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Hey Tom !! What's up? Don't get on here much, maybe I should. Hopes thing are well. Let me know when you are down in south Ga. Love to see ya. I'll be in Nashville around Thanksgiving and Christmas times.
Hey Tom! Thanks for the add, I have been busy drummin' for several projects and also doing art for band's such as logo's and merch. I just did a run for Lucy Angel, they are awesome! If you know anyone who needs merch or logo designs done, I can beat any of these merch companies here in Nashville pricing and quality. Check out my Monster Drummer Designs site that is drummer related tees and promo items. monsterdrummerdesigns.com and Monster Drummer Designs on Face Book. I will set up a Nashville Music Pros page for Monster Drummer as well. Glad to see you are rockin!
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This summer ESI will host 5 high school and undergraduate students as IFREE Summer Scholars. The program is generously sponsored by the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) and the Thomas W. Smith Foundation. In addition to compiling and analyzing data sets from research experiments and working on a team to design a new experiment, the scholars and their mentors, Profs. Jan Osborn and Bart Wilson, will regularly meet as a reading group to discuss Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, F.A. Hayek's The Fatal Conceit, Goethe's Faust, and Denis Dutton's The Art Instinct, as well as papers in experimental economics. The summer fellowship includes room and board in the Chapman residence halls, reimbursement up to $500 for travel expenses, books used in discussions, and a nominal stipend that will be paid at the conclusion of the program.
All applicants must either have participated in the Vernon L. Smith High School Workshop or have taken at least one course from the faculty at ESI at the undergraduate level.
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At this point it is worth noting that my fellow reviewer declared that the Slingshot video had sicker riding than the previously reviewed Ten4. Or, I should correctly say, that he thought the section of the movie featuring Julien Sudrat riding a massive wave day in Cabo Verde (aptly set to music by Sublime), was one of the sickest things he had ever seen. It seems that Sudrat himself is taking a step away from the mainstream competition scene, and is intent on making his mark in the still fairly virginal arena of wave riding. And while I had been impressed with how up-to-date the riding was in Ten4 and enjoyed watching blow-by-blow renditions of Martin Vari's handle passes and all the other sick wake-inspired tricks, nobody with a pulse can deny the pure power and beauty that Sudrat's riding effects on these massive towering waves, further proof that kiting will continue to evolve in at least a dozen directions in the foreseeable future. The rest of the video is dedicated to the mostly US-based core group of Slingshot riders and includes in-the-air kite loops by Jeff Tobias, a 'living the fat life island hopping in a yacht' section, good unhooked action by the likes of Hamish McDonald and Spanish wunderkind Gianni Aragno, a bit of snow kiting, a decent amount of wave riding, and more than enough idiotic entertainment to put most of the Slingshot team in jail if this DVD falls in the hands of the authorities. The soundtrack is excellent ? a good mix of hardcore and mellow vibes, and the film itself is very enjoyable and easy to watch. I give the Slingshot Video an 8.5 too, with even more points subtracted for too much gratuitous idiocy! (I mean, which lunatic came up with the hair-burning game?)
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Principal Vondra Glass Changes Detroit Kids' Lives with Martial Arts
He's helping middle school students at Detroit Premier Academy boost confidence and grades – and tackle bullies, obesity and a rough neighborhood
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Anyone who's dealt with middle school kids knows how hard it can be to get one of them to sit still, pay attention and be quiet – much less a few classrooms' worth of them. But that's exactly the scene inside Detroit Premier Academy two afternoons a week.
In a school gym, rows of children watch raptly as older students shout in unison the martial arts creed they have learned by heart. It's centered around four themes: fortitude, temperance, prudence and justice.
"Set!" calls principal Vondra Glass, who is leading the class – and the students bend their knees, center their weight and lift their fisted hands parallel to the floor. Then legs, hands and arms move in unison, fast as lightning, until Glass yells "Switch!" and they do the same movement from the other side.
Again and again, they practice: bodies flexed like a cat ready to jump, limbs moving like switchblades and voices calling out something that sounds like a cross between a yell and a roar as each move reaches its conclusion.
Then something amazing happens. Glass, who has the quick moves and coiled strength of a longtime martial arts practitioner, goes down the line of students and kicks each one in the solar plexus, hard enough to make some of them say "oof."
It's designed to teach them to take a hit, Glass says – and the martial arts lessons he provides students do just that, in ways that stretch far beyond the cavernous gym and into the hardscrabble neighborhood that surrounds the school on Detroit's northwest side.
