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- Planet Sheen Cartoon Episode Guide
- O Entertainment, Omation Animation Studio
- Distributed by: Nickelodeon Network
- Cartoon Characters: Sheen Estevez, Nesmith, Doppy, Aseefa, Dorkus), Princess OomLout, Emperor, Pinter.
- Originally Released in 2010.
- Season: 1
- Color
- Running Time: 11 minutes.
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After Boh-Rok the Destroyer, the most powerful and horrible creature in all of Zeenu, hears of Sheen's presence on the planet, he decides to pay The Emperor a visit. Boh-Rok is incredibly temperamental and if angered, he will wreak havoc on the entire planet. He demands that anyone who approaches him follow strict guidelines. As a result, The Emperor tries to prepare Sheen for the impending visit by hiring a tutor. To sabotage Sheen, Dorkus enlists the worst possible tutor, a nervous, slug-like creature named Doppy. If Doppy can't get Sheen to stay focused and learn the protocol before Boh-Rok arrives, it could be the end of them both.
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By Mike Chambers - April 24, 2004
CineFX is the engine that powers the GeForce series of GPU's and consists of the graphics hardware and ForceWare drivers, both of which are closely tied to a specific version of the DirectX and OpenGL Applications Programming Interfaces (API's). The third-generation of CineFX debuts on the GeForce 6 Series and embraces the technology behind DirectX 9.0 and Shader Model 3.0.
Under OpenGL, graphics acceleration in hardware is achieved through vendor specific extensions or extensions that have been adopted by the OpenGL Architectural Review Board (ARB). For example, the ARB_vertex_shader extension introduced programmable vertex shaders to OpenGL in version 1.4.
Programmability is an exciting and powerful feature of modern GPU's. While shader programs are natively written in assembly language, Microsoft's High Level Shader Language (HLSL) and OpenGL's Shader Language (GLSL) continue to gain acceptance in the developer community and are supported by CineFX 3.0. The shader compiler plays a key role as it translates high level shader instructions to assembler while hardware specific optimizations can be achieved by providing compiler hints.
NVIDIA continues to support developers by releasing tools such as NVShaderPerf, which reports on DirectX and OpenGL shader performance for GeForce FX GPU's. Shader development tools like FX Composer are geared towards simplifying shader development by incorporating real-time preview options and optimization features. NVIDIA's Software Development Kit (SDK) is a valuable resource that contains sample code, demos, tools, technical papers, and tips for DirectX and OpenGL.
The following table summarizes the key differences between vertex shader 2.0 and vertex shader 3.0 features. A vertex shader performs tasks that include transformation, texture coordinate generation, lighting, and vertex level texture access.
The GeForce 6800 Ultra contains six vertex processing units that are managed by an instruction scheduler. The vertex processing units are based on a Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data (MIMD) parallel architecture, which is characterized by each processor having its own copy of program instructions while performing different operations on different data streams.
Within each vertex processor is a scalar processing unit and a vector processing unit, which operate in parallel. A new feature of the GeForce 6 Series vertex shader is the texture fetch unit, which is capable of retrieving texture data from memory. This technology serves as the foundation for a hardware-assisted displacement mapping technique that can be accomplished using vertex shaders.
Infinite Length Vertex Programs
With previous versions of CineFX, NVIDIA based vertex shader limitations on the limitations Microsoft established in the DirectX API. Under DirectX 9.0, vertex shader versions 2.0 and 2.a allowed a maximum of 256 instruction slots and 65,535 instructions per program, and were incorporated in the CineFX FX 2.0 architecture of the GeForce FX. Although 256 slots are reserved for instructions, the number of instructions that can be executed is higher due to looping.
Vertex shader 3.0 has a minimum constraint of 512 instruction slots while the maximum number of instructions is capped by the MaxVShaderInstructionsExecuted variable in D3DCAPS9. Although vertex shader 3.0 documentation suggests that the maximum number of instructions be at least 2^16, CineFX 3.0 and GeForce 6 allow vertex shaders to execute an unlimited number of instructions.
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Dynamic flow controls are available to vertex shaders, which will provide greater control over program logic. New flow controls consist of new instructions (ifc/breakc, if/break/callnz), an eight-deep stack for return addresses and address registers (branch, call, push, pop), and condition code selection.
Dynamic branching increases the flexibility of vertex operations as conditions can be developed that determine how a specific vertex should be processed. This flexibility can also result in improved performance as unnecessary shader operations can be avoided. The flexibility that dynamic branching provides is a welcome feature, but care should be taken in order to ensure that processing remains efficient.
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Displacement mapping is a graphics technique used to increase the visual detail of surfaces by incorporating effects like bumps, cracks, and dents. Traditional displacement mapping algorithms typically subdivide the structure of the underlying geometry to achieve a desired geometric level of detail, which can be computationally intensive. For example, the images below originated from a head model. The original mesh is comprised of 1,358 triangles while the displaced mesh is comprised of 48,434 triangles.
With CineFX 3.0, NVIDIA designed texture fetching from memory capabilities into the vertex shader unit. This feature allows textures to be mapped onto vertices, which can be used to create an effect similar to geometry-based displacement mapping. Up to four textures can be retrieved and mip-maps are supported although no texture filtering occurs.
Vertex Frequency Stream Divider
A programmable vertex shader consists of instructions that manipulate vertex element data such as color, position, and texture coordinates. During the execution of a vertex shader, data is sent to an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) to perform the requested arithmetic and Boolean operations. The rasterization process operates on vertex component streams, which are comprised of vertex elements defined in the vertex shader.
Prior to vertex shader 3.0, a vertex shader was called once per vertex. Every time a vertex shader was called, its input registers, which are bound to vertex element data, were initialized with the vertex elements from the vertex streams.
Vertex shader 3.0 allows an application to assign a rate at which vertex shader input registers are initialized. The rate determines the number of vertices that are processed before obtaining data from the vertex stream and loading it to the input registers.
