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PYT's "Web" wraps up Sunday in Mtn. View
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 July 2013 01:30
- Written by Los Altos Town Crier Staff - Town Crier Report
This is the final weekend to catch Peninsula Youth Theatre's production of "Charlotte's Web" at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.
The play, an adaptation of E.B. White's classic children's book, features songs from the cartoon version.
Joseph Robinette wrote the stage adaptation, which includes music and lyrics by Charles Strouse.
The story centers on piglet Wilbur – the runt of the litter – who learns about love and friendship from farm girl Fern and a beloved spider.
Katie O'Bryon directs "Web," supported by Dan Shaindlin (vocal direction).
"'Charlotte's Web' is one of my favorites to direct because the material is so rich," O'Bryon said. "Much of the dialogue comes straight from the book by E.B. White, who was such an exemplary writer. It has a tremendous appeal for both children and adults, and it's really a story they can enjoy together."
Performances are scheduled 10 a.m. Thursday and Friday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10-$16; the city of Mountain View adds a $2 facility-use fee to each ticket.
For advance tickets and more information, call 903-6000 or visit pytnet.org.


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Governor Beverly Perdue has declared a State of Emergency for Eastern Carolina.
The area is for all counties east of Interstate 95.
Perdue has also asked President Barack Obama to declare a pre-landfall emergency declaration to provide federal assistance for response efforts.
"Hurricane Irene poses a significant threat to our state," Perdue said, "and we need to take appropriate action to ensure the safety of our residents and visitors, along with property and infrastructure along our coast."
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Democratic Governor Bev Perdue says the National Guard is in the staging areas to respond to Hurricane Irene.
Perdue sad Thursday morning, the track shifting further west is a great concern.
"Irene is a big storm. She is packing a strong wind," Perdue said. "We know there will be strong surges, regardless of how close she comes to our coast."
Perdue said people all over Eastern Carolina should take the storm seriously and begin to implement their plans to prepare for Hurricane Irene.
She also spoke specifically about Orcacoke Island, and the response of the people there to the mandatory evacuation. "I was dismayed to see many ferries from Ocracoke were nearly empty," Perdue said.
"Let me repeat: every citizen in this state in harm's way needs to prepare for the worst and pray for the best," Perdue said.
Perdue says the state's emergency operations center is running 24 hours until the storm leaves North Carolina.

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If it's not for an historic map I don't really see the problem with some kind of eccentric coats of arms and heraldry, especially in fantasy maps. Btw thanks for sharing your work
Ive noticed more often then naught, people have gross violations in the rules of heraldry when they make coat of arms and Fields of Heraldry. I mean there is master of arms for a reason... and even I have had lots of trouble with it... so here the first step to my Heraldry Cheat sheet... its not close to being done yet but I started taking some good chunks out of the pie.
Hope this help...
If it's not for an historic map I don't really see the problem with some kind of eccentric coats of arms and heraldry, especially in fantasy maps. Btw thanks for sharing your work
your always always aloud to do what you want, as long as there is a reason for it... like lets say putting a metal on metal, would dignify a alignment to something more then wealth and would command extreme presence on the battle field. I mean the whole point of them in the first place is to identify your allies from the enemy, so even in fantasy they should follow a least a loose set of conventions in order to make your fantasy world more "believable".
And knowing the original rules may inspire some awesome things!
Thanks for this! The King Arthur Pendragon RPG has a good section on designing heraldry too.
One minor nitpick: Dexter is right, and sinister is left -- you have it reversed in your chart. But the latin names reason from the viewpoint of the person carrying this on his shield, whereas the english terms reason from the viewpoint of the person looking at the shield.
no dexter is the bearers right sinister is the bearers left.
Thanks to the miracle of the Internet, you can easily reference existing summaries (e.g., Heraldry). You might find that easier than recreating the work, unless creating a fictional alternative heraldry.
I'm actually in the process of researching colours/metals/furs, fields, ordinaries, sub-ordinaries, partitions, blazons, heraldic beasts etc. for a map I'm working on at the moment and want them to be historically accurate, in a manner of speaking.
always good to see something like this collected in one place
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Calling Kathy Mattea home
"Mountain Stage"
Featuring Kathy Mattea, Kathleen Edwards, Kim Richey, Shovels and Rope, Bonnie Bishop
WHERE: Culture Center Theater
WHEN: 7 p.m.
TICKETS: SOLD OUT (A few tickets are sometimes released at show time, though this is not a guarantee that any tickets will be available. If so, the at-the-door price is $25)
INFO: 800-594-TIXX or www.mountainstage.orgCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Kathy Mattea said she doesn't have much interest in watching MTV's "Buckwild," even though it's a television show featuring people from her home state.
The Cross Lanes native and Grammy winner said, "That stuff with reality shows, to me, that's a cultural phenomenon. Everybody wants to be famous -- no matter what. Everybody wants to be special and everybody wants their special-ness to be seen. Because of that, it can be exploited on television.
"There's a certain sadness to me in that, but that's a part of the culture I don't want to put any energy into."
Instead, Mattea wants to pour her energy into more positive things that support the culture -- like her return appearance for Sunday's "Mountain Stage," which has been sold-out since December.
Mattea is a familiar face on the recorded live radio program. In fact, she's not entirely sure how many times she's been on the program, but the crew gave her a "Mountain Stage" coat one of the last times she was on the show.
"It's the warmest thing I own," she bragged.
The singer acknowledged that she's been on the show a lot, but probably doesn't hold the title for the most visits by a guest. She doesn't even think she's the West Virginian who's been a guest on the show the most times.
That, probably, belongs to Tim O'Brien, she said.
"Tim will always be slightly ahead of me," she said. "But we were neck and neck there for a while."
Mattea supports the show, which she sees as positive for West Virginia and for Appalachia.
Last fall, Mattea released "Calling Me Home," a follow-up to her well-received 2008 record, "Coal."
"When I made Coal that came from a different place from any record I'd made," she said. "It happened right after Sago [mine disaster] and I was just torn up. Sago just wiped me out emotionally. I was bursting into tears in the middle of the day."
Mattea said a musician friend helped her find her way back. He told her, "Kathy, that's what music is good for. It helps us process emotions we don't understand."
So she made a record about coal mining.
The folksy and more root-oriented record was a departure from Mattea's better-known country-pop sound.
She said, "When I was growing up, there was all this Appalachian music going on all around me, but there was no one around to teach it to me. Nobody in my world was steeped in it."
