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Mike Cammalleri a Possibility?
Forget it. Mike Cammalleri coming to Montreal could make sense. Let me tell you why it doesn't. He is the type of guy you will see put in a strong effort. Night after night after night this guy continues to contribute offensively to the Los Angeles hockey club. The Kings want this guy to stay; but wouldn't it make sense that since LA needs a goalie, and soon, we could give them one of our many goaltenders? Think again. Cristobal Huet is injured which puts Gainey and the Montreal Canadiens in a position where they cannot deal a goaltender unless Cristobal comes back, or Jaroslav Halak pulls off a Ken Dryden fairytale. Then we would be able to trade either Huet or Aebischer. That is, however, a little too perfect these days since Halak has yet to play a single NHL game.
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Honoring Dr. Fisher
Happy Birthday to a Lincoln Park Zoo Legend!
Dr. Lester E. Fisher is a Lincoln Park Zoo legend. Hired as the zoo's first veterinarian in 1947, he was named director in 1962, beginning a 30-year tenure that transformed the zoo. With the Lincoln Park Zoological Society, Dr. Fisher introduced a new emphasis on education and conservation while remaking zoo grounds to meet modern expectations for animal comfort and care.
Even in retirement, he continues to influence animal conservation and care. The zoo's world-class Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes reflects his longstanding dedication to our closest living relatives. Similarly, the recently established Dr. Lester E. Fisher Director of Veterinary Medicine Endowment supports the zoo's efforts to care for all its animals, big and small.
As Dr. Fisher celebrates his 90th birthday, we're honoring his impressive legacy. Join us for a celebration on February 24—or share your birthday message in the field below.
Join the Celebration
Join us at 10:30 a.m. on February 24 at Regenstein Center for African Apes to celebrate Dr. Fisher's Lincoln Park Zoo legacy. Guests can offer their best wishes with an oversized birthday card as the chimpanzees and gorillas join the fun with a piñata "cake" and "presents."
Share a Birthday Message with Dr. Fisher Below!
Happy 90th Birthday, Dr. Fisher! I have many great memories of watching you on The Ray Raynor Show, and I always looked forward to the "Ark in the Park" segment. I take my daughter to Lincoln Park Zoo often, and I think of you when we are there. God bless you, and may you enjoy much happiness and good health! Thank you for touching my life and creating wonderful memories that I can pass along to my daughter!
Happy Birthday Dr Lester Fischer!! I always enjoyed your segments on Ray Rayner's. they were great memories for me. thank you for the memories and the experience.
Dr. Fisher, happy birthday and thanks for giving us so much through Lincoln Park Zoo. My father loved to tell a story about the zoo that dates back to the early 1960s. He was a pediatrician at Children's Memorial and he recalled that one night a special patient from Lincoln Park Zoo was brought in for xrays or some other treatment. I can't recall what the procedure was and what specific primate, but that was a Chicago moment my father always treasured.
Dr. Fisher: I have many great memories from watching you on Ray Rayner's Show way back when. Thank you for everything you have done for the animals! It was great seeing you on WGN news this morning. Happy birthday! You look great!!
Dear Dr. Fisher, Happy birthday....thank you for all you did to make me appreciate the amazing zoo that we have here. I am now lucky enough to work a couple blocks away and we come all the time with out students. I hope you have an amazing day and party ! Laura Steenveld-Hamilton
Happy birthday, Dr. Fisher. Ark in the Park was one of the brightest spots on TV for my children (and for me) those many years ago. Son #3 was and is a special fan of yours and he is now 50!. Never mind how old I am. Enjoy your day as much as we have enjoyed you and your love for the animals !
Happy 90th Birthday Dr. Fisher!!! I looked forward to and loved watching you on Ray Rayner and Bozo as a kid!! God Bless You and may your birthday be as special to you as you are to all of us!!!
Happy Birthday Dr Fisher. Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the great places to visit in Chicago and a true legacy to you as well. May it always remain free to everyone so people can come and learn about and enjoy animals.
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher, You always managed to bring the zoo to me even when I could not be there.
Happy Birthday, Dr. Fisher! I remember you from your first veterinarian job in Berwyn. I was 9 and had a new dog, and you were so gentle and sweet with her. I remember your voice when you talked to our dog--such love and kindness that I will never forget you. Wishing you many more happy birthdays and all the good memories to share with those of us lucky enough to have known you when...
A VERY HAPPY 90th Birthday to our former veterinarian!! You took care of our darling Daisy (dog) many years ago when we lived in Stickney, IL. Also, wanted you to know that we just returned from a brief trip to Tempe, AZ, where we visited our dear family friend, Emilie Saxl. Your ears should have been ringing for it happens that we talked about you with her. We found that you are related to the late George Saxl, whom we know since he began dating Emilie, what a small world! We wish you the very best and many more happy and healthy years to you. Very Sincerely and with Best Wishes, Len and Toni Votava
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher! I grew up watching your segments on the Ray Raynor show and always looked forward to seeing you. I still sing the theme song to myself when I'm in a good mood! I wish you many more birthdays to come! Thank you!
