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BOSTON — Hello, baseball world. Meet your next American idol, Matt Holliday.
The Rockies slugger is the real green monster in this World Series, because his audition as the game's next megastar begins now, and it's going to make the 27-year-old Holliday filthy rich.
"You can't win unless you have some superstars, and Matt Holliday has moved to that level," Colorado general manager Dan O'Dowd said Tuesday. "Inevitably, he's going to make a lot of money in this game. That's the reward of the game."
In a sport where championships are for sale and this Fall Classic can be depicted as a class struggle between big money and working-class magic, Holliday cannot lose.
This guy was born to be a smash hit on baseball's biggest stage. Who's afraid of the big, bad Green Monster in storied Fenway Park? Not Holliday, who said: "It's just a wall. It's just taller than the rest of 'em."
When the Red Sox fail to get Holliday out, they can start scheming to buy him out, when the slugger becomes a free agent at the conclusion of the 2009 season.
"What the future holds, I don't know. We do control him for the next two years," said O'Dowd, who will try to encourage Holliday to put down roots in Colorado, but won't sign a blank check.
Of all the unforgettable images from 21 remarkable Colorado wins in 22 games, here's one important scene the television cameras missed.
On a September evening in Los Angeles, as the Rockies defeated the Dodgers, super agent Scott Boras watched from the box seats near home plate, while gently bouncing one of Holliday's young children on his knee.
Boras is cursed so often in baseball circles, you'd swear his name had four letters. But there is no smarter man in the game.
Holliday will be marketed as more than a .340 hitter with serious pop in his bat. This is a made-for-TV hero, perfect for a starring role on a regional sports network, Boras told me weeks ago, before the legend of Holliday grew with his head-first slide into the playoffs or his homer that put the exclamation point on the Rockies' drive to the World Series.
By the way, did we mention the contract of Boston left fielder Manny Ramirez expires after next season?
Although the Red Sox do hold club options at $20 million per year on Ramirez through 2010, Holliday could make New Englanders forget Manny being Manny as fast as they could raise a glass of Sam Adams to toast their new slugger.
So what figures to be the going rate for Holliday? Multiply $20 million by seven years.
And that game figures to be too rich for Rockies ownership to play.
Holliday, who genuinely loves his teammates, is not a puppet on the string of Boras. But, in a sport where salaries are just another way to keep score, who in Colorado could fault Holliday if he moved to greener pastures in two years?
It's hard to keep lightning in a bottle, although everyone from franchise owner Dick Monfort to O'Dowd promises to bring back the core of the NL champs to defend their crown in 2008.
Bravo to the Rockies, who have proved wrong their many doubters, including myself, by reaching the World Series with a team payroll of $54 million, chump change compared to the $143 million Boston spent on David Ortiz, Curt Schilling and an all-star cast to win the American League.
"We are a team, not just a collection of individuals, and that's where payroll doesn't have anything to do with it," O'Dowd said.
A Colorado upset in the World Series would be the biggest victory for the little guys since the upstart Florida Marlins toppled the evil Yankees empire in 2003, behind the strong young arm of fearless pitcher Josh Beckett.
But what did Beckett do after he celebrated at Disneyland? He lived happily ever after, now pulling down a $6.6 million salary as Boston's ace.
"We won't let any player become bigger than the team, because it will ruin the very essence of what we are," O'Dowd said.
Every time Holliday steps to the plate at Coors Field during October, it sends chills down the spine when the ballpark rocks with chants of "M-V-P!"
What will those same fans be chanting, however, if the Rockies are forced to trade Holliday rather than watch him walk away, because Colorado cannot afford to keep baseball's next American idol?
"Dollars are important to all these guys," O'Dowd said. "But I think Matty clearly knows money is not going to define happiness for him. He's married to a great wife, he's a very grounded person and they have two beautiful children. Matty's got a lot going for himself. And he will have to make some very difficult decisions as he moves forward with his career."
Right here, right now, Holliday is enjoying the magic, not counting the money. These Rockies are a band of brothers. All for one. None for himself.
