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November 11, 2009
DOE Awards up to $30.6 Million for Fish-Friendly Hydropower Upgrades
DOE announced on November 4 its selection of seven hydropower upgrade projects to receive up to $30.6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. The selections will deploy innovative technologies such as high-efficiency, fish-friendly turbines; improved water intakes; and advanced control systems in order to increase power generation and improve environmental stewardship. The selected projects will increase generation by an estimated 187,000 megawatt-hours per year—enough to meet the annual electric usage of more than 12,000 average U.S. homes—at an estimated incremental cost of less than 4 cents per kilowatt-hour.
DOE sought cost-shared projects that upgrade existing hydropower facilities without requiring significant modifications to dams, allowing for the projects to be developed quickly to help create jobs and stimulate local economies. Of the seven selected projects, three will add a total of 28.6 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity, including an Alcoa, Inc. project to upgrade four new turbines, generators, and transformers at its facility in Robbinsville, North Carolina, adding 22 MW of capacity and increasing generation by 23%; a project of the City of Tacoma, Washington, to add two more turbines to an existing hydropower facility in Potlatch, adding 3.6 MW of capacity and increasing power production by 14%; and a project by the Incorporated County of Los Alamos, New Mexico, to add a low-flow turbine to its hydropower plant in Abiquiu, adding 3 MW of capacity and boosting generation by 22%.
Three other projects will allow increased power production by producing power more efficiently from a wider range of flow rates. These include an Alabama Power Company project to upgrade four units at three hydropower plants on the Coosa River, increasing generation by 7.3%; a project of the City of Boulder, Colorado, to replace two turbines with one efficient unit (and upgrade wiring) at its Boulder Canyon facility, boosting generation by 30%; and an Energy Northwest project to design, manufacture, and install a new turbine at its facility in Packwood, Washington, increasing power production by 6%. In addition, the North Little Rock Electric Department in Arkansas will install an automated intake device at its facility on the Arkansas River, allowing the facility to operate more reliably by keeping its intake clear of debris.
Some of the projects will also yield environmental benefits by removing lead components, asbestos insulation, and water-cooled transformers, which can leak oil. A noteworthy environmental benefit at the City of Tacoma project is the addition of an upstream fish collection pool, enabling the reintroduction of native fish above the dam for the first time since the 1920s. See the DOE press release and the press release from Tacoma Power.


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Big Data Week: GDP, Jobs and a Fed Meeting
The data reports scheduled for this week will cover major revisions to the economy's composition, July labor markets, and consumer spending and price pressures. The numbers could likely change how investors view the economy and the timing of the Federal Reserve's next policy move.
Fed officials have a dual mandate to achieve price stability and full employment. Policymakers will get data points on each simultaneously on Friday, two days after their upcoming policy meeting.
The Labor Department is scheduled to release the all-important employment situation report at the same time the Commerce Department releases the personal income report that includes the Fed's favored inflation gauge, the personal consumption price index excluding food and energy.
The consensus of economists surveyed is that July job growth isn't as robust as the Fed would like, and June core inflation is running below the Fed's target of 2.0%.
The median forecast of economists expect July nonfarm payrolls increased by 175,000 jobs, less than the 195,000 added in June. The July unemployment rate is forecast to slip to 7.5% from June's 7.6%.
The core PCE price index is projected to rise by a modest 0.2% in June, following a 0.1% gain in May. The month-over-month forecast suggests yearly core inflation is running only about 1.0%, half the Fed's target.
Reports scheduled for release the trading week ending Aug. 2 also include the first look at second-quarter gross domestic product growth as well as an overhual of GDP history.
The spring economy was weakened by federal spending cuts, sluggish factory output and weak inventory building. The median forecast says real GDP grew at an annual rate of just 0.9% last quarter, half the 1.8% pace in the first quarter.
However, the Commerce Department is scheduled to release comprehensive revisions to past data that could change the recent growth trend in GDP.
The revisions include: counting research and development spending as well as business expenditures on entertainment; literary and other artistic original works as business fixed investment; measuring defined pension plan transactions on an accrual accounting basis; and treating wages and salaries consistently throughout all accounts.
DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS (ET) Monday 1000 Pending Home Sales Jun +0.1% (8) +6.7% 1030 Dallas Fed Mfg Svy Jul N/A 6.5 Tuesday 0900 S&P/Case-Shiller 20-Cty Home Prices (YOY) May +12.3% (6) +12.1% 1000 Consumer Confidence Jul 81.3 (12) 81.4 Wednesday 0815 ADP Jobs Svy Jul +178K (6) +188K 0830 Real GDP (1st Read) 2Q +0.9% (12) +1.8% 0830 GDP Prices (1st Read) 2Q +0.9% (6) +1.2% 0830 Employment Costs 2Q +0.4% (7) +0.3% 0945 Chicago PMI Jul 53.5 (9) 51.6 Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Jul 27 345K (10) 343K 1000 ISM Mfg PMI Jul 51.8 (12) 50.9 1000 Construction Spending Jun +0.3% (6) +0.5% N/A Vehicle Sales Jul 15.9mln (10) 15.9mln Friday 0830 Nonfarm Payrolls Jul +175K (12) +195K 0830 Unemployment Rate Jul 7.5% (11) 7.6% 0830 Avg Hrly Wages Jul +0.2% (8) +0.4% 0830 Personal Income Jun +0.5% (10) +0.5% 0830 Consumer Spending Jun +0.5% (10) +0.3% 0830 Core PCE Prices Jun +0.2% (6) +0.1% 1000 Factory Orders Jun +2.4% (8) +2.1% (Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.)


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CHAMBERSBURG — The Greater Chambersburg Chamber Foundation, an affiliate of the Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce, is looking for business partners to host teachers for an Educator in the Workplace Summer Internship, to be held June 24 to 28. The foundation is looking to place at least 30 teachers with area businesses.
EITW is a hands-on opportunity for educators to spend 24 hours at a business to connect their subject area with the workplace. The goal of EITW is to connect classroom learning with business practices to better prepare students for college and careers in the 21st century.
Educators really enjoy the program. Reed Miller, a teacher in Chambersburg Area School District, said of his summer internship with Manitowoc, "This has brought new life to me that I will in turn give to my students."
"After this program, I can truthfully tell my students that algebra is vital to the medical professions and give them examples I saw at Chambersburg Hospital," said Sharon Boyles, Shippensburg Area School District.
Mark Johnston of Manitowoc Cranes said EITW has been helpful to his company. "We have been able to showcase the variety of career opportunities available in Shady Grove as well as communicate the requirements and expectations we have for candidates."