The Vertex Frequency Stream Divider will benefit games that frequently make use of objects that are replicas of one another. In many cases, these objects are designed to perform similar actions and therefore can be efficiently controlled by the rate at which the vertex stream data is updated. The developer can also issue a "batch" update, which will affect all of the objects in a scene or limit the effect to a specific group of objects thereby providing them with unique characteristics.
Note that information on pixel shader 3.0 and other new features about the GeForce 6 will be forthcoming. For more information on Shader Model 3.0, please visit Microsoft's WinHec 2004 web site and read the article Shader Model 3.0 - No Limits, which was written by D. Sim Dietrich Jr. of NVIDIA.
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Journey North: Tracking the Stories of Survival with Citizen Science
By Ian Vorster March 22nd, 2015 at 9:00 am | Comment
It was a crisp morning following a cold night in Goleta's Coronado Monarch Butterfly Preserve. As Luke crossed a beam that had been dropped across a swampy area, he looked up at the Eucalyptus grove and sighed quietly. "Where are the butterflies Dad," he asked me—with one part expectation and one part disappointment.
Coop's Scoop: Mind over Mainframe – next #CitSciChat discusses citizen science games
By Caren Cooper February 24th, 2015 at 9:29 am | Comment
The next time you get into an argument with your laptop or shake a fist at your computer, try to refrain from calling it "a stupid machine." That would be gloating. We really are more intelligent than our computers. Case in point, the human mind can solve some puzzles better than computers. On this principle, using game elements in citizen science, called gamification, is a popular approach in biology. That's the topic of the next #CitSciChat on Twitter.
The next time you want to argue against a group, think twice. Groups can be more intelligent than individuals. On this principle, some game elements often involve creating teams that compete against each other. Within group cooperation, in the context of competition across teams, is a powerful motivator.
The fields most gamified in citizen science – molecular, cell, and synthetic biology – are key to understanding, treating, and curing diseases. Studies of proteins, amino acids, RNA, and DNA can happen in silico (in computer models) and in vitro (in laboratory experiments), but are often too difficult in vivo (in a living cell). Now these serious topics of research are being carried out in gamo. (have I coined a term, in Latin no less?)
For example, figuring out DNA configurations presented researchers with problems that were computationally too intensive for a single computer. At first, molecular biologists looked for a solution with a type of citizen science called distributed computing. Volunteers help research by donating their unused CPU (Central Processing Unit) and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) cycles on their personal computers to causes like Rosetta@Home and Folding@Home.
Unexpectedly, when distributed computing volunteers saw the screensaver of Rosetta@Home, as it illustrated the computer stepping closer and closer to a solution of each protein-folding puzzle, they wanted to guide the computer. Volunteers came to the conclusion that they could solve these 3-D puzzles better than their computers. Researchers and game designers believed in the abilities of their volunteers and declared, "Game on."
At the cellular level, human minds are important again. One doesn't have to be a trained pathologist to identify cancer cells and help find biomarkers in these cells. Cancer Research UK takes games very seriously. In their newest game, Reverse the Odds, players identify bladder cancer cells before and after different treatments, which will help future patients know whether their best odds are with surgery or chemotherapy.
Why are people better than computers at protein-folding puzzles? Why is the human mind better than computer algorithms at figuring out how DNA regions align? Why is the trial and error approach of people better than formal techniques and alogrithms of bioengineering RNA? Why are teams smarter than individuals? Why is gamification so popular that, when the online game Phylo launched in 2010, the computer servers crashed, unable to handle the volume of thousands of simultaneous players? Why are there over 37,000 people working (meaning playing) at RNA design puzzle in an open, online laboratory called EteRNA?
For answers to these questions and more, join us for the next citizen science Twitter chat by following the hashtag #CitSciChat. The #CitSciChat are co-sponsored by SciStarter and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Anyone is welcome to join with questions, answers, comments, and ideas. Don't be shy and don't forget to include the hashtag #CitSciChat so that others in the conversation don't miss your Tweets. I will Storify each session and post the recap on this blog.
The #CitSciChat guest panelists this Wednesday, February 25 at 7pm GMT (26th in Australia) include:
- Seth Cooper (@UWGameScience) at University of Washington, with Foldit and nanocrafter
- Jerome Waldispuhl (@PhyloDNApuzzles) at McGill University, with Phylo
- Benjamin Keep (@bkeep) at Stanford, with EteRNA,
- Leslie Harris (@LittleVenetian) at Cancer Research UK (@CR_UK), with Reverse the Odds
- Vickie Curtis (@Vickie_Curtis), who received her PhD at Open University where she investigated gamification in citizen science. Next week she begins with the Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology at the University of Glasgow.
- Paul Gardner (@ppgardne), at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Editor for RNA Biology & PLOS Computational Biology
Phylo, nanocrafter and FoldIt were featured in a recent SciStarter newsletter, check out the rest of the projects here and sign up for the newsletter on the SciStarter homepage to get to know about more.
Citizen science chats take place on Twitter at #CitSciChat the last Wednesday (Thursday in Australia) of every month, unless otherwise noted. To involve people across the globe, chats take place 7-8pm GMT, which is 2-3pm ET in USA and Thursday 6-7am ET in Australia. Each session will focus on a different theme. To suggest a project or theme for an upcoming chat, send me a tweet @CoopSciScoop!
Coop's Citizen Sci Scoop: Recap of Jan 28 #CitSciChat
By Caren Cooper January 31st, 2015 at 12:46 pm | Comment
A few days ago was the first #CitSciChat, sponsored by SciStarter and my lab (The Counter Culture). The #CitSciChat was a fast-paced and exhilarating hour of citizen science discussion. Guest panelist and many others carried out a lively conversation structured around questions that I posed over the hour. Twitter chats have a hilarious side because so many people can chime in at once, which creates a kind of crazy that we rarely do in person. It is near impossible to follow all the discussion, especially in the moment, but in the calm after the Twitter storm, it is easy to go back to the #CitSciChat stream or read a capture of the majority of tweets created in Storify. I'll summarize a little here.
