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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!
Arts Presenters, Day One
By Paul Ben-Itzak
Copyright 2001 The Dance Insider
One hardly expects to
find a good omen for the arts at the dentist's, but that's exactly
what happened when an Association of Arts Presenters official we'll
call Jim found himself at a local dentist's after a crown fell off,
on the opening registration day Friday of the 44th annual Association
of Arts Presenters meeting in New York City. Jim explained to the
doctor the mission of the organization he works for, the leading
trade organization for arts presenters, which is convening in town
through Tuesday at the Hilton Hotel and vicinity for meetings, panels,
and, most important, showcases by companies who want the presenters
to book them. The dentist, who had never before treated Jim, mentioned
that he played in a jazz group. After the dental work was completed,
the dentist told Jim, "You're in the arts. No charge."
Jim related this story
to me and a dance company director/choreographer at the end of a
very long, but fulfilling opening day of the Arts Presenters conference
which was full with many surprises, most of them delightful. As
it's now, er, 1:30 in the a.m. as I write this, and I'm exhausted
if exhilarated, more punchy than pusillanimous, I'm going to just
rattle these discoveries off, with the only through-line being that,
like ballet, which never fails to surprise me, in a good way, just
when I think I'm over it, this conference, which frankly appeared
rather dry on paper, was in person yesterday chock-full of news
and insights.
First and foremost, I
think, was the significant presence, for the first time I can remember
anyway, of American Ballet Theatre at the conference. For all the
credit Michael Kaiser got, and deservedly so, for rescuing the company
financially during the mid-nineties, its personnel infrastructure
was pretty moribund. If the dancers carried themselves with a pride
that recognized ABT's place in the American ballet hierarchy, much
of the rest of the staff did not. Well, in the last year or so,
since Louis G. Spisto took over as executive director, the house
has been cleaned. Greg Patterson, a veteran of the National Ballet
of Canada, Orange County Performing Arts Center, and Los Angeles
Opera, has been installed as the company's new director of marketing
and Communications. Where the previous regime cared only about the
New York Times and, on occasion, the former Dance Magazine (and
only when it was promised a cover, or so it seemed), Patterson has
reached out, already, to everybody in the media.
In another positive omen,
Jon H. Teeuwissen, a veteran of dance infrastructure if ever there
was one who has held leadership roles with the New Orleans Ballet
Association and Pilobolus, among others, has been named general
manager of ABT, Donya Hubby company manager, and Cristina Ares manager
of the Studio company, which seems to be thriving these days, with
fresh choreographers like Julia Adam and fresh dancers like Misty
Copeland. (Who, Ares told me, only started dancing when she was
14 -- yes, 14.) The main company isn't doing too bad either; it
will soon increase touring to forty weeks, Teeuwissen told me. A
new, re-vamped web site will be launched in about six weeks. The
company finally has e-mail, which it did not as recently as a year
ago. Premieres by Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, and David Parsons are
coming up, as well as the company premiere of John Cranko's "Eugene
While we're on the topic
of resurgent ballet companies, I am very, very pleased to report
the launch of the Joffrey Ensemble Dancers, as a performance unit
of the Manhattan-based Joffrey School. In other words, this company
which was so essential to the renaissance of ballet from the 1960s
on, and to the cultural firmament of this city until it decamped
for Chicago in 1995, will once again have a presence in New York
-- vital to this city, as well as to the students, who will now
have the opportunity to perform. They give an informal recital this
week. Later this year, they'll perform with a symphony orchestra
in New Jersey.
The Ensemble is represented
by World Arts, Inc., lead by Vincent Paul, assisted by Meg Gurin
Paul, herself a well-known former Joffrey dancer, who is the new
company's ballet mistress. The artistic director, working with school
director Edith D'Addario -- yes, some things never change -- is
Elie Lazar.
While we're stopping
at the World Arts table, Mr. and Ms. First-nighter, Ms. Paul also
told me that Nacho Duato's Compania Nacional de Danza, a rage the
last time it was in New York six or so years ago, returns this summer,
opening at the New York State Theater July 25 with an evening-length
work set to Bach, and called, er, "Deep Bach." Duato himself will
dance in the piece, opening and closing it. World Arts also represents
Complexions, which gives a showcase Monday at 3 p.m., in City Center
Studio 5.
And while we're on the
subject of ballet, it's time to play good news-bad news. The good
news is that, according to Marc Baylin, his client Suzanne Farrell
will remount her company next fall. The bad news -- my opinion --
is that, from what I can gather from Baylin, it's still basically
a pick-up company -- my words. As before, the audition and rehearsal
process will start around next summer, with the dancers coming from
the ranks of those who already have full-time jobs. I'm a Farrell
fan. Let's not mince words: If Balanchine's last muse, who really
does seem to channel him, were sitting where Peter Martins is sitting
right now, the New York City Ballet wouldn't be dancing like a ship
without a captain. However, in her company's last season, seen around
these parts at the New Victory Theater, the last-minute coming together
and pick-up nature of Farrell's ensemble showed. The dancers didn't
gel as a unit; the quality of the group dipped to such an extent
that while Farrell, being Farrell, could still lift them to a level
surpassing themselves, it still wasn't the level that could present
the work she so prizes -- by Balanchine and Robbins, especially
-- at the standard it deserves. Put simply: To really give us the
company, with the presentation of ballets, that she is capable of,
Farrell needs to make it a real company, with a full contract, attracting
top-level dancers to a full-time commitment.
Now then, let's move
on to modern dance!
Here we also have good
news and bad news.
The good news is that,
from what I saw yesterday, artists are pushing themselves.
Shapiro and Smith, a
company known for its uncanny ability to combine schtick and dance,
is going, in its latest work "The Last Night Before Fall," for pure
dance. This dance for two men and three women (or maybe it's three
men -- sorry, it was a long day yesterday, and the S&S showcase
was my first event!), set to Rachmaninoff, is racey -- lots of racing
around. And there's a vertical drift to it - from the upward projection
of the bodies, arrested only briefly in fleeting lifts, to the final
tableau, where all step forward and, elbows akimbo, raise their
arms to Heaven. Creatively, I think this pure dance dance is a brave
move which S&S needed to make.
In her piece "The Carmen
Suites," inspired by the Bizet opera, Rebecca Stenn and her PerksDanceMusicTheatre
have reached a level few companies have, in at least two ways. Typically,
non-Flamenco companies that work with this music and this theme
essay a sort of generalized idea of what they think is gypsy passion.
