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April 22, 2010
Office Of College Services Board Room
Richard Allison
Joyce Breckenridge Charles Martoni
Max Blobner
Maryann Anderson, College Council Chair, called the meeting to order at 2:35 PM.
Mary Ellen Driver moved to approve the minutes of the April 8, 2010 meeting of College Council. Rita Gallegos seconded the motion. The minutes were approved as amended.
Proposal: Medical Insurance Specialist Program (#595.1) and Course Revisions
Barbara Williams presented the proposal in which she had reviewed all syllabi and incorporated Bloom's taxonomy where appropriate. In the catalog description for the program, the requirement of a 40 wpm typing proficiency was removed, because CIT 100 is a required program course. Additionally, the requirement for eligibility into ENG 100 was added. One credit hour was added to MIS 103, Medical Insurance Seminar, because of an increased need for legal issues content. MDA 211, Medical Financial Reimbursement Techniques, was deleted from the program because it is geared more toward hospital claims instead of outpatient/physician claims. MIS 105, Medical Insurance Applications, was added to provide more training in post-adjudication claims issues, as requested by employers.
Mary Ellen Driver asked why MIS 102 required acceptance into the program and couldn't be taken as a stand-alone course. Barbara Williams explained that MIS 102 is a required course for her students and there are a limited number of seats.
Yvonne Burns moved to accept the proposal. Rachel Matheis seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Proposal: Electronic Engineering Technology (300) Proposal
Brad Sandrock presented the proposal which updates eight electronic engineering technology courses that have not been reviewed in many years. The prerequisite for EET 103 was revised to require a C or better for the one year of high school algebra requirement.
Steve Wells noted several typographical errors:
EET 130, Listed Topics #4, change "analysism" to "analysis."
EET 202, Listed Topics # 5, change "bidierectional" to "bidirectional."
EET 213, Listed Topics # 5, change "potentiomenters" to "potentiometers."
Donna Imhoff moved to accept the proposal. Barbara Thompson seconded the motion, and the motion passed - 14 votes in favor and 1 abstention.
Proposal: Course revisions for Education courses
Stephanie Goloway and Brenda Trettel presented the proposal which reviewed and revised the one-credit Act 48 education courses. Act 48 courses are those that meet the Pennsylvania Act 48 certification professional development requirements. The following courses were revised according to Bloom's taxonomy: EDU 201, EDU 115, EDU 130, EDU 132, EDU 139, EDU 141, EDU 142, and EDU 143. Additionally the title of EDU 141 was changed from "Multicultural: Is It True What They Say about the Village" to "Diverse Learners." The following courses will be deleted because of lack of enrollment: EDU 136, EDU 137, EDU 138, EDU 150, and EDU 211. Because Act 48 courses are courses that are taken by teachers who are already in the field, the transferability of these courses is not a concern.
When questioned about EDU 201, Foundations of Education, Ms Goloway replied that the course has less transferability than it did previously, but still transfers to the University of Pittsburgh. EDU 125, Foundations of Mid Level/Secondary Education, which is transferrable, is often used instead of EDU 201.
Rita Gallegos moved to accept the proposal. Joanne Jeffcoat seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Proposal: Humor in the Classroom
Pat McKenna presented the proposal. This course has run successfully as an experimental course and would be added to the list of available Act 48 courses. The idea for this course came from questions regarding how we engage students. It was originally a 3-credit course, but won't fulfill graduation requirements under the articulation agreements we have in place for education majors. It will transfer as a general elective. It is, however, very marketable as a one-credit course.
Mary Ellen Driver moved to accept the proposal. Toni Carney seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Proposal: Revisions to the Radiologic Technology (RAD) Program Description and Course Syllabi (as listed below) to include Learning Objectives and Additions to the Accrediting Agency Contact Information RAD107, RAD108, RAD157, RAD158, RAD207, RAD208, RAD217, RAD218, RAD258
Gus Kellermann presented the proposal which updates the learning objectives and program descriptions to be in compliance with Bloom's taxonomy. Additionally, the accrediting agency has changed, and this information had to be corrected. Some courses dated from the late 80's, but course descriptions and learning objectives could not be altered because the accrediting agency (JRCERT) and national board in Radiology (ARRT) wouldn't allow corrections due to Scope of Practice Standards. With the change in the guidelines and the accrediting body last year, the Department was free to make the needed corrections.
