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HPD Commissioner Wambua Continues Preference For Displaced Sandy Victims At Harlem River Point South, A New Affordable Housing Development
Income-Eligible New Yorkers Displaced From their Homes Due To Storm Damage Receive 15% Preference in Lotteries for Low-Income Affordable Housing
New York, N.Y. – June 19, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua today announced the latest housing development to offer preference to income-eligible New Yorkers displaced from their homes by Hurricane Sandy. Harlem River Point South will add a total of 139 affordable housing rental apartments to the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. Fifteen percent of the 139 affordable units will be subject to the Sandy preference. These units will be filled through a lottery managed by the developer and overseen by HPD and the City's Housing Development Corporation (HDC).
The new 139-unit Harlem River Point South is being developed as part of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's New Housing Marketplace Plan (NHMP). The NHMP is a multi-billion dollar initiative to finance 165,000 units of affordable housing for half a million New Yorkers by the close of Fiscal Year 2014. For every dollar invested by the City, the Plan has leveraged $3.43 in private funding for a total commitment of more than $21 billion to fund the creation or preservation of over 147,890 units of affordable housing across the five boroughs, with more than 48,848 units financed in Manhattan.
"We can't overlook the displaced families who still suffer from Hurricane Sandy," said HPD Commissioner Wambua. "The need is very real and immediate for those looking to find a place to call home. We at HPD, along with our development partners, continue to do what we can to help people find permanent housing that they can afford."
"This is another great option in the HPD preference program for residents displaced by Hurricane Sandy, and will ultimately make our goal to return people to safe, sustainable housing a reality," said Brad Gair, Director of the Mayor's Office of Housing Recovery Operations.
Harlem River Point South is currently accepting applications. Completed applications must be returned by regular mail only and must be postmarked by August 12, 2013. Qualified applicants will be required to meet income, family size guidelines and additional selection criteria. Applications may be downloaded from www.harlemriverpointsouth.com or requested by mail from 316 West 118th Street, New York, NY 10026. Please include a self-addressed envelope with your request. Current and eligible residents of Manhattan Community Board 11 will receive preference for 50 percent of the units. Eligible veterans will receive preference for 10 percent of the units. In addition, income-eligible applicants who can document displacement by Hurricane Sandy and/or its related storms will receive preference for 15 percent of the units.
Harlem River Point South is the second phase of the redevelopment of city property that once belonged to Human Resources Administration (HRA). The first phase is Harlem River Point North on 1951 Park Avenue and 121 East 131 Street, which is also accepting applications until June 27th, 2013. It too has a preference for New Yorkers displaced by Hurricane Sandy. Application guidelines for Harlem River Point North one can be found here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/downloads/pdf/Harlem-River-Point-North.pdf.
Located at 200 East 131 Street in East Harlem of Manhattan, Harlem River Point South will have a total of 139 rental units; 29 of the units will be affordable to households earning up to 40 percent of Area Median Income (AMI)—equal to a household income of $34,360/year for a family of four—and the remaining 110 units will be affordable to households earning up to 60 percent of the AMI, which is equal to a household income of $51,540/year for a family of four. Of the 139 apartments, there is a preference for qualified households displaced by Hurricane Sandy for 21 units in the building. There are a total of 21 studios, 48 one-bedroom units, 68 two-bedroom units, and 2 three-bedroom units. The anticipated completion date for the development is early 2014.
The construction of the new Harlem River Point South development is near completion. The building will share an open landscaped courtyard with Harlem River Point North. The building will include an intercom system, on-site super, bicycle parking and a laundry-room.
The City of New York requires that subsidized apartments be rented through an Open Lottery System to ensure fair and equitable distribution of housing to eligible applicants. Marketing of the apartments and the application process for the lottery typically begin when construction is approximately 70 percent complete. For more information regarding the lottery process, current housing lotteries, how to apply to an open lottery, and if you would like to receive an e-mail when HPD updates its available apartment and home website listings for City-subsidized housing in the five boroughs, please visit the Apartment Seekers and Homebuyers pages at www.nyc.gov.
The total development cost for Harlem River Point South is $40.9 million. HPD provided $2 million in HOME funds and $5.7 million in City Capital funds. HDC contributed $9.1 million in reserves and $5.3 million in tax exempt bonds. Boston Capital is the syndicator for tax credit equity in the amount of $17.4 million. The balance is developer equity.
The project was developed by L&M Development Partners and was designed by GF55 Schwartz.
About the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)
HPD is the nation's largest municipal housing preservation and development agency. Its mission is to promote quality housing and viable neighborhoods for New Yorkers through education, outreach, loan and development programs and enforcement of housing quality standards. It is responsible for implementing Mayor Bloomberg's New Housing Marketplace Plan to finance the construction or preservation of 165,000 units of affordable housing by 2014. Since the plan's inception, more than 147,893 affordable homes have been created or preserved. For regular updates on news and services, connect with us via www.facebook.com/nychpd and www.twitter.com/nychousing. For more information, visit our website at www.nyc.gov/hpd.
About the Mayor's Office of Housing Recovery Operations
The Mayor's Office of Housing Recovery Operations is committed to planning and implementing innovative and effective solutions to the housing needs caused by Hurricane Sandy. Through NYC Rapid Repairs, the City has already completed emergency repairs on more than 19,000 residences. These emergency repairs are free of charge and include the restoration of heat, power and hot water and other limited repairs to protect a home from further significant damage.
