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Graduation is not called "Commencement," or beginning, for no reason. While some things are coming to an end, so much more is yet to come. This is true for all 750-plus students who walked across the stage and received their diplomas in the Wehr Center Fieldhouse on May 1 for the 154th Commencement ceremony of Lakeland College. And it is especially true for the eleven Malawians of Cohort 2 who will head home in one month's time, ending their year in Wisconsin, but beginning the next chapter of their lives as early grade reading specialists. They are the ones who—by putting into practice the knowledge and skills gained at Lakeland —will help to change the face of early grade reading instruction throughout Malawi.
Left to right: Henderson Ngwira, Frank Mbwana, Elizir Kalilombe, Mavuto Chiwale, Yowasi Nkhambala,
Mike Kumwamba, Aleme Chitanje, Mary Florence Mzama, Margret Mandala, Edson Dzimwe, Nancy Nyirenda.
The excitement for the Malawian graduate students on Sunday, May 1, was rooted in their having the opportunity to be recognized as members of the graduating class of 2016. As Aleme Chintanje said, "It was an honor to be included in the graduation ceremony even if we have not yet completed all of the requirements of our master's degrees."
When the graduate students return to Malawi, they will reunite with their families, friends, and colleagues. Then, they will undertake their field research projects, collecting and analyzing data, completing their theses, and in December, defending their findings.
Aleme noted that her best memory of the Commencement day is "the happiness [expressed by] professors, host parents, and friends. You could see it in their faces," she said, "and it was overwhelming, really. They showed that they love and care about us and the Malawi master's degree program."
When I asked Aleme what she looks forward to, now that she has gotten past the first hurdle of finishing her coursework, she said, "I look forward to finishing the May Term, going back home to my family, and of course doing my research to finish my thesis. Most importantly, I look forward to being able to disseminate the knowledge I have acquired here."
I know from talking with several of the graduate students after the ceremony that they all share this feeling of elation and anticipation. Elizir Kalilombe summed it up, saying, "I just feel so happy. It is a truly a great feeling."
I think each of the graduate students would agree that something great has taken place for them at Lakeland College this year, and that more great things are yet to come.
Commencement is only the beginning.
The group of graduating students is joined by Dr. Joshua Kutney (far left), Dr. Mehraban Khodavandi (center),
Professor Jeff Elzinga (back row), and adjunct reading instructor, Ms. Geralyn Leannah, (far right)
an early grade reading specialist at Longfellow Elementary School in Sheboygan
This post is written by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government
As the spring semester winds down and another commencement nears, the Malawi M.Ed. graduate students remain extremely busy. What follows is a brief update on some of the activities the Malawians have been experiencing outside of class discussions, research, and writing during their final weeks at Lakeland College.
The graduate students recently had the opportunity to sit in on classes at various local public schools, observing teaching strategies that they will take home with them. They watched reading being taught in a large group setting at Longfellow Elementary School in Sheboygan and also saw differentiated instruction in action at several schools in the Plymouth School District. Yowasi Nkhambala said, "It was so exciting to observe a sixth grade math class. The lead teacher had an assistant teacher who moved around the room, helping students work out the problems. Differentiated learning was able to take place through the use of these flex groups."
Regarding his visit to Plymouth High School, Frank Mbwana commented, "I observed how differentiation for content, process, and product is done. I had an opportunity to interact with the teachers to learn how they organize their flexible groupings and prepare the learning materials." He went on to say, "Malawian schools are increasingly diverse classrooms where differentiated instruction is necessary. With the knowledge gained, I will be able to share with my teachers-in-training how to differentiate instruction so that it aligns with learners' readiness, interest, and learning profiles."
The Malawians took a break from their studies on Thursday, April 14 to participate in Lakeland's tenth annual International Night. This is a very popular campus event each spring, during which Lakeland's international students join forces to present imagery, fashions, words, songs, and dances from their respective countries. The evening is organized by the Global Students Association. This year, 20 countries were represented: Brazil, Cameroon, China, Congo, Germany, India, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Russia, and the United States. You can see a photo album of the entire event here.
Aleme Chitanje reported on the contribution of the Malawians, saying, "Nancy Nyirenda and I each balanced a 20-liter pail full of water on our heads. This was to show how Malawian women in the villages work hard to multi-task. Girls learn how to balance things on their heads so that they can use their hands for things like holding a child, carrying firewood, and other chores."
All of the graduate students performed a group dance called mnjedza. This is a dance that is traditionally performed by village chiefs to "prepare the ground," as Edson Dzimwe described it, for what comes next, a dance called gule wamkulu (literally a "big dance.") This second dance has a spiritual component to it, and the main dancer appears in disguise, as seen here.
Regarding International Night, Yowasi said, "I felt very happy being part of the International Night program. The performances by all the participants were really good. I enjoyed most watching the Soran Bushi dance from Japan. It was well-executed, and truly a marvel to watch."
Lakeland's International Night introduces the entire campus community to the customs and traditions of people from all over the world. "It was amazing to see students from so many countries performing their traditional activities," Aleme said. "We learned a lot and strengthened our connections with students from other places."
This post is written by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
For nearly two years, the story of the Malawian graduate students has been told in words and pictures on this blog. Today's entry is a follow-up to Tuesday's post, "Reading Strategies in the Elementary Classroom." Below are images of the graduate students and their young learners at Longfellow Elementary School. The smiles on their faces tell the story, almost better than words.
Alemekezeke Chitanje
Mavuto Chiwale
Edson Dzimwe
Elizer Kalilombe
Mike Kumwamba
Margret Mandala
Frank Mbwana
MaryFlorence Mzama
Henderson Ngwira
Yowasi Nkhambala
Nancy Nyirenda
This post is written by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
Recently, the library on the second floor of Longfellow Elementary School in Sheboygan has been the site of special relationships built around reading. The Malawian graduate students have come twice a week for several weeks to Longfellow to lead after-school reading enhancement for students in grades 1 through 5. They've put into practice an array of teaching approaches learned in ED 792 Reading: Instructional Strategies taught by Geralyn Leannah (early intervention lead reading teacher at Longfellow school) and Lori Roelse (data coach at Jefferson and Pigeon River schools), both adjunct instructors in Lakeland's M.Ed. program.
At one table, the children are playing with the prefix "re." A girl who looks to be about seven tells me, "Re is a prefix that means backwards or again. You use it in front of a word to do it over. Reuse, repay, replay. Return means you come back." A boy about the same age reads me his sentence, "I repaint my picture because I messed up and need to do it again." The laughter and enthusiasm of the children sitting with their teacher, Margaret Mandala, reminds me how rewarding and refreshing it is to unlock the secrets of words.
Margaret said, "My experience at Longfellow has been really satisfying. I had a lot of fun seeing the children successfully completing tasks which I had prepared for them using the different strategies." As Frank Mbwana outlined for me later, those strategies included phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, decoding, comprehension, and learner response. Frank said, "The children had fun reading stories and at the same time, playing around with words…The experience will be a lifetime memory for me, as I was able to interact with learners from a different background."
Nearby, two fifth-graders sit with Mavuto Chiwale. They are constructing sentences with words like "imply" and "realization." First, Mavuto has them define the word they have selected. "What does 'imply' mean?" he asks his young learner. "Imply means that you say something without really saying it," the boy answers and then shares the following sentence: "The way the teacher looks at me implies I am doing a good job."
Elsewhere in the room, children are sounding out words in books about whales, owls, and the A to Z of grandmothers. Mike Kumwamba is having the children look carefully at the illustration on the cover of one book and asking them to predict what they think the story is going to be about, based on what they can see. With Yowasi Nkhambala, the students are deciding who is going to read the part of the mouse in a short play and who will be the wind. With Aleme Chitanje, the students are exploring a text about a superhero, taking turns reading aloud line by line. Everywhere, reading is happening.
Instructor Geralyn Leannah shared her thoughts about the experience. "The Malawi students have demonstrated their passion and enthusiasm for literacy and learners time and again over the past month and a half," she said. "With humor and diligence they have drawn out the very best in their young charges during the After School Program tutoring sessions. It is amazing how fluidly they have adapted the learning from Lakeland into seamless practice at Longfellow."
Not only are the Lakeland graduate students learning more about how to teach reading, they also have had the chance to develop friendships. Henderson Ngwira noted, "There has been a warm reception every time we arrive at Longfellow school. The interaction with the children has been very good, and all the teachers are warm and supportive."
