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yet he managed to connect the very slick marquez with some hard shots and win a decision, the 12th round was spectacular i dont know where did vazquez got the stamina to give such an amazing round after 11 brutal rounds
the gonzalez fight was more dramatic but gonzalez is a much easier target than marquez
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Moving up in weight to fight the Linear and universally recognized best Featherweight and # 3 pound for pound
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Ricky Hatton moving up to Welter and completely destroying Antonio Margarito
Manny Pacquiao's shock destruction of Barrera transformed pac into what he is today. That should be it
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for me its either mayweather vs corrales or bhop vs trinidad
others include mayweather vs gatti
winky wright vs trinidad
bhop vs pavlik
david reid was doing a number on trinidad early on
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Pacquiao over Barrera in 2003.
Hopkins fought a couple of masterpieces against Trinidad and Pavlik. Another great performance against Tarver as well. You can bring up Hopkins's age and then the wins over Pavlik and Tarver becomes more impressive. Ignoring the winner's age and simply looking and dominance, the quality of opposition, and weight, then Pacquiao-Barrera is #1.
Hopkins dominated Trinidad, but it was Tito's 2nd fight @ 160 (although Tito looked great in the 1st fight @ 160) against a guy who spent almost his whole career at 160.
Mayweather's performance against Corrales was amazing, but despite being a very good fighter, Chico is no Barrera.
Calzaghe dominated Lacy, but Lacy is no Corrales, let alone a Barrera. I was actually more impressed by Joe's win over Kessler. Kessler is a very good fighter, much more proven and skilled than Lacy.
Forrest over Mosley was another great win, as was Mosley over DLH in fight #1.
But Pac-MAB 1 is the only one I can think of where a guy moved up in weight to beat an ATG/or second tier great in or close to his prime and completely dominated.
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Oh ****...
How did I forget Forrest-Mosley I.
That was a 100% crush for Forrest. I thought that fight was going to be stopped from the rocket-like rights to the head in the second, and from that hellacious body attack in the 10th I believe it was.
He won every round but one against a prime, undefeated, P4P #1 fighter.
I would put this win at #2 on the last decade.
Pacquiao-Barrera ranks #3.
I am just too impressed by the fact that two undefeated fighter fought at their career weight. One was P4P #5, had never been down and was known as a cold-blooded killing knockout artist at the weight. The other was P4P #7, slick as can be, and had a decent punch to go with it. Pick 'em fight, right?
No dice. Instead Mayweather lands somewhere in the ballpark of 225 punches, while Corrales was only able to throw somewhere around 200. Mayweather landed shots more frequently than Corrales threw them. Add in the fact that he won every single round by a landslide, dropped Corrales five times, and made his corner retire him from bout. I think it is the clear #1 of the last decade.
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That Championship Season Long Past, Author-Actor Jason Miller Tests the New Weather in Scranton
His friends in town simply shrug. "The little guy hears voices down there," says Bill McAndrew of the state's Community Affairs Department. "The muse, I guess."
For much of the past decade, that muse has been maddeningly soft-spoken for Miller, 48. A Scranton-raised actor and writer, he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for his play That Championship Season, the story of four onetime Scranton basketball heroes gathered for a 20th reunion. Right after that came an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the Jesuit priest in The Exorcist, and when Hollywood beckoned, as Hollywood will, Miller heeded the call. He stayed about 10 years, writing TV scripts and acting in smallish movies, without ever feeling at home. "You wake up in California every morning, and the weather is beautiful, and you say, 'Big deal,' " he says. "It's just not a good place for plumbing one's depths as an actor or writer."
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Here in a four-room apartment, Miller is writing again. He is finishing one teleplay for CBS, another for his friend Martin Sheen, and he has taken over as artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre. "There's a power here in Scranton, something invigorating," he says. "It's a storyteller's town. You can go to taverns and hear lyrical conversations, street poetry. L.A. is fantasyland, New York is bullshit, but Scranton is the spine of the country." And he loves to stroll through its Irish neighborhoods, tossing footballs to kids and dropping in on old friends. In baggy pants, his face unshaved, a cigarette in hand, he looks older and immeasurably sadder than the man who left, bound for glory, 25 years ago. And he has received a mixed welcome.
"He came back because he loved us all," says Betty Cooney, a family friend who still lives in the old-fashioned two-family house that was the model for the set of Championship, and whose back he is rubbing. "It's an honor to have him here." Miller's father, John, a retired electrical contractor, is even more glad. Jason's mother, Mary Claire, died a year ago, and John, frail, has moved in with Jason. "It's uplifted me, his being here," John says. "Life is starting to mean something again."
Others look less kindly on this native son. Since the coal mines shut down in the early '50s, Scranton has been fighting hard times, and some resent Miller's showbiz laurels. "There's jealousy," says Ray Lavelle, a high school pal who works for Proctor & Gamble. John Churilla, an insurance salesman who grew up with Miller, suspects the mistrust runs deeper. Says Churilla: "Even before he became Jason Miller, when he was still Jackie or Howie, people thought he was weird."
An only child, Miller was a loner who, when he felt like it, could be enormously entertaining. In high school he and William Kotzwinkle, now a well-known novelist, liked to "go around to bars and read Edgar Allen Poe aloud," Miller remembers. "People would throw peanuts and beer." But Jackie—or Howie—also was an All-City basketball star. When Miller entered the University of Scranton, the theater had already caught his eye. "Kotzwinkle and I would hitchhike to New York, sell our blood for $10 and watch the shows," he says. He studied acting at Catholic University's graduate school in Washington, D.C., then made his way to Manhattan to seek his fortune on the stage. With him was his new wife, Linda, a fellow Catholic U. student with a famous father. "We kind of eloped," says Miller. "Jackie Gleason was against the marriage from the beginning."
Suddenly the Millers' lives were transformed. Championship became the toast of Broadway. "I had been so poor I wrote checks for $2.50," he says. "When Championship hit, I put $5,000 in the bank, and the tellers all applauded." The success also brought a Drama Critics award, a Tony and, in 1974, the end of his marriage. "It was difficult for Linda growing up as Jackie Gleason's daughter, robbed of her identity," says Jason. "She didn't want to be wiped out again." Their children—Jennifer, now 22 and a student, Jason Patric, 21, an actor and Jordan, 20, a student—stayed with their mother. Jason headed for the Coast.
At first that good life was fun. He made friends with actors like James Caan, Nick Nolte and Susan Bernard, with whom he had a son, Joshua, now 13. He drove a Porsche, fast. "California has its own magic," he concedes. "In many ways it was good to me. I did some good work—an F. Scott Fitzgerald TV movie, a show about anorexia called The Best Little Girl in the World." Then it all wore off. "He felt disillusioned with the whole razzmatazz," says Paul Sorvino, a friend who acted in the Championship film. "If you want to go to a writers' hangout in L.A., you have to blow dry your hair."
There were rumors of more serious problems: booze and drugs. "We all flirt with it," says Miller. "There was a point when I was my own worst enemy." More important, he says, his writing dried up: "I felt restless, rootless." His second marriage, to Ruth Josem, now a model, began to unravel.