"As the rewards of the game get greater and the trappings of fame get greater, keeping that feeling becomes a challenge," O'Dowd said. "We'll see."
Fairy tales can come true.
In baseball, the hero always gets paid in the end.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Municipal leaders from across the state gathered in one room of the legislative office building to heap praise on Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget.
A few feet away and a half hour later, Republican local officials came together to criticize the governor's proposal.
"We certainly want to applaud him for the enhanced revenue options that he's providing in the budget,'' Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton said. "We want to thank him for his forthrightness and candor in today's speech. But let's be clear about what's been proposed.''
Boughton and the other Republicans say Malloy's plan to give .10 of the 6.35 sales tax on retail purchases won't offset other potential losses. "While it's nice to say all these different revenue streams may back fill that dollars [lost], we're still not sure about that,' said Boughton, who was his party's nominee for lieutenant governor in 2010.'
And Torrington Mayor Ryan Bingham said Malloy's budget has plenty of pain for the state's residents. "This budget helps ... municipalities but hurts the residents that live in those towns and cities,'' he said.
At the earlier press conference, the reaction was far more positive. Local leaders affiliated with the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities greeted Malloy's proposal with enthusiasm,
"We heard a lot of difficult choices and difficult proposals today but one of the things we did hear is a governor who's committed to making towns and cities a priority,'' said Simsbury First Selectwoman Mary Glassman, a Democrat who ran for both governor and lieutenant governor in 2010. "We're very grateful that we're not going to be balancing the long term deficit of the state on the backs of local property owners.''
Several of the leaders at the CCM press conference praised Malloy, the former mayor of Stamford, for keeping his campaign pledges and not forgetting his roots. They also praised his commitment to education funding, including the state's willingness to fill the void that will be left when federal stimulus dollars disappear.
Added Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch: "[Malloy] still thinks like a mayor and its evident in this budget.''
The officials were asked to name one aspect of Malloy's budget that they did not like. Barbara Henry, first selectman of the tiny Litchfield County town of Roxbury, cited the lack of attention to unfunded mandates.
"I did not hear anything about mandate relief and that concerns me,'' said Henry, a Republican who attended both press conferences.

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USACE team receives international award
Posted 11/10/2011
By Eugene Pawlik
Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Holcim Foundation recognized a 26-person multidisciplinary team from the U.S Army Corps of Engineers for their work on a net zero implementation plan for Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The foundation honored the team during a ceremony Oct. 20 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
The USACE team received an Acknowledgement Award in the North American category of the 3rd International Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction, an international competition. The team's entry, "Energy water and waste efficient military installation, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.," was one of 6,065 original international entries submitted for awards consideration for sustainable construction projects to be potentially built in 146 countries.
From the original entries, 2,251 met the formal criteria for the competition and were assessed by independent regional juries of esteemed representatives from science, business and society. Entries in the competition were judged based on five target issues:
Innovation and transferability
Ethical standards and social equity
Environmental quality and resource efficiency
Economic performance and compatibility
Contextual and aesthetic impact
Together, the target issues "address the triple bottom line of economic, environmental and social factors together with architectural quality and the potential to apply the innovation in other locations," according to the Holcim Foundation.
The USACE entry is described as a replicable pilot project for an Army base in Missouri to change the planning of all 280 American military installations to a state of net positive energy, net zero water use and net zero waste. The project reflects the specific requirements of the military in relation to sustainability, with an additional motivation for independent systems to withstand disasters.
The research led to a holistic strategy from road planning and master planning to building design, and incorporated a diversification in energy supply, water supply and waste disposal, focusing on reduction and renewable resources.
The North American awards jury recognized the project for its "adaptation of sustainable planning and construction to the military field in general, and moreover in this instance for the serious and profound strategy, based on an impressive multidisciplinary research."
In addition to the implementation plan that formed the basis for the award, the team has written a book to detail the installation recommendations and the evolution in business process that is required by USACE. The USACE 2030 Project book is expected to be available as an e-book and in print next spring.
"This is really quite an amazing accomplishment," said James Dalton, USACE chief of Engineering and Construction. "The Holcim Foundation awards are prestigious in the international architecture, planning and engineering community. For our team's work to be one of only a few around the world to receive this recognition speaks to the type of outstanding people and talent we have in USACE."
