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The view from the insideApril 18,2013
Editors note: Boston Globe sports staffer Chad Finn wrote back-to-back blogs in the wake of Mondays bombings in Boston. Together, they offer a unique perspective of the shocking, historic event.
By CHAD FINN
It sounded like thunder, improbable in retrospect on what was such a spotless New England spring day.
But other explanations for the single burst of noise that briefly rattled the Boston Marathon media center at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel were plausible enough that fear of the worst was momentarily fleeting:
That sounded like a bomb, I thought. Then, having filed my story on the elite race winners, I went to get a cup of coffee. It was 2:52 p.m.
I was two steps out of the ballroom that serves as the media nerve center when I ran into colleague Eric Wilbur. He had just been out on Boylston Street, talking to finishers for his assignment. Blood was absent from his face.
Did you hear that? That was a bomb, he said. Two of them. Seconds apart. This is serious (expletive). Its chaos.
I ran back to my station to collect my phone and notepad, but it was already too late.
We were immediately put in lockdown. No one was allowed to leave the hotel. National Guardsmen soon took posts at the doors.
But those on the outside reporters, volunteers, runners and their families and friends entered in search of shelter from the scene, gradually filling the long hallways.
On a couch in the lobby, Joan Benoit Samuelson, who just a little more than an hour before had achieved her goal of finishing the race in 2 hours and 50 minutes, sat on a couch as a friend consoled her. Im shaken but OK, she said. I just hope everyone outside is.
The gravity of the situation became apparent from the fear on the faces of those who had come in from outside and the gruesome stories they brought with them.
A colleague who had been no more than 20 yards from the first explosion arrived in the media center, tears welling in his eyes as he spoke of witnessing a man lose a leg at the knee.
A volunteer said lanyards were being used by first responders as tourniquets.
The horrific anecdotes were soon accompanied by numbers. Three deaths. Scores injured. A strange incident at the JFK Library, and reports of other suspicious devices around the city.
Context may be within reach today for some, but damned if I can find it. We dont know who did this. We dont know if it was a sinister mastermind or a random lunatic.
We dont know if were safe, or if there is more to come. We dont know. What we do know is that he or she or they knew what precisely they were doing, their act of terror timed for significant chaos and casualties.
We do know that Patriots Day will forever be accompanied by solemnity and sadness, a reminder that this happened in our city, on our uniquely Boston day.
And know this: That every clap of thunder will now bring unease and fear, leaving us to quickly pray and plead that were not about to underestimate the devastation just outside the door.
Like family
One of the reasons that I love Boston dearly, one of the countless reasons that all seem so much more vivid and somber and relevant at this hour, is that the city never wavers from living by that certain big brother/little brother code:
We can mess with each other, and be damned sure that we will. But mess with us, just one of us, and our unified wrath will know no mercy.
No, we are not all related. But in times of trouble, youd better believe we are all family.
The magnitude of Mondays bombings at the Boston Marathon only grows in the aftermath. With every turn of the newspaper page, every Twitter update delivering heartbreak in 140 characters or less, every new revealed detail about someone who lost life or limb, it becomes just a little more personal, a little more relatable, a little more devastating.
I see the picture of 8-year-old Martin Richard, the sweet-eyed Dorchester boy who just wanted to hug his dad at the finish line, and I think of my 9-year-old daughter begging to come to Boston Monday as a special treat during school vacation week, and the swirling sadness of all we lost brings the tears rushing back again.
The last thing on my mind is sports right now sure, its true if trite that the games can help us heal, but, damn, let us mourn first. But it is comforting when the athletes that we cheer recognize that theres something special about their professional home.
They didnt grow up here. But they relate. They are a part of the family, too.
Solace, however small or fleeting, can be found in that unity and resolve. Bostonians have each others backs, man. That the soulless monsters responsible for this chose the Marathon, as inclusive event imaginable when you consider how many people beyond the 23,000 participants it affects, on Patriots Day, a holiday/city-wide block party that is wholly ours, suggests they were aiming for maximum casualty and chaos. Vengeance will not be enough, but it will be had.
But the feeling of vulnerability will not be shaken for a while. The calm is gone, just as it was in September 2001.
A confession: I am always uneasy when attending major sporting events, At the Super Bowl in Indianapolis two years ago, security was an elaborate labyrinth through a tent filled with security scanners and detectors. It was as impressive as it was complex, and it still did not prevent me from thinking about Black Sunday when I took my seat for kickoff.
Opening Day at Fenway jangles the same nerves. I wince in acknowledging that it does, but the symbolism of baseball as something quintessentially American makes it an inviting target for those who hate us.
What happened Monday was so easily executed, I cannot help but wonder what tragedies have been anonymously averted. Or what tragedy is next. I hate that I feel this way. But I have to, and I know Im not alone.