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Colorway is sick but not feeling the seamless thing cus right after you put these on and walk to your front door these will crease and fold up like a old catchers mitt
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See you back here at noon. As a refresher, the top 10, in random order, are:
-- Michael Westra, "winddancer 2"
-- Tracy Van Duinen, "Imagine That!"
-- Jason Hackenwerth, "Ecstasy of the Scarlett Empress"
-- David Lubbers, "The Grand Dance"
-- Sarah Grant, "The Furniture City Sets the Table for the World of Art"
-- John Douglas Powers, "Field of Reeds"
-- Bill Secunda, "Moose"
-- Eric Daigh, "Portraits"
-- Ran Ortner, "Open Water no.24"
-- Nessie Project, "Nessie on the Grand"


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For Democrats, Nov. 3, 1964, might be a date they should want to forget. Superficially it should be high on the list of the high holy days of the party. On that day, Lyndon Johnson swamped Barry Goldwater, having labeled the Arizonian a right-wing nut and a warmonger. So taken with that formula, Democrats have used it a lot even when it no longer applied.
The year 1964 was a bit of an exception for presidential years. The election occurred less than a year after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, and the economy was hot. Moreover, Goldwater, not that eager to run to begin with, ran a careless campaign. But Democrats persuaded themselves that it was a referendum between progressivism and conservatism.
When Rick Perry called Social Security a "monstrous lie," Democrats began to salivate. Another rootin-tootin son of the Southwest was ready to self-destruct on the supposed "third-rail" of American politics. If he got the nomination, he would be isolated as an ideological freak and quickly and decisively defeated. Break out the champagne, it's four more years.
But this is an anachronistic read on the problems of 2011. Perry's no Goldwater, and this is not 1964. As well Obama, at least for '64, is no Johnson. As for Social Security, the world has changed. Goldwater's old suggestion that retirement should be left to the individual is not as unpopular as it was 47 years ago. Despite the recession, American's expectations have grown to where a small house with a white pickett fence does not suffice.
Moreover, this formulaic approach has failed constantly since it was used in the LBJ-Goldwater race. In 1966, Democrats actually believed George Christopher was a tougher opponent that Ronald Reagan in the California gubernatorial race. Allegedly Reagan, "the crown prince of Goldwaterism," would entrap himself in a web of misstatements. He did say a great deal that raised not a few eyebrows, but he proved an adept candidate and slaughtered Pat Brown.
Despite this defeat it did not keep Jimmy Carter from adopting the same strategy against Reagan in 1980. Obviously that did not work with the Gipper routing Carter like he had Brown 14 years before. Now some Democrats still are convinced it would work against Perry. Obama fortunately has not been as reactive to the Texas governor's statements as some of his allies. But it appears the ghosts of 1964 still inhabit the walls of political "experts" offices.
Perry knows what he's doing, and he knows to whom he speaks. Moderate Republicans thought that Kay Bailey Hutchinson would eat his lunch in the governor's race in 2010. Well, that did not work. If Democrats revisit a long past election, they might place on their tombstone Jefferson Davis' benediction on the Confederacy, "died of a theory."
Every election is different, and the worries of one generation do not influence the next. Republicans would be smart not to replay 1980. For one thing, Reagan was an exceptional candidate and Obama, largely because of the Osama bin Laden raid, is given high-marks in opinion polls for his terrorism policy. Moreover inflation, which hits the voting middle class, is low. But the president better not assume that the GOP will self-destruct or that Perry cannot adjust his appeal.
Also the idea that conservatives are somehow easy to beat is false. To assume Mitt Romney is harder to beat is as fraught with fallacies as believing Christopher was tougher than Reagan. Look at the GOP record since 1976. Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Robert Dole and John McCain were proud members of the moderate wing of the Republican party and they lost. Even George W. had tough races and only in Democratic eyes could he qualify as a conservative. If they wish for Perry, they might come to regret thinking that 1964 was still a viable model for victory.


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GE Foundation head stops in Erie, talks Common Core
The GE Foundation has spent more than $27 million on Erie's schools since 2007.
Foundation President Bob Corcoran made a stop in town Wednesday to check on the return on that investment and make a pitch for the national Common Core State Standards.
At a gathering of educators and business leaders at the Bayfront Sheraton on Wednesday morning and later that day at a meeting with the Erie Times-News Editorial Board, Corcoran said the new standards will make American schools more competitive internationally.
"This is a set of standards that are world class," Corcoran said.
The Erie School District has been a part of the foundation's Developing Futures in Education program for more than five years, starting in 2007 with an investment of $15 million for math and science education.
That funding allowed the district to incorporate more hands-on and inquiry-based learning in those disciplines.
The GE Foundation helped bolster the district's technology framework soon after that initial grant. And, in June, the foundation gave the district another $8.6 million to help implement new standards.
That allowed the district to hire 10 teachers to integrate the standards.
Erie schools Superintendent Jay Badams has said that the updated math and science curriculum has helped poise the district for the Common Core, but there is still work to be done.
"The real work is going to be in the classrooms and in the schools," Badams said. "There are a lot of really, really good teachers who need our support."
The new standards are the result of an effort from governors around the country to have more in-depth lessons on math, language arts and eventually science across the country. As of today, 46 states including Pennsylvania are signed on to the new standards, which must be in place by 2014.
The $8.6 million grant has allowed Erie School District teachers and administrators to work with some of the authors of the new standards.
Other benefits of the foundation's support include bringing educators, business leaders and policy makers together from across the country for the foundation's annual education conference in Orlando, Fla., and opportunities for additional teacher training.
"And at Jay's request, some of that money will be used to share practices with other school administrators in the area," Corcoran said.
Corcoran said the foundation has given local teachers a voice in discussions on Common Core aligned tests. There are currently two such tests in the works, but the Pennsylvania Department of Education has not firmly committed to either.
He said that signing on to one of the tests being put together nationally would likely be in the state's best interest.
"In the end, if you want to do it yourself, you're probably going to spend twice as much to get something even half as good," Corcoran said.
Both Corcoran and Badams said the Erie School District could seek special permission from the state Department of Education to use one of the more widespread assessments.
Badams and Corcoran hope Erie's schools can lead the way for the new standards in Pennsylvania. Corcoran said he hopes business leaders will be advocates for the new standards.
The Developing Futures in Education program works with schools in places like New York City; Stamford, Conn.; Louisville, Ky.; and Cincinnati, Ohio. But Badams said Erie had perhaps the largest contingent of business and community leaders at the most recent GE Foundation convention.
Corcoran said he is impressed by local support for the new standards.
"The group from the Erie business community that was (at the conference) decided not to have lunch with everyone else," Corcoran said. "Instead they took their food into another room and immediately started talking about how they can make this a reality."
After his meeting with area business leaders, Corcoran spent some of his time in Erie touring Wayne School to see the combined efforts of the foundation and the district first hand.
SEAN McCRACKEN can be reached at 870-1714 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNmccracken.


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Lee Marshall, the man who provided the voice of Tony the Tiger for more than a decade, died last month in a Santa Monica hospital of esophageal cancer, reports the Los Angeles Times.
