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Slavery by Another Name discussion, Wednesday Feb. 26
Please join the Ursula C. Schwerin Library for a clip screening and discussion of the film Slavery by Another Name on Wednesday, February 26th at 2:30 PM. The screening and discussion will take place in the recently renovated Multimedia Projection Room in the Library, Rm. A432.
Slavery by Another Name is a PBS documentary based on the book by Douglas A. Blackmon. The film tells the stories of men charged with crimes like vagrancy, often guilty of nothing, who were bought and sold, abused, and subjected to sometimes deadly working conditions as unpaid convict labor.
The discussion will be led by Prof. Dionne Bennett, Assistant Professor in the African American Studies Department at New York City College of Technology. Bennett holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles where she studied in the Psychocultural Studies and Medical Anthropology Program.She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Anthropology and Literature from Yale University. She was previously the Director of the African American Studies Program at the University of Detroit Mercy and an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and a Visiting Professor of Women's Studies at Loyola Marymount University. She has been a fellow of Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, the Ford Foundation, and the UCLA President's Office. She has been an associate of the The Hiphop Archive at Harvard University since its founding in 2002 by Marcyliena Morgan. She is the author, with photographer Matthew Jordan Smith, of Sepia Dreams: A Celebration of Black Achievement through Words and Images, co-editor of Revolutions of the Mind: Cultural Studies in the African Diaspora Project 1996-2002 (CAAS Publications, University of California Los Angeles, 2003), and a contributor to Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities (NYU Press, 2010).
Tech Happy Hour: Tools For Your Tablet
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. Do you have a tablet computer, either an iPad or Android device? Curious about how you can use it for more than watching movies or playing games? Join your colleagues for wine and cheese at this library workshop and learn about apps and strategies you can use to supercharge your tablet for your research, teaching, and productivity.
Our workshop will be held on Thursday February 27, 5:00-6:30pm in Rm. A632, Faculty Lounge, Atrium 6th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at email@example.com.
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Faculty/Staff Workshop: Copyright/Fair Use in Digital Teaching
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. Do you know how copyright and fair use applies to web-based teaching? Are you interested in making material available to students online? Learn about the tools and guidelines available for your use.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday February 19, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Bronwen Densmore at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The current population of Addison County is 36,554 with the median age of 42. Addison County's median household income is $56,934, and the average household net worth is $475,338.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Addison County by age group. In Addison County, the male-to-female ratio is 18,241:18,313, which is 2% higher than the ratio of Vermont, which is 310,090:318,739. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Addison County, has 42% less property crime than Vermont, and is 58% below the nation's average. Addison County, has 21% less personal crime than Vermont and when compared to that of United States, Addison County is 77% below the national average.
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Addison County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Addison County, 81% of people are married and 19% of people are single. The percent of people married is 3% higher than the ratio of Vermont, which is 78%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of Addison County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for Addison County is $56,934, which is 6% higher than that of Vermont ($53,667). Income data for Addison County is sourced from census, 2015.
Education data represents the highest level of education attained by residents in Addison County. In Addison County, 13% of residents 18 and over graduated from high school and 42% completed a Bachelor's degree or higher, which is 2% higher than that of Vermont. Education statistics is sourced from census, 2015.


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Payroll employment in November
December 12, 2006
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 132,000 in November 2006 to 136.0 million. This followed increases of 203,000 in September and 79,000 in October (as revised).
Thus far this year, payroll employment has grown by an average of 149,000 per month.
In November, employment rose in several service-providing industries and in mining. Employment declined in construction and continued to trend downward in manufacturing.
These data are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics program, and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent two months are preliminary. More information can be found in "The Employment Situation: November 2006" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 06-2041.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Payroll employment in November on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/dec/wk2/art02.htm (visited May 30, 2016).
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the last decade, debates have raged over whether climate change—often
referred to as "global warming"—was fact or fiction.
But a new comprehensive report by the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) may quiet that debate. Compiled
by more than 2,000 top scientists over the last six years, their predictions
show that global temperatures could increase at least 37 degrees Fahrenheit
over the next century.
The 2007 assessment also indicates that human activity is the most likely
culprit accelerating this climate shift. Ice caps and glaciers are
shrinking, ocean levels are rising, flooding happens more frequently,
natural habitats are shifting, and air general temperatures are
warming. The debate continues, though, over exactly how to mitigate
these global environmental changes.
As scientists and politicians figure out what to do about climate
change on a larger scale, everyone can do his or her part to help.
The first thing you will learn during this lesson is
how the different systems of the Earth work together. You will
also discover how scientists track and predict climate change—from
the air, under the oceans, and into ecosystems—and how these
changes may affect your future.
predictions are made using computer model simulations, based on current
and historical data and incorporating relationships
between variables. In the mid-1970s, computer
models only included the variables of carbon dioxide, heat from the
sun (radiation), and rain, but not clouds. In the mid-1980s, clouds,
land surface, and ice were added into the models. Today's models have
improved even further, basically doubling the amount of information
being measured and included in the models. Plus, today's models use
computing power 256 times more powerful than what was available in
the 1970s.
To better understand how the Earth's systems work and how climate
scientists use data and these computer models to make climate change
predictions, visit the Exploratorium's Global
Climate Change site.
Start with an Overview
of Climate Change Research, and then visit the first
of the Earth's "spheres"—the atmosphere.
After reading the introduction, click on each graphic to learn
more about how that visualization was created based on short-term
or long-term data. On each graphic-specific page, also read the
answers to "questions about the data" linked below the
main graphic.
