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A clean slate, a chance to start over and a new beginning. Many people see the new year as just that: an opportunity to correct the problems of the past year and make their lives better in the new one. Area residents, along with people across the country, are starting to take a second look at the point of the New Year's resolution.
"I think it's hard to keep a New Year's resolution," Elkins resident Marshall Leo said.
He doesn't remember the last time he made a resolution at the start of a new year. Leo said that most people don't keep them for one reason or another. Procrastination is a major player. Things like quitting smoking or losing weight aren't going to get done just because a person resolves to do it, Leo said.
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Elkins resident Marilyn Wolf agrees. When a person decides to do something, saying they are going to do it and actually doing it are, she finds, two different things. She doesn't make resolutions for the new year on a simple theory.
"I've found the best way to keep a New Year's resolution is to not make them," Wolf said.
The uncertainty of 2010 may have prompted a resolution rethink. With the country doing financial backflips, does vowing to lose five pounds feel downright frivolous as the Great Recession lingers for so many? Whether it is foregoing the resolution completely, choosing to focus on small achievements or reaping the benefits that came from cutting back in 2010, across the country, people's resolutions are vastly different from previous years.
Kelli Calabrese, 41, and her husband have been up against a costly property dispute, bad investments, three home floods, two broken water heaters, a few broken bones and the demise of numerous big box appliances over the last three and a half years.
Her husband lived through stints of joblessness in the mortgage industry and underemployment as they raise two kids. They spent thousands on repairs to their house in Flower Mound, Texas, ahead of a sale only to have the deal fall through $15,000 later.
''This year extravagant trips, a new car and investing 20 percent of my income will not be making my resolutions list for 2011,'' said Calabrese, a personal trainer. ''We've learned to re-identify need and greed.''
The economy remains a big focus heading into resolution time at Mylifelist.org, a social network for goal-setters with more than 10,000 members.
''The major recession-related trend we've noted isn't smaller goals as we anticipated,'' said the chief operating officer, Shelagh Braley. ''What we found are more people are using the site's tools for practical planning, including budgeting and setting aside a longer preparation time to make their achievements happen.''
In that respect, Calabrese is a patient woman.
''My joy is not going to be tied to my circumstances,'' she said. ''I'm going to focus on things that feel right to my heart and not the typical material things that I strove for and achieved in the past.''
Scott Crutcher's circumstances in Venice, California, included laying off staff at his Web design firm and cutting back at home after his wife lost her job last fall. They've got two daughters, 3 and 7.
His New Year's rethink isn't a downscale. He's done that already. In 2011 he's reaching for the sky by learning how to mountain climb so he can summit Mount Rainier in Washington state. He's putting aside a bit of money each month to pay for it.
Taking on a challenge completely out of his comfort zone (''I prefer warm weather and live at sea level'') and feeling capable is important to Crutcher, 35, as he heads into the new year.
''It's a tremendous test of will and strength,'' he said. ''Committing to a long-term training program will get me fully involved in something bigger than my daily life.''
The cost? He figures $1,731 should do it if he rents rather than buys most of his equipment.
Losing his job as a construction manager last February led to a major resolution rethink for 26-year-old Tyler Tervooren in Portland, Oregon ''The tough times inspired me to make 2011 the best year of my life,'' he said.
Rather than sitting behind a desk thinking about high adventure, he plans to have some: running a marathon in South Africa on a private game reserve, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, making his way to Russia to trek up Mount Elbrus.
How's he paying for it? By blogging - about risk-taking.
''I decided to start my own business because there were no jobs available,'' Tervooren said. ''As long as I can find an Internet connection, I can keep the business up and running.''
Setting moneymaking and money-saving goals is driving some people who never bothered in the past.
''My New Year's resolution is to have a marketing plan, versus not having one,'' said Mary Beth Klatt, a freelance writer in Chicago who has developed two craft-related iPhone apps.
At 25, Marcie Polansky in Austin, Texas, decided two months ago to get serious about making her money stretch. With no investing experience, she's been using GoalMine.com, a site that lets people who can't meet minimums elsewhere into mutual funds for as little as $25. She now has an investment plan that's easily trackable online free of difficult jargon.
''It seems like every year I make financial New Year's resolutions, only without any focus to them,'' she said. ''I wanted to save, to explore the world of investing, but I didn't know how or where to start. It makes me feel like a grown-up, like I'm committing to a long-term goal.''


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When last we reported, John McCain had pretty much ceded social media to the already brilliant Obama strategy but instead had set up his own, quite effective search engine strategy to get to the undecided and independents – those most likely to use search to find out where the candidates stand. Many observers including this blog and Reprise Media Managing Partner Joshua Stylman publicly drew attention to this disparity in resource allocation.
It looks like the Obama campaign heard us.
Andaiye Taylor, Media Analyst at Reprise Media and a resident election specialist tells me that beginning two weekends ago the Obama campaign began to expand their keyword bids from generic Obama/Biden names with non-optimized landing pages to issues keywords and even Sarah Palin's name – with the relevant landing pages to match.
Oddly this has coincided with a decline in McCain's search engine presence which seems to have retreated back to focusing on his and Palin's names. Talk about your reversals! It's hard to say why McCain would pull back – it could simply be that his bids are lower than Obama's and his landing pages are less relevant. In this scenario all Obama had to do was get on the field to immediately put a dent in what McCain was doing. This extends to placing ads against each other's VP picks – Obama has also made what appears to be a canny strategic decision to let McCain's name alone and concentrate on Palin – who's still new on the scene and actually garners a significantly higher search volume, suggesting that some voters still want to know more about her. Conversely McCain's clever ad linked to searches for Joe Biden was nowhere to be seen.
On issues, Obama has refrained from the most part from terms like "seven houses" or "13 cars" which may only attract partisans. Rather he has gone for "economic crisis" (which McCain used to have the only presence on – now it's the other way around) and "debate." Surprisingly McCain – who just a month ago was quite aggressive on issues – has nothing for "earmarks" despite making their use a central line of attack on Obama on Thursday night.
The fact that Obama too has failed to jump on "earmarks" as a way of turning that attack against his opponent amongst searchers (take a look at the sharp jump in searches above) still drives home the point that although Obama has rapidly turned the tables, neither candidate has made as thorough use of search engine marketing and strategy as they could have.
One of the key strengths of search advertising is the ability to quickly change up your campaign creative and landing page to capture the greatest number of targeted searchers. Neither candidate pivoted off their own, nor each other's best moments in Friday's debate. Give Obama credit for at least using "debate" as a keyword but why not "middle class taxes " or "Kissinger?" Similarly McCain is nowhere on these.
So what advice would I give the two candidates on search marketing?
For McCain: What happened man? Don't get all "mavericky" and fall victim to those who want you to funnel money back into TV spots – it may be the comfort zone for most political ad gurus but it doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. Or the healthy way to do it as your supporter Wilfred Brimley might say. Get back on the horse and start buying up those issues again and this time, try to be more consistent with relevant landing pages because you actually have some competition now.
For Obama: A solid (if late) start but now it's time to really flex your moves – grab on to those hot topics while they are still relatively cheap (may I suggest "wall street crash" as a good one for tomorrow) and get moving.

