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Things I liked:I like the rate of fire for this weapon. It is fun to shoot when it works. I like that it is compact enough to carry as a sidearm.
Things I would have changed:I don't like the all plastic construction of the weapon but it holds up fairly well. However the internals of the weapon are poor quality. I've purchased two of these weapons and after seven or so magazine clips through both weapons, the blowback nozzle on both of them broke. At first I thought this was just a quality control issue but two products with the exact same problem, this was a faulty design.
What others should know:Do not buy this weapon. KWA may have a reputation for producing quality airsoft guns but the M11A1 is not one of their quality pieces.
Things I liked:First full auto gas airsoft.....love it!!!! Just need a full time loader and tem mags!
Things I would have changed:Not a thing!
Things I liked:The accuracy is comparable to GBB pistols, such as WE and KJW, when shooting in semi-auto. But, being realistic, no one buys this for semi-auto fire. On full auto this gun is fun to fire and scary to be on the receiving end of. It sounds like a Polarstar unloading and is LOUD. You will see people leaping to the ground as soon as it fires. The magazine capacity is great and the magazines are relatively inexpensive compared to other smg's.
Things I would have changed:There are two things I would like to see. First, an included sling mount option. Provide a pre-tapped hole where an included sling mount can be placed at the rear of the weapon. Second, it would be nice to have a mock silencer included.
What others should know:Always load the magazine with the bolt pulled back. Always! Be prepared to lose the o-ring out of the magazine the first day. There are moondog brand O-rings that folks swear by, that should be used as replacements. Use polymer propane adapters, such as Airsoft Innovations, or be prepared to replace the fill valve on your magazine sooner rather than later. Remember that the cold renders most GBB's ineffective or drops the FPS significantly. The converse is also true. The warmer it is, the higher the FPS, based on the gas expansion as it leaves the magazine.
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NEW YORK—Installing solar in New York City should get a little easier, thanks to a new project called SMART NY, which aims to breakdown some of the bureaucratic barriers currently in place. The plan was announced by CUNY, on behalf of New York City, at the NYC Solar Summit, Thursday.
"Part of the reason it has been slow to take hold here is because we haven't made it easy to do," Cas Holloway, New York City deputy mayor for operations said. "We are going to make it easy, if you have the resources, to install solar in New York City."
SMART NY, which stands for Solar Market Analytics, Roadmapping, and Tracking NY, is the collaboration of 30 partners and agencies from the city and state level, in both the public and private sector.
Obtaining a permit for solar installation has been a huge roadblock in increasing the solar output in the city.
"We have an internal goal of getting the permitting process for solar from 12 months a year ago down to 100 days. Right now we are at seven months," Holloway said. "We are ruthlessly driving toward the 100-day goal."
The reason for the long wait was applicants had to go through a multitude of government agencies, none of which were talking with each other. Forms, with much of the same information, often had to be submitted to multiple agencies.
Under the new SMART NY plan, and with a level of cooperation never before seen between city and state agencies and a utility, many of the permitting agencies involved will use an online portal, creating a streamlined, user-friendly process.
"The solar portal will bring together the work of the different agencies to ease the process of getting the permits through the system and reduce the costs and time scales of those activities," Procemx CEO and founder Ian Ritchie. Proemx will provide the software for the solar portal.
The solar portal will allow customers to see where their permit is in the process and address any holdups in a timelier manner than the current method of calling around.
Software company IBM will also be providing software for the SMART NY project, using its Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities platform used by cities around the world.
CUNY Ventures will use the analytics based IBM system to take data from the solar portal, the NYC Solar Map, and solar empowerment zones to create long-term solar solutions. This new system will give CUNY Ventures the ability to analyze and understand key solar market indicators and make changes accordingly—hopefully keeping the cost down.These groundbreaking measures, in addition to reducing costs, will serve as a model for other cities through the state of New York for future projects.
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A scanner or other data reader is equipped with means for determining characteristics of an operator's scanning technique. In a preferred configuration, the scanner is integrated with a weigh scale for obtaining a dynamic weight of an item as the item is moved across the weigh scale. Weight data produced by the scanning/weighing process includes information about the amount of lifting the operator performs on scanned items, the rate of scanning by the operator, and rescanning information. The scanner may be connected to a PC-based training system which uses the scanning technique information to provide feedback to the operator indicating the effectiveness of the operator's scanning technique, and may also provide information to management for analysis. The technique information may be collected by a store controller or other suitable collection device for later analysis and reporting.
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37. A data reading process for a data reader having first and second reading windows through which the data reader reads out into a detection volume from different directions, comprising the steps of
having an operator move an item bearing an ID tag through the detection volume;
using the data reader to read the ID tag and obtain data from the ID tag;
gathering information on the data reading process including determining which of the first and second read planes accomplished reading of the ID tag.
38. A data reading process according to
39. A data reading process according to
40. A data reading process according to
41. A method of monitoring performance of an operator deactivating EAS tags using an EAS deactivation device, comprising the steps of
having an operator pass items bearing EAS tags through a deactivation volume in order to attempt deactivation of the tags;
obtaining a time measurement of sensing how long the tags were present in the deactivation volume;
using the time measurement to provide feedback to the operator on how to improve item movement technique.
42. A method according to
displaying the feedback to the operator in real time.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/003,743 filed Dec. 2, 2004 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/976,839 filed Oct. 12, 2001, U.S. Pat. No. 6,857,567, which claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/241,300 filed Oct. 17, 2000, each of these applications being hereby incorporated by reference.
The field of the present invention relates to data reading systems, such as barcode scanners, and methods for operating such systems.
Typically, fixed scanners are installed in a retail checkstand environment for scanning items. Customers gather items for purchase and transport their items to the checkstand. Items are either (1) placed on a counter, with the operator scanning the items; (2) brought to the operator in a basket, whereby the operator takes the items directly from the basket and scans them; or (3) placed on a conveyor system which transports the items to the operator, whereby the operator scans the items. The items are either scanned by moving them through (or presenting them to) the scan field of a fixed scanner or, in the case of a handheld scanner, the operator aims the scanner at the barcode and scans it.
In order to maximize throughput speed and minimize physical stress, operators may receive training on scanner operation. Further, the operator may become familiar with the operation of the scanner by trial and error, for example, by adjusting the distance an item is spaced from the scan window during scanning to provide the most consistent first-time reads. Existing systems may also include a monitoring system for measuring the scanning rate of the operator.
The present invention is directed to a system and method for training and monitoring a data reader operator. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises a data reader for gathering information about an operator's scanning technique, a PC-based training device that receives the information from the data reader for the purpose of training the operator, and a point-of-sale (POS) device that receives the information for the purpose of monitoring operator scanning technique during normal use. The data reader may be integrated with a weigh scale for obtaining a dynamic weight of an item as the item is moved across the weigh scale. Weight data produced by the scanning/weighing process includes information about the amount of lifting the operator performs on scanned items, the rate of scanning by the operator, and rescanning information. The system provides feedback to the operator indicating the effectiveness of the operator's scanning technique, and may also provide information to store management for analysis. As a result, the system assists the operator in using the data reader in a more ergonomic and/or efficient manner.