For dance, especially, the resulting products are usually insultingly
Rebecca (she's a friend),
working with three dancers including herself and two acting musicians
(in ways that go beyond the usual cloying interaction of having
the dancer still or steal the violinist's bow, or the musician circle
the dancer), has created a precise, tight work with many layers
-- comic, dramatic, subtle and over-the-top, all in one dance that
can't be more than 15 minutes in length, but encompasses a world
of relations. It's as if Stenn took the various relationships in
"Carmen," threw them into a hat, and then blindly picked out new
matches, so that the same characters of the original emerge, but
in unexpected match-ups. David Eggar plays his cello while resting
on his back on Peter Kope, who is also on his back. Jay Weissman
plays his bass guitar while resting on his back, as a black flamenco-dressed
Michelle de la Reza straddles him. The whole piece starts with two
of the dancers, Kope and de la Reza, owning the instruments, while
the natural musicians, Eggar and Weissman, strike poses both ominous
and enticing.
The other main way in
which this piece blew me away -- we're not even going to get into
Stenn's inventive choreography for dancers and musicians, as that's
a given by now with this company which takes its name seriously
-- is its delicately respectful use of the cultural form of Flamenco.
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's American choreographers
who appropriate -- not just are "inspired by," but appropriate --
other cultures' music, exploiting its ready exoticism without really
understanding the culture from which the music comes, or even the
history of the music itself. As a sometimes DJ, I won't even play
Flamenco, because I think it's disrespectful to use it out of its
context, i.e. apart from real Flamenco dancers.
I don't know if I quite
have the facility to capture the delicacy to which I refer in Stenn's
use of this music and dance tradition, but I'll try. First, she
is neither pretending that she and her dancers are Flamenco dancers,
nor is she ironically vogueing and posing against the Flamenco style.
There is some stamping (stomping?), yes, but it is used sparingly,
and at select moments. That the three women are wearing Doc Martin-like
Skechers is like a visual acknowledgement that they were not trained
in Spain; at the same time, their stamping is not over the top,
so that they're obviously not mocking the real thing. Rather, the
spare stomping ends up being seen and felt as a tribute, by master
dancers in one form (modern) to master dancers of another. And remember,
it is not used throughout.
In fact, tho, Stenn's
overall choreographic way of expressing herself -- her language
-- in this dance startlingly, tellingly, and accurately reflects
the Flamenco way of speaking. In Flamenco, particularly Flamenco
ballets, sometimes each step can seem like a word, a small series
of steps like a specific sentence. While Flamenco feet are impassioned,
they are anything but wild -- this is a very deliberate, emphatic,
precise, and yes even nuanced language. While the stamping in Stenn's
piece isn't constant, as in Flamenco, every measure of choreography
is saying something; there's nothing extraneous.
Stenn's company is a
little over five years old; prior to its regular establishment,
she danced for six years with Momix, where she was a muse to Moses
Pendleton, the Momix founder and Pilobolus co-founder. For the last
-- yow! -- four years, Stenn has been one-half of the Pilobolus
veteran duet company, Pilobolus Too. Pilobolus, and subsequently
Momix (and their many progenitors, including Iso, Body/Vox, Peter
Pucci, and others) was ghettoized almost from the get by the traditional
modern dance community, both because most of its founders were not
traditionally schooled dancers, and because the dances they then
made did not rely on a prescribed modern vocabulary. While both
these companies have more or less proved these nay-sayers irrelevant
by producing movement moving experiences equal to those of the traditionals,
they still also produce enough silliness to, in some people's minds,
justify their being ostracized as just so much flim-flam. But what
Stenn has done is expand (contract?) this Pilobolan-Momixian form
to the point where every single "trick" or "gimmick" or prop promotes
and instigates and ignites a pure dance.
Stenn, tutored by her
agent (hint, we're introducing a leitmotif now for the rest of this
article) Jodi Kaplan, has always given a helluva lean Arts Presenters
showcase machine, and yesterday's was no exception. The program
also included her standard solo tour de lizard "Iguana," which,
over the years, has become nicely nuanced. And "Embrace," co-choreographed
by Stenn with Kope and de la Reza, who dance on a turning disk,
has assumed new texture. In the past, this romantic duet was often
a bit too schmaltzy for jaded me -- tho perhaps just in the context
of the cavalcade of sophisticated and multi-layered wit that is
much of a Perks program -- but this year it's taken on a hint of
tragedy, no doubt because the music has changed, to Messiaen, an
excerpt from his Holocaust paean "Quartet for the End of Time."
Towards the end of the piece, as they slowly spin and Kope lifts
de la Reza, the arch of her knees and the pointing of her feet portray
a beauty tinged with just a tad of poignant sorrow; And a newer
piece, obviously still finding its way, called "Fast Dance," a frenetic
duet for the two women which, while well-danced and with hints at
a theme (the two move laterally, on a grid almost, and often against
what seems a gale force), needs to go more in that direction, i.e.
finding an over-riding theme to give the kinetic impact the narrative
oomph that the rest of Stenn's dances have these days.
The other way her showcase
is lean -- and folks, I'm not just running on on the Perks because
Rebecca's a friend, but because there are lessons to be learned
here by others -- is the efficient way the company breaks it down
re: telling the presenter audience its recent and upcoming gigs.
Instructive here -- and here we introduce yet another sub-theme
to this Arts Presenters rave -- is the company's ongoing experience
with the Kohler (sp.?) Arts Center in Sheybogen (sp.?), Wisconsin.
"Residency" -- I saw that flinch -- has long, for some, and understandably,
been a dirty word in this industry. A pill companies have to swallow
to get commissioning money. But there's a new way of thinking afoot,
by some companies, which is to see these arrangements as an artistic
challenge. The Perks went to Wisconsin late last year, thinking
that "community work" meant members of the community would audition
for the new piece, and it would have to pick some of them. Well,
actually, it meant that anyone from the community who wanted to
join the party could! The Perks has embraced this idea. And here
comes the fun part: They got to walk through the Kohler factory
-- er, Kohler is the one that makes all your bathroom appliances,
basically -- and take anything that wasn't attached. Result: a percussion
instrument, of sorts, made up of 186 or so brass faucets.
Speaking of flow, and
flights of fantasy, and more surprises, yesterday I attended a special
interest panel, hosted by Sophie Renaud of the Association Francaise
d'Action Artistique, on "French Cultural Exchange," thinking it
would contain lessons on how to better promote, er, cultural exchange
between France and the U.S. Instead -- and much more usefully, in
terms of real information -- it provided a lesson affirming what
many of us already know: This is a tough nut to crack, from both
AFAA's mostly government-funded
mission -- it gets 80 percent of its budget, or about 142 million
French Francs, or about $20 million, from public monies -- is to
facilitate French companies coming to this country. This they do
by, for instance, paying the travel costs of French artists, and
also for travel costs of presenters who want to come for France
to research the French scene. (One solution Renaud suggested for
increasing the presence of French dance here: Presenters need to
take longer trips to France. At which point I was tempted to insert:
Did I say I was media? No, no, no, I'm from Dance Insider Productions
in Greenwich Village!)