Two typographical errors were noted:
RAD 107, Learning Outcomes #6, change "patent" to "patient."
RAD 157, Catalog Description, change "complimentary" to "complementary."
Joanne Jeffcoat moved to accept the proposal. Toni Carney seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Proposal: Health Unit Coordinator Program (#537) Deletion
Rick Allison who presented the proposal explained that this was a housekeeping issue. The program has not been offered in many years. Hospitals do use coordinators; however students do not need to go through a program to become one.
Carl Francolino moved to accept the proposal. Rachel Matheis seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Proposal: Revisions to the Respiratory Therapy (#540) Program Description to Include Program Learning Objectives and the Accrediting Agency Information
The accrediting agency changed and this was corrected, as well as the program learning objectives.
Rita Gallegos moved to accept the proposal. Mary Ellen Driver seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Maura Stevenson reported that faculty members have complained that there is an inconsistent application of the term "co-requisites." Mary Frances Archey responded that ideally this means that courses are taken at the same time, however in some cases one course can be taken before the other. It was suggested that the definitions of "pre-requisite" and "co-requisite" be presented as a proposal. Dr. Archey will take her definition to the Academic Deans and out of that will come a proposal.
Joanne Jeffcoat reported that there were five program reviews considered by the Subcommittee at the last meeting; two were presented at this meeting.
Program/Discipline Review: Art (026)
Joanne Jeffcoat stated that everything was in order for the Art Program Review. Max Blobner presented the review which focused on the need for resources and space at all campuses and additional faculty at Allegheny. Barbara Thompson said she noticed that the need for a full-time faculty member was not addressed for North Campus. This will be added to page 17 and 36 of the proposal.
Donna Imhoff moved to accept the Program Review. Joanne Jeffcoat seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Program/Discipline Review: Engineering
Robotics and Automated Systems Technology (435)
Integrated Systems Engineering Technology (720)
Integrated Systems Technology (721)
Manufacturing Technology (705.3)
Nanofabrication Technology (709)
Basic Machine (706)
Joanne Jeffcoat stated that everything in the Program Review was in order and noted especially that the External Evaluator's review was excellent. Brad Sandrock remarked that although only the Robotics Program Review was mandated this year, the faculty decided to split the 22 programs into 5 sections and to have one section reviewed each year so that each program would be reviewed every 5 years.
Mr. Sandrock said that this year the Department will have a Minority Intern at South Campus that they hope will move into a full-time faculty position the following year.
Mr. Sandrock outlined some particular challenges. He said it is very hard to find adjuncts to teach during the day. They are severely challenged for space and equipment. Gretchen Mullin-Sawicki thanked Brad Sandrock and Dan Ference for their hard work on this review, especially in light of the fact that only the Robotics Program Review was required.
Carl Francolino moved to accept the proposal. Rita Gallegos seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Proposal: Tiered Probation Policy
Mary Kate Quinlan presented the proposal on behalf of Achieving the Dream and their mandate to look for ways to help students be successful. The proposal was the result of a study done by Institutional Research which showed that only 15% of students who are on academic probation move from probation to good standing. The proposal sets parameters that will hopefully allow students to be more successful. Those students having a GPA between 1.5 and 1.99 will be allowed to take a maximum of 13 credits, must meet with an advisor, may not take distance learning courses, must repeat any "F" courses in their major, and are strongly recommended to repeat courses in which they received a "D." Those having a GPA below 1.5 must adhere to all of the steps above, but not be allowed to take more than 10 credits, and, further, must take SDS 102 provided it was not already successfully completed. Barbara Thompson asked why it was not recommended that they meet with a tutor. This will be added.
Steve Wells moved to accept the proposal. Mary Ellen Driver seconded the proposal and the proposal passed unanimously.
Proposal: Revisions to the Student Academic Complaint Procedure "Relative to the Associate Dean of Nursing"
Accrediting agencies always ask that all students be treated equitably. This proposal allows Nursing students to go to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs on their campus during the formal stage of the Academic Complaint Procedure, as other students do. The Dean of Academic Affairs will confer, as needed, with the appropriate Program Dean at the appeal level.
Joanne Jeffcoat moved to accept the proposal. Yvonne Burns seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.