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University of California-Berkeley baseball coach Dave Esquer days after the school announced it would cut the program said that the decision was "final and that athletic director Sandy Barbour made it clear the sport couldn't be saved by raising money," but Barbour's "tone has since changed," according to Kendall Rogers of Yahoo Sports. The Thursday issue of SportsBusiness Daily linked to the story.
Esquer: "We had some donors and other people meet with her and we got positive feedback about the program and what could be done to keep it. There's no 100 percent clear direction of what it will take, but it will come down to money. It's a money issue." Esquer estimated that it "takes between $900,000 and $1.2 million annually to run the baseball program, and that a long-term financial commitment likely must be made to keep the program in tact."
Esquer: "I think the main goal is to endow the program. We've come to the realization that we need to raise enough money to make sure this never becomes an option again."
Rogers noted the program "has had some major donors come forward offering financial assistance and the Bears soon will host their annual golf tournament to raise money."
Esquer: "I know there has been a loud response to baseball getting cut, so I can only believe that has helped our cause with the administration. Without that, I'm not sure we would be revisiting this topic."
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Behind hot second-half shooting from Tia Charles, second-ranked small school John Curtis turned a four-point halftime lead into a comfortable 54-36 road win against No. 4 Riverside.
Charles led all scorers with 20.
"Coach Barbara (Ferris) told us they would come out playing hard because we're the team they're looking to beat," said Charles. "We just came out hard in the second half and played our game."
The win keeps Curtis undefeated in district play and gives them an early edge for the title over Riverside, their top competition in the district.
Riverside kept it close in the first half, largely thanks to center Kendra Turner, who scored 13, hauled in nine rebounds, blocked eight shots and kept Curtis from attempting shots in the paint.
But the Rebels had trouble scoring, wasting 26 possessions with turnovers.
Moreover, Riverside's freshman sharpshooter Toni Hebert -- usually a reliable scorer -- attempted just two shots and finished with three points.
Still, the Rebels stayed in the game until the fourth quarter.
Down by as much as 10 in the second quarter, Riverside drew to within a point when guard Kelsey Joseph, Riverside's only senior, penetrated the lane and found Jaimaya Bolden for a layup.
Things looked precarious for Curtis a moment later when Kolby Morgan, the Patriots' explosive scorer and a small school Player of the Year candidate, was whistled for a charge, giving her three fouls.
Normally a deadly 3-point shooter, Morgan seemed off her game, shooting just one of six from beyond the arc and three of nine from the field.
Combined with Charles' three fouls, Curtis had plenty to worry about at halftime, despite their four-point lead.
"It was hard because I had to sit down a lot the first half," Charles said of her foul problems. "The ticky-tacky fouls, we've just got to get better, keep our hands up."
But Curtis wasn't alone with its foul issues.
Four of Riverside's starters had three fouls at halftime, and a normally loose, fast team looked tentative.
In the third quarter, the game began to drift Curtis' way.
"At halftime we just talked about playing our game instead of playing the way Riverside wants to play," said Charles.
Charles opened the scoring in the second half with a coast-to-coast runner, but picked up a fourth foul a moment later.
Despite that, Charles stayed in the game and sparked the Patriots' rally, making a great half-court pass to Kelsea Ostriecher for a bucket and burying a ten-footer for a five-point lead.
In the fourth quarter she stayed hot, draining back-to-back buckets to extend the Patriots' lead to 16. For Charles, it was a stark turnaround in a game where she missed her first five shots.
"I came off a little slow and I hit my arm, but Coach Barbara told me to be confident and keep getting shots," said Charles.
Charles was aided by some clutch second-half shots by Detorian Henderson, who finished with 12. Morgan added 16.
Curtis (13-10, 4-0) is off until Thursday, when they play Clark, a district opponent who they handled easily earlier in the month.
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Also yesterday, a Cook County judge approved an agreement that orders Pippen to pay $10,000 to a former girlfriend who has filed a paternity suit alleging that Pippen is the father of her 10-month-old daughter.


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A Ripon man is held in jail, accused of raping a child, police said Friday.
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Court rulings are expected Friday in two lawsuits targeting the U.S. military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips previously ruled the ban on gays serving openly in the military is unconstitutional. On Friday, she will decide whether to stay her ruling while it's being appealed.
"This filing in no way diminishes the president's firm commitment to achieve a legislative repeal of DADT - indeed, it clearly shows why Congress must act to end this misguided policy," White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement e-mailed to The Associated Press.
Judge Phillips has said that the policy has a "direct and deleterious effect" on the military by hurting recruiting during wartime and discharging service members who have the necessary skills and training.
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Earlier this year the London design company JohnsonBanks asked me to select 10 significant images from the Format International Photography Festival 2011, here is the piece I wrote for them.
FORMAT was established in 2004, by Louise Clements and Mike Brown, and is now one of the UK's leading non-profit international contemporary festivals of photography and related media. The biennale programme celebrates the wealth of contemporary practice in international photography. The theme for the 2011 festival was street photography with the title of 'Right Here, Right Now': Exposures from the public realm. The Derby based festival which ran throughout March brought together for the first time some of the greatest names in street photography and reflected the current resurgence the approach is experiencing. Photographers converged on Derby from all over the world and included the legendary Joel Meyerowitz who acted as the festival patron. To wander the galleries was to experience the world in all its quirky variety and beauty, the images presented candid street scenes from different decades as well as from different continents. Often described as 'the hardest challenge in photography' street photographers work with the simplest of equipment to observe and record candid moments of magic on our everyday streets, literally making something out of nothing through the act of photography. It is my pleasure to select ten images from this years festival that highlight what is special about the street photographers approach.
01 Although primarily a photojournalist, the Magnum photographer Alex Webb has long been considered a street photographer at heart, his busy and colourful frames juxtapose numerous elements leaving your eye roaming around the picture unable to rest, discovering new details as it goes. His pictures balance carefully his subject matter, in this case Istanbul, and his own photographic virtuosity. His framing of busy street scenes, full of elements in motion is second to none.
02 Bruno Quinquet is a quiet Frenchman working in Tokyo, for the last four years he has been photographing the anonymous suits of corporate Tokyo for his Salaryman project. The candidly made images use various devices to avoid identifying the various businessmen he photographs, Bruno's way of commenting on the increasing constraints being applied to candid portraiture and street photography.
03 In 2009 Zhang Xiao left his job as a photographer at the Chongqing Morning Post to photograph the 18,000 km of China's coastline. Xiao says the sea is 'a place of strong emotions and rich imagery, it is the beginning of lives and dreams'. Shooting on film and hand printing in muted tones Xiao's pictures have the feeling of aged images of the past but when one looks closer their subjects reflect the quickly changing China of today. This picture is typical of the quiet and the spiritual that pervade his beautiful images.
04 Glasgow born Dougie Wallace now lives in the East End of London but his pictures tend to be made on his regular travels across Europe and beyond. This image is from his series 'Reflections on Life' in which Dougie has photographed commuters on trams in cities including Sarajevo, Ukraine and Albania. The pictures blend beautifully the internal and external worlds, tram passengers are melded with the passing scenery and architecture. I admire his fearless approach in photographing strangers so closely through the glass.