Instead, she came to it later.
"It was like having something missing, then going back and picking up something that you didn't realize was missing," Mattea said.
She said discovering Appalachian music put her history into sharp focus. It gave context to who she was and inspired "Coal."
The style and subject matter of the record could have been a one-off, just an unusual project for a popular country artist later in her career, but Mattea said she still had songs that wouldn't leave her, songs that didn't make "Coal."
"And those became the seeds of Calling Me Home."
The new record, she said, is in a similar vein as "Coal," but maybe not as specific to mining.
"I just wanted to make a record that's about Appalachian culture," she said. "The interesting thing for me was to play these songs about a very specific place and very specific culture in other parts of the country and see how they respond to it."
Reality shows aside, Mattea believed, there's a lot of interest in this part of the world. Appalachia is just different.
"There's a particular connection that people here have with a sense of place," she said. "It's subtle, but huge -- a beautiful thing that we're losing everywhere."
"Calling Me Home," she said, celebrates the identity of Appalachia.
"I want to put my energy into the things I want to see highlighted and what I think is very special about Appalachian culture."
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text: It's been a while since I have been on here so I figured I would post my last map I worked on. I have been meaning to get back into the computer assisted world of map making but I personally get better results by hand (I need to practice some more). Anyway, here is a map I made for a DnD campaign I DM for. I loaded it into the computer and did some simple overlay work in gimp. The retitling could definitely use some work down there at the bottom, but I haven't gotten around to rescanning it in and editing it. You can see where the scan went a little blurry too, but that's what a rescan is for right ;)


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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - A GSA official testifying Wednesday before a Congressional probe into $30 million bonus dollars exposed by WUSA9 said she couldn't answer questions about bonuses.
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To see the original 9 Wants to Know unreported bonus investigation that prompted the Congressional probe, click here.
Lawmakers wanted answers about a total of $44 million in bonuses, $8 million in overtime, and $7 million in leave pay exposed by the WUSA9 investigation.
"A $50,000 bonus went to regional commissioner who is being investigated for Las Vegas conference," Mica said. Those who got them were some of the abusers."
"Do you know anything about total number of bonuses expended," Mica asked Metzler, the only GSA official who attended the hearing.
"No, I do not," Metzler responded.
Metzler said GSA Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini did not attend because of a previously planned family matter.
Mica said, until the 9 Wants to Know investigation, the Committee had only known about ten million dollars in GSA bonuses.
"The media discovered 34 million on top of that, so we have $44 million in bonuses," Mica said. "Absolutely stunning amount."
U.S. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) tried to get Metzler to disclose the scope of the bonuses at GSA., but the GSA official said she didn't have that information.
Metzler turned her back on reporters trailing her with questions about bonuses and conference spending.
She declined to answer 9 Wants to Know questions about bonuses.
Congress member Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) ordered the Inspector General of GSA to investigate the bonuses and compare them to other agencies government-wide.
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Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - The Tennessee Titans made another move to
bolster their defense, reportedly agreeing to a deal with former Baltimore
Ravens safety Bernard Pollard.
According to the Tennessean, Pollard has worked out a one-year contract with
the Titans.
It's the second safety the Titans have added this offseason. George Wilson
joined the club in February after being released by the Buffalo Bills.
Pollard was released by the Ravens earlier this month after spending two
seasons in Baltimore. He led the Super Bowl champs with 98 tackles during the
2012 regular season, adding two sacks and one interception in 13 games.
In addition, Pollard recorded 17 tackles and a forced fumble in four playoff
The 28-year-old Purdue product spent his first three NFL seasons with Kansas
City and also played two years in Houston. He has nine interceptions, nine
sacks and 584 tackles in seven NFL seasons.
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Battlefield 1943
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Jul 19 2009, 10:31 PM
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it reminds me of Warhawk, sorta.
i played the demo, and i was able to do 2 rounds before my time expired. but I thought it was a pretty nice game. i owned people as a Rifleman, but most of the time i wasn't sure what i was doing, just taking territory and killing.
I couldn't fly a plane because there,s no controls, unless you pause AND figure out that changing the view to 3rd person is ALOT easier then the default 1st person.
I'm pretty content with Killzone 2 right now and i still play Warhawk, so although Battlefield 1943 is something i would sorta like, i think i will just pass on it (especially since i don't have too much spending money right now).
Jul 31 2009, 12:10 AM
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BF42 was the best, and it all went downhill since Vietnam (that's a cliche).
It wouldve been nice having AI support, just in case you couldnt find enough people to play with. On the other hand, Dice never made a strong AI before so you might as well play with nobody.
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Jul 31 2009, 03:35 AM
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We still get stoned and play the 1942 multiplayer demo. My game plan is essentially to get in a plane, then crash it because I can barely control it. Needless to say, I don't get many kills.
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Valid case(s): 4734 (5439.1)
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Women aged 15-49
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Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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Auburn, AL (Sports Network) - Allen Payne and Josh Wallace scored 11 points
apiece as the Auburn Tigers used a big second half surge to defeat the Alabama
Crimson Tide, 49-37, in a Southeastern Conference bout at Auburn Arena.
Rob Chubb grabbed seven rebounds for Auburn (9-13, 3-6 SEC) as it overcame a
10-point halftime deficit to snap its six-game losing streak. The Tigers
managed to win despite a 1-of-13 showing from the floor by leading scorer
Frankie Sullivan.
Trevor Releford and Rodney Cooper tallied scored 11 points each for Alabama
(14-8, 6-3), which had won its previous two games.
Alabama shot just 33.3 percent from the field in the opening half, but it
still managed to take a 23-13 lead into the intermission after the Tigers went
3-of-23 from the floor in the opening 20 minutes.
The Tigers heated up to sink 57.1 percent of their field goal attempts and
added 11-of-15 at the charity stripe in the second half. Alabama watched its
lead evaporate as it went 6-of-25 from the field including 1-of-12 from beyond
the arc after the break.
Auburn converted Alabama's 16 turnovers in 21 points, while the Crimson Tide
managed to produce just seven points off of the Tigers' 14 miscues.
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Here is Jupiter from his morning.
I had intended to get a good look at the Little Red Spot in conjunction with the Great Red Spot, however by the time I got set up it was already 4 O'clock (bst) and the pair were close to rotating into the dark murky limb of Jupiter.
