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Predicting Natural Processes in Design with Passive Solar Walls
Thermal rocks are a great idea for your passive solar wall.
CalFinder Solar's growing collection of articles about solar design includes an introductory article about passive solar walls. This article expands on the basics described in that piece, Smarter Homes Have Passive Solar Walls.
GreenBuilder.com says that:
"Solar energy is a radiant heat source that causes natural processes upon which all life depends. Some of the natural processes can be managed through building design in a manner that helps heat and cool the building. The basic natural processes that are used in passive solar energy are the thermal energy flows associated with radiation, conduction, and natural convection. When sunlight strikes a building, the building materials can reflect, transmit, or absorb the solar radiation. Additionally, the heat produced by the sun causes air movement that can be predictable in designed spaces. These basic responses to solar heat lead to design elements, material choices, and placements that can provide heating and cooling effects in a home."
GreenBuilder's extensive feature on solar energy informs readers that passive solar energy means that mechanical means are not employed to utilize solar energy. Rules of thumb for passive solar systems include:
- The building should be elongated on an east-west axis.
- The building's south face should receive sunlight between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. (sun time) during the heating season.
- Interior spaces requiring the most light and heating and cooling should be along the south face of the building. Less used spaces should be located on the north.
- An open floor plan optimizes passive system operation.
- Use shading to prevent summer sun entering the interior.
In an article for Energy Bulletin called Retrofitting for Passive Solar, by Douglas J. E. Barnes, one technique described for use on new homes is the trombe wall:
"From the outside, a trombe wall looks like a window built over a wall, but it is a very effective passive solar technique. A thermal mass wall is built then covered with glass to trap the heat it stores. Thermal siphons are another retrofitting option. To save money, you can make your own out of easily found materials. To do so, you would construct an insulated box with a black piece of corrugated steel inside and a glass top. Solar powered fans can be used to increase the air flowing through a thermal siphon." Illustrations showing these and other passive solar options accompany the article.
Toolbase Services talks about combining the positive attributes of a traditional system with the energy-saving benefits of solar energy. This resource gives summarized tidbits including:
- The walls of precast concrete passive solar homes are made from concrete panels, cast in a factory, and assembled on site, which saves time at the construction site.
- The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) performed energy modeling on a precast concrete home and found the home used less than one-third of the annual heating and cooling energy of a home built to Council of American Building Officials (CABO) Model Energy Code standards.
- The home studied by NREL consists of four-inch thick, precast concrete exterior and interior walls situated on an uninsulated slab-on-grade foundation with a conventional wood-frame roof assembly.
Taking all this information into account, consulting with a qualified solar energy builder or contractor in your area is possibly the best place to begin the process of determining the type of passive solar walls that are most efficient and appropriate for you home.
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Feb. 1, 2012
OKLAHOMA CITY - The University of Arizona softball team had two players named to the USA Softball Player of the Year Watchlist. Juniors Brigette Del Ponte and Kenzie Fowler were two of 50 players named to the watch list as released by the Amateur Softball Association of America, Wednesday.
The preseason honor marks the second consecutive for Fowler, who was one of 10 finalists for the award as a freshman and one of 25 finalists as a sophomore.
Fowler carries a career 1.67 ERA and after two seasons is already seventh on Arizona's career strikeout list with 614 and ninth on the Wildcats' career victories list with 64. Fowler will look to bounce back from a season hindered by injuries and return to her freshman form in which she was considered one of the 10 worthy players nationwide for this award.
This is Del Ponte's first consideration for the award. The second-team All-American set Wildcat freshman records for RBI and home runs two years ago and improved in most statistical categories as a sophomore. A career .723 slugger, Del Ponte set the Arizona record with 23 doubles in 2011. The offense will once again go through her as she projects to bat third and will play a crucial role to Arizona's success.
Stanford's Ashley Hansen was the 2011 USA Softball Player of the Year, marking the third straight year a Pac-12 player has been honored (Washington's Danielle Lawrie 2009 and 2010).
The preseason watchlist includes 23 seniors, 20 juniors and seven sophomores, with freshman ineligible for consideration. (Freshman can be considered for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award once they have competed at the collegiate level.) Athletes named to the watchlist represent 31 NCAA Division I universities and 13 athletic conferences. While Cal, Florida, Michigan, Tennessee and Texas lead the way among universities with three athlete representatives each, the Big 12 Conference and the Pacific-12 (Pac-12) Conference have six member schools represented.
The Top 25 Finalists for the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 11. While an athlete does not have to be on the "Watch List" to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists. The Top 10 Finalists will be announced May 9 and the Top 3 Finalists will be announced May 23. On May 29 prior to the start of the 2012 NCAA Women's College World Series (WCWS) in Oklahoma City, the 2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed.
2012 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Watch List
Name (School) - Year - Position - Hometown Emily Allard (Northwestern) - Junior - Shortstop - Antioch, Calif. Valerie Arioto (Cal) - Senior - Utility - Pleasanton, Calif. Nikki Armagost (Pacific) - Junior - Pitcher/Utility - Andover, Kan. Lexy Bennett (Texas) - Senior - Infield - Kingwood, Texas Emily Bledsoe (Texas Tech) - Senior - Infield - Fulshear, Texas Katelyn Boyd (Arizona State) - Senior - Shortstop - Phoenix, Ariz. Kayla Braud (Alabama) - Junior - Outfield - Eugene, Ore. Devon Bridges (Boise State) - Sophomore - Outfield/First base - Danville, Calif. Jenna Caira (Syracuse) - Senior - Pitcher - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Whitney Canion (Baylor) - Junior - Pitcher - Aledo, Texas Raven Chavanne (Tennessee) - Junior - Third base/Outfield - Thousand Oaks, Calif. Amanda Chidester (Michigan) - Senior - Third base - Allen Park, Mich. Aimee Creger (Tulsa) - Sophomore - Pitcher - Yukon, Okla. Brigette Del Ponte (Arizona) - Junior - Infield - Peoria, Ariz. Taylor Edwards (Nebraska) - Sophomore - Catcher - Murrieta, Calif. Dallas Escobedo (Arizona State) - Sophomore - Pitcher - Glendale, Ariz. Bree Evans (Michigan) - Senior - Centerfield - Bloomington, Calif. Ashley Fleming (Missouri) - Senior - Outfield - Silex, Mo. Kenzie Fowler (Arizona) - Junior - Pitcher - Tucson, Ariz. Kellie Fox (UCLA) - Sophomore - Shortstop - San Diego, Calif. Olivia Galati (Hofstra) - Junior - Pitcher/Designated player - West Babylon, N.Y. Lauren Gibson (Tennessee) - Junior - Infield- Pasadena, Md. Ashley Hansen (Stanford) - Senior - Infield - Chandler, Ariz. Andrea Harrison (UCLA) - Senior - Left field/First base - Garden Grove, Calif. Jolene Henderson (Cal) - Junior - Pitcher/First base - Elk Grove, Calif. Taylor Hoagland (Texas) - Junior - Outfield/Third base - Flower Mound, Texas Jessica Iwata (Hawaii) - Junior - Shortstop - Lihu'e, Hawaii Ashley Lane (Michigan) - Junior - Second base - Escondido, Calif. Blaire Luna (Texas) - Junior - Pitcher - Austin, Texas Meagan May (Texas A&M) - Junior - Catcher/First base - Spring, Texas Ashley McClain (FIU) - Senior - Outfield/Pitcher - Brandon, Fla. Dani Miller (Notre Dame) - Senior - Infield - Huntington Beach, Calif. Jen Mineau (Fordham) - Senior - Pitcher - Schaghticoke, N.Y. Adrienne Monka (Northwestern) - Senior - First base - Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Michelle Moultrie (Florida) - Senior - Center field - Jacksonville, Fla. Christi Orgeron (ULL) - Senior - Outfield - New Orleans, La. Sara Plourde (UMass) - Senior - Pitcher - Bristol, Conn. Kimi Pohlman (Washington) - Senior - Outfield - Sammamish, Wash. Jamia Reid (Cal) - Senior - Outfield - Buena Park, Calif. Ellen Renfroe (Tennessee) - Sophomore - Pitcher - Jackson, Tenn. Keilani Ricketts (Oklahoma) - Junior - Pitcher - San Jose, Calif. Rachel Riley (Kentucky) - Senior - Pitcher/Designated player - Bowling Green, Ky. Hannah Rogers (Florida) - Senior - Pitcher - Lake Wales, Fla. Brittany Schutte (Florida) - Junior - Catcher - Fountain Valley, Calif. Kathy Shelton (Baylor) - Junior - Outfield - McKinney, Texas Jessica Shults (Oklahoma) - Junior - Catcher - Valencia, Calif. Chelsea Thomas (Missouri) - Redshirt Junior - Pitcher - Pleasantville, Iowa Jackie Traina (Alabama) - Sophomore - Pitcher/Designated player - Naples, Fla. Kelsi Weseman (Georgia Tech) - Senior - Shortstop - Hutto, Texas Niki Williams (Washington) - Senior - Utility - Mission Viejo, Calif.

