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As Apple Earnings Loom, Options Predicting Ho-Hum Stock Reaction
It used to be that Apple's earnings reports were practically guaranteed to produce fireworks. But the options market is suggesting that traders are looking for a ho-hum response from the stock this time around.
The question, some traders say, is whether that actually means the market could be set up for a surprise.
The market is pricing in a move in the stock only "in the high 2%" range after it reports earnings late Wednesday, according to Adam Perlaky, chief strategist at brokerage New Albion Partners in New York.
But over the past 10 quarters, the average move in Apple's stock, in either direction, the day after earnings were reported has been 5.4%.
During that time, there have only been three instances when the stock's one-day, post-results move was 2.5% or less. Stripping out those days, the average post-results move was 7.2%.
"The implied move of [Apple] is about as low as it's been for the past couple years," said Adam Perlaky, chief strategist at brokerage New Albion Partners in New York. Over the past few years, options had been priced for a move of over 4%, which usually turned out to be conservative, he said.
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Apple reports fiscal second-quarter results after Wednesday's closing bell. The consensus analyst estimates, as compiled by FactSet, are for earnings of $10.19 a share on revenue of $43.67 billion.
Generally speaking, Apple shares have been dead the last couple months. The shares were recently down 0.7% at $528.19, very close to where it closed on Feb. 10, after bouncing around within a 5.4% range since then. The average volume over the past 30 days has been 8.5 million shares.
In contrast, the stock traded in a 37% range in 2013, on average daily volume of 14.5 million shares.
"Either way you look at it, the [implied volatility] is still very low from a historical perspective," Mr. Perlaky. "That means it could create an opportunity for someone…who might want to be long volatility" ahead of results.
At the moment, volatility is acting like a spring, that has taken a long time to compress. "But once it gets fully compressed, it explodes," Mr. Perlaky said.


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Mercure Buda Excellent Value
I thought this hotel was excellent. Like the previous reviewer I was on the 8th floor and found the room spot on. The hotel is ideally located for sightseeing and socialising. The staff couldn't have been more helpful and the breakfast plentiful and varied. We paid �37 per night for a double room with breakfast which we thought was outstanding considering we paid �70 for a night at what can only be described as fawlty towers in the shape of the Britainnia Airport hotel at Newcastle Airport. A flashback to the mid 70's.
Fully satisfied!
We stayed there for two nights on Christmas holidays of 2004. Location was very convenient - 3-5 minutes to metro station and walking distance to key sightseeing spots in buda area such as palace, cathedral and old villages.
Regarding to the hotel itself... we stayed at the executive floor (8th fl.) and the room was very clean. The bed was spacious and toilet was just convenient and modern. Breakfast buffet was good (various sausages but not enough vegetables) and the restaurant was clean and neat.
People at the front was ready to help us and fluent in English. They prepared opening schedules of key museums during the Christmas holidays and recommended us some alternative choices - i.e. pub that was popular among local people...
We booked the hotel via Octopus so it was really a value for money. If we could visit Budapest again, we would devinitely stay at this hotel again.
Good value, well placed
We booked this hotel through a low cost airline's affiliated travel company so we were expecting budget accommodation. But for the price we got a very comfortable room which was very clean and exceeded our expectations in terms of facilities. It has a swimming pool, sauna & jacuzzi & the bedrooms have a hairdryer and a minibar but no tea and coffee making facilities or iron/board.
The staff were generally very friendly although the restaurant staff were a little reserved. The hot buffet breakfast was excellent the only criticism being that the tea was a little cold both mornings. The hotel is excellently placed for the metro which is 5 minutes walk. We thought that this hotel was really great value and would use it again.
Mercure buda
I stayed here and found it very good. Location just minutes from Castle Hill and close by tram or metro to everything of interest. Literally a two minute walk to the red line at Deli pu. Breakfast superb, rooms great and warm and clean, pool lovely, staff friendly and helpful, prices excellent. I would recommend it to anyone!! Great value too!
I agree with emiller444. This hotel is a disappointment. The room wasn't clean and has an old aspect. The hotel is far of the center. I will never return there again.
Not so enthusiastic about the Mercure Buda
I was not as impressed with the Mercure Buda as the other reviewers. The hotel was a standard 4* hotel catering to tours. The food (breakfast buffet and dinner) was typical mediocre tour food. The people at the desk were not particularly helpful. I wanted information about walking tours I had found on the internet and they were only interested in selling me a particular company's bus tours. They were neither helpful or pleasant about getting information for me.
The location was inconvenient. Although there is a Metro station close to the hotel, the station is on a seedy street and is dirty, smelly, and filled with homeless people. There is absolutely nothing near the hotel - no restaurants and nowhere to walk around at night. It is in the Buda section, but it is at the bottom and the castle area is at the top - up many, many steps. We did end up using the Metro constantly and ran into no problems although we were not happy to be back at the station near the hotel at night.
I am making the hotel sound worse than it was - the hotel itself was pleasant enough. Part of our stay there was with a tour. If I were to make arrangements on my own, I would choose a hotel down on the River.
Great hotel for the money
Very warm, clean, nicely decorated hotel with an inviting bar and very lavish breakfast spread. I thought the hotel staff was nice but clueless. This is a hotel that accommodates many large tour groups - any request we had about the noise level of the 50 teens staying on our floor went unanswered and simple questions about taxis, the bill, etc. were above their heads. English was a problem. Something else to consider is the location: it is walking distance to the castle district but it's approx 300 steps up. You need to take the subway to get to pest - only a 5 minute ride though but public transportation stops at 11 pm. If you'd rather save the money and stay a bit out of the way then this is a very good choice. BTW, we booked on octopus and got great rates.
