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Bernstein Polynomials and Brownian Motion
Emmanuel Kowalski
Brownian motion is one of the most fascinating objects in probability and indeed in mathematics as a whole. It provides a way of speaking of a continuous function "picked at random" and to describe what kind of properties it can have. We present a new and very elementary way to look at Brownian motion by means of the sequence of its Bernstein approximating polynomials. This provides a very intuitive proof of the existence of Brownian motion, and a new very simple proof that a random continuous function is not differentiable at any (given) point.
Asymmetric Rhythms and Tiling Canons
Rachel W. Hall and Paul Klingsberg
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Anyone who listens to rock music is familiar with the repeated drum beat—one, two, three, four—based on a 4/4 measure. Fifteen minutes listening to a Top 40 radio station offers evidence enough that most rock music has this basic beat. But if we tune the radio to different frequencies, we may hear popular music (jazz, Latin, African) with different characteristic rhythms. Although much of this music is also based on the 4/4 measure, some instruments play repeated patterns that are not synchronized with the 4/4 beat, creating syncopation—an exciting tension between different components of the rhythm. This article is concerned with classifying and counting rhythms that are maximally syncopated in the sense that, even when shifted, they cannot be synchronized with the division of a measure into two parts. In addition, we discuss rhythms that cannot be aligned with other even divisions of the measure. Our results have a surprising application to rhythmic canons. Audio recordings of all examples discussed are available at http://www.sju.edu/~rhall/Rhythms.
Some Generalizations of the Notion of Bounded Variation
Pamela B. Pierce and Daniel J. Velleman
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When Jordan introduced the notion of bounded variation in 1881, he was seeking a sufficient condition for a function f to have a Fourier series that sums to f. With this same motivation, Wiener, Young, and Waterman have extended the notion of bounded variation in several directions. We introduce these broader classes of functions, and ask how these spaces are related to one another. For certain spaces, we prove theorems that give a complete description of how the spaces are interleaved.
A Study of Core-Plus Students Attending Michigan State University
Richard O. Hill and Thomas H. Parker
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One important measure of the effectiveness of a high school mathematics program is the success students have in subsequent university mathematics courses. Yet this measure is seldom considered in studies of high school curricula. This article describes a study that we undertook to quantify this measure for one particular curriculum. The study examined the university records of students arriving at Michigan State University from four high schools which began using the Core-Plus Mathematics program. The data show that these students placed into, and enrolled in, increasingly lower level mathematics courses as the implementation progressed. This downward trend is statistically robust (p
Sliding along a Chord through a Rotating Earth
Andrew J. Simoson
Dynamical Systems Method and a Homeomorphism Theorem
A. G. Ramm
A Simple Way of Proving the Jordan-Hölder-Schreier Theorem
Benjamin Baumslag
Complex Numbers and the Ham Sandwich Theorem
Andrew Browder
A New Proof of Euclid's Theorem
Filip Saidak
Problems and Solutions
Saunders Mac Lane: A Mathematical Autobiography.
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Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates.
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As a special service to students in the Tisch School of the Arts, the Office of Student Affairs acts as a liaison to the central Office of Financial Aid at New York University. Students who are experiencing financial difficulty or who have questions about financing their education should consult with Student Affairs. The office offers special workshops on financial aid at select times during the year, and is a clearinghouse for information about various forms of assistance, including scholarship assistance from Tisch.
While the primary responsibility for financing one's education falls upon the individual and family resources, this responsibility is also shared by New York University and, to a lesser extent, by local, state and federal governments.
Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and may reflect academic merit as well as demonstrated financial need. For more information on available scholarships and how to apply for them, you may want to look at our Tisch Scholarship Guide. No student or prospective student who feels he or she may need financial aid should be reluctant to apply for assistance. Financial aid applicants are automatically considered for all NYU assistance for which they qualify if they file their financial aid applications on time. For more information on applications and deadlines, please visit the NYU Office of Financial Aid.
Other forms of aid, including Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants (FSEOG), and the Federal Stafford Loan Program, are available to students who demonstrate financial need based upon economic criteria and program requirements established by the federal government. For more information, please contact the U.S. Department of Education (800-433-3243).
Students are encouraged to apply for financial aid electronically - the fastest and most accurate method filing the financial aid applications. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is required of all students who are U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens. All incoming freshmen, both domestic and international, must also complete the College Scholarship Service Financial Aid Profile (CSS) and in some cases the Noncustodial Parent Profile. This form can be submitted in the fall as early as October 1st but, not later than February 15th. The deadline for the CSS will depend on which round of admission to which you apply. For more information about these applications and deadlines, please go to the NYU Financial Aid Office website, under Applications and Forms.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City is looking for the state to ante up more than $95 million toward high-priority campus construction and building renovation projects.
On Friday, Curators approved making that request for funds along with requests for millions more in state money that would be used for 10 other building and renovation projects proposed by the three other UM System schools in Columbia, St. Louis and Rolla.
The requests are part of a long, systemwide capital improvement list that includes some projects that have been waiting on state dollars for years, said Bob Simmons, associate vice chancellor at UMKC.


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Great idea from CA Speaker of the Assembly: Cut public education fees at CSU and UC by 2/3rds
This is a great idea!
I've signed the petition, and every Californian who cares about the future of our state should sign it too. We need to re-balance our priorities as a state if we are to be the golden land we were bequeathed.
I posted about the issue of the value of the UCs last week, linking to Mike Hiltzik's op-ed in the Los Angeles Times Business Section.
At this point, it's too late for my son. He's just made the decision to go to Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio. It's a fabulous university and at least as respected in stature as UC Davis. UC Davis accepted my son, but between the lack of any scholarship and the likely rise in tuition fees over the next two years, plus Case Western giving him strong reason to believe he will receive a solid part time job in a laboratory (something UC Davis would not do), starting his first year, well, it's off to Cleveland.* He's very happy as he loved the CWRU campus and the people he met there from faculty to students.
For me, as a citizen of California, I am deeply disappointed that our state's priorities are so messed up that we can somehow believe it is better to spend $49K per capita to house prisoners (largely due to our draconian 3 Strikes law), not have an oil extraction tax (unlike Texas, Alaska and every other oil producing state) and not tax Disneyland's property at market rates, and think the way to finance higher education is to make youngsters borrow $10-20K every year of their college years--or more.
Assembly Speaker Perez pays for this plan by closing corporate loopholes, though I'd be glad to take this even further by reforming Prop 13 to no longer apply to commercial properties (the "split roll" proposal) and to add an oil extraction tax on oil companies.
It's about time a leading political figure has initiated this discussion of re-balancing our state's priorities. It is time to engage in this discussion with passion and strength.
* He was also accepted to UC Riverside and we were very impressed with that university as well. However, when we added up the financial incentives they were providing, they were ultimately equal to what Case Western was offering except that UC Riverside was giving my son a chance to start his grant work-study lab work in the summer before he begins as a freshman in the fall. After some hard weighing of options, he said, "Dad, I'd really like to attend Case Western." And that was that. We are biting a heavy financial bullet either way, and we hope to save money on flights back from Cleveland with our mileage plus credit card from United/Continental Airlines. We are fastening the seat belts for a rough financial ride...He'll get into some debt, too, but not much compared to what UC Davis expected him to take on. They acted like mortgage brokers circa 2005 the way they spoke about taking on more loans. Disgusting.