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Jan. 17, 2012
Fellow Bruins,
As much as I always stress what the future holds for UCLA Athletics, I have always been mindful and respectful of the past. This reflection includes not only what has happened at our fine institution, but what has occurred in our great nation and the world as a whole.
Had it not been for extraordinary individuals who came before us, we would never find ourselves leading the everyday lives we lead today. Among those extraordinary individuals is the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and as we celebrate his memory this week, let us give thanks to the man who did so much for so many, yet did not truly live to see the full fruits of his labor. This great man and many of his efforts led to a very different landscape in America, including in college sports, and we are forever indebted to him for his contributions.
Mora's Staff Finalized
Thanks to the hiring of Washington Redskins assistant coach Lou Spanos as Defensive Coordinator earlier today, Jim Mora's football coaching staff is now complete. Lou brings 15 years of coaching in the National Football League with him to Westwood. With him in the fold, the entire coaching staff, including Jim, now totals more than 90 years of experience in the NFL as either a player or coach and six Super Bowls, three for Lou as a coach and three for Adrian Klemm as a player.
Lou has mentored some of the best defensive players in the game over the last two decades, including 12 linebackers who have been named to the Pro Bowl, among them: Kevin Greene, Greg Lloyd, James Farrior and James Harrison with the Steelers; and London Fletcher and Brian Orakpo with the Redskins. We look forward to seeing him and the rest of Jim's coaching staff on the field this spring. The staff has the makings of being one of the best in college football.
Men's Hoops Travels Continue with Road Trip in Oregon
On the heels of an impressive victory at USC Sunday night, the men's basketball team will spend this weekend in Oregon, with a date against Oregon State in Corvallis on Thursday night, followed by an afternoon tilt in Eugene on Saturday. With three straight Pac-12 Conference wins under its belt and a 3-2 record in league play, Coach Ben Howland's team will need to maintain the momentum it has generated the last two weeks as it continues to keep pace with conference co-leaders Cal and Stanford, both 5-1.
Women's Basketball Looks for Midas Touch
Despite fighting through a rash of injuries this season, the women's basketball team still finds itself in the thick of things in the Pac-12 Conference standings (a testament to the exemplary job that coach Cori Close and her staff have done) as it enters this week's games against the Oregon schools at the Wooden Center. Oregon State will visit Thursday at 7pm, while Oregon comes calling at 1 pm Saturday. I was delighted to see so many fans at the USC game last Saturday and look forward to the same level of fan support this weekend.
Gymnastics Vaults Ahead of Cal, Faces San Jose State
Thanks to a perfect score on the vault from redshirt (or "blueshirt" as Miss Val likes to say) junior and 2010 NCAA vault champion Vanessa Zamarripa last Sunday, the women's gymnastics team defeated Cal on the road to improve to 2-0 on the season. This week, the Bruins return to the Wooden Center for a dual meet at 2 pm on Sunday vs. the San Jose State Spartans.
This meet is the team's annual Heart of a Champion meet, which helps raise funds for Camp del Corazon, a non-profit organization that sends children with heart disease to a summer camp. Heart disease is an issue very close to the Bruin family as Associate Head Coach Chris Waller was born with a congenital heart defect and underwent his first open heart surgery at age 15. It's a great cause, and Val and her team should be proud of what they do for this wonderful charity.
Men's Volleyball Opens Conference Play against Stanford
The men's volleyball team, ranked #3 in the nation, dropped just one set over the course of three matches, including a sweep of its hosts from the University of Hawaii in its last match to win its seventh Outrigger Hotels Invitational last weekend. Al Scates and his team play their MPSF Conference and home opener against Stanford this Friday night at the Wooden Center before hosting Pacific Saturday. A large crowd is expected for Friday, so please plan accordingly.
Olympic Sports Report
The men's and women's track teams both compete in the "Run for the Dream" Invitational in Fresno this weekend ... The women's water polo team gets its season under way as it plays its first three matches of the year (two Friday, one Saturday) at the University of Michigan ... The men's tennis team hosts BYU Friday afternoon at the LATC to open up its 2012 home season ... Congratulations to women's tennis players Courtney Dolehide and Pamela Montez, who took home the Flight-I doubles title at the 2012 Freeman Memorial Tennis Championships at UNLV last weekend ... Kudos also to freshman Emma Ivory-Ganja, who won the Stanford Invite's platform diving title last weekend, and to the swimming team, which came away with two dual meet victories against conference teams Oregon State and Utah to improve to 4-2 (2-2 Pac-12) on the season.
Ask Dan Guerrero
Q: Can something be done in the future to prevent men and women's basketball games from being scheduled at the same time? I believe the women's games were scheduled on Fridays and Sundays several years ago.
June Kim
A: June, thank you for the question. As a general rule, we try to avoid conflicts between the starting times for men's and women's basketball games on a given weekend, but that is not always easily accomplished. It is important to note that, per the Pac-12 Conference, the days of the week on which the games are played must mirror one another. Our broadcast partners have the latitude to change the schedule to optimize a viewing audience, as was the case with the men's basketball game this past Sunday at the Galen Center.
Additionally, the men's tipoff times, especially for road games, are also determined by the league's TV partners. Unfortunately, the schedule they determine often coincides with our women's basketball home games.
As we enter a new era next fall with the launch of the Pac-12 Network and the televising of all UCLA's men's basketball games, there will be further uncertainty about the schedule and potential conflicts, but be assured that we will be doing all we can to continue to keep conflicts to a minimum, knowing that many UCLA fans are avid supporters of both the men's and the women's team.
Thank you all for your submissions - please know that each question submitted was read, and please don't forget to submit a question to email@example.com this week.
Go Bruins!
Dan Guerrero
Director of Athletics, UCLA


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This is a large coffee table book for collectors of books of Venice Italy.
A look at Venice Italy and its canals and waterways and the historic buildings as seen through my eyes without the clutter of tourist in every photograph.
A lovely look at the historic buildings as never before seen.
This book is quite wonderful, photographed in black and white, giving the book and photographs a feeling of a time lost, when photographs were hand made.
This is a fantastic book to own or give as a gift.
I am a professional photographer living in europe for the last 20 years shooting many different things and have decided to share my personal photos of Venice Italy and my new book "Venice in Black & White" at the urging of my friends. Venice a place that I have always loved to visit and a place that has never lost its charm no matter how many times I have visited her! I hope you enjoy these photographs that I have chosen for your pleasure. Also I have just finished my fourth book called "A piece of Me" its a poetry book with poems by me and my lovely photographs of flowers that inspired the poetry by me also. My other books: Poems for her Poems for my friends Venice in Black and White If you would like to purchase any of the photos in my books please contact me at email@example.com
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David Roman presents Flowers Book 2 Published December 10, 2012
Daydreamer 1 Published December 02, 2012
Daydreamer 2 Published December 02, 2012
Daydreamer 3 Published December 02, 2012
Flowers Published February 27, 2011
Visions in my Mind Published February 27, 2011
Venice Carnival Published June 10, 2010
Flowers of Germany Published April 08, 2010


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Celebrate Constitution Day
A special thanks to Mary Axford from Georgia Tech University for allowing us to adapt her excellent guide for our Constitution Day recognition.