Heroes like Carlos Arredondo and Joe Andruzzi and so many others began to emerge before the clock struck 3 oclock Monday afternoon, and its reassuring that so many ran toward the explosions rather than away from them.
But is unity and family and brotherhood enough? Will it sustain to the degree it must? Or should I say, will our bond in the face of tragedy be sustained to this necessary, enhanced degree beyond a few months?
If the years beyond September 11 taught us anything, its that our nerves will settle and calm will return and well all fall back into the pattern of griping about long lines at airport security and rolling our eyes while wondering if the security guy checking our bag at the ballpark gate could maybe speed up the process a little.
Our need for convenience will eventually trump our need for peace of mind. It will take years, but it will happen.
But please, hold it off as long as you can. Dont let the reminders, as awful as they are, escape this time.
Parade routes arent meant to be 12-block crime scenes. Finish lines arent supposed to be the scene of the gruesome and sinister. Vibrant neighborhoods arent supposed to be eerily barren at nightfall.
And heaven help us, little boys arent supposed to die after hugging their dads.
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WTO blesses $21M USD in year in copyright nullification to punish U.S. ban on online gambling
Antigua and Barbuda's online gambling industry was once thriving, employing around 4,000 of the nation's approximately 81,000 citizens. But the industry -- and the island's economy -- was decimated when the U.S. Congress filed rules forcing U.S. internet service providers to
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The WTO, an arbitrary panel of the world's nations, had ordered the U.S. to remove blocks on Antiguan gambling sites back in 2005. The U.S.
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on its "punishment" for the brazen defiance -- a streaming subscription site reselling copyright U.S. works, with the Antiguan government pocketing the profit.
Normally the WTO allows countries to resolve such disputes using tariff increases. But the Antiguan scenario is somewhat unique as the nation is so tiny and the impact so extreme that tariffs would do little to remedy the situation. As a result the WTO allowed Antigua to resell (and effectively infringe on) up to $21M USD of copyrighted work from the U.S. a year. While drastically short of the $3.44B USD in fines Antigua had originally requested, the plan at least is a moral victory for the nation's damaged economy.
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The new portal will offer music, software, movies, and TV-shows from the U.S. to people worldwide, but be limited such that the total revenue does not exceed the allowed damages. The WTO and Antiguan lawyers say the site is not "piracy" as it is a legal punishment against the U.S. for unfair trade practices. The U.S. calls the site "government-authorized piracy" in official statements.
Nkenge Harmon, a spokeswoman for the US Trade Representative's office has suggested that there may be "consequences" if the island nation continues its WTO-blessed plan. The spokesperson commented, "The United States has urged Antigua to consider solutions that would benefit its broader economy. However, Antigua has repeatedly stymied these negotiations with certain unrealistic demands."
Harold Lovell, Antigua's Finance Minister, scoffs at such threats, commenting to
, "These aggressive efforts to shut down the remote gaming industry in Antigua has resulted in the loss of thousands of good paying jobs and seizure by the Americans of billions of dollars belonging to gaming operators and their customers in financial institutions across the world."
"If the same type of actions, by another nation, caused the people and the economy of the United States to be so significantly impacted, Antigua would without hesitation support their pursuit of justice."
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I've been meaning to upgrade the Akismet module on this site for a while now. Of course, I waited so long that another option just appeared, one I've been waiting to see for a while: Mollom.
The other other project from apparent insomniac Dries Buytaert, Mollom is a content filtering service similar to Akismet. I've actually been familiar with it for a long time, as the GoPHP5 project has been running a Mollom private beta since last June. In fact, when Acquia was announced my first thought was "wait, what happened to Mollom?"
Setting up Mollom was of course simple. (There's be a problem if it wasn't.) As a service, you sign up on the Mollom web site, install the Drupal module, enter your account key, and you're done. It even provides an integrated flash-based graph of activity. Nifty.
Given how successful Mollom was on GoPHP5 (node creation forms were open to the public on a high-profile site, and I don't think I saw more than one false negative, if that, during the entire project), I have high hopes that Dries latest endeavor will be a success. It's not quite perfect, though, so here's a little feedback, in no particular order:
Dries, do you ever sleep? Or eat? Or... anything? Sheesh!
Thanks for the feedback. We'll keep working on this and improving the service. Your suggestions are helpful. Bear with us -- we're only working on this so much so it might take a while (unless of course, you want to help and submit patches).
As for trackback -- I wanted to add trackback support but the trackback module did not sport and API/hook that allowed me to tap into the trackback module. We'll have to talk to the trackback module maintainers, if they haven't fixed that problem since. :)
Thanks, Dries! I figured you've been a wee bit busy of late. ;-) It's great to hear that someone else is also thinking of trackbacks. I've been missing those ever since I dropped WordPress.
... So what is Mollom a misspelling of?