Regarding the overall experience at Longfellow, Edson Dzimwe commented, "It has been great and I've really enjoyed the opportunity to work with the children on reading comprehension, trying out the various teaching strategies. I look forward to taking this home with me."
Based on what I heard and saw, I'm sure all eleven graduate students would agree.
This post is written by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
Recently, Aleme Chitanje shared a photo that had been taken of her at the Wisconsin Antique Power Reunion's annual show in Saukville, Wisconsin, which was a good reminder that our graduate students from Malawi also have lives outside the classroom.
In case you might be wondering, the picture with green grass and leaves on the trees is not an indication of an early spring in Wisconsin. Rather, the lush scenery and short pants are indicative of the fact that the photo was taken last July, when the second cohort of Malawian graduate students had recently arrived at Lakeland. The photo appeared not long ago, however, on the Farm Collector website, and Aleme was reminded of how much fun she had that day in July, driving her first tractor.
Aleme reports that she was visiting the Antique Power Reunion with her host family, Lakeland alumni Fred and Barb Seefeldt, both class of 1960. Through the generosity and warm hospitality of families like the Seefeldts, the Malawi students enjoy many "outside the classroom" experiences of American life. Friendship families, such as the Seefeldts, provide a place for the students to go to share an occasional family meal, especially at the holidays, as well as participate in other family activities. Over the past two years, the Malawians have gone horseback riding, sledding, tubing, and ice fishing, and have been taken on trips to cities such as Oshkosh, Madison, and Chicago.
Aleme had quite a good time driving an old but restored tractor, one of many that were on display at the fair. "It was wonderful experience," she said. "They exhibited tractors and other equipment that farmers used here in Wisconsin before modern technology. I had a lot of fun."
Fred and Barb first met Aleme at an 1862 Society dinner on campus seven years ago when she was here as a Lakeland undergraduate. At the dinner, the Malawian students were making a presentation about their country to the gathered guests. Barb recalls,
In talking with Aleme, we realized that she didn't have a place to go for the Thanksgiving holiday so we invited her to join us. The rest is history. She spends almost all of our celebrations with us and more. We learned about how an outsider views us and our abundance. We learned about the educational system in Malawi and how our two countries share similar frustrations and concerns when it comes to the teaching of our children. We feel we are a part of her family in Malawi, as she shares with us the happenings there. Aleme has filled our lives with love and great joy and we don't look forward to bidding her farewell once again in June. She will live in our hearts forever.
The story of Aleme Chitanje and the Seefeldt family is just one of many similar stories, where American host families and Malawian students at Lakeland College have come together to spend time outside of the classroom. In so doing, they provide each other with glimpses of what life is really like day to day both here and there.
This post is written by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
Despite last week's dropping temperatures outside, the graduate students were keeping warm indoors and continuing to make progress towards their degrees. They are currently enrolled in four graduate courses, and last week they began practicum teaching at Longfellow Elementary School in Sheboygan. They also are exploring several new projects that may aid their efforts to improve early grade reading in Malawi. It was informative to sit in on a recent bi-weekly roundtable meeting to get a picture of what they are thinking about as they get closer to the end of the school year. Professor Elzinga meets with the students every other Friday morning to discuss their experiences and progress in the program.
The students were happy to report that they had received a warm welcome from the children and staff at Longfellow Elementary School during a recent Valentine's Day party. There were refreshments, music, and dancing at the party. Many of the children remembered the Malawi students from Cohort 1 who worked with them last spring and were excited to make new friends with the members of Cohort 2. Each graduate student was assigned to work with two or three young readers over the next six weeks.
During the roundtable meeting, the graduate students also learned about a new program being introduced at Northview Elementary School in Howards Grove. It is called Academic-Parent-Teacher-Teams (aptt) and is designed to help parents become more involved in their child's reading progress and other learning activities. More information will be known about the program in the coming days to see if it might be a useful strategy to try in a Malawian context. If so, the Malawians will be invited to attend actual aptt sessions with parents and teachers at Northview School to learn how these sessions are conducted.
There was also a great deal of discussion at the roundtable meeting about the recent visit to Lakeland and visit with Cohort 2 by fellow-Malawian Keni Banda. Banda is the former men's head soccer coach at UW-Madison but lives in New York now. His father is the former Malawian ambassador to Germany. The family is from the Nkata Bay area on the shore of Lake Malawi, and Keni has a great passion to help the children of his country improve their literacy skills. Banda's non-profit foundation Banda Bola Sports has begun a project near Nkata Bay that engages children by using soccer as an incentive to keep kids in school and keep them on track with their reading skills. His project addresses the physical as well as the educational fitness of Malawi's children. The Lakeland graduate students could see a lot of value in what Banda is doing, and they are exploring ways to see if his methods could be applied at the demonstration schools at Teacher Training Colleges in Malawi. The students plan to continue looking into those possibilities and to investigate funding sources for such an endeavor.
In the coming weeks, we will report more on the work the graduate students are doing at Longfellow Elementary School, as they put into practice the new teaching techniques they are learning in their Instructional Strategies course.
This post is written by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
On December 7 and 8, 2015, the first nine graduate students in the Lakeland College Masters of Education program defended their thesis projects to members of the college faculty. Then, on December 9, they donned their caps and gowns and marched down the aisle in the presence of families and friends at Ufulu Gardens in the capital city of Lilongwe to receive their diplomas. What follows are some impressions of what transpired.
Professor Jeff Elzinga reports that the thesis defenses went well. There were five defenses on the first day and four on the second. While some of the students live in or near Lilongwe, several had to make long journeys by bus to get to the capital city. Dr. Mehraban Khodavandi, Chair of Lakeland's Graduate Education Program, participated in the defense meetings from his campus office via Skype technology. For him in Wisconsin, it was the middle of the night, with the first defense beginning at 1:00 in the morning, Wisconsin time. According to Professor Elzinga, Dr. Khodavandi's electronic presence added something especially meaningful to the entire process, connecting the group back to Lakeland College in a direct and palpable way. Everyone was thrilled to see their teacher and advisor again, even if only via computer screen. As Elymas Tembwe said, "I was very happy to see my research lecturer face-to-face on Skype since we had parted in June."
Ndamyo Mwanyongo said that she felt nervous before her defense, which seemed appropriate to her, given that she knew she would be facing a discerning panel. "But," she wrote, "when I was welcomed by Professor Jeff Elzinga, and seeing Dr Khodavandi on Skype, the nervousness was driven away. I felt very confident after explaining my topic and how the research went on. The experience was somehow what I anticipated." Phillip Nachonie also reported feeling nervous beforehand. "But came the day," he said, "it was not as hard as I thought. I was very confident because it was about something I had been doing myself. Responding to questions was not a problem anymore."
About 65 people attended the December 9 graduation ceremony. There were representatives from USAID, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology, principals from the Teacher Training Colleges, and many other friends and family members of the graduates, including Dr. Brian Frink, Professor of Chemistry and Chair of Lakeland's Interdisciplinary Studies Division. According to Professor Elzinga, the event was every bit as lovely as one would wish it to be. "The venue was beautiful," he said. "Brian and I wore our graduation gowns, as did the students. Brian read the names of the graduates and I handed out the diplomas. We even piped in the same music we use on campus, along with the Malawian and US national anthems."
Ndamyo took special notice of the music. "When the music started for us to begin marching in, it felt like we were at Lakeland. I said to myself, 'This graduation was well planned for, and we've been honored.' Having my family there, including my husband and kids, made me feel fully supported." Phillip agreed that the presence of his wife, relatives, and government officials made the experience a truly great celebration, "one of my most memorable days," he said.
The journey that began for this group of nine in June 2014 has ended. They have successfully attained their Masters degrees after 18 months of intense work. But, if one were to ask any of them, the real journey—to enrich and expand early grade reading instruction in Malawi—has only just begun.
The graduates stand on the steps at Ufulu Gardens accompanied by (back row, left to right),
Lakeland Professor Brian Frink, Mr. Douglass Arbuckle, Mission Director at USAID/Malawi,
and Lakeland Professor Jeff Elzinga. In the front row is Ms. Chrissie Chisamba, Lakeland graduate
of 2008, who served as the students' research mentor in Malawi from June to December 2015.
This post is written by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
One of the important services Lakeland College offers its international students is the opportunity to be connected with an off-campus host family. A host family provides friendship and the occasional meal or other experience to the student, particularly at holiday time, when the distance away from home feels most acute. These exchanges offer a chance for the international students to learn firsthand about holiday traditions in America, while the host families learn about life in other parts of the world. There are several host families who have been involved for many years, welcoming Lakeland students such as the Malawians into their homes. Here are two recent stories.
