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Original post made on Nov 6, 2007
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Considering its source, this is the strangest, most puzzling guest opinion I have ever read.
It's like reading about the possible artistic uses for one's own, severed arm.
on Nov 6, 2007 at 4:29 pm
"If not, we should be prepared to have this vacant boarded-up building greet those coming into Menlo Park for years to come."
Sounds like a thinly-veiled threat there, Mr. Crittenden.
In response, I say: Let the Park stand (until it finally falls down) as a continuing testimony to your greed.
You kicked out a perfectly good tenant in hopes that you could make a killing by putting in its place another bland office building - but you missed the mark, time-wise, and now you're stuck with a white elephant.
The city council should focus on making the vacant property ACROSS the street from the Park the gateway to town they're looking for and let you fend for yourself in trying to find a sucker to buy your blight!
on Nov 6, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Eminent Domain (at real valuation), baby!!!
Kick out landmark for something that ultimately died? Threatening to keep a boarded up building for years?
Eminent Domain (at real valuation), baby!!!
on Nov 6, 2007 at 7:16 pm
Is this the Kos site?
on Nov 7, 2007 at 9:06 am
Wow that was the best "guest" letter I have ever read.
All this emotion over a crappy old building, I almost cannot believe it. Mr. Crittenden, since you live in Atherton, you must have done well in life (read: good or really lucky in business) to know what the realities are when it comes to investments. You made a bad investment, and your best choice was a bail out from Menlo Park. Its really that simple.
So now you are making threats to leave a blighted building stand empty. How is that a good business decision?
So where does that leave you? Either grow up, realize you are facing a loss, maybe a total loss, or stay with your emotions and stick it to all of us. Oh, I just don't really care. I only cared when the city was going to bail you out. Now I don't. Good luck. Eminent domain does and probably will happen here now.
on Nov 7, 2007 at 11:06 am
Mr. Crittendon,
Mr. Duncan's proposal might be in his and your best interests but please don't confuse that with being in our best interests. The public benefit of his proposal will only benefit the part of our public who take dance lessons. Your threat to keep the building vacant unless the City takes on this proposal is a show of greed at its worst.
Why do you care how much Mr. Hilligoss will have to bring in a month once he buys the theater building you yourself partially destroyed? How can you complain about the lack of parking for his plan, when for years as it was running as a movie house, the Park Theater had exactly the same lack of parking? These are all red-herring arguments that the public is clearly not buying.
Are you afraid that Mr. Hilligoss's plan is a winner, that it would bring life and culture to downtown that we need?
on Nov 7, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Crittenden bought the Park in '86 for $500k.
He bought the Guild in '98 for $650K.
He ain't hurting, even if he does nothing to either.
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|Wyoming Director of the Department of Education
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|2013-2014 FY Budget:
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|Serves at the pleasure of the governor
|Wyoming State Statutes Title 21
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|Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditors: Auditor • Director • Superintendent of Education • Director of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Labor Commissioner • Public Service Commission
The position was created by the legislature on January 29, 2013. Previously, the elected Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction served as head of the state Department of Education, but the new law made the superintendent a largely ceremonial position.[1]
Click here to view the full Senate file text of the law.
Current officeholder
The current officeholder is Rich Crandall, a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate. He was appointed to this position by Gov. Matt Mead (R) in late June 2013 and officially assumed the role on August 1, 2013.[2][3]
Crandall is the first permanent officeholder. Previously, Wyoming Community College Commission Executive Jim Rose served in the position on an interim basis.[4]
The director of the Department of Education's authority is derived from Title 21 of the Wyoming State Statutes.[5]
Title 21, chapter 1-104:
|The director shall serve as the administrative head and chief executive officer of the state department of education.
The office of the Director of the Department of Education was created by Senate File 0104 in January 2013.
The summary of the bill reads:[6]
|AN ACT relating to government administration; establishing the position of director of the department of education by statute; providing duties of the director of the department of education; amending duties of and transferring specified duties from the state superintendent to the director of the state department of education; requiring reporting; providing for transition; and providing for an effective date.
The qualifications for serving as director of the department of education are set out in Title 21-1-104 of the state statutes:[5]
- Hold a Master's degree in business, public or education administration or other relevant advanced degree from an accredited higher education institution
- Have a minimum of 10 years of management or administrative experience in education, government or business
- Provide credentials demonstrating exceptional accomplishment in previous employment
- Provide evidence of problem-solving skills, organizational skills, education assessment and accountability experience and knowledge of statistical analysis, data management, school finance
- Possess effective communication skills
The office of Director of the Department of Education is appointed by the governor, who is provided with a list of three finalists from the State Board of Education.[7]
Term limits
There are no term limits for this office. The director serves at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed at any time.[5]
Article 4, Section 7 of the state constitution grants the governor the authority to fill any office that becomes vacant, so long as there is not already a constitutional or legal method for filling the vacancy.