In another embodiment, the data reader is equipped with a visual feedback display positioned on the data reader housing in a high-visibility location. The feedback display provides a visual readout (i.e. the feedback) in a graphical format indicating, for example, the effectiveness of the operator's scanning technique.
The preferred embodiments will now be described with reference to the drawings. To facilitate description, element numerals designating an element in one figure will represent the same element in any other figure.
A data reader, as defined herein, is primarily described as a barcode laser scanner in which a laser beam is scanned to produce one or more scan lines for reading a barcode. The data reader may alternately comprise any suitable data reading device such as a CCD imaging data reader, LED reader, CMOS imaging reader, RFID reader, EAS deactivation device, or the like. Other types of reading devices may include security devices such as X-ray or metal detector machines such as those used in airport and building entry security. Though the following examples will generally be described with respect to typical barcode scanners used in the retail environment, it will be understood that the disclosed systems and methods may be applied to any suitable reading devices wherein an operator moves, or "scans," an item through the read volume of the data reading device.
The scanner 40 has a field of view out through scanner windows 44, 46. The scanner 40 projects a scan pattern comprising one or more scan lines out through the windows 44, 46 for reading barcodes presented or passed through the scan volume. The scanner may read 1-D or 2-D optical codes, product identification, fingerprint ID, or other items such as might be required to be scanned in a retail environment or in security applications.
In another embodiment, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reading device may be used to activate and collect data from RFID tags placed on items. An RFID tag is a normally passive device, but when activated or prompted by a signal from an interrogator, the RFID tag emits a signal with its information to a receiving device. The process of scanning RFID-tagged items is essentially identical to that of scanning barcoded items. In both cases, the item with a tag bearing the information to be captured is brought near or scanned past a compatible reading device to obtain data relating to the item.
The scanner 40 may also be equipped with Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) equipment, which may be integrated with the scanner 40 or placed in the immediate vicinity thereof. EAS tags are placed on items for the purpose of theft prevention. At the time of purchase, the EAS tag on an item is deactivated so that it will not trigger detection devices placed at store exits. The deactivation equipment is preferably in very close proximity to or integrated with the scanner 40, and is used as part of the overall scanning process. In a typical form, the deactivation equipment is triggered by a "good read" signal from the scanner 40.
The scanner 40 is provided with a "training mode" in which a special set of items, encoded with identified data, are used to gather information about the operator's scanning technique. Training occurs via a software application based in a personal computer (PC) 43, as shown in
The software application utilizes scanning technique information received from the scanner 40 to evaluate the effectiveness of an operator's scanning technique. The application may also display scanning instructions on a video monitor 49 of the PC 43, including animations and videos of proper scanning techniques, and may also broadcast audio descriptions/instructions. The instructions are preferably tailored to an individual operator based upon data received from the scanner 40 after the operator has scanned a certain number of specific items.
The application running on the PC 43 may provide information and reports about scanning techniques to the operator, as well as to store management, along with suggestions for technique improvements. The scanner 40 in the training mode may be located in a customary POS checkstand, or may be located in a special training area away from the usual transactional setting.
In another embodiment, hereinafter referred to as the "monitor mode," the scanner 40 continuously monitors the scanning technique of an operator based upon items scanned that are purchased by customers. In this embodiment, the scanner 40 is used in its normal configuration in a checkstand with connection to a POS system 50 via a POS port 47, as shown in
In order to measure the scanning technique of the operator, the scanner 40 first determines one or more of the following barcode orientation/movement data: which scanner window the barcode data came from which scan line or lines were used to read the barcode; distance of the barcode from the scanner; how long the barcoded item was present in the scan volume before complete decoding occurred (i.e., how long the bar code was present in the scan volume after initial detection by the scanner before a complete barcode scan occurred); or how many pieces of barcode data were assembled to decode the data. From this data, inferences about the operator's scanning technique can be formed, and feedback can then be supplied to the operator and/or to store management.
The scanner 40 may also be used to instruct operators on the proper use of EAS equipment. The EAS deactivation process is not 100% reliable, partly due to poor operator scanning technique. If, for example, the operator is too quick in moving the product through the deactivation zone, the EAS tag may remain active. The failure of an EAS tag to deactivate has serious consequences. A customer may be stopped by alarms at a store exit, inconvenienced, embarrassed, or even falsely accused of theft.
The problem of scanner operators failing to properly deactivate EAS tags may be minimized by teaching operators proper scanning technique. Accordingly, the training mode described above may further be used to instruct operators on the proper use of EAS equipment. In this embodiment, the identified training items include items having EAS tags which are used for deactivation practice. The EAS deactivation system preferably includes means, such as a sensing antenna, to determine if an active EAS tag is present. Thus, after a training run, an operator may pass the scanned items back across the EAS sensing antenna to determine how many items are still active, and thus, how many items were not properly deactivated.
The EAS system may also sense how long an EAS tag is present in the deactivation volume during the training run, and thereby determine the approximate speed at which an item was moved through the deactivation volume. Based upon this measurement, the system could provide feedback to the operator on how to improve item movement technique.
In another embodiment, the training items may be outfitted with non-deactivatable EAS tags. Accordingly, the entrance to and exit from the deactivation volume, as well as the amount of time an item remains in the deactivation volume, may be measured by the active tag sensing means. This item presence and time data, coinciding with when the operator attempts to read the item data with the scanner 40, may be used for determining scanning technique effectiveness.
In a preferred embodiment, a weigh scale having a weigh platter 41 is integrated with the scanner 40 to determine the amount of lifting performed by a scanner operator. An important aspect of proper ergonomic technique during scanning is the minimization of lifting. Thus, providing feedback relating to the amount of lifting performed is beneficial to the physical well being of the operator.
The weigh platter 41 is used for weighing items priced by weight and for obtaining the "dynamic weight" of items. The dynamic weight of an item is the weight registered by the weigh platter 41 as the item is moved across the surface of the weigh platter 41 during scanning. When an operator scans a heavy item, he/she preferably slides the item through the scan zone, rather than lifting the item. As an item is dragged across the weigh platter, the item is in contact with the weigh platter for a period of time as it is moved.
For a particular item, this motion may be analyzed to determine a preferred dragging motion, and from that analysis, to obtain an optimum partial weight value or an optimum dynamic weight output (the output may actually be a preferred weight operation function) to ascertain a preferred weight operation function for that item. The optimum partial weight or optimum dynamic weight of the item may then be stored in a lookup table for future comparison during scanning, and/or may be sent to the POS terminal as additional data along with the normal barcode data.
The lookup table preferably contains weight data for commonly purchased items which are either heavy or are the type of items that are more likely to require manipulation by the operator, that is, items which are most likely to lead to higher exertion or repetitive motion injuries. The lookup table may reside in the scanner 40 or in the training application. When an operator scans such an item, the lookup table is accessed and item weight data or a preferred weight operation function obtained from the lookup table is compared to the dynamic weight or weight operation function of the item registered by the weigh platter 41. Feedback may then be displayed to the operator and/or store management, reflecting the closeness of the preferred weight to the scan weight, or closeness to an optimum dragging motion in one or more of the forms described above.