While the neighborhood shows signs of investment – a development of stylish new houses sits just across from the school on Tireman Street, and adjacent is the beautiful, sparkling new NFL education center for at-risk kids, a legacy of the Super Bowl XL – these are bright spots amidst the blight. Many of the kids at this charter school come from the neighborhood and are fighting against a society that writes off kids like them before they even get a chance to show what they can do.
The staff at the school, though, isn't going to let that happen – if they have anything to say about it. Posters line the walls, outlining the behavior expected of the kids, and encouraging them to achieve their best. Staff is strict with the kids, but warm and encouraging to them and their families.
One man's quest
Glass joined Detroit Premier Academy in 2000 as an assistant principal at the Warrendale campus, and became principal of the Tireman campus about seven years ago. He started as a math teacher at the University Prep schools in Detroit and moved into special education and then administration there.
He started martial arts at age 7. He lived in a tough part of Southwest Detroit and was frequently getting beaten up by neighborhood bullies; he still has a scar over one eye from one particularly brutal attack. His mother arranged for two neighbors to teach him martial arts in exchange for them hanging their heavy punching bag from a tree in her yard.
Glass went on to compete in martial arts. He wears a black, Japanese-style gi when he teaches. It's decorated with skulls and crossbones, something that seems very much at odds with his calm, quiet demeanor. He explains that when he reached a certain level in his training, his teacher allowed him to design his own gi with a symbol of something that was meaningful to him. In his case, he'd nearly died from an asthma attack while practicing, and the skulls and crossbones are a symbol of his cheating death.
"My gi says that – meeting death on the floor," he says. "The gi tells your story of what got you across."
He believes that teaching his students martial arts can combat a whole host of woes that today's kids face, from bullying to obesity to low academic performance.
"I want them to use this as tool for self-development, because that's how this helped me – to develop myself as a person, to develop myself as a professional and develop that focus and that mental fortitude," he says. "I want them to have the same kind of tools because I grew up in this area – I know what their lives are like."


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American Brokenness: A Lament on Healthcare
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Something about America died this summer. We should grieve its end.
What exactly has passed away? From where progressives sit, that's easy: It's the illusion that the nation could transition easily from conservative governance to liberal.
That idea has been going down hard for weeks as right-wing mobs (often made up of Republican activists subsidized by the insurance industry, posing as concerned members of the grass roots) have fanned out across the nation, trying to disrupt the town hall meetings of Democratic members of Congress.
It took another heavy hit with lurid accusations of government support for euthanasia and the flat-out lie about "Obama's death panels" told by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and echoed by too many crackpots to name.
But the notion that we as a nation could make a civil change in direction finally gave up the ghost when a protester in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, showed up with a pistol strapped to his leg and a sign calling for the refreshment of the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants.
That was a patriotic sentiment in revolutionary times. Now it's just a vile form of sour grapes. That an election went against the conservative movement does not mean that it was unfair, or undemocratic, or oppressive. In this nation, we stick together—win or lose.
But that, I think, leads us to what conservatives have lost.
Year upon year, starting with Rush Limbaugh and only accelerating with Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Ann Coulter, and Michelle Malkin (among many others), conservatives have been told by their thought leaders that the liberal perspective is illegitimate; that it is wrong and dangerous and un-American and evil.
More to the point, they have been told that liberals are not needed. They have been told that the nation would be better off without anyone to the left of Ronald Reagan; that an America with a particular construct of traditional social mores, an adventurous military, and an unfettered corporate capitalism could keep them safe and happy. Liberals, the story goes, only serve to disrupt the good life people could have under a free conservative hand.
This has been a monstrous lie. These promises could never be kept.
We can say, following Buber, that the myth of eliminationism is a delusion; which does not mean that its proponents are deluded, only that "with their speech they breed 'delusion' in their hearers, they spin illusions for them." It is not strictly true that liars believe one thing and say another, as Buber argues. Often enough, as with sexual peccadilloes, this is the case.
But many times, the liars believe the falsehood themselves, or at least half-believes. Phillip Leon writes, "The self-deceiver does not believe... what he says or he would not be a deceiver. He does believe what he says or he would not be deceived. He both believes and does not believe... or he would not be self-deceived." Given the choice between uttering a falsifiable assertion and accepting a truth that does not support their moral and political commitments, they choose the lie every time.
Those are the people who spread the lies. Those who accept them—the recipients of talking points and talk-show smears—are likewise conflicted. As Dave Neiwert notes, this is an unhealthy trait in a modern democracy, and as Fred Clark adds, it's one that takes a great deal of energy to maintain.