As soon as I started to observe, the seeing became really quite bad due to a thin later of cloud materialising from nowhere and it was all I could do to see the GRS, never mind its smaller counterpart. The seeing did eventually stabilise but Jupiter's rotation has carried my intended targets out of view by then.
Still I am pleased with the result and I think my colour accuracy is getting better now too (the first couple of drawings this year have been a bit orange).


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Staff Report
Published May 2, 2012
South Carolina moved up a spot to No. 7 on Chief Executive magazine's list of the best states in which to do business.
The Top 5
1. Texas
The Bottom 5
50. California
The magazine released today its eighth annual survey of "CEO opinion of Best and Worst States in which to do business." Texas ranked No. 1 and California ranked No. 50, rankings that have remained the same for eight consecutive years.
South Carolina ranked No. 8 in 2011 and No. 10 in 2010.
This year, 650 business leaders responded to the annual survey, up from 550 in 2011. CEOs were asked to grade states in which they do business among a variety of areas, including tax and regulation, quality of workforce and living environment.
North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Utah held their positions in the top 10, with Indiana moving up a notch to No. 5.
"It may be no accident that most of the states in the top 20 are also right-to-work states, as labor force flexibility is highly sought after when a business seeks a location," wrote JP Donlon of Chief Executive. "Several economists, most notably Ohio State's Richard Vedder and Harvard's Robert Barro, have found that the economies in R-to-W areas grow faster than other states, have higher employment and attract more inward migration."


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STEUBENVILLE -Steubenville shot a blazing 19 of 20 from the foul line Tuesday night and came from behind in the fourth quarter to pull out a 66-61 victory against Wheeling Park in the Crimson Center.
The Patriots (4-9) got off to a good start, taking a 16-11, first-quarter lead, but coach Mike Haney's Big Red (11-3) ratcheted up the defense and took the ball to the basket offensively in a big 24-point second quarter to take a 35-30 lead to the locker room at the half.
"We were moving slow and balls were on the ground that we should have been getting and they built the lead to 13-2 to start out the game," Haney said. "I called timeout and subbed everybody, and when the starters went back in, it seemed like it woke them up a little bit."
It sure did. The Red went on a 9-3 run to end the first quarter and then the 24-point tear in the second.
But the third period went back in favor of the Patriots. They slowed things down, ran their offense and controlled the tempo. The Patriots took the lead back, inching ahead 48-47 after three quarters.
"We gave them some easy baskets there in the third," Haney explained. "We didn't make them work for their shots the way we wanted to and then we had some bad turnovers and got away from going to the basket.''
Wheeling Park's Michael Jebbia wasn't pleased with the 15 turnovers his club committed.
"Once we slowed things down a little bit we did better, but sometimes we're our own worst enemy," he said. "Until we cut down on our turnovers and some quick shots at times we're not going to be able to get over the hump.
"They sped us up there in the second quarter. That's the way they wanted to play. They have a nice ball club.
Big Red got the lead for good with 2:48 left in the fourth quarter when Chris Smith nailed a 10-foot jumper in the lane.
Steubenville increased the lead to 62-56 with 55 seconds left when Mylik Young made a layup and was fouled. Young made the freebie, but the Patriots weren't ready to throw in the towel.
First Trenton Smith went to the foul line to make two and then Luke Saseen made the second of two from the line to narrow the Big Red lead down 62-59 with 27 seconds remaining.
Lawson missed the front end of a 1-and-1 from the foul line with 20 seconds left, the only missed free throw of the game for Big Red, and that loomed big when Park's Zachary Phillips made a layup off a fast break to slice the Big Red lead to one at 62-61 with 12 ticks on the clock.
Lawson, however, atoned for the miss, sinking two from the line to take the heat off a bit with 11.4 seconds left. Lawson finished with a game-high 25 points.
Big Red's Mylik Young, who came off the bench to score 16 points and lead the Red with 9 rebounds, canned two free throws with 1.8 left for the final margin.
In addition to Lawson and Young, Periogn West scored 12 points for Big Red.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- With all we have heard Aaron Alexis' brushes with the law, and his possible mental health issues, how was it possible that Navy Yard shooter was allowed access to the Washington Navy Yard base?
The Navy admits Aaron Alexis's time in the Navy included a pattern of misconduct, including gun infractions, so why would the Navy welcome him onto the base as a contractor? By all accounts, he had a legitimate ID when he entered the base Monday.
A look at Alexis' past brushes with the law includes:
-In 2004, Seattle police arrested Alexis for shooting out a car's tires in what he called an "anger-fueled blackout." He was not convicted.
-In 2010, Fort Worth, Texas police arrest Alexis for firing his gun into his ceiling, presumably at a neighbor he had words with, but he was never charged.
Then, the Navy moved to discharge Alexis due to a pattern of on-duty misconduct that would get most people fired from their civilian jobs including:
-disorderly conduct
-unauthorized absences
-and at least one instance of intoxication
Retired Navy Reserve Captain Sterling DeRamus is a military law expert, "It seems very odd to me that he should have gotten clearance. Anytime somebody has been discharged from the Navy for a pattern of misconduct...that's got to raise a huge red flag. And that will be part of a DD214 and that's part of his service record that will follow him forever."
But did this information follow?
Friends say the 34-year-old moved to our area a month ago to work for a Hewlett Packard subcontractor called "The Experts," working on the Navy's Intranet.
DeRamus sums up his assessment this way, "Somewhere along the line a mistake was made."


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IUCN Balkila Himalayan Watershed Project supported by Nokia
IUCN and Nokia have signed a project partnership agreement which aims to identify opportunities to address climate change and natural resource loss in the Balkila Watershed of Uttarakhand State, India. …
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Capítulo Ibérico del Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) para promover la sostenibilidad de eventos y reuniones
El Capítulo Ibérico del GMIC consiste en una iniciativa que agrupa a profesionales de España y Portugal para promover prácticas sostenibles en el sector de la organización de eventos. …
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IUCN welcomes distinguished scientists from around the world and a wide variety of disciplines to the new IUCN Science Advisory Board. …
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CEC Chair Keith Wheeler introduces the March/April issue of the IUCN CEC e-newsletter. …
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The February 2011 issue features a community-based anti-poaching operation. Published by CEC member Mangal Man Shakya of Nepal.