Carl Francolino reported that the Subcommittee met for the last time on April 14. At this meeting, Mary Kate Quinlan gave an update of assessment. Under Classroom Assessment, 94 CAT's have been submitted to date and are still being collected. Under Program Assessment – Academic, 31 of 61 plans have been collected and 13 program assessment reports have been collected. All eight units of Student Services are conducting assessments this year. In the General Education assessment, 437 student artifacts were reviewed.
Dwight Bishop provided a distance learning update. He reviewed the work done by the Distance Learning Task Force. For the Summer sessions, distance learning is up 15% and so far there is an increase for the Fall of 26% over this same period last year.
Dwight Bishop and other IT staff will receive special Blackboard training and certification.
Carl Francolino thanked Mary Ellen Driver for her work on the Subcommittee. Mrs. Driver will not be serving next year.
There was no unfinished business.
Maryann Anderson reported that she had attended a President's Council meeting on April 20. Topics included outcomes of the campus meetings with Math faculty members, essential personnel during snow storms, and budget discussions. Mrs. Anderson mentioned that it is very important that faculty attend graduation.
The next meeting of College Council will be on May 6. The meeting will start at 12:30 pm, with lunch provided at 12 pm.
There being no further business, the meeting ended at 5:10 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Thompson
College Council Secretary


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The RAP (Reading Advances People) Session is a monthly reading and discussion group designed to get students reading! Modern and short reading selections like poems, articles, music lyrics, and book chapters are provided to students each month. Join us for lively discussion and lots of fun. Reading selections are available at the Library's Reserve Desk and at the Academic Skills Center.
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Hereby, I continue the series of stories about the toughest people living in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia's Siberia.
This time, it's about Andrey Vinokurov, a school physical education trainer from the village of Tomtor in the Oymyakon valley. Yes, it's very place known to the world as the coldest inhabited place on Earth.
Now he's a type of celebrity. People says, It's the very guy who excercises winter swimming in the never-freezing Kuydusun River. And it was him, who swam together with a Hollywood actor, Tom Hardy, in Discovery's TV Show "Driven to Extremes."
When you'll see the following photographs and video taken by my travel partner Mikhail Mestnikov once in the winter at -52C, feel free to call Andrey's activity as the world's coldest ice winter swimming. Why not, if it takes places in the coldest place? ;)


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How do you improve on the 135L?
I guess you do something like this :
The Zeiss from all accounts is an amazing lens, what we have come to expect from Zeiss, they make few poor Lenses, but.
For Canon & Nikon, this particular 135f/2, though sublime, lacks auto focus, so it's all manual, which is Ok as well, but the Canon 135L is a pretty hard act to follow considering it's maybe 98% as good as the Zeiss 135f/2, and has auto focus, on a Canon body.
I haven't actually used the Zeiss 135f/2, but I do own the Canon 135f/2, and it's pretty good.
I own the Sigma Art 35f/1.4 as well as the Canon 35f/1.4 L, and both are excellent Lenses, the Sigma may have the sharper image, but the Canon has the better Bokah, it's all subjective to the individuals taste & preference, and wallet.
I think also "distant stars" original "How do you improve on the 135L" didn't need to inspire the "Canon Fan Boy" tirade that followed, this is an open forum, people are allowed to post their views, and within normal reasonable bounds, shouldn't expect to be hammered for them.
I totally agree with you! You could also add that the Zeiss is more than twice the price of the Canon. I wasn't saying the Canon 135L is a bad lens, far from; it is exceptional, especially considering it's price. However, I was just pointing out that it can always be better. I am very curious of what Sigma can do with a 135mm, considering their latest products and the lack of choice in EF-mount for 135mm prime. Moreover, you can call me crazy, but I wouldn't even be disappointed if Sigma choses a different direction and produce an 135mm f/2.8 OS, which could be lighter, smaller and cheaper than a 135mm f/2 OS. I personally have difficulty believing such a lens is possible without being of size, weight and price similar to the EF 70-200 2.8L IS II.


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Sleepy Jones, the new line of whimsical men's and women's loungewear by Andy Spade and longtime collaborators Anthony Sperduti and Chad Buri, has finally rolled out of bed – and it's so much fun you might want to plump the pillows and jump right back in.
Spade, co-founder of Kate Spade, has described the luxe collection as an artist-inspired line of "not-quite-ready-to-wear."
The label's website went live recently and includes the brand's "manifesto," which reads as follows:
Sit back. Stare at the ceiling. Stay a while.
We're starting a little movement of nonmovement.