Aleme Chitanje spent Thanksgiving with LC alumni Fred and Barb Seefeldt, both class of 1960, at their home in West Bend. Thanksgiving is a special experience for an international student because it is a holiday where our tradition of families coming together and expressing their gratefulness for each other and the previous year is keenly felt by someone far from home. The host families especially help students feel connected during the holidays. Aleme wrote of her experience:
"The Seefeldts are my family in the USA. I helped with making food on Wednesday. I made pumpkin pies from a late aunt's recipe. There were 16 people on Thanksgiving day, their children, grandchildren, uncle, nephews, nieces, and a few friends. All these people brought something to eat or drink. Dinner was served at 4:00 p.m. They served turkey, mashed potatoes, mashed yams, purple cabbage, stuffing, Jello, and of course pumpkin pie. After dinner the women played a game called spoons, while the men watched football. I really appreciate the hospitality and thank the Seefeldt's for bringing me into their home."
Barb Seefelt '60 at far left with Aleme and the women after the Thanksgiving meal.
Geralyn Leannah and her family have hosted many Malawian students over the years. This year, they are hosting Mavuto Chiwale. Here is what Geralyn shared about his Thanksgiving visit to her home:
"Mavuto came over to a full house for Thanksgiving festivities that included our traditional wearing of the turkey hat among other costumes. He was caught wearing an upside down ice cream cone in this picture. Nine of my siblings were in attendance with all of their children (30 in all), but Mavuto was not intimidated. We found out he is the exact same age as my eldest son.
Mavuto in the "ice cream" hat with family and friends on Thanksgiving.
"Seeing our lives and culture through the eyes of a Malawian student is both enriching and rewarding. Mavuto is curious, humorous, and circumspect. He inquires respectfully about many things, from keeping a dog indoors to college life on state university campuses. He is very interested in visiting other places, near and far.
"This past August we took him on a tour of EPIC, a premier healthcare records corporation in Middleton, Wisconsin. Mavuto participated in a "Lanterns for Peace" demonstration with us in Milwaukee and tasted frozen custard for the first time there as well. I am humbled and proud to be a host mother for the Malawians. They are extraordinary individuals who provide an inspiring model for perseverance, courage, intellect, and grace."
Ryan Opahle is the Lakeland staff member who helps connect international students with host families. Anyone who would like to learn more about becoming a host family to a Lakeland College international student should contact Ryan at .
This post was prepared by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
On Saturday, October 24, the Malawi students joined teams of other Lakeland students from thirteen countries to take over the kitchens on campus and prepare international dishes for one of the most anticipated student-led activities of the year: Lakeland's annual International Food Festival. This event is another example of the many activities outside the classroom that the graduate students from Malawi are experiencing during their year in the U.S.
Aleme Chitanje stirs nsima, with mandazi cooking on the front burner.
The Malawi M.Ed. students began their kitchen duties at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning. Together, men and women prepared nsima—a corn meal dish similar to grits or polenta—white rice, beef stew, cabbage relish, and fried bread balls called mandazi. I asked Frank Mbwana how the day of preparation had gone. "Long, and a little tiring," he said, but he was smiling, as was everyone else on the Malawi team.
When the doors to Bossard Dining Hall opened at 5:35 p.m., a long line of excited guests quickly filed in and spread out to the different stations, where international student chefs and servers awaited them. Each station was decorated with the flag of the country represented, as well as signs describing the food that had been prepared. Several students were also dressed in traditional clothing. The food was offered free-of-charge, although donations to the Global Student Association (GSA) were accepted. The hungry diners included students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the wider Sheboygan community. What everyone found was a diverse array of delicious food to sample from several corners of the globe: Brazil, Kenya, Taiwan, Italy, the Hmong tradition, Honduras, Germany, Japan, Malawi, China, Greece, Sierra Leone, Peru, and Nepal, each dish lovingly prepared by the students themselves.
As Malawian Mike Kumwamba put it, "It was a nice experience! I tasted food from Brazil, Kenya, Japan, just to name a few. Apart from tasting food from other countries and cultures, I liked the cordial interaction between students and people from the community. Usually, students don't [have time to] interact on campus due to busy schedules. This event took us off the books and assignments and brought us all together."
The president of the Global Student Association, Karen Lerindo, a junior from Kenya, said that GSA began planning the event at the start of the school year. "It's amazing," she said, "It was fun working together. Everyone had a great time."
Behind the Malawi steam table, many of the students wore matching red African shirts as they served up food from home. At the front of their table was a sign that said, "Welcome to the warm heart of Africa."
From the smiles on the faces of all the international student servers to the lively conversations at every table, the warmth of this special evening was palpable throughout the room. Staff advisor to GSA, Ryan Opahle, noted, "I think this is truly a great tradition, a great opportunity to share the many cultures of Lakeland with the entire community. Dining Services helps tremendously, and the students do an incredible job." I don't think there was anyone at the meal who would have said otherwise. Click here to see many more photos from the event.
This post was prepared by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.
As the Malawian graduate students continue to settle into the routines on Lakeland's campus, they also make it a point to get off-campus to experience a variety of activities and events. When they break from their studies, the students do things like participate in the faith communities of local churches, meet with their host families for meals and outings, and seek out opportunities that provide professional development and cultural exchange.
Recently, Mavuto Chiwale, Margret Mandala, MaryFlorence Mzama, and Yowasi Nkhambala rode the college shuttle into town so they could attend an event called 100 Thousand Poets for Change (100TPC). This year marked the fifth anniversary of 100TPC, which is held annually, all around the world, always on the last Saturday of September. On this day, poets, musicians, and artists come together to share a vision for making the world a more peaceful, just, and sustainable place. It's a day for planting seeds of change through the arts. This year, groups participated in nearly 600 cities scattered across North, Central, and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
MaryFlorence Mzama and Margret Mandala share at the open mic.
The Sheboygan event was held at Deland Home Park on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. The M.Ed. students joined an audience of about 85 other people who participated in the open mic event. For those who are not familiar with the open mic concept, it's an opportunity for anyone who attends to stand before the other members of the group and offer his or her thoughts, observations, songs, or spoken creative work. Against the crisp blue backdrop of the lake, poems and songs were shared by people of all ages, from high school students to senior citizens.
Mavuto Chiwale participated by helping read a poem that was translated by Cohort 1 student Ndamyo Mwanyongo the previous year into Chichewa, the native language of Malawi. This year, Margret Mandala and MaryFlorence Mzama shared short poems in English that they had learned when they were children in school.
Mavuto Chiwale prepares to share the reading of a poem.
On Facebook, Mavuto later wrote, "It was an educational, entertaining, soul touching, and beautiful event." And Yowasi Nkhambala said simply, "It was great!" The day devoted to 100TPC in Sheboygan was a testimony to the fact that poetry and music really can bring people together, and in so doing, create ways to plant seeds of change.
This post was prepared by Lisa Vihos on behalf of Lakeland College. The program is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this blog are the responsibility of Lakeland College and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USAID or the United States Government.


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Thanks to DtL reader Courtney for the link to this image of Roger Federer and his new shorter 'do.
Gone are his lovely locks which have been replaced by a much more clean + classic cut. It's much shorter now on the sides and back than it's been for while.
On a side note it seems Regal Rog is also sporting some fancy new Nike checked shorts - they don't look exactly like the Long Checked Short supposedly set aside for Rafa but something else.
Could it be another Aussie switch-a-roo from the sports brand? Ugh.
Anyway, what do you guys think of this new look?
(image via PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
PHOTO OP: Hair today, gone tomorrow - so it is with Fed
Labels: Australian Open, hair, Nike, Roger Federer, shorts, tennis
26 comments:
I LOVE IT!He looks ten years younger!So boyish look.ReplyDelete
Anyhow, just couple of more hours, and it begins!I can't wait!It's gonna be 1 am in my country, although I'm going on trip early tomorrow, I'm still gonna be awake when it starts!It'll be two great weeks!
- johanneJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:43 AM
OOOOH I do NOT like this look on him. He looks too teenage jock or something. Grow it out.ReplyDelete
Flove it.ReplyDelete
Nooo! Not good! Why would he do that? Roger = long curls. Period. How does he want to do his "Thing with the hair" (You know what I mean) now? Lol...ReplyDelete
I hope he didn't pay $800 bucks again, though...lol
He should go crew cut and no undergarments: one man commando to get back #1 position!ReplyDelete
wow, @ I.G. that's a comment from another blog, are you a copy cat?!? *joking, don't get insulted*ReplyDelete
maybe Rafa should go no undergarments, I mean yeah Rafa definetly should go no undergarments.
Ressa - Rafa should just go 'no garments', let's face it.ReplyDelete
The shorts and the hair do make
Roger looks a lot younger and the shorts especially are miles away from his usual smart numbers. I wonder if he's feeling his age suddenly? He's no way the oldest player on tour, yet he has a very 'senior' sort of image - sensible, formal and grown up.
Ressa! I mean Tessa. Ooopsie.ReplyDelete
Ahhhh...I loved his previous haircut more. The curls looked great on him. I'll reserve my comments until after I see him playing, but still I feel like he's trying too hard.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Just as soon as Rafa trimmed his hair to resemble Federer's (length that's uncontrollable by the headband, jumping out all the time), here comes Federer and gets shorn even shorter.ReplyDelete
Not a good cut for him, his angular face too revealed now, chin looks even longer, cheeks pudgy, eyes tiny. Curls softened all of that.
True, he does try a bit too hard and feels his age (see shorts). A pity.
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:48 AM
In my opinion he looks just the age he is and it certainly looks fresh and new (believe that was the initial intention here).ReplyDelete
I wonder how long it is gonna take for all the other to copy him, just like they did with the hairband....
- johanneJanuary 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM
LOL at anon1:48's headband comment. Couldn't you argue that Fed copied someone like, say, Carlos Moya?? He's been rockin' that for YEARS. Please.ReplyDelete
anon 1:48 my thoguhts exactly!ReplyDelete
he's nowhere near being old, for gods sake.he's 27 and that is wonderful young age, and he can still do whatever the hell he wants with his looks, especially having great body, being tall and muscular, and having cute enough face.He looks just great, young, fresh and energetic!
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Like I said: too little hair, too much chin & cheeks, too small eyes:ReplyDelete
well, 100 people 100 opinions!i bet he feels good in his own skin, and that's the most important!ReplyDelete
qualified yes to the hair. like tommy haas, he looks better with short hair - but it makes him look boyish, which could be a good or bad thing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM
maybe now he won't have to shake his hair every 3 minutes.ReplyDelete
It makes him look more severe - angular like was said before.ReplyDelete
The lovely locks softened his look. But maybe he's totally hating it right now and is waiting for it to grow out a bit.
I know when I get my 'do cut (and my locks are def not as lovely) I'm never happy with it right away. It usually looks much better after a week or two.
I bet he planned it this way: Fed says to Fed, "I'll get my haircut right before and when I step onto the podium to accept my trophy, it'll be just perf."
He's such a planner.
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM
His new cut reminded me of his hair during teenage when he won junior wimbledon. I think It will be okay once it grows out a little. Speaking of hairy situations, i think Djokovic has one too. Some seriously thick bush on his head at the moment.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Roger looks hot; I really liked the old look too though.ReplyDelete
Rafa was getting too much attention probably for his liking.ReplyDelete
I'm a fan of Roger, but not of this new haircut. I don't like "boyish" looks and I LOVED the curls. He looks like every other American teenage boy at the moment. I'll just close my eyes until it's had a few weeks/months to grow out... sigh.ReplyDelete
He looks like he's wearing boxer shorts haha. And looks like he's 15.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I wonder if he is also saying goodbye to the headband now? He wasnt even wearing a cap during practice, so I wonder if Fed was trying to get use to the no-headband life.ReplyDelete
I gotta admit he looks younger (actually he looks his age now, I thought he looked older than 26/27 before).ReplyDelete
But I really don't like the haircut anyway. The rest of his locks on the top of his head kinda got all outta control there. It's so 80s. LOL
I think it'll look better after one or two weeks though. Totally Rich - such a planner! ;-)
I think it's okay. But I'm glad for a change - Roger was in a bit of a rut.ReplyDelete


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LMC Truck Light Install On Chevrolet C-10 Truck - Bright Lights, Big C10 - TechWritten by on May 14, 2010 LMC Truck Makes It Easy
The nature of customizing a classic pickup to extract the utmost in personal enjoyment has always been to upgrade the truck in as many areas as possible. This includes trick body modifications to clean up stock styling and custom color changes to make it prettier than the average bear. Under the hood, the base model 6-cylinder engine typically found in most vintage trucks gets swapped out for a modern V-8, and the stick shift transmission often makes way for an automatic. To cope with the increased demands of the old truck's newfound acceleration, drum brakes are abandoned for discs and the primitive straight axle gets dumped for an independent front suspension.
It probably sounds like we have covered everything, but interestingly there's one very important detail that always seems to get overlooked; it's the truck's lighting system. Unlike the electrical system where a stock low-amp generator or alternator gets tossed out along with everything else that isn't up to date, the stock incandescent headlights always seem to escape scrutiny. A good case in point to illustrate how even the late-model classic trucks that come standard equipped with many of the modern improvements we discussed aren't exempt is the '73-80 Chevrolet C10.
This brings us to the latest offerings from the folks at LMC Truck of Lenexa, Kansas. Made exclusively for the '73-87 range of GMC and Chevrolet trucks, LMC Truck's Euro Style lighting not only addresses the problems associated with standard incandescent sealed beam headlights they also provide a fresh new look. The '73-80 C10 models came factory equipped with dual 7-inch round, 12-volt sealed beam headlights. Incandescent sealed beam headlights were originally introduced to the market in 1940 as 6-volt bulbs permanently encased behind a disposable glass Fresnel lens. In 1955, Chevrolet and GMC trucks upgraded to 12-volt versions of the original 6-volt design with dual and quad round headlight variations until 1980. With age the quality of light deteriorates with incandescent sealed beams. Age not only affects the sealed beam it increases resistance in the stock wiring harness, and compounds the problem.
The folks at LMC Truck approached the headlight issue from both sides with a simple solution that replaces the sealed beam with a halogen bulb and supplements the stock wiring with a heavy-duty wiring harness that is 100 percent reversible. At the heart of the heavy-duty wiring harness are two relays, one for high beam and one for low beam. This arrangement removes the load from the stock headlight switch and provides a strong electrical current that eliminates flickering and delivers bright light. One hundred percent reversible means if the owner decides to sell his truck without the heavy-duty harness and halogen lights he can easily remove it and then transfer the parts to his next truck. To match the headlights' Euro styling LMC Truck designed an LMC exclusive side marker and parking light package that accentuates the Euro styling while it improves the intensity of light for the turn signals and side markers. The installation of LMC Truck's Euro Style lighting package for all '73 -80 C10 and Big 10 trucks is easy for anyone to do, and requires a minimum amount of basic tools.
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We disconnected the battery and removed it to gain access to the passenger-side headlight. Note the battery was placed on wood instead of the cement, which will drain (discharge) the battery.With the battery removed it was a good time to inspect the battery box for battery acid induced rust. We used a mixture of baking soda and water to neutralize the battery acid and flush it off. Plain water was used to complete the flushing process.With the battery box completely dried we used LMC Truck's rubberized undercoating to seal the exposed metal and retard future acid damage. Masking with newspaper prevented overspray.The finishing touch for the battery box was to trim a specially treated battery mat sourced from LMC Truck to size with a single-edge razor and a length of flat strap steel as a straight edge.Not only does this battery mat retard corrosion, its cushioning effect helps to dampen vibration, which can be a contributing factor to premature battery failure.If undetected, a faulty headlight dimmer switch can cause a lot of extra work tracing high or low beam headlights that don't work. Cheap insurance, LMC Truck sells dimmer switches for under $10.To change the stock headlight bulbs a T-45 Torx driver was used to remove the chrome headlight bezel.Check out the freakishly large rat's nest I found. Anytime body parts are removed it's a good time to look for drain blockages created by debris, which trap water and cause rust.