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher - My mother grew up watching you and shared your information with me. Today is my birthday as well, and I am interested in animals, sharks in particular. I am thinking that I will investigate your conservation research and see if this interests me. Thank you for your hard work in Chicago. Many more happy years.
Dear Dr. Fisher, I hope you have a great birthday and many, many more. Thank you so much for the years of visits on "Ark in the Park" and your wonderful work with all of Lincoln Park Zoo's residents
Happy Birthday! I grew up watching you on the Ray Rayner Show and absolutely was in awe of the wonderful relationship you had with the animals. My first visit to Lincoln Park Zoo was because I wanted to see the animals that I would see on the show. Thank you so much for the years of fun and more importantly the education!!!
Happy Birthday Les! Many happy returns of the day! Warm wishes, Susan and Chuck
Happy Birthday, Dr. Fisher! Thank you for being a treasured part of my childhood! Ark in the Park was my favorite show segment on WGN, and that's saying a lot because you worked with the wonderful Ray Rayner who I was fortunate to have met later. Thanks for your animal advocacy, conservation efforts, and educating viewers. Have the best birthday ever!
A very happy birthday to you. Your "Ark in the Park" was one of my favorite segments during the years when my daughter was a child. Your contributions, not only to the zoo, but to those of us who were fortunate enough to see you on television, are priceless. Thank you for all you did to help the animal world.
I took my little girl there as often as possible when she was growing up.. we may have even passed by you during one of our many strolls around the grounds. Seeing all those magnificent animals instilled in us both a love and respect for all living things that has endured throughout our lives. My daughter is now in her thirties with a 3 year old daughter of her own. We will pass down what we have learned and that is that it takes extraordinary people like you, to bring attention to what really matters in life. Wildlife and a healthy ecosystem is more important than iphones and movies and fast food and fashion.... Thank You for ALL you did for the animals at the zoo and around the world. God Bless you on your 90th Birthday, Dr. Fisher!
Happy Birthday to you and of course many many more. What memories our family has with your teaching about animals and the kind way you always appeared to them. Hope you are in good health and happy ;
Happy Birthday Dr.Fisher. I grew up watching Ark in the Park and it just reinforced my love for animals. I visited Lincoln Park Zoo often as a kid and it is still my favorite zoo. Now I take my grandkids there. Best Wishes to you.
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher!
Happy 90 Dr. Fisher thanks for caring so much for all the animals of our world.
You'll always be in my heart as part of my chicago childhood-love you and have a great birthday!
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher! I remember watching you as a child on the Ray Raynor show and how you brought the zoo to my living room! Thank you you for your dedication to the Lincoln Park Zoo and educating the youth about God's amazing creatures!
Happy Birthday Dr. Fischer! I hope your day is filled with special memories, just like the ones you have left us with from watching you on Ray Rayner. Enjoy your special day!!!
Happy Birthday. Many memories of waching Ray Rayner and Bozo with my children. You were informative and so caring with the animals. Thank you.
Thank you for a wonderful zoo! Happy Birthday, enjoy your day!
Dear Dr. Fisher, You inspired me with your love of animals, and I really enjoyed watching and learning from you. Because of you I was able to share that love and information with all of my students. Lincoln Park Zoo really benefited from your leadership. My grandchildren now enjoy their many visits there. Thank you for all that you did, and Happy Birthday!
Dear Dr. Fisher, As a child, I loved watching you on the Ray Rayner show and loved all your visits with the animals. You are truly to be admired for all the work you do with animals and I hope you have a very Happy Birthday.
Dr. Fisher, Happy Birthday to you and God Bless You for all your good work. You made this former grade school student happy to get up in the morning to see what animals you would bring to the Ray Rayner Show. You started me and others I'm sure on a life long love of animals and the thirst for the wonders of the world out there. You have no idea just how much you were able to bring to small town kids with no access to the things you presented on TV. You still look fantastic to me! Thanks again.
To my mentor and leader in the veterinary field ...... Happy, Happy, Birthday.
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher! I grew up watching you on Ray Rayner. Thank you for the great childhood memories!
Happy Birthday! Both my daughter and I have fond memories of the Zoo and your visits on the Ray Rayner Show. Thanks for all you have done for the Zoo.
Happy birthday Dr. Fisher! My grandpa was the curator of the reptile house and he had such wonderful stories to tell of you and the zoo. Thank you!
I worked at the zoo when I was about 15 years of age. What was your grandfather name? I may remember him.
Terry (Kucinski) Dalla Valle
Dear Dr. Fisher: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! My husband and I both grew up watching you on the Ray Rayner Show.
Thanks for sharing many years with our family. Thanks to you my children learned and still show respect to animals. One of them is 43 today. Blessings for Many Happy Birthday's.
Happy 90th Birthday Dr. Fisher, I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for all the TV memories with the animals.
Happy Birthday, DR. FISHER. Hope you have a wonderful day. I went to school with Kate. She was couple of years older then me at FWP. I remember you coming to the multi purpose room and bringing the animals from the zoo. Those were some great times being able to touch the animals and being able to see them up so close.