It's easy to join. You don't really have to do anything. Just kick your pants off and let your mind wander.
See what happens while wearing a little less.
Spoon. Cocoon. Tinker. Plot.
Ponder in your underwear. Picasso did.
And it worked out pretty well for him.
The collection is a made-in-America assortment of comfy, colorful cotton underwear, socks, shorts, shirts and robes that range in price from $24 for a pair of socks to $154 for a robe.
The line has its fair share of sleepwear inspiration – pajama-like piping trim on oversized cotton poplin shirts, shorts with drawstring details and a shrunken version of a women's bathrobe that drapes to the top of the thigh.
Some of the men's boxer shorts (our favorites are the ones with preppy repp stripe patterns) have fun touches such as button closures and a tiny coin pocket tucked near the waistband "for casual numismatic pursuits," the product description explains.
The collection also includes T-shirts, babydoll dresses and socks that can be worn out into the world beyond the studio/bedroom/lanai.
The line is currently available only at sleepyjones.com, but a company rep says Colette in Paris should soon be stocking pieces from the debut collection and that other bricks-and-mortar retail is expected to follow.


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The Project Date - Kill It!
Tom DeMarco recently published an article in IEEE Software suggesting he may have been wrong in stating that metrics are a requirement for successful software development.
He questions his timeless statement, "You can't control what you can't measure", realizing that control is not the most important aspect of a software project.
But there was a small section on the second page of the article that was especially thought provoking. DeMarco makes the following hypothetical statement.
"I have a finish date in mind, and I'm not even going to share it with you. When I come in one day and tell you the project will end in one week, you have to be ready to package up and deliver what you've got as the final product."
Imagine for a moment how this would change the software development landscape. So much of software development is dominated by that single date - the date the project must be finished. It dictates most of what we do, and when we do it. It's typically one of the first things we know about the project - when we need to be finished. The date drives the project. Every software development team strives to finish by that preconceived date, often making significant compromises along the way. Sadly, these dates are often pulled out of thin air (the CEO's birthday, perhaps?), yet are written in stone as the date we have to be done.
The date makes agility counter-intuitive and encourages development practices that we know don't work. Removing the date makes agility intuitive. Seems kinda far-fetched, heh? I'm not so sure. Having thought about this for a while, I'm not convinced it's too far away from the notion of internal and external releases.
Imagine the profound affect it would have on how we went about developing software if there was no date. Imagine if that date was unknown to us. It could be tomorrow or it could be a year from tomorrow. Imagine how we'd be forced to change how we work. We'd be forced to emphasize software quality throughout the development process. We'd be forced to ensure we always have a functional product. It might go something like this.
We kickstart the project by hosting a meeting with our customers. In this meeting, we establish some high level goals for what the system must do. Basically, a sketch. We'll call this our initial project plan. The development team is already busy setting up their development infrastructure - the version control repository, the IDE, test harnesses, automated build script, some code inspection tools, the datasources, and the important frameworks we'll use to develop the system. We don't have time for waste, so we only do what's going to provide value.
At the same time, we put together some wireframes and mock-ups, and a week after that first meeting, we share these mock-ups with our customers. They may like them or they may hate them. For those they like, we start implementation. We know we must move quickly, but we must be careful to ensure we have a functional product at all times. If the build fails, we have to fix it. We can't let quality degrade beneath acceptable levels. We have to be ready at all times to package the system, and make it available to our customer. We have to establish our cadence - our sustainable pace.
It's obvious that we have to show value early and often. Our customer can demand the system anytime they wish. They can also cancel the project at anytime, as well. The only way to ensure the future of the project is to demonstrate value. Intense and frequent collaboration is in our best interest. It's in the best interest of the project, too!
To afford ourselves the slightest possibility to deliver the system in one week after the customer's request, we have to test early. Quality must be baked in from day one. We have to ensure we can package and deploy the system quickly. We must have the ability to perform the entire lifecycle on a moment's notice. We can't wait to run our load tests, capacity tests, or failover tests. It's in our best interest to do this as often as we possibly can. To ensure we have the ability to test as often as we'd like, we'll want to automate as much of this as possible.
