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July 27, 2015
The Bryan Fire Department and Brazos County Crime Stoppers need your help in looking for a man wanted on a felony warrant for Arson.
24-year-old William Alonzo Shields is a black male, 5'7' and 190 lbs. He has the name "Will" tattooed on his upper left arm, and also has a tattoo of a clown on his right forearm.
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In today's continuing series about the government's warrentless wiretapping and surveillance activities, Greenwald exposes how most of what the government has been saying about "oversight" and the FISA court have been either deceptive or outright false. No warrants are needed in many cases and the court is essentially a rubber-stamping machine for the NSA's surveillance programs. The court provides no oversight to the NSA's activities, it approves requests without knowing the cause, the person or persons under investigation, or what specific information the NSA is looking for. This essentially allow it to conduct "fishing expeditions" and sweep up whatever communications it wants without limit.
You can read Greenwald's latest revelations here.
UPDATE (6-20-13): Here is an update about the FISA court. Here are leaked FISA documents along with an excellent discussion about the procedures used to determine whose information will be gathered. You can find the newest piece in this series of leaks here.

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The Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools conducted a nationwide search to find the most promising and innovative cooperative practices between charter and traditional public schools. We sought cooperative practices with strong collaboration, originality, inventiveness and the ability to replicate. As a result, we found the following charter/traditional school cooperative practices:
Click each title to read the cooperative practice description…
- Grass Roots Value Added: How the Arizona Growth Model was Born –Arizona
- Sharing Enrollment and Campuses in Denver –Colorado
- Transformative Education through Mentorship – Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Moving Beyond Co-Locations to Cooperatively-Run Campuses –Los Angeles, California
- D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative – Washington D.C.
- High Tech High: Design Principles Leading a Teaching and Learning Revolution - San Diego, California
- Charter and Traditional School District Enrichment through Innovative Facilities Agreements – San Antonio, Texas
- Jobs for American's Graduates Collaboration – Charter and Public Schools Working Hand in Hand serving at risk High School youth - Indiana
- Sharing Knowledge, Sharing Energy: Delivering Alternative and Renewable Energy – Upper Scioto Valley, Ohio
- Using Formative Assessment tools to Inform New Teacher/Veteran Teacher Collaborative Learning - Santa Clara County, California
- Collaborative Inquiry - Massachusetts
- DC Data Summit – Washington, D.C.
- Study Tours – Massachusetts
- Partnership and Immersion Maintenance Program – Forest Lake, Minnesota
- The Center for Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL): Unifying schools, communities, businesses and universities to transform Indiana – Indiana
- A Pioneering Collaboration to Improve Reading in Central Falls – Central Falls, Rhode Island
- The Power of Planning Project: Raising Achievement Through Standards-Based Long Term Planning & Data-Driven Instruction – Washington D.C.
- UCAS, an Early College Partnership School -Utah
- What's Best for Kids: The Hillsborough County Public and Charter School Advisory Council – Tampa, Florida
- An Uncommon Partnership: Hoosier Academies Virtual and Hybrid Schools, Indiana Department of Education and Indiana Parents! - Indiana
- Partnerships in Service of Children: Hill View Montessori Charter Public School and Haverhill Public Schools - Haverhill, Massachusetts
- Partnership Turnaround Initiatives: Friendship Public Charter School Inc.- Baltimore, MD, and Washington, D.C.
- Smart Character Choices - Hartland, Michigan
- Breakthrough Partnerships in Cleveland - Ohio
- Care Team Collaborative Framework – Ohio
Grass Roots Value Added: How the Arizona Growth Model was Born-Arizona
Strand: Performance Management
The Arizona Charter School Association strives to bring the best practices to all public schools in the state. In pursuit of that goal, the Association created Growth Percentiles to measure student progress from one year to the next. The Association works in partnership with the Arizona Department of Education to post every public school's median growth percentile for grades four through eight. The growth percentile compares each student's performance to students in the same grade who had similar test scores in past years; it also uses multiple years of a student's test score to show how that student is progressing from year to year. This transparency creates public accountability and has helped shift the learning climate in Arizona to a data-driven, collaborative environment. The Association provides workshops to both charters schools and districts on how to use data to improve student achievement. The collaboration between the Arizona Charter School Association, the Arizona Department of Education, and school districts has broken down communication barriers and improved years of mistrust in Arizona. Most importantly, the collaboration directly benefits over 700,000 school children in Arizona. Presenter: Rebecca Gau, Vice President, Arizona Charter School Association
Sharing Enrollment and Campuses in Denver-Colorado
Strand: Operations, Facilities
The Denver Public Schools are working on a number of exciting collaborative projects that bring traditional schools and charter schools together to provide a better education for all students. This presentation will highlight two practices: the Northwest Shared Enrollment Zone and the Shared Camps Initiative. Through the Northwest Shared Enrollment Zone, three middle schools—two charters and one district—share a common enrollment zone. Every student living in that zone of the city is guaranteed a spot at one of the schools. The project requires close collaborative between all the schools. Through the Share Campus Initiative, the Denver Public Schools leverages excess capacity in district-owned buildings to encourage new school development, reduce district-wide inefficiency, and facilitate the right-sizing and turnaround of existing programs. The initiative has converted the district's most under-utilized school buildings into shared campuses that house multiple schools, turning formerly wasted maintenance costs into district revenue. Presenter: Parker Baxter, Director of Charter Schools at Denver Public Schools
Transformative Education through Mentorship – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Strand: Other – Communications
With help from a three-year grant from the City of Santa Fe, Monte del Sol Charter School is distributing its award-winning mentorship program to a district high school. The grant comes with the recognition that successful mentoring programs can accomplish many goals that benefit students, businesses, and the city: the program better positions youth to obtain high-paying job while giving them the skills and confidence they need to thrive in school and work; it supports business growth by providing the foundation for a skilled work force; and it provides community business relationships that could encourage students to remain and work in Santa Fe after graduation. The city is now recommending that the grant be extended for one year to continue the success that has already started. Presenter: Angela Ritchie, Principal, Monte del Sol Charter School
Moving Beyond Co-Locations to Cooperatively-Run Campuses – Los Angeles, California
Strand: Facilities
This fall, through the efforts of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Synergy Academies, a district and charter school will co-operate an entire school campus. This will mark the first traditional school-charter school partnership in the Los Angeles Unified School District where two schools are both intentionally working together to co-operate a school campus and not just co-locate on it. Under this model, Synergy Charter Academy and CR ES #17 students will have lunch and recess together, and joint staff meetings will be held throughout the year. This partnership is just getting under way but offers exciting collaborative opportunities and great promise to students of Synergy Academy and the Los Angeles school district. Presenters: Meg Palisoc, Co-Founder, Synergy Academies and Celia Ripke, Principal for Local District 5 in LAUSD
D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative – Washington, D.C.