Similarly explore the Earth's hydrosphere, cryosphere,
and biosphere.
do scientists piece together each of these values and types of data
samplings to understand how the Earth works? In what ways are biotic
and abiotic conditions linked to one another?
Examine and analyze the predicted global
effects of climate change. How could global warming
affect air and water temperatures, as well as the spread of disease?
How might these predictions influence where people live?
If you would like to learn even more about how climate change computer
models work, visit ClimatePrediciton.net and
some related Climate
Change Experiment Results at the BBC's Science
& Nature site. Over a quarter of a million people worldwide contributed
to the experiment.
You might think that climate change does not and will not affect
your life much. So what if summer is a little hotter? Maybe rising
sea levels will not affect you because you live many miles from the
nearest shoreline. The fact is, no matter where you live, rapid shifts
in the world's climate will affect every inch of the environment and, therefore, many aspects of your own life.
To get an idea of how climate change will affect you, visit the Fight
Global Warming site. First, read the Global
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Dangers of climate change,
which will affect our health, extreme weather, our economy, and fragile
How is climate change linked to Spreading
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How might these conditions influence local, regional, national, and
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About how many football fields of rainforest does your annual carbon
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No matter what your estimate totaled, everyone can improve his or
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by helping to neutralize the pollution emitted by others.
Next, think about how climate changing variables can be reduced by
others outside of your household. In what ways could your school reduce
its contributions to climate change? What about commercial businesses
in your city? How could consumers of goods and services change their
habits in order to help reduce pollution?
Think about how your local area or region may be affected by climate
change trends. Use current issues of The Cincinnati Enquirer
to identify climate-related indicators in your local or
regional area. For example, if you find a photo of a migrating bird
species, write down the bird species mentioned. Or, maybe you will find
a news story about how water levels in a nearby reservoir are higher
or lower than normal. Select one indicator to track that is different
from selections by other classmates. Research the historical records
related to that indicator. Start with the newspaper's archives for
your research; expand your research sources, as needed. As an example,
if you identified a particular bird species that migrates to the area
in springtime, collect data on the earliest recorded annual migration
sightings as far back as you can find records. If you were to create
a computer model to predict the future trend for that indicator, what
variables would you include? Based on what you learned about climate
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could these predicted outcomes be different if changes in certain variables
improved climate conditions? In what ways does the stability or health
of this indicator affect other biotic or abiotic features? Illustrate
your findings and predictions in a self-explanatory poster, which includes
graphs, charts, or maps, as appropriate. If desired, use the poster
as a persuasive advertisement for promoting action to help curb climate
As an ongoing assignment, follow national and international
news related to climate change. What is the United States government
doing to reduce carbon emissions? In what ways is the international community
working to mitigate climate change and its impacts? Discuss these
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According to the latest blog post from game developer ZUN, a new title in the Touhou Project doujin series was formally announced — entitled 「Touhou 12.8 ~ The Great Fairy Wars」.
The story is in relation to ZUN's (author) and Hirasaka Makoto's (illustrator) manga, 「Touhou Sangetsusei ~ Strange and Bright Nature Deity」. Apparently the ice fairy Cirno has declared a war against the Three Mischievous Fairies: Sunny Milk, Luna Child, and Star Sapphire.
In the game you play as Cirno and enjoy freezing bullets that you're suppose to dodge. Also interesting to note is that TH12.8 will feature artwork from Hirasaka Makoto. A full version of the game will be released at Comiket 78 — August 13th-15th.


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8 Practical motivations to blog when no one is reading it
Sep 9th
A friend of mine was pretty down about his blogging recently. He wrote me a note and told me that he was disheartened because he was putting a lot of effort into his writing but nobody was reading his blog. Let's talk about this subject openly and honestly today.
Let's face it. It's HARD to attract an audience and it's getting even harder every day.
I'm not going to give you a "rah-rah" motivational speech. I know it really hurts when you're doing good work and it doesn't seem to be going anywhere — I was there for a long time, too. It's frustrating, and it's lonely listening to the crickets every day.
I'm not going to spin a tale of "10 ways to increase your readership or traffic." There has been so much written about that already it could fill volumes.
Instead, I am going to talk about PRACTICAL reasons to persist, even in those moments when you're feeling down.
I'm going to assume you are blogging to build a personal or business brand, not just for the joy of it, and you'd like somebody to eventually notice you. You need to keep going. Here are some reasons why:
1) Learning and growing. To blog about a subject, you have to learn about the subject, perhaps even master it. Blogging makes you smarter!
2) Clarity. The other day I had to take a tough position with a customer and I needed to get really clear on my position and why I was thinking that way. Blogging about the topic crystallized my view.
3) Personal improvement. My blog is much better, and much different, than it was a year ago. It will be much different in the future, too because through this practice, I am becoming more effective. You are improving through every blog post you write. You are taking one more step toward excellence.
4) Search engine benefits. This may be the most obvious business benefit of blogging. Search engines give preference to websites that have fresh, relevant content. Hubspot research shows that sites with blogs get 55% more traffic than sites without blogs — even if there are no readers!
5) Upgrading your skillset. Unless you are in a position of guaranteed lifetime employment, you need to keep sharpening your skills. Showing a potential employer a volume of work you've created through your blog provides insight into how you communicate and your thought process. Blogging is a valuable, marketable skill.
6) Infinite search. A few weeks ago I received a call from a potential new customer in the Middle East looking to me as a possible marketing consultant. I had to wonder how in the world they found me! Turns out they were looking for somebody who could help explain where the future of social media was going and when they entered this into Google, a blog post I wrote a year ago popped up! Your content keeps working for you month after month!
