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FORMIS 2015 is a composite of several ant literature databases. It contains citations for a large fraction of the world's ant literature (over
60,000 references). FORMIS contains all known ant taxonomic literature (through 1996). It also contains comprehensive bibliographies
of leaf-cutting ants, fire ants, and Russian wood ants. FORMIS also contains extensive ant literature before the 1970s. About
40% of citations contain abstracts.  For further details please see contributions and credits.
This database is designed to allow convenient searches of titles, keywords and abstracts when available (online searches or downloads). Citations
from this database can be exported to create specialty databases or personal reprint indexes. FORMIS is only updated every year or two, so
it is not a source for the most recent ant literature.
Please note that about half of the citations in this database have been verified against the original. All citations that are not tagged as
having been verified should be checked against the original before use in publications.
Expansion and updating FORMIS will require the cooperation of its users. Please read the information on the updating page. For additional
questions about the database please contact Dr. Dan Wojcik or Dr.
Sanford Porter.
FORMIS 2012 can be searched on the Web courtesy of the Florida Center for Library Automation (http://fclaweb.fcla.edu/).
Search Notes and Quirks:
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Compiled by: Dr. Daniel P. Wojcik (firstname.lastname@example.com) and Dr. Sanford D. Porter.
Daniel Wojcik assumed the role of Editor of FORMIS in June 2000. Sanford Porter continues to serve as an Associate Editor. Previous versions of FORMIS (1993-1999) were compiled and edited by Dr. Porter. Letters, packages, phone calls, and electronic files should be directed to Dr. Porter.
Major Contributors:
Other Contributors:
Personal Citations: Argentina: A.G. Farji-Brener, Australia: R.H. Crozier, A. McArthur, Austria: F. Glaser, Belgium: J.C. de Biseau, J. Billen, C. Detrain, B. Gobin, Brazil: C.R.F. Brandao, J.H.C. Delabie, Finland: P. Punttila, France: R. Blatrix, R. Boulay, P. D'Etorre, C. Errard, V. Fourcassie, A. Lenoir, J.L. Mercier. C. Peeters, A. Pezon, Germany: J. Heinze, B. Holldobler, J. Moog, O. Rueppell, K, Schilder, Italy: C. Baroni Urbani, Japan: U. Yoshihiro, Mexico: R. Jusino-Atresino, New Caledonia: H. Jourdan, J. Chazeau, Russia: G.M. Dlussky, V. Kipyatkov, A.A. Zakharov, Spain: X. Espadaler, P. Lorite, Switzerland: M. Chapuisat, A. Freitag, L. Keller, R. Meier, J. S. Pedersen, United Kingdom: A.F.G. Bourke, United States: A.A. Callcott, J.C. Cokendolpher, J.R. King, J. Klotz, P. Krushelnycky, L.W. Morrison, D. Oi, S.D. Porter, S.K. Robson, J.O. Schmidt, W.R. Tschinkel, R.K. Vander Meer, E. Vargo, J.T. Vogt, P.S. Ward, R.M. Weseloh, J. K. Wetterer, D.P. Wojcik.
Special Contributions: R.J. Lavigne gave permission to use citations and annotation from An Annotated Bibliography of the Harvester Ants, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson) and Pogonomyrmex owyheei Cole). Terry Krueger checked back issues of the Annals of the Entomological Society of America (to 1996), Environmental Entomology (to 1996), Economic Entomology (to 1996), and Insectes Sociaux (to 1996). Daniel P. Wojcik has checked all issues of the Florida Entomologist (to 1998). V. Fourcassié provided ant citations from Actes Colloq. Insectes Soc. (1988-1999). A. Van Pelt provided 400 citations from his personal literature files. The Japanese Ant Database Group provided more than 100 new citations dealing with Japan (1999). D. Agosti provided web links to about 600 taxonomic PDF files online at the American Museum of Natural History.
General Contributions
UCD Ant Literature Database (about 4000 citations). Philip S. Ward, Steve O. Shattuck, William L. Brown, Jr. These references are a subset of 8467 non-taxonomic references collected incidentally while assembling a database of ant taxonomic literature. About 60% of the selected references came from William L. Brown's reprint files. The specialized database on the literature of ant systematics (ANTBIB) is available in dBase and EndNote formats. A printed version is also available from the University of California Press. Work is in progress to incorporate ANTBIB into FORMIS.
AGRICOLA (about 6412 citations). National Agricultural Library, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. NAL is to be especially commended for their policy of allowing non-profit scientific use of citations from their database. AGRICOLA references are especially valuable because they are keyworded and many of the foreign language titles have been translated into English. Recent citations may also include abstracts.
Biblio Fourmis (about 1600 citations). Daniel Cherix, Laurent Keller, Luc Passera, Michel Chapuisat. These citations are a subset of about 6000 ant-related reprints in the authors' combined files.
References used in The Ants (about 2000 citations). Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson. These citations are a subset of over 3000 papers cited by Hölldobler and Wilson in their book (Hölldobler and Wilson 1990).
Baroni Urbani Bibliography (almost 1000 citations). Cesare Baroni Urbani, Zoologisches Institut der Universitat Basel, Rheinsprung 9, Ch-4051 Basel, SWITZERLAND. These citations are especially important because they contain almost 800 abstracts and are extensively keyworded.
Specialty Contributions
Fire Ant Literature Database (about 4400 citations). Daniel P. Wojcik and Sanford D. Porter. This is a comprehensive literature database for the imported fire ants Solenopsis invicta and Solenopsis richteri. Each reference is keyworded and the database includes almost 500 abstracts. This database can be extracted from FORMIS by searching for "Fire Ant Literature Database" in the notes field. Periodic updates can be obtained by writing the authors.
Comprehensive Leaf-Cutting Ant Bibliography (about 4200 citations). H. G. Fowler and F.M. Schlittler. This database is extensively keyworded. It can be extracted from FORMIS by searching for "Leaf-Cutting Ant Bibliography" in the notes field. This bibliography added more than 1600 citations to FORMIS.
Pharaoh Ant Bibliography (about 1200 citations). Karen Vail, David F. Williams, Klaus-Peter Berndt, Wolfdietrich Eichler, Jerzy Wisniewski. This database can be extracted from FORMIS by searching for "Monomorium pharaonis". Titles of 233 citations in this database have been translated into English. Rolf Meier and Betina Moser helped with title translations.
Russian Wood Ant Literature Database (about 940 citations). Vladelin Kipyatkov and D.S. Malyshev. This database can be extracted from FORMIS by searching for RFORMICA in the Notes field. The database is extensively keyworded and Russian titles have been translated into English. This was funded by the USDA Forest Service.
Santschi Ant Bibliography - (210 citations). Rolf E. Meier, Glarnischstrasse 152, CH 8708 Mannedorf, SWITZERLAND. This database contains all known publications of F. Santschi about ants. It is keyworded and all titles have been translated into English. Last updated 1995.
ANTBIB. A bibliography of ant systematics - (about 8100 citations). Philip S. Ward, Barry Bolton, Steven O. Shattuck, Wiliam L. Brown, Jr. See Ward et al. 1996. This bibliography is particularly valuable because of its completeness and because almost all citations were verified and have publication dates. Last updated 1996, some additions 1999 and 2000.
Updating and maintaining FORMIS will require the cooperative efforts of myrmecologists throughout the world.
The simplest way to contribute to FORMIS is to send Dr. Porter your reprints or PDF files.
The best way to contribute would be to send new or modified citations in an EndNote, Word, or text file format along with the reprints and/or PDF files.
Please begin by inspecting citations of your own work for accuracy and completeness. The addition of keywords and/or abstracts would be especially useful.
Potential Contributors of Specialty Bibliographies
It is hoped that this database will become a magnet and distribution mechanism for specialty ant bibliographies like the Fire Ant Literature Database. Specialty bibliographies are needed for genera such as Formica, Camponotus, Myrmica, Pheidole, Monomorium, Messor and Cataglyphis to name a few. Specialty bibliographies on subjects such as foraging, bioenergetics, myrmecophiles, and ant-plant symbioses would also be useful. Geographic bibliographies for places like Hawaii, India, Mexico, Brazil, etc. could also be assembled.