Employers interested in hosting teacher interns must fill out a survey by May 10. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H8SGRBB. For more information, contact Noel Purdy, executive director of the chamber foundation at 264-7101, Extension 207, or email her at email@example.com.
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SAN DIEGO -- Matt Cain and Tyson Ross made it look easy Friday night at Petco Park. For Cain, all that meant was another defeat that was very hard to swallow.
The Giants bats stayed cold in a 2-1 loss to the San Diego Padres that came just six days after Cain took a 1-0 loss against the Colorado Rockies. Friday's loss was the seventh in Cain's career in which he allowed just one run, and the second when he did not allow an earned run.
"Sometimes that's just the way it goes," the veteran said, shrugging his shoulders. "Guys are doing their job and you can't sneak any across. That's part of it."
Cain learned long ago that there's no sense placing blame after one disheartening loss in a 162-game season, but it was easy to pinpoint the turning point Friday. With Chris Denorfia on third base in the first inning, Cain pulled a changeup that sailed outside to Jedd Gyorko. Hector Sanchez didn't react quickly enough, and the passed ball allowed Denorfia to score the only run charged to the starting pitchers.
Sanchez went 0 for 4 and struck out for the third time with two outs and the tying run on second in the ninth. He was despondent at his locker after the game, staring at his feet as several teammates came over and offered words of support. Sanchez said there was no excuse for the passed ball.
"I've got to catch that ball," he said. "I feel bad, because it's probably a different story if I catch it."
Twenty minutes after he swung through a Huston Street fastball to end the game, Sanchez said he couldn't bring himself to watch a replay of the passed ball.
"I'd probably (break) the computer," he said, pointing at the collection of screens across the room. "In that situation you have to be ready no matter the pitch or what he throws. You have to stop it, that's your job. There's nothing I can say. I thought that in that moment, I caught it."
The moment was far from the only one that cost the Giants the game. They were 7 for 47 with runners in scoring position over the previous six games and went 0 for 9 against Ross and Street. Manager Bruce Bochy said he sees several players pressing at the plate.
"They're big boys," he said. "They've got to fight through this."
Against Ross, that almost didn't seem an option.
The 26-year-old former Bishop O'Dowd High-Oakland star is coming into his own and was every bit Cain's equal, striking out nine in eight shutout innings. Ross struck out four straight at one point and had allowed just three base runners through six innings while throwing 72 pitches. Pablo Sandoval led off the seventh with a single and Hunter Pence followed with a walk, but Sanchez hit into a double play and Brandon Crawford lined out to short.
Bochy had given Michael Morse (minor hamstring tightness) and Buster Posey (rest) a night off, but both pinch-hit in the eighth inning. Ross got Morse to ground out and then struck out Posey and Angel Pagan.
"He kept us off balance and had good stuff," Bochy said of Ross. "He shut it down. He's always had a good arm, and he just threw some quality strikes. Any pitch at any time. It's good stuff, and he's tall with a good angle on the ball. He's going to be tough on hitters."
Cain was, too. He struck out six of eight at one point and left with the exact same sparkling line -- seven innings, four hits, eight strikeouts -- for the second time in seven days. All he got for the effort was a second straight tough decision, albeit with a slightly different score. Yasmani Grandal's homer off Juan Gutierrez in the eighth made it 2-0 but Brandon Belt got a run back with a solo homer in the ninth, clinching an eighth straight one-run game for the Giants, their longest such streak since 1910. Cain has given up one earned run during the streak and lost twice.
"It was the same game, really," Bochy said of Cain's last two efforts. "The same thing. We couldn't get a win the last two games even with the way he's throwing the ball."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, left, talks with former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly before an NFL football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) PITTSBURGH (AP) – Ben Roethlisberger isn't going anywhere. Not if he has anything to say about it. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback called a report he may seek a trade in the offseason "ridiculous." NFL.com reported early Sunday the Steelers expected Roethlisberger to ask the team to explore trade options in the offseason. Roethlisberger's agent, Ryan Tollner, called the speculation "completely wrong" and added the 31-year-old quarterback is "100 percent committed to winning a championship with the Steelers."


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I've been running on and off ever since i was in high school and now at the age of 31, i want to seriously train and try to qualify for Boston. I was going to use the Chicago Marathon Oct. 2013. I have run 4 halfs in the last couple of years with my PR being 1:35:15. I just started my new training program after Thanksgiving and its been going good, i just wanted to hear some thought from fellow runners and what my chances would be to actually qualify on my first attempt next Oct. Any advice and thoughts would be apprecited.
Your chances are slightly above average but very accomplishable. That's all I got .
There are a number of different ways to calculate a marathon time based on a recent half marathon. If you use one of the more common ones, you come up with a 3:20:30 marathon time for you. That's based on your half marathon PR plus 10 minutes.
Since you need to run 3:05 to qualify for Boston, you'd have to have a REALLY good day. My suggestion is to find a good training program and follow it. And work on fueling, you'll find your biggest obstacle on race day will be avoiding the wall and you do that by pushing it out past 26.2 miles.
I had the great idea of trying to qualify last year, cranked my mileage to 70 a week while doing weekly tempo runs, 1/2 mile interval sessions and long runs. I kept this up for weeks, I'd read that getting your mileage to 70 a week would get you to a new fitness level.
I had a good taper leading up to the race and carb loaded for 3 days. After all that, I cramped at 19 miles on race day and could barely walk. I finished the race because they'd given me an awesome tech t-shirt I wanted to wear, but I paid a heavy price.
I've had good marathons, so they're not all bad, but you might consider running one for the experience before going after a qualifier, there is a learning curve you have to go through. Just my 2 cents...
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
Thanks, i appreciate the insight! So is the "WALL" pretty much unavoidable or are there things you could have done to prevent hitting the wall? It seems like you did what you needed to, but i dont know. That is my biggest fear right now is when i'll hit the wall and how i will handle it.
Thanks, i guess i'll just have to keep training and wait and see! lol
Your half time is very close to mine (you are a tad faster) and I run between 3:27 and 3:31. I am much older so you will get faster but I think it will take a little time and a couple of marathons for you to run a sub 3:05! The wall comes when you go out to fast. Best way to aviod the wall is to run a pace that is right for you (that is the hard part). Good luck!
In my case, I was over-trained going into that marathon. There has to be a balance, you have to train enough, but you also have to rest and let your body adapt to the training. That's where I made the mistake, I wasn't using anyone's training program, just winging it with no rest days and high mileage.
You probably already know the average person has enough glycogen stores to run about 20 miles. Without fueling as you run, you'll run out of fuel at about that distance and hit the wall. You can still run, but your body is trying to burn fat for fuel and it's not efficient enough to keep you running at full throttle.
