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You might find you a skate park/
55th in Gage Park
You might catch you a case dog/
Kings and Folks be beefing
Que paso, ya tu fuiste/
Way to far in that hood
Now make it home won't be easy/
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55th street and Lake Park you would be in a nice neighborhood in Hyde Park. But take the same street a few miles West to 55th and Gage park and you in the middle of gang territory of Latin Kings and Gangsta Deciples and many more. "Que paso yo tu fuiste" means "Whats up, you already went"in Spanish. You've gone too far in that hood if you hear that.
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Classroom response systems (CRS) is a technological way to assess students, more commonly known as audience response systems. Synonyms are personal response systems (PRS), and classroom performance systems (CPS).
Unpublished research results by Ward in the early 1990s measured the difference between known interactivity in the traditional classroom (30 students - 1 teacher) and that of a technology-empowered classroom (30 students to one teacher, plus technology). The technology-empowered classroom was over 1000% more interactive than the traditional classroom. These results laid the basis for efforts toward an interactive technology-empowered learning environment. The learning benefits of questions cannot be achieved if students don't participate in the processing of questions and formulation of answers to the questions. The CPS-empowered classroom provides the quantitative tools to influence the processing of questions and formulation of answers by the student in a non-threatening and positive manner.
The instructor is able to ask objective and subjective questions of each student. The questions come from a computer, and are displayed for each student to view. Each student can answer their test questions at their own pace and respond with a remote control device ("clicker"). A radio or infrared transmitter picks up the student's response and sends it to the computer, which stores the responses and can provide detailed reports. This system allows instructors to obtain immediate feedback from each student. The system keeps a log of every class session, so student records are always available. The main goals of the classroom performance system are to "engage, assess, and achieve" in a variety of learning environments.
For larger classrooms (more than 30 students), the increasing smartphone penetration, together with widespread Wi-Fi in classrooms or conference centers allows to use browser based systems for realtime polls, engagement or interactivity, such as IQ Polls.
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And oh, yeah, I got a girl, she act like I owe her
Sometimes it seems like I just don't know her
And yeah, the relationship is starting to feel like a chore
But I really hope I'm not starting to bore, page one
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Success modifier on missions that can't fail
I was wondering why certain specializations contribute to Success on missions that only have success or critical possibilities, namely on the cxp-to-fm conversion assignments.
This ends up making the success traits or specializations undesirable, since having the crit traits alone results in a more favorable outcome percentage. Was this intended? Because the specializations listed seem like they should help, not hurt, the assignment. But when there are no failure options, they only serve to counterbalance critical traits.
This is showing up on the New Romulus epohh missions on Tribble as well. It's obvious that biologists and research scientists are supposed to be useful with the assignments, but they are currently a liability. A purple biologist with one crit trait gets a worse probability than an unrelated blue scientist with one crit trait.
Any word on this? Right now, it discourages using doffs that have the 'right' specialty, even if they have crit traits.
Borticus mentioned that he'd been looking into a similar issue with the Commendation Reports. I'm hoping he'll move the current "success" trait to the critical success traits.
It is to limit the possibility of a Critical (particularly on those assignments that say require an Engineering Division officer and Engineering is a Success trait)
But where it gets annoying is when not all officers, but only the ones that 'should' help, reduce the crit chance. So it's not that all possible officers have reduced crit, but just the ones with specializations that actually fit with the assignment.
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Mumbaikars can expect a hike in the taxi and auto fares some time soon, with the unions reminding the government to decide on the revision of charges due this month.
The current fares were set in October 2012 and according to a government decision a revision is to be decided in May. The Hakeem committee, set up to work out a fare formula, had recommended that the authority should study the price indices of the constituents that go towards making up the fare to decide on the revision. The taxi and auto unions have sent letters to the state government reminding it about the need to undertake the groundwork for the revision.
Thampi Kurian, general secretary, Mumbai Rickshawmen's Union, said, "Between October 2012 and now the price of compressed natural gas (CNG), one of the main components of the Hakeem committee formula, has increased from Rs33.05 to Rs38.95, a rise of Rs5.90. This itself justifies a hike. Moreover, the cost of living, the insurance we pay for our vehicles and the cost of maintenance of our vehicles have increased too." Kurian said his union had sent a letter to the state transport department on May 2.
While the unions will not put a figure on the amount of the hike they expect, some of the leaders suggested that the flag-down rate for autos should be at least Rs17, that is two rupees over the current Rs15. They said that some time back the minimum fare for autos in Pune was set at Rs17, after calculating the price of CNG which is lower in Pune by about Rs5 a kg than that in Mumbai. Besides, the cost of living in Pune was also less than that in Mumbai. So, there is every reason for a proper hike in fares in Mumbai.
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The show is so much better when it just says 'screw it' and really embraces it's inner "Superman". it's when "Smallville" rears its head that the show just gets stupid and contrived. Case in the point, the way Clark got to the Daily Planet... makes no sense. That's the "Smallville" in it. But once you realize, hey, it's clark and lois working across from each other at the daily planet, and it's not just them doing it once "foreshadowing" it's really happening, it almost feels magical. I recently caught the episode Apocalypse from the previous season... when I saw Clark, interacting with bowtie Jimmy, and honest to god reporter Lois... putting on the glasses, I was like, holy shit, I can actually see a REAL Superman show with this cast.
But it was a mirage, because the "Smallville" in the show always comes back. the show gives you tantalizing glimpses of greatness before yanking it away, and laughing at you with its contrived stupidity.
About two seasons ago they should have just jumped forward and launched "Metropolis" starring Welling, Durance, Rosenbaum, and that Ashmore kid as Jimmy, with McKean as Perry.
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Using inexpensive tissue paper in a variety of colors and a planned pattern, you can create a stained glass look on your patio door. Robin chose a panda pattern because her husband collects them, and the design can be left on year-round versus a seasonal image.
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- The main figure should go onto the glass first as you wish to see it from the outside. For example, a ear that is closest to you goes on first then the head and the second ear farthest back next .
- The more layers of tissue the darker the pattern .
- Eyes mouth nose these can be placed on the head before going onto glass .
- Using a crayon, map out where you are going to place your patterns on the glass lightly .
- Using your crayon design as a guide, apply liquid starch to the glass in shape of applique.
- Place tissue on area and smooth over with brush.
- Apply more starch to just moisten tissue.
- Continue until you have decorated your design onto the door.
- Allow to dry and it will last as long as it is not moistened again .
- To remove or change, simply moisten the art with paper towels and sloth off and dispose wet tissue into trash. Clean the slate so to speak and change or remove your design.
- Smaller versions could be placed on frame glass and viewed like any other picture.