About the NYC Housing Development Corporation (HDC)
Since 2000, HDC has issued roughly 10% of all the multi-family housing revenue bonds in the U.S. and since 2003, when Mayor Bloomberg's New Housing Marketplace Plan was launched, HDC has raised more than $6.7 billion in financing for affordable housing developments, including in excess of $1 billion in subsidy from corporate reserves. In Affordable Housing Finance magazine's annual listing of the nation's top ten funders of multifamily housing, HDC is the only municipal entity on the list. In 2012, HDC was the fourth largest affordable housing lender in the U.S. after Citi, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, beating out JPMorgan Chase and Capital One. To date, under the Mayor's plan, HDC has financed the creation or preservation of more than 67,000 affordable units in multi-family buildings that also include 1.7 million square feet of commercial space. For additional information, visit: www.nychdc.com
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With unlimited mounting options and greater heat dispersion, the Alpha Rail once again sets a new industry standard in modular free float rail design. Comes with three detachable rails and all mounting hardware. Troy Alpha Rail is machined from 6061-T6 hardened aircraft aluminum and finished in MIL-SPEC Type III Hard Coat Anodizing. Works with standard AR15/M16 barrel nut. Patent Pending.
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Massachusetts Creates Ocean Use Task Force
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has created an Ocean Management Task Force on April 26th to address gaps in ocean-use policies. The task force will make recommendations regarding industrial projects offshore, including pipelines and aquaculture, and it will regulate offshore wind farms.
The goal is to maximize public use, utility, and enjoyment from the ocean while protecting its ecosystems. "Right now, private projects in public waters happen on a first-come, first-serve basis," Romney said. "This is a first-in-the-nation approach to creating sound ocean management policies." The task force will include individuals with expertise on local, state, and federal coastal issues.
State waters generally reach three miles offshore. This will likely affect some projects but not others. The New York company Winergy, for instance, has submitted proposals for seven wind farms in state waters. Other projects, like a 130-turbine farm proposed off Cape Cod's Horseshoe Shoal by Cape Wind Associates, may not fall within the purview of the task force.
For more information, see the April 2002 article by Boston Globe writer Mitch Adams and reprinted by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.


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Talkative Marxist family falls out over a blacklisted ancestor
Capable actors, good direction, fine design and stretches of nice writing cannot disguise the inevitable realization that "After the Revolution" is a lot of fuss over not much of anything.
The irony here is that the agitated heroine of Amy Herzog's new drama repeatedly is told the same thing by her loved ones when she freaks over a family secret.
Opening on Wednesday in the smaller upstairs space at Playwrights Horizons, "After the Revolution" begins promisingly but eventually winds down into seemingly interminable talk before its earnest protagonist finally gets a grip.
The contemporary story set in Manhattan and Boston centers on Emma (Katharine Powell), a brilliant law school grad who's the pride of her staunchly lefty family. Already Emma heads a foundation for social justice named after her recently-deceased grandfather who was blacklisted for refusing to name names before Congress during the Red Scare of the 1950s.
Then Emma learns how her beloved grandfather might not have been so truthful about his association with Soviet comrades. Dismayed by the revelation, Emma becomes incensed that her father (Peter Friedman), uncle (Mark Blum) and other relations never informed her earlier. Emma's curiously immature behavior that follows confounds her family and troubles her boyfriend (Elliot Villar).
Perhaps Herzog never makes Emma's psychological makeup sufficiently clear to account for her overreaction. Maybe the no-big-deal yawns of other family members in Emma's generation apply to the essential story here. Certainly Powell's wan performance as Emma brings little joy to a noble but dreary character. Whatever, the windy two-hour play fails to sustain interest and becomes tiresome in spite of the solid acting displayed in director Carolyn Cantor's smooth, handsome production.
Extra treats gleaming amid the drama's doldrums are the fleeting turns by distinguished veterans Lois Smith and David Margulies, who lend easy authenticity to their respective roles as Emma's crusty which-side-are-you-on Marxist grandma and as the foundation's kindly benefactor. Newcomer Meredith Holzman offers a warmly human presence as Emma's black sheep of a sister.
Designer Clint Ramos' single setting of comfortable furniture and proletarian artwork is cunningly highlighted in various ways by Ben Stanton to depict several homes. Playwrights Horizons almost invariably gives authors tip-top mountings for their works, and the expertise employed on "After the Revolution" helps to make a disappointing play seem not so bad after all.
"After the Revolution" continues through Nov. 28 at Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St., New York. Call (212) 279-4200 or visit www.playwrightshorizons.org.
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Update : Jun. 22, 2012
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Saints is a promotional word to use for politicians. The majority of the politicians herd are in the best case sophisticated cheaters, liars & interested in their narrow interest.
It is better let the process be little slow but there shd be strong check & balance in the governing system plus the electorate must have easy way to punish the guilty politicians. Then they will behave better & better for the society as a whole.


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Integration Policy
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Recent Activity
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This report traces how the American public and the U.S. government have responded to the diversification of migrant streams and the increasing proportion of illegal immigration in recent decades. It outlines the anxieties triggered by this immigration, the policy response at the national and state levels, and the implications of the second generation over the long run.
This report examines Canada's striking openness and optimism towards immigration and multiculturalism. Juxtaposing the widespread support of immigration among Canadian citizens with growing anti-immigrant sentiment and opposition to multicultural policies across Europe and the United States, the author seeks to uncover the reasons behind this Canadian "exceptionalism."
A discussion with Rosario Farmhouse, Alejandro Mayorkas, Jasenko Selimovic, Peter Sylvester, and Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President.
This report explores how French national identity and sense of belonging are both defined and expressed. The discussion revolves around the issues of "hyphenated identities" and whether the split allegiances of dual citizens weaken social cohesion in France.
This report focuses on the effects of migration on political extremism in North America, Western Europe, and Central and Eastern Europe. The author explores nativist reactions, analyzes the role of migration in the identity and discourse of nativist actors, examines public effects of their impact on migration policies, and summarizes ways in which states respond to anti-immigrant extremism.
This report analyzes developments in UK integration policy over the past 15 years—a period in which immigration levels increased substantially, with the composition of migration flows becoming increasingly temporary and diverse in nature. The analysis focuses on whether or not policy has influenced national identity, integration outcomes, and neighborhood cohesion.
This Transatlantic Council Statement examines both the challenge and opportunity for governments, in an era of skepticism about migration, to create a new definition of "we" based on a more inclusive idea of national identity and belonging, and to convince the broader society that investing in integration is an investment in shared futures.