In general, we only have time to perform practices that directly contribute to the delivery of software. Estimates? We don't have time to estimate, nor is there a reason to. The business gives us their highest priority scenarios, and we implement them to the best of our ability. If they like the direction we're headed, we keep funding. If not, the project's over. And when the customer feels they have a system that's going to provide value, they get it when they want it. Requirements signoff? We don't have time to signoff on requirements and then resist change. In this world, it's in our best interest to serve the customer, embrace change, and prove that we can respond to their needs quickly.
Doesn't that sound productive, intuitive…and fun? There are so many fascinating and amazing ways to build upon this scenario. Imagine it for a moment. How do you see it playing out. Good? Bad? Ugly?
Bruno Vernay replied on Wed, 2009/07/22 - 5:40am
It is even more profond than just the release date. It is the idea that industrial software development can be productive.
Would you prefer a well understood and mesured failure or an non-reproductible success ?
As a side note, it is sad that IEEE site is not social friendly.The article is sell on some pages and freely downloadable on others. I couldn't find an RSS feed featuring this article.
Raging Infernoz replied on Sat, 2009/08/01 - 4:59am
That's nice, unfortunately:
- time and resources cost money for a software development business, so have to be charged via invoices for products, or services.
- cost plus contracts will not fly for many customers, so we have to quote them a fixed cost, and only charge extra for out-of-specifiaction changes.
- customers often have fixed deadlines because consumer facing businesses have fixed business deadlines to meet, so variable delivery dates for software could wreck havoc with project timeline planning to meet an eventual fixed deadline e.g. having system ready and tested for the Christamas Sales, or some other major event!
- I think it quite naive to assume you can do frequent 'heavy duty' testing, because the resources can be very costly to have, and use lots, also these tests can be very time consuming!
- I also question how a project products can be released at any time without frequent clearly defined milestones in a project (good luck getting those agreed), this could be very difficult for a complex project, with lots of components which have to be done separately, then integrated to form intermediary or final products.
As a developer I do not like time pressures for tricky work, so like more flexiblility, however really I detest wooly 'agile' chatty development ideas and much prefer clearly agreed requirements, given it can be torture having to fight to get unambiguous requirements out of customer during a project, then have to scrap large sections of code because they can't make their damned minds up!


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NetApp and Cisco this week revealed ExpressPod, a new converged infrastructure for small and medium-sized organizations based on its predecessor, FlexPod.
ExpressPod fills out a mid-sized offering the partnership had been lacking.
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Additionally, Cisco and NetApp will announce new storage clustering capabilities to FlexPod and the release of a validated VMware solution for the Oracle RAC (Real Application Cluster) on FlexPod.
ExpressPod, a prepackaged and tested architecture for SMB's includes FlexPod's new storage clustering and RAC capabilities. It integrates Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) C-Series servers, NetApp FAS2220 or FAS2240 (Fabric-Attached Storage) arrays, and Cisco Nexus 3048 switches with infrastructure management, and it supports an open ecosystem of management and hypervisors.
The FAS 2220 supports 12 internal drives and up to 144 external SAS expansion slots and has a maximum capacity of 180TB. The FAS2240 supports a maximum of 24 internal hard drives and up to 144 external expansion slots for a maximum capacity of 432TB. The FAS 2220 supports iSCSI, NFS and CIFS, and the FAS 2240 adds Fibre Channel to that mix.
FlexPod also now features support and validation for VMware vSphere on NetApp Data ONTAP 8 operating in Cluster-Mode. User organizations can add nodes to their storage cluster creating large storage pools that span storage devices and can scale almost infinitely, NetApp stated.
The storage pool resources can be dynamically allocated and securely isolated to support multi-tenancy. NetApp storage clustering also enables nondisruptive data migration of hundreds of virtual machines at a time to facilitate load balancing, system maintenance and device upgrades without interrupting the running applications.
In 2010, NetApp announced the first iteration of its pre-configured architecture, FlexPod. That FlexPod model was a pre-configured and certified storage network for user groups of 1,000 to 2,000 people. FlexPod comes with a NetApp FAS3210 midrange array, Cisco's UCS blade server and a Nexus switch and VMware's vSphere platform and vCenter management console.
Last spring, NetApp announced an entry-level FlexPod configuration designed to support from 500 to 1,000 end users.
The entry-level FlexPod combines the NetApp FAS2240 storage array and the Cisco UCS C-Series Nexus 5000 Switches, the Nexus 2232 Fabric Extender and the Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects. The Fabric Interconnects provide the management and communication backbone for the Cisco UCS B-Series Blades and Cisco UCS 5100 Series Blade Server Chassis.