The USACE award was one of 10 North American awards presented on the night of the ceremony. Awards included gold, silver and bronze awards; four Acknowledgement Awards; and first, second and third prizes in the "Next Generation" category, which recognizes the sustainable design work of postgraduate university students.
The North American Gold Award winner was a project for regional food-gathering nodes and logistics network in Iquluit, Nunavet, Canada. The award winner also claimed the accompanying $100,000 cash prize.
Each of the four Acknowledgement Awards included a cash award of $18,750. USACE, however, is unable to accept the cash award because it is a public organization and is unable to designate a charity to receive the award. The Holcim Foundation announced at the ceremony that it will use the prize to fund an additional student research grant in North America.
According to the Switzerland-based Holcim Foundation, the competition seeks innovative, future-oriented and tangible sustainable construction projects and offers total prize money of $2 million per three-year competition cycle. Winning projects show how greater levels of sustainability can be reached in building and construction through people-focused designs that include simple adaptation, innovative materials, and clever architecture. The awards aim to promote sustainable responses to contemporary technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues from the building and construction industry.
It was noted at the awards ceremony that the winning projects provide a glimpse into the built environment of the future.
"It was an honor to be present at the black-tie Holcim Awards ceremony and witness the USACE team being recognized for its forward-thinking work," said Chris Hinton-Lee, chief architect of USACE. "It is also awe-inspiring and encouraging that the team is comprised of young multi-disciplined professionals from around USACE. Such an approach holds a lot of promise for the future of our great organization."
The North American region is one of five competing regions. Other regions are Europe, Latin America, Africa Middle East and Asia Pacific. The gold, silver and bronze awardees in each region automatically qualify for the 2012 Global Holcim Awards. All awardees, including the Acknowledgement and Next Generation winners, qualify to further compete for the Global Holcim Innovation prizes to be awarded in 2012.
"This award acknowledges USACE as the technical experts in sustainable design for military construction," said Lyndsey Pruitt, sustainability and energy program manager for Engineering and Construction in Headquarters, and the leader for the USACE 2030 project. "This study shows how the integration of systems from planning to buildings to people becomes a force multiplier and delivers far more net gains than designing each project independently.
"We're excited about the chance to compete for an international Holcim innovation award, but the real excitement for our team is the opportunity to bring this project to reality at Fort Leonard Wood," Pruitt said. "And, when we demonstrate success there, to further expand the concepts and benefits to all the Army's installations."
In addition to Pruitt, other contributing team members include:
Sean Beville, civil engineer, Fort Worth District
Daniel Brauch, civil engineer, Kansas City District
Leslie Campbell, structural engineer, New Orleans District
Tracy Dorgan, geologist/hydrologist, New England District
Angela Curtis, cost engineer, Little Rock District
Greg Gilkison, electrical engineer, Huntington District
Eric Li, civil engineer, Honolulu District
Lindsey Matetich, architect, Seattle District
Keith Molina, mechanical engineer, Honolulu District
Sara Murphy, architect, Savannah District
Ryan Murphy, architect, Savannah District
Keane Nishimoto, mechanical engineer, Honolulu District
Kelli Polzin, project manager/architect, Seattle District
Jennifer Ramirez, architect, Seattle District
Martin Regner, cost engineer, Galveston District
Laura Ruf, civil engineer, St. Louis District
Parker Sherard, electrical engineer, Savannah District
Kenney Simmons, architect, Kansas City District
Elizabeth Smith, project engineer, Japan District
Paul Szempruch, civil engineer, Galveston District
Cristin Szydlik, project engineer, Sacramento District
Andy Temeyer, architect, Omaha District
Cambrey Torres, project engineer, Omaha District
Matthew Valentine, architect, Sacramento District
Nathalie Westervelt, architect, New York District
Additional information about the USACE 2030 project and Acknowledgement Award can be found on the Holcim Foundation's website at


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Barfing Florida Teacher Is Just Like Jesus
Jim Burroway
August 26th, 2011
Jerry Buell, the Florida history and American government teacher who was suspended two weeks ago for anti-gay comments posted on his Facebook page, has been reinstated at Mount Dora High School. Buell's lawyer said that the school district suspended him over concerns that his actions violated the separation of church and state at the taxpayer-supported public high school. Buell was suspended after writing on his Facebook page, "I'm watching the news, eating dinner, when the story about New York okaying same sex unions came on and I almost threw up."
