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One of the best aspects of being an edublogger and being on twitter has been all the inspiring teachers I have gotten to interact with daily. That's why I was happy to host this Carnival, because it's my chance to promote some really wonderful teachers and hopefully increase the communication and sharing among all of us in the ESL/EFL community. If you'd like information about contributing to the next carnival, please scroll to the bottom of this post.
Although there was no specific theme for this Carnival, several interesting themes emerged:
- A Conversation on Language
- Dynamic Teaching…Games, Teaching Tools and Strategies
- Classroom 2.0
- Learning and Teaching with Eyes Wide Open (reflective teaching)
- On the Job Front
So, here we go:
A Conversation on Language
First in line is a post many teachers of ELLs will find compelling. Henrick Oprea, an English teacher in Brazil, has written a post on the issue of pronunciation and World Englishes.
blog: Doing Some Thinking
post: World Englishes and Standards
quote: (after describing how there are more non-native speakers of English than native and the need to understand the differences): "But this has always been something that kept me wondering: if I'm learning a language in order to be able to communicate with people from other cultures, and if this is the so-called lingua franca of the world, should teachers let their students get away with something that's really distant from native-like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar usage?"
His post ties nicely in with this post by Ms. Mercer which covers a topic many American teachers (not just ESL teachers) ought to be very familiar with: AAVE, or African American Vernacular English. At the same time, it touches on the much broader issue of the climate in the classroom, and how teachers must and can invite students to bring their culture into the classroom in a real way. Also, helpfully, she provides links to pages, topics and trainings on the topic.
blog: Reflections on Teaching
post: English Language Development of Standard and Academic English
quote: "Imagine The Color Purple, or any of Roddy Doyle's work in standard academic English. By removing their language, you may be killing a literary voice."
Next in this set is from Eric Roth who discusses ways to support ELLs in developing their critical thinking skills and ask –you guessed it — clarifying questions.
blog: Compelling Conversations
post: Conversation Tip #9: Ask Clarifying Questions!
quote: "One crucial skill that needs to be explicitly taught – after being informally modeled in class discussions – is asking for clarification. In fact, I consider the ability to ask appropriate follow-up questions a vital life skill."
Dynamic Teaching…Games, Teaching Tools and Strategies
In this post, Jennifer provides some interesting ideas for teaching English through poetry, such as using it to teach culture, grammar, and vocabulary She also includes links to videos and sites you could incorporate into or use as inspiration for lessons.
blog: English with Jennifer
post: The Potential of Poetry
quote: Useful information can be retrieved in the target language with the help of a rhyme. Do your students know Thirty Days Has September?
If you're not familiar with Larry, this is a great post to show you how his site is a teacher's best friend. This post, with its useful links and resources, shows how teachers can incorporate music videos as a language-learning tool.
blog: Larry Ferlazzo's Website of the Day
post: How Subtitles In Music Videos Teach Literacy
This post provides handy websites that your students can use themselves to improve their English, especially written English, although there are also links to podcasts for those working on listening skills.
blog: Online Education Database
post: 50 Essential Resources for ESL Students
In the same vein, this post by Jennifer Verschoor, uses advice from her own students for deciding on ten sites where students can learn English, and her #1 criteria was making sure students would have fun while doing it!
blog: My Integrating Technology Journey
post: Top 10 Websites to Learn English
Here, Maria Markaki shows us how to use flashcards in a fun memory game with young language learners to practice and revise their pronunciation of words.
blog: Maria Markaki Language School Students' Page
post: Pre-Junior Flash Card Activities
Many teachers use movies as a tech-friendly way to bring a multimedia spin to their lessons. But did you know there might be a better way to show them? Check out these ideas from Mathew Needleman.
blog: Creating Lifelong Learners
post: The Right Way to Show Movies in Class
quote: "[S]tudents should not view watching a film in class as any less rigorous than reading a book."
Classroom 2.0 — using different forms of interactive/collaborative technology with students
In this post, we see Henrick Oprea and Maria Markaki's shared experience leading their students in Greece and Brazil to interact! There are examples on topics like books, music, and tourism. What a great way to see the effect of bringing together classrooms from two totally different places in the world.
blog: Maria Markaki Language School Students' Page
post: The Blogging Challenge Continues
quote: "[This experience] has enabled the students involved to get a true sense of what a global audience is and the important role it plays in students' developing their language as well as communication skills".
Here is an enthusiastic, detailed post from Mike Harrison on how to use the photo-sharing site Flickr with language learners and students of all kinds.
blog: Mike Harrison's Blog
post: In the Flickr of an eye
I hear about Glogster a lot on twitter, but have yet to try it. In this post, a teacher shares one she did with her class.
blog: Trying Out Web 2.0
post: Going Digital with Young Learners with a link to the project here, which has the details for the actual lesson.
Next up is a post by Vicky Saumell that introduces some of her favorite voice recording tools and includes some links to other teachers who share their experiences and ideas on how to use them with students.
blog: Educational Technology in ELT
post: 8 voice recording tools for language learning
quote: "These tools lend themselves for a myriad of tasks you can set up for different levels and purposes."
In this post, edu-blogger Karenne shares with us how she has used PowerPoint to engage learners to create visual aids for practicing English for such functions as giving directions, or creating a visual of sequencing words or prepositions.
blog: Kalinago English
post: "This we share with all the peoples"
quote: "The height of teaching in a blended learning environment is when your students recognize the value of sharing their work with the rest of their community"
This teacher shows how she turned a writing assignment on animals in her 5th grade class into a fun project using online tools that let your photos do the talking. She includes a sample video, a link to her class blog, and a tutorial you can use with your students.
blog: Sabrina's Weblog
post: Easy Ways to Make Your Photos Talk
Learning and Teaching with Eyes Wide Open (reflective teaching)
In the first post featured in this theme, Shelly Terrell writes an informed and moving guest post on her own experiences as a Mexican immigrant in the US. She invites readers to comment on the experiences of immigrants in their country.
blog:Ken Wilson's blog
post: Children of Immigrants
quote: "My parents told me they wanted to make sure I had a chance and for that reason I was given an American name like Shelly and not allowed to speak Spanish. Somehow, my parents seemed to do the impossible, they managed to raise all 5 of their children to graduate from college and break the poverty cycle."