Enjoyed our stay!
My boyfriend and I went to Central Europe this past summer and our first stop was Budapest. We stayed at the Mercure Buda for 3 nights.
When in Budapest, there is the Buda side(more historical, and hilly) and there is the Pest side(more of the modern part of Budapest and flat). I prefer to stay on the Buda side, and this hotel is very close to the historical centers like Castle District. It is also a 2-5 minute walk to the train station and a tram stop that takes you around the city. The transportation system here is great!! We really loved the breakfast selection, and the fruits that was served was really good!
Beautiful city and nice hotel to stay in! Would love to visit this city again!
My boyfriend and I really enjoyed our four night stay. There is a really buzz about the hotel. It is very central- just a few minutes stroll to the castle district. The bedrooms are very well appointed, the reception staff are very accomodating and efficient. There is a great choice of foods at breakfast and the hotel bar is open until late. The exterior of the hotel belies the warmth and quality of the interior. The only criticism we have is that we could smell an odour of cigarette smoke in our room.
Excellent in every measure
the mercure buda is excellent! very clean. excellent service. superb wide ranging breakfast buffet included in rate - $51 USD nov. '03 single room from octopustravel.com. great views of castle district from east facing rooms. one block from metro - 5 mins to city center on metro.
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... but you get the idea of what it looked like from the misty ones we got. We jumped on the bus and took it back to the Pest Side so we could walk across the Chain Bridge to get back to the Buda side to catch a tour boat to cruise the Danube. I know, seems redundant, but we wanted the experience of walking across the Chain Bridge.
Beautiful buildings line the Danube for as far as one can see, with 6 bridges ...
Adam and Eve as you've never seen them before....
... were in pieces and were restored by the museum restorers to as new condition. In this display there were some nice looking pieces.
To see the Hungarian National Gallery, first I had to find it. I was told it was in the castle/palace on the hill under the eagle. As I was crossing the Chain Bridge on foot I spotted the eagle high above and got a rough idea from that where I was headed. I found it without ...
Day 4
... the Buda side to the Gellert Spa which is housed in the beautiful Gellert Hotel. We didn't partake in any spa beauty treatments or swim in the hot baths as we wanted to explore some more of the city before we leave this afternoon. From there we caught the trolley through Buda hopping on and hopping off a few more times till ...
The Beauties of Budapest
... laundry, we hung it out all over our room, rolled around in our grief of wet garments after 2hrs in a dryer (as seen on facebook) and then sucked it up and went out to see Budapest. By then it was midday. Not happy jan. So we ventured out to a place Tash and I were both keen on seeing - the house of terror. I have a wad of handouts from the place, but to keep it short and sweet it was a brain hurting kind of informative visit - I have no idea how poor Tash must feel, as ...
Touring Pest
... and walked the souvenir aisle. We had a free afternoon so walked to the Great Synagogue - the 2nd largest in the world and a beautiful building. Then we took the metro to the House of Terror -- a museum with a realistic recording of Nazis and communist secret police and located in a former headquarters and torture site. Our evening adventure was a boat ride on the Danube River. We walked through the ...


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Medicare Physician Payment:
Private-Sector Initiatives Can Help Inform CMS Quality and Efficiency Incentive Efforts
GAO-13-160: Published: Dec 26, 2012. Publicly Released: Dec 26, 2012.
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What GAO Found
GAO identified several common themes among private entities under review with initiatives that provide incentives for high-quality, efficient care, and selected physician organizations generally support these themes. Specifically:
- Private entities generally measure performance and make incentive payments at the physician-group level rather than at the individual-physician level. Physician organizations favor this approach.
- Private entities use nationally endorsed performance metrics and noted the need for a standardized set of metrics across all payers. Physician organizations concur that a standardized set of metrics would be less administratively complex.
- Most private entities in GAO's study provide financial incentives tied to meeting absolute benchmarks--fixed performance targets--or a combination of absolute benchmarks and performance improvement. Physician organizations prefer incentives tied to absolute benchmarks over those based on how physicians perform relative to their peers. Physician organizations also favored incentives that reward improvement because baseline levels of performance vary.
- While private entities' incentive payments vary in size and in method, private entities typically provide such payments within 7 months of the end of the performance measurement period. Physician organizations stated that financial incentives should be distributed soon after the measurement period to have the greatest effect on performance.
The efforts of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)--the agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program--to transform the physician payment system in Medicare reflect, to varying degrees, the themes that GAO identified among selected private entities with physician payment incentives. Specifically, CMS is taking steps to do the following:
- Focus on group-level performance measurement and payment adjustments in the Value-based Payment Modifier (Value Modifier) program, designed to adjust Medicare payments to physicians using performance data on the quality and cost of care provided. However, CMS has yet to develop a method of reliably measuring the performance of physicians in small practices in the Value Modifier program.
- Apply Value Modifier payment adjustments to outlier physicians--rewarding high performers and penalizing poor performers--using absolute performance targets but not performance improvement. Under this benchmarking strategy, it is likely that only high performers will elect to participate in the program's payment adjustment.
- Annually adjust payments through the Value Modifier 1 year after the performance measurement period ends, rather than applying the Value Modifier closer to the time of service delivery. This time lag between performance and payment adjustment may diminish the significance of the incentive to physicians.