In some ways, the #CitSciChat was like instant crowdsourcing. What are other names for citizen science, I asked. Within minutes we generated this list: Citizen Observatories, Responsible Research Innovation, Science 2.0, Smart Citizens, Fablabs, livinglabs, crowdsciences, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, volunteered geographic information, civic science, public participation, Public participation in Scientific Research (PPSR), Amateur Science, Popular Science, Amateur naturalists, birdwatcher, butterfly collector, amateur astronomer, volunteer monitoring, volunteered science.
What disciplines are involved in citizen science? Within a few more minutes, we had this list: economics, deciphering handwriting, ecology, biology, social science, GIS, fisheries, education, arts, linguistics, geography, biochemistry, genetics, oceanography, physics, biotechnology, humanities, environmental monitoring, policy making, ethics, weather monitoring, ecology, environmental sciences, astronomy, geology, medical science, marine science, water quality, human-computer interactions, human health, seismology — Transdisciplinary!
And it was noted – not chemistry.
We discussed the goals of associations, best practices, differences among countries, and activities of participants. There were provocative comments, including campaigning for tenure points for scientists who use best practices in citizen science. We discussed resources practitioners need, and responses included ethics, evaluation, computing and other tech.
I asked the Chatters about the pros and cons of associations. The quickly listed the following pros: democracy, visibility, efficiency, pervasive sci literacy, global, share, collaborate, network, respect and promoting citizen science, resources, collective learning, transparency, sustainable long-term communities. And the following cons: top-down, self-interest, hard to be global, echo chamber, me toos, can exclude volunteers, no longer novel to funders, over-professionalizing, don't silo citizen science from science. (Elsewhere, I'll summarize the Chatters hoped for outcomes of the upcoming CSA conference).
My favorite part was to learn what Chatters thought were the promising frontiers, and these included wearable citizen science, digital arts, collective intelligence, neurodata gathering, new societal values, the internet of things to generate data, dedicated funding lines for citizen science, projects sharing platforms and technologies and protocols, mobile tech, greater access globally, connecting silo'ed and distributed but related data, neurosynapitc processors, improved policy making, and sensor networks for biodiversity.
Thanks to researchers in Sweden, we know that there were just under 200 participants in the first #CitSciChat. This group created 867 interactions. They made this visualizations of the online network, with Twitter handles and avatars. Visit their blog post for more details and if you want to zoom in on the visualizations.
Thanks again to all who were involved. Try to find your profile picture below. I hope you'll jump into the February (25th) #CitSciChat too!
Hash Out Citizen Science in Twitter Chat Sessions
By Caren Cooper January 19th, 2015 at 10:12 am | Comment
Starting this month, you can tune in and take part in monthly discussion sessions about citizen science. The discussions take place on Twitter and anyone is welcome to join with questions, answers, comments, and ideas. You can follow the discussion at the hashtag #CitSciChat.
The monthly #CitSciChat are sponsored by SciStarter and The Counter Culture, which is my new research lab at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. These Twitter chats are designed to bring citizen scientists, project managers, students, and scientists together to share ideas, knowledge, and resources. We'll discuss news, policies, discoveries, papers, and projects. The chats are opportunities for people around the world to meet and share their experiences with citizen science.
Whether you are experienced with Twitter or not, I hope you will find it easy to take part. Here's how it works. I'm the moderator (@CoopSciScoop) and for each session I will invite a few guests with varied expertise and who enjoy lively discussions. I'll pose question (Q1, Q2, etc.) and guest panelists and others will answer (prefaced with A1, A2, etc). Others can answer too, and pose related questions (label them, e.g., Q1a, Q1b, etc). There are no expectations that everyone will agree, but there are expectations that everyone will be courteous, polite, and respectful. Know that it's okay to simply follow along, but I hope you will join the conversation. If you do, be sure to remember to include the hashtag #CitSciChat so that others in the conversation don't miss your Tweets. I will Storify each session and post the recap on this blog.
The #CitSciChat follows in the footsteps of many other Twitter chats. For example, there are Twitter journal clubs, such as #microtwjc for discussions of microbiology papers (initiated by @_zoonotica_). There are chat sessions like #StuSciChat that connects high school students and scientists (moderated by Adam Taylor @2footgiraffe) and #STEMchat that connects parents, educators, and STEM professionals (moderated by Kim Moldofsky @MakerMom). A very popular #Edchat, founded by Shelly Sanchez Terrell (@ShellTerrell), hosts conversations among educators.
Citizen science chats take place on Twitter at #CitSciChat the last Wednesday (Thursday in Australia) of every month, unless otherwise noted. The first will be January 28 (29th in Australia). We'll increase in their frequency if interest levels are high. To involve people across the globe, chats take place 7-8pm GMT, which is 2-3pm ET in USA and Thursday 6-7am ET in Australia. Each session will focus on a different theme. To suggest a project or theme for an upcoming chat, send me a tweet @CoopSciScoop!
January theme:
Building A Community of Practice: Organizing the Organizers in Citizen Science
I've invited guests among the leadership of the Citizen Science Association, the European Citizen Science Association, and Citizen Science Network Australia. These panelists will discuss how these organizations are helping coordinate practitioners across the many disciplines that engage the public in research.
Panelists to follow:
From US:
- Darlene Cavalier @Scicheer – CSA
- Mary Ford @maryeford – CSA
- Jennifer Shirk @ShirkSci – CSA (tentative)
- Martin Storksdieck @Storksdieck – CSA
From Europe:
- Muki Haklay @mhaklay – CSA & ESCA
- Fermin Serrano @Ibercivis – ECSA
- Joseph Perello @OpenSystemsUB – ECSA
From Australia:
- @CitSciOz – CSNA
- Michelle Neil @Michelle_Neil – CSNA
What is killing California's trees, and what can you do about it?
By Ariel Simons January 12th, 2015 at 9:00 am | Comment
Editor's note: This post originally appeared on the author's blog. Project SCARAB is one of more than 800 great citizen science projects on SciStarter. Use our project finder to find one that you can participate in!