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The Republicans originally filed their challenge back in February, but the petition immediately hit a roadblock when the Court ordered briefing on whether the challenge -- filed eight months after redistricting maps were approved -- was timely. In early June, a 4-3 majority of the Court dismissed the petition in a brief order. According to the leaders' petition for reconsideration, the dismissal order conflicts with Reynolds v. Sims, a landmark Supreme Court election law precedent which -- according to the Republican leaders -- holds that courts should be reluctant to toss redistricting challenges because of the possibility of disrupting imminent elections. The Republicans also point to newly discovered evidence as a basis for reconsideration, citing an expert report concluding that the redistricting maps unfairly favor Democratic candidates.
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KATTAPPANA: There is a considerable fall in the quantum of rain received in Idukki district in June when compared to the same period last year. Last year, the rainfall recorded during the period was 69 cm. It was 32 cm this time, official sources said.
In the catchments of the Idukki hydroelectric project, the rainfall this year was 401 mm when compared to the last year's record of 711 mm.
Sources say the availability of drinking water will also be affected as the quantum of water absorbed by the soil has also gone down. In the areas where the availability of drinking water is affected, the six-month period beginning June is considered favourable. However, the situation is not favourable this time, they said. Water levels at various reservoirs (drinking water projects) are not satisfactory this season and water sources including streams and rivers are yet to attain full flow, sources added.
"As the monsoon season is yet to pick up in the district, it will be a blow to farming, which is a major source of our income," says Jose Thomas, a cardamom planter.
The climate is believed to be favourable for cardamom plants. But, the crop being sensitive to climatic changes, one can be sure about the increase or decrease in cardamom production only after a month, Mr. Thomas said.
An Agriculture Department official says the climate is unfavourable for coffee and pepper crops and there is a considerable fall in the production levels.
A report published by the Cardamom Research Centre at Pampadumpara says there is a 60 per cent fall in the production of pepper this season. "The prices of coffee beans and pepper have not reached the expected level and summer rain during the last harvest season had destroyed the crops," Krishnan, a farmer, says.
The drop in the production of crops this season will have an economic impact on people who are faced with a general rise in the price of essential items, he adds.
Though it rained for two days, it tapered off in the following days. Official sources say the rain received in the district during June was the lowest in ten years.
Unlike the Mullaperiyar dam, summer rain had little impact on the water level in the Idukki reservoir.
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Morningstar to Host 18th Annual Morningstar® Canadian Investment Awards and Gala10:27 EST Wednesday, November 21, 2012TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2012 /CNW/ - Morningstar Research Inc., a Canadian subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), will hold its 18th annual Morningstar® Canadian Investment Awards Gala on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The Morningstar Awards are designed to help investors identify the year's most exceptional funds and fund managers in Canada.In Canada, the Morningstar Awards have a longstanding history of recognizing companies and individuals who have made a difference in the lives of investors through superior investment products, service, marketing, and education.The analyst-driven Fund Manager of the Year awards recognize managers who have not only achieved impressive risk-adjusted returns, but have also been strong stewards of shareholder capital over the long term. Morningstar has added five new awards to the line-up: ETF Provider of the Year, Best Equity ETF, Best Fixed-Income ETF, Best Specialty Equity Fund, and Best Use of Technology. For the complete awards line-up, please visit www.investmentawards.com/awards."Being nominated for and winning a Morningstar Award is considered one of the highest honours in the country's investment industry. Each year, we look forward to recognizing and celebrating the industry's most outstanding achievements," said Scott Mackenzie, president and chief executive officer of Morningstar Research Inc. "This year's awards gala will be Canada's best yet, and we've expanded our awards line-up to reflect the growth of the ETF market in Canada. "Peter Mansbridge, chief correspondent of CBC News & anchor of "The National," will emcee the awards dinner. The evening will start with a networking cocktail reception, followed by the awards dinner and an after-party celebrating the launch of the 2013 Canadian Investment Guide, published by Investment Executive. Guests can also look forward to a silent auction benefitting charitable beneficiary MusiCounts and a scotch tasting at the cocktail reception and after-party.MusiCounts is a Canadian music-education charity associated with The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the nationally televised JUNO Awards. MusiCount's mission is to provide students with access to comprehensive music programs in Canadian schools. For the third year in a row, the proceeds from all submission-based awards will be donated to MusiCounts.The Morningstar Canadian Investment Awards and Gala attracts more than 500 guests annually. Individual tickets are $339 plus HST and range from $3,000-$4,500 plus HST for a table of 10. 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I'm looking for advice for an affordable way to move a 32' LOA, 9' beam, 8300lb disp boat 1900 miles. The bid with hydraulic trailer was $7K.
I am an old farmer/sailor and can easily move 10,000 lbs of hay so why not a boat?
My idea is to build a cradle that will lock (strap) to the boat, use frames with rollers under the cradle then winch the entire load on an equipment trailer rated for >15000 load. I strap the whole load down and get on the road. I've called around and permits may be as much as $500 or less if I get them all myself state by state. As far as I can figure my expenses should be less than $2K.
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Legend goes that Mahavishnu brought Ariyalur out of the sea to make it His earthly abode. Millions of years ago, Arilyalur region was indeed under water and for students of geology, Ariyalur Stage is an important phase. Even today fossils of sea animals and plants are found strewn about in this region.
In the heart of Ariyalur is the Kothandaramaswamy temple, which once upon a time must have buzzed with activity. The utsava idol of Rama is exquisite, in fact as beautiful as the Vaduvur idol. The Dasavathara Mandapam, inside the temple, with huge pillars, each depicting an Avatar of Vishnu is unique in its magnificence and dimension.
Devotees have special affection for the Narasimha at this temple. Ariyalur is said to have derived its name from Ari, Tamil for lion. The sculpted lion-god on the pillar is an imposing figure. "It is Narasimha, who is protecting us and has bestowed prosperity on the town," say local devotees in unison. They remember Mahaperiyaval's visit to the place and his words extolling the majestic grace and power of Narasimhaswami in the Dasavathara Mantapam.
The people of the township have decided to restore glory to the temple and renovation has been planned. On the agenda is the reconstruction of the temple car for which the State Government has sanctioned Rs. 9.5 lakhs as the first instalment. Devotees are determined to conduct the annual festival and reclaim the temple tank.
Prominent citizens of Ariyalur congregated at the Dasavatara Mandapam and decided to organise a charitable registered Trust to augment the resources needed to accomplish the task. The Rotary and Lions clubs are also willing to lend a helping hand. The managements of cement factories have promised to pitch in too.