I enabled CSS and JS compression, by the way. :)
Can you tell me how does Mollom compares to ReCaptcha? What makes Mollom different / better than some of the existing captcha services out there?
I too would like to know the answer to Irfan's question. Even still, if anyone out there has tested both modules with any results. I am going to kick off with using the ReCaptcha module and will write a post later down the line once I have some evidence. Thanks for a great article. I would also like to know the comparision of the two modules, I am undecided at the moment on what captcha services in drupal are indeed the best. I have made a decision to move away from PHPBB to drupal as the spam is just too much to control. Lets hope drupal does not turn out this way. :-)


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Don't trash the pondMay 11,2013
Don't trash the pond
The situation with Berlin Pond has been a heated one. I am one of the people who believe the pond should remain closed, as it has been for multiple decades. Since the pond has been opened I can't help but notice the changes. The walkers, runners, bikers and bird-watchers, who have traditionally used the pond, have always been respectful of the pond and the wildlife that lives there.
Since the "new" users have been visiting the pond I have noticed a huge amount of trash, which includes everything from discarded bottles and cans to big bags of trash that get dumped by the side of the road. This is such a tremendous show of disrespect for the pond, the area surrounding the pond, the wildlife and the people who reside in the area.
Why is it that the traditional users of the pond have always been so respectful of this beautiful, serene wildlife sanctuary, and the new users have a total disregard for the area? If you don't trash your yard, don't trash the pond.
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Toxoplasma gondii, microsporidiosis, stage differentiation, polar tube structure and function
Toxoplasmosis: Toxoplasma gondii is a well described ubiquitous Apicomplexan protozoan parasite of mammals and birds. Despite recent progress in understanding the biology and antigenic structure of the rapidly replicating form (tachyzoite), very little is known about the cyst form (bradyzoite). The bradyzoite stage of Toxoplasma gondii plays a critical role in maintenance of latent infection. The identification of cyst wall specific protiens as well as stress related proteins and their effects on bradyzoite development is proceeding in the laboratory.
Microsporidiosis: The phylum Microspora consists of organisms collectively known as microsporidia, that are "emerging" human and veterinary pathogens. A microsporidian-specific organelle, the polar tube, is involved in invasion. While the description of the polar tube as a unique microsporidian structure occurred over 100 years ago, the biochemical components of this structure and the mechanism of its formation during invasion remain to be definitively determined. The laboratory is focused on projects invovling the: (1) characterization of the structure and composition of the polar tube and spore wall, and (2) the identificiation of therapeutic targets for the treatment of microsporidiosis.
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Keeling PJ, Corradi N, Morrison HG, Haag KL, Ebert D, Weiss LM, Akiyoshi DE, Tzipori S. The Reduced Genome of the Parasitic Microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi Lacks Genes for Core Carbon Metabolism. Genome Biol Evol. 2010 Jul 12;2:304-9. PMID: 20624735
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On Thursday last week, the Gjøa was finally lifted off the ground, put on wheels and rolled into her new temple. Here she will be well protected from the weather and from souvenir hunters.
The Gjøa is history's first ship that managed to sail through the Northwest Passage. This took place in the years 1903 to 1906. The well-known Roald Amundsen led the expedition with six crew members, including the world-famous polar chef Adolf Lindstrøm.
Many people do not know that Gjøa is named after the wife of the man who built the ship 140 years ago.
The Gjøa building will open in June next year, and you are heartily welcome!
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1. Green Bay Packers
The Super Bowl Champions only went 10-6 before their post season run but they now get injured players back (I know they didn't workout during the lockout but c'mon). By MARC VANDERMEER, SportsRadio 610(credit: Getty Images)
2. New England Patriots
I hate to say "as long as Brady and Belichick are there…" but…(credit: PHOTO via Getty Images)
3. New Orleans Saints
What happened at Seattle is unacceptable. They managed to hang on to Greg Williams in the coaching carousel. The division is getting tougher but they're not going away.(credit: Getty Images)
4. San Francisco 49ers
Jim Harbaugh oozes leadership and it's easy to imagine him doing good things as an NFL coach. But not this year.(credit: Getty Images)
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They still have most if not all of the tools they'll need to get back to the Super Bowl. So what if they had trouble covering Green Bay. Everyone does.(credit: JARED WICKERHAM/Getty Images)
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People eating crab cakes often complain about Joe Flacco not being this or that. Luxury problem. Sure they should be more explosive for all the weapons they have. Sure the defense needs retooling. But they're still playoff ready and a big problem for whoever they play Sunday afternoons.(credit: Getty Images)
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Their defense has not exactly drawn comparisons to the '85 Bears. And Ryan Fitzpatrick won't make anyone forget about Jim Kelly or Joe Ferguson. They went 4-4 down the stretch but are 1-11 in the AFC East the last two years. Ouch.(credit: LARRY FRENCH/Getty Images)
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Mathew Stafford has to stay healthy. Get used to reading that sentence in every piece about the Lions. They're hardly "all set" on defense but they're getting there.(credit: Getty Images)
9. San Diego Chargers