If the dynamic weight closely approximates the partial weight or the optimum dynamic weight of the item, this feedback indicates that the weigh platter 41 is bearing most of the load and that the operator is practicing proper scanning technique. If, on the other hand, the dynamic weight differs substantially from the weight expected for the item, this feedback indicates that the weigh platter 41 is likely not bearing the bulk of the load and that the operator is performing unnecessary lifting that could lead to repetitive motion injuries.
In an alternative embodiment, the scanner may compute the average dynamic weight of items scanned over an extended period of time, such as the duration of a scanner operator's work shift. The average dynamic weight may then be sent to the POS terminal upon receipt of a suitable command, where it may be compared to an average weight standard to determine whether the operator is likely to be performing more lifting than is recommended. The average weight standard reflects an expected average weight that is obtained when many items are scanned over an extended period of time. The average weight standard may be established through trial and error, through evaluating several operators over a period of time who utilize proper scanning technique, or through some other suitable method. Feedback may then be provided to the operator reflecting the closeness of the average weight standard to the average dynamic weight of the scanned items, in one or more of the forms described above. The average dynamic weight that is sent to a POS terminal or other data collection system may also be used for the purpose of reporting the average dynamic weight to store management for analysis.
Various other types of information about scanning technique may be obtained from weight data obtained from the weigh platter 41. When an item is moved across the weigh platter 41, a weight pulse is produced signifying the duration of time that the item is present on the weigh platter 41. Inferences may be made about stress on the operator's body based upon the weight of the item and how fast the item is moved across the weigh platter 41 (heavier items should be moved more slowly). Thus, when a heavy item is moved quickly across the weigh platter 41, the weight pulse produced will be relatively short, indicating that the operator is moving the heavy item too quickly through the scan zone, which could lead to repetitive motion injuries.
Additionally, ease of scanning, and the occurrence of rescanning, may be determined by the time within the weight pulse at which a good read of an item occurs. When an item is scanned easily, the good read will occur, on average, near the middle of the weight pulse. If, on the other hand, a good read does not occur as the item is initially moved across the weigh platter 41, a rescan is required. Rescanning is the process wherein the item enters the scan volume of the scanner at a typical scanning speed, a good read does not occur initially, and the item must therefore be moved around on the weigh platter 41 in an attempt to obtain a good read. Once a good read is obtained, the item is moved off of the weigh platter 41 fairly quickly. Thus, the good read occurs near the end of the weight pulse, since the item remained on the weigh platter 41 for a relatively long period of time before the good read occurred, and the item was then quickly removed from the weigh platter 41. This rescanning occurrence information may be provided as feedback to the operator for the purpose of improving scanning technique, and may also be sent to a POS terminal or other data collection system for analysis by store management.
In monitoring lifting in monitor mode, dynamic weight of each item may be sent to the store system along with the customary item identification data. By statistical analysis of dynamic weight and scan technique data per operator, inferences about training effectiveness may be obtained.
The same ergonomic considerations that apply to scanning barcoded items apply to scanning RFID-tagged items as well. With RFID scanning, however, the need to twist and rotate items to read data is eliminated, because the RFID tag sends out an omni-directional signal, which is read by the RFID reading device regardless of the orientation of the item and the RFID tag. Accordingly, determining which scanner window reads the RFID information is irrelevant to determining proper scanning technique. The tendency of operators to lift items improperly is still present, however, and the same dynamic weight data used in barcode scanning may be used when monitoring RFID scanning. Thus, a weigh scale device may be used in conjunction with an RFID reader to obtain operator lifting data in a manner similar to that used with a barcode scanner/scale.
In the training mode illustrated by the flowchart of
In the monitor mode of
In another embodiment, actual scan motion is monitored to evaluate an operator's scanning technique.
The use of multiple cameras may be preferred to the use of a single camera, because multiple camera views may be triangulated with one another (as shown by the dashed lines in
Reports, reviews, and evaluations of operator scanning technique may be produced as hard copy reports from a printer and/or may be displayed on a video monitor, such as PC monitor 49. Additionally, real-time feedback may be provided to the operator in graphical form via the visual feedback display 48. The visual feedback display 48 may be incorporated into the scanner 40, as shown in
The bars 22 a-22 g may light in a single color and intensity, or each bar may have a different color, or each bar may have the ability to change color thereby individually alighting in different colors. For example, bars 22 g-22 f may first light yellow, and then change to red if bars 22 e-22 d are also lighted.
The preferred color and graphical scheme is preferably one in which the feedback to the operator is highly intuitive. For example, via testing, it may be determined that a user intuitively associates the color green (green means "go") with successful reading operation. In that case if the system interprets a good operating technique, a green display may be initiated. If the system interprets a poor operating technique, a red display (red means "stop") may be initiated. Alternately, the display 20 may comprise a single bar changing colors, from green to red for example, to signify output value. Alternately, the display 20 may provide alphanumeric readout, e.g. displaying numbers 1 through 10, with higher numbers indicating a superior operation.
For a scanner with the indicators mounted on a horizontal surface thereof, the row of bars is preferably oriented parallel to the direction of, and not directly under, the path of scanned item flow so that neither the operator's hands nor the items scanned will obscure the display during scanning. For example, if the direction of scanning is from left to right, as illustrated in
In a preferred embodiment, the system provides feedback to the operator that assists the operator in using the scanner in a more ergonomic and/or efficient manner, as described above. The scanner display 20 provides information to the operator by visual and/or audible mechanisms.
Forms of visual feedback could be, for example, lamps of various colors or which are arranged in sequential rows (as in the "bar graph" type display), or a video display with graphical or textual information about the operator's scanning technique. Audible feedback may include special sounds which indicate how properly the operator is scanning. The normal "good read" tone may be adjusted in pitch, duration, or other characteristic to provide the feedback information.
The feedback may comprise audible tones that could vary in pitch and/or volume to provide specific feedback information to the operator. The audible system may be preferred in training because the visual aspect could be distracting. The scanner may be connected to a dedicated PC or controller for training purposes.
In an alternative embodiment, as shown in
The display 70 may also be aligned along the trop of the scan head section 64 along the line of sight which provides for a highly visible location and may also serve to assist in aiming of the scanner 70.
The feedback system and graphical display may be incorporated into the scanner housing 80 itself, or it may comprise an add-on module 82, as shown in
Benefits of the various embodiments described herein may include one or more of the following: (a) improved operator productivity and scanning technique, (b) reduction in physical stress on the operator thus reducing repetitive motion injuries, (c) continuous improvement feedback, and (d) reports to management about operator technique.
Thus while embodiments and applications of the present invention have been shown and described, it would be apparent to one skilled in the art that other modifications are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The invention, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the spirit of the claims that follow.
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The opening sentence of Mr. Kimmitt's article announces his thesis: "Only a year-and-a-half after regaining its full sovereignty, Iraq is laying the groundwork for a self-sustaining, market-based economy which can serve as an engine of growth for that nation and for the broader Middle East." With that, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Treasury embraces what has become a well-worn mantra of the Bush administration.