Mr. Foteah, a general ed (and now special ed) teacher, writes a poetic account of teaching next to a class of ESL students at his school.
blog: From the Desk of Mr. Foteah
post: On Neighbors
quote: "Our neighbors, though, have done their own sensational things, and being next to them has provided me unexpected, vicarious treats and thrills."
In this reflective post on listening in the classroom, Eva shares with us a really fun activity to teach why we should listen to each other (it's like an activity on being a good friend, which adults and children alike could benefit from!)
blog: A Journey in TEFL by Eva Buyuksimkesyan
post: Dynamics of a New Classroom
quote: "When the classroom is a place where all the students trust and respect each other and when they don't bully the weaker ones, it will be easier for the teacher to help the students to move one step further."
In this post submitted by Shelly Terrell, we find her reflecting on her new August teaching post in Athens, Greece. Here, she gives us a picture of the students she's teaching and how that is affecting her as their teacher. She includes a video that gives you a peak into the center where she's teaching.
blog: Teacher Reboot Camp
post: Learning to be a Better Educator
quote: "Teaching them is a gift! Everyday I get to teach them I feel I am the fortunate one. I have never worked with refugees before and they have taken my teaching to a new level."
On the Job Front
Now that you're inspired, how will you find that ELT job?
blog: TEFList
post: Staying Competitive, Job Search Tips" in the ELT job market
Next ESL/EFL/ELL Carnival: Anne Hodgson is organizing a special Blog Carnival on November 1st specifically dedicated to teaching Business English (BE) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP). You can submit your post here or here. It's also a good idea to inform Larry Ferlazzo of your submission via his site contact form. Deadline is October 21st,
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Here's a neat way for a carrier to make sure its upcoming smartphones are ready for prime time. In Canada, Virgin Mobile is offering its subscribers the chance to take an HTC Windows Phone 8S for a spin, free of charge and with no strings attached. Anyone who is willing to participate has to fill out a sign-up form, and the candidates chosen by Virgin Mobile will be given a unit for a month...
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The heat was so stifling that afternoon—July 20, 1925—that Judge John Raulston decided to hold court outside. Thus a sprawling Dayton, Tenn., lawn became the unlikely scene of an epic showdown between America's greatest legal gladiator and its most famous orator: Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. High school teacher John Scopes, 24, stood accused of breaking state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. On that memorable afternoon Scopes sat silently as Darrow, one of his many lawyers, put Bryan, a special counsel for the prosecution, on the witness stand. Snapping his purple suspenders for emphasis, Darrow, 68, asked Bryan, 65, in ill health and dripping sweat, to explain how the Bible's Genesis story could be literally true. "I believe in creation as there told," an exasperated Bryan later responded. "And if I am not able to explain it, I will accept it."
The Scopes trial, popularly known as the Monkey Trial, drew the world's attention to Dayton, a picturesque mining town in the Tennessee Valley, where two wily barristers, polemical partisans, clashed in a classic conflict between religion and science. There was a verdict, of course, but 75 years later the matter is still not settled. "People are deeply split on the role of religion in society," says University of Georgia history and law professor Edward Larson. "The trial did not resolve the debate; it just highlighted it."
Indeed, a vote just last summer by Kansas school officials would allow local districts to drop human evolution from the curriculum. In November Oklahoma began requiring that texts carry labels warning that evolution is merely a theory, but the state's attorney general halted the labeling just months later. Also last fall New Mexico's school board banned creationism from the classroom after allowing it in three years earlier. And this June the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana court's decision to strike down a rule requiring teachers in Tangipahoa Parish schools to read a disclaimer noting that evolution should not dissuade students from the Biblical creation story. "It took 300 years to get over the idea that it was not irreligious to say that the planets revolved around the sun," says Eugenie Scott of the National Center for Science Education, which supports teaching evolution. "I hope this battle won't take another 300."
The legal maneuvering that led to the Scopes trial began, oddly, in a Dayton drugstore. In March of 1925, pressured by fundamentalist Christians, Tennessee enacted the nation's first statute making it a crime to teach evolution. Hoping to challenge the law, the American Civil Liberties Union placed a newspaper ad looking for a teacher willing to take on the state. George Rappleyea, manager of a struggling mining company seeking publicity for economically strapped Dayton, spotted the item and quickly rushed to discuss it at F.E. Robinson's drugstore, where the local elite often gathered over soda and cigarettes.
The next day, he and Robinson—who was also head of the school board—invited Scopes, a football coach and science teacher just out of college, to the drugstore but gave little clue as to why he had been summoned. "We've been arguing," said Rappleyea, drawing Scopes into the debate, "and I said that nobody could teach biology without teaching evolution." Scopes concurred, then admitted having used a text that mentioned evolution while briefly substituting for the biology teacher. "Then you've been violating the law," Robinson told him. Urged by the others present, Scopes agreed to be served with an arrest warrant, then left the store, still so nonplussed by what had transpired that he went to play tennis with a friend that afternoon. "He was a real popular fellow, but a little bit on the shy side," recalls Dayton's Eloise Reed, 88, whose brother Crawford was Scopes's tennis partner that day. Adds Larson, author of Summer for the Gods, a 1997 account of the trial: "He wasn't trying to change the world."
Eager to take on the evolutionists, Bryan, a fundamentalist and three-time Democratic presidential candidate, volunteered to join the prosecution. Darrow, who had successfully saved Leopold and Loeb from the death penalty in a celebrated Chicago murder trial a year earlier, took up Scopes's defense. Three days before the trial, Bryan, in a booming baritone, told a Dayton crowd, "The contest between evolution and Christianity is a duel to the death."