This report challenges the recent rhetoric and addresses the advancement of policy areas for countries, examining factors that impede or facilitate successful the implementation of multiculturalism. When these facilitating conditions are present, multiculturalism can be seen as a low-risk option, andhas worked well in such cases.


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To meet the requirements for the Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, a student must complete 30 semester units with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, satisfy competency in written English for Graduate Students and the overall SJSU GPA is 3.0 or better.
Academic Standards for Graduate Students - Important!!
The program provides the following two options:
1). Project/Thesis Option or
2). Course-Only Option followed by a comprehensive exam.
Project/Thesis Option
Courses-Only Option
Electives must have prior approval from the Area Advisor and must form a coherent plan of study as evidenced in the signed Plan of Study. Normally, they should be graduate courses in Electrical Engineering or related fields. In exceptional cases (with pre-approval from the Graduate Advisor), up to 6 units of undergraduate upper division elective courses taken in the EE Department may be approved as electives. A maximum of 9 units (including those taken as an Open University student) taken outside the Electrical Engineering Department (or transferred from another university) may count towards the MSEE degree with preapproval from the graduate advisor/coordinator (Note: transferring courses from outside the EE Department to the MSEE program is rarely approved for more than one course).
EE 297 (MSEE Project) or EE 299 (Master's Thesis) is the culminating experience of the MSEE program and may therefore be taken after completing at least 12 units. Before a student is eligible to enroll in EE 297 or EE 299, he or she must have satisfied the CSU competency in written English requirement, filed the "Candidacy Form". To register for EE297 or EE299, student must complete the appropriate form and submit to the EE department for approval.
Competency in Written English for Graduate Students or Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)
In May 1986, the Board of Trustees adopted a resolution endorsing "the principle that all students entering CSU after implementation of the proficiency/diagnostic examination be required to demonstrate their competency with regard to writing skills as a requirement for graduation." Therefore, the establishment of English competency shall be a requirement of Classified Graduate students as a condition necessary for advancement to the candidacy for the award of the Master's Degree.
Writing Skills Competency shall be established by one of the following: Satisfactory completion of EE 295; Or- Satisfactory completion of the CSU baccalaureate graduation requirement of competency in written English; Or- Satisfactory completion as a graduate student of the SJSU undergraduate, upper-division writing requirement by either having Engr 100W waived as a result of a high enough score in the Writing Skills Test (WST) or by passing the WST and then satisfactorily completing Engr 100W; Or- Satisfactory completion of Engr 200W, a course more appropriate to graduate students needs than Engr 100W; Or- Approval by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research of a professional publication for which the candidate was the sole author; Or- Satisfactory completion of an upper-division technical writing course at another university judged by the SJSU Office of Graduate Studies and Research to be equivalent to Engr 100W.
In addition to the above requirements, each student must satisfy all University requirements and procedures as stated in the San Jose State University Catalog
Areas of Specialization
The Department offers an opportunity to specialize in one of the areas of specialization; Digital Logic System Design, ASIC/VLSI Circuits, Analog/Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits, Communications/ Digital Signal Processing, Power Electronics/Control, and Networking. A student can specialize in an area by taking at least 3 courses in that area. The electives can be taken from the area of specialization or from other areas. A student must consult his/her program advisor to design his/her program of study during the first semester in the department.
Practical Training for MSEE Students
Students are expected to gain professional experience to prepare for and to support their culminating experience, e.g. by including 0-6 units of internships (EE298i) in their Plan of Study.


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2013 Summer Reading Programs
Thursday, June 20, 2013
There are plenty of fun summer reading programs to keep kids reading all summer long. Here are several for your little book worm to enjoy!
- Half Price Books -- The Feed Your Brain program offers $5 in Back to School Bucks to kids who have read a total of 300 minutes in a month's time, logged on a reading log. Parents may read to kids who are still learning. One Top Reader from each age group will win a $20 HPB gift card. To find a store near you, visit the HPB website.
- BookPeople -- BookPeople's summer reading program, Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!, lets kids in grades K-8 complete a six book challenge and claim a reward. Visit the store to pick up a summer reading bookmark for your age level. You are going to want to hang on to this because it's also your reading tracking form that you're going to use all summer and turn back in before school starts. To participate, choose at least three paperbacks from the list of recommended books and up to three books of your own choosing -for a total of 6 great books- to read over the summer. Click on these links to see the complete list of summer reading picks for your age group: GRADES K-2, GRADES 3-5, GRADES 6-8. Bring back your filled out bookmark, making sure to note your name, age, and school before turning it in, by August 17, 2013. The schools with the most Summer Reading Stars will be eligible for an additional reward!
- Barnes & Noble -- Kids read any 8 books, log them into a reading journal, and earn a FREE book from a pre-selected list when they turn in the journal to any Barnes & Noble location. Go here to download a reading journal (PDF).
- Austin Public Library -- Take the SRP 13 challenge! The Summer Reading Programs for youth and for adults will run from June 6 – August 24. Special events happen June 17 through July 27. There's something for everyone from toddlers to teens: mysteries to solve, magnet science fun, marionettes, puppets, tap dance, live raptors, local music, cowboys vs. ninjas, stories, arts and crafts, a DIY clothing swap, cosplay and a glow-in-the-dark dance party! Register online or at the library.
- Wells Branch Community Library -- The Summer Reading Program runs from June 1 - August 10. Logs must be turned in by 6 p.m. on August 9. Picture Book Level (all ages), 25 books per log. Track how many picture books your child reads, or you read with your child throughout the summer to earn prizes and raffle tickets for grand prizes. Chapter Book Level (ages 5-10), 500 pages per log. Track how many pages you read throughout the summer to earn prizes and raffle tickets for grand prizes. Tweens & Teens (ages 10+), 500 pages per log. Track how many pages you read throughout the summer to earn prizes and raffle tickets for grand prizes. Adults (ages 18+), 500 pages per log. Track how many pages you read throughout the summer to earn prizes and raffle tickets for grand prizes. Grand prizes will be awarded at the Movie in the Park event on August 10. There will also be various events and activities at the library all summer long. Visit the library calendar for more information.
