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Federal Way school board reviews early learning programs
With an increased push towards "early learning development" at both the state and federal levels, Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) has been working to get the district's early learning program up to speed.
Early learning encompasses pre-kindergarten through third grade and FWPS Director of Early Learning Luisa Sanchez-Nilsen stressed the importance of early learning for students.
"Why (pre-kindergarten) through third grade?" Sanchez-Nilsen asked during her presentation to the board on Feb. 11. "Because the first 2,000 days matter. For every dollar spent at the beginning of the year, it's a return investment of $8-$9 dollars. We'll also see that as we address this through comprehensive approaches, that can lead to preventing and closing achievement gaps, and have higher education rates."
Sanchez-Nilsen said that children not proficient in needed skills by the end of third grade are four times more likely not to graduate on time.
"As we look at this through a national lens, this (also holds) true … When we look at proficiency in reading in the United States, (that proficiency) continues to be unacceptably low for low-income students and students of color," Sanchez-Nilsen shared.
In Federal Way, Sanchez-Nilsen noted the district currently has 1,800 students in all-day kindergarten, and averages about 1,600 students per grade level from kindergarten to third grade. For this school year, Sanchez-Nilsen's department has focused on six schools as part of the federal Race to the Top program: Lake Grove, Mark Twain, Mirror Lake, Olympic View, Wildwood and Sunnycrest. According to Sanchez-Nilsen, 80 percent of the students in those schools are on the free or reduced lunch program, and 50 percent of the students in those schools are students of color.
The district also targeted these particular schools because at the beginning of the school year, 50 percent of the students at those schools were not meeting benchmarks for reading, writing and math.
To address the issues at the six schools, and eventually all of the elementary schools in the district, the Early Learning Department follows the district's early learning plan, said Sanchez-Nilsen. That plan is the outcome of collaborative work between the district, Thrive by Five, the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Washington State Department of Early Learning.
Part of the program involves bringing in Early Care and Education (ECE) providers (pre-school, etc.) into the fold, so those providers can align their teaching with the district and vice versa, she added.
"When we look at the vision of the Washington state (early learning) plan, it really is to work together so that all children start life with a solid foundation for success based on strong families and a world-class early learning system for all children prenatal through third grade," she said. "(The district's plans are) aligned, balanced, integrated … We have a vertical integration so that we're moving from early learning to the K-12 system, hopefully for (students) to be career and college ready. In addition, everything we do, we hope is relevant and that it's developmentally appropriate."
Board member Danny Peterson said he's happy with the work that Sanchez-Nilsen and the ELD has accomplished so far.
"I just want to say, (early learning) is my world with my 2-and-a-half year old, and my 5-year-old," he said. "We're so grateful to have someone of your caliber here at our district, grabbing these young minds, and investing early and often. We appreciate the work and what's going to be coming (from it) because of the work your team does."
To learn more about the programs the district currently provides for early learning, visit www.fwps.org/districtresources/programsandservices/.
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Did you hear the Washington Gnats demoted former Met Lastings Milledge to Triple-A?
From the Washington Post:
"Just before Opening Day, he missed a beginning-of-the-year team meeting. He misplayed several flyballs in center, and took wandering routes toward even the balls he caught. He walked too infrequently to fulfill the leadoff role, and went just 4-for-24 (.167) with 10 strikeouts."
Sounds like the L-Millz I know.
But it begs the question: Who's going to get the better of the swap that sent Milledge to D.C. and Ryan Church and Brian Schneider our way?
My $0.02:
True, Rhyno hasn't proven he can hit lefties any more than Lastings has shown he isn't a head case, but I'm saying the Mets will.
Church, at 30, still has the potential to make this deal decisive. When he's been on the field for the Mets he's hit. (He's off to a .423 start this season.)
The right fielder was derailed by concussions last season, but he's still everything Milledge isn't: A professional, a good defender, a decent on-base guy, and a gap-hitter with more than occasional pop.
In short, he's a better baseball player.
Would you make that deal all over again?