So... the way to push the wall out past 26.2, is to make sure your glycogen stores are at full capacity (by carb loading in the days leading up to the race) and by fueling DURING the race. Energy gels are what most people use, experiment with them during your long runs to find what works best for you.
Another thing to keep in mind is pace. Your body is like your car, it'll burn more fuel the faster you go. If you start out running at a pace where you're working, you'll burn fuel more quickly than if you settle into an easy pace. It's one thing to run a marathon just to finish and something else if you're racing 26.2 miles.
I hope this helps, but I'm no expert at this. I've got the speed to qualify for Boston, but so far haven't gotten the training right.
And like I said, it wouldn't hurt to run one just for the experience...
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
I really appreciate the good advice. A lo of good stuff for me to take in. Fueling during the race is definitley something i'll need to work on. I've never really had a training plan either, but this time I'm going with th beginner , program of the Hanson's Marathon Method. Its a great book, and i hope the program works for me.
Thanks again to everyone for the advice.
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Don't you love it when a yarn surprises you?
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When I leave town, I just change my locks to match the temporary key that I give the neighbor, and then when i come back home, i just re-key the locks back to my home key.
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Sarasota County offers to buy springs for $2 million
Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 1:53 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 1:53 p.m.
SARASOTA COUNTY - The Sarasota County Commission put an offer on the table Tuesday for North Port's half-interest in Warm Mineral Springs: $2 million.
Now the city, which would be selling its share in the iconic tourist attraction for less than what it paid, must decide whether to take the buyout or see if the county is willing to negotiate.
"The city staff has not had a chance to analyze the impacts," said North Port spokeswoman Erin Bryce. "We'll see how it goes from there."
Bryce noted that the offer includes some caveats, such as requiring the city to "de-annex" the 81-acre property so it would have no control over development there.
Recently, the City Commission voted 3-2 to sell North Port's stake in Warm Mineral Springs.
In late 2009, the city and county jointly bought it for $5.5 million with much fanfare over their intent to make it a major resort destination.
But after the fall election, a new majority on the City Commission expressed concerns about the partnership and whether the springs could become a risky or overdeveloped venture.
City commissioners said they wanted to give the county the option of buying out North Port's interest before they considered looking for other potential buyers.
After hearing about the county's decision, City Manager Jonathan Lewis individually notified the city commissioners, who do not have another regular meeting until Feb. 11.
County Commissioner Christine Robinson, whose district includes North Port, suggested the $2 million offer and its terms.
Robinson said her preference would be for the city to remain the county's partner but, but since that now seems unlikely, Robinson said she would rather see the springs totally under the county's ownership.
The $2 million would be paid in installments, drawn from the county's share of revenue from the tourist attraction until the amount is paid in full.
"I understand that my proposal is less than the $2.75 million that the city paid for their share, but there are several reasons why I believe that this offer is appropriate considering the circumstances we find ourselves in today," Robinson said.
Legal issues would arise if the city tried to share its half stake to "a private entity" and the county would likely try to block the sale, Robinson said.
"This severely limits the pool of candidates available to purchase the springs, she said, adding that "environmental instability is another reason for a lower market price."
She referred to city officials' concerns about possible contamination and decreased flow.
North Port would have to concede all regulatory authority over the property to the county until the process to remove the Warm Mineral Springs from within the city's boundaries is complete, Robinson stipulated.
"I do not see the disagreement we have today over the direction of the springs as ending," Robinson said. "It does not make sense for the county to pay money to the city for their interest only for them to limit the county's vision for the springs."
More than three years ago, when the city and county made the purchase, both buyers trumpeted the deal as a catalyst for eco-tourism in North Port.
Since then, two distinct sides have emerged in North Port.
On one side are taxpayers who distrust public-private sector land deals and want their city not to get involved in what they suspect could become a risky or overdeveloped enterprise. Many of them would prefer the county should sell, too, so the springs would be back on the property tax rolls.
On the other side are residents who believe local government needs to have a leading role in protecting environmental assets such as the mineral springs and archaeological site off U.S. 41.
There also is the North Port Economic Development Corp., a newly formed group that just announced its plans aimed at luring more than $270 million in new construction and more than 1,700 new jobs.
One of its signature efforts is to encourage the city and county to again agree to partner on making the springs a major resort, with a hotel, spa, visitors center as well as a conference center that could also be used for local weddings and proms.
The group estimates the initial economic impact at $20 million to $80 million in new construction and more than 300 jobs.
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The Chosen
by Chaim Potok
The Chosen Introduction
In A Nutshell
The Chosen, Chaim Potok's first novel, was published in 1967. It's the story of two Jewish teenage boys coming of age in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York between 1944 and 1949. The novel is loaded with Jewish history, and contains a variety of perspectives on Judaism. Author Chaim Potok, like the two teens in his novel, grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Both his mother and father were strictly observant Orthodox Jews and his family didn't support his interest in writing – they didn't want any of their sons involved in secular activities. This conflict definitely shows up in interesting ways in The Chosen. In his own life, Potok began practicing Conservative Judaism, which had fewer restrictions and allowed him to be both an artist and a Jew.
Why Should I Care?
Religion is everywhere. To some degree or other, we spend big chunks of our lives thinking, hearing, and talking about religion. Turn on the TV any time, and you'll probably find something about religion – whether it's televangelists, or the latest on Tom Cruise and Madonna. And, if you've watched the news or read the papers lately (and by lately we mean the last five thousand years), you know that the world cries out for religious understanding and tolerance.
This is easier said than done when there are thousands of religions in the world. Even the major ones seem mysterious to us if we've never experienced them. Ideally, we would learn about religion from those who care about it, and who can help us think about and consider many voices about religion in our society. Also ideally, our discussions about religion would be relevant, interesting, and fun.
Look no further than The Chosen. This coming-of-age story set in Brooklyn, New York from 1944 to 1949 provides a sensitive, honest, and in-depth look at a variety of perspectives on Judaism in the years directly following World War II. And, it tells the compelling story of the brilliant (his photographic memory is the least of it) Danny Saunders and his struggle to balance his religious commitments with his desire to use his fine mind in the world at large. But, beyond all that, The Chosen argues that religion is a personal choice – and that we should never stop searching, questioning, and trying to understand, both our own views on religion, and those of others. Instead of fearing what we don't understand, we should jump in and see what it's all about.


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LODI - A Lodi Unified School District maintenance worker has been convicted of workers' compensation fraud and has been sentenced to three years probation.