He was 64, according to the paper, though some sources list his age as 67.
Marshall's thunderous bass earned him gigs as a wrestling announcer, DJ and voice-over actor. Yet he became best known for uttering just two words while pitching Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal as the iconic spokestiger beginning in 1999: "They're g-r-r-r-e-a-t."
The Los Angeles native is only the second actor to give voice to "Tony" – Thurl Ravenscroft inaugurated the gig for TV commercials in 1952. Marshall began assisting when Ravenscroft was in his 80s and having difficulty with dialogue, and took over full-time after Ravenscroft's death in 2005.
Marshall got his show business start at only 14 when he landed his first radio job at a station in Phoenix. (His booming voice had already developed – he simply lied about his age.)
He later went on to become a well-known DJ at Phoenix station KRIZ – noticed both for his resonant voice and over-the-top stunts – and later at stations in Canada, San Diego and Los Angeles, where he worked for a rap station and also hosted a talk show at Dodgers Stadium.
"If God ever wanted to make a speech, Lee Marshall would get the call," former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda once quipped.
Marshall also traveled the country doing ringside interviews with prominent wrestling stars, and voiced cartoon villains – at times to his chagrin.
"I would just once like to be the guy who saves Scooby-Doo," he reportedly complained to his agent, who brushed him off.
"You'll always be the guy who tries to kill Scooby-Doo," his agent replied.
Marshall is survived by his wife, Judie, son Jason Marshall VanBorssum, stepdaughter Eve Borders Ottis and granddaughter Kate.
Lee Marshall, Longtime Voice of Tony the Tiger, Dead at 64


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Northwest NEWS
ctober 22, 2001
Heart procedures give three year old new lease on life
by Deborah Stone
Features Writer
Three-year-old Kate Carpenter, of Woodinville, was born with a hole in her heart, a condition called "Patent Ductus Arterosis."
The hole forced blood to flow to her lungs causing lung congestion and putting a strain on her heart. As a result, Kate had difficulty performing simple activities and sometimes it was even tough for her to breathe. She was often forced to sit passively on the sidelines while her older sister, Emily, played outside with all the neighborhood children.
"She would get really winded and experience shortness of breath with most physical activities," explains Karen Carpenter, Kate's mother. "It was so hard for her to have to just watch the other kids and it was hard for us because there was little we could do to help the situation."
At 16 months, Kate underwent her first heart procedure, performed at Children's Hospital Medical Center, in an attempt to the close the hole in her heart.
Just a few years ago, a patient born with this condition had to have open-heart surgery, an intensive procedure that left a scar and required many weeks of recovery time.
Fortunately for Kate and the Carpenters, Children's is one of the leading heart specialty hospitals in the nation, with some of the best cutting-edge techniques in the cardiac field. Doctors at Children's have developed a procedure that now allows them to close the hole in Kate's heart without making a single incision.
A small catheter was inserted into Kate's groin, which then snaked up to her heart. Through sophisticated x-ray video, surgeons knew the exact location of the hole and then were able to deliver a tiny coil plug through the catheter to the heart. The coil plug filled the gap.
The procedure took place in the Cardiac Catherization Lab and lasted thirty minutes, allowing Kate to go home the same day.
It became apparent, however, after some time had elapsed, that she needed to undergo a second procedure, as there was still some backflow of blood to her lungs. Last May, Kate went to Children's once again to repeat the same procedure; this time it was deemed a complete success.
"We had seen a growth spurt occur in her after the first time, but then after the second one, we saw an even bigger spurt," comments Karen. "She feels great and her temperament is more even-keeled than before. She used to be very cranky and irritable, especially when she wasn't feeling well. Now, she's a lot of fun to be around. Also, her stamina is fine and she can do any type of physical exercise without limitations or problems. She spent the summer swimming, skipping, jumping, climbing and pedaling her bike, successfully keeping up with the rest of the kids."
Karen is very grateful to the staff at Children's for all that they did to help Kate. She has raves for their support system for both children and their families and admits that her expectations were more than fulfilled, each step of the way.
She says, "I am a nurse myself, but it's so different when it's your child who's faced with a medical situation. I needed help. I needed explanations and I needed comfort. They were responsive to all our needs."
Kate's story was one of several featured last June as part of the "Miracle Makers" broadcast to benefit Children's Hospital, an annual event that raised more than $5.5 million.
The money goes to the Uncompensated Care Fund at the hospital to ensure that no child, regardless of his/her ability to pay, is denied medical care.
Kate and her family have also helped raise additional money for this fund through an appearance at the Friends of Costco Guild of Children's Hospital golf and dinner-auction event last month. KOMO TV's Kathy Goertzen, a longtime supporter of Children's attended and soon became fast friends with little Kate Carpenter, who charmed everyone she met.
In addition, Kate's story will be heard next month on Kiss 106.1, as part of the station's radiothon to raise money for the hospital and she will also be included in the KOMO Telethon in December.
"We feel privileged to help raise money for Children's," comments Karen. "It feels good to be able to give something back to the hospital and to have a sense of service. Children's provides the best care it can by bringing in top-notch medical professionals and attracting the finest people, from surgeons and doctors to nurses, technicians and receptionists."
Recently, Kate learned that she had been chosen as Children's Poster Child of the Year. After her meeting with Kathy Goertzen, it was decided that she would make the perfect candidate. Her picture with that of Goertzen will be used for promotional purposes at many of the hospital's future benefits.
"Kate is delighted with all the attention," says Karen. "She basks in it and she makes a great spokesperson, too. She can talk about what happened to her and explain how she feels now as compared to how she felt before.
"Plus, she's really animated and has a spunky personality. She's just a different person now that she has a new lease on life."


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Etch: Security Update No.7
Corrections and security updates for the current stable Debian have been released.
The new 2.6 kernel build contains official fixes and kernel meta package. The update brings fixes for numerous vulnerabilities, caused by the XUL Runner, in Thunderbird, alias Icedove and Firefox, aka Iceweasel.
The perl package corrects for the third time earlier design flaws and the overwriting of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on tkman has been eliminated. Lastly, Slovaks and Slovene in Debian will now pay in Euro.
A list of important changes can be found in the announcement mail, with all changes listed on the project page.
Issue 192/2016
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Nextcloud Announces Raspberry Pi-Powered Home Cloud Box
Innovative system adds a hard drive and Ubuntu Core to the RPi for an IoT hub.
Linus Torvalds Confirms the Date of the First Linux Release
Linux is two weeks younger than we thought!
End of OpenOffice?
The Apache Software Foundation considers retiring OpenOffice
Adobe Gives New Life to NPAPI Plugin for Linux
Adobe won't kill the plugin in 2017
LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada
Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25
Linux has evolved from "won't be a professional" project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
Mirantis Joins Hands with SUSE To Offer RHEL Support; Red Hat Not Happy
Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
Linux on Windows 10 Poses a Security Risk
Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
Mirantis to Refactor OpenStack Fuel for Kubernetes
The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
Canonical Joins Document Foundation Advisory Board
The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be available as a snap package


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By Bob Allen
Two Southern Baptist leaders in Kentucky and a retired megachurch pastor have joined more than a dozen other groups vying for the venue of a highly anticipated debate between U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic challenger in one of the closest and most-watched election races of the year.
Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Paul Chitwood, executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention; and Bob Russell, retired senior pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, say McConnell, 72, the longest serving U.S. senator in Kentucky history, who is seeking a sixth term in 2014, has accepted their invitation to speak at three "issues forums" in evangelical settings across the state.
They say McConnell's opponent, Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, is reviewing her invitation to join them at a series of meetings Aug. 14 at Eastwood Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Aug. 20 at Highview Baptist Church in Louisville and Aug. 28 at a Christian school in Somerset.
"The purpose of these forums will be to consider the urgent issues now presented to evangelical Christians in American society and in the engagement with our culture," Mohler said in a press release.
Mohler predicted that Kentucky's 2014 Senate race will help determine how issues such as family, marriage, the sanctity of life and religious liberty will be addressed in national politics.
"We are pleased that Senator McConnell has accepted this invitation and we are hopeful that Secretary Grimes will also take advantage of this opportunity and accept our invitation to discuss these issues with Kentucky's evangelical leaders," Mohler said.
Chitwood said Kentucky's 1 million Southern Baptists need to know where the candidates stand on faith issues.
"We are diverse in our political affiliations but stand united in our commitment to religious liberty and issues where the Bible's teachings are clear," Chitwood said.
With fewer than 100 days left before the Nov. 4 election, McConnell led his 35-year-old challenger by 2 percentage points in a poll sponsored by the Herald-Leader and WKYT-TV in Lexington and The Courier-Journal and WHAS-TV in Louisville.
McConnell offered to debate Grimes shortly after fending off a Tea Party challenger in the Republican primary in May. He proposed a series of Lincoln-Douglas style debates in which the two would ask questions of each other, and a moderator would only keep time. McConnell wants the debate to be held in a studio with no audience and with no questioners.
Grimes says she wants to debate the incumbent, but under different terms. She wants public involvement with a live audience and with others having an opportunity to ask questions. A number of political groups have offered to sponsor the debate, but Grimes says the hosts must have no ideological bent toward either candidate.
McConnell is a member of Southeast Christian Church. He is a former longtime member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church, once regarded as the unofficial mother church of nearby Southern Seminary but now estranged from the Southern Baptist Convention over theology and denominational politics.
Russell, longtime pastor of Southeast Christian Church, said today's political issues frequently overlap with biblical principles.
"The sanctity of life, the sacredness of marriage, the freedom to evangelize, racial equality, the persecution of Christians in foreign countries, caring for the poor, justice in the courtroom, defining a just war and the proper treatment of immigrants aren't just political issues," Russell said. "They are first and foremost biblical issues."
"We are confident the upcoming forums will provide an excellent opportunity for Kentucky voters to be informed about where the candidates stand on these and other critical issues," Russell added.
Grimes is a member of the Cathedral of Christ the King, a Roman Catholic parish in Lexington.
Elected Secretary of State in 2011, Grimes is running on a platform of change. At a recent high-profile political event attended by both candidates, she criticized her opponent as stuck in the past, claiming that the Republican senator doesn't care about working people, seniors, women, students, unions and coal miners.
McConnell described Grimes as a tool of national Democrats, saying that President Obama needs to keep a Democratic majority in the Senate in order to remain in power.


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As I sit here watching the tabloids and fans alike whip themselves into a transfer window frenzy, I think back to this time last year and how the signings of two players led to a season to forget for the majority of Stoke fans.
The Summer transfer window of 2011 started as many before it, with us desperately needing genuine full backs and at least one winger – we got neither but we managed to spend over £20m and in doing so completely unbalance a side whose previous season's heroics saw us charge to the Cup Final and into Europe.
I've covered a lot of this throughout last season and predicted as much as soon as long ago as August 31st but having seen that we are chasing Michael Owen, I fear the manager simply does not learn any lessons and continues to make the same mistake over and over again expecting a different outcome.
Crouch and Woodgate – both players with enviable pedigree, one coming into the last few years of his career, the other should have retired years ago. Let's start with Woodgate;
Woody is a name, and Pulis loves nothing more than a name being linked with the club, it doesn't matter that the player is past it, it doesn't matter that the system will suffocate them and ruin any slim chance of success, nor where they will fit in but he has to go and get them and that's exactly what he did here.
I was more than willing to welcome Woody to the fold, it was difficult to know how to judge him given I hadn't seen him in action for years, in fact I was looking forward to seeing him feature, the question was – when would that be? We have Shawcross and Huth who are our foundation at the back, our brick wall of a defence, there is no way he would split them up, especially after the failed attempts to shift Huth out wide the season previous?
Sadly, this is exactly what happened, but he had his chance to impress, so I watched in anticipation of a Madrid inspired masterclass, what I witnessed was more of a Morecambe mare as we witnessd a man bereft of any fitness, shape, pace or anticipation who backed out of all tackles and headers, this was not a good start.
He was awful, time and again he floundered, got the wrong side, left the defence with gaping holes, dragged his man down, it was painful, Pulis had to put him out of his misery. He didn't, he continued to feature, seemingly willing to compromise the success and balance of the side, the happiness of the current player of the year, just to close his eyes and comfort himself that he had the Woodgate of old, when infact he had simply signed Old Woodgate.
It became a joke, sweepstakes would take place on when he would get booked, how many goals he would be responsible for every week, and it's not like we could even take him out of the firing line of the pacey Premier League and have his international experience in Europe given the manager left him out of the European squad – it just didn't make sense on any level.
People still argued his corner but the dissenting voices were getting louder and Huth himself was starting to become annoyed at being hung out to dry on the right. Pulis knew a change was needed, so he dropped Huth. The stubborness of the man at this point really got to me, arguably our best player, whose contract was running down was being treated like a leper to accommodate a player years older who was quite clearly well out of his depth. Pulis soon realised that the defence was a mess so brought back Huth and put him in the middle…. but then moved Woodgate out to right back – you couldn't make it up.
Watching Woodgate in the matches that followed was comical, he became a figure of fun across the country and his display at Wolves where he was subbed after less than 20 minutes said as much about the manager as it did of the player, after all he may be past it but he doesn't pick himself to start. Much of the season had passed at the point Woody was finally dropped to the bench and the defence restored, countless points sacrificed to stubbornly accommodate him, that for me is unforgiveable.
So we move onto Crouch, if you think Woody is a name, you can only imagine what the manager thought when he had the chance to bring in Crouch, a player he has lusted after for years, though a player who is the wrong side of 30, is nothing like his previous striking target of Ba and a player who would go on to completely change the shape of our attacking play for the worst.
I'm not saying Crouch is a bad signing for anyone or even that he is a poor player, on the contrary, he is probably the best 'footballer' we have, but in Pulis' system it is absolutely vital that the man leading the line has power, purpose and most importantly pace and I'm sorry he just doesn't.
Once again we saw Pulis jump at the chance to sign a name, paying well over the odds in the process, and not give one ounce of consideration about how he would fit into the most strict of strict systems or the fact he had just signed a player who plays the same position as the one he signed for £8m only the season before.