05 Garry Winogrand died in 1984 leaving behind nearly 300,000 unedited images and 2500 unprocessed rolls of film, most of this now held by The Centre for Creative Photography in Arizona. Shooting in New York and America during what is considered to be the 'Golden Age' of street photography between the late 1950's and the 1980's, the vast majority of Winogrands work was made in black and white.
The Format festival were able to obtain a selection of rare unseen colour images that were edited for the festival by Joel Meyerowitz. These images speak to me of a less self conscious and more naive time, a time when maybe identical twins still dressed a like.
06 Joel Meyerowitz is a legend for many of the current generation of street photographers, he has a generosity of personality that is evident both in meeting him in person and in viewing his pictures. There is a lust for life and it's unexpected richness that is evident in his images. He was an early pioneer of colour street photography and has championed the medium for many decades. Joel was co author of the street photography bible 'Bystander' that was published in 1994 and has been a huge support and influence on my own street shooting and that of my colleagues. I chose this image because it symbolises for me the energy and joy for life that Joel Meyerowitz still has now in his 70's.
07 In January 2010 I bought a book on a whim from a small Tokyo bookstore called 'Citizens', when it arrived I was delighted by my little gamble. The book contained some of the best contemporary street photography I had seen by a virtually unknown Japanese street photographer called Jun Abe. I took the liberty of scanning some of the work and posting it online which caused a huge stir as, for many, it was the first time his work had been seen outside of Japan. Over the subsequent year Jun's work has gained a great deal of respect and the Format Festival gave him his first public exhibition in the West.
08 Between August and December 2008 Frederic Lezmi travelled between Vienna and Beirut, a journey from The West to The Orient, the resulting photographs explore where one ends and the other begins. The project was published as the striking book 'Beyond Borders' which unfolds to a length of 11 meters and was displayed in its entirety on the gallery wall at Format. This lovely image of a cleaning lady taken through a net curtain has always been a favourite of mine, the photographer looking from the street into a private world unseen by his subject. The outside world is reflected in the glass while she herself is reflected in the mirror she cleans, all rendered in a subtle palette of pastel colours. Frederic has elevated a simple cleaning lady into a classical thing of beauty.
09 The Slovakian photographer Martin Kollar is a favourite of mine from the current generation of street photographers, his quirky moments from off beat local cultural events around Eastern Europe were published in the book 'Nothing Special'. Kollar manages to create a series of images of surreally unconnected scenes that are held beautifully together under the umbrella of his own strong personal vision, a trick that many street photographers fail to achieve. The result is that each image stands wonderfully on its own, containing its own narrative while also being one element of the whole series and book.
10 The in-public international street photographers group has played a significant role in promoting street photography since it's formation in 2000, the group displayed over 60 images at the Format Festival alongside a documentary film following it's members on the streets of New York, London, Rotterdam and Melbourne. The group has three Australian members and I have chosen to include this image from Adelaide based Narelle Autio. Many of Narelle's images feature the beach or the Ocean and take advantage of the extraordinary Australian light, her heightened sense of colour often makes the images resemble early colour postcards.
The Format Festival will return with a new theme in 2012 but if your appetite for street photography has been stimulated, you can see more at a number of events this year.
The Museum of London's 'London Street Photography' show is on until the 4th September and The London Street Photography Festival runs between 7th and 17th July around Kings Cross.


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Miller Ran again
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Jordin Tootoo this time. A scuffle after.
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But it's not like he could expect to somehow leap over a 6'2" standing Miller. Whether malicious or not, it was absolutely reckless. There was nowhere for him to go but into Miller.
in fairness, tootoo did kinda try to jump over miller but he could have totally avoided him altogether. props to miller though for pounding that weasel after the fact.
Posted 04 December 2011 - 12:41 PM
I have no idea why i got negged, it seems that people may not like the idea of driving the net with the puck as being a hockey play.
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Imagine if this was Crosby and he was on the board, got rid of the puck, and 2-3 seconds later, Totoo takes a run at him, Totoo is gone for at least 5 games. The NHL office did so well during the preseason but now, it's time for them to step up and set a precedence against this kind of stuff.
I'm not saying what he did was malicious or anything. He didn't have the puck and to me, it looked like he changed his direction to go right into Miller. But I might just be making that up because I am such a Miller supporter. League needs to steps up and take action.
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Shanny is now in the position of suspending Tootoo and looking like he's letting star players off easy. Or not fining or suspending Tootoo at all and making it look like he is still okay with running goalies.
I think he already has the perception of playing favorites when it comes to star players, i don't expect anything different with a Shanaban on Tootoo after letting Lucic off free.
And for lazy people like me who don't want to click on a link when there is a very simple embed function on this forum....
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It's a what? Poke? Coke? Yolk? Brady Hoke?
Posted 04 December 2011 - 03:05 PM
Posted 04 December 2011 - 03:14 PM
Lucic's hit was worse imo because he had time to avoid it whereas Tootoo didn't.
Right, but Tootoo was the one who chose that angle. Where was he expecting to end up other than into Miller?
Posted 04 December 2011 - 03:31 PM
I know this question will generate some laughter but... You think Drew Miller can take Tootoo in a fight? He'll definitely look ridiculous especially with that gray hair. At the same time, if he can get the job done then why not? That his brother for Drew's sake.
That's what I don't get from the initial Lucic hit. How didn't one of the Sabres immediately get out there and beat Lucic's ass? Granted, he's a solid fighter, but Gaustad in particular would be able to make him regret that hit.
Ceterum autem censeo, Hudler esse delendam.
Posted 04 December 2011 - 04:25 PM
"The more I know about people - the better I like my dog." - Mark Twain
"When I was looking for a captain, I wanted a guy with the Red Wings crest tattooed on his chest," said former Detroit coach Jacques Demers, who named Yzerman captain in 1986. "Steve Yzerman was that guy."
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If he does, we'll see the NHL is back to its old star player treatment bs as before
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Two self-employed scrappers thought they could make a quick buck when they took a refrigerator from the parking lot of a diner, said Bayonne police.
The two Bayonne men, Robert Vavra, 43 and Donald Kaminski, 42, were each charged with one count of theft, said Bayonne Police Capt. Walter Rogers.
Police said the owners of the Broadway Diner at 1075 Broadway reported the theft on Tuesday at roughly 1 p.m. Two fully operational refrigerators had been left in the lot to dry after being cleaned, Rogers said.
Police said the men were seen on the diner's cameras in the parking lot loading the refrigerator into a pickup truck.
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Rub a Gold Ring On It!
My new friend Michelle in New Jersey recently shared some handy information about some great home remedies. I am all about natural cures and old wives tales type solutions. In my experience the sillier it sounds the more effective it tends to be. I hope you find these solutions effective and please add your own to this list.
I recently was the victim of a sty in my eye-ick, right? Now, I remember my dad always said when this happens, rub a gold ring on it and it will go away. He even used to keep a gold ring in the medicine cabinet! Well, I did... and it worked. I don't know why or how, but it worked.