Mr. Kimmitt's argument contains a fatal error of omission — one that renders his thesis null and void. Absent is any mention of the fact that Iraq's state-owned oil sector comprises three-quarters of Iraq's GDP. Thanks to Iraq's new constitution and prevailing Iraqi sentiments, oil will remain state-owned and continue to account for the lion's share of GDP, as far as the eye can see. In consequence, Iraq's economy is — and will in all likelihood remain — a grand socialist enterprise, not a market-based economy. And as Friedrich von Hayek forcefully argued in Chapter VI of his 1944 classic "The Road to Serfdom," state ownership of the means of production, on a scale comparable to that in present-day Iraq, will doom all attempts to establish the rule of law.
If truth be known, the groundwork for a market economy in which individual freedoms are protected under the rule of law has not been laid. Accordingly, the notion of Iraq becoming a beacon for economic freedom in the broader Middle East is farfetched.
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The Coast Guard is warning anglers about dangerous boating in the St. Louis River. Last year's flood pulled sediment into the river causing areas of shallow water.
The Coast Guard said some areas of the river near Duluth are only 2 feet deep. That prevented the placement of 7 miles of navigational buoys, but some anglers said the shallow water would not stop them.
Lieutenant Judson Coleman said the Coast Guard cannot stop people from heading out on the river, but he did urge caution.
"We recommend that boaters, if they intend to fish that stretch of water, exercise extreme caution, navigate at slow speeds and be sure to wear their life jackets in the area," Coleman said.
But iced over lakes pushed more people to the river this year, like Greg Ehrich and his friends.
"We usually to Bemidji, Lake Plantagenet, but that's frozen over still so we made a change and went here this year," Ehrich said.
His group launched their boat from Boy Scout Landing despite the shallow water.
"It's not going to stop us, no. We're still going to fish, still give it a shot," Ehrich said.
But locals more familiar with the river said they will stay on shore this weekend. Andy Senarighi of Duluth said he expects many boats to get stuck along the river.
"But we might just bring a tow strap out there and charge $25 for everybody that beaches their boats and pull them out," Senarighi said.
The buoys usually mark a safe path, but Senarighi said there are just too many unknowns without them.
"When you're so used to seeing the buoys ahead to navigate you just get accustomed to it. So it's not like you know the river like the back of your hand. It's 13 miles long.," Senarighi said.
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Ketch and Critter, aka Ketch Secor and Critter Fuqua, are founding members of the band Old Crow Medicine Show. Their Reunion Tour, which will see them today in Charleston for Spoleto, is two friends doing what theyve always done best for more than 20 years: exploring the music and exploring the past.
Joined on this tour by Old Crow Medicine Show bassist Morgan Jahnig, the power trio gets back to the origins of one of folk musics most compelling acts over the past decade or so.
Every band has its origin story: at school, in a Liverpudlian club, in a Seattle garage, on a radio broadcast. Old Crow Medicine Show tells of busking across Canada and back to Boone, N.C., all the while honing its craft, learning how to feel a crowd and work it.
Theres a lot of that early energy and intensity in a Ketch and Critter show. Its scaled-back, but high-powered American music. Some of the labels used to describe their music didnt even exist when they got started: folk, alt country, down-home acoustic, old timey, retro-roots, Southern.
Critter doesnt care for labels beyond American: They play the music they do because it just feels right, music making is a visceral experience.
The stripped-down format allows Ketch and Critter to explore new genres, such as South Texas conjunto with its accordion and bajo-sexto. They also play tunes penned when they were getting started, ages 12 or 13, in Virginia, listening to Hendrix, Dylan, Nirvana and Guns N Roses. And therell be music from the Route 11 Boys, their band in the mid-1990s.
Ketch and Critter have rediscovered the joy of playing together professionally after a hiatus of four years. Theyre talking about making an album. Southerners, theyre excited to be back in Charleston, where Ketch has fond memories of Spoleto and where Critters twin brother was a tour guide downtown for a time.
Says Critter, Ketch and Critter Reunion will be different from a Crows show: Therell be more talking; well lapse into the normal rhythm of our friendship; our friendship will come out on stage.
The audience is in for a rare treat.
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He has a dreamAugust 28,2014As he has grown weary of Washington, President Barack Obama has shed parts of his presidency, like drying petals falling off a rose.
He left the explaining and selling of his signature health care legislation to Bill Clinton. He outsourced Congress to Rahm Emanuel in the first term, and now doesnt bother to source it at all. He left schmoozing, as well as a spiraling Iraq, to Joe Biden. Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, comes across as more than a messagemeister. As the president floats in the empyrean, Rhodes seems to make foreign policy even as hes spinning it.
But the one thing it was impossible to imagine, back in the giddy days of the 2009 inauguration, as Americans basked in their open-mindedness and pluralism, was that the first African-American president would outsource race.
He saved his candidacy in 2008 after the pastor disaster with Jeremiah Wright by giving a daring speech asserting that racial reconciliation could never be achieved until racial anger, on both sides, was acknowledged. Half black, half white, a son of Kansas and Africa, he searchingly and sensitively explored Americas ebony-ivory divide.
He dealt boldly and candidly with race in his memoirs, Dreams From My Father. In many parts of the South, he wrote, my father could have been strung up from a tree for merely looking at my mother the wrong way; in the most sophisticated of Northern cities, the hostile stares, the whispers, might have driven a woman in my mothers predicament into a back-alley abortion or at the very least to a distant convent that could arrange for adoption. Their very image together would have been considered lurid and perverse.
Now the professor in the Oval Office has spurned a crucial teachable moment.
He dispatched Eric Holder to Ferguson, and deputized Al Sharpton, detaching himself at the very moment when he could have helped move the country forward on an issue close to his heart. Its another perverse reflection of his ambivalent relationship to power.
He was willing to lasso the moon when his candidacy was on the line, so why not do the same at a pivotal moment for his presidency and race relations? Instead, he anoints a self-promoting TV pundit with an incendiary record as the White Houses civil rights leader of choice, as The New York Times put it, vaulting Sharpton into the countrys most prominent voice on race relations. It seems oddly retrogressive to make Sharpton the official go-between with Fergusons black community, given that his history has been one of fomenting racial divides, while Obamas has been one of soothing them.
The MSNBC host has gone from The Bonfire of the Vanities to White House Super Bowl parties. As a White House official told Politicos Glenn Thrush, who wrote on the 59-year-old provocateurs consultation with Valerie Jarrett on Ferguson: Theres a trust factor with The Rev from the Oval Office on down. He gets it, and hes got credibility in the community that nobody else has got.
Sharpton has also been such a force with New Yorks mayor, Bill de Blasio, in the furor over the chokehold death of a black Staten Island man that The New York Post declared The Rev the de facto police commissioner.
The White House and City Hall do not seem concerned about his $4.7 million in outstanding debt and liens in federal and state tax records, reported by The Post.
Once civil rights leaders drew their power from their unimpeachable moral authority. Now, being a civil rights leader can be just another career move.