Why GAO Did This Study
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 required that GAO examine private-sector initiatives that base or adjust physician payment rates on quality and efficiency, and the initiatives applicability to the Medicare program. This report provides information on (1) common themes among private entities with payment incentive initiatives, and physician perspectives on those themes; and (2) the extent to which CMSs financial incentive initiatives for Medicare physicians reflect such themes. GAO acquired information from nine private entities on 12 initiatives selected from expert referrals to include various sizes, types, and geographic locations. GAO also obtained information from physician groups, state medical societies, and national physician organizations. GAO additionally interviewed CMS officials and reviewed relevant CMS documents.
What GAO Recommends
CMS should consider whether certain private-sector practices could broaden and strengthen the Value Modifier program's incentives. Specifically, the agency should consider rewarding physicians for performance improvement as well as for meeting absolute benchmarks, and making more timely payment adjustments to better reflect recent physician performance. Furthermore, the agency should develop a strategy to reliably measure the performance of solo or small physician practices. HHS concurred with all of GAO's recommendations for CMS.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: CMS stated that it is working to implement GAO's recommendation regarding the Value Modifier methodology. Previously, the agency noted that it will investigate accelerating the timeline of the Value Modifier, keeping in mind reporting requirements, data availability, and the need for valid and reliable measures. In addition, Congress passed legislation in 2015 requiring CMS to incorporate certain benchmark methodology and timing aspects that reflect GAO's 2013 recommendation. CMS's efforts may, in time, address GAO recommendations to improve performance benchmarks and the timeliness of payment adjustments, but they have yet to be fully implemented.
Recommendation: As CMS continues to implement and refine the Value Modifier program to enhance the quality and efficiency of physician care, the Administrator of CMS should consider whether certain private-sector practices could broaden and strengthen the program's incentives. Specifically, she should consider (1) developing at least some performance benchmarks that reward physicians for improvement as well as for meeting absolute performance benchmarks, and (2) making Value Modifier adjustments more timely in order to better reflect recent physician performance.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Status: Open
Comments: CMS stated that it is working to implement GAO's recommendation to measure the performance of solo and small physician practices. For 2015, CMS included in its Value Modifier policies the amount of payment adjustments for solo and small physician practices, along with the parameters for measurement. In addition, Congress passed legislation in 2015 requiring CMS to establish a process to allow solo and physician practices under ten eligible professionals to be measured in a virtual group. CMS's efforts may, in time, address GAO recommendations to reliably measure the performance of solo and small physician practices, but they have yet to be fully implemented.
Recommendation: The Administrator should develop a strategy to reliably measure the performance of solo and small physician practices, such as by aggregating their performance data to create informal practice groups.
Agency Affected: Department of Health and Human Services: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Australia has 'wasted' mining boom proceeds estimated at $200 billion
- From: The Courier-Mail
- May 29, 2012
- Think tank claims mining boom wasted $200b
- Money "given away in tax cuts and concessions"
- Half the windfall used shore up Australia's finances
AUSTRALIA has wasted the proceeds of the mining boom estimated at more than $200 billion, according to think tank Per Capita.
In a report released yesterday, Per Capita said the Howard and Rudd governments used about half the windfall - $105 billion - to shore up the Commonwealth's fiscal position.
It estimated that the pre-GFC phase of the mining boom had delivered at least $180 billion to the economy.
"We paid off $36 billion of sovereign debt and put $69 billion into long-term savings funds. This was the responsible course of action," it said.
"But the remaining $75 billion represents a big missed opportunity. The Howard Government gave at least $25 billion away in tax cuts and concessions.
"It used another $50 billion on inflated spending programs and various cash handouts, from the baby bonus to the First Home Owners' Grants.
"We missed the opportunity to invest $75 billion in long-term productive assets.
"We could have built a high-speed rail link down the east coast, or funded hundreds of thousands of skilled cadetships, or rolled out solar generation farms to power our mining and aluminium sectors.
"The combination of tax cuts and spending growth left Australia ill-prepared for a change in economic circumstances."
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Leaderless of gold coast Posted at 10:55 AM May 29, 2012
Amazing it takes a think tank years and money to come up with the obvious. Both Howard and the present government are both concerned with winning popularity contests. neither liberal nor are capable where true leadership and vision are concerned. Howards first home bonus scheme was a joke and ultimately contributed to escalating property prices and the subsequent crash. As for Rudd/Gillard the fact that Australians voted for them is just a case of we have gotten what we deserve. The calibre of Australian politicians is the lowest in the western world and inversally proportional to what they pay themselves. The highest paid and least competent politicians in the world. It is time for the commonwealth to dissolve and let the states look after their own interests


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It is a Transient and as the message states it will disappear and 60 seconds. More information on transients see this link http://codex.wordpress.org/Transients_API
The banner does not disappear in 60 seconds, it's been there since I installed de plugin, I thought it was a "joke". Can you please give me specific instructions to remove it, thanks.
Recently I installed in my blog your easy sign up data, great extra for the plugin, but I have a couple of issues.
One is that is missing a "select all" button as it is necessary to tick one by one, this can be quite time consuming if you are dealing with a large number of emails.
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Can you please look at these issues and help me? As I said before the extra for the plugin is an excellent idea, but it needs improvement.
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If you want to save e.g. 40 emails to a spread sheet, then you have to do it 8 times!
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Juanola future support for the Easy Extras should be done on the BeforeSite Forum: http://www.beforesite.com/forums/forum/easy-extras/
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The issues with the Easy Data has been fix, thanks. For the banner, I follow your instructions but it seems can not be eliminated.