A Dialogue with Madison and Mason
"The Framers gave us a document durable and flexible enough to take us from the agrarian land of the 18th century, of the musket, the axe and the plow-to the country we know today, of the Internet and the human genome and a thousand different cultures living together in one nation like a glittering mosaic."
—Michael Beschloss at the ceremony to unveil page two of the Constitution in its new encasement, September 15, 2000, in the Rotunda of the National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.


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My netbook running 11.10 ubuntu goes to sleep after 10 minutes of inactivity as per settings. After the screens dims, I cannot get the backlight to come back on. I can see the faint text of the screen. Any clues?
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There is already a bug report on Launchpad for your problem and I think that it should be solved soon; if you can't wait, there are some tricks suggested in the comments of that bug.


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The San Jose Sharks have the first game of a three-game road trip Tuesday, January 14. They will need the pictured match-up edge over the Washington Capitals on the ice and behind the bench to overcome recent road woes: 11 games with one real win, two in a shootout and eight regulation losses.
The Sharks also need to play with an edge. Some of their five missing forwards were victims of opponents taking liberties, and every road loss in this stretch involved defensive collapses in the second or third period where they seemed to lose their mental edge.
Fortunately for them, Washington coach Adam Oates may have provided extra motivation when he was critical of San Jose rookie Tomas Hertl's flamboyant goal after getting his first NHL hat trick. More importantly, the hosts are not a strong team this season.
The Capitals are in position to get home-ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with the fifth-best record in the Eastern Conference. They are also five games behind the Sharks—who have the fifth-best record (point percentage) in the Western Conference—and the same record as the non-qualifying Phoenix Coyotes.
The difference between the Pacific Division and the Metropolitan Division is literally fifth to second place. San Jose has to show that difference in quality of play on the ice, especially with more urgency thanks to Washington's bigger cushions for home-ice advantage and even just making the Stanley Cup playoffs at all.
The Sharks are 9-4-2 against the Eastern Conference and are 12-10-3 on the road for the season. Before a recent three-game points streak (2-0-1), the Capitals were just 1-3-3. For the season, they are 14-8-3 at home and 7-8-1 against the Western Conference.
Along with the match-ups detailed in the photo list, San Jose should at least get a point in this game—prediction: 3-2, Sharks.
The Washington Capitals are known for elite forwards, but have lost a lot of that advantage. However, with the injury to Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl, the San Jose Sharks have also lost their edge there.
Further injuries have depleted the checking lines: San Jose is filling its fourth line with career reserves and even players who have yet to develop at the AHL level, while Washington's checking lines are underrated. The edge in this unit goes to the team that has the better depth.
Blue line
The Washington Capitals have skilled blue-liners like Mike Green and John Carlson and they have plenty of third-pair players they cannot even dress each night. However, the San Jose Sharks have that skill and depth, while possessing better players between them.
In other words, Justin Braun and Brad Stuart are the difference on the blue line for the Sharks.
The Washington Capitals actually have a glut of goalie talent. All three goalies they have put in net have performed well for the most part despite the team's mediocre record. However, none of them are as good as Antti Niemi.
True, Niemi struggled in November and December, but appears to have recaptured his Vezina-finalist and Stanley Cup-champion form in the last three games. Even should Alex Stalock start, he has been as impressive as Washington's goalies so far this season.
The Washington Capitals are adjusting to a new coaching staff headed by someone without NHL experience. The San Jose Sharks have the best goalie coach in the world, a former Stanley Cup champion head coach as an assistant and a Stanley Cup champion assistant coach as the head coach.
Two other leading NHL assistants round out the best staff in the world for San Jose. That should be enough to provide a significant edge over some great but less-experienced hockey minds on the other bench.


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Abbott & Costello's NBC contract reputedly requires the pair to perform "Who's on First" at least once a season. With Joe DiMaggio missing early season time due to an injury, tonight comes a perfect way to hook the requirement . . . and, concurrently, produce a routine that damn near rivals "Who's on First" for comic virtuosity, even if it won't be "Feller Pitching" that eventually plays on a loop at baseball's Hall of Fame.
It comes in the middle of another solid season for Abbott & Costello at the mike; the duo will finish the season as Thursday night's number four show—behind Maxwell House Coffee Time with Burns & Allen (15.2), Eddie Cantor (14.4), and Suspense (13.5)—even if their 13.3 Hooper rating is a mere .3 points above the Thursday night average and 1.9 points below the overall season's average. That's still enough to bring Abbott & Costello home in the top 25 overall, tied with The Inner Sanctum and nudging The Aldrich Family just out of it.
And it'll prove to be enough to give them their final top ten night and top 25 overall radio season.
R.J. Reynolds, who've been sponsoring Abbott & Costello for Camel cigarettes for five seasons, will drop the pair and ABC will pick them up hungrily, hoping a Wednesday night sandwich between Vox Pop and Groucho Marx's new quiz-and-quip outing You Bet Your Life will prove succulent enough. ABC will even offer Abbott & Costello as a co-op: half the show's advertising minutes to be sold nationally and half locally.
It won't work.
Even though Abbott & Costello bring the same cast and format to ABC, the show will bomb—the pair will finish 1947-48 in a free fall . . . all the way to 105th place on the season and, needless to say, nowhere near the top ten on Wednesday night. It'll prove the end of their radio lives.
The Abbott & Costello Show: The Baseball Player (NBC, 1947)
That would be Lou (Costello), who gets the unlikely telegram that he's been asked to fill in for Joe DiMaggio with the New York Yankees . . . which provides a very convenient excuse for Abbott & Costello to perform, yet again, the routine which will remain their signature long after both men have gone uneasily to their rewards.
The part that everyone is likely to forget from tonight's performance is that Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller provides a hook around which Abbott & Costello deliver a routine nearly as classic as "Who's on First" . . . even if their radio contract doesn't call for performing "Feller Pitching" at least once a season.
This is not to distract you from the pleasure of Abbott & Costello having their typical madcap mangle at Feller's expense. But, much like "Who's on First," it's just as much fun to read from the script while you listen.
Of course the idea of Lou Costello being asked to stand in for the injured Yankee Clipper is as preposterous as Feller's once-infamous observation that nobody in the Negro Leagues was good enough to play major league baseball. Of course, Feller will be compelled to dine on crow under glass, when his Cleveland Indians break the American League's colour barrier in 1948 and win a World Series with outfielder Larry Doby and pitching legend Satchel Paige, and when Feller himself will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962—on the same day as Jackie Robinson.
Don't let all that stop you from enjoying:
Abbott: Now, you've got to get ready for the opening game.
Costello: Yes, I think we're gonna play the Cleveland Indians.
Abbott: Cleveland Indians, eh?
Costello: Uh-huh.
Abbott: Feller pitching?
Costello: Certainly there's a feller pitching. Who do you think they'd use, a girl?
Abbott: I know they don't use a girl. I said, "Feller pitching?"
Costello: What feller?
Abbott: Feller with the Cleveland Indians.
Costello: Look, Abbott, there's nine guys on the Cleveland Indians team. Now which feller are you talking about?
Abbott: Feller that's pitching. There is only one Feller with Cleveland.
Costello: You mean nine Yankees are gonna play against one feller?
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: You mean there's no fellers in the outfield?
Abbott: No.
Costello: And there's no fellers in the infield?
Abbott: No, Cleveland only has one Feller.
Costello: Well, this feller must be pretty good if they don't need any other players for themselves.
Abbott: Look, all the players'll be out there helping him.
Costello: You just said there was only one feller on the team.
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: Then where did all them other fellers come from?
Abbott: Aw, you idiot, when I say there's only one Feller on the team, I mean there is only one Feller that pitches.
Costello: Well, Abbott, when the manager of the team wants this pitcher, what does he call him?
Abbott: Feller.
Costello: You mean he just hollers, "Hey, feller!" And this guy knows that they mean him?