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I've loved cookbooks for as long as I can remember, but it wasn't until I was first married that I really started reading them. I received Cookwise by Shirley O. Corriher as a wedding gift and although I probably tried a recipe or two from the book, what I really enjoyed was sitting down and actually reading through it and learning about how recipes work and why recipes work. After that book, I started to really enjoy reading recipes. Not just the head notes and stories that accompanied them, but the actual recipes. I love reading through ingredient lists and instructions, imagining the process and seeing the food come together in my mind. I learn from recipes, even if I don't always follow them. I pick up new shortcuts, flavor combinations, and techniques. I learn that there can be more than one "right way" to do something. I learn that it's okay to experiment because almost every single recipe published is simply a variation of an older recipe. And that's okay. That's what cooking is. Continue reading →
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As we're transitioning from the Whole30 diet that we followed last month, I thought it might be fun to experiment with some grain-free baking. We have added small amounts of natural sweeteners, butter, and cheese back to our diet this week but won't be adding any wheat back for a little while yet. This Snickerdoodle recipe from Deliciously Organic works perfectly for us at this stage because it uses almond and coconut flours in place of all-purpose wheat flour and is sweetened with a combination of honey and coconut sugar. I followed Carrie's recipe exactly and these were simple to make and they turned out perfectly. The only real difference between mine and hers was that I used the convection setting on my oven when baking them. Even though I turned the temperature down and shortened the baking time, the coconut sugar browned faster than I was expecting. They didn't burn, but they definitely have a delicious though unintentional caramel flavor. Next time I'll bake them without convection and then see which I prefer. Continue reading →
It's tomato season and our garden is producing beautiful red and yellow fruit at an amazing pace, not to mention the zucchini, crookneck squash, peppers, and three varieties of cucumbers that need to be harvested every single day. Seriously, the cucumbers just don't stop! But this week we're focusing on tomatoes because it's Wednesday and we're celebrating this garden favorite for Summer Fest this week. Continue reading →
I decided to look back through my blog posts of 2012 and pull together a few standout recipes that I will definitely be making again and again. First up is this somewhat unusual spring appetizer that I made with some of our delicious local strawberries. I can't wait til next spring when I'll be able to make this Strawberry Bruschetta with Balsamic Vinegar and Basil again. Continue reading →
We spent Thanksgiving at my grandparents' house so I didn't have to worry about making an entire Thanksgiving meal. I was really only in charge of pies this year, but at the last minute decided I'd also try this Broccoli Cheese Casserole from Simply Recipes. It was easy to make and everyone enjoyed it. Continue reading →
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One of the best gifts I received this year was the gift of bread. No, I wasn't given a loaf of bread, but I was given a tool that allowed me to bake the best bread of my life. Continue reading →


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Book Review: Head First Web Design
Curt Shontz cracks open O'Reilly's Head First Web DesignBy
Great designers understand far more about building web sites than just generating markup and style rules. They know that organization, layout, color scheme, and even writing style are fundamental to creating a successful web presence. Head First Web Design treats each of these subjects and dozens of others with thoroughness and flair.
A quick glance at the book's cover confirms that its audience is targeted toward young, creative professionals who are – or who want to be – on the cusp of a career in web design. Although the book's content is staggeringly wide-ranging, co-authors Ethan Watrall and Jeff Siarto explain in their introduction that their intention is to teach these design principles to readers who are already comfortable with XHTML and CSS. Seasoned web developers looking for a reference book, code-timid dabblers who depend entirely on WYSIWYG editors, and newbies who don't know an anchor tag from an alt attribute should probably look elsewhere.
The book's nearly 500 pages are painstakingly designed with an energetic color scheme and hundreds of diagrams, photographs, and screenshots, each accompanied by humorous, upbeat commentary. If you love to scribble notes on the pages of your books, you may be disappointed to learn that the text comes pre-commented; the designers have already inserted script-font notations and hand-drawn arrows into the margins for your future reference. And if, on occasion, you like to pause from reading so you can ponder the subject material, the book's authors have beaten you to that, too. Peppered throughout the book, cartoon-style word balloons hover above wide-angle photos of young professionals who are presumably mirroring the reader's apprehension about a potentially complex subject. These scowling toe-tappers often start by saying, "Hey, hold on a second," prompting the reader to mutter, "Yeah!" in agreement. It's a new twist on the old-school sidebar, and a perfect segue into the clarifying paragraphs that follow. With these audience-inserted teaching tools, it's as if the authors were doing your multitasking for you.
Judgments on teaching style aside, Head First Web Design does a thorough job of guiding you through every aspect of designing a web site. To get the process headed in the right direction, Watrall and Siarto carefully outline the basics of how to storyboard your concept and plan your navigation once the wishes of the client have been carefully pulled together. They also pay due diligence to the importance of Architecture Information diagramming, a tried and true hierarchical mapping method for organizing a site's content.
Throughout the book, equal emphasis is placed on designing a web site that is beautiful, functional, and easy to use. Key concepts like employing visual metaphors, understanding basic color theory, and writing effectively for web audiences are recurring themes. To mitigate the all-too-common temptation to code first and ask questions later, the authors dedicate nearly a hundred pages to planning your site's functionality before delving into the subject of coding and styling in any depth. When those subjects do emerge, they emphasize strict separation of content and style so that the look and feel of the site can be tweaked – or even overhauled completely – without disturbing the organization of the site's information.
The book puts into plain words the complex subjects of visual perception, interactive design, and web content accessibility in a refreshingly childlike – yet effective – style. Though at first off-putting to Boomers like me, this approach is actually the book's greatest strength; were it not for its playful and trendy format, the potentially dry and tedious subjects of code markup and style sheets could easily repel the Millennial generation who likely make up the majority of this book's readership. Web design really is fun and Head First Web Design proves it.