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher!! I grew up on a beef cattle/various other critter farm in Northwest Indiana so I always loved when you would show farm animals to the kids from the city. I also learned so much about other animals from your show Ark in the Park. Animals were my life and I sponged up every bit of information you shared. Thank you so much for all the work, time and enthusiasm that you put into the zoo and the show. You've been a wonderful teacher to us all. Happy Birthday! Sandy Matter
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher Best Wishes Alway from Your Friends Cigar John Strangaritch, Former Lincoln Park Zookeeper for 30 Plus Years and Ed Yankoe THE BEST HOOFSTOCK TEAM!!!!
Just read your rely for Dr. Fisher's 90th Birthday. I worked as a zoo leader there in 1963-65 I may remember you. My name was Terry Kucinski is was around 15 when I starting working as a volunteer there. I worked with Pat Sass, Pat Dorr (Samarco) Susie Rhodes, and Marge Seymour. I also knew Tony Martinez, Dick Richer, Roy Smith, Dick Sloan and others. I am 63 now and living in WI near the Dells.
Just want to talk about old times at LPZ
I am Marge Seymour's nephew. I thought you might like to know that lung cancer took her life on 16 Nov 2012. My sister and I brought her out to Puyallup, WA almost 3 years ago to have her closer to family during her last years. At the time, she was told that she had less than 18 months to live. Her stubborn will helped her go way past the time limit set by the doctors. While she was here in Washington, she lived in a retirement home in the room next to her older sister, Ruth Cook. We lost Mom in July, and now, Marge.
Thank you Mr. Cook. I work with your aunt when I was 15 years old. She was also a hard worker and a great animal lover. She loved to take care of her baby animals and nurse them to be independent aduluts.\
I sorry to hear about her death. I keep in contact with Pat Sass here in WI.
Love to hear more about your aunt.
Terry Dalla Valle
That's sad news, Mike, but thank you for sharing it.
Happy Birthday Dr. Fisher My hubby and I grew up with you and both me and my hubby started singing the song to the your show that you and Ray Rayner had at the beginning of the show. Thanks for wonderful memories and making our childhood such a happy place - we love animals - and you helped us to understand and want to learn all about them. Thank you for being CHICAGO's one and only. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DR. FISHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU Our Collie says "WOOF WOOF Dr. Fisher"
Dear Dr.Fisher Thank You for the memories and have a wonderful birthday
Loved watching you as I was growing up. You haven't changed over the years and can't believe you are 90! You look awesome! Thanks for being such a friend of the animals!!! Happy Birthday!!
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Our federal government faces many challenges two wars, double-digit unemployment and a massive imbalance between government spending and revenues, to name a few. But the biggest challenge of all may be fixing the process by which government tackles big challenges.
When we surveyed members of the Senior Executive Service, the elite ranks of federal managers, for our book, 60 percent said the government was less capable of executing large projects today than it was 30 years ago. When your own team tells you things aren't working, that should be a huge wake-up call.
The underlying cause of the problem is systemic the process by which government tackles large undertakings is broken. But instead of working to improve the process, our leaders are holding a national "blame-storming" contest.
Unless we get past the shouting to look under the hood, the problems will continue.
In the 1940s, Edwards Deming, a pioneer of total quality management, went against the conventional wisdom of that time when he taught manufacturing companies that "the worker is not the problem." For Deming, understanding the system was critical to fixing the source of errors. Successful companies, such as Toyota, are fanatical about improving the systems through which they create value. They know that the only way to generate great results with average workers is to have great systems. (Unless you're located in Lake Woebegone, your workers are going to be pretty average.) Systems become even more important the more complex and interrelated the firm's processes become.
What about the extraordinarily complex systems of government? Can an approach such as Deming's help us to better diagnose why some government initiatives succeed and others fail? To find out, we studied more than 75 major initiatives since World War II. We found that like putting a man on the moon, all large public undertakings are a journey. Regardless of the specifics, every government initiative follows a predictable path, a series of steps that we call, somewhat optimistically, the journey to success.
There are lots of ways an initiative can fail, but to succeed the following must occur: You need a good idea, well-designed legislation, political support and strong implementation. Ultimately, a project will be judged on the results it produces.
Today, this process by which we travel from idea to results is too often broken. Those with opposing viewpoints are shut out. Bills are designed for political calculations instead of to work in the real world. Lawmakers celebrate the passing of a bill instead of waiting to see the results. Implementers don't take all the necessary precautions against how an initiative can fail. And re-evaluation of an initiative is seldom done. The results are depressing: Iraq, Katrina, the Big Dig.
To restore a legacy of competence, we first have to take the process of getting big things done in government more seriously.
The successful initiatives we examined from the Marshall Plan to acid rain reduction to putting a man on the moon managed to get the process right. In each case, proponents took time to listen to opposing viewpoints and often incorporated these into the program's design. Lawmakers saw themselves as crafting a design that needed to work in the real world, so sponsors allowed for thoughtful debate, rather ramming their bill through. Once the bill was passed, a political champion recruited a strong manager to lead the implementation, one chosen for managerial ability rather than politics.
The successful implementers we studied took the possibility of failure seriously. They established a dedicated unit to manage the launch, and often tested the program design in smaller pilots before rolling it out more broadly.