The eight-day trial also became more of a duel of legal egos, played out before a live national radio audience—a first for a trial. More than 200 journalists attended, including the legendary Baltimore Sun columnist H.L. Mencken, who offended locals by, among other things, referring to them as "gaping primates." The town took on a circus atmosphere, aided and abetted by Ringling Bros., which brought in several monkeys, some dressed in three-piece suits.
At the trial Darrow, an agnostic, railed against the new law, saying it made "the Bible the yardstick to measure every man's intellect." But the judge refused to allow expert testimony from scientists Darrow had planned to call. Desperate, he played one last card, calling Bryan himself to the stand. Bryan told the judge, "They did not come here to try this case. They came here to try...religion. I am here to defend it."
After two hours of verbal jousting that left Bryan exhausted, the judge halted the proceedings and the next day ordered Bryan's testimony expunged, saying it shed no new light on the issue at hand. With that, Darrow threw in the towel and—counting on winning a later appeal—asked the jury to find his client guilty. The judge and jury obliged, and Scopes was fined $100. "Your honor," said the teacher in his only speech, "I feel that I have been convicted of violating an unjust statute." (Two years later a higher court reversed the verdict.)
Bryan's victory celebration would be shortlived. Five days after the trial, he delivered the opening prayer at a local church, then ate lunch and took a nap. He never woke up. Darrow argued several more cases before his death in 1938. Scopes, inspired by the scientists he had met at his trial, studied geology at the University of Chicago. He worked as a petroleum engineer in Venezuela—where he met his wife—and later in Louisiana, content to lead a private life. "I knew," he wrote in his 1967 memoir, "I would not live happily in a spotlight."
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Nitzavim 5774
Posted on March 4, 2014
By Andrew Goldwasser
Shabbat Shalom Hagalil!
Change. No, not the metal coins that clink in our pockets as we walk by during the week, rather, the variations and deviations which occur in our daily lives. Every morning I wake up, shower, use the facilities, brush my teeth, get dressed, eat a bowl of apple cinnamon cheerios, and start the new day. Here in Starlight, Pennsylvania we have new routine, Berry Cap'n Crunch, and many people. Personally, I am not too keen on change and I'm sure you can relate, but it's not always as bad as we think. In fact, change can be a good thing. Hagalil, fasten your seatbelts because we are going on a long journey to the eastern hemisphere.
This past summer, I, along with 44 other USYers, flew across the Atlantic on Eastern Europe/Israel Pilgrimage Group 6!! It was legen- I hope you're not fleishig because the next word is- DARY! We toured through a well-known country by the name of Poland. Now Poland is not the most happy and cheery of places in the world after an event which occurred 70 years ago. After a few days of touring, "cold" and "depressing" were two words that formed in everyone's mind. Looking to the bright side, I had 44 loving pairs of open arms, waiting for me if I needed. USYers are the most caring people you will ever meet. We don't care about how someone acts, looks, or feels; we will always be there for those people who need us.
Together, we learned about the horrors of the Holocaust by walking through the ghettos and camps, once filled with people. The dual concentration and death camp Majdanek left a huge impression on me. Not only was this day draining emotionally, but also physically because it was extremely hot outside. Upon arrival, one of the first rooms we went into was the gas chamber. As I peered inside what once meant death and destruction, I was not coupled with the emotions I thought I would feel. When we walked out of the barrack, I strapped on an Israeli flag to my back to show my pride and to help me get through my experience.
While I fiddled with the straps on my flag, we entered another barrack. When I looked up, I was surrounded by rows and rows of old shoes. I felt chills race down my spine and I started to tear up. After looking at these shoes for quite some time, we moved on to the rest of our tour.
This was not only a saddening experience, rather, a powerful one. As Jews living in the 21st century, we are the ones to carry on the legacy and remembrance of what happened. No teacher, no textbook, and certainly no Wikipedia page can transmit the feelings and knowledge that visiting these places can. Growing up through Solomon Schechter for 10 years, I had learned much about the Holocaust. I never truly understood how the actions and events I read about in Anne Frank's Diary and in the countless other Holocaust novels were actually carried out. The processes and sights are now forever engraved in my mind.
As depressing as it sounds to tour such dreadful areas, you also gain a sense of pride afterwards. I am proud to pass down the stories and memories to the future generations, and should you take a similar journey like I have, you will be able to understand my point of view. After a week of seeing, reliving, and understanding, Group 6 and I traveled to the land of Israel.
When we touched down in Tel Aviv at Ben Gurion International Airport, I instantly knew that we would have a different outlook on the trip. It was a huge CHANGE in mindset, a revelation if you will! Here, we would ride on camels, there we rode on a bus for 7 hours at a time. Here, we would walk down the streets of Jerusalem, there we walked through museums. Here, we would be happy and joyous, there we were not so happy and joyous. I didn't like this change, I loved it! And just like one plane ride can change one's outlook on life, so too can parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech.
This week's portion discusses a variety of topics about Moses and people of Israel before they enter the Promised Land. Hashem recaps the 40 years spent by the Israelites in the desert with new warnings for the future. He also discusses how Moses' time as leader has come to an end and a change in management is set in order. The gavel is handed down to Joshua during this huge transformation. During all of this action in the parsha, Hashem describes how the laws and commandments should be kept. As I read through the holy Hebrew scripture, one phrase struck me more than the others. לָנוּ וּלְבָנֵינוּ which means "for us and for our children." The entire verse talks about concealed and open acts that a person performs. Some acts are good, while others bad, but that is not what is interesting about the verse.
