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By Matt Mira on July 9, 2011
At 11:29 EST Friday the Space Shuttle Atlantis left Earth for the last time. I was there. I still can't fathom it. It was a long morning, but an amazing experience that I am privileged to tell you about.
The window for launch was about 10 minutes; the chance of having a "go" for launch was 30%. When we left the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, we were told to keep an eye on our Twitter feed to see if weather allowed them to be fueling the tanks. If the tanks were not being fueled, then we weren't launching. I was staying in Orlando, so when my alarm went off at 2:57am (I have a weird OCD thing about waking up on 5's or 0's), I immediately checked my Twitter feed and saw that the tanks had been filled, then headed out on the 45 minute (without traffic) drive to Kennedy Space Center.
The morning was full of speakers and a crazy desire for coffee. The tent was still air-conditioned, which is necessary in Florida, even at 5 in the morning. The one nice thing about the humidity in Florida is that I found breathing the air to be an excellent alternative to drinking water. I was never thirsty this whole time.
Perhaps one of the cooler parts of the morning's itinerary was being able to walk up to the road and wave to the AstroVan (The Airstream Van that brings astronauts to the launch pad). This sounds corny, but as I saw the security helicopter approach and then the Airstream coming down the road behind them, I couldn't help but remember all the footage I used to watch of the Apollo astronauts waving as they entered the AstroVan. The van stopped in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building to drop of the Flight Director.
And if we had any questions, we could just turn and ask an astronaut! Tony Antonelli, Pilot for STS-119 (Discovery) and STS-132 (Atlantis):
When we got back to the tent, we were greeted by another special guest: Robert Crippen, Pilot of STS-1, the very first flight of the Space Shuttle, that he flew along with Gemini and Apollo veteran John Young. There were only 2 crew members on that one because there wasn't room for anymore ejector seats.
Robert explained to us his experiences on the shuttle, and why he eventually hung up his space boots and left the astronaut corps to become the director of the Kennedy Space Center. His reasoning was thoughtful, explaining that after Challenger broke up, he thought the director should be a former astronaut, someone acutely aware of the dangers of space flight. That former astronaut wound up being him.
By that time we broke for some coffee and "breakfast" at the NASA cafeteria. When I asked why the food wasn't "the best I've had," Tracy Thumm of the International Space Station Science office in Houston (perhaps more importantly, she and her husband are loyal listeners of the Nerdist podcast), explained, "It may be NASA, but in the end it's still a U.S. Government-run cafeteria." It all made sense after that, as did every meal I've ever had at a public school.
After breakfast it was time to take our places for the launch.
With the launch go for 11:26, we got into position. I moved in front of the grandstands; I don't know if they were the same grandstands that Lyndon Johnson watched Apollo 11 lift off from, but in my head it was.
At T-00:00:31, the countdown held. No one knew what was going on, just that the countdown held. The launch window was until 11:34. We all waited anxiously…. not quite sure if Atlantis would make her launch window. Then, after 3 minutes of waiting, I finally saw a plume of steam form from the water deluge system….
I was insanely excited when I saw this. Choosing between the camera lens and the naked eye was the most difficult decision of the day. I flipped the Canon to "sport" and started snapping.
The glow of the boosters on the steam from the water deluge system can be seen on the next picture:
Then it cleared the tower:
The color of the engine flames is unbelievable. I cant even describe the color. The camera doesn't capture it because it's too bright. The closest thing I can come up with is a welding torch with no mask on and about 50 times brighter… By this time we still hadn't heard the shuttle, and we didn't hear it until about here:
The sound was incredible. It pounds you in the chest. The concussion of the sound waves is exhilarating. As the sound passed over, it kind of dawned on me that this was the last time the shuttle would ever fly. It went up and up. It entered the clouds:
And just like that…. It was out of sight. It was right around that point when I began to well up with tears. Then they began coming out: I cried. I don't know if it was the awesomeness of the moment, the thought that this was the culmination of my adolescent obsession with space and the space program, or, more troubling, if I was crying because part of me thought this was the end of American-financed manned space flight.
The International Space Station sits above the earth, and American astronauts will be on board. However, if we are going to get there, we have to hitch a ride on the Russian Soyuz. Remember the Soyuz? It's been around so long that it actually docked with an Apollo service module in 1975. Like most Russian things, they build things robust, and to last.
I was able to fight back the tears and go into the tent to watch the shuttle separate from the tank on NASA TV.
And then that was it… It happened. The shuttle launched for the last time and I was there to see it. I felt truly honored. People on Twitter were telling me all week how lucky I was and that I was witnessing history. People say that phrase sometimes: "witnessing history." This was the first time I ever really felt that it applied to me personally.
I can't say thank you enough. Thank you to NASA for having the tweet-up; Thank you to Perry for proofreading and editing the site; Of course, thank you to Chris for telling me I was stupid for thinking about not going just so I could stay back and work at the Fruit Stand. And thank you, Nerdist readers, for sitting through 3,000 words about a space nut on vacation in Florida. It was all worth it, even the 5 hours in the car on the 45 minute drive back from KSC.
One last picture…. The shuttle plume continued above the clouds, and cast a shadow at a right angle to the left of the plume. I took this as the security helicopter that led the way for the astronauts to the pad flew by the plume:
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Wow, that looks like such a blast(-off). I was watching the launch from thousands of miles away yesterday, all the way from Canada, and I almost felt like tearing up too. End of an era.
So 'effin cool!!! And Matt, I got teary eyed reading this. You are indeed one lucky man!
That is just too rad…great write up Matt- glad you had a good time and got to see something so awesome. Can't wait to see what you're going to be writing about next (and yes, just reading this made me tear up just a little bit).
Incredible Matt, absolutely incredible. I hope you write more, you're a great writer. This was interesting, I sort of want to follow NASA and it's going ons. Can't wait for you to recant this on a Hostful episode. #MiraBooey
Awestruck! PS….my alarms are set at 4:59am ….you're aren't alone!