Specialty bibliographies can range from a few dozen citations to several thousand; the only requirement is that they be thorough. Assembling such bibliographies could be part of a thesis project and the resulting bibliography would be a publication in FORMIS.
If you or one of your students are interested in contributing a specialized bibliography to FORMIS, please contact Dr. Wojcik or Dr. Porter for suggestions about how this can be done and who else might be doing something similar.
A standard EndNote file would be the most convenient format, although other formats are also possible (contact Dr. Porter for format details). To avoid copy write problems, please do not send citations downloaded from commercial databases.
References that are not in FORMIS should be sent in files named "ADDNEW".
References in FORMIS that need to be modified should be copied out of FORMIS and pasted into a file called "MODIFIED". Once in the "MODIFIED" file, citations can be corrected, keyworded, and verified (see below). Abstracts can also be added.
Duplicate citations or those not related to ants should be pasted into the "DELETE" file.
Bibliographies that are in text format can generally be automatically tagged using a word processor and read into EndNote using a tagged format.
If more than a few dozen citations in FORMIS are to be modified, please send a file with the unrevised citations and another with the revised ones. The file with unrevised citations will be used to find and delete old citations from the database.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Rory McIlroy tracked the flight of his drive as long as he could against the rain clouds over Valhalla on Friday, not quite sure where it landed. He turned to his caddie for confirmation and asked, "Was it good?"
"Beautiful," J.P. Fitzgerald replied, his eyes still fixed on a shot that traveled 311 yards right down the middle.
Such is the state of McIlroy's game at the 96th PGA Championship.
He produced superior shots with his long game. He made all the right putts in a round of 4-under 67. And even with a one-shot lead over Jason Day and Jim Furyk going into the weekend, there was an ominous feeling at the final major of the year.
"When I'm playing like this, it's obviously very enjoyable," McIlroy said. "I can't wait to get back out on the course again tomorrow and do the same thing all over again."
It used to be that way for Tiger Woods.
Woods, though, hobbled away from Valhalla with a sore back and an uncertain future. Only a pair of late birdies kept his score respectable. Woods had a second straight 74 and missed the cut by five shots.
Oddly enough, McIlroy opened with the exact same scores (66-67) as Woods did 14 years ago at Valhalla when he outlasted Bob May in a playoff for his third straight major of the season on his way to an unprecedented sweep of golf's biggest events.
McIlroy, who was at 9-under 133, isn't nearly at that stage. He picked up his third major -- and the third leg of the career Grand Slam -- last month at Royal Liverpool in a wire-to-wire win at the British Open. He followed with a comeback victory last week at Firestone for his first World Golf Championship title.
The biggest difference between Valhalla now and 14 years ago was the competition lined up behind McIlroy.
Furyk, a former U.S. Open champion, got up-and-down from behind the green on the par-5 18th for birdie and a 68. Moments earlier, Day capped off the best round of a soggy day with a birdie on the 18th for a 65. Day has three runner-up finishes in the majors.
Right behind were Ryan Palmer (70) and Rickie Fowler (66), a runner-up in the last two majors. Not to be overlooked was Phil Mickelson, a five-time major champion who made eagle on the last hole for a 67 to get within three shots.
Even so, McIlroy is dangerous when he gets in the lead, especially at a major. He learned his lesson at Augusta National in 2011 when he tried to protect a four-shot lead and wound up shooting 80. He bounced back for an eight-shot win at the 2011 U.S. Open and won the PGA Championship by a record eight shots a year later.
"My mindset has stayed the same since that day at Augusta," McIlroy said. "If I'm two ahead going into the weekend, I'm going to try to get three ahead. And if I'm three ahead, I'm going to try to get four ahead. ... I'm just going to try to keep the pedal down and get as many ahead as possible."
He didn't take his first lead until the par-5 18th hole, the midway point of his round. McIlroy hit 4-iron to the front of the green, and his eagle putt rammed into the back of the cup. It was a moment where the No. 1 player in the world looked as if he had just seized control of the PGA Championship.
"It would be big. It would be a fourth major championship, two in one year, two in a row," McIlroy said of the prospects of winning. "There's a lot of golf left to play, I'm going to try my best to just keep what I've got and keep doing that."
He missed the cut at the Quicken Loans National. He had his worst 72-hole showing in a major at the British Open. He withdrew on the final day at Firestone after taking an awkward swing and hurting his back again. He showed up Wednesday at Valhalla, proclaimed himself fit -- and flopped again.
"I tried as hard as I could. That's about all I've got," he said. "Unfortunately, I just didn't play well."
AP staff writer Paul Newberry contributed to this report.
After second round at
Valhalla Golf Club, par 71
Rory McIlroy 66-67 -- -9
Jason Day 69-65 -- -8
Jim Furyk 66-68 -- -8
Three tied at 7 under
Adam Scott 71-69 -- -2
Phil Mickelson 69-67 -- -6
Sergio Garcia 70-72 -- E
Bubba Watson 70-72 -- E
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In a brief court filing, lawyers for San Jose revealed that they have appealed the ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. San Jose is appealing U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte's decision dismissing the city's arguments that MLB has violated federal antitrust laws by failing to act on the A's bid to move.
Whyte concluded that baseball's nearly century-old exemption from antitrust laws overrides the city's legal arguments. San Jose sued the league last year, contending that MLB has interfered with the city's interests by refusing for more than four years to act on the A's bid to move to Silicon Valley.
Phil Gregory, one of San Jose's lawyers, said he disagrees with Whyte's conclusion, finding it "hard to believe Major League Baseball is not subject to the same antitrust rules that apply to other sports."
The judge also recently dismissed other legal claims made under state law, which focus on allegations MLB has undermined San Jose's economic interests by thwarting the city's option agreement with the team to buy land for a downtown ballpark. At Whyte's direction, San Jose's lawyers on Thursday refiled those claims in Santa Cruz County Superior Court in a separate lawsuit.
The A's have envisioned building a privately financed ballpark on land near Diridon rail station, not far from the city's hockey arena. The A's have been seeking MLB approval for that move since 2009, but it has been held up in large part by the San Francisco Giants, which holds territorial rights to the South Bay.
Court documents filed in recent months show that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig notified A's owner Lew Wolff in June that the league had rejected the A's proposal to move to San Jose. But Wolff insists he is moving forward with his quest for a San Jose ballpark. The state court lawsuit seeks to expose Selig's letter publicly, saying San Jose has been denied access to the key exchange with the A's.
In the meantime, Oakland city leaders have been working on a plan to keep the A's.
There is no timetable on how long it will take for the 9th Circuit to act on San Jose's appeal, ensuring more delays in determining the fate of the A's plan to move.
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(WOMENSENEWS)-- All people have a click moment, an experience that deeply affects them and becomes embedded on their psyche. I've heard many women talk about the moment they discovered they were a feminist.
Not surprisingly, my click moment has to do with movies and feminism. When I was a teenager I discovered Barbra Streisand, first as a singer and then as an actress. I was 16 when "Yentl" came out, and I begged my parents--who had no interest in seeing this film--to take me. I remember they drove me on a very cold night to the Syosset Theatre on Long Island to see this film that I was so excited about. (Thanks Mom and Dad.) I was the youngest in the theater by several decades, but I didn't care. I was transfixed throughout the entire movie.
The movie ended and people started to get up, but I stayed glued to my seat. As the credits rolled, I saw something that I had never seen before. A woman's name everywhere. I probably had never thought about it, but seeing it had a profound effect on me. This woman was the producer, the director, the co-writer, the star and the singer. Whatever you might think about the film, you can't help but be impressed with the feat she accomplished. Getting this film made and directing it was not easy. After 15 years of struggle, she finally got a green light at $14.5 million with the caveat that if it went over budget, Streisand would have to forgo part of her $3 million acting salary to cover the gap.