To be sure, conservatives are not alone in embracing the false promises of conformity, security, and prosperity. Many liberals cheered on the invasion of Iraq. Many of them invested in the stock market. And yes, liberals know a thing or two about smugness.
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I feel a little guilty just throwing away all those cuttings I have trimmed from my hops, so I put some in water. They all shot out roots and now I have a bunch of little hops that have roots and leaves and no place to grow
I know it's a little late in the season, but if anyone in the Boulder/Denver area wants some hops to get established this year you can come pick them up from me. No, I won't deliver. Yes, you should probably bring something that you can take them home in. Hey, they're free!
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4 Willamette
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And more poking out of the soil that will need to be removed. They seem to root very quickly if you put any part that was under the soil in water.
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Primary: Creek Dog Stout x2, Two Dogs IPA, Grinning Kelpie Wheat
Secondary: empty :(
In Bottles: Belgian Wheat
I'm in the denver englewood area. Would love to come get a couple. Let me know were you are and ill come get.
I thought I'd bump this in case anyone else might want some hops right now. Turbosnail came and got some, I hope they are doing alright in his yard. Until I can convince any more of my friends that they need to grow hops for me I've still got some small plants with plenty of roots that are ready to be planted.
I'm interested in getting some hops started this year but it seems all the commercial folks are done with rhizomes for the season. Unfortunately I'm up in Minnesota. If you'd be interested in trying to ship some I'd pay for the shipping, send me a PM if you want to work something out.
I have clipped some of my hops and stuck them in a bucket of water. So far, they are alive. I will try some of the propagation methods and see how it goes.
If anyone is in the Denver metro, I would be happy to trade Centennial for your varieties (or even give you some starts). I am in SE Aurora.


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Barnes & Noble set to launch the Nook Color 2 on November 7
According to some anonymous sources inside Barnes & Noble, they're set to unveil the Nook Color 2 on November 7. And not a moment too soon, with Amazon's Kindle Fire set to be released later that month.
There aren't a ton of details available on what the new tablet will feature, but expect B&N to aggressively attack Amazon on price and functionality. It's sure to have a deeply-integrated shopping system for getting media onto it, and we'll have to see what other tablety goodness they stick in there. And with the Kindle Fire dropping on November 15th, expect the Nook Color 2 to be released soon after the announcement on the 7th, if not on the 7th. We'll keep you updated.
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An intimate, friendly oasis in the heart Siem Reap. Amazing value guesthouse accommodation and a chance to make a difference. Profits here help a language school: Savong's School.
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DMS Angkor Villa is located in the heart of Siem Reap, a small, friendly, well-managed guest house where each room is simple, clean and has airconditioning, bathroom and hot water. DMS offers free pick-ups from the airport, ferry or bus terminal, and Kemsour and his team can help you plan and organise every aspect of your visit to Siem Reap. And here's a chance to make a difference. Profits from DMS Angkor Villa go to help Savong's School - a language school 30 minutes west of Siem Reap where rural students are offered free language education to help with their career prospects in the region. Ask Kemsour or Savong about spending a day or two teaching here. While the Angkor temples are unmissable, the experience of teaching local students is delightful and utterly unforgettable. They'll welcome you.
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Today, consumers more than ever crave a tasty piece of hamburger meat, according to a new survey by market research firm Technomic.
In 2009, 27 percent of restaurant customers said they preferred to purchase burgers made with Angus beef, compared to 20 percent in 2007, said the Chicago firm, which analyzes restaurant trends. Sirloin burgers are also more popular this year, compared to two years ago.
Even more interesting:Â Even though consumers are dining out less due to the recession, most are willing to pay more for a specialty burger, Technomic's burger report said.
âAmerican consumers take their burgers seriously," said Technomic executive Darren Tristano. "It may be one area of food service where they are less willing to cut back, despite the current economic environment. They expect to pay more for a higher quality, better burger, and are willing to do so because the value proposition is heightened.â
In Orange County, restaurants have been catering to the specialty burger trend for months. Menus, especially those found at fine dining restaurants, are emphasizing fancy burgers.
Fleming's steakhouse in Newport Beach, for example, recently launched a line of gourmet bar burgers. Earlier this year, Salt Creek Grille in Dana Point added Brandt beef to its menu, while Morton's continues to tease diners with its sirloin sliders. The latter cost $5 for three during Happy Hour.
Here are some other highlights from the Technomic report:
One out of three consumers (35 percent) say they will pay more for a burger they consider to be premium. (Economic note: That's down from 45 percent in 2007.)