To install the new headlight we removed the rubber seal from its back, and inserted the bulb (marked TOP) into the light bucket and replaced the headlight-retaining ring.With the Euro headlight installed the rubber seal was pushed on the backside of the headlight bucket.The LMC Truck headlight relay wiring harness comes complete with the terminals clearly tagged for where they need to be connected. The 30-amp relays are for high and low beam.It is best to mount the relays as close to the battery as possible. We used a tie-wrap to join the relays together.Installation of LMC Truck's headlight relay harness requires drilling only two holes for the relays. Everything else is plug 'n' play, and unplug 'n' replay if want to use it in another truck.We started the harness install by connecting the two plugs at the relays. It didn't seem to matter what one went where.In order to reuse the two stock headlight ground locations we needed to replace the LMC Truck harnesses' ground terminals with larger hooped terminals that would fit over the stock ground bolts.
Royal Purple Maxfilm worked wonders freeing frozen bolts, and cleaning dirt and debris from areas that needed a good connection. This is where the stock headlights are grounded.Having a good ground connection is as important as having a good positive connection. After cleaning the wires and ground surfaces we used dielectric grease sourced from LMC Truck to ensure long trouble-free service.Thanks to everything being clearly labeled it was extremely easy install LMC Truck's relay harness. With this main area all plugged-in, we moved on to connecting the headlight plug for the driver side.To complete the LMC Truck relay harness install we ran the new wiring alongside of the existing stock wiring on top of the radiator core support. The last steps were to plug in the new headlight plug, connect the new ground wire (same as passenger side), and tuck the now unneeded stock headlight plug away into the fenderwell.Next in line was to match up the parking lights and DOT side markers with the Euro look. A quick couple of twists on a T-45 Torx driver and the stock lens pulled out with a slight tug to break the old gasket loose.A Phillips #2 fit snugly into the LMC Euro parklight assembly to remove the two screws holding it together.Note the left and right side Euro parklight assemblies are marked specifically for each side, and indicate TOP for the mounting position.
To swap out the stock DOT sidemarkers a T-45 Torx was used to remove the lens, and then the light sockets were twisted out to remove.A hallmark of LMC Truck is to include all of the hardware necessary to install its products. No exceptions. The beautifully chromed Phillips screws come packaged with the Euro sidemarker lights.


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We are using Zimbra 6.0.14 with a connector of 126.96.36.19901.14 on Outlook 2012(32 bit Version 14.0.6117.5001) running Win7 64 bit. We are having an issue on a couple of machines where outlook faults and the faulting module is LSLIB32.DLL version 6.0.6101.14.
Outlook stops working on sending email....with or without attachments....and then restarts itself.
From reading the forum here....some of this was fixed in other versions of the connector, but this has reared its ugly head right now. This is happening on 1 or 2 of 300 systems. Frustrating.
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Hey guys, lately, I've vectored a few of my map sketches. One of them being this bizarre cluster of small and large islands (I have a thing for isles, what can I say?) where I basically threw out a bunch of shapes onto my drawspace before an economics class started, you can see it here:
Thing is though, when I was vectoring it, I realized I wasn't particularly enjoying the shape the cluster was forming, as it clearly was designed to fit the page rather than feel natural. Not that my world is naturally formed by any means (Soni was carved from stone by Dragons of Divine nature - or Asarahn - over a course of 300 years, but they would still be artistic about it)
So I took a measure to reconfigure a certain way myself, but I got the idea that it would actually be a lot more interesting and fun if I brought it forth to you guys and see what you could come up with. I have the Illustrator document readily available to download here and for those that don't have illustrator, just cut out the pieces, twist, turn, expand, shrink, however you like. I'm eager to see what you guys could do with it if you're willing.
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For decades, structural engineering firm Degenkolb Engineers had little trouble attracting top engineers. But in recent years, actually keeping those employees became a much bigger challenge, says Russell Kaltschmidt, director of people development for the San Francisco-based earthquake engineering company.
When Kaltschmidt came to Degenkolb in 2009, he was concerned by a turnover rate that had hovered around 10 percent for at least a decade, at times creeping up to 15 percent. Kaltschmidt joined the company's executive team in making retention a priority by paying closer attention to managers' work with coaching, training and engaging the staff.
Working with retention consultant Leigh Branham, founder and principal of the HR consulting firm Keeping the People Inc. in Overland Park, Kansas, Degenkolb gradually improved its annual turnover rate to about 5 percent today.
That kind of renewed focus on retention is critical in today's economy, particularly in fields such as engineering and technology, as many HR experts say there's clear evidence of an emerging war for top talent.
Tony DiRomualdo, vice president of research for the Institute of Corporate Productivity Inc., a Seattle-based workforce research firm, says its latest research on the qualities of high-performing organizations points to a greater focus on talent management, specifically better employee coaching and mentoring.
"We looked at over 300 companies and we found that coaching turns out to be the number one practice, the one with the strongest contribution to market performance," DiRomualdo says.
At Degenkolb, one of the firm's first big steps was hiring Kaltschmidt. Previously, human resources was a part-time role for the general counsel. Yet by having someone whose sole job was recruitment, retention and professional development, the 150-employee firm saw encouraging results in the job satisfaction and engagement of its workforce.
Branham says it's important not to get complacent about employee engagement even at companies with piles of résumés. He recently released an updated edition of his book, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave, first published in 2005, which analyzes thousands of exit interviews and other research to determine why employees leave.
As many as 25 percent of "high performers" are ready to leave their organizations, according to some recent studies, and those departures can be extremely costly for organizations in the resources it takes to recruit, hire and train new employees, Branham says.
"What's going to happen when the economy improves again to the point where the rate of job creation revs up, just as 75 million boomers start retiring in greater numbers, and the 45 million job-seeking Generation Xers are too few to fill the available jobs? As the scenario plays out, the War for Talent will rage again," he wrote in his book, released in August 2012.
William Schiemann, CEO of the Somerville, New Jersey-based Metrus Group, adds that a company's culture is a bigger factor in whether employees stay than many CEOs might think. Schiemann, co-author of the new book, Hidden Drivers of Success: Leveraging Employee Insights for Strategic Advantage, says that employees leave because of many factors besides bad bosses.
Schiemann says he encourages better collection and analysis of the reasons for departures, allowing emerging waves of departures to be quickly identified and addressed.
He argues that exit interviews alone can be poor indicators for why employees leave. Instead, he advises companies to create a "retention index" that gives early warning signs of units, roles and locations that are at high risk for employee turnover. Such an index can be created from a short list of survey questions, and then focus groups can help pinpoint how to address the concerns, Schiemann says.
He also encourages companies to talk with departing employees three to nine months after they leave because they're rarely honest during an exit interview. Many of Schiemann's clients are also creating alumni groups on LinkedIn, realizing that networking with alums can be a great way to build a bridge with former employees, who can also be a source of referrals for new hires and may even return to their former employer.
Those extra steps, he says, can be important to reverse turnover trends.
"From a retention standpoint, you've got to first focus on those employees who are really strategic to the mission and difficult to replace," he says, "and then you've got to make sure you're really working to keep them."
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Lol. Well, I found the next project that combines both a stream in a cavern and possibly a pit - and it's from Torstan.
The image he posted to his Deviant Art Site (here) seems like a perfect match.
Now if I can only figure out how he did it.
And as for my 'chasm' idea... I think I'm just going to use the map I posted earlier and turn one of the sections of the map into a pit.


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Take a moonlit stroll through lovely Zagreb with photographer Tibor Rogulja in this free Windows theme, featuring images of the tree-lined parks, cobblestone streets, and modern and classical landmarks of Croatia's capital city.
A theme is a combination of desktop background pictures, window colors, and sounds. All of the images will be downloaded when you click Download theme.
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CEVA rolls out Saturday Night Expedite service to its Consolidated Border Truck program.
April 26, 2011
Global logistics services provider CEVA said it has introduced a new Saturday Night Expedite service to its Consolidated Border Truck (CBT) program.
Company officials said this new offering will provide service for Saturday deliveries into the U.S. from Mexico that need to arrive in the Midwest or Ontario, Canada by Monday morning.
CBT was launched by CEVA in January 2009 and initially focused on freight from the U.S.-Mexico border to support Just in Time plants in the Midwest and Canada, according to the company. CEVA added it was designed to answer new delivery demands as shippers like automotive manufacturers are forced to deal with significant production costs when freight is not delivered on time.
"CEVA recognized a need from its customers for freight moving out of Mexico and into the U.S.," said Ron Wituski, Manager of Business Development for Domestic Premium and Expedited Services for CEVA, in an interview. "The CBT program was running trucks five days a week and freight would come across and get cleared on a Saturday and need to be delivered by Monday. Rather than having the freight sit until Monday or be expedited, customers requested that it be shipped on Saturday. Saturday Night Expedite came to fruition from customer feedback only within the past few months."
