC title ring and various national trophies, but you'd sort of like to see him play all four years just to put the forced fumbles record out of reach until three-armed players start being mutated.
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By Maureen Hayden CNHI Statehouse Bureau
---- — INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's fourth-graders scored higher on the nation's benchmark standardized tests in math and English than their peers in most other states, but minority and poor students in Indiana are still lagging behind.
Indiana eighth-graders, on average, also improved their scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress exams, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Education Thursday.
On the NAEP tests, administered to a sampling of students in every state across the nation, Indiana fourth-graders saw a 5-point jump in their test results over 2011. The state's eighth graders saw a more modest increase. But barely one-third of those eighth-grade students scored "proficient" on the NAEP math and English tests.
In a statement released Thursday, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence noted that Indiana was the second fastest improving state in the nation when it came to NAEP test scores. Tennessee was the fastest, with a 22-point growth across all subjects, while Indiana saw a 15-point growth. Indiana also ranked 13th in the nation for overall test scores, up from 23rd in 2011.
Pence credited the sweeping and controversial education reforms put into place under previous Gov. Mitch Daniels for the rise in test scores. "While the NAEP measures only a snapshot of our students, the results show Indiana reforms are working and our teachers have risen to the challenge and produced significant gains in our classrooms," Pence said. "It's essential that we build upon the outcomes and momentum that these students have demonstrated."
But an Indiana University education expert sounded a note of caution, saying the scores may not be as impressive as they first seem. Peter Kloosterman, a professor of mathematics education who's conducting a national research project on NAEP math scores, said Indiana's 2013 test results aren't substantially different from past gains.
"(S)tate samples are relatively small, and thus scores tend to fluctuate more than national scores," Kloosterman said. "In 2000, Indiana was 9 points above the national average in math, but that dropped to 4 points above in 2007 and 2009 before going back to 9. In reading, Indiana has fluctuated from 2 to 5 points above the national average since 2000."
Claire Fiddian-Green, director of the Center for Education and Career Innovation, a newly created state agency, said the NAEP results also show room for progress. "Our workforce needs tell us we have to do better in preparing our students for successful careers, so it's critical for all of the state's efforts to support education innovation and the hard work undertaken every day by Indiana educators and community partners to embed continuous improvement and innovation in our classrooms."
Indiana's modestly rising marks reflect progress made by students around the nation, but U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan said the pace of progress isn't moving fast enough.
"We're not seeing transformational change but modest progress," Duncan said, in a call to reporters Wednesday during a preview of the test results.
The NAEP, also known as The Nation's Report Card, is seen as a reliable gauge of K-12 academic progress since it's given to a large cross-section of students. The test has been administered to public and private school students by the U.S. Department of Education every two years since the 1990s.
An Indiana high school teacher who sits on the NAEP board said the state's upward trend over the last 13 years in encouraging, but he also echoed Duncan's concerns about the modest nature of the gains.
"Scores have increased since 1990 with the 2013 average scores for both grade levels being higher than all previous years," said Dale Nowlin, who teaches math at Columbus North High School. "There has been a significant shift in the positive direction for all achievement levels."
Nowlin noted the percentage of students falling below the "basic" benchmark of knowledge of fourth-grade math has decreased from 50 percent in 1990 to 17 percent in 2013, indicating long-term progress.
But he also expressed concern about Indiana's "achievement gap" that shows students most at risk for failure — minority and low-income students — are still lagging behind. The NAEP tests results, for example, show black students averaged a score of more than 20 points less on the fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math tests than white students. The state has made better progress closing the gap between white and Hispanic students, but the difference is still significant.
Nowlin said closing the achievement gap is critical. "This challenge becomes an even greater issue when you consider the changing demographics of our nation," he said.
Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz, a critic of standardized tests, released a statement Thursday acknowledging the NAEP results. "I am encouraged by the gains that Hoosier students showed on these tests, particularly their gains in the fourth grade," Ritz said. "This is yet another sign of the hard work and dedication exhibited by our educators, administrators, parents, and most importantly, students every day in our schools."
