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The Beach Scrapbook Layout
By: Stephanie Barnard for Krylon
Stone paint creates wonderful "sandy beach" accents, while Stained Glass Blue provides the glossy blue water in this layout from Krylon.
- Krylon Make It Stone!® Textured Paints - Charcoal Sand (#18202)
- Krylon Stained Glass Color - Blue (#9021)
- Krylon Spray Adhesive - Clear (#7011)
- Krylon Preserve It!® Digital Photo & Paper Protectant - Clear (#7026)
- 22 Gauge Wire Non-Tarnish Gold
- Nylon Jaw Pliers
- Round Nose Pliers
- Wire Cutters
- Gold Fish Charms
- 2" Dot Alphabet Die Cuts
- Cardstock
- Mini Glue Dots
- Memory Glue Dots
- Spray Make It Stone!® onto one 12" × 12" sheet of tan cardstock, according to directions on the can. Let dry.
- Tear into strips for bottom border, photo bottom and title bottom.
- Spray Stained Glass Blue onto a transparency. Let dry.
- Cut transparency in the shape of waves for the bottom of the layout and the title.
- Carefully cut off charm shanks with wire cutters and adhere fish to the bottom of the layout with Mini Glue Dots.
- Adhere transparency to layout using Spray Adhesive. Add the small piece to the title block.
- Using a diecut machine, cut title out of Make It Stone!® Sand cardstock. Adhere letters to blue cardstock and mat with white cardstock.
- Create the title by bending wire by hand.
- Adhere small piece of blue transparency and torn sand.
- Adhere to blue cardstock using wire staples. Mat with white cardstock.
- Add title to the layout.
- Computer journal on blue cardstock and add three fish to the bottom of the journaling block. Mat with white, blue and another white piece of cardstock and adhere to layout.
- Spray photo with Preserve It!® Gloss Finish. Let dry.
- Mat photo with blue and white cardstock. Adhere to layout.
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It's an article of faith in the automotive industry that customers want to bring their increasingly sophisticated smartphones into their vehicles and use them as easily and effectively as possible without having to take their eyes off the road or their hands off the wheel for more than a brief moment. From the customer's perspective, the more freedom and flexibility they have to use smartphone "apps," the better.
Automakers that excel at enabling mobile connectivity will presumably be rewarded with increased sales and greater brand loyalty, presuming they select the right apps, make them simultaneously secure and easily accessible, and keep development costs under control. That is more easily said than done, which may be why automakers' lists of apps approved for in-vehicle use are relatively short. Ford SYNC, for example, currently supports Pandora, Stitcher, OpenBeak, and iHeartRadio. Toyota's Entune system offers Pandora, iHeartRadio, Bing, MovieTickets.com, and OpenTable, in addition to various other location-based services.
Along with hands-free calling and iPhone/MP3 connectivity, those apps appear to be enough for now. Internet radio is a logical extension of what is already in the car. Location-based and/or vehicle-specific apps (navigation, traffic, weather, search, door lock/unlock, etc.) enhance the driving experience. Games, photo/video and productivity apps are okay as long as a vehicle is parked.
The big draw may be social media, and the key to accessibility is text-to-speech technology. Nuance recently announced that its automotive voice technologies power BMW ConnectedDrive. Text-to-speech enables the readout of emails, text messages, Facebook and Twitter status updates, and RSS news feeds. Text-to-speech also reads appointments aloud in owners' iPhone Calendar as part of the free BMW Connected app that lets drivers also listen to streaming Internet radio.
"Mobile consumers crave constant contact, and often find that they're immediately disconnected as soon as they enter their car," said Nuance vice president Arnd Weil. "Drivers are demanding in-car systems and mobile apps that not only keep them connected, but also minimize manual and visual distractions." Connected text-to-speech technologies give drivers more options and more connectivity from anywhere.

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Antonyms of callous :
sensitive, tender, untoughened, benevolent, benignant, gentle, kind, clement, indulgent, lenient, mild, cordial, friendly, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, tolerant, understanding, affectionate, fond, loving, charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, softhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted.
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Now it was because of the operations which he dignified by the name of wars, and now because he had no ship suitable for sending to Jamaica; but the truth was that Ovando, the springs of whose humanity had been entirely dried up during his disastrous reign in Espanola, did not want Columbus to see with his own eyes the terrible state of the island, and was callous enough to leave him either to perish or to find his own way back to the world. "Christopher Columbus, Volume 7 And The New World Of His Discovery, A Narrative", Filson Young.
And for long the Kaiser kept that callous, imperious look. "Tales of War", Lord Dunsany.
But when I think of her callous reception of the tidings of the unhappy boy's death, my spirit fails me. "The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne", William J. Locke.


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"$200 for a bottle of Canadian Club?" asked Ian. I was packing up most of my stuff to leave Brooklyn. I wasn't leaving for Eugene for two more weeks, but I didn't want to wait until the last second. "Who drinks Canadian Club?"