Any other ideas? Thanks anyway for good and fast support. juanola
Juanola if you can hang on for the next point release it will be gone - Monday or Tuesday :)
Of course I can hang on, no problem, it is not matter of life or dead :-)
Thank you for kindness and great support, juanola
I updated the plugin today, great! it solves de problem. Thanks a lot, juanola
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I had a triple boot windows 7, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.10. I deleted the partition that the 11.10 was in and now I have free space on my ext4 partition. I want to use that space which is located in my ext4 partition for my sda/5 mounted at / for my linux 10.10. But the problem is that the free space isn't next to sda/5, its next to sda/7 which is my grub boot memory. Is there a way to fix this I'm not sure if I can create a new partition for my home directory which would work I guess if that's possible. I worried because I don't want to mess anything up. Also should I use software like gparted to change partitions?
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This rice cooked up nicely and was very fluffy. However, despite all the onion and using good quality olive oil, there wasn't as much flavor as I expected. This has a very mild taste - I felt like there should perhaps be more seasoning.
Very good recipe but I agree that it could use some spicing up. Maybe add some stock powder to the water? However it is spot on re cooking method and comes out well.
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Does phenylethylamine act as an endogenous amphetamine in some patients?
In brain capillary endothelium and catecholaminergic terminals a single decarboxylation step effected by aromatic amino-acid decarboxylase converts phenylalanine to phenylethylamine, at a rate comparable to that of the central synthesis of dopamine. Phenylethylamine, however, is not stored in intra-neuronal vesicles and is rapidly degraded by monoamine oxidase-B. Despite its short half-life, phenylethylamine attracts attention as an endogenous amphetamine since it can potentiate catecholaminergic neurotransmission and induce striatal hyperreactivity. Subnormal phenylethylamine levels have been linked to disorders such as attention deficit and depression; the use of selegiline (Deprenyl) in Parkinson's disease may conceivably favour recovery from deficient dopaminergic neurotransmission by a monoamine oxidase-B inhibitory action that increases central phenylethylamine. Excess phenylethylamine has been invoked particularly in paranoid schizophrenia, in which it is thought to act as an endogenous amphetamine and, therefore, would be antagonized by neuroleptics. The importance of phenylethylamine in mental disorders is far from fully elucidated but the evolution of phenylethylamine concentrations in relation to symptoms remains a worthwhile investigation for individual psychotic patients.(Received November 25 1998)
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Key Words: Amphetamine; aromatic amino-acid decarboxylase; dopamine; phenylethylamine; schizophrenia.
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|Age at entry: 45 to 69 years.
|Randomization: Individual, within each birth year cohort for the first phase, MMG screening trial (MMST I). Individual for the entire birth cohort 1933 to 1945 for MMST II, but with variations imposed by limited resources. Validation by analysis of age in both groups shows no significant difference.
|Exclusions: In a Swedish meta-analysis, there were 393 women with pre-existing breast cancer excluded from the intervention group, and 412 from the control group. Overall however, there were 86 more women excluded from the intervention group than from the control group.
|Sample size: 21,088 study and 21,195 control.
|Consistency of reports: No variation in patient numbers.
|Intervention: Two-view MMG every 18 to 24 months × 5.
|Control: Usual care, with MMG at study end.
|Compliance: Participants migrating from Malmo (2% per year) were not followed. The participation rate of study women was 74% for the first round and 70% for subsequent rounds.
|Contamination: 24% of all control women had at least one MMG, as did 35% of the control women aged 45 to 49 years.
|Cause of death attribution: 76% autopsy rate in early report, lower rate later. Cause of death assessment blinded for women with a breast cancer diagnosis. Linked to Swedish Cause of Death Registry.
|Analysis: Evaluation, initially. Follow-up analysis, as part of the Swedish meta-analysis.[5]
|External audit: No.
|Follow-up duration: 12 years.
|Relative risk of breast cancer death, screening versus control (95% CI): 0.81 (0.62-1.07).
|Comments: Evaluation analysis required a correction factor for the delay in the performance of MMG in the control group. The two Malmo trials MMST I and MMST II have been combined for most analyses.
Ostergotland (County E of Two-County Trial), Sweden 1977[6,7,8]
|Age at entry: 40 to 74 years.
|Randomization: Geographic cluster, with stratification for residence (urban or rural), socioeconomic factors and size. Baseline breast cancer incidence and mortality were comparable between the randomly assigned geographic clusters. The study women were older than the control women, P < .0001, but this should not have had a major effect on the outcome of the trial.
|Exclusions: Women with pre-existing breast cancer were excluded from both groups, but the numbers are reported differently in different publications. The Swedish meta-analysis excluded all women with a prior breast cancer diagnosis, regardless of group assignment.
|Sample size: Variably reported, ranging from 38,405 to 39,034 in study and from 37,145 to 37,936 in control.
|Consistency of reports: Variable.
|Intervention: Three single-view MMGs every 2 years for women younger than 50 years and every 33 months for women 50 years and older.
|Control: Usual care, with MMG at study end.
|Compliance: 89% screened.
|Contamination: 13% of women in the Two-County trial had MMG as part of routine care, mostly in 1983 and 1984.
|Cause of death attribution: Determined by a team of local physicians. When results were recalculated in the Swedish meta-analysis, using data from the Swedish Cause of Death Registry, there was less benefit for screening than had been previously reported.
|Analysis: Evaluation initially, with correction for delay in control group MMG. Follow-up analysis, as part of the Swedish meta-analysis.[5]
|External audit: No. However, breast cancer cases and deaths were adjudicated by a Swedish panel that included the trial's investigators.[9]
|Follow-up duration: 12 years.
|Relative risk of breast cancer death, screening versus control (95% CI): 0.82 (0.64-1.05) Ostergotland.
|Comments: Concerns were raised about the randomization methodology and the evaluation analysis, which required a correction for late performance of the control group MMG. The Swedish meta-analysis resolved these questions appropriately.