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It's a film that will make you think twice about calling 911, said Dayna Ghiraldi, producer and publicist of a new slasher flick that is being filmed in Hampton Bays.
And what better place, she said, to shoot a horror movie than the dark roads surrounding Hubbard Park, just off Red Creek Road in Hampton Bays.
That is exactly where the production crew of the film Old 37 will be stationed until filming wraps up on Dec. 15, Ghiraldi said.
The film, which is directed by Christian Winters, of Miller Place, stars Brandi Cyrus, sister of Miley Cyrus, as well as Kane Hodder, Billy Moseley and several Long Island actors, including Sascha Knopf, of Old Brookville, and Margaret Keane Williams, of East Islip.
The premise, Ghiraldi said, is that two brothers pose as paramedics in an old ambulance and intercept 911 calls before the real paramedics arrive.
"It is terrifying and original," said Ghiraldi, who graduated from Sachem High School.
According to Ghiraldi, the script for the film was written by Paul Travers, who is also one of the producers. She said he brainstormed the screenplay after having a nightmare at his former home in Speonk.
Travers, who hails from Boston but moved to Long Island about 10 years ago and now lives in Manhattan, penned the film over a two-year period, finishing it in 2006. It was sold to a production company that went under.
Since getting the script back, it has been full-speed ahead ,Ghiraldi said. The production has already filmed scenes in East Hampton at a marina; in Patchogue Village and at a house in Westhampton Beach.
A trailer release is set for sometime in January or February, and the film is expected to be released next summer.
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HUDSON, N.Y. -- Giving students a second chance is what the city of Hudson's superintendent says an alternative learning facility will give to those who attend the Columbia-Greene Partnership Academy this year.
Governor Cuomo just signed legislation Tuesday that makes the facility official.
Until now, Hudson's superintendent says the construction process had been delayed, unsure of whether it would be signed into law.The superintendent says the school will fill a gap that has exisited since 2010, when the alternative learning program had to be cut because of budget reasons.
"I would have seen myself without a diploma, struggling to get a job somewhere," says Carlton Jackson, a 2009 graduate of the Hudson City School District.
Jackson was a student in the district's alternative learning program, which gives high school students project based learning, in a smaller, more focused setting.
"There were times I overslept and they came knocking on my door, 8'oclock in the morning. So without that push behind me, I don't think I would have succeeded."
The program was cut in 2010 because of budget issues, but the Columbia-Greene Partnership Academy fills the gap.
Hudson's superintendent says it is needed.
"Our graduation rate has been unacceptable," says Maria Suttmeier. "In 2012, our graduation rate was 58 percent with a 22 percent dropout."
Suttmeier and Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, one of the sponsors of the bill, call it a win-win for the students and districts, giving students motivation to come to school.
"A lot of high expectations, a rigorous curriculum, but also very high support," says Suttmeier.
"They've got a secure, safe learning environment, where hopefully they thrive and take advantage of this opportunity that they're being given," says McLaughlin. "It's great for the school so they can expand their reach."
Jackson is now a dietary technician and planning to attend college next year. He says his hope is for students to be able to have the same opportunity.
"Once I got into that program and I saw my teachers really cared and they wanted me to succeed, that changed my attitude," says Jackson.
The superintendent hopes for the alternative learning facility to be ready for students by January.
In addition, students from Catskill will also be attending school there and they hope to continue to expand in the coming year.


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The Colorado Springs Sky Sox, in conjunction with the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA), Memorial Hospital and CenturyLink, have announced that the previously named Waldo Canyon Classic has been renamed as the Heroes Classic. In addition, the club has also announced that for each ticket purchased for the event on Saturday, June 22, five dollars will be donated to the Pikes Peak Community Foundation to assist victims of the Black Forest Fire. Also, anyone who has lost their home in the recent fire or is still currently evacuated can come to the game for free by stopping by the Sky Sox box office any time leading up to the event.
This celebrity softball game has been in the planning since October of last year and has always been centered on recognizing and raising funds for our local heroes in the region's Police and Fire Departments. The event will serve as an opportunity for the entire community to come together and recognize and celebrate those brave men and women, but after the recent wildfire in Black Forest, the Colorado Springs Police and Fire Departments, in conjunction with the Sky Sox, have decided that the focus and fundraising efforts will go to the people in most need from the recent fire. All money raised during the event via the newly announced ticket donation and the auctioning of specialty game-worn jerseys and baseball memorabilia will go to the Pikes Peak Community Foundation's "Emergency Relief Fund" which was established for victims of the Black Forest Fire. This fund is modeled after last year's Waldo Canyon Firefighters Fund which received an outpouring of community support.