Abbott: That's right.
Costello: Ho-hooo!
Abbott: His name is Feller. Feller. Bob Feller. And when I say there is only one Feller on the team that pitches, that's it. And the feller that pitches is Feller. There's the other fellers on the team, but there's only one Feller.
Costello: Boy are you mixed up! You mean the feller that pitches is Feller? And there's other fellers on the team but they're not Fellers?
Abbott: Now you've grasped it.
Costello: Yes, I grasp it but it keeps slippin' out of my hands!
Abbott: Let's forget it. Let's go into this sporting goods store and get your baseball equipment. I want you to look right for the opening game.
You may actually find yourself forgetting that tonight's performance of "Who's on First" may be the absolute best performance of the routine Abbott & Costello ever delivered.
Cast: Marilyn Maxwell, Michael Roy, Iris Adrian, Martha Wentworth, Sidney Fields. Announcer: Michael Roy. Music: Skinnay Ennis Orchestra, Marilyn Maxwell. Writers: Pat Costello, possibly Hal Finberg, possibly Parke Levy.
Further Channel Surfing . . .
The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny: At the Circus (NBC, 1938)—Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Kenny Baker, Phil Harris, Andy Devine. The cast suggest Benny think about bumping off Fred Allen, but Benny treats them (you're not seeing things) to a night at the circus—where his customary scheming might make them think twice about lion around. Of course.
Easy Aces: Betty Leaves Carl Over the Baby's Name (CBS, 1941)—Goodman and Jane Ace, Mary Hunter, Ethel Blume, Alfred Ryder. New mother Betty says "Sheila"; new father Carl, apparently, says "Susan"; and, doting great-aunt Jane, as usual, says a mouthful, after allowing Betty to stay with the Aces, until the whole megillah about the Neffs' newborn daughter—causing yet another row between the combustibly loving young couple—blows over. Aces high.
mr. ace and JANE: Quiz Show (CBS, 1948)—Goodman and Jane Ace, Ken Roberts, Leon Janney, Robert Q. Lewis, Betty Rubin, Michael Abbott. With a little intercession from Ace, neighbour Ken lands a gig announcing a new quiz hit called The Sky's the Limit, but he accidentally leaves an evening's script behind for Jane and shifty brother Paul to see—and scheme. A prescient classic, considering what would happen to quiz shows on television a decade later.
The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show: Dinner for Teacher (NBC, 1949)—Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Anne Whitfield, Jeanine Roos, Elvia Allman, Robert North, Walter Tetley. More accurately, principal: the children's principal, whom Alice invites for Easter dinner, making her very nervous about randy Remley making hash of the evening . . . until everyone gets a taste of the principal's haughty manner and her badly browbeaten husband. Nobody else could get away with this stuff.
Our Miss Brooks: Pseudo Magazine Articles (CBS; Rebroadcast: AFRTS, 1955)—Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jane Morgan, Gloria McMillan, Robert Rockwell, Richard Crenna. Connie faces a double dilemna—writing a magazine article flouts Conklin's anti-moonlighting strictures, but writing it as the fictitious mother of one of the Quiz Kids invites verification from an editor before she can be paid. Toward the end of its life even this comic jewel could get more than a little absurd in the not-so-flattering way, but you'll stay with it, anyway.
Crime Drama
Box 13: Sealed Instructions (Mutual, 1949)—Alan Ladd, Sylvia Picker, Alan Reed, Luis Van Rooten, John Beal. A proposition promising ten thousand dollars "if you'll go through with it" brings Holliday to an uneasy correspondent, a sealed envelope, a trip to the Philippines to retrieve an unnamed valuable, a phony Manila police lieutenant who might have killed to keep him from retrieving it for him, a troubling revelation about his original correspondent, and half a mysterious map. You may get the feeling that if you can follow that you're a better man than the wryly intrepid Holliday.


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Whatever happened between the first offensive drive and the last for the Utah Utes football team during the first fall camp scrimmage on Tues. Aug. 12 is anyone's guess. One thing is certain though. The Utes offense has a lot of work ahead going into the brunt of fall camp--while the defense looked better than it has in months, possibly years.
With the Utes offense being the unit that had the most problems last year, hearing that quarterbacks couldn't throw the football, running backs couldn't run and wide receivers couldn't catch on Tuesday is probably not news Ute fans wanted to hear.
The good thing for those fans is it's still early in the process, a time when quarterbacks study more film and prepare for defenses to come, while running backs steel their eyes looking for gaps and holes through which they can run. In other words, everyone is just getting acclimated to being back in school--and fall camp classes are now in session.
Everything is new and exciting right now--and the offensive woes Utah displayed on Tuesday signify as much. Travis Wilson, who had been gunning the ball down field in early practices, completed just 8-of-21 passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns.
The two TD tosses from Wilson were nothing to write home about. Working off of adrenaline alone, Wilson took his offense on the opening drive of the scrimmage and eventually found Dres Anderson running on a crossing route, hurling the football over Anderson's shoulder--which was caught in stride for the Utes' first score as Anderson tumbled into the end zone.
From that point forward, nothing went as smooth for Utah's offense. On another drive, Wilson again marched the Utes down the field, getting as far as the 1-yard-line. But, his hand off to running back Devontae Booker was bobbled, resulting in the defense--namely safety Tevin Carter--grabbing the football and running 89 yards the other way for a touchdown.
On drives when Wilson took a break and split reps with Oklahoma transfer Kendal Thompson, nothing spectacular happened either. Thompson showed off his ability to scramble when under duress--even scoring on a 15-yard scamper.
Yet, the three completions out of eight attempts for just 63 yards that Thompson racked up won't get him a starting job either. On the flip side, Thompson did lead Utah down the field on a separate drive and this time Booker did not fumble the ball--instead plunging in for a 1-yard touchdown.
For all that Booker is supposed to be for the Utes this season, he certainly didn't appear to be any of those things on Tuesday, running for just 17 yards on six carries. As a team, the Utes ran for 128 yards on the ground--an absolute disaster for a team that prides themselves on playing at a high tempo.
Highlights at wide receiver were few and far between also. JUCO transfer Tim Patrick had six catches for 81 yards to lead all receivers and was the only real bright spot on offense for Utah.
The defense was the star on the day, a unit that registered four sacks--and would have had more had Wilson not been off limits to live action--batted down seven passes, had three tackles for losses and recovered two fumbles.
"I was pleased with the way the defense flew around and made tackles," said Utah coach Kyle Whittingham post-scrimmage. "But we have a lot of work to do on offense. Our execution was not what it should be and we need to make a lot of improvement between now and the second scrimmage (on Saturday)."
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Education and Human Services - Teacher Education Programs
IntroductionThe Teacher Education Department offers programs that lead to licensure as a teacher, to masters degrees, or to both. Each program has a brief description before the requirements. The list below represents the programs available from the Teacher Education department:
Masters Degree Programs for Initial Teacher Licensure (for those who are not teachers)
Classroom Teacher: Middle Childhood Education
Classroom Teacher: Adolescent to Young Adult Education
Classroom Teacher: Multi-Age Education
Masters Degree Programs for Initial Teacher Licensure and for Current Teachers Seeking Advanced Study and/or Additional Teaching Credentials
Classroom Teacher: Intervention Specialist: Mild to Moderate Educational Needs
Classroom Teacher: Intervention Specialist: Moderate to Intensive Educational Needs
Classroom Teacher: Early Childhood Intervention Specialist
Classroom Teacher: Library Media (see Educational Leadership)
Masters Degree Programs for Teachers Seeking Advanced Study and/or Additional Teaching Credentials (Not Initial Teacher Licensure Programs; must have an initial teaching license)
Classroom Teacher: Advanced Studies
Classroom Teacher: Reading
Literacy Specialist Endorsement
Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement (endorsement program only)
Pre-Kindergarten Special Needs Endorsement (endorsement program only)
Transition-to-Work Endorsement
AdmissionIn addition to meeting requirements for admission established by the School of Graduate Studies (these requirements can be reviewed at this Web site http://www.wright.edu/academics/catalog/grad/admissions/), candidates for these degrees who do not meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirement to waive the GRE or MAT, must submit satisfactory Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Miller Analogies Test (MAT) scores, unless otherwise noted (see Waiver of GRE/MAT). The Adolescent to Young Adult, Multi-Age, and Middle Childhood initial teacher licensure programs require passing scores on the state of Ohios mandated Praxis II Specialty (Content) Area Exam(s). Contact the colleges Office of Student Services or visit their Web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss/ to learn more about the Praxis II exams.