Ritz's predecessor, former state schools chief Tony Bennett, a supporter of standardized tests, released his own statement saying the rise in test scores validate the sweeping education reforms he'd put into place before Ritz defeated him in his race for re-election last November.
"After years of observing stagnant growth, Indiana's results on 'the nation's report card' validate our long-held belief that given the right policy framework Indiana teachers and students could achieve higher levels of academic achievement," Bennett said. "I am particularly encouraged by the very dramatic improvement in fourth-grade scores. These students were kindergartners when Indiana's reform efforts began in earnest."
The results of NAEP tests, both for the nation and for Indiana students, can be found on the NAEP website at nationsreportcard.gov.
Maureen Hayden covers the Statehouse for the CNHI newspapers in Indiana. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Inbox: Lee deals, now and then
MLB.com's Castrovince answers Tribe fans' questions
Christmas week is upon us, and my house is suitably spruced up for the occasion.While I don't have an actual Christmas tree, I clipped a booklight to a two-foot fern, and it's Rockefeller Center-worthy. Outside, I've strung up some lights, and the resulting 35-bulb display would surely illuminate my neighborhood and inspire awe, if I could only remember to plug it in once in a while. But the real kicker is the "Yule Log" station on my cable box, which provides a 24-hour showing of a fireplace in high-definition brilliance, broadcast over a soundtrack of holiday hits. My only advice is to not mistake this for an actual fire, as attempts to make smores will badly damage your plasma screen. Here's wishing everybody a happy holiday season. May your feats of strength be many and your aired grievances be few. The Inbox will continue in the New Year. But first, let's take one last look at some '09 submissions. When the Indians traded Cliff Lee to the Phillies in July, we were told Kyle Drabek was "untouchable." But the Blue Jays were able to pry him loose from the Phillies in the Roy Halladay trade. I thought the Indians' returns in the Lee trade were terrible in July, and I feel even worse about them now. Did our front office get duped?
-- Adam D., Westlake, Ohio I suppose that's one way to look at it, Adam, but your analysis lacks context. For starters, the Phillies, like most teams, view Halladay as a superior pitcher to Lee. While that's not meant to take anything away from what Lee accomplished in '08 or in the postseason this year, Halladay has had more sustained success at this level, to go with better raw stuff. Furthermore, when the Phillies acquired Lee, they were acquiring one year and two months of contractual control of him. In their talks with the Jays, the Phillies stipulated that they must be able to work out a contract extension with Halladay (who, like Lee, was eligible for free agency after 2010) before pulling the trigger on any deal, and they were able to sign him to a three-year, $60 million extension through 2013. The Jays also contributed $6 million toward Halladay's $15.75 million contract for 2010, making his salary for next season comparable to Lee's $9 million option. In short, four years of Halladay is worth more than one year and two months of Lee. That's why a top-tier prospect like Drabek was involved in the deal. When evaluating the Lee trade years from now, Tribe fans are encouraged to compare what the Phillies gave up for him in July 2009 and what the Mariners gave up to get Lee in that four-team trade last week. That's the more apt comparison. It is, however, way too early to make it now, because, to most of us, these are just names on paper at present. We do know that the Indians, in acquiring Carlos Carrasco, Lou Marson, Jason Donald and Jason Knapp, received three players at the Triple-A level (hence, close to the big leagues). Knapp is far away from the Majors, particularly after having shoulder surgery this fall. The Phillies received right-handers Phillippe Aumont and Juan Ramirez and outfielder Tyson Gillies. Of those three, Aumont is the only one to have reached Double-A so far.
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I could go deeper into this and assign numerical rankings to each of the prospects listed above, and we could use those rankings as a means of evaluating who got the best deal. But when it comes to evaluating such prospect hauls, there's no substitute for time. Had the Indians, for instance, traded Adam Miller three years ago, fans would have blown a gasket. In the present tense, injury troubles have prevented Miller from making a single appearance in the big leagues, and the Indians wouldn't get much in return for him.When dealing with unproven commodities, you just never know. What possible value to the Tribe can Miller have? I am constantly frustrated that this once-great prospect, who has proven to be nothing but a liability, is getting paid but hasn't come through.