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$1,550—$2,350 Studio—2 bed 3883 Ingraham Street, San Diego CA, 92109
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3883 Ingraham Street, Pacific Beach, San Diego, 92109
Commute to Downtown San Diego
The rent at AVA Pacific Beach Apartments ranges from $1,550 for a studio to a $2,350 two bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 16% more expensive than the Pacific Beach average.
This apartment is in the Pacific Beach neighborhood in San Diego. Nearby parks include Crown Point, Fanuel Street Park and Northern Wildlife Preserve.
AVA Pacific Beach Apartments has a Walk Score of 65 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
Patio or Balcony, Walk-in Closets in select apartments, Within 0.5 miles of a bus line(s), Furnished Apartments Available, Lighted Tennis and Basketball Courts, State of the Art Fitness Center, Located Near Public Transportation, 40-Person Whirlpool Spa, Large On-Site Laundry Facilities
Pets allowed: No
Brayden Bastoni
Oct 11, 2014
Let me start off by saying DO NOT LIVE HERE. The best way to describe this community is imagine you have diarrhea and you take a dump in a toilet bowl full of glitter - it may look shiny & fancy, but underneath it's still a massive, steaming pile of $#!T. A few specifics: The walking gates never lock/work. They claim it's a "gated community" but even Hellen Keller could walk right up in this thing, easy peasy. The parking garage gates never work. They're either wide open or shut and the underground sensors never work so I'm forced to rock my car back and forth for 10 minutes praying somebody is leaving so it'll open from the inside. I've actually had to talk to the leasing office about this on THREE separate occasions and they still can't seem to get it right. CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION starting at a firm 8am. I signed my lease a month prior to my move-in date, so you would assume they'd have taken care of any necessary repairs prior to me moving in. WRONG! We were forced to vacate our unit (which we paid for) for 10 hours - uncompensated of course, and had repair men inside our unit for the rest of the week. They now have the hot tub closed for over 2 months (also uncompensated) and have ruined our view with these extremely ugly 8 foot tall fences. Different rules apply to different tenants - we were told we are not allowed to have anything hanging outside in our patio area, yet I know of at least 8 different units with items affixed. When I spoke to the leasing office about this her response was "well that side of the community is not my responsibility". That's the type of answer I'd expect from a 5 yr old, not a Community Manager Professional. There's some other, less major things, but I think I've made my point... So again, let me end with - DO NOT LIVE HERE.
Michael Harris
Nov 06, 2014
Don't walk RUN away from this Sh**hole, the management is the WORST. They are corporate programed monkeys that read off of response sheets put together by some idiot in their corporate office. THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ANY PROBLEM LARGE OR SMALL, ONE THING AND ONE THING ONLY IS ON THEIR MIND..........MONEY AND LOTS OF IT! THIS WILL BE THE WORST DECISION YOU HAVE EVER MADE, DO NOT LIVE HERE!
Leigh Swaisgood
Sep 17, 2014
STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS PLACE. ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. IF THE DESCRIPTION WERE ACCURATE IT WOULD READ: San Diego apartments from Avalon offer great STRESS AND HEADACHES. Discover OLD AND MOLDY studio, 1- and 2-bedroom San Diego County apartment rentals in California right now at Avalon at Mission Bay. I uploaded my photos from black mold caused by the maintenence team and they tried to ignore it for a month. One picture shows the mold flower groing out of the floor and we had to catch dripping water from our kitchen ceiling. Really, save yourself a headache.
Preston Davis
Jan 08, 2015
My wife and I lived here for 6 months and we had an issue with bed bugs. The community management staff did not do anything about the bed bugs for THREE WEEKS. It is obvious that they do not care about the tenants and are only concerned about collecting the rent. I would advise staying away from this community AT ALL COSTS.
sandrine demolder
Jan 05, 2014
If it was possible to make a 0 review i would do it! I've regreted living there it since the first month. To make you sign the leave and justify their high prices, they will sell you all the facilities and all the help you will have but once you ve signed you'll start to see the real avalon. It s very noisy, people are not very nice nor helpful. Suroundings are dirty and nobody cares about dogs pooping near (not to say on) your patio or countless emptied bottles left by the crazy teenagers because of who you couldn't sleep the day before. I also have a cat and she never goes outside. So explain me how in less than a month living there she was covered of fleas?! Security is very low (my bike was stolen right on my patio) but the biggest problem i had was to terminate my lease. I had to come back to my country in an emergency because of my father's death and couldn't come back due to the huge amount of things i had to deal with back home. If you need help from them, just don't count on it! during one month i tried to terminate my lease (be careful cause if you leave before the end of your lease date they charge you A LOT of money) and tried to find a solution for the money i owe them (only 18 days and started to deal with this way earlier than the due date) but i absolutely had no answer other then, this is not our policy, please take contact with our customer care center (until one point you really start to think you're talking to an answering machine...well they're good sales people). And obviously the customer care center does not answer!!! So, i kept sending them emails and emails (easy for them, i wasn't in the US) until one day i discover the file was gone to a lawyer... i had to ask a friend from the us to co-sign the lease i could move in..well then they abviously started to make him some problems...and it s not finished In my opinion, Avalon is only trying to get the more money that can from people without really caring and will take any opportunity to do that. please DON T EVER LIVE THERE YOU WILL REGRET IT!
Pacific Beach, San Diego, 92109
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Every Man Sees You Naked.
David M. Matthews
610 East Delano Street, Suite 104, Tucson, AZ 85705
ISBN 9781604940282, $13.95, www.wheatmark.com
As soon as I got my hands on "Every Man Sees You Naked" my world stopped. I put everything down to focus on this book. It was definitely well worth my time. David M. Matthews really tells it like it is. He takes us into the minds of men. I learned a lot. Rather than saying that men's minds are simpler, I will be nice and say that they are less complex than I thought. Matthews says that he got the idea for this book from the many conversations that he has had with women. He writes with humor, which helps soften the blow of his brutal honesty. I was very impressed with his ability to understand the minds of women. The way that he explains how men's minds work as compared to women's showed me that he has a good understanding of how we think.
Even if I was in the perfect relationship (relationship, what relationship?), I would still love reading this book to gain more insight into my partner. The humor that Matthews infuses into his writing also makes it a very fun book to read. He doesn't hold back with his words, so the reader should be prepared for some graphic details. In addition to gaining insight into how a man thinks or doesn't think, he also offers some great advice on techniques for spicing up the relationship. This is definitely excellent reading material for someone who wants to make positive changes in her relationship.
Matthews answered some rhetorical questions that I had in my mind in regards to issues in previous relationships. One was, "Why would a man want to be intimate with me, if he doesn't treat me with respect?" Well, I learned, in a man's mind, respect doesn't play into sex issues. They don't need to have respect for a woman to have fun with her. I also gained some insight into men and women just being friends. In my own life, I have noticed that there are guys that say that they are okay with just being friends, but then they get all bent out of shape when I start a relationship with someone other then them, or if the friendship doesn't extend into the friends-with-privileges level. Matthews taught me that guys really don't want to just be friends with women. They always want more. I will definitely keep this in mind for future friends!