All students considering graduate-level courses in education and human services should do so with the understanding that graduate study differs in quality expectations from undergraduate study. Graduate study requires that students be increasingly self-directed and possess strong analytical skills. Students are not guaranteed a masters degree by attending and completing courses. Exit requirements must be met in all programs.
Admission to the College of Education and Human Services is based on the candidates written statement of purpose, consideration of undergraduate and/or graduate cumulative grade point average, submission of satisfactory scores on either the MAT, GRE, or other required examination, and in some cases, letters of reference and a personal interview (see Waiver of GRE/MAT).
Technology Policy
For admission to the college, all College of Education and Human Services students, graduate and undergraduate, part-time and full-time, will be expected to certify that they own or have access to a computer and the Internet.
In order to meet the mission of the college to prepare professionals to meet the educational and human services needs of a diverse, democratic society, it is necessary for our students to play an active role in the technological environment the college and Wright State University are creating to assist in the completion of this mission. An increasing number of classes and options will become available to students using a variety of distributed learning formats; library resources are available in a growing number of full-text formats, and global connections via telecommunications will be part of daily operations. Students preparing to become professionals in education and human service areas must demonstrate appropriate and effective skills and knowledge in technological aspects of their work.
Minimum equipment requirements are recommended by Wright State Universitys Computing and Telecommunications Services (CaTS). Please check the following Web Site http://www.wright.edu/cats/purchase/pcguidelines.html for current information about minimum equipment requirements.
The college supports Macintosh computers in faculty and staff offices and maintains a computer lab. Wright State University has purchased a site license for most Microsoft software (see the Web page for Wright States Computing and Telecommunications Services, http://www.wright.edu/cats/ for details).
In order for an Ohio college or university to prepare educators for licensure by the Ohio Department of Education, we must demonstrate that we meet the standards of the National Council for Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE). Programs that meet NCATE standards are approved to prepare educators to hold licenses in Ohio. NCATE standards require that all programs that lead to an educator license (including administrators, teachers, school counselors, etc.) must document how our programs prepare our candidates successfully to meet the challenges of todays schools. This documentation must be uniform and systematic across all programs and licensure areas that the college offers. In addition, the college must show how faculty, staff and school partners utilize this information systematically to continuously improve our programs over time.
Since 2006 the college has utilized a data management system called Tk20 to collect key assessments to document the achievements of our candidates and programs. In order to do this, it is necessary for our faculty to ask students to submit certain assignments electronically. There is a one-time student fee of $100 to register for the Tk20 system. This system will be available to you and your professors for a period of seven years.
Initial Teaching Credential (License)
Candidates seeking to enroll in a Teacher Education program designed to deliver an initial teaching credential (license) are required to pass the specialty/content area exam(s) as defined by current state of Ohio standards. Candidates to these programs must contact the colleges Office of Student Services for assistance in identifying the appropriate exam(s) for his/her desired teaching field. Candidates unable to achieve a passing score as defined by state of Ohio standards will not be admitted to a Teacher Education program. Candidates seeking to enroll in a Teacher Education program designed to deliver an initial teaching credential will not be required to take the GRE or MAT exams. An exception to this rule is the Intervention Specialist programs. Applicants to these programs must take the GRE or MAT exams, unless eligible to waive testing requirement based on cumulative GPA (see Waiver of GRE/MAT).
Admission Standards for Initial Teaching Licensure Candidates
Entry requirements vary by program. All students will be required to pass a standardized test unless granted a waiver (see above), have a 2.7 grade point average as an undergraduate, submit a sample of writing, and may have an admissions interview and a criminal background check. All students who seek to attain a teaching license will be required to meet Ohio standards on a Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching exam at the end of the licensure portion of the program. Praxis II Specialty (Content Area) exams will serve as the entrance exam for the Middle Childhood, Multi-Age(Art), and Adolescent to Young Adult initial licensure programs. Multi-Age: Spanish and French candidates will be required to achieve the score of "Advanced/Low" on both the Oral Proficiency Exam(OPI) and the Written Proficiency Exam (WPT). The Intervention Specialist programs require the Graduate Record Exam (a combined score of 800 or more on the Quantitative and Verbal portion of the exam) or the Miller Analogy Test (a score of 380 or better) as the entrance exam. In addition, Intervention Specialist programs that lead to teacher licensure must submit an on-line application, a writing sample, and a copy of BCI and FBI criminal background check results to the College of Education and Human Services (for more information consult the colleges Office of Student Services Web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss/).
All candidates for an initial licensure program (in any licensure area) must complete the colleges application process concurrent with the School of Graduate Studies application. The colleges initial teacher applications are found on the Office of Student Services Web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss/. Please contact the colleges Office of Student Services if you have any questions about the requirements of a particular program.
Please note that the initial licensure programs in Middle Childhood (MC), Multi-Age (MA), and Adolescent Young Adult (AYA) education programs are designed as full-time programs in order to complete both course work and meet the Ohio Department of Education requirements for field experiences in schools.
Candidates with a grade point average of less than 2.3 on a 4.0 grading system are not ordinarily admitted to graduate school. A petition process is available to formally request admissions not having met an admission standard.
Waiver of GRE/MAT
Candidates to select Teacher Education programs may not be required to submit passing GRE or MAT scores if their cumulative undergraduate GPA is a 3.0 or higher. Candidates to Teacher Education programs requiring a passing score on a specialty area exam(s) must submit passing scores regardless of undergraduate GPA.
Under certain conditions, a student may be admitted provisionally (for one quarter only), pending receipt of credentials. If admission requirements are not met during the quarter in which a student was admitted provisionally, registration for future quarters will be denied and the student will lose graduate credit for any graduate courses completed during the quarter.
Candidates who have an undergraduate grade point average of 2.5 or better, or who have an average between 2.3 and 2.5 with 2.7 or better in the last half of undergraduate work, may be granted conditional admission. Regular admission to the College of Education and Human Services is granted after successful completion of 12 hours of course work with a grade of B or better in each course.
Licensure Candidate
Candidates who wish to complete licensure or endorsement requirements at the graduate level but do not wish to pursue a graduate degree may be admitted as licensure candidates with the permission of the department in which the programs are housed. Persons pursuing a teacher licensure program are required to complete the Ohio Department of Education prescribed exams for their intended area of licensure. Many of the licensure programs in CEHS require seperate application to the college. Visit this web site for information - www.cehs.wright.edu/ss.
Nondegree Status
Persons who have a bachelors degree may enroll in nondegree status for graduate courses without being admitted to a graduate program in degree status. If you wish to enroll in a degree program, only 50 percent of such credits may be applied to a degree program if they are appropriate. Student attending in nondegree status are not considered to be candidates in a program.
AdvisingTeacher Licensure Advisors and Faculty Advisors
The colleges Office of Student Services is referred to in many areas of this catalog. Persons considering becoming a teacher and teachers who have questions about adding a new licensure area are encouraged to visit the Office of Student Services and consult with a licensure advisor. The office is located in 378 Allyn Hall and employs full-time professional licensure advisors for consultation. Advisors are available without an appointment during regularly scheduled walk-in advising times. Daytime and evening walk-in advising is available; please consult the offices Web site for current information regarding advising times at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss/. These advisors are charged by the college to audit students' programs for compliance with state of Ohio teacher licensure standards. Working with these advisors as you begin your studies will greatly increase the probability that you will select and take the appropriate courses for any given licensure area. Your application for the teaching license is filed with this office, and the licensure advisors assist the faculty by auditing your program at various stages of your program.