7) Your content engine — Your investment in a consistent stream of quality content can be leveraged in many ways to support a content marketing strategy. I use links from blog posts to answer customer questions, as the basis for speeches, newsletter content, and as reading assignments for workshops.
8) Numbers versus impact. I saved this reason for last because it is the most important.
One of my favorite blogging stories comes from my friend Dr. Alice Ackerman. Much of her first blogging efforts were aimed at educating the community on the importance of childhood vaccinations. But she had some doubt as to whether she was making an impact. For more than a year, her posts limped along. In fact, she averaged 4.5 readers a day.
But one of her readers wrote her and told her that because of a blog post, she had changed her mind about childhood immunization and was taking action to immunize her children.
You see, Alice only had five readers, but she changed the life of one of them. Who are you touching with your blog? Are you sure you know?
Isn't that a great reason to keep going?
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. I've been compensated to contribute to this program, but the opinions expressed in this post are my own and don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
Do you have to be a great writer to be a great blogger?
Jun 11th
If you're not confident in your writing skills, can you still be a great blogger?
Let's be honest. Good writing matters. But there are a few simple ideas any one can learn to dramatically improve the quality of their blog posts. Let's take a look at a few tricks of the trade that are explored in detail in a new book I've co-authored with Stanford Smith called Born to Blog:
Read it out loud
"I feel like you're talking to me."
That's common feedback I receive about my books and blog posts. If you can't write, you can still talk, right? I suggest that you literally read your blog posts aloud before publishing. If something does not roll off the tongue in a natural and conversational way, change it.
Cut, cut, cut
The biggest problem I see in the guest posts I receive is that they are far too wordy. Eliminate every word and sentence that does not move the story along. If your post is more than 1,000 words that is a sure danger sign.
Write upside down
In school and at work, we are taught to write linearly — a beginning, a middle and an end. That usually does not work in the blogging world because people don't have the patience to wait for your conclusion. Start with the conclusion and then explain it. I see too many posts that do not get to the guts of the issue until you are one-third down the page.
The beginning matters
Spend time creating an accurate, interesting headline. If your headline does not compel people to "click," they will never even get to the blog post. Create an opening sentence that grabs people by the throat and makes them read what you have to say.
Get another view
Do you have a close friend or family member who can write? Why not at least run posts by them for a few weeks to help you improve?
Don't just write, re-write
Here's a simple but magical trick I've learned to be a better writer. Let it sit a few days.
I don't know how or why, but I might think something is really great, yet when I return to it after a few days I see so many obvious ways it can be improved.
I rarely "crank out" a blog post. They usually gestate a few days, sometimes even a few weeks.
This a gentle art, though. You can't let it sit there until it is "perfect" because that will never happen. At the end of the day, the most important characterstic of a successful blogger is having the courage to push that publish button!
Get help
I do not enjoy auto mechanics. So I hire a professional who can get the job done right at a fraction of the cost and time compared to me trying to hack through a repair.
If you don't enjoy writing, you're going to suck at blogging. But maybe you still have a desire or a legitimate business reason to blog. I think it is a perfectly viable option to hire a professional writer to help you. Provide a purpose statement for a blog post and 3-4 key bullet points and let a professional work their magic.
You cannot become a great blog writer in one day, in one week, or one month. It takes experience and practice. You will get better, faster, and more effective over time as you find "your voice," get feedback from your community, and figure out your own system. Starting is the hardest part, but to become a competent writer, there is no choice!
I'm 100 percent convinced that almost anybody can be a successful blogger with the right framework, dedication and attitude. I hope these insider tricks help and that you take the leap.
What tips and tricks would you add to help a beginner blogger?
10 Maxims of Successful Blogging
May 26th
I enjoy coaching people with their blogging efforts and there are 10 pieces of advice I seem to dispense the most often. So I thought you might be interested in these ideas. Whether you are blogging for your business or for the pure joy of it, I think these ideas will help you:
1. We live in an increasingly information-dense world. The only way to stand out is to dig down deep and bring your own story to the world. Your point of differentiation is you. You have no competitors. Write a blog post that only you could write.
2. The biggest challenge to blogging isn't having the time, the ideas, or the resources to do it. It's having the courage to do it. It takes guts to put yourself out there in front of the world. You can't learn that. You just have to do it.
3. Stick to a theme. You don't want to confuse your readers. It's possible to use your other interests to tell your story but pick to a theme and build an audience around it.
4. There is no greater gift than when somebody takes their precious time to leave a comment on your blog. Never take that for granted. Love on your readers.
5. Be positive. Lift people up. Negative blog posts are like seeing a car wreck. You might peek out of curiosity once in awhile but you certainly don't want to see that every day.
6. Even the most talented and popular people in the world get criticized. If you attract criticism, you're provoking thought … you're doing your job. Stay centered. Overall, the people in the blogosphere are very kind and supportive. If you do good work, you will be rewarded.
7. If you consistently create content that is RITE — Relevant, Interesting, Timely and Entertaining — you will be creating shareable, conversational blog posts. Of these, I believe the most important over time is "interesting." Boring is death to a blog.
8. The most important part of the blog post is the headline. As people scan headlines, it better be a great one that gets attention or nobody will even make it to your first sentence. The second most important part is the first sentence. Don't waste people's time. Tell them why they are there with you today.
9. The most effective way to build community is to become part of other communities. You have to give to get. Find a few other like-minded bloggers who are just starting out and support each other through sharing and comments. You have to actively work to build community, just as you work actively to build content. Spend some time building your network.
10. The hardest part of blogging is beginning. Think about any difficult work task you have faced. It may have seemed daunting at first but over time you built a competency and it becomes easier. Blogging is no different. You just have to start and commit to it and it will become easier (and more fun) over time!