The specific duties of the director are outlined in Title 21, Chapter 2, Article 2 of the Wyoming state code:[8]
- Make rules and regulations, consistent with this code, as may be necessary or desirable for the proper and effective administration of the state educational system and the statewide education accountability system pursuant to W.S. 21-2-204. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give the director rulemaking power in any area specifically delegated to the state board or the state superintendent;
- Consult with and advise the state board, local school boards, local school administrators, teachers and interested citizens, and seek in every way to develop public support for a complete and uniform system of education for the citizens of this state;
- Maintain adequate files and records of matters pertaining to the business of his office;
- Enforce the provisions of this code and the administrative rules and regulations provided for in this code, in accordance with procedures provided by law;
- Assist the state board in the performance of its duties and responsibilities, including providing information to the board upon request;
- Prepare and maintain a list of accredited schools in Wyoming;
- Print and distribute to local boards of trustees, local school administrators and other persons and agencies within or without the state the school laws, regulations, forms, necessary reports of the state board, state committee, state superintendent, the director and state department. The director may require the payment of reasonable costs of publication, handling and postage by persons or agencies outside the state requesting publications and shall deposit all payments into the general fund;
- Promulgate rules for the acceptance and disbursement of federal funds apportioned to the state for school lunch, milk and other commodities distribution programs. For purposes of these programs, the director may enter into agreements, employ personnel, direct disbursement of funds in accordance with federal law to be used by districts to operate the programs along with funds from gifts and the sale of school lunches or other commodities, assist in the training of personnel in the programs and accept gifts in connection with the programs. Districts shall maintain records and report to the director in accordance with rules promulgated under this paragraph, but accounts and records need not be preserved more than five (5) years. The director shall audit and conduct reviews and inspections of accounts, records and operations of programs to ensure effective administration and compliance with applicable law and rules. To the extent funds are available, the director shall conduct studies to determine methods to improve and expand school lunch programs and to promote nutritional education in the schools, including appraising nutritive benefits of school lunch programs. For school lunch program funds, the director shall utilize a revolving account with a balance of at least five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to cover any operating expenditures incurred by the school lunch division of the department under 7 U.S.C. section 1431, the United States department of agriculture commodity program offered to the state and accepted by the participating schools and institutions. The schools and institutions shall be billed for their share pro rata of transportation and allied charges with the receipts to be used in replenishing the revolving account. If the United States department of agriculture removes all commodities from this program, the revolving account shall be discontinued and the balance shall be transferred to the general fund;
- Promulgate rules and provide a biennial plan and budget for the maintenance and operation of the Wyoming school for the deaf in Casper;
- For purposes of the statewide assessment of students and reporting student performance under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(v), have authority to assess and collect student educational assessment data from school districts, community colleges and the University of Wyoming. All data shall be consolidated, combined and analyzed in accordance with W.S. 21-2-204(h) and shall be provided within a reasonable time in accordance with rules and regulations of the state board;
- Assist the Wyoming professional teaching standards board in the performance of its duties and responsibilities under W.S. 21-2-801 and 21-2-802, including providing information to the board upon request;
- Include in the agency's budget request:
- Recommendations to the governor for appropriations from the school foundation program account and for appropriations to the account necessary to fund payments to school districts as required by law; and
- Recommendations to the governor for appropriations from the foundation program for special programs.
- In accordance with W.S. 21-2-501 and 21-2-701(a)(ii) and subject to W.S. 21-2-304(a)(iii) and 21-9-101(c), promulgate rules to assure that each child with disabilities receives a free and appropriate education in accordance with his capabilities, including persons who are deaf, blind or have other physical disabilities which prevent them from reading in a normal manner;
- Serve as the director of the state agency to accept all federal funds for aid to education, except as provided in W.S. 21-2-307 and 21-2-601, and as the agency to administer or supervise the administration of any state plan established or federal funds subject to federal requirements. Each acceptance is restricted in its effect to the specific situation involved. The director may:
- Enter into an agreement with the proper federal agency to procure for the state the benefits of the federal statute;
- Establish a state plan, if required by the federal statute, to qualify the state for the benefits of the federal statute;
- Provide for reports to be made to the federal agency as may be required;
- Provide for reports to be made to the state department of education from local educational agencies receiving federal funds;
- Make surveys and studies in cooperation with other agencies to determine the needs of the state with respect to the application of federal funds;
- Establish standards to which agencies shall conform in receiving federal funds;
- Give technical advice and assistance to any local educational agency in connection with that agency obtaining federal funds;
- Take any other action as may be necessary to secure the benefits of the federal statute to the schools of this state. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as conferring any authority to the director with respect to the University of Wyoming or the various community colleges of the state.
- In cooperation with the state board, the Wyoming community college commission, University of Wyoming, public service commission, department of transportation, department of enterprise technology services, public libraries, school district boards of trustees, classroom teachers and other appropriate groups identified by the director, develop and implement a statewide education technology plan which shall address staff training, curriculum integration and network connectivity in and between schools, communities and between the state and the world, and which shall have as its goal the provision of equal access to educational instruction and information. The statewide technology education plan may include telecommunications services provided by the department of enterprise technology services pursuant to W.S. 9-2-2906(g). Not later than January 10 of each year and with the assistance of participating agencies, an annual report on the status of the statewide education technology plan shall be prepared and issued by the director;
- Establish and maintain a uniform statewide reporting system based upon requirements of the statewide education accountability system established under W.S. 21-2-204 and the statewide student assessment implemented by the state board under W.S. 21-2-304(a)(v);
- Establish statewide guidelines for adequate special education staffing levels, to be used in assessing special education programs and services provided by school districts;
- Monitor school district special education identification and service delivery practices, assess the appropriateness of district variations in services provided or the delivery of services and assist districts in developing alternatives to service delivery as necessary;
- Measure and track district special education programs based upon student performance and develop procedures to monitor student progress over time;
- Establish criteria and guidelines for the identification of career-vocational education courses by districts, for the computation of full-time equivalent (FTE) students participating in career-vocational education courses and for the determination of full-time equivalent (FTE) career-vocational education teachers, and provide for the annual collection of information necessary to implement and administer W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D);
- Develop a process and procedures necessary for consideration of district waivers from specified instructional and career-vocational education program requirements specified under W.S. 21-13-309(m)(v)(D), including incentives encouraging teacher certification and program course sequencing compliance, subject to district submission of the following:
- Verification of the alignment of the proposed course or program with the state content and performance standards for career-vocational education programs;
- Documentation of the additional costs associated with the proposed course or program including class size and specialized equipment needs; and
- If applicable, documentation of experiences and education of a noncertified teacher that would otherwise qualify the teacher to instruct the proposed course.