Our nation has a proud history of great achievements. Our future, however, is in doubt. To recapture our legacy of accomplishment, we need to rethink the process by which government tackles big challenges.
William D. Eggers is global director of Deloitte's Public Sector research program. John O'Leary is a research fellow at the Ash Institute of the Harvard Kennedy School. Their new book is "If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government."


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A fundraiser event held on June 27, 2010. At Grieco Elementary School, Englewood, NJ. Proceeds will benefit the cause of Zimele USA.
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Malcolm Marker1, D.I. Kline2, W.J. Kirkwood3, K. Headley3 P.G. Brewer3, E.T. Peltzer3, T. Miard2,
A. Chai2, M. James1, K. Schneider4, J. Silverman5, K. Caldeira4, J.R. Koseff6,
S. Monismith6 B.Opdyke7, R. Dunbar6, R. White1, S. Dove2 & O. Hoegh-Guldberg2
1: University of Queensland, brisbane, Australia.
2: Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
3: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey, California, USA.
4: Carnegie Institution, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, California, USA.
5: Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd., Haifa, Israel.
6: Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
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Ocean acidification is driven by increasing atmospheric CO2 and represents a key threat to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and other coral reefs globally. Previous investigations have depended on studies in aquaria that are compromised by reduced ecological complexity and buffering capacity, and problems associated with containment. These aquaria studies also include artifacts such as artificial flow, light, temperature, and water quality conditions. In order to avoid these issues a new technology was needed for in situ science. This need was the driver behind development of the Free Ocean Carbon Enrichment (FOCE) approach. FOCE is similar in approach to the Free Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) experiments pursued on land for almost two decades. FOCE as a systems concept was developed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) to perform controlled in situ studies on the effects of increased carbon dioxide on ocean environments. FOCE systems inject carbon dioxide enriched water into the desired control volume to lower the environmental pH to a specified value.
The challenge of maintaining reef conditions while manipulating the carbonate chemistry further advanced the FOCE concept. A shallow water reef version of FOCE was needed to perform this research at the University of Queensland. Working with MBARI the University of Queensland developed the Coral Proto - Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (CP-FOCE) system. Although the CP-FOCE does not differ conceptually from the original FOCE it is different in a couple of respects. First, it requires that a region of the coral flat be semi-enclosed in the chamber section of CP-FOCE. This allows the required amount of CO2 to be optimised. Second, by closing the enclosure off fully for a short time, the oxygen levels and carbonate chemistry can be accurately measured to determine net production/respiration as well as the calcification/dissolution rates of the organisms living within the chamber.
In this paper we present the engineering details of the CP-FOCE system design. This paper details the unique engineering design and challenges of the CP-FOCE system The paper briefly outlines the chemical and biological requirements that provided the technical specifications for CP-FOCE to successfully study the impacts of the changing water chemistry on the physiology of calcareous reef organisms including corals and calcareous algae. We have also a brief outline of the methods used to perform measurements of calcification and dissolution rates. Additionally, we include discussion on production and respiration rates in CP-FOCE systems when maintained at ambient and two different increased pCO2 scenarios. We present technical results of this first deployment and address future plans for modifications and deployments of CP-FOCE. Forthcoming peer reviewed papers will describe the biological, chemical, and geochemical responses.
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Summer School keeps gap at bayLow-income students especially lose ground
A couple hundred middle school students will set up their camcorders and interview state legislators at the Capitol tomorrow, asking about their fondest summer memories. The recordings will be uploaded to a website called "Summer Matters to You." It's not simply a higher tech version of "What I did on my Summer Vacation" – there's a slight ulterior motive. The students are part of National Summer Learning Day, and the recordings are also meant to promote summer school by showing the academic, cultural, and financial schism that separates kids when summer starts. Many public officials aren't aware of it.
While middle-income kids may go to camp or on family vacations or even spend time over the summer reading, that's not how it is for many low-income kids, said Jennifer Peck, executive director of the Oakland-based Partnership for Children and Youth, which is coordinating tomorrow's program at the Capitol. They often have no structured time and almost never have the opportunity to apply the lessons of the school year at museums and national parks or through travel. So events are taking place around the country Tuesday to highlight a growing body of research pointing to summer as the time when the academic achievement gap grows wider and more formidable.
The Rand Corporation and The Wallace Foundation released the newest report last week "Making Summer Count: How summer programs can boost children's learning." Researchers Jennifer Sloan McCombs and Catherine Augustine analyzed studies and costs, and conducted phone interviews and site visits. What they found shouldn't really be surprising, but it still shocks.
Summer losses compound
"By the end of summer, students perform, on average, one month behind where they left off in the spring," they wrote. "Of course, not all students experience 'average' losses. Summer learning loss disproportionately affects low-income students."
But that's not the worst of it, said Catherine Augustine when we spoke about the research. She said the most disturbing finding is that this learning loss is cumulative. "So each summer kids fall further and further behind."