Phillip Rivers is dangerous with or without Vincent Jackson. Rich Bisaccia takes over the special teams which performed like the starboard bow of the Titanic.(credit: DONALD MIRALLE/Getty Images)
10. Chicago Bears
Didn't they HOST Green Bay in the NFC title game? Jay Cutler won't be riding the bike in September. We think.(credit: By JONATHAN DANIEL/Getty Images)
11. New York Giants
How come when you're talking about the best QBs in the game, Eli's name never comes up? Don't answer that. Think defense. It's not at the '07 playoff level but probably good enough to make a run for the division.(credit: Getty Images)
12. Houston Texans
After spectacularly underperforming on defense, they have their injured players back, with the top coordinator on the market in Wade Phillips. They desperately need their front seven to be deep and healthy to pick up the slack for whoever they play in the back end. There's more than enough firepower for the offense. The schedule is no picnic with the Colts, Saints and Steelers in the first four games.(credit: DOUG BENC/Getty Images)
13. New York Jets
This is an organization that could be on the verge of a title. They certainly have holes to fill but they can run and take pressure off Mark Sanchez and the defense should do the rest.(credit: JARED WICKERHAM/Getty Images)
14. Atlanta Falcons
See # 3 explanation on Pittsburgh. They're loaded and extremely dangerous.(credit: OTTO GRUELE JR/Getty Images)
15. Oakland Raiders
Hue Jackson has Al Saunders running the offense which could use a boost in the passing game. But Darren McFadden is a handful and the defense has talent. They were 8-8 but the schedule gets upgraded.(credit: DONALD MIRALLE/Getty Images)
16. Cincinnati Bengals
Even though Palmer, Ocho and T.O. are out, there are still some groceries left in the cupboard of a team that won the division just 19 months ago. But there's way too much work to do at quarterback to give them much hope.(credit: JARED WICKERHAM/Getty Images)
17. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Why do I get the feeling that last year was one of those 'everything went right' campaigns like when the Browns went 10-6 in 2007?(credit: By AL MESSERSCHMIDT/Getty Images)
18. Dallas Cowboys
The Super Bowl came to town and it didn't include them. Jason Garrett has the job now and it's time to produce. They have plenty of talent to work their way into the playoff field. Whatever happens it should be fun to watch.(credit: LISA BLUMENFELD/Getty Images)
19. Tennessee Titans
With a coaching change and a rookie quarterback in Jake Locker, this is going to be a trying season. The pluses include Chris Johnson and a defense that's still peppered with useful players. You could make a case that they should be ranked higher.(credit: Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
20. Washington Redskins
It didn't work out with Donovan McNabb. Rex Grossman and John Beck will battle for the QB job. Mike Shanahan is 30-34 since Gary Kubiak and Rick Smith left his side.(credit: By JONATHAN DANIEL/Getty Images)
21. Kansas City Chiefs
Everybody repeat after me "losing Charlie Weiss was huge!"(credit: Getty Images)
22. Philadelphia Eagles
All they do is win. It may not be enough to keep people happy in Philly but Andy Reed has a record that makes most NFL fan bases salivate.(credit: Getty Images)
23. Carolina Panthers
They play in the tough NFC South and have a rookie quarterback that few people think will come out of the gate hot. My friend John McClain wonders if they will take Andrew Luck if they end up with the number one pick again.(credit: Getty Images)
24. Cleveland Browns
They have a solid ground game and Colt McCoy is, at the very least, interesting. Pat Shurmur is their 3rd coach in four years. There's some talent here but there's more in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and maybe even (gasp) Cincinnati.(credit: By MIKE EHRMANN/Getty Images)
25. Jacksonville Jaguars
With three weeks to go, they controlled their destiny in the division. Then they finished 8-8 and drafted a quarterback. It could be a long year. It could also be a 10-6 season. The Jags are like that. But drafting a first round QB when you're already paying big bucks at the position is never a good sign.(credit: By DOUG BENC /Getty Images)
26. Seattle Seahawks
The big question is will Pete Carroll be forced to vacate that division title. Oh wait, he's safe at this level.(credit: Getty Images)
27. Denver Broncos
John Fox didn't suddenly forget how to coach. Kyle Orton can still contribute. But this isn't going to happen overnight.(credit: JUSTIN EDMONDS/Getty Images)
28. Minnesota Vikings
The defense isn't what it was in '09 but there's plenty left. If it weren't for that one, bothersome need for a quarterback, we might have something here.(credit: By JONATHAN DANIEL/Getty Images)
29. Arizona Cardinals
Hard to believe a year ago we were talking about them going for a third straight division title with Matt Leinart taking over. Ken Whisenhunt is now employing his third defensive coordinator since taking over in 2007. A deal for Kevin Kolb could get them in the race in the NFC West.(credit: Getty Images)
30. St. Louis Rams
Sam Bradford looks like the real thing but there aren't enough weapons not named Stephen Jackson. Steve Spagnuolo's defense gets even better with Robert Quinn.(credit: Getty Images)
31. Miami Dolphins
Their defense makes them a threat to win any Sunday. Someday, they'll come up with a semi-adequate replacement for Dan Marino. That day has not yet arrived.(credit: By RICK STEWART/Getty Images)
32. Indianapolis Colts
They're healthy at linebacker now. The secondary is good enough. Freeney and Mathis are still there and the offensive line is coming together. At some point they have to run the ball. Or do they?(credit: Getty Images)
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The Marquette University Haggerty Museum of Art provides transformational learning opportunities through its exhibitions and programs. The museum enriches the intellectual and creative life of the students, faculty and community at large by collecting, displaying, interpreting and contextualizing art objects from a range of historical periods and media. As a forum for critical inquiry, the museum seeks to promote visual literacy and advance knowledge across the academic disciplines.