I was looking forward to seeing how he would fit into the team, hoping the manager would encourage movement and pace around the big man to replace what was lost by removing Jones from the team, initially it looked like the midfield were getting closer to him and he wasn't as isolated as I feared, but sadly this lasted for about 45 mins before we saw the endless diagonal balls pumped in his general direction. If those balls fell on crouch's head, great, he would bring them down with enviable technique and bring those around him into play, to his credit he does that better than anyone at the club. However, any balls that were more than three feet away from his head he simply wouldn't challenge for or 'attack' as he didn't have that burst of acceleration we've been used to to from target men of old make up those small distances.
This lack of mobility soon became an issue as Pulis reverted to the most rudimentary form of Pulisball and the percentages with Crouch were much less than those with Jones. It wasn't just Crouch who was struggling though, Walters, Pennant and Etherington all had poor seasons, not a few games but months of not making an impact, because the movement in front of them was virtually non existant. Again, this is not a criticism of Crouch, outside of Pulis' system there would be midfielders and full backs supporting the wingers but we don't do that, so the whole attacking shape suffered leaving us bottom of every offensive table known to man at the end of the season.
Many would argue that Walters just didn't live up to the highs of his previous season, that Matty was out of sorts, that Pennant had off field problems, but the fact remains that by bringing in Crouch 100% of the other attacking players in Pulis' system suffered for the entire term and that is no coincidence.
So now we are in talks with Michael Owen, yet another name for the manager to get starstruck by, where will he fit in though? He isn't going to play the Mama role, he won't play the Walters role and he isn't going to usurp Crouch leading the line as Pete is much less effective going forward from deep and doesn't have the agility to cope there. The only way that Crouch and Owen, or indeed any other striker we sign, will work is if the manager changes his system but we know that just isn't going to happen. No matter how many strikers or wingers we sign, it's the system + Crouch that is killing us and when you think that we were second bottom of the table for 2012 it really does paint a worrying picture indeed for the new season.
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Permission to swear,indeed to swear a lot.Firstly I'd like to start where you finnished James Owen..I hate that little **** with a passion,he really gets under my skin,why buy a striker who's injury prone and 33?For God sakes we've just got rid of Ric presumably because of age ...but give me Ricardo(not quite good enough for the prem )Fuller any day over a disintrested in it for the money Owen.Or even a fit Mama!!
Last summer saw us snap up Woody,Upson,Crouch,Jerome and a Palacios impersinator.Fair play all bar Woody made me think were going places.....how ****** wrong could I be :-(.Upson and Jerome were under utilised Crouch the complete oposite,Palacios looked a shadow of the player he once was and Woody nice bloke that he is should chuff off to Sky!!
There is no beliefe in youth at the Brit and unless Tony wakes up we will struggle this season for sure...could go on but have to get my kids from school lol Tbc.
JW - Best get the swearing off your chest before picking up the kids :) There are so many things to be concerned with, this summer is huge for the manager.
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A new home and mobile broadband package has been launched by BT which they say is 'the cheapest and most complete home and mobile broadband package in the UK'.
This offer is available from BT until 28 July 2009.
BT Total Broadband customers can get up to 8MB wireless broadband at home and free 1GB monthly usage on the BT mobile broadband service.
There are different BT Total Broadband packages, which offer differing levels of monthly data usage allowance-
- Option 1 – for lighter users, 10GB usage.
- Option 2 – for medium users, 20GB usage.
- Option 3 – for heavy users, unlimited monthly usage
All have an 18 month contract, and offer the first 3 months at a discount.
The cheapest package is Option 1 at £7.78 per month for the first 3 months, followed by £15.65 for the remainder of the contract.
Access to the mobile broadband is easy and just requires you to plug a USB modem, a dongle, into your laptop.
By paying a one-off fee for this wireless dongle (£49.99 for Options 1 and 2, £9.99 for Option 3) you get the free 1GB data usage a month.
The dongle can support download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps.
You'll need to consider this mobile broadband data limit and calculate what you are likely to need. If you need more than the free data allowance you can get an additional 1GB for £10 or 3GB for £20.
Be aware that the 1GB data allowance is for each 30 day period and will expire 30 days after the date of activation. Unused data cannot be carried over to the next period.
If you are not a BT Total Broadband customer and simply want standalone broadband, BT offer a 1GB standalone product for a one-off fee of £129.99.
As you might expect, the other main broadband providers, including 3, T-Mobile and Vodafone, all offer a variety of mobile broadband deals which also may be worth considering.


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It's Christmas in Parkstown
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on December 14, 2012 1:46 PM
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Riders are seen on a float in memory of Samuel Jackson.
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Seen here are members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Floats, bands and, of course, Santa Claus were part of the annual Parkstown Christmas Parade on Thursday in the Parkstown community. The Parkstown parade once drew thousands of people to the crossroads community but it faded in the 1970s....
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I've got no idea who he is but I don't doubt that he's a wrapper. Either way I must say the car looks pretty good. The color is not my style and the wheels aren't my flavor but it's a hot car and doesn't look retarded... except the license plate and frame.
And yes, you can buy it on eBay!


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Classic Weekly Finds
Molly Worth, founder of Chairloom, believes that people and furniture deserve second chances. Browsing her many reinvented chairs and benches, this low stool with stately legs jumped out at me. Timeless leopard is such a smart choice. A small hit of animal print in a room almost never looks dated.
More classics arrived recently at Atlanta's Acquisitions, 631 Miami Circle. For me, one of the standouts is this handsome secretary. When I saw it, I immediately thought of Katie's and Carson's recommendations.
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The school of hard knocks . . . new data finds high school athletes sustain an estimated 140,000 to 300,000 concussions a year, with football players making up about half of the injuries.
"They vary in severity. Occasionally it will just be the person is a little cloudy isn't quite following commands. He's glassy-eyed. It could be more severe where they're blacked out laying face down on the ground," says Dr. Charles Springer, orthopedic surgeon on Lee Memorial Health System's medical staff.
Orthopedic surgeons often serve as the team doctor, so they're on both the sidelines and frontlines, making on-the-spot decisions.
"A concussion is suspected they, by our guidelines, are not supposed to return to play on the day of the injury," says Dr. Springer.
Tackling concussions means widening the playing field. It's not just prep players who are getting hurt- but the pep players. A national survey finds cheerleaders ranking third in the number of pediatric concussions.
"They're certainly doing flips and if they land awkwardly, it could cause some damage. And what we found is this trauma can be repetitive and this repetitive trauma results in a cumulative effect of deterioration of symptoms," says Dr. Springer.
Neurosurgeons attribute some brain injuries to second impact syndrome.
"A second head injury coming in very close proximity; could be severe with devastating consequences. The brain basically just swells more than the skull can accommodate," says Dr. Dean Lin, neurosurgeon on Lee Memorial Health System's medical staff.
When it comes to taking on teen concussions, it may come down to adults using their heads.
"What I would tell parents is safety of the child is our primary concern. So if you see a doctor or a team trainer pull a kid out of play, let them do their job," says Dr. Springer.