I was really hoping to go see this last take-off, but just couldn't make it happen. I'm glad that I can live vicariously through you Matt. Nice write ups all week long, Mira-booey.
Oh, Matt, you are a big ol' bucket of adorable. So glad you got to see this. I watched on television, from where I live in Tampa Bay, and I burst into noisy tears as the shuttle went up. Such an amazing thing to have been able to see it right there, I am sure. I really hope you will talk about it on a Hostful, because this is really a tale worth telling again and again. Thank you for sharing this.
Awesome work, Mira Booey!
Loved, loved, loved this post so much that I'm actually commenting on here for the first time. I'm not usually the commenting kind! So happy you got to be there and loved your story and images.
Thank you for choosing to take pictures – those are incredible.
Glad you were able to experience this, and stay hydrated through osmosis all at once. How lucky are you? -
Matt – that was some mighty fine bloggering you did there and I enjoyed reading it. I know it's awesome to see and it's an end of an era and all that, but what a lot of people are overlooking is the fact that in a few days all these people are going to out of work. In it's heydy the shuttle program employeed over 30,000 people and over the last few years they have all been getting let go. A lot of them Big C's age and older are still out of work 2, 3 even 6 years later. In roughly 50 years we have seen the beginning and the end of the space program.
Anyway, I look forward to reading future bloggerings by you from the frontlines when Skynet eventually attacks…..#MiraBooey -
Great write-up Matt! And great photos too. You are so lucky to have been there. I got emotional several times myself during the coverage.
I was a total space nerd growing up as well. I had this awesome cut-away poster of the shuttle on my wall and I used to make shuttle-shaped paper gliders and drop them on my sisters' heads. I even got to go to Space Camp when I was 15. First time away from home on my own, seeing so much cool stuff… it was the highlight of my young life. You should seriously look into the adult Space Camp.
I know exactly how you were feeling. While I grew up in Marblehead (as we reminisced at NerdMelt last week), I spent the first 11 years of my life in South Florida, 3 hours away from the KSC but still close enough to get a spectacular show every time a shuttle went up. It really is an unforgettable sight, and I'm glad you were able to experience the final one and share it with everyone. Here's hoping that NASA, SpaceX, and other companies all over the country give us all something equally spectacular in the next few years.
You lucky, lucky guy.
I can only imagine what it must have felt like to stand there watching the shuttle soundlessly leaving the planet. I know for a fact that I would have cried right there, no matter how many people would be there to see it…Lucky guy.
I really enjoyed reading your posts about this experience and I hope you will start blogging a lot more in the future, keep us informed about space stuff and anything else you think would even just amuse one reader out there. Just one amused reader and you succeeded!Keep at it Mira!
Jessie – you weren't the only one to "…burst into noisy tears as the shuttle went up…" I was right there with you. And so, apparently, was Matt.
Matt, you did a great job with recording this event for the site – it was a joy to read. The pictures are wonderful.
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The killer: thousand cankers disease. The victim: native black walnuts. The speaker: Steve Seybold.
Seybold (right), a research entomologist with the Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, will speak on "Walnut Twig Beetle and Thousand Cankers Disease: Characterizing an Emergent Threat to Forest and Agroecosystems in North America" at a noonhour seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology. It will take place from 12:10 to 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 19 in 122 Briggs Hall on Kleiber Drive.
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Thousand cankers disease is a newly discovered disease that is becoming a "significant problem" in California and seven other western states and could very well spread throughout the United States, researchers say.
"Thousand cankers disease, caused by a newly described fungus spread by the tiny walnut beetle, has been detected in 15 California counties from Sutter County to Los Angeles," said Seybold, a chemical ecologist and affiliate of the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
How can a tiny little beetle fell a mighty tree? When it's associated with a specific fungus, a newly described fungus that's so new it has no name.
When it tunnels into the wood, the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis) carries the fungus (proposed name of Geosmithia morbida) with it. Often the first symptoms of the disease are flagging and yellowing leaves and branch dieback. Affected branches show sap staining and pinhole-sized beetle holes. Peel back the bark and you'll see dark stains caused by the fungus.To date, the disease has been found in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Washington as well as California.
"The potential spread of the disease to the eastern United States is now of great concern, especially through movement of infested/infected raw wood and firewood," Seybold said.
The walnut twig beetle, believed to be native to Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Mexico, was first collected in Los Angeles County more than 50 years ago.
The disease was first noticed in canker-riddled black walnuts in Utah and Oregon in the early 1990s, but scientists attributed that to environmental stress. In 2006, plant pathologist Ned Tisserat and entomologist Whitney Cranshaw of Colorado State University identified the pathogen and characterized its association with the beetle in declining black walnut trees in central Colorado.
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By itself, it can't. But when it's associated with a specific fungus that hitchhikes on the beetle, we're talking serious problems.
A fungus from the genus Geosmithia is hitchhiking on the walnut twig beetle and together they are killing black walnut trees in California and seven other Western states. The disease has been tabbed "Thousand Cankers Disease" because of the cankers left behind.
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Entomologist Steve Seybold of the Davis-based Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, and an affiliate of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, said it's a hard time for hardwoods. Another speaker, entomologist Andrew Graves of the UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology, described some of the cankers as "enormous."
"If you peel back the bark, you'll see the well-developed beetle galleries and blotches of fungal-stained wood and bark that look like a thousand cankers," Graves said. "The cankers widen and girdle twigs and branches, resulting in die back of the tree crown."
Seybold and Graves are among the researchers studying the disease and the one-two punch packed by the tiny walnut twig beetle and the yet undescribed fungus from the genus Geosmithia.
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-1/2 red onion
-1 boneless skinless chicken breast, pounded to an even thickness
-1 Tbsp olive oil
-2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
-garlic powder
-salt and pepper to taste
-fresh basil for garnish
First, thinly chop 1/2 of a red onion. Remove the stem, seeds and ribs of the red and green peppers. Chop into thin slices.