- Laura's Library -- 8 weeks of special activities along with the Level Up Reading Challenge! The Level Up Reading Challenge is for everyone! Moms, dads, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends: ready, set, start reading just for fun! The reading logs this summer have five levels on them. So how do you complete a level? Choose from the following ways: Read five books & tell us about the titles; Read five hours; Read 500 pages. Or, you can choose to do a combination! When you have completed a level, bring your reading log to the Information Desk at either library & show the librarian. S/he will: stamp your reading log! Give you a sticky note; write your name on it! Show you where to post your sticky note with other player's so that you can Level Up! Everyone who participates is eligible for prizes, no matter your age or reading level. All kids and teens will receive prizes; teens and adults will be entered into raffles! (9411 Bee Cave Road, Austin)
- Bee Cave Public Library -- "Dive into Summer-Read." The 2013 Summer Reading Program will run from June 1 - July 27. Programs for kids, teens, and adults. Read books, win prizes, enjoy performances, craft days, and more. (4000 Galleria Parkway, Bee Cave)
- Round Rock Public Library -- "Dig into Reading!" The 2013 Summer Reading Program invites you to visit the library frequently and to make reading a daily habit. Let's see how many days you can read at least 20 minutes between June 5 and Aug. 5. The library will have prizes for readers who hit 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 days--and two special challenges for readers who want go beyond the 20-minute per day minimum. There will also be a full schedule of performers, movies, and other special programs to pique your interests throughout the program, and all of the print and digital materials you can imagine to follow your curiosity wherever it may lead. (216 E Main Ave, Round Rock)
- Cedar Park Public Library -- The Library's Summer Reading Clubs run from June 10 - August 2 and are open to all ages. To participate in the Summer Reading Club, simply sign up at the Cedar Park Public Library beginning on June 10 and receive a reading log. For each 10 minutes of reading (or listening to) a Cedar Park Public Library book, the participant marks off one symbol on their reading log. With every 200 minutes read kids earn a colored cut-out to display in the library's window and special incentive awards and coupons! Teen prizes are earned for every 300 minutes read. For adults, every 400 minutes read gets an entry form for a drawing prize from a local merchant. (550 Discovery Blvd, Cedar Park)
- Pflugerville Public Library - "Dig Into Reading!" Pick up your summer reading log and earn incentives weekly. You must complete at least one book or magazine per week. Incentives are available until July 27. The program is available for kids, teens and adults. There are special events all summer long as part of the summer reading program. (1008 West Pfluger Street, Pflugerville)
- Georgetown Public Library - "Dig Into Reading!" The Summer Reading Club is a self-paced program in which children set their own goals, choose their levels of reading, and keep records of either the books they read (or that are read to them) or the amount of time they spend reading (or are read to) each day. Grand prize is an iPad mini. Register online or at the library. The library also has a Teen Summer Reading Program. Teens who read for a total of 15 hours between June 5 and July 31 will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win an iPad mini. (402 W. 8th St, Georgetown)
- Lake Travis Community Library - "Dig Into Reading!" Be sure to visit the library for summer reading material and to attend one of the 122 programs the library will offer throughout the summer. Please see the June calendar, June newsletter, July calendar, and Summer Reading Program calendar for details. Also stop by the library to pick up reading logs for kids and punch cards for teens and adults. Win free books and prizes! (1938 Lohman's Crossing, Austin)
- Hutto Public Library - "Dig Into Reading!" Kids can enroll at the library and receive a Title Log, a Time Log, and a bookmark. Children can bring their logs to the library once a week to get them stamped and receive the incentive for the week. At the end of the program (July 27) every participant will receive a certificate and a final prize. Special incentives: Read 5 books and get a free ticket to the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Read 8 Books and receive a free book from Barnes and Noble. Families can also join in for fun performances from Lucas Miller, Bonzo Crunch and more. All Friday performances take place at the Hutto Bible Church next door to the library. (205 West St., Hutto)
- Scholastic Summer Challenge -- Kids from birth to age 12 can log their reading minutes, earn prizes, and take part in an attempt to read for the world record! Visit the website to register and see what world landmark the reading scale is up to. Educators can pre-register their students, track their progress, and compete with schools around the world. The school with the most minutes will win a visit from Captain Underpants author Dav Pilkey.
- Book Adventure by Sylvan -- Book Adventure is a fun, free way to motivate your child to read! Kids in grades K-8 can search for books, read them offline, come back to quiz on what they've read, and earn prizes for their reading success.
- New York Times Summer Reading Contest -- Each week through August 16, teenagers age 13 to 19 years old are invited to choose any piece (article, photo, video) in The New York Times and write to tell us why it interested them, whether they loved or hated it. They will choose a weekly winner to feature.
- Chuck E. Cheese's -- Download a Reading Rewards Chart (they have many different ones to choose from and it is a year-round program), read every day for two weeks and redeem your chart for 10 free tokens. The only catch is that this is not totally free. You must purchase food to get these "free" tokens. Take it or leave it…. at least they have air conditioning!
- H.E.Buddy Summer Reading Club -- Pick up or download a form, log ten books, mail the form in to get a cool prize. What kid doesn't like getting a prize in the mail? Your form must be postmarked by September 1, 2013.
- Pottery Barn Summer Reading Challenge -- From May 16 - August 26, families are invited to read along with Pottery Barn at their weekly story times. Kids receive a free book after completing the list of recommended titles.


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Revealing the secrets behind the culinary battles
Cat Cora & Little Miss Sunshine
Iron Chef Cat Cora recently took the time to pose with Little Miss Sunshine herself, Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin. Interesting photo opp!
Cat hosted "An Evening with Cat Cora" at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles. In addition to discussing her groundbreaking role as the lone female chef on Iron Chef, the event reportedly touched on Cat's many humanitarian projects. Way to go Cat!