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These maps make me want to get out my paints. They look like they are painted on corrugated cardboard, don't they? Wouldn't it be fun to try that?
The following beauties are part of a series you likely did not know existed, and that is the Atlas of the Moon.
It is hard to imagine that our government and the military produced these gorgeous pieces of art, but they did. The U.S. Geological Survey published these geologic maps of potential early Apollo landing sites on the Moon in 1969 and 1970 .
The maps were constructed primarily by studying photographs that were provided by NASA. Base materials for the maps are photomosaics prepared by the Army Map Service and the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center of the U.S. Air Force.
They seem a little bit Miró to me. This is called "The Poetess".
This land also seems like a place Totoro might want to live when he is done hanging with Satsuke and Mei. If you don't know Totoro, you should.
See the full series of Apollo Landing Site Maps at the the Lunar and Planetary Institute.
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Beautiful! They do look like they were painted on corrugated cardboard and are very Miro-like!


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Wentz: Paging Dr. Gravy! Dr. Gravy to the E.R., please!
I entered the emergency room at the little hospital in the mountains at 1:30 p.m. I was told at 3 p.m. that I'd be admitted overnight for shortness of breath, low oxygen level, and a "funky" EKG, even though I insisted to everyone within earshot that my EKG had been funky since I was 17, and my heart is fine!
So, I tell poor Lindsey, who had come with me (for the last time, I'm sure) that she should go home, walk and feed the dogs, work out, and try to salvage a sliver of the day, and I'd call her with my room number later. She tries not to appear delighted at the prospect of not being here when I keel over, which they're expecting at any moment, and she scrams. (Who could blame her? It's not like she's in the will ... anymore.)
Next is the CT scan (administered by the nicest, young, bearded, newlywed guy, just chat-chatting away - why not? He wasn't the one about to croak! As I was being slid into the scanner, he told me "lift both arms like you're praisin'." This is the Southern mountains, after all. Then, I'm returned to my cubicle in the ER, trailing tubes, and open my 775-page novel, assuming that, as with everything in my life, things will move slowly.
At 6 p.m. (yes, I said 6 p.m.!) my nurse bustles in with a dinner tray, and when I take the dish covers off, I'm in shock.
These folks supposedly believe that my heart will attack me sometime in the next few hours. I'm sitting there with a blood oxygen level so low that student doctors are coming in to stare at me. I'm breathing oxygen through a tube, and I've been increasingly short of breath for a week. I've told Lindsey where my will is (and given her my health care power of attorney, which was stupid, since I've pretty much blown this trip, and between being forced to sit around here another 24 hours or pull the plug, I'm fairly sure which one she'd choose) and where I hide my good jewelry...like I have any good jewelry.
So, the stage is set. Vicki's going down...any minute now. And, I open the dinner covers to see a clump of cheesy lasagna as big as a shoe, covered in a lake of sauce. There is a big, fat breadstick beside it, a small mound of crucified green beans, a carton of whole milk, cranberry juice, and a piece of carrot cake so large my bottomless son couldn't finish it. This is clearly Cardiac Arrest on a Plate, and, naturally, the visual is extremely misleading. The taste is worse than the heart attack would be.
It is 8:10 p.m. (yes, I said 8:10 p.m.!) when they finally come to take me to my room in the cardiac wing, on the Moderate Care hall. These people are serious, my friend. Lindsey shows up right behind me with chicken soup from Panera, iced tea, my pillow and a small suitcase. She's somewhat relieved to see that I'm still pre-keel, and gets dinner set up while I change from hospital gown to flannel nightgown with little scotties all over it.
In comes another nurse with a needle, to take more blood, but she doesn't waste time unnecessarily looking for a shy vein, quickly deciding just to stab me in the back of the hand. I look at her, alarmed, but she smiles serenely and says, "It's okay, honey, we'll get through it together with Jesus." STAB! The vein blows up like an acorn and I'm indeed calling for Jesus...how did she know?
Next morning, after two hours' sleep, an echo-cardiogram - and after a breakfast of (I am NOT making this up) a gigantic biscuit covered in white floury gravy, three sausage links, a blueberry muffin, one slice of pineapple and more whole milk - a doctor in a ponytail enters and declares my blood work normal and my heart fine ("Seems your EKG has shown this since you were young."...I'm like in a parallel universe here!) and tells me the reason I'm short of breath is that the lower part of my right lung is collapsed.
They don't know why, but it's obviously not as alarming - or invigorating - as an imminent cardiac event. How do I fix it? Not with a needle, which is my main concern, because it's not the entire lung, just the bottom part. I feel like apologizing.
She tells me to do this yoga pose several times a day to help the lung expand, and that it will also improve when I come down from the higher elevations. Which it has.
Meanwhile, I've secretly changed the designated person on my health care power of attorney...what?...you wish!
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- Willamette
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Evening for Educators and Gallery Talks
Planned in Conjunction with Marie Watt: Lodge
Salem, Ore--In conjunction with the exhibition Marie Watt: Lodge, the Hallie Ford Museum of Art has planned a workshop for teachers who want to bring their classes to see the exhibition. Elizabeth Garrison, The Cameron Paulin Curator of Education at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, will teach the workshop.
The purpose of the workshop is to help teachers prepare students for a field trip to the exhibition, develop strategies to tour the exhibition, and propose ideas that reinforce the gallery experience and broaden curriculum concepts once back in the classroom. A teacher guide will be available on-line after February 7, 2012.
The teacher workshop has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 7 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the lobby and Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. Admission to the workshop is free, although advance registration is required. To register, please call 503/370-6855.
In addition to the teacher workshop, an ongoing series of gallery talks on the exhibition will be offered every Tuesday afternoon from 12:30-1 p.m. from February 7 through March 27, 2012. Gallery talks will be presented by education curator Elizabeth Garrison or a Hallie Ford Museum of Art docent. Admission is free.
Marie Watt: Lodge is a mid-career retrospective exhibition for this nationally recognized Portland mixed media artist whose work explores human stories and ritual implicit in everyday objects. The exhibition opened on February 4 and continues through April 1, 2012 at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art and will be shown at the Tacoma Art Museum in Washington State from June 11 through September 24, 2012.
Marie Watt: Lodge has been supported in part by a major grant from the Ford Family Foundation in Roseburg, Oregon. Additional financial support has been provided by The Camin Family Foundation; an endowment gift from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, through their Spirit Mountain Community Fund; the City of Salem's Transient Occupancy Tax fund; and the Oregon Arts Commission.
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is located at 700 State Street (corner of State and Cottage Streets) in downtown Salem near the campus of Willamette University. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. The galleries are closed Mondays. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students. Children under 12 are free, and Tuesday is a free day. For more information, please call 503/370-6855.


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sorry that the guy below me so was so bummed with his purchase. It does say it is "performance". nowhere does it say "lightweight" or anything like that. In the tech specs it says its 100% poly mesh, obviously not a lightweight material.... besides the point....
It is super breathable (not perforated) and is a perfect base layer stacked with a smarty jacket or something like that. I rock this tank almost every day during the summer.
I thought this was a light weight tank. Turns out its a super heavy mesh with ridgid neck and shoulder lining. Runs way oversized. When they say "performance tank" they must be referring to someone who will be dressing up like a clown to "perform" in a 4th of July parade. For that it would be perfect - otherwise its hella lame.