"Every Man Sees You Naked," is a must read for all women. It should be required reading in high school. Actually not high school, because then the moral majority would have to hold book burnings, but definitely for college. Every woman needs to read this book. If she can read it before she gets into her first relationship, she will have a much easier time. But it's never too late, at least not for a divorced, almost-middle-aged woman like myself. Mr. Matthews please keep writing.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Healthcare stocks led U.S. stock markets higher on Tuesday, buoyed by a better-than-expected increase in U.S. factory orders in February and gains by European markets.
The S&P 500 closed 0.52% higher at 1,570.25, led by Humana (HUM) DaVita Healthcare Partners (DVA) UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and Aetna (AET). The S&P is up 10% in 2013.
U.S. factory orders increased 3% in February on greater demand for cars and aircraft. The uptick followed a 2% decline in January.
Dow closed up 0.61% to 14,662.01 while the
Nasdaq finished ahead by 0.48% to 3,254.86.
"Clearly, stocks have had an exceptional run to start the year and handily outperformed bonds," Russ Koesterich, BlackRock's global chief investment strategist, said in a weekly investment note late Monday. "We certainly don't expect this pace of gains to continue, but even after the first-quarter rally, stocks still look inexpensive compared to fixed income alternatives, so we would continue to advocate overweight positions in equities."


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The Cardinals, over the past several decades, have benefitted richly from the services of out-of-town sluggers who arrive in St. Louis during the waning days of their careers to catch fire one more time. César Cedeño. Will Clark. Larry Walker. Carlos Beltrán (sniff). But has there ever been an import who transformed the fortunes of a Cardinal ballclub more dramatically than Lance Berkman in 2011? He hit like mad, he helped loosen up a team that by all accounts had been sourpussy and cliquish, and he is the best damned Google image search ever.
Here you go: Five Berkman photos that encapsulate why we love this guy so much.
#1: The young Elvis. He knows what's up. That little lock of hair on the forehead? It works on both the "suave" and "ironic" levels. Even as a young thing, Berkman was always in on the joke.
#2: Berkman and Tito the dog. My former career was in the world of animal sheltering, so I'm a sucker for any pro athlete who supports animal rescue, as Berkman is doing here by posing with an adoptable dog from the humane society. Extra points because it's a plain brown dog of the sort that often gets overlooked in shelters. Extra extra points because the dog shares its name with one of my all-time favorite Cardinals.
#3: Berkman and the Obamas. It's probably best that Lance and I never talk about religion or politics, and I'd bet my signed Tito Landrum photo that he didn't vote for our current President, but goddess bless him for being his jovial and respectful self anyway when the 2011 Cardinals visited the White House. Congress could learn a lot from this particular Puma.
#4: Berkmanohana. Yeah, that's Lance Berkman in a sumo suit during his 17-game tenure with the New Orleans Zephyrs. You know how everyone on Match.com says they're "comfortable in their own skin"? Lance Berkman puts them all to shame. He's the good-natured honey badger of the baseball world.
#5: Sexy asparagus-munching cowboy Berkman. In a bookstore few years ago, I happened upon a cookbook called Diamond Dishes that featured big-leaguers' favorite recipes. It was full of softly-lit photos of earnest ballplayers in their HGTV-worthy kitchens—A-Rod leaning defiantly against a pile of greens, Adrian Gonzalez glancing up thoughtfully from a skillet, Albert Pujols brandishing a blowtorch (no, seriously)—but this glorious, ridiculous photo is why my mother got a copy of the book for Christmas that year. This is what would happen if the American Heart Association had a Marlboro Man. This is "Asparagus, I wish I knew how to quit you." This is perfection.
Godspeed, Lance. You're one of the good guys, and we're lucky you stopped in St. Louis along your way.
The disgruntling Easter bunny and other Mike Shannonisms
In honor of Mike Shannon's contract extension, which will keep him behind the Cardinals' microphone alongside John Rooney for at least a few more years, I thought I'd dip into the collection of Shannonisms that Julie and I have been scribbling down during games for the last several seasons. I can't guarantee that these are all 100% verbatim, since many of them have been recorded via the time-honored leap-from-couch-and-dash-to-nearest-writing-device-before-forgetting-what-he-said method, but I promise you they're pretty close, and I guarantee they're good for a grin.
Mike: Did you enjoy the fireworks here last night?
John: No.
Mike: Did the 3-0 loss have something to do with that?
John: Yes.
Mike: Did that temper your fire?
John: Yes.
Mike: It's bad when they temper your fire. It's like the Easter bunny with no eggs. Just so disgruntling.
Mike on Ryan Howard: Well, Mr. Howard can put a dash to your trash, that's for sure.
Seatbelt Safety Guy doing a guest spot in the broadcast booth: Seven out of ten traffic fatalities are people who are not wearing a seatbelt.
Mike: WOW!!! So what you're saying is, if they would buckle up, it might not be ANY of out of the ten?
Mike on the slow-working home-plate umpire: This umpire looks like he has double-time disease. The other way.
Mike: Watch out because we've got the broadcast cops out today [gives the 'This broadcast may not be reproduced or disseminated' statement]. That's a word you never hear in the dugout. 'Disseminate.'
John: Thank you for that, Mike. I'm glad the fans were here to hear that bit of information.
Mike: That's because of the broadcast cops. They're like the fish cops.
Mike on then-Mets pitcher Oliver Perez: I always thought Oliver was a classy name. Especially in….poetry. And scripture. How about you?
Mike on umpire Tim McClelland: Just so you know, this guy won't ever call a pitch. He takes four, five seconds every single time, so tell you what, we're just going to call 'em and then we'll let you know if he disagrees with us or if he gets 'em right. [a bit later] We get more calls right than he does. I guess he called that last pitch a ball, but you can't tell with this guy. He only cares about himself.
Mike on Juan Pierre: Pierre is a pepper pot. If you turn him upside down, he's a popper pet, and that's what we want him to be tonight. There's strike one and oh! that was definitely a popper pet.
Mike on a crazy game: This is the wild-pitch phase of the moon. It's bad when that moon goes into wild-pitch phase.
Mike on the URL for the Cards' website: There are a LOT of slashes in that Cardinals website, you know. Lots of different pages you can go to. There's a slash for harmonicas, and a slash for….rain delays…..
John: I don't think there's a slash for rain delays.
Mike: There's not? Oh. Well, you know what there should be a slash for that there isn't? Pumpkins!