Enrique Argumedo, a plumber, pleaded no contest in San Joaquin County Superior Court on Friday to charges that he received disability insurance payments but took independent plumbing jobs at the same time.
Investigator Dalene Bartholomew of Probe Information Services said Argumedo was caught on surveillance tape going to homes with his toolbox.
At first he denied the fraud allegations but later took the plea deal offered by the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office.
The plumber will have to pay back $3,893 in insurance payments and resign from Lodi Unified, Bartholomew said.
"Lodi Unified is self-insured, so these are tax dollars," she said.
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We all have a story of self. What's utterly unique about each of us is not the categories we belong to; what's utterly unique to us is our own journey of learning to be a full human being, a faithful person. And those journeys are never easy. They have their challenges, their obstacles, their crises. We learn to overcome them, and because of that we have lessons to teach. In a sense, all of us walk around with a text from which to teach, the text of our own lives.
-Marshall Gantz, Why Stories Matter
I'd never been to Georgia before I arrived at 9pm last Thursday. For a few days, the somewhat tiring story of "Madeline in Philadelphia" was disrupted, and I had an opportunity to realign my inner vision, to reconnect with my personal journey towards wholeness.
One of the biggest shifts in my understanding of that story occurred when I entered the "real world" after graduating college. No longer part of the story of my family or a particular educational tract, I suddenly found myself the main character of my own life.
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It was pretty terrifying, really. There were certainly plenty of stories to choose from—English professor, art critic, house wife—but none, as far as I could tell, that resonated with my most authentic self.
As volunteers for Quaker Voluntary Service, the young people I visited during my stay in Atlanta were still sorting out what their own authentic journeys might look like. But working full-time in community support and development organizations that can place high demands on their emotional and psychological energy is not easy. Caught up in the drama of life and change and community, there is little time to consider rather abstract concepts of meaning and motivation.
On Friday, I helped facilitate a "QVS day," a monthly gathering with the volunteers, director Christina Repoley, and Atlanta Meeting's Friend in Residence, Erica Schoon, on the theme of "Story-telling" and, more specifically, "Telling the story of QVS." Sitting at the center of the circular room, I asked each volunteer to share the story of why they had decided to be part of QVS, and how that decision fit into the larger story of who they are and why they do what they do.
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It's a hard story to tell. As young people, many of us do not feel empowered as agents of our own journey. Unless, of course, that journey involves buying particular products, or fitting to a pre-existing story of the "wayward 20-something." But rarely are we invited to consider our own journey toward self-knowledge and growth.
After spending a few hours in the morning identifying the main elements of their stories—the conflicts, the supporting characters, the various stages—I asked each person to identify one motivating force that they can trace from their early childhood. How did that drive and then direct them to this spot, right now?
For most of these volunteers, coming to QVS was part of a deep story of faith motivated by a love for human connection and a desire to heal the world. A few volunteers longed for a stronger understanding of Quakerism—how do Quakers fit into a larger Christian tradition? Others were looking for a sense of community and togetherness similar to other communities that had provided strength to act powerfully in the world.
Often we find ourselves living out our lives in competition with others, creating a story of self that prioritizes personal success and satisfaction over human connection and community. During the day on Friday, I encouraged the volunteers to put those stories aside and focus, instead, on the deeper longing for connection and fulfillment that motivates each one of us to seek to serve.
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Marshall Gantz, a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, identifies three stories for social change—the story of self, the story of us, and the story of now. By identifying our personal struggles and motivations, we as individuals can better understand our capacity for change and for good. By identifying the story of "us," by sharing our stories, we can better understand what common values—that divine spark—have led us to where we are right now. And by acknowledging the story of now—where we are and where we would like the world to be based on those common values—we can better determine what needs to be done, together.
But we cannot work together for change if we have not identified our common values. And we cannot identify those values unless we have had a chance to meditate on what it is that we truly desire—connection, wholeness, joy.
The volunteers in Atlanta have an opportunity to write the story of QVS together, a story of growth in which they are empowered actors in the creation of a transformed world.


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On May 24, the Eagle County Sheriff's Office received report of a fire inside the Eagle Valley High School. When deputies arrived they spoke to the principal, who said someone set a recycle bin on fire inside the school.
Sometime after 6:45 p.m., an unidentified male party walked past the high school custodian and went around a nearby corner. Moments later, the custodian smelled smoke, ran down the hallway and discovered a recycle bin fully engulfed in flames.
The suspect was described as 5-foot-4 to 5-foot-6, weighing approximately 150-160 pounds with blonde hair, about high school age. He was wearing khaki shorts of knee length and a white T-shirt.
If you think you may have any information about the suspects or this crime, please call the Eagle County Sheriff's Office at (970) 328-8500 or Eagle County Crime Stoppers at (970) 328-7007, 1-800-972-TIPS, submit your tip online at www.tipsubmit.com, or text a tip from your cell phone by texting STOPCRIME plus your message to CRIMES (274637). If your tip leads to the arrest and indictment of any suspect involved, you could earn up to a $1,000 reward from the Crime Stoppers.
Deputies responded to the Eagle County Fairgrounds in Eagle after a handgun was accidentally fired at a gun show on May 18.
A vendor thought the .40-caliber pistol was unloaded when he secured the trigger with a Zip Tie. Fortunately he was pointing the gun away from people as the gun fired a hollow-point round into the floor by his feet.
Officers lectured the vendor about properly handling the weapon and gave him a warning for illegal discharge of a firearm. The promoter of the gun show requested the vendor to leave.
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A 30-year-old driver caused an accident on U.S. Highway 6 and 24 in Minturn on May 20 while trying to make a U-turn.
A deputy happened to pass by shortly after the accident and saw a crowd gathered around an injured 62-year-old man. The man had a broken leg and bloody nose.
The 30-year-old said she was trying to turn around. She had put on her right turn signal, planning to turn right, when she saw a better place on the other side of the road and decided to turn left. The 62-year-old's car hit her car on the rear driver-side passenger door as the 30-year-old turned left.
The woman was cited for careless driving causing bodily injury.
Deputies responded to an assault at a concert venue in Bond on May 21.
Security officers introduced the deputies to a 20-year-old man who had a bruise above his left eye, a cut on the bridge of his nose, a bloody mouth, and a scratch and swelling on the middle knuckle of his right hand.
The man said he was standing around a bonfire when a man with dark shoulder-length hair and a beard approached and accused him of "talking smack." The 20-year-old didn't know him or what he was talking about and the man punched him. The punch knocked the 20-year-old to the ground, where he hit his head on a rock, and the bearded man jumped on top of him until he fought him off.
The suspect left the scene and was never found.