K. Curtis Shontz is a freelance illustrator, graphic artist, and web designer operating under the name The Agile Badger. He produces illustrations for magazine feature articles, web sites, tee-shirts, logos, and advertisements for print and web. He also produces dozens of unwashed coffee mugs and staggeringly deep piles of recyclable waste. He dabbles in freelance writing and feels awkward constructing brief biographical summaries using the third-person voice.
Short review of the Book "Head First Web Design"Great review! I was searching for help building a beginner web site and found most of the books to technical or just to boring. This book is too advanced for me, but it sure did a wonderful job of making me feel that there was hope for me to build a site....dancingron
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13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us — whatever we ask — we know that we have what we asked of him.
16 If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true — even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. NIV
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Janet and I went to the US Mint and the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia. In both cases the security was tight. In the case of the Federal Reserve Bank, it was even tighter than getting on a plane. We passed through cylinders that were completely enclosed. They were determined not to put in jeopardy the $6 billion in currency that sits under your feet as you stand in that massive lobby.
John is doing some security here at the end of the letter. He is taking precaution to warn all his readers about the dangers of idolatry, how easily one can fall into it.
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MOBILE, Alabama - Monday's Southern League game at Hank Aaron Stadium had a Twilight Zoney parallelism. Each team's first baseman - Chattanooga's O'Koyea Dickson and Mobile's Jon Griffin - led off the second inning with a home run over the left-field fence. Each team's starting pitcher - Mobile's Mike Lee and Chattanooga's Garrett Gould - plated his team's second run with a double into the left-center gap. Each team loaded the bases in the ninth off hard-throwing relievers - Chattanooga's Pedro Baez and Mobile's Jimmie Sherfy - but failed to score. Each team got two runners on base in the 10th inning.
That's where the parallelism ended. Chattanooga got one of its runners home, Mobile did not and the 6-5 decision ended the BayBears' winning streak at eight games - one short of the team record.
Dickson's one-out walk off Mobile's seventh pitcher, Blake Cooper (3-1), started Chattanooga's 10th-inning rally. Running on a 3-2 pitch, Dickson went to third on Ryan Adams' pinch-hit single up the middle. That allowed him to score on Chris O'Brien's flyout to center.
Chattanooga (17-27) held on in the 10th despite some misadventures in the field. Jake Lamb led off the home half of the 10th by lining a single past second baseman Darnell Sweeney. Dustin Martin lofted popup into shallow left field off reliever Matt Shelton. Left fielder Casio Grider ran into Erisbel Arruebarrena, sending both players sprawling and the Lookouts trainer running onto the field, but the Chattanooga shortstop held on to the ball for the out. Mike Freeman hit the ball sharply to first, where Dickson gloved it, stepped on first for the second out and threw to second to try to head off Lamb and end the game. But his throw skipped past Arruebarrena. Pinch-hitter Raywilly Gomez drew a walk to keep the game going. But Shelton got Tom Belza to ground out to Dickson to end the game -- the Chattanooga first baseman's seventh unassisted putout of the game.
Lamb was the fifth runner stranded at second in the game and third in three innings by the BayBears.
"We had plenty of opportunities to win that baseball game," Mobile manager Andy Green said. "There were a number of places where we came up short. It wasn't our best effort even from just a straight effort standpoint. I didn't feel like we were completely locked in from the first pitch to the last, and you don't sweep series unless you're locked in from the first pitch to the last, so we're going to have to tighten that up."
As he had in his only previous ninth-inning outing for the BayBears (27-17), Sherfy walked the bases loaded and escaped without giving up a run. On Monday, he struck out leadoff hitter Sweeney and got Arruebarrena to fly out to end the inning. In the first eight innings, the Lookouts had left a total of three runners on base before matching that in the ninth.
Baez, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers two weeks ago, walked Belza, gave up a two-out single to Garrett Weber, then decided to walk David Peralta after falling behind 2-0. With the bases loaded, Griffin put some electricity into Hank Aaron Stadium with a long line drive that landed foul down the left-field line before Baez struck him out to end the inning.
After Dickson homered down the left-field line to give Chattanooga a 1-0 lead in the second, Mobile answered with a leadoff homer in its half of the frame - a long ball onto BayBear Mountain by Griffin. Mobile didn't stop there. After singles by Martin and Freeman, Lee helped himself with a two-out, two-run double. Sean Jamieson's double completed the four-run outburst.
Chattanooga got two of the runs right back in the third, with Gould doubling in a run and scoring on Jeremy Hazelbaker's single.
Jamieson doubled again in the fifth and scored when Lamb beat out a two-out chopper.
Trailing 5-3, Chattanooga got a two-out, run-scoring double from O'Brien in the sixth. In the seventh, Noel Cuevas led off with a double off reliever Kaleb Fleck, went to third on Brian Cavazos-Galvez's pinch-hit flare to right and scored on Sweeney's long foul out to left to tie the game.
The BayBears play next at 6:15 p.m. CDT Wednesday at the Tennessee Smokies.


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Newcastle United have released a limited amount of season tickets for the 2012/13 campaign to general sale.