Strand: Conditions for Learning
The D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative (DCPNI) is a collaborative, full-community effort to increase the number of children who complete their education and enter adulthood as productive participants in the 21st century economy and in the civic life of their communities. Inspired by the Harlem Children's Zone, the vision of DCPNI is to ensure that each child in Ward 7 receives the five promises of caring adults; physical and emotional safety; a healthy start; an effective e education; and the opportunity to help others. Four schools—a charter high school, a charter middle school, and two district elementary schools—are working with other community partners to provide an education corridor for students in Ward 7. The principals of the schools meet with one another regularly and stand side-by-side at monthly neighborhood dinners to describe their vision and hope of the DCPNI. Presenters: Irasema Salcido, CEO & Founder, Chavez Schools, and Mary Bogle, Director of Planning, DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative
High Tech High: Design Principles Leading a Teaching and Learning Revolution – San Diego, California
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
High Tech High began in 2000 as a single charter high school launched by a coalition of San Diego business leaders and educators. It has evolved into an integrated network of schools spanning grades K-12, housing a comprehensive teacher certification program and a new, innovative Graduate School of Education. This presentation explains how HTH shares its design principals in their Teacher Credentialing Master's Program, Residencies and Summer Institutes, and Intern and Induction programs, which are open to all teachers, charter and traditional alike. High Tech Middle School teacher and School Leadership participant Dan Thoene describes his HTH experiences and how "Judo Math," a motivational method for differentiated instruction based on the core Judo principles of cooperation and mutual welfare illustrate HTH pedagogical culture and how innovative best practices are shared across school systems. Presenter: Dan Thoene, Dean of Students, High Tech Middle
Charter and Traditional School District Enrichment through Innovative Facilities Agreements - San Antonio, Texas
Strand: Facilities
Across the country, many charter schools struggle to find quality facilities, while some buildings in urban districts remain vacant. This presentation highlights a unique arrangement whereby a charter school leases a building and also provides its innovative programming to the San Antonio Independent School District (SAISD). The partnership between SAID and the Henry Ford Academy: Alameda School for Art + Design is no ordinary landlord/tenant agreement. It's a groundbreaking partnership that accomplishes five goals: 1) providing a cost-effective location for the charter school; 2) giving a shuttered school building vibrant new life; 3) demonstrating SAISD's commitment to re-purpose unused school buildings for educational and neighborhood revitalization; 4) extending HFA: ASAD's impact in the community through resources provided to SAISD; and 5) bringing new opportunities in art and design to San Antonio families. The Academy provides its art curriculum to SAISD and shares teacher professional development and its Senior Mastery Process, a capstone project that includes off-site internships and career exploration courses. Presenters: Jeffrey D. Flores, Superintendent/Principal, Henry Ford Academy: Alameda School for Art + Design and Shannon Clements, Executive Director, Henry Ford Academy: Alameda School for Art + Design
Jobs for American's Graduates Collaboration – Charter and Public Schools Working Hand in Hand serving at risk High School youth - Indiana
Strand: College and Career Readiness
The Jobs for America's Graduates program is a national program to assist students with graduating on time, and providing transition to life after high school (including college, military, trade school training, or the workforce). The curriculum combines core workplace competencies with mentoring and experiences such as college tours, classroom speakers, and hands on activities that students typically don't have one. This presentation explains how the JAG program that initiated at the Indianapolis Metropolitan High School, a charter school operated by Goodwill Education Industries, has since expanded to four additional sites (a township school and three Indianapolis Public Schools). Partner schools share staff - a college transition counselor and a community outreach coordinator - and resources and work together to provide internships, workshops, and other opportunities for students across all schools. Presenters: Cindy Kicinski Manager for Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) in Indiana, and Brian Abney, JAG Specialist and Sherman Woodard, Director of Student Services, Ben Davis High School
Sharing Knowledge, Sharing Energy: Delivering Alternative and Renewable Energy- Upper Scioto Valley, Ohio
Strand: Facilities, Curriculum and Instruction
The Wind/Energy Academy is a charter school that brings together the efforts of seven school districts and Ohio Northern University to provide students of all ages with knowledge and skills directly transferable to the job—while also saving the school district money. The Academy made history last year by hosting the largest wind power project on a K-12 campus. Working with other district schools that have installed solar panels, the efforts met nearly 50 percent of the district's energy needs and have made the Upper Scioto Valley School District the first in the country to be powered by both wind and sun. Students at the Wind/Energy Academy not only learn about wind and solar energy, but also monitor the wind turbines and observe how energy is being provided for the school in a 4,000 square foot, state-of-the-art Green Lab. The lab is also provides career-technical and workforce training to displaced adults through a partnership with the Hardin County Jobs and Family Services, ARRA, and the regional Community Action Agency. Presenters: Dr. James Bowser, Upper Scioto Wind/Energy Academy, and Jennifer Ervin, Site Administrator/Lead Teacher, Upper Scioto Wind/Energy Academy
Using Formative Assessment tools to Inform New Teacher/Veteran Teacher Collaborative Learning - Santa Clara County, California
Strand: Performance Management (and Conditions for Learning)
The Silicon Valley New Teacher Project (SVNTP) is a consortium of the Discovery Charter School and school districts throughout Santa Clara County. SVNTP's teacher induction programs profoundly benefit schools and districts by developing new teachers. The programs are led by veteran teachers and help schools and districts establish Integrated Professional Cultures (IPCs), in which new and veteran teachers share responsibility for their school, students, and each other's professional growth. These IPCs tend to improve teacher retention. They also help develop a personal and accountable relationship between teachers and students and among all educators serving the community. Presenters: Geoffrey Baker, New Teacher Center (NTC) and Discovery Charter School (DCS) and Johanna Caslander, Curriculum Specialist, Discovery Charter School
Collaborative Inquiry - Massachusetts
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
The goal of this project was to develop and support meaningful Collaborative Inquiry practice at the Arthur D. Healy School and the Winter Hill Community School with the effect of strengthening classroom instruction and raising student achievement. Collaborative Inquiry is the powerful learning that occurs when teams of educators intentionally collaborate to design instructional plans and evaluate the effectiveness of their classroom instruction. The cycle begins with the identification of critical skill objectives and the setting of measureable goals for student achievement. From there, teachers incorporate research-based best practices into their instructional plans and assessment designs. Presenter: Jessie Gerson-Niedler, Collaborative Inquiry Coach
DC Data Summit – Washington, D.C.