A deputy stopped a 71-year-old driver on Berry Creek Road in Edwards on May 26 when he saw the man wasn't wearing a seat belt.
The man's eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his breath smelled of alcohol. He said he had been playing golf.
A background check revealed that his driver license was revoked for an alcohol offense. He was arrested for driving under restraint.
The deputy searched the man as he took him into custody and found six pull tabs from Budweiser cans. The man said he collected them for a friend. There were numerous boxes of Budweiser in the bed of the truck but the deputy didn't see any open containers.
The man said he didn't drink before, during or after his golf game. He said his breath smelled of alcohol because he drank the night before and his eyes were bloodshot because of hay fever.
The man submitted to a blood test and was booked into jail for driving under restraint, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving without a seat belt.
Deputies kicked down a door and rescued two small dogs from a structure fire on Nottingham Road in Avon on May 28. The dog owners watched from afar and were soon reunited with their pets.
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AT&T, aiming to get a jump on an anticipated move by T-Mobile US, is offering customers of its smaller rival as much as $450 in credits for devices and services for each line they switch.
The amount of the offer, which begins today, depends on the make, model and age of the smartphone, Dallas-based AT&T said in a statement. Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile may be planning a similar offer, Wells Fargo said, as the companies step up efforts to poach each other's customers.
"The timing of this move is very purposeful," Jennifer Fritzsche, an analyst with Wells Fargo, wrote in a note Friday. T-Mobile may announce a plan next week offering $350 in credit to customers that switch, Fritzsche wrote, citing market speculation.
AT&T's battle with T-Mobile is intensifying after the former merger partners spent 2013 exchanging volleys through advertising. The competition is growing more cutthroat as the wireless market becomes more saturated, forcing carriers to go after each other's subscribers for growth.
Now that T-Mobile had taken AT&T's customers, AT&T wants to "bribe them back," T-Mobile Chief Executive Officer John Legere said in a statement on the company's website. "This is a desperate move by AT&T on the heels of what must have been a terrible fourth quarter and holiday for them," Legere said.
The two companies have singled each other out in part because they use a similar network technology that makes it easier for customers to switch between them while retaining their devices. Shares of all four major U.S. wireless carriers dropped in New York trading amid concern AT&T's move was a sign of a price war.
Providing a credit can help consumers offset the cost of termination fees to end a contract with a competing carrier, making it easier to switch. While T-Mobile doesn't require customers to sign service contracts, it sells phones on installment plans and charges the balance due for a device when a service plan is canceled.
While the AT&T offer "may instill fears of pricing wars looming," it's "more bark than bite," Fritzsche said. The company already provides at least $99 for phone trade-ins, and its promotion is only good for users joining plans where they don't get discounts on new phones, she said. She has the equivalent of a buy rating on AT&T shares and is neutral on T- Mobile.
T-Mobile has positioned itself as an "un-carrier" shaking up the industry with no-contract plans, phone financing and lower-cost international roaming rates. AT&T, the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., has mimicked some of T-Mobile's price changes while touting the supremacy and speed of its own network.
"Wireless has always been a very competitive industry and a move like this should not be unexpected," said Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman.
AT&T trails Verizon Wireless among U.S. customers, while Sprint holds third place in the market. T-Mobile led all carriers adding 1.47 million monthly subscribers in the second and third quarter of 2013.
T-Mobile, controlled by Deutsche Telekom fell 3.3 percent to $32.28 at the close in New York. AT&T slid less than 1 percent to $34.80. Verizon Communications, which holds a majority of Verizon Wireless, dropped 1.2 percent to $48.42, and Sprint slumped 4.4 percent to $9.94.


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Definición de derivative en inglés:
1Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason: an artist who is not in the slightest bit derivative
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- Moreover, says the performer, that painful experience is what led Shakespeare to become more than a sharp-tongued wit, more than the derivative writers of his era and ours.
- I suppose she is a cultural phenomenon that cannot be ignored, but I find her programme, and the derivative imitators to be deadly dull and no substitute for actual thought.
- However, he is not a derivative imitator of classic Japanese cinema, but one of its original though sadly neglected film-makers.
imitative, unoriginal, uninventive, non-innovative, unimaginative, uninspired;
copied, plagiarized, plagiaristic, second-hand, secondary, echoic;
1.1Originating from, based on, or influenced by: Darwin's work is derivative of the moral philosophers
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- I particularly remember a poem which was very derivative of English poetry called 'Fugue' by Neville Dawes, a Jamaican novelist and poet.
- With gameplay more derivative of the Harlem Globetrotters than the NBA, players bust insane ankle-breaking moves to confuse and fake out opponents on their way to the hoop.
- In 1913 he was overwhelmed by the European modernism exhibited at the Armory Show and his style entered an eclectic, derivative phase, influenced by Gauguin, Matisse, and van Gogh.
2 [attributive] Finance (Of a product) having a value deriving from an underlying variable asset: equity-based derivative products
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- It is possible to use unrealized gains in financial assets (including derivative contracts) as collateral for further purchases.
- This is because they buy complex derivative products to mirror the performance of the underlying stock market index or indices which are not transparently priced.
- Given recent developments in calculation and derivative products, new opportunities are now available in portfolio construction and trading.
1Something which is based on another source: the aircraft is a derivative of the Falcon 20G
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- International trade include import, export and re-export of live and animal trophies, plants and parts and derivatives thereof, based on a permit certification system.
- The modern territorial state upon which it was based was a derivative of the Italian Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation.
- Thus, the holders of Barrie's copyright claim a perpetual right to control derivative works based on Peter Pan, even though the original work passed into the public domain.
1.1A word derived from another or from a root in the same or another language: 'fly-tip' is a derivative of the phrase 'on the fly'
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- And you could write down just as many derivatives of any other root: fish, or coffee, or excrement.
- In the Greek-Latin languages and their derivatives we find this same root appearing as super, sphere, spore and spirit to mention just a few that are relevant to the subject at hand.
- And they were our distant brothers and not unlike the Romance languages that you know, the Italians and the Spaniards and the French all come from a Latin derivative or Latin root.
derived word, descendant
1.2A substance that is derived chemically from a specified compound: crack is a highly addictive cocaine derivative
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- The principal UVB absorbers are para-aminobenzoic acid derivatives, salicylates, cinnamates and camphor derivatives and microfine titanium dioxide.
- For example, the alcohol derivative of methane is methanol and of ethane is ethanol.