-- Wes W., Oviedo, Fla.
Miller did everything in his power to try to work his way back from a bizarre finger predicament, including an attempt to completely reinvent his delivery last spring, when the finger wouldn't bend. I'm sure the past two years have been emotionally difficult ones for Miller, who certainly had the raw talent to ascend to the Majors by now. The Indians finally determined Miller is no longer worthy of a 40-man roster spot. But signing Miller to a (financially negligible) Minor League contract and allowing him to continue trying to rehab his way back to the mound was the right thing to do. I doubt it's worth getting upset about. With Rafael Perez carving up hitters in the Dominican Winter League (one earned run and 14 hits allowed in 27 innings) as a starter right now, is it possible he could be used as a starter for the 2010 season?
-- James M., Lakewood, Ohio Even if the Indians were entertaining that notion, they feel they wouldn't be able to give Perez a full starter's workload (say, 200 innings) without endangering his health. After all, he pitched just 69 2/3 innings between the Majors and Minors this year. The Indians wanted Perez to start in winter ball because they felt that would be the best way to get him guaranteed innings to work on his mechanics. They envisioned him getting two or three innings per start, but, in reality, Perez has pitched 27 innings over six appearances, including five starts. While the Indians won't start Perez in 2010, they certainly hope the confidence he's gaining in the Dominican right now will carry into a setup role in their bullpen. The last answer in your previous Inbox troubles me, i.e. that the Indians could have kept Lee and Victor Martinez for 2010 but would have lost both to free agency and "had glaring holes in their farm system." I thought the rebuild in 2002-03 was meant to fill those holes, and combined with sound scouting and development, position the Tribe for much future success. I always expected the team to lose high-cost free agents (like CC Sabathia and Lee), but I also thought talent in the Minors would offer capable replacements, albeit developing ones.
-- Larry S., Detroit I'd say your frustration is understandable, Larry. The trades of Lee and Martinez were, in my eyes, justifiable, given the state of the organization. But it's the way the Indians got to that point that is the bigger concern. Fans here love to complain about ownership not spending money, but the fact of the matter is that the Dolans did make significant, long-term investments into players deemed "core" by the front office. Mistakes were made in some of those declarations, and mistakes were also made in the Draft, where the Indians failed to reel in high-impact players. While the initial rebuild you reference did lead the Indians to the doorstep of the playoffs in 2005 and the doorstep of the World Series in 2007, fans certainly expected a longer run of contention to come out of it. In a session with reporters this summer, however, team president Paul Dolan said the realities of baseball's financial structure must lead teams in this market size to temper their expectations. "Every four or five years, if we can have a shot at the World Series and compete for the playoffs like we did in '05, that's as good as it gets, and that reflects well on our personnel," Dolan said. "That said, we believe we've had the talent the last two years, and we haven't gotten it done, and we need to understand why. And we'll make the changes we need to make." Those changes came when Eric Wedge and his coaching staff were dismissed. The Indians also made some changes in their Latin American operations and their Pacific Rim scouting. It's also worth noting that Brad Grant took over the task of overseeing the amateur Draft after the 2007 season. As is the case with evaluating prospects, it's too early to judge the effects of that move. Is there any chance the Indians will get back either player they lost in the Minor League phase of the Rule 5 Draft?
-- Dennis M., Sierra Vista, Ariz. No. Players taken in the Minor League phase of the Rule 5 don't have to stick on a certain roster all season and therefore don't have to be offered back to their former club. But that's a moot point in this case, as both players the Indians lost in the Minors portion this year -- Double-A left-handers Anillins Martinez and Matt Meyer -- probably would have been released by the club in Spring Training. There is, however, a good chance the Indians will get left-hander Chuck Lofgren back. The Brewers are going to try to turn him into a situational lefty reliever, but they'll have a lot of competition in their bullpen. And finally... As a long-time Indians fan, this offseason has been devoid of moves and news in regards to players. Because it looks to continue until Spring Training, can you describe to us the can Mark Shapiro is kicking around? What color is it? Does it still have its paper label? What were its contents prior to being emptied?