Thrush noted that Sharpton once such a pariah that Clinton administration officials rushed through their ribbon-cuttings in Harlem for fear hed show up and force them to, gasp, shake his hand has evolved from agitator to insider since his demagoguing days when he falsely accused a white New York prosecutor and others of gang-raping a black teenager, Tawana Brawley, and sponsored protests against a clothing store owned by a white man in Harlem, after a black subtenant who sold records was threatened with eviction. A deranged gunman burned down the store, leaving eight people dead.
Sharpton also whipped up anti-Semitic feelings during the Crown Heights riots in 1991, denouncing Jewish diamond dealers importing gems from South Africa after a Hasidic Jew ran a red light and killed a 7-year-old black child. Amid rioting, with some young black men shouting Heil Hitler, a 29-year-old Hasidic Jew from Australia was stabbed to death by a black teenager.
Now, Sharpton tells Thrush: Ive grown to appreciate different roles and different people, and I weigh words a little more now. Ive learned how to measure what I say.
Obama has muzzled himself on race and made Sharpton his chosen instrument two men joined in pragmatism at a moment when idealism is needed.
We cant expect the president to do everything. But we can expect him to do something.
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Cases On Right to Counsel, Searches Top Supreme Court's 2011-2012 Term
Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher reacts to the Supreme Court's 2011-2012 Term and comments on the cases that he thinks will have the most dramatic effect on the American public. His quote can be found in the following United States Law Week article by Lance J. Rogers.
Opinions issued this year by the U.S. Supreme Court on the right to counsel and searches could have a big impact on the way criminal attorneys practice law, according to legal experts who spoke to BNA about the 2011-2012 term.
Among the most significant decisions, these experts said, are Missouri v. Frye, 2012 BL 67235, 80 U.S.L.W. 4253 (U.S. 2012), and Lafler v. Cooper, 2012 BL 67236, 80 U.S.L.W. 4244 (U.S. 2012), which clarified that a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance may be violated when a defendant misses out on a favorable plea offer due to defense counsel's erroneous advice or failure to even convey the offer.
"Those two cases will have the most dramatic ripple effect," as they recognize that plea negotiations make up the bulk of the criminal justice system and are not simply an occasional adjunct, Professor Jeffrey L. Fisher, of Stanford Law School's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, told BNA.
In Fisher's view, plea negotiations and sentencing are two of the "blind spots" in the criminal justice system. In prior years, the court has devoted a lot of attention to the constitutional issues in the trial process itself, but it is now focusing on the back and front ends of the system, he said.
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ATLANTA - US Airways Group Inc. dropped its $9.8 billion hostile bid for Delta Air Lines Inc. on Wednesday after a key group of the bankrupt carrier's creditors said Delta would be better off emerging from Chapter 11 on its own.
With the dual decisions, Atlanta-based Delta cleared a big hurdle in its effort to exit bankruptcy by the middle of this year as a stand-alone company.
But it isn't out of the woods yet. Smaller creditors could ultimately vote not to approve Delta's reorganization plan, and some have already filed objections to the disclosure statement to the Delta plan.
A Feb. 7 hearing in bankruptcy court in New York is scheduled to discuss the disclosure statement. If the statement related to Delta's operations is approved, Delta could begin soliciting votes for approval of its reorganization plan. Delta hopes to hold a confirmation hearing on its plan in April.
US Airways disclosed its initial hostile bid for Delta on Nov. 15. US Airways later raised its bid by nearly 20 percent in hopes of swaying Delta's official committee of unsecured creditors.
"Using the bankruptcy process the right way, Delta people have transformed their company's business model," Delta Chief Executive Gerald Grinstein said in a statement. "Our focus now is on the work still before us to emerge from Chapter 11 this spring as a strong, healthy, and vibrant global competitor."
In his own statement, Doug Parker, chief executive of Tempe, Ariz.-based US Airways, said he was disappointed by the decision by the creditors committee. His airline quickly withdrew its bid, which was set to expire Thursday if the committee did not show support for moving the bid forward.
Parker said the committee "is ignoring its fiduciary obligation" to the creditors it represents.
"Our proposal would have provided substantially more value to Delta's unsecured creditors than the Delta standalone plan," Parker said.
Delta's official unsecured creditors committee said in a statement it reached its decision after a lengthy review of both Delta's proposal and US Airways' proposal.
Analysts had said regulatory concerns over US Airways' proposal might be a bigger issue than the money at stake. Delta had said the US Airways proposal would cause a significant delay in Delta's emergence from Chapter 11 because of how regulators would view the overlapping routes of the two carriers. US Airways had argued regulatory issues would not cause a delay.
Delta has said it projects it will be worth $9.4 billion to $12 billion when it emerges from bankruptcy. Its management had said repeatedly it wanted the carrier to remain on its own and not combine with US Airways.
Tri-Cities Regional Airport officials were pleased US Airways had withdrawn its bid to buy out Delta.
"The proposed merger certainly had the potential of reducing the level of air service for our community and other similar communities throughout the country," said TCRA Executive Director Patrick Wilson.
Earlier this month, airport commissioners passed a resolution opposing a merger between the two airlines because of its anticipated "negative impact" on air service for the region. US Airways and Delta have a combined 87 percent market share at TCRA. The two airlines offer flights to Charlotte, Orlando, Atlanta and Cincinnati from TCRA.
"The creditors committee reached this determination after engaging in extensive discussions with representatives of Delta and US Airways over the last two months and upon consideration of the advice of the creditors committee's legal, financial and industry advisers," the committee's statement said. The statement added, "In reaching this decision, the creditors committee considered a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, valuation of, the timing and the risks associated with, and the likelihood of a successful consummation of the US Airways proposal and the (Delta reorganization) plan." The committee said it will work with Delta to confirm Delta's plan. It did not elaborate on its reasoning for supporting Delta's plan. Eventually, creditors will vote on whether to approve Delta's reorganization plan or any competing plan that may be filed with the court. The plan also must be approved by the court. Typically, in each class of creditors, Delta's plan would have to be approved by holders of two-thirds of the claims and a majority of the number of individual creditors. If a class is not impaired - that is, if they are guaranteed of getting all of their money back no matter what - they generally don't get to vote. If one or more classes of creditors do not approve the plan, Delta could still confirm the plan through a so-called cramdown, a maneuver in which it must show the court that the dissenting class will receive more under the plan than it would under a Chapter 7 liquidation. The company also would have to show that any subordinate class, such as shareholders, would get nothing in the way of recovery under the reorganization plan. Delta already has met that second test because its plan calls for current shares of the company to be wiped out. If a competing plan were filed, creditors would vote on each individually. There have been bankruptcy cases where two competing reorganization plans were approved by creditors; in such a case, a judge decides which plan is confirmed after holding a hearing to determine which plan is in the "better interest" of the creditors. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday she believes US Airways will move forward and look for other opportunities. "They seem to be doing very, very well," Napolitano said. "And since I consider them a hometown airline, I think that's a good thing." US Airways had said it would have kept the Delta name if it bought Delta, but it hadn't said where the merged company would be based. Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said Delta's stand-alone plan is in "the best interest of all citizens, not only for Georgia, but for our nation." (AP) Associated Press Writers Chris Kahn in Phoenix and Doug Gross in Atlanta contributed to this report. AP-CS-01-31-07 1440EST
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Friday, October 11, 2013 at 7:30pm
Enjoy an evening of Shakespeare, presented by one of the world's finest theatrical ensembles. Founded in 1972 by legendary producer/director/actor John Houseman and current Producing Director Margot Harley with members of the first graduating class of Juilliard's Drama Division, The Acting Company has performed 137 productions for over 3 million people in 48 states and ten foreign countries. The Company has given a generation of actors the opportunity to master their craft. Alumni members include Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, David Ogden Stiers. "The Acting Company endures as the major touring classical theater in the United States." — The New York Times
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Citizens still have time to step forward and be counted in a big way.