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The best thing a woman can do when it comes to healthcare is to follow her intuition. This tip comes from a Cleveland Clinic gynecologist who has seen thousands of patients, from girls in their teens to women in their 70s.
Chiropractic Care: Safe for Sprains, Strains and Pains
Chiropractic physicians are moving into the medical mainstream. You'll find them at many U.S. medical centers — including Cleveland Clinic — often working side-by-side with your primary care physician and specialist.
6 Tips to Prepare for a Child's Hospital Stay
Parents are likely to be more anxious about a child's surgery than their own. Children pick up on that anxiety and may become fearful themselves. Knowledge and preparation can help relieve their anxiety — and yours.
Recipe: Low-Fat Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
Try this delicious low-fat recipe, which is healthier than the average cheesecake without sacrificing flavor.
One LVAD patient is paying it forward
Barbara Ann Colvin of Columbus, Ohio, calls herself the "LVAD Diva" and says she is on a journey to help the disadvantaged take charge of their lifestyle choices.
Welcome to Health Hub from Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic's new website will feature timely news, views and information on health and wellness, all to help you make greater sense of the complex world of medicine and make the best decisions about your healthcare.
Cheney Heart Transplant in the News
With the recent heart transplant for former Vice President Dick Cheney, there has been a lot of talk in the news about the procedure and the use of a ventricular assist device (VAD).
Patient's Tenacity Fuels Positive Recovery
John Carr had his aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta replaced at Cleveland Clinic by Dr. Eric Roselli. Now, he's back to playing rugby again. Mr. Carr shares his story.
Why New Mothers Should Embrace Breastfeeding
When it comes to breastfeeding, experts say the health benefits for a newborn baby are highly positive. A Cleveland Clinic expert weighs in on guidelines.
Kids and Adults: Survive Spring Allergy Season
We all love the beauty of spring, but it may also mean the beginning of months of misery for allergy sufferers, grown-ups and kids alike. Here are some tips to help cope.


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Ann Curry, I'm going to miss you on the Today show. I don't think it's fair that you're leaving so soon after taking the co-anchor position. It's only been a year, after all. I'm sure the job takes some settling into between the ungodly call times and unscripted "witty banter" that's supposed to flow so naturally; not to mention, the minefield that is picking out your wardrobe for daily judgement by an audience of millions. And frankly, I'm not sure why you're being asked to step down so soon. If they say it's because Today has slipped in ratings, I'd wonder if that has less to do with your co-anchoring and more to do with editorial decisions to regularly cover the youtube flavors of the week instead of the meatier stories viewers actually care about.
I'm sure all kinds of criticisms and silly rumors will be bandied about this week about your premature departure. A few of which will focus on the funky outfits you wore on air. Ann, I'd guess you're a strong woman and can take whatever they dish at you. (Click the above photo for a link to The Daily Beast if you need evidence of the bullying.) But in your defense, all the critics out there should consider how amazing it must feel to pull on something bright and expressive after years of trips to warzones and centers of human catastrophes. From flak jackets in Baghdad to cargo vests in Haiti. From boots in Darfur to headscarves in Iran. Ann, you've worn it all well. And never mind that you're a journalist not celebrity stylist.
It's only too bad there isn't enough room in your flowered "Fleurty dress" for all the Emmy Awards you've brought to NBC over the years.
Read more about Ann's career at nbc.com and tweet your support to her @anncurry.


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When: Tuesday, April 09, 2013
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Today's Stress Less Photo Challenge theme is GRATITUDE. Upload your photo and vote for your favorites at http://ter.ps/submitphoto. Join in anytime - each photo submitted is 1 entry into a drawing for the grand prize of an iPad mini. Open to all UMD students, faculty and staff.
Cultivating a sense of gratitude can boost your mood and improve your emotional wellness. Choose to focus on your blessings instead of your curses to foster a positive outlook and avoid some of the pitfalls of unnecessary stress. There is always an abundance to be grateful for, so find something today to be grateful for and take a photo!
Follow along on Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #stresslessUMD.
Learn more and join the photo challenge: http://crs.umd.edu/cms/wellness/ProgramsEvents/StressLess/StressLessPhotoChallenge.aspx
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Fabric paint or fabric dye work just fine as the additional colors. Fabric paint can be used for more precise placement of color, just as fabric dye will make the true tye-dye effect. Also, fabric dye would need to be used much more carefully because it can dye skin or produce harmful effects from contact with skin.


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March 2, 2011
News Release
Tom Elliott and Toby King to Lead CDE's Educator Effectiveness Work
Colorado Department of Education Commissioner Robert Hammond today announced the hiring of Tom Elliott and Toby King, who will lead the state's educator effectiveness work.
Tom Elliott, CDE's new executive director of educator effectiveness, will lead CDE's efforts to recruit, prepare, evaluate, support and retain highly effective educators. He is responsible for aligning and coordinating educator preparation program review, licensure, induction, professional development, evaluation, retention initiatives, teacher equity initiatives and other related functions to help maximize the effectiveness of all educators across the state. An immediate priority for Mr. Elliott is ensuring the successful implementation of the state's new educator evaluation and development system, pursuant to Senate Bill 10-191.
Elliott has devoted more than 30 years to education as a teacher and administrator in rural and inner-city Colorado. Most recently, he served as principal of Cowell Elementary School in Denver Public Schools.
Elliott and his school were recognized in December 2010 as a Center of Excellence School, an award that recognizes schools that serve a large percentage of high needs students and that have sustained the highest rates of student longitudinal growth in the state.
Toby King, senior consultant for educator evaluation and support, will provide technical assistance and training to districts in implementing performance evaluation systems that adhere to the requirements of S.B. 10-191. He is the primary point of contact for districts on implementation of S.B. 10-191. In addition, King is working to develop and maintain the state's online resource bank of models and best practices related to quality educator evaluation systems. He supports overall monitoring of the state's educator effectiveness efforts and provides targeted support to districts.
King served as a teacher and administrator in a range of school settings in Florida. Most recently, he coordinated a regional service office for the Florida Department of Education, providing direct services to four of the state's largest districts (serving more than 225,000 students). He provided district-wide training and support to districts in the development and implementation of systemic strategies to ensure that all students had access to rigorous courses, and opportunities to graduate with standard high school diplomas.
"Attracting, preparing and supporting outstanding teachers is a Colorado priority," stated Commissioner Hammond. "We are pleased to have the expertise of these two individuals devoted to driving this important work."
For more information on CDE's educator effectiveness initiatives, visit http://www.cde.state.co.us/educatoreffectiveness.


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Are You Serious About Making Money With Wordpress?
Dear Marketer,
Imagine what it would be like if you were able to quickly and easily set up your own income generating blogs with a Wordpress expert guiding you by the hand every single step of the way? Just how simple would it be for you to create your own website that brought in money?
It would be easy. Wouldn't it?
How many times have you struggled to get a website together and then realised that you have to edit hundreds of files to make a small change to the layout?
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What if there was a program that made adding new features like Adsense or social bookmarking or integrating with Twitter a breeze - just a click of a button?
What if you could change your entire site layout with a click of a button so it was themed for the holidays or events?