Jerry Buell returned to the classroom yesterday. School officials refused to comment on whether Buell's actions violated the separation of church and state, saying only that it had placed a "written directive" in his personnel file. The district removed Buell's school-hosted web page on which he had written "I try to teach and lead my students as if Lake Co. Schools had hired Jesus Christ himself." The district also directed him to change his syllabus, which included this statement:
I am a man of God and I try to be like Jesus every day. I teach God's truth, I make very few compromises. If you believe you may have a problem with that, get your schedule changed, 'cause I ain't changing!
Last night, Buell spoke at a rally staged by the Liberty Counsel, where he remained defiant:
Fighting back tears, he said: "I'm a social studies teacher, and I knew I what the heck I was doing. "There's a thing in this country called the First Amendment," he told the crowd of a few hundred. "I firmly believe in the right to express my opinions passionately."


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[[caption-width-right:300:''Thrill Me''.]]
->'''Detective Cameron''': I got good news and bad news, girls. The good news is your dates are here.\\
'''Sorority Sister''': What's the bad news?\\
'''Detective Cameron''': They're dead.
'''''Night of the Creeps''''' is a 1986 horror film written and directed by Fred Dekker. ''Night of the Creeps'' stars Tom Atkins, Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow. The film is notable as both an earnest attempt at a scary horror film as well as a comedic spoof of the genre. While the main plot of the film is related to zombies, the film also mixes in takes on slashers and AlienInvasion films.
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
The classic B-movie ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'' is first referenced and then later watched by a character in the film. According to TheOtherWiki, this is an intentional reference to the fact that the plot of this film is itself similar to ''Plan 9''. The film finally saw release on DVD and Bluray in October 2009 after years of fan demand.
Has a [[ShoutOut/NightOfTheCreeps Shout Out]] page.
!!This film provides examples of:
* AerosolFlamethrower: Detective Cameron quickly fashions one of these after handing off his flamethrower to Chris.
* AliensAndMonsters: The slugs are alien specimens that managed to escape from some alien scientists.
* AnAxeToGrind: The SerialKiller whom Detective Cameron confronted in his past.
* ApocalypticLog: James Carpenter 'J.C.' Hooper leaves an audio recording for his friend explaining how the alien leeches get into your head and incubate [[spoiler:before he kills himself such that he doesn't become a zombie]].
* {{Badass}}: Detective Cameron.
* BallisticDiscount: Heroic example; [[spoiler:Detective Cameron]] points a shotgun in the face of the police armory officer and demands a flamethrower. Needless to say, the officer quickly complies.
* BattleCouple: [[spoiler:Chris and Cynthia]].
* BerserkButton: When Detective Cameron is surrounded by some zombies, he suddenly spots [[spoiler:a photo of his high school sweetheart hanging on the wall]]. The sight causes him to freak out and empty his revolver into every single zombie.
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: J.C. Hooper]]
* CatchPhrase: ''Thrill Me''.
* DescriptionCut: When the cryogenically frozen body goes missing, Detective Cameron exasperatedly exclaims "Corpses that have been dead for twenty-seven years do not get up and go for a walk by themselves!". Cut to the corpse doing exactly that.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: J.C. confesses his love to Chris in his ApocalypticLog.
* {{Flashback}}: Detective Cameron has a few of these when remembering a old case about a escaped mental patient. They're DeliberatelyMonochrome, too.
* GirlNextDoor: Cynthia.
* GoodNewsBadNews: Refer to the quote at the top of the page as Detective Cameron warns the sorority house sisters of the impending zombie invasion.
* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: J.C. not only figures out what destroys the zombie creatures, but uses his last time to inform Chris and to lure as many away as possible]]
* HeroicSacrifice:
** [[spoiler:Detective Cameron locks himself in the basement of the sorority house with the slugs and blows it sky-high]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Chris:''' Detective... ''thrill me.'']]
** Before that, [[spoiler:J.C., Chris's friend,]] attempted to lure as many slugs down to the furnace room in the basement, but he dies before he can finish the job.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Chris, being attacked by zombies, runs into a gardening shed and comes out with... a lawnmower? Getting the [[RuleOfCool engine to start with just one tug of the cord and NO priming]], he pivots it towards a crawling zombie, says [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "Later, dude!"]], lifts the front wheels of the mower up and [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome rams the spinning blades]] [[YourHeadAsplode into the zombie's face]].
* InterruptedSuicide: Chris manages to reach [[spoiler:Detective Cameron]] in time at his house where he had planned to kill himself with gas.
* JerkJock: Brad.
* KillItWithFire: The only way to kill the alien slugs.
* LargeHam: Everything that comes out of Detective Cameron's mouth is pure awesome.
* MakeOutPoint: Where the axe murders happened.
* MultipleEndings: There are two versions of the film's ending. The version tagged onto the theatrical and subsequent VHS release ends with [[spoiler:Chris and Cynthia watching the sorority house burn down when the dead dog returns. The scene ends when the dog opens its mouth and a slug jumps out at the camera, presumably infecting Cynthia]].\\
This was not what Dekker intended, however. The ending he wanted: [[spoiler:The scene of Chris and Cynthia standing in front of the burning sorority house moves to the street where cop cars race down the street. We then see the charred and zombified Cameron shuffling down the street when he suddenly stops and falls to the ground, his head explodes and the slugs scamper out and head into a cemetery. However, the spaceship from the beginning of the film has returned with the aliens intending to retrieve their experiment]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Detective Cameron is haunted by [[spoiler:his former high school sweetheart's axe-murder]].
* TheNicknamer: Detective Cameron refers to Chris and J.C. as [[Film/TheLittleRascals Spanky and Alfalfa]] respectively.
* NotAZombie:
** Type 1 occurs with the sorority sisters initially failing to realize that there's something seriously wrong with their dates before Detective Cameron steps in to correct their mistake.
** Type 2 occurs with two police officers cornering [[spoiler:the reanimated axe-killer]] and firing numerous shots at it to no effect before Detective Cameron steps in to correct their mistake. '''With a shotgun blast to the head.'''
* OrificeInvasion: The slugs' preferred method of taking over their host.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "It's Miller time!"
** PreMortemOneLiner: [[spoiler:"Thrill me, Detective"]]. In this case it is [[spoiler:Chris]] referring to [[spoiler:Detective Cameron's impending HeroicSacrifice]].
* PuppeteerParasite: The brain slugs.
* RaisingTheSteaks: '''Zombie cats and dogs'''
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Detective Cameron's weapon of choice.
* [[ShellShockedVeteran Shell Shocked Detective]] Detective Cameron
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Wielded by Detective Cameron and Chris to expose the slugs planted in the zombified mooks.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Film/{{Slither}}'', which is also a horror comedy with [[OrificeInvasion orifice invading]] space slugs.
* StraightGay: J.C. Hooper
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Detective Cameron and the slugs in the sorority house basement]].
* [[TheCanKickedHim The Can Hurled Brain Slugs At Him]]: J.C. is attacked by a zombie carrying slugs when he goes off to take a leak.
* TooDumbToLive: The sorority's house mother who just sat and stared as [[spoiler:the reanimated corpse of the axe-killer breaks through the floor and eventually kills her]].
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The brain slugs.
* VigilanteExecution: [[spoiler:Detective Cameron tracked down the axe-murderer who murdered his high school sweetheart and took a shotgun blast to his head. As it turned out, once was not enough.]]
* ZombieApocalypse: Subverted in that it wasn't much of an apocalypse since the slugs only manage to infect a handful of people, but still.
* ZombieInfectee: A given for the genre, though it's rather impossible for any infectees to hide their condition for long. Happens notably to [[spoiler:both J.C. and Detective Cameron]].