Many of our teacher licensure programs are also degree programs. We also offer advanced programs of study that provide current teachers with the opportunity for an in-depth study of an area, and the program does not include a new teaching license. Faculty advisors are assigned to each degree-seeking student at the point of acceptance to develop a separate plan for the degree. This formal program of study should be completed during the first term of a students admission into a program. The faculty advisor will determine course substitutes, transfer of credit, and other appropriate modifications of the published degree curriculum as it appears in this catalog. The faculty advisor provides professional advising regarding current research, career development, and professional organizations. Any questions regarding the degree portion of your program will be directed to this faculty advisor. The licensure advisors will consult with this faculty person when needed.
Degree RequirementsInitial Teacher Preparation Programs
Classroom Teacher: Middle Childhood (Grades 4 through 9 and ages 8 through 14)
Middle Childhood teachers will teach two of the following subject (content) areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. This is a full-time program of study currently requiring your commitment Monday through Friday. Students from Wright State Universcitys Bachelor of Education program in Middle Childhood Education and others with a bachelors degree who meet the content requirements (two content oncentrations) of Wright States educator program will be enrolled in this program in a cohort group to begin the program in either Summer "B" or Winter quarters. Prerequisite content requirements are described on the colleges Web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss.
Students will serve as interns in school settings throughout the school year. Therefore, this program operates on a different calendar than the university and candidates may be required to start prior to the beginning of the universitys academic term. Upon successful completion of the licensure portion of this program and passing the Praxis II exams in the Principles of Learning and Teaching 59 and the Praxis II subject area(s), the student may apply for a provisional license in Middle Childhood Education. The state of Ohio will require a criminal background check as a part of the licensure application. This program may be completed in approximately 12 months of full time study and internship.
Note regarding the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement:
The state of Ohio has an endorsement available to the Middle Childhood license. The college has an approved program for the middle childhood generalist endorsement for the licensed teacher to add either one or two of the following concentrations to their Middle Childhood license: English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science. This endorsement requires additional undergraduate content courses and/or graduate methods/content courses and passing the required Praxis II subject area assessment(s). The Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement qualifies one to work in self-contained classrooms in grades 4 to 6.
Classroom Teacher: Adolescent Young Adult (Grades 7 through 12, ages 12 through 21)
The holder of an AYA license will teach a single subject including language arts, social sciences, mathematics, or science in grades 7 through 12. To learn more about the approved AYA teaching (content) areas of study that Wright State offers, please visit our colleges Office of Student Services.
This is a full-time program of study requiring your commitment Monday through Friday. Students from Wright State University and others with a bachelors degree who meet the content requirements of Wright States educator program will be enrolled in this program in a cohort group beginning Summer "B" or Winter Quarters. Prerequisite content requirements are described on the colleges Web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss/.
Students will serve as interns in school settings throughout the school year. Therefore, this program operates on a different calendar than the university and candidates may be required to start prior to the beginning of the universitys academic term. Upon successful completion of the licensure portion of this program and passing the Praxis II exam in the Principles of Learning and Teaching 7-12, the student may apply for a provisional license in Adolescent to Young Adult Education. The state of Ohio will require a criminal background check as a part of the licensure application. This program may be completed in 12 months of full time study and internship.
Classroom Teacher: Multi-Age (Grades pre-kindergarten through 12, ages 3 through 21)
Wright State is approved to endorse candidates for the Multi-Age license for those persons who wish to teach a world language (French or Spanish), or visual arts (Art). (Music education is only available on the undergraduate level through the universitys College of Liberal Arts.)
This is a full-time program of study requiring your commitment Monday through Friday. Students from Wright State University and others with a bachelors degree who meet the content requirements of Wright States educator program will be enrolled in this program in a cohort group beginning Summer "B" or Winter Quarters. Prerequisite content requirements are described on the colleges Web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss/.
Students will serve as interns in school settings throughout the school year. Therefore, this program operates on a different calendar than the university and candidates may be required to start prior to the beginning of the universitys academic term. Upon successful completion of the licensure portion of this program and passing the Praxis II exam in the Principles of Learning and Teaching (any level), the student may apply for a provisional license in Multi-Age Education. The state of Ohio will require a criminal background check as a part of the licensure application. This program may be completed in 12 months of full time study and internship.
Classroom Teacher: Intervention Specialist Programs (Grades Kindergarten through 12, ages 5 through 21)
The Intervention Specialist Programs in Mild to Moderate, and/or Moderate to Intensive Educational Needs are available for the currently practicing teacher as well as those persons who are not currently holding a teaching license. These are separate, individual programs. Because of the high demand for intervention specialists, it is not uncommon for persons to be employed by a school district on a special, temporary license pending completion of an Intervention Specialist licensure program. These programs are designed to serve both of those populations. Candidates who are not currently licensed will be required to complete prerequisite coursework prior to entering the professional course sequence. Please consult with a licensure advisor in the colleges Office of Student Services regarding prerequisite coursework.
Upon successful completion of the licensure portion of this program and passing any one of the Praxis II exams in the Principles of Learning and Teaching and passing the Praxis II Specialty (Content) exams in special education, the student may apply for a provisional Intervention Specialists license valid for teaching students in the program area the student completed (Mild to Moderate, Moderate to Intensive). A Master of Education degree in classroom teaching may be earned with the successful completion of the balance of the programs.
Early Childhood Education Intervention Specialist (ECIS) License (Grades pre-kindergarten through 3, ages 3 through 8)
This program is available to graduate students seeking an initial teaching license and those currently holding a valid teaching credential. Licensure requirements include successful completion of all of the licensure courses and successful scores on Praxis II in the Principles of Learning and Teaching PK-3 and the Praxis II Specialty (Content) exam(s).
The ECIS license is valid for teaching student from age three through grade three with mild/moderate intensive disabilities. Please visit our colleges Office of Student Services and review that offices Web Site http://www.cehs.wright.edu/ss to learn about the licensure requirements for this program.
Advanced Teacher Preparation Programs and Admission Criteria
Note: The following Classroom Teacher programs are not initial licensure programs. They are available solely for advanced study by current teachers with at least a provisional teaching license). The college requires the GRE or MAT exam as the entrance exam for these programs unless the applicants cumulative undergraduate and graduate GPA is 3.0 or higher. These programs are available as either an M.A. or M.Ed. option. Some of the programs below also require a seperate application to the college.
Classroom Teacher: Advanced Studies
Classroom Teacher (CT): Advanced Studies is a master of education (M.Ed.) degree program for the continuing education of current teachers who hold at least a provisional teaching license. This program offers a flexible option for highly motivated persons who are seeking advanced study with specific professional objectives, such as updating and expanding knowledge or skills in a specified area, and/or preparing for an additional teaching license or endorsement.
Classroom Teacher: Reading
Classroom Teacher (CT): Reading is a master of education (M.Ed.) degree program for the continuing education of current teachers who hold at least a provisional teaching license. Opportunities for graduates of this program include classroom teaching, tutoring in a variety of settings, and work in training departments in business and industry. As part of the Ohio Coalition, the department is also providing online coursework for students to attain literacy specialist licensure. The Classroom Teacher:Reading program requires an additional application to the college. For more information, consult the college's Office of Student Services web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss.
Reading Endorsement
The reading endorsement program is for the continuing education of current teachers who hold at least a provisional teaching license and is designed to aid the classroom teacher (K-12) in helping students improve reading and thinking skills. This program leads to an reading endorsement that would be added to a standard teaching certificate/license
Pre-Kindergarten Special Needs Endorsement
Teachers seeking an endorsement in Prekindergarten Special Needs through the Wright State University College of Education and Human Services must hold a current teaching certificate in prekindergarten or kindergarten to grade 12 special education or a provisional or professional early childhood education teaching license. This endorsement is valid for teaching students with disabilities in prekindergarten (ages 3-5) settings.
Teachers without a current valid teaching credential must complete the renewal requirements for their credential prior to the granting of this endorsement. Teachers desiring to continue for their Masters degree or Early Childhood Intervention Specialist (ECIS) license must apply to the Masters in ECIS degree program before 50% of the course work for that degree is completed.