Is that helpful? What would you add to this list?
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. I've been compensated to contribute to this program, but the opinions expressed in this post are my own and don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
How I discovered my blogging voice by becoming somebody else
May 23rd
By Maureen Hannan, {grow} Community Member
I found my voice as a blogger by borrowing someone else's. Someone who doesn't exist.
About 10 months ago, I launched Cupid's Laboratory, a blog about the peculiar world of online dating. It's a world I spent a couple of years navigating, and where I met a more diverse cross-section of my local single population than I could ever have anticipated. Professors and plumbers, athletes and artists, sous chefs and scout snipers. Oh, and a Fortune-500 CEO, to boot.
All of them looking online—and browsing endless profiles—for their next date, soulmate, or fling.
Since I had approached online dating with infinite curiosity and my favorite V-7 Pilot purple pen, I'd acquired an impressive pile of journaled observations. Oh, I was just itching to share my nuggets of hard-won wisdom (and, of course, a smattering of awkward-first-date tales) with my fellow 40-something online pilgrims.
The creation of a new me
I had also compiled a fair amount of compelling, split-tested "market research" on how to outshine and outwrite one's dating-profile competition. Yes, I was both strategic and hopelessly nerdy in my optimization tactics. Moreover, I couldn't wait to shine my contrarian spotlight on all of the smarmy, sexist advice foisted upon women by "dating experts."
And so, I adopted a pseudonym—just picked the name Gina Kerrigan out of the pre-caffeine ether one morning. After all, I have teen-aged kids. And what teenager wants to know about Mom's online dating blog, for goodness sake?
Though the pen name sprang from my desire for privacy, it had an unexpected side effect. I found, as I began to post one blog entry after another, that a new, distinct writing voice was emerging. One that was livelier and bolder than the restrained, self-censoring reporter/editor/teacher I had spent a lifetime becoming. Gina was too exuberant and too sassy to give a flip whether all her i's were dotted and her t's crossed.
Gina had already dated—and dumped—numerous would-be censors. My buttoned-up superego didn't faze that vixen one little bit—if she even noticed her arching an eyebrow and shaking her head over in the corner.
And, eventually, that shush-ing librarian vanished altogether—probably to go haunt some aspiring novelist chewing anxiously on a pencil stub somewhere. For the first time in 35 years of writing stories, poems, essays, academic papers, and articles; I felt free to write whatever I most needed to say.
A writing transformation
Then something else unprecedented happened. I … well, actually, Gina … scored a handful of page-one Google rankings for sharing personal examples of successful dating profiles. Single gals who happened upon Cupid's Laboratory while looking for Match or OKCupid "templates" began emailing to share their experiences. Many of their stories were deeply personal. Some made me giggle. One or two made me all verklempt. But no matter what the story, each woman who wrote seemed to trust Gina to empathize with her dating travails.
And to have the answers to her many questions.
How do I write a decent dating profile?
How do I keep the creepers away?
How should I respond when someone contacts me?
Is it possible to actually have fun with this whole weird online dating thing?
The dialogues that ensued — all centering on the big question of how to optimize the experience of dating online — led to a series of case studies in which I played a role that was half cheerleader, half writing instructor, for each brave volunteer. Those case studies taught me how to break the daunting e-dating process into manageable steps — and how to help others save time through systematic screening.
After seeing a few hundred downloads of a tutorial guide I compiled, an idea for a book series took shape (the first of which I am now feverishly writing). And I'll be damned if it isn't the most fun I've ever had as a writer. But even better than my happy evenings at the keyboard, I am getting inquiries from readers who are eager to know when Book One will be done.
I adopted a pseudonym because I wanted a private space where I could experiment with subject matter that was personal …and a little risky. I learned through my pen name how to sidestep my inner censor to focus on my readers. And as a result, I planted — with generous handfuls of reader help — the seeds of new books. Books so personal that only a made-up stranger could write them.
Writing as new person … how would that impact you and your approach to blogging?
Maureen Hannan (a.k.a., Gina Kerrigan) is the blogger behind Cupid's Laboratory. She is also a freelance editor and writer who cheerfully applies her perfectionism to her clients' manuscripts, blogs, and magazine assignments. Add Maureen to your LinkedIn network, or contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com. If her alter ego is more your style, say hi to @GinaKerrigan on Twitter.
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Vt. methadone clinic faces another possible delayThe Associated Press | December 30,2012SOUTH BURLINGTON A proposed a methadone clinic near schools in South Burlington is facing another possible delay.
The South Burlington Development Review Board will be asked at its meeting Wednesday to hold another hearing based on claims that a board member had an improper private communication about the case.
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The request to reopen the hearing alleges an ex parte communication took place, said South Burlington Zoning Administrator Ray Belair. He said he had no other information on the request and referred questions to planning and zoning director Paul Conner, who was out of town and could not be reached for comment, the Burlington Free Press reported.
The clinic was at first approved and then appealed by the South Burlington School District, which argued that the facility for heroin and Oxycodone addicts could bring crime and traffic to the proposed site near the citys high school and middle school.
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The 1.1-percent increase in import prices was the sixth advance in the past seven months. Petroleum prices, up 6.6 percent in July, again led overall import prices higher. The increase followed a 7.9-percent advance in June. The July price index for petroleum imports was at its highest level since publication began in 1982.
In contrast, nonpetroleum prices fell a modest 0.1 percent in July, the third decline in a row. The July decrease in nonpetroleum import prices was led by a decline in capital goods prices attributable to a decline in prices for computers, peripherals, and semiconductors.