So what does this have to do with real estate?
Well, I've been wanting to start a newsletter to send to my email list and I thought it would be fun (along with real estate info) to include a helpful household tip-something tried and true that makes life a little easier.
Recognizing my limited knowledge :-), I'd like to open this up to you all (or "y'all" for some of you!) to contribute your fun little hints for around the house. Nothing "magical," just home remedies, cleaning helps, health helps, garden tips, etc. that might be Useful. When we have a great big list, we'll all have great tips to pass on to our mailing list!
So to start us off, here are a few:
1. Plant a banana peel right next to a rose bush-they love it!
2. Quarter an orange or other citrus fruit and run it through the garbage disposal to freshen and clean it.
3. Sprinkle coffee grounds around acid loving plants such as azaleas, hydrangeas, and rhododendrons to give them a treat.
4. To freshen your microwave, heat vanilla extract in a mug or bowl for a few seconds (don't burn it!)
5. If your heating and air conditioning unit is in an enclosed area (like a laundry room), place an air freshener near it-the scent will be gently circulated throughout the house.
6. When shopping for flowers for the garden, don't forget to add white and yellow, especially along walkways. They will brighten your garden in the evening when all the other flowers have faded into the background.
7. Stubborn stains on clothes? Lestoil directly on stains, even old ones, does the trick and usually does not fade the fabric.
I'm sure I have others but that's enough to get us started. So how about you?
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President Obama to Visit Brooklyn School
President Barack Obama will visit a New York City high school Friday where students get an associates degree after six years and a head start at a job with IBM.
The president gave a shout-out in his State of the Union in January to the school, Pathways In Technology Early College High School, known as P-Tech.:
Let's also make sure that a high school diploma puts our kids on a path to a good job. … Now at schools like P-Tech in Brooklyn, a collaboration between New York Public Schools and City University of New York and IBM, students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate's degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.
Before P-Tech opened in 2011 in Crown Heights, the Journal's Stephanie Banchero wrote about how the school was an example of public-private partnerships in education, with the IBM International Foundation helping to develop the school's curriculum and pick the principal.
As U.S. students fall further behind global counterparts, and as companies seek skilled workers, big businesses like Microsoft, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and IBM are taking an active, strategic role in education. For them, the benefit is a better-trained work force. Skills that IBM finds lacking in job applicants include writing, problem solving and working collaboratively.
Sixteen more schools like P-Tech are opening around the state, including several in New York City.
The presidential visit highlights a less popular strategy of the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg: Closing poor performing schools. In the same building as P-Tech, another school is closing down. The city ordered Paul Robeson High School closed in 2011, which meant the school wouldn't enroll new students as the remaining ones finished up.
The school closures are often a shortcut to replace half of a school's staff and principal. The Bloomberg administration says closures are necessary in order to make room for schools like P-Tech.
On Friday, hundreds of people gathered outside the school as elected officials, union leaders and city schools staff gathered in the school's auditorium.
Students lined up on risers behind the podium where the president would speak.
Principal Rashid Davis called it a historic day, and recounted some of the successes he has seen even before the school was open long enough to have a graduating class.
"People may ask why is the president celebrating a school that does not have graduation results?" he said. "We have something better than graduation results. We have proof that when equity and access are provided to under represented populations they can rise to the occasion."
Mr. Bloomberg praised the president's education policies and his support for a "strong reform policy" of closing poor-performing schools and opening new ones in their place.
"The Obama administration stood by us as we worked to transform failing schools here and across the city," Mr. Bloomberg said. "We'll always be grateful for that support."
Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio attended the event — in his capacity as the currently elected public advocate. Candidates for office aren't allowed to visit New York City Department of Education schools within 60 days of an election or primary.
The event was listed on his campaign schedule, though spokeswoman Lis Smith said it "made sense for the campaign to note" that he would be there, given the interest in the event. Republican nominee Joe Lhota wasn't invited, a spokeswoman said.
"It's a political event. So they're never going to invite the opposition to a political event," Mr. Lhota said earlier at an unrelated event. "No I did not get an invitation. No I didn't expect an invitation."
Mr. de Blasio has opposed Mr. Bloomberg's approach to closing schools, saying the process should be slowed down and eventually supporting a moratorium on school closures.
When the Bloomberg administration was trying to close Paul Robeson High School, which would make room for P-Tech, Mr. de Blasio spoke against the closure.
Alison Fox contributed to this article
The last time a sitting president visited a New York City public school was when former President George W. Bush visited the Harlem Village Academy charter school in 2007.


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Camperdown to honour five
Dr Muriel Lowe Valentine, Irene Walter, and Ambassador Dr Basil Bryan are among five outstanding graduates of Camperdown High School to be induced into its Alumni Association's Hall of Fame this year.
The late Peter 'Jair' Cargill, a former member of the Reggae Boyz, and Olympian Raymond Stewart round out the list.
Lowe Valentine, a retired medical practitioner, left Camperdown at the primary stage when she won a scholarship to St Andrew High.
Former Camperdown principal Winifred Smith, herself a past student, recalls seeing Lowe's name on the school's honour roll in the early 1950s.
The 83-year-old has been honoured repeatedly by the medical fraternity and only recently was advised that the Medical Association of Jamaica decided to shower more accolades on her.
In 2009, she was bestowed with the Order of Jamaica for her service to medicine and medical education.
Order of Distinction
Walter, senior pro chancellor at the International University of the Caribbean, was presented with an Order of Distinction (Commander Class) in 1998 for her service to education.
She is vice-chairman of the Camperdown High School Board of Governors, a member of the National Commercial Bank Education Foundation, and an elder in the United Church of Jamaica.
Ambassador Bryan, a former Jamaica Consul General to New York, was awarded the Order of Distinction (Officer Class) in 2002 for his service in the public sector, specifically foreign affairs.
He has been showered with accolades at home and in the United States where he worked and studied over several decades.
Cargill was one of the Reggae Boyz who made history by qualifying for the finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.
After an outstanding career on the field, he took up coaching, where his pedigree also showed before he lost his life in a traffic accident in 2005.
Stewart was the premier Jamaican male sprinter for many years and was the first Jamaican to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100m.
When Stewart made the 100m final at the Olympics in 1992, he became the first man in history to make three consecutive 100m Olympics finals.
The five will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the alumni's annual reunion banquet on October 27 at the Terra Nova Hotel.
They will join the first set of inductees, Noel White, Glen Mills, Donald Quarrie, Patsy Ricketts, and reggae legend Neville Livingston O'Riley, who is better known as 'Bunny Wailer'.


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During yesterday's Q3 earnings call Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the company sold 1.3M Apple TVs in Q3 2012, up more than 170% year over year, that totals at 4M units so far this fiscal year and 6.8M since Apple began selling the iOS-based, $99 model (Apple TV 2 and Apple TV 3). Tim Cook called these numbers "pretty incredible."
Apple HDTV
The industry has been buzzing for months now about the hotly-anticipated Apple TV set. But according to the experts at Stuff, when it does finally hit the market, it may start as a US-only release. Apple surely doesn't want to leave its international fans in the lurch, but with the massive work involved in content rights, it could simply be a necessary step before a wider release.