The seeds for the Haggerty Museum of Art were planted in 1889, when Rev. Stanislaus L. Lalumiere, S.J., donated Pere Marquette and the Indians by Wilhelm Lamprecht to then-Marquette College. Seventy years later, English professor Dr. John Pick formed the Marquette University Fine Arts Committee to promote the arts and survey the works of art on campus. In the late 1970s, the Fine Arts Committee, chaired by Dr. Curtis L. Carter, and the newly formed Marquette University Womens Council collaborated to build a permanent home for Marquettes art collection. The Haggerty Museum of Art opened on November 11, 1984.
The Haggerty features approximately eight to nine exhibitions each year. Representing the diversity of work in the Permanent Collection, the museum has offered exhibitions celebrating the contributions of the Italian Renaissance Petite Masters, American self-taught artists, works addressing social change issues, modern American printmaking and photography, and contemporary art from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and Wisconsin.
As a teaching museum, the Haggerty seeks to enhance the undergraduate educational experience by engaging students in various disciplines to think about the world and their subject matter through the lenses of the visual arts. The museum also works collaboratively with elementary and middle school teachers, local artists, and College of Education faculty and students to design programs that engage children and youth in educational activities. Additional educational opportunities for the campus and community include free tours, lectures, workshops and performances.
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Medical researcher Dr. Esther Sternberg is internationally recognized for her research of the mind-body interaction in illness and healing. She is a well-known speaker on the topic of stress [2] and illness, and she is the author of two books, Healing Places [3] and The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions [4].
The research in the field of mind-body [5] studies is growing, and current studies point to the relationship between our surroundings and our health. A healthy and pleasing environment [6] (like plants in your office, or a treasured photograph on the wall) can do more than simply improve your mood--it can actually affect your immune system and physical health.
Watch the interview with Dr. Sternberg to learn more.
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- A preliminary analysis of mobile app user reviews
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- Vasa, Rajesh; Hoon, Leonard; Mouzakis, Kon; Noguchi, Akihiro
- Abstract
- The advent of online software distribution channels like Apple Inc.'s App Store and Google Inc.'s Google Play has offered developers a single, low cost, and powerful distribution mechanism. These online stores help users discover apps as well as leave a review. Ratings and reviews add value to both the developer and potential new users by providing a crowd-sourced indicator of app quality. Hence, for developers it is important to get positive reviews and high ratings to ensure that an app has a viable future. But, what exactly do users say on these app stores? And more importantly, what is the experience that compels a user to leave either a positive or a negative rating? Our analysis of 8.7 million reviews from 17,330 apps shows that users tend to leave short, yet informative reviews, and the rating as well as the category influences the length of a review. In this preliminary study, we found that users will leave longer messages when they rate an app poorly, and the depth of feedback in certain categories is significantly higher than for other.
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- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
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- Proceedings of 'Integration, Interaction, Innovation, Immersion, Inclusion', the Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (OZCHI 2012), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26-30 November 2012, pp. 241-244
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- 2012
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- Mobile applications; Mobile apps; Rating systems; Reviews; Text mining; User engagement; User expectations; User issues; User reviews; Word-of-mouth
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Wading Into Teen Bedrooms: Necessary or Hazardous?
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Most parents use some choice words to describe their teenagers' bedrooms: messy, disaster zones or hazardous. Host Michel Martin and a panel of moms take on whether a messy room is just a bad habit or something parents should get strict about. She speaks with Jolene Ivey, Dani Tucker and Angelica Perez Litwin.


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My Family History weekly update 1
This week I did the following:
- Now that the NSW Birth Death and Marriages have released an extra year on their online indexes, I ordered a transcription of the my maternal grandmother's death certificate, who passed away in 1980
- I recorded events into my Legacy database for all family members who were in WW1 and recorded the appropriate sources. I have now filed these documents into a folder.