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June 12, 2010
By Sgt. Ben Hutto, 3rd HBCT, 3rd Inf Div Public Affairs
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- Four squads from the 3rd HBCT, 3rd Inf. Div. Brigade Special Troops Battalion competed over two days to earn the title of "best squad."
- The Soldiers competed in grueling physical challenges while facing temperatures well over 100 degrees.
- Headquarters Troop won the competition by a slim margin.
- The 3rd HBCT is attached to the 1st Infantry Division and United States Division - South in southern Iraq.
COS KALSU, Iraq -Soldiers assigned to the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division competed in their battalion's best squad competition at Contingency Operating Site Kalsu May 28 and 29.
Four teams assigned to each of the battalion's four companies sent a squad of seven Soldiers to compete in the two-day event.
Squads completed an Army Physical Fitness Test, competed in a ruck march, negotiated an obstacle course, battled in Army combatives matches, and conducted mock media interviews. Participants also completed a reflexive fire range, a vehicle maintenance competition, a mock improvised explosive device lane, and a game show-style Army knowledge competition.
Headquarters Troop was the eventual winner of the competition by a slim margin.
"The competition was really challenging," said Spc. Jeremy Driskel, an infantryman assigned to HHT, 3rd BSTB. "To be honest, I underestimated it. It was hard, but I really enjoyed it."
The competition was an idea Command Sgt. Maj. Antonio Jones, the senior noncommissioned officer of 3rd BSTB, brought with him when the 3rd HBCT deployed to Iraq in October.
"It was one of the first things I wanted to do when I got to Iraq," said Jones. "After seeing the brigade's best squad competition and the division's Soldier of the Month board, I got some more ideas. The whole point of this competition was to have a tough, realistic training event in a fun-type setting. We wanted to push our Soldiers and force them to dig deep."
Jones, a native of Lynchburg, Va., also wanted to use the competition to build camaraderie in his battalion and to see where his companies were in their technical proficiencies.
"The competition has given me an opportunity adjust and tailor our training to fix issues we saw during the competition," he said. "It was just a great event all the way around."
Driskel, a native of Cummings, Ga., said he was extremely pleased with how his team came together.
"Honestly, we were all thrown together at the last minute, but everyone was so motivated," he said. "I like working with people like that. We just kept each other going and picked each other up."
Jones is planning another competition when his unit gets back to Fort Benning, Ga., and hopes the event will help motivate his Soldiers to be as technically proficient and mentally tough as they can be.
"It was a great event, and I appreciate all the Soldiers who took part," he said. "I think everyone was a winner. Winning, to me, was to see that everyone performed the common tasks and demonstrated that they were proficient in their jobs."


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The present research aims to determine whether a delay will impact the accuracy of metacomprehension (i.e., reader's judgment of their own comprehension) of negated text (i.e., text including words like no, not, or never). As negated text has been found to be more difficult to understand, and readers metacomprehension is not necessarily accurate, an assessment of conditions under which comprehension and/or metacomprehension can improve is important. Negation research suggests that difficulties arising with the processing of this type of construction can be resolved after a short delay. Therefore, this research investigates whether readers metacomprehension is more accurate after the same short delay. Participants reading passages, complete a judgment of comprehension (either immediately or after a pause), and then answer a comprehension question. Comparing metacomprehension judgments to actual scores of comprehension give an indication of whether readers are more accurate under delay conditions than when making immediate judgments.
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Islamic militant groups are the suspected criminals responsible for gunning down a Nigerian agricultural school campus, while many students slept in the dormitories. The attackers torched classroom and opened fire on the dorms during a violent attack that's said to be a part of Nigeria's ever-growing Islamic extremist uprising.
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It's being reported that as many as 50 students were killed in the attack in rural Gujuba. Provost Molima Idi Mato of Yobe State College of Agriculture told the Associated Press that he couldn't give an exact death toll because security forces are still recovering bodies, but their ages range between 18-22. The 1,00 students enrolled in the school have now fled and most schools in the area have closed after a separate militant attack on July 6 that killed 29 students and a teacher.