"It's a Mad Men thing, I think." The blended whisky had been moving back up the ranks of acceptable drinks ever since Don Draper, the last style icon we'd had in a while, had sipped a few in an early episode. Or at least I thought that's what he did. It'd been a while since I'd watched Don boss his secretary around.
Ian turned up his nose, which was silly. Canadian Club, the regular old stuff you can get for twenty bucks or so, really isn't bad stuff. Too much vanilla overtone for my taste, but not bad for a blend of corn, barley, and rye mashes. I think Ian just doesn't like it because he's from Detroit—okay, well, Ann Arbor, but he wears chains like he used to hang out with the goths at City Club—and after Hiram Walker moved his distillery to Windsor, Ontario, the proud people of Rock City can't stand to think that CC is quality stuff. Or something. I'm not from Detroit.
Canadian Club actually used to be quite a premium drink, due in large part to Walker's decision to age each bottle for five years, unlike other whiskies and bourbons around the turn of the century, which might only spend a few months in oak barrels before getting slipped onto the backs of burros and shipped off to the tipple and julip foundries of the East. But the last couple of decades found blended whiskies relegated to the slop trough, hiding behind sour mix, colas, or deep within cocktails, while the single-barrel stuff gets the attention. Which is fine—I'm not going to argue that single-barrel whiskies aren't great—but as a bourbon drinker, I'm happy to offer up the suggestion that there aren't profound differences between a decent blended whisky and something that is milked from a single nipple of an oak-and-brass spider idol. Yes, yes, the subtlety—I get it. And the smoothness. Sure. (Which, as someone who drinks their whisky neat, I find a peculiar quality over which to stumble. We are sipping straight booze, after all. Buck up.)
I'm in Eugene now, and I've started sipping from this bottle of Canadian Club 30-Year Reserve. It's noon and the sun is starting to shine. The dog sleeps on his bed in a parallelogram of sunlight. I need to get to my point before I blow through the rest of this day—and the bottle, which is nearly gone already.
What I'm trying to say here is that Canadian Club is alright. I actually had a bottle of the standard six-year sitting in the bar in Brooklyn to use as a control versus this 30-year bottle, one of 3,000 released by Canadian Club to celebrate their 150th anniversary. They're clearly the same stuff, still light on the tongue, not too oily, very little oak, with a bit more vanilla sweetness than I think makes sense, but still pleasant enough to let stand on its own, perhaps broken up my a single ice cube if you want to make it suitable for lawn work. The 30-year, though, has been transmuted by that peculiar alchemy made popular by Hiram himself; it's very much the same whisky, but it's so smooth that what alcohol burns the throat is almost an afterthought, a slow suck on a cough drop opposed to the full snort of Vap-o-rub.
Too bad I don't really care about smoothness.
It's inarguably a nice drink, though, as my nearly empty bottle testifies. Paying $200 for a blended whisky is still probably a bit silly, but if you're a dedicated Canadian Club drinker already, it might be worth a splurge to sample what your drink of choice would taste like with another two-and-a-half decades of contemplation. For everyone else—and god knows we're choosing booze on price these days—I'd stick with the six-year. It'll get you farther than a fifth of the way to the same experience.
I was originally going to write this booze up for my friends at Cocktalians, but then I never ended up making any cocktails out of it. So do me a favor and go check their site out.
I'm about to reconstitute my homebrewing setup here in Eugene, so expect more posts about that here on BBG, too.
And if you're a booze distributor, homebrew suppleir, distiller, or importer, and you'd like to give me free liquor to drink and maybe even write about on the site, shoot me an email and I'll give you my address. It's a rough job…


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Recent posts on Sweet Digs Seattle:
- Bainbridge Island: Random Price Changes
- Biggest Values By Area on the Eastside
- NW Seattle Sales: Condos Come On Strong
Running real estate searches has come to remind me of internet dating. You fill in your required parameters, browse the pictures that spring from the database, read between the lines of the profile description, and if everything checks out, you make a date.
As a veteran of the internet dating scene (I might even say graduate, since that's where I met my wife), I offer these hard-won lessons that may apply to your internet real estate search:
- There's no substitute for F2F. Do it early, or you'll let yourself get all hung up on a house you haven't met yet.
- Your first F2F impression isn't always right, since it's accompanied by the unrealistic expectations you got when you saw the house's glamor shot. Sometimes you'll need a few dates to see if there's a spark.
- A red flag is a red flag. Heed it or don't, but you'll have to find your way out of the relationship later if you ignore your gut instinct.
- Some houses can spruce up with a quick makeover, while some have deeper issues you'd rather not tangle with.
- Know yourself going in — if you're an easy mark, bring a wingman.
- If a date doesn't go well, don't worry about it. Just get back online. There are, after all, too many fish in the sea.
- Sometimes you just know. Don't be afraid to fall in love if it's right.


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I've read again and again over the years, that reading your e-mail as the first task in your working day is the wrong thing to do. You should dive into a few tasks, do something directly productive first, and then switch back to the in-box.