….And we've got lots more where these came from.
The top 10 Rick Ankiel tweets of 2013….so far
I don't feel like talking about the World Series, or about the "classy" ad the Red Sox stuck in the Post-Dispatch, or about the macho garbage going on in Miami and the macho garbage being barfed up in the media in response to it.
Let's talk about Rick Ankiel instead. Specifically, about his Twitter habits, which rank him alongside Peter Gammons on the list of sports figures who use social media to impersonate symbolist poets. Let's revisit the ten most profound Ankiel tweets of the year to date. (P.S. Sorry for the visual ugliness of this post; WordPress isn't letting me fix the vertical space. Serves me right for making fun of a guy I actually really admire.)
#10: The unfinished sentence
Where's he going with this? "I, Claudius"? "I, Robot"? "I have the most amazing arm you'll ever see on a ballfield but I do an unfortunate amount of tweeting with my butt"?
#9: Yeah, it was totally the last thing
You can Google it and stare at it for minutes on end, as I did, if you want to hold out hope that it means something, but….no. Butt-tweet.
#8-6: If only we knew who his favorite football player was
I'm thinking Peyton Manning. That guy is awesome.
#5: And now for something totally different
Rick, no. Bad Rick.
#4: Here, have a palate-cleansing butt-tweet
That's better. And I have to say I love Rick's commitment to his tweets. Once they're out there, he stands by them, which is the hallmark of a guy who either understands the meaning of "loyalty" or hasn't found the "delete" feature.
#3-2: Wait, I forgot who his favorite football player was
Right. Manning. And in case you thought that the top tweet existed to correct the punctuation in the bottom tweet, notice that they were posted a week apart, so they represent two totally separate thought processes and Twitter-urges.
Oh, Rick. We never loved you for your literariness, but we'll never stop loving you, either.
Shakespeare, autumn, and the Cardinals: An off-day sonnet
I realized, midway through the Cardinals' NLCS against the Dodgers, that I had two main reasons for desperately wanting them to win the pennant:
1) It was important to me to be able to continue living, and wearing Cardinals gear, in southern California without having to brook the taunts of the minority and the (far more unbearable) good sportsmanship of the majority.
2) I was pathetically, adoringly attached to this team, and I didn't want to lose their company a day sooner than I had to.
Both, I suppose, have something to do with how I'm feeling today: Discouraged after two flat losses in the final home games of the year, sure, and at least a little bit enervated by the obligation of continued hopefulness imposed upon us by the 2011 team—but mostly, just melancholy. Whoever wins this series, however it goes down, we're at most two games away from four months of dreary baseball-less-ness, and from never seeing again these same guys on the same diamond at the same time. For a sentimental baseball fool like me, the waning days of the World Series are bittersweet in the extreme, like the turning leaves and early sunsets under which they unfold.
Shakespeare would have understood this, I'm certain (he was an aficionado of the sport, you know, and a Cardinal fan to boot). Thus I hope he won't be too put out that I've twisted his Sonnet 73—one of his most darkly beautiful poems, about love intensified amid decay—into a premature and very dorky farewell to a season I have, indeed, loved very much:
That time of year thou mayst in MO behold
When no ballplayers throw, or hit, or run
Within Busch III, all empty now and cold,
Bare ruined fields, where late the Redbirds won.
In MO thou see'st the twilight of a year
That flourished once, but fadeth in the stretch,
As Papi's bat and Lester's emerald schmear*
Consigned the Cards to flail, the fans to kvetch.
In MO thou see'st the dimming of a team
Whose loftiness seems but a thing of yore,
Whose happy flights will be a distant dream
Unless the rookie arms astound once more.
Then pause, though thou still cheer'st them toward the ring,
To love that well which thou must leave till spring.
* No, I don't think that Lester was cheating, or that Game 1 could have proceeded any more ignominiously even if he had been. I just needed a rhyme.
Dear Cardinals: A plea, in poetry
'Tis the day before judgment, the eve of Game 6,
And Cards fans—let's face it—are pooping out bricks.
Though spirits are hopeful in downtown St. Lou,
It's tough to ignore the profound déjà vu
Of watching a three-to-one lead dissipate
To a high-flying team from a westerly state.
Was yesterday's hurler, in fact, Barry Zito
Dressed up as Zack Greinke and gone incognito?
When A-Gon's two round-trippers brought down the house,
Did Pablo the Panda become Mickey Mouse?
And what of the baffling moves by Matheny
To let the LA crew escape like Houdini?
No, no, it can't be! This is 2013
And our hopes didn't perish in Chavez Ravine;
The Cards have two chances to get back on track
And spare us the pain of a futile flashback.
Now, Yadi! Now, Adams! Now, Carlos Martinez!
On, Beltran! On, Waino! On, matching Molinas!
Don't GIDP, and avoid the TOOTBLAN;
Restore your RISP magic, and win this for Stan!
A Carpenter double, a Holliday bomb,
A gem from young Wacha (I could be his mom),
A wild pitch from Marmol, an error by Skip
Would all help the Cards book a World Series trip….
An unlikely hero could seal the Birds' fate!
A squirrel could show up and run past home plate!
A ball could get lost inside Wilson's gross beard!
Who knows what will happen? October is weird,
But one thing's for sure: The Cards mustn't show fear
If they don't want the Dodgers to pee in their beer.
Let's rise to the challenge of Kershaw and Puig
And take back the crown of the National League!
(Oh, hey, guys—no pressure, but just so you know this,
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but T. J. Simers, formerly of the Los Angeles Times and recently of the Orange County Register, doesn't like us Cardinal fans very much:
The feeling around the Cardinals is that they do everything right….The local newspaper calls it, "The Cardinals' Way."
Hey, I was just thinking that what this postseason definitely needed was a few more people bitching with poor punctuation skills about the Cardinals and their holier-than-thou straw-fans. Can we count on you to come through for us, T.J.? I THINK WE CAN:
Now I'm not the sort to take offense to another city's attempt to come across as being superior. If the yokels here want to aggrandize a king-size croquet wicket and call it the Getaway Arch, so be it.
With T.J., you can never be sure if stuff like "Getaway Arch" is a mistake because he doesn't know, a typo because he doesn't care, or a failed attempt at humor because he isn't funny. You should, however, be reassured that "yokels" is just as lazy a diss of the folks in flyover country as it appears to be. Don't feel bad, St. Louisans—he hates Memphis too, and Philadelphia, and Nebraska, and baby pandas, and war widows, and Doctors Without Borders [citations needed].
But there is a certain smugness about this place. Folks like to say the people here are the smartest baseball fans in the whole world….If they are so smart why were they on their feet cheering for a hopped-up Mark McGwire all those years? Are they now pleading ignorance?