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"I have seen numerous sites that claim to deliver the goods when it comes to WordPress training. While most do provide good material, it is almost always incomplete. Some tend to focus too much on the basics while others focus too much on SEO or some other aspect of WordPress. After reviewing your collection of videos on WordPress DeMystified, I have to say that your videos are the most complete collection that I have found. There are tips on Twitter integration as well as creating your own theme or translating WordPress into multiple language that advanced bloggers and as well as newbie bloggers. You also go beyond just the nuts and bolts of WordPress and demonstrate some key skills that every blogger needs like keyword research and SEO and monetization. I really can't say enough about your site. It is well worth the money. Kudos on creating an outstanding product."
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The Wordpress Demystified home study course is the most complete program ever produced on making money with Wordpress.
In 41 detailed step by step videos broken down into 7 easy to follow modules, you are taken from a Wordpress novice to a Wordpress Guru with every feature of Wordpress explained to you in a simple to follow, non techno-babble format.
You will learn how to install Wordpress, how to set it up, how to monetize it and how to tweak it for maximum results, and that's just starting to scratch the surface of what's in this program!.
The Wordpress Demystified program isn't just a program explaining to you how to use Wordpress, it's fully fledged Internet Marketing training too!
This is a complete home study course that will show you exactly how you can make money online using Wordpress as your foundation stone.
The program is full of tips and tricks to help you get the most out of your blog. Whether you are looking to increase your earnings or get more traffic to your website, the Wordpress Demystified home study course will show you exactly how it can be done.
You may be wondering who we are to tell you about how to use Wordpress.
Andy Beveridge has been Internet marketing and writing for four years.
He went full time over two years ago and moved from the UK to the south of France, where he stills lives in a little market town nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Together we have created the Wordpress Unleashed program which has taken the Internet by storm and has proved invaluable to many marketers in creating their online empire..
With every release of Wordpress they are building in more and more powerful functionality that will blow you away with what you can do. It's moved away from a clunky blog used by geeks to a powerful platform used by many of the top marketers and can be used for anything, including:
With all the development of the program, it's uses are literally only limited by your imagination now!
The new Wordpress Demystified program is over 4 hours of in depth, simple to follow training aimed to guide you step by step through everything you need to know about Wordpress in order to make money. It is completely revamped and delves under the hood of Wordpress, showing you precisely how it works.
" I have to tell you when I got to the download page I was blown away by all of the video tutorials I got about Wordpress! WOW!
I've been using Wordpress for over 4 years and you showed me a few tricks I have never seen before that I will use for sure.
I also have to mention that plug in you reveled that does all of those SEO tasks, not the one everybody else is using. That was really nice. I can't believe that plug in is Free. Well back to watching WP videos, thanks Jason."
Mpls, MN
It doesn't matter whether you are creating a site just for Adsense, an authority site, a membership site or whatever, you can do it with Wordpress, and you can do it without spending a fortune on developers or software to do the job for you!
Being completely free software, Wordpress allows you to focus your money where it matters - on developing your business rather than on buying tools for your business.
The information in the Wordpress Demystified program will show you everything you need to know in order to start building money making sites.
You may have heard that Wordpress sites get flooded with spam. We'll show you how to stop 99.99% of all spam automatically in Module 3.
You may have heard that it is hard to get your websites indexed. We'll show you how to get your websites indexed within an hour, if not quicker - without you lifting a finger in website promotion! See Module 6 for this great tip.
We'll also reveal to you a little known secret (Module 6) on how you can double or triple your traffic in just 2 minutes without doing ANY additional work on website promotion.
We'll show you how to protect yourself (automatically, of course) from any problems with your webhost so that your valuable data and money making business is safe no matter what happens (Module 6).
And in Module 5 we will show you how you can get your visitors to give you free backlinks and help you generate traffic!
In Module 7 we'll show you how to to get high quality content for your website for free!!
"Hi Jason,
I have to say this set of videos is absolutely fantastic! I am a complete technical novice, and within hours, I was able to install WordPress on my own domain and tweak it to maximize SEO! And it looks great. I haven't even been through all the videos yet, and I've already gotten much more value than the asking price!
As marketers, we know the power of a functional, optimized website on our own virtual real estate. Jason teaches how to get all that AND make the site look good, too. Each step is clearly explained. If you miss something, you can always go back and watch it again. Jason's teaching style is relaxed and easy to follow. I'm even having fun setting WordPress up - and that is something I never thought would happen!
I don't gush about a product unless it honestly has proven its worth to me and this video package goes above and beyond. Even for folks who intend to outsource the 'techie' side of their business, I highly recommend these videos. It's always smart to understand the nuts and bolts, and this product will give you that understanding!
Great product!"
Cindy Hohe
If you could create a website earning $1 a day, you wouldn't get excited about it, would you?
What if you could create 100 websites earning $1 a day?
Would that get you excited?
What about 200? 1000? Or more?
You don't need to create a single website creating you $1000 a day - you can create lots of websites earning you $1 a day instead.
This business model is very quick and easy to implement and with the information in Wordpress Demystified, you can be creating your own customised website in under an hour.
Best of all, you can set it so that it runs on auto pilot with no interaction from you!
During this video program you will learn my strategy for creating highly popular and well indexed blogs quickly and easily with minimum work on your part.
If you went out and got yourself trained in Wordpress, you could expect to pay up to $1000 for a classroom based training course. Plus, you would have the inconvenience of having to go to the training course, take time off work and maybe even have to travel a long distance for the training.
When you invest in the Wordpress Demystified program (remember, it is tax deductable) you will be getting hands on, one on one training. Basically, you will be looking over my shoulder as I set up and configure Wordpress sites.
Where can you get that kind of personalized training for anything less than several hundred dollars?
" Hi, Jason
I've watched some of your video and just one word to describe it."AWESOME". I like very much it.
You provide a high quality and easily understandable video tutorial even for a internet marketer newbie like me. Thank you so much! And the content of the video is really useful for me, it provide some of information that even you can't think about until you've seen the video with our own eyes.
Really Good Job, Jason. Love it very much! And thank you again for providing such a high quality video for all of us.
Your video course is really worth it"
He August
You already know there are 41 step by step videos, so now see everything you are going to learn in this in depth course. This isn't some hastily thrown together course, it is a carefully researched, implemented and tested home study course that you will be amazed at the quality and quantity of content.
Are you ready to experience this high quality training?
(And when you invest in this program you will get access to hours of extra video in specially recorded customers only training videos. This is a program that is regularly updated so will never go out of date.)
So by now you are wondering just how much you are going to learn from the Wordpress Demystified program and how it is going to transform your online business. Let's tell you what is in this 8 module, in depth video training program.
This module shows you how you can install Wordpress with a few clicks of a mouse - no need to CHMOD'ing permissions, installing scripts or creating MySQL databases. This installation method is on most webhosts and takes a few clicks to happen. It's simple and you can be ready to start using Wordpress in just a couple of minutes.
To the uninitiated, configuring Wordpress can appear difficult, with a multitude of settings and options that aren't always crystal call. However, in this program you are shown how to configure Wordpress so it is suitable for almost any application. It is really simple to do and there are no technical skills required. So long as you can point and click, you can configure your website and set it up to look fantastic!
In this module you'll learn how to :
This module is laying a foundation stone showing you how you can set up your site so it looks good and people can find your content. If they can't find your content, then they can't buy from you or click on your adverts! One of the biggest problems people have with Wordpress is making it navigatable, and this module shows you how you can easily make your site look great and be very easy to use for your visitors.