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A young boy in kindergarten will benefit from the collaborative, inclusive approach to special education in this elementary school. The school is part of an innovative district that has developed a collaborative program in response to the need for technical assistance and support for students with severe disabilities being served at various neighborhood schools.
This project provided intensive support to individual schools so that all students would experience more success in their neighborhood schools. Multidisciplinary team members provided consultation, collaboration, and modeling to better prepare staff members to meet the unique educational challenges that they were encountering.
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The Boulder Valley School District in Colorado covers a geographical area of 575 square miles and educates approximately 25,000 students within 56 different schools. During the spring of 1993, the Boulder Valley School District's Special Education Department held many meetings with teachers, parents, and administrators to discuss current inclusionary practices. At that time, the general trend of the school district was clearly toward more neighborhood schooling of students with severe or multiple needs. Of the almost 3,000 students that were identified with special needs and receiving services, approximately 80% were attending their neighborhood school, while the remaining students were transported to a magnet or self-contained program. This trend during the early 1990s toward neighborhood schooling obviously caused the numbers in local "center based" programs to drop while the need for teacher expertise in all schools broadened.
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Beginning initially as a brainstorming session among the district level special education management team, one coordinator and a special education teacher were identified to explore delivery options. These professionals conducted individual focus meetings with various parent, community, and school district groups. Participants were asked to suggest options for how services could best be delivered. The groups spent a long time in conversations negotiating the common themes among the groups. Figure 1 shows a framework of themes that emerged from those discussions.
Through these extensive discussions with stakeholders, we determined that the district needed an innovative system. It appeared critical that this new system be driven by the key elements of flexibility, creativity, and professionalism. The name SUN team stands for Supporting Unique Needs.
Administratively, we obtained staff for our team solely by restructuring current personnel. This included itinerant staff, as well as reallocating the time of staff members who formerly worked with intensive/self-contained or focus programs that were now being shifted to neighborhood schools. Specific staff allocations to the SUN team have varied each year to align with the needs of the district's special education services.
Yearly allocations have ranged from 3.5 to 6.5 certified staff positions, in addition to I full-time coordinator position. The composition of these positions is based on expertise in specialty areas, such as speech/language, literacy, and behavioral or cognitive challenges, Because of the characteristics of the specialty areas and the needs of the students, student caseloads are ever changing; therefore, a consultant does not have a set number of students on his or her caseload.
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I had been so worried, about my knees, about my weight, about the altitude, about it all. But, in the end my vacation turned out okay. Better than okay. I went on 3 long and challenging hikes in Costa Rica and Peru, and I did just fine. The altitude did hit me in Cusco - I got horribly sick. But within a day I was sorted out, and able to hike a day on the Inca Trail, and Wayna Picchu the day after that.
It was beautiful, breathtaking, dramatic, and bold. My photos disappoint me because they do not capture the colors and textures and depth of the Andes well enough. But the experience was more than worth the fears and the sickness. I will never forget it.
Several days of challenging hiking and travel burst me through a plateau. I worked out a lot to get ready for the trip, and developed a new knee problem, but got my weight down to 140 the days before we left. 10 days later, that 140 was maintained without tracking at all. Granted, I was sick for several days at altitude and not eating much, but the days before in Costa Rica I had indulged too much. It all evened out, it seemed.
Then this morning, after a couple days' rest, I got back on the scale and it read 137.5. Usually I only log my weight in on Mondays, so that I am not just tracking water gain and loss -- but since on Monday morning I had just stepped off a plane, I figure today a Wednesday weigh-in is OK. I'm back on my old diet of mostly vegetables and coffee and fish, and I think it is working for me & my body is responding well.
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WOW!!! I have waited all year for this week!!
Time for some elk hunting with a bow!!! This year has been worth the wait and in less than 24hrs I will chasing those forest ghosts!!
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WOW!!! I have waited all year for this week!!
Time for some elk hunting with a bow!!! This year has been worth the wait and in less than 24hrs I will chasing those forest ghosts!!
Updates will follow!
Good luck!
Good luck man. No luck here.......yet!
Good luck!! Hope you have more luck than what I have been having lately!!
Good luck.. I can't wait for the updates.
Well I am back for a moment, and being shipped off for a few days. AHHHH Take a week off to hunt and come home to find yourself being shipped off away from family even longer.
Well the hunt was NOT easy to say the least. Took me over 4 days to get a semi close idea of the elk patterns. Even then I was not entirely sure of what was going on. I had two hunters from out of state with me that had never hunted elk before, and had not spent a lot of time still hunting much of anything.
This was turning into a nightmare.
On Wednesday that all changed. We all took different paths to different areas that had all looked good all week but had yet to produce anything more than annoying squirrels, one of which thoroughly enjoyed an Maxima Blue Streak Select.
I had a good sized bull calling me out within the 9am hour. He toyed with me and came all of 40 yards. Had me at full draw, and would not step out of the trees. He just turned and slowly walked away.
I went back for one guy that was not far from me on an opposing hill. He answered the radio but was pretty set on sitting on a wallow for the day.
I gave up waiting on him, and just couldnt leave this bull alone. I went after him.
Again he toyed with me at 2pm. Just after lunch he bugled and came down the hill within 70-80 yards. I saw him, put my call in my pocket, grabed my rangefinder, looked up...poooofffff. GONE. Ghosted me and never showed himself again.
I went back to waiting for some action to sound off someplace. They were not talking with my calling, unless I waited for them first.
5:30 came about, I heard a faint and high pitched funny bugle come off the hill I left my buddy on. I turned on my radio and called him up. "was that you?"