The deadline is March 21 to file for one of the many offices open on boards of special districts in Hood River County.
So far, the names include one person who has filed to run for offices in two different districts.
That's an excellent example of public service, but the responsibility is best when spread around. Suffice it to say there are plenty of opportunities.
This spring, every Special District in the county will have one or more positions up for vote, giving the average citizen a great opportunity to get involved, and know that their efforts will carry weight.
However, at this writing all too many ballot spaces remain blank, according to filings at County Elections. Notably, the Hood River County School District Board, with three names for four positions (incumbent Jan Veldhuisen Virk, David Russo and Julia Ramirez) and the Port of Cascade Locks Commission, with two filings for two seats: incumbents Jesse Groves and Joeinne Caldwell.
(The incumbents for Hood River Port — Jon Davies, Fred Duckwall and Rich McBride — have all filed for re-election, but so far they have no opponents.)
Anyone with ideas for bettering their communities, and a bit of drive, is urged to file by 5 p.m. at the County Elections office, in the County Building at Sixth and State streets.


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The skinny: The Silversea ships come in four different sizes, but they all offer luxury cruising at the very highest level with a slightly European ambience. From the largest ship to the smallest (a beautifully refurbished expedition vessel), service and dining are first rate. The different sizes and types of ships allow the line to offer expansive itinerary options.
The experience: The line's gorgeous ships — several done up in Euro modern, and the line's newest and biggest ship, Silver Spirit, sporting Art Deco influences — focus on the best of everything for an international crowd. Passengers encounter luxury at every turn. Service is top-notch, the cuisine excellent (the line puts special emphasis on slow food), and the niceties abound — free-flowing champagne; meals served with fine china, crystal and silver; and Bulgari bath products in the marble bathrooms of staterooms (all of which are suites) are just a start. There is even a certain amount of creativity involved as the line caters to its fancy crowd — the room-service menu, for example, includes a snack of ceviche served in a martini glass.
All this luxury is presented in an environment that's fancy without being stuffy. Onboard life is not at all regimented; Silversea provides the template and passengers decide what they want to do. Silver Spirit offers the most dining options (some for an extra fee), but the line has done a great job of retrofitting its older ships as well. Mostly all-inclusive fares include gratuities, as well as unlimited wines and spirits. Expedition cruises to places such as Antarctica, the Arctic and the Galapagos also include shore excursions in the cruise fare.
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Fees vary according to the type of programme you choose (e.g. research or taught; classroom-laboratory- or workshop-based; clinical). Fees charged for full-time non-EU international students include the full cost of tuition, examinations, Students' Union membership and research support expenses. Fees information can be found on the Postgraduate fees and funding pages.
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10 per cent discount on postgraduate courses for University of Southampton final-year students and alumni. Find out more here.
Bursaries are smaller top-up payments, awarded either for academic excellence or achievement in another area.
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Postgrad Solutions are offering two bursaries of £500 each annually to students of any discipline for October 2010 entry. For more details, visit the the Postgrad Solutions website.
There are opportunities for postgraduates to supplement their income and gain valuable career experience by demonstrating to undergraduates in Biological Science's.
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Commonwealth scholarships
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) in the UK offers scholarships to students from both developing and developed Commonwealth countries to study a Masters or PhD programme in the UK. for more details visit the Commonwealth scholarships page.
The British Council's Education UK website includes a range of helpful information for international candidates. They may be able to advise on funding available to nationals of individual countries, or candidates hoping to undertake certain types of research work. Visit the Education UK website for more details.
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC) offers UK government funding for postgraduate study to citizens of other Commonwealth countries. Visit the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission website for more details.
Many PhD studentship opportunities become available during the year.
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is the UK's leading funding agency for academic research and training in the non-clinical life sciences. We often have a number of four-year BBSRC DTA studentships available.
Other Research Councils and charitable trusts can also fund studentships. Individual members of academic staff may also obtain collaborative studentships through their relationships with industry.
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 1999 Henry Luce, founder and owner of Time magazine, called the 20th Century "the American Century."
Given the tumultuous history of this century and America's role in that history, Luce's term is probably appropriate.
But in 1899, no one could really forecast the emergence of the United States as the world's superpower. The power of the day was Great Britain. The sun literally never set on the British Empire, and the sea lanes were safe thanks to the Royal Navy.
True, America had announced its presence on the world stage by winning a war against Spain, but defeating a fifth-rate European power just hinted at U.S. potential.
The U.S. military that won the Spanish-American War in 1898 was not even state-of-the-art for the time.
There was no Army Staff, as we know it. The Germans -- a country only since 1871 -- had one. The smooth-running Prussian army staff had helped the Kaiser defeat the French in 1870. But the U.S. Army did not follow that example.
The Army commanding general was Gen. Nelson Miles. He held that position because he was the senior officer in the service. He had served as a Union officer during the Civil War. He commanded the combat power of the Army, but could not "command" the bureaus that were responsible for training and equipping the Army. The bureau commanders reported to the secretary of war.
The Navy had it a bit better. The 1890s had seen a revolution in shipbuilding. Coal-fired, all-steel battleships were the capital ships of the day. While the United States still had Monitor- class ships from the Civil War, most naval ships were modern and packed a powerful punch. U.S. battleships boasted batteries of 13.5-inch, 8-inch and 5-inch guns.
In 1899, the Navy had 16,354 sailors. Seamen earned $19 a month. Ensigns took home $1,400 a year if they were on sea duty, but only $1,190 if they were ashore.
Like the Army, the Navy had no staff system in 1899. Navy Secretary John Long was his own chief of naval operations. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War, he appointed a Navy War Board. The board included one of the most influential naval theorists of the day, Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan, who advised Long on the conduct of the war. After the war Long discontinued the board.
The commanders in Cuba made their reputations as generals during the American Civil War -- on opposite sides. Maj. Gen. William Shafter commanded the V Corps, which invaded Cuba. He had been a Union brigadier general.
Maj. Gen. "Fighting Joe" Wheeler led a division of V Corps. During the Civil War he commanded the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. During the charge up San Juan Hill, Wheeler forgot where he was and, as the Spanish ran from their positions, he yelled, "Come on! We've got the damn Yankees on the run!"
Between the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, the U.S. Army was a frontier force. Army regulars and Indian scouts fought American Indians from Little Big Horn to Wounded Knee. The Indian Wars were over, but soldiers still manned frontier forts and guarded Indian reservations.