Due to a fantastic season, which has seen the Magpies compete at the top end of the Barclays Premier League table, there has understandably been a very high demand for season tickets.
Even though we are still in the renewal process for current season ticket holders, the Club has released various sections of the Sports Direct Arena early to meet supporters' demand.
Various areas of the stadium are now available for fans to guarantee their seat for next year, but availability is limited and they will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
These seats are available in the Gallowgate End, the Sir John Hall Stand, the East Stand and the lower tiers of the Milburn Stand.
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Hartwig, Katrin and Mandelka, Georg (2008) Tool-based Safety Analysis of Operational Rules. In: EDIS Zilina. pp. 258-264. ISBN 978-80-8070-852-8.
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Since 2005 the Institute of Transportation Systems at DLR develops a software tool for the examination of technical systems, such as railway vehicles, with regard to the relation to safety of their elements. The starting point of the analysis is the output of the system, i.e. the actions performed which influence the environment, e.g. acceleration, braking or signalling. The tool helps to identify the safety-related signals generated by the various subsystems or components. Knowing the critical paths of information transmission, actions can be taken to reduce error-proneness. It can be analysed to what extent the safety will improve when implementing appropriate products, such as signal relays, or adding redundant or fall-back elements or when changing the related safety levels. However, a system does not only consist of hardware and software components and their interaction, but also, if not essentially, it consists of rules for operation and the staff operating the system. Therefore, it appears necessary to examine the operational rules as well. A first approach to the analysis of operational rules shows, that it is possible to represent rules in a form that comprises all necessary information needed by the tool to perform the analysis. The output of the tool presents the components and information paths which are relevant to the safe operation of the system and where human involvement bears the risk of hazards. With this result it is possible to identify ways to support the staff in its task or even replace the staff by a more reliable electronic system. With those actions the system gets not only safer, but staff can be relieved from safety-related tasks or even deployed in other services. Beside this, system integrators are also interested in the analysis of further characteristics of their systems in order to optimise the design. As the tool works with a data base it is possible to assign a number of attributes to the various components of a system, such as costs or availability. Further interesting attributes could be the kind of processing units of the various functions, e.g. computer, relay or human being, and the communication channel between the functions of a system, e.g. LAN, GSM-R or public networks. The paper discusses the principles of the software tool developed by DLR, its application and potential future developments.
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Yes, you read it right. The recession is over. Sales have been up 6 months in a row, the wheels are starting to turn again and we may have already passed the peak of home foreclosures. However, the effects of this recession are not over. The traditional advice your mom gave you might now be valid in this shaky financial environment. Here are some new rules to follow as we rebuild.
Renting Might be Right for You
Depending on your age and the cost of rents in your area, renting a home might be better than owning. If you don't expect to live another 30 years, buying doesn't make much sense. Like most financial truths, it's a harsh reality to face. A real estate investment is unlikely to grow any faster than inflation, creating a loss for you or your heirs. Look at rents; compare them to the payments you would make for the remainder of your life against mortgages payments for 30 years. Don't forget to figure for taxes and insurance, plus repairs and other costs of home ownership. Renting might make more sense.
Retirement Savings
There are many flavors of retirement account and you are not limited to a single account. If your work offers a 401K, open a Roth on your own if you are unsure which will be most beneficial. It should all come out in the wash, leaving you with additional savings if you contribute the same amounts in to each account every year.
Dividends over Value
The era of value investing in the stock market is over. Some buyers still tend to look at business value to decide on a purchase, but dividend yield from stocks is a much bigger piece of the puzzle. A good dividend does not automatically make a good stock, but these payments may make you feel better about hanging onto that bucking bronco of an unstable market. Even when the stock values plummet, you still have the consolation prize.
Emergencies Come in Packs
Remember the saying that deaths and births come in threes? It seems to me that the same things happen with emergencies. One even make you dip into the emergency fund and your stress over that event leads to a costly mistake and then yet another. No one can tell you just how big your emergency fund should be, but would one-month's salary be enough? Personally, I feel more comfortable with six months. The money sits in a high interest savings account, ready for me if I need it.
Don't Retire Early
Once a sign of prosperity, early retirement is beginning to look downright foolish. Many baby boomers have started their own businesses and you might want to think about that as well. If you can keep yourself afloat until age 66, you'll be entitled to full benefits.
Say Goodbye to High Returns
The days of 8, 10 or even 11% earnings on investments are over. Some will be lucky to get 2% back. The new "normal" sits between 6% and 8%. It still beats inflation, but not by much.
The Future is Uncertain – Plan for It
Paying off debt is still an important goal, but your retirement savings need to come first. Don't get could with nothing to sustain you in your elder years. With a shaky economy and talk of overhauling Social Security, you just don't know if it will be there for you. Take care of yourself instead of counting on Uncle Sam.
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The group wants to hire you, that is, to photograph their efforts to protest the commemoration of a person's death. What are you going to do? Well, whatever you decide, your decision will be complicated by one fact.