I am, for at least some of the week, a home worker at the moment, and that requires discipline (especially with the bundle of cute that is young Hazel to distract me each morning). I'm going to try an add this discipline - that of doing a little easily mooring blogging before I dive into other things - as my day's "start point". It probably won't happen at weekends, as I'm on full-time Hazel duty then, but during the working week, expect a little light bloggage from me.
This is something of a follow-on from Steph's back to blogging project. That helped me get back into the blogging swing - this, I hope, will help me hack my productivity.


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Luton have signed Portsmouth striker Callum Reynolds on loan until January.The Luton-born 19-year-old started his career with Rushden and Diamonds before Paul Hart took him to the Premier League South Coast side. Manager Mick Harford told BBC Three Counties Radio: "He came to train with us for two or three weeks at Christmas and he made a big impression on me." Reynolds made his debut for the Hatters in Saturday's friendly against a Peterborough XI. Meanwhile, Harford is set to meet .... read more
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Dali Miami Was a Taste of the Master's Work
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The hyper-sexual drawings, lithographs, paintings and sculptures -- which show through Sunday were enticing - much like Miami. Also like the Magic City, the prices were a bit steep and the music was blah. But there were more than 200 pieces of the Spanish master's work on display. We wanted to bask in the Dali glow.
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In a lithograph titled Don Quichotte, Dali drew a character reminiscent of both the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz and the Michelin Man. In a way, it almost looked like it was preparing for war; with a spear in one hand and a shield in the other. Preparing for what? We can only imagine what was going through Dali's mind when sketching him.World domination?
One of the most talked about sculptures on display, Venus de Milo With Drawers, was not only breathtaking, but incredibly detailed. From the drawer handles protruding like nipples to the drawers representing her ribs, it was as if Dali himself had just unveiled it to the world.
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There's nothing in the Miami exhibit of that value, but it's nevertheless a fine taste of the master's work. All in all, the Dali Miami exhibit was exactly what we expected: expressive, intriguing and sexual. We would go again tonight. Oh wait! We can go again tonight because the $80 VIP ticket allows multiple nights of entry.
Our writer, J.J. Colagrande yesterday called the exhibit underwhelming. While we understand his disappointment.-- Dali's work is far more more expansive and impressive than what's on display here, we think this is well worth the entry fee.
The exhibit runs through Sunday at the Moore building, 4040 NE Second Ave., Miami. Tuesday, March 7 through Sunday, March 11. General Admission is $20 pre-sale, $25 at the door. For more information, visit dalimiami.com.
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Warren Greatrex has his fingers crossed Baby Mix can make a full recovery from a foot problem that prevented him from running at Cheltenham.
The Upper Lambourn trainer reports the six-year-old to be showing daily improvement from an abscess that caused him to miss the Rewards4Racing Novices' Handicap Chase on the opening day of the Festival, but that he is not out of the woods just yet.
"He developed a foot abscess the day before which has actually turned out to be a lot worse than first thought," said Greatrex.
"He has been in the vets for over a week and does seem to be improving every day.
"I am praying that he can make a full recovery as he has shown so much potential this season and being only six, there is plenty more to come."
Greatrex was pleased with the efforts of his Cheltenham team, with Cole Harden finishing seventh in the Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle and Dolatulo prominent for a long way in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle.
"Cole Harden ran an amazing race in the Neptune - leading for three-quarters of the race only to be found for a turn of foot at the end," the trainer told www.wgreatrexracing.com.
"He has a very bright future and may go to Aintree over three miles which could be interesting.
"Dolatulo also ran very well in the Martin Pipe race. Again, he led for a lot of the way but it is evident on better ground, he would appreciate further than two and a half miles.
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COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. — An expanded Walmart in Cottage Grove opened its doors to the community Wednesday.
This growth and other business expansion in Cottage Grove is boosting the economy.
Initially, Walmart said it would be hiring 60 new workers as the store expanded, but now city officials from Cottage Grove say that number will likely be much higher.
"That's a substantial increase in employment there. They're one of the top employers in the city," said Richard Meyers, Cottage Grove City Manager.
In a town of just under 10,000 people, even a handful of jobs helps boost the economy.
"It's huge," Meyers said.
But Cottage Grove is looking at more than just a few jobs on top of Walmart's expansion — the city is also in talks with a company building a call center.
"That would start with about 80 jobs, possibly expand to 200," Meyers said.
And even before that deal is finalized. Meyers says, "Sixty new jobs even though they may be part time 30 hour and $10 an hour jobs, that's huge. You're looking at a million plus in payroll just by itself there."
Mindy Roberts owns a higher end shoe and clothing store in downtown Cottage Grove called Shoe Strings. While some might call Walmart a competitor for her boutique, she says that's not the case.
"I'd say it actually helped, because I think Walmart gives an opportunity for all customers of all economic levels to have a place to shop," Roberts said.
And when she's not running her store, she's working with the Economic Business Improvement District, a group working to revitalize the city's historic downtown.