Looking back to 1983, Streisand's "Yentl" was among other strong women's roles in film that year. It was the year of "Silkwood" and "Terms of Endearment," not to mention "Flashdance," "Educating Rita" and "Heart Like a Wheel." Each of those movies is a classic. "Terms of Endearment" grossed more than $100 million, a sum almost unheard of in the 1980s. But the one thing to remember is that none of those movies, except "Yentl," was directed by a woman. It was a time of very, very few female directors.
'Horrific Statistics'
It would be wonderful to say that we have progressed to a place 30 years later where what Streisand accomplished has become the norm.
It is true that now there are women working at all levels of the industry. But let's be real, while it is tough for all directors, it is tougher for women. The horrific statistics confirm the anecdotal evidence. Only 5 percent of the top 250 grossing films released in the United States in 2011 were directed by women. And no matter the perception that women have achieved a certain level of success, the numbers are actually getting worse, not better. Women directed 9 percent of films in 1998, 7 percent in 2006 and 7 percent in 2010. (For these statistics and many more, check out the Center for Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.)
Female directors clearly do better in independent film. The latest statistics (from 2011–12) show that women made up 18 percent of narrative film directors and 39 percent of documentary directors of films screened at a large set of film festivals across the United States. But studio films are still those that get seen by most people and are also the ones that get the largest distribution overseas.
The lack of female directors can be partially attributed to the continued rise of the blockbuster, which are most all about male superheroes or male action heroes. When 95 percent of the movies are directed by men, that means we see most movies from a male perspective.
I refuse to get into the argument that women's films are not successful. It's true that films directed by men have bigger budgets, which means they have bigger marketing budgets, which means they open on more screens, which means they gross more. Statistics show that it's the budget that affects the gross, not the gender of the director, producer or leading character.
I can count on one hand the women who have directed a film with a budget of more than $100 million--Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Brenda Chapman. They both directed animated films that have been hugely successful. "Kung Fu Panda 2," directed by Yuh Nelson, grossed more than half a billion just overseas and "Brave," co-directed by Chapman, is more than that number for its worldwide gross.
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And while it has become a regular occurrence to see a male director hit $100 million, because women don't get the big budgeted films, there are relatively few female directors who have achieved that status. But there are some. Penny Marshall in 1988 was the first woman to direct a movie that grossed $100 million with "Big." Her film "A League of Their Own" also topped $100 million. Other women who have directed films that have grossed $100 million include, in addition to Yuh Nelson and Chapman: Mimi Leder ("Deep Impact"); Phyllida Lloyd ("Mamma Mia"); Amy Heckerling ("Look Who's Talking"); Catherine Hardwicke ("Twilight"); Anne Fletcher ("The Proposal"); Nora Ephron ("Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail"); Penelope Spheeris ("Wayne's World"); Vicky Jenson ("Shrek" and "Shark Tale"); Betty Thomas ("Dr. Doolittle" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squeakquel"); and Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want" and "Something's Gotta Give").
Another piece of the problem for female directors is the lack of confidence in women's stories. There's a prevailing sense that male stories are universal--for everyone--and that women's stories are just for women. As I wrote in the New York Times in a debate on how to get more women into influential positions in Hollywood, I continue to wonder how "the stories of male action heroes became the dominant narratives of our time" when women buy half the movie tickets and are more than half the population. The reality that female directors and producers and writers deal with is the ongoing perception that women will go see movies about men and that men won't go see stories about women.
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North Augusta, SC--For a number of high school players they found themselves on the football field earlier today, practicing and getting ready for a state playoff game. North Augusta star quarterback Loranzo Hammonds was one of them. Hammond has lots to be thankful for today.
That dream almost ended before the season started when an incident in North Augusta involving his dad and the police nearly led to his arrest. It was a big time eye opener for the senior.
"I'm blessed to get a scholarship from school and I realize that I have to pick that over all the other things I was doing outside of school." said Loranzo Hammonds "I had to realize the fact that things could be taken away from me so easy so I had to change what I was doing."
"Well I'm going to stand behind them 100%" said coach Dan Pippin "I would rather be wrong then just give up on a kid. Anybody who isn't like that isn't around kids very much."
Coach Dan Pippin certainly hasn't given up on anyone. With the support of the school administration things were taken care of and Hammonds got a little advice to take to heart.
"He just told me to make the right decisions and that a lot of people in North Augusta are going to be watching me so I have to keep my head on straight." added Hammonds
Hammonds matured as a player and is probably the best quarterback around and more importantly, matured as a person.
"From my 10th grade til now I think I have improved and I'm starting to be a young man." Hammonds said with a smile
On the field, an injury against Lakeside almost cost him the bulk of the season as well.
"They actually told me it could be worse then what it was. I went to O.A.A. (Orthopaedic Associates of Augusta) in the morning and they told me I'd be back within four to six weeks."
If that wasn't bad enough, he was suspended another game for sticking up for a teammate on the field.
"It was a teammate that was getting hit you know, way late." said Pippin "He stuck up for them which I'm never going to fault a kid on."
Through it all Hammonds has persevered and led the Jackets to the state semifinals. He's now the school's all time leading passer with over 5000 yards through the air, 83 total touchdowns running and throwing. Still, more work to be done in winning a title.
"It would set me apart from all the quarterbacks that came through North Augusta. It would be a big milestone for me in my career to win a championship for my school."
With Hammond's break neck style on the field, coach Pippin told him to tone it down a bit and slide every now and they to stay healthy for the playoffs. But now this deep in the post season, time to take the reigns off. After all Hammond has nearly 2000 career rushing yards as well.


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SEACOAST NH — The FutsalNH U13 girls team won the Northeast Regional Futsal tournament held this past weekend in Norwood, Mass.
The girls beat out seven other teams to win the tournament and an opportunity to participate in the Futsal Nationals, Feb, 15-18 in New Century, Kan.
The team is from the FutsalNH Elite League in Derry, NH. The players are all from area towns like Dover, Northwood, Rochester, Newmarket, Hooksett, and York.
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SAN LORENZO -- Many enrolled in Amparo Ramos' English language learner class are mothers, fathers and grandparents of students in the K-12 San Lorenzo Unified District, which has operated the adult school for more than 50 years while struggling to keep money flowing to it.
Now, after years of funding cuts, the future of the San Lorenzo Adult School and others statewide hang in the balance. Under Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed budget, adult classes would be guaranteed $315 million in state funding but, as a way to streamline offerings and eliminate redundancies, they would be offered solely by local community colleges.
That's a scary prospect, says John Kelly, principal of San Lorenzo's adult school.
A change to community college campuses would hurt some of the neediest San Lorenzo adult school students, especially the more than 200 trying to learn to speak English. Those courses are the most popular in K-12 district-operated adult education programs statewide, according to the California Department of Education.
If adult school classes were to move to Chabot College in Hayward or Laney College in Oakland, students, especially those in English classes, could find their classrooms inaccessible, Kelly said.
Many walk or bike to school, and a survey of Kelly's students by the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District last year "found that negotiating public transportation is very difficult for our students. Posted signs and schedules are only in English. Busses arrive late or not at all," Kelly said. "Our students aren't yet fluent enough in English to get help from the bus drivers."
Essential classes
Ramos focuses her level two English language learner course on three areas: learning how to communicate with employers, doctors and teachers. Down the hall, a class of 22 level one English language learners practice explaining household problems, like a leaky roof, broken oven or peeling paint, to a repair man.
But a major part of learning English is to better help their children, Ramos said.
Her students "come from China, Vietnam, Latin America, some people from Africa, and those people are bringing with them children that are in schools and these are parents that need to understand the complicated system," said Ramos, who immigrated from Mexico 25 years ago. "They need to take (children) to the doctor, they need to take them to school, they need to help with homework and they need to understand the culture and become part of this culture, so ignoring them is such a huge mistake."