- Industrially, phosphoric acid and its derivatives are used in metal cleaning and treatment.
by-product, spin-off, offshoot, subsidiary product
2 (often derivatives) Finance An arrangement or product (such as a future, option, or warrant) whose value derives from and is dependent on the value of an underlying asset, such as a commodity, currency, or security: [as modifier]: the derivatives market
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- Futures and options are derivatives because their value depends on the price of the underlying asset, be it a commodity, investment or index.
- As markets move, as interest rates rise and fall, as currencies move in value against each other, the fair values of these financial assets and derivatives can change dramatically.
- Hedge fund managers also invest in derivatives, options, futures and other exotic or sophisticated securities.
3 Mathematics An expression representing the rate of change of a function with respect to an independent variable.
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- He undertook a large-scale work on generalised differential equations in functional derivatives.
- The following applet, for example, helps observe the relations between a function and its derivative and integral with not a single formula involved.
- These include singular solutions to differential equations, a change of variables formula, and a way of relating the derivative of a function to the derivative of the inverse function.
derivatively adverbio
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- The word for hour by the end of the fourth century was hora; earlier this same word had meant 'season' and, derivatively, 'fitting or appointed time.'
- Now that we have begun to produce energy directly in nuclear power plants of our own design and construction, we are merely tapping the universal energy source that previously we have used only indirectly and derivatively.
- Assuming that they stuck to the ideology of interventionism, the policymakers would respond yet again with a new intervention to correct for the second and, derivatively, for the first.
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Sharon Bea Burris, age 64, passed away Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at the Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.
She leaves behind many special friends and her great love for animals, especially her very own pets which were a huge part of her life.
It was Sharon's desire to be cremated and have her cremains scattered on her property along with the ashes of her brother, Garry William Burris, and her beloved pet of 16 years, Lighting.
A memorial service is being planned at her home in Oliver Springs.
In lieu of flowers, she would like any contributions to be made to the Humane Society of choice.
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The Bush administration has already claimed "we don't need no steenkin warrant" to listen to your phone calls, see what websites you visit, scan your emails, and now, with the revelation of a new "signing statement", it's even claiming the authority to read your physical mail.
Yes, our privacy is under assault.
However, just because your privacy is being threatened doesn't mean you have to accept it. There is a growing array of FOSS being developed to provide us with the ability to control our privacy. It's about time we all start using it.
Probably the granddaddy, and best known, of all privacy programs is Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) developed by Phil Zimmerman (who the government tried to prosecute to stop its release). Its FOSS equivalent is now the GNU Privacy Guard, which not only will encrypt your email, but just about all other forms of data as well. It works with Thunderbird and most email clients. But while ubiquitously included in most Gnu/Linux distros, like seatbelts and condoms, it provides you no protection unless you use it.
This is where services like Hushmail have stepped in to make email encryption painless and transparent for users. It automatically encrypts email between Hushmail users, but can also work with other clients which provide compatible public keys.
So stop sending those "electronic postcards" over the internet and start using email encryption.
If you're a participant on a call that at anytime travels through the air the NSA (National Security Agency) is out there sucking it up. But, even the NSA can't understand what it can't decrypt. Cell phone calls provide no security because cell phone companies don't encrypt those calls. Phil Zimmerman has again done us all a favor and created the Zfone Project.
Even though Skype (which is proprietary) and Gizmo (which is OSS) both provide encryption of VoIP calls over their networks, as soon as you call out of their networks the call is in the clear. Zfone aims to make (currently only) SIP calls secure and private by having the call participants be able to encrypt the end-to-end call no matter what network it travels through. When this becomes fully realized and mainstream incorporated into VoIP phones (hardware and software) and Asterisk based servers, this will mean that VoIP calls will be inherently more secure than regular telecom phone calls.
When WiMAX (basically ubiquitous wireless cable internet access) becomes fully deployed (starting in 2007) this will mean the preferred way to make calls will be via VoIP. Why? Because all calls will then be essentially free AND inherently secure at the same time.
Don't like leaving a trail of your internet travels? If you want, you can use a paid service like anonymizer.com, which was one of the first of its kind. However, for most people there is a better FOSS alternative, the Tor Onion network. In fact, Tor is a complete suite of tools that will anonymize other TCP based services (IM, IRC, and SSH) as well.
I personally have Tor set up to run on Linux and XP using the "torbutton" add-on (what used to called an extension) with Firefox, which allows me to enable or disable browsing via the Tor Onion network (which will slow surfing some). But if you don't want Dick Cheney looking over your shoulder as you surf this is well worth it.
This is but a short list of FOSS projects we can use to retain our dwindling privacy. As long as we live in a climate where "probable cause" is more likely to be the name of a punk band than a legal requirement for the government to meet before it can snoop on us, we'll all have to take personal responsibility for securing our own privacy.
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This could be useful also in countries like China (Big Chinese Firewall) or Brazil (where we could be prohibited to see YouTube videos only 'cause a Cicarelli girl decided to have... well... sex on the beach and was filmed and the video was posted in YouTube).
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"As long as we live in a climate where 'probable cause' is more likely to be the name of a punk band than a legal requirement for the government to meet before it can snoop on us." lol!
Thanks for the tips!
Are the mobile calls really unencrypted? The analog network is, however I am sure GSM (not even talking about 3G) is using some kind of protection!
Regarding mobile calls: They
Regarding mobile calls: They may be unencrypted although your phone should then indicate this. OTOH, the algorithms commonly used right now to encrypt the traffic over the air are not terribly secure and there are even web sites claiming to sell real-time decryption hardware (http://www.ewa.com/prodSvcs.html) so I'm pretty sure the NSA can build one of their own. Algorithms used in WCDMA and in upcoming GSM products are more secure (not saying absolutely secure...).
Note that (almost) as soon as traffic is in the network, it is no longer encrypted, GSM calls are only encrypted over the air between phone and base station (GPRS data for GSM is encrypted up to the SGSN), while in WCDMA it's encrypted up to the RNC (all traffic types).
Now though, why would they go around and snoop on calls over the air like that? Probably because snooping calls on the air lets them avoid having to get a court order for interception. All mobile phone switches have a feature for "lawful interception" (basic specs for GSM and WCDMA/UMTS are available at www.3gpp.org), which in civilized countries requires a court order to use.
Gizmo is FLOSS?
Are you sure Gizmo is FLOSS? I know it uses some open protocols, but the client and some codecs were proprietary last time I checked.
Man, relax! You're going to die young with over trivial things.
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While it may be fun, and easy, to take pot shots at the current administration let's not forget that Bill Clinton (a Democrat) pushed very hard for the "Clipper Chip" to provide encryption which would have been used in ALL communication devices under penalty of Federal Law. Of course the "Clipper Chip" had a nice big back door that could be opened at will by your friendly government to eavesdrop on any digital, or analog, communication.