Rush Limbaugh has sunk to new lows. I usually dismiss his incendiary comments, but I can't ignore them when he takes on two things that matter deeply to me: Christianity and climate change.
The Westboro Baptist Church has made it embarrassing to be homophobic. And for that I thank them.
Pittsburgh-based comedian Davon Magwood has caught the attention of the Westboro Baptist Church. Magwood, a straight ally of the LGBTQ community, loathes the WBC, so when an opportunity to poke fun at them arose, he didn't miss a beat.
The worst representatives of Christianity should not be taken as representative of Christianity. It's just plain not fair. And people should understand Jesus and his teachings, not some extreme and self-righteous caricature of Christianity.
In the weeks leading up to Mark Carson's murder, my new play, GOD HATES THIS SHOW, was gaining steam. The piece imagines Shirley Phelps-Roper of Westboro Baptist Church infamy as having been banished to Hell and forced for all eternity to sing a cabaret act for an "evil" gay audience.
I hope they come with their pickets and messages of hate and encounter a massive horde of Slayer fans when they get there. And then, when the counterprotest begins, I hope the cops turn a blind eye and let the Slayer fans do what they will.
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The reaction to Michelle Shocked's hate speech is a gauge of how far attitudes toward the LGBTQ community have come over the last few decades. It was an anti-bigot reaction, not an anti-queer reaction. The reaction was a litmus test of American attitudes toward homophobia.
There will always be people like Fred Phelps who use religion to justify their bigotry and hate, and sadly, there will always be those like Michelle Shocked who internalize the twisted message and lash out as a bizarre defense mechanism. I feel sorry for them, because hate only breeds hate.
More than 500 student and community protesters rallied to meet the church protesters, of whom there were just four. The latter danced around waving anti-gay signs while the students chanted slogans and formed a human love chain.
Many people are leaving churches and turning their backs on Christianity. Why? Because people who speak on behalf of Jesus the Christ are dismissing the most important part of Christ's message: love.
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The FDNY today announced the arrest of a 30-year-old Union City, NJ, man for setting eight fires over the last four years at two different New York City hotels where he worked as a security employee.
Fire Marshals this morning arrested Mariano Barbosa Jr. and charged him with setting the fires from February 2009 to September 2013 at the Yotel Hotel, located at 570 10th Avenue, and the Soho Grand Hotel, located at 310 West Broadway. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Barbosa was employed as the Director of Security at the Yotel Hotel. He previously was employed as a security officer at the Soho Grand Hotel.
"It's disturbing that an individual charged with the safety of hotel occupants would callously endanger their lives - and the lives of firefighters - for personal gain," said Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano. "I commend the Marshals for their extensive investigative work that led to this arrest."
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About: The Tony Award-winning musical about a con man who pretends to be a band leader and sells instruments, uniforms to people in a small town in Iowa. But a love interest threatens to upend his plans in the production presented by Vicksburg High School.
When: 7:30 p.m. March 15-16 and 2 p.m. March 17.
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the word alive is such a potential trap in this form. but damn, nice work.
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Thanks! See you at Ghazalville, after I get the foundation built. If you can think of any possible NY venues, let me know.
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Shoppers horrified by Mall-oween monsters
The kids were on a mission.
Armed with smiles, sacks and their parents trailing somewhere nearby, hundreds of local children swarmed through Kitsap Mall Wednesday, Oct. 31, in search of delectable candy and other goodies in what has become a tradition for many parents.
I told my daughter that if we were going trick-or-treating, it would have to be indoors, Caraita Quintos of Bremerton said. And the weathers not usually that great on Halloween.
Her daughter, Quela Quintos, was outfitted in an costume straight from A Chorus Line complete with a gold top hat.
Red Hots are my favorite candy, said the 8-year-old Crown Hill Elementary School student, and Bit-of-Honeys. I dont like Skittles.
Quintos was traveling through the mall with her friend Jordan Morrison, an 8-year-old Naval Avenue Elementary School student.
I like Tootsie Roll Pops, said Morrison, who dressed as a witch. And I got some Mickey Mouse stickers, too.
Mall workers passing out the goodies, and some who werent, got into the Halloween spirit as well.
Marc Zahniser and Mike Balmaceda, who both work at Cinnabon, decided to come to work in drag.
Why not? Zahniser asked. Its only one day a year.
He said he borrowed the dress he was wearing from his sister, who supported his choice by doing his makeup.
While Zahniser handed out candy, Balmaceda was busy working on another batch of Cinnabons behind the counter in a hula-dancer costume.
Mall officials said fewer kids trick-or-treated this year, but were pleased with the event overall.
All of the stores had a lot of candy, the kids had a lot of fun and everyone had a great time, said mall marketing director Stacey Ames.
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Good afternoon…here are some mini-bits of news and links to keep you enriched, Reds-wise:
*The Reds announced their truck of gear and supplies for Spring Training is leaving GABP for Arizona on Feb. 6. Camp is right around the corner, folks.