A surviving student told the AP that the attacks rode into the college in two double-cabin pickup all-terrain vehicles and on motorcycles. Many of them were dressed in Nigerian military camouflage and knew the layout of the school. They attacked only the male dorms. Many of those who were attacked were Muslim, which is also true of the entire student body.
The scene outside of the hospital morgue was gruesome, as rescue workers laid out the bloody, lifeless bodies on the lawn for family members to identify. Many of the victims lay in the positions they were killed in–hands in prayer, arms up in surrender and hands protecting their chests.
CBS is reporting Northeastern Nigeria is under a military state of emergency to battle the Islamic uprising The Islamic extremists have killed at least 30 other civilians in the past week. Tens of thousands of people have fled Nigeria because of the attacks.


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7 reasons every job-seeker needs to blog
Have you ever considered the ways a blog can help you get a job? I meet a lot of young people entering the work force and I always recommend blogging as a way to get ahead … in almost any career. Here's why:
1) Show what you're made of. In any interview, you normally have to try to convince people that you know what you know. In a blog, you can SHOW them. Blog about current events in your industry, your view on trends and developments and demonstrate your areas of expertise.
2) Build a professional network. There are lots of examples where people found jobs through connections in a blog community. Just last week I helped connect a young woman into the professional marketing scene in Chicago because I was impressed with her blog. Your blog community can certainly become a professional network.
3) Engaging versus advertising. Let's face it. No matter how creative you get, a resume is still an advertisement. I struggle reading carefully through a lengthy resume. However, I will read interesting stories on a blog all day long. Compelling content is a way to engage prospective employers in a way that will hold their attention.
4) Point of differentiation. In today's world, blogging may be an expectation of many entry-level jobs. Demonstrating an ability to create content may just be the difference that gets you the job over a non-blogger.
5) Sharpen your professional skills. If you're going to blog about a subject, you need to know your stuff. Putting out thoughtful content requires that you stay on top of your game, which will certainly be an advantage to you, especially if the job-hunting process is a long one.
6) Expand your reach. Building your personal brand means showing up in all the places a prospective employer might find you. Of course that usually means LinkedIn. But having a link to a blog on your profile, as well displaying a feed of your recent blog posts, gives a potential employer stalking you on LinkedIn more ways to connect with you and learn about your skills.
7) Extend the interview. Here is the last thing you say to your interviewer: "I've enjoyed our time together but there is so much more I could tell you about my abilities. I hope you'll take a look at my blog (the web address is on my resume) so you can see for yourself the way I think about things." And you know what? They'll do it. You have just extended your interview by another 15-30 minutes and that may make all the difference!
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The sounds of bluegrass and blues helped prompt patrons to dig deep into their pockets and raise money for Special Kids Special Families, a non-profit dedicated to helping those with disabilities and their families.
The group's annual gala was held at Manitou's Memorial Hall Saturday night. The event raised about $10,000 through donations, and ticket sales.
SKSF is Colorado Springs' leading non-profit group aimed at providing services and respite care for families of kids and adults with disabilities. Those disabilities can include physical, emotional, social and cognitive.
The group's seven programs include Zach's Place, a specialized care facility that provides placements for families who have kids with disabilities.
SKSF's ICAN program provides services to adults with developmental disabilities. There are also respite care programs, and foster familiy care.
Linda Ellegard, SKSF Executive Director, says the group's mission has broadened as their original client base grew up and new clients discovered their services.
In 2006, KKTV 11 News spotlighted the special role provided for families by Zach's Place, which is often the only daycare available for kids with serious development disabilities.
Saturday's gala was organized by Susan Mitchell who is the Program Nurse for SKSF. Music was provided by BJ Estares & Route 61, as well as Driftwood Express. The bands donated their time. KKTV 11 News Anchor Shannon Brinias emceed the event.