Fans of Apple TV have long loved how the hardware integrates with the Apple iOS and all of their additional audio/visual accessories. But Apple has never been known to rest on their laurels. On the heels of the upcoming iOS 6 release, Apple TV will give users new and improved ways to integrate wireless speaker systems.
That's right, folks! No longer do we have to stream Netflix movies or mirror our Angry Birds from the iPhone to our Apple TV in that ridiculous 2D! It is time to go 3D! What's that, you hate 3D glasses? That's okay. With Stream TV we are going glasses-free 3D! According to a story from the great team at Macworld, Stream TV Networks, who develop glasses-free 3D technology for TV sets, announced that they are enabling Apple TV users to beam Apple TV content or the content from our other iOS devices to the 3D TVs using the company's Ultra-D autostereoscopic technology.
"The mythical Apple television set that everyone talks about is already here," said Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Brightcove, in an interview with The Verge. Brightcove, a provider of cloud content services, has just unveiled the App Cloud Dual-Screen Solution for Apple TV. The new solution enables media publishers to develop apps for the iPhone and iPad that simultaneously control content, data and information presented on an HDTV while displaying synchronized content on the iPad or iPhone.
It would appear as though Apple's HDTV is set to be constructed by Foxconn, using Sharp components. Sharp, the electronics giant, has been in a process of being greatly invested in by Foxconn over the past year or two and it would seem that these steps are in preparation for the new Apple set top television. According to the folks over at AppleInsider:


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Spindling: From Fluff to Stuff taught by Drucilla Pettibone
Unwind while practicing the ancient craft of spindling. Drucilla Pettibone introduces you to easy and inexpensive spinning methods.
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very nice!! is it getting easier, more natural for you?
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yes. it is getting easier. what's strange is that i am right handed but am more comfortable spinning with my left hand and drafting with my right hand. i just did some plying and couldn't spin in reverse with my left hand. had to use my right hand for spinning in reverse..
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Rules for Home Office Depreciation for Businesses
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As I blogged earlier this week, I plan on taking the home office deduction this year against the income generated from my sole proprietorship. In addition to the home office deduction, I am qualified for the home office depreciation deduction as well (if you qualify for one, you qualify for the other) so I will also be taking that. While the rules for qualification are the same, the depreciation deduction is slightly more involved (since it's not a simple summation of your expenses).
If you bought an office elsewhere for business purposes, you would be able to deduct the cost of that office across 39 years. With the home office depreciation deduction, you're treating your home office as a purchase of that space and you can deduct that cost over 39 years. By definition, depreciation is "an allowance for the wear and tear of your home used for business" so it would not apply to the land the property sites on.
How Do You Calculate the Depreciation Deduction?
First, you must collect several important pieces of information:
- The month and year you started using your home for business purposes.
- Adjusted basis and fair market value of your home, minus the land, when you started using your home for business purposes. Adjusted basis is usually the cost of the home plus the cost of any permanent improvements minus losses or depreciation. Fair market value is how much money you could sell the property for, which can be determined from sales of similar property.
- Cost of improvements before and after you started using your home for business purposes. Here is a little bit of trickiness: work done on a home can be classified as a repair or as an improvement. Repairs are immediately deductible while improvements must be depreciated over 27.5 years. The difference is that if the work keeps the property stable and continually operating, it's a repair. If it extends the life of the property or changes it significantly, it's an improvement. Painting is a repair while installing a pool is an improvement.
- Percentage of your home that you use for business purposes. This is easy since you would use the same value as you would when figuring your home office deduction.
So for example, my house was appraised at $299,999 (I'm not sure if that's the value I should use or if I should use the sale price of $295,000) and my home office is approximately 5% of the house (I'll have to measure it to be sure), so I should be able to depreciate about $15,000 over 39 years. According to the MACRS Depreciation Tables from Publication 587 (I've referenced 2005 since the 2006 one hasn't been released yet), since my business started in January 2006, I would be able to depreciate 2.461% of the $15,000, or $369.15. It's not a lot of money, but it's something.
Recapturing Depreciation
Since I will be depreciating the one room in my house, I'll have to recapture it when I sell the house. You simply reduce the value of the home by some amount and you "pay" for the extra gain. For me this will be a non-issue, in terms of a net effect, because when you sell a house, you don't have to pay up to $250,000 of the net gain if you buy another house. That limit increases to $500,000 for married couples (which I will likely be by then). So in terms of decision making, recapturing this depreciation is immaterial.
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The Oxford English dictionary has named "selfie" as the word of the year 2013. A selfie is a picture of yourself which you take via a cell phone.
Long before cell phones, people were infatuated with images of themselves. Rashi, in this week's Torah portion, describes Joseph, Jacob's favorite son, as a lad sometimes occupied with fixing his hair.
When you pay attention to yourself, you have less mental energy to pay attention to the feelings of others. Joseph revealed his dreams to his brothers — dreams that hinted that he would some day rule over them.
The brothers' jealousy led to Joseph being sold into slavery. Perhaps he should have shared his dreams of royalty only with his father.
Joseph's Transformation
This week's Torah portion tells us that as a slave, Joseph was nevertheless put in charge of his master's affairs. Despite, or perhaps because, of his personal woes, he was developing the ability to be responsible for others.
Imprisoned after being falsely accused of molesting his master's wife, he must have felt abandoned. Despite his troubles, he became responsible for the other prisoners.
One day, he noticed that two prisoners appeared troubled, and inquired about it. He interpreted the disturbing dreams which they revealed to him.
After this incident, Pharaoh summoned Joseph to interpret the royal dreams. Pharaoh, deeply impressed, elevated Joseph to the position of viceroy.
What if Joseph, overwhelmed by his own grief, had ignored those two prisoners? He might never have left the dungeon.
Growing from Our Misfortunes
The Torah itself urges us to be love the stranger, because we too were strangers and slaves in the land of Egypt. After experiencing misfortunes, we have the potential to notice others in distress and reach out to them.
Forty-fie years ago, at a youth convention in Chicago, I found myself in an elevator with no idea how to reach my destination. Being blind, I couldn't see those descending with me. I called out "Is anybody going to services?"
One person was able, in the space of five seconds, to empathize with my uncomfortable situation. She offered to help. Sheryl and I are still friends today.
As you try to stand in another person's shoes, you begin to notice something else. Your stereotypical beliefs about people, which you may not have realized were stereotypes, begin to disappear.
I don't think a word like "otherie" will make it into the English language, let alone become the word of the year. Nevertheless, the world would be a better place if we could bring ourselves to picture the situations of others, rather than becoming entranced by photographs of ourselves.
A native of Bradley Beach, New Jersey, Rabbi Michael Levy attributes his achievements to God's beneficence and to his courageous parents. His parents supported him as he explored his small home town, visited Israel and later studied at Hebrew University, journeyed towards more observant Judaism, received rabbinic ordination, obtained a master's degree in social work from Columbia University and lectured on Torah- and disability-related topics.