*On SportsonEarth.com, the case is made that the Reds should trade Homer Bailey to upgrade the team offensively.
*On Fangraphs, the 2014 ZiPS projection for the Reds.
*ESPN announced that will carry the Reds' Opening Day game vs. the Cardinals. It's at 4 p.m. ET on March 31. I would expect that Fox Sports Ohio will also have it.
That's it, for now.
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Can someone tell me what does "WAR" stand for? There's some others, but I'll get to those later on.
Thanks Mark, I think. I guess I'll have to thoroughly read the link you provided to truly understand that and others.
thanks again
Reds need to see what they can get for Cueto , Ludwick or Heisey. I think Cueto has seen his best days . He is injury prone and the space between his ears are a problem ! Get Cruz if at all possible !
I believe there is little doubt that Bailey will be pitching his last game in 2014. This will probably be his best year because he'll be performing for the best offer when he goes into free agency. The Reds will get a first round pick in the draft. I think you'll see Cueto bounce back this year and he's still a young pitcher who is still learning his craft. Ludwick and Heisey are key members of the team for 2014. Just check the stats for the left fielders at the end of 2014 season.
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By Charlie Wilmoth [January 10 at 10:47pm CST]
Homer Bailey says he does not want to leave the Reds, FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports. "To say that I 'want out of Cincinnati' is not true," says Bailey, who is eligible for free agency after the season. "If I am in the organization's future, my priorities are that things make sense for me on the business end, that we are a team that continues to be a highly competitive team in the league and a team that plays the game the right way." Reds GM Walt Jocketty says that extension negotiations with Bailey are on "hold," and Rosenthal writes that they may not pick up until there's more clarity on the free-agent pitching market. Here's more from throughout the big leagues.
Excerpt from Mark's article on MLB.com; re: SS backup…
CINCINNATI — The Reds have yet to make a transaction that adds an impact player to their roster, but they have made free-agent signings that brought in complementary players. They addressed the utility spot, backup catcher and left-handed reliever.
Still missing is someone who could back up Zack Cozart at shortstop.
January is often bargain season for the winter free-agent market, and Cincinnati could very well shop for a utility player who plays shortstop and is willing to take a Minor League deal.
This market isn't thick with options, however. Free-agent players include Ramon Santiago, Alexi Casilla, Elliot Johnson, John McDonald and three former Reds — Paul Janish, Alex Gonzalez and Cesar Izturis. Another free agent, Jamey Carroll, signed a Minor League deal with the Nationals on Thursday. The Reds never pursued Carroll, though.


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The city, its school district, the Salem County YMCA and area volunteers joined together in what was described as "a real community effort" to make sure everything was ready for the first guests at the pool.
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Intown soccer is comprised of three co-ed age-based leagues of 6-12 teams each. All teams practice and play within Malden once a week. Our U5 program is for children who will not turn 5 until after July 31, 2016 (i.e, are born on or after August 1, 2011), but are at least 4 by the first day of the season (Sept. 10). Our U7 program is for children born between August 1, 2009 and July 31, 2011, and our U9 program is for children born between January 1, 2008 and July 31, 2009.
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With most of the heavy lifting from the draft and free agency over, it's time to take a look at what kind of team the New Orleans Saints will be fielding this upcoming season, as a whole.
Every healthy body on the roster has been on the field working out and getting better. Except the man who makes everything go: Drew Brees. But I'm not going to turn this into the Brees Show. (His positional group does take a hit without him there, though.)
I'll be grading each unit based on the depth at that particular position and the quality of that depth. Just because a position has a superstar atop the depth chart doesn't necessarily mean the unit as a whole is great.
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An athletic trainer accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with Clay High School students was arraigned in Oregon Municipal Court on Monday.
Melinda Rober, 35, is charged with two counts of sexual battery based on accusations by two underage male students who said the crimes took place over the past 18 months. Rober worked with student athletes for ten years until Friday night, when she turned herself in to Oregon police.
In court Monday morning, Rober waved her preliminary hearing and the judge issued a "no contact" order because the victims are minors. A trial date has not yet been scheduled.
On Saturday night, Oregon School Board president P.J. Kapfhammer told WNWO that administrators "have 100 percent full board support to figure out how this happened, why it happened, and make sure this never happens again in our system."