"As you look in the shops you'll see new shops opening up, businesses expanding, so it's very exciting to be a part of that," Roberts said.
So for a town that has residents from all types of economic backgrounds, people there say a little variety for shoppers in town can only help the city grow.


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Hope you've all copped a look at the Comedy Central rebrand reel I uploaded last week, i'm so glad to have it finished, out there and (hopefully) impressing people. Following on from that, i've cut another reel, highlighting our new on-air 'visual continuity' that I explained on here before. It's a pretty fundamental aspect of our rebrand, and one which we're able to have a lot of fun with. We essentially create tonnes of different audio beds - bizarre, comedic, sometimes random, sometimes themed. We use these audio mixes along with bespoke animation to inform our viewers of programme and tune-in information. I've included several of our best examples in the compilation, hopefully it gives people a idea of how entertaining they can be when they pop up on the channel. It really is great fun to do and it's only really in it's first phase, it'll be interesting to see where we go with it after we've had some time to evolve and refine it.
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When the Retina Display for the iPhone 4 and the iPad 3rd generation made its debut, Apple figured out a way of allowing owners of the advanced displays to view and use apps and games by doubling the pixels. All-in-all this magnified the apps, causing some distortion, but they were still very much usable.
Jailbreak Tweak and Cydia app developer Ryan Petrich found something interesting today in the QuartzCore constant of the iOS 6 firmware, which could suggest that Apple is working on a "Super-Retina" display. The standard constant, which is already being used, is called "kCAContextEnablePixelDoubling", well Petrich now found another constant in the firmware called "kCAContextEnablePixelQuadrupling".
kCAContextEnablePixelDoubling and kCAContextEnablePixelQuadrupling constants in QuartzCore suggest a "super-retina" device is in the works?
— Ryan Petrich (@rpetrich) January 15, 2013
This could possibly mean that the next generation iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, or iPad 5 will include 4 times the pixels of the current. While the Retina display is already a beautiful thing and hard to distinguish pixels on the screen, this Super Retina display would be even higher in resolution.
People took to Twitter speculating that this constant could also mean that Apple is improving the internal files for 4k televisions, which should make a huge splash in 2013 and 2014. LG, Sharp, and Samsung were displaying these 4k televisions ever since CES 2012, while making them available to consumers this year. We know that we would rather see a Retina display iPad Mini, than Apple putting time into upgrading the current Retina display on the iPhone and iPad, which is already close to perfect.
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Chop Chop Caveman has received a great update that fixes our chief complaint with the original game. Now, you can select a virtual D-pad and buttons instead of relying solely on the game's awkward touchscreen controls.
The new controls make a big difference. Instead of fumbling around when we ran or jumped, our caveman was much more graceful. We appreciate that Gamerizon listened to our earlier criticism and improved the game's controls, so we're upgrading Chop Chop Caveman to a 3 out of 4.
The Chop Chop series is becoming one of the iPhone's most interesting original franchises. These instantly-recognizable, oval-headed characters with stubby arms and legs have recently branched out into tennis, soccer, and hockey games, but Chop Chop Caveman moves the series back a bit. Specifically, to the Stone Age.
You play as a caveman who dreams of meat– it's nice when characters in games have simple, relatable goals. Your quest for meat takes you through jungle, boneyard, and volcano levels, with 20 in total. Through running, jumping, and a bit of light combat, you have to survive to the end and pick up as many brightly-colored pebbles along the way for a high score on OpenFeint.
This water looks drinkable.
Chop Chop Caveman starts to fall apart when it runs into the Chop Chop series' trademark control scheme. Instead of using an onscreen D-pad, Chop Chop Caveman requires taps to dash and jump. Like in Chop Chop Ninja, holding down on the bottom of the screen moves you forward or backward, and tapping anywhere higher up will jump. You can also double-tap to dash, and ground pound or charge enemies to turn them into delicious meat.
We found that through the course of the game, we could never really make our caveman respond consistently. We often died because he'd dash when we wanted him to walk or jump. Asking Gamerizon to change their Chop Chop control scheme is like pestering Apple to add buttons to the iPhone: It's not going to happen. As a result, Chop Chop Caveman isn't nearly as good as it could be.
We loved Chop Chop Caveman's visuals, which are bright and expressive. A large cast of dinosaur bad guys fills the game with a fun personality. And the occasional environmental puzzles were a treat, even if they didn't stump us for long.
If Chop Chop Caveman had a better control scheme, we could easily recommend picking it up for a few hours of breezy platforming. But with its clumsy controls, Chop Chop Caveman just feels primitive, and we're not able to endorse a 2D platformer that trips over its own feet.


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Clippers hold off Kidder County
Strasburg-Zeeland scored 6 unanswered points over the final 45 seconds to pull away to a 62-53 victory over Kidder County in Steele on Jan. 24. The Clippers remained undefeated both overall (14-0) and in District 6 (8-0), while Kidder County dropped to 2-5 in District 6 and 7-7 overall.