- Establish necessary procedural and monitoring requirements for implementation of the career-technical education demonstration project grant program authorized under W.S. 21-12-105, including coordination with Wyoming post secondary education institutions and industry in developing program procedures and components;
- By rule and regulation, provide for the reporting of district career-vocational education expenditures;
- Effective school year 2012-2013 and each school year thereafter, in consultation and coordination with local school districts, by rule and regulation establish a program of administering a standardized, curriculum based, achievement college entrance examination, computer-adaptive college placement assessment and a job skills assessment test selected by the director to all students in the eleventh and twelfth grades throughout the state in accordance with this paragraph. The examinations and tests selected by the director shall be administered throughout the United States and shall be relied upon by institutions of higher education. The college entrance examination shall at a minimum test in the areas of English, reading, writing, mathematics and science for all students in grade eleven (11). The jobs skills assessment test shall be optional for all students in grade eleven (11) and shall at a minimum test in the areas of applied math, reading for information and locating information. The director shall pay all costs associated with administering the college entrance examination, the computer-adaptive college placement assessment and the jobs skills assessment test and shall schedule a day during which examinations shall be provided. The date for administration of the college entrance examination in grade eleven (11) shall be selected so that following receipt of scores, students may timely register for senior year classes which may be necessary to allow the student to qualify for a state provided scholarship. The computer adaptive college placement assessment shall be optional and all students in grade twelve (12) shall be provided at least one (1) opportunity to take the assessment during the school year. The director may enter into agreements with an administrator of the college entrance examination and the computer-adaptive college placement assessment and an administrator of the jobs skills assessment test and adopt rules as necessary to ensure compliance with any requirements of an administrator, such as a secure environment. Waivers may be granted for the examinations and tests required by this paragraph for students with disabilities in accordance with the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Alternate assessments and accommodations shall be offered by the director in accordance with rule and regulation;
- By rule and regulation and in consultation with the state board of education and the Wyoming professional teaching standards board, provide guidance and oversight of distance education by:
- Establishing, approving, facilitating and monitoring a state network of distance education courses that meet state standards for course content and delivery by Wyoming certified teachers;
- Providing training and technical assistance to school districts for the delivery of distance education;
- Monitoring the design, content, delivery and the accreditation of distance education programs provided by school districts under W.S. 21-13-330;
- Establishing criteria and necessary components of individual student distance learning plans required by W.S. 21-13-330;
- Implementing a comprehensive reporting process as necessary for federal and state funding requirements and establishing necessary data collection instruments and systems to monitor and improve distance education programs statewide.
- With the department of enterprise technology services, establish criteria for the collection, storage, management and reporting of department of education data related to teacher certification and the administration of the school finance system.
- The director shall designate an employee of the department of education to serve as liaison to the state board and the state superintendent through which requests for staff assistance shall be directed. The state department of education shall provide information or data requested by the state board that is necessary to perform duties under W.S. 21-2-304.
- In addition to subsection (a) of this section, the director may take appropriate administrative action with the state board as necessary, including but not limited to the changing of accreditation status, against any school district or state institution failing to comply with any applicable law or with the uniform educational program standards specified under W.S. 21-9-101 and 21-9-102 and the student content and performance standards prescribed by the state board.
- Any school district aggrieved by an act of the director may seek review in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
- In addition to paragraph (a)(i) of this section, the director shall promulgate rules and regulations governing the administration of the Wyoming education resource block grant model adopted by the Wyoming legislature as defined under W.S. 21-13-309, and governing the operation of the model in determining school district foundation program payments in accordance with chapter 13, article 3 of this title and other applicable law. The block grant model, as defined under W.S. 21-13-101(a)(xiv) and as maintained under this subsection, shall be made available for public inspection by the director in electronic format. Copies of the block grant model spreadsheets as administered under department rule and regulation shall be provided to school districts by the director for district use in district budgeting and in complying with mandatory financial reporting requirements imposed under W.S. 21-13-307(b) and by other provisions of law. To maintain the integrity of the block grant model, copies of the model and model spreadsheets made available under this subsection for public inspection and school district use shall be by protected version only, prohibiting the editing of model components, model data and model formulas. Following adoption of any recalibration of or modification to the block grant model by the Wyoming legislature, and prior to computing the foundation program amount for each school district under W.S. 21-13-309(p) and determining the amount to be distributed to a district under W.S. 21-13-311 or recaptured from a district subject to W.S. 21-13-102(b), the director shall certify to the legislature that the block grant model as enacted by the legislature is properly incorporated into the administration of the model for the appropriate school year of model application and is made available for public inspection. Technical corrections to model spreadsheets necessary for model administration between any session of the legislature shall be implemented by the director, shall be in accordance with procedures specified by rule and regulation filed with the secretary of state, shall be reported to the legislature together with the associated fiscal and technical impact of the correction, and shall be incorporated into the electronic version of the model available for public inspection. As used in this subsection, "technical corrections to model spreadsheets" means corrections necessary to ensure model operation and current school year district payments are in accordance with law and the model is properly computing school foundation program payments to school districts as required by law. Notwithstanding W.S. 16-3-114(c), no judicial review of rules promulgated and adopted under this subsection shall hold unlawful or set aside action of the director in promulgating or adopting rules unless the rules are by clear and convincing evidence, shown to exceed statutory authority.
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Wyoming Department of Education
2300 Capitol Avenue
Hathaway Building, 2nd floor
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0050
Phone: 307-777-7690
Fax: 307-777-6234
See also
- Superintendent of Schools
- Rich Crandall
- Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Cindy Hill
- Wyoming school districts
- Wyoming Department of Education
External links
- ↑ Wyoming Star Tribune, "Wyoming Gov. Mead signs superintendent bill into law; Hill sues," January 29, 2013
- ↑ '"East Valley Tribune, "Mesa's Crandall tapped to lead Wyoming education department," July 1, 2013
- ↑ Wyoming Department of Education, "Meet the Director - A Conversation with Richard Crandall," July 2013
- ↑ Billings Gazette, "Wyoming education dir. brings business background," June 27, 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wyoming Legislative Service Office, " State statutes - Title 21, Chapter 1," accessed July 8, 2013
- ↑ Wyoming State Legislature, "Senate File 104 Engrossed," accessed July 8, 2013
- ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "Wyo board names three finalists for ed director," June 1, 2013
- ↑ Wyoming Legislative Service Office, " State Statutes - Title 21, Chapter 2," accessed July 8, 2013
- ↑ Wyoming Department of Administration and Information, "Department Budget Summary Department of Education 2013-2014," accessed April 2, 2013
- ↑ Knowledge Center, The Council of State Governments, "Table 4.11 Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries By Region," accessed August 15, 2013
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Hybrid Cloud approach to be more specific. At least, that's what we are hearing from our MSPs. Channel Market (MSPs) is known for raising anti-cloud propaganda past few years and I personally witnessed MSPs talking about how their customers benefit moving to their own datacenter instead of a cloud platform like Google, Amazon etc…Fast forwarding to 2013, things have really changed w.r.t how MSPs see cloud. Instead of competing with cloud platforms, successful MSPs embrace cloud and include that as a part of their hybrid cloud offering. I would like to mention couple of customers who were offering StoreGrid based backup service out of their datacenter 2 years back and really hated Amazon at that time. I accidentally happened to meet them and surprised to know that they now have their backup service hosted in Amazon EC2 & S3. So what's up with all those hostility statements against Amazon? "Well, we need to figure out a way to SCALE our business somehow", I got a blushing response from them. They currently have their customers backing up locally (on-premise) for instant data recovery and additionally backing up to cloud platform for additional redundancy.