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Pound one chicken breast to an even thickness and season with salt, pepper and garlic powder on both sides. Heat a grill pan over medium-high heat and spray with a non-stick spray. Grill the chicken breast for 2-3 minutes per side. Set aside until cool. Thinly slice.
In a saucepan, heat 1 Tbsp olive oil and saute the peppers and red onion until soft.
Follow the can's directions and bake the crust for 3-5 minutes before adding the toppings at 400 degrees. Using a parchment paper is my best tip for baking pizza's...it makes it easier to handle and they won't stick! If you have a pizza stone, I recommend using that as well! It will help the thin crust crisp-up.
Take the pizza crust out of the oven and top with the chicken, peppers, onions and 2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese. Bake for another 10-15 minutes until the cheese is melted the edges are browned!
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It's A Two-Way Street, Pat
In this morning's Inquirer Pat repeats for the umpteenth time local sports stereotype numero uno, Philadelphia fans are insufferable and unforgiving. Nothing pleases them. It's a very tired story by this point especially coming from Burrell on the eve of a new season.
Pat had a terrific season in 2005, tying for second in the NL for rbi's. Apparently, that achievement was insufficiently acknowledged from his perspective, lost, he admits, in the accomplishments of teammates Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins and Bobby Abreu.
Speaking to the Inquirer's Jim Salisbury Burrell said, "'I'm never going to be good enough here. It doesn't bother me. That's just the way it is. It's the nature of the city. They obviously want the best out of everybody.'"
It's the "nature of the city"? Is there a problem with wanting the best? Would a couple of consecutive seasons of productivity do the trick?
After his breakout year in 2002 during which he hit .282 with 116 rbi's and 37 home runs, Burrell signed a six-year $50 million contract with the Phils. The next two years saw his overall output plunge as he hit .209 and .257. From that perspective, last year was the first time in three seasons he produced numbers equal to those of his best season.
In the end, however, this isn't really a story about numbers. Burrell has kept the fans and the media at arm's length almost from the beginning. His relationship with both could only be described as prickly. At least once or twice a season Burrell can be counted on to take his shots at one or both constituencies. Compare his attitude to that of Utley or Howard, both of whom have been embraced by the fans. Better yet, compare Burrell's standoffishness to Rollins, who has been maddeningly inconsistent at times and the brunt of much fan frustration. In the end, Rollins signed a new long-term contract and the fans embraced him. He is a fan favorite.
Philadelphia is used to moody, emotionally distant sports figures, but these have consistently produced. More to the point, they have acknowledged the fans. Burrell could take a few notes. It's a two-way street, Pat.


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Okanogan Douglas District Hospital Levy Increase (August 2011)
From Ballotpedia
An Okanogan Douglas District Hospital Levy Increase measure was on the August 16, 2011 ballot in Douglas and Okanogan Counties.
This measure was approved in both counties
This measure sought to increase the current hospital district levy by a rate of $.63 per $1,000 of assessed property value for one year in order to help pay for operational and maintenance costs of the hospital district.[2]
Text of measure
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The Commission of Public Hospital District No. 1 Okanogan and Douglas Counties, Washington (Okanogan Douglas District Hospital) adopted Resolution No. 1-2011 concerning a proposition to increase the District's regular property tax levy. This proposition would authorize the District to increase its regular property tax levy to a dollar rate of not to exceed $0.63 per $1,000 of assessed value for collection in 2012 ($0.35 increase over the 2011 rate) to pay the District's operations and maintenance expenses for health care facilities and services. The 2012 levy amount will be used to calculate subsequent levy limits.[3] |
- ↑ Douglas County Elections, Combined August County Results
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quote:all everyone talks about is how much talent dallas has... who do they think gets that talent there?
quote:fair point and he should act like a GM if he wants to do just that
quote:A friend of mine who works for the Saints and runs a couple of their outreach programs called her unstable. Said she's nuttier than Planters. Take it FWIW.
quote:this is correct. she's HATED by almost everyone on 500 AIRLINE especially gail benson. driveman's sources tell him she's a huge brat and has had 20+ interns in the past few years and have fired all of them (or have them quit on her). one day she berated one of them and made her cry and quit because she didn't make her smoothie/eggs right that morning. when the story about her getting suspended a few months ago, drivesource told him she had been suspended months before that and he was a little shocked it was just getting out. the team is in dennis lauchsa's HANDS DRIVEMAN OUT
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quote:This is a good place to ask this.
quote:Most of the public, including you and I seek out information that confirms our bias.
quote: Which is what I am eluding to when I say this board is a great place to ask this.
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Hi. I'm Sarah with Woman's Day. And this is Laurie.
Toy Insider Mom. Hey Sarah. Good to see you.
Great to see you. Guess what everything on this table has in common?
It all looked super fun.
Super fun. And Wheels or Wings.
Very cool.
So we want to engage our kids. In fact, I just came in on my white Flicker. Lots of fun, keeps me active. It's a 3 wheeled scooter and I just used my body's momentum to keep it going. It's so much fun.
That sounds great. It sounds safe too with the 3 wheels.
And it is safe but of course should be wearing a helmet.
Great. Of course--
Okay. This is our Sesame Street Fire Engine. I have to push the button.
Go for it.
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Oh, Elmo.
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There are 15 different phrases in here, 13 buttons for them to choose. So lots of fun and a great grow-with-me toy.
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It is a big year for Cinderella. Just added the [unknown] we haven't seen in a long time. You're gonna see tons of Cinderella but I love this. This is our transforming pumpkin. It will transform into a beautiful coach. Hold the string.
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Just pop up. We attach our horse and off she goes.
That's neat. That is so fun, I love it, perfect for a little girl.
And you already told me that you love this, right?
I love fairies, who doesn't?
Okay. This is from the Wings Club. And this is Blue, she comes all the way from the mystical dimension of magics.