Oh, now he's asking the tough questions! While I prepare my defense, I have a couple to ask him in return: Mr. Simers, by the time Manny Ramirez played for the Dodgers, you were a professional sportswriter and the steroid epidemic in baseball had already been out of the shadows for a number of years. Was it ignorance that prompted you to pen a series of drooling paeans—like this one and this one—to him? How about that time you said "Manny Ramirez was the best thing to hit Los Angeles. And nothing that has happened recently changes that"….after he'd been busted (twice) for PEDs and arrested for hitting his wife?
The answer, of course, is that T.J. couldn't care less what Cardinal fans thought of Mark McGwire, just as he doesn't really have any particular animosity toward St. Louis. But he does have a deadline, and syntactically-challenged, internally inconsistent stream-of-consciousness taunting is his shtick, so doggone it, that's what he's going to do.
Back to baseball:
I'm not here to defend our well-paid mercenaries. They got clubs in their hands and they'll do just fine.
Just my two cents, but maybe T.J. should worry less about what the Dodgers do in the visiting team's restroom and more about the fact that they don't seem to be hitting.
Right now all the smart folks are on their feet clapping and screaming for eight horses pulling a wagon filled with cases of beer around the park. Apparently they are also the easiest fans in the whole word to entertain. I'm guessing many of them still have their pet rocks.
….Someone has to work for what it costs to get into Disneyland these days, and so if the Register will have me for another month or so, that should take care of it.
Some might say that a guy who pays $100 to see a dude in a mouse costume isn't in a position to call other people "easily entertained."
(Those two excerpts are a few paragraphs apart in the column, but don't worry, they make just as little sense in context as out of it.)
You can understand now why there was a county fair-like frenzy in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 2-2 game when the locals started chanting, "Yady, Yady." Of course I can remember a time when Dodger fans were chanting, "Hee-Seop Choi, Hee-Seop Choi."
T.J. spells "Yadi" two different ways in this column, and neither one is the right one. That's because he doesn't actually follow baseball. If he did, he would know that Hee-Seop Choi (career WAR: 2.6) is to Yadier Molina (career WAR: 26.8) as Simers is to Roger Angell.
But I worry about folks who are urged to scream as loud as they can and do so because TBS is going live to the rest of the country. Why would the smartest baseball fans in the world agree to be used as TV props? Maybe it's a Midwestern thing, folks living much of their lives in anonymity and thrilled to see a camera pointed their way. Can you just imagine the collective swoon if Alex Trebek showed up for Game 2?
"I'll take 'Professional Trolls' for $400, Alex."
"Answer: Some say the douchiest sports-scribe west of Joe Strauss is this lazy dolt who was recently fired by the Los Angeles Times."
[Buzz] "Umm…who is Bill Plaschke?"
"Oooh, I'm sorry. The key words here were 'douchiest' and 'fired.' Obviously the correct response is T.J. Simers. Simers."
Now you would think I wouldn't be enamored with the millionaires who get paid for playing baseball in Los Angeles, while I work to pay off Mickey. It's true that six of our eight position players get paid more than their Cardinals' counterparts. Our starting pitcher makes $16 million more to get batters out than St. Louis' starter. But halleluiah, I say, that's the Dodgers' Way. It beats the days when the money went to Jamie McCourt's spiritual healer. The Dodgers paid Juan Uribe $21 million over the past three years, and that's just the going rate for a NLDS clinching home run. Unfortunately he just hit into a double play, the fans going wild here as if they just witnessed something never done before. And people say they are the smartest fans in baseball.
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Whoops, Carlos the foster kitten (pictured above) just walked across the computer keyboard. I'm leaving it because I want to offer T.J. a standard of journalism to aspire to.
The Cardinals win with a Beltran hit, a millionaire of their own doing the damage and I guess that's the Cardinals' Way, any old way just fine by them.
Oh, for crying out loud. Here's the thing: I can handle criticism of the Cardinals, or their fans, or St. Louis, and I can even enjoy it if it's smart and/or funny. But I can't handle sentences like this one, which is constructed about as well as the Angels' 2013 roster. I can't handle sluggish, hackneyed jokes about Midwestern hayseeds, which are about as fresh as Yaddy's knees must have felt after 22 innings of baseball in 25 hours. I can't handle knowing that I have at least five un- or under-employed friends who write better and know more about sports than Simers.
I can't blame him for the fact that major newspapers keep paying him to be a troll. I can, however, blame him for being absolutely terrible at it.
And that's coming from someone who's entertained by a bunch of draft horses pulling a wagon of crappy beer.
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There's word that VH1 has recruited a new player for "Basketball Wives."
With at least three members of the cast supposedly being booted from the team after last season, VH1 is looking to fill some spots on the roster.
TMZ.com reports that the network is looking to cast Tasha Marbury, who is married to Stephon Marbury. A source close to the show claims that VH1 thinks Tasha would be a perfect fit since she's already friends with some of the other wives. Not to mention she would be the only cast member that is still with her baller.
Reportedly, Stephon wasn't too hot about the idea when Tasha was asked to be on the first season of the series. But now that he's playing for the Beijing Ducks in China, it seems he's had a change of heart.
Neither Tasha, "Basketball Wives" producers nor the network have commented on the gossip at this time.
—Sonya Eskridge
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Is Royce Reed's beau cheating?
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This month's best new mysteries range from an environmental lawyer's latest investigation to Anne Hillerman's second Leaphorn and Chee novel and Walter Mosley's latest.
In Where They Found Her, former lawyer Kimberly McCreight tells the story of a small town that's rocked by an unthinkable crime. We asked McCreight, who hit the bestseller list with her debut, Reconstructing Amelia, a few questions about this shocking and suspenseful second novel.
The body of a newborn girl has been found in an idyllic New Jersey town. It's not the best assignment for a newspaper reporter who so recently delivered a stillborn child, but Molly Sanderson wants to prove to her editor that she can cover hard news. So—despite her husband Justin's trepidation that covering this story might cause Molly to lapse back into serious depression—she dives in, determined to find out how the child ended up abandoned beneath a bridge.
This month's best new mysteries include a genre-bending Swedish suspense novel, a suspicious death in the Everglades, a murderous plan gone awry and a dark cold case.
This month's best new mysteries include a cold case captured in a photograph, a puzzling standalone set in Scotland, the second installment in a hit French series and the newest Thorn novel.
Whether they feel watching eyes or hear the sound of quickening footsteps behind them, the potential victims in these unnerving stories sense a predator's approach, and so can we. As these characters hurry to the relative safety of their homes and rush to lock the doors behind them, readers of these smart and suspenseful books will be turning pages faster and faster in hopes of catching the criminal before it's too late.