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I think I'll work and travel in the country for a bit so he can come!! Takes some planning which is not really my style:P I more like to wing it! But I can't thank you enough for your incredible posts and completely inspiring me to see the world! (Challenge accepted from your see the world I dare you blog:P)
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Greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
|Grand Bandicoot-lapin, Grand Péramèle-lapin
|Cangurito Narigudo Grande
|Polyprotodonta (9)
|Macrotis (1)
|Tail length: 29 cm (2)
Head-body length: up to 55 cm (2)
|0.8 - 2.5 kg (2)
Classified as Vulnerable (VU - C2a) on the IUCN Red List 2002 and listed on Appendix I of CITES (1).
The greater bilby is the largest of the small, rat-like marsupials (3) that are known as bandicoots (7). It has a comical appearance with its oversized hairless ears and long slender hind legs that resemble those of a kangaroo (4). The soft, silky coat is a bluey-grey colour with subtle tan markings and a white belly (5). The long tail is grey towards the body and then black, followed by white at the tip (4). It is carried like a stiff banner during the bilby's cantering run (5), and there is a tuft of elongated hairs folding over the naked tail tip (4). Bilbies also have a long, pink and hairless snout (7).
At the beginning of the 20th Century the bilby was still common throughout southern Australia. Today however, two subspecies are restricted to small fragmented populations: the western bilby (Macrotis lagotis lagotis) found in the border area between Western Australia and the Northern Territory and the eastern bilby (M. l. sagitta) in southwest Queensland (10).
Inhabits arid areas, mainly associated with tussock and hummock grasslands and acacia shrublands (4).
Greater bilbies are nocturnal and spend the day in burrows that spiral into the ground (5). These burrows can be as much as 3 metres long (5) and each individual may use up to a dozen burrows with one entrance each (4). Bilbies are predominantly solitary animals, with the exception of when they are breeding, which can occur at any time of the year (9). After a gestation period of roughly two weeks, females give birth to a litter of 1 to 2 young, who are born at an immature stage of development and then stay in the backwards-facing pouch for around 80 days (9).
Bilbies are omnivores and uncover food by digging with their front feet. They eat a range of food including insects, bulbs and fungi (4). Obtaining all the moisture they require from their diet, these animals do not need to drink (7).
Bilby numbers have been decimated by human activities; they have been hunted extensively for their skins and accidentally killed in rabbit traps or by poisoned baits (4). Predation by introduced foxes and feral cats poses one of the major causes of mortality today. Populations are also under pressure from long periods of drought, which tends to concentrate animals such as bilbies, rabbits, feral predators and livestock on smaller areas of land that may be unable to sustain them (4). The severely fragmented populations of bilbies are particularly vulnerable to these extreme events.
Bilbies are protected within Australia and have been found to breed well in captivity (4). Successful reintroductions of captive-bred individuals have occurred at sites in Western (5) and South Australia (6), from which bilbies had previously been lost. These are being carefully monitored at present and appear to be doing well. The Save the Bilby Fund is working to reintroduce bilbies to Currawinya National Park in Southwest Queensland (8). The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service has established a captive breeding colony in Charleville, and these bilbies will be used in the reintroduction programme (8). The future is looking slightly more promising for this unusual but appealing marsupial.
For more information on the greater bilby, see:
The Australian Nature Conservation Agency:
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government:
Authenticated (27/8/02) by Peter McRae. Senior Zoologist, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia.
- Marsupial: a diverse group of mammals characterised by their reproduction. The embryo is born 11-35 days after conception. The tiny newborn crawls into the marsupium (pouch) and attaches to a teat where it stays for a variable amount of time. They also differ from placental mammals in their dentition.
- Omnivore: an organism that feeds on both plants and animals.
- Placental/ Eutheria: a group of mammals characterised by their reproduction and physiological characteristics. The embryo is retained in the uterus, and born in an advanced state of development.
- Subspecies: a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.
UNEP-WCMC database (June, 2002)
- McRae, Peter (27/8/02) Pers comm.
Animal Diversity Web (June, 2002)
- Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Australian Bilby Appreciation Society, Bilby Facts (August 2002)
Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Endangered Species Unit (June, 2002)
Western Wildlife.com (June, 2002)
Earth Sanctuaries (August, 2002)
National Parks South Australia (June, 2002)
Australian Bilby Appreciation Society, Save the Bilby Fund (August, 2002)


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