The great thing about living in a major port city such as Los Angeles is having access to ideas and goods from the around the world. However, the port of LA, and by extension every trade conduit branching off from there, takes the chance on cargo containers carrying an invasive species. In 2003 one such species, the polyphagus shothole borer (PSHB), was spotted in Whittier, a suburb of Los Angeles. In the intervening decade it has quickly spread to many of the trees in southern California. Read the rest of this entry »


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In the sneak peek, Jenny and JT wonder if Jenny is pregnant -- having baby No. 2 has been an issue with them all season long. Meanwhile, Sarah is going to be playing at the legendary Bluebird Cafe. Will this finally be her big break into the country music scene? Finally, will Erika and Jenny be able to resolve their differences? Erika thinks that if they can't get past their issues, their group of wives is not going to survive.
"Private Lives of Nashville Wives" finale, tilted "Bless and Release," airs Monday (April 14) at 11 p.m. ET/PT on TNT.
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Shrimp Foo Yong
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|Chopped cooked shrimp
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Bean sprouts
|1 Cup (16 tbs), drained, rinsed
|Chopped green onions
|1 Tablespoon
|Finely chopped water chestnuts
|2 Tablespoon
|Fresh mushrooms
|3 , chopped
|Monosodium glutamate
|1 Teaspoon
|To Taste
|Foo yung sauce
|1 Tablespoon
Combine all ingredients except Sauce, adding eggs last.
Mix well.
Heat 2 tablespoons salad oil in skillet and spoon in 1/3 cup egg mixture to form each cake.
Fry over high heat till puffed and delicately browned, turning once.
Stack 3 cakes for each serving and pass Foo Yong Sauce.
Makes 9 cakes.
For variation, substitute chopped cooked crab, lobster, chicken, or pork.
Foo Yong Sauce: In small saucepan, blend 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate, and 1/4 teaspoon sugar.
Gradually stir in 2 tablespoons soy sauce.
Add 1 cup chicken broth.
Cook, stirring constantly, till mixture thickens and bubbles.
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Analysis of circulating hem-endothelial marker RNA levels in preterm infants
1 Neonatal Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2 Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
3 Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
4 Department of Pediatrics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
BMC Pediatrics 2009, 9:42 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-9-42Published: 25 June 2009
Circulating endothelial cells may serve as novel markers of angiogenesis. These include a subset of hem-endothelial progenitor cells that play a vital role in vascular growth and repair. The presence and clinical implications of circulating RNA levels as an expression for hematopoietic and endothelial-specific markers have not been previously evaluated in preterm infants. This study aims to determine circulating RNA levels of hem-endothelial marker genes in peripheral blood of preterm infants and begin to correlate these findings with prenatal complications.
Peripheral blood samples from seventeen preterm neonates were analyzed at three consecutive post-delivery time points (day 3–5, 10–15 and 30). Using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction we studied the expression patterns of previously established hem-endothelial-specific progenitor-associated genes (AC133, Tie-2, Flk-1 (VEGFR2) and Scl/Tal1) in association with characteristics of prematurity and preterm morbidity.
Circulating Tie-2 and SCL/Tal1 RNA levels displayed an inverse correlation to gestational age (GA). We observed significantly elevated Tie-2 levels in preterm infants born to mothers with amnionitis, and in infants with sustained brain echogenicity on brain sonography. Other markers showed similar expression patterns yet we could not demonstrate statistically significant correlations.
These preliminary findings suggest that circulating RNA levels especially Tie2 and SCL decline with maturation and might relate to some preterm complication. Further prospective follow up of larger cohorts are required to establish this association.


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Premont fights closure by highlighting recent successes after years of financial and academic problems
Premont schools strive to stop closure
CORPUS CHRISTI - A lifelong student of Premont schools, Nathan Powell was accustomed to easy classes, light discipline and the ability to earn straight-A's without really trying.
Until this fall.
After years of simple coursework and lackluster teaching, Nathan, now in 11th grade, said he finally is challenged in the classroom. That's because of the changes implemented since a new superintendent took over the troubled district in June, weeks before the state announced its plans to close it down.
"Last year, we could pretty much do whatever," Nathan said. "It seems like the teachers didn't really care. You can tell the difference now. Teachers are really, really pressing us. We have no time to joke around. As soon as we get into class, we sit down and do work."
State and school district records show interim Superintendent Ernest Singleton has started to reverse the years of problems he inherited: high dropout rates, frequent teacher turnover, low test scores, dilapidated school buildings, rampant misbehavior and overwhelming financial problems.
But is it enough to convince the Texas Education Agency to cancel its plans to consolidate Premont Independent School District with nearby San Diego ISD and allow Premont schools to remain open?
"Ernest has done a miracle in a short amount of time," said Jamie Morris, the state conservator who has been overseeing the district for the past year and a half. "Whether it's enough to rescind the order of closure, I don't know."
As state officials consider the district's fate, weighing the district's recent successes against its longtime troubles, hundreds of state records show Premont ISD had systemic problems with academics, special education, finances and cleanliness as early as 2005 in some cases, but made little progress, even while under state oversight the past two years.
By the time Premont school officials traveled to Austin on Nov. 16 to plead their case, the Texas Education Agency already had amassed years of data to justify closing the 600-student district.
The district last school year earned the state's lowest ranking of Unacceptable for the second time in three years and its fund balance was in the red as it had been since 2006-07.
Years of ongoing problems prompted the state in December 2009 to take the rare measure of assigning a state monitor to oversee Premont ISD.
In the letter announcing the sanction, the state noted the district's poor academics and finances. The agency also pointed to lingering special education concerns first noted by state investigators in 2005-06, including poor graduation rates among special education students and teachers who lacked certification and qualification to teach them.
In August 2010, the state elevated its sanctions because of concerns with academics, finances and special education, as well as new ones about school sanitation and leadership.