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The Complete 2013-2014 Archive
The complete collection of articles, lesson ideas, print-ready resources, and more.
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8
Included Here:
- Back to School 2014 (20)
- Summer 2014 (22)
- Spring 2014 (23)
- Winter 2014 (22)
- Holiday 2013 (20)
- Fall 2013 (21)
- Summer 2013 (19)
Back to School 2014
5 Ways to Reach Every Reader
Pam Allyn shares her top tips for inspiring a love of literacy in your students.
Common Core Math Tips for Every Teacher
Veteran math coach Bob Krech shares his winning plays. Plus, CCSS-aligned math activities for every grade band.
Strategies for Successful Co-Teaching
It takes two! Use our fail-safe strategies to set up your co-teaching relationship for a successful year.
How To: Partner with Parents
Tips for helping your teacher–parent partnerships make the grade.
Grades K-1: Handwriting Lessons
6 exercises to build motor skills and improve handwriting.
Grades 2-3: Book Reports Reimagined
Rethink traditional book reports with these unique activities.
Grades 4-5: Art Projects for ELA Class
Make persuasive, descriptive, expository, and narrative writing come alive through art-meets-literacy projects.
Grades 6-8: Social-Emotional Skills
Help your students become socially-savvy through lessons on attitude, boundaries, and more .
Crafts: Getting-to-Know-You Arcade Game
Start the school year with a bang, with this easy and fun question game.
Craft: Paper Selfies
Get to know new students with this tech-savvy twist on the "all about me" book.
Printable: Quotes for Each Week of the Year
Decorate your walls with forty inspirational quotes—one for every week of the school year!
Cool Teacher: Melissa Porfirio
A National Teacher of the Year finalist on her whole-child approach to learning.
Classroom Management From Day One
Columnists Harry and Rosemary Wong on developing a classroom management plan and sharing it with students on the first day of school.
How I Do It: Decorate My Classroom
Teachers share their creative advice for decorating a classroom on a budget.
Teacher Freebies for Back to School
Free stuff for teachers to celebrate the back-to-school season.
Q&A: Neil Gaiman
The author talks about sneezing pandas, forgetful dads, "wonderful" words, and first-day jitters.
Summer 2014
Summer Reading Roundup
20 books to keep your students reading until the next school bell rings.
8 Steps to World-Record Reading
The 2013 Scholastic Summer Challenge winners share their secrets for success.
Teachers: Get in Gear for Next Year
25 tips to help you get organized now and relax over the summer!
The Ultimate Summer Reading List for Teachers
Summer reading recommendations for, and from, teachers.
Primary Sources: 20,000 Teachers Can't Be Wrong
Key findings from the Scholastic and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation survey.
PreK-K: End-of-Year Art Projects
Say farewell to your students with these crafty creations.
Grades 1-2: Summer Activities
Round out the year with educational activities that have a summery twist.
Grades 3-5: Nonfiction Reading Activities
Five activities to prepare your information investigators for nonfiction summer reading success.
Grades 6-8: Wrap-Up Review Games
Make the last month of school unforgettable with these standards-based games.
Crafts: Shoebox Portfolios
Send kids home for summer break with a sweet DIY-suitcase filled with the wonderful work they completed this year.
Crafts: Story Stones
Create a pocket-size story-starter with a few rocks, a little paint, and a lot of imagination!
Printable: Robot Bookmarks
Hand out magnetic bookmarks and matching book-report bookplates as an end-of-year gift.
Cool Teacher: John Schumacher
John Schumacher is redefining what it means to be a teacher-librarian.
Career Advice: Resource Room Positions
Suzanne Tingley on making the most of a new resource-room position.
Career Advice: Graduate Degree Programs
Suzanne Tingley on graduate degree programs for teachers.
How I Do It: Encourage Summer Reading
Teachers share the clever and creative ways they motivate kids to read over the summer.
Teachers' Picks: Back-to-School Wish List
The ultimate back-to-school shopping list for teachers.
Teachers' Picks: Student Supply List
The ultimate back-to-school shopping list for students.
Spring 2014
Blast Off: The Next Generation Science Standards
What the Next Generation Science Standards mean for your classroom.
Hands-On Science Experiments
The editors of SuperScience and Science World magazines share their favorite student-centered science experiments.
STEM Goes to Hollywood
The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik on getting even the most disinterested kids hooked on STEM.
No-Sweat Lesson Prep
How to use lesson-sharing sites to amp up your teaching—and save time.
Grades 1-2: Poetry Month Activities
Improve students' phonics, fluency, and vocabulary skills with these engaging poetry activities.
Grades 3-5: CCSS-Ready Poetry Lessons
Teach kids the power of language—and meet Core standards—with these activities for National Poetry Month and beyond.
Grades 6-8: Assessment Strategies
5 easy ways to check in with students before and after lessons
Craft: Food Art
Take a page from The Very Hungry Caterpillar and create multimedia collages of your favorite foods.
Craft: Paper-Plate Butterflies and Caterpillars
Watch paper plates morph into beautiful butterflies and cute caterpillars with these imaginative crafts inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Books: Animals
Welcome spring (and Earth Day!) with curriculum-ready books on animals and their environments
Printable: Poem Pocket
Hand out envelopes full of colorful words and let students' imaginations go wild!
Cool Teacher: Evan Mirenberg
The award-winning STEM teacher builds the foundation for his students' success.
Real Talk with Rafe Esquith: Go the Extra Mile
Rafe Esquith on how not passing the buck can reignite your fire for teaching.
How I Do It: Engage Early Finishers
Creative ways to keep kids engaged when they finish work early.
Teachers' Picks: STEM
Get hands-on in science class with inventive games and tech tools.
Teachers' Picks: Tablets
The latest kid-friendly tablets—and how you can make the most of them.
Q&A: Eric Carle
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, its beloved creator looks back.
End of the Day: Misheard Phrases
From loony lyrics to surprising lunchtime treats, the funniest phrases your students have misheard.