Transition to Work Endorsement
Teachers seeking a Transition to Work Endorsement must hold a currently valid intervention specialist or career technical license. The endorsement training has adopted the transition standards from the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) as the model curriculum for transition specialists in Ohio. Please contact the Teacher Education Department, for specific questions about the endorsement process. For more information, consult the college's Office of Student Services web site at www.cehs.wright.edu/ss.
Colleen Finegan (chair), early childhood education/intervention specialist (special education)
Ron Helms, teacher education
James Tomlin, science education/biology
Associate Professors
Mary Ellen Bargerhuff (associate dean), intervention specialist (special education)
Beth Basista, science education/physics
Angela Beumer-Johnson, English education
James Dunne, intervention specialist (special education)
Charlotte Harris (dean), teacher education
Doris Johnson, teacher education
Susann Mathews, mathematics education
Will Mosier, early childhood education
Richelle OConnor, teacher education
Linda Ramey, teacher education
Patricia Renick, intervention specialist (special education)
Ken Schatmeyer, literacy education
William Slattery, science education/geology
Assistant Professors
Christa Agiro, English education
Aina Appova, mathematics education
Timothy Boester, mathematics education
Brian Boyd, mathematics education
John Haught, TESOL education
Catherine Keener, intervention specialist (special education)
Lisa Kenyon, science education/biology
Kathy Koenig, science education/physics
Sally Lamping, English education
Anna Lyon, early childhood education
Noeleen McIlvenna, social studies education
Benjamin Montague, art education
Nimisha Patel, teacher education
Michelle Reed, mathematics education
Melissa Schen, science education/biology
Rebecca Teed, science education/geology
Nephi Thompson, science education/physics
Tracey Kramer, literacy education
Gail Scott, intervention specialist (special education)
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The 30 summer graduates will join the 104 Tide student-athletes who graduated following with the fall and spring semesters, pushing the athletics department's graduation tally at 134 for the 2012-13 academic year
Seniors Jessica Merritt and Meghan Perkins will be recognized pregame
Crimson Tide improves to 6-2 on the season
Crimson Tide and Lady Tigers to meet in Foster Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. CT
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2011-12 (JUNIOR)Started the final nine games for the Tide and appeared in 24 contests throughout her first season in Tuscaloosa ... averaged 6.0 points and 3.9 rebounds in 22.5 minutes per game ... also contributed 1.3 steals per contest ... scored double-figure points seven times ... led Alabama in scoring three times ... scored a career-high 15 points in addition to six rebounds and four steals at Auburn ... recorded six points, five rebounds, one block and one assist in Alabama's home game against South Carolina ... had a solid all-around game for the Tide in its win over No. 7 Kentucky, collecting a team-high seven rebounds and nine points ... led Alabama in scoring with 10 points while also collecting a career-high five steals, five rebounds and two blocks in win at Mississippi ... had nine points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal against No. 20 Georgia ... in her first start at Alabama, had 12 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three steals and one block at Arkansas ... posted a career-high eight rebounds and three steals while also adding eight points at No. 6 Kentucky ... earned five rebounds while adding seven points and one assist against Tennessee ... recorded four rebounds, three points, two assists and one block at Florida ... sidelined for the Tide's game at LSU and at home against Mississippi State after suffering a concussion ... had three rebounds, two assists and one steal in her SEC debut at South Carolina ... added 12 points in 23 minutes of play in win over Kansas ... contributed 12 points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal in her first game back from injury in Alabama's win over Southeastern Louisiana ... had two points, two assists and one block in 21 minutes of play against Central Arkansas ... made her Tide debut in Alabama season opener against Nicholls State where she finished with three rebounds and one assist in nine minutes of action.
2009-11 (PENSACOLA STATE)Rated No. 5 overall junior college player and the nation's No. 3 shooting guard on the Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report ... named to the 2011 State Farm/WBCA All-America Team ... All-Panhandle Conference first team ... helped lead Pensacola to a third-place finish in the NJCAA national tournament, scoring 14 points against Northern Oklahoma on March 20 ... averaged 14.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game ... scored double-figure points on 20 occasions ... had a season-high 29 points, seven rebounds, six assists and six steals against Gulf Coast Community College on Jan. 15 ... selected as the FCCAA player of the week after leading the Lady Pirates to a 3-0 start in 2010 ... averaged 18.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals in the trio of contests and scored 25 points against Snead State on Nov. 6 ... named to the Florida Community College Activities Association (FCCAA) All-Tournament team and the All-Panhandle Conference second team ... averaged 11.5 points per game in addition to 4.7 rebounds per outing ... recorded double-digit points in 18 of the 30 games she played in ... had a season-high 25 points against Trinity Valley Community College.
HIGH SCHOOLAs senior in 2009, played in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Basketball game ... member of the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) 5A first team.
PERSONAL INFORMATIONBorn April 28, 1991 ... daughter of Jeff Merritt and Tunya Gooden ... has two brothers, Jeremiah and Johnathan, and four sisters, LaToya, Tanesha, Alyssa, and Trinity ... majoring in criminal justice.


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Bernard Knight literary papers (20th C.)
Bernard Knight, CBE is a British forensic pathologist and writer. He became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. Knight was born and lives in Cardiff. As well as being a forensic scientist, and a doctor, he qualified as a barrister. He has been writing since the 1960s, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the humorous Crowner John Mysteries series of 12th-century historical mysteries. In addition, he has written scripts for radio and television dramas and documentaries. The archive consists of papers relating to Bernard Knight's literary work.
Date range: 1960-2010
Size: 5 metres
Language: English
Keywords: Crime fiction, detective fiction, historical novels, Wales


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Re: c++ features
- From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:22:04 -0500
On Thu, Oct 08 2009, Gabor Urban wrote:
the main point of C++ and Linux, that you may have a large number of
tools to use. SOme prefer IDE tools, like KDevelop for example, but
some prefer standard language sensitive editor which support code
writing, compiling, debugging. I would suggest to use Emacs or Vim
(simple editors, but powerfull extensions).. :-))
Emacs 23 + CEDET seems to have all the features of of the so
called IDE's, including language specific parsers and semantic
analysis, so one may have the best of both worlds.
Also, if you want portable C++, you could try compiling with
this set of flags in your makefile:
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And yes, this is from a live project, so I actually use these :-)
If God had intended Man to program, we'd be born with serial I/O ports.
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You still may not recognize Gene Simmons outside of his band makeup, but the man sometimes called "Dr. Love," a founding member, singer and bass player for the multiplatinum band, KISS, is quite the versatile entrepreneur. And, Simmons is about to be even better known deep in the heart of Texas. On March 11, 2014, the San Antonio Business Journal announced that the "San Antonio Talons will open the season against the LA KISS, an arena Football Team owned by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley." This must be Gene Simmons week somewhere, anywhere, because the rocker will debut on the March 12, 2014 episode of "Crime Scene Investigation (or just CSI to the fans)" on CBS.
It was reported that CSI Executive Producers Don McGill and Carol Mendelson said, "We're really excited to have Gene Simmons guest-starring on CSI, playing himself in a rock-and-roll-themed murder mystery," in a joint press release to the Hollywood Reporter. Tonight's show is the 17th episode of Season 14, called "Long Road Home." The episode runs at 9 p.m. Houston time (CST) and 10 p.m. EST.
The former star of his own reality series, "Family Jewels," which ran from 2006-2012, Simmons is very comfortable in front of a camera. On stage, the wild KISS makeup used to hide Simmons' identity so much that few people recognized him offstage, except when he used to accompany Cher to various functions. Then, the man born Chaim Witz, found he enjoyed being in front of the camera, makeup or not.