"Despite the many supports and interventions in place, the district continues to exhibit significant programmatic, academic, financial and governance concerns," Education Commissioner Robert Scott wrote in his letter to the district.
Scott elevated the monitor, Doug Arnold, to conservator status, giving him the power to make directives and approve or deny district actions. A second conservator, Morris, also was assigned to help. Per state rules, Premont ISD picked up the tab for the oversight.
The district spent nearly $70,000 on the two conservators' pay and expenses, according to state invoices. Yet the district continued to falter, according to a year's worth of reports by the two conservators.
"When we got there, one thing that became apparent right away was that there were no systems in place for things like budgeting, doing instructional walk-throughs, disciplinary approaches and things like that," Morris said. "There was lip service given to the fact that there was a district curriculum when really, in fact, it was not being implemented in the classroom."
Academics were a big problem, especially at the high school, where computer labs weren't functional and the science labs were shut down after being neglected, Morris reported in her monthly reports to the Texas Education Agency.
In April, Morris wrote that major problems were discovered at the high school regarding transcripts and grade-point averages, prompting the reassignment of a counselor. She didn't elaborate.
Districtwide, instruction lacked rigor and teachers struggled with teaching a common curriculum used statewide, the conservators wrote.
Students were often off-task and discipline was inconsistent, prompting Morris to note in a monthly report that teachers needed help with classroom management.
Attendance was low, with 88 percent of high school students showing up to school during fall 2010, according to Arnold's December 2010 report.
"Failure to capitalize on the attendance percentage increase is costing the district thousands of needed dollars," Arnold wrote in his January report.
No one kept day-to-day watch of the district's finances and proper purchasing procedures weren't used, forcing Arnold to begin reviewing each purchase order and scrutinizing all contracts, according to his reports.
Arnold also prohibited the district from hiring any new staff without his approval.
Despite his concerns about finances, the district was slow to implement proper purchasing procedures or financial oversight, Arnold noted.
April was the first month where Arnold did not find the district using improper purchasing procedures, he wrote.
Strained finances left the schools' buildings in disrepair and its technology unreliable, Arnold reported. Phone and email often were down.
State health department inspectors visited the district and found ceiling leaks, dead insects, broken heaters and sinks, cluttered classrooms and no paper towels or soap in bathrooms, among other problems. The state health reports prompted Arnold to mandate that administration come up with a plan for monitoring the district's cleanliness and maintenance.
Overall, the district had a culture of negativity and distrust between parents, school board members and administrators, according to the conservator reports.
Premont ISD had a poor reputation among neighboring communities and districts and even the students seemed to have a low opinion of themselves, Morris reported.
"PHS students interviewed did not always express a desire to go to college or believe that they could make it," Morris wrote in her December 2010 report.
The failure seemed to lie in a lack of leadership. The conservators noted in their reports instances in which administrators did not heed their advice. Once, Arnold noted that then-Superintendent Leobardo Cano agreed with him to eliminate the attendance officer position to save money and then, the next day, Cano advised the business office to put the job back into the budget.
"I can't say that our recommendations were ignored as much as they were set aside," Morris said.
In one of the rare written directives issued by Arnold, the conservator mandated that Cano show up to work at 8 a.m. daily and that he schedule meetings with principals at the end of the day so they would stop regularly leaving campus for meetings with him.
Arnold also mandated that the superintendent and principals attend all mandated training sessions, stay for the entire session, pay attention and act appropriately, including treating presenters with respect and avoiding using their cellphones or engaging in side conversations during the presentations.
Already shaky employee morale sank even lower after the Education Service Center Region 2 conducted a staffing study in January and recommended laying off employees and closing one of Premont's three campuses and consolidating it with another campus to save money, according to conservator reports.
In March, the district began layoffs.
"Student enrollment has not kept pace with the number of staff, resulting in exceptionally small class sizes, facilities left unused and financial stress at a time when the district is already in deep difficulty both academically and fiscally," the conservators wrote in a districtwide memo March 28.
Hope arrived in May in the form of a well-liked Region 2 consultant to the district.
With a strong background in school finance and curriculum, Singleton took the helm of Premont ISD in June, replacing Cano, who resigned. Singleton seemed poised to transform the district, according to Arnold's 90-day report issued in June.
"The interim has begun reaching out to the community, parents and students in a positive manner to rebuild confidence in the district," Arnold wrote. "He has personally met with each teacher and been involved in preparing campuses for the next school year. His presence continues to be a positive point for the district."
But even Singleton knew he faced a hard road.
It typically takes three to five years to turn around a district, he said, and he's had only a few months.
In the months the district has been under Singleton's leadership, Premont students are more engaged in the classrooms, the instruction is more rigorous and the teaching is better, Morris said.
"We have seen systems and processes be put in place, actually be implemented, that we tried to put in place last year," Morris said. "There's been a gradual but evident shift in the culture and climate of the district."
Where students last year were wandering the halls or not paying attention in class, instructors now teach from bell to bell, better manage their classrooms and get regular coaching from Singleton and principals who sit in on lessons, Morris said.
The finances are under control and the district ended its fiscal year in August with a positive fund balance for the first time in five years. The district implemented a new purchasing system that monitors spending daily and rejects any expenses for which there is no money.
In November, Premont voters overwhelmingly approved the district's tax increase after striking down the previous two tax rate increases floated by the district in recent years.
That vote to bolster the district's fund balance showed community support, Singleton said. Premont residents also have donated money to renovate the defunct science labs.
When Singleton traveled to Austin on Nov. 16 with two board members and two employees to appeal the closure in a closed-door meeting, they made their case with pages of data showing the district's balanced budget, its strict focus on curriculum and its improvements in complying with special education program requirements.
Still, problems remain and that poses a challenge for the district's appeal.
The failure rates still are high, with 41 percent of high school students failing at least one class in the second six weeks.
The high school failure rates are concerning and due in large part to more challenging coursework and gaps in students' education, Singleton said. Had administrators taken a stronger stance on implementing the more challenging curriculum years ago, Premont ISD might not be facing closure, he said.