In 1898, the entire Army had but 28,000 soldiers stationed at over 80 posts, mostly in the West. By 1899, Congress increased the regular Army to 60,000. Just as today, the National Guard provided soldiers and expertise when needed and the total force numbered 300,000. But the experiences of the Spanish-American War pointed to the need for some sort of national reserve. The seeds for the Army Reserve were planted in the aftermath of the war.
The Army was not trained to fight in "regular" combat. Since the Civil War it had conducted a number of operations -- reconstruction of the South, campaigns against Indians and strikebreaking in the North -- but none prepared it for battle against a "European-style" army.
The Spanish had better weapons than the U.S. Army. The Spanish used Argentine 8 mm Mausers with new smokeless powder. U.S. forces used Krag-Jorgenson .30-caliber rifles. While the United States had some smokeless powder, most infantrymen fired old powder that spewed smoke and gave away their positions. The Spanish wore white cotton fatigues that, after a few days in the field, blended with the foliage. U.S. soldiers wore woolen blue uniforms their grandfathers wore in 1865. Officers still wore swords into combat.
Mules pulled supply wagons and the cavalry rode horses. Shipping the animals and all their fodder was a logistical nightmare. When the Army arrived in Cuba, the crews just pushed the animals over the side of the ship and hoped they would swim to shore. In one instance, confused animals started swimming out to sea until an alert bugler sounded "Right Wheel" and the horses turned and swam to shore.
During the training period the average trooper accumulated a kit consisting of a blanket, shelter half, poncho, extra clothes, food and utensils, cartridge belt and 125 rounds, canteen, weapon and haversack. His uniform consisted of flannel shirts, canvas over blouse, khaki pants, high leather boots with gaiters and a campaign hat.
At the start of the war, the Medical Bureau knew it had a problem. It didn't have enough doctors, equipment or medicine available to support the army. The medical field was often the last section to receive supplies, so many units did not have the proper medical necessities when they deployed. It showed.
During the Spanish-American War 369 soldiers died in battle while 2,061 died from disease. In 1899, the Army established the Nurse Corps. Nurses received $40 per month for service in the United States and $50 overseas.
There was no draft, and prominent individuals -- often with no military experience to draw on -- raised regiments to supplement the Army. William Jennings Bryant, the man who ran against President William McKinley, raised the 3rd Nebraska Regiment for the war. Only D Company of the unit saw combat, but Bryant went by "colonel" for the rest of his life.
Theodore Roosevelt was a bit more successful. The assistant secretary of the Navy when the war broke out, he ordered ships to Manila, resigned his office and became the lieutenant colonel of the "Rough Riders" -- the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry. He managed to get the unit to Cuba and, when the commander, Col. Leonard Wood, was promoted, Roosevelt led the unit during the battle for Santiago. The charge up San Juan Hill made Roosevelt a hero and the governor of New York. In 1899, there was already talk of him being president some day.
The entire Marine Corps had 3,142 members in 1899. The commandant was Col. Charles Heywood. The Marines fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, taking Guantanamo Bay from the Spanish. There was no permanent Marine Corps organization at the time. To field his force for Cuba, the commandant grabbed Marines from naval bases in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington to form a battalion. In addition, the Marines provided security aboard Navy ships and help man the guns during battle.
In 1899, the Marines first adopted linen field khakis, but most Marines still wore Army blue flannel uniforms. The Marines started switching from the 1895 model Winchester-Lee 6 mm rifle to the Krag-Jorgenson. Marines also carried a small knapsack into battle.
The Marines used Army-style campaign hats with the Marine Corps emblem pinned to it. The Marine dress uniform was the last hurrah of the frock coat. Marine enlisted personnel wore the frock coat with red mohair braided shoulder knots. They also wore German-style spiked helmets. Officers had a red plume coming out of their helmets.
The late 1890s saw some of the first interest in machine-powered aviation as a military weapon. On March 25, 1898, Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt recommended appointing two naval officers to work with War Department representatives to examine Professor Samuel P. Langley's flying machine. They were to report on its practicability and its potential for use in war. A month later the first joint Army-Navy board on aeronautics submitted the report on the machine.
Since the machine was a model with a 12-foot wingspan, its value for military purposes was largely theoretical, but the report expressed a general sentiment in favor of supporting Langley in further experimentation.


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Bill would require cursive, multiplication tables
Earlier this week, a bill was introduced in the North Carolina House of Representatives that would require students to learn cursive and memorize their multiplication tables in school. The bill was sent to the education committee.
The bill, given the short title "Back to Basics," requires that students are able to write readable documents through "legible cursive handwriting" by the end of fifth grade.
Should the bill pass into law, it will not mark a change for elementary school students in the Union County Public Schools system.
"It is something we teach," Tom Bulla, director of elementary education, said.
A few years ago the department of public instruction gave the local education agencies the option of teaching cursive.
"We opted to continue teaching cursive," Bulla said. "That came before the principals and they decided that we would continue focusing on (cursive handwriting)."
It is currently taught in the third grade, then practiced in the fourth and fifth grades.
"We have a couple of programs that we recommend (teachers) use and resources to support (them)," Bulla said.
Rebekah Kelleher, an assistant professor of education at Wingate University, believes that students should know how to write in cursive and print.
"My elementary majors have to complete a handwriting course...to show proficiency in both manuscript and cursive themselves," Kelleher said.
They use the Zaner-Bloser handwriting program and their tests are graded independently. Kelleher believes the teachers have to be able to model the letters themselves.
"I think it's something that we've neglected and we have a number of students who are comping up deficient," Kelleher said. "It came from the overemphasis for many years on penmanship being perfect...instead of talking about fluency and legibility...I don't think the keyboard replaces our need to know how to write. I think both cursive and print have their place."
Kelleher said she has a 16-year-old nephew who did not learn how to write in cursive and cannot read cursive. Right now there is an emphasis on students reading primary documents, many of which are written in cursive, she pointed out.
Research found that poor handwriting costs businesses and taxpayers millions every year, Kelleher said. There are hundred of unreadable tax returns, illegibly addressed letters and medical issues due to doctor's handwriting.
"I know we're sending fewer documents...the written document is always going to be with us," Kelleher said.
However, there is some debate on when students should start to learn cursive handwriting. Some students are not ready in the second or third grade. Though, Kelleher thinks the proposed bill's requirement of writing in cursive by fifth grade is reasonable.
There is not enough research yet on whether knowing how to write in both styles impacts a student's ability to learn in other areas.
"It would seem, too, that cursive and manuscript require different parts of the brain to be used and that's why some people are so much better at one than the other," Kelleher said. "Different parts of the brain, I think, are used and I do think that writing incursive seems to fit better with creative writing...there's something about the curves and the connections of the cursive writing that fits with a certain type of thinking."
Kelleher believes that as it is instructed, the emphasis should be on legibility and fluency or fluidity. The letters should flow as the students are writing, she explained. The student should not have to think or labor over every letter, they should be able to write in cursive smoothly and quickly.
With regard to the multiplication tables, Bulla said that is part of the common core the state adapted.
"That is something that is very important," Bulla said. "We want them to develop their fluency and have accuracy and efficiency and know what to do with the numbers when they come to them."