Plugins are how you make your website do even more cool things, and this module is an introduction to the concept of plugins and how to use it, as well as showing you some of the most vital plugins you need on your website. With plugins you can add new features and functions to Wordpress and make it do things that it can't do "out of the box".
You'll learn all about how to :
This module covers some fundamentals that every website should have to help them be legitimate in the eyes of the search engines and visitors. With this module you'll learn to create a professional looking site that will have an advantage in the search engine rankings by including the pages the search engines want to see, whilst protecting yourself from hackers and spammers.
This module is where you start to learn how to make your website earn money, and to do it using some simple plugins! A website is nice, but you are an Internet Marketer and are here to make money. This module shows you some of the simplest ways for you to monetize your site.
You'll learn how to :
Monetizing your site means you start to make money online and these are some of the easiest ways for you to make money from your websites!
SEO is vital for any website. Without good SEO you will struggle to benefit from organic search engine traffic. If you don't do your SEO correctly then you are not going to rank well for your keywords. Whilst there is a lot of link building you can do for SEO, Wordpress provides some very useful features that will help your sites rank better and get traffic.
This module is designed to show you exactly how you can optimize your site for the search engines and gain every possible advantage in the search engine rankings. You will learn how to :
Using the techniques in this module it's possible to do some amazing things with the search engines, including getting your content on to the first page of Google in minutes instead of weeks! This is one of the big keys to getting your site ranking and getting traffic.
Of course, there is a lot more to Wordpress than just SEO and this module is about some of the more advanced techniques designed to help you take Wordpress to the next level. With this module you'll learn how to :
These advanced techniques are designed to take your websites to the next level and to make your online business more efficient and profitable.
Let's face it, most people dislike creating content, and to get good quality, unique content created can be expensive - costing $10 to $15 for a single 500 word article in many cases. This module is all about finding quality content for your website and doing it cheaply - enabling you to get your websites up and running on a budget, without spending a fortune on writers.
In this module, you will learn how to :
The Internet is all about information and your website needs high quality content in order for it to get good rankings, get visitors and to make sales. With this module, content becomes easy intead of difficult and you can focus on creating profits online instead of content.
The final module is dedicated to showing you how to set up a site as if you were niche marketing. This module has been created to show you how to take all the information in the previous videos and apply it to make a site that is going to make you money online. This module teaches you some valuable information including how to :
This modules ties together everything you have learned so far and shows you how to take it forwards and convert it into money making sites.
All in all there is over four and a half hours of high quality video training walking you through everything you need to know to set up, maintain and run a Wordpress website AND make money from it!
Let us share with you a sample video (in the quality you will receive them - notice they are a good size and very easy to see what is going on - not some postage stamp sized grainy video)
This is, without doubt, the most comprehensive Wordpress training program on the market. There is nothing that even comes close to teaching you everything that is in the Wordpress Demystified. Best of all, you get the benefit of the experiences of a real life Internet Marketer who uses Wordpress every single day. Wordpress has become the platform of choice for marketers these days, and this program will teach you everything you need to know to get the edge in your online business from Wordpress.
The Wordpress Demystified training program is in 8 different modules with 41 training videos. In order for you to get the most from Wordpress, I've put together a very special bonus package especially for you.
Getting visitors from all over the world? Want to monetize them by showing them ads that are relevant to their country?
This powerful plugin knows where in the world your visitors are coming from so you can show them the best ad for them!
Maximize your commissions from Amazon, CPA networks and more with this powerful plugin.
Make your Wordpress site look fantastic with this huge selection of Wordpress themes suitable for many different niches and sites.
Plus, learn how to use Wordpress to create a great looking, SEO friendly sales page using these great Wordpress sales letter themes.
Themes make your site look fantastic and helps you to boost your conversion rates and make more money.
Step by step guide to installing Wordpress. Print out this useful checklist and follow through it as you install Wordpress.
Make sure you don't miss anything out when you configure your Wordpress site. Helps speeed up your Wordpress installation and configuration.
Step by step guide for configuring all the plugins mentioned in the Wordpress Demystified program. This handy reference guide will help you quickly configure your plugins when creating your website.
All of these bonus items are yours to keep no matter what and will help you to really get the most from Wordpress. Membership sites are really hot property and scripts can cost you thousands of dollars. The membership site video series can save you a fortune!
Plus there are even more unadvertised bonuses on the inside that aren't listed here designed to take you step by step into making money with your Wordpress blog. I just can't stop myself from adding more and more to the site for you!
These include Wordpress themes for your use on your own sites, additional training videos, videos on how to do keyword research, videos on how to redirect your website plus the complete Introduction To Internet Marketing video program - another 90 minutes of step by step video introducing you to making money online and how to set up your online business!
We am a big believer in providing absolute quality in every single product we produce. We often take days crafting a product, adding new features and making sure it is the highest quality program possible. You will also find new products and videos added to the download area as we find more information that will help you get the most out of Wordpress.
Over-delivery is our watch-word!
When you purchase the Wordpress Demystified program you are covered by our Iron Clad Guarantee. We will give you 60 days to evaluate it and make sure it is everything you ever wanted. We're going to give you every opportunity to review the content of this complete training program in the comfort of your own home.
That's right, you heard me correctly, we are so confident you will be delighted with the Wordpress Demystified program that you can spend 60 days reviewing and using the program and STILL be covered by our iron clad, no quibbles money back guarantee.
Our guarantee to you is :
If you went to a training company to learn Wordpress, they would charge you around $1000 for two days worth of training. In those two days, they wouldn't show you half of what you will learn in the Wordpress Demystified program.
And worst of all, if you spent that $1000 on training, you wouldn't get the benefit of a real life Internet Marketer who uses Wordpress every single day who tells you the tips and tricks that will make Wordpress really pull in the profit.
For your $1000 training with one of these companies you wouldn't get the step by step business plan for making a network of profit pulling websites or the insider information from a full time Internet Marketer.
" Dear Jason
I can't go without saying "Thank you so much Jason" - For creating this all inclusive and detailed video series on the latest version of wordpress. This is the very first wordpress 2.7 tutorial that I know of that goes in to every bit of detail and equips you to convert your wordpress blog in to a super money machine once you apply every step that's mentioned in the videos.
With the 2.0 version of wordpress demystified, Jason not only goes indepth in to every nook and corner functionality of wordpress but goes one step
beyond and teaches wordpress users, how to achieve the best out of their wordpress blog with super advanced web 2.0 tactics.
Undoubtedly this is one of the best wordpress training videos you can lay your hands on"
Spencer Jones
Investing in the Wordpress Demystified program could cost you $1000, but it's not going to be anywhere near that price.
We were advised by some big name marketers that this package should be selling for $497 but we felt this would price is out of reach of the many people who could really benefit from this type of training.
We thought about $297 and even $197 but felt they would still mean too many people wouldn't be able to afford it and we desperately wanted this program to be within the reach of the people who could benefit the most from it.
Eventually we decided upon $97 but thought we wanted to offer you an incredible deal with superb value for money.
The entire 41 video set with over 4 hours of step by step training will cost you just $47
for this complete, one on one, over the shoulder training. We charge $250 an hour for one on one consultancy, which people pay gladly. You get hours and hours of our time for under fifty bucks!