Nathan Powell said he believes the district can improve, but it needs time.
"Now we have a new principal, a new assistant principal, a new superintendent," he said. "It's not going to happen right away. It's going to take a little while."
Suzanne Marchman, spokeswoman for the Texas Education Agency, said the commissioner will have to decide whether Premont's problems are insurmountable.
"He has to do what's best for the students and that has to be a hard decision," she said.
Singleton said he is anxious about the commissioner's final decision, which is expected to come before Christmas.
He said he dreads opening the envelope that will decide the district's fate.
"Think of the 1,000-plus superintendents in our state and think of how many have to open that envelope," he said. "There's nothing in college prep or your administrator certification prep that gets you ready for opening that letter."
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"I am The best Bargain Hunter Out There...BUT...I refuse to skimp on___________?
I am in no way the best bargain hunter although my SO thinks so, which is fine with me! But NO skimping on toliet paper here! Either Cottonelle or Charmin!!! And my facial products I suffer from chronic acne still in m 20's and buy organic products and peels that have been helping but cost $$$ but that is why I save on other things! ;)
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I have to have some suspect moles removed soon and they said that I have to pump and dump because of the anesthetic they use- ahhh, I don't want to!!! Just seems like such a waste and I don't want to be attached to a pump.
Hey Jen, I read this and wanted to mention that I've had a ton of "atypical" moles removed over the years and the last time I went to the dermatologist, I mentioned that I was breastfeeding and he said that unless I had specific concerns with any of them (like they were changing rapidly), he did not recommend that we remove any of my moles while I'm breastfeeding. He said that the hormones you produce during pregnancy or while breastfeeding can cause false positives on the biopsy tests and that they recommend that you wait until you haven't been pregnant or breastfeeding for at least 3 months. Thought you might want to mention that to your derm. - just something else to consider.
Hmmm Jane- that is interesting. I go on May 18 so I will have to research this. She didn't say anything about that and when I went to see her (I was still pregnant) and she asked if I would be breastfeeding. GREAT- I don't want false positives but hate to wait sooo long as I plan to breast feed until he wants to stop (with Luke that was 19 mos). They aren't changing rapidly- but there are 2 that don't look good. Thanks for the info.
Ok, I waited until 9 this morning to call the Dr. I want to see, and all I am getting is a our office is closed recording, if it's an emergency, go to the ER or have the Dr. paged. WTH. yesterday the lady answering phones said they would be in by 8. I'm so frustrated. I swore after yesterday I was going to have a better day today if it killed me, and it just might!
DH woke me up this morning at 4:30 when he went to go to work to let me know the kids had left the windows down in the truck, I'd have to take towels out and dry them off. I usually check all the windows on my door panel when I get out and forgot yesterday. It poured rain all night. 3 bath towels later the seats were dry. 6:48 my Mom calls. she wanted to know if Robert was at my house. No, he apparently didn't come home last night, and she didn't know where he was. Long story, but I think she asked for this one. I finally found him at 7:58 at a friends house. Looking for him, Tanner was late for school this morning by 8 minutes. The principal refused to excuse him, or let him into class because they were testing this week. I asked if testing had started. he said no, they would be starting in 20 minutes. I said I didn't see why he couldn't be let in before the test started. he refused, sid he would have to sit in the hall while the other children tested, he would be doing his another time. I took Tanner and brought him back home. That test is 2 hours. they expect a kid to sit quietly in the hall that long alone. I DON"T THINK SO! I brought him and Elizabeth home to discover the side door was open and the dog was gone! We found him 8 blocks away, and brought him back home. While chasing the dog, Tanner's school called. His tutor will allow him in her class to do his test if I brought him back over, so off to school we went again. I'm thinking of going back to bed and starting over today, but don't think I have the time.
SO as you can see, I need a smile or two or three today. I don't think anyone in my house could live another day with me like yesterday.
And since I'm posting the longest post in history, anyone care to share how to post pics on here. I did yesterday get a few of Victoria's Dance recital pics from the photographer, and thought I'd share.
~*Shelley wife to DH Troy, Mom to Robert 22, Hunter 19, Victoria 16, Tanner 14, Elizabeth 5, and Catherine 3*~
"I am The best Bargain Hunter Out There...BUT...I refuse to skimp on___________?
I don't skimp on feminine products (Playtex and Always), ketchup (Heinz) and I recently bought the new and improved Charmin Ultra from Costco, so we won't be buying anything but that from now on. Have you guys tried this? It has flowers imprinted on the paper. OMG! It's the softest TP I've ever felt in my life. Seriously, it's like velvet - It makes Cottonelle with Aloe and E feel like sandpaper!
~ Jane ~
Orange and Gold for Zoe!
I have TORN my house appart... I have NO idea what I did with the receipt for my Target BOLT purchase!! I have never lost a receipt (that I know of, LOL!) - if you saw my file system of receipts, you'd understand!! Does anyone have a receipt copy that they can spare? I did buy BOLT (have my proofs of purchase) at Target the Tue that they became available... I just lost the darn receipt!
PMAN if you can help!
It is that time again! We made it to the top 75!! Rylee! http://cutestkid.movin925.com/baby/rylee-5
Adenoidectomy and Tonsillectomy
DD (3 1/2) is having her surgery tomorrow morning. Anyone with experice (you or your child) want to give me the good, bad and ugly. I just want to know what to expect. Kaelin is being so brave. She said that Dr. Shea is going to take the little circles in her throat out, so that she can breath and so that her ears stop getting plugged.
You can PMAN if you don't want to clog the thread.
I appreciate the help.
Jenn, mommy to:
Kaelin Savannah 8/5/05~Reece Maddox 7/5/07~Avery Eden 8/26/10
OT - My cat is dying also
OH NO! You are not a bad mom, not much more you can do, but I'm sooo sorry. You just had your dog put down too! That's so hard.