- Created a task list in Excel of the research I need to undertake. A copy of this is now located on this blog at Current Research.
- Made a couple of posts over at Rootschat, looking for help on a couple of ancestors. I ended up in contact with a family connection for my King & Baker lines.
- The registrations for the Certificate Course for 2011 run by the Society of Australian Genealogists is now open for financial members. Last week I said that I wanted to do this, either in 2011 or 2012. At this stage, it looks like I will be looking to do this in 2012, as I am currently not a financial member of SAG, though I used to be many years ago. I let my membership lapse, as I never had the time to visit the library, considering I work full time and I live over an hour away via public transport and the only time I would get to the library is Saturday afternoons, which at present is not a viable option. The current cost to join is $70 (Yearly membership) + $20 joining fee, which is fine, except that this would only last 6 months and then I would need to pay another $70 in July for the next 12 months. So I'll be looking to join the society again in the second of of this year. I can see that membership would have it's benefits, in particular "Access to millions of parish registers and other sources microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah", especially in light of the fact that I am currently undertaking a one place study on Boxford, Suffolk but right now, I can't see myself visiting the library the first half of this year.
- Spent some time on IHR Family History Resource looking at the various documents, such as the 1870-1871 NSW Electoral Rolls & the 1878-1879 NSW Electoral Rolls, looking for references to my ancestors William Baker & George King. I note that the IHR site costs $40 per year to access the documents.
Next week I will be:
- As suggested by Shelley over at Twigs of Lore, I'll start to plan on what I will write about on the Australia day blog.
- Follow up on replies received on Rootschat posts and work on suggestions made.
- With any luck my new photo album that I purchased from Gould Genealogy will arrive and I'll start to put some of my photos together. Actually thought it would have arrived yesterday, so that I could work on it this weekend but unfortunately it did not.
- Update some of the pages and information on my family tree website.
- Continue to work on my King & Baker lines.
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AAUGH! Painful World Series for Dodger fans
This is painful. Haven't we Dodger fans suffer enough with the dismal 2010 season the Dodgers had and the McCourt divorce?
Now we have to put up with watching the Halloween team in the World Series. Is painful, I tell you.
Hopefully the hated Jints will play like the Charlie Brown team. OK, OK, maybe it can be a little closer but with the Texas Rangers reigning supreme!
Does Bengie Molina have the inside scoop on the Giant pitching staff? Well, read what he has to say in his MLB blog htt://bengiemolina.mlbogs.com This is part of what he wrote there on his blog post titled "Who Would have thought" dated 10/23/10.
Do I think my knowledge of the Giants will help me and the Rangers? I sure hope so. But I don't think it will help to the degree people might think.
I love that he keeps up with the blog. His latest post entry was 10/26/10. Here is how his lated post ends:
When we get back to Dallas, Yadier and Jose will be there. They're in Puerto Rico right now but they'll be there cheering me on for Games 3, 4 and, if we need it, 5. With me going to the World Series, now each of us Molina boys has been to two World Series each. Pretty amazing.
I'm going to try to post on the blog every day. So keep checking in!
Thanks Bengie! Go Rangers!!
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Like salt in the wounds I'm sure. Get out your Rangers cap!
This is a nightmare. Sick sick. I am wearing the Rangers colors.
Keep doing whatever you're doing Emma, it's working! (BTW, Charlie Brown is a Giants fan.)
I saw the other day that Molina will end up getting a ring no matter which team wins, due to his time with the Giants earlier in the season. Amazing that members of a single family have been in that many World Series.
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
Oh I know about Charlie Brown. He is still my favorite! I love the cartoon where he and Peppermint Patty trade players. P.P trades Marcie plus she throws in a pizza and Charlie gives her Lucy.
Yeah that is amazing that the brothers have that many rings. Some great players as we know go their entire career without a ring.
Emma: I'm rooting for the Giants…sorry. I can't root for the evil Texas Rangers who killed my dreams this year, can I? And besides…the Giants have Buster Posey…and I have Buster Posey's rookie card…and Buster Posey is GORGEOUS!!! I'm so happy to hear that you will try to blog VERY often this offseason!
This WS must be pretty difficult for you–I can't imagine if the tables were turned and I had to watch the Dodgers play! I do love reading Bengie's blog though, he's been so sweet to the Giants even when playing against them and SF still respects him. Still, go Giants!!
Can you try to pretend the Giants are some other team? LOL. I know it must be tough to see them doing well. But there's still a lot of baseball left. Who knows, right?
I knew you would find your cuties in the Giant lineup. Nice rookie card. When I was volunteering for the All-Star Fan Fest, I saw baseball fans looking for Buster Posey's rookie card.
Glad that you are also blogging.!