As deep cuts were made to K-12 funding by the state, school districts were given "flexibility" to use their adult education funds on other programs. In San Lorenzo, that flexibility meant that 75 percent of the district's share of the adult school's funding went away, and afternoon and night classes were eliminated in the fall of 2009.
The school that once served 500 English language learners now serves less than half that number. The entire adult education program subsists this year on a $640,000 budget, with $500,000 from the district, nearly $53,000 in federal grant money and $90,000 from student fees. Students pay $30 per trimester to take English learner classes.
Adult programs in larger districts have also seen cuts. According to a June report by the education nonprofit EdSource, 23 of the state's 30 largest districts made major cuts to their adult programs.
Not only did Ramos feel the impact when her job went from full time to part time, she also saw a large number of students suddenly unable to get to class because of day jobs.
"We kind of get forgotten," Ramos said. "It's a circle, and somehow I guess at the legislative level, they don't understand how affecting the adults they are affecting the children. If the adults are educated, the children will also be."
Anxious to learn
Irma Ramos has reached level five English learner classes at San Lorenzo Adult School English and she wants to get a job to help her three kids. She moved to the United States from Mexico in 1996.
"When I go to the doctor with my kids, I need to know how to make a question and get an answer for them if they have a question," she said. "Also to help my kids with their homework. Sometimes I have a meeting with the teachers for my kids. I need to understand what they are telling me about my kids and also make a question about how to make some progress in the class.
"It is not easy for us when we come from different countries."
Hayward resident Thuy Trinh moved from Vietnam nearly 20 years ago and recently enrolled in San Lorenzo's level five English learner class. She began her English studies in Vietnam but has struggled here to improve her skills while taking care of her three children. Once a hairstylist, Trinh volunteers with Kaiser Permanente in Hayward and hopes to eventually work as a medical desk clerk.
"In my country, we don't have past tense or present tense, so it is really hard for me with that. I try to learn. Sometimes I forget, but teacher is very nice. She makes it easy to understand," Trinh said. "I hope people can enroll. The English language is very hard but now with school cuts, it's hard."
Azuzena Romero, a San Lorenzo resident, enrolled in Ramos' class in August after she heard about the program from her grandkids.
"When you are in another country it is very important to know the language. Even though it might not be perfect, at least you can learn the basics and develop your abilities," Ramos said in Spanish. "We have a very good professor. She has patience with us so we can develop our skills."
Ashly McGlone covers San Leandro, San Lorenzo and the Washington Township Health Care District. Contact her at 510-293-2463. Follow her at Twitter.com/AshlyReports.
SAN LORENZO Adult School
Classes for English language learners at San Lorenzo Adult School cost $30 per trimester, unless the student is receiving public assistance such as welfare. Students are asked for basic information before enrolling, including their name, date of birth, address, phone number and course intentions, among other requests. They are not asked for a social security number, income or immigration status.
Spring courses begin at San Lorenzo Adult School on March 4 and registration begins Feb. 19. For more information visit adult-slzusd-ca.schoolloop.com or call (510) 317-4200.


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Since its inception, the TPWP has restored approximately 35,000 acres of wetland habitat in cooperation with more than 450 private landowners. Landowners receive technical and financial assistance in return for signing a minimum 10-year wetland development agreement to manage their conservation project for the benefit of waterfowl, shorebirds, and other wetland-dependent species. DU biologists and engineers offer technical assistance to landowners by writing management plans, conducting topographic surveys, designing wetland units, and acting as construction managers. Cost-share assistance to landowners includes funds for levee construction and installation of water-control structures.
Once a project is approved, the landowner works with a contractor to complete wetland improvements. In most instances, landowners contribute about 35 percent of the total project cost and agree to provide a guaranteed source of water (pumped from wells or purchased from local river authorities) to flood wetland units to appropriate water depths throughout the winter.
A typical project consists of a minimum of five acres of surface water and must remain flooded for at least four months between September 1 and April 30, thus providing maximum benefits for migrating and wintering waterfowl. Many waterfowl species including pintails, mallards, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal, gadwalls, American wigeon, redheads, lesser scaup, lesser snow geese, and white-fronted geese regularly use these wetland projects. Mottled ducks are year-round residents of the Texas Gulf Coast and use permanent and semipermanent wetland projects for nesting and brood rearing during spring and summer. In addition to waterfowl, private-lands projects benefit other migratory species including shorebirds and colonial wading birds.
Currently, land enrolled in the TPWP provides for a variety of waterfowl needs. Landowners manage wetland projects as flooded rice fields (35 percent), native moist-soil wetlands (35 percent), and emergent marshes (30 percent). In the beginning, most cooperators enrolling in the program were rice farmers. But as rice agriculture has declined in Texas, landowners have shifted to restoring and managing natural moist-soil wetlands.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
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No family wants to spend their day making and posting missing person flyers.
But the reality is there are still people out there missing, gone without a trace.
Alexis Murphy disappeared at the age of 17, Samantha Clarke at the age of 19 and Dashad Sage Smith also at the age of 19. Their families hoping that today will be the day their loved ones return home.
Alexis was last seen by family members on August 3. The last record of her on camera was at a gas station near her hometown of Shipman.
Murphy's Nissan Maxima was discovered at the old Carmike Six Cinema near Charlottesville, but no Murphy.
Police have in custody a man they believe is responsible for Murphy's disappearance, Randy Taylor.
This isn't the first time Taylor is a suspect in a teenager's abduction. Orange County investigators looked at him for the 2010 disappearance of Samantha Clarke. Her family still waits for answers on her whereabouts, hoping that she returns home soon.
Murphy's case rang loudly throughout social media, gaining the attention of rapper Wale and Virginia Rapper J-Willz. He recently released a song and music video about the missing teen.
Also featured in the video, a missing transgender teen from Charlottesville named Dashad Sage Smith. He was supposed to be visiting a friend by the name of Erik McFadden on the day he went missing but was never seen or heard from again.
Police say McFadden told them, Dashad never showed up.
When they tried to reach out to McFadden again, he had fallen off their radar. Police are still looking for him for questioning. In the meantime Dashad's family wants answers.
"That's my baby out there and I want him home," Dashad's family member said.
It's been 9 months since his disappearance, nearly 2 years for Samantha and more than 2 weeks for Alexis.
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This weekend is the annual fall festival located at the park on Atwood Lake in Dellroy, Oh. The colors are beginning to look very bright and by the weekend I'm sure they will be even more vibrant. There will be home made food vendors, artisans and crafters selling their unique items. Music and entertainment along with civil war re-enactments will take place daily. On Sunday, the car show is always fantastic and will take you down memory lane. The park also has several walking trails.
So why not spend your getaway weekend at our Ohio Bed & Breakfast and when you return from the festival, Linda's chocolate chip cookies will be waiting for you.
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The presentation I gave at the CommunityOne 2009 conference is now available online. I presented a talk enitled "(Open)Solaris Operating System Secure Deployment" in the system administration track on Monday, June 1, 2009. This slide deck was used for the presentation. I also presented the demonstration of RBAC and the demonstration of the Cryptographic Framework that I posted previously as recordings during the talk.


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I wanted to share a picture of Barb & Bob, our Innsitters. Bill and I have gone on a few vacations and they have taken our place when we were not able to be at the Bed & Breakfast.
Bob has a culinary background and loves to make breakfast for everyone. His presentations are excellent as well. They have enjoyed meeting everyone and you will enjoy them as well.
They will be staying for a few days in June and then hopefully in the fall at some point.
On my next post I'll have some photos of the breakfast they prepared.
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A unique combination of gemstones created in a magnificent design! Crafted from rhodium over sterling silver, this ring boasts one oval cut 12 x 10mm whiskey quartz haloed by eight oval 6 x 4mm blue Sleeping Beauty stabilized turquoise cabochon. Eight oval cut 2mm grape rhodolite garnets accent the corners of the turquoise cabochons, making a bursting design. The split shank tapers for a comfortable fit.The total quartz weight is 3.70ct, the total turquoise weight is 2.48ct and the total rhodolite garnet weight is 0.32ct (all approximate). The ring measures 13/16"L x 13/16"W x 1/4"H.