Strand: Performance Management
With support from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education in D.C. and foundations, three education-focused organizations—Friends of Choice in Urban Schools, New Leaders for New Schools, and the Achievement Together—hosted the first annual D.C. Data Summit, which brought together over 50 school leadership teams from the District of Columbia Public Schools and charter schools in the city. The goal of the summit was three-fold: to help leaders at district and charter schools understand the connection between measurable goals, performance indicators, data collection, and data quality; to develop concrete plans for capturing and monitoring data that measures progress toward goals; and to work together to share the best practices and ideas. Presenters: Naomi Rubin DeVeaux, Director of School Quality, and Thaly Germain, National Director of Charter School Strategy (NLNS)
Study Tours - Massachusetts
Strand: Conditions for Learning
The Massachusetts Center for Charter Public School Excellence organized study tours, which provide the chance for teams of educators to spend a day visiting charter schools. Funding was provided by the U.S. Department of Education. The goal was for educators to learn how to replicate the common elements of success found in five high-performing charter schools in high-need communities. Presenter: Brian Anderson, Program Manager, Massachusetts Center for Charter Public School Excellence
Partnership and Immersion Maintenance Program – Forest Lake, Minnesota
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
Lakes International Language Academy, a K-6 charter school in a semi-rural and less-than-affluent region, emphasizes second-language acquisition by immersing learners in Spanish from kindergarten through sixth grade. To ensure that its students have the chance to continue second language acquisition after leaving the school, LILA worked with the Forest Lake Areas school district to develop the Spanish Maintenance Program at Southwest Junior High. LILA alumni can take up to three content classes in Spanish in grades 7-9, and the program will soon expand to 10th grade at Forest Lake Senior High School. LILA decided to take this approach, rather than expanding grades at its school, to avoid additional facilities and resource costs and to enables students to participate in elective and after school activities programs that could not be offered at LILA. The district is able to gain out-of-district revenue. Presenter: Julie Lundgren, LILA Co-Founder and Melissa Martyr-Wagner, LILA Foundation Director
The Center for Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL): Unifying schools, communities, businesses and universities to transform Indiana
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction, and College and Career Readiness
New high school models such as Early College High School and New Tech High Schools are a part of today's education revolution. Abandoning the idea of "traditional schooling," New Tech Highs provide students with unique opportunities to gain the knowledge and skills to survive and succeed in the 21st-century global economy. The Center for Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL), located at the University of Indianapolis, provides both charter and traditional schools in Indiana with the state-of-the-art, innovative instructional practices and provides networking opportunities for schools implementing new models. The Early College High School network includes representatives from both charter and traditional public schools working together on policy initiatives to make dual credit opportunities available for students. CELL's annual School Transformation Conference unites teams of school, business, policy, and community leaders to build high-performance education systems that fuse 21st-century skills, knowledge and global connectedness with student learning, community values and economic development. CELL has also hosted monthly "table talk" meetings where both charter and traditional principals actively participate in the sharing of practices and resources. In these and other ways, CELL has served as a catalyst for change and a resource for innovation to Indiana charter and traditional public schools for the last decade. Presenters: David Dresslar, Executive Director, Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning, University of Indianapolis and Mary Ann Sullivan, Consultant, Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning ,University of Indianapolis
A Pioneering Collaboration to Improve Reading in Central Falls – Rhode Island
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
The Growing Readers Initiative is a professional development partnership between an urban school district and a charter school – one of the few examples nationally of such collaboration. In a district whose high school was the epicenter of a vociferous debate about turnaround strategies for low-performing schools, this initiative has steadily been achieving quiet success. The Learning Community, a K-8 charter school founded in 2004, has developed a coordinated reading program to build strong readers in the early grades. Through the Growing Readers Initiative, teachers, coaches, specialists, and administrators from the charter school are working alongside their colleagues in the neighboring Central Falls School District to share best practices teacher-to-teacher, share systems of support and data analysis, and encourage a team approach to student achievement. Presenters: Sarah Friedman, Co-Director of The Learning Community and Jeremy Giller, Director of Development
The Power of Planning Project: Raising Achievement Through Standards-Based Long Term Planning & Data-Driven Instruction – Washington, D.C.