Above each letter in the phrase I just mentioned is a black diamond which in the world of Torah trope is labeled Revia. I opened my trusty pocket sized edition of the world-renowned Etz Hayim to look for further insight. The reason for the extra markings over this phrase can be attributed to the importance of practicing and explaining Hashem's teachings and mitzvot to our children. The text reads that role models are necessary in order for us to learn. So it says right there in the Torah to pass down information to our children and future generations. Not only will we pass down the laws and mitzvot, but also the stories of those who perished in the Holocaust. We will actually be reading this exact phrase in today's portion, so keep your ears wide open!
As I said before, I am not apt for change, but the world around us is constantly changing. We join here together in the celebration of Shabbat, a time of peace and rest, a time unlike any other during the week. Very soon, Shabbat will end here in Starlight and we must shift gears to a mood which is foreign to us at this moment. In fact, I think it's time for a change in mood. So, whether flying in an airplane to a distant country, eating something new for breakfast, or even accepting a new Facebook layout, you can't get rid of change. So, the next time a new idea or different perspective stands in your path, I want you to face it head on and say "Challenge accepted" because eventually, it will become the standard. Shabbat Shalom.


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As the summer temperatures cool in September the baseball only get hotter. The MLB is rich with tightly contested divisional races in the AL East, AL Central, NL East, and NL West. Fans of the Rangers and Reds, however, should probably start purchasing their 2010 MLB Playoff tickets now as Texas and Cincinnati look to be assured places in the postseason. The Yankees and Rays both seem to be playoff bound, but it remains to be seen whether New York or Tampa Bay will finish the year atop the AL East .
Over in the AL Central, the Chicago White Sox are chasing the Minnesota Twins once again with little more than a month left in the season. The Atlanta Braves have two games up on the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East, while out west in the NL the Padres have three games on the Giants. While the AL Wild Card will in all likelihood will go to the loser of the AL East title race, the NL Wild Card is still wide open. Currently, the Phillies and Giants are the two most promising candidates to punch their ticket to the NL playoffs via Wild Card. The way things are shaping up, the final month of the 2010 MLB regular season should be one for the ages.


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In our institution, the patients are treated closely by the house staff directly involved with their patients' longitudinal care under the supervision of the chief surgical resident and the attending physician, who also have attended the patients since admission. Overall supervision of the SICU, as well as education in critical care, is provided by surgeons well versed in the
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Francisco de Miranda
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Sebastián Francisco de Miranda Rodríguez, commonly known as Francisco de Miranda, was a Venezuelan revolutionary. Although his own plans for the independence of the Spanish American colonies failed, he is regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar, who… Read More
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1750 Birth Born in 1750.
1771 21 Years Old Miranda, who had bought himself a commission as a Captain of the Spanish Army around 1771 (something not unusual in the European armies at the time), became interested in the American Revolutionary War, while serving as Captain of the Aragon Regiment and aide-de-camp to General Juan Manuel de Cajigal y Monserrat, (1739–1811).
1781 31 Years Old Under Cajigal, Miranda participated in the 1781 Battle of Pensacola, which saw British West Florida fall into Spanish hands, and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. … Read More
1783 33 Years Old He later returned to the United States in 1783, where he met, among others, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton, Henry Knox, and Thomas Jefferson, embarking from Boston for England on December 15, 1784. … Read More
1789 39 Years Old The attempts to abduct Miranda by the diplomatic representatives of Spain failed as the Russian Ambassador in London, Semyon Vorontsov, declared on August 4, 1789 to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Francis Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds, that Sebastian (Francisco) de Miranda, although a Spanish subject, was a member of the Russian diplomatic mission in London at the service of H. R. H. Empress Catherine II of Russia. … Read More
1790 40 Years Old Miranda made use of the Spanish-British diplomatic row known as the Nootka Crisis in February 1790 to present to some British Cabinet ministers his ideas about the independence of Spanish territories in South America. … Read More
1791 41 Years Old From 1791, Miranda took an active part in the French Revolution.
1792 42 Years Old In Paris, he befriended the Girondists Jacques Pierre Brissot and Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, and he briefly served as a general in the section of the French Revolutionary Army commanded by Charles François Dumouriez, fighting in the 1792 campaign in the Low Countries.
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Miranda was first arrested in April 1793 on the orders of Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Chief Prosecutor of the Revolution, and accused of conspiring against the republic with Charles François Dumouriez, the renegade general. … Read More
1794 44 Years Old Miranda seems to have survived by a combination of good luck and political expediency: the revolutionary government simply could not agree what to do with him. He remained in La Force even after the fall of Robespierre in July 1794, and was not finally released until the January of the following year. … Read More
1797 47 Years Old He reappeared after being given permission to remain in France, though that did not stop his involvement in yet another monarchist plot in September 1797. … Read More
1798 48 Years Old With no more illusions about France, or the Revolution, he left for England in a Danish boat, arriving in Dover in January 1798. … Read More
1805 55 Years Old … In November 1805 Miranda travelled to New York, where he rekindled his acquaintance with Colonel William S. Smith, who introduced him to merchant Samuel G. Ogden (who would later be tried, but acquitted, for helping organize Miranda's expedition).
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With informal British help, Miranda led an attempted invasion of the Captaincy General of Venezuela in 1806.
1808 58 Years Old … In 1808 a large military force to attack Venezuela was assembled and placed under the command of Arthur Wellesley, but Napoleon's invasion of Spain suddenly transformed Spain into an ally of Britain, and the force instead went there to fight in the Peninsular War. … Read More
1812 62 Years Old 1 More Event
… An idealist, he developed a visionary plan to liberate and unify all of Spanish America but his own military initiatives on behalf of an independent Spanish America ended in 1812.
1816 66 Years Old He was handed over to his enemies and four years later, in 1816, died in a Spanish prison. … Read More
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DETROIT, MI - Billionaire downtown Detroit developer Dan Gilbert has added another building to his sizable holdings in the city.