By moving this freight on a consolidated truck basis on Saturdays, versus expedited ground or air freight, Wituski said customers are able to meet production schedules on Monday morning at the same time as reducing the cost. CEVA is able to shift its resources for pickup and delivery on a dynamic basis to meet production demands resulting in significant production savings, he added.
The Saturday Night Expedite service currently accounts for approximately 20 percent of the CBT program, said Wituski, adding that a number of multinational customers are participating in the CBT program including several, large automotive industry suppliers.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Rams have set a Friday news conference to discuss coaching staff changes, likely including a new defensive coordinator.
Published reports have said coach Jeff Fisher has chosen Tim Walton, the Detroit Lions' secondary coach the last four seasons, as coordinator. The Rams went without a coordinator last season after Gregg Williams was suspended for his role in the Saints' bounty scandal.
Earlier in the offseason, the Rams came close to hiring Rob Ryan to the position.
Fisher's news conference is set for 1 p.m. CST.
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Fourth of July lineup: Royals on ESPN
Happy Fourth of July! Speaking of fourth, the Royals are looking for their fourth straight win tonight. KC will play the Angels on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. Coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. Central, with the first pitch slated for 7:15. Here's your lineup:
(Podsednik – DH), (Kendall – C), (DeJesus – CF), (Butler – 1B), (Guillen – RF), (Betemit – 3B), (Aviles – 2B), (Maier – LF), (Betancourt – SS), (Lerew – P)


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BIRMINGHAM, England – MMAjunkie.com is on scene and reporting live from UFC 138 at LG Arena in Birmingham, England.
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Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) - With their backs against the wall, the
Brooklyn Nets couldn't afford another fourth-quarter collapse.
For the second straight game they led after three quarters, and this time made
sure they finished the job.
Deron Williams and Brook Lopez bounced back from poor late finishes in Game 4
to post double-doubles, and the Nets staved off elimination by pounding the
Chicago Bulls, 110-91, at Barclays Center in Game 5 of their Eastern
Conference quarterfinal series.
With Brooklyn blowing a 14-point lead late, Williams and Lopez combined for
just seven points through three overtimes of a heart-breaking 142-134 loss in
Chicago on Saturday, but the pair carried the Nets on Monday to keep their
season alive.
Williams totaled 23 points and 10 assists, Lopez racked up 28 points with 10
rebounds and Andray Blatche contributed 10 of his 13 points in a fourth
quarter where the Nets outscored the Bulls by a 33-18 count.
The series will shift back to Chicago for Game 6 on Thursday.
Nate Robinson, whose heroics single-handedly got Chicago to overtime in Game
4, made his first career playoff start with Kirk Hinrich resting a sore left
calf and finished with a team-high 20 points and eight assists.
Jimmy Butler added 18 points and Carlos Boozer totaled a 10-point, 10-rebound
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Blizzard warning in effect for Southern California!
Massive Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® community gathering coming to Anaheim Convention Center November 8–9
IRVINE, Calif.—Get ready for a storm of epic proportions! Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that tickets for its seventh BlizzCon® gaming convention will go on sale in two batches on April 24 and April 27. In addition, a limited number of tickets to an exclusive pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit Children's Hospital of Orange County will go on sale May 1.
Set to tear through the Anaheim Convention Center this November 8 and 9, BlizzCon is a thundering celebration of all things Warcraft®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®. The annual-ish two-day community gathering features in-depth discussion panels with Blizzard developers, hands-on play time with the latest Blizzard games, and tons of other exciting events and activities. As announced earlier this week, BlizzCon 2013 will also host the StarCraft II World Championship Series Global Finals—a high-stakes showdown where the top pro players in the world will battle for the right to be crowned StarCraft II World Champion.
"We love having the opportunity to hang out with our players at BlizzCon, and it's always awesome to see the greatest gaming community on earth swarm Anaheim," said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We look forward to delivering two full days of gaming, activities, and other entertainment, and we can't wait to show some of the exciting projects we've been working on."
Tickets to attend the convention will be priced at $175 USD each and will be available for purchase from the official BlizzCon website (www.blizzcon.com) in two separate batches. The first batch goes on sale Wednesday, April 24 at 7 p.m. Pacific time, and the second batch goes on sale Saturday, April 27 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
Tickets to the BlizzCon Benefit Dinner, which include admission to BlizzCon, will be priced at $500 USD each, with proceeds going to Children's Hospital of Orange County (http://www.choc.org). Taking place the evening of November 7, this exclusive event offers guests an opportunity to /eat, /drink, and /lol with Blizzard game developers, community managers, and other folks from Blizzard before the show. Approximately 200 tickets to the benefit dinner will be available for purchase beginning Wednesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. Pacific time through www.blizzcon.com.
Gamers from the far reaches of Azeroth, the Koprulu sector, or Sanctuary looking to enjoy BlizzCon from the comfort of their own home will once again have the option to order a BlizzCon Virtual Ticket, offering comprehensive live coverage of the event via a multi-channel Internet stream. Further details on the Virtual Ticket, including pricing, availability, and programming information, will be announced at a later date.
As BlizzCon draws closer, more information about the show will be posted at www.blizzcon.com. To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on available career opportunities can be found at jobs.blizzard.com.
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We drew tags for unit 7 in wyoming, and I was hoping to get some info on the results of past years and possibly the opportunity to talk with successful huinters from this unit. Would like to know about public access and the possibilities of trespass fees or landowners to call to see if crossing their lands is a viable option.
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Starting Monday, October 1st, there will be a new computer lab available for use in the Manderino Library – third floor, room 318. This lab will be open from 12:00pm until 6:00pm Monday through Thursday and 12:00pm until 5:00pm on Friday (unless otherwise noted). Additionally, Lab Monitors will be available to help you with basic computer assistance (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, and Excel). As always, the Manderino Librarians will also be available for research assistance.
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(Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds are on the verge of their first
National League Championship Series since 1995. Yet they are not sure who is
going to pitch for them on Wednesday in Game 4 of the NLDS against the San
Francisco Giants.
Johnny Cueto left Game 1 with an oblique strain that will likely keep him out
the rest of this series. The injury is apparently so bad that he won't pitch
in the next series, meaning the Reds may add Mike Leake to the roster, making
him available to start on Wednesday.
Leake is 3-0 with a 0.77 ERA over his last three starts against the Giants and
gave up one run and nine hits during a complete-game victory June 29 in San
Francisco. He was 8-9 with a 4.58 ERA overall this season.
Reds' starter Homer Bailey, who was brilliant in the Game 3 loss, may have
spilled the beans on Tuesday.
"We still have a lot of confidence going into tomorrow's game," Bailey said.
"You know, Leake's starting tomorrow, and we have a lot of confidence in him."
Or Dusty Baker could go with Mat Latos on three days' rest. Latos came on in
relief of Cueto in Game 1 and pitched well, but has been dealing with the flu.
San Francisco, meanwhile, turns to lefty Barry Zito, as it tries to once again
stave off elimination. Zito enjoyed a bit of a resurgent 2012, going 15-8 with
a 4.15 ERA. The Giants won each of his final 11 starts and Zito compiled a 7-0
record and 3.92 ERA over that span.
"This is more a case with rewarding Zito with how he's been pitching and the
job he's done," Bochy said. "I think he's earned this."
In seven career postseason outings, Zito is 4-3 with a 3.25 ERA, but hasn't
appeared in the playoffs since 2006 when he was with Oakland.
Zito has faced the Reds 12 times (11 starts) and is 3-5 with a 6.25 ERA. In
six starts at Great American Ball Park, he is 0-2 with a 6.10 ERA.
"They're tough one through nine," Zito said of the Reds. "They even have some
pitchers who can swing pretty well. You just can't let down even for one
pitch, especially in this ballpark. You just have to live moment to moment,
pitch to pitch, and not get ahead of yourself."
San Francisco kept its season alive on Tuesday, as Buster Posey scored on
third baseman Scott Rolen's two-out error in the top of the 10th inning, and
the Giants eked out a 2-1 win.
San Francisco entered the 10th with only one hit, a two-out single in the
sixth by Marco Scutaro off Bailey, who struck out 10 and walked one over seven
"Homer was lights out," Baker said. "That's the best I've seen Homer. I didn't
see his no-hitter (Sept. 28 at Pittsburgh) because I was in the hospital. He's
getting better and better and that's what we had hoped."