Winter 2014
Donalyn Miller: Cultivating Wild Readers
Book Whisperer Donalyn Miller's strategies to build a lifelong love of reading in your students.
Make the Most of Education Conferences
Conquer the convention center with our handy insider tips.
Common Core: Close Reading
Close reading is a natural fit for the Common Core, and easy to implement.
Craft + Activity = Learning Fun!
Hands-on "craftivities" to extend learning across your curriculum.
PreK-K: Winter Science Experiments
Teach students about the wonders of winter weather with these awe-inspiring experiments.
Grades 1-2: Read Across America Day
Take a cue from Dr. Seuss, get on a Magic School Bus, and Skype for Read Across America Day on March 3.
Grades 3-5: Moving with Multiplication
Make multiplication stick with these activities that reinforce automatic fact retrieval.
Grades 6-8: Get Kids Involved in Class
Go beyond raising a hand with teacher-tested strategies for getting students involved in class discussions and collaboration.
Craft: Packing Peanut Igloos
Save packing peanuts for kids to create mini igloos and eskimos that look just like them!
Printable: Reward Coupons for Kids
Printable coupons offer enticing rewards to motivate kids.
Cool Teacher: Jill Szymanski
National History Teacher of the Year Jill Szymanski on how she makes the past relevant to today's students.
Real Talk with Rafe Esquith: Earned Happiness
Rafe Esquith on teaching students the rewards of hard work.
Career Advice: Job Recommendations
Expert advice on asking your principal for a job recommendation.
Career Advice: Grade-Level Teams
Suzanne Tingley on working with an unsupportive grade-level team.
Teachers' Picks: Arts & Crafts
Get creative in your classroom with colorful products for all ages.
End of the Day: "Student Excuses"
From hungry pets, and siblings, to a run-in with the law, your students' wildest excuses for missing assignments.
Holiday 2013
Why Boys Fail (and What You Can Do)
Boys are struggling in classrooms across the nation. Here are five key ways you can make a difference and help boys succeed.
6 Common Myths About the Common Core
We cut through the rumors to give you the facts about the Core.
Professional Development Goes Digital
You are only a few clicks away from effective PD in your PJs!
PreK-K: 6 Fuss-Free Warm-Ups
Try these multisensory strategies to prepare students for learning.
Grades 1-2: Social Studies Projects
Engage students in hands-on learning with these six easy-to-make projects.
Grades 3-5: Vocab Activities
Help students build vocabulary and deepen comprehension with engaging word activities.
Grades 6-8: Literacy Lessons for a Digital World
Integrate technology across the curriculum—while meeting Common Core.
Crafts: Puzzle-Piece Snowflakes
Don't throw out those old puzzles with pieces missing! Use the pieces to create unique snowflakes.
Crafts: Balloon Snowmen
Dip an inflated balloon into a bowl of tempera paint to create vibrant, colorful "snowmen."
Cool Teacher: Melissa Collins
Second-grade teacher Melissa Collins on turning your classroom into a learning lab and making science come to life.
Real Talk with Rafe Esquith: Doing Good
Rafe Esquith on teaching kids the value of kindness and doing good deeds for their own sake.
Career Advice: "My Principal Wants Me to Teach to the Text"
Suzanne Tingley on convincing your principal to let you teach your own way.
Career Advice: Collaborating with Special Education Teachers
Suzanne Tingley on working with special education teachers to implement individual education programs.
Fall 2013
Banish Bullying
There are things you can do to help stop and prevent bullying. Here's where to start.
10 Tips for Field Trips
A little troubleshooting makes out-of-classroom excursions a breeze.
Fall Organization Tips for Teachers
Fall is the perfect time to pause and perfect your routines and systems. Here are 5 great goals and solutions to get you started!
PreK-K: Fun Games for ELA Lessons
Make reading class feel like recess with hands-on activities for early learners.
Grades 1-2: Read in Math Class
Use much-loved children's books for real-world math activities with a cross-curricular twist.
Grades 3-5: Brain Breaks
Four simple go-to activities to keep students calm, focused, and motivated in your classroom.
Grades 6-8: Activities to Teach Note-Taking
Underline the importance of taking great notes with thoughtful activities for reading class.
Crafts: Colorful Fall Leaves
Bring out the coffee filters and markers to create a twist on autumn leaf projects.
Crafts: Mosaic Pumpkins
1 handy template + a handful of multi-colored beans = a fun and easy pumpkin project kids will love!
Printable Treats and Decorations for Halloween
Whether they're dangling from the ceiling, waving from pencils, or taking a bite out of trick-or-treat bags, kids will love these cartoonishly creepy creatures.
Sandra Boynton: Shoe-Print Pony Craft
Author and songwriter Sandra Boynton shares this original craft project designed for her newest project, Frog Trouble.
Cool Teacher: Genia Connell
Third-grade teacher and Scholastic Teachers blogger Genia Connell finds learning opportunities in disasters.
Rafe Esquith Gets Real: Project-Based Learning
Rafe Esquith, long-time teacher and author of Real Talk for Real Teachers, on how long-term projects teach resilience.
Career Advice: Heading Back to Class and Instructional Coaches
Suzanne Tingley on returning to the classroom post master's degree and effective instructional coaches.
How I Do It: Welcome Parents into Class
Clever ways to get parents involved at your school.
Teachers' Picks: Social Studies
Explore new worlds with creative games for social studies class.
Summer 2013
Instructor's Ultimate Summer Book List
20 new titles to satisfy every interest and keep students reading all summer long from Scholastic Instructor.
Pam Allyn's 5 Tips for Summer Reading
Key strategies to prevent the summer slide and help kids discover the power of a good book from Instructor Magazine.
Key Data on Kid Reading
Surprising new findings from Scholastic's Kids & Family Reading Report.
10 Tips for Packing Up Your Classroom
Expert advice for a stress-free classroom cleanup from Instructor Magazine
PreK-K: Safety Rules for Summer
Activities to get kids ready for (safe) summer fun from Instructor Magazine.