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CORTLANDT – As Cynthia Hugo's third-grade class at Lakeland's Lincoln-Titus Elementary School prepared to tackle a math problem, she made sure they remembered her instructions.
"What is the purpose of close reading?" Hugo said.
"It helps you see what you have to do to solve the problem," Veronica said.
"Read for the gist, read for the big idea, read a problem sentence by sentence," Hugo told her class. "Every sentence will give us a clue."
After the students solved the word problem — which involved not only processing the information but weeding out extraneous sentences — Hugo marveled at the progress the kids had made since September with the new Common Core standards.
Cynthia Hugo discusses the impact of the Common Core on her third-grade class at Lincoln-Titus Elementary School in Crompond. Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News
"It's not just about computation anymore. The problem solving is much more intense, with many steps, extra information, and really involves critical thinking," Hugo said. "What I like about it is that reading and math are not separate entities anymore. They truly have become intertwined because of the reading component."
Jean Miccio, assistant superintendent for instruction for the Lakeland school district, says teachers are taking the best parts of the Common Core modules and melding them into their curriculum. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy/The Journal News
While the third graders seemed to grasp the complex concepts with relative ease, Chris Ruggiero, the K-12 math curriculum director for the Lakeland district, said it was an uphill climb for the higher grades.
"Very often the modules will say, 'The student will remember from second grade ...' — no, they won't," Ruggiero said, "because they did not experience the Common Core in second grade."
And that has translated to greater tension among parents, students and teachers, he said.
"The progression of K-12 math in Common Core is beautifully designed, at least in a theoretical sense, but it's the way it's being implemented that presents challenges," Ruggiero said. "K-1 has been an easier transition. Had the implementation been phased in, K, 1, 2 and so on, there would have been little or no complaining."
Lakeland schools Superintendent George Stone believes the Common Core will be good for the district once administrators, teachers, students and parents become acclimated to it. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy/The Journal News
Superintendent George Stone echoed Ruggiero's sentiments. "That's not how you build a house," Stone said. "You start with the foundation and build your way up."
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Mariam was a very good host. Although we never met, she left us a sweet note with specific details, info and she left food, coffe, juice and many things in her house for us. The apartment is very nice, cozy and clean! It is very well decorated, we can tell that Mariam has a very good taste. The bathroom was also very clean and tidy. Overall, her house was very tidy. The neighbourhood was within easy reach from the city via subway, between 20 to 30 minutes. The nearest subway stop was close, just 5 minutes walk. We would definitely rent it again if we happen to come back to Paris.
The whole stay was a big pleasure! Mariam's place had everything needed, even more than expected, was really cozy and nice, so as she herself. It's in walking distance to Monmartr, close to metro, lot of grocery stores around. Highly recomend. Thanks again, Mariam!
The bed was very comfortable and the apartment was cozy. It was only a few hundred meters from two different metro stations and there were several small food shops as well as a small supermarket not far away. Very convenient. Mariam was very helpful in the time leading up to the trip and getting a taxi for us on our last day. The taxi driver was excellent as well. The only issue for me was that the apartment is on a corner and on Friday and Saturday night during our stay some of the local men stayed up talking really loudly till after 3 am and we did not get much sleep those nights. This is out of Mariam's control, but if noise may be a problem try renting during the work week - it was not as noisy then. Lastly, my wife is very sensitive to certain smells and she thought the building as a whole was a little musty for her, but it did not bother me. Other than a couple of noisy nights a very good experience in Paris.
Mariams Apartment was perfect for a young couple. We had everything we needed and were steps from the Metro. Definitely would recommend this place to anyone staying in Paris!
Great flat in a nice location would stay again if I was visiting Paris.
Mariam was an amazing host ! I have nothing but great things to say about my stay at her place. For starters, it's very clean and her furniture is lovely! It's is very close to montmartre which became my favorite neighborhood in Paris (very artsy) she greeted us with a loaf of fresh French bread which was a very nice gesture and greatly appreciated. She also did not hesitate to answer any transportation questions and explained throughly. Her place is perfect for couples, it had a very romantic atmosphere. I would not think twice to stay at her place for future visists to Paris
This is the best place we ever stayed during our Europe discovery tour since 2008. The area is well located, not to near yet not so far from city center, well connected with public transport, near to a big cathedral which happen to be one of Prarisian attractions and Moulin Rouge, Food is easy and cheap. We have unlimited choices for eating out or cook in the cosy little kitchen of the apartment. And as for a book lover like me, the apartment is a treasure - equipped with lots of book especially literature. I am in dilemma deciding whether to read or sightseeing. Two thumbs up!
el piso de mariam es muy acogedor y tiene todo lo necesario para sentirte como en casa. mariam es muy detallista y el barrio pintoresco. recomendado.
IT'S A NICE LITTLE APARTMENT QUITE HOMELY. LOCATED CLOSE THE SIMPLON METRO STATION WHICH IS ONLY 4 STATIONS FROM GARE du NORD IF COMING ON THE EUROSTAR. THERE ARE MANY SUPERMARKETS AND LOCAL RESTAURANTS AND APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES WALK [PARTIALLY UPSTAIRS] TO LE SACRE COEUR.
Mariam's apartment was very quaint, oozing with Parisian charm and centrally located in a great neighborhood in Paris. Mariam was a very gracious host, and I would definitely stay at her apartment again!