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Sterling silver, also called fine silver, is a beautifully lustrous cool-toned precious metal favored in fine jewelry among other products. The most reflective of all metals (excluding mercury), sterling silver looks stunning by itself and brings out the best hues in an array of colorful gemstones.
Sterling silver can be polished to a higher sheen than platinum. In fact, Ag, the chemical symbol for silver, comes from a word that means "white and shining." The surface of silver can boast that shiny, polished appearance, or can be brushed, satin, matte, sandblasted, antiqued or oxidized (chemically blackened).
In order to be called sterling silver, a metal must be made up of a minimum of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% alloy (meaning other metals), including but not limited to copper and nickel. The alloy is added to pure silver to make the metal more durable, tougher and harder. Sterling silver is designated a fineness of "925." Pieces with sterling silver may be marked "sterling."
Finishes on Sterling Silver
Finishing, or plating, is a common treatment with sterling silver. Popular types of plating are rhodium plating, gold plating and anti-tarnish plating. Plating is used to extend the life and sheen of the jewelry. After sizing or buffing a piece of jewelry with a machine, it must be re-plated to restore the finish.
Caring for Sterling Silver
Sterling silver becomes tarnished as the result of a natural chemical process that occurs when sterling silver is exposed to chemicals in the air, rubber, wool and latex. Humidity also plays a role in accelerating tarnishing. It's easy to keep your sterling silver sparkling, though, by taking a few steps to prevent tarnish and other wear and tear.
With its uniquely mystical appearance, quartz was the "rock crystal" used in ancient times to make crystal balls. It was believed to attract energy and is still considered to be spiritual today. The gemstone was once believed to be a compact form of ice. In fact, the Greeks originally named quartz "krystallos," meaning ice, but this terminology soon applied to any type of crystal.
Often identified by its six-sided prism shape, quartz is the most common mineral on Earth, found in nearly every environment throughout the globe. With a ranking of 7.0 on the Mohs Scale, it is a component of almost every rock type and occurs in virtually every color imaginable. Quartz has a great amount varieties that are well-known by other names, including amethyst, citrine, ametrine, rock crystal, agate, druzy, chalcedony, tigers eye and many more. There are also several varieties that hold the name "quartz," including rose quartz, smokey quartz and rutilated quartz.
The pale pink color of quartz is known as rose quartz, the traditional gift for couples celebrating their 2nd anniversary. It is a delicate powder pink color that ranges from transparent to translucent. Transparent rose quartz is quite rare and is usually so pale that it does not show much color, except in large sizes. The translucent quality of rose quartz is much more common and is used for jewelry and carvings.
Rose quartz is probably one of the most prized stones for its mystical properties. Known as the "Heart Stone," it is believed to have incredible powers to balance emotions and open the heart. Folklore says rose quartz can comfort brokenhearted people, bringing healing and clarity to the heart and allowing the wearer to learn to trust again. The stone is also said to foster happiness and the joy of life by bringing about contentment in love and filling one with optimism, tenderness and gentleness.
In addition to helping with romantic love, rose quartz is believed to enhance all other forms of love as well, including self-love, platonic and maternal. Its loving, nurturing energy is said to take away fears, resentment and anger and replace them with feelings of higher self-esteem and confidence. This soothing stone is also thought to balance emotions and heal emotional wounds. It is said to be especially powerful in times of stress or loss, bringing peace and calm to the wearer.
Ranging in color from nearly black to smoky brown, smoky quartz is transparent and owes its warm earthen hue to exposure to natural radioactivity. Care must be taken since its rich color will fade in the sun. Spelled either "smoky" or "smokey," this variety of quartz is often incorrectly called "smoky topaz."
Smoky quartz is believed to help dissolve negative energy, release stress and relieve depression. It is said to be a mild sedative with a relaxing effect that calms, soothes and restores balance and harmony. Folklore says the gem can embrace dark areas with light and love and therefore clear and cleanse the body both physically and emotionally. Smoky quartz is thought to be a warm, friendly and down-to-earth gem.
Rutilated quartz is a type of transparent rock crystal that contains long, fine needles of rutile crystals (titanium dioxide). These highly valued inclusions form a landscape of shining gold needles in an array of patterns that is breathtakingly beautiful. These golden inclusions are also known as Venus hair, Cupid's darts and fleches d'amour ("arrows of love"). There is a less well-known variety called tourmalinated quartz that, instead of golden rutile, forms black or dark green tourmaline crystals.
Although rutilated quartz is usually cut as a cabochon, it can be a difficult stone to attain a smooth surface without pits. This is because rutile ranks a 6.0 on the Mohs Scale, while quartz ranks 7.0. The difference in hardness between the two materials, and because of the way rutile forms inside, causes problems when cutting. Each final cut piece is unique, with no two being exactly alike. Modern folklore says rutilated quartz brings forth each person's strengths, originality and ability to relate to others.
Often referred to as the "Queen of Garnets," rhodolite is the violet-red variety of the garnet family. Its most prized color is a beautiful raspberry, but the gem can also be found in shades of pink, red and wine. The name is derived from the Greek words "rhodon" and "lithos," meaning rose-stone, which connects the gemstone today with the raspberry-pink flower known as the rhododendron.
Rhodolite is a combination of almandine and pyrope garnets. Although it is occasionally found in volcanic rock, the stone is most often found in alluvial deposits in the form of water-worn pebbles. For this reason, large solitaires weighing 5.00ct or more are seldom seen at retail. Most rhodolite is mined in Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. It ranks a 7.5 on the Mohs Scale and is ideal for jewelry.
The ancients wore rhodolites as amulets for protection from injury or death in battles. Modern folklore says rhodolite can help one understand dreams, as well as bring about love and devotion when given as a gift.
One of the oldest known gems, turquoise has been prized for thousands of years. The Egyptians believed it had powerful mystical properties, and turquoise jewelry has been found interred with 7,500-year-old mummies. Ancient manuscripts from Persia, India, Afghanistan and Arabia say that the health of a person wearing turquoise could be assessed by variations in the color of the stone. Montezuma's treasure, now displayed in the British Museum, includes a carved serpent covered by a mosaic of turquoise.
Turquoise was especially revered by the Native American culture, an association that dates back to the Aztec empire more than 700 years ago. For the Aztecs, turquoise was reserved for the gods and mere mortals were forbidden to wear it. They believed it to be a gem of good fortune and a commodity more valuable than gold. Native Americans believed turquoise protected people from demons and they even placed turquoise in tombs to guard the dead. The stone's colors were thought to be symbolically blue for the heavens and green for the earth. Often warriors tied turquoise to their bows to ensure accurate shots.
Today, turquoise is still believed to provide protection and bring luck. It is said to also promote prosperity, love, healing, courage and friendship. The stone is thought to relax the mind and ease mental tension.
The gem's opaque turquoise color varies from shades of greenish blue to deep cobalt to sky blue. Some varieties display white or brown matrixes, which are streaks of the mother stone from which they came, while others have veins of color called "spiderwebs" running through them. Generally, the bluer the blue, the more highly valued the stone. A clear, even texture without mottling or veins is also preferred. The most rare and valuable color is an intense azure, but the most common is the mild to medium sky blue. Sometimes imitated by minerals such as chrysocolla, turquoise stones are often dyed or colored with coatings of various resins.
In the 13th century, turquoise was mistakenly believed to have come from the country of Turkey. Hence, its name came from the French word for Turkey, "Turquie." The stone was actually brought to Europe from Persia (now Iran), via Turkey. It is a mineral usually found in association with copper deposits and is sometimes mined as a by-product of copper mining.
Although turquoise is found in desert regions worldwide, the finest and most valuable comes from Iran. Iranian turquoise is a pure robin's egg blue that is free of green overtones, matrix or black veins. Perhaps the most famous turquoise today, however, comes from the southwestern United States. The occurrence in Arizona and New Mexico produces greener shades of the stone with matrix streaks of various colors.