Crain's Detroit reports Gilbert has purchased an eight-story building at 1400 Woodward Ave. The red building is perhaps best known for the Eastern Wig & Hair Co. store at street level.
Gilbert's Rock Ventures now owns or controls almost 8 million square feet of space in some 40 downtown Detroit buildings. It is the city's second largest private real estate owner after General Motors.


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The routine seemed tedious. He had the pregame virtually court to himself, with four assistant coaches giving him all the attention he needed. Marcus Williams took a hundred shots in catch-and-shoot drills. Then pick-and-roll-and-repick drills with Jason Collins -- first 20 shots from the top, then 20 from the side.
Then, all too often, a miss. And a curse. Or a scowl.
That was followed by perhaps his only happy moment -- 10 minutes of dribbling drills against T.J. Kidd.
Williams is more frustrated than he has been since his Nets career started, and he's trying to channel that into something productive. It's not working out as he had expected. It is almost as if he is on a collision course with the Curly Conundrum - that circumstance in which the team is waiting on him to get his legs back, yet can't afford to give him the floor time to expedite the process.
Nenad Krstic invented the syndrome, and Williams is trying to avoid it.
So the second-year point guard drills, and drills, and drills.
And he has received very little reward, as he has played all of 64 minutes in the three weeks since his return from a broken foot.
"It's very frustrating right now, just not playing at all," Williams said before last night's game against the Celtics. "But it makes you work hard. It makes you want to show the coaches and organization that you deserve to play. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about it. The guys playing are doing a great job. But I really want to get back in there."
This was supposed to be the growth year for him. The second season is typically the one in which a point guard starts to close the gap between rookie rawness and veteran refinement.
But Williams has had lousy luck: He broke his metatarsal in his right foot a few days before camp, didn't return until Dec. 18th, and now the team is entertaining the idea of sending him to its D-League affiliate in Colorado to get his legs ready to play.
The one thing they want to avoid is wasting the season entirely. If Year 2 is the most important in a point guard's development, Williams hasn't even emerged from the starting gate. And he may not be given that opportunity very soon, but he knows he cannot stop working, and the team cannot stop pushing him to work himself into shape.
"It's a responsibility of both him and us to make sure it doesn't happen," Lawrence Frank said of the fear of the wasted year. "Because it's true: There has to be a lot of communication, a lot of work. And there has to be responsibility on both sides to make sure that does not happen."
Williams is too young - some might say naïve -- to think that a wasted season can happen to him. But the league is littered with one-year wonders -- point guards who show tremendous promise, only to get broadsided by injury. If they don't have the right advice, or lack the right role model, or don't get pushed to comply with their professional responsibility, they can get lost in the shuffle.
Some -- even a few with Williams' extraordinary offensive skills -- can get lost permanently.
"I'm not worried about that," Williams said. "Everything happens for a reason. This is just making me work harder now. It makes me appreciate the game more, too.
"I think I'm getting the right work. You can never simulate five-on-five, but you can do drills and work out by yourself. It's just that you can't simulate the speed of the game. I'm just taking it day by day. I think it'll come back to me."
The D-League option has been tabled, for now. Frank, for one, said he doesn't think it's going to happen.
"There are arguments for both sides," the coach said. "The door isn't closed on it, but it's not like we're ready to do anything."
No need to ask Williams how he feels about it, but he was asked anyway: "I wouldn't want to go, no," he replied. "But if they say it's best for me, I'll play my heart out."
For now, Frank would just as soon see him work that way every day.
"This is not like Curly, because Marcus is going to find a way to play eventually," the coach said. "Marcus is healthy. The question is finding what's going to be the best way to get him on the floor.
"He's working every single day - intense workouts - but how is he going to get the timing and rhythm without playing? But we're going to find a way to get him some minutes. Once he can do it, it's going to make our team better."
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Eyes off my junk
November 24, 2010 - Rob Weaver
For those timid travelers who fear being selected for a full-body scan at airport security, a man in Colorado has invented underwear that might preserve some dignity. Jeff Buske has developed undergarments which use a powdered metal to create strategically placed designs to protects people's privacy when undergoing security screenings. The inventor says the underwear's inserts are thin and conform to the body's contours, making it difficult to hide anything beneath them. He said they are made from a combination of tungsten and other non-ferrous metals which do not set off metal detectors. The men's underwear feature inserts with a fig-leaf design. The women's panties include inserts in the shape of clasped hands. An Associated Press story did not mention whether Buske will sell a matching bra. Perhaps he could offer a pair of undies with metal inserts which form letters stating, "There's no junk in this trunk." But who would wear them?
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Phantom power into keyboard headphone jack
I'm wondering how I should connect my digital piano to my soundcard. I have a 3.5mm <-> XLR cable so I can connect it directly to the XLR port of the soundcard mixer. However, I'm wondering what will happen if I forget to turn the phantom power off on the sound card? Will I fry the digital keyboard by pushing 48V into the headphone jack? If not I'll go with the XLR solution. (I'm biased towards XLR-cables. Somehow they feel better and more professional.) If there is a risk of harming the keyboard I'll look for some other solution.
I have some sort of professional keyboards, and I have some with walnut on the sides. I would choose unbalanced (a guitar cord) if that is what their output likes. A headphone jack is probably not the best output for recording.
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"A headphone jack is probably not the best output for recording" Exactly. Do your piano have another output (not the headphones) If not, it was probably never meant to be recorded in the first place... Beggars can't be choosers though!
I don't think 48v across the left & right channels would be such a good idea. What other outputs does the keyboard have? Do you use a balanced 3 pole connection to the balanced xlr? Do you need stereo? You could stick a 3v zener and an LED in the connector to protect your device, and give a visible warning about the 48v...