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MADISON, Wis. — After a brief but bruising campaign that followed a more than yearlong fight over union rights and the state's cash-strapped budget, voters in a bitterly yet narrowly divided Wisconsin began casting ballots Tuesday on whether to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
The first-term Republican was back on the ballot just 17 months after his election. Enraged Democrats and labor activists gathered more than 900,000 signatures in support of the recall after they failed to stop Walker and his GOP allies in the state legislature from stripping most public employees of their union right to collectively bargain.
Walker faces a rematch with Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, whom he beat in 2010 by 5 percentage points, as he tries to become the first U.S. governor to successfully fend off a recall.
"I've been villainized for a year and a half. We've faced a year and a half of assaults on us. My opponent has no plans other than to attack us," Walker said at a campaign stop Monday, claiming that his agenda has put the state on the right economic track.
Responded Barrett, "Gov. Walker has divided the state, but we will never allow him to conquer the middle class. This started out as a grassroots movement and it's going to end as one."
Walker and his wife, Tonette, were among those waiting in line to vote in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa as polls opened at 7 a.m. Officials also reported long lines at many Milwaukee voting centers, and state elections officials predict 60 percent to 65 percent of eligible voters will turn out.
William Van Wagner, a 21-year-old student in Madison, waited in a line of about 30 people to cast his ballot for Walker.
"It's pretty clear that his policies have worked for us and I'm not big on recall as a piece of political action," Van Wagner said.
The recall effort against Walker began bubbling last year, shortly after the former Milwaukee County executive successfully pushed through his union rights proposal, which also requires most state workers to pay more for their health insurance and pension benefits.
Walker said that's what was needed to balance the state's budget. But Democrats and labor leaders saw it as a political tactic designed to gut the power of his political opposition. They rallied by the tens of thousands at the state Capitol in protest, but could not stop Republicans who control the state legislature from approving Walker's plans.
It didn't take long for opponents to begin calling for a recall.
The recall petition drive couldn't officially start until November, months after Walker's triumph at the legislature, because Wisconsin law requires that someone must be in office for at least a year before facing a recall. Organizers hit the streets a week before Thanksgiving and spent two months gathering more than 900,000 signatures — about 360,000 more than were needed to trigger the election. Barrett was chosen as Walker's opponent in a primary last month.
Now, Walker stands in unique company: He is only the third governor in U.S. history to face a recall vote. The other two lost, most recently California Gov. Gray Davis in 2003.
Jerry Darda, a 73-year-old retired state employee in Madison, said early Tuesday that he "voted for the man, Scott."
Darda called the recall process "ridiculous" and said Walker should be able to finish his job. Darda, who called himself a fiscal conservative who has supported Democrats in the past, also voted for Walker in 2010.
A key question Tuesday will be whether or not Democrats can turn out voters in force, as the unions did during the protests last year. Polls show there are few undecided voters; if it's close, it could come down to how well both do in swing counties in the western part of the state.
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Nexenta is among the 15 projects that will present their work at CeBIT, offering an open source server platform, combining the OpenSolaris kernel with Debian GNU/Linux system.
In a nutshell: How would you describe your project in one or two sentences?
Nexenta combines the OpenSolaris kernel with the GNU/Debian user experience to provide a versatile and powerful ZFS-based server
When did the project begin?
Back in 2005, when the iSCSI developers of the Linux kernel learned about Sun opensourcing ZFS, which had very exciting features.
How many active members does the project have?
There are about 10 active developers. There is a very huge user based (we've had over a million downloads from our site alone).
Why was the project created?
To bring the innovative features of OpenSolaris to the wide linux audience.
Why should a CeBIT visitor come to your booth?
To see why Nexenta is the best server platform in the world!
Who do you make your software for?
Nexenta is targeted to the server, especially the Storage market. Nexenta Systems, the parent company builds storage appliance
NexentaStor on top of Nexenta and sells it with commercial support.
Where do you see your biggest current challenges?
In the near future, the challenge is to port the latest Ubuntu release as quickly as possible. Nexenta follows Ubuntu LTS releases, and ports
all packages to the opensolaris kernel.
If you could hire a full-time project developer now, what problem should he or she be ready to solve?
To identify challenges with porting Ubuntu packages to Nexenta. We have quite a powerful auto-builder already setup, but we need to also
automate patching, and figure out a way to work with upstream (ubuntu and debian) and get our patches in there.
Under which license is the software currently offered?
The distribution scripts and tools are themselves released under the CDDL open source license (which is also used by OpenSolaris).
Individual packages in the repository are under their own licenses.