The lead changed hands three times during the opening period, and neither team could open up more than a 4-point advantage during the frame. Kidder County used a 5-0 spurt to grab a 14-10 lead with under 2:00 left in the period, and the Pirates held an 18-15 advantage at the end of the frame.
Baskets by Zach Six and Jordan Leier gave Kidder County its biggest lead (24- 19) of the game with 4:30 left in the second period, but Strasburg-Zeeland ripped off 8 unanswered points over the next 1:30 to grab a 27-24 lead. Leier's jumper tied the game at 27-27 with under 2:00 left in the half, but Mason Kramer answered with a jumper for Strasburg-Zeeland, and Cole Nieuwsma added a pair of free throws to put the Clippers back in front, and Strasburg-Zeeland took a 31-29 lead to the break.
Both teams shot well from the floor in the first half. Strasburg-Zeeland connected on 13 of 25 (52%) field goals and sank half (4 of 8) of its free throws, while Kidder County hit on half (11 of 22) of its field goal attempts, while sinking 7 of 11 free throws in the half. Both teams had 11 rebounds and 7 turnovers over the first two quarters. Nic Kramer led a balanced scoring attack for Strasburg-Zeeland with 8 points, while Mason Kramer and Cole Nieuwsma scored 6 points apiece. Leier netted 10 points, and Six and Cole Scherbenske netted 6 points apiece for Kidder County.
The third period remained very close until Strasburg-Zeeland used a late run to finally gain some breathing room. Scherbenske's basket deadlocked the score at 35-35 with 3:40 left in the period, but Mason Kramer hit the back side of two free throw attempts about 10 seconds later to put Strasburg-Zeeland back on top to stay. Kidder County closed within a point two more times over the next two minutes, but Strasburg-Zeeland went on a 6-1 spurt over the final 1:20 of the period, and Brody Nieuwsma's free throws in the waning seconds of the frame extended the lead to 46-40.
Brody Nieuwsma's triple midway through the fourth quarter gave Strasburg-Zeeland its biggest lead (54-45), but the Clippers scored just 2 points over the next 3:15, and those came on a pair of free throws by Mason Kramer at the 3:12 mark for a 56-49 lead. Two straight baskets by Leier capped an 8-2 run that trimmed the deficit to 56-53 with 1:30 remaining, but Kidder County would not score again.
Kidder County had an opportunity to close the gap further or even tie the game after a Clipper turnover on the ensuing possession, but the Pirates misfired on a three-point attempt, and Brody Nieuwsma scored on the other end for a 58-53 lead with :45 left. After a Pirate turnover, Nieuwsma sank a pair of free throws to make it a three-possession (60-53) lead with just :29 left, and Mason Kramer closed out the scoring with another set of free throws to seal the victory with :13 remaining.
Strasburg-Zeeland shot 43 percent (10 of 23) from the field in the second half, but the Clippers sank 9 of 10 free throws over the final two quarters, including all 6 of their free shots in the final period. The Clippers finished at 47 percent (23 of 49) from the floor and 72 percent (13 of 18) from the stripe for the game. Kidder County cooled off considerably in the second half, hitting on just 10 of 31 (32%) field goals, and 4 of 9 (44%) free throws. For the game, the Pirates shot 40 percent (21 of 53) from the field, includinga0for8showing from behind the arc, and hit 11 of 20 (55%) free throws.
Mason Kramer (3 rebounds, 4assists)andBrodyNieuwsma (4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals) paced Strasburg-Zeeland with 15 points apiece, with Kramer sinking 4 of 5 field goals and 7 of 8 free throws in the game. Nic Kramer (6 rebounds, 2 assists) and Cole Nieuwsma (11 rebounds) netted 10 points each, and Kyle Nieuwsma (3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals) and Scotti Scherr chipped in 6 points apiece for the Clippers. Leier scored a game-high 18 points, while Scherbenske netted 13 points for Kidder County.
Scoring Summary
Stra.- | Zeel. | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 62 |
Kidder | Co. | 18 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 53 |
Team Stats
Field Goals | 23-49 | 21-53 |
( | 47%) | (40%) |
Free Throws | 13-18 | 11-20 |
( | 72%) | (55%) |
Rebounds | 34 | 27 |
Turnovers | 13 | 12 |
Team Fouls | 14 | 14 |
Individual Scoring
Strasburg-Zeeland: Mason Kramer 15, Brody Nieuwsma 15, Cole Nieuwsma 10, Nic Kramer 10, Kyle Nieuwsma 6, Scotti Scherr 6.
Kidder County: Jordan Leier 18, Cole Scherbenske 13, Zach Six 9, Ben Steinolfson 7, Ryan Sand 6.
3-Pointers: Strasburg-Zeeland (3- 13): Scherr 2, B. Nieuwsma 1, Kidder County (0-8). Fouled Out: None.
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You posted a conspiracy theory and said you couldn't dismiss it entirely. That's all I did, too. Just as much proof for mine as yours. Then Vinny jumped into the deep end.