Again, congrats on being featured in the MLB blog page.
It is a faithful Dodgers worst nightmare. Can I wake up now🙂.
Bengie sure has been sweet and just love that he takes the time to blog. Not sure if he has been featured but I would love for Mark to feature him. I know his name is a tag with your picture.
Tell me about it, Emma! It was painful to watch! I sat and cried as I watched the Giants celebrate on the mound. I hope this serves as a lesson to McCourt! I just hope we don't revert back to being Bums and always saying "Wait 'til next year"
I refuse to watch the celebration so I turned it off as soon as the game was over.
Hopefully next year we can be saying "This is the year!" We've waited too long already!
This website was… how do you say it? Relevant!!
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While the monk-made Trappist ales are brewed in countryside monasteries, the city of Brussels is considered the capital of Belgian beer culture. Visit Cantillon Brewery during the day and the lively Delirium Cafe at night with its record-shattering 2,000 beers from 60 countries.
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With an almost endless list of local producers, Portland's craft-beer scene has been hopping with creativity since the 1980s. Festivals include Feast Portland, the Oregon Brewers Festival and the Portland International Beer Festival
Take a $2 tour of the Samuel Adams brewery or try a tasting at the smaller Harpoon Brewery. There's also keg bowling and Boston's annual Harpoon Octoberfest, a festival celebrating beer, music and New England fall foliage.
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Amsterdam has a history soaked in the production and export of beer -- most popularly, the city's own Heineken and Amstel brands, and Grolsch, with roots in nearby Groenlo. For something less touristy, try the Brouwerij 't IJ brewery, which offers unfiltered, top-fermented libations.
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Didn't all non guaranteed contracts become guaranteed by 12/15? I guess the only option is a trade, but I don't see whom we could be moving... besides, with Amare and Sheed returning we don't have that much of a need at the center spot, chill out, Camby wasn't playing either way. We'll be alright.
Should start with Chandler if/when he's healthy enough.
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He had a decent game rebounding the ball tonight. Pulled down 9. Going to need more of that fro the old guy....
"We've suffered enough"...Stephen A. Smith
He looked good last night. Rebounding and generally very active. If he can get his legs under him and stay healthy then he will really help out defensively and grabbing rebounds. Tyson can get more rest. I`d love to see them both on the court together though.
Camby lookin rusty returning to a back to back on the road ..
once we add some more playingtime-oil for Camby to get familiar with teammates ..
Camby will be the Man of the 2nd unit.
Amare will be a happy camper coming off the bench with Camby to dominate the 2nd quarter of every game.
Woody need to start putting rookie SF-Copeland in every lineup with "Old-Head" Camby ASAP ..
to prepare for a strong frontcourt lineup of "Camby/Amare/Copeland" with PG-Pablo & SG-Kidd till Shump return.
That's a 2nd-unit lineup to run oposition off the court for 9 straight minutes.
No-offense to Felton, Brewer, JR, Novak, Melo, Kurt, and Tyson, but their talents dont fit the criterior of a lob-passing running transition lineup on a defensive-rebound, steal, or inbounding on the side as well as Camby/Amare/Shump/and Kidd.
It still boggles my mind he's not playing more. Why wasn't he in the game in the last few minutes when the Knicks needed DEFENSE?
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Camby should be starter with TY.
I don't know why Woodson bring Amare for Camby in 3rd qtr, when we had comeback and could take lead. That was bad momentum, bad coach decision destroyed it.
,,Bad couching."
Should be a permanent starter at the 4. Has great chemistry with Chandler, way better than Amare can ever have.
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4 assists against Orlando, 3 of which were lobs to Chandler
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On the appearance of the spirit, or the manifestation of the force in the talisman which is being consecrated, it is necessary to bind it by an Oath or Charge. A spirit should be made to lay its hand visibly on the weapon by whose might it has been evoked, and to "swear obedience and faith to Him that liveth and triumpheth, that regneth above him in His palaces as the Balance of Righteousness and Truth" by the names used in the evocation.
It is then only necessary to formulate the Oath or Charge in language harmonious with the previously announced purpose of the operation.
The precaution indicated is not to let oneself sink into one's humanity while the weapon is extended beyond the Circle. Were the force to flow from it to you instead of from you to it, you would be infallibly blasted, or, at the least, become the slave of the spirit.
At no moment is it more important that the Divine Force should not only fill, but radiate from, the aura of the Magician.
Occasionally it may happen that the spirit is recalcitrant, and refuses to appear.
Let the Magician consider the cause of such disobedience!
It may be that the place or time is wrong. One cannot easily evoke water-spirits in the Sahara, or salamanders in the English Lake District. Hismael will not readily appear when Jupiter is below the horizon.
It is not possible in this elementary treatise to explain the exact nature of the connexion between the rays of the actual planet called Jupiter and the Jupiterian elements which exist in various degrees in terrestrial objects.