One of the first questions
out of the chute came from Linda Shelton, the savvy executive director
of the Joyce Theater. Noting that when she'd been in France several
years ago, she'd "got a lecture about how we weren't doing our part
to bring French artists to this country" Shelton asked if the situation
had improved. Renaud answered, essentially, that now there are not
so many American companies in France, and not so many French companies
in America. And that for the latter it usually comes down to Ballets
Preljocaj, Maguy Marin, Opera de Lyon, and one other company.
Renaud, who used to manage
Karine Saporta (sp.?), pointed out, "We toured all over the world,
but just one time in the U.S. It's a question of (arranging) meetings
between presenters and artists, but also getting presenters who
have the opportunity to bring French dance to spend more time in
France. (Likewise), French presenters have to spend more time here."
There's not a French
equivalent to the Arts Presenters conference, Renaud said in response
to a question. How, it was then asked, do the presenters program?
The answer here was kind of vague: They see things; they talk to
each other a lot.
What was left unsaid,
tho maybe hinted at, during this exchange was that, as in New York
City (as some local choreographers complain), there is a sort of
presenting Mafia in France (as some French dancers and choreographers
complain). Look at a festival line-up, and you'll notice that certain
select companies, and only those companies, run the festival loop.
An exception is in the area of dance from Africa, and here Renaud's
organization has made it a special sub-mission to recruit, and fund,
the presentation of dance from that continent, particularly at the
Montpellier Festival, which Renaud praised as the largest in France,
just about, and one of the largest in the world. If I understood
her correctly, there's also the possibility of funds to support
touring of these African companies in the U.S.
I'd be remiss as the
representative of a publication geared towards dancers if I didn't
tell you that her organization is also funding, in part, a special
master class at Montpellier this summer, for which 40 top dancers
from around the world will be selected to study with choreographers
appearing in the season. Like French programming, and indeed AFAA's
own funding process, just who gets in will be highly selective.
I did get a hint, later
on, outside of the room of this workshop, about how American choreographers
might crack the French festival nut. (I should explain: The rap
on American dance from French programmers and some dancers is that
it's stuck in post-modern, which is why they don't program it, except
for celebrity post-moderns like Trisha Brown and moderns like Merce.
As David Parker has aptly pointed out
in these pages, this reduction ignores whole third, fourth, and
fifth streams of dance that have been developing for the last thirty
years in the U.S., in the dance-theater hybrid form, for instance.)
I ran into a choreographer whose company is up for being programmed
at a French festival this summer, and she said her company's entry
was through the local museum community, which is just happy to get
some good, glamorous dance, and doesn't need to play Mr. In and
Mr. Out.
If France and the U.S.
are at a cultural Mexican stand-off, so to speak, I am pleased to
report that the U.K. seems to be doing at least one thing better:
Yesterday I scored big-time when I found myself at the table for
the London-based Arts Publishing International LTD, which table
was stacked with copies of "PAYE," the Performing Arts Yearbook
for Europe, and "MOD," its sister publication for Asia, the Pacific
and North America. We're talking lists of companies, presenters,
festivals, agents, funders, and more - and lists with really useful
Let's take a couple of
examples. Looking up Pilobolus Dance Theatre, we see not just the
usual data, for example that the company has six dancers, but that
they're on a 40-week contract, and that the company has an income
of $1.3 million. Above that, in the entry for Momix, we find the
"dance type" described as "surrealistic, magical, illusionary, humorous,
vaudevillian, non-categorizable."
Under Agents, the description
for Elsie Management gives us not only the contacts, but actually
tells us that Laura Colby's agency specializes in contemporary dance
management and providing representation services, and that its clients
include soloists, smaller modern dance companies, and eight member
dance companies, all of whom are available for touring.
Folks, this is far more
information than any other directory I've seen offered. For more
info, you can e-mail email@example.com.
Tell 'im the Dance Insider sent you. Er, I do have a caveat: The
information in this directory seems to rely on the listees for its
veracity. If Stephen Petronio's dancers have a 52-week contract,
then I'm one of the dancers. And if the Joyce Theater seats 800
(in reality it's about 300 less), as the entry for Petronio implies,
then I'm one of those who perform on its stage. ;)
Speaking of, er, issues
of representation: Enough people have brought this up to me now
-- often, er, egged on by me -- that I think I can introduce the
topic without breaching any one confidence. And frankly there's
too much at stake for our art to sweep this one under the table.
There's a choreographer out there who, in the opinion of me and
many others, is, at the least, the next Paul Taylor. He has talent
to spare. What this choreographer needs now, most of all, is REPRESENTATION,
i.e. an agent. And a manager wouldn't be bad either. Those of you
who know him probably know who I'm talking about. In addition to
being gifted, this young man is also nice. He just needs us to shake
him by the shoulders and tell him, again and again: Get an agent,
get an agent, get an agent.
And speaking of Pilobolus,
and again of representation, in yesterday's e-mail I ranted about
how the University Musical Society spoiled our efforts to cover
last night's performance of a new work by that company, which UMS
had co-commissioned. Well, yesterday I cornered one of Pilobolus's
representatives at the IMG booth, the erstwhile Julia Glawe, and
this young woman is so on top of it (that's a compliment!) that
she was able to tell me immediately that the company will reprise
the Klezmer piece next month at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach.
We'll try to be there! Because, er, we know we don't report enough
on Pilobolus as it is! ;) ;)
And, er, speaking of
West Palm Beach, the hottest rumor floating around the floor yesterday
at the Arts Presenters opening reception was that Kathryn Harris
(sp?.) -- you know, THAT woman who selected George Bush as president
-- will be tapped as the President-Select's NEA chairman. Folks,
not even Momix would dare to make up a dance with that premise!
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Receiving more love this Valentine's weekend, "The LEGO Movie" looks to end this holiday weekend with $48.8 million and total $60 million by the end of Feb. 17, President's Day. The crowd favorite is building a strong position in the box office.
Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) is average. A construction worker LEGO character, Emmet follows all instructions and doesn't stand out. When he finds a young woman, Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), sneaking around the construction site, Emmet accidentally comes in contact with the legendary Kragle, the Piece of Resistance that can protect the LEGO world from the evil President Business (Will Ferrell). Thought to be the Special from a prophecy by the wise Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman), Emmet joins Wyldstyle on a trip through various worlds to plan an attack on President Business' headquarters but is pursued by Bad Cop (Liam Neeson), Business' henchman. While traveling and meeting other LEGO mini-figures, including Wyldstyle's boyfriend, Batman (Will Arnett), Emmet realizes he does not have the Master Builder powers he needs.