This is her transformation station so we give her a spin and pops her wings on and then we fly off with her.
Amazing. I love Fifteen music too.
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The kids actually get to experience flying from take off to flying to landing. They could play this alone, they could play it with their friends and they just keep getting better and better. So, this is Air Hugs Battle Tracker. So I'm just gonna turn a few things on.
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Meeting Notes - April 14, 2002
A conference report summarizing panel discussions held on September 10, 2001, and co-organized by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the International Peace Academy [now International Peace Institute] on the intersection between the economic dimensions of conflict and prospects for developing policy approaches to address the political economy of violent conflict.
Policy Papers - March 14, 2002
Sustainable Peace as Democratization: The Experiences of Haiti and Guatemala
Drawing upon the experience of international attempts to build lasting peace in Haiti and Guatemala, and also upon IPI's research and facilitation work in Haiti, the report offers some conclusions regarding the circumstances under which democratization and peacebuilding can become mutually reinforcing in fragile societies.
Meeting Notes - March 14, 2002
Toward a Pax West Africana: Building Peace in a Troubled Sub-region
A report on the IPA-ECOWAS September 27-29, 2001, Abuja Seminar exploring the development of ECOWAS's regional mechanism for security and development in West Africa.
Policy Papers - January 14, 2002
From Promise to Practice: Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Violent Conflict
A report from the Project on Prevention, drawing out central lessons for the UN and other preventive actors from case studies on Kenya, Fiji, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Burundi, Georgia, East Timor, Liberia, and Colombia.
Books - December 15, 2001
Sierra Leone: Diamonds and the Struggle for Democracy
Sierra Leone's bitter experience with civil war garnered international attention only after the May 1997 coup, though the conflict between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and successive governments has raged for at least a decade against the backdrop of more than three decades of progressive state collapse.
Meeting Notes - December 13, 2001
Managing Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding
The Second Working Group on 'Managing Security Challenges in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding', part of the International Peace Academy's multi-year research project UN, NATO and Regional Actors in the 21st Century: Partners in Peace?, met in Ottawa on 21-23 June 2001.
Books - October 19, 2001
Toward Peace in Bosnia: Implementing the Dayton Accords
When the Dayton peace agreement was signed in 1995, there were expectations among the signatories, the Bosnian population, and the international community alike that the pact would not only end conflict among Bosnia's three armies, but also establish a political and social foundation for more robust peace.
Meeting Notes - October 14, 2001
Regional Approaches to Conflict Management in Africa
This report presents a summary of the presentations and discussions during a meeting of the UN Security Council, members of the UN Secretariat, and a select group of experts on conflict management efforts in Africa held on August 8, 2001.
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Towards Comprehensive Peacebuilding
Based on IPA [now IPI] 2001 New York Seminar, May 7-10, 2001.
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Self-Determination in East Timor: The United Nations, the Ballot, and International Intervention
This unique inside account traces events in East Timor from the negotiations that led to the May 1999 agreements among Indonesia, Portugal, and the United Nations to the mandating of international intervention to check the violence that wracked the country following the elections.
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Why EMC (EMC) Stock Is falling Today
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- EMC (EMC - Get Report) was falling 1.1% to $26.63 in following the recent downgrade of data storage competitor NetApp (NTAP).
UBS (UBS) downgraded NetApp to "neutral" from "buy," saying "The outlook for storage spending continues to look mediocre as users pause and consider their alternatives. Although there still may be a storage upgrade cycle coming, we don't see it in our recent survey work and NetApp faces rising competition from start-ups as well as the cloud."
According to Seeking Alpha, EMC investors are concerned about the firm's commentary about NetApp.
Must read: Warren Buffett's 10 Favorite Growth Stocks
STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. TheStreet Ratings team rates EMC CORP/MA as a Buy with a ratings score of A-. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate EMC CORP/MA (EMC) a BUY. This is based on the convergence of positive investment measures, which should help this stock outperform the majority of stocks that we rate. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and increase in net income. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:- EMC's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 4.7%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 10.8%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- EMC CORP/MA has improved earnings per share by 23.1% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, EMC CORP/MA increased its bottom line by earning $1.33 versus $1.23 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($1.95 versus $1.33).
- Net operating cash flow has increased to $2,190.00 million or 15.30% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of -4.16%.
- The stock has risen over the past year as investors have generally rewarded the company for its earnings growth and other positive factors like the ones we have cited in this report. Looking ahead, the stock's rise over the last year has already helped drive it to a level which is relatively expensive compared to the rest of its industry. We feel, however, that the other strengths this company displays justify these higher price levels.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the Computers & Peripherals industry average, but is less than that of the S&P 500. The net income increased by 17.5% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $869.92 million to $1,022.00 million.
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Screening: January 29, 2012
Les femmes du 6ème étage /The Women on the 6th FloorPhilippe le Guay2010 / 104 min. Click here to watch the trailer and find more information on the film. This film will be introduced by Dr. Jeffrey Bersett (Associate Professor of Spanish). |
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A Parisian captain of industry learns that there's much more to life than turning a profit in Philippe Le Guay's charming movie about friendship across class and language divides. Set in 1962, The Women on the 6th Floor centers on the transformation of third-generation stockbroker Jean- Louis, husband of a brittle, insecure woman from the provinces and father of two boarding-school brats. The self-centered businessman starts to discover his altruistic side after he's made aware of the inferior plumbing and other, graver hardships endured by the half-dozen Spanish maids, refugees from Franco's regime, who live above him. Among the sextet is recent arrival María, who stirs deep compassion in Jean-Louis, her new employer, with her stories of working 15 hours a day as a teenager at a tobacco factory back home. The kindnesses Jean-Louis bestows on his new amigas, led by the marvelous veteran Spanish actress Carmen Maura, do not go unreciprocated: they introduce to him to many Iberian pleasures, including paella, Malaga wine, and coplas.