Their report calls out the work of Johns Hopkins sociology professor Karl Alexander, who describes the summer learning loss as a problem of "monumental proportions." His research shows that while low- and middle-income kids learn at about the same pace during the school year, they go in opposite directions over the summer. He estimates that a full two-thirds of the achievement gap that appears in ninth grade can be attributed to summer learning loss.
"This is pretty definitive what's going on here for kids, and summer needs to be front and center piece of the puzzle when we're addressing the achievement gap," said Jennifer Peck of Partnership for Children and Youth.
She emailed over a graph she described as the best illustration of what happens to kids during the summer, especially low-income kids. On it, the red line representing middle-income and higher-wealth students is making a steady increase, while the blue line below it, depicting low-income children, is zigging and zagging, but trending downward overall.
Summer school statistics hard to come by
The cultural and financial fissures that are less important during the school year become profound in the summer, when some kids go on family vacations to museums, historic sites, and parks, while others have very little scheduled time.
In 2008-09, the National Summer Learning Association commissioned a cursory scan of six California school districts to get a sense of what was happening with summer school. Of the cities they looked at, said Peck, only 27 percent of the students were enrolled in some kind of summer learning program. "The majority were in what we call 'self-care.'"
Statewide, nobody knows much about the prevalence of summer school or the quality. The California Department of Education has all sorts of data on the achievement gap. They know how students in every school in the state score on the California Standards Test. They can compare those figures by race, gender, ethnicity, income, disabilities, and English language proficiency. Yet, no one collects information on how many districts run summer school or how many students attend.
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There may not be good figures, but everyone involved in the field believes the number of programs has been falling in recent years as schools use money that had been put into summer school to pay for basic necessities during the regular academic year.
The Packard Foundation stepped in to try to fill that vacuum. Packard is funding some California districts to improve their summer offerings. It tapped districts that were already running strong after-school programs, had a coordinator and some community partners in place, and were putting some of their supplemental instructional funds into summer programs.
They selected eight districts: Oakland, Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Francisco, Sacramento, Gilroy, Whittier, and Fresno – a mix of urban and rural districts. Fresno was one of the first, and its program with Packard has been under way for three years. Alix Frazer, director of after-school programs with the Fresno County Office of Education, says they do pre- and post-summer-school tests and preliminary results show some gains. "We are getting indications that it is helping the kids as they return to school," said Frazer.
What makes the Fresno program work is that it goes beyond the traditional summer school of three hours a day of math and English. It's a full-day program with enrichment activities so the kids get some summertime. There's a robotics program focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), and subjects such as sewing and designing clothes, fishing, canoeing, ropes courses, even college tours. Quite a bit of it is offered through collaboration with local community organizations.
The idea is to make the program enticing enough that students will want to spend six hours a day for five or six weeks of their summer in school. But districts shouldn't go overboard on the sizzle.
Last summer in Baltimore, more than 16,500 middle school students willingly and enthusiastically showed up for summer school to work on math, a jump of several thousand more students from the previous summer. It wasn't a love of variables that lured them away from riveting hours spent on video games, music, and hanging out; it was Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. The world record holder for gold medals, who runs a swim school in Baltimore, partnered with the city school district to provide swimming lessons for summer school students.
"It was mobbed," said Augustine, "but they weren't coming for the math."
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This happens to be my current area of employment — the San Francisco Summer Learning Network — and thank you for writing about it. I do want to point out that summer school isn't strictly the focus. The concept that the National Summer Learning Association promotes is that the kinds of enrichments that more-privileged young people experience all summer continue to build their minds, enhancing and reinforcing what they learned during the school year — and this means the activities they pursue for fun, excitement and stimulation, not just sitting at a desk learning academic lessons.
I coordinated a professional development day for 300 San Francisco summer youth program staff in May. Presentations covered topics such as building literacy into summer activities, "Finding Nature in Your Own Backyard," incorporating math into sports activities, effective field trips, and lots of arts and creativity topics with intentional learning built in. Exhibitors included science programs, cooking and gardening projects, a UCSF-run kayaking program taking young people on urban outings on Mission Creek, and many more — all set up to work with full summer programs serving urban youth, as opposed to pricey camps in which an individual family would enroll a child.
A popular program at one of the San Francisco summer sites funded by Packard has been a project in which students in grades 3-5 split into groups to explore and study a San Francisco neighborhood, researching the history, culture and current events in the neighborhood, and concluding by leading a hands-on activity for the full program that represents the neighborhood. The teacher who leads that program also shared his expertise with other summer program staff at the professional development day.
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Timberwolves center Ronny Turiaf is out indefinitely after suffering a right knee bone bruise in Wednesday's 104-91 win over the Indiana Pacers.
Meanwhile, center Nikola Pekovic (ankle) was able to do some drills Thursday and the team listed him as "day-to-day."
"He did some work on his own (Thursday) morning," Adelman said. "And we did some five-on-none and some drill work and will see how he feels (Friday)."
Without Turiaf and possiby Pekovic for an upcoming five-game road trip, Adelman said Kevin Love might have to play center in addition to Gorgui Dieng and Dante Cunningham.
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After 14 stormy years of marriage, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown are calling it quits for good!
Whitney, 43, has filed for legal separation in a California court, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively.