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Studio, One Queen Bed, Non-SmokingMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
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Situated in Albuquerque, this aparthotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Gruet Winery, University of Phoenix, and Balloon Fiesta Park. Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum and ITT Technical Institute are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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In addition to an indoor pool, Staybridge Suites North - Albuquerque provides a spa tub and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A business center is on site at this 3-star property. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. This business-friendly aparthotel also offers barbecue grills, multilingual staff, and gift shops/newsstands.
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Terror in the Heartland
George Tiller, who was murdered yesterday.
In the wake of the shooting, Operation Rescue, a national anti-abortion organization, has swiftly tried to distance itself from any association with Roeder. Last night, Operation Rescue sealed from public its website's "Tiller Watch" section, which was devoted to, yes, watching Tiller, a Wichita abortion provider who was one of maybe three doctors to perform late-term abortions in the country. Roeder had ostensibly posted comments that may have expressed his hyper-impassioned viewpoints early on. But in a forum that painted Tiller as the ultimate demon in the Pro-Life's jihad, perhaps those comments never registered as beyond the pale.A prescient 2004 Rolling Stone article details Operation Rescue's incendiary tactics (to leave out the standard practices of protests, doctor-stalking, and bullhorn bullying): driving a "Truth Truck" emblazoned with gory pictures of aborted fetuses around idyllic suburbia; mailing postcards to neighbors of clinic employees, calling for their resignation and providing personal contact information; and harassing businesses that associated with anyone working for Tiller's clinic.
Fear-mongering, fostering intolerance, malicious intent—sometimes bloodshed—and an utter refusal to let lie an individual's rights Sounds like a description of an al-Qaeda training camp. The anti-abortion movement even has its own bin Laden in activist Dave Leach, head of Prayer and Action News. "To call this a crime is too simplistic," Leach said of the murder, adding the justification that "there is Christian scripture that would support this." One wonders what Biblical passage would permit Roeder's transgression against the very same God Tiller was worshipping when he was shot to death.


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Game of Thrones stars Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey managed to keep it very family-friendly on their recent Sesame Street appearances.
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Though no one seems to pay attention to Tyrion Lannister's advice on the HBO drama, Dinklage finally got people to listen up as Simon of "Simon Says" — and he did it in song no less!
Headey, on the other hand, did the most un-Cersei Lannister thing possible — she relaxed! The Game of Thrones star helped teach the manic muppet Murray to chill a little bit, all with the power of words.
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Recommendations from the Field
The New York City public schools have dramatically increased the number of students graduating from high school, and the leaders of the school system have ratcheted up the intensity of efforts to prepare more students for post-secondary education and training. Nonetheless, critics accurately point out that the value of the city's diploma is not what many students and families believe it to be. The education policies of Mayor Michael Bloomberg have focused on preparing as many students as possible to meet basic marks of academic proficiency, which is important for moving low-performing students forward to graduation. But an education focused most heavily on the demands of standardized testing is of only limited use in a world where deeper academic preparation and critical thinking are prized by colleges and employers.
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and his top brass have acknowledged this in recent years, with Walcott declaring upon his appointment in 2011 that the city would rework its educational priorities to focus on "making sure all of our children are college-ready and ready for work." The Department of Education has taken important first steps in this direction, beginning an overhaul of the curriculum to incorporate the college-focused Common Core State Standards, providing principals with new data on how their students do after high school, and adding a highly visible college and career readiness grade of "A" through "F" to each high school's annual Progress Report.
The next mayor will have to do more. He or she will bear responsibility for a deeper transformation of the system, one that succeeds at providing students at an earlier age with much stronger reading, writing and analytic skills. Just as important, schools will need to become much more effective at college guidance and life skills training, beginning in middle school, so that students understand their options for education and careers as early as possible. This is important if students are to enter high school prepared and motivated to do higher-level academic work--and if they are to learn exactly what it takes to choose, qualify for and finance the best possible college or career training. Such "college knowledge" takes time and attention to develop.
This will be a big lift given that the great majority of New York City students today enter high school either reading or doing math (or both) below grade level. Yet without these skills, and without the college knowledge students need in order to successfully pursue their education beyond high school, thousands of graduates each year will struggle to achieve economic independence. Until relatively recently, college was reserved for elites--those who had the good fortune to belong to the upper socioeconomic classes, for whom graduating from college was taken for granted--and for the most impressive academic performers in society. The infrastructure to support the "college for all" imperative doesn't yet exist. But New York and other cities are beginning to figure out what has to be done.