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For many of our reads, there is no question regarding what XBMC is or how to use it. That said, we never find a shortage of folks who don't understand XBMC's add-ons, plugins, tools, menus, skins, libraries, third party extras, etc. It was with this in mind that we have decided to dedicate a bit of time every month to breaking down ALL THINGS XBMC. Our goal is to give information that could greatly help new comers, and veterans, alike. I, personally, aim to bring tips and tricks to shed light on many items that have seemingly alluded many users of XBMC as a home multimedia solution. So, if you find yourself always helping fiends and family with their XBMC systems, bookmark this page, and stay tuned for the months to come! We are going to get the masses ready to use, and comfortable with, Xbox Media Center (XBMC).
It now seems as if it has been years since we began the wait for an Apple TV 3 jailbreak! The truth is, I have grown tired of the wait and decided to look into what I could do with my existing Apple TV 1 & Apple TV 2. What I found was an tool known as OpenELEC 2.0! OpenELEC is one of the projects that aims to give users the ability to install XBMC as a standalone operating system for a wide variety of devices. What OpenELEC has done is build a stable version of XBMC using Linux and then create an installable package, integrated with a host of drivers, for a growing number of machines, including: old & new laptops, old & new desktop computers, raspberry pi boxes, and, yes, even your old Apple TV 1! Sadly, due to the software/hardware, the Apple TV 2 is not supported.
Black Friday is now in the rearview mirror, and we are all left wondering where we will find those great deals for accessories and extras for our Apple TV's. Well, fear not good people. We at Apple TV Hacks have scoured the web once again to find you the best deals on new hardware including mounts, stands, speakers, remotes, cables, new Bluetooth goodies, and more. So, grab a cup of Eggnog, relax and let's get shopping.
There is an ever growing number of people eagerly awaiting the news of an Apple HDTV release. The Apple TV set, we believe, is the product that Apple is working on to help them in the process of taking over the worlds living rooms. Though there are many who doubt that Apple will ever make this leap, Apple fans, and investors alike, are following this story with great interest. Thanks to the folks over at CNN NEWS, we were able to get some information found in a note to clients, Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty, issued Tuesday about what she calls "iTV." Note the difference between an iTV (a TV set) and an Apple TV (current set-top box).
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple it testing several TV-set designs. According to WSJ, "officials at some of Apple's suppliers" said the company has been working on testing a few designs for a "large-screen high-resolution TV":
It is a well known fact that Apple integrated some form of Bluetooth in its Apple TV 2 and its Apple TV 3. For those of you who have jailbroken your Apple TV, you may have already played around with this functionality using some of the tools in nitoTV or other Apple TV hacks. Well, it is now Apples turn. As of the latest beta builds, being released for these little black boxes, 9to5Mac revealed that there have been reports of Bluetooth functionality being enabled, by Apple! So, what could this mean? What is Apples plan? Is this a "game" changer? Needless to say, officially enabling Bluetooth is a fairly BIG DEAL either way.


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Tesco is looking to the garden centre in its latest attempt to spruce up its flagging hypermarkets.
Britain's biggest supermarket group will open its first store that combines a large Tesco Extra and a Dobbies garden centre in October. The company, which bought Dobbies in 2007, has been trying to make its larger stores more attractive as customers opt to top-up their shopping at smaller stores and buy more non-food products online.
It plans to open a 140,000 sq ft site in King's Lynn, Norfolk. The garden centre and the Tesco store will have a "shared atrium".
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In the middle of a peaceful, rural neighborhood sits a place where ghosts and witches roam, women scream in terror, and strong men run and hide.
It's the Witches of New Salem Haunted Maze and Woods, an annual autumn attraction on the grounds of the Lenhart family farm, 4516 24th St. in Dorr.
The month-long event opens Friday, Sept. 28 and runs through Wednesday, Oct. 31 (Halloween night). Most open hours are during the weekends, but there are also some special events on other days.
The event includes over 1,300 attractions and draws up to 20,000 visitors each season. Since it opened in 2005, it has been getting bigger and scarier every year, and this year is no exception.
"The witches are still alive and well at the New Salem Corn Maze," said Jeff Lenhart. "Over $50,000 of new props have been added, starting with a eighty-foot swamp beast and ending with a Zombie Prom in the new addition to the New Salem School House."
The Nightime Corn Maze and the Witches Woods provide too-close encounters with witches, ghouls, psychopaths, and other nightmarish characters.
"As far as haunted attractions, this is the best bang for your buck," said Jeff Lenhart. "I guarantee we'll scare the living hell out of you."
Several interesting buildings are located onsite, including a spooky structure that once stored bodies in the Salem Township Cemetery in the late 1800s.
For younger kids, or those with a lower "fright threshold," there is the Daytime Corn Maze, offering plenty of fun and adventure without the blood and gore. Other family-friendly activities include farm animals, pumpkin patch, a "pumpkin cannon," and hay rides.
The 2012 opening weekend will include The Wurst Festival Ever on Saturday, Sept. 29. It will include live music from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., hot dogs, brats, and a beer tent.
Proceeds from the festival will benefit Forgotten Eagles, Inc. a non-profit organization that promotes the needs of veterans and their families.
For more information about the Witches of New Salem Haunted Maze and Woods, including pricing and tickets, visit www.witchesofnewsalem.com or call (616) 681-2342.


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Windows in the world of Linux
Home and business users are starting to wonder how Windows Vista will work with Linux. In this month's cover story, we'll show you Vista from the eye of Linux.
Another new version of Windows has arrived, and you are probably wondering if the new Windows will really be so different from the old Windows. The answer is that Windows Vista, like all previous Windows releases, comes with some significant new features and some insignificant new features pleasantly bundled in an over-hyped potpourri. Any way you look at it, though, the proliferation of Windows systems means that a new version really is worth noticing – even if you aren't a Windows fan. Most networks with Linux are actually heterogeneous networks that may include a number of different Windows systems. The flawless functioning of your network is most likely the result of past troubleshooting efforts that you may not even remember, but as soon as a new version of Windows rolls out, you'll have to start that troubleshooting all over again. The recently reported problems with networking Vista and Samba are just the first step in a long process of keeping Windows and Linux connected, and if the present is anything like the past, the open source community will need to take the lead in the quest for Windows/ Linux compatibility.