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
Data-driven instruction plays a leading role in schools with outstanding student achievement. However, assessments on their own don't transform schools; in-depth plans that link standards, instruction, lessons, and assessments are the key to dramatically increasing teacher effectiveness and, most importantly, student achievement. E.L. Haynes Public Charter School led the Power of Planning Project, which brought together a consortium of D.C. public and public charter schools to create a template for how educators can develop detailed year-long plans for grades Pre-K through 12 and then implement and refine plans throughout the school year. These plans, as well as planning templates, instructional materials, and sample lessons have been made available to schools across D.C. Presenter: Jennifer Niles, Founder and Head of School, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School
UCAS, an Early College Partnership School- Utah
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction and Operations
Utah County Academy of Sciences (UCAS) is a math, science, and engineering magnet school for students in three different Utah school districts. Working with those districts and Utah Valley University, UCAS serves 360 students who, by the time they are seniors, are receiving a full schedule of university courses. UCAS leases classroom facilities, custodial services, and utilities from the university; the university also provides curriculum assistance, counseling, and access to their courses. Many students are graduating from UCAS with an associates' degree and continuing on with their college education, at Utah Valley or other colleges. Presenters: Clark Baron, Principal, Utah County Academy of Sciences and Dr. Anna Trevino, Director of Counseling, Assistant Principal, Utah County Academy of Sciences
What's Best for Kids: The Hillsborough County Public and Charter School Advisory Council – Tampa, Florida
Strand: Operational Efficiencies and Other - Communication
The superintendent of Hillsborough County School District—the eighth largest in the nation—created the Charter School Advisory Council in order to provide the best education to all students. Top officials from the district and Charter School Leaders-FL (an operator group) meet monthly to address and solve issues. The council adopted a simple but profound mantra: to place the best interests of children ahead of political agendas or desires for control and autonomy. The council has helped shift a once-hostile climate to a community working together to serve students. One example of how the collaborative works is by bringing teachers from district and charter schools together to participate in joint professional development training. Future goals include training for all district and charter personnel on relationship building and developing a common set of metrics to evaluate district-charter relations. This collaborative has already dramatically improved communication between charters and the district while allowing them to reap the benefits of sharing resources and expertise. Presenters: Cametra Edwards, Principal, Village of Excellence Academy, and Jenna Hodgens, Supervisor of Charter Schools for Hillsborough County Public Schools
An Uncommon Partnership: Hoosier Academies Virtual and Hybrid Schools, Indiana Department of Education and Indiana Parents! -Indiana
Strand: Conditions for Learning
Recognizing that it is more efficient for the state to have one statewide virtual school, a number of organizations—including the Indiana Department of Education; Ball State University; the Indiana Public Charter School Association; K12, Inc., and the Hoosier Academies Learning Coaches (parents)—are working together to accomplish this goal. This presentation will share how Indiana's education community came together to provide educational choice to parents, and through collaboration, designed a "Family Accountability Plan" to spell out specific expectations. Presenters: Lynn Black, Head of Schools, Hoosier Academies; Andrea Goldwater, Operations and Accountability Administrator for Hoosier Academies; Stacie Porter-Bilger, School Board President for Hoosier Academies
Partnerships in Service of Children: Hill View Montessori Charter Public School and Haverhill Public Schools - Haverhill, Massachusetts
Strand: Operations
The Hill View Montessori Charter Public School is working with the Haverhill Public Schools to design and implement creative solutions to common problems and to improve the needs of all students. The relationship is guided by eight strategies that help the district and charter school overcome obstacles that in the past have strained relationships between charters and traditional schools. Among those strategies are putting oneself in the other's shoes, building bridges, and focusing on the benefits for the children. The collaborative efforts have resulted in many positive outcomes in areas ranging from transportation to operations to facilities. Presenter: Janet Begin, Hill View Montessori Charter Public School and Nancy London, Founder, Hill View Montessori Charter Public School
Partnership Turnaround Initiatives: Friendship Public Charter School Inc.- Baltimore, MD, and Washington, D.C.
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
Friendship Public Charter School, Inc. has partnered with Baltimore City Public Schools and District of Columbia Public Schools to close the achievement gap in some of the lowest performing schools in the districts. Together, the organizations have combined their experience, resources, and passion for education as they work collaboratively to change failing schools into environments of success. And it's working so far: all of the partnership schools have seen positive results in academic achievement and attendance. Funding from the Gates Foundation and the World Bank, and tutoring assistance and health-related services from George Washington University and Georgetown University are just some examples of the partners that work with the districts and Friendship schools to turn the schools around. The excellent communication between all the partners has been a vital factor in the initiative's success, as the willingness to work cooperatively has promoted pragmatic conversation and effective action.
Presenter: Patrick J. Gavin, Deputy, Strategic Planning and Expansion Friendship Public Charter Schools
Smart Character Choices - Hartland, Michigan
Strand: Conditions for Learning
The Charyl Stockwell Academy (CSA), a charter school in Michigan, received a four-year research and implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Education Safe and Drug Free Schools Office Partnerships in Character Education program. CSA recruited other schools—both traditional and charter—to participate in the program. Some schools were in a control group; others (three charters, including CSA, and a traditional school) were assigned to a program group. The grant has brought Smart Character Choices to the schools in the program group. Smart Character Choices is a character education program embedded in the belief that behavior is guided by one's personal actions and thoughts and not by fate or luck. This presentation highlights the relationship that developed between the charters and traditional school as they worked together to implement the grant. Presenter: Diane Vance, Director, Smart Character Choices
Breakthrough Partnerships in Cleveland - Ohio
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
Charter and district leaders in Cleveland are creating a new model for partnership to provide thousands of urban children with a high-quality, college-focused education. Breakthrough Charter Schools is a first-of-its-kind charter management organization started by three independent charter schools with very unique academic models. Perry White, founder of Citizens Academy, and John Zitzner, founder of E Prep, will talk about how they are working together with The Intergenerational School as well as with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to more boldly transform the way Cleveland's children are educated. Presenters: Perry White, Executive Director, Citizens' Academy and John Zitzner, President, Friends of ePrep Schools
Care Team Collaborative Framework - Ohio
Strand: Conditions for Learning
The mission of the Care Team Collaborative is to mobilize family and community resources and develop systems that create opportunity to build assets and achieve academic success, which will enable all youth to become healthy, resilient contributors in the community. The Collaborative connects community partners with schools—both district and charter—to address nonacademic barriers to academic success. These community partners include a wide range of organizations that address barriers students face, including physical and mental health concerns, legal issues, and child protection. Principals from schools meet quarterly to share best practices and address common concerns. This year, similar meetings will be held for program coordinators and student support personnel, including guidance counselors, nurses, and attendance officers. Presenter: Michele D. Timmons, Director, Care Team Collaborative
Tri-City Alternative Education Chemistry Curriculum Project - Midland, Michigan
Strand: Curriculum and Instruction
To increase academic rigor for all students, the Michigan Department of Education mandated the teaching of chemistry or physics in all Michigan high schools. Small schools and schools serving at-risk students were at a distinct disadvantage—having never offered these courses, they lacked funds to supply needed classroom equipment and materials, curriculum, and capacity. But the students at the schools were in dire need of scientific knowledge, and they deserved a chance to learn about science careers. This best practice demonstrates how non-mainstream high schools serving non-traditional, at-risk students, can successfully partner to meet shared needs. Working with the American Chemical Society and various foundations, three alternative high schools participate in program that brings resources to the schools, including laboratories, equipment, textbooks, and a curriculum aligned with the state goals and targeting alternative students. By the end of the 2010 school year, 110 students had earned chemistry credit and the certificate. Presenters: Nancy Schreder - Vossen, Windover High School, and Rob Moyer, Bay-Arenac Community High School


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Information and Updates
by David F.
NASCAR stands for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. It's not all fun and games, but it is a great sport. It's a male dominated field with only a few females participating. The average age is about 32 years old. The average age, however, is becoming younger each year.
Update: Kevin Harvick wins wild race at Talladega in cup series competition. He passed Jamie McMurray on the last lap to win.
Brad Keselowski pulls out a last lap pass to win nationwide race.