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Me: But I do find it highly suspicious that this is being treated as a lone gunman, domestic terrorism situation, when there are witness reports claiming different.
You: Are you a conspiracy believer?
While it's possible Wade had others with him who have gotten away at this point, ballistics will tell if more than one gun was used.
What isn't possible is that this is a government run hit team.
(Never stated that as a possibility in my initial post there, you jumped to that conclusion on your own)
Me: Haven't come to any definite conclusions here.
Never stated that's what happened, just providing links to what some people have said that contradict what is being reported as a lone gunman attack.
Not going to state that I believe anything definitive, but I'm certainly not going to rule out the possibility, especially in the context of what is going on with the US and UN right now.
You: After all, you are suggesting that it is possible for the FBI, full of people who have served throughout many different administrations, to be in on killing innocent people and shooting a cop.
(Again, didn't do that, you made this up yourself)
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I'm not suggesting anything, other than the official story of one shooter may not be correct, and posted corresponding links and videos.
You took that to mean I'm a conspiracy nut who thinks the gov't is behind it.
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I am searching for McKirdy family connections in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland earlier than my gggrandfather Archibald McKirdy who was born there in 1802 and who died in 1881 at Daylesford, Victoria, Australia where he is buried. His fathers name was James McKirdy. I have traced the line back to Robert McKirdy b. Abt 1678 who married Janet Gealie m. 27 Nov 1703. I have yet to find the connection back to Chief Gilchrist McKirdy (Makurerdy etc.) Archibald (I) McKirdy married Catherine Adam in 1828 and they had 8 children (good-on-ya Cath!). The second last child was Archibald McKirdy who travelled with his mother and father and two sisters to Australia in 1864. The family tradition of the oldest-son-of-the-oldest-son naming his son "Archibald" continues with my grandson being Archibald the 7th! (none of us actually use the name regularily though) |
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Editor's note: This testimony was presented at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions onFixing No Child Left Behind: Testing and Accountability on January, 21, 2015. It additionally appeared in a slightly different form at Education Next.
Chairman Alexander, Senator Murray, Members of the Committee:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I would like to begin by congratulating the committee on putting the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act at the top of its legislative agenda for the 114th Congress. Nothing is more important to our nation's future than ensuring that we provide all children with the opportunity to reach their full academic potential. Congress cannot do that on its own, but it can help by addressing the very real shortcomings of the most recent reauthorization, No Child Left Behind, and restoring the predictability with respect to federal policy that state and local officials need to carry out their work.
As you move forward with this important work, however, I would urge you not to lose sight of the positive aspects of No Child Left Behind. Above all, the law's requirement that students be tested annually in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high school has provided parents, teachers, and other citizens with detailed information about students' performance in these foundational subjects – and therefore the extent to which they have mastered skills that are prerequisites for other educational goals. This information has called...
UNSTATEDPresident Obama's State of the Union address last night was a brassy, wide-ranging expression of liberalism (it also answered the prayers of listeners nationwide by lasting less than an hour). But nowhere in the speech did the president broach the topic of testing and No Child Left Behind. A political move? Mike and Mike discuss.
SAME SPEECH, DIFFERENT CAPITOLIf last night's excitement somehow didn't sate your appetite for policy laundry lists translated into turgid, focus-grouped rhetoric, be sure to check out New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address in Albany tonight. The word is that Cuomo will use the occasion to lay out a pro-reform agenda that might include lifting the cap on New York City charter schools.
DEPARTMENT OF WOODEN SHOESThe Hechinger Report has a thoughtful look at education in the Netherlands, where an intriguing bargain has been struck between schools and the government: Children there spend a greater amount of time in class (some two-hundred days a year, or nearly a month more than the average school year in the United States), and in exchange, teachers and principals are granted far more authority over class size, curriculum, and every other conceivable detail of student life.
STUDENT-PRINCIPALINGEducation Week's Arianna Prothero offers a look at the much-feted KIPP principal-training program. The charter network's Fisher Fellows are instructed in how to found and lead schools, with a special emphasis on the...
Arizona last week became the first state to make passing the U.S. Citizenship Test a high school graduation requirement. Governor Doug Ducey signed into law a bill mandating the test after the measure passed the state's Republican-controlled House and Senate in a single day. And that's really about all the deliberation that should be needed for other states to follow Arizona's lead. It's a no-brainer in more ways than one.
Here are some of the questions on the test:
These are among 100 basic questions on American government and history published by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization service. It's not particularly challenging stuff. Those seeking citizenship are asked up to ten of the questions; six correct is a passing score. Arizona students will need to get sixty of the hundred questions correct in order to graduate—the same ratio as immigrants to our country seeking citizenship.
It's curious to note that the federal government—by law and tradition, and quite correctly—makes no curricular demands on its schools or knowledge demands on its native-born...
Editor's note: This editorial originally appeared in a slightly different form in the Austin American-Statesman.