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Success story from the Sundarban's Tiger Project
Iqbal Hussain, CEC member, shares a story of villagers' participation in saving the life of a tiger in Bangladesh. …
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CEC Bureau begins long-term strategic planning for CEC
CEC recently embarked on a long-term strategic planning exercise to shape the next strategic plan and beyond, reports CEC Focal Point Rod Abson.
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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway
Recent Ephrata High School graduate Jeff Halligan slipped under Jered Hook to grab the top spot, then held off a furious challenge by Mike Rutherford to win the 600cc Greenawalt Memorial on Saturday night.
Rutherford won his second in a row in the 25-lapper for the 270cc Two-Strokes, while Jesse Maurer won his first of the year in the 125cc Class. Craig DeSantis notched the 270cc Four-Stroke triumph, and Mark Ludwig won an exciting Sportsman feature.
600cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Jeff Halligan, 2.Mike Rutherford, 3.Jered Hook, 4.Heath Hehnly, 5.Brent Ely, 6.Shane Lewis, 7.Jeff Stelter, 8.Tim Buckwalter, 9.Scott Smith, 10.A.J. Michael, 11.Christopher Tracy, 12.James Morris, 13.Tyler Esh, 14.Mike Dicely, 15.Brittany Brown, 16.Sam LaMothe, 17.Tyler Walton, 18.Shaun Brandel, 19.Ryan Hook, 20.Tony DiMattia, 21.Chris Gerhart, 22.Tom Kohler, 23.Kory Merkey, 24.Jessica Mohler.
270cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Mike Rutherford, 2.Brian Sholley, 3.Richie Hartman, 4.Jess Maurer, 5.Pete Skias, 6.Ryan Morris, 7.Nick Skias, 8.Heath Hehnly, 9.Dave Grube, 10.Billy Logeman, 11.Christi Sweigart, 12.Dan Lane Jr., 13.Jason Swavely, 14.Mike Uhrich, 15.Nate Weidman, 16.Kevin Kopp, 17.Tyler Reinhardt, 18.Mike Skias, 19.Ricky Sechrist Jr., 20.Chip Geib, 21.Brad Kemp, 22.Rebecca LaMothe, 23.Justin Harrington, 24.Ryan Gabers.
125cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Jesse Maurer, 2.Richie Hartman, 3.Dave Grube, 4.Ken Miller, 5.Shane Braxton, 6.Darren Miller, 7.Brent Shearer, 8.Derek Ecenrode, 9.Jason Rhoads, 10.Felisha Kirlin, 11.Kyle Hehnly, 12.Nick Sweigart, 13.Dylan Adams, 14.Zack Hollinger, 15.Walter Wampole, 16.Brie Weiler, 17.Jimmy Wampole, 18.Chris Gerhart, 19.Bradley Brown. DNS: Danny Braun Jr.; Austin Emerson. DQ: Kory Merkey.
Sportsman Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Mark Ludwig, 2.Sheena Logeman, 3.Ken Miller, 4.Robert Shanaman, 5.Wesley Fasnacht, 6.Matt Abers, 7.Dave Kemp, 8.Curtis R. Miller, 9.Dean Spangler, Jr., 10.Corey Schmuck Jr., 11.Kelby Stauffer, 12. Tim Ziegler, 13.Jenna Heagy, 14.Dennis Fenstermacher, 15.Jason Swavely, 16.Kerry Lengle, 17.Bret Habecker, 18.Jeff Hughes, 19.Vincent Malcom Jr.
270cc Four-Stroke Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Craig DeSantis, 2.Chip Geib, 3.Ryan Morris, 4.Eddie Nocera, 5.Lewis Kepple Jr., 6.Donna Geib, 7.Kim Enck, 8.Kenny Miller III, 9.Greg Schmuck, 10.Earl Eveland, 11.Ronald Good, 12.Steve Smith Sr., 13.Sheila Fetter, 14.Kory Shissler.
**Brent Ely started 20th in the 600cc feature and utilized the bottom groove to climb to fifth at the finish.
**The 270cc victory was the second in a row for Rutherford, and his fourth of the season.
**Maurer's triumph in the 125cc Class snapped his teammate's five-race win streak. It was Maurer's first 125cc win of the year, while Richie Hartman had to settle for third place after winning the previous five consecutive features.
**Jason Swavely appeared to have two features sewn up on Saturday, leading the 270cc main until he apparently burned a piston heading for the white flag, which permitted Rutherford to get by him and steal the win. Swavely was also leading the Sportsman feature until he suffered a mechanical issue that knocked him out with three laps to go.
**Heart-breaker for Kory Merkey...who crossed the finish line first in the 125cc feature, apparently diffusing all the hard luck that has plagued him in the first half of the 2012 season. But Lady Luck continues to frown upon Merkey, as his No. 88 did not make weight as it crossed the scale after the race. Merkey was just a little bit light so he was disqualified and the victory went to Jesse Maurer.
**Fantastic field of 41 entered the 600cc portion of the Greenawalt Memorial on Saturday, while 31 of the 270's signed in for competition. Many teams were on hand to dial in their cars for next weekend's Micromania event for the 600's and the 270 Clash at the Clyde. The two day program takes place on Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1st. For details on this colossal event, log on to www.lancomicrosprint.com.
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The one-day American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support RENEWAL COURSE is intended for participants who work in a healthcare setting and have a current AHA "ACLS Provider" card. You must bring your current ACLS card and current BLS card with you to class. You are required to go the AHA student website and complete the ACLS pre-test, and bring your certificate with you to class.
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Business Spells COO a New Way: MIA
Until last month, Hyatt Hotels Corp. had two chief operating officers. Rakesh Sarna presided over international operations, and H. Charles Floyd handled things in North America. But in early October, the company reorganized from two divisions to three and gave both operating chiefs different responsibilities. Both will have the title of group president, and no one will be COO.
Across Chicago and the rest of the U.S., chief operating officers are being erased from the org chart. The disappearing act is part of the evolution toward flatter business structures as well as get-lean pressures that have companies looking twice at any personnel expense. Additionally, a chief operations officer doesn't seem as special as, say, such newer roles as chief information officer and chief technology officer.
The shift means more work for executives picking up operational duties, but it's good for employees and shareholders if it makes companies more flexible, responsive and, in a small way, profitable.
Only eight of the 25 biggest companies by 2011 revenue in Illinois have COOs; those doing without include Walgreen Co., Abbott Laboratories, Allstate Corp., Deere & Co., Exelon Corp. and Baxter International Corp. Smaller companies are dropping the position, too. Last month, Huron Consulting Group Inc. promoted its COO, James Rojas, to a managing director of Huron Legal, with no plans to fill the vacancy. Groupon Inc. did away with the post last year after its first two COOs quit.