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Weekend Guide: From budget-priced concerts to singles night
Well, that was interesting. Turns out it is still winter.
So what if you have to wear a muffler, mittens and boots? It's the weekend. Here's a look at what's coming up. Think garden. »Read Full Article
Matchbox Twenty keeps the customer satisfied
Rob Thomas made a promise early in Matchbox Twenty's Milwaukee set Saturday, to give the audience "the best tonight you could possibly have."
But for a significant portion of the two-hour set at the Riverside Theater, Thomas, his three Matchbox bandmates and two touring musicians didn't appear to live in the moment as much as in the past, specifically back in the late '90s and early aughts when the band's barely impactful but catchy pop rock were a resounding soundtrack of the era. »Read Full Article(7)
Lottery winnings bring little joy to play's characters - or its audience
For all its obvious faults, goulash communism - featuring modest economic reforms and more liberal social policies - seemingly positioned Hungary for a more successful and humane transition from Stalinism.
Guess again. »Read Full Article
MSO, Solzhenitsyn present stirring sounds of Russia
Russian classical music sounds Russian.
Writers write about it, scholars think about it, but no one has really managed to explain why the music written over the 200-or-so year history of Russian classical music sounds so absolutely Russian. »Read Full Article
Tift Merritt blends best of country styles in Shank Hall show
The direct distance from Milwaukee to Nashville is about 480 miles. The distance from Milwaukee to Bakersfield is about 1,735 miles.
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I want to thank the Gloucester County freeholders, and in particular Freeholder Director Robert Damminger and Freeholder Lyman Barnes, for their commitment to Gloucester County College and the education of our residents, young and old. My family is like many other families — we've struggled and faced hard economic times. Sending my children to college could have been a very stressful and difficult problem if it weren't for GCC.
GCC has provided many amazing opportunities for my family that I don't believe we would have had otherwise. Because of the affordable cost and location, our sons and daughters can continue to live at home and attend school, while also working and saving their money.
The freeholders and college leaders have continued to add programs to give students more options to obtain their degrees. This all makes a huge difference in people's lives, and so I want to thank those who have worked to make it happen. The investment in the education of our children will pay us back when they make us proud by becoming successful, productive adults.
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Decision support weather information for maintenance personnel
S. Edward Boselly
Road Weather Program Manager
Washington State Department of Transportation
Olympia, Washington
Weather impacts nearly all highway maintenance activities. Consequently, maintenance managers and operators need accurate and reliable weather information to manage their resources effectively and efficiently. These decision makers also need weather information presented in a user-friendly manner so that they are not forced to try to integrate information from many sources in order to make their decisions.
Under contract to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), researchers at the University of Washington (UW) developed a capability to gather data from the many networks of weather instrumentation around the state. They integrated these data into a user-friendly format and developed a website for data display. The data appear on the WSDOT Traffic and Weather web page. Unfortunately, the website doesn't provide key road-related forecast information needed by decision makers.
|Figure 1. ARROWS statewide view.
The UW researchers, in response to WSDOT input, developed a new product for maintenance operations decision-making. This product, called the Automated Real-time ROad Weather System (ARROWS), takes numerical weather prediction output and presents the forecast information in a format for easy use and understanding by maintenance personnel. The UW provided access to the original version of ARROWS to key volunteers in WSDOT maintenance over the summer of 2003 for review and assistance in the development. The UW released the final development version of ARROWS for a formal evaluation in the fall of 2003.
Thanks to a regional meteorological modeling consortium pooled fund effort, the UW runs high-resolution models based on output from an ensemble of eight national and international global models. Research indicates that the average of all of the ensemble members tends to provide the best forecast. The UW takes this ensemble mean and generates forecasts down to 4 km resolution. They then use this high-resolution model output to initialize and run a land surface model. This surface output generates pavement temperature forecasts for 24 hours for all state highways in six four-hour increments. The output also includes graphical and text forecasts of air temperature, dew point, and precipitation in one-hour increments for points about 10 km apart on all the state highways.
|Figure 2. ARROWS detailed view showing roadway forecast locations and a 24-hour forecast.
ARROWS also generates warnings based on the forecasts. When a decision maker logs on to ARROWS, exclamation point icons appear on the forecast time slot bar to indicate that warnings exist during a six-hour time increment. In the warning mode, the ARROWS map will then display a graphic in the Maintenance Region where a warning is in effect in that time period. The graphic indicates the type of warning, for instance snow, frost, etc. In Regional or shed views, green dots appear along the highways. These dots represent forecast points. If a warning exists for any one of these locations, the dots appear red. Maintenance managers can look at the next 24 hours and determine if they need to be worried about weather at specific locations. By clicking on a dot, the user gets a 24-hour forecast for that location. The graphic will also indicate if there are any warnings in the vicinity of that location by milepost.
ARROWS is nearly one-stop shopping for weather information. ARROWS provides color-coded map displays for forecasts of precipitation, the statewide road network color-coded for pavement temperature, air temperature and wind forecast. The UW created for the ARROWS display a composite statewide radar product with a three-plus hour looping capability. ARROWS also contains links to other weather information, such as the National Weather Service, the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center, and any vendor that is under contract to provide weather forecasting services.
Most maintenance personnel who used ARROWS liked it. The development continues to be a dynamic process. WSDOT and the UW worked interactively during the 2003-2004 winter demonstration. The UW changed and upgraded the ARROWS presentations based on feedback from field users. At the end of the winter season a survey obtained additional input for improving ARROWS. Suggestions included adding additional links and deleting unused ones. They requested forecasts be extended to at least 36 hours. The UW is working to revamp the forecasting process to accommodate this extension. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, most users indicated that ARROWS helped them perform their work more effectively and efficiently, and more than 90 percent indicated that the development of ARROWS should continue. ARROWS will again be evaluated during the 2004-2005 winter.
S. Edward Boselly can be reached at (360) 705-7863 or at email@example.com. For a PowerPoint(r) presentation on ARROWS, go to www.wrh.noaa.gov/Seattle/pnw/Steed.ppt.


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Though she's spoken about adopting, just don't look for Fergie to be pushing a baby carriage any time soon.
"Now, it's all about the Black Eyed Peas," the band's singer told PEOPLE at Saturday's KIIS-FM's Wango Tango concert in Irvine, Calif. "We'll see. At the end of this run that we're doing right now, whatever feels natural and right. I always follow my gut. So, whatever it's going to tell me is going to be right."
Fergie, 34, said, "I am completely living in the present. It's a different album, I just did the film [musical] Nine, I got married [to Josh Duhamel. Now] we're back on the hustle, back on the grind."
But, she adds, "When I'm in that place, I will tell you then!"
Fergie's first record with the Black Eyed Peas in four years, The E.N.D. is set to hit stores June 9. At Saturday's concert, performing with the Peas, she sported a midriff-baring shirt and showed off a tight tummy.
Of life now, Fergie tells PEOPLE, "I literally wake myself up in the morning and I don't have to have an alarm anymore. I start getting new ideas: somebody I need to call because of a mix that we are doing, or we are performing, an idea that I have visually, for what I'm going to wear, or a crazy hairstyle that I want to do. It's just living and breathing this right now. I think we all are. It's day to day."