There are industry articles that talks about how a cloud backup inflection point is nearing for MSPs. It's true that this is really happening. Provided the fact that many MSPs are Microsoft shops and when Microsoft is making their moves towards cloud (Office 365) and discontinuing Small Business Servers etc… What options are left for MSPs to compete against those Giants? The reason why still many SMBs like to receive service from local MSPs is because of the personal touch and care they receive which cannot be expected from large commoditized cloud service platforms. However looking around what's happening, marketing & packaging these cloud companies do for small business, it's only natural that businesses are curious about cloud. Hence smart MSPs, instead of being anti-cloud are actually embracing cloud for their business and riding on top of the cloud marketing wave. Apart from marketing there are few other materialistic benefits as well.
Let me ask some hard fact questions to MSPs
- Is your infrastructure capable of handling growing customer needs and big enough to handle replicated data from multiple customers?
- Can you promise your customers the SLAs they are expecting and compliance they need (PCI / HIPAA / SOX / ISO etc…)
- Are you in a position to promise the redundancy that other public cloud companies are promising? (99.99999999% availability)
- Do you have enough support personnel to manage your infrastructure and ensure proper upgrades in a timely manner?
- How about repeating points 1 – 4 for the next 5 – 10 years?
- Are you making enough profit margins and end with predictable monthly infrastructure cost?
If your answers for the above questions is a confident 'YES', then you are doing a great job and continue to do what you do right now. If not, then it's high time that you should start making your move to cloud - at-least for backup and disaster recovery. Look around; the market is changing and cloud transformation is happening. At Vembu, we enable MSPs to establish a successful hybrid backup offering based on cloud (Amazon EC2 & S3) and you can start your branded backup service offering on Amazon in less than 10 mins. I am sure you do have some normal set of questions to begin with, like bandwidth requirement for uploading large volume of data to the cloud and performing restore on typical internet bandwidth. With regards to those questions, Amazon is offering a service called AWS Import / Export, where you can backup locally to an USB / Flash Drive and send the disk to Amazon Servers so that the initial backup can be seeded and thereafter you can continue incremental backups over WAN (End to End logistics is handled through Vembu). For disaster recovery, you can actually use the backed up data to bring up a new server on Amazon infrastructure (Disaster Recovery on Cloud) or order the restored data shipped to you / your customer's place. Since this would be a hybrid cloud approach, data will be available locally for instant recovery and if that too crashes then disaster recovery option on cloud can be considered. Vembu also allows you to deploy an on-premise backup server at customer's location with replication to Amazon S3 for offering a hybrid cloud approach.
What about Amazon cloud going down some time last year? Well how many times you had service disruptions in your datacenter – Honestly.
Please note that I am not a cloud evangelist and trying to market our cloud service to you. I just want to pass on the information that we gathered during our various client meets / trade shows on how successful MSPs are using hybrid cloud approach in their managed services offering. In case you have any questions / comments, do let us know.


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They just aren't a very good team from what I have seen. They are a nice team, a solid team, but not great. The expectations are a bit too high IMO. They got that lofty #2 ranking last year because a perfect storm happened, and people expect so much this year when reality is they are nowhere near that good.They are a nice, top 25 team, who can probably pull an upset here and there but what more do you want? Hey, just be happy they have a great chance at a BCS bowl as their conference appears to be down.
At times they look great but other times they look terriblly sloppy.When the trap game comes up they are going to get smoked...


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Our research shows that the company will likely have around 7-10 mmtpa of uncontracted LNG during the period 2018-21 when we forecast soft market conditions.
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It came as a very unpleasant surprise to Bengals fans when it became public knowledge that first round pick Dre Kirkpatrick suffered a knee injury this offseason. He announced it via Twitter just a couple of days before Training Camp and was deemed out for anywhere from 4-6 weeks. The prognosis was a condition called Osgood-Schlatter Sydrome, in which the rehab process is basically rest and icing the knee.
Kirkpatrick recently told Kevin Kelly of The Cincinnati Enquirer that his rehab process on the condition is going well. He was vague on a timetable of return though:
"The training staff is doing a great job with managing my injury and watching the things that I do to make sure I don't further injure it," he said. "Me and Nick, we get out there every day. We go hard on the back field and we pretty much just do a lot of cone drills. Then I work with Chip (Morton, Bengals strength and conditioning coach) and do a couple of sprints just to get my wind back up for whenever they say I'm free to get back out."
Like they've been doing with other players battling injuries, the team is likely taking it a slow pace with Kirkpatrick to make sure he has every opportunity to get back on the field for the regular season opener. He may or may not make that game, given the undetermined results of the rest of the rehab process, but should be good to go right around that window of time. It's unlikely that Kirkpatrick would be put on the PUP List, as this injury shouldn't necessitate keeping him out that long. The sooner Kirkpatrick can return the better, as the position group has been hit with a lot of injuries of late.


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We support our troops … but why fight and die for white supremacy?
by Joe (A'Jene) Valentine
"I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenue in. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers…. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras 'right' for American fruit companies in 1903. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints." – Marine Gen. Smedly D. Butler
We call him a U.S. general, leader of the so-called "honorable" and "brave," but where is there true honor to be found in being the killers for the dishonorable rulers who rob us here and others abroad? Marines informing the world that "the few, the proud, the Marines" – like the "Army strong" and Navy, that pseudo "force for good," according to the propaganda – are the brutal enforcers and triggers of the super-rich and powerful who exploit and oppress people across the earth to control and profit off their natural resources, cheap labor and raw materials to this day, 2012.
Now, is that what y'all mean and have in mind by the indifferent and racist slogan: "We support our troops"? Do you support the domination and murderous repression of people in Haiti, Iraq, Columbia, Guatemala etc. in order that U.S. corporations and financial firms – Wall Street thugs – can accumulate capital via controlling and exploiting the oil, gas, cobalt, tin, cotton, diamonds, coal, fruit et al of other people trapped in slums?