Rockers and prime-time crime dramas, or "procedurals" as all television insiders call them, are not a brand new thing. Rock and roll legends are actually very popular guest stars on favorite shows. As an example, when you hear one man yell "Sharonnnnnn," immediately you know that the person yelling is none other than Ozzy Osbourne, of Black Sabbath, a band that CSI featured on their season finale, broadcast May 15, 2013. Of course, Ozzy's wife, Sharon, is featured on CBS' "The Talk" weekdays and the couple's son, Jack, was a crowd favorite on the last season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
Aside from "all things Osbourne," another musician from across the pond found a home on CBS. On "NCIS" it was Sir Michael Des Barres who was a popular guest on the show previously.
Coming up this season of "NCIS," actor and Grammy-winner singer/songwriter Keith Carradine is set to star on an upcoming episode of the show. There's more than one reason to say "NCIS rocks." So does CSI (especially in the heart of Las Vegas) and CBS.
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The bun is small and it does not fit me. So I decided to give it to my niece and guess what? she loved it! So although it did not fit my hair,but I'm still happy because I was able to give it to others and it becomes useful to them. Thus, I rate this four stars!
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Yesterday, after a day that began with meeting Pope Francis, then meeting with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. holding a bilateral meeting and working lunch with President Napolitano of Italy, then a bilateral meeting and press conference with Prime Minister Renzi of Italy, followed by a tour of the Colosseum, and before President Obama took time to convene a conference call with several thousand grassroots volunteers, navigators and in-person assistors who are leading the effort to enroll millions of Americans in quality, affordable health insurance plans, to personally express heartfelt thanks for their efforts.
President Obama announced that more than 6 million Americans have signed up for private health insurance plans through the federal and state Marketplaces since October 1.
During the call, the President thanked the group for all their hard work to date and discussed the importance of building on this progress over the last four days of open enrollment. With consumers' interest in signing up for health insurance surging – on Wednesday there were over 1.5 million visits to HealthCare.gov and over 430,000 calls to the call centers – the President encouraged the navigators and volunteers to redouble their efforts over the next few days and leave no stone unturned in trying to bring affordable health coverage to as many Americans as possible by the March 31 deadline.
Nationwide, there more than 27,000 trained assistors in all fifty states who are helping consumers sign up in their communities. Consumers can find out how to get local in person help at this link on HealthCare.gov or through their state marketplaces.
With just a few days to go before the March 31 deadline to enroll for health insurance on the federal and state exchanges, in the final push to get America covered, Organizing For America supporters have together committed to more than 500,000 volunteer hours.
The numbers of enrollments have surged in these final days of the first enrollment - but actually are deceptive.
The 6 million enrollments are for individuals - don't many of them represent families? Aren't the numbers of people who are getting health insurance - some for the first time, or with preventive care and prescription coverage that they had not had before - much more than the 6 million?
Much has been made of the low percentage of enrollments in the 19-34 year old category - because you need "young, healthy" enrollees to counter the expense of the older, sicker enrollees in order to keep rates down for everyone.
But the category is deceptive: in the age group 19-34 are people who would not be seeking their own insurance because 19-21 year olds are typically on college health plans or on their parents' plans, and now, thanks to Obamacare, children can stay on their parents' plan until 26 (29 in NYS), so if parents have insurance through their employment, they are covered.
And a large proportion of 26-34 year olds likely get insurance through tehir workplace, though over the last decade, the percentage of employers offering health insurance has dwindled (until the Obamacare requirement and tax credits).
Logic tells you that it is the 55-64 year olds who would be the most dominant to take advantage of the health exchanges. They are the ones losing their jobs and access to employer-sponsored health care, without the income to spend on health insurance, most in need because they are in the most vulnerable age to contract medical conditions, and facing 10 years of financial ruin before they are able to qualify for Medicare. And they are the ones who would have had the hardest time obtaining affordable health care when private, for-profit insurance companies had the power to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions, impose lifetime caps, charge women higher premiums, or throwing people off the policy when they got sick.
Also, the 6 million figure does not include the millions more who have become eligible for the expanded Medicaid under the law.
But the March 1 report does show how the actions in some states, to actively impede registrations, have produced off-kilter results.
A state like Texas, with the highest number of uninsured Americans, as of March 1 only had 295,025 enrollments out of 758,344 eligible (including 414,272 deemed eligible for financial assistance).
"In Texas, political opposition to President Obama's health law is so strong that some residents believe, erroneously, that the program is banned in their state," the New York Times reported.
In Louisiana, another state with an abysmal proportion of population uninsured, where Governor Jindal has proudly opposed Obamacare and has put up every obstacle possible, only 45,561 people enrolled (as of March 1), compared to the 107,480 who are eligible (and 59,896 who are eligible for federal subsidy).
Florida is another, a state awash in Medicare recipients, but focused on blocking others from being able to access affordable health care: as of March 1, 442,087 enrolled, out of 990,455 eligbile (of whom 621,139 are eligible for subsidy).
And some 5 million Americans are left out entirely because of their state's refusal to accept the Medicaid expansion, paid 100% by the federal government for the first 3 years, and then 90% thereafter.
But states that have embraced Affordable Care Act and have set up their own exchanges (which tend to have Democratic Governors), are doing much better.
California has 868,936 enrolled out of 1,190,260 deemed eligible (of whom 897,256 are eligible for federal subsidy).
"The reasons for such disparities are complex, having to do with a state's political climate, whether it administers its own website, how well that website is working, and how aggressive its nonprofit networks have been in reaching out to prospective enrollees. States with their own exchanges, set up within existing state agencies, tend to fare best," Sheryl Gay Stolerg and Robert Pear reported in the New York Times.
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Croatia's Battle for Refiner Control Unwelcome by Hungary
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said this week that Hungary would not agree to any changes in the ownership agreement between Hungarian oil and gas company MOL.Nyrt and Croatia's partly state-owned refiner INA.
"It's Hungary's definite view as the owner of MOL that it won't support any modification to the ownership agreement," Mr. Orban said at a press conference in Strasbourg.
Hungary owns a 25% stake in MOL. It spent €1.88 billion in taxpayer money to buy a 21.2% stake in May from Russian oil firm Surgutneftegas. It justified the move by saying that the purchase was strategically important. Development Minister Tamas Fellegi said at the time that Hungary wants "to keep the ownership and stakes of foreign companies and governments in strategic national firms within reasonable limits."
Now Croatia is trying to do the same by seeking to modify INA's shareholder agreement, which MOL signed with a previous government. MOL holds a 47.2% stake in the Croatian company and the Zagreb government owns 44.8%, with MOL having the management rights. MOL has tried to raise its stake in INA to above 50% but its attempts so far have failed.
It is not unusual for governments in this region to have minority stakes in energy companies. Austrian oil and gas company OMV AG, which failed in recent years to gobble up MOL, is 31.5% owned by Austria's state holding company.
It appears that Hungary's row with Austria and Russia over MOL in recent years is staged for a repeat, this time with Croatia. Now the tables are turned, however, and Hungary is seeking to gain and maintain its upper hand over a neighboring oil firm.
Hungary, meanwhile, was instrumental during its rotating six-month European Union presidency, in winning the approval of fellow EU states to accept Croatia among its ranks. The EU closed accession negotiations with Croatia on June 30, the last day of Hungary's EU presidency, for accession foreseen July 1, 2013.
But the battle over INA escalated Tuesday when Hungarian national daily Nepszabadsag, citing several unnamed sources, said Croatia has requested that Hungary extradite MOL Chairman and Chief Executive Zsolt Hernadi in connection with an alleged bribery case linked to former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.
All parties, the Hungarian government, Croatia and MOL have denied the extradition request later in the day. Croatia's Prosecution General has asked Hungary's Prosecution General for help in investigating a Croatian bribery case but hasn't sought an extradition of anyone, the Hungarian office confirmed Wednesday.
Croatia is investigating accusations that MOL bribed Mr. Sanader to gain management control in INA. MOL reiterated to this blog on Tuesday its denials of any wrongdoing. Mr. Sanader, meanwhile, is in custody in Austria, appealing extradition to Croatia. He also denies any wrongdoing.
The Hungarian government doesn't want to interfere with the criminal investigation, Mr. Orban said Tuesday. "We know the charges [but] they are not an intergovernmental matter. We regard them as a task for the law enforcement forces," Mr. Orban said at the press conference.