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Aladine Elaine Boslau
Aladine Elaine Boslau, 100, of North Platte, Neb., passed away October 16, 2013, at the North Platte Care Center.
Aladine was born August 5, 1913, to Gerhard and Jessie Smith Aden at Sterling, Neb., where she grew up.
On June 17, 1930, Aladine married Henry "Hank" Boslau in Kimball, Neb.
Hank farmed in Kimball before they moved to Weiser, Idaho, in 1940. They moved to North Platte in 1951, then back to Idaho in 1963 and later Oregon. In 1975 they returned to North Platte. Aladine stayed home to raise their children.
She is survived by her sons, Don Boslau of LaGrande, Ore., and Byron (Olinda) Boslau of Lincoln, Neb.; 11 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great great-grandchildren; a sister, Donna (Don) Happel of North Bend, Neb.; a brother, William Aden of Lincoln, Neb.; a sister-in-law, Eina Fern Aden of Adams, Neb.; her special friends, Irene Simpson and Ruth and Mike Summerson, all of North Platte, Neb.; many nieces, nephews and other family and friends.
Aladine was preceded in death by her husband of 77 years, Hank; a daughter, Marilyn Anderson O'Nan; a son Roy Boslau; her parents, Gerhard and Jessie Aden; three brothers, Mervin, Clarence and Galen Aden; her sister, Geraldine Boslau; and two grandchildren.
Services were held October 19, 2013, at Odean Colonial Chapel At C & Sycamore. Burial will follow in the North Platte Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to the Nebraska Special Olympics.
Condolences may be shared at www.OdeanChapel.com. ❖
Darrell Roy Keirnes
Darrell Roy Keirnes 48, of Atkinson, Neb., passed away on October 21, 2013 in Atkinson from heart failure.
Darrell was born on December 29, 1964 in Greeley, Colo., to Robert R. and Charlotte C. Keirnes.
He graduated from Poudre in 1983.
His life included bull riding, hunting and a passion with 4-H animals. Over the years he created some unique drawings and woodworking projects. He was a great animated storyteller of his past experiences. Significant struggles in his life, including beating cancer and dealing with the loss of his leg, were dealt with in a positive move forward attitude.
Darrell touched many lives through his unique sense of humor and will be missed by all that knew and loved him.
Darrell is survived by his father Robert, sister Cara Keirnes, Ken Barnet and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his mother Charlotte and brother Doug.
Services were held October 24, 2013 at Resthaven Funeral Home in Ft. Collins, Colo. Interment followed at Resthaven Memory Gardens.
Family and friends may view the online obituary and sign the guestbook at www.RestHavenColorado.com . ❖


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The sport has traditionally been centred in Europe, which undoubtedly remains its leading market, but races have also been held in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australia. New races in Bahrain, Malaysia, and China, one planned in Turkey, and others discussed for Mexico and South Africa, have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image.The sport is regulated by the FIA, F�d�ration Internationale de l'Automobile, and is generally promoted and controlled by Bernie Ecclestone
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I have hundreds maybe thousands of images saved to My Pictures on my computer. Sheer laziness is probably the reason I have so many. It's just easier to search Google images than it is to scroll through the colossal number of images I have stored. Besides, with Google image search, I'm able to type in the exact word or phrase that describes the pic I'm looking for.......Did the light bulb come on yet?
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On a map compiled by real estate blog Movoto of the wealthiest person in each state, some familiar names crop up – Microsoft founder Bill Gates, business magnate Warren Buffett, three heirs of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton.
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But do you know who the wealthiest person in Alabama is?
That would be Marguerite Harbert, whose net worth clocks in at a cool $1 billion, Movoto reports.
Harbert, 92, lives in Mountain Brook, a Birmingham suburb known for its confluence of wealthy Alabamians.
She met her husband, John Murdoch Harbert III, in elementary school, and they married in 1951. John Harbert won $6,000 playing craps and used that money to become a construction powerhouse, with holdings across the globe, according to Forbes. She inherited her husband's fortune when he died in 1995.
When Forbes magazine released its list of the world's wealthiest a decade ago, Harbert told the Birmingham Post-Herald that she does not like to be pointed out because of her wealth.
"I don't think a lot of people would care about having a lot of publicity about their income or their wealth," she told the newspaper in 2004. "What purpose does it serve other than it makes you get an awful lot of letters and calls about contributions, which I try to make anyway?"
In the March 2004 interview, she said her estimated $1.1 billion net worth was exaggerated and "ridiculous."
According to Forbes' annual ranking of the world's billionaires for 2014, Harbert does not reach billionaire status.


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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said today it is launching this year's version of its challenge for academic scientists interested in translating early-stage research into new drugs—and expanding the program beyond the U.S. and Canada, into Europe.
GSK's 2014 Discovery Fast Track Challenge is inviting drug-hunting proposals from academic scientists who submit details about the biological targets or pathways they are researching, and a scientific rationale for how their early-stage research could impact future drug development.
Scientists selected by GSK will work with the company's Discovery Partnerships with Academia (DPAc) team, which sponsors the challenge, in using GSK's library of compounds to test their hypotheses on potential disease pathways or targets. Investigators win the challenge—a formal offer to partner with DPAc in developing a potential new medicine—if their pathways or targets show activity against a compound.
GSK will fund research in the successful academic partner's laboratories, and provide in-kind resources. The company says the challenge is designed to speed up drug discovery by translating research into new medicines in just two to three months.
Last year's challenge—the first to have run in the U.S. and Canada—received nearly 150 entries from 70 universities, academic research institutions, clinics, and hospitals across 17 therapeutic areas. Entries selected last year focused on disease areas including malaria, antibiotic resistance, and selected types of cancer.