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It's 2 A.M. and I'm still reading the 15th Anniversary issue (PEOPLE, March 6). I'm halfway through it, and I must say, you guys did one hell of a job. It's the best PEOPLE ever, and I've read almost every one. Keep up the good work.
Jamie Medved
Lower Burrell, Pa.
I just had to write to let you know how much I enjoyed your Anniversary issue. One fact I thought was overlooked, and which I was curious about—which celebrity has graced your cover most often? My guess would be Elizabeth Taylor.
Francis Bruno
Anaheim, Calif.
Right you are. With the March 13 issue, Liz has appeared 11 times.
Shame, shame on you for not including a PEOPLE puzzle in your 15th Anniversary issue. I've been a faithful reader since the beginning, but I still haven't forgiven you for dropping it from your magazine. My mother and I used to work the puzzle together every week, and when I went off to college in 1977 she would lie on my bed, work the puzzle alone, and cry.
Pam Myers-Morgan
Charlottesville, Va.
It was discontinued after the death of its creator, Gerard Mosler, in 1985.
That beautiful, pain-wracked, pitiful face! Please tell us what happened to Yalitza Galeano.
Louise E. Kleinhenz
North Olmsted, Ohio
Yalitza, who suffered bullet wounds in both legs when she was caught in a gun battle, is now walking with the aid of crutches. Efforts are being made to bring her to the U.S. for further treatment.
As a young lady who preferred Barbie over baby dolls as a youngster, I'm proud of how the toy has advanced since the '70s. The current Barbie is fit and flexible enough to pursue any career. Women today seem insecure enough without feminist grouches like Susan Reverby feeling that if a woman does anything smaller than run a corporation or a country, she isn't worth two dimes. If folks want proof that a woman with an impossible figure like Barbie's can be cerebral and successful, how about Samantha Fox, Victoria Principal and Dolly Parton?
Jean O'Boyle
Des Plaines, Ill.
Just when I thought ii was safe to admit I was from Louisiana, David Duke gets elected to the state house of representatives in front of the entire nation. Those of us in northern Louisiana are continually confounded by the politics of our southern state-mates. I wish we levelheaded citizens of northern Louisiana could secede to Texas. In the meantime, anyone got a big broom?
Dee Phillips
Shreveport, La.
As a member of the Republican party, I am embarrassed and ashamed to share my political affiliation with a man such as David Duke. It is very disturbing to me that in 1989 a racist with a record a mile long of horrible actions against his fellow Americans could be elected to public office. Obviously, the voters of Metairie, La., share with Duke the same type of moral convictions—those of a pig.
Suzanne Redman
Norman, Okla.
Despite David Duke's decidedly checkered past, the people of Metairie had every right to make him their representative in their state legislature. As an American, I believe in that right. However, as an American woman who happens to be black, a baptized Catholic and married to a Jewish man, Duke's election makes me afraid for my daughter and my country.
Natalie Davis-Freeberg
New York City
This week's PEOPLE printed a photo of David Duke standing behind a Lions Club International emblem which made it seem that he was appearing at a Lions-sponsored affair. This connection has caused great concern among our 1.3 million members worldwide. Lions Club International is a nonpolitical organization. We do not take stands on political issues or endorse candidates. Mr. Duke is not a Lions member. His supporters simply rented the Lions hall for an event.
Austin P. Jennings
Lions Club International
Oak Brook, Ill.
What a beautiful, courageous, sad story about Dick York. He made people laugh for many years and seems to have his sense of humor even now. Is there anything we can do to help his cause of giving to the poor and homeless?
Betsy K. Wren
Largo, Fla.
Contributions can be sent to: Dick York, c/o Acting for Life, P.O. Box 499, Rockford, Mich. 49341
When Dick York was replaced on Bewitched, I was very upset and wondered why. I was hurt to finally learn the reason and I felt so sorry for him. But thinking about it afterwards, I realized that he has what really counts—a caring, giving spirit and a loving wife. Now I don't feel sorry for him. I envy him.
Nan White
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AUGUST 2, 2012 - Principals' Biweekly Message
For the sixth consecutive year, North Carolina's high school graduation rate has increased. For the first time, our four-year cohort graduation rate has passed the 80 percent mark. This is excellent news for our state and for our schools. In 2006, the first year that we were able to provide a cohort graduation rate, we posted a rate of 68.3 percent. Today's news represents a gain of nearly 12 percentage points and most important, it means better opportunities and better economic prospects for thousands of your students and their families. Congratulations to you and to your schools! Whether you lead an elementary, middle or high school - all of you play a key role in preparing youngsters for high school graduation. The high school principals have the pleasure of awarding diplomas on graduation day, but every one of you from K-12 have made a difference in some way in each young person's life and their opportunities. I am so proud of you, your teachers and our students.
June Atkinson
In this Biweekly Principals' Message:
- State Board of Education Meeting Highlights
- Final ABCs Report Released
- State Graduation Rate is Highest in NC History
- Instructional Improvement System Functional Specifications Analysis Document
- Instructional Improvement System Resource Consortium
- NC Educator Evaluation System Update
- The Phase II Professional Development Online Modules
- K-8 Week-by-Week Essentials
- School Bus Safety Materials for Students and Drivers Online
- Career Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers
State Board of Education Meeting Highlights
At this morning's State Board meeting, members approved the 2011-12 ABCs/AMOs Report (more info in next item), the statewide expansion of mClass Reading 3D Diagnostic Assessments, additional flexibility for textbook funds, North Carolina Extended Content Standards for High School Social Studies, and a rubric for school social workers. Among the Board's discussion items were proposed rubrics for school counselors, psychologists, instructional technology facilitators and school library media coordinators. A summary of Board action items will be available online at http://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/highlights/2012 .
Final ABCs Report Released
According to the 2011-12 ABCs of Public Education report today presented to State Board of Education members, nearly 80 percent (79.5 percent) of North Carolina public schools met or exceeded their academic growth goals. This is the final year of the ABCs of Public Education accountability program before the state transitions to the READY school accountability model in the 2012-13 school year. The report also found that 46.2 percent (1,165 schools) of all schools met all of their Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs). AMOs have replaced the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measures previously required by the U.S. Department of Education. State Superintendent June Atkinson noted that the ABCs model has served North Carolina well by focusing on school-level accountability, but that the new READY accountability model will more squarely measure career and college readiness. To read more, please visit www.ncpublicschools.org and click on the appropriate link under "News."
State Graduation Rate is Highest in NC History
For the first time ever, North Carolina's four-year cohort graduation rate exceeded 80 percent, according to North Carolina's 2012 graduation report presented to State Board of Education members this morning. In 2012 80.2 percent of students who started ninth grade in 2009-09 completed high school in four years or less. The five-year cohort rate also surpassed the 80 percent threshold coming in at 81.1 percent. State Superintendent June Atkinson said, "This is tremendous news for North Carolina public schools and a testament to the hard work of principals, teachers, counselors and students." To read more, please visit www.ncpublicschools.org and click on the appropriate link under "News."