At noon on Tuesday, January 13, the Texas Legislature convened its eighty-fourth legislative session. Like many previous legislative sessions, many hours of discussions will be devoted to improving Texas education. Like many previous legislative sessions, legislators will no doubt enact new state education policies aimed at improving Texas schools.
Despite massive new education policies from previous legislative sessions, and after decades of effort, tons of money, and volumes of educational punditry and political debate, we are left with relatively little to show for considerable effort. As we go forward with future education policies, it seems wise to pause and ask an important question. Why has so much previous education policy delivered such meager improvement?
Indisputably, that question has multiple answers. But one of the most critical answers is too often overlooked: Previous state education policy has been minimally integrated with education practice. Put another way, there has been, and there still is, a cavernous gap between education policy and education practice. In order for education policy to be an effective catalyst for improved school outcomes, it must influence education practice—and education practice is under the direct control of education practitioners. These practitioners have meager influence on education policy.
Previous state and federal education policy has ignored a cardinal truth: When schools improve, that improvement will be primarily due to the actions of people in the...
The word around town is that support for annual testing among rank-and-file members of Congress—in both chambers and on both sides of the aisle—is dangerously low. They are constantly hearing complaints from their constituents about the overuse and abuse of standardized tests, and many are eager to do something about it. We policy wonks may see the value in such tests (Brookings has been especially effective in making powerful arguments for keeping them), but parents and the public are fed up.
To be of service, here's a crack at some "talking points" that members of Congress might use when the testing issue comes up at town hall meetings and the like. I strongly suspect that some of you can do much better. Give it a try! How would YOU explain to your fellow citizens the need for annual testing?
I understand that many of you feel strongly that there's too much testing in our schools. You can't throw a rock inside a school without hitting a standardized test; every time your son or daughter turns around, they are taking some test designed by some far away bureaucrat or testing company.
And you're right. There is too much testing, and it's taking time away from real learning—from art and music, from social studies and science, from time for play and exploration.
And there's little doubt that all of this testing is stressing out our kids and our teachers.
THIRD-RATE ORATORY, FIRST-RATE FUNPresident Obama's annual State of the Union address will be held tonight, and while polarizing K–12 policy is likely to be absent, early childhood and higher education will get plenty of air time. On the docket for these two subjects: the president's free community college proposal, along with an idea to streamline child-care tax benefits and incentives for families with young children. Be sure to hop on Twitter during your SOTU viewing party for a special edition of the EWA's buzzword bingo.
RELAX, THEY WON'T REVOKE YOUR PASSPORTArizona will be the first state to require high school students to pass a civics test, the assessment that all candidates for U.S. citizenship must take. A poll found that 77 percent of responders support this new requirement. Before you decide on the wisdom of the policy, see if you can pass the test.
AND YOU THOUGHT LUTEFISK WAS BADWhile Scandinavian countries top global rankings in many education metrics, a new piece in the Washington Post suggests that they are not the utopias they are sometimes made out to be. It seems that even the "happiest countries on Earth" struggle with racial tension, a slowing economy, and high youth unemployment (to name just a few). What does this mean for education? For starters, we need to be realistic when looking to other countries as potential models. But as Chester E. Finn, Jr. and...
HOLD THE PHONEThe numbers are in: According to a new Quinnipiac Poll released today, 54 percent of New Yorkers support Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to lift the cell phone ban in the city's schools. It's a good reprieve for de Blasio in the court of public opinion; his approval rating, while positive overall, still lags under 50 percent (the territory usually deemed safe for incumbent politicians). Chancellor Carmen Farina's popularity is lower still, at 39 percent. Maybe it has something to do with her apparent imperviousness to evidentiary analysis?
IN THE LOOPColorado Governor John Hickenlooper has contributed a dose of common sense on testing that some of our national politicians would be well-advised to heed. Just a week after members of the State Board of Education voted (likely with no legal standing) to allow school districts to opt out of Common Core-aligned PARCC tests, the governor took time in his State of the State address to dissuade lawmakers from cutting annual assessments. "We need to confront the truth about whether Colorado's kids are getting the education they need to compete and succeed in the job market," he said. "But how do we know if we are getting the job done unless we accurately measure individual student growth?"
SPEAK OF THE DEVILNow that we've broached the topic of our beloved congressional leaders, here's your semi-regular ESEA update: Education Week has conscientiously assembled a layman's crib...
Though hardly the only issue to be debated during the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education act, annual testing has taken center stage in discussions so far. Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate HELP committee, put forth a bill that leaves open the possibility of removing the federal requirement that states test students annually in reading and math from grades three through eight—a possibility that has thoroughly freaked out much of the education-reform community.
But as Alexander has explained, he is merely trying to respond to what he and every other member of Congress are hearing from their constituents: There's too much damn testing in the schools.
But is that true? And if so, is it because of the federal requirements?
A new report from the Ohio Department of Education provides some timely answers, at least for one state. (A bellwether state, mind you.) State Superintendent Dick Ross charged his department with collecting information about the number of hours Buckeye State students spend preparing for and taking tests (not including tests developed by their own teachers). The findings are illuminating (most of this language is verbatim):
Editor's note: This post appears in response to Michael J. Petrilli and Frederick M. Hess's earlier article.