Using the name "Whitney Elizabeth" (her first and middle name), the "I Will Always Love You" singer filed the papers in the Orange County Superior Court on Sept. 8, citing irreconcilable differences.
Whitney has asked the court for custody of her and Bobby's 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
But the couple, who've had a rocky relationship throughout their marriage, won't be battling over their assets. A prenuptial agreement ensures that "all property is separate property" — so Whitney will easily walk away with the lion's share of the couple's fortune.
The Grammy-winning entertainer has also asked the court to relieve her of any spousal support to 37-year-old Bobby, who is identified in the papers by his first and middle name, "Robert Beresford."
Whitney and Bobby were married on July 18, 1992, but their troubles began shortly after the "I Do's" were said. They split up for the first time less than a year after the wedding.
In 1995, the two admitted to having "marital difficulties" and split up again.
Whitney and Bobby have each battled serious substance abuse problems throughout the marriage, with both doing stints in rehab clinics. Bobby has been charged with battery for abusing Whitney and has been caught cheating on multiple occasions.
In recent years, The ENQUIRER has exposed Whitney's serious cocaine addiction and how it's destroying her voice, career and already-troubled marriage.
When asked about his wife in January, Bobby told a group of female fans, "We ain't together no more. We're getting a divorce."
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Seton-La Salle senior outside hitters named All-WPIAL in Class AA girls' volleyball
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Seton-La Salle seniors Toni and Tia Torchia have been lauded as WPIAL girls' volleyball all-stars in the Class AA division.
Toni, a 5-foot-8 outside hitter, was a first-team selection, while Tia, a 5-7 outside hitter, was a second-team pick.
"They are two of the most competitive, aggressive and passionate volleyball players I've had the pleasure to coach," Kevin Hummert, Seton-La Salle's veteran head coach, said. "They had some tough family situations to deal with during their high school careers, but have done a remarkable job maturely handling these issues so that it rarely had an impact on themselves as volleyball players, or more importantly the team."
Along with starting as outside hitters for the Lady Rebels, both girls served, played all three back-row rotations, and were primary passers in serve-receive.
"I would consider Tia and Toni by far the two best athletes on the team," Hummert said. "That strong athletic base allowed them to develop into fundamentally strong volleyball players."
The Torchia twins were joined by four other seniors on this year's section-winning team at Seton-La Salle. The Lady Rebels won the Section 6-AA title with a 10-0 record, advanced to the WPIAL quarterfinals, and ended up 15-5 overall.
"The impact (the Torchias) had on the team is one that will be felt next year," Hummert said. "Their energy and love for the team were contagious and allowed our team to grow and bond, which ultimately led to a great deal of success for the Seton program over the past two years.
"Hopefully, these characteristics carry over to future generations of Seton volleyball players."
Both girls also are standout lacrosse players, and both plan to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
Toni will play volleyball next year; Tia will play lacrosse.
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Many ideas presented as "new" are just rehashes of old ideas that have been tried before . So it is no surprise that the recent "Growth and Opportunity Project" report to the Republican National Committee is a classic example of what previous generations called "Me too" Republicanism.
These are Republicans who think that the key to winning elections is to do more of what the Democrats are doing. In effect, they say "me, too" on issues such as immigration, in hopes of gaining more new votes than they lose by betraying their existing supporters.
In the wake of last year's presidential election debacle for the Republicans, the explanation preferred by "moderate" Republicans has been that the GOP has been too narrowly ideological, and needs to reach out to minorities, women and young people rather than just to conservatives.
A report from the "Growth and Opportunity Project," says that the Republicans' election problems have been at the national level.
The report to the Republican National Committee is on firmer ground when it says that national Republican candidates have not articulated their case very well.
Absolutely. It doesn't matter how good your case is, if you don't bother to articulate it so that voters understand you.
The heart of the report, however, is the argument that Republicans need to reach out to minorities, women and young people. With Hispanics and blacks becoming a growing proportion of the American population the Republicans are obviously in big trouble in future elections if they don't do something.
But if they do what this report advocates, they could be in even bigger trouble. They propose going through such organizations as the NAACP to reach black voters. But the kind of black voters that the Republicans have some hope of winning over are unlikely to be enthralled to the NAACP. It is the same story with Hispanics and Asian Americans.
However, if the GOP can reduce the Democrats' 80 percent of these groups' votes to 70 percent, that can swing elections.
When it comes to minority votes, the Democratic Party is much like Eastman Kodak during the long period when it sold the vast majority of the film and cameras in the country. How did its competitors manage to drive Kodak into bankruptcy?
Not by saying "me, too" while trying to imitate Kodak and trying to outdo Kodak with better film and better film cameras. But that approach requires a lot more thought than apparently went into this report. Polls and focus groups are not a substitute for thought.


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Mariah Carey has just launched her brand-new fragrance, Dreams. It's her fifth scent, so it shouldn't be surprising to learn that her passion for perfume is nearly as strong as her passion for singing.
"I humbly call myself a 'perfumer-in-training' because I love it so much," Mariah tells People magazine. "Almost as much as I love making music!"
Why does she love creating fragrances? "The process...is exhilarating, and it takes me to another place within my creative self," the singer explains.