In addition, Care & Share Food Bank will be on hand at the event accepting any nonperishable food item donations and Springs Rescue Mission will be accepting clothing, household items and clean-up items like work gloves, rakes, shovels and trash bags. Pikes Peak Community Foundation will also be on hand at the game accepting any monetary donations that individuals would like to make beyond their ticket purchase.
The event will be held at Security Service Field on Saturday, June 22 at 7:05 PM and will salute the brave men and women of the Colorado Springs and El Paso County Fire and Safety Departments who willingly fight everyday to keep our community safe and secure. The two teams will consist of members of the Colorado Springs Police and Fire Departments, including two celebrity managers in Chief Pete Carey for the Police and Interim Chief Tommy Smith for Fire. Another local celebrity who will be playing in the game is Jerri Marr. During last year's Waldo Canyon Fire, Marr's tremendous leadership skills and honest, engaging presence on everyone's television screens endeared her to all residents in Southern Colorado. In addition, each team will also include several former Major League baseball players, local media members and local dignitaries.
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Elizabeth Warren keeps repeating her prime theme of taxing the rich, giving the impression that it would significantly reduce the debt. During the Oct. 10 Senate debate, she asserted twice that the AARP agreed with her.
However, here's what the editor actually did say in AARP's October Bulletin, which is consistent with Sen. Scott Brown:
"As a nation, we continue to spend $4 for every $3 we receive in taxes, by any measure an unsustainable path. If you want to cut taxes, what loopholes do you close to make up for the lost revenue? In the face of a $1.1 trillion deficit, ending a tax cut for the wealthy does little to close the gap. How much longer do we propose dealing with the challenges facing Medicare and Social Security?"
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KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Former Tennessee men's head basketball coach Bruce Pearl received a three-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA, but UT has no additional sanctions beyond what it self-imposed.
In the public infractions report released Wednesday, Pearl was cited for failure to monitor and unethical conduct for providing "false and misleading information" and asking others to do the same.
Pearl's show-cause order prohibits him from taking part in recruiting for three years at any NCAA member school.
Three former assistant coaches, Tony Jones, now head coach at Alcoa High School, Steve Forbes and Jason Shay, were cited for a failure to cooperate with the investigation. Each received a one-year show-cause order, which also prohibits recruiting.
Pearl declined to go on camera Wednesday, but says he'll have a press conference on Thursday.
The NCAA says in findings by the Division I Committee on Infractions the University of Tennessee failed to monitor its men's basketball program.
The committee said the most serious allegations included the staff lying and encouraging others to follow suit, including recruits and a parent.
The violations began when three prospects and their families attended a dinner at Pearl's home in connection with their unofficial visits to UT.
Pearl took the prospects and their families to an outdoor veranda where the committee says he told them their attendance violated NCAA rules and encouraged them to not tell others they were there.
Coach Pearl did not report the violations and denied knowing about them when he was questioned during the NCAA investigation.
The NCAA says Pearl also made a series of calls to a prospect's father to convince him to lie during the investigation.
Pearl later told investigators the truth during another interview.
The NCAA says his former assistants did not give complete information to UT and NCAA enforcement staff. Two assistants shared information with each other about their interviews.
The investigation found that Pearl's staff made 94 impermissible phone calls to 12 prospects over two years.
Since the committee found the violations were not discovered in a timely fashion, that led to UT and Pearl's failure to monitor citations.
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In addition to the 20 penalties self-imposed by UT and the conference and agreed to by the infractions committee, Tennessee must also serve two years of probation.
The NCAA investigation also included allegations of major violations in the football program under former head coach Lane Kiffin. However, the committee found the evidence did not support findings of major violations.
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The newest book by Roger Rosenblatt recalls the author's walks in New York City as a child and reveals his manner of walking and thinking in the world throughout a lifetime. As its title promises, The Boy Detective involves boyish detecting and is a sort of tribute to the city in which the author grew up. Delightful as these themes are, there is much more to engage and enchant the reader here. The book is rich with recollections and with the lush wanderings of memory and imagination. In combination they draw the reader into one of the most entertaining, thoughtful and deeply moving minds among nonfiction writers today.