I was appalled to read the attack of Jonah Edelman by my colleagues Mike Petrilli and Rick Hess for supposedly playing the "race card" on the ESEA reauthorization in his recent Daily Beast column. Hey guys, why the cheap shot? Jonah was citing historical facts that even today's schoolchildren study. He talks mostly about groups of disadvantaged students, particularly those living in poverty, and uses the term "racism" once. And if you knew Jonah and each of his parents as I do, you would know that Jonah's views have evolved way past his parents' views from different times.
I won't argue the strengths and weaknesses of NCLB. They both exist and are being vigorously debated. But to assert that states will do the right thing flies in the face of many current practices nationwide, not just history. How can Rick and Mike deny that most states have been insensitive to inequity in schooling and elsewhere? There is ample documentation that states choose to fund high-poverty schools at lesser rates than low-poverty schools, unlike most every other advanced country. Or that high-poverty schools have weaker teachers. And so on. And then there are other current state actions that reinforce disadvantages for undereducated and low-income people like the voter suppression actions being pursued in many states.
Maybe the federal government cannot do much in our grossly decentralized education governance system, but the...
DISTANCE MATTERSWhat really matters most to parents when choosing a school for their child? A new study from the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans has found that factors such as distance, extended hours, and extracurricular offerings tend to outweigh a school's academic record for many parents, particularly those lower on the income spectrum. What parents want out of schools is a topic worthy of further study.
MORE OIL, MORE PROBLEMSWhile millions of Americans are currently enjoying the lowest oil prices they have seen in years, state-level petroeconomies like Alaska are experiencing huge revenue shortages. In these states, funding for K–12 and higher education will soon be feeling the crunch. With the added uncertainty regarding the duration of the oil price drop, state lawmakers will likely continue to budget frugally for the foreseeable future.
DOUBLETALKNew York City schools will open forty dual-language programs in September as part of new Chancellor Carmen Farina's plan to immerse students in bilingualism and biculturalism. The classes will contain half English-language learners and half English-proficient students, who will receive instruction in both English and a targeted language such as Spanish or French.
GRADE-SPAN TESTING IS A BAD IDEAThe Center for American Progress and the AFT say that annual testing should be maintained to help better assess student outcomes, but should not be used for school-level accountability. For that purpose they recommend tests taken once per grade span. Many reformers, including...


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Hayden Newton announced his retirement on Monday.
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The head of the underfire East of England Ambulance Service Trust announced his retirement this afternoon.
Chief Executive of the Trust Hayden Newton said he was taking early retirement after five years in the post.
The announcement comes three days after the EDP launched the Ambulance Watch campaign following worrying reports of delays in response times.
Mr Newton, who took over the service in May 2007, officially handed his notice to the EEAST board on October 1.
He said: "EEAST is a great place to work. We have outstanding staff who work hard to deliver the best possible service to our patients who call us when they are in their greatest need.
"Now I am nearing my retirement age, I think the time is right to pass the baton onto a new chief executive whilst I look for a new focus in my life."
Mr Newton will retire within the next six months, and the service has now started looking for someone to replace him.
Chair of EEAST Maria Ball said: "Hayden will be greatly missed within the Trust and wider ambulance family - we are all very sad that he is leaving.
"I have personally known Hayden for more than 12 years and I continue to admire his energy, integrity, commitment and absolute passion for ambulance services.
"Hayden has been an excellent chief executive and under his leadership the Trust has made real progress. Our clinical support desks are saving around 900 ambulance unnecessary dispatches every week, paramedic numbers have increased significantly under his leadership and more front line staff continue to be recruited to nearly double the number since he took over in 2007 when the Trust faced significant financial issues."
Mr Newton began his career in the ambulance service more than thirty years ago and went on to train to become a paramedic.
He worked for a number of ambulance services taking up posts such as Director of Operations for the Scottish Ambulance Service and then becoming the Chief Executive of Kent Ambulance Service.
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There is a worrying pattern here. I hope he was not pushed. Anyone showing a more compassionate side that does not implement the cuts seem to be getting the push.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Let`s just hope they get someone from outside the service and that it doesn`t become a case of, Buggin`s Turn.
Monday, October 8, 2012
There is a worrying pattern here. I hope he was not pushed. Anyone showing a more compassionate side that does not implement the cuts seem to be getting the push.
Monday, October 8, 2012
i doubt the edp campaign made a difference seeing as he retired 5 days before they started it! but did the act on ambulances campaigners leave him in a tricky situation trying to explain the cuts days before? i wonder!
Monday, October 8, 2012
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California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)
California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF)
Canadian Food and Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Hines Nurseries LLC
Horticultural Research Institute (HRI)
Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN)
Service Plant Protection and Quarantine (USDA APHIS PPQ)
Society of American Florists (SAF)
Southern Nursery Association (SNA)
United Kingdom's Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection
USDA Agricultural Research Service