" Hello Jason,
I've held back from providing the testimonial as I wanted to fully use the course before commenting.
So many times, and no doubt you've done the same, I've bought stuff, had a quick look and then never opened it again.
In the case of your videos I knew I had to act.
For years now, I have been building sites and making a decent living online, to the degree that I've twice appeared in Business2.0 Magazine, part of the CNN Media empire.
My marketing blog has been running for a couple of years on a site I've had since 1999, but until now has been run on the Blogger platform.
After following your videos and with the help of a templating tool (Artisteer), I was able to finally move much of my blog to Wordpress.
I'm now pretty confident in the use of Wordpress and feel that I could now produce just about any web site using this platform.
The difference in Blogger and Wordpress is incredible. My old blog is at www.david-carter.com/blog and the new one is at www.david-carter.com/wp
Thanks for the videos, they were well worth the money."
David Carter
Why the low price? The entire program and all the bonuses are available for you to download, which means my costs are reduced from delivering it as a home study course - a saving which is passed on directly to you.
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Over the years I've seen lots of ebooks and courses on how to set up WordPress blogs, but none have been so complete and so easy to understand as Jason Johns' excellent WordPress Demystified videos.
Even though I'm quite experienced in setting up blogs, I enjoyed watching the videos and learned several new tricks that are already proving invaluable.
Blogging is where everyone should be right now and Jason really sets you off on the right foot.
Highly recommended.
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You wouldn't expect that the concept of perfection would be a source of suffering and torment, but the way I see it, there is no avoiding that reality.
"Be ye perfect, as your father in heaven is perfect." [Matthew 5:48]
As a Christian I have no problem believing and even arguing that God is, and must be, perfect by human standards (to say the least) in order to be a proper object of worship. We must believe that God is better than a human being if we are to believe at the same time that anyone can love or worship God. If we believe that God will punish us if we are not perfect--which is an unwarranted interpretation of the quote from St. Matthew--we begin the descent into fear. If we believe that achieving perfection will make us happy, we doom ourselves to perpetual misery as we fail again and again. The only way to view perfection is as an ideal, an ideal that has been set before us for inspiration but not for torture.
If God is, as the Catechism holds, "a spirit without body, parts or passions," then we cannot impute human emotion to him. However, this idea is basically the entire theme of the Old Testament: God setting down Commandments, castigating the Hebrew people through their (mistaken) prophets for falling short, and visiting punishment upon the Hebrew nation for those shortcomings. The great difference between Judaism and Christianity is not in their Scriptures but in their concepts of this God. Jesus imputed only one emotion to God: that of unconditional love. He taught that the traditional Jewish interpretation of their history had been lacking in appreciation of the true nature of God. The response of the vast majority of his contemporaries speaks for itself. The first teaching of St. Paul was to begin the long process of correcting the old idea that "the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom." It is not; the fear of God is the beginning of atheism.
The idea of God's punishment for insufficient righteousness crashed out on the Holocaust. Nothing in the history of Judaism right up to the present day could be twisted into a justification of the horrors that befell the Jews of Europe. Looking at our own personal misfortunes as some sort of visitation by God for our personal flaws has led to two things: first the self-righteous preaching of those who pretend that they are perfect (or at least closer to perfection than you and me), and second the constant insecurity that is expressed in the trite question, "What did I do to deserve this?"
Many of the people who mistakenly hold that perfection is a requirement for religion will opt for a very simple tactic: look perfect. The belief that if it looks good, it is good, will work for many people whose hypocrisy becomes known sooner or later, and often at the worst possible time. This hypocrisy of looking better than you are also crashed in the televangelist scandals, which were inevitable because they sprang from primitive evangelical Christianity, a system in which appearance is everything. We see it continue to break out periodically, as in the recent scandal about child abuse in one celebrity preacher's life and a sex scandal in the life of one of their pundits. Lesser-known preachers are hauled into court all the time, showing us that any system that forces their clergy to pretend they are above the common clay will reveal eventually that the opposite is true. It makes no difference whether the clergy are Protestant or Catholic.
We may also ask legitimately just who it is that is qualified to define personal perfection. Virginity was once touted as a path to perfection, frequently by communities that either fell apart because no children were born, or fell apart because it emerged that the spiritual leader felt no compunction to be virginal himself. Piety has also been held up as a founding virtue, whether in Judaism, Christianity or any other faith. Unfortunately, piety can be practiced very ostentatiously in public, only to be abandoned in private. This when the pretenses come crashing down and careers are terminated with little ceremony. Many preachers will tell their faithful that obedience trumps everything, as long as their followers allow the preacher to define obedience. This does not hold up to analysis since the preacher always feels free to interpret his "infallible" scriptures.
Viewing perfection as an ideal allows everyone to find their own goals by examining their shortcomings. Clergy can certainly be helpful in that, as can Scripture. But alongside the study and counseling is a never-ending obligation to know what you are talking about--something that the "Don't think about it" churches discourage. The amount of information about Scripture and Church history on the internet is astounding and beyond the grasp of anyone. However, you can begin with something that has been put together for you, such as the Huffington Post's Religion page. Start Googling ideas and there is literally no limit to what you can learn. I would point out, though, that forbidding the congregation to use the internet is a very common characteristic of dictatorial evangelical churches.


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Public Art Academy for Artists (Part 3 of 3)November 3, 2010 at 2:00 PM EDT, 1:00 PM CDT, 12:00 PM MDT, 11:00 AM PDT
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Presenters: Mary Rubin, Brian Laczko, Amy Trachtenberg, Sammy Rodriquez
Unlike traditional studio materials, public art requires that one look at maintenance, durability, and presentation in a new light. Materials research often requires looking at infrastructure rather than museum work and speaking with contractors rather than other artists. The cost of these materials can be shocking to artists who've traditionally worked with studio materials. In this workshop, we'll cover strategies for working with materials and budgets on the public art scale.
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The humiliating 6-0 defeat at Manchester City last weekend saw the knives come out for manager Andre Villas-Boas, but the Belgium defender sees no reason to panic.
They take on in-form Manchester United on Sunday and Vertonghen hopes a positive result can start them on a similar run to this time last season when they went 16 games unbeaten.
"You cannot write us off," Vertonghen said. "We did not do well in this period last year with losses against Wigan and City and Arsenal.
"But we then had incredible months in December and January and I think that is what we are aiming for now.
"We want to do well in those two months and then I think we can be back easily because the top half of the table is so strong and everybody can win."
Vertonghen feels the 2-0 win over Tromso in the Europa League on Thursday helped restore their confidence a little.
"It was important for the group to come away with a win in difficult circumstances," he added.
"We are so motivated to do well on Sunday especially after the City game. I am confident for that game because the supporters will be behind us and we are motivated to do well after such a loss."
He knows the tough challenge ahead for Spurs' defenders, though, with the fearsome Wayne Rooney-Robin van Persie strike force heading for north London.
Vertonghen added: "Rooney and van Persie are quite similar to the City strikers. They move well and play better and better together now.
"They are at least the same level as Negredo and Aguero. They are unbelievable.
"They are the most important players but the strength of Manchester United is that they have always been stronger as a team together."


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The ever leading WPCentral has forced its Windows Phone handsets to the latest Tango build, 8773, uncovering more than a few important details in the process. Some things that they uncovered are new, and some things that were expected were missing.