"I am The best Bargain Hunter Out There...BUT...I refuse to skimp on___________?"
Healthier foods. I will not buy things (even for free) that have HFCS or hydrogenated oils, and I can't buy things with any form of MSG (surprisingly in A LOT of stuff!) because my DH is sensitive to it, and it causes him stomach issues and panic attacks. I'll only buy natural peanut butter (the Skippy kind) and Smart Balance margarine b/c it's the only one I can find without hydrogenated oil. Don't get me wrong, I'm not the healthiest eater in the world, but we're trying as a family to do better!
Arquest diaper study!
I got a call a couple of days ago from Sheila (while I was in Wal-Mart), and I got in!! My diapers will be here next week, and I'll get $10 after I do the questionnaire! I'm so excited...
Mandy, wife and mommy to
♥Bailey*8/13/05♥ ♥Elijah*6/26/08♥
Sorry to hear about your g-pa. Where are you flying from- to?. You know us bargain hunters. We could all search for some best prices for you. And your dd's school- don't they understand this kind of thing- what an added frustration you don't need. Keep us posted.
OT - Moles
I have to have some suspect moles removed soon and they said that I have to pump and dump because of the anesthetic they use- ahhh, I don't want to!!! Just seems like such a waste and I don't want to be attached to a pump.
I had one removed a couple months ago (note to self - call and schedule that darn whole body check...), and she said BFing was fine, no pump and dump. Of course, DD's not nursing as often as Caleb. Biopsy came back moderate atypical, just like I was expecting, and she didn't send me for a re-excision. She didn't say anything about the hormones causing false positives, interesting, I'll need to ask her next time I go, thanks for the heads-up!
Cecile- did they just numb you, lidocaine I guess?? Interesting on all of the different answers. I wonder what is the right one- LOL!!


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Quick Tomato Sauce has a Delectable taste.The Bay leaves and pepper gives the Quick Tomato Sauce Improbable taste.
|Olive oil
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs) (Best Quality)
|Finely chopped onions
|3 Cup (48 tbs) (Yellow Colored)
|2 Medium, peeled, finely chopped
|Peeled plum tomatoes
|56 Ounce (2 Cans Of 28 Ounces Each, In Tomato Puree)
|Dried basil
|1 Tablespoon
|Dried thyme
|1 Teaspoon
|1 Teaspoon
|Cayenne pepper
|1⁄8 Teaspoon
|Bay leaf
|Finely chopped fresh italian flat leaf parsley
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|4 Clove (20 gm), peeled, finely chopped
|Balsamic vinegar/Other mild vinegar
|1 Tablespoon
Heat the oil in a heavy pot.
Add the onions and carrots and cook, covered, over low heat until vegetables are tender, about 25 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, basil, thyme, salt, cayenne pepper and bay leaf.
Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
Remove the bay leaf and transfer the tomato mixture to the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade, or use a food mill fitted with a medium disc, and puree.
Return sauce to the pot and set the pot over medium heat.
Add the parsley and garlic and cook for another 5 minutes.
Taste and correct seasoning.
Add the balsamic vinegar if the sauce seems to lack intensity.
Serve immediately, or cool to room temperature, cover, and refrigerate or freeze
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The Ice Bucket Challenge won't work for your non-profit
If you work at a non-profit, you are, no doubt, watching the #IceBucketChallenge with great interest. You may be wondering how you can make a similar initiative work for your organization.
You can't.
This is one of those anomalies in fundraising, something that can't be converted into any usable, repeatable template. It just isn't workable.
After the Haiti disaster, the Red Cross directed people to text-to-donate raising millions of dollars in doing so. Other non-profits joined the text-to-donate bandwagon and quickly realized that, no pun intended, the Red Cross' initiative had been a perfect storm in fundraising—just the right conditions created to allow thousands to donate millions of dollars.
It's rare, but it does happen. We're watching it happen this summer. But other non-profits shouldn't be looking hard at the Ice Bucket Challenge and be trying to replicate it.
They should, though, be looking at the Ice Bucket Challenge and replicate what the ALS Association has done to allow the initiative to be successful.
Americans tire easily and quickly of copy cats. Further, Americans are, by nature, bandwagoners. If you don't capture everyone, you'll have haters—a loud, boisterous, minority of haters.
These two things, at least in my opinion, are the lessons non-profit community managers and development staff should take away from this viral sensation—first, recognizing that some fundraising initiatives just cannot, and should not be replicated, but if they do, how can you best harness them; and second, how to handle your haters and detractors.
How It Started
It's important to note that most viral fundraising initiatives which have taken place in the last few years did not actually start with the non-profit organization itself. With text-to-donate, Mother Nature herself created the situation which drove donations to a record level. The Red Cross simply harnessed a tool already available to it to bring in donations.
In the case of the ALS Association, the IceBucketChallenge didn't start out as an ALSA fundraiser … at all.
It started in June on the Golf Channel Morning Show when the on-air talent did a live ice bucket challenge.
Pro golfers started sliding into the challenge, both taking it and calling out others. On July 15th, Matt Lauer called out by golfer, Greg Norman, took the challenge live on the Today Show. In turn, he called out Brian Williams, Martha Stewart and Howard Stern. While Lauer donated to the Hospice of Palm Beach County, he encouraged Williams, Stewart, and Stern to donate to the charity of their choice.
At the same time, golfer Chris Kennedy took the challenge. Following that, he challenged his cousin, Jeanette Senerchia. Jeanette's husband has been battling ALS for 11 years. After posting her IceBucket video on Facebook, some of Jeanette's connections also dealing with ALS picked it up and ran.
Enter Peter Frates and the ALS Association.
Peter Frates was a Boston College baseball player who has ALS. He picked up on IceBucketChallenge through Pat Quinn, one of Senerchia's Facebook connections. Frates began posting about the challenge on Twitter.
Very quickly, instead of being a general, charitable initiative, the nationwide recipient of funds from the #IceBucketChallenge became the ALS Association.
It Fell In My Lap, Should I Stand Up and Run with It?