The recommendations that follow are intended to provide a basic framework for the next mayoral administration. They draw from extensive interviews and data, and from four years of research conducted by the Center for New York City Affairs in 12 low-income high schools and two middle schools associated with the College Ready Communities initiative, which brought together schools and nonprofit organizations to improve college access, knowledge and preparation for students and communities. Strong, system-wide solutions to these challenges are still very much a work in progress, and we hope these insights spur a much deeper conversation about the development of more effective, college-focused school structures and student supports.
RECOMMENDATION 1: The city Department of Education should institute additional Progress Report measures that identify and reward those schools that are most effective at preparing students for independent work and the demands of college: The department's high-stakes high school Progress Reports are effective in shaping priorities and guiding the work of teachers and entire schools. Although the administration has begun to change its metrics in recent years, the emphasis remains primarily on making sure students pass state-mandated classes and Regents exams so they can graduate. This contributed to the city's impressive graduation gains, but at a cost. "Most of our students are babied and passed along even if they don't meet course requirements," one teacher told us in a survey. The focus is all wrong for college preparation says another: "Too much energy is spent on short-term passing--and not enough energy on long-term college planning." While no one wants to see the graduation rates erode, it is important that the department move toward a more balanced set of incentives. A good first step will be to increase the value of the Progress Report's College and Career Readiness score, which measures important things like college matriculation and the number of students with access to college prep courses. The department should also incorporate "extra credit" for schools that offer a coherent set of opportunities to prepare students for independent learning, including carefully managed internships, senior-year thesis projects, robust writing preparation or extended-day options that give students leadership and work opportunities. The College and Career Readiness grade should recognize and reward schools that do more to offer strong post-secondary preparation for their students.
RECOMMENDATION 2: City Hall and the Department of Education should press the New York State Education Department to allow more "portfolio" high schools, which use different--and potentially better--assessments than the Regents exams: The current Regents testing and accountability models are designed to measure and reward basic academic skills, not long-form writing, effective communication and project-based learning associated with college. While the new Common Core State Standards and assessments may help deal with this problem, they will not address the need to do more original research and long-form writing aligned with the kind of assignments students will actually see in college. Policymakers should pay more attention to the city's "portfolio" high schools, which have been exempted from most Regents exams and instead rely on a richer set of assessments, called "performance-based assessment tasks," which test each student's research, writing, analytical and speaking skills. In the near term, more schools should be allowed to become portfolio schools, so we can see and learn from this approach. (State education officials have actively resisted this.) Over the long term, New York should integrate high-quality portfolio-based teaching and learning into the high school standards.
RECOMMENDATION 3: The Department of Education should develop a system-wide post-secondary counseling curriculum to ensure all students are taught about their college options, how to prepare for college and what to expect in the workforce. Right now, conversation about college and careers is haphazard, at best, in the city's schools. Happily, most students report on the city's annual Learning Environment Survey that their teachers expect them to go to college. Yet students receive little formal training or counseling on the topic until the college application process begins in their junior year--even though a high percentage of city students come from families with little or no experience of higher education. Junior year is far too late to start a serious conversation about the demands of college and employment. Ideally, all New York students would benefit from a series of meaningful, content-rich classes built into their school day that focus on post-secondary options and requirements, beginning in sixth grade. And students' parents should be encouraged to attend workshops and assemblies as well. Students and their families need ample time to absorb the many complicated details they need to make good choices around college and financing.
RECOMMENDATION 4: City Hall and the Department of Education must provide schools with either a full-time, trained college counselor or sufficient outside help from nonprofit partners and other paid providers. Currently, school principals can choose to offer whatever level of college and career guidance they can afford in their school budgets. There are no standards and no monitoring of this work. Nor is there a direct budget line, similar to that for parent coordinators, to guarantee that college guidance is managed by someone in the school. We know from our research that different guidance models, ranging from fully staffed college offices to teacher-led advisories, work for different schools. But in nearly all cases, school staff and their nonprofit partners struggle to adequately meet the demands of first-generation college aspirants and students from low-income and immigrant families. School budgets are tight, and too often schools must lean on a patchwork of volunteers and part-time assistants to help students make decisions about college and get financial aid. City Hall and its education officials should respect the complexity of the college application and career planning process and give students the support of professionally trained college guidance staff. If the city is serious about "college for all," funding for professional counseling is part of the equation.