Internet adress: http://www.nexenta.org
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Type of Physician: Pediatric Surgeon
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- 1Kindred Hospital
215 W 4th St
Mishawaka, Indiana 46544
(574) 252-205
- 2Memorial Epworth
420 N Niles Ave
Mishawaka, Indiana 46617
(574) 647-100
- 3Memorial Hospital Of South Bend
615 N Michigan St
Mishawaka, Indiana 46601
(574) 647-100
- 4Saint Joseph Regional Med Ctr
5215 Holy Cross Pkwy
Mishawaka, Indiana 46545
(574) 335-500
- 5Healthwin Specialized Care
20531 Darden Rd
Mishawaka, Indiana 46637
(574) 272-010
- 6Elkhart General Hospital
600 East Blvd
Mishawaka, Indiana 46514
(574) 294-262
- 7Community Hospital Of Bremen
1020 High Rd
Mishawaka, Indiana 46506
(574) 546-221
- 8Lakeland Community Hospital
31 N Saint Joseph Ave
Mishawaka, Indiana 49120
(269) 683-551
- 9Oaklawn Hospital
330 Lakeview Dr
Mishawaka, Indiana 46528
(574) 533-123
- 10IU Health Goshen Hospital
200 High Park Ave
Mishawaka, Indiana 46526
(574) 533-214
- 11Lakeland Specialty Hospital
6418 Deans Hill Rd
Mishawaka, Indiana 49102
(269) 471-776
- 12Michiana Behavioral Health
1800 N Oak Dr
Mishawaka, Indiana 46563
(574) 936-378
- 13Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital
420 W High St
Mishawaka, Indiana 49047
(269) 782-868
- 14St Joseph Regional Medical Ctr
1915 Lake Ave
Mishawaka, Indiana 46563
(574) 936-318
- 15Indiana University La Porte
1007 Lincolnway
Mishawaka, Indiana 46350
(219) 326-123
- 16Three Rivers Health
701 S Health Pkwy
Mishawaka, Indiana 49093
(269) 278-114
- 17Lakeland Healthcare
1234 Napier Ave
Mishawaka, Indiana 49085
(269) 983-830
- 18Lakeland Community Hsptl Wtrvlt
400 Medical Park Dr
Mishawaka, Indiana 49098
(269) 463-311
- 19Kosciusko Community Hospital
2101 Dubois Dr
Mishawaka, Indiana 46580
(574) 267-320
- 20Bowen Center For Human Services
850 N Harrison St
Mishawaka, Indiana 46580
(800) 686-684
- 21IU Health Starke Hospital
102 E Culver Rd
Mishawaka, Indiana 46534
(574) 772-623
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A few hiccups at the start haha (damn limitations on 2 guitar controllers!) I ended up having to sing but we got what we set out to acomplish, so all good!! Thanks again Misery, Majica, and Darkphoenix
I do wonder now though, that if I had set it to 'all instruments mode' if it would have made a difference? It probably still wouldn't have allowed 3 guitars connected, but would it have let the keyboard be used too? (even though i would have sucked playing it on hard lol!)
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Sounds good, I still need the Overdrive achievement too so would be happy to go for that after. Don't know the best song to use when going for it with a 4 player band though, I guess something long and on an easier difficulty.
We've got a slight change, in that Misery will play Hard on guitar now instead of Expert. But that should still be fine for getting the score, based on what you've posted previously
And yea, i've already got the overdrive achievement myself but that was from a dlc song. As mentioned, I do still need the 90 second in-game goal though. I'm really not sure what song on-disc would be best, but like you say something that has a bit of length to it, and everyone can play on whatever difficulty they feel most comfortable with.
I'll say it's drummers choice
as ultimately it will be you who will want to start the overdrive chain , then we'll all follow suit, say guitar-bass-keys.
If we use this same method in Freebird once we've hit 1million, it may possibly work then, i really don't know how much time we'll have spare iin the song though.
Oh, when we're going for the score in Freebird, you've said it's best deploying overdrive when at 3/4 or full overdrive (obv makes sense lol) i'm assuming we'll all wait for the first overdrive deploy until all four have built up our bars, and again just wait for your lead on that?
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Injuries hampering veteran chancesPosted by: | Comments
The Rangers went on a low-risk spending spree this summer, bringing in veterans Matt Lombardi, Lee Stempniak, and Ryan Malone. Some questioned this initially –Stempniak not so much– as the Rangers have a lot of kids ready to take spots in the lineup. However, more competition is good. Competition breeds improvement.
But now, two of those veterans have seen injuries cut into training camp and preaseason games. First Malone went down last week with a hip flexor injury after a strong-ish (he fatigued at the end) performance in the preseason opener against the Devils. He missed out on practices, didn't play Friday and won't play today. Meanwhile, Lombardi just went down with a groin injury after an unimpressive game on Monday. He was slated to go tonight, but he's been scratched last-minute.
Less than a week into the preseason, and two vets brought in on low-risk deals are on the shelf. What will that say about their long-term durability?
Rise of Duclair and Buchnevich clouds the future of other forward prospectsPosted by: | Comments
Entering training camp last fall, there was an intense battle for the final forward spots between youngsters Chris Kreider, J.T. Miller, Jesper Fast, Oscar Lindberg and Danny Kristo. Fast actually won the job out of camp, but an early injury combined with Kreider's emergence put an end to the competition.
Miller, Fast, Lindberg and Kristo are all clearly on the fringe, and with a strong second-half, Ryan Bourque joined the fray. Free agent signings Kevin Hayes and Ryan Haggerty are also in the mix for NHL jobs in the near future.
Miller looks all but assured of a spot out of camp this year, but that means there are still as many as five more near-NHL ready forwards knocking on the door. Read More→
Preseason games begin with spots to be earnedPosted by: | Comments
The Rangers kick off their preseason schedule tonight against the Devils, and seven of the forwards in the lineup tonight are slated to be competing for roster spots. There are, by my count, four open roster spots (3C, 3RW, 4LW, 4RW) in addition to the 13F and 7D spots. In total, that's six roster spots up for grabs for forwards.
Alain Vigneault is on record saying most of the kids headed to Juniors will be cut on Wednesday –with a select few (Duclair) sticking around, of course– so the natural feeling is that Groups A and B will comprise the NHL roster and most of the guys competing for the open spots.
Let's look at the front-runners for each spot:
Wing depth a strength for the RangersPosted by: | Comments
Yesterday I posted on how center depth could be a concern for the Rangers heading into this season. It's not to say that the Rangers are flawed, that's just one hole that could pose a problem. On the flip side, wing depth appears to be a strength for the Rangers. Most of their wingers from last year are returning, with some shrewd signings and some kids on the cusp fill in the rest of the holes.