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McLarens Jenson Button always wanted to win the Japanese race at Suzuka, and on Sunday afternoon he finally did so in dominant style after early leader Sebastian Vettel ran into tyre wear. But third place for the 24 year-old German, separated from Button by Ferraris Fernando Alonso, was sufficient to clinch him a second consecutive world championship.
Vettel had taken the lead from the start, leaving Button fuming as he was squeezed on to the grass by the Red Bull driver and lost second as McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton went round the outside. Hamiltons race was soon compromised by a right-rear puncture, however, and he was obliged to pit on Lap Eight.
Vettel, however, pitted only a lap later, followed next time round by Button, Alonso and Red Bulls Mark Webber. Tyre wear would prove a highly significant factor.
Vettel continued to lead until his second stop on the 19th lap. Once again Button stopped a lap later, but this time he was able to regain the track ahead of Vettel and thus was the races final pattern set.
A safety car intervention on Lap 24 appeared to throw Vettel a lifeline as debris was cleared from the chicane following an earlier collision between Hamilton and Ferraris Felipe Massa. The stewards investigated that and decided, as they had after looking at Vettels opening move, that there was nothing irregular in either incident.
When the track went green on Lap 28 Button backed up the field going to the chicane then sprinted ahead, and steadily built an advantage again, as Vettel fell prey to a hungry Alonso as the Spaniard ran four laps longer before making his third and final stop to switch to the medium Pirelli tyres.
The closing stages were a straight fight between these three, and between Laps 48 and 50 Alonso slashed Buttons 4.8s advantage to a mere second before Button opened the gap up again. The delighted Englishman was 1.1s ahead by the flag despite a last-lap near-miss as he lapped Tonio Liuzzis HRT, and Vettel ended up 0.8s further back.
In a race notable for just one retirement - Sebastien Buemis Toro Rosso stopped on Lap 12 after the right-front wheel had been improperly secured - and for the laps that Michael Schumacher led for Mercedes by staying out longer as others pitted on Laps 39 to 41, it was Webber who took fourth comfortably ahead of the recovering Hamilton, who led home Schumacher and Massa. Toro Rosso were subsequently fined 5,000 for their Bumei pit-stop mishap.
Sergio Perez drove a brilliant race for Sauber to take eighth place after a race-long fight with team mate Kamui Kobayashi and the Force Indias. The Mexican was closing on Massa by the finish and was well clear as Renaults Vitaly Petrov duelled his way to ninth ahead of Nico Rosberg, who had a great run from the back of the grid in his Mercedes.
Adrian Sutil was chasing Perez near the end before a brief off dropped him back, and he took 11th ahead of Force India team mate Paul di Resta, who finished with Kobayashi, Williams Pastor Maldonado and Toro Rossos Jaime Alguersuari right on his tail after a fierce multi-car battle.
Bruno Senna got squeezed wide in Turn Two at the start and never featured, finishing 16th in the second Renault ahead of the duelling Lotuses of Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli.
Behind them, Jerome DAmbrosio and Timo Glock had a race-long scrap in their Virgins two laps down, with the German finally getting the verdict by just 1.2s and HRTs Daniel Ricciardo only 2.4s further back after a never-say-die run. Liuzzis HRT never ran as well as his team mates, after all his practice and qualifying dramas, and he finished three laps down in 23rd.
So Sebastian Vettel is world champion again, and the youngest-ever back-to-back winner. To win the world championship here is fantastic, and there are so many things I want to say in this moment but its hard to remember all of them, he said.
I am so thankful to everyone in the team, both here at the track and at Milton Keynes, to be able to fight for the championship and find ourselves in a very strong position. It was great to achieve the goal we set ourselves already, with four races left.
He has 324 points to Buttons 210, with Alonso on 202 from Webber on 194 and Hamilton on 178. Red Bull Racing have 518 to McLarens 388 in the constructors standings, with both teams still in the running for that title.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (February 20, 2009) - The Arkansas-Oklahoma Salvation Army has officially ended it's emergency services for victims of the ice storm that caused massive power outages in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.
• Mountain Home, AR: The Salvation Army of Mountain Home, Arkansas served 16,473 meals, 13,233 drinks, and 4,565 snacks from the end of January through February 11. 250 food boxes, 1,279 cases of water, hundreds of comfort kits and infant supplies, as well as blankets and additional items were provided to those impacted by the ice storm. As of Tuesday, approximately 4,000 customers remained without power. The Mountain Home Corps has ceased emergency operations; however, they still work with storm victims as needed and requested.
• Eastern Oklahoma: In Oklahoma, approximately 100 customers remain without power.
Where there are customers without power in both Arkansas and Oklahoma, it means that they have structural damage to the electrical loop, i.e., weatherhead (a weatherproof entry point for above-ground electrical wiring or telephone lines into a home or business) which prevents the power companies from re-connecting power to their homes. In both states, Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD), are working with emergency management officials to secure funding for those that are still without power and do not have the means to have their weatherhead repaired. Janelle Mulanax, AOK Divisional Director of Social Services and Long-Term Recovery and Oklahoma VOAD President, is coordinating these efforts.
The Salvation Army will continue to work with Emergency Management in both Arkansas and Oklahoma until the needs of those impacted by this storm are met.
Financial donations are needed to support relief efforts. The Salvation Army asks those who want to help the individual and families affected by the Ice Storm of January 2009 to visit www.salvationarmyusa.org or call 1-800-SAL-ARMY and designate Arkansas and Oklahoma Ice Storms. Monetary donations will ensure The Salvation Army can meet the most immediate needs of those impacted by the storm.
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The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination since 1865. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. About 83 cents of every dollar raised is used to support those services in nearly 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.