-- Sam, Canada I'd love to, Sam. But as a way of giving back during the holiday season, I believe the can has been donated to the Cleveland Foodbank.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Original post made by Paul Losch on Aug 21, 2013
His was a great speech. His message was not about the "negro," but something even deeper.
In the SF Bay Area, we live in a part of the world that has embraced that larger deeper message. Would that were the case around the country.
Sadly, the words on the Statue of Liberty about immigration back in the day do not appear to have much moral value among many who are today in the corridors of power.
This country still discriminates mightily. A sad thing to say 50 years after one of the most powerful speeches ever delivered. In front of a monument to a leader who gave another of the most powerful speeches even delivered.
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on Aug 21, 2013 at 3:11 pm
"In the SF Bay Area, we live in a part of the world that has embraced that larger deeper message."
Paul, remember the grape boycott, in the SF Bay Area, in favor of Cesar Chavez? It was a big deal, and sold as a civil rights issue. However, Cesar opposed mechanization in the agriculture fields, even though that meant more stoop labor, thus immense more human suffering.
Are you sure you want to stick with your comment, Paul?
on Aug 21, 2013 at 3:11 pm
One of the top American speeches of all time. It's importance then and now cannot be minimized (though a number of following posts may well try.....)
on Aug 21, 2013 at 3:15 pm
Mr. "Chavez=StoopLabor" is back?
C'mon J, your point has been deconstructed in other threads before and found lacking in credibility.
Open up another thread devoted to it, rather than going on in an off-topic rant and polluting this discussion.
on Aug 21, 2013 at 5:49 pm
Every time I have to fill in a form that asks the ethnicity of myself or my kids, I think of this speech.
We may not be judged by the color of our skin, but we are definitely counted by it.
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Jan Puzicha, co-founder of Reccomind, at today's Structure Data event, hosted by GigaOm. Michael del Castillo
It's not your fault if it feels like Big Data is everywhere you turn, but you don't know how to use it. In fact, speaking today at the Structure Data conference in New York's Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers, Jan Puzicha, the co-founder of Big Data company Recommind said the interface itself might be to blame.
"One of the big challenges you need to solve in the interface is you need to make it easy for the human to teach the computer what you're looking for, and what you're trying to solve as a problem," Puzicha told a crowd of over 700 Big Data practitioners at today's event, hosted by GigaOm. The simplest way of teaching a computer what you want, presumably, is to ask for it.
If Puzicha is right, Big Data interfaces could someday be as intuitive as the Google search bar (or the computer in Star Trek: "Computer, what color is Zorro's white horse?" OK, that was an easy one.).
"Humans are very good at reading a piece of unstructured information and grasping the overarching topic and explaining why that is," he said. But getting the computer to understand why is another story.
"In my experience the humans define the use-case and the problem," he said. "The machine has no idea of what the problem is."
But as the predictive algorithms get better and better it won't take someone like Puzicha, who is also Recommind's chief technolgy officer (and specializes in turning mathematical models into working industrial products) to use the really powerful tools.
The eagle-eyed among you may scream foul of my use of the Star Trek computer as an example of the way things will someday be. And yes, Google submitted an app that looked like the computer to Apple even before Siri came out, according to ReadWriteWeb.
Michael earned his BA from Mercer University, along the way excavating a Roman bathhouse with the American School of Archaeology. Plus, he provided security at Oxford University, where he also studied literature and philosophy. He earned his MS from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism while training for and running in the New York marathon.