If not, are you one who supports the troops by telling them the truth – not the self-serving lies drilled in their heads by the military as to their actual role as the pawns of gangstaz? Just how brave is a soldier who dares not refuse to be a killer for Amerikan imperialism?
Does "We support our troops" mean you support the domination and murderous repression of people in Haiti, Iraq, Columbia, Guatemala etc. in order that U.S. corporations and financial firms – Wall Street thugs – can accumulate capital via controlling and exploiting the oil, gas, cobalt, tin, cotton, diamonds, coal, fruit et al of other people trapped in slums?
He may say he's fighting for and defending "our freedom"? What? The freedom to exploit, the freedom to foreclose homes and force people into the streets, the freedom to eliminate jobs and force folks into poverty, the freedom to deny people free quality medical care and an education, the damn freedom to deny women equal pay and to micro-manage our entire community? Hoods have long ago been "validated" for purposes of low-intensity warfare – our people entombed by the hundreds of thousands.
Do you support the troops by demanding of them to leave the military or refuse to bomb and slaughter innocent people – "bug splat" is the new Pentagon term – for CEOs, stockholders, board members such as Colin Powell, financial agencies and corporate owners? Or is it, as I suspect the case to actually be, that you simply "go along with the flow," since in your racism you really don't care what the military is involved or complicit in as long as you enjoy the leftover scraps thrown your way after the ruling class hyenas have scavenged third-world folks?
Do you support the troops by demanding of them to leave the military or refuse to bomb and slaughter innocent people?
"I don't know what they would have done if Sept. 11 hadn't occurred. Either they would have done nothing or they would have to invent another pretext." – U.S. Ambassador to Germany John Kornblum
I often hear prison guards – yep, I'm a brotha from Watts Nickerson Gardens who has now been entombed 31 years due to a criminal colonial mentality or our foes' twisted ethos – refer to politicians as a "bunch of liars and crooks." The vast majority in this society conceive of and complain that most politicians are "untrustworthy" and "corrupt."
We thus have clear proof of illegal aims – i.e., a criminal conspiracy – being carried out against Iraq, which as anticipated resulted in the premeditated murder and maiming of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis – men, women and children – and that isn't counting the million children who succumbed due to U.S. sanctions. Similarly, "Obama's drama" policies are responsible for droning to death children in Afghanistan and Pakistan while he and his daughters celebrate Father's Day.
As most are aware, the slogan "Operation Iraqi Liberation" was initially chosen by the Bush gang to represent the U.S. military invasion of Iraq. The reason this slogan was later discarded for the slogan "Operation Iraqi Freedom" was because the Bush gang realized that their actual motives to control the oil of Iraq would be made more blatant.
The Bush gangster clique was bent on exploiting the 9-11 attacks by cells of Al Qaeda, once financed, trained and armed by the CIA in order to put into operation a grand geo-political and military strategy for reconquest of the Middle East. Remember, Saddam's regime had nationalized Iraq's oil and natural gas.
Although the common narrative which is propagated regarding the 9-11 attacks is of course one which would have us believe that the World Trade Center, U.S. Capitol and Pentagon somehow represent the interests of American citizens and are supposedly neutral – "innocently motivated" in the sense of being apolitical – the truth is these were targeted not only because they represent the symbols of U.S. global exploitation (e.g., the WTC), political oppression (e.g., the U.S. Capitol guiding dictators like Mubarak of Egypt) and violent domination (e.g., Pentagon policies and practices), but also because they represent the national entities in which economic, political and military policies are formulated and emanate to negatively impact the lives of millions, from the Middle East to Africa and Latin America.
Here's a logical question: Are there any U.S. citizens who are not … "innocent"? I mean, since the claim is invariably made by politicians that those attacked in this country or in any part of the world are "innocent victims" of "terrorism," doesn't this claim, then, logically suggest that absolutely no American citizen – remember that in their "wisdom" the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are "persons" – is guilty of economic, political, military and racist terrorism across the globe?
If you're intelligent enough to accept that in truth there are forces in the U.S. who are the actual culprits committing global crimes, why haven't these forces been identified and punished? If people in Amerika naively go on deluding themselves into believing that there are no forces in this country who are involved in horrendous acts of violence – e.g., economic, political and military violence – throughout the world, obviously the required conditions for critical reflection in order to discover resolutions in favor of justice won't materialize. In other words, it shall mean that blood and death on all sides will be the perpetual order of the day, which I hope is a reality decent moral folks would not be inclined to simply accept like passive and fearful lambs trained for conformity?
Will blood and death on all sides be the perpetual order of the day?
Instead of a search for truth and a sense of justice for those who are harmed by U.S. imperial policies, the reaction of the majority in America is, "We will never forget." Many are of "Black face White mask" as to their souls being slaves to White values and world views rooted in the notion of a right to world domination, expressed as "American exceptionalism" and "manifest destiny."
"(L)et us turn now to the most elementary principle of just war theory, universality. Those who cannot accept this principle should have the decency to keep silent about matters of right and wrong or 'just' war. If we can rise to this level, some obvious questions arise: For example, have Cuba and Nicaragua been entitled to set off bombs in Washington, New York and Miami in self-defense against ongoing terrorist attack? Particularly so when the perpetrators are well known and act with complete impunity, sometimes in brazen defiance of the highest international authorities, so that cases are so far clearer than Afghanistan? If not, why not? Certainly one cannot appeal to the scale of crimes to justify such a stand; the merest look at the factual record bars that move." – Noam Chomsky, "Hegemony or Survival," p. 202
Hell, most in this permanently racist and hypocritical country refuse to even engage in healthy dialogue regarding the ongoing cruel oppression of Native Americans nor that of the lasting negative effects (Africide) of slavery on Black people in terms of the economic, social, political and psychological devastation (Afrisogony) still endured in 2012. By the way, where is the "National Day of Remembrance" (anniversary) for the millions of human lives eliminated due to Amerika's domination, exploitation and oppression of Native Americans and so-called "Afrikan-Americans?"
Where is the "National Day of Remembrance" for the millions of human lives eliminated due to Amerika's domination, exploitation and oppression of Native Americans and so-called "Afrikan-Americans?"
Naturally, since we cannot realistically ever expect to see this nation pay deserved respect – that is our duty, not our foe's – to the memory of Native Americans and so-called "Afrikan-Americans" who perished and suffered by the terrorism of the U.S. government and this country's White "loving Christians," the millions pulverized in Laos, Vietnam, Korea and throughout Africa and South and Central America at the damn hands of this "great nation" certainly don't have a chance in hell in ever persuading this country to show their murdered due respect by appealing to the "moral conscience" of this empire.