With that history, every non-profit development staffer recognizes, there are moments in time, when no amount of planning could create, in order to bring in donations. As a former community manager myself, I imagine that the person or team overseeing the ALS Association's social media platforms panicked (at least a little) when alerts started pouring in…and didn't stop.
In this case, it's a good thing, as of Aug. 20, the #IceBucketChallenge for ALS has raised $31.5 million for research and awareness for the ALS Association.
What did the ALS Association do right? Very simply, they let it happen.
Every good non-profit development staffer knows this one caveat: When it works, get the hell out of the way.
Meaning: when a good thing falls in your lap, make sure it's legal, do your due diligence, get on board, and for gosh sakes get the hell out of the way!
I make the giant assumption here that the ALS Association quickly did their due diligence ensuring that the initiative was sound. However, by the time it got to their organization, there was largely nothing to be done about it except to get on board.
The ALS Association has done a superb job of doing just that. They've made it extremely easy to find information, to donate, and to ask questions.
In short, they've been absolutely brilliant.
The success of the #IceBucketChallenge (not the viral aspect of it, the actual dollars raised to date) is absolutely incredible, especially when you consider that the fundraising isn't tied to any kind of human tragedy related to a grand scale natural disaster. That is to say, that the ALS Association hasn't harnessed the power of Mother Nature's destruction and thousands of thousands of people whose lives have been altered in the span of a hurricane.
It certainly speaks to the ALSA's recognition of the gift they've been given and their adaptability in making it easy to participate.
Haters Gonna Hate – You Just Have to Let Them
With so much of life being lived on the Internet these days, even John Doe has to anticipate something he says or does is going to face a Hater or two.
As an organization, any organization, one has to be prepared for Haters. As a non-profit, this is an especially precarious issue. A charity's whole existence depends on the generosity of others. They face, a higher degree of scrutiny than other organizations because they are donor driven. Anyone who gives money to a cause wants to ensure that the organization is legit and is using the donor's money the way they say they are.
Right, wrong, or indifferent, because of this sense of donor ownership, non-profits also face a greater deal of scrutiny with respect to fundraising initiatives and the way that they behave online. Which also means they face a lot of donor-investors who all have social media access.
You cannot, as an individual, as a for profit business, or as non-profit organization, please everyone all the time. Haters gonna hate.
So the question is: When haters hate, how do you handle them?
As an individual, you make the choice to either attack them head on, to play the passive-aggressive game, to get in one of those infamous "twitter fights," or to stand proud and do your thing regardless of Haters.
As a non-profit, your choices are limited. You can either try to make your case through reasoned explanation. This rarely works…at least on the intended target. It might cause other detractors to stop and think before they spout off, but that's rare.
If the detractor is popular, particularly loud, or completely off-base with his or her facts, a non-profit can proceed with caution and attempt a low key interaction. This, too, rarely works.
In this case, ALS Association had very little choice in dealing with haters. Because this initiative had steam, and a lot of it, before it dropped in the ALSA's lap--they didn't structure it, they didn't develop it, they didn't have a coping strategy already developed for this exact fundraising initiative -- they've done what most non-profits would do.
They've largely ignored their detractors. They had to. To address every hater, or every bitter "should be another charity" detractor would mean assigning someone to 24/7 duty of dealing with Haters.
The ALSA has also (very smartly) embraced that they didn't create the Challenge, they don't own it, and if someone wants to do it for another charity, more power to the other charity.
While they haven't publicized most other organizations being supported by the #IceBucketChallenge, the ALSA has recognized the movement where another organization aligns with their mission.
For example, the Motor Neuron Disease Association in Great Britain also supports research into ALS. The ALS Association has been quick to support their movement with the #IceBucketChallenge overseas.
In short, the ALSA is doing exactly what it should be doing. When a great thing fell in their lap, they stood up and ran with it. They are largely ignoring their detractors and focusing on the positives.
The results have been stunning, just not repeatable.
Haters are always going to hate. Let them.
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Construction of the semi-submersible platform, named the Opti-Ex, began in July 2008 and will be completed in another two or three weeks, Kiewit project manager Beni Gossett said.
Components were shipped from as far away as South Korea, Kiewit President Fuat Sezer said.
Like the structure itself, the $400 million needed to build it rose slowly from a financial landscape marred by the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon explosion and an exodus of some key investors early in the process, said Nicolas Saverys, CEO of Exmar Offshore Co., the company that designed the platform.
"This achievement is a triumph of teamwork, endurance and perseverance," he said to about 300 industry officials and guests at the christening ceremony.
Gulf oil exploration, drilling and production ground to a halt following the Deepwater Horizon explosion in April 2010 that killed 11 workers and led to a six-month spill that released almost 5 billion barrels of oil.
The Obama administration declared a moratorium on all deepwater drilling in the Gulf from May to October 2010. Since then, only six new deepwater well permits have been issued, according to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement.
The permits under which the Opti-Ex will operate were approved in February 2010, about two months before the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Opti-Ex is a production platform, not a drilling platform like the Deepwater Horizon.
Gossett said the disaster and moratorium did not slow the construction project that required more than 600,000 man hours to complete.
The city of Ingleside and surrounding communities should be proud of Friday's milestone, Sezer said.
"Most of this work has been performed by South Texas workers and with no accidents," he said. "We are glad to be a part of this community, to provide the jobs that support so many families."
During peak construction periods, more than 300 workers manned the structure at a time, said Gossett.
The platform rises about 300 feet from its base and will operate in more than 2,600 feet of water, according to specifications from LLOG Exploration Co., the Houston-based oil production company that owns the three Gulf oil and gas leases where the platform will operate.
The company will take ownership of the platform from Exmar when it comes within a mile of its Mississippi Canyon lease sites, about 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, said Craig Mullett, LLOG offshore construction manager.
It will be towed by several tug boats through Port Aransas, a trip that will take about a day, Mullett said. From there, a single tug boat will tow the platform to its final location.
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