For fans of LEGO, especially those with years of experience, "The LEGO Movie" is a fun movie with many references to many of their different sets. The cast of characters features a variety of great comedic voices and a few playful cameos, such as Channing Tatum and Cobie Smulders. As one would hope, it is a playful joy.
Though the action is chaotic and densely busy, "The LEGO Movie" maintains a high amount of adrenaline to keep children interested. The immense detail is occasionally jarring, but adults will appreciate the warm morals the film focuses on; much like "Toy Story 2," "The LEGO Movie" reminds us that toys are for playing and not displaying and also highlights the joys of creativity.
Take note, LEGO: Though you left out your sad, sexist attempt at appealing to girls (LEGO Friends), a nine-year-old and a six-year-old girl both loved the film and have been playing with the "Star Wars" and "Batman" sets almost daily since their viewing. And they won't stop singing "Everything is Awesome!" Conclusion: any gender enjoys fun. (Stepping down from my soapbox.)
Rating for "The LEGO Movie:" B+
For more information on this film or to view its trailer, click here.
"The LEGO Movie" is playing all over Columbus, in theatres such as Gateway and Arena Grand, and will continue its run for quite awhile. For showtimes, click here.
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- 'The Monuments Men' review: A choppy narrative but a charming cast
- 'Endless Love' review: Dense with romantic cliche and melodrama
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UMass Announces Changes To Mullins Center Layout For Hockey
Aug. 9, 2013
2013-14 Mullins Seating Chart - Hockey
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass Athletics has announced that there will be alterations to the Mullins Center layout for ice hockey that will be implemented for the upcoming 2013-14 season. The modifications are being made to maximize home ice advantage for the Minutemen and to improve the game day environment for UMass fans.
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As a result, UMass will benefit from a greater competitive advantage as switching the team benches allows UMass players leaving the penalty box to quickly return to the home bench. The new layout will bring the Mullins Center in line with how the vast majority of collegiate hockey rinks are set up. Also, season ticket inventory will be maximized in desirable sections, such as lower level, center ice.
"Our team benefits from playing in one of the best venues college hockey has to offer; the Mullins Center," said UMass head coach John Micheletto. "We're excited that these changes are going to push the competitive atmosphere at a UMass game to a level like no other. What was already an unbelievable energy and experience for players and fans alike, is only going to be enhanced."
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At Desiring God's disability conference I attended last month, one question made me pause. Greg Lucas, author of one of my all-time favorite books Wrestling with an Angel (seriously, you should click on that and buy it right now. RIGHT.NOW. I'll wait here until you're done.), was asked about special needs adoption and whether a family should ever decide against it. The question posed was, "Greg, what advice do you have for families looking to adopt? Should a family ever not adopt a child if they suspect that child might have special needs?" This video starts with his answer (which is less than 5 minutes while the rest of the video continues the other panel questions and answers):
I paused because it's such a hard question to answer in a blanket statement.
I also paused because I am close friends with two women who each decided not to adopt Zoe due to her special needs but who were both instrumental in bringing her into our family and who are both now adoptive mothers to little girls with other special needs. If they had said yes, Zoe wouldn't be ours, and their sweet girls would not be theirs.
I love Greg's answer (and I love his precious family), and it rings even truer for us now. I love how he clearly paints with his words, describing how adoption provides for us a shadow of the gospel. Even more, as Zoe's mom and Robbie's mom, I love this quote:
Had I known what my son's disabilities were going to entail and what a cost it was going to be to me, I probably would not have gone through with the adoption. That hurts really... it's really heavy to say that. I would have come up with the excuse, 'Let someone else who is more qualified handle this child.' But the beauty of all that is this, and I'll say this to parents who are considering....adopting a child with disabilities, especially severe disabilities, you will never be equipped to do that. God has to equip you to do that. And the beauty of it goes back to the gospel, He will use that child to equip you to do that. He will use that child to sanctify you and to conform you and to make you more into the image of His Son. That's the beauty of adopting a disabled child. And, like I said, I see that now, looking back on that, but God has also used my son to conform me to the image of Christ in such a way that I'm a better man because of my son. I would have never chosen that for myself, but God in His wisdom saw that it was good and designed it that way.And I would add that it's the beauty of parenting any child with special needs.
If I'm honest, I think we might have been too scared to move forward with Zoe's adoption if we knew Robbie would have epilepsy. It's nice in special needs adoption to feel like you get to control the diagnosis. In most instances - though not ours, since Zoe caught us by surprise and we were not in process when were contacted about adopting her - you fill out a list of special needs you are and aren't open to. Down syndrome? Heart defects? Limb differences? Cerebral palsy? Fetal alcohol syndrome? Autism? Hearing Impairment?
The list goes on. As an adoptive parent, you check yes to the ones you'd be cool with and no to others, (though you never know for sure if the in-country information is complete and accurate, so I advise friends considering international adoption to be open to just about anything, just as they would be if a baby of theirs in the womb turned out to have an unexpected condition).
We didn't know much about cerebral palsy before Zoe. And we didn't know a whole lot about epilepsy until Robbie's seizure on Thanksgiving Eve. God has been sufficient in both, even as we felt like we had a little more control over CP.*
(*Not that we had control over whether or not Zoe had brain damage, but it's easy to feel like we had some control in whether or not we would say yes to God when He made it clear to us that we should move forward with her adoption. We were scared of saying "yes" since we didn't know what it would look like to parent a child with CP... but we were more scared of saying "no" since we knew that would be acting in opposition to the plan God had for us. And how glad we are that we said yes! We're still learning a lot about CP, but parenting Zoe? That's easy peasy most of the time, since she's so dear.)
I am so thankful that God's timing allowed for Robbie's seizures to hold off until Zoe was home, and I'm glad God is teaching us that we are able to handle much more than we thought... not because He doesn't give us more than we can handle but because He has given us Himself so that we can handle whatever else He brings about in our lives, for our good and His glory.


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Definitions of PROPAGATE in dictionaries:
- verb - transmit from one generation to the next
- verb - travel through the air
- verb - transmit
- verb - become distributed or widespread
- verb - transmit or cause to broaden or spread
- verb - cause to become widely known
- verb - cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
- verb - multiply sexually or asexually
- To cause (an organism) to multiply or breed.
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- To cause to extend to a broader area or larger number; spread: missionaries who propagate the faith.
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- To cause (a wave, for example) to move in some direction or through a medium; transmit.
- To have offspring; multiply.
- To extend to a broader area or larger number; spread.
- To move through a medium.