Last lap crash sends Dennis Sezter up into the fence over the wall at Talladega.
Kasey Kahne signed a multiyear deal with Hendrick Motor Sports from 2012 to 2015. Kahne also reported to drive third for Stewart Hass Racing for 2011.


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By 1st Lt. Steven J. Alvarez, USASpecial to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 20, 2001 Army Reserve Maj. Gena Bonini was a young lieutenant when she packed her bags and headed for Saudi Arabia more than 10 years ago. Her forward support battalion would deploy her to support a maneuver battalion from one of the more traditional and historical units of the U.S. Army, the 1st Cavalry Division.
She was one of several officers assigned to battalions as "log overwatch" officers, a position that requires a logistics officer to provide instantaneous communications with division in the event any logistical issues need immediate attention.
"I remember when my boss told the maneuver guy that he was going to assign me as the log overwatch officer. My boss said something like, 'Sorry she's a female, but that's all I've got.' I just smiled at that," Bonini said. "The maneuver guy said he didn't care. I was the only female in a whole battalion of males."
Initially, the men resented Bonini's presence. She eventually won them over by doing her job and doing it well. She did what officers do: She took care of soldiers.
"I partnered with the command sergeant major, and he and I went on special supply raids -- I mean missions," Bonini said jokingly. "We were able to get every soldier in the battalion brand new hunting-type knives. I personally didn't understand the popularity of the item, but all the guys thought they were the end-all and be-all of being a tough guy. They just had to have these big -- we're talking 12-inch-long -- knives that strapped to their legs. We got those and extra goodies, like sleeping mats. Pretty soon, everyone knew me."
More than 26,000 women served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, according to the U.S. Army Center for Military History. Women accounted for 17 percent of Army reservists in Saudi Arabia at the height of the conflict. All told, women represented more than 8.6 percent of the Army's deployed force, and Desert Storm would be the largest deployment of military women in U.S. history.
Another of the thousands deployed to Southwest Asia was Maj. Deborah Gilmore of the 94th Regional Support Command in Devens, Mass. A first lieutenant 10 years ago, Gilmore stepped off an Air Force C-5 aircraft carrying her Army Reserve unit into Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and immediately started doing what executive officers do. She began to direct troops unloading the plane.
Immediately she noticed the grueling Saudi heat, but something else beat down on her heavier than the scorching sun. It was the stares from the Saudi men.
"I remember the astonished looks of the Saudi military as I gave orders," Gilmore said. "They didn't understand why I was giving orders, but even more, they couldn't comprehend why the men were listening."
President Harry S Truman opened the doors for military women of the future when he signed Public Law 625, the Women's Armed Services Act of 1948. More than 40 years later, women like Bonini and Gilmore and thousands of others would play an instrumental role in liberating Kuwait from Iraqi occupation.
Operation Desert Storm redefined how America perceived its reserve forces, but it also benchmarked how far the military would let women participate in war. Federal law prohibits Navy and Air Force women from serving in direct combat roles. The Army has only an internal policy that parallels federal law. The Army combat exclusion policy prohibits women in direct combat roles, but it doesn't necessarily keep them from harm's way.
"Women proved that they were able to work alongside their male counterparts and get the job done. The ability to do this in an extremely different culture that at times was not particularly friendly to women was also a big accomplishment," Gilmore said. "The Gulf War also showed that combat support and combat service support jobs such as logistics can be just as dangerous as the traditional infantry roles."
Three women, two of them reservists, were among the Americans killed Feb. 25, 1991, when an Iraqi Scud missile destroyed their barracks in Dhahran, 200 miles from the Kuwaiti border. In the course of the war, two other women would die in action, one in a helicopter crash and the other in an anti-personnel mine explosion. In all, 19 women were wounded in action and two were taken as prisoners of war. Three women were nonbattle fatalities and 13 suffered nonbattle injuries, according to Army data.
A 1991 Associated Press poll on women in combat found that 56 percent of those surveyed felt military women should participate in the war and 39 percent said no. Although 35 percent believed men and women were equally suited for combat, 61 percent believed men were better qualified. While 31 percent believed it acceptable to send women with young children to the Gulf, 64 percent said no.
"I think culturally, gender is becoming less and less important. I think gender in general will have less and less of an impact on personality, personal and professional development in the future," said Bonini, now a systems analyst with the Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, in Washington.
"I am very proud of my service in the Gulf War and I do believe that I have opened the door for other women to follow me," Gilmore said. "I believe that the role of women will continue to increase in the military in the future. As the public sees women serving and succeeding in roles, there will be more public acceptance. Today, we see women who are commanders and women who serve in other leadership roles where, in the past, they may have served in strictly support roles or staff positions."
Bonini thinks that others before her were more instrumental in changing the perception of women as contributing to the armed forces.
"I think 'Rosie the Riveter' has done more for the image of women serving their country than any one or even the whole group of women soldiers were able to do in Desert Storm," Bonini said. Things might be different had something big happened involving a woman or women, she noted.
"As it is, though, most of the events I'm aware of are ones where women's roles were downplayed," she said. "As a sub- culture, we're far away ahead of industry. I have many friends in the civilian sector, and from what they say, I think the Army is one of the most fair organizations for women. But, like I said, we have a ways to go."
Gilmore said many of her civilian counterparts are interested and amazed at her role as an Army Reserve officer. In that way, they're like the Saudi soldiers who gawked at her.
"Sometimes they can't believe that the person working in the cubicle close to them is actually a major in the Army Reserve," she said.
Bonini and Gilmore both advanced during their Gulf deployments. Assigned as executive officer in the 324th Data Processing Unit, Gilmore assumed command just prior to the ground war and held it through the unit's return home in June 1991.
"One of the things I have seen change over the last 10 years is the fact that there are a lot more women in field-grade positions," Gilmore said. "I am seeing women mentors where even 10 years ago there were not many. To me, this is an extremely positive thing and key to developing future women leaders."
Bonini was promoted to captain atop a tank in front of the entire battalion. She was treated like any of the other soldier in the unit.
"I must admit I felt very proud," she said. "As a woman I've changed. I've grown. I've matured. I've had to make choices and sacrifices and learn lessons along the way. I believe I'm tougher and stronger because of my experiences in the Army. I'm proud of the work I did over there."
Bonini doesn't believe the Army discriminates against women.
"I think the opposite is true. There aren't a lot of females in the Army. We add a different view and I think that's important to any organization that wants to get better," she said. "The Army seems big enough to accommodate all types really."