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>> SECRET SWIPING: Exclusive: More well-known U.S. retailers victims of cyber attacks -- sources, by Jim Finle, Mark Hosenball: "Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year... Smaller breaches on at least three other well-known U.S. retailers took place and were conducted using similar techniques as the one on Target... similar breaches may have occurred earlier last year... they involved retailers with outlets in malls... The sources also said that while they suspect the perpetrators may be the same as those who launched the Target attack, they cannot be sure because they are still trying to find the culprits behind all of the security breaches. Law enforcement sources have said they suspect the ring leaders are from Eastern Europe." Reuters
> Target confirms point-of-sale malware was used in attack SecurityWeek
> Target CEO defends 4-day wait to disclose massive data hack CNBC
> Hackers steal card data from Neiman Marcus Krebs on Security
> In a cyber breach, who pays, banks or retailers? Wall Street Journal
>> STONE-COLD REBOOT: "Threshold" to be called Windows 9, ship in April 2015, by Paul Thurrott: "'Threshhold' will see the return of the Start menu and the ability to run Metro-style apps on the desktop alongside desktop applications... Windows 8 is tanking harder than Microsoft is comfortable discussing in public, and the latest release, Windows 8.1, which is a substantial and free upgrade with major improvements over the original release, is in use on less than 25 million PCs at the moment. That's a disaster, and Threshold needs to strike a better balance between meeting the needs of over a billion traditional PC users while enticing users to adopt this new Windows on new types of personal computing devices. In short, it needs to be everything that Windows 8 is not… Microsoft will not be providing developers with an early alpha release of "Threshold" at BUILD [in April 2014], and for a good reason: The product won't even begin development until later that month. Right now, Microsoft is firming up which features it intends to deliver in this release… Windows 8 has set back Microsoft, and Windows, by years, and possibly for good." WinSupersite
> Another Windows 8.1 spring update screenshot surfaces, full build may leak soon [This is Windows 8.1 Update 1, scheduled for April 2014, a year before "Threshhold."] Neowin
> Windows 8 and the cost of complexity stratechery
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> Maybe Microsoft should try being a software company Cult of Android
>> NOT UBER ALLES YET: Taxi protest in Paris turns to guerrilla warfare as Uber car attacked on freeway, by Liam Boogar: "One Uber driver, carrying Eventbrite CTO Renaud Visage & Kat Borlongan from the airport to Paris, was attacked by multiple assailants, who allegedly, after smashing one window and slashing two tires... as well as defacing one side of the car with glue, attempted to enter the vehicle. Borlongan says their Uber driver manoeuvered the two out of the situation before anything could happen, leaving the three stranded on the shoulder of the freeway. There's no confirmation that this attack came from the protesting taxi drivers; however, that certainly seems to line up with the sentiment felt by taxi drivers these days -- unwarranted hate." RudeBaguette
>> HALO EFFECT: Steve Wozniak visits Xiaomi in China, endorses its products, by Michael Kan: "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has thrown his support behind China's top smartphone maker, Xiaomi, and said the company's products could succeed internationally. 'Xiaomi has excellent products; they're good enough to crack the American market,' Wozniak told a group of reporters Sunday at the company's offices in Beijing. Xiaomi, which has become one of the hottest tech companies in China, invited Wozniak to visit and meet with its engineers. Wozniak said he had only just started using a Xiaomi smartphone but that he was impressed by the company and its products." PCWorld
>> STREAMING REVIEW: Supreme Court to hear case on Aereo's broadcast TV streaming, by Martyn Williams: "The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a battle between TV broadcasters and Aereo, a startup that streams television over the Internet, as the final step in a case that could have broad implications for the future of online TV services. The TV networks and broadcasters asked the Supreme Court to take the case after a federal court in New York ruled last year that Aereo's service wasn't breaking copyright law. Aereo allows subscribers access to over-the-air TV signals via the Internet. It installs arrays of tiny, coin-sized antennas in major cities and offers its service to viewers who live within the already established transmission area. Broadcasters say it infringes on their copyright because it's redistributing their programming without permission, but Aereo disagrees." InfoWorld