When it comes to Dreams, Mariah incorporated some interesting blends of scents, including Madagascar vanilla, honeysuckle and -- get this -- salted caramel apple. Apparently, according to Mariah, the different scents "derive...from childhood to performing on the world's stage, to being in love, to feeling loved" and "help tell my story."
The Dreams bottle is shaped like a champagne flute, to reflect Mariah's "festive nature." It'll hit Kohl's stores in April, with prices starting at $39.
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Pointing out restrictions in using the name "Jesus" in film-making guides from over 80 years ago is really stretching the point.
The movie is made. The references are there. What we are talking about here is SyFy's reason for editing them selectively. This is nothing new for the company that now owns SyFy. Google "SyFy censorship" for a plethora of examples. You should see what they've done to the lesbian relationship in "Lost Girl."
is right to correct the OP though, SyFy's reasoning in this case is nothing to do with avoiding the mention of religion, but rather avoiding offending the sensibilities of the sort of Christian who might get upset by blasphemy. I'm sure they didn't have those particular guidelines in mind when they did it, but in this case they did it for the same reason the guidelines were written.
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This is why it would be a good idea to have a constitutional article guaranteeing free speech.
Not sure what point you are trying to make? I am sure you are aware that the USA has a constitution that makes such a provision, but it cannot force a private TV company to broadcast material they don't want to, and nor should it.
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All I can say about this warm-up is that it is about time! All of these wintry systems have made me a little tired of snowfall forecasts. I have nearly fallen out of love with the white stuff. I know we have all heard the excuse at some point in our lives from a girlfriend or boyfriend... "We just need time a part" In reality that always meant (in my own personal cases) "What I really want to do is test the waters with someone else and leave you here to fall back on" So I had a long chat with the snow and I said "Snow... I think we need time away from each other" what I really meant was "Let me see how this thing with the mild temps and sunshine works out. I'll probably be begging you back before you even knew I was gone!"
Since things are slowly calming down around here I think I will keep this rather brief and simple.
A warm front will begin swinging across Kentucky on Friday. This associated with a pretty strong area of high pressure will work together to bring the air from the south. The southerly winds will warm things up into the mid and upper 40s on Friday. Maybe even the low 50s for southern Kentucky where snow was a little more limited. Saturday looks to be quite possibly the best day coming our way. Partly cloudy with highs in the low to mid 50s.
Temps will stay warm all week next week. What could keep us inside and way from the warm temps could be the rain chances. We might even see some thunderstorms show up here in eastern Kentucky.
Now... let my affair with mild temps begin! It will be like a spring fling or something!
Fun stuff: This is still in the works and the details need some fine tuning.. but... I could be playing basketball with the Harlem Globetrotters coming up in April! Isn't that exciting??!?!?!? I am terrible, but I could be right there with them when they come to Corbin.
I'll keep you up-to-date on that
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Usually, no exams and tests are necessary. However, a medical evaluation may be completed to rule out medical causes of sleepwalking. Additionally, one may get a psychologic evaluation done to determine whether excessive stress or anxiety is the cause of sleepwalking.
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Sleepwalking, night terrors, and confusional arousals are all common non-REM sleep disorders that tend to overlap in some of their symptoms. A percentage of young children through mid adolescence will experience some or all of these behaviors.
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Los Angeles, CA -- A judge has rejected Laurence Fishburne's request for a three-year restraining order against a convicted felon who claims he owns Fishburne's home. The judge says she didn't think the man's conduct deserved a long restraining order.
Mark Francisco went to Fishburne's home on New Year's Day and threatened to evict him and his family. Fishburne's attorney and security guard say he felt threatened because Francisco was upset and waving an umbrella.
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Egypt on Tuesday released Al Jazeera journalist Abdullah Al-Shamy, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly five months in protest over his detention.
Al-Shamy, who works for the main Arabic channel of the Qatar-based network, was arrested on August 14 when police dispersed supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, sparking clashes that left hundreds killed.
The journalist has been on hunger strike since January 21, according to his family.
On Tuesday, Al-Shamy - dressed in a white prison uniform and looking frail - walked out of a police station in Cairo's neighbourhood of Nasr City, according to an AFP correspondent at the scene, a day after the prosecutor general ordered his release due to his health condition.
Al-Shamy's family told AFP in May that he had shed 40kg since he began the hunger strike.
Twelve other defendants were also ordered released by the prosecutor on Monday over their health conditions.
Friends and relatives - including his mother, his wife and one of his brothers - waiting for Al-Shamy outside the police station chanted his name and clapped their hands in celebration of his release.
Al Jazeera expressed its "relief " in a statement issued swiftly after Al-Shamy's release.
"Abdullah has been through a terrible ordeal for over ten months. He will want to spend time with his family and recuperate", the network said, adding that it "looked forward to seeing him back in action, doing the vital job of journalism that he so clearly loves."
The military-installed authorities have been incensed by Al Jazeera's coverage of their crackdown on Morsi supporters, in which more than 1 400 people have been killed in street clashes and at least 15 000 jailed.