As a founding member of Yad Hachazakah -- the Jewish Disability Empowerment Center (www.yadempowers.org), Rabbi Levy strives to make the Jewish experience and Jewish texts accessible to Jews with disabilities. In lectures at Jewish camps, synagogues and educational institutions, he cites Nachshon, who according to tradition boldly took the plunge into the Red Sea even before it miraculously parted. Rabbi Levy elaborates, "We who have disabilities should be Nachshons --boldly taking the plunge into the Jewish experience, supported by laws and lore that mandate our participation." Rabbi Levy is currently director of Travel Training at MTA New York City Transit. He is an active member of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY. He invites anyone who has disability-related questions to e-mail him at email@example.com
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I'm a big believer in karma. How can we hope to receive chesed from others, particularly at times when we really need it, unless we offer it freely ourselves? I know that mitzvos should be done for their own sake, but it probably also helps with the karma credit balance.
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Investec provides brighter future for GSPCA as it celebrates 140 years
INVESTEC Specialist Bank's charitable trust has donated £250 to the Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in its 140th year.
The money will go towards the cost of caring for the 200 animals that are currently housed at the Animal Shelter.
'The GSPCA is extremely grateful to Investec for the charitable trust's wonderful donation,' said Steve Byrne GSPCA manager.
'The Animal Shelter has over 200 animals on site and this donation will ensure that they have a brighter future having been rescued, brought in sick or injured, as a stray or gifted to the GSPCA.'
'Without businesses like Investec, and their support, the GSPCA wouldn't have carried out 140 years caring for animals in Guernsey and with their support we can ensure that we can continue the vital animal welfare work helping thousands of animals every year.'
Investec's charitable trust has donated money to a range of causes including Guernsey Voluntary Service (GVS), Friends of Maison Maritaine and Guernsey Women's Refuge.
'We believe it is important to support the community in which we operate and this includes members working in organisations to protect the welfare of animals, such as the GSPCA. The charity is one that many islanders are fond of and we are pleased to be able to support it in its 140th year,' said Stephen Henry, head of Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited.
The Animal Shelter is marking its 140 anniversary with GSPCA Purple Week between Monday 11 and Sunday 17 February and is asking people to wear purple and make a donation. For more information about GSPCA Purple Week visit www.gspca.org.gg
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Lenovo Lephone Price – Lenovo LePhone mobile Price in India
Lenovo's Google Android based mobile phone Lephone has been announced by Lenovo at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics show which was held on 6th January. It is Lenovo's first smart phone with 2.1 Android Operating System. The model runs on Qualcomm Inc's Snapdragon chip, but the information of its price has not been declared by the company.
Lephone is featured by 3.7-inch AMOLED touch screen display with 800 x 480 pixel resolutions & with the thickness of 12mm. This first Lenovo Lephone mobile will be available in China in the first half of 2010. The look of the Lenovo LePhone kind of repeats us of decade-old 3G concept designs. Nowadays, 3G connectivity is also given in all mobile, but the LePhone's design also takes cues from more recent design trends.
It is equipped with all of the features which you would expect from a modern Smartphone, including Bluetooth, WI-Fi, and built in GPS support. Lenovo also offers internet facility in the Lephone mobile. As a mobile terminal, Lenovo will take the opportunity to become a leader in the market. The phone has no keys for starters at all — not even touch sensitive keys. The Phone is prepared with dual cameras, the rear-facing one offering 3 megapixel still photo capabilities. The Lenovo Lephone uses a snapdragon processor. Twitter and Facebook applications plus an interesting proprietary 9-pin dock connector which allows you key on an optional external keyboard are also included into the phone. The Lenovo has no plans to release this phone in the U.S.
The key features of the new Lenovo LePhone mobile phone are:
- 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
- Android 2.1
- Wi-Fi
- 3.7-inch AMOLED Touchscreen with 800*480 Resolution
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Pleural fluid culture is a test that examines a sample of fluid that has collected in the pleural space to see if you have an infection. The pleural space is the area between the lining of the outside of the lungs (pleura) and the wall of the chest. When fluid collects in the pleural space, the condition is called pleural effusion.
Culture - pleural fluid
A procedure called thoracentesis is used to get a sample of pleural fluid. The sample is sent to a laboratory and examined under a microscope for signs of infection. The sample is also placed in a special dish (culture). It is then watched to see if bacteria or any other germs grow.
No special preparation is needed before the test. A chest x-ray will be performed before and after the test.
Do not cough, breathe deeply, or move during the test to avoid injury to the lung.
For thoracentesis, you sit on the edge of a chair or bed with your head and arms resting on a table. The health care provider cleans the skin around the insertion site. Numbing medicine (anesthetic) is injected into the skin.
A needle is placed through the skin and muscles of the chest wall into the space around the lungs, called the pleural space. As fluid drains into a collection bottle, you may cough a bit. This is because your lung re-expands to fill the space where fluid had been. This sensation lasts for a few hours after the test.
During the test, tell your health care provider if you have sharp chest pain or shortness of breath.
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of a certain infection or if a chest x-ray or CT scan of the chest shows you have too much fluid in space around the lungs.
A normal result means no bacteria or fungi were seen in the test sample.
A normal value is no growth of any bacteria. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
Abnormal results may indicate:
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Broaddus VC, Light RW. Pleural effusion. In: Mason RJ, Murray JF, Broaddus VC, et al., eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 73.
Karcher DS. McPherson RA. Cerebrospinal, synovial, serous body fluids, and alternative specimens. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 29.
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28 Aug 2009
Don't think this is the right place for this question but wasn't sure where else to ask.
Is there somewhere on the website where we can find stats per week for individual players (like in FOA has per team)? I am really trying to narrow down some players and want to review their numbers from last year were just from a few big games or if they were consistant all year (also, did they play better beginning of the year, or more towards the end of the year, etc.)
1 reply , Last at 29 Aug 2009, 2:03pm by Bill Barnwell
Nope, we don't offer that. pro-football-reference.com has weekly player logs that I think would satisfy what you're looking for.


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Alumni Teachers at Woods Cross
January 25, 2012
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Have you ever thought about which teachers sat in your exact seat, some just a few years ago? Out of sixty teachers, seven graduated from Woods Cross and came back. Here are their stories.
Mark Tate is one of those few teachers. He teaches Biology and Chemistry.
When Mr. Tate was asked what he wanted to be while he was a senior at Woods Cross High, he said, "Architect, I still draw plans as a hobby. One day I would like to design my own house or cabin."
Even though he didn't plan on coming back to Woods Cross to teach, he started coaching and eventually fit right in. If he could say anything to the seniors at Woods Cross now that would be to "Believe in yourself and never give up"
Melissa Atwood is also one of these teachers; she teaches math.
Even though Mrs. Atwood ended up at Woods Cross High when she really didn't plan on it, she always thought it would be the best case scenario. Mrs. Atwood, at the time of high school wanted to go to Med. School and become an Orthopedic Surgeon. Her favorite thing about being back at Woods Cross is that everything is well rounded. We have a little of everything here. If she could let the seniors know her opinion she would make sure to include starting some kind of education, whether it's at a university, college tech school or apprentice. To keep learning. She is in fact, a true wildcat.