>> REROUTING REVIEW: Technology patent case accepted by Supreme Court at Google urging, by Greg Stohr: "The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a patent ruling that Google and Cisco say threatens to open information-technology companies to new infringement lawsuits. The justices today said they will hear an appeal by Limelight Networks, which is fighting a suit by Akamai and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over Akamai's patented method for redirecting requests for Internet content to ensure access during periods of high demand... A federal appeals court said Akamai could sue Limelight even though no single company performed every aspect of the patented method. Akamai says Limelight takes all but one step and induces its customers to perform the final step. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which specializes in patent cases, ruled that Limelight could be sued for inducing infringement. The ruling marked a change for the Washington-based court, which had previously barred such suits." Bloomberg
>> (DIS)CREDIT WHERE DUE: Dropbox hit by outage on Friday, denies that it was hacked, by PCWorld staff: "The 1775 Sec [hacker group] posted what it claimed was a leak from its hack and said it had hacked Dropbox to mark the one-year anniversary of Aaron Swartz's suicide. Swartz, an Internet pioneer, killed himself January 11, 2013, while facing a variety of hacking charges over allegations that he removed millions of scholarly articles and documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Supporters of Swartz have since blamed the government's aggressive prosecution of the case for Swartz's suicide... Dropbox denied to several tech sites on Friday night that it had been hacked, again citing internal maintenance issues as the culprit." PCWorld
> Web-based access to Dropbox files is back for 99% of users, but service interruption nears 48 hours TechCrunch
> Dropbox outage postmortem Dropbox Tech Blog
> One year later, Web legends honor Aaron Swartz Wired
>> Apple now shipping the Mac Pro to Europe once again, after EU ban of old model, by Benjamin Mayo 9to5Mac
>> App monetization to get tougher still, with Gartner predicting 94.5% of downloads will be free by 2017 TechCrunch
>> Op-ed: AT&T's new data cap "deal" is just another weapon against regulation Ars Technica
>> Google stabs Wikipedia in the front The Register
>> Sony still in discussions with Microsoft over Windows Phone TechRadar
>> Microsoft Twitter accounts hacked by Syrian Electronic Army Neowin
>> Scott Hanselman's list of Developer and Power Users tools for Windows MetaFilter
>> Verizon signs up Oracle to tackle Amazon in the cloud NetworkWorld
>> 2014 isn't looking any better for IT jobs InfoWorld
>> Oracle readies 147 security patches, including 36 for Java InfoWorld
>> ChefJet 3D printer is the sweetest thing we saw at CES TechHive
>> Steam Machines are here: how Alienware is realizing Valve's console dream The Verge
>> The Secret Developers: Wii U - the inside story Eurogamer
>> DuckDuckGo's popularity exploded in 2013 following the NSA/PRISM leaks TechCrunch
>> See-through, organic transistors are 'world's fastest' NetworkWorld
>> Drink two espressos to enhance long-term memory NewScientist
>> Overstock makes $124K from 780 Bitcoin orders a day after giving the crypto-currency a thumbs-up VentureBeat
>> BITCOIN: $905 Mt.Gox
>> TWEET O' THE DAY: "Just had a recruiter email me asking if I'm interested in a 'Ruby on Wheel' role. Recruiters proving their worth again." @stevewillbe
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The City of Kansas City, Mo., has adopted revised construction standards for City projects based on the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This change recognizes the increasing trend of Kansas City area architectural projects to adopt LEED certification standards, and builds upon the success of many recent City building projects that have exceeded the requirements for a LEED Silver rating.
"The architectural community's response to sustainable building design in Kansas City is very encouraging, as it demonstrates this region's commitment to thinking beyond today," said Councilwoman Cindy Circo. "By adopting the higher LEED Gold Standard, the City sets a great example that increases momentum for responsible design that benefits generations to come."
LEED certification standards are aimed at improving performance with metrics for energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emission reductions, construction waste management practices, improved indoor environmental quality, onsite storm water management, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.
"This modification makes Kansas City one of just three cities in the United States that has formally adopted this level of building standards for its own construction projects," said Bob Berkebile of BNIM architects. "It sends a clear message that the City is serious about building practices that increase performance, including human health and productivity, while reducing costs for the City. This is smart government at its best."