To accompany Rosenblatt on a book-length walk through place and time is to go on a treasure hunt without a map. You don't know where you're going or what sort of treasure you seek, and you don't know what may turn up along the way. Still, you can be absolutely sure you won't be disappointed.
You might be treated to memories from the author's childhood, like this one: "Once I willed a sequence of dreams in which I was an owl detective, both an owl and a detective. … I remember hailing a taxi and telling the driver to 'Follow that car'. … As a largish owl I had some difficulty stuffing my feathers into the taxi." You certainly will be introduced to New York City landmarks and to pointed authorial comment, as during a visit to the former home of Theodore Roosevelt in Gramercy Park, not far from where Rosenblatt himself grew up. "So quiet, the home of the wild man president, he of the Rough Riders and Mount Rushmore and the blank goggle eyes and the grillelike teeth."
Sometimes it's a walk on the wild side. At one point the author/detective moves into the mind of fellow writer and mystery lover Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote The Mystery of Marie Roget not long after the 1841 murder of Mary Rogers, a beautiful New York woman who worked in a tobacco shop on lower Broadway. In Poe's version, detective Auguste Dupin solves the murder. In The Boy Detective, for a couple of dizzying paragraphs, Poe himself confesses to the deed. "All right, I did it. I killed her. But it was an accident. Sort of. Sort of an accident. I didn't mean to do it, but I did. That is, I did mean to do it, but I didn't."
Later we get to the Empire State Building on 34th Street, where King Kong desperately grips Fay Wray in his huge gorilla hand until he is fatally attacked by biplanes. As he falls, the great building itself speaks consolingly to the doomed ape: "You have lived long enough, King Kong. A good life. A big life. … If you must fall, fall from me."
We walk right into the author's own death, sharing a view of his dead body with the coroner. The detective observes "a normally developed white male, measuring seventy inches in length and weighing 175 pounds." There is a toxicology report, there are observed fractures, comments on lividity and on recent diet. For a gentler look at death, we visit the Jewish cemetery on 11th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. The place contains three dozen graves in a small, untidy piece of ground. Some of the stones are "leaning against the cemetery's back wall, like wallflowers at a dance." Here we walk slowly, knowing exactly where we are.
The reader serves as the author's imaginary friend, someone he can walk with and speak to, often in detective language, "in case you're interested, Pal." He talks to his own memoir students, too, offering them one of the book's treasures and a most telling clue: "So what is the difference, students, between memory and dreams? Are they not the same, each the other?"
For a heartbreaking sentence or two the writer addresses his daughter Amy, whose death at 38 was a greater ocean than any waters he navigated in his earlier book, Kayak Morning. "Where do you walk now, my sweet girl?" There are mysteries that even the best of detectives cannot solve.
The boy detective chases suspects and finds clues all over his city. The adult writer asks the question "How do you walk in the world?" and answers it partly with a line from Wallace Stevens — "I was the world in which I walked" —but mainly with this quiet, triumphant ambulation, a characteristically eloquent and rewarding book.
Reeve Lindbergh reviewed this book for the Washington Post.


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The sisters : the saga of the Mitford family
Mary S. Lovell
Adult Nonfiction CT787.M57 L68 2002
Mary S. Lovell
Adult Nonfiction CT787.M57 L68 2002
Summary: This family biography considers the consequences of competing ideologies--Communist, royalist, and Fascist--on a twentieth- century English family, which happened to include four best-selling authors. Chapters trace the family's fate, epoch by epoch, from 1894 to 2000, with particular attention to the period 1929 to 1947. Twenty-four pages of black and white photographs support the narrative. Lovell is a noted biographer and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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DETAILS about Sainsbury's bid to build a supermarket on the site of the B&Q store in the Hythe, Colchester, will be unveiled at two public exhibitions.
The exhibitions will take place at the Colchester Centre in Hawkins Road, Hythe on Friday, February 7, between 4.30pm and 8.30pm and on Saturday, February 8, between 10am and 4pm.
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Do we really need another supermarket when there is a tescos just round the corner???
we all need to eat
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ea who want to shop at Sainsbury's and people doing the opposite thing and trying to go to Tesco's. I don't believe any town needs two supermarkets the size of these two greedy wotsits within a couple of hundred yards of each other.
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