"What we wanted to do was have a terror campaign, to terrify Arbenz particularly, terrify his troops, much as the German Sluka bombers terrified the populations of Belgium, Holland and Poland at the onset of World War II and just rendered everybody paralyzed." – CIA Agent Howard Hunt
No more "Buffalo Soldier Boys" and "Tuskegee Air Boys" fighting and killing for White supremacy and against world Afrikan liberation under the banner of that iniquitous flag, Old Glory, which rivals Nazi Germany's Swastika in its repugnant infamy. Don't be a blind fool.
Send our brother some love and light: Joe L. Valentine, C-47779, PBSP, D4-212, P.O. Box 7500, Crescent City, CA 95532.
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General Butler is a hero for his writings. His words challenge American historical memory with truths. However, I would say there is a better question to be asked than the one posed in the title: Why kill people in foreign lands who never attacked the US? It would appear to be the definition of murder, though I doubt there is a US court brave enough to define recent and past American military adventures as murder for resource projects.
I have found a simple and useful question in this regard: When was the last time the US engaged in a war of self defense?
But, to answer the title's question on participation in a US wars when black, I would say war involvement can assist minorities and second-class citizens. Note the reforms for women and blacks and Hispanics after WWII. The fully involved can more easily demand active citizenship because they are/were equally involved in 'national struggle.'↓
To say that reform comes to an individual who happens to be Black is pathetic
When that Black individual of African descent already had humanistic, compassionate qualities, joining
the US military only erases those quality that Black individual will learn how to become a BEAST
un-human and non-compassionate
The article as well as the title is correct, why be a droid for the US Army and continue to uphold white supremecy↓
Just look at the history of Slavery and the amount of butrality Blacks experienced from the BEAST and are now acting out that same behavor
Joining the military only perpetuates that evil behavor↓
Seamus here,
Hmph. My post on Britain and 1940 got disappeared. I noticed the happened on the Rwanda thread as well, but with my reply to Ann Garrison.
Technical snafus can be such a bummer. I think I'll post under a different name to see if the sfbayview machine is more accepting.↓


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Ah..............three mature, laughing women tossing most everything they own, into a 38' motorhome and heading on a week long adventure looking for bluebonnets and flea market finds.
Although we were met with damp skies and cold air, we pressed forward..... eating chocolate ice cream and playing mexican train dominos all along the way.
And what's a little "leaning" to the left caused by the asphalt giving way under the weight of the RV levelers?? Or trudging through mud up to our ankles at the outdoor flea market? And who said we didn't look down right "hot" holding our Tea Party signs on a downtown corner of Fredericksburg waving excitedly at all the leftist democratic cars going by?
Yes, these things and more seem to always find their way into our little life journeys when my spunky sister, Debbie and my cherished Ant Ellie and I get together........


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Also drank on tap at Churchills Pub, ordered back to back with another Mother Earth ipa (sinister prime minister, possibly made just for Churchills? Name indicates as much I guess). I liked this beer more. Came out a light orange, the color synonymous with awesome hoppy brews. We're off to a good start. Aroma, good dry hopping, a mix of C hops and proprietary I would guess, I think this one had a good citra like contribution. Flowery and dank at the same time.
Taste, wonderful, lots of citrus and tropical fruit, bright hop flavors, very fresh tasting, plenty of green vegetal thoughts going on. This one, unlike sinister prime minister was a hop blast, and at the same time hid the alcohol much better. The malt character was a little lighter, minimal caramel, just a cracker like dry combination with lots of hops. Really good stuff.
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The pros of the cruise; Access from our hotel to the boat, no wait checking in and boarding the ship, the staff was professional, friendly. Our room (2008 with a balcony) was fantastic! - It is at the front of the ship, full sized balcony. Our friends who cruised the same ship a few weeks ago had a totally different review (They had the unruly spring breakers) and their balcony was in the back of the ship. We did not feel the wind at all from our balcony, I will always try for the front of the ship when booking from now on. The Windjammer - typical buffet food (same on the Allure), nothing special, but it was tasty and filled your belly. the Tides restaurant was great. The lobster night was excellent! Nice size lobster and as many as you could eat (I had 3). We ate at Chops the last night and, WOW! nice atmosphere, GREAT food, GREAT service. Entertainment: We went to all the shows, nicely done, entertaining. Watched two movies - it was a nice theater.
Cons of the cruise: The smell of raw sewage in our room from time to time was really the only con of the cruise.
Cost of alcohol was outrageous!
only one midnight buffet. Food after midnight consisted of cardboard pizza that was horrible.
Excursions: We chose the mayan ruins through Royal caribbean. The guide was great. But the time was very limited. We did get to see the country side which was nice. Our guide Jesus Rivera was fantastic!
If you can, do some excursions on your own. You'll find you have more time, save alot more $$ and not feel rushed.
All-in-all, This was a better cruise than being on the Allure to me. Much more relaxed, and calm. The Allure was fantastic..... but I enjoyed the Jewel of the sea.


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In April of 2010 I tore my left labrum (not my labia...that just stretches). I had planned on climbing like a demon all spring season, and I had a free pass to do so — my wife was off dancing in NYC for 6 weeks. The shoulder kept me on the forced rest injured list, so I started searching for new routes in the Wasatch (i.e. ripping clothes and transporting ticks). One lucky day I found this route.
Rainbows and Waterfalls!
On the east side of West Bell Tower, approx. 70 feet left of The Sting. Hike up the Bells Canyon trail (the 9400 So. approach is best). After the stairmaster (long, steep, rocky section of trail) cut left behind the large fir tree just after the spring, to the waterfall trail. Stay on the south side of the creek on a climbers trail paralleling the creek until above the waterfall's plunge. Hop across on rocks (pump your water here for a lighter pack) and head slightly east and then north to the old timers camp at a flat spot/ fire-ring overlooking the SLC valley. From here head east up slope, intentionally not going directly north toward the West Bell Tower. A beat in trail exists and is now well traveled, but it does weave a bit around boulders and scrub oak and could be tough to stick to. If you find it, it will put you directly between The Sting and Ring That Bell. Realistically you'll likely suffer a bushwhack on the way in and a stroll on the way out...:)
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The bubble burst for the Virginia men's basketball team Sunday, as the Cavaliers were not selected for the NCAA tournament.