If the elimination of COOs puts chief executives closer to the action, getting information through one less filter, "they have a better feel as to what's going on," says David Larcker, a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business who specializes in corporate governance. "That provides a better basis for them to develop strategic plans."
This is a tough break, of course, for the COO, who in the 1970s and '80s was a key member of the corporate executive team, responsible for overall operations. The ideal COO spots problems and reorganizes where necessary, trying to maximize the operational effectiveness by correcting when lower managers lack the bigger picture, says Samuel Culbert, management professor at UCLA's Anderson School of Management and author of "Get Rid of the Performance Review."
But this year just 35.4 percent of large companies—Fortune 500 companies plus others in the Standard & Poor's 500 index—have people in that role, down from 47.4 percent in 2000, according to a recent study from executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates LLC in Hinsdale, Illinois. While the decline has mostly been gradual, the drop was particularly steep last year as the number of the country's largest companies with COOs fell by 5 percentage points to 237.
As they jettison COOs, chief executive officers are handling more direct reports, almost double the number they were in the 1980s, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Chief financial officers are picking up some operational duties, too. That's partly because of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which requires CEOs and CFOs to sign off on financial statements. "In response, if CFOs were going to be on the hook, they needed increased vision into all the operations," says Matt McGreal, a principal at Crist Kolder.
COOs don't come cheap. The median total compensation for a chief operating officer at an S&P 1500 company was $2.2 million in 2010, up 30 percent from a year earlier, according to a 2011 report on COO pay from Equilar Inc., an executive compensation research outfit in Redwood City, Calif.
But cutting the COO won't save company owners as much as they think if they're only turning around and paying more for other executives, warns Jan Koors, managing director at Pearl Meyer & Partners, a Chicago-based executive compensation consulting firm.
COOs still have some use, particularly as a succession tool. McDonald's Corp. appointed a COO recently, replacing Don Thompson, who moved up to the top job.
At Moline, Illinois-based Deere, Samuel Allen was promoted to CEO from COO in 2010. A spokesman says that Allen had the title for just two months during the transition of leadership and that the agriculture equipment company hasn't had someone in the COO role for any significant time since the early 1990s.
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- "It's Bernie now. After I came here, I wanted a complete change. So I became Bernie Crane."
- ― Florian Cravic
Weekend at Florian's is one of the final missions Ray Boccino gives Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV. In this mission, Niko uses the help of Ray's aquintance, Talbot Daniels and Roman Bellic to find Florian Cravic, a man he suspects killed his friends in the Bosnian Wars, one of the two men Niko has spent ten years looking for. The other man was Darko Brevic.
Once you're nearing the end of Ray's missions (and providing you have unlocked the Middle Park East safehouse), Ray gives you a call and throws you a "bone". He tracked down Florian Cravic, a man Niko suspects betrayed the military unit. Niko automatically calls Roman to help him locate Talbot, a stranger that knows the location of Florian. Drive with Roman to Star Junction, Algonquin. During the ride over, Roman tells Niko that he sometimes plays cards with Talbot. Roman and Niko find Talbot on a busy street in Star Junction looking at a canvas.
An in-game cutscene shows Roman and Niko talking to Talbot, they then all get into any four-door car of your choice. Drive to Florian's apartment near the corner of Ivy Drive South and Pyrite Street, Middle Park West with Talbot's help and watch the cutscene.
When you reach Florian's apartment, when it tells you to stop in the marker, you may get out of the car and Roman and Talbot will follow. You will be able to kill Talbot without failing the mission. But this can only be done before you walk/drive into the marker at Florian's place and after Talbot tells you to stop.
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In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Pick up Roman
- Go and see Talbot
- Follow Talbot's directions to find Florian's apartment
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- If Niko does not follow Talbot's direction's, Talbot will be lost and the mission will fail.
- The title Weekend at Florian's is based on the film Weekend at Bernie's since Florian insists that his name has changed to Bernie.
- If the player brings up his cellphone while Talbot is giving directions, a message will pop up in the top left corner of the screen, telling the player to "Put your cell phone away and listen to Talbot".
- If the player fails the mission by killing Talbot before reaching Florian's apartment, the message "Talbot is dead, you are no closer to finding Florian Cravic." appears. A brief cutscene of Roman telling Niko there will be more opportunities shows, and Niko will be put in front of the Middle Park East Safehouse in a white Dilettante.
- During or by the end of this mission, The Lost and Damned storyline would be over.
- Several in game hours after the player completes this mission, U.L Paper will call Niko, saying on the phone "So I heard you found the big bad monster you're after, Bernie Crane the muscle Mary? Come on." to which Niko replies "Fuck You". U.L Paper tells Niko that he is supposed to be looking for Darko; not Florian, and will be in touch.
- Even though this mission is given by Ray Boccino, it instead gives progression to Roman's mission stats instead of Ray's.
- Some time after this mission is completed, Mallorie will call Niko to tell him that Roman has asked her to marry him. This is followed by three more calls: from Roman, Brucie and Kate (Kate will call when the mission "Undertaker" is also complete).


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I believe is on Jan 18 and 19th. Glad to see us bringing in guys when we have students on campus and Hilton should be pretty good, especially if we beat Mizzou.
We play Okie St that day.
It would be nice for Chizik and co to wrap up a solid recruiting class that day so we dont have as much last minute scrambles.
Hopefully we can wrap things up soon. We have anywhere from 3-6 scholarships to give, as far as we know? The last couple weeks have been strong, hopefully we continue to impress. It would be nice if we had weather like we do this week.
We need a big crowd at the game and a win!!!!
what visitors are we expecting? is there alot or are they quality recruits
pry more 2 stars...
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pry more 2 stars...
Expecting some three star recruits...some potentially strong players I believe.
I'm guessing that it will be pretty quiet from now until signing day. There is usually a period after all the recruits that are going to commit prior to signing have been identified, and the remainder don't show up until signing. Hope we have two or three real surprises waiting.
I don't get much into recruiting but according to rivals.com here is where we stand in star ratings so far:
3 star recruits: 7
2 star recruits: 13
No stars listed: 1
Only 4 are ranked at their positions: Tiller (19) Benton (63) Grant (56) McDonough (47)
I don't put a ton of weight into the star system but I would hope we eventually get a couple 4 star guys in here and not so many 2 stars. Recruiting is a big part of turning this thing around and so far have we really done any better then we did under McCarney in that aspect? Time will tell I guess.