Todd Campbell teaches band. We lost an awesome band teacher two years ago, but gained an even better one. Mr. Campbell came down from the South Davis Junior High two years ago to take head in our band department, and hasn't let us down since. He wanted to be an engineer when he was younger, but because of his strong music tradition he went into teaching. His advice to the seniors that have no plans after high school would be to explore the possibilities. His favorite thing about Woods Cross is that everyone is somebody; there isn't anyone that goes unnoticed. We'll give it to him; he is also in fact, a true wild cat.
Jessica Heck teaches Creative Writing, English 10, English 11, and Debate.
Mrs. Heck is one of our newer teachers; she came in at a perfect time and has changed students output on writing and English. She has always wanted to work with kids and wanted to be a lawyer. She soon switched to getting her degree to become a social worker. Her second year in college she switched, once again, and got her teaching degree. If she could give any advice to the seniors, she would tell them: "You don't have to know exactly what you want to do- because it will probably change anyways. But, if you do have something planned, college will be a lot cheaper. Also, don't rely on 'getting married' as an option right out of high school, work on having your own identity first." She says she thinks she's a true wildcat because when she was here as a student and now as a teacher she has always been willing to act like a fool and try everything at least once!
Adam Hood, who teaches applied skills, history, and math only graduated a few years ago. While Mr. Hood was in high school he had no clue what he wanted to be. His plans ended after graduation, as soon as he outlived those plans he had to come up with something new. He coached at Woods Cross while he was in college. He had history classes and he fell in love with the subject so it just made sense to go into teaching. He thinks that all the seniors that don't have an idea of what to do out of high school need to make a vague idea, and then fill in all of the little details. If you don't have a vague idea then think of everything you don't want to do and get away from it. We asked him his favorite thing about Woods Cross and he said, "I love the building design, it's like the pentagon of high schools, only less pentagonal and squarer, in a round sort of way. They really follow their motto, everybody is fact a somebody here at Woods Cross." He doesn't just think he's a true wildcat- He knows.
Alumni Teachers not included: Mark McCleery, Noelle Viny, Shon Feller.


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The Genesis: Caprock's Adam(s) started it all
"One day in 1998, Tori Adams approached me and asked if I would help start a girls wrestling team. I knew Tori from her childhood days when she and her family lived across the street. I knew Tori was one special wrestler and wanted to give her an opportunity to be a part of a team. I made a deal with her. 'If you can get a full team, I'll coach.' In the next few days, Tori brought 10 other girls with her. She said, 'Now we have a full team. When do we start?' And the rest is history."
-- Caprock Head Coach Scott Tankersley
Tori Adams On the Mat:
Three state titles.
United States Girls Wrestling Association National Title, leading Caprock to a third-place finish at nationals in 1998-99.
Finished sixth at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Won gold medal, named Outstanding Wrestler at the Sunkist Kids/ASU International Open in Oct. 2004.
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Harvey Suarez, a Caprock sophomore, won the 103-pound boys state title, defeating River Road's Kalvin King 3-2 in the semifinals and Randall's Brandon McDonald 4-3 in the final.
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"I've got to practice twice as hard and keep the right attitude. It's like coach Tankersley says, 'You've got to wrestle to win. You can't wrestle not to lose.' That helps me stay focused and stay motivated."
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CAMDEN — In the end, there were no celebrities, no sports superstars, no business giants.
Instead, just a few close friends sat quietly behind Leonard Tose yesterday as his attorney described the former Eagles owner as a hopeless alcoholic who gambled away millions of dollars and sometimes didn't even remember what he had lost.
Tose was "a drunk," attorney A. Charles Peruto Sr. said in his closing argument before a jury in U.S. District Court in Camden.


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UNEP SEF Calls for Proposals on Clean Energy Public Funding Mechanisms
15 August 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Sustainable Energy Finance (SEF) Alliance has announced a request for proposals from interested parties to develop an assessment of the top performing, sustainable, public support mechanisms being used across the clean energy continuum, and to analyze how their success is measured and can be duplicated.
According to the Alliance, the project is intended to provide public funding agencies with an updated inventory of high-performing, effective clean energy public funding mechanisms. It should also provide insights into the reasons for their success, and an indication of the ease in their duplication for use by other governments. It is also envisaged that the mechanisms examined will include the different target points along the clean energy development continuum, as each is of equal importance to enable sustained economic and environmental progress. The deadline for submitting proposals is 25 August 2011.
The UNEP SEF Alliance is an international convening body and platform that brings together public and publicly-backed institutions that are financing development in the clean energy sector. The aim of the Alliance is to improve agency effectiveness by working collaboratively to evaluate financing instruments, to share experience with what is working and to increase the pool of expertise and knowledge in this area. [SEF Alliance Website] [Request for Proposals]


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María García Planting Seeds for Social Change
While living in Phoenix during the 1940s and 1950s, María García stood out as a woman who courageously spoke up for social issues, even though she was an immigrant and carried a heavy accent. Born in 1898, María grew up in Chihuahua, Mexico, and later attended the Instituto Cientifico y Literario. She became a school teacher and by the early 1930s, María moved to Yuma where she worked at the Immaculate Conception Catholic School as a teacher's aide.
During the early 1930s, María met Albert García, whom she later married. In 1937, Albert earned a law degree and the couple moved to Phoenix and joined the small Mexican-American middle class. In the late 1930s Albert became Arizona's first Latino Assistant Attorney General.
María's class standing didn't preclude her from taking an interest in the lives of those who were not as fortunate. While in Phoenix, María met Plácida García Smith, who directed a social service agency called the Friendly House. The Friendly House opened as a settlement house in the primarily Latino Grant Park barrio in 1922. It focused on Americanizing immigrants through English and citizenship classes, and training immigrant women in preparation for employment.
The women shared a common bond when it came to bettering the circumstances of the Mexican-American community. In the 1930s and 1940s, Latinos composed 15 percent of the population, with Anglo-Americans in the majority. It was in this setting that María and Plácida came together in 1940 to found Phoenix's first chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Council #110. LULAC was a civil rights organization founded in 1929 that emphasized patriotism and integration into the American mainstream, but also vigorously denounced discrimination and pursued equal treatment of Mexican-Americans. María formed the Council's "Discrimination Committee," and it didn't take long for María and her committee to roll into action following an incident in Tempe where an unwritten segregation policy resulted in two Mexican pilots training at Williams Air Field to be denied entrance to the Tempe Beach pool.
María and the committee pursued the issue through the court. The case went to trial in 1943 and a federal court ruled that the segregation of residents of Mexican descent from the Tempe Beach pool was unconstitutional, but the Tempe Beach Committee refused to cooperate. Three years later, the pool's segregation policy was successfully abolished thanks in part to the earlier work of María and the discrimination committee.
María continued to fully support the Friendly House's role as a place where people could come to learn English and civics. She advocated for the Friendly House to be allowed to offer citizenship classes. María, along with others, formed the agency's Americanization Committee and secured materials to teach citizenship classes in the evening to accommodate those who worked. These classes welcomed immigrants of all backgrounds. At the end of the program, the new citizens were encouraged to register to vote.