RECOMMENDATION 5: The Department of Education should help schools harness the nonprofit sector by training staff on how to find effective partners and build strong interorganizational relationships and supporting those relationships with funding. School counselors typically wear many hats and have large caseloads. If they're lucky, they have the time to help their juniors and seniors get through the college application process and fill out the forms necessary to receive basic levels of financial aid. Even this is a big stretch for most counselors. Yet New York City is lucky to have a robust nonprofit and community development sector capable of assisting students with valuable supports and experiences--including college visits, SAT prep, essay writing, financial aid planning and building a "summer bridge" to college--for which guidance counselors have little time. One simple idea is to add a module to the excellent college guidance training currently being offered free to schools by Goddard Riverside Community Center's Options Institute, dedicated to finding and building nonprofit relationships. Other opportunities may also exist through the department's school support organizations or youth development office. Of course, without targeted resources to support them, such relationships are difficult to manage.
RECOMMENDATION 6: The City University of New York must step up and take greater responsibility for improving college graduation rates by greatly expanding its proven, successful but small programs that help students prepare for and succeed in higher education. The end goal of all this work is to increase the number of students completing a marketable college credential. CUNY has a great deal of work to do on this front. Many of its community college diploma rates are in the single digits. Yet the university has a number of excellent academic supports, including the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, or ASAP, which invests about $6,000 per year, per student, in financial, academic and social supports--and in the process, has doubled the completion rate and actually cut the total cost of a two-year degree by 10 percent. CUNY can also brag about terrific programs in the public schools, such as College Now and At Home in College. There is also CUNY Start, a program for incoming community college students who have significant remedial needs. All of these programs should be expanded. In addition, the colleges themselves must be open to a new level of accountability for the success of their students.
As an immediate start, CUNY should provide a user-friendly website with helpful and honest comparisons of its colleges' and programs' graduation rates and other important information that guidance counselors could use and explain to students, like remediation-related exit rates and slots available in support programs like ASAP. Right now, this information is almost impossible to find. This would allow students to think about CUNY more carefully--and would help them make better choices.
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- youchoose1 year, 8 months ago1 Like #1Show comment tools ReplyYou beat me to it :D
- Rambot1 year, 8 months ago #2Show comment tools Replygood deal. tesco does it from time to time and i bought 2 bottles for my next service. forget taking it to a mechanic to just rip me off.
- WEBS881 year, 8 months ago1 Like #3Show comment tools ReplyHOT!
picked up 4 x 2L 5/30w fully synthetic.
with coupons £28.40
- kaku_lala1 year, 8 months ago #4Show comment tools ReplyWant some MAGNATEC 5W30 for Vauxhall Vectra, but there seem to be many variants - A1, A3/B4, C3.
Castrol website oil selector says 5W30 C3 for vauxhall vectra, but I am not sure if Tesco will have the C3.
The image posted by OP shows A1 and A3/B4 but I am not sure about C3 and also the tesco ticket says MAG FORD.
Will go and have a look tomorrow.
Just check haldfords website and they recommend 5W30 A1 or A3/B4 for the Vauxhall. Confused!! oO
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- buckfast67uk1 year, 8 months ago #5Show comment tools ReplyCold
- Simulacra1 year, 8 months ago #6Show comment tools Reply5w-30 full or semi synthetic will be fine for your Vectra.
- WEBS881 year, 8 months ago #7Show comment tools Reply5/30 full A1
- mee1001 year, 8 months ago #8Show comment tools ReplyHey which tesco was this at?
- 118luke1 year, 8 months ago #9Show comment tools Replymee100Hey which tesco was this at?
- gaz123231 year, 8 months ago #10Show comment tools ReplyExcellent deal... picked up 4litres from treforest tesco extra ;)
- dfarrall1 year, 8 months ago #11Show comment tools ReplyFound at my local too, must be nationwide as we never have these offers!
- KERMITZBITZ1 year, 8 months ago #12Show comment tools ReplyAnyone know if it's ok to put fully synthetic in with normal 2 stroke oil for my Vespa PX?
- craig6141 year, 8 months ago #13Show comment tools ReplyDon't mix with two stroke oil.....it's totally different.....you'll knacker the engine.
- TECHSPEC1 year, 7 months ago #14Show comment tools ReplySomeones got a thirsty car. 3 tescos visited - no stock.
- 2troke1 year, 7 months ago #15Show comment tools Replygot some 10w-40w yesterday voted hot
- monty91201 year, 7 months ago #16Show comment tools Replykaku_lalaWant some MAGNATEC 5W30 for Vauxhall Vectra, but there seem to be many variants - A1, A3/B4, C3.