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I don't get much into recruiting but according to rivals.com here is where we stand in star ratings so far:
3 star recruits: 7
2 star recruits: 13
No stars listed: 1
Only 4 are ranked at their positions: Tiller (19) Benton (63) Grant (56) McDonough (47)
I don't put a ton of weight into the star system but I would hope we eventually get a couple 4 star guys in here and not so many 2 stars. Recruiting is a big part of turning this thing around and so far have we really done any better then we did under McCarney in that aspect? Time will tell I guess.
It may not be reflected in average stars, but yes, it's better than McCarney's just in the size and speed aspect alone. Plus you gotta keep in mind that when it comes to Scout the star rating of a player drops the moment they verbally commit to ISU
"That's what I do. I drink, and I know things." - Tyrion Lannister
"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
Anyone know who our 4 star guys in the past were?
I know Austin Flynn, Stevie Hicks, and I think Troy and Darren Davis were all 4 star guys. I know we had a couple that flamed out. I think Walter Nickle was a 4 star guy. Help me out here.
last year was j.j. bass, 06 had none, 05 had paul fisher and walter nickel(what happened to paul fisher? twin brother scott was a 3 star that commited to us to-both ol) 04 had webster patrick, 03 had none, 02 had flynn, hicks, curtis james? OL from cali, collin menard OL from iowa, federico samuel DT from cali, and max steward LB from cali. actually 02 looks like a hell of a class on paper:
that was as far back as i could go
I guess my thing is if we are talking about competing for Big 12 titles and being a consistent winner I would hope we are in the running for guys that some of the big schools are looking at else we really aren't improving the talent level enough to get to where we want to go. I'm sure we'll uncover some diamonds in the rough but bottom line is why do the best teams in the conference and in the country win consistently? Because they recruit the best talent.
No crap. That 2002 class looks great on paper. I think everyone would be thrilled if we could get a class like that again. Except keep it togeather.
Ok, here's another thing I just found. Kansas has all 3 star recruits and 1 4 star guy so far. Until this past year they were about as bad as us in recent memory. Even Baylor has a 4 star commit and Colorado has 7! These are the teams we are going up against folks. Just take a look at some of the commits the rest of the Big 12 has right now and most are littered with more 3+ star recruits while we have more 2 star than 3 star guys and not 1 4+ star commit. Other schools in the Big 12 are recruiting size and speed as well...
Looking at that class it was definitely a paper tiger - definitely proof of the saying "that's why they don't play games on paper." The only 4-star on that list that actually did anything was Austin Flynn. Face it - Hicks was a flameout and nothing ever came of the other guys. The only other guys that really came out of that class were Jon Davis, Ryan Kock, and Nick Leaders, and they were all 2-stars.
This is why I just don't buy into the "we must get mostly 3 and 4 stars if we ever dream of competing with the big boys." 2002 was evidence that stars are often misleading. I'd rather bring in a bunch of 2 and 3 star guys that are extremely coachable and are the "right" guys instead of a bunch of 3 and 4 star flameouts.
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Forum on Global Issues
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The process of globalisation, the ever increasing interlinking of individual states and regions of the world, in the last decades had decisive political repercussions as well as its obvious economic and social impact. Governments are increasingly aware that most challenges can no longer be met by individual states and that the distinction between domestic and international politics is more and more blurred. Key global challenges are:
- the protection of our natural environment and its preservation for future generations;
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These global issues are generally closely linked; they must therefore be analyzed more clearly in their contexts, with the aim of identifying overarching approaches to tackling them. This includes the recognition that the majority of problems can no longer be resolved by individual states acting alone, and that the boundaries between domestic and foreign policy have become increasingly blurred. In addition to international cooperation and joint international endeavours, the increased involvement of non-governmental global players, so-called civil society, is needed.
The Forum on Global Issues was set up in April 1999 in response to these considerations by the then Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Joschka Fischer, in the presence of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Forum serves as a Federal Foreign Office platform for the dialogue between government and civil society. This dialogue between government and non-governmental organizations, foundations, churches, business associations and companies looks at the entire spectrum of global issues.
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While talk of a possible "double-dip recession" gains momentum, results from the most recent Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI) are doing its part to quell that theory.
July's PCI was up 1.7 percent, following a 1.9 percent decline in June and a 3.1 percent increase in May.
The PCI, according to Ceridian and UCLA, is based on an analysis of real-time diesel fuel consumption data from over-the-road trucking and is tracked by Ceridian, a provider of electronic and stored value card payment services. The PCI data is accumulated by analyzing Ceridian's electronic card payment data that captures the location and volume of diesel fuel being purchased by trucking companies.
The PCI closely tracks the Federal Reserve's Industrial Production data as well as GDP growth.
"The key takeaway from the July report is that the economy continues to recover – which is encouraging – but the pace needs to substantially pick up to put people back to work," said Ed Leamer, chief PCI economist, in a statement. "With the unemployment rate still at 9.5 percent and consumers understandably nervous about opening their wallets, it is hard to be very optimistic about economic growth. On the other hand, there is nothing about the PCI that is supportive of the pessimistic double-dip view."
As LM reported last month, June's PCI decline was due, in part, to a late Memorial Day holiday leading to a sluggish first half of the month, followed by a strong second half of June. Todd Dooley, senior vice president of finance for Ceridian, told LM that Memorial Day was on the latest date in May it has for the last ten years, coupled with trucking activity around Memorial Day slowing down for about a week to ten days, which negatively impacted June's results.
July's PCI, on the other hand, was up 8 percent year-over-year and represents the eighth straight month of mid-to-high single digit growth after two years of declines, according to Ceridian and UCLA. But the report said annual growth of 10-to-15 percent is needed to truly drive an increase in employment.
"The economy continues to grow at a steady rate but not at a rate that is going to put Americans back to work in significant quantities," said Dooley. "July was a strong month over all. What you are hearing in the marketplace is there a lot of choppiness in the economy, with many people at the end of June saying there would be a double-dip recession. And, now, the Federal Reserve is downgrading outlooks along with being concerned about unemployment. Our position remains unchanged in that we expect 2-to-3 percent GDP type of growth [the U.S. Department of Commerce's estimate for GDP growth from the first quarter to the second quarter is 2.4 percent] in the second quarter, whereas 5-to-6 percent growth is what is needed to put people back to work."