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Whitney Dosty recorded a career-best 30 kills for the Wildcats breaking her previous high of 29 set during her freshman season in 2006, but it wasn't enough as the Cats fell in 20-11 overall and 9-9 in conference to end the regular season. Paige Weber notched a double-double in the loss with 47 assists and 16 digs while Candace Nicholson lead the defensive effort with 19 digs.
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Arizona led most of the way in the third set as Dosty rattled home a season set-high 13 kills to lead UA to a 25-22 win. Weber had 17 assists as UA staved off a late rally from the Golden Bears to force another set. The Wildcats notched 20 kills over the set and hit for .425 while limiting its errors to just three.
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My wife and I have not sailed in twenty-five years. We know the basics (sunfish) but it has been along time. So as a newbie the question is? If you were looking at a 1973 Flying Scot with a mast by another manufactory would that alone scare you away? As soon to be empty nesters we thought we might take up sailing and thought the Flying Scot would be a good beginning point. Also is the term only "Dry-Sailed" in classified Ads referring to how they were stored when they were not being used? Take pity and thanks for any help.
Posted 14 July 2014 - 09:12 AM
Posted 14 July 2014 - 01:27 PM
If you are willing to consider a Flying Scot there are many boats of all ages and price ranges to look at.
If there is someone near year home offering sailing lessons that may be a good place to start and see if you enjoy the time on boats and water.
Posted 14 July 2014 - 02:42 PM
As for the mast, it could be that somehow the original was broken. That could happen in any number of ways, from going under a tree while on the trailer, under a low bridge, stuck in the mud capsized with a "helpful" power boat pulling on the hull or being run over while laying on a parking lot. It may have even been stolen. Haven't parked on the I-5 rest stop near Bakersfield have you? Not that I have done any of these things, of course......
If the boat is not going to be raced there is no reason why a similar mast from another source would not work just fine.
The Flying Scot has a 'telephone pole', industrial strength mast. So, I'd check to see if the replacement is robust.
Oh, and the wind has not changed in the past 25 years. If you can sail a Sunfish, use the same principles, realizing that the Scot is a heavier boat.
It is like driving a rental truck when you are used to a small car. Same deal. Just plan ahead more.
I once had a couple come down to the St. Pete Sailing Center to use a Rhodes 19 with Royce's 1949 Learn to Sail book. They read it while setting up the boat, taking off and sailing around the nearby basin. I watched, as the manager of the center. They did better than most of the "expert" sailors that use those public boats.
Just go for it!
And welcome back to sailing.
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Posted 14 July 2014 - 03:16 PM
Posted 14 July 2014 - 11:19 PM
Yes it does. If you get going with the Scot and want to race, you'll need a class legal mast. There are plenty of old boats with perfectly good masts and boom but a rotten hull. Look closely at the hull for core rot. The hull is laminated fiberglass and balsa wood. if a through deck fitting isn't installed properly with sealant, water can get in between the fiberglass and balsa causing the balsa to rot. It's not the end of the world if you find some rot and fairly straight forward to fix. You will find the Scot a very forgiving boat to sail and quite fast to boot.
Posted 15 July 2014 - 12:01 PM
My wife and I have not sailed in twenty-five years. We know the basics (sunfish) but it has been along time. So as a newbie the question is? If you were looking at a 1973 Flying Scot with a mast by another manufactory would that alone scare you away? As soon to be empty nesters we thought we might take up sailing and thought the Flying Scot would be a good beginning point. Also is the term only "Dry-Sailed" in classified Ads referring to how they were stored when they were not being used? Take pity and thanks for any help.
The Flying Scot might be a good beginning point, depends on what you want. It is a very stable, rather forgiving, comfortable boat. It's relatively easy to keep dry, you can bring a cooler (several coolers in fact). The down side is that it's rather heavy and high-sided. Not so great for beaches, I see people rigging them up using small stepladders to get in & out of the boat in the parking lot.
The mast- if the mast is the right length & approximate thickness, and has the right rigging on it, that's fine. The problem would be if it was not set up properly... mast are more complicated than they look, I'd be suspicious. Get the seller to demonstrate stepping the mast and rigging up the sails. If it all goes together smoothly then it's probably all right. Racing? Yeah that could be a problem but not for a couple years at the soonest. If there is a local Flying Scot fleet, they'll be glad to see you participating, it's only at the regional level that it would be an issue.
Dry-sailed- yes that generally means the boat was kept out of the water in between being sailed. But who knows, maybe the boat has been fitted with wheels so it can be sailed across parking lots.
Definitely go check it out. But don't be in a sweat to buy a boat right away. Contact the local sailing club, go to wherever it is people sail in your area, and do a little scouting. Maybe even go out sailing on some other people's boats for a while before you buy one of your own.
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Posted 15 July 2014 - 03:27 PM
I would think a non class legal mast will effect resale value. As long as you buy right up front you should be OK.
Replacing the mast with class legal can get expensive because, unless you can find one locally shipping would be costly.
Also, there were 2 builders for a while sometime in the 70's. The Customflex's don't seem to be worth as much as the Douglas boats.
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Cause and Effect: Students Examine an Artist's Perspective
This may be used as a Causes of Conflict Classroom-Based Assessment for elementary school students.
In this exercise, students will have the opportunity to examine artworks that are more than a century and a half old, approaching them not only as an artist's perspective, but also as primary, historical documents that reveal clues about the time period of U.S.-Indian treaties in the Pacific Northwest.
After examining a work of art by Gustav Sohon, an artist and interpreter who accompanied Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens on the "Treaty Trail," students will also read primary accounts of the period, and examine maps and secondary sources. The lesson plan enables students to develop an understanding of some of the causes and effects of these treaties as they satisfy EALRs in history, geography, reading, arts, and social studies skills.
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Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs):This lesson plan satisfies the following EALRs: History WA1.2.1, Geography 1.2.1a, Reading 2.3.2, Arts 2.3 and 2.4 as well as the following Social Studies skills: 1.1.1e and 3.1.2d. Print out the full EALRs for your reference.
CBA Scoring Rubric and Notes:The Office of State Public Instruction has created a scoring rubric for the Causes of Conflict Classroom Based Assessment. Click here to download and print this rubric for your information.
Primary Sources: A piece of evidence created during the time period under investigation by someone who participated in, witnessed, or commented upon the events that you are studying. It is the surviving record of past events such as photographs, diaries, or artifacts.
Secondary Sources: Books, articles, essays, and lectures created, often using primary sources, that describe and interpret a time period after events have taken place.
Primary Sources for Student Examination (provided in pdf format):
Secondary Sources for Student Examination (provided in pdf format):
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Also explain to students that they are going to add some of the outcomes (or effects) of the treaties that placed many Indian communities on reservations. Add that they will be thinking about interaction of cultures and legal rights to lands. Mention that they can use the timeline as a way of keeping the different events separate in their minds. Students should also use the timeline during discussions to note key dates and as an aid coupled with the graphic organizer to assist them in writing their position paper at the end of this unit.