Castrol website oil selector says 5W30 C3 for vauxhall vectra, but I am not sure if Tesco will have the C3.
The image posted by OP shows A1 and A3/B4 but I am not sure about C3 and also the tesco ticket says MAG FORD.
Will go and have a look tomorrow.
Just check haldfords website and they recommend 5W30 A1 or A3/B4 for the Vauxhall. Confused!! oO
c3 is low ash mainly for diesels with particulate filter
- richardp20201 year, 7 months ago #17Show comment tools ReplyThe 4l bottles are really annoying, as most engines need just over that, so you end up buying two bottles. These are perfect for that little extra bit you need and topups.
- TECHSPEC1 year, 7 months ago #18Show comment tools ReplyFound some at a petrol station - happy days. Thanks!
- fightclub1 year, 7 months ago #19Show comment tools ReplyCould only find Tesco own brand in my local store last night.
Is this deal only in their garage/extra stores?
- Goldm1 year, 7 months ago #20Show comment tools ReplyPlenty of stock in Wrexham Tesco Extra


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About Daiichi SankyoThe Daiichi Sankyo Group is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical products to address the diversified, unmet medical needs of patients in both mature and emerging markets. While maintaining its portfolio of marketed pharmaceuticals for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and bacterial infections, the Group is engaged in the development of treatments for thrombotic disorders and focused on the discovery of novel oncology and cardiovascular-metabolic therapies. Furthermore, the Daiichi Sankyo Group has created a "Hybrid Business Model," which will respond to market and customer diversity and optimize growth opportunities across the value chain. For more information, please visit www.daiichisankyo.com. This press release contains statements regarding the clinical trials with tivantinib (ARQ 197) by ArQule and its business partner, Daiichi Sankyo. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of both companies, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Positive information about pre-clinical and early stage clinical trial results does not ensure that later stage or larger scale clinical trials will be successful. For example, tivantinib may not demonstrate a promising therapeutic effect; in addition, it may not demonstrate an appropriate safety profile in current or later stage or larger scale clinical trials as a result of known or as yet unanticipated side effects. The results achieved in later stage trials may not be sufficient to meet applicable regulatory standards or to justify further development. Problems or delays may arise during clinical trials or in the course of developing, testing or manufacturing these compounds that could lead ArQule or its partners to discontinue development. Even if later stage clinical trials are successful, unexpected concerns may arise from analysis of data or from additional data. Obstacles may arise or issues may be identified in connection with review of clinical data with regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities may disagree with ArQule's view of the data or require additional data or information or additional studies. In addition, the planned timing of initiation and completion of clinical trials for tivantinib are subject to the ability of ArQule, Daiichi Sankyo, and Kyowa Hakko Kirin, a licensee of tivantinib, to enroll patients, enter into agreements with clinical trial sites and investigators, and overcome technical hurdles and other issues related to the conduct of the trials for which each of them is responsible. There is a risk that these issues may not be successfully resolved. Drug development involves a high degree of risk. Only a small number of research and development programs result in the commercialization of a product. Positive pre-clinical data may not be supported in later stages of development. Furthermore, ArQule may not have the financial or human resources to successfully pursue drug discovery in the future. Moreover, with respect to partnered programs, even if certain compounds show initial promise, Daiichi Sankyo or Kyowa Hakko Kirin may decide not to license or continue to develop them, as the case may be. In addition, Daiichi Sankyo and Kyowa Hakko Kirin have certain rights to unilaterally terminate their agreements with ArQule. If either company were to do so, ArQule might not be able to complete development and commercialization of the applicable licensed products on its own. For more detailed information on the risks and uncertainties associated with ArQule's drug development and other activities, see ArQule's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Neither ArQule nor Daiichi Sankyo undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements. 1 American Cancer Society. Global Cancer Facts & Figures 2nd Edition. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-027766.pdf. Accessed April 11, 2012. 2 American Cancer Society. Global Cancer Facts & Figures 2nd Edition. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-027766.pdf. Accessed April 11, 2012. 3 American Cancer Society. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003115-pdf.pdf. Accessed April 11, 2012. 4 American Cancer Society. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003115-pdf.pdf. Accessed April 11, 2012.
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Colombian Olympic boxing team to train at Gateshead College ahead of London 2012
10 November 2011
Gateshead College will host the Colombian Olympic boxing team ahead of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, taking the number of training camp deals signed in the UK to more than 100 with around 50% of those involving a Further and/or Higher Education institution.