As things currently stand, Dooley said the current numbers represent a solid but unspectacular recovery.
And with evidence of freight volumes slowing down, coupled with a dismal 2009, Dooley said year-over-year comparisons, which showed significant growth in the first half of 2010 are likely to slow down in the second half of the year. But even with a slow and steady recovery—with 2-to-3 percent GDP growth, the eight straight months of growth in the PCI is expected to continue, noted Dooley.
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Solar Smelters International is a non-profit organization - dedicated to providing high temperature solar energy applications for those in need - promoting and educating the public regarding industrial solar process heat and the safety of its use; encouraging all concerned to harness concentrated sunlight for materials processing - such as smelting of rocks/glass/metals, and for the processing of waste/chemicals via industrial solar process temperatures in producing steam/water distillation. The organization founder is Martin Nix.
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Published: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 11:39 p.m.
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The College of Central Florida baseball team extended its winning streak to four games, as it swept a doubleheader from Macomb (Ill.) Community College by scores of 17-2 and 7-5 on Monday afternoon at Goodlett Field.
In the opener, CF sent 11 batters to the plate in two separate innings and totaled 11 runs during those frames, while it built a five-run lead in the nightcap and held off a charge by Macomb, as Collin Woody struck out Blake Smith with the bases-loaded to close things out.
CF (17-9), which visits FSC-Jacksonville on Wednesday afternoon in its Mid-Florida Conference opener, scored six times in the first inning of the opener and was never threatened.
Brendan Collins (1-for-5, two runs scored, RBI), Darren Fischer (3-for-5, three runs scored, RBI), Enderson Velasquez (3-for-5, two doubles, four runs scored, two RBIs), Woody (2-for-4, three runs scored, three RBI, double), Ryan Smith (1-for-4, three runs scored, RBI), Danny Timmons (2-for-4, two RBI), Sean Plunkett (3-for-4, runs scored, two doubles, four RBI), Joan Rondon (1-for-5, two RBIs) and Spencer Bowles (1-for-2, run scored, RBI) led the way for the Patriots in the opener.
Colby Wisdom (3-2) tossed four innings and allowed two runs on five hits in earning the win for CF in Game 1.
In the Game 2, the Patriots used a four-run effort in the third inning on their way to the win.
Mario Urdaneta (3-for-3, double, run scored, two RBIs), Josh Ellzey (run scored), Robby Jolley (run scored), Timmons (2-for-2, run scored, two RBI), David Lugo (run scored) and Isaac Geisler (1-for-3, run scored, RBI) led the way for CF in the nightcap.
Matt Delay (1-2) allowed two runs on three hits in four innings to win the second game for the Patriots. Delay walked just one and struck out five.
Woody worked around a pair of walks in the seventh inning of Game 2 and earned his fourth save of the season.
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Regarding the letter (Dec. 1) from the Woodstock Land Conservancy, the writers were encouraging people in the community to contact Ulster County Executive Mike Hein and the Legislature about allowing the rail trail to be developed in a "segmented area" of the county where the old Ulster and Delaware had run. Chapter and verse were cited where the model had worked.
While I believe in the value of a Greenway and that the best development is sustainable, I also believe in the value of history. When rail, trains, structures, traditions, even important programs are dropped, it is almost impossible to expect their return. While the WLC proposes development of the rail trail in certain areas, the untold story is that the Ulster and Delaware has been developing the old track, has just finished a bridge in the flats with volunteer workers, and has hopes of connecting rail across the county.
People of the Ulster and Delaware think a dual trail and track could exist in those "segmented areas" and the public has a right to know about this.
Ulster County can develop an attractive tourism interest with rail and trail. In 1900, a million people a year came to Ulster County; the trains and trolleys were a vital part of the development of the area. Tourism is again going to be an industry Ulster County can capitalize on. My wife and I enjoy kayaking, rail trail, and trains. A rail and trail model can work in those "segmented areas."
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Boston Consulting Groups sees promise for ocean cargo carriers
October 11, 2012 - LM Editorial
While executives in the container-shipping industry would probably like to forget 2011, the resiliency of industry players will prove itself once again, said analysts at the Boston Consulting Group. In a recent report, "Restoring Profitability to Container Shipping," they recognize that even though some were close to bankruptcy, such struggles are not new.
"For years carriers have wrestled with earning back the cost of capital, and in 2009 they were confronted with a crisis caused by a significant drop in demand," noted the report.
The report said that last year their distress resulted primarily from intense competition and price wars triggered by carriers' reactions to a self-inflicted supply-and-demand imbalance. In 2011, the arrival of new vessels ordered years earlier boosted capacity by 1 million twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) for 16 of the largest publicly-listed carriers— an increase of 8.7 percent over 2010 levels.
Carriers had placed these orders planning to increase market share, noted the report.
"Carriers didn't simply add nominal capacity, however; this capacity came in the form of new ultralarge vessels. Carriers were continuing their pursuit of lower unit costs," said analysts.
But when demand didn't keep up with supply, carriers decreased freight rates to ensure maximum utilization even at the expense of profits. Price wars ensued, the most intense one occurring on the highly competitive trade lane between the Far East and Europe, Where rates fell by 60 percent.
A recent study estimates that the rate cuts cost the industry $114 billion. For the 16 largest publicly listed carriers, the cuts contributed to combined operating losses of $5 billion in 2011, with an average operating loss per carrier of $311 million.
Jon Monroe, president of Monroe Consulting, told LM that this "blood bath" had to come to a stop if carriers were to remain economically viable.
"The predatory pricing wars were threatening to decimate the industry," he said.
But the Boston Consutling Group observed that the losses marked an abrupt turnaround from 2010, when these 16 carriers earned a record $7.1 billion. Debt-to-equity ratios for ten of the carriers rose above one.
"Rating agencies responded by lowering their ratings for several of the carriers, which raised the cost of capital," said Boston Consulting Group analysts. "Overall, the major carriers survived the year through slow steaming (throttling engines to save fuel) and organizational and debt restructurings. Several carriers also received massive cash injections from owners and governments, however, their combined cash reserves decreased by almost 20 percent."
Stephen Fletcher, commercial director, for the Paris-based consultancy Alphaliner, said carriers are not out of the dark yet, however.
"Without further capacity cuts, carriers will have a hard time making rate hikes stick," he said.