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Teddy bear goes on a killing spree… Seriously, it's a massacre
Posted by: admin in Music, Videos"Amon Tobin presents the next brutalist masterpiece wired up under his Two Fingers guise, "Vengeance Rhythm". A low-slung exercise in violence, brooding power and pure production smarts, in the words of a recent Resident Advisor feature, it's "a little like dubstep built on an interplanetary scale." The tune has been brought to life (and death) in a truly jaw-dropping video from stop-frame animator and director Chris Ullens. Ullens transforms a pile of toys, a love of super slo-mo explosions and a huge pile of mince into the funniest, most eye-popping and shocking exercise in animated ultra-violence since Oliver Postgate found out Bagpuss was cheating on him with Professor Yaffle."
The album 'Stunt Rhythms' out now on 3LP, 2CD and download on Big Dada Recordings.


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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Death Valley park officials kindly asks visitors to stop fying eggs on pavement
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July 11th, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Visitors to Death Valley in California are being asked to stop doing one very weird activity - frying eggs on the ground. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Anyone who lives in the southwestern states where summertime temperatures routinely climb into the triple digits, has a common fear when riding a bicycle or walking along the street. They fear being incapacitated on the pavement.Perhaps more scarring than the injury of a collision or fall, would be the subsequent burning from the pavement in summer heat that so great it can sometimes make gooey tar percolate from fresh pavement. In places renowned for their heat, such as Death Valley, visitors are taking that macabre fear to a viral level, marveling at the frying of eggs on park pavement. [media id="37"] The problem began as a video of a park staffer frying an egg in nothing but a skillet heated by the sun went viral. The staffer was attempting to demonstrate just how hot is can get in Death Valley, the hottest place on the planet. [media id="39"] In fact, the park just marked the anniversary of recording the world's hottest day, a stunning 134 degrees on July 10, 1913. The extreme heat is a caused by the remote desert location and its elevation below sea level. [media id="38"] However, unbeknownst to visitors, the heat of the pavement at the park isn't quite enough to completely fry the egg. This hasn't kept visitors from trying, and leaving a sickly, gooey mess all across the park and throughout parking lots. Park officials are now complaining that each day maintenance staff has to clean up egg messes and cartons and shells from parking lots and along the roads. It's unsanitary and can be hazardous as visitors might slip on the remains. Instead, viewers are admonished to drink water, avoid activity in the daytime heat, "And please don't try to fry eggs on the ground. It makes a mess and it doesn't work." Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Top 10 Family-Friendly Museums in Virginia
Published on October 4th, 2011.
Contrary to what many people believe, Virginia is home to many inspirational and educational family-friendly museums. Here's a look at the top 10 family-friendly museums in Virginia.
1. Children's Museum of Richmond.
This popular museum features a little farm, an open art studio, and a living tree house.
2. Friendship Firehouse Museum.
Popular exhibits at this particular museum include the Rogers pumper, the hose reel, and the speaking horn.
3. Matthews Living History Farm Museum.
This family-friendly museum grants visitors the opportunity to tour herb gardens, view farm animals, and enjoy live, local musicians.
4. Harrisonburg Children's Museum.
Popular exhibits include the science lab, TV studio, super service center, and farmers market.
5. Crewe Railroad Museum.
This museum displays a diesel engine and a caboose.
6. Museum of the Confederacy.
This popular museum features Confederacy artifacts and manuscripts.
7. Pamunkey Indian Museum.
The Pamunkey Indian Museum displays unique artifacts associated with the Pamunkey people.
8. Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum.
This children's museum features art and natural history exhibits.
9. Virginia Living Museum.
This popular museum boasts an aquarium and a science center.
10. Northern Neck Farm Museum.
This low-key museum focuses on the agricultural life and heritage of north Virginia.More info here: Doraemon museum opens its doors
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My son has been working out at the gym to build muscle. He is on a strict protein diet and insists on eating two to three eggs per day as his protein intake along with oatmeal. I think this can be dangerous. What is the recommended daily amount?
I wouldn't worry about his eating two to three eggs per day, but I would be concerned about his total protein intake. Egg whites are a great source of protein, and the yolks contain an astonishing array of essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, D, E and K, plus iron.
As little as two ounces of a protein-rich food a day may be enough to prevent protein deficiency in most adults; four ounces will certainly do it. That means a four-ounce serving of meat or fish or chicken or cheese or tofu.
If you eat more protein than your body needs for growth, repair and maintenance of tissue, it is burned as a fuel, just as carbohydrates and fats are. However, protein is not nearly as efficient a fuel as carbs or fats - the body has to work harder to dismantle its molecules and release their energy. The ratio of energy gained to energy expended is not as favorable. High-protein diets impose a considerable workload on the digestive system and may contribute to feelings of fatigue and lack of energy. Another problem with protein as a fuel is that it does not burn clean. Because of its nitrogen content, protein leaves "ashes" when it burns; these toxic nitrogen wastes must be eliminated from the system, taxing the liver and kidneys.
I recommend strength training as part of an overall fitness program, but I am not in favor of high muscle-mass bodybuilding because of the popular emphasis on consumption of high-protein foods and amino acid supplements and, in some cases, the use of dangerous drugs (anabolic steroids). To my mind these practices are not part of preventive health maintenance. The bodybuilders I have known are not as a group any healthier than other people, and some of them are less healthy because of the ways they think about and treat their bodies.
Omega-3 fatty acids should be an important part of any diet, and as far as the recommended daily amount of protein my anti-inflammatory diet calls for two to six four-ounce servings of wild Alaskan salmon, herring, sardines or Alaskan black cod a week, along with one to two servings per week of omega-3 enriched eggs, natural cheese (one ounce equals one serving), skinless poultry or meat (three ounces per serving), or whole soy foods.