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A titular see of Syria, suffragan of Hierapolis, in the Province of the Euphratensis. The city is often called Zeuma (see the texts in Gelzer's ed. of "Georgii Cyprii Descriptio Orbis Romani", 149). A bridge uniting the two banks of the Euphrates suggested the name, the Greek work meaning "a yoke". Pliny (Hist. Nat., XXXIV, 150) says that Alexander the Great was the first to build a bridge at this point, no doubt a pontoon bridge. Seleucus Nicator repaired it (Pliny, op. cit., V, 86). The Parthians were accustomed to cross the river at this place (Dio Cassius, XLIX, 19) it being the easiest crossing (Tacitus, "Annals", 12). Cassius camped here in his campaign against the Parthians during the reign of Claudius. In early times two distinct cities, Seleucia and Apamea, had each its opposite bank of the river (Pliny, op. cit., V, 86, 119; "Corp. Inser. Græc.", 2548). It became customary to say that both cities were on the passage of the "Zeugma", and from the first century of our era this name was in current use. Procopius (De Ædificiis, II, 9) says that Justinian built a wall about the city and strongly fortified it. The "Notitia Episcopatuum" of Antioch (sixth century; see "Echos d'Orient", X, 145), mentions Zeugma among the suffragans of Hierapolis. Le Quien (Oriens Christ., II, 941-44) mentions several of its bishops : Bassus at Nicaed (325); Antonius, an Arian, present at the Council of Philippopolis (344); Sabinianus (363); Aphthonius, at first abbot of a local monastery, later bishop ; Heliades, at Ephesus (431); Evocrius at Chalcedon (451); Julian (553). Theodoret ("Hist. Relig.", V; P.G., LXXXII, 1352-57) deals at length with St. Publius, a monk of Zeugma, and with his monastery. The site of Zeugma has not yet been found; doubtless it is near Biredjik, and facing that place.
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The New Orleans Saints have offered a restricted free agent tender to offensive tackle Jermon Bushrod, his agent Rich Rosa confirmed. A league source also confirmed receiver Lance Moore has received one. Safety Usama Young has received a third-round tender offer, his agent, Andy Simms, confirmed.
No doubt, there are plenty more out there as well, with 19 potential restricted free agents on the Saints' roster.
Many teams around the league have begun to send out RFA tenders over the past week, though it seems to be an insignificant step since the NFL's current collective bargaining agreement is set to expire Friday.
It's not even clear if Bushrod and Moore will wind up being restricted free agents or unrestricted free agents when a new CBA is reached. Moore is a five-year veteran, and Bushrod is a four-year veteran. Under the old rules, a player became eligible for unrestricted free agency when he had four years of service or more.
But last year, with the CBA set to expire, players needed six years of experience to become eligible for unrestricted free agency. That's why teams like the Saints are going through the step of sending out RFA tenders to all of their free agents with less than six years of experience, under the premise that the current CBA is still in place until Friday.
Regardless, none of the potential free agents is expected to sign their one-year tender offers from their teams this week.
Both Moore's offer and Bushrod's offer were at the second-round compensation level, the same as they signed last year. Under the old rules, that means a team would owe the Saints a second-round draft pick if they signed him away.


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Allegheny County and the city of Pittsburgh on Monday reopened the Homelessness Prevention & Rapid Re-Housing Program, which provides financial assistance and services to homeless people and the working poor who could become homeless without assistance.
Funded by some $14 million of federal stimulus money, the program, which is coordinated by the county's Department of Human Services, started on Oct. 20 and a waiting list was closed on Nov. 4, as officials cited an exceedingly high call volume and a lack of manpower to process all the calls.
Since then, more than 470 people who applied to the program have been assigned to social services agencies to work through the process of qualification for assistance, county officials said.
Of those, 233 are enrolled in the program, meaning they met the qualifications and are receiving financial assistance, such as rental payments, rental arrearage payments, security deposits, utility payments, utility arrearage payments and utility deposits.
Sixty-eight cases were determined to be ineligible, and the remaining individuals are working through the qualification and needs-assessment process.
And now, the hot line has reopened, because there remains available funding to draw down for the program, county officials said.
Individuals and families can call the HPRP Hotline, 1-877-350-4777, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Information on the program is also available online at www.alleghenycounty.us/recovery/hprp/program.aspx.
To qualify for assistance, participants must be homeless or about to become homeless. In addition, households must be below 50 percent of the area median income, which for a family of four is $31,250, and must have no other housing options or financial resources to obtain housing.
Allegheny County received $6.7 million of the funds from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act and the city of Pittsburgh received $6.8 million. Allegheny County also received $826,654 from the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development for the program.
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DAMASCUS, Syria - Twin suicide car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb minutes apart on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people, state media said, and rebels claimed they shot down a Syrian air force fighter jet.
The state news agency, SANA, said suicide bombers detonated two cars packed with explosives early in the morning in the eastern suburb of Jaramana, a Christian and Druse area known as mostly loyal to President Bashar Assad.
Suicide bombings have struck regime targets in Damascus and elsewhere since last December. Such attacks are a trademark of radical Muslim groups fighting alongside other rebels units, raising concerns of growing influence of Islamic extremists among the forces seeking to topple the regime.
Wednesday's bombs were detonated in a parking lot near a cluster of commercial buildings as groups of labourers and employees were arriving for work, killing 34 and injuring 83 people, SANA said.
The blasts shattered windows, littering the street with glass and debris. Human remains were scattered on the pavement in pools of blood. Six commercial buildings were damaged in the attacks, and dozens of cars were destroyed, SANA said.