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It's now time to start the first-annual Salute of Champions! Today, we'll countdown from #25-#21.
#25: Dante Constable ("WWTBAM")
He was the last contestant of the last regular week of shows from the show's now-defunct Play It! attraction from Walt Disney World. When he entered the hot seat, he had to follow two straight contestants who won $100,000 earlier. He got off to a good start, answering the first nine questions without using a lifeline. He had to use the 50:50 to get to $25,000. At $50,000, he asked the audience to his advantage, as they mostly knew that the number of cars that start a NASCAR race is 43. After passing the first $100,000 question, he immediately knew that the President that was not born before John F. Kennedy was Jimmy Carter. He faced this $250,000 question, with the phone lifeline left:
What element, like water, has an unusual physical property that causes it to expand when it freezes?
A: Silicon
B: Polonium
C: Bismuth
D: Flourine
He thinks its A, but calls Michael, who doesn't help him at all. Thinking he would be steamed if he walked away and having A as the right answer, he went for it and was ruled incorrect. The answer was deemed to be C. However, as it turned out, there were two correct answers to this question, and his answer of A was also correct, so he was awarded the $250,000 and brought back in early September of this season to go for $500,000. He was stumped on that question, so he walked with the $250,000.
#24- Dr. Jeff Bernstein ("World Series of Blackjack")
This doctor won the $500,000 top prize on the third season of this event. At the time, this was the second-biggest win in GSN history.
#23- Robert and Natasha Purdum ("Wheel of Fortune")
On the first day of "Sweethearts Week", which is the same week responsible for producing the show's all-time winners with over $146,000, this couple won $132,000 in cash, setting a new one-day record for the show. They got to $32,000 in the maingame after solving the final Speed-Up puzzle for $30,000. They won the $100,000 grand prize when Robert was able to solve RISKY MOVE in the bonus round. This record wouldn't last long, however.
#22- Tom Kavanaugh ("Jeopardy!")
This writer from St. Louis became only the second eight-time champion in the show's history (the other was Ken Jennings, of course), and won $144,602 during his run. He returned for the Tournament of Champions in May, but was eliminated in the first round, and added another $5,000 to his winnings, for a final total of $149,602.
#21- Michael Falk ("Jeopardy!")
Although he was only a three-day champion during his original stay on the show, he pulled off the upset by winning the Tournament of Champions over Vik Vaz and Bill McDonald to win the $250,000 and win over $300,000 total.
Tomorrow, #20-16 is revealed.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Salute of Champions 2006: Day 1
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Out of the mouths of babes and British Colonels (hat-tip):
We have exactly the same problem [as Israel] ourselves when, for example, we are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, and of course we have to use aerial weapons like artillery and white phosphorus, and we do use those weapons, even in areas that do have a certain amount of civilian population.
Richard Kemp, speaking on Radio 4s The World Tonight, is an army veteran of 30 years who commanded British forces in Afghanistan in 2003, and was a senior adviser to the Government on military issues, according to the programme. The practice hes describing the use of indiscriminate conventional and chemical weapons in civilian areas is, of course, a major war crime.


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A Yelp Exec Explains How the Review System Works
Jim Cory / REMODELING / April 1, 2013
Q&A With Morgan Remmers, Yelp's Manager of Local Business Outreach
REMODELING: Does Yelp have an official policy on rewards?
Morgan Remmers: We do. We discourage review solicitation or rewards to customers for writing reviews.
RM: What's the reasoning behind that policy?
MR: We find that business owners create an unintentional bias. They want to incentivize or reward customers who are happy. It prohibits people from coming to the site; they don't feel they can trust the information.
RM: How do you know that the review posted on Yelp has been solicited or that a reward has been paid for it?
MR: We have two controls. One is our review filter. The filter looks at a number of different objectives and data points. We created the filter shortly after Yelp was launched. We are looking for illicit reviews as well as reviews that someone has paid to have written.The second piece consists of people here who evaluate the reviews. We want only the most reliable and useful information about a business on our site, so that people come back.
RM: Many remodelers ask their customers to review them on sites like Yelp. Do you consider that a solicitation?
MR: There's a big difference between telling the customer: Hey, we're on Yelp versus saying: Hey, I am on Yelp, write me a review, here's my laptop.


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Basketball: Reggie Miller, Don Nelson lead Hall of Fame class
Published April 2, 2012 2:13 pm
Career honors • Ralph Sampson, Jamaal Wilkes among others who make the cut.
This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2012, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Five-time NBA All-Star Reggie Miller and all-time winningest NBA coach Don Nelson highlight the class of inductees to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame that was announced Monday morning.
The 12 honorees will be inducted Sept. 7 in Springfield, Mass.
In addition to Miller and Nelson, referee Hank Nichols, three-time Naismith award winner Ralph Sampson and UCLA and NBA star Jamaal Wilkes were inducted by the North American committee.
Other honorees include the first pro women's basketball team the All American Red Heads, decorated Olympian Katrina McClain, Russian coach Lidia Alexeeva, color-barrier breaker Don Barksdale, ABA star Mel Daniels, 76ers player Chet Walker and Nike chairman Phil Knight.