(First Lt. Steven J. Alvarez is assigned to Public Affairs and Liaison Directorate Task Force 10, Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, in Washington.)


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Gestational diabetes mellitus is one of the most often medical conditions during pregnancy affecting 5-6% of all pregnancies. The etiology of gestational diabetes is not clearly understood. In obesity and diabetes mellitus type 2, abnormal insulin signaling is an important agent mediating the increase of insulin resistance. Insulin receptor substrate serine phosphorylation is a time-controlled physiological reaction in insulin signaling that has been disrupted by metabolic and inflammatory stresses to support insulin resistance. Several kinases, including inhibitor of nuclear factor ĸB kinase β (IKK β), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), protein kinase C (PKC) and ribosomal S6 protein kinase (S6K), are activated by these stimulators of insulin resistance and phosphorylate insulin receptor substrate proteins on several serine residues in an uncontrollable method. There are an increasing number of data indicating that substance P, being one of the crucial activators of these kinases, is a potent cytokine that impairs insulin signaling. Here we discuss recent studies that expand our understanding of how substance P may contribute to the development of insulin resistance. In our opinion, there are many interesting data suggesting that substance P may be a new player in the pathogenesis of this unfavorable condition, leading not only to the development of diabetes mellitus type 2, but also gestational diabetes. Since the etiology of gestational diabetes remains unclear, there is a strong need to explore new directions, including those not directly associated with the canonical knowledge regarding this pathology.
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Love's Legacy
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It is too soon to determine what Jack Layton's legacy will be.
Those far more entrenched in the study of the whims of Canadian voters will have far better insight into this than I. Will the NDP's momentum spring further electoral success? Will the Canadian voter veer to the left? Will Canada's left wing turn more progressive? Will his spirit elevate political discourse in the country?
I have answers for none of these. Nonetheless, I am certain that Layton will have a lasting effect on Canadian politics. His accomplishments, his fight, his charm – all these will be remembered, as will, I imagine, his Letter to Canadians, which has already found a place in our popular conscience.
Hopefully, his message of the importance and strength of love will not be lost amidst the political messaging of his farewell letter (and let's not kid ourselves, that letter was quite political). A man so steeped in politics can be forgiven some partisan reflections as he faces eternal slumber. That he focused his final paragraph on the the power of love, the power of hope and the power of optimism should not be forgotten.
It is unfortunate that it requires the death of a man, and the words of a political leader, for the country to embrace an outlook of love over anger, but how glorious, should that be the legacy he leaves to us. Love is transcendant. Love is transformative. It appears Jack Layton understood this. We are fortunate to have such men among us, if only too briefly.
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Sarah Banks
August 23rd, 2011 @ 1:42 pm
Lovely little piece you just wrote, Jon.
I have to say—I'm always quick to tell people that I'm "not a card-carrying anything—I just know I'm not conservative." But all of this has had an impact on that position of mine. I'm surprising myself with how moved I am by the events and sentiment (and most of all Jack, himself) of the past 36 hours—and dare I say, I feel I've been swayed to carry a card.
I doubt I'm the only one who's thinking these thoughts. I've always disliked the term "bleeding heart liberal" (that is what the NDPS are, right?) — it always seems to come out of the mouths of thick-skinned bullying types with little care for humanity at large– so proud of their pragmatism and fiscally responsible ideals.
I say it's the hearts that aren't full and open the way Jack's was are the ones that put this country at far greater risk of social and economic derailment.
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CHARLESTON -- Seventeen Marshall University undergraduate students were among 88 from 15 of West Virginia's colleges and universities to display their research projects at in the State Capitol on Tuesday in Charleston.
The eighth annual Undergraduate Research Day included projects from many disciplines. Those by Marshall students were mostly focused in the areas of science, from cancer detection to biofuel to water oxidation.
The research the students engaged in required as many, if not more, hours than that of a part-time job. But the projects themselves were more meaningful that a 20-page essay.
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Emily Beckelhimer, a junior microbiology major, focused her research project on the use of infrared microscopes to detect the presence of colon cancer much earlier than ever before. She said her project was a lot of work and required 20 to 30 hours each week. Despite all the long hours and hard work, she said it was an extremely gratifying experience.
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Christopher Fine, a senior biomedical sciences major who plans to attend the Marshall School of Medicine, said putting student work on display also shows that undergraduate students are capable of in-depth research. He said it also gives credibility to the education system that West Virginia has in place.
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Rebecca Mead, a graduate student in the forensic science program, served as an assistant for senior Courtney Nichols' project on biofuel. The one observation that Mead had about Marshall's undergraduate research is that she did not have access to the same research capabilities at her undergraduate institution.
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Students cut and glue the pictures to make a Valentine's Day bingo board. Use candy hearts as markers for a fun February class game.Valentine's Day Sum Game Member
Print out the heart-shaped game board. Then color pairs of adjacent numbers that add up to 14. The player with the most colored shapes wins.Valentine Letter Mix (Primary) Member
Cut out the letters in the word VALENTINE and rearrange them to make new words. This activity includes primary-ruled lines for students in kindergarten through second grade.Valentine Letter Mix (Intermediate) Member
Cut out the letters in the word VALENTINE and rearrange them to make 3, 4, and 5-letter words. This activity includes a scoring system and is designed for intermediate students in 3rd through 6th grade.Paper Bag Puppet: Valentine Bear Member
Crafty kids will enjoy making an adorable Valentine bear. Simply color, cut, and attach the head, body, and paws to a paper bag.
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Can you find all of the Valentine's Day words hidden within the random letters of this word find puzzle?Valentine's Day Cryptogram Member
Use the symbol key at the top decode the puzzle to reveal the secret Valentine cryptogram message.
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Cut out the set of 25 word cards. Students rearrange the cards on their desks to make as many complete sentences as possible. They write each sentence on the primary-ruled paper. Word cards include a combination of Valentine's Day words and basic sight words.
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Cut out five word boxes. Rearrange the words and glue them onto the paper to make a complete sentence. The sentence reads, "Will you be my Valentine?"
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Emma has made valentines for her class. But on the way to school, she loses the one for her best friend. What will she do?
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Lauren's class is having a Valentine's Day party, but she seems to be the only one excited about it. That is until a special project brings out the secret valentines in everyone.