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Samba Logging for Audit Trails
Listing 1. Log Entries from /var/log/samba/log.smbd
[2003/11/25 17:13:12, 0] smbd/server.c:main(791) smbd version 2.2.8a started. Copyright Andrew Tridgell and the \ Samba Team 1992-2002 [2003/11/25 17:17:32, 0] \ rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:_net_sam_logon(643) Logon . Domain:[NETDOMAIN].\ HostName:[192.168.0.15]. \ User:[john]. FAILED No Such User [2003/11/25 17:17:55, 0] \ rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:_net_sam_logon(665) Logon . Domain:[NETDOMAIN]. \ HostName:[192.168.0.15]. \ User:[bill]. FAILED Incorrect Password [2003/11/25 17:18:33, 0] \ rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:_net_sam_logon(691) Logon . Domain:[NETDOMAIN]. \ HostName:[192.168.0.15] \ User:[bill] Successfully Logged On [2003/11/25 17:19:34, 0] \ smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(836) check_oem_password: incorrect password length \ (262218674) for user bill. [2003/11/25 17:19:46, 0] \ smbd/chgpasswd.c:chgpasswd(474) Password Change: user bill, \ New password is shorter than minimum password \ length = 8 [2003/11/25 17:21:29, 0] \ smbd/chgpasswd.c:chat_with_program(450) Password Change . User:[bill] \ Password Successfully Changed [2003/11/25 17:16:58, 0] \ smbd/service.c:close_cnum(680) clientPC (192.168.0.15) \ closed connection to service bill
Users can be added to the domain by running the command smbpasswd -a username as root and setting the user password. The passwords are stored in the /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd file. Users also can be disabled with the command smbpasswd -d and enabled by running smbpasswd -e.
For more details on configuring Samba for Windows 2000 clients and understanding SMB protocols, O'Reilly's Using Samba, Second Edition, by Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein and David Collier-Brown, is an excellent reference.
Once the network was configured and working properly, the next step was to record the required information for the audit trails in the log.smbd file. Initially, this was attempted by setting various logging levels in the smb.conf file, restarting the Samba dæmons by executing /etc/init.d/samba restart and then analyzing the output from the log files while performing various tasks on a Windows 2000 client. Unfortunately, regardless of the log level, none of the required information was being logged. At this point, it became obvious that modifications to the source code were necessary to generate the log entries.
The Samba source code is in the samba-2.2.8a/source directory and is the root directory for the filename in the log messages. The first entry in Listing 1 shows the file as smbd/server.c:main(791). By examining line 791 in the samba-2.2.8a/source/smbd/server.c file, you can see the DEBUG macro is used to generate the log message. The syntax for the DEBUG macro is:
DEBUG(log_level, "string", arguments);
The format for the second and third arguments is similar to the printf function. Examples of custom DEBUG statements are shown in Listings 2 through 4.
Listing 2. DEBUG Calls Added to source/rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c
632 /* get the account information */ 633 pdb_init_sam(&sampass); 634 become_root(); 635 ret = pdb_getsampwnam(sampass, nt_username); 636 unbecome_root(); 637 638 639 if (!ret) 640 { 641 pdb_free_sam(sampass); 642 // ESK 631 /* checks for failed users */ 643 DEBUG(0,("Logon . Domain:[%s]. HostName: \ [%s]. User:[%s]. FAILED No Such User \n", lp_workgroup(), client_addr(), nt_username)); 644 return NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER; 645 } 646 647 acct_ctrl = pdb_get_acct_ctrl(sampass); 630 map_username(nt_username); . . . 663 /* Check for failed password */ 664 if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) { 665 DEBUG(0,("Logon . Domain:[%s]. HostName: \ [%s]. User:[%s]. FAILED Incorrect Password \n", lp_workgroup(), client_addr(), nt_username)); 666 pdb_free_sam(sampass); 667 return status; 668 } . . . 669 /* Check PAM Password */ 670 #ifdef WITH_PAM 671 become_root(); 672 status = smb_pam_accountcheck(pdb_get_username(sampass)); 673 unbecome_root(); 674 if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) { 675 pdb_free_sam(sampass); 676 DEBUG(0,("Logon . Domain:[%s]. HostName: \ [%s]. User:[%s]. FAILED Incorrect Password \n", lp_workgroup(), client_addr(), nt_username)); 677 return status; 678 } 679 #endif . . . 690 /* Makes it to this point you have successfully logged on */ 691 DEBUG(0,("Logon . Domain:[%s]. HostName: \ [%s] User:[%s] Successfully Logged On\n", lp_workgroup(), client_addr(), nt_username));
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Additionally, SiriusXM will broadcast Spanish-language beIN SPORT en Espanol on SiriusXM channel 158, starting August 15. This programming will include live play-by-play of La Liga, Serie A, Copa del Rey and World Cup qualifying matches, exclusive club shows from Barca TV and Real Madrid TV as well as the network's most popular news and magazine shows including The Locker Room and The Express as well as top international sports including Million Dollar horse racing from Dubai, European basketball and cycling and motorsports, like the FIM Superbike Championships. beIN SPORT en Espanol (SiriusXM channel 158) will be available to subscribers on satellite radios, through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App and online at SiriusXM.com.
France's Ligue 1 season begins today, August 9, with Montpellier v. reigning champion Paris Saint-Germain. SiriusXM will air live coverage of the match starting at 2:30pm ET on SiriusXM FC, channel 94. The La Liga season kicks off on Saturday, August 17. The Serie A season begins Saturday, August 24. For a schedule of upcoming matches on SiriusXM visit www.siriusxm.com/soccer. "We're thrilled to work with beIN SPORT to deliver our subscribers more of the world's best soccer and we're particularly pleased to make this programming available to our listeners in both English and Spanish," said Steve Cohen, SiriusXM's SVP of Sports Programming. "The addition of La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 play-by-play further enhances our already abundant soccer programming and gives our listeners direct access to the world's game through their satellite radios, handheld devices and online." "Carriage on SiriusXM is a major coup for every international sports fan," said Antonio Briceno, General Manager of beIN SPORT. "We will be offering thousands of hours of exclusive beIN SPORT events to SiriusXM listeners – which is nothing less than a major win for everyone involved." The addition of beIN SPORT's broadcasts to the SiriusXM airwaves expands SiriusXM's soccer offerings to include live coverage of four of the best soccer leagues in the world – the Barclays Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 – as well as the prestigious UEFA Champions League. SiriusXM FC, channel 94, launched last October and offers listeners a mix of soccer talk and play-by-play 365 days a year. The channel also carries play-by-play from the FA Cup, the Capital One Cup and the UEFA Europa League, as well as daily soccer talk shows hosted by an expert cast of former players, coaches, executives and journalists from the U.S. and Europe. For more info on SiriusXM FC visit www.siriusxm.com/soccer. 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Kia ora tatou
Welcome to the March 2010 newsletter.