Rafe Solmes is a Bath, England, literature professor who has just finished a book on fairy tales, but his interest in gruesome stories like "Bluebeard" and "The True Bride" is far from academic. When Clarissa, a university assistant, lets him walk her home one night, she discovers a sinister side to this seemingly harmless scholar. An obsessive master manipulator who won't take no for an answer, Rafe is soon everywhere she is—lurking outside her apartment at all hours, sending increasingly threatening gifts and even turning her friends against her.
This month's best new mysteries include a deadly oil spill, a charming francophile's mystery, the finale to Leif GW Persson's Story of a Crime Trilogy, plus an "ink-dark" psychological thriller from Kem Nunn.
Anne Hillerman's debut novel, Spider Woman's Daughter, is our Top Pick in Mystery for October 2013. Hillerman, a celebrated journalist and author of eight books of nonfiction, has shifted focus with her latest release to the fictional world of the best-selling Navajo mysteries first penned by her late father, Tony Hillerman. Though...
Big shoes! Those are what Anne Hillerman has to fill in taking over for her father, the late best-selling writer Tony Hillerman, beloved by critics and readers alike for his iconic Navajo mysteries, which spanned a whopping 36 years. Longtime Hillerman (père) protagonists Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee are both on hand for Anne Hillerman's debut novel, Spider Woman's Daughter, but...


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The Power of Independent Thinking
The New International Arms Race in SpaceAnd How to Avoid It
Recorded: Friday, March 7, 2008
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Did the United States test an anti-satellite weapon when it shot down an out-of-control spy satellite earlier this month? Or was it a precautionary measure to protect people on the ground who might have been hit with a fuel tank filled with a poisonous gas?
Experts: Peter L. Hays, Theresa Hitchens, Jeff Kueter, Mike MooreType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Government Secrecy, History (International), History (U.S), Science, Technology
Is the U.S. Provoking an Arms Race in Space?
Recorded: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
February 12, 2008
The Independent Institute, Oakland, CA
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty designated space for peaceful purposes as the province of all mankind. Virtually all spacefaring nations now favor a new treaty to accommodate major changes in geopolitics and military technology. The United States, however, has blocked negotiations, citing potential threats to U.S. rights, capabilities, and freedom of action. Some self-proclaimed space warriors even argue that U.S. military dominance in orbital space will be the only guarantee for international peace. But in Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance, Mike Moore, former editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, argues that such American exceptionalism, Will not guarantee American security; it will guarantee conflict, and possibly, a new cold war. Come join us for a stimulating forum on what could be the most crucial national security issue of this century.
Mike Moore is Research Fellow at The Independent Institute, former editor of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and author of the book, Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance. He is the author of many articles on national security, conflict resolution, nuclear weapons and proliferation, space weaponry, and related topics. Mike has spoken at many professional conferences and meetings sponsored by scientific organizations and policy institutes.
Experts: Mike MooreType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Science, Technology
Politics and Protests of the Biotech Revolution
Recorded: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
For millennia, farmers all over the world have bred crops for their resistance to disease, productivity, and nutritional value. Over the past century, scientists have used increasingly more sophisticated methods for modifying crops at the genetic level. But only since the 1970s have advances in gene-splicing and other aspects of biotechnology upped the ante with the promise of dramatically improved agricultural products. Today, few topics have the power to inspire as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods. Is public resistance far out of synch with the potential risks? Please join us as Henry Miller, co-author of the new book The Frankenfood Myth, and Bruce Ames, U.C. Berkeley professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, address this critical 21st century issue.
Experts: Bruce N. Ames, Henry I. MillerType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Agriculture, Bureaucracy and Government, Regulation and Deregulation, Science, Technology
The Frankenfood Myth?
Recorded: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
For millennia, farmers all over the world have bred crops for their resistance to disease, productivity, and nutritional value. Today, few topics have the power to inspire as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods.
Experts: Bruce N. Ames, Henry I. MillerType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Agriculture, Business, Environment, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Science
Michael Crichton on States of Fear: Science or Politics?
Recorded: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
The late Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and State of Fear, along with a panel of distinguished scientists, examine the increasing politicization of science.
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Experts: Sallie Louise Baliunas, Michael Crichton, William M. Gray, George H. TaylorType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Energy, Environment, Science, Technology
Fred Singer on Climate Change
Recorded: Friday, June 27, 2003
Originally aired on 06/27/03 on CNN. Dr. Fred Singer, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute discusses the political nature of the global warming debate.
Experts: S. Fred SingerType: TelevisionIssues: Energy, Environment, Politics, Science
Pearl Harbor: Official Lies in an American War Tragedy?
Recorded: Wednesday, May 24, 2000
The great question of Pearl Harbor: what did U.S. government officials know and when did they know it? Ithas been argued for years. After decades of Freedom of Information Act requests, Robert Stinnett was finally able to examine the long-hidden evidence, shattering every shibboleth of Pearl Harbor. He finds that not only was the attack expected, it was deliberately provoked through an eight-step program devised by the Navy for President Franklin Roosevelt. Could Pearl Harbor have neither been an "accident" nor a mere "failure" of U.S. intelligence nor a "brilliant" Japanese military coup? Could the tragedy at Pearl Harbor have been a carefully orchestrated design, initiated at the highest government levels in order to galvanize a peace-loving American public to go to war? Robert Stinnett will discuss this startling issue in detail.
Robert B. Stinnett
Former Journalist, Oakland Tribune and BBC.
Author of the books, George Bush: His World War II Years and Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor.
Experts: Robert B. StinnettType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Government Secrecy, History (International), History (U.S), Nationalism, Politics, Terrorism and National Crises
Global Warming: Science Fact or Fiction?
Recorded: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
Is global warming real, imminent, and a threat to human life? Have such predictions been established scientifically? The proposed Global Climate Treaty calls for extensive government controls to reduce fossil fuel use. Yet, there is no scientific consensus to support global-warming pessimism. Would the proposed massive 'carbon' taxes and other controls put our society- especially those most disadvantaged- at great risk? Based on his widely acclaimed book, renowned astrophysicist Fred Singer will separate fact from fiction in this raging global warming debate.
S. Fred Singer
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Kansas LETRS Training Information
LETRS training now available throughout the state of Kansas!
LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional development responds to the need for high-quality literacy educators. Developed by literacy expert Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D. LETRS provides the deep foundational knowledge necessary to understand how students learn to read, write, and spell—and why some of them struggle.
Why LETRS?
Because teachers, not programs – teach students to read.
• LETRS is based in real-world experience and the science of reading
• LETRS training prepares educators to diagnose why some students fail to learn to read, spell or write.