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When Amerie's teacher tells the class how a nineteen-year-old girl began the tradition of giving Valentine's cards, Amerie is determined to start a new tradition in her school.
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Color and cut out these 4 miniature Valentine;s Day cards on a single page. These are the prefect size for classroom Valentine exchanges.You're Dino-Mite (Card) Member
This full-page card says, "You're Dino-Mite!" Students can color the card and write a special message inside for a friend or family member.You're My Superhero (Card) Member
This full-page card reads, "You're My Superhero!" Students color the card and write a nice message inside for a family member or friend.Will you BEE my Valentine? (Card) Member
This full-page card reads, "Will you BEE my Valentine?" Color the card and write a personal message inside.You're the bessssst! (Card) Member
This full-page card has a picture of a snake and says, "You're the bessssst." Color the card and write a personal message inside.
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Place stickers on the Valentine hearts to keep track of students' reading assignments or completed homework.
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Find the answers to the the basic addition problems, then color according to the key.Addition: Valentine Math Picture Member
Add the 2-digit sums; Requires carrying ones; Valentine heart pictures.
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Subtract the problems to find the differences, then color according to the key.Subtraction: Valentine Math Picture Member
Subtract the two-digit numbers; Requires borrowing; Valentine heart pictures.
Valentine MultiplicationBasic Multiplication: Valentine Mystery Picture Member
Multiply to find the products, then color the Valentine picture according to the color code at the bottom.Multiplication: Valentine Math Picture Member
Multiply the 2-digit numbers; Requires regrouping; Valentine heart pictures.
Valentine DivisionBasic Division: Valentine Mystery Picture Member
Divide to find the quotients, then color the illustration according to the code at the bottom.Division: Valentine Math Picture Member
Divide to find the answers to the simple division problems; Includes basic remainders.
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Color the numbers in the mystery picture according to the key.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
The following incidents were obtained from Berkeley County Sheriffs Office and Goose Creek Police Department reports:
A Summerville man was traveling down College Park Road toward 17-A just before 9 p.m. on a recent evening when he heard a loud bang. Right afterward he noticed his back passenger window was busted out. He called police and a deputy confirmed the window was shattered in a circle shape causing the entire window to fall out. The complainant requested a copy of the report.
A Harbour Lake Drive resident looked out at her back porch on a recent afternoon and saw a paint bucket. The resident called the property manager, who arrived along with a maintenance worker, who took the lid of the bucket and found a plastic bag with a green leafy substance, a black book bag, a solid black handgun and a set of scales. The management called the sheriffs office, but by the time a deputy arrived the bucket was missing. The complainant said she saw a black male with a red shirt run around to that side of the apartment and sit in a car. The subject had apparently entered a neighboring apartment, but when a female answered she denied anyone was there until deputies heard a male voice. The male was asked to come outside and as he was being patted down for weapons he jerked away and jumped the fence behind the complex. The female refused to cooperate with police and seemed evasive. Officers were concerned with the well being of her children due to the possibility of a weapon in their presence.
A 36-year-old female and her 14-year-old daughter were caught shoplifting more than $500 of clothing and hygiene items from Wal-Mart on a recent afternoon. The pair of Harbour Lake Drive residents were seen stuffing items into re-useable Wal-Mart bags and passed all points of sale without paying for the merchandise. Two store employees approached the shoplifters as they loaded the items into their trunk. They took the items back into the store and wound up in the loss prevention office. The adult female admitted she was solely responsible for the shoplifting. An arrangement was made to have the daughter picked up by a friend. Due to her age, criminal charges were not filed against the 14-year-old. The mother was taken to the detention center and given a citation and trespass notice.
A 29-year-old male was arrested for attempting to shoplift $147 worth of batteries and calculators from Wal-Mart. He was caught and taken to the detention center.
A 36-year-old Moncks Corner man loaded his shopping cart with seven cases of 18-pack Bud Light beers at the Goose Creek Wal-Mart. He pushed the shopping cart past all points of sale and was confronted by the loss prevention officer and taken into custody. The $101 worth of beer was recovered. The subject was placed on trespass notice and taken to the detention center.
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Tina Gionis film to foster understanding of Asian cultureWritten by Brigitta Burks | News Editor | firstname.lastname@example.com
Documentarian and Toledoan Tina Gionis hopes to foster a better understanding of Asian culture with the film she is now making in Taiwan.
"I want to show Westerners how interesting certain parts of Asian culture can be because we have a lot of stereotypes about Asians, especially the Chinese," Gionis said.
Gionis left Toledo on March 14 to travel to Taiwan, where she will spend a month. She will document the Mazu Pilgrimage and Festival, an annual celebration honoring Mazu the sea deity of the Taoist faith. Taiwan used to rely heavily on the fishing industry before becoming more urbanized, but the culture still celebrates the goddess once a year.
"It's so visually exciting and interesting and really capable of showing people a lot of the really beautiful and interesting aspects of Asian culture," Gionis said of the festival, adding, "I've never seen anything like it. There's fireworks, there's thousands of people; there's dancing dragons, acrobats."
Gionis graduated from the University of Toledo in 1996 and then lived abroad for about 10 years, six of them in Taiwan. While overseas, Gionis taught English and worked as a travel photographer and writer. She moved to New York City in 2007 before coming back to the area to complete her master's degree at Bowling Green State University.
The photographer is excited about her return to Taiwan. "Every day in Asia is an adventure. Every day, you have to figure out how to do something. When you move somewhere, especially when it's a culture that's as different as an Asian culture, it's almost like you're a child again. You're relearning everything, so I miss that. I miss the color, the food, the vibrancy, the crowd, the chaos," she said.
Her journey back to Asia has not gone without a hitch. Gionis had been told that the festival wasn't until the end of April, but learned it actually started the week of March 18. To cover costs, she took out loans, but is still accepting donations at www.kickstarter.com/projects/1093227511/mazu-pilgrimage-and-festival. However, to receive any funds through the Kickstarter funding program, the full goal amount of $4,800 must be reached by April 29. So far, $1,947 has been raised. Donors receive gifts ranging from postcards to associate producer credits depending on the amount given.
After the filming is complete, Gionis will spend about six months editing the footage. She plans to enter the film into festivals and possibly show it at schools and on educational channels.
Gionis is especially looking forward to talking to the festival's pilgrims, who walk for eight days, and Taoist mystics, who spend the year fasting and meditating in preparation for the festival.
"They do feats that show they've surpassed the natural limitations of their bodies," Gionis said, adding that this includes walking on coals.