The team, who recently trained at the newly launched Gateshead College Boxing Academy alongside aspiring young boxers, will prepare for next year's event at the Gateshead International Stadium.
Gateshead College, Gateshead Council and the Amateur Boxing Association (ABA) all collaborated on the Colombian project to bring the boxing team to the College ahead of London 2012.
The three organisations also combined to allow the Colombian athletes to train at the College earlier this year for a short period to test out the world class sporting centre in preparation for the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Azerbaijan.
The College provided facilities for the athletes to train, the council provided the logistical support needed to host a team of seven boxers and two trainers, and the ABA supported the trip as a governing body.
The Colombian boxers trained alongside the colleges 12 academies, most notably, the boxing academy. Students then had the opportunity to work alongside the international athletes, spar with them in the ring and study at first hand how they conduct their training regimes.
Lewis Pendleton, Sport Academy Manager at Gateshead College's Academy for Sport said: "It was a fantastic experience to work with the Colombian boxers earlier this year and I'm looking forward to doing it again. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity for a lot of our students and they will really benefit from the experience.
"The visiting Colombian athletes were really impressed with our facilities and I know they are looking forward to coming back. We've got boxers at the College who aspire to compete in the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, so to be able to work with these athletes at close quarters who could potentially go on to win medals is fantastic.
"We are looking forward to being a part of the London 2012 legacy and inspiring the next generation of young people to compete in future Games."
The Colombian boxers are in good company, with many of the world's top athletes preparing for London 2012 at the UK's colleges and universities. 100m and 200m world record holder, Usain Bolt is training at University of Birmingham and Brunel University, whilst Oscar 'Blade Runner' Pistorius will train at Cardiff with the South African Paralympic squad.
The other colleges and universities involved in the pre Games training camps include:
- The University of Bath will host the ParalympicsGB and the Malaysia National Sports Institute ahead of London 2012.
- Bangor University will host the Chinese Olympic weightlifting team ahead of their preparation for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- The University of Bedfordshire will host Ivory Coast's Paralympic squad.
- The Jamaican track and field team will prepare for the event at the University of Birmingham.
- Bradford College and Bradford University will play host to the National Olympic Committees of Vietnam and Tanzania.
- Bristol University, University of the West of England, and Filton College have established the Bristol-Kenya 2012 partnership, which is an agreement that will see Bristol host the Kenyan Olympic team for pre Games training camps in the build-up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Brunel University will host a number of different nations, teams and athletes for pre Games training camps ahead of London 2012. This includes; the Canadian Paralympics athletics squad and athletes from the Republic of Korea who are competing in judo, taekwondo, swimming, hockey, boxing, fencing, wrestling, handball, badminton and table tennis.
- Cardiff University will be hosting Paralympians from Australia, as well as South Africa. The University has been confirmed as a London 2012 football training venue and it will also host training camps for boxing hopefuls from around the world after being chosen to do so by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA).
- Durham University will host pre Games training camps for the Sri Lankan Olympic team.
- The University of Gloucestershire will host pre Games training camps with Malawi.
- The University of Hertfordshire will host training camps with the British Virgin Islands.
- Nepal's Olympic and Paralympic committees have chosen to use the University of Kent's Canterbury campus as the country's main training base in the lead-up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games:
- Imperial College London will host Japan during Games-time as well as Switzerland's triathletes and open water swimmers.
- The University of Central Lancashire's (UCLan) will host a pre Games training camp for a top Fijian athlete.
- The Chinese Olympic Committee will use the University of Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan University and Bishop Burton College as official European pre Games training bases.
- Loughborough University is seeking more than 1,000 volunteers to help deliver training camps for both Team GB and Japan.
- Manchester Metropolitan University, Cheshire is teaming up with Cheshire East Council to host athletes from the Republic of Vanuatu.
- St Mary's University College, Twickenham will be hosting pre Games training camps for the Chinese endurance squad athletes, as well as Ireland's Olympic squad and the South Africa Olympic squad.
- The University of Sunderland will host athletes from the Caribbean island of Grenada.
- The University of Surrey will host Singaporean athletes for pre Games training camps, as well as top athletes from Nigeria, Estonia and Croatia.
- In addition, the Antigua and Barbuda National Olympic Committee has also signed a deal to stage pre Games training camps at the University of Surrey.
- The University of Warwick's London 2012 preparations will see the venue become a training place for international football teams competing.
- The pre Games sailing training camps are taking place at Weymouth College and the Castle Cove Sailing Club. Weymouth is hosting camps for sailing teams from Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
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