Grades 1-2: End-of-Year Activities
Reflect on lessons learned and friendships made with activities that wrap up the year from Instructor Magazine.
Grades 3-5: Public Speaking Activities
Common Core-ready lesson plans to develop public speaking skills from Instructor Magazine.
Grades 6-8: Collaborative Year-End Projects
Celebrate the school year and keep students engaged with hands-on group projects from Instructor Magazine.
Crafts: Mini-Garden Keepsake
Make DIY mini-gardens to celebrate the end of the year with a gift that will keep on growing from Instructor Magazine.
Crafts: Quilt of Knowledge
Create a classroom quilt to celebrate favorite school-year memories and lessons learned. From Instructor Magazine.
Printable Good-bye Cards for Students
Say a fond farewell to each student with sweet cards for summer from Instructor Magazine.
Printable Bookmarks for Summer
Mark the spot in summer reading choices with fun summer vocab words from Instructor Magazine.
Q&A: D.C. Teacher of the Year
Perea Blackmon talks to Instructor Magazine about keeping kids excited, giving parents grades, and some very unusual class pets.
Child Behavior: Eating Behaviors and Transitioning to Summer
Ask Dr. Fernandez from Instructor Magazine.
Career Advice: Leadership Roles and the School Board
Suzanne Tingley on taking on leadership positions and running for the local school board from Instructor Magazine.
How I Do It: Celebrate Year's End
Thoughtful ways to celebrate the year from fellow teachers.
Teacher Freebies for Summer
Contests, Grants, and Giveaways for Teachers from Instructor Magazine.
Teachers' Picks: Reading Games
Get kids excited about reading with word games for all ages from Instructor Magazine.
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Our mission is to make sure you have a great time. We're not saying you can't have a great time on your own, but we can certainly take the inherent hassle out of rocking out in SoBe. It's what we do and we guarantee our work so you come out satisfied every time. If you want to have the best SoBe VIP experience, you can't afford not to use SoBeVIPs. In addition to our nightlife services, we can plan your entire stay, including hotels, restaurants, daytime activities, exotic car rentals and boat charters. We work with the most popular nightlife destinations and have an excellent relationship with our venues due to the volume of business we conduct. One of the benefits of our service is that the relationships we have created with South Beach nightclubs enable us to pass on more value to our clients by minimizing the amount of bottles that would normally be required for a large group. Take a group of 10 guys on a bachelor party for example. By booking through SoBeVIPs.com they will receive a private VIP table for as little as 3-4 bottles whereas a group of that size would be required to purchase 6-7 bottles if they went through a local hotel concierge or the club directly, almost doubling their price of admission. Basically, the only power a concierge has is to make a group the table reservation. In addition to getting our group a great deal, we make the reservation and ensure the group is taken care of with respect the entire night. All of our clients are personally consulted and hosted at all times, from walking them into the club to handling all financial transactions within the club itself; allowing them to enjoy the night without worrying about splitting a bill or chasing down a VIP hostess at the end of the night. We are very proud to have a 100% satisfaction rate and reputation of integrity and professionalism in this business. SoBeVIPs is dedicated to making your night out the absolute best it can be.
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We accept cash and credit cards. Once your reservation is confirmed you will choose your payment method and arrange payment with your VIP host.
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Once your reservation is confirmed you will get a call or an email with your hosts name and cell phone. Your host is available the entire time you are in town and can be reached 24 hours a day for your convenience.
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You pre-purchase your passes online. You can pre-buy all the way up until 8 PM on the night you want to use the pass. You will receive a confirmation code and instructions on where and when to meet at the club you selected. Simply call the host, arrange the meetup and head to the club with your confirmation number. The host will escort you in and you'll have a great time.
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Bottle service comes with a table reservation and is typically a way to guarantee entry to most clubs. Party passes just allow you to pre-pay to get into the club of your choice, without the need to purchase bottle service.
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There are oh, so many things that are inappropriate about the Fort Washington Flip at the time of this writing. One: It's clear from a quick scan of the cocktail's ingredients — nutmeg, people; nutmeg – that it ain't really meant to be quaffed in hot weather. (And it is hot up in herre, good people of places other than Montreal. It is so hot in Montreal today.) Two: Then I actually bothered to read the write-up this drink got on Serious Eats, like, four years ago (a time lapse that, while not outright inappropriate, surely gives away my occasional, self-loathsome tendencies towards procrastination) and, turns out, it was invented by a Cambridge, Mass. bartender in honor of Easter. Easter four years ago. An Easter that was an "early Easter" that year. So again, faux pas sur moi. (If anyone else was surprised to read "Easter," because the nutmeg made you think Thanksgiving/Xmas… me, too!)
The Easter connection was represented through the use of a whole egg — hence, this cocktail's proper nomenclature as a flip. (Flip = a whole, raw egg in the drink. There isn't a term for when you just use raw egg white, like in my World's Greatest Cosmopolitan.) I made this drink the other day, I made it myself and I made it diligently, not half-assed, and I poured it for the PhoBlograpHusband and for our next-door neighbors and then I poured some for myself (a teensy portion, I swear) and then I drank my teensy portion and then I went home and like 30 minutes later I said, "Oh God, Sean. I'm pregnant and I just drank raw egg."


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Castrell, meanwhile, was getting to know Noriega, Torrijos's increasingly powerful intelligence chief, at Friday happy hours at the air force headquarters in Panama City. And on the job. "We pilots had to deal with Noriega quite a bit over the question of Torrijos's security," Castrell remembers. "And many times Noriega was aboard when I was the pilot."
Castrell also met several clandestine wheeler-dealers: the late Cesar Rodriguez, for instance, a Panamanian who flew arms to the Sandinista revolution before graduating to smuggling cocaine for the Medellin Cartel; and Mike Harari, an Israeli living in Panama. Harari had been the leader of the Mossad hit squad ordered to hunt down the Palestinian terrorists who had murdered eleven athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Instead the squad killed an innocent waiter in Norway. Harari later turned up in Panama, where he became an intimate of both Torrijos and Noriega. Such shadowy connections would both help Castrell and haunt him.