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Deviant Artist SharpWriter proposes a few cost-cutting measures for the defense budget.
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Deviant Artist SharpWriter proposes a few cost-cutting measures for the defense budget.
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President Barack Obama visited Gator's Dockside, an Orlando sports bar, Saturday night as part of a bus tour of Florida. One young boy in the crowded restaurant, Andre Wupperman, hails from Hawaii, which led Obama to flash him a shaka hand sign -- the Hawaiian "hello".
Wupperman responded in kind, to which Obama playfully replied: "You were born in Hawaii? You have a birth certificate?"
We'll just assume Obama didn't make young Andre produce documentation.
Betty White got a nice little tribute from President Obama for her 90th birthday, so it's no surprise that she's publicly endorsing him, though it's hard to think that America's Sweetheart (other than Justin Bieber) would give her vote to a guy whose name is the same as a baseball glove. Hopefully, this isn't just some well-orchestrated joke for her prank show.
On his weekly address today, President Obama outlined some of his plans with a continued effort in Afghanistan, as well as how to bring the U.S. debt down to soften the currently economic climate. To wit:
Because of their bravery and dedication, the tide of war has turned in Afghanistan. The goal that I set - to defeat al Qaeda, and deny it a chance to rebuild - is within reach.
When addressing domestic plans, Obama said:
I've called on Congress to take the money we're no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the other half to rebuild America.
With summer on the horizon, the president's reelection bid will go into hyperdrive, with a rally today and stops in Seattle and Los Angeles.
The real genius behind the annual White House Correspondents Dinner is the fact that it has been President Obama's chance at doing a somewhat well-written, if not slightly rough, open mic stand up routine. Like in past years, Obama doesn't really pull any punches and makes a nice reference to Hilary Clinton's celebrity meme status.
Asked at a press conference today in Louisiana about the persistent belief among many Americans that President Obama is a Muslim, Newt Gingrich said he personally takes the commander-in-chief "at his word" concerning his Christianity, but understands why some do not.
"Why does the president behave the way that people would think that [he's Muslim]?" Gingrich told reporters. "You have to ask, why would they believe that? It's not cause they're stupid. It's because they watch the kind of things I just described to you."
According to Politico, those "things" included the president's "excessive sensitivity" toward non-Judeo-Christian faiths. Gingrich has also accused the Obama administration of "anti-religious bigotry" and slammed the president for "apologizing" to Muslims.
"The fact is I take him at his word," Gingrich is quoted as saying, "but I think it is very bizarre that he is desperately concerned to apologize to Muslim religious fanatics while they are killing young Americans while at the same time going to war against the Catholic Church and against every right to live Protestant organization in the country. I just think it's a very strange value system."
Maggie Haberman notes that, in a radio interview yesterday, Gingrich admonished the media for "going easy on coverage of Obama's 'Muslim friends'."
In Case You Missed It of the Day: President Obama roasts Donald Trump and burns the birther movement at last night's White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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SHREWSBURY, Mass. — Students at Shrewsbury's Sherwood Middle School will move into their new building on Jan. 23 after the school committee voted unanimously on the date Wednesday.
Teachers will move into the school Jan. 22, the day after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The students will start classes there Jan. 23. All Sherwood students will get a four-day MLK weekend.
"Basically the building is 99.9 percent complete," school business services director Liam Hurley said Wednesday. "It's ready to go."
Gilbane Construction, which oversaw construction, handed the building over to Shrewsbury this week, Hurley said.
The furniture and technology will be completely installed in the new Sherwood School by mid-January, he said.
It would be a waste of taxpayer dollars to not use the building immediately, Superintendent Joseph Sawyer said.
Students and teachers would move into the school after the February break if a winter storm or other event causes a delay.
The building was to be opened in September or August, however, the project is months ahead of schedule. Construction began shortly after the snow melted in March.
The initial cost estimate was $47 million. Bids from subcontractors were lower than expected, and little of the building's contingency fund was spent. The project's cost estimate is now at about $42 million. The Massachusetts School Building Authority is paying for about half that amount.
Demolition of the older building will be completed by next summer. An athletic field will be built on the site of the old school, which was built in the 1960s, is overcrowded and at the end of its lifespan.


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The US media and political establishment – increasingly a redundancy – told me that Omar Suleiman was managing the transition in Egypt very well, and talking to the opposition groups, and that progress was being made and life was returning to normal and we can all put this out of our heads presently. Somebody forgot to send the message to the people of Egypt:
Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators have poured into Cairo's Tahrir (Liberation) Square as protests against Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, entered their 15th day despite a slew of concessions announced by the government.
Tens of thousands of protesters have also come out on the streets in Alexandria, Egypt's second largest city.
There were also reports of a protest outside the parliament building in the capital. A witness said at least a thousand people had gathered at the spot and more were coming in.
According to Hoda Abdel-Hamid, Al Jazeera's correspondent in the Egyptian capital, the crowd at Tahrir Square grew rapidly on Tuesday afternoon, with many first-timers joining protesters seeking Mubarak's immediate ouster.
The newcomers said they had been inspired in part by the release of Wael Ghonim, the Google executive, after what he said was two weeks of detention by state security authorities.
"I came here for the first time today because this cabinet is a failure, Mubarak is still meeting the same ugly faces … he can't believe it is over. He is a very stubborn man," Afaf Naged, a former member of the board of directors of the state-owned National Bank of Egypt, said.
Yes, you read that right, the former board member of the national bank is out in the square.
I was on Virtually Speaking with Professor Juan Cole last night, despairing that the US has thrown in its lot with the torture chief Suleiman and undertaken this concerted effort to avert the eyes of the world away from Tahrir Square. This could pave the way for government repression, the rounding up of the activists, and an end to any hope of a better future. But Cole was oddly confident, saying that the Iranian Green movement didn't have as clear a goal as the protesters in Egypt, who clearly want nothing less than the removal of Hosni Mubarak from office. [cont'd.] And they have the desire to bear witness to the brutality that the regime has already employed. A video of a protester being shot by secret police in Alexandria bounced around the country yesterday. Wael Ghonim's detention has become another symbol.
The Mubarak regime continues to scramble, forming a committee to review constitutional reforms, promising more talks with protesters and an investigation into the violence. Suleiman and Mubarak promised that protesters would not be prosecuted for their actions. At the same time they are playing on the fears of the great masses of the public, intimating that the protests are hurting them economically. But the protesters have no trust in the regime to make good on their promises.
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Krissy Sokol (Jr., 5-9, Akron, OH/Hoban) led the team in kills with 17 and Paige Chandler (Jr., 6-0, Cincinnati, OH/McNicholas) recorded the most blocks with four. Emilee Muzechuk (Fr., 5-9, Mansfield, OH/Madison) and Devin Hummel (Fr., 5-8, Shelby, OH/HS) tied for team-high honors in digs with 14.
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Before the start of the 2012 season, I looked at the career minor league statistics of Kirk Nieuwenhuis, read some scouting reports, and surprised myself by concluding: Maybe this guy could grow up to become an acceptable Major League center fielder. Not a star, but okay enough.