While only ranking between 5.0 and 6.0 on the Mohs Scale of hardness, turquoise remains quite popular for jewelry. In Europe, turquoise rings are given as forget-me-not gifts, while in the United States, the stone is given as traditional 5th and 11th wedding anniversary gifts. It has even become a modern consideration for the December birthstone. When wearing turquoise over the years, the stone will absorb oil from a person's skin, causing a slight change to the color of turquoise.
Turquoise is commonly treated in various fashions to ensure its durability and visual appeal, especially when set in jewelry. If a stone has been treated, the type of process will be noted. Stabilized turquoise is enhanced through a process of coating the genuine gemstone with colorless acrylics or resin to fill porous gaps, harden the stone and maintain the stone's color. Reconstituted turquoise is enhanced through a process in which genuine gemstone fragments are powdered and bonded with resin to reinforce the stone. Impregnated turquoise is enhanced through a process in which the genuine gemstone is infused with oil, wax or resin to reinforce the stone.


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U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the longest serving member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, announced Monday that the president signed into law a major bipartisan bill that provides essential benefits to make sure our servicemembers and veterans get the support they deserve.
"Members of the military and veterans have time and time again put themselves in harm's way to protect this country and each and every one of us," Rockefeller said in a news release. "It's our responsibility to do the same for them when they return. This new law makes significant strides forward to protect veterans' health care, disability, and other benefits. It also includes legislation that I have pushed for to make sure that servicemembers' homes and families are protected while they are away on duty. Recent reports have shown that some military families have lost their homes while a spouse is on active duty. These actions are illegal, and this legislation extends current law protections against foreclosures until Dec. 31, 2014."
Specifically, the new law includes Rockefeller's provision to protect the men and women of the armed forces from losing their homes to banks and other lenders while they are deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and across the globe. Last summer, the Senate Commerce Committee, which Rockefeller chairs, held a forum on this issue where veterans and advocates told stories of problems under the current system, which has some protections for the military but not enough.
A 2011 report prepared in part for Rockefeller showed that multiple mortgage servicing companies illegally foreclosed on servicemembers and charged interest rates in excess of the maximum amounts allowed. Rockefeller also convened a forum to examine illegal foreclosures against servicemembers and their families.
The new law also extends health care to veterans and their families who lived at Camp Lejeune and were exposed to contaminated water, expands vital veterans health programs, improves housing programs for veterans with disabilities, improves efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans, and makes needed improvements to the disability claims system. The legislation passed in the Senate by unanimous consent on July 18.
The Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 will:
-- Extend protections against foreclosure on homes of deployed servicemembers. The legislation broadens the laws that protect service members from foreclosure or losing their homes while they are fighting for the country or have recently returned from active duty. It provides mortgage foreclosure relief, mandates a 12-month stay of foreclosure proceedings, increases civil penalties and improves compliance with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.
-- Provide health care for certain individuals stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. The law will extend hospital care and medical services coverage for certain illnesses and conditions to eligible veterans and family members who served on active duty or lived at Camp Lejeune while the water was contaminated.
-- Expand critical health care programs for veterans. This law will authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to waive co-payments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans, expand beneficiary travel reimbursement for veterans living in highly rural areas, and improve reimbursement for state veterans homes. In addition, the law will enhance VA's teleconsultation and telemedicine capabilities to improve rural veterans' access to quality health care, and protect veterans from sexual assault and other safety incidents.
-- Enhance Specially Adapted Housing programs for disabled veterans. This law expands the eligibility for VA's specially adapted housing assistance grants to certain veterans with disabilities due to the loss or loss of use of one or more lower extremities that preclude ambulating without the aid of a supporting device.
-- Improve efforts to eliminate homelessness among veterans. This law will reauthorize a number of VA's programs to help homeless veterans and will expand eligibility for VA's emergency shelter services to include homeless veterans who are not seriously mentally ill. In addition, the law enhances grant programs for homeless veterans with special needs, by including dependents of veterans and male veterans with dependent children. The law also improves the grant and per diem program, which serves upward of 30,000 homeless veterans annually, by requiring VA to report on how to improve the per diem payment process for grantees. In addition, the law strengthens efforts by eligible entities to assist in case management services provided to the nearly 40,000 homeless veterans participating in the HUD-VASH program.
-- Strengthen veterans' benefits and improving claims processing. This law will improve VA's disability claims appeal processing by waiving initial review of claimants' new evidence by the agency of original jurisdiction unless specifically requested. It is estimated that this provision could prevent approximately 1,600 remands from the Board of Veterans' Appeals per year allowing the Board more time to address the backlog of appeals. Other significant improvements include improving the process of filing jointly for Social Security and dependency and indemnity compensation and clarifying the month of death payment provisions to make sure surviving spouses receive proper and timely benefit payments.


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Platinum jewels, diamond chains and condos around wrists have always been #1 on most rapper's "Must Have" list. Without lavish ice (or at least 2 chains), you're an insect among Gods in the opulence-obsessed rap game.
Here are the twenty most extravagant, ridiculous or completely-insane rapper chains ever. Take a look.


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CLIP OF THE WEEK 213 – TAKE 3 FILES – Jeff Ward
The TAKE 3 FILES are clips being tossed from our next full-length skate video, "TAKE 3". With great anticipation, and a few years in the creation of, Precision Productions will bring its 3rd video in the series of 3 that have changed the Reno Community for ever. The first, which dropped a very long time ago, "IT IS RED" was the starting point of what has become a city-wide epidemic. The second, "Help Us", brought certain characters to the attention of people from all over the planet. With the creation of the TRICK TIPS franchise under-way, the cast of originals will come togther to complete the tri-fecta of videos from Reno, NV. Take 3 is slated to drop, late 2012, shortly after the release of TRICK TIPS V.2. STAY TUNED and ROCK ITEM 9
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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Chabot College men's basketball team picked the perfect time to pull off one of its biggest wins in recent memory.
The visiting Gladiators stunned City College of San Francisco 101-94 on Saturday to advance to the final four of the California Community College Athletic Association state championships, which begin Friday at Cerritos College.
"It feels really great to beat them after they beat us twice during the regular season," Chabot guard Paris Davis said. "Halfway through the season we realized how good and special this team is and there was no doubt we can reach the state championships."
With the win, the Gladiators advances to the state final four for the first time since the 1990-91, when they advanced to the title game but lost to Rancho Santiago.
Greg Brown and Leo Smith combined for 29 points after intermission while Jalen Rodgers picked the perfect time for his only field goal in the second half, a 3-pointer to give the Gladiators a 73-70 lead over the state's No. 1 ranked team with 9:08 remaining.
After a Dulani Robinson free throw pulled the Rams within a point at 80-79, Davis and Cortez Bennett hit back-to-back shots in the paint before Smith hit two straight 3-pointers to extend the Gladiators lead to 90-83 with 1:40 remaining.
Chabot then went 11-for-12 from the line in the last two minutes to give the Rams just its second loss of the season and end their 28-game win streak.
Smith led Chabot with 24 points and Brown added 22. Davis had 17, including 8-for-8 from the charity stripe in the second half.
Robinson finished with 31 points and Chuks Iroegbu added 21 to go along with five blocks for the Rams, who finished the season at 29-2.


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I have a problem where certain MKV's lag while streaming. I play them normaly (no lag) on my PC but when i stream through PMS it lags a lot, but only on certain MKV's, there are others who play absolutly perfectly. For example i have in my PC Donnie Darko and Children of Men movies, when i watch them on my PC they are absolutly fine, but when i stream them they lag like hell, but then i have Avatar, 12 Monkeys that play absolutly perfectly on my PS3 and PC. I was using a wireless connection when i first found this problem, but i have tried wired and it stays the same. I hope someone can help me
PS: All the movies are 720p.