For two years after Torrijos's death in a July 1981 plane crash, Castrell continued to fly as pilot for Noriega and other Panamanian commanders as they jockeyed for power. In 1983 Noriega, who had emerged as the military strongman behind the figurehead president, promoted Castrell to captain and gave him the job of chief of air operations. He held the post for only a year before Noriega named him military attache to Argentina, where he served through June of 1988. During that time, he says, he grew closer to the man he still calls Torrijos's political heir. "As part of my functions, I had to have more direct contact with General Noriega to pass on intelligence," Castrell recalls, refusing to comment about precisely what type of intelligence he was passing along. "We were already friends, but we went along, identifying more with each other and getting to know each other better."
Noriega trusted Castrell enough to promote him to major and later to name him to the important post of ambassador to Israel, where he continued to provide intelligence, even as Panama descended into chaos. After the U.S. indictment of Noriega on drug charges in early February 1988 and his surrender to U.S. forces on January 3, 1990, the new government of President Guillermo Endara kicked Castrell centsn out of both the armed forces and the diplomatic corps. There was more bad news A Castrell's wife, Maria Luisa Cajar de Castrell centsn, was diagnosed with cancer. Without anything to keep him in Israel, Castrell brought his wife to Miami in September of 1990. Castrell maintains that his decision to move to Miami had nothing to do with Noriega, who was awaiting trial in a cell at the Miami federal courthouse: "I came here, not because of any political or economic motives, but because this was the best place for my wife to be treated. I wanted to stay out of politics until things calmed down in Panama."
His wife became sicker over the course of the next two years, and finally, in December 1992 she left for Panama, where she died two months later. "She was feeling very bad," Castrell recalls. "She wanted to spend her last days with her mother and her family and to be buried in her own land. I knew when I said goodbye to her it was the last time." Although Castrell speaks of his wife's death without betraying any emotion, his attorney, Edward Montoya, says his client's military bearing and stoicism should not be confused with a lack of feeling. "This man endured a lot of emotional pain in his family life," Montoya observes. "And he found himself alone here in a strange country." The former Panamanian Air Force major found solace in a lost cause and an old friend who was in even more desperate need than himself.
Frank A. Rubino, Noriega's chief defense counsel, decided to put Rodolfo Castrell on the stand almost as an afterthought. For months, as Rubino and Jon May prepared their client's defense, Castrell had been stopping by their offices at least once a day to offer his help. Rubino found the former air force major useful indeed. Among the attorneys' aims was to show that Noriega could not have known about every drug shipment that passed through Panama. "The U.S. was going to make the argument that Noriega should have dedicated himself solely to drug interdiction," explains Rubino. "But Noriega, like the leader of any country, had to delegate duties. He couldn't and didn't dedicate himself to one thing. We needed people like Castrell to focus on the details of who was actually running the different parts of the country. We spent a lot of time with Castrell, maybe ten or twelve meetings. We relied on him quite a bit for his intimate knowledge of the PDF [Panamanian Defense Forces]. We would take him PDF documents and he would help us sort them out."
Donald Winters, who was the CIA's senior officer in Panama from 1984 to 1986, can't recall ever meeting Castrell, but he says that any air force major close to Noriega probably knew more about the intricacies of government operations than most members of the General's inner circle. "You have to understand the way the PDF was structured," says Winters, now a partner with CTC International Group, a business-analysis firm based in West Palm Beach. "The guys who really did the work were the majors. That's the way Noriega worked -- he gave mid-level commanders charge over specific areas so that no one would gain too much power."


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Battle of Hastings stopped by weather for second year
A re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings on what is believed to be the original 1066 battlefield has been cancelled for a second year running.
It is eight months until the event was to be staged, near the anniversary of the battle in October, but English Heritage has said weather damage to the field already means it cannot go ahead.
The second day of last year's event was called off because of torrential rain.
English Heritage said it is the biggest event it stages in the South East.
The 2013 re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings was to have been held on the weekend of 12 and 13 October.
The annual event marks the anniversary of the battle on 14 October 1066. The victory of William, Duke of Normandy, over King Harold changed English history.
Future battlesSince English Heritage began running the event in 1985, up to 1,000 re-enactors have taken part in the battle, in the shadow of Battle Abbey in East Sussex.
The Battle of Hastings
- Edward the Confessor's death in 1066 left a disputed succession and the throne was seized by his leading aristocrat, Harold Godwinson
- King Harold quickly faced invasion on two fronts - from the King of Norway, Harald Hardrada, and William, Duke of Normandy
- The Norwegian invasion was put down at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, but Harold was later killed by William's army at the Battle of Hastings
- The victorious William was subsequently known as "the Conqueror" and the events are depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Source: BBC History
English Heritage said that despite laying tracking on the ground, wet weather had taken its toll.
Its experts say the area needs to be re-seeded and rested to enable it to fully recover and establish a more robust grass surface.
"We know we are disappointing people this year but hopefully we can kick start the events programme again next year," said property manager Joanne Stewart.
"We definitely will be having future battles on the site.
"We have to remember that underneath that battlefield is archaeology - not necessarily from the 1066 Battle of Hastings, but from that era up to the present day.
"There's World War II archaeology under there and the actual shape of the landscape, which was shaped by the battle and the subsequent building of the abbey.
"We want to maintain that for future generations after we have gone."
The battlefield will also be out of action for the town's annual bonfire celebrations, usually held on the site.
Alan Deeprose, landlord of The Bull Inn on Battle High Street, said cancelling the re-enactment would damage local businesses.
"It is not great news for the town as a whole," he said.
"It is a town that really evolved around the abbey - ever since 1066 it is a town that used the abbey as a form of income.
"The bonfire and the re-enactment are big weekends - they make the economy of the town."


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