The top six wingers will likely be some combination of Mats Zuccarello, Chris Kreider, Rick Nash, and Marty St. Louis. This –finally– bumps Carl Hagelin down to the third line, as he was miscast as a top-six winger in previous seasons. It's expected that Lee Stempniak will quietly slide into Benoit Pouliot's spot as the 3RW, meaning there isn't much turnover from last year's wingers.
Center depth could be a concern for the RangersPosted by: | Comments
While the baby Rangers are playing in Traverse City, the big club is preparing to defend their Eastern Conference crown. They do so after buying out Brad Richards, their second line center, and letting Brian Boyle, their fourth line center/wing, walk via free agency. There were no free agents signed to replace these departed players, unless you count re-signing Dominic Moore.
As it stands today, the Rangers are slated to have Derek Stepan and Derick Brassard as their top two centers. The third line center position is up for grabs, and the fourth line center position (probably Moore) will be determined by who wins the 3C job. It's not exactly the best situation to be in, considering center depth has been a common ingredient in recent Stanley Cup winners.
Whether or not you like it, Stepan will be the 1C this year. He's not going to be a Sidney Crosby, a Claude Giroux, or an Anze Kopitar, but he will put up close to 60 points while playing solid two-way hockey. An improved powerplay should theoretically increase his offensive output, but I get the feeling that will be limited because his decision making abilities are a bit slow. That said, he will likely get the majority of his PP time on the off-wing –likely with the top unit– because he's one of the few right-handed shots. He's not the best 1C in the world, but he will get the job done.
Ryan Malone joins informal skatesPosted by: | Comments
Per Larry Brooks, forward Ryan Malone will be joining the informal skates with the Rangers this week. Brooks noted that Malone was invited by some Ranger players, as the team cannot formally invite him yet since he is not under contract. Brooks noted that Malone has been cleared to sign a contract –he had been dealing with issues stemming from his cocaine arrest– and it is likely he will sign a two-way contract with the Rangers, not a PTO.
Malone is certainly an intriguing addition, especially since this is a low risk contract. My only real question is about the number of contracts, as I noted when these rumors first surfaced. My understanding is that the Rangers are at 50 contracts (including John Moore, not including Ryan Graves), but clearly I'm missing something. I'll assume that Anthony Duclair's contract does not count towards the 50 contract limit, despite the fact that it doesn't slide. I can't find any verbiage on this, so if anyone can provide insight on this CBA nuance, it would be greatly appreciated.
Update: Since Duclair is 19 and will be sent back to Juniors (likely), his contract, even though it does not slide, will not count towards the 50 contract limit. That is why the Rangers have the space for this move.
Rangers take calculated risks with Brassard/Zuccarello contractsPosted by: | Comments
Last night, the Rangers re-signed their final arbitration eligible RFA, locking up Derick Brassard to a five-year deal at $5 million per season. This came a few days after locking up another key RFA, Mats Zuccarello to a one-year deal at $3.5 million. The reactions to the Brassard and Zuccarello contracts seem to be a bit mixed. Fans are clearly happy the players are back, but the contracts seem to be "backwards" as most have communicated.
It's true, the Rangers took a calculated risk with Zuccarello, and a little less of a risk with Brassard. But let's tackle the first question: Why did the Rangers give Brassard more than he was asking for in arbitration?
The answer here is simple: Arbitration for Brassard was a one-year request, and it would make him a UFA at the age of 27, where he could cash in big time from a team in need of a 2C/3C. The Rangers bought four of those UFA years, through the age of 31 (remember, Brass will be playing out his twenties in New York, not his thirties). That costs money. In fact, it only cost them $50,000 more per year for those seasons.
Projecting Derick Brassard's next contractPosted by: | Comments
Derick Brassard is the third and final RFA that filed for arbitration this month (Mats Zuccarello and Chris Kreider). I've looked at both Kreider's and Zuccarello's next contracts already, and with arbitration dates coming up, it's time to look at Brassard's potential deal.
Brassard is an interesting case, if only because of his high salary and inconsistent production. Despite his inconsistencies, he was a part of the most consistent line and powerplay unit for the Rangers last year. Brass has been a 50-point pace guy in the regular season, and has actually been a nice playoff producer as well. He is just off his second contract, which paid him $3.7 million last year (his QO) at a cap hit of $3.2 million over hit over the four years of the contract. At 26 years old, the Rangers will be buying his UFA years.
Stepan, Lindberg travel to MontrealPosted by: | Comments
Per Pat Leonard, Derek Stepan indeed traveled with the team to Montreal for Game Five tonight. Alain Vigneault noted that Stepan will get a look in the morning skate before he makes his decision on inserting him into the lineup. As expected, Stepan will wear full face protection (cage) if he plays.
Also, Oscar Lindberg traveled with the team to Montreal. per Arpon Basu. The highly touted prospect has yet to play an NHL game, but played a very strong campaign in the AHL, his first in North America, putting up a line of 18-26-44 in 75 games. It's safe to assume that if Stepan cannot go, then it will be between Lindberg and Jesper Fast for the fourth line spot. J.T. Miller, who played in that spot in Game Four, played just three minutes before being cross-checked into the goal post (no penalty was called). He did not return to the game.
Miller did not travel to Montreal.
Mirtle: Nash is no bustPosted by: | Comments
For those who are still aboard the "Nash is a tire fire" train, James Mirtle wrote this fantastic piece about why that just simply isn't true. This isn't an article about analytics, it isn't an article about #fancystats, it's just an article about why Nash is doing more than just meets the eye. Sure, there are some more stats involved than just what's under the "Goals" column, but that's to be expected to have a complete analysis of the situation.
If you haven't already, you should definitely check it out.