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This was the last of six consecutive dates in the north Wales seaside resort Llandudno. They played two houses on each night. The shows began at 6.30pm and 8.50pm, and tickets were priced at 4/6d, 6/6d and 8/6d.
Also on the bill for the week were Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas, the Lana Sisters, Sons of Piltdown Men, Tommy Wallis and Beryl, and Tommy Quickly. The compère was Billy Baxter.
Apart from the six-night Llandudno residency, The Beatles' other performances in Wales were in Rhyl on 14 July 1962 and 19-20 July 1963; Prestatyn on 24 November 1962; Mold on 24 January 1963; Abergavenny on 22 June 1963; and Cardiff on 27 May 1963, 7 November 1964 and 12 December 1965.


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Comfort and fun connect in the Crocs™ Kids' Classic. This kids' clog has a durable, lightweight foot bed that molds to feet and ventilation for breathability. Plus they can add Jibbitz™ charms to make them their own.
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- Odor-resistant, easy to clean, and quick to dry.
- Contoured, orthotic foot bed for comfort.
- Advanced toe box ventilation keeps feet cool and lets water and debris drain away.
- Lightweight, non-marking sole.
- Water-friendly and buoyant; weighs only ounces.
- Fully-molded Croslite™ material construction for maximum lightweight cushioning and durability.
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I bought 2 pair of the Kids' Classic in Volt Green and Sunshine for my almost 5-year-old son. The colors arrived exactly like shown in the picture and fit him how I was...Read complete review
I bought 2 pair of the Kids' Classic in Volt Green and Sunshine for my almost 5-year-old son. The colors arrived exactly like shown in the picture and fit him how I was expecting - a little wide, just like they say it is (which for us is perfect). He loves them, and I love that he can wear them for his daycare's water activities or in a rainstorm and I don't have to worry about them getting ruined when wet. They rinse off and dry easily if they need to be cleaned. I have bought Crocs for my son before and they are very durable...we pass them on to his younger brother and then to our friends' younger kids when they no longer fit! Well done!
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Bought these for my kids 2 and 4. First pair shrunk 1 size after been in the sun for a few hours. Ok these sandals are not suitable for leaving outside in the hot...Read complete review
Bought these for my kids 2 and 4. First pair shrunk 1 size after been in the sun for a few hours. Ok these sandals are not suitable for leaving outside in the hot sun I guess. This happened to 3 different pair of sandals shoes. Don't leave them out!
We bought a new pair of sandals for my son and after half a day wearing them outside playing one of the sandals was half a size smaller! Just by wearing them.
I talked to helpdesk and they confirmed that this could happen. To be expected in hot weather.
I will switch to another brand.
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They were too small. I sent them back and reordered a Women Size 6. I am waiting on the to arrive.
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Our kid loves them!
He has multiable pairs in different colors.
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I enjoy buying Crocs as gifts for all our 18 Grandchildren! Comfort, good looking, easy fit, slip on and off. Babies first shoe. Everyone loves a pair or two of Crocs.
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We love the classic crocs. I just wish they came in 1/2 sizes as every summer we need the next size up but they are too big when we get them and the size he had are too small.
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easy to use and great products
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I love the style and fit of these Crocs...My Boys are active and love the comfort of the shoe.
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My daughter hates tight shoes. She won't even wear tennis shoes. Crocs are the only shoes she really likes to wear, and these classics are her favorite by far. I can't blame her, because they're mine, too. My friends make fun and say they're "mommy's given up" shoes, but I can take a whole day of running after the kids with these, and my feet are the only part of me that won't hurt! :)
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I purchased these for my grandson. He put them on and ran through the house for 10 minutes .... He LOVES his new crocs!!
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Q:For a size 2 shoes what size crocs would fit best 2 or 3Asked on 8/8/2016 by G
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A:The Kid's Classics are a Roomy Fit meaning it has a lot of extra wiggle room, so depending on width of child's foot. I would recommend trying actual size before moving up a size, if it does not fit can exchange within 45 days.Answered on 8/12/2016 by Supportive Shay from Crocs Inc
Q:Do you make children's crocs with an elastic heel strap anymore?Asked on 7/21/2016 by K
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A:I am sorry but that style is now discontinued. I do not know if or when we plan to bring it back. Please feel free to sign up for our newsletter to be notified when new or old styles/colors are brought onto the website. You can also search third party websites for this item, but there are no guarantees that anyone will carry them.Answered on 8/4/2016 by Anonymous
Q:I don't see a junior size 4 in this style of clog. Am I missing something or do you not make the classic clog in that size?Asked on 6/6/2016 by Cindy from Frederick, MD
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A:Younger Children will fit in the C4/5 through C13 sizes, older kids will be in the J1-3, and once they outgrow the Juniors they will be in adult sizes. JUNIOR'S 4 = MEN'S 4 = WOMEN'S 6 .You can learn more about the fits and the sizing here: http://www.crocs.com/crocs-fit-guide/fit-guide-landing.htmlAnswered on 6/8/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs
Q:My daughter wears a size 2 in shoes and I got her some crocs not knowing the width mattered. Can I keep a size 2 and get width different or do they only come like that? She has very narrow feet..What do I do?Asked on 6/6/2016 by Rachael from Richland, ms
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A:The Classic is only made in a Roomy fit, each shoe will only have 1 fit available. You can learn more about the fits here: http://www.crocs.com/crocs-fit-guide/fit-guide-landing.html
Here is a link to our kids clogs that run in our Relaxed fit, which will be more snug: http://www.crocs.com/c/shop-by/style/clogs?intid=mm_shop_by_clogs#&origin=category&srule=default-searchplacement-combo&start=0&sz=36&prefn1=gender&prefv1=Girls&prefn2=variationSize&prefv2=&prefn3=refinementColor&prefv3=&prefn4=fitGuideFit&prefv4=fg-relaxed-detail%3Bfg-relaxed-lightbAnswered on 6/8/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs
Q:My daughter needs a junior size 4 why is it not offered?Asked on 6/3/2016 by Sherry from United States
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A:Younger Children will fit in the C4/5 through C13 sizes, older kids will be in the J1-3, and once they outgrow the Juniors they will be in adult sizes. JUNIOR'S 4 = MEN'S 4 = WOMEN'S 6 .You can learn more about the fits and the sizing here: http://www.crocs.com/crocs-fit-guide/fit-guide-landing.htmlAnswered on 6/8/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs
Q:I bought my daughter a size 12/13 classic cause her foot measures 7 inches however it was so wide they would just slip of heel when walking. What do you recommend she currently has a pair size 10/11 that are just a little small but got width wise great. I got them last summer they have the word croc cutout on the outside holes.Asked on 5/14/2016 by Debbie from United States
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A:The shoe you said she has in a 10/11 sounds like the Hilo which was a Relaxed fit. The Classic is a Roomy fit so it is expected to be a larger fit. 10/11 might be just perfect for her as it will be a slightly larger fit then the ones she has now.Answered on 5/16/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs
Q:My daughter really likes the coral classic, and wears between size 3 and 4. Would J3 be too small for her?Asked on 5/13/2016 by Jill
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A:This shoe is a Roomy fit, so a J3 should be OK, but I would recommend measuring her feet and going off our size chart here for the best fit: http://www.crocs.com/crocs-fit-guide/fit-guide-landing.htmlAnswered on 5/16/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs
Q:My son has wide feet & I noticed you only have the length listed in your size chart. He has 5" long 2.5" wide feet. Would a 4/5 fit him?Asked on 5/11/2016 by Ohio mom from Ohio
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A:The Classics are our Roomy fit, which will be our widest fit available. This Clog should fit him but the 4/5 is mean for feet up to 4 and 7/8th inches long, so the 6/7 may fit him better.Answered on 5/17/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs
Q:Hi, Are the kid's croslites latex free? Thanks.Asked on 4/7/2016 by Lisa
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A:Crocs shoes made entirely of Croslite™ material (like the Kid's Classic) do not contain latex. Crocs shoes that are not made entirely of Croslite material may contain other products within legal limits. Latex may be included in parts such as the glue.Answered on 4/11/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs
Q:Hi! My son is 4 and wears a size 9 (toddler) in tennis shoe! What would be the best size for him? I measured his foot and it was 6 1/2 inches! Thank you!! :)Asked on 4/1/2016 by Holly from Oklahoma City, OK
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A:Based off that measurement I would recommend trying a size 10/11. You can learn more about our sizes here: http://www.crocs.com/crocs-fit-guide/fit-guide-landing.htmlAnswered on 4/5/2016 by Cosmic Cassi from Crocs


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RICHMOND -- For about eight years, Dean Spencer struggled to cope with the drive-by killing of his 20-year-old son in 2001.