Instead - the 'Hoos are now the #1 seed in the NIT and will host Norfolk State Tuesday at John Paul Jones Arena.
UVA had been hoping for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, after losing 75-56 against NC State in the second round of the ACC tournament Friday.
The Cavaliers finished the regular season with 21 wins, and went 11-7 in the ACC.
James Madison earned an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament after winning the CAA conference tournament.
JMU (20-14, 11-7 CAA) will take on LIU-Brooklyn (20-13, 13-6 Northeast) in one of the first round games Tuesday or Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio.
The winner of that game will take on #1 seed Indiana in Dayton in the 2nd round.
Liberty (15-20, 6-10 Big South) earned an automatic bid by winning the Big South Conference tournament.
The Flames will also play in one of the first round games, as they take on North Carolina A&T (19-16, 8-8 MEAC) in Dayton.
The winner of that game will face #1 overall seed Louisville in Lexington, Kentucky.
VCU (26-8, 12-4 Atlantic 10) received an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament.
The Rams are the 5-seed in the South Region, and will face 12-seed Akron (26-6, 14-2) Friday in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Louisville, Kansas, Indiana, and Gonzaga are the #1 seeds.
The ACC received four bids to the NCAA tournament.
Duke is the 2-seed in the Midwest, and will face Albany in the 2nd round.
North Carolina is the 8-seed in the South, and will take on 9-seed Villanova.
NC State is the 8-seed in the East.
The Wolfpack drew 9-seed Temple for their opening game.
Miami is the 2-seed in the East Regional, and the ACC champions will take on 15-seed Pacific Friday in Austin.
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I am trying to make a file upload progress bar using PHP's PECL uploadprogress extension and AJAX. I found a little tutorial on how to do this using jQuery, and their methodology was to attach a listener to the submit event on the form containing the file to be uploaded, and this listener would fire periodic AJAX requests to a server-side script containing progress data and then update a progress bar. However, I cannot get any AJAX requests to work once the page has begun unloading.
I made a simple example to demonstrate this situation. Suppose I have an HTML file, a.html:
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function doThis(){ var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.onreadystatechange = function(){ if(req.readyState==4){ alert("Response Text: "+req.responseText+"\n\nStatus: "+req.status+" ("+req.statusText+")"); } } req.open("GET", "foo.txt", true); req.send(null); }
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LEOMINSTER -- The city's Energy Committee is hiring a consultant to help negotiate a purchase agreement for solar energy, chairman Joanne DiNardo said.
"We are bringing a person on to muddle through the process," DiNardo said. "To offset some of our power and lower our rates."
The city could pick a solar firm by the end of March, she said.
The deal to buy electricity from a solar energy producer could be as long as 20 years at a fixed rate, DiNardo said.
She and the committee have talked with an estimated 20 solar developers searching for an acceptable deal.
The city uses about 12 megawatts, and solar companies have been approaching DiNardo for about four years trying to woo the city's business.
The committee has moved slowly in order to avoid mistakes that could last decades.
Committee members have been educating themselves on state regulations surrounding solar energy taxation that could affect the city.
"We're very slow and methodical in what we do because we don't want to make mistakes," DiNardo said. "Research, research, research but do it right."
There were so many companies in the solar industry that that city took a step back at one point to see how the industry would shake out, said Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella.
"Now we're ready for this net metering part of it," he said.
Net metering is the excess energy production a solar plant has after providing for the user that is then sold into the electricity grid which saves the user money, according to GetSolar.com
A developer will have to build a solar park to meet the city's energy needs, but it won't necessarily be in the city limits, DiNardo said.
The committee has hired Beacon Integrated Solutions, which represents municipalities and companies working with developers to implement custom energy efficiency and renewable energy plans, said Managing Director Beth S. Greenblatt.
"Our goal is to help our clients make smart decisions," she said.
The firm can help pick a firm then structure a contract designed to limit the city's financial risk, Greenblatt said.
DiNardo's committee has whittled the list to a couple of firms for Greenblatt's firm to review.
"There are various structures that many of these solar firms off to municipalities, Greenblatt said.
Regulatory and legislative initiatives in recent years have helped boost the solar business and more companies are locating in the state, Greenblatt said.
Improved efficiency of the equipment has helped decrease costs, but Greenblatt doesn't expect them to continue falling.
The cost to establish solar energy purchasing and the ultimate savings have not been worked out yet, DiNardo said.
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Three Blockbuster stores avoid axe list but Chesham shop to go
Updated 11:35am Wednesday 23rd January 2013 in News By James Nadal
THREE out of four of Blockbuster's south Bucks stores have avoided the initial axe list after the firm went into administration.
It has been announced that 129 of the video rental shops across the country will close but those in Marlow, Hazlemere and Beaconsfield have escaped – at least for now.
The store in Chesham, which was already due to shut before administrators were called in, is definitely going.
In total there are about 20 staff at these four Bucks Blockbuster stores.
Deloitte, which is handling the administration process, said further closures may be made in coming weeks.
It is currently reviewing the profitability of the store portfolio.
Lee Manning, Joint Administrator, added: "Having reviewed the portfolio with management, the store closure plan is an inevitable consequence of having to restructure the company to a profitable core which is capable of being sold.
"We would like to thank the company's employees for their support and professionalism during this difficult time. We are also grateful to the customers for their continued support."
Last week music and video chain HMV also went into administration affecting hundreds of stores and workers nationwide, including those in High Wycombe and an office in Marlow.
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I went for a bright and fun outfit for our day out in Rio. Hot pink Juan Carlos Obando and neon yellow Louboutins!
We visited The Cristo Redentor, which is a statue of Jesus and is the largest Art Deco statue in the world! We had the best time sight seeing, eating amazing food and taking in everything Rio has to offer. An unforgettable trip!