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Give each student a copy of the Responding to Art as a Primary Source worksheet.
Student worksheet:
Responding to Art
as a Primary Source
Ask students to do the following:
Art Vocabulary:
ART ELEMENTS:color what the eye sees when a wavelength of light is reflected from a surface
line mark made with a tool across a surface
shape a 2-dimensional enclosed space
space the illusion that a flat piece of art has three dimensions, or depth
texture the characteristic of the surface of a work of art resulting from the way in which the artist uses their materials
value lightness or darkness of an area of color or tone
composition the organization of art elements into a unified whole
PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION:balance equalization of elements in a work of art
emphasis use of contrasts (color, size, shapes) to place greater attention on specific parts of a work of art
pattern repeating sequence of lines, shapes or colors
rhythm movement in art created through repetition of elements
unity wholeness, all elements belonging together in a work of art
variety diverse elements used together to create visual interest in a work of art
atmospheric perspective the illusion of distance created through reducing detail and muting colors as objects or figures recede in space
horizon where earth and sky meet
landscape art representing a place in the natural environment
perspective the illusion of distance created in a 2-dimensional work of art through reducing the size of objects, figures, or environmental features
scale the relative size of objects, figures or features of the environment
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Please note that these discussion questions may elicit stereotypes and prejudices. The lesson plan requires students to support their interpretation with not only their personal response to the art, but with some concrete support from their reading.TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:
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Prompt them to use their Cause and Effect timeline and their Graphic Organizer to record important information.
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Students need to discuss what they feel are the historical, economic, geographic and civic causes of the conflict between Native Americans and the United States government during the treaty process. Please refer back to the scoring goals listed in the CBA rubric to determine grading for this assignment. Students can complete this assignment in class or may be given the project to do as homework. You may wish to invite them to share their papers with the rest of the class and engage in a discussion about what has been learned during the essay writing process.
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In spite of an overall decline in armed conflicts in the past
two decades, 35 countries on average continue to experience
conflict each year, resulting in 250,000 annual conflict-related
deaths. Moreover, close to one in two post-conflict
countries relapse into armed conflict in five years or less. In
fact, it has been projected that 17 countries, which are currently
experiencing a cessation of hostilities since 2006, are at a high
risk of a return to warfare.
High rates of unemployment amongst ex-combatants can
increase the likelihood of a return to conflict. For this
reason, international organisations often intervene to secure jobs
for ex-combatants in the aftermath of war, and vocational training
is typically viewed as a magic bullet solution to doing this.
The problem is that ex-combatants are frequently unable to
get jobs after training. This not only means that they remain
unemployed, thus constituting a prolonged security risk, but it
also creates unmet expectations - ex-combatants typically exchange
their firearms for a job, not a stint at training. These unmet
expectations often lead to a combination of disappointment and
frustration, which can ultimately deter ex-combatants from engaging
in a country's peace process.
Project overview and
The City & Guilds Centre for Skills Development (CSD)
recently completed a research project to better
understand why ex-combatants often struggle to get jobs after
training and how training can be better connected to jobs.
A literature review was undertaken and a vocational training
and job creation programme for ex-combatants, which
was implemented in Aceh, Indonesia, from 2006 to 2009, was
analysed and documented.
Implementing agencies and training
Expected impact
The outcome of this research project is a report entitled,
"Bridging the divide: Connecting training to jobs in post-conflict
settings." The report explains why ex-combatants often
struggle to secure jobs following their training and
how implementing agencies and training providers can better connect
training to jobs in the future. It also provides recommendations
for policy makers and researchers.
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questions below (your email address will not be
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DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF CALIFORNIA'S INDUCTION POLICY: KEY ELEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPING A HIGH QUALITY PROGRAM by Marine Avagyan A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2008 Copyright 2008 Marine Avagyan
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|District implementation of California's induction policy: key elements and challenges of developing a high quality program
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Pensavalle, Margo T.
Coleman, Rhoda
|This case study examines how a school district defines and implements California 's Induction Policy for novice teachers, identifying the challenges and key elements of a high quality program.; The increasing focus on the impact of effective instruction on student performance has provided the grounds for legislative mandates requiring high quality teachers in every classroom. This, coupled with the ongoing nationwide concern over teacher retention, has prompted the need for new teacher induction programs that aim to address both dilemmas. California has moved farther ahead through a statewide policy that not only requires a two-year induction for all beginning teachers, but also converts the local district into a credentialing agency. This new scheme is built upon a pre-existing structure which considered induction an isolated support system that helps retain teachers. Attempts in restructuring programs to address this significant paradigm shift, which has both legal and educational ramifications, has created a daunting task for district who struggle in balancing compliance with implementation while attempting to design a program that meets the varying needs of novice teachers.; Using a qualitative case study research design, this study examines the implementation of California's Induction Policy at an urban school district in Los Angeles County. A total of 19 volunteers, including participating teachers, support providers, site and program administrators from Washington Unified School District participated in one-on-one interviews. Additional data was gathered through document reviews and meeting observations. All data was analyzed and coded manually using the qualitative data analysis process. The findings of the data demonstrated that in the absence of clear guidelines, models and research on such large scale changes, districts are often left to their own vices in transforming their programs leaving their stakeholders baffled over the goals and objectives of the program. Increased communication and clarification with stakeholders and consistent and regular local levels of program quality monitoring processes were highlighted as critical to the impact of the program on its constituents. Furthermore, an Input-Output Model of Beginning Teacher Induction was developed to help districts, researchers and policy makers in incorporating these key elements in future efforts within this field.
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Sometimes I am somewhere else too. It's like magic.
Special features, recognition and contest wins
SBS Food: Featured Foodie
September 13, 2012
We talk to Jennifer about traveling to eat, healthy blogs she can't get enough of, and a penchant for New York brunch. – Read the full interview here.
- February 2013 – The Kitchn: Nominated for three categories in The Homies – Best Healthy Cooking Blog, Best Recipe Blog & Best Food Photography on a Blog
- January 31 2013 – Foodista: Food Blog of the Day
- January 2013 – Expedia Australia: Expedia Blogger Search, Food Finalist
- December 2012 – Australian Macadamias: 2013 Calender competition – Chocolate Macadamia Nut Spread selected as one of 12 winners to be featured in the calendar.
- December 2012 – Food4Media: Featured 'Movers and Shakers' mention in daily PR Newsletter
- December 2012 – Cut Out and Keep: Featured Cooking Superstar
- August 2012 – World Kitchen and Bakers Secret: 'Great Australian Bakeline' competition – 'Sex and the City' Cosmo Cupcakes selected as winner.