It has been a busy month with the launch of the mailing lists in February. Subscribers to these communities now number:
- Literacy - 491
- Secondary English - 578
- Primary ESOL - 379
- Secondary ESOL - 346
- ICTs in English – 473
- Secondary Literacy - 467
It is encouraging to see so many of you engaged in these communities - airing your views, sharing ideas, requesting help and resources and establishing professional relationships. If you have not already subscribed, you can do so through a very simple process. Just select the mailing list you wish to belong to http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Interact and sign up.
We are also very pleased that we will soon be able to offer you the ability to extend this collaboration with your colleagues through the Teacher Resource Exchanges for Literacy/English, Secondary Literacy, NCEA English and ESOL. These will go live next week under the What I need to know and do section form the homepage.
Site organisation
While we are working on the re-organisation of content on the sites to make resources more visible and accessible from the homepages, we are aware that there are a number of broken links in some of the units and sequences. We make every endeavour to fix these, but in some instances they are no longer available, so if you are looking for something specific, please don't hesitate to contact Maria Lute firstname.lastname@example.com and she will try to find a suitable alternative. Please be assured that addressing this issue in a systematic manner is a priority for us over the next few months.
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In this issue
News from:
Literacy Online
English Online
ESOL Online
Literacy Online
Kia ora koutou
This is my first monthly report as literacy community facilitator and would like to convey my appreciation as facilitator to all those who have joined the community and continue to contribute to the professional conversations within the community.
This month the literacy on line community re-established itself via email and grew dramatically in number as people joined and introduced themselves to other community members. From here the networking, questioning and exchanging of ideas began. There has been some robust discussion around resources that support effective literacy teaching, decoding and comprehension, supporting English Language Learners and conferences etc that contribute to our growth as professionals who have a high interest in literacy learning.
Literacy Learning Progressions
The final copy of the Literacy Learning Progressions has been distributed to schools over the last month and you will be becoming familiar with the changes from the draft document. The Literacy Learning Progressions complete the suite of handbooks to support all of us to ensure our students have the necessary literacy skills to learn in all curriculum areas.
National Standards modules
Literacy leaders and those with leadership responsibilities will have started to attend initial workshops to support the implementation of National Standards in schools. Further support offered to school leaders will have been outlined in these workshops. There are a series of modules that have been developed to support the National Standards and these are now on line. They are found on http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/National-Standards/Professional-development. These modules will be used to underpin further National Standards workshops or can be used by schools themselves to lead their own professional learning.
Looking forward
We now have archives available for each community linked from the landing page for each and also from the FAQs for each. These are searchable or users can choose to browse chronologically or by subject thread.
I would like to draw your attention to the Literacy Community Guidelines which are also linked from the landing page of each community.
Just a reminder that when you are responding to another message in the forum, the mailing list is set so that your response will automatically go back to the whole community, and not the original author. Please be aware of this when you compose your message.
I look forward to a continued strengthening of the literacy community by the participation of you all in the mailing lists available and making use of the material on this site.
Ka kite ano
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Secondary Literacy
The Literacy Learning Progressions: Meeting the Reading and Writing Demands of the Curriculum
The revised, final version of the progressions is now available. The progressions describe the literacy-related knowledge, skills and attitudes that students draw on in order to meet the reading and writing demands of the curriculum from years 1-10.
Feedback from the draft document was collated and analysed, and a report of the findings, published in 2009, can be found at http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/literacy/43632.
International Reading Association Conference
The 23rd World Congress on Reading is to be held in Auckland at the Sky City Convention Centre from July 12th-15th 2010. The theme of the conference is 'Leading and Learning in Literacy'. Keynote speakers include Joy Cowley, Beverly Derewianka, David Pearson and Stuart McNaughton. The conference includes a comprehensive selection of workshops, sessions, round table discussions, symposia, poster sessions and author/illustrator lunches. See http://www.reading.org/General/Conferences/WorldCongress.aspx for details and registration.
ESOL Online
Secondary ESOL
Race Relations Day is on Sunday 21 March, and people all over New Zealand will be marking it with multicultural festivals and events, and other activities in schools, libraries, art galleries, workplaces, and religious communities.
The Literacy Learning Progressions will be arriving in schools shortly. These are the revised and final version of the Literacy Learning Progressions: Meeting the Reading and Writing Demands of the Curriculum.
The CLESOL Conference (Community Languages and ESOL) will be held in Dunedin from October 1st-4th, 2010. The keynote speakers are Rosemary Erlam, Pauline Gibbons, David Nunan and Merrill Swain. Further details can be accessed at http://www.clesol.org.nz/2010/home.html
Professional reading
A reading by Mike McCarthy discusses the very high frequency of formulaic chunks and why they should be incorporated into language learning programmes.
The Extensive Reading Foundation
The Extensive Reading Foundation has an extensive bibliography of research on extensive reading, links to extensive reading book awards and information on setting up extensive reading programmes.
Listen to telephone messages and cinema information and get tips on how to be a better listener. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english
Listen to national and international news, read news articles and watch news video clips from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/
Read and listen to new articles on national and international issues read at a learner friendly pace. There is also a page of useful links.
ESL News New Zealand http://eslnews.org.nz/?p=1314
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