• LETRS training provides strategies and activities that cam be implemented immediately.
• LETRS increases effectiveness of any core or supplemental program.
For more information about LETRS, including the research base, go to www.LETRS.com
LETRS and the Common Core State Standards
About the Training
LETRS is divided into 12 Core Modules:
- Module 1: Overview of the science of teaching reading, why students struggle, where instructional emphasis needs to be placed (appropriate for teachers of all grades)
- Modules 2,3: Phonology; Phonics; and Spelling (appropriate for teachers of all grades—emphasis on foundational skills)
- Modules 4-6: Vocabulary; Comprehension; and Fluency (appropriate for teachers of all grades)
- Modules 7-9: Systematic Phonics Instruction; Assessment; and Writing Instruction (appropriate for teachers of all grades)
- Module 10: Multisyllabic Words and Advanced Decoding (appropriate for teachers of upper elementary and beyond)
Training in modules may occur separately (1-2 days per module), or up to three modules may be provided in approximately 4-5 days.
Training in Modules 1-10 is available now. Training in the English Learners Module and the Early childhood Module is also available. Check back often for more information regarding training opportunities!
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Contact information for all certified Kansas LETRS trainers is as follows:
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Wichita Public Schools
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Leadership Consultant
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center
Sublette, KS
Mary Liebl
Holly Aranda
Educational Consultant/Reading Specialist
Emporia, KS
Rachel Loersch
Robin Morales Cabral
Yvonne Michaud
Diane Callewaert
Dawn Obermeyer
Carla Chavez
Sonya Pena
Phyllis Cottner
Judy Rockley
Emporia, KS
Robin Morales Cabral
Director, Student Support Services
Wichita Public Schools
Gina Schutt
Shirley Farmer
Professional Development Director
South Central Kansas Education Service Center
Clearwater, KS
Jane Seward
Linda Flint
Darla Smith
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Jenny Smith
Paige Gawith
Colby High School
Northwest Kansas Education Service Center
Leanne McCleland
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Education Consultant/Instructional Coach
Southwest Plains Regional Service Center
Sublette, KS
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Brad Pitt was chosen as favorite leading man, Angelina Jolie as favorite female action star during the 35th annual People's Choice Awards.
Last night's ceremony — which is voted-on by ordinary moviegoers and was hosted by Queen Latifah — gave the Batman move Dark Knight awards for favorite movie and best on-screen matchup as Christian Bale's Batman squared off with Heath Ledger's Joker.
"On behalf of all of the cast from the movie, thank you very much to the fans," said Bale. "Here's to Heath."
Stars in attendance included Adam Sandler, Kate Hudson, Robin Williams, Hugh Laurie and Reese Witherspoon.
"It's such a great way to start the new year," said Witherspoon, who won the award for favorite female movie star in Four Christmases. "I won an award for having a baby throw up on me."
Carrie Underwood nabbed favorite female singer.
"Fans and people voting for me are what gave me a career in the first place," said the American Idol winner. "This is an amazing night."
Will Smith both the top male action star and best male movie star; and Kate Hudson was picked as best leading lady.
Ellen DeGeneres won for favorite talk show host.
"I wish I could share this with you," DeGeneres said of the trophy. "I could throw it on the ground and smash it into a million pieces, and give each one of you a little piece of it, but that's violent, and that's probably why you voted for me, because I'm not violent."
The best TV comedy was Two and a Half Men and the top TV cartoon was The Simpsons. Dancing With the Stars took the award for favorite reality show, and House won as favorite TV drama.


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Pet Helpers has an exciting summer ahead of them. They've been selected as one of 50 shelters, nationwide, to compete in the ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge. This honor is monumental for the organization.
To meet this challenge, the organization has a goal of adopting out 1,000 animals this summer. This means that 1,000 homeless cats and dogs in the community will leave the shelter system and find the families they so deserve. They are ready to take on this challenge, but cannot do it without your help.
Pet Helpers is looking for "Angels in the Outfield," as part of the ASPCA Rachael Ray 100K Challenge. These are members of the community willing to advocate for one or more animals, to help them find forever homes.
If you agree to be an "Angel" between June 1 and August 30, Pet Helpers will send you a picture and a description of one pet that needs a home, and they will ask that you utilize your network to help find a home for that animal.
This small commitment can change an animal's life forever. They are not asking for money. They are only asking that you "virtually" adopt an animal to help find it a home.
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Kids reunite with locked-up moms near Mother's Day
FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — "Hi, baby," Catherine La France cooed as she swept granddaughter Arianna into her arms and danced around the prison yard with the 3-year-old.
She pulled her two daughters into a bear hug, and the girls burst into tears. La France hadn't seen Arianna's mother, 18-year-old Samantha La France, in six months, and she last saw Summer La France, 14, nearly three years ago.
They soon dropped into easy banter as barbed concertina wire high above them glinted in the sun and guards armed with pepper spray discreetly patrolled nearby.
"This is my birthday present and Mother's Day at the same time," Catherine La France said at the stark, concrete-block-walled prison for low-risk offenders where she has been locked up for nearly two years. La France, who has prior residential burglary convictions, turned 39 two days earlier and won't be released for three more years, when she completes a sentence for repeatedly using a bogus credit card to defraud businesses.
Three generations of La France women got 4 ½ precious hours together at Folsom Women's Facility east of Sacramento more than a week before Mother's Day, which is Sunday. It happened through a free, nonprofit program called Get on the Bus that arranges for children to visit their incarcerated parents in California prisons around Mother's and Father's days.
Get on the Bus appears to be unique in providing free transportation to children around the two holidays and in offering counseling and other support, said Ann Adalist-Estrin, director of the National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated at Rutgers University, Camden. A handful of programs in other states, including Florida and New York, provide transportation to kids as part of a larger mission to help prisoners and their families.
"We have kids every year that are meeting their moms or dads for the first time," California program organizer Hilary Carson said, while others have not seen their parent in years. The organization's survey of participants, who average 8 years old, shows that more than half wouldn't otherwise be able to see their imprisoned parent without the program.
On Saturday, 40 minors and four young-adult children of inmates made the trip to Folsom Women's Facility. Tears of joy streamed down mothers' smiling faces as their kids arrived, and lingering, emotional embraces came before the bus pulled away. The trip began before dawn in San Jose, and the bus made stops to pick up children along the way.
It's the second Mother's Day the bus chartered by the nonprofit Center for Restorative Justice Works visited the prison designed to house 400 low-risk women. But this year there were about half as many children, Carson said. Not enough participants from Southern California signed up to justify chartering a second bus.
Similar buses fan out to 10 of the state's 34 adult prisons each year. On Friday, more than 250 children visited two prisons in central California.


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