"It broke me down," said Spencer, 55. "I couldn't sleep. What really got me was he (the shooter) didn't even know him. He shot him in the back. It messed me up burying my son. My mind stayed wrapped around that box for years, and I had to really overcome it."
Spencer's life turned around in 2009 when he came to the Wellness and Recovery Center, a facility within Mental Health Consumer Concerns Inc. The nonprofit organization offers free peer services to about 400 mental health clients and their families each year, including wellness and recovery planning and life skills training in Richmond, Antioch and Concord.
It is one of more than 30 East Bay organizations being helped this holiday season through Bay Area News Group's annual Share the Spirit campaign. The Wellness and Recovery Center will use its share of the donations to help pay for art supplies, field trips to plays such as "A Christmas Carol," guest speakers, training for peer volunteers and providing a holiday meal and gifts to low-income clients, who would otherwise go without, said Maria Ramirez, the center's director.
"It goes toward making a home for the consumers on multiple levels," she said.
Spencer said he and others at the center greatly appreciate the donations that make the annual holiday celebration possible.
"A lot of them don't have family to go to," Spencer said. "We wait around for this time of year knowing that this is going to happen, so that's what we look forward to."
With the help of medication and his own recovery plan, Spencer is now a peer volunteer who reaches out to others who are grappling with difficult situations. Drawing on his own experiences, he offers words of wisdom to help them get past the stigma of mental illness.
"People get on the bus and laugh at you and make fun of you," Spencer said. "That kind of hurts them and makes them think they aren't ordinary kids when they grow up like that. You never know what somebody's been through. They have feelings."
Spencer brought his friend, Kenneth Melvin, to the center a few years ago, after Melvin's mother and brother died.
"I didn't fully understand my mental illness," said Melvin, 55. "I almost committed suicide a few times."
Like Spencer, Melvin has worked through his depression. He completed training so he could become a peer volunteer. He also recently married and moved into his own home.
"I lost a brother and auntie this year, and I have not gone back on drugs or alcohol," Melvin said proudly. "I'm voting again. I'm re-establishing myself. I actually have a PG&E bill. My life is getting back to complete."
Peter Hodges, 49, is another success story. He got a job at Goodwill in June, after beating drug and alcohol addictions and learning to deal with paranoia and agitation, as well as physical disabilities he has had since he was hit by a camper-truck just before his sixth birthday. He has partial use of his left arm and wears a brace on his left leg. But he's optimistic about his future.
"I owe doing something good with my life to the center," he said. "You develop a plan, and you start doing something."
Stephen Marks, who oversees education and training at the center, draws on his background as a mental health patient for perspective in his work. As a teen, he was locked in seclusion in two New Jersey state hospitals, where he received shock treatments.
"If I had known about a program like this," Marks said, "I probably wouldn't have had to be in the second hospital."
Those at the center also include a woman who saw her family massacred, another who was abused by her husband, a man rescued from an abusive board and care facility and others with drug problems, said Renee Owens, Wellness and Recovery Center coordinator. Yet, they are all making progress in their own way, she said.
Some people, Spencer said, grew up in families that told them they couldn't succeed.
"I tell them, 'I know there are rich movie stars that take the same medications as you, and they are successful,'" he said. "We love to let them know, 'You are somebody. You can do it.'"
The Share the Spirit campaign, sponsored by Bay Area News Group, benefits nonprofit agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Readers who wish to help can clip the coupon accompanying this story and send it to the address printed on it. The Volunteer Center of Contra Costa administers the fund. Readers with questions and corporations interested in making large contributions may contact the Volunteer Center of Contra Costa at 925-472-5760. To contribute online go to https://volunteer.truist.com/vccc/donate/More information about Mental Health Consumer Concerns Inc. is available by calling 925-521-1230 or by visiting www.mhccnet.org. For more details, visit the On Assignment blog at www.ibabuzz.com/onassignment.


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Children's Health
Heart Birth Defects May Have Lasting Effect
July 30, 2012 -- Children born with heart defects need early screening for developmental disorders, according to new recommendations from the American Heart Association.
But a new review of research from 1966 to 2011 suggests certain types of heart defects may be more problematic in the long run.
Heart defects affect about nine out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S., and about 85% of these infants survive into adulthood.
Researchers say children born with heart defects are more likely to have difficulty in school, behavior issues, poor social skills, or language and speech problems because of a variety of developmental disorders affecting their brain function.
But early screening and prompt treatment can help.
"If we identify developmental problems earlier, we're going to help prevent issues from coming up in school that prevent these children from achieving their fullest potential," researcher Bradley S. Marino, MD, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, says in a news release.
"In the past, we were happy if they survived. Now, we want them to survive and thrive," says Marino.
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In the review, researchers looked at the prevalence of developmental disorders in children born with heart defects.
The results link children born with heart defects or heart disease with an increased risk of developmental disorders, disabilities, or developmental delays.
But for the first time, researchers were able to identify certain types of heart birth defects that were more likely to lead to developmental disorders than others.
These defects were generally more serious, such as those requiring open heart surgery as an infant or that cause the child to appear bluish due to poor circulation.
Other risk factors for developmental disorders include having a combination of heart disease at birth and one of the following:
- Premature birth
- Developmental delays as a baby
- Suspected genetic abnormality or syndrome
- A history of mechanical support to help the heart
- Heart transplantation
- A history of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Prolonged hospitalization during the child's heart care
- Seizures related to heart surgery
- Brain abnormalities seen in brain images


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Patricia Fran Gulley, age 72, of Oak Ridge, died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Tennova Residential Hospice in Knoxville.
She was born Dec. 5, 1939, in Haysville, N.C., the daughter of Vaughn and Margie Bell Maney Anderson.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Gerald L. Gulley Sr.
She is survived by her daughter, Pyrrah Slaven of Muncie, Ind.; and her brother, Joe Anderson and wife, Judy, of Athens, Ala.
The family asks that any memorials be in the form of contributions to Tennova Residential Hospital, 7447 Andersonville Pike, Knoxville, TN 37938 or the Salvation Army.
No services are planned and the burial in Anderson Memorial Gardens will be private.
Weatherford Mortuary is handling the arrangements. An online guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.
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St Johns Lutheran school PTL trivia night will take place at 1317 Lyon St. in Hannibal on Saturday, April 6.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. Trivia starts at 7 p.m.
Cash prizes will be offered. Pizza and drinks will be for sale. A 50/50 raffle is planned along with a silent auction.
The cost is $10 per person or $75 for a team of eight.
For information call (573) 822-2969.
Proceeds from the fund-raiser will help pay for the installation of a new security system at the school.
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Biker killed in crash
Published: Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 9:15 p.m.
A motorcyclist was killed Saturday in Houma when an oncoming SUV turned into his path, State Police said.
Paul Bunopane, 31, of Thibodaux was driving his motorcycle west on La. 182 when a 2009 Toyota Rav4 headed in the opposite direction pulled into his path to turn onto Savanne Road, Troop C spokesman Evan Harrell said.
Bunopane, who was wearing a helmet, was thrown off the bike on impact and killed, Harrell said.
Ernest Delaune Jr., 40, the Toyota's driver, was not hurt, police said.
Alcohol blood tests, required by state law in all fatal crashes, are pending. The crash remains under investigation.
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