- April 2012 – Australian Pears:'What can you pair with a pear' competition – Pear, Goat Cheese and Caramelized Onion Jam Sandwich selected as winner.
- April 2012 – Sydney Writers Centre: Nominated for Best Australian Blog, Lifestyle
- November 2011 – BlogHer Food: Featured Blogger
Media coverage and recipe mentions
Sunday Telegraph: Sunday Magazine
December 4, 2011
Angela Mollard: For the love of cake – Brandy snaps and gingerbread might sound fuddy-duddy in our app-driven age, but baking is how I connect with the people I love… "I love taking two or 20 ingredients and turning them into something different," says a Twitter friend called 84thand3rd, whose food blog I swoon over. "I love the smile it brings and I love cake. I really love cake." – Read the full article here.
- January 21, 2013 – The Greatest:14 Tips for Healthier Pies (and Our Favorite Recipes) Spiced Quinoa Pie via 84th&3rd – Use this piecrust, made from quinoa, for a sweet or savory treat.
- January 21, 2013 – The Greatest:5 Healthy Lentil Recipes from Around the Web Mushroom and Lentil Burgers via 84th & 3rd – Make these filling gluten-free burgers for vegetarians at a backyard BBQ.
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Patricia Schneider, who earned her Ph.D. in genetics in May 2010, is seeking to provide insight into the genetic recipe that promotes our early development. In her research on early development, she uses fish and frogs to focus on genes important for providing positional cues that allow us to define up and down, front and back, left and right.
"Despite the obvious differences between frogs, fish, and humans, we find that many aspects of early development, including the genes utilized to orchestrate it, are shared," Schneider said.
Schneider currently is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. "I can say with conviction that the excellent mentoring I received at The University of Iowa exceeded all my expectations, providing me with an academic experience of the highest quality," Schneider said.


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PUEBLO, Colo.—Bluebook shared songs from her musical library, on Aug. 7. She was the opening act and Planes was the headliner.
Julie Davis is the upright bassist and vocalist of Bluebook. Joseph Pope III assists with the guitar and backup vocals. At times, her iPod provides percussion.
Davis greeted the audience and she spoke to Planes' Inaiah Lujan and stated how she wasn't receiving any signal from her iPod. After pressing play, Lujan doubled as the sound technician and he adjusted the volume for her. She held onto her iPod with her right hand, behind her back. As the beat she created provided percussions, she began her performance by reciting Cole Porter's "It's All Right With Me".
After thanking the audience, Davis introduced herself as Bluebook. She went onto say she would recite an Emily Dickinson poem, "Some Things That Fly There Be", as she removed her upright bass from the stand. She pressed play on her iPod, as it assisted with her percussion again.
Prior to "Digital Sixes", Davis mentioned how it was great to call Planes her friends. She spoke of the miniature tour and how Pueblo, Colo. was the first stop. She mentioned the two acts would be playing in Colorado Springs, Colo. and Denver, over the next two nights. Davis invited Pope III to perform with her, shortly after. He began the song by adjusting the knobs and pedals on his Pedal Train 2.
As Bluebook was about to cover Herbert Stothart, Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg's "Optimistic Voices", Davis spoke of the song from "The Wizard Of Oz". She mentioned how she was obsessed with the film, how the song evoked happiness, how the lyrics were written by geniuses and how she was moved by it.
Before Davis closed out her set with "Keep Me"—she and Pope III were interviewed by Pulp's editor, John Rodriguez. He joked with her and said he could not find much information about her music and only came across used cars information. Davis stated she started her musical effort eight years ago, how she wanted to venture into jazz, why she created electronic beats to accompany her acoustic sets and mentioned how "Keep Me" was about her upbringing in Colorado Springs, Colo.
"Digital Sixes", "Another Ring", T.S. Eliot's "Prelude 3", Emily Dickinson's poem "'Hope' Is The Thing With Feathers" and "Keep Me" were also part of Bluebook's set.


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There is not a bad time to go to Johnnie's Tavern, happy hour or not. Their hours are somewhat sporadic. Sadly, though the Johnnie of Johnnie's passed away not long ago, this is still a rare find east of the chain frenzy that is Hilliard-Rome Rd. Johnnie's is just east of the tracks on Trabue right before Route 33 on the south side. Do yourself a favor burger lovers, dare a drive this direction.
The place is not big and the locals, as should be, commandeer most of the seating at lunch time. Frankly, if the parking lot is not occupied by pick up trucks, I'm not sure I want to eat there. However, you may want to get there early if you want a table. Otherwise, be happy with the bar stool.
Their faded signage out front reads "Home of the Superburgers." While I may have had a better burger in Columbus, they are few. This ranks in the top echelon. It is a thick burger with your choice of toppings (read as tomato, lettuce, and onion) along with your choice of cheese. These include American, Swiss, Pepperjack, Provolone and Cheddar. At $6.00, this is an excellent meal. They offer very fine fries as a side for $2.00 or onion rings, my personal suggestion, for $2.50. Have you ever bitten into an onion ring and had the entire onion come out in your teeth? That is the indication of undone onion rings. Mine were perfect and were battered expertly. Enough said.
The night my wife and I were there, there was a party of about twenty consisting of ages from forty to two. While this is definitely a dive bar, it's the kind where you and your family are welcome. And God help those who would object. As mentioned, on the night I was there, there were no less than two babies crawling between caring parents on either side of the pool tables. How cool is that?
Back to basics: The burgers are phenomenal. The onion rings are my favorite side although I have no problem with the fries. The best time to visit: happy hour from three to seven weeknights as appetizers are half of the normal $4.00 price (regular fried bar apps.) and the advertized coldest beers in town are on special also. Well drinks are two dollars during this time and even during peak hours, at the generous price of three dollars, are probably worth two drinks in most other bars in terms of potency.
The staff is absolutely a joy with which to talk. The food is cooked fresh and worth every penny. The clientele will treat you like family, even if it's your first time in. The drinks are poured like you've earned your money. If you need another reason, keep driving.


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Skiers should pay for rescuesJanuary 18,2013
Skiers should pay for rescues
Vermont ski areas should adopt a small fee, on every lift ticket, to fund search and rescue operations for skiers lost in the backcountry, off the ski trail system.
I propose a 50 cent or $1 search and rescue fee, on every lift ticket. The funds could be held and administrated by the Vermont Ski Areas Association. It could use any profits, interest, etc., accrued by the fund. This creates an incentive toward decreasing the problem. Any and all participants in search and rescue of backcountry skiers could then bill and be reimbursed by this fund, coming closer to making their agency or organization whole.