GSK has launched 11 collaborations in 11 disease areas in the U.S., Canada, and Europe since launching the first challenge in the U.K. in late 2010. Would-be drug hunters can register for the challenge by submitting a brief summary of their novel drug development concept, including nonproprietary details of the biological target. A panel of GSK judges will select up to 20 finalists who will present their proposals in person.
Registration closes on April 23 in Europe, and on May 16 in North America. Up to 10 scientists in each region will be selected and announced later this year. Further details are available online at www.gsk.com/discoveryfasttrack.
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UA Local 527
UA Local 527 played host to the annual rookie competition for apprentices. The UA or United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada is a multi-craft union whose members are engaged in the fabrication, installation and servicing of piping systems. Along with the competition, there was a trade fair for the members to learn more about products available to help them with their trade. PeakWorks was pleased to participate and show off their latest fall protection and fall safety products.
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So where was Susan T. Spencer three years ago when we started a new fall protection company? In today's Globe and Mail, Ms. Spencer has an article outlining the skills that successful entrepreneurs need. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/exit/the-top-tens/ten-must-have-skills-for-every-entrepreneur/article2026671/) It's tough to pick a single favourite as there are many that hit close to home: persistence, resourcefulness, knowledge, watching cash flow and the ability to laugh at your own mistakes. If I had to pick one, it would be persistance – it pays off no matter what you are trying to achieve: academics, sport or business. Ms. Spencer uses a phrase that my grandmother used to offer up: stick-to-itiveness. Enjoy the article – it's not just for entrepreneurs. How do you think PeakWorks stacks up?
The age old debate rages on: are trade shows worth the effort? Certainly in our case the 2011 Partners in Prevention Health and Safety Conference and Trade Show was a success. It gave us the chance to speak one on one with customers and end users about our new products and services.
Gabriele Fusco and Jeffrey Leavitt at the PeakWorks booth
This year we showcased the XS Platform line which includes horizontal lifelines, permanent roof anchors and guardrail systems along with the rest of the XS Platform facade access products. The smooth operation and the sleek look of the horizontal lifeline traveler got top marks. (www.peakworks.ca/engineered-systems.php) Give us a call, our PeakWorks' engineered systems team can provide a facility audit to identify your fall hazards and offer solutions to ensure your employees are safe when working at height.
Another attention getter was our unique RFID powered cleaning and inspection service. We like to show a before and after version of a filthy harness. The before cleaning version is just downright nasty looking. The after cleaning version looks like new. (www.peakworks.ca/cleaning-inspection.php) We are happy to give you a free trial cleaning of your harnesses, lanyards or any PPE – seeing is believing!
The 2012 Partners in Prevention Health and Safety Conference and Trade Show will be held at the International Centre in Toronto from May 1-2.
Partners in Prevention, Canada's largest health and safetyshow, runs from May 17th to 18th, 2011 at the International Centre in Mississauga. PeakWorks will be exhibiting their latest fall protection products and services at booth 357. For more information on the show, visit: www.healthandsafetyontario.ca/bundles/conference2011/index.asp
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Music and Food: Gil Scott Heron
By mahir | May 31, 2011
Music and Food
For this week's music and food playlist, I wanted to share a couple of songs from an amazing poet, musician, & author that past away last week. Gil Scott Heron, Rest in everlasting peace. You will be missed!Â
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Annual Report 2009: Engaging Communities
Annual Report 2009, 'Engaging Communities', illustrates the impact of volunteerism on development, especially at the community level. Structured around advocacy, integration and mobilization, the cornerstones of our work, it examines how UNV and development partners, powered by volunteerism, achieve human development. Results are highlighted in gender and youth empowerment (chapter one), environment and climate change adaptation (chapter two), as well as health, peacekeeping and humanitarian response (chapter three).
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A man was held up at gunpoint while using an ATM on Wednesday night, police said.
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QUESTION — Recently, there has been a report on television about an Adams County Commissioner who worked only 22 hours a week for a $100,000 salary. In relation to the Weld County commissioners, I have the following questions: How many hours a week are they required to work? Are they considered professionals who are expected to work at least the minimum number of hours per week? What oversight is there that they meet the minimum time requirements, such as whom do they report to or what records are kept?
ANSWER — We've gotten this question before in regard to other county officials, and the same answer applies. Simply, the county's elected officials all are expected by the county charter to be professional and do the job necessary to fulfill their duties. There are no required work-week hours set in stone, and from our experience they end up working far more than the 40-hour-work week. The oversight is deemed that of the voters, in that they exercise their judgment on commissioners' performance every four years.
Weld County Attorney Bruce Barker said the county charter only states that county commissioners need to treat their time at the county as their primary place of employment. It doesn't restrict hours or side businesses. But, Barker said, it's generally understood that county business comes first.
QUESTION — Two homeless brothers, one who has custody of his 17-year-old son, visited the Tribune recently, complaining that they were promised a room in the Greeley Transitional house and abruptly were denied that same day because one of them didn't show enough work history. Was this fraud?
ANSWER — We called the Transitional House, which provides shelter to homeless families in Greeley, to check out the story.
Without going into the brothers' personal story, Adam Schooley of the Transitional House said the agency's policy is to never promise rooms to anyone. The shelter is full, and the brothers were put on a waiting list. In the difficult world of sheltering the homeless, stories often get re- or misinterpreted and come up against the brick wall of policy. Yes, homeless people should never be denied shelter. But there also has to be room available. The brothers still have the option of going to the Guadalupe Shelter in north Greeley, Schooley said. The Guadalupe Shelter, Schooley said, would be the perfect spot for them, where they have access to the many services they need. But they opted not to go to the shelter for reasons they chose not to share with the Tribune. The operative word there is "chose," however.
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