Gionis hopes the film will have an impact on her hometown. "This documentary is going to be important because, especially in Toledo, there's so much talk about Chinese investing. We have such a stereotype, such an impression of them, and I just want to show [Toledo] more of [the Chinese] culture," she said.
She added, "There are so many differences between Western culture and Asian culture. Sometimes it's almost a 180 [degree turn], but then there are so many other things that are the same, like our need for unity or our need for gathering or need for celebration."
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When you pull into a McDonald's, you have certain expectations about the meal you are buying. "McDonald's"–a trademarked term–serves as an information shortcut for consumers. That's an extremely valuable asset that some companies will go to surprisingly great lengths to protect.
Take Entrepreneur Media Inc., which owns the U.S. trademark for the word "entrepreneur." Try to make hay with that term–say, by using it as part of the name of your company, a web site or newsletter–and EMI will go after you, even if you are the very sort of aspiring business builder that EMI targets with its monthly publication Entrepreneur, with a paid circulation of 600,000. (For the full story on EMI's aggressive tactics, recently reported in Bloomberg Businessweek, go here.)
Can such a generic word as "entrepreneur" truly be trademarked? Well, yes. Trademarks are categorized on a spectrum, with distinctive or arbitrary marks such as Nike and Apple on one end, and terms that are primarily descriptive (many which cannot be trademarked) on the other.
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Christopher Renk, an attorney at the intellectual property law firm Banner & Witcoff, explains that "entrepreneur" falls in the middle, leaving lots of room for people to argue over whether or not it is valid. For many companies, that's an argument well worth winning. "Google", "Walmart" and "Microsoft"–all trademarked names–represent a significant chunk of their owners' overall worth.
"The single largest source of intangible value in a company is its trademark," says David Haigh, founder of Brand Finance, a brand-valuation consultancy. (By "intangible" Haigh means the worth of an asset that you can't touch–unlike, say ,a piece of equipment, a building or even a pile of cash.) "That insight is a major sea change that has come about over the last couple of years," he adds.
Google, in the filing for its initial public offering, worried that the term "Google" could one day become synonymous with "search"–resulting in both a loss of trademark protection and reduced brand value. Google's trademark–now the most valuable on the planet, according to Brand Finance–is worth an estimated $44 billion, or 27% of the firm's overall value, measured by market capitalization (its stock price multiplied by the number of shares).
We asked Brand Finance to come up with the 10 most valuable trademarks. As equity analysts do when estimating the value of a stock, Brand Finance calculates a brand's value by finding the present value of the estimated future cash flows attributable to the brand—based on what a company without a trademark would have to pay to license it through a third-party broker. (The number-crunching is rather dizzying.) In many cases, the trademark theoretically accounts for a significant chunk of its owner's overall worth.
"Even using conservative financial measures you end up with extremely large asset numbers," says Haigh.
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Yearly Archive for 2007
It happened once…can it happen again?
Trainer John Shirreffs already turned the Kentucky Derby upside down in 2005 when Giacomo won the Run for the Roses at odds of 50-1. Don't look now but Giacomo's half brother, a colt named Tiago, is hoping to do the same thing this year. Tiago already had a shocker in California when he won the […] [Read More]
A little history
The prep season is winding down with the $325,000 Grade II Lexington Stakes at Keeneland topping the Saturday races. After that, there is next week's Derby Trial at Churchill Downs and then all eyes focus on Kentucky on May 5. The Lexington drew a field of 10 with the morning line favorite being the Patrick […] [Read More]
Jockeying for position
It looks as though Todd Pletcher has his riders lined up for the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 5. The Eclipse Award winning trainer will put his main jockey, John Velazquez, on Louisiana Derby winner Circular Quay; Edgar Prado, who won the Derby last year with Barbaro, will stay […] [Read More]
Who's your favorite?
With one more major prep race left — Saturday's Lexington Stakes at Keeneland — there is still no clear cut-dominating-gonna-win-the-Derby-by-50-lengths horse out there. A horse named Dominican won the Blue Grass at Lexington Saturday at 8-1, nipping Street Sense by a nose. Don't hold that against Street Sense. In the Arkansas Derby, the intriguing Curlin […] [Read More]
He'll be the favorite in the Derby if….
With the Kentucky Derby starting to come into view, the prep season is beginning to come to the end. Two major races are this weekend: the $750,000 Grade I Blue Grass at Keeneland and the $1 million Grade II Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. Street Sense was made the 4-5 morning line favorite in the […] [Read More]
Welcome back Biz
Barclay Tagg is a player again in the Kentucky Derby. Nobiz Like Shobiz, the 3-5 favorite, won the $750,000 Grade I Wood Memorial at Aqueduct Race Track Saturday, making him a major player for the Run for the Roses on May 5. Equipped with blinkers for the first time, Nobiz Like Shobiz won his fourth […] [Read More]
Wood weather, part II
The track has no been upgraded to "fast." Only one early scratch in the Wood and it was expected. Todd Pletcher's Cowtown Cat won't run here. He is going to run in the Illinois Derby later today. Pletcher only entered him in the Wood as an insurance policy in case his other runner, Any Given […] [Read More]
Wood weather
It's cold but there is no rain here at Aqueduct Race Track on Wood Memorial Day. Looks like it is going to stay that way so the track should be fair for the $750,000 Grade I Wood later today. Strangely enough, the track was listed as "good" at noon despite having no rain Friday night. […] [Read More]
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Cultural Constructions V: 21st Century Pedagogies
The Department of Modern Languages is proud to announce its Vth Biannual Cultural Constructions Symposium, titled 21st Century Pedagogies to be held on Friday March 1, 2013 in Trimble Hall 200 from 9-5.
Over the last two centuries, teaching has evolved to incorporate new pedagogies and technologies to engage a variety of learners, texts, and theories. In concert with these innovations, the symposium will engage a variety of disciplines and theories: critical pedagogy, critical approaches to teaching literature, language, composition or culture, and pedagogical theory and practice.
The symposium will also feature a presentation and discussion of the documentary Maestra (Teacher), a film that follows stories of transformation through the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign at NOON. The presentation will feature Jason Wallach, Outreach and Distribution Coordinator of the film.
The symposium is sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, the Center for Mexican American Studies, the Charles T. McDowell Center for Critical Languages and Area Studies, the Festival of Ideas Global Research Endowment, and Women's and Gender Studies.


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