Reds reliever Jonathan Broxton (0-1) gave up back-to-back singles to Posey and
Hunter Pence in the fateful 10th before fanning Brandon Belt and Xavier Nady.
Posey then scored when Rolen bobbled a chopper and Joaquin Arias beat the
throw to first base.
"It was a tough play," Baker said. "The ball came up on him at the last
minute. This guy is one of the best. You got to give the base runner credit
for hustling down the line at the same time. Most guys, they're out on that
ball. That was just a series of bad events."
Ryan Hanigan's passed ball had allowed the Giants catcher to get to third.
Sergio Romo (1-0) secured the win by tossing his second straight 1-2-3 inning.
History still appears to be on the side of the Reds, who haven't lost more
than two straight home games all season. Also, there have only been four teams
to rally back from an 0-2 deficit and never has it happened in the NL.
Cincinnati won four of its seven regular season matchups with the Giants this
past season.
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Neighbors spell 'stop,' not 'yield'
Some neighbors on Jennings Street in Point Loma have thought for over a decade that traffic was speeding through their neighborhood at unacceptable speeds.
Dating back to 2000, they asked the city for stop signs to slow the marauders, and the city always said no. A yellow "yield" sign was the best the city could do, the engineers said.
Then last July, a stop sign appeared. And another.
Who put them in? Not the city.
A vigilante sign installer put up the signs, flying in the face of the law. And what do you know — it worked.
One of the rogue signs has been up since July, untouched by city crews. Another was taken down and later replaced by an official City of San Diego sign.
Both were blessed by a city process that allowed the local community planning group and Councilman Kevin Faulconer to overrule the determination of civil engineers.
A resurfacing crew even accommodated the unauthorized "stop" signs by painting "STOP" in big white letters on the pavement, thinking the previous "YIELD" letters were a mistake.
The issue has polarized the otherwise quaint neighborhood, along Jennings at Albion Street and Silvergate Avenue, just east of Point Loma Nazarene University.
One group of residents says the stop signs make the neighborhood safer for walkers and children who share the streets with passing vehicles.
What should the city do?
Leave the stop signs up 82% (1143)
Remove them 18% (257)
1400 total votes.
Another faction believes the city, by approving the stop signs retroactively, has condoned the removal of its own yield signs and made a decision with incorrect facts.
"The city by its actions is saying that it is OK to take down a sign, because there is a process to legitimize it," said Don Farnsworth, who has lived on Silvergate since the 1970s.
Removing and replacing a city sign is not, technically speaking, legal. But the city hasn't searched for the instigator, and no one has been cited. City officials said they cannot remember another instance of a rogue sign being installed.
"Anyone who manipulates traffic signs is violating state law, and it cannot and should not be done," said Bill Harris, a spokesman for the city's transportation office. "However, when we encounter situations like this, which is absolutely rare and potentially unique, we carefully scrutinize the issue, explore what the community's interests are, and act according to our policy."
Harris likened the situation to the city adding a pedestrian walkway in an area where people once jaywalked.
"As staff learns of changing conditions, they respond to those conditions," Harris said.
When the matter first came to light, the city removed one of the two stop signs and replaced it with the previous yield sign.
A group of neighbors wrote several letters to Faulconer's office asking the city return the stop sign, which they said was safer.
"The issue is the danger of that corner and... a serious safety issue that could potentially affect the entire neighborhood, certainly be catastrophic for homes in the immediate area," area resident Simon Borger wrote to Faulconer in January.
Van Thaxton, who has lived on Silvergate since 1996, said the community's demographics have changed over the years, from an older retirement-aged population to one of younger families with children. Thaxton said that drivers would ignore the yield signs and speed through the intersections, putting people – including children — at risk.
Several fender benders have occurred at Silver Gate and Jennings, including one in which a vehicle slammed into the wall of a home along Jennings, he said.
"Bottom line, it's a safety issue," Thaxton said. "You have to change with the changing neighborhood."
This was not the first time residents had requested stop signs at the intersections. Requests were made in mid 2000, late 2000 and early 2001, and city staff deemed stop signs unnecessary.


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Mobile Toolbox for WordPress (Tutorials, Plugins and Themes)
Mobile browsing clearly does have its limitations, mainly from its smaller physical design, but it also limited by web sites not having a mobile version tailored for the smaller screen. Current mobile web browsing stats stands at 4.5% of total world-wide internet usage and, with the prediction for the next five years being that more users will connect to the internet over mobile devices than desktop computers, it is now time to act and make your website mobile friendly.
Of course, it does depend on the size and complexity of your site, but creating a mobile version of your site does neither have to be over-expensive nor very time-consuming, especially if your site has been built using WordPress. As everybody knows, WordPress is by far and away the most popular CMS, and with it comes a thriving community of designers and developers that constantly push its boundaries further and ever-more improving its functionality. Its community has realized for some time that the mobile phenomenon has been coming, and as such does have a multitude of themes, plugins and resources available that will help you create a mobile version of your site with the minimum of fuss.
In this article, Mobile Toolbox for WordPress, we highlight themes (free and premium), plugins and easy-to-follow tutorials that will help you create a mobile version of your site.
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Free Mobile WordPress Themes
iPhonsta 1.1
Despite its name iPhonsta does not exclusively only work on the iPhone, it works on most mobile devices, like Android, Palm Pre and Blackberry. The theme has a fluid layout, configures the font size automatically and is WordPress 3 compatible.
iPhonsta Home →View the Demo →
Smooci 2
This basic free theme works in conjunction with the Smooci (WordPress on Mobiles) plugin which is used to display the mobile optimised theme when your WordPress site is visited via a mobile device.
Smooci 2 Home →View the Demo →
WordPress Mobile Theme
This is a minimalistic and lightweight theme that will fit perfectly with all the mobile phones resolutions. The three key features of this theme are: You can choose your own theme color from the theme options; The theme can have 100% width if you want the theme to fit on every mobile phone, or you can define a fixed width in pixels to target special users; The front page will dynamically create thumbnails for your posts.
WordPress Mobile Theme Home →View the Demo →
jQuery Mobile
Built with the incredible jQuery Mobile plugin, this theme is perfect for those who want to make a good looking and easy to read version of their blog. It uses most of jQuery Mobile features to guarantee an optimal ease of reading on mobile devices such as the iPhone, Blackberry or Android.
jQuery Mobile Home →View the Demo →
Mobius is a feature rich free theme that is compatible with all touchscreen mobile phones (iPhone & iPod Touch, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Palm Pre, Symbian…). It comes packaged with three variations (Sky Blue, Amethyst & Rain Forest), its widget ready, native support of non-web fonts (@font-face) and also has optional Twitter and Facebook icons.
Mobius Home →
The dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack
The dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit from dotMobi to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog.
It includes a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about.
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Carrington Mobile
Carrington Mobile is an elegant mobile theme with that supports advanced touch browsers (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Pre) and is also backward compatible with older mobile devices.
Carrington Mobile Home →View the Demo →
Premium WordPress Mobile Themes
A beautiful 4 in 1 theme (Blackboard, Wood, Leather, Nature), with 2 widget ready areas, gestures based navigation and auto-resizes images. Automatic detection if a user visits your website from an iPhone and iPod touch, thanks to its built-in plugin that comes packed with the theme.
Price: $22
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1ST Giant Leap
1stGiantLeap Mobile is a HTML5 /CSS3 template tuned to look perfect in mobile browsers. The markup is device orientation (landscape/portrait) sensitive, so when you change device orientation by rotating it 90 degrees CW or CCW this template will look nice.
Price: $15
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WPtouch 2.0 Pro
WPtouch 2.0 Pro allows you to setup a feature-rich and fast version of your website for touch-mobile devices with just a few clicks. It does come packaged with a wide variety of pre-built themes, or you could build your own custom theme with WPtouch's Skeleton theme template. It scales post images, captions and videos automatically and breaks up content with 'Load More' links that use ajax to make browsing easier for visitors.
Price: Its FREE for the basic version, $39 for Pro, $69 for the Pro 5 pack and $199 for the full developer pack.
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Mobility WordPress Theme for Web and iPad
Mobility is an iPad-ready WordPress theme with finger sliding capabilities and a custom drag-and-drop gallery admin. Both the regular and iPad versions have seven color options and the choice between a single or three-way JavaScript slider on the homepage. The iPad version can switch between portrait and landscape mode upon rotation.
Price: $30.