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CONTACT: Deletta Dean, 816-513-3220
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 4, 2012
City's Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund hosts workshops
Applications for fiscal year 2013-14 funding due Oct. 15
Organizations interested in applying for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 reimbursable grants from the City of Kansas City, Mo., Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund (NTDF) are strongly encouraged to attend the annual informational workshops, as some requirements have changed from last year. The City will host six workshops, one in each City Council district:
Saturday, Sept. 8, 10 a.m. to noon
Third District: Robert J. Mohart Multipurpose Center – Auditorium
3200 Wayne Ave.
Monday, Sept. 10, 10 a.m. to noon
Fifth District: Southeast Community Center
4201 E. 63rd St.
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2-4 p.m.
Second District: Northland Cathedral
101 N.W. 99th St., Room F8 (Park in the main parking lot and enter through the main canopy)
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 6-8 p.m.
First District: Northland Neighborhoods, Inc.
3015 N.E. Vivion Road
Thursday, Sept. 13, 6-8 p.m.
Sixth District: Baptiste Educational Center
5401 E. 103rd St.
Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to noon
Fourth District: Westport Roanoke Community Center
3601 Roanoke Road
Organizations that attend will receive an application packet with the new NTDF eligibility and funding applications. Please note that old applications will not be accepted at the annual deadline.
Workshop topics include:
- Purpose of the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund
- New eligibility requirements
- New funding requirements
- Documentation required for consideration
- Tips on preparing successful applications
- Contract compliance
- Reimbursement process
Organizations wishing to apply for a grant must host cultural, social, ethnic, historic, educational or recreational activities. In addition, interested organizations must:
- be a non-profit incorporated in the State of Missouri;
- have its registered office in the city limits of Kansas City, Mo.;
- have neighborhood, community, tourism, promotion and development priorities as part of its mission;
- meet the City's requirements for contracting with non-municipal agencies; and
- thoroughly demonstrate that it meets the program's eligibility requirements.
Application packets will be available at the workshop and will be due Monday, Oct. 15.
Applications considered at this time are for activities that will take place during the 2013-14 fiscal year, which begins May 1, 2013 and ends April 30, 2014. Applications are accepted year-round; however, many organizations choose to apply by Oct. 15, as more money is available for this funding cycle.
The Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department manages the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund.
Any person with a disability who desires reasonable accommodation to attend this meeting may contact the City's 311 Action Center at 311 or 816-513-1313, or for TTY, 816-513-1889, or by email at email@example.com.
For more information about the Neighborhood Tourist Development Fund, please contact Barbara O'Shea, Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department, at 816-513-3214.
For media inquiries, please contact Deletta Dean, Neighborhoods and Housing Services Department, at 816-513-3220.


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3 UArts College Credits awarded to all ESLI undergraduate students who complete ESLI!
Participating in the ESL Institute is an excellent way for students interested in the arts or seeking degrees in visual and performing arts to increase their English proficiency through an engaging arts-based ESL curriculum.
The ESL Institute curriculum includes:
- Small classes and personal attention
- Creative and experienced instructors
- Studio art, design, and music lessons
- Classroom practice in oral communication strategies for art, design, and performance studies
- College-level reading and writing assignments focusing on art, design, and performance
- Field trips, social activities and participation in Univesity of the Arts programs and events
2013-14 ESL Institute Program Dates:
Mid-Spring Session 2014 (8 weeks): March 17 - May 12, 2014
Summer Session 2014 (8 weeks): June 23 - August 8, 2014
Fall Session 2014 (15 weeks): August 18 - December 19, 2014
Mid-Fall Session (8 weeks): October 20 - December 19, 2014
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- 8 frozen toaster waffles
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (optional)
- 1/2 pound sliced deli ham
- 1/4 pound Cheddar, thinly sliced
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Place 4 of the waffles on a work surface. Spread one side of each with the mustard (if using).
- Top with the ham, cheese, and remaining waffles. Spread the top of each sandwich with ½ tablespoon of the butter.
- Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the sandwiches, buttered-side up.
- Cook, pressing occasionally with the back of a spatula, until the cheese melts and the waffles are golden, 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
Nutritional Information
- Per Serving
- Calories 439
- Calcium 361mg
- Carbohydrate 28g
- Cholesterol 101mg
- Fat 27g
- Fiber 2g
- Iron 4mg
- Protein 21mg
- Sat Fat 14g
- Sodium 1466mg
What does this mean? See Nutrition 101 .
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Make it a meal: Serve the sandwiches with pickles and carrot sticks.
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"I'm going to 'Lexile' my library this year"
What does this mean? It is possible that it can mean we have resources in the library to help young people connect with reading on the levels they need to. Lexile is considered an educational tool that uses a measure to match readers of all ages with books, articles and other materials. Although students get Lexile measures from tests taken usually in the beginning of the school year, Lexile is not about the test scores or restrictive reading level. Lexile measures are about growing literacy among young adults, and how that's important to a successful life during and after school.
At Messenger we have many books for students to increase their reading abilities and they are easy to find in the library. As many of you have probably noticed, our Resource of this Month is "LEXILE". How do I find the right books to improve my Lexile level? Click on the LEXILE icon on the library web site and follow the detailed instructions. It is helpful to know your Lexile measures, select your interests by which you are looking for particular books and find books in the library catalog you would like to read. It is possible to generate a list of books that have been labeled at the particular Lexile level.
If you need help, stop by the Youth Services Department or Circulation desk and we'll be glad to help you to search the library catalog for Lexile measures.
Happy Reading!
Kindle Library Lending Goes Live
Amazon and library e-book vendor OverDrive announced this morning that their recently announced plan to allow library lending via the Kindle and Kindle app is now live. The service, which will be available at some 11,000 libraries across the U.S. at launch, enables libraries to expand their e-book lending to the nation's most popular e-reading platform. Until today, Kindle had been noticeably absent from library lending, as OverDrive's service worked only with ePub-enabled devices, such as the Sony Reader, the Nook, iPads, and smartphones.
Messenger Public Library in N. Aurora is getting a new server
During its scheduled meeting on August 11, 2011, the Messenger Public Library Board approved the purchase of a new server. This decision was driven by increased instability on the Library Local Area Network (LAN) over a period of several months, caused in large part by aging server equipment. The instability affected not only internal library workflow, but public computer accessibility as well.
This new machine, a Hewlett-Packard DL380, will allow us to retire the oldest of our three current servers, which is entering its second decade of existence, and should go a long way towards facilitating our stated mission of informing, connecting, and enriching the community of North Aurora.
The actual day to install the server and coordinate the work with SIKICH, LLP is August 25, 2011.