María also advocated for women to become educated, to learn English, or to enroll in job training classes at the Friendly House. One of the main purposes of the agency was to provide domestic training and job placement for immigrant women. María championed the idea of creating an "apartment" in the Friendly House with modern appliances included, so women in training could get practical experience in operating these machines before they went out for domestic jobs.
In the late 1940s, the Garcías continued to push the boundaries of the city's racial restrictions and moved into a home in the primarily all-white Coronado neighborhood. María's nephew, Charlie García, recalls "I always call her the Rosa Parks of the Mexican community because she was very adamant about our place in society." The Garcías were among a few families who began to move into non-Mexican areas and initiate the gradual process of integration.
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Dallas ISD board to discuss chief positions, reorganization in closed meeting
Dallas ISD board President Eric Cowan said that trustees will have the opportunity to ask questions about chief positions and a new reorganization during closed session of a called meeting on Thursday.
Last Thursday, the district announced that personnel chief Charles Glover and operations chief Kevin Smelker had resigned. That brings the number of chief resignations to six during Miles' year-long stint overseeing the district. He has seven chiefs in his cabinet, which he assembled.
Miles also said that he would not fill his chief of staff position, and he announced the promotion of four employees to chiefs and a reorganization of academic operations. More information: Trustee Carla Ranger has taken issue with Miles not filling the chief of staff position, saying that it goes against a policy that the board approved that outlines a succession plan to temporarily replace a departing superintendent. The chief of staff would assume the duties under such a situation, according to the policy.
Cowan said that he and Superintendent Mike Miles want the meeting "to get the board together and talk about the chiefs and how [Miles is] going to move forward with the reorganization."
He said that trustees could have questions concerning chief positions as the board is scheduled to approve the 2013-2014 budget later that evening.
The called meeting starts at 5:15 p.m. Thursday. Also that day, the board will hold a public hearing at 5 p.m. to discuss the proposed budget and tax rate. Trustees will consider approving the budget later that evening at the regular meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. The meetings will be held at district headquarters, 3700 Ross Ave. in Dallas.
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Open Wide a Wilderness
Canadian Nature Poems
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The first anthology to focus on the rich tradition of Canadian nature poetry in English, Open Wide a Wilderness is a survey of Canada's regions, poetries, histories, and peoples as these relate to the natural world. The poetic responses included here range from the heights of the sublime to detailed naturalist observation, from the perspectives of pioneers and those who work in the woods and on the sea to the dismayed witnesses of ecological destruction, from a sense of terror in confrontation with the natural world to expressions of amazement and delight at the beauty and strangeness of nature, our home. Arranged chronologically, the poems include excerpts from late-eighteenth-century colonial pioneer epics and selections from both well-known and more obscure nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. A substantial section is devoted to contemporary writers who are working within and creating a new ecopoetic aesthetic in the early twenty-first century.
Don McKay's introductory essay, "Great Flint Singing," explores in McKay's inimitable way the thorny issues of Canadian poets' representations of nature over the past 150 years. Focusing on key texts by Duncan Campbell Scott, Charles G.D. Roberts, Earle Birney, Dennis Lee, and others, the essay traces Wordsworthian influences in a New World context, celebrates Canadian poets' love of natural history observation, and finds a way through a rich and contradictory tradition to current trends in ecopoetics.
Nancy Holmes has published four collections of poetry, most recently Mandorla (2005). She has lived in Alberta, Ontario, and, most recently, British Columbia, where she teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna.
Don McKay has published eight books of poetry. Among his many awards are the Governor General's Award in 1991 (for Night Fields) and in 2000 (for Another Gravity). He was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize for Camber and was the Canadian winner in 2007 for Strike/Slip. Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Don McKay has been active as an editor, creative writing teacher, and university instructor, as well as a poet. He lives in Newfoundland.
"Nancy Holmes, the editor of this, the first anthology of Canadian nature poetry...has risen marvellously to the challenge of sifting through over 200 years of Canadian poetry to produce a collection that proves both fresh and familiar, revisiting the poems of early settlement and introducing the eco-poetry of the present generation."
— Linda Knowles, British Journal of Canadian Studies
"If Canadians have a cultural inferiority complex, it is not on display in Nancy Holmes's anthology. This 'first-ever survey of Canadian nature poetry' surprises with its belatedness and impresses with its ambition: two hundred poets appear, spanning the years 17892008.... This anthology deservces a place on every ecocritic's booksheld.... Holmes arranges her selections chronologically by author's date of birth, tracing a historical trajectory while placing poets amongst their (often lesser-known) contemporaries. So Margaret Atwood and Michael Ondaatje, for example, take their place among a generation of influentical poets little-known beyond Canada's borders, including Daphne Marlatt, Don McKay, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Dennis Lee, John Newlove, John Thompson, and Pat Lowther. Holmes does a wonderful job surrounding these poets, whose work encompasses the collection's core, with colonial, Confederation-era, and Modernist predecessors, and with post-Nationalist, postmodern, postcolonial, and other recent poets, both obscure and celebrated. Though formally avant-garde work is largely absent, challenging ideas about 'nature' and 'wilderness' are not. The paratext assembled by Holmes establishes her anthology's value as a critical and teaching resource. In addition to brief author bios, she provides a subject index enabling searches for poems about diverse topics such as pioneers, roadkill, birdwatching, canoes, language, mining, rivers, science, individual flora and fauna, and wilderness. Holmes's editorial work is introduced by fellow poet Don McKay's essay, 'Great Flint Singing.' Avuncular, witty, and erudite, McKay (easily Canada's most respected living eco-poet) provides an overview of Canadian nature poetry while at the same time arguing for its national, global, and environmental relevance.... The beauty of this anthology is that readers can test McKay's claims for themselves by dipping into the rich tradition of nature poetry that Holmes has carefully gathered from a wilderness of options."
— Travis V. Mason, Dalhousie University, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
"Nancy Holmes...is to be congratulated.... This beautiful anthology begins hugging you very quickly. Read Open Wide a Wilderness for refreshment and discovery, for epic journeys into the minds of insects and the lives of flowers, to rejoin your totems and familiars, and to rekindle your resolve to continue the good fight. Keep it close at hand in case you wake up lonely at nightand when you crave solitude. Read the poems aloud to your friends and sing them to the river."
— Greg Michalenko, University of Waterloo, Alternatives
"With 192 poets and almost 300 poems, this 'first-ever survey of Canadian nature poetry' is a welcome resource for exploring a feature of the Canadian literary imagination that was once considered central to Canadian national identity. Demographic developments in the country since WWII have 'heterogenized' any such identity, and many of the works Holmes (Univ. of British Columbia, Okanagan) selected specifically reflect changes in 'the rural-urban interface' that have transformed Canadian society and culture.... McKay's introductory essay, 'Great Flint Singing'...is sure to be much analyzed and debated by critics.... Highly recommended."
— D.R. McCarthy, Huron University College, CHOICE
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By the same editor
Field Marks: The Poetry of Don McKay, Don McKay; Méira Cook, editor
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Field Marks: The Poetry of Don McKay, Don McKay; Méira Cook, editor
Ornithologies of Desire: Ecocritical Essays, Avian Poetics, and Don McKay, Travis V. Mason