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|Times They Are A-Changin'
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Last week's column focused on the impacts of changing standards with the adoption of our new Colorado Academic Standards. While there are good reasons to update our old standards from 1993, new standards have created a domino effect for new work to be done. Changing what is expected of students means that it is time to change curriculum.
Curriculum writing is a complex and lengthy process. It is also overwhelming in rural school districts where the classroom teachers are doing the curriculum work rather than a team of people in a district office somewhere like in the large districts. Teachers in rural schools have to keep their classes going while writing curriculum and doing whatever odd job is asked of them, including being a sponsor or coach.
Needless to say, when the new Colorado Academic Standards were adopted, the teaching staff in Holyoke was not exactly thrilled at the prospect of writing curriculum again.
When new curriculum is written, the assessments change too. Our state assessments are changing. Our good old CSAP has been turned into TCAP, the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program.
The next version is in the works now. Classroom assessments also need to be adjusted or recreated when the standards change. Teachers will be looking at creating new assessments for their new curriculum.
Faced with new curriculum and new assessments, our districts had some options in front of them. First of all, we will be adopting new curriculum that has been created by the Department of Education based on the new standards. This curriculum has been created by teachers from across the state, including teachers from Holyoke who were selected to be part of the process.
Holyoke is not the only district that will be using the new state sample curriculum. In fact, 11 districts in northeastern Colorado will be working together to implement this new state sample curriculum as a whole group.
This collaborative effort of implementing the new curriculum was just a start. We will also be creating time to get teachers together from our districts for unprecedented collaboration. We believe that our teachers can do a better job of implementing the new curriculum and standards if they are working together.
We also believe that our teachers can do a better job of creating classroom assessments when they are working together.
When you are the only chemistry teacher in a school or one of two fifth-grade teachers in a school, you are somewhat limited in any opportunities to brainstorm new lesson ideas, create alternate assignments for struggling or gifted learners or how to integrate technology in ways that engage students.
Working together with teachers in our area presents a wonderful opportunity to implement the new standards and to have more creative options to find the best way to reach every student.
Collaborating means compromise will be necessary, but the trade-off will be greater. Not only will we be working together on curriculum, instruction and assessment, all of the districts in our region will also be using a new teacher evaluation instrument.
And that is where we will pick up next week on our tour of changes in public education in Colorado.
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Fort Myers, FL (Sports Network) - Thomas Neal hit a solo home run as the New
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3 Days to Election Day: Florida
In 2004, Bush took Florida by 381,000 votes and Obama took it in 2008 by 236,000 votes- a swing of over 617,000 votes. Romney has some work cut out for him in Florida. The bulk of the Obama victory came from six counties where that swing in votes was exceptionally high- Hillsboro, Pinellas, Osceola, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Orange. If Romney can win back Pinellas and | Read More »


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Frequently Asked Questions about the Campaign
What is celiac disease?
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in which people cannot tolerate gluten because it damages the lining of their small intestine and prevents absorption of nutrients. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley and in some products such as vitamin and nutrient supplements, lip balms, and certain medications. Celiac disease is also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
What is the NIH Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign?
The NIH Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign seeks to heighten awareness of celiac disease among health care professionals and the public. The Awareness Campaign stems from consensus recommendations of an independent panel of experts convened by the NIH to assess current diagnosis, treatment, and management of the disease. The consensus panel concluded that as much as 1 percent of the U.S. population has celiac disease, but the vast majority remain undiagnosed. To address this disparity, the panel recommended that the NIH spearhead efforts to educate health care providers and the public about the disease. Officially launched in 2006, the Awareness Campaign was developed by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the NIH, with coordination among the professional and voluntary organizations working on celiac disease.
What does the Awareness Campaign do?
The Awareness Campaign offers materials and resources for health care professionals and the public about the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and management of celiac disease. The Awareness Campaign provides fact sheets, booklets, practice tools for health care professionals, NIH research information, and resources from professional and voluntary organizations that focus on celiac disease. All of these resources are available through the Awareness Campaign's website at www.celiac.nih.gov and the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, a service of the NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The Awareness Campaign distributes resources through an exhibit booth at national conferences and publishes an e-newsletter with information about celiac disease resources, meetings, and other activities.
Why is a national campaign about celiac disease necessary?
Previously, celiac disease was thought to be uncommon in the United States. However, recent findings estimate that the disease now affects about one in 141 people in United States.1 More than 3 million Americans are affected by celiac disease, although most remain undiagnosed. Blood tests are available to help diagnose the disease.
1Rubio-Tapia A, Ludvigsson JF, Brantner TL, Murray JA, Everhart JE. The prevalence of celiac disease in the United States. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2012 Oct;107(10):1538–44.
The disease is largely underdiagnosed for several reasons. Celiac disease can present through a broad range of symptoms, many of which physicians do not readily associate with the disease. In addition, many of the symptoms are attributed to other diseases and conditions, ultimately leading to the wrong diagnosis.
Experts who attended an NIH Consensus Development Conference on Celiac Disease in June 2004 determined that increasing physician awareness of the various manifestations of celiac disease and appropriate use of available testing strategies could lead to earlier diagnosis and better outcomes for celiac patients. A national campaign is the vehicle through which to convey these important messages to the health community and the public.
What is the main goal of the Awareness Campaign?
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- prevalence of celiac disease in the United States
- availability and validity of blood testing as a diagnostic tool
- health consequences associated with celiac disease
- misperception that celiac disease is just a gastrointestinal disease
How is the Awareness Campaign funded?
The Awareness Campaign is funded through the NIH, which receives its funding through congressional appropriations.
Is there a cure for celiac disease?
Although there is currently no cure, celiac disease, in most cases, can be successfully treated by adhering to a gluten-free diet.
Where can people go for more information about celiac disease?
The Awareness Campaign's website, www.celiac.nih.gov, has more information about celiac disease, as well as a list of celiac disease organizations. Visit the Awareness Campaign e-news page at Celiac Disease Research and News for updates on NIH-funded research and celiac-specific news and information about free publications.
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XU MBA Students Presented Opportunity For Group Study Exchange in Nigeria via Rotary International
The WCB Center for International Business has received an invitation from the Rotary Club presenting an unique opportunity for our MBA students (those who are gainfully employed, between the age of 25 to 40) to participate in a group study exchange in Nigeria for one month, all expenses paid. The program is sponsored by the Rotary Club.
Disclaimer: This is opportunity is not affiliated with Xavier University.