After the first explosion, people rushed to help the injured, and then the second bomb went off, said Ismail Zlaiaa, 54, who lives in the neighbourhood.
"It is an area packed with rush-hour passengers," he said. "God will not forgive the criminal perpetrators."
Ibtissam Nseir, a 45-year-old teacher, said the bombs exploded minutes before she set off for work. She said there were no troops around the district and wondered why the attackers would target it. Nseir blamed rebels.
"Is this the freedom which they want? Syria is a secure country and it will remain so," she said.
There were conflicting reports about the death toll. Two hospital officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters, said at least 30 bodies were brought to two hospitals. The Britain-based Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on reports from the ground, said 29 people were killed.
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South by Southwest Interactive has announced it's first Keynote speaker for 2013, and it's Matthew Inman, the artist and behind the comedy website known as The Oatmeal.
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Inman championed two successful crowdfunding campaigns in 2012, including "Operation BearLove Good. Cancer Bad" where he turned a lawsuit on its head by raising over $200,000 for charity instead of paying $20,000 in damages to a rival website. In addition, he generated over $1M in 9 days to try to buy the laboratory formerly owned by Nikola Tesla, a turn-of-the-century engineer who many consider a geek hero. Matthew lives in Seattle and really, really likes Sriracha rooster sauce.
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A police report says Lenz became upset with his wife after a night of drinking because he had to search for their dog, and threw the flashlight at her when it didn't work. Police say she needed stitches to close cuts to her head.
Online court records show Lenz has a 2002 conviction for drunken driving and a 2000 misdemeanor conviction for theft.
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Voters in Sylvania and Sylvania Township will have their chance to vote on a merger commission Nov. 4, the Lucas County Board of Elections decided unanimously yesterday.
The board upheld the validity of a ballot issue that would authorize the creation of a commission to study merging the city of Sylvania with the township.
The board denied protests from the township trustees and two township residents, each of whom had charged separately that a pending residency change for a proposed commissioner invalidated the ballot issue.
On Aug. 28, elections officials certified petitions signed by 2,498 residents to place the issue on the general election ballot.
But protesters charged that the acceptance of the annexation of Country Walk Commons into the city Sept. 3 rendered the petitions defective.
One of the five candidates chosen to represent the township Sam Steinman was a resident of the neighborhood. The annexation will become official Oct. 3, making Mr. Steinman a city resident.
Elections board member Rita Clark said state law did not explicitly address the situation.
We had to go according to what we had already previously certified, she said.
Mr. Steinman s name will appear on the ballot in Sylvania Township alongside four other township candidates. Elections officials said it was not within their power to determine when or how he would be replaced.
Gary Sommer, a city commissioner candidate, said the law indicates township trustees should appoint a replacement should a commissioner candidate die or is legally disabled from serving.
The question now for the community is not about Mr. Steinman, Mr. Sommer said. It s do you want to have a committee to study a merger.
He added that he was glad the volunteer group One Sylvania would not have to begin their petition drive again. The group had spent one year gathering signatures from 10 percent of the registered voters in the city and 10 percent of the registered voters in the township.
A previous petition drive led by the group failed when a number of signatures were invalidated last year by the elections board.
But township Trustee Pam Hanley did not rule out further legal action to prevent the issue from appearing on the ballot.
The leadership of One Sylvania misrepresented to Sylvania Township unincorporated residents the representation, the commissioner representation, she said.
Residents of the County Walk Commons condominium complex began circulating a petition for annexation in November, 2007. One Sylvania members said they began circulating the merger commission petition, with Mr. Steinman s name, in September, 2007.
One Sylvania volunteer and Sylvania City Councilman Doug Haynam said the group considered replacing Mr. Steinman but acted on legal advice in persisting with the original list of candidates.
Other formal protests were filed by township residents Dennis Krohn and James T. Adams.
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Muskegon area Catholics will discover their new regional leader this morning when the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids announces the Rev. Walter A. Hurley's successor.
The new bishop will become the 12th bishop in the history of the diocese, which oversees 30 Catholic schools and 82 parishes in 11 West Michigan counties including Kent, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Ottawa.
During his eight-year tenure as bishop, Hurley garnered a reputation for his controversial restructuring and urban revitalization efforts. He also initiated the demolition of the old St. Andrew's Elementary School building in Grand Rapids.
Appointed bishop at the age of 68 in 2005, Hurley replaced Bishop Kevin Britt, who died unexpectedly in his sleep the previous year.
Diocesan spokesman Carl Apple told MLive and the Grand Rapids Press that Hurley submitted his resignation last spring when he turned 75, the mandatory retirement age for bishops per church practice.
The diocese will make the big announcement today at the $22 million, 100,000-square foot Cathedral Square complex diocese opened in 2008. In the meantime, tell us what traits you would like to see in the new leader.
Would you like to see someone who focuses on serving the poor like Pope Francis? Someone who will continue and strengthen Hurley's initiatives? Someone with strong financial management skills?
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