The revised City standard, adopted through Ordinance Number 110235, clarifies that all City projects are required to achieve a LEED Gold rating and be certified by the USGBC unless there are compelling reasons for the City's LEED Standards Committee to grant an exception.
The LEED Silver rating was initially adopted by the City in 2004 and has been achieved or exceeded in numerous City projects including: the Vehicle Impound Facility (Gold); the Vehicle Processing Facility (Gold); the Bartle Hall Ballroom expansion (Silver); and the Southeast Community Center (Silver). Additional projects currently under construction that are anticipated to achieve a LEED certification include the Metro Patrol Police Station, the Public Works' Traffic Signal Synchronization Center and the Police Headquarters.
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Killing Time with Frank Vincent
The Sopranos' actor has a knack for portraying wiseguys who clip—and get clipped.
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Vincent does say that in one scene in the upcoming season, he's a bit drunk and smokes a cigar. "Great scene," he says, smiling. He refuses to say any more. "Wish I could tell you. I dont want to tell you. Itll spoil it."
Vincent began smoking cigars as a teenager. "I always smoked cigars," he says. "I [also] smoked cigarettes, but cigars were always something I could enjoy." He began with machine-made smokes, Garcia y Vegas, following in the footsteps of his father, Frank Vincent Gattuso (Vincents birth name). His father was a Camel smoker who puffed on cigars on special occasions and at family get-togethers.
Vincent was once the face behind a cigar brand called Public Enemy, which Nick Perdomo made for the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, cigar retailer Lou Silver. Alas, the timing was bad. It was launched near the end of the 1990s cigar boom, with a $10 price tag, and 20,000 cigars later, it was retired.
Nevertheless, the experience of having his name and face on a cigar brand "was terrific," says Vincent, who prefers his smokes big and mild. The Davidoff Double "R" is a particular favorite. After a lunch of thick steak, he puffs happily on an Avo 77, savoring the flavor. When hes not at Davidoff, he typically smokes with his sons-in-law, Tommy DeFranco and Jimmy Pomponio, in the backyard, and more often during the summer.
March is a big month for Vincent. Along with "The Sopranos" season premiere, his movie This Thing of Ours comes out on DVD. The month also marks his debut as an author, as his recently penned A Guys Guide to Being a Mans Man, with Steven Priggé, goes on sale. The tongue-in-cheek how-to book offers men advice on the finer things in life—how to dress for success, how to date, even a few pointers on cigars, etc.—all filtered through a wiseguy sensibility.
"Guys need help," Vincent says. "They don't know how to dress. You see a couple out—the girl's dressed up, the guy's got a shirt hanging out with ripped jeans."
Think of it as the anti-metrosexuals bible that eschews the "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" mentality, as Vincent puts it. Vincent also explains where to get and how to cook great Italian food, lists his favorite gangster films and singing heroes, and gives pointers on how to enjoy a fine cocktail.
Interspersed with the advice are a few anecdotes from Vincent's life. One of the most memorable recounts the time he brought a young lady home for Sunday dinner, a feast centered around meatballs, pasta and red sauce. The girl—who wasn't Italian—didn't want to eat, which perturbed Vincent's father. Finally, convinced to take a meatball, she looked innocently at her hosts and asked for a condiment. "Do you have any mayonnaise?" she said. Vincent's father flew into a rage, pointing at the girl, and at Vincent. "You and you—OUT!"
Vincent's close to his Italian roots and is aware that some of his paisans don't appreciate mobster stereotypes in many of his roles as do the fans who shout "Get Your Shinebox" to him when they see him in public. "I know some people say it makes Italians look bad," he says, but "every character you play is only a person. Mobsters are people. There's political mobsters, there's cops that are bad, there's priests that are bad—anybody can be a mobster."
He takes another puff on the Avo, blue smoke rising to the ceiling. "People come up to me and say, 'How does it feel to be a wiseguy?' I say, 'Im not a wiseguy. I'm an actor.' This is entertainment."