He simply replied..."time to go to work son"
He had never been on a plane, never seen an elk, never hunted an elk!!!! And had just landed a 5x5 Idaho bull. Talk about beginners luck!!! I was so stoked. He touched off a round from his side arm. He was too far for his radio to reach up the canyon to his friend that came with him(westernwannabe). However that round got him on the radio. I relayed its time to go to work.
We all had one heck of a pack out with this guy off the top of the hill. Smiles all the way and excitement that brought the fun back into a hunt that was getting so frustrating for four days.
In a moment we had an elk down.
Me and Westernwannabe failed to stick an elk this year. However we did enjoy a last morning four hour cat and mouse game on a big toad.
Here is the prize for this years lucky hunter.Attachment 1754
Awesome! Beginners luck if it may be but I am sure it was cool being in the mountains with a good friend and getting to be there when he harvested his first elk. Great story.
I'll take beginners luck over oldtimers skill anyday!!! Hahaha! But i'm the Ohio hunter that he's talking about too!
Nice job Steakhunter!
Welcome to Eastmans' Forum as well.
Thanks for the story !!


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Gift guide 2012: For the bloggersNovember 27, 2012
Doesn't your favorite blogger deserve some goodies too? These prezzies range from practical to hilarious, and everything in between!
1. Blogger notebook | 2. May28 custom Instagram watch | 3. Portable charger | 4. Paperclip flash drive | 5. Artifact Uprising Instagram books | 6. iPhone case | 7. Wacom Bamboo tablet | 8. iPad case | 9. Zooka wireless bluetooth speaker | 10. Tweet poster | 11. Idea notebook | 12. Blog Inc.
Gift guide 2012: Holiday editionNovember 26, 2012
So this week I'm starting my holiday giftguides, and what better way to kick it off than to start with ways to decorate your place for the holidays…the all modern way of course!
1. Tree candleholders | 2. Geode ornaments | 3. Tree blanket | 4. Pantone ornaments | 5. Dipped ornaments | 6. Modern menorah | 7. Clear tree | 8. Inked nutcracker | 9. Alessi nativity | 10. Advent calendar
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Gifts for the guys from MyGroomsmenGifts.comNovember 20, 2012
When posting about gifts, sometimes I tend to focus a little too much on the bridesmaids…lets chalk it up to me being a girl and wanting them all for myself! But the guys in the bridal party need some love too, so lets talk about them…MyGroomsmenGifts.com has a great variety of gifts for the groomsmen and even the groom that will suit every budget and style. I actually got to play with a bunch of items for this shoot and loved all of them….here are my favs!
Its my opinion that every guy needs a pair of monogrammed cufflinks…they'll go with everything and he'll keep them forever! And I'm not one for promoting smoking, but a celebratory cigar in a fancy holder can't hurt once in a while…why not pair it with a Zippo in a matching finish? You can monogram them as well!
All the guys in my life seem to love shots, so why not get them a set of initialed shot glasses? It'll make their bar carts seem all the more grownup.
Bridesmaids aren't the only ones who should prepare for wedding day emergencies, so this kit offers up all the basics…sewing kit, deodorant, stain remover, breath freshener, etc, all in a stylish metal case that can pop into a jacket pocket.
What are you planning on getting the groomsmen in YOUR bridal party? I'd love to hear!
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Fatty Sundays & Co.November 19, 2012
Fatty Sundays & Co. is a new company making yummy chocolate covered pretzels in lots of different flavors, like smooth mint, PB&J, toffee crunch, even pumpkin pie for the holidays! They'll do wedding favors as well, so check them out!
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The Rocky Mountain News throws one heck of a migil
Cute kids make good migil photos.
The mood at last night's Rocky Mountain News candlelight migil (half march, half vigil --- so coined, in the tradition of the Martin Luther King Day Marade, by someone cleverer than me) was light. Although the details of the event hinted at the possibility of theatrics, the actual gathering felt more like a class reunion with a cause.
An estimated 300 current and former Rocky staffers, readers and history buffs -- including a few in costume -- started at the Denver Press Club at 1330 Glenarm Place and walked to the building the Rocky shares with the Denver Post at 101 W. Colfax. Many participants wore numbered placards representing the 150 years the Rocky has been in business and buttons that said "I Want My Rocky," a reference to a website started by staffers after the paper's parent company, E.W. Scripps, put it up for sale.
The participants strolled in small groups, their plan to walk single-file and in order by year thwarted by pesky stop lights and walk signals. Arriving at the Rocky building piecemeal, with local historian Tom Noel -- in costume as Rocky founder William Byers -- leading the pack, they stood around, chatting with each other and the dozen or so TV news camera operators and reporters covering the event. Those interviewed tended to mention the benefits of a two-paper town and "the lifeblood of the community."
So do costumed historians.
At one point, participants representing the 1860s, who were dutifully trying to assemble in order, broke out into song: "Aaaaall we are saaaaayiiiiing, is give News a chance." They stopped after about six refrains because no one could remember the rest of the words. Later, event organizers led people in chanting, "Save our Rocky!"
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Vancouver native Ken Hanes is stepping back in front of the camera after concentrating on writing, directing and producing for many years. Hanes is reprising his role as Mike Guthrie on the CBS soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."
Hanes is a Hudson's Bay High School and Clark College graduate now living in Los Angeles. His parents, Delores and Bob Hanes, and brother, Darin Hanes, still live in Vancouver.
Hanes played Guthrie during much of the '90s, leaving in 1998. He recently had a break in his schedule, so when he was asked to return to the show for a three-week story arc, he said yes.