It costs all Vermonters many thousands of dollars just to initiate a search, no matter how short the effort. An Army National Guard helicopter and crew and Vermonts special rescue teams cost taxpayers more than you can imagine in on-the-ground searches, planning and training. It is time that skiers truly pay their way in a direct fashion.
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On the second day of competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympic Games, Team USA picked up two more medals. Team USA now sits with a total of five Paralympic medals (three silver and two bronze). While this ties them for third place for straight number of medals, it puts them 9th overall in the medal standings. Team USA also improved their records in both Ice Sledge Hockey and Wheelchair Curling.
Team USA medals awarded on March 9, 2014:
Mark Bathum – Alpine Skiing – Men's Super G, Visually Impaired
Oksana Masters – Cross-Country Skiing – Women's 12km, Sitting
Team USA remained victorious in Ice Sledge Hockey by winning their second game of Preliminary Round - Group B. Their 3-0 win over Korea moves them to 2-0. Detailed stats for the game can be found at www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/ice-sledge-hockey-preliminary-round-group-b-03, and the full Ice Sledge Hockey schedule (with results) can be found at www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/ice-sledge-hockey-schedule-and-results.
In Wheelchair Curling, Team USA improved their record to 1-1 by winning their Round Robin Session 3 game. Team USA was victorious over Norway, 8-5. Detailed stats for the game can be found at www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/wheelchair-curling-round-robin-session-3, and the full Wheelchair Curling Round Robin schedule can be found at www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/wheelchair-curling-robin-round.
Find the complete schedule of Paralympic events at www.sochi2014.com/en/paralympic/schedule-and-results. (To determine what Sochi times convert to in your own time zone, you can use the simple time converter at World Time Buddy.)


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Letter to Mr Wood
Mr. Wood 1970 is a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to a Mr. Wood, likely composed during late summer or autumn 1970.[1]
- Publication: None.
- Description: Handwritten, two pages, octavo.[2]
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 750
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien at Kenneth W. Rendell Inc. (accessed 22 October 2011)


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Maori worst-affected by gout
The levels of gout in New Zealand are reaching epidemic proportions, with Maori the worst affected, a specialist researcher says.
Jacquie Harper of the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research said about 6 percent of New Zealanders suffered from gout - twice the international rate.
But she said Maori are two-and-a-half times more likely to have gout than Pakeha, and about 15 percent of Maori men suffered from it compared to up to 5 percent of Pakeha males.
Dr Harper said 6 percent of Maori women had gout, compared with 2 percent of Pakeha women.
Gout is a form of arthritis caused by the build-up of uric acid in the blood, which forms crystals in the joints.
Obesity was a risk factor for gout and 48 percent of Maori were obese, Dr Harper said.
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Bruce Jenner had surgery to decrease his Adam's Apple and some reports suggest that he's on his way to having a full sex change operation. The former Olympian has had plenty of plastic surgery over the years but lately, there have been more and more reports out about Bruce wanting to transform himself... into a woman. On Jan. 22 Mail Online gave an update on Bruce and his recent throat surgery.
"It's been reported several times how the 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star has been interested in looking more like a woman - and a 'laryngeal shave' is known as one of the first steps toward that process," reports Mail Online, adding that Jenner was spotted leaving a surgeon's office with a bandage on his throat over the weekend.
Bruce Jenner's surgery has caused lots of chatter especially because of the timing. It has just been a couple of months since he and his wife, Kris Jenner, announced their separation (although they are still married and don't have any plans to divorce yet). Bruce has also grown out his hair and some say that his overall appearance is far more feminine than it was when he was a track star.
Do you think Bruce Jenner wants to be a woman?
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Modeling Instruction is a guided-inquiry interactive-engagement method of physics teaching that organizes instruction around building, testing and applying the handful of scientific models that represent the content core of physics. The conceptual coherence afforded by the Modeling Method corrects many weaknesses of the traditional lecture-demonstration method, including fragmentation of knowledge, student passivity, and persistence of naive beliefs about the physical world.
|Type of Method
|Instructional strategy
Designed for:
Teacher Professional Development, High School, Intro College Calculus-based, Intro College Algebra-based, Intro College Conceptual, High School Chemistry
Can be adapted for: Teacher Preparation, Intermediate, Upper-level, Graduate, any science or mathematics course
Designed for:
Lecture - Small (<30 students), Studio
Can be adapted for: Recitation/Discussion Session
|Few topics with great depth, Many topics with less depth
|Mechanics, Electricity / Magnetism, Waves / Optics, Thermal / Statistical, Modern / Quantum, Astronomy, Other Science
|Instructor Effort
|High, Training and practice (a Modeling Workshop) are required to implement this method effectively as the learning environment is discourse-rich and this discourse must be encouraged and managed effectively.
|Resource Needs
|Computers for students, Advanced lab equipment, Tables for group work
Designed for:
Problem-solving skills, Conceptual understanding of physics content, Connecting conceptual and mathematical understanding, Representing knowledge in multiple ways, Coherent framework for physics, Think like a scientist, Reflecting on one's own learning, Self-confidence around physics, Designing experiments
Can be adapted for: Understanding how physics relates to the real world, Enjoyment of physics, Laboratory skills, Creativity, Autonomy, scientific argumentation, scientific reasoning
|Research Validation
Based on research into:
how students learn
Demonstrated to improve: scores on multiple choice conceptual tests, scores on written conceptual tests, traditional problem-solving ability
Studied using: conceptual pre/post exams, problem-solving pre/post exams, beliefs pre/post exams, student interviews, classroom observations, video of students, research conducted at multiple institutions, research conducted by someone other than developers
|Compatible Methods
|PhET, JiTT, Physlets, SCALE-UP, OSP, ISLE, LA Program, MBL, CPU, PUM, Clickers, MOP, PRISMS PLUS, Responsive Teaching
|Similar Method
|David Hestenes and Malcolm Wells


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Insiders' Guide® to Washington, D.C., 8th
ISBN13:by Rich, Jason R.
Insiders' Guide
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This is the edition with a publication date of 1/26/2010.
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Insiders' Guide . . . in Your Pocket is a new series of miniguides that distill the best of the trusted Insiders' Guider series into easy-to-use, portable, quick references-each with two popoutr maps and detailed listings on hotels, restaurants, and attractions, as well as suggested itineraries. By true insiders, they offer a personal and practical perspective that readers everywhere have come to know and love from Insiders' Guides. The essential new source for easy-access travel information for some of America's most appealing destinations, these guides are just right for an afternoon or a weekend's fun.
Author Biography
Our insider, Jason R. Rich, is the best-selling author of forty books, including over a dozen travel guides.