I don't know that I was wrong about that. But his misadventures last year have certainly given me pause. What I read into his minor league stats was a flawed hitter with way too many strikeouts. (Not that strikeouts in and of themselves are so terrible, but that KKKirk's K's seemed like signs of deeper problems, indicators that come the big leagues, he'd struggle, maybe forever.) Kirk had no burning speed, an unspectacular BA, but a decent BB rate. What I most liked, though, was that he showed some real pop. In 2010, across a full season of AA and AAA, he stroked 64 XBH in 514 ABs. If the defense was good — and this was mandatory — Kirk's overall skill set seemed to me like it could survive in the bigs. Not an All-Star, nothing great, but not everybody has to be. I figured an .800 OPS was attainable for Kirk, though not immediately, and that it was a good enough number for a CF.
I really can't talk about Nieuwenhuis without mentioning that I have a big problem with him. His name. I just can't spell it. It always comes out wrong. I am very sympathetic to that, as people have been spelling my name wrong my entire life, even though it is only four letters. So I really want to get it right. But it's very hard, I never do. Then I have to check it, and spell it over, then re-check it.
And now — we have this blog. So when I think about it, it might be for the best if Kirk just flames out and goes away. Nothing personal.
Mike, we survived Mientkiewicz, we can survive this. (BTW, I just typed that without looking it up, but I did sprain my ring finger.)
Now for what I think of him as a player. Major leaguer, sure. Starting major leaguer? Don't think so. When I look at Nieuwenhuis, nothing jumps out. Power, sure some. Speed, better than average but not real speed. The ability to hit for average, I don't see that with all those K's. Defense? Again, not bad but he's no Den Dekker. I add up the sum of Kirk's parts and I get a solid fourth outfielder.
As for the strikeouts. Things shifted a little bit in the second half, but in the first half of the season it seemed like every Met took two strikes before ever swinging the bat. It was so obvious that they might as well have gone went up there without bats first and see if they got walked. Nobody was using them, why waste the effort of lugging them to the plate? It's a long season.
So sure we might have assembled a collection of lookers, but it was so dramatic that there had to be an organizational edict. Don't swing or else! And it worked for a while, we outperformed our collective talent for half a season, in large part by getting to teams' crappy bullpens.
But baseball is a game of adjustments, and those are harder for young players. And in Kirk's case (sorry, from here on out I'm going first name basis), teams were just going down the middle, strike one, down the middle, strike two. How do you hit like that? In Bud Harrelson's book, Turning Two, he mentions that although he was a weak hitter he would take 3-2 against God. Well, when you are 0-2, every pitcher is God.
So I think the single biggest thing Kirk needs to do in 2013 is swing earlier in the count. If he has any eye at all (the big question), his OBP will not go down. It will go up.
Agreed. Put simply, if the goal is to work deep counts, you are going to face a lot of two-strike situations, and that leaves you vulnerable to the strike out and, more importantly, forces a batter to confront a lot of very tough two-strike pitches darting out of the zone. A strikeout isn't the end of the world, but Kirk should mix it up more. Swing early, aggressively. His power numbers would rise, I bet. Sometimes I worry that the organizational focus on working counts works against some hitters, serving only to confuse them further.
Team-wise, the Mets have several glaring offensive weaknesses, and Kirk embodies two of 'em: 1) Can't hit LHP; 2) No speed. Actually, speed goes two ways, which is why Branch Rickey was such a fanatic about it. Speed helps you on offense and defense, it's two skills in one. Kirk's speed isn't terrible, but it's not a weapon, either. Generally, teams are going to get speed from four positions: SS, 2B, CF, and one of the OF corners (let's assume one lumbering slugger in the far pasture). You look at this current group — Tejeda, Murphy, Nieuwenhuis, Baxter — and wonder if we are ever going first-to-third on single or cut-off a double in the gap. It's why I can't fall in love with any of these players. Look at our home field. I don't think RH power will ever thrive in that park. I feel a need for a speed. Where in the world is it coming from?
I can't agree with you yet on RH power not being able to work out at Citifield. Before the changes, absolutely. But the biggest changes were in left field, it was dramatic, both dimensions, and fence height. Hairston did well last year, and Wright had an excellent season. Unless you count Bay, and I do not, there wasn't another right-handed hitter with any power on the roster.
I would agree with you completely though that Citifield will never play "small" and that speed would be a great asset for us to value. Where is it now? It's not on the current roster, that is for sure. And I could go on about that, and actually I intend to very soon, but not today as I do not want to completely hijack Captain K's post. So quickly back to Nieuwenhuis (got it).
If he is ever going to be a full-time outfielder the power has to totally develop. Otherwise, I'm not going to have to worry about how to spell his name for too long.


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Cakebread Cabernet Sauvignon 1994
Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California
Winemaker's Notes
Flavors of rich black cherries, sweet currants, and cassis deliciously combine and flow into a lingering aftertaste. The overall taste-impression of this wine is one of rich black fruit in a delicious balance.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Spectator - "Beautifully focused while enticingly lush. Ripe and chewy, with complex, concentrated flavors of currant, plum and black cherry with a long, rich aftertaste."
Cakebread Winery
Over 30 years ago, Jack Cakebread came to photograph the Napa Valley for a book and while there, he casually mentioned his interest in one day owning a vineyard to some family friends who had a ranch in Rutherford. When he returned home that afternoon, the phone rang and it was the family friends offering to sell their property. He headed back up to the valley that same afternoon to make his best offer, and Cakebread Cellars was born.
As the Cakebread family reflects upon the many profound changes in the wine industry over the last 33 years, such as innovative farming techniques and new methods of reaching out to consumers, they note that their key values have remained the same. Dedication to making the highest quality wines and a commitment to family has followed a continuum as their first small vineyard has grown into a thriving internationally distributed wine company. View all Cakebread Wines
About Napa ValleyView a map of Napa Valley wineries
It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just grated an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
Customer ReviewsSign In to Add Your Review0 }div>Related ProductsDeep burgundy in color and full bodied, this impressive Cabernet Sauvignon presents black cherry, currant and vanilla spice aromas. Soft, ...Cakebread Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley offers wonderfully fragrant, complex aromas of ripe blackberry and boysenberry fruit augmented by complementary ...
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Bill Number: AB 887
Our state's non-discrimination laws protect transgender people by including discrimination based on "gender identity and expression" as a type of "gender" discrimination. However, because "gender identity and expression" didn't appear as a category within each individual non-discrimination law, employers, landlords and others who must follow these laws have been confused about whether transgender people are protected. AB 887 places "gender identity and expression" alongisde other protected categories in our non-discrimination laws, helping people to understand the law and effectively address discrimination against transgender people.
Status: Introduced on February 17, 2011. Passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 5, 2011, on a 7-1 vote. Passed by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 4, 2011, on a 12-5 vote. Passed by the full Assembly on May 16, 2011, on a 54-24 vote. Passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 14, 2011, on a 3-2 vote. Passed by the full Senate on August 30, 2011, on a 25-13 vote. Signed by Governor Jerry Brown.
Author: Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)
Legislative Co-Authors: Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco), Assemblymember Roger Dickinson(D-Sacramento), Assemblymember Rich Gordon (D-San Mateo), Assemblymember Ricardo Lara (D-East Los Angeles), Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel), Assemblymember John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles), Senator Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles), Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego), Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), Senator Padilla Leland Yee (D-San Francisco).


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As promised here are is the catch up of the events that Jude has attended this last month. There are over 200 images added.
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Marzena Kowalska said on December 20th, 2010
You look great, Jude. Lucky one who knows You. I greet warmly.