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WordPress Mobile Theme Framework from Obox
Obox Mobile is a WordPress Mobile Theme Framework that gives your site a unique and beautiful layout which is compatible for mobile devices. Obox Mobile comes packaged with two Obox Themes (MobiLight & MobiDark) as well as WooMobile from WooThemes.
We currently use Obox Mobile for Speckyboy.
Price: $50.
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Simple Mobile
Simple Mobile is feature-rich theme that works parallel with another theme and presented to mobile users only. It comes with 8 color schemes, collapsible multi-level menu, WP 3.0 custom menus support, 43 social media icons, a slick Twitter implementation (optimized for speed) and much more.
Price: $20.
Simple Mobile Home →View the Demo →
PadPressed functions as a WordPress plugin and allows publishers to take their content and make it perfectly formatted for the iPad. The most important aspect of PadPressed is its 100% design for the tablet touch experience. Each skin plays to a specific touch dynamic. SwipePad focuses on swiping to advance and a swipe featured slider. It notices the orientation (portrait or landscape) of a reader's iPad.
Price: $49 for a single license and $149 for a developer license.
PadPressed Home →View the Demo →
My Mobile Page
The My Mobile Page WordPress Theme is a minimal mobile WordPress theme with a modern look and a lot of cool features. This theme can be used for personal mobile pages, web designers mobile pages, artists mobile pages and many other. The theme use automatic resolution detection so you can use for small screen resolutions and bigger resolutions.
Price: $20
My Mobile Page Home →View the Demo →
On Demand Mobile
This is a joint collaboration between WPtap (plugin developers) and Press75 (theme developers) to release a mobile version of the video theme On Demand, providing a fully featured video solution for mobile platforms.
Price: On Demand Mobile for $49, or with On Demand iPad for $90.00
On Demand Mobile Home →View the Demo →
Tap News – iPhone App Style Mobile Theme
Tap News is an iphone-app style mobile plugin/theme package that instantly converts your wordpress site into a mobile web-application experience. It is specially designed for iPhone/iPod touch, Android, and Blackberry touch mobile device. The theme features elegant iPhone-style sliding layout, and it will truly turn your site into a mobile application. Other features include thumbnail pictures, full support for twitter, social bookmarking, and email.
Price: $49
Tap News Home →View the Demo →
iBusiness iPhone-iPod Template
iBusiness is a website template designed especially for the iPhone/iPod. It comes with 9 different themes, 3 page templates, 3 widget areas, PSD source files, Twitter stream, and much more.
Price: $15.
iBusiness Home →View the Demo →
Video Theme for iPhone & Android
The Video Tube theme is specifically designed for video blogging and content sharing on your mobile site. It fully supportsthe iPhone/iPod Touch, Android, and touch-based Blackberry devices.
With all WordPress features and customized insertion functions, it makes adding Youtube and MP4 videos to your mobile site exetremely easy.
Price: $49.
Video Theme Home →View the Demo →
SOFA iBloggr
Sofa iBloggr perfectly fits to the iPhones 320px wide screen without the need for screen orientation switch. You can easily turn this theme into Blog + Flickr + Twitter mashup. iBloggr supports widgets, it has a built-in Plugger system, almost everything can be controlled from theme options page – including quick translation table, image size, Post excerpt length…
Price: $15.
SOFA iBloggr Home →View the Demo →
News Press Mobile Theme
The News Gallery theme is designed with the photography blogger in mind featuring frontpage slideshow, thumbnail picture and gallery style layout options. It is the perfect choice for image-centric and magazine style WordPress websites. It comes with six stylish colors designed to fit your sites' unique profile and style.
Price: $49
News Press Mobile Theme Home →View the Demo →
iWorld is a jQuery powered feature-rich mobile theme. It comes with 10 color schemes, built-in slider & contact form (including validation plugin), Twitter & Flickr widget, a selection of social icons and comes with PSD source.
Price: $25.
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Video Elements Mobile
Video Elements Mobile Home →View the Demo →
WordPress Mobile Plugins
MobilePress – Enable The Mobile Web →
MobilePress is a free open source plugin that is flexible in that it allows you to customize your mobile presence by creating your own themes, creating themes for specific mobile browsers (iPhone and generic devices) and also allowing you to decide when to display your mobile blog.
WPmob Lite →
WPmob automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre, Samsung touch and BlackBerry Storm/Torch mobile devices. The admin panel allows you to customize many aspects of its appearance, and deliver a fast, user-friendly and stylish version of your site
WP Mobile Detector →
WP Mobile Detector is a simple plugin that automatically detects standard and advanced mobile devices and displays a compatible WordPress mobile theme.
Mobile Kit →
MobileKit is a small WordPress plugin created to make the development of WP mobile themes and apps simple, allowing theme designers to create more immersive user experiences across platforms and devices.
BAAP Mobile Version →
The BAAP Mobile Version is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog.
It includes a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about.
BuddyPress Mobile →
This is a Mobile BuddyPress theme that has been optimized for viewing onthe iPhone and iPod Touch, and will also work on Android and some Blackberry devices.
WordPress Mobile Tutorials
Mobile WordPress Theming →
In this four part tutorial series, from Mobile Tuts+, you will learn how to create a powerful mobile WordPress theme that can be applied to your blog making the site easily accessible to mobile users.
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This article is intended for those who already have a web or WordPress background. If you don't quite understand how to put together your own templates, this detailed tutorial may not for you.
Mobile Browser Detection →
This tutorial covers everything you will need to know about mobile browser detection covering a spectrum of various options, including a WP solution and a PHP solution.
Redirect Mobile Users to a Mobile WordPress Theme →
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This PHP function lets you choose how to manage your mobile visitors, they can be redirected to a page built for mobiles or you can use it to decide which markup language and stylesheet to show that user.
Add a Mobile Landing Page to Your Site →
This tutorial isn't about creating an entire mobile version of your site, instead it is a means of offering a quick introduction to visitors from the mobile world before passing them through through to your main site.
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In addition to receiving carbon offsets through a REDD+ mechanism, what are the other possible benefits that developing countries and local communities can experience from reducing deforestation and protecting forests?
Can this "carbon" value in standing trees really change deforestation trends?
Good and efficient governance of forest resources and the distribution of benefits will be central to the success of REDD+ policies and measures.
What is the role of forests in the developing world?
Why is there so much interest in forestry, deforestation and carbon at present? Is it a case of making money versus conserving the planet?
Does the UN-REDD Programme purchase carbon credits or act as a credit buyer?
What is REDD+?
What is "REDD+ readiness"?
What are the phases of REDD+ implementation?
How is the UN-REDD Programme governed?
How is the UN-REDD Programme funded?
How does the Programme work with other REDD+ initiatives?
How much carbon is released into the atmosphere by deforestation and forest degradation?
Are other emission reduction efforts needed in addition to REDD+?
How is the UN-REDD Programme working to ensure that forest- dependent communities and custodians of forests in developing countries participate in REDD+ decision-making and benefit from REDD+?
How will countries reliably assess and verify how much carbon is stored in their forests?
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Short-Cut: Malcolm McLaren – "Deep In Vogue"
In 1989 British artist Malcolm McLaren (1946 – 2010) invited vogue legend Willi Ninja (1961 – 2006) to London to record a spoken word introduction to his song "Deep In Vogue", with which he wanted to present the New York ballroom culture to a new audience. The main part of the song was performend by singer Lourdes Morales and released as a single from McLaren's album Waltz Darling in a remix by producers Mark Moore and William Orbit, which McLaren liked better than his own version. Singer Lordes today claims that McLaren stole the original idea for the song from house DJ and producer David Delvalle, while Willie Ninja shortly before his death criticized McLaren for misspelling his name on the single and not mentioning him as the writer of intro's lyrics.
McLaren for his part later on openly criticized Madonna for stealing his idea of introducing ballroom to the mainstream with her single "Vogue", which was released one year later: "I found myself on the same bill as Madonna at some Greenpeace concert and I remember her watching my dancers voguing from the side of the stage. A few weeks later she had stolen all my dancers, brought out her own single and carried it over into the mainstream. The cheek of her!" It is said that Madonna learned about voguing through actress Lauren Hutton, who was McLaren's girlfriend at the time.
The epic video to "Deep In Vogue" starring ballroom legend Willi Ninja and his crew was shot in 1989, shortly before the release of "Paris is Burning", which already existed on VHS at that time. It was director Jenny Livingston herself, who allowed producers Mark Moore and William Orbit to use samples from the film for their version of the song.