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Since June, the Mason County School District has been under investigation by the Office of Education Accountability in Frankfort. The OEA was created by the Kentucky General Assembly to investigate complaints against Kentucky school districts and is a separate entity from the Department of Education. According to Karen Timmel, division manager of investigations at OEA, the agency's primary charge is to investigate violations of the Kentucky Education Reform Act, however, if during an investigation other issues outside the realm of KERA are uncovered, OEA refers those activities elsewhere.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- New Mexico women's basketball will hold its annual Breast Cancer awareness game Tuesday against BYU at 6 p.m. MT inside The Pit. Lobo fans are encouraged to wear pink Tuesday and "Pink The Pit". The "Pink Zone" game features two of the top teams in the Mountain West Conference battling for position in the final regular season standings. New Mexico will be wearing pink warmups as well as pink uniforms, shoes and shoe laces. The first 3,000 fans will receive pink water bottles and howl towels.
The "Pink Zone" game is to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. New Mexico has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The American Cancer Society and the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.
The "Pink Zone" game jerseys will be auctioned off at a later date and all the proceeds will be donated to Breast Cancer research.
Every Lobo sport utilizes one game per year to support Breast Cancer awareness. The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has designated the month of February as Breast Cancer awareness month and over 1,500 schools and organizations nationally are uniting in the fight against Breast Cancer.
Tuesday's game is sponsored by the University of New Mexico Hospital's Cancer Center, 97.3 KISS and Coyote 102.5 FM.
Over 1,500 schools and organizations are uniting in the fight against breast cancer by getting into the WBCA Pink Zone, February 13-22.


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Vol. 118, No. 1, pp.3-95.
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David A. Cox
This article explores the history of the Eisenstein irreducibility criterion and explains how Theodor Schönemann discovered this criterion before Eisenstein. Both were inspired by Gauss's Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, though they took very different routes to their discoveries. The article will discuss a variety of topics from 19th-century number theory, including Gauss's lemma, finite fields, the lemniscate, elliptic integrals, abelian groups, the Gaussian integers, and Hensel's lemma.
To purchase the article from JSTOR: http://dx.doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.118.01.003
Jennifer M. Johnson; János Kollár
We give bounds for real polynomials in two variables near infinity and near a zero. The bounds depend only on the degree of the polynomial and are simple to state.
To purchase the article from JSTOR: http://dx.doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.118.01.022
Nikolai V. Ivanov
The three altitudes of a plane triangle pass through a single point, called the orthocenter of the triangle. This property holds literally in Euclidean geometry, and, properly interpreted, also in hyperbolic and spherical geometries. Recently, V. I. Arnol'd offered a fresh look at this circle of ideas and connected it with the well-known Jacobi identity. The main goal of this article is to present an elementary version of Arnol'd's approach. In addition, several related ideas, including ones of M. Chasles, W. Fenchel and T. Jørgensen, and A. A. Kirillov, are discussed.
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Nicholas Pippenger
We review the two results in the Method of Archimedes, show how they follow from Cavalieri's principle, and show how two extensions of them can also be proved using Cavalieri's principle.
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Paul Pollack
David Hayes observed in 1965 that when $$R=Z$$, every element of $$R[T]$$ of degree $$n\geq1$$ is a sum of two irreducibles in $$R[T]$$ of degree $$n$$. We show that this result continues to hold for any Noetherian domain $$R$$ with infinitely many maximal ideals.
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Alfonso Villani
Given a measure space $$(\Omega, \mathcal{A}, \mu)$$, it is well known that for every $$\mathcal{A}$$-measurable function $$ƒ : \Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$ the set $$\mathcal{E}(f)=\{p\in(0,+\infty):f\in \mathcal{L}^{p}(\mu)\}$$ is always an interval, possibly degenerate, but, in general, it cannot be any given interval $$I\subseteq(0,+\infty)$$. Thus we consider the problem of characterizing those measure spaces for which $$\mathcal{E}(f)$$ can be an arbitrary subinterval of $$(0, +\infty)$$. We show that they are precisely the measure spaces such that there is no inclusion between different $$\mathcal{L}^{p}$$ spaces.
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Alexis Akira Toda
In statistics and econometrics, the equivalence between matrix inequalities $$A\geq B\Leftrightarrow B-1\geq A-1$$ is used to obtain a lower bound on the variance matrix, where $$A$$ and $$B$$ are symmetric and positive definite. The same property holds for linear operators on Hilbert spaces that are bijective, self-adjoint, and positive definite. I give a short and elementary proof of this fact.
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1PM, December 6, 2015 Greenville, North Carolina
Follow the Road to a Good Cause!
The Reindeer Dash for Cash is a fundraising event to benefit the Captain Christopher Cash Memorial Foundation of NC, Inc. All proceeds are awarded as college scholarships at East Carolina University, Pitt Community College, NCNG Association Educational Foundation, and NC Wesleyan College.
Each year, the foundation offers deserving students the financial assistance needed to pursue a higher education and the accompanying rewards of learning and character development achieved through hard work and dedication of earning a professional degree.
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Last week Da Vinci Private Equity Fund II, a Russian investment fund focused on financial infrastructure in Russia and the former Soviet Union, announced it had acquired a 63% stake in ITinvest, a major Russian online broker established in 2000.
The amount of the transaction has not been disclosed, but Vladimir Kochetkov, the president of Finam, a sizable Russian financial company, has estimated it at "around $30-50 million," the Russian business daily Vedomosti reported.
The broker's existing shareholders – which own the remaining 37% – include Russian Funds Investment Group, a 15-year-old Russian multisector financial holding with a focus on M&A and asset management, which bought into ITinvest in 2007, as well as ITinvest's management team.
A part of the transaction amount will go to developing the company, which aims to upgrade its online brokerage platform to a newly sophisticated level and offering direct access to the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) as well as a number of other services.
"New products will be simple, technology-intensive and inexpensive, and will help clients gain expertise in working with the ITinvest platform, leveraging innovation, speed and other technological advantages of the company," said Oleg Zhelezko, managing partner at Da Vinci Capital, commenting on their shared strategy with ITinvest.
Based in Moscow and St. Petersburg, ITinvest has "one of the best IT solutions for clients," according to Finam's Kochetkov. Included are a proprietary MatriX trading system, SmartX next-gen trading terminal and other software products that serve an estimated 8,000 retailers and institutional customers.
Da Vinci is a fairly young investor. Just last month it completed its first round of funding, having raised 50% of its target $200 million capital, including an initial $30 million from the EBRD in 2013. The Fund invests in Russian, Kazakh and other companies of the region in the fields of financial infrastructure and payment processing, targeting yearly returns of over 30%.
Sources: ITInvest, Da Vinci Capital Management, Vedomosti
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text: VOORHEES, N.J. -- All it took to get some Flyers on the ice at Skate Zone on Tuesday was Scott Hartnell's credit card. The power forward rented a week's worth of ice. Because NHL players are locked out, they can't use any part of the Flyers facilities but, like the public, they can rent ice. Ten Flyers plus some prospects skated in the morning for about 90 minutes.