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President Obama, Why Did You Pay Blackwater $70 Million in February?
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For those already outraged at the AIG bonus scandal, here is a fact that should add more fuel to the fire: The Obama administration has paid the mercenary firm formerly known as Blackwater nearly $70 million to operate in Iraq and, according to The Washington Times, may keep the company on the payroll months past the official expiration of its Iraq contract in May. I reviewed Blackwater's recent transactions with the Obama State Department and discovered a $45 million payment to Blackwater on February 4, 2009 for "protective services-Iraq." It is described as a "funding action only." Here is the interesting part: The estimated "Ultimate Completion Date" is 5/07/2011.
The Washington Times (as described below) reported on a $22 million payment to Blackwater on February 2. Combined with the $45 million payment I discovered, that's nearly $67 million in 72 hours. Not bad for a company supposedly going down in flames.
With the U.S. economy in shambles and millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and keep their homes, Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton need to explain to U.S. taxpayers how they justify these mega-payments to a scandal-plagued mercenary company. (At the very least, someone should ask Robert Gibbs about it).
It has been widely reported that the Bush administration's preferred mercenary company, which recently renamed itself Xe, will soon be leaving Iraq. That news came early this year after the State Department, under immense public pressure, announced it would not renew the company's lucrative deal to act as the private paramilitary force for senior U.S. occupation officials. The Iraqi government has said it wants the company to leave Iraq and says it has revoked the company's operating license. The Obama administration continues to use Blackwater in Afghanistan and the company has extensive domestic training contracts with the military and law enforcement agencies inside the borders of the U.S.
Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that some of Blackwater's armed operatives may simply be rehired by two other US mercenary firms that are expected to take over Blackwater's work in Iraq under the Obama administration: Triple Canopy and DynCorp. Now, The Washington Times reports that the State Department has signed contracts with Blackwater that appear to extend the company's presence in Iraq at least until September 2009.
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"On Feb. 2, a department spokesman was asked whether officials planned to renew one of Blackwater's contracts past May. The spokesman, Robert Wood, said the department had told Blackwater 'we did not plan to renew the company's existing task force orders for protective security details in Iraq.'
"But records available through a federal procurement database show that on that same day, the State Department approved a $22.2 million contract modification for Blackwater 'security personnel' in Iraq, with a job completion date of Sept. 3, 2009."
"Why would you continue to use Blackwater when the Iraqi government has banned the highly controversial company and there are other choices?" said Melanie Sloan, executive director of the nonpartisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
State Department spokesman Noel Clay told The Washington Times the contract modification involves aviation services. "The place of performance is Iraq, but it is totally different than the Baghdad one that expires in May," he said. Sloan called the State Department's explanation of the Feb. 2 deal a "parsing of words" and said "they should just be straight with us." Xe spokeswoman Anne Tyrell declined to comment on the status of the company's work in Iraq or the Feb. 2 contract modification. She said the company was aware that the State Department had indicated that it did not plan to renew its contracts in Iraq but that Xe officials had not received specific information about leaving the country. "We're following their direction," she said.
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Upper Blanco Basin Log Cabin & Ranch in Pagosa Springs
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This charming two bedroom cabin encompasses the original structure owned by Frank Oppenheimer of the Manhattan Project in the late 1940s. Witness the grandeur of spectacular mountain vistas from this extraordinary eighty-five acres in the upper Blanco Basin of Colorado's San Juan National Forest. This aspen, pine and wildflower paradise lies at the eastern foot of Square Top Mountain in the San Juan National Mountain Range with some of the highest peaks of the Continental Divide visible to the northeast. The Blanco River borders the property on the east with eight hundred and fifty feet of crystal clear river frontage on both sides of the river; perfect for trout fishing, camping and other recreational activities.
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$500 deposit due upon reservation in form of cashier's or personal check. Balance due upon check in with cash, personal or cashier's check. One week minimum.
*$200 damage deposit due at check in.
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