Hanes, 50, filmed during April. Most of his scenes are opposite actor Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing on "Dallas." His episodes begin airing May 31.
Guthrie was a troublemaker when Hanes first inhabited the role, and he's still up to no good. Stepping back into the part after more than a decade was a little nerve-wracking but also fairly natural, Hanes said.
"It was really fun to go back," he said. "Having not been there in 12 years, it's a little bit like going to your high school reunion."
Vancouver Symphony mourns longtime violist
Romana Smith was a big part of Vancouver Symphony's heart and its history.
Smith, who was 72 when she died of a stroke in April, served as a violist in the symphony for more than two decades. She also helped shape the symphony's future. The Vancouver resident and her husband, Tim Smith, 63, helped recruit the symphony's conductor and music director, Salvador Brotons, in 1991.
"Her presence in the viola section will be missed by everyone who loves the VSO or just loves music," Brotons said in a prepared statement. "I am so thankful that Romana gave her talent and passion to our string section for so long. Mostly, I thank her for introducing me to my home for the past 20 seasons here at the VSO."
Born and raised in Portland, Smith learned to play the piano, violin and the viola as a child.
Romana's first husband, who died in 1976, played the guitar. While married to him, she learned to play the mandolin. She shared her devotion to the Vancouver Symphony with Tim, whom she married in 1981.
"She played anything with strings," said Tim, who served as a volunteer with the Vancouver Symphony. "I'm very proud of her."
B.G. shop owner thinks big
When The Cupola Gallery closed last month in Old Town Battle Ground, Sally Cranston decided to take a leap of faith. Cranston, an east Vancouver resident and owner of the adjacent gifts and home decor shop Uncovered Ruby, decided to expand her business.
Uncovered Ruby took over the space formerly occupied by Cupola in mid-April, thus increasing the number of outside vendors and consignors it can accommodate.
"I think it's just more of a destination for people to come to," Cranston, 46, said of the newly expanded store.
Uncovered Ruby now has 16-18 outside vendors, compared with about 10 before the expansion. This means more variety in merchandise, which people can experience Aug. 28 at Uncovered Ruby's second annual flea market.
"Once you get different people in there, they all bring their own customer base," Cranston said. "The more people you have, the more consignors, the bigger the draw."
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Albert Johan Moss was born 14 December 1882 in Bergen, Norway as one of six children of Eduard and Dorothea Moss.
At age 16 years he started his career as a sailor.
After a shipwreck off Lancashire, England in December 1911, he was on his way to sign on as second mate at the Norwegian steamer Norheim in Philadelphia. On the Titanic he shared a third class cabin at the E-deck with two more seamen also heading for the Norheim. Struggling with collapsible B on board Titanic, he was swept overboard, but after some time in the cold water, he reached the same, now upturned lifeboat, and managed to climb up on it.
''A survivor of the Titanic tragedy came to port yesterday in the person of Chief Officer Foss [sic] of the Norwegian sugar boat Norheim, which arrived from San Domingo with a large cargo of sugar late Saturday. With an engineer, J. P. Petersen, formerly of the Norheim, Foss leaped over the side as the Titanic began to settle. For three hours he swam and floated on the icy water before he was picked up. His companion was drowned.'' (Boston Herald, May 26, 1913, p. 5)
'...Moss said he was standing among other passengers watching the women being placed in the boats, when the mate of the Titanic singled him out and asked whether he was a seafaring man. Receiving an affirmative answer, the officer commanded him to man one of the boats.' (Delaware County Daily Times, Chester, Delaware, 24 April 1912, p. 9)
After two weeks at hospital in New York he continued to Philadelphia and on board Norheim as planned. Later on he was appointed captain at another Norwegian steamer Nordkyn. Although Norway was not a part of WW1, Nordkyn was torpedoed off Morocco. Albert and all the crew members managed to enter the lifeboats and reached a Moroccan town after three days.
Safely home in Bergen he married his own niece Ingrid, the daughter of his elder brother Bernhard. He then had a ten year long pause from his seafaring life, and Ingrid and Albert had three children Gunvor, Egil, and Reidun; the latter later married to Håkon Bertelsen and had five children.
In 1930 Albert returned to sea in coal transport from Spitzbergen to Germany. This continued until 1941 when the coal steamers were transferred from Spitzbergen via Iceland to Scotland. Here he took over as a captain at S/S Munin in freight along the British coasts until June 1944. Then Albert and Munin were engaged in the freight of ammunition and other goods during the invasion in Normandy for the rest of WW2.
Eventually, in January 1946 he was allowed to return to Bergen and meet again with family and friends. There he lived a long and quiet life as a pensioner together with Ingrid, children and grandchildren until his death on 4 July 1973. Although he gave some interviews to radio and newspapers, Albert did not like to speak about his experiences at sea, neither the Titanic disaster nor other of his sinister experiences.
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Mel Herman I - Modern, Non-AIM
Herman is a modern, Draft Only, non-AIM manager
who follows the modern managerial style of play.
Herman I is essentially a non-AIM version of the AIM draft league program Buck Miller I. He is designed to handle modern draft league only replays, he is not designed to manage season replays of any type. Although created to guide modern seasons, he may be adequate in handling pre-modern (e.g, 1990) replays depending on your team's roster.
Herman I differs slightly from Miller I in being less aggressive with his bullpen usage and a willingness to let short role relievers pitch slightly longer. Additionally, his left/righty platoon advantage pitching decisions are a bit more conservative.
Several important points to make:
1) Herman I, as noted above, sets aside a starting rotation as described above. All pitchers NOT falling into the above category, e.g., less than 15 starts, WILL be considered as a potential reliever and may be used in relief.