Instructional Improvement System Functional Specifications Analysis Document
The Instructional Improvement System (IIS) is an exciting and innovative move for our state to a "one-stop-shop" solution for improving instruction. The IIS will support the teaching of the new North Carolina Standard Course of Study and be a system to improve and personalize student learning. With the IIS, North Carolina districts and schools will have increased access to high quality resources and timely and relevant information and data to improve instruction. Information will be available for teachers, administrators, parents and students.
In response to the need expressed at the July 25 Superintendent's Quarterly Meeting to understand what functionality may be provided in the IIS for comparison with what districts currently have, NCDPI staff have made available online (www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement/resources) the IIS Functional Specifications Gap Analysis. LEAs/schools can decide to use this document to make a preliminary determination regarding how well the IIS will meet their needs. Completing this document is NOT required and does not need to be submitted back to the NCDPI. This is being provided for informational purposes and for local use.
The IIS specifications were gathered through regional requirements gathering sessions that NCDPI staff held with local staff, parents, and students and through discussions with the IIS User Group members and IIS Stakeholders Advisory Committee members. For more information about the IIS, visit www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/improvement . Please send questions/comments to email@example.com or contact Sarah McManus at email@example.com.
Instructional Improvement System Resource Consortium
The IIS Resource Consortium is an advisory group and a forum created to encourage collaboration and promote the sharing, in accordance with licensing agreements, of instructional/learning, assessment, professional development and talent management/educator evaluation resources among all NC public school educators. The IIS Resource Consortium meets each month with the group having just met on July 31. The Consortium discussed processes for vetting and submitting resources for use in the IIS. A summary from the July 31 meeting will be provided in the next update. For a membership list, please visit https://sites.google.com/site/iisresourceconsortium/the-team . LEAs or charter schools interested in joining are encouraged to complete a short interest form located at http://goo.gl/gN8Yj or contact LaVerne Weldon at email@example.com.
NC Educator Evaluation System Update
Based on user feedback, several updates have been made to the NC Educator Evaluation System tool this summer. These changes offer a deeper alignment of functionality, and resolve some redundancy issues with the generation of Professional Development Plans. These basic updates include the following:
- Record of Teacher Activity form is now automatically created for all teachers.
- Record of Teacher Activity form is now accompanied by a "refresh" icon. This icon is only viewable by administrator class accounts. This allows administrators to remove all text and signatures added to this form, comparable to their previous ability to "delete," without actually removing the form from the system.
- There is a limit of one Summary Rating Form per teacher, per year.
- The school year "drop down" under the Teacher Observation Manager has been moved from the top right hand side of the interface to the left hand side above the staff list. This mirrors the interface found under the Principal Evaluation System.
- Teachers will receive a warning message if they attempt to create a Preliminary Professional Development plan if a roll over Professional Development Plan form already exists for them.
- A rollover Professional Development Plan for the next year will be automatically created when the current year Summary Rating Form is signed and completed.
- Stand-alone Professional Development Plans (not affiliated with a Summary Rating Form) are no longer a form available for creation by a principal.
- A rollover Professional Development Plan for the next year is automatically generated by the system and available for editing within the current school year once the Summary Rating Form is signed. It will appear below the Summary Rating Form to the right of a green arrow indicating the forms are linked. Editing is limited to the first tab of PDP until the new school year begins.
- It is now possible to email copies of the Summary Rating Form from the Teacher Observation Manager. This is the same functionality as the current ability to email Teacher Observations.
- The Teacher comment box on the Summary Rating form now appears grey, the same as other forms with comment boxes in the system.
- Mentor assignments for Professional Development Forms and Preliminary Professional Development forms now appear under the correct headings when viewed under the Teacher Peer Assessment Manager.
- Professional Development Plans now have a more straightforward naming convention (i.e., Professional Development Plan for 2012-13, Preliminary PDP for 2012-13) rather than the "based-on" naming convention.
For additional information, please contact your Regional PD Lead, or Robert Sox at email@example.com.
The Phase II Professional Development Online Modules
The Department of Public Instruction has developed nine new online modules as a means of providing professional development that is flexible and can be used by districts and charter school teams in ways that best suit their needs. These include: Connecting with Our 21st Century Learners (10 hours, 1.0 CEU), North Carolina School Executive Standards and Evaluation Process (10 hours, 1.0 CEU), Understanding Young Student Behavior in the Classroom (5 hours, .5 CEU), Introduction to Data Literacy (4 hours, .4 CEU), Digital Literacies in the K-12 Classroom (12 hours, 1.2 CEU), Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects (3 hours, .3 CEU). For additional information about the modules, enrollment information, and strategies for implementation, please see the Phase II Online Module Implementation Guide at http://rt3nc.org/pubs/implementation_guide_2012.pdf . The following three additional modules are available in different locations: The North Carolina Educator Evaluation System: Online Tutorials for Administrators, The North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards and NC FALCON: Student Ownership Manual. Please see the implementation guide for specific instructions and access information. There also are six modules available through the NC Education website at https://center.ncsu.edu/nc/course/category.php?id=33281. To enroll, educators will need an NC Education account. For additional information contact Geetanjali Soni, email@example.com or Lynne Johnson at email@example.com.
K-8 Week-by-Week Essentials
NCDPI staff have begun the process of selecting high cognitively demanding tasks from the K-8 Week-by-Week Essentials and Strategies to create a new support document that aligns with the Common Core State Standards. With the support of North Carolina educators and other public school partners, staff anticipate the release of this new document in late fall. Updates regarding this new document will be posted on the NCDPI Math Wiki at http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/ .
School Bus Safety Materials for Students and Drivers Online
NCDPI Transportation Services staff have placed a number of resources on their web page - www.ncbussafety.org/BusDrivers.html - that can be used for bus driver training or continuing education, including several videos (bullying, train crash, passenger stops, explosion). The national Bullying curriculum also can be found online at www.ncbussafety.org/BusDrivers.html . In addition, there are some School Bus Safety minutes that will be included on the web page next week, but for now you can reference them at www.ncbussafety.org/documents/BusSafetyMinutes_July2012.pdf and www.ncbussafety.org/documents/BusSafetyMinutes_July2012.docx . The PDF file is ready to go. The DOCX file can be modified for your use. These lessons were designed to be usable by school bus drivers in talking to the students on their bus - for example, in the extra time they might spend on the bus in the morning after arriving at school. Questions regarding these materials should be directed to Derek Graham at firstname.lastname@example.com .
Career Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers
The Career Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers is a five-year, $175,000 award available to outstanding science or mathematics teachers in the North Carolina public schools. The purpose of this award is to recognize teachers who have demonstrated solid knowledge of science or mathematics content and have outstanding performance records in educating children. This five-year award presents opportunities for professional development and collaboration with other master science or mathematics teachers who will help to ensure their success as teachers and their satisfaction with the field of teaching. The Career Awards for Science and Mathematics Teachers program is a partnership between the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The SBE is providing additional salary support to secure 12-month contracts for award winning teachers. Teachers may self-nominate, but should read the guidelines for more details. Sept. 18 is the application deadline. For more information, please visit www.bwfund.org/pages/379/CASM .