Then there was the "Fritz Chip" pushed by Democrat Fritz Hollings which, while not directly able to be used by the government for eavesdropping was going to allow Hollywood Inc. to effective control what you could, or could not, do with your own computer hard ware.
Basically don't trust any of the Washington crowd, Democrat or Republican.
Better yet, for an article like this it is best to keep your political leanings out of the dialog, and just talk about government in general, since it really does NOT matter which party is in power.
Other than that a decent article.
not really useful against gov wire tapping
sorry to disappoint you guys but ...
privacy free software usually implement Cryptography Standards compliant algorithms (like AES ...etc) which have been reviewed and approved by gov security agencies and I've been told by a system administrator that western govs only allow the use of approved encryption techniques which they can circumvent or break in less than 4 seconds. As far as I know PGP's author Phil Zimmermann has had troubles with the US export regulation which let to criminal investigation.
In short, if the gov wants to tap your butt then, legally and technically speaking, nil obstat.
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The AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) algorithm was selected by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after a 5 year open process to find a government replacement algorithm for DES (Data Encryption Standard). There are no known exploits of the algorithm, which means the only known way to mathematically recover a key is thru a brute force attack. Thus, the NSA, KGB, MOSAD, et al, have not cracked the algorithm. One way to find out about what's going on in the security/encryption world is to subscribe (its free) to Bruce Schneier's Crypto-Gram monthly newsletter here. And as Schneier emphasizes, security is a process, not algorithms.
As for cell phone calls, they ARE NOT ENCRYPTED to the users. There is no standard encryption protocol which every vendor uses to pass on calls from their network to others, and in fact, calls made among people on the same network are not end-to-end encrypted.
One of the security features of Skype and Gizmo is they claim all calls between people on their networks are encrypted. Once you call out of their networks, just like regular telecom calls, the calls are in the clear, and thus can be intercepted as plaintext.
This is where Phil Zimmerman's Zfone proposes to solve this problem, as it acts as a client-to-client protocol which works inside the client's phone (hard or soft). Thus, whether the network being used encrypts the calls or not, Zfone encrypts the call in the client's phone, checks with the receiving client to see if it also is a Zfone client, authenticates the user if it is, makes an encrypted handshakes and transmit the encrypted call. With a change in the underlying protocol (currently only designed to run with SIP networks) it could be made to work with cell phone technology, if the telecoms were interested in doing so. And they WOULD BE if enough users expressed the demand for this as a feature.
Thus, VoIP calling is the only current way to make transparent, encrypted, general calls. Thus, if you are concerned about your conversations being tapped, and you don't have access to a special secure phone network, and you believe that Skype, Gizmo, et al, haven't been compromised yet, then use them to make secure calls.
When WiMAX (or whatever wireless broadband service(s) wins) becomes widely available, and people have essentially ubiquitous broadband wireless internet access, then maybe the cell phone companies will be compelled to provide Zfonelike features for their networks too. Why pay to make an insecure cell phone call when you can make a free, secure VoIP call that has better quality?
A sysadmin said it, it must be right.
Sysadmins are the ultimate authority on encryption and western governments after all.
As the other reply to your post said, we know why the algorithms we use are hard to crack, the NSA didn't make them. While it is possible that western governments have made huge bounds in maths that we don't know about, I'm somewhat skeptical.
Free software implements other algorithms too (like Blowfish). And I'm not sure what you are getting at with Phil Zimmermann. If you are saying that he had trouble because his stuff was not crackable by the government, you should realise he used no new algorithms.
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Great little post my friend. =) FOSS does help give one the needed privacy tools but political action is also required to protect our privacy. This is why I am a member of organizations like:
PGP Encryption
Whether or not PGP encryption can be cracked depends on several variables, IMHO. Firstly, the strength of the key one creates. I use and recommend going with the strongest key generation available. Secondly, one must consider whether or no the private key is maintained in a safe and secure remote location. Thirdly, the length and complexity of the passphrase used. Certainly something like "abc123" or the name of your spouse isn't going to offer much security.
I have read of a couple different people under federal criminal indictment who have refused to surrender passphrases for material on hard drives. Thus far, the data has not been decrypted and the individuals have chosen to remain incarcerated for a mere "contempt of court" for refusing to surrender the passphrase.
In my own opinion, the more my government attempts to take my personal privacy, the more I will employ every measure possible to make their work more difficult. So long as President Bush makes even the "visitor logs" for the White House "secret," (since telling us he had met Jack Abramoff "a couple of times," while the White House visitor log showed he was there on many occasions) I think there are more urgent intelligence needs than looking at my personal email.


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Published: Monday, October 8, 2012 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 8, 2012 at 11:24 p.m.
Many teachers statewide, including some locally, have complained about Molly Horstman, an official in the state office that is implementing the COMPASS system of teacher evaluations.
The complaints stem from a story in the The Advocate in Baton Rouge pointing out that Horstman, who taught for two years in the Recovery School District in New Orleans, doesn't have an active teaching certificate. Starting in 2009, Horstman has held various administrative jobs in the Recovery School District and state offices and hasn't renewed her certificate, which classroom teachers are required to do every few years.
Horstman's title is COMPASS director, which has led many to believe she is the top official running the program. That's caused a stir among teachers, who have said it's not fair for someone without years of experience and with no active teaching certificate to run a program judging the performance of those who have that experience and credentials.
But State Education Superintendent John White said Horstman isn't in charge of the evaluation system.
"She is not the director." White said. "She's on the director level, but that's different."
Because implementing the new evaluations is such a huge task — it covers more than 50,000 educators — White said there's a sizable support system of administrative staff involved. Assistant Superintendent of Talent Hana Dietsch oversees the entire effort.
Horstman, he said, is working on the data and number-crunching side of the operation.
"She is not involved in going into the classroom at all," White said. "She is working on the data side of things."
COMPASS judges a teacher's performance based on how much the person improves students' test scores and how well principals judge their performance during observations. How much a teacher is expected to raise students' test scores depends on a complex statistical formula that accounts for factors such as a student's income level, family situation, attendance and previous grades.
White said Horstman is working to make sure those formulas are working right, not judging a teacher's methods.
Lottie Beebe, the member of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education who represents Houma-Thibodaux, said she still worries state education officials aren't paying enough attention to administrators' level of experience and credentials.
"I have no problem with Molly, personally. She's a wonderful person," Beebe said. "But, honestly, we have some people who have been teachers longer than Molly has been alive."
Beebe said she has heard complaints from teachers that sweeping changes are being handed down to them by people with less experience than them.