2) Herman I selects closer by saves and not grades. So, relievers with high save totals but low grades will be used over pitchers having the opposite statistics (in save situations).
- A "regular" closer will be those pitchers with save totals of roughly 12 or higher (note high platoon advantages (2+) lead to a "bonus" given to the save totals -so a reliever with 8 or 9 saves but a high platoon advantage might be used as a closer).
- A "supercloser" will have saves of 20 or higher. Herman I will more aggressively use the superclosers in save situations than the "normal" closers (depending on the starter's grade, starting durability et cetera. To distinguish between the two, think of a historic baseball team with a closer having 15 saves on the year versus another team that had a leading closer with 25 saves.
Obviously, for the latter team the manager was more aggressive using his closer in save situations (for the most part; this team could have just had poorer starting pitching leading to the higher save totals).
3) Generally, Herman I follows the LaRussa one inning closer approach. That is, closers (both normal and super) will likely only pitch the ninth in save situations. Set up relievers will be heavily used before then. If a team has more than one closer, the closer with the lower saves will be used as a setup reliever for the superior closer. Herman I will, however, use low relieving durability relievers (2 or 1) with high innings for multiple innings in relief (almost exclusively 2 innings). This is, of course, dependent on their readiness rating (i.e., a reliever with a RR of 5 cannot pitch two innings). Herman I will be, however, be willing to pull your top closer for a lower rated one if the top reliever is struggling.
Generally, superclosers will only be pulled if another closer (or supercloser) is available. And closers will be pulled in save situations only if a high save total reliever (roughly 7+ depending on any platoon advantages) is in the bullpen.
4) Herman I (like II, III and IV) hates to see relievers hit. You'll see a very aggressive use of double switches and "rearrangement" of the batting order to try and limit the times a reliever hits. Generally, unless the reliever is a "stud" pitcher or the game is lopsided or a team's bullpen is thin due to overwork, you'll likely never see a relief pitcher hit.
5) Herman I has a number of "bells and whistles" some of which may or may not be applicable to your team. For example, he has a couple of pinchrun to steal strategies (second or third) that may not apply to your team if you don't have a good base stealer on your bench (e.g. steal rating of 28 or higher).
Additionally, Herman I has a pinch hit to bunt strategy that requires a "good bunter" be available; a pinch hit for a hit and run situation (that also requires a bench hitter with a good H&R ability that includes a low SO/AB ratio) and a few other assortment of special strategies.


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There Are A Lot Of New Points That Happen To A Female's Physical body While pregnant
Pregnancy can be the happiest or most miserable time of your life, depending upon your actions. If you have a suggestion of what you will experience during your pregnancy, you can be prepared making the most effective out of every encounter. In this write-up we will discuss some valuable advice for expecting women.
Write a birth plan early in your pregnancy. Keep a checklist of things you definitely want to have take place, like the presence of an older brother or sister, and points you absolutely don't really want unless it starts to influence the safety of the child. You could review them with your birth team as well as make sure they happen if you have actually these points written down in advance of time.
Make sure to prevent house tasks that could be damaging to your unborn baby. Expecting women need to not cleanse with rough chemicals, such as bleach, climb ladders, as well as specifically should avoid cleansing a cat's can. Pay focus to your surroundings and obtain help for any type of task you assume might be risky.
Being drowsy in the initial trimester is really typical. Your energy degree will possibly plummet as that infant is growing in bounds and also leaps. Ensure that you obtain great deals of extra rest. Go to bed early as well as if you could transform your routine, get up later. Don't hesitate to rest in the center of the day either if you require it.
Load your bags early. Don't wait up until you are 37 weeks or later to lastly load your bag for the health center. Certainly you want your child to get to full gestation, yet you never understand when something is going to occur. Having your bag had will certainly provide you comfort in situation there is an unanticipated occasion.
Take a look at the healthcare facility you are providing birth in. Check out as well as speak to the team working. This assists you come to be more positive. The daddy will certainly locate excellent perk from this as he'll be chatting with personnel while you're delivering.
Check out a maternity publication. They give expectant moms and dads with a wide range of details on exactly what to anticipate both throughout the maternity as well as after the baby is born. They provide with new moms and dads piece of mind by helping them strategy, and also they answer concerns that they may not intend to ask their pals or member of the family.
A pregnant mommy must at all costs avoid any sort of medications, whether they are alcoholic beverages, nicotine, or larger drugs such as heroin. Your child could and also will create a chemical reliance in the womb.
When you are pregnant and your stomach ultimately begins increasing go acquire yourself some comfortable pregnancy clothing. Your going to be expectant for the next numerous months, so you could too be comfy. This also makes certain that you don't have to maintain buying brand-new clothing as you continuously increase.
When you locate out you are expecting the first point you wish to do is go to see the medical professional, particularly if you feel you have located out late in the maternity. This will see to it the physician has an excellent consider your health and wellness and also the child's wellness and also gets you on a program to match both of you ideal.
As this post has revealed, each maternity is various. Comprehending the adjustments your physical body is undertaking can go a long means about helping you to value this wonderful duration of your life. , if you are a new mom check www.weeklyultrasounds.com ! Use the recommendations we have offered you with thoughtfully, and also appreciate these really unique 9 months.
Maternity could be the happiest or most miserable time of your life, depending on your activities. If you have a suggestion of exactly what you will certainly experience throughout your pregnancy, you could be prepared to make the finest out of every encounter. Compose a birth strategy early in your pregnancy. They provide pregnant parents with a wide range of information on exactly what to anticipate both throughout the pregnancy and after the child is birthed. As this post has shown, each pregnancy is various.


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