"There's a credibility issue," Beebe said. "If you haven't walked in my shoes for 28 years, do you think I'm going to listen to what you have to say?"
White argues that the COMPASS team includes lots of staffers, including many with decades of experience in Louisiana schools and impressive credentials. Dietsch, he points out, has master's degrees in teaching from Johns Hopkins University and Harvard.
White said the state also has "network teams" of veteran superintendents and teachers who are responsible for school visits and helping fine-tune the process of teacher observations. That includes the heads of school systems with the highest standardized test scores and best district performance scores in the state.
"The people who are going to be going into our schools are the state's most seasoned and experienced educators and most successful teachers," White said. "This is a huge team effort, and everybody has a different role."
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1A gesture, action, or sound that is used to convey information or instructions, typically by prearrangement between the parties concerned: the firing of the gun was the signal for a chain of beacons to be lit [with infinitive]: the policeman raised his hand as a signal to stop
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- Jumping onto a table, Crush raised her hands in the air as a signal for her friends to stop they were doing; she watched as they obliged, halting their food war.
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alert, warning, tip-off;
body language, kinesics
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- A drop in the intracellular concentration of glutamine provides a signal for the activation of transcription of nitrogen-regulated genes.
- The oxidative stress caused by ozone may serve as the initial signal for programmed cell death and a hypersensitive response.
- Gerard Rice made it 2-1 for Newcastle midway through the second half, a signal for the Seasiders to turn up the pressure.
cue, prompt, occasion, green light, incentive, impetus, impulse, stimulus
informal go-ahead
1.3 Bridge A prearranged convention of bidding or play intended to convey information to one's partner.
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- When playing against a trump contract this can be achieved by a simple system of discard signals.
- Naturally they will try to do this while the opponents are not looking, but as the signals do not need to be true, you can also try to confuse the opponents by passing misleading signals, at the risk of confusing your partner as well.
2An electrical impulse or radio wave transmitted or received: equipment for receiving TV signals
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- Each cell has a base station that transmits and receives signals over just a small fraction of the frequencies to which the network operator has access.
- These chips feature an antenna to transmit and receive radio signals.
- The development of the electromagnet about 1837 provided the American Samuel F. B. Morse with a way to transmit and receive electric signals.
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- At one point, we had to stop at an interlocking and the dispatcher couldn't clear the signal because of the train ahead.
- At the Hayward's Heath accident in 1973 the driver misread the signals and drove his loopline train on to the main line and it was struck from behind by an express.
- Mitchell said police had yet to determine whether the railway signals and gates were working at the time of the crash.
verb (signals, signalling, signalled; US signals, signaling, signaled)[no object]
1Convey information or instructions by means of a gesture, action, or sound: hold your fire until I signal
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- Madoka's father must have handed the parking attendant a tip ahead of time with instructions to signal when Madoka and her mother arrived.
- Claire no sooner had entered the EMS station that the bell sounded, signaling that they were needed somewhere to help somebody.
- After what seemed like an eternity to Jalen, the hunting horn sounded, signaling in the hunt's end.
1.1 [with object and infinitive] Instruct (someone) to do something by means of gestures or signs: she signalled Charlotte to be silent
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- I made motions with my hand signaling Elizabeth to keep it down.
- She gave the thumbs-up sign to her mechanic, signaling him to get out of the way.
- He leaned back and waved his hand signalling Andrea to go over to him.
gesture, sign, give a sign to, indicate, direct, motion, gesticulate;
1.2(Of a cyclist, motorist, or vehicle) indicate an intention to turn in a specified direction using an extended arm or flashing indicator: [with complement]: Stone signalled right [with infinitive]: the truck signalled to turn left
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- His report also states that the defendant vehicle signaled and turned left onto Orenda.
- That may lead to the issue of whether he was simply following this tractor trailer too closely or whether, in fact, if the tractor trailer wasn't signaling.
- It may be a split second of indecision at a roundabout, a moment's inattention while pulling out of a parking space, a failure to spot another driver signalling.
1.3 [with object] Indicate the existence or occurrence of (something) by actions or sounds: the Community could signal displeasure by refusing to cooperate [with clause]: she gave a glance which signalled that her father was being secretive
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- Counselors need to understand that the sound of sirens may signal danger to them.
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indicate, show, express, communicate;
announce, proclaim, declare, pronounce
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- The event on Saturday was aimed at highlighting the 15,000 jobs in more than 140 trades which the Army has to offer, with engineers, signallers, guardsmen and mechanics among those on hand to talk to young people and their families.
- About 300 engineers and 700 signallers will be recruited from school leavers, graduates, those who took early retirement, people returning from a career break and professional engineers.
- Thousands of drivers, signallers and maintenance workers walked out from 6.30 pm yesterday causing the worst travel disruption in the capital for two years.
Late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin signale, neuter of late Latin signalis, from Latin signum 'mark, token' (see sign). The verb dates from the early 19th century.
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Striking in extent, seriousness, or importance; outstanding: he attacked the government for their signal failure of leadership
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- Irony is of signal importance in English humour, in everything from radio comedy to literature.
- Although of signal importance in itself, even the characteristic dominance must be seen as a by-product of serum testosterone.
- It was not until near the end of Freud's life that he began to appreciate the signal importance of the infant's relationship with the mother.
notable, noteworthy, remarkable, striking, glaring, outstanding, significant, momentous, memorable, unforgettable, pronounced, marked, obvious;
impressive, distinguished, uncommon, unusual, particular, special, extraordinary, exceptional, conspicuous, rare
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- But he signally failed to sort out rates of migration to these islands, which have peaked after being consistently low for a quarter-century.
- It's made me think hard about the moments where my own leadership has been signally lacking.
- What is it that the fourth increase in interest rates is likely to achieve where the previous three have so signally failed?
Early 17th century: from French signalé, from the Italian past participle segnalato 'distinguished, made illustrious', from segnale 'a signal'.
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After hitting the target from roughly 15 yards away with one shot, Tyler managed to send the shaft of his next arrow perfectly into the first.
"It was just luck… I just got lucky," said Tyler, who was in the backyard of his Hannibal home when he managed the rare shot. "I was just practicing aiming for the center of the target and did this."
Tyler's father, Chad Hatton, regrets not witnessing the shot.
"Unfortunately, I was in the house when it happened, but my middle son and nephew were out there," he said.
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Tyler, who took up archery about a year ago, admitted he would "probably not" duplicate the shot again. That is even more reason that the two arrows, that are now one arrow, will be given a spot of distinction in the Hatton household.
"I think he's got a trophy right there," said Chad Hatton. "I think we're going to leave it just like it is and figure out some way to hang it."
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