In order to counteract a natural deficiency of this sort, one would have to supply a sufficient quantity of the proper kind of material. One cannot make bricks without straw.
With regard to invocations of the Gods, such considerations do not apply. The Gods are beyond most material conditions. It is necessary to fill the "heart" and "mind" with the proper basis for manifestation. The higher the nature of the God, the more true this is. The Holy Guardian Angel has always the necessary basis. His manifestation depends solely on the readiness of the Aspirant, and all magical ceremonies used in that invocation are merely intended to prepare that Aspirant; not in any way to attract or influence Him. It is His constant and eternal Will
Also, His will cannot constrain yours. He is so much one with you that even your will to separate is His will. He is so certain of you that He delights in your perturbation and coquetry no less than in your surrender. These relations are fully explained in Liber LXV. See also Liber Aleph CXI.
Since this Knowledge and Conversation is not universal, it seems at first as if an omnipotent will were being baulked. But His Will and your will together make up that one will, because you and He are one. That one will is therefore divided against itself, so long as your will fails to aspire steadfastly.
Also, His will cannot constrain yours. He is so much one with you that even your will to separate is His will. He is so certain of you that He delights in your perturbation and coquetry no less than in your surrender. These relations are fully explained in Liber LXV. See also Liber Aleph CXI.
to become one with the Aspirant, and the moment the conditions of the latter make it possible, That Bridal is consummated.
The obstinacy of a spirit (or the inertial of a talisman) usually implies a defect in invocation. The spirit cannot resist even for a moment the constraint of his Intelligence, when that Intelligence is working in accordance with the Will of the Angel, Archangel and God above him. It is therefore better to repeat the Invocations than to proceed at once to curses.
The Magician should also consider
Of course this should have been done in preparing the Ritual. But he renews this consideration from the new standpoint attained by the invocation.
whether the evocation be in truth a necessary part of the Karma of the Universe, as he has stated in his own Oath (See Cap. XVI, I). For if this be a delusion, success is impossible. It will then be best to go back to the beginning, and recapitulate with greater intensity and power of analysis the Oath and the Invocations. And this may be done thrice.
But if this be satisfactorily accomplished, and the spirit be yet disobedient, the implication is that some hostile force is at work to hinder the operation. It will then become advisable to discover the nature of that force, and to attack and destroy it. This makes the ceremony more useful than ever to the Magician, who may thereby be led to unveil a black magical gang whose existence he had not hitherto suspected.
His need to check the vampiring of a lady in Paris by a sorceress once led FRATER PERDURABO to the discovery of a very powerful body of black magicians, with whom he was obliged to war for nearly 10 years before their ruin was complete and irremediable as it now is.
Such a discovery will not necessarily impede the ceremony. A general curse may be pronounced against the forces hindering the operation (for "ex hypothesi" no divine force can be interfering) and having thus temporarily dislodged them — for the power of the God invoked will suffice for this purpose — one may proceed with a certain asperity to conjure the spirit, for that he has done ill to bend before the conjurations of the Black Brothers.
Indeed, some demons are of a nature such that they only understand curses, are not amenable to courteous command: —
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Whom stripes may move, not kindness."
Finally, as a last resource, one may burn the Sigil of the Spirit in a black box with stinking substances, all having been properly prepared beforehand, and the magical links properly made, so that he is really tortured by the Operation.
The precise meaning of these phrases is at first sight obscure. The spirit is merely a recalcitrant part of one's own organism. To evoke him is therefore to become conscious of some part of one's own character; to command and constrain him is to being that part into subjection. This is best understood by the analogy of teaching oneself some mental-physical accomplishment (e.g. billiards), by persistent and patient study and practice, which often involves considerable pain as well as trouble.
This is a rare event, however. Only once in the whole of his magical career was FRATER PERDURABO driven to so harsh a measure.
In this connexion, beware of too ready a compliance on the part of the spirit. If some Black Lodge has got wind of your operation, it may send the spirit, full of hypocritical submission, to destroy you. Such a spirit will probably pronounce the oath amiss, or in some way seek to avoid his obligations.
It is a dangerous trick, though, for the Black Lodge to play; for if the spirit come properly under your control, it will be forced to disclose the transaction, and the current will return to the Black Lodge with fulminating force. The liars will be in the power of their own lie; their own slaves will rise up and put them into bondage. The wicked fall into the pit that they themselves digged.
And so perish all the King's enemies!
The charge to the spirit is usually embodied, except in works of pure evocation, which after all are comparatively rare, in some kind of talisman. In a certain sense, the talisman is the Charge expressed in hieroglyphics. Yet, every object soever is a talisman, for the definition of a talisman is: something upon which an act of will (that is, of Magick) has been performed in order to fit it for a purpose. Repeated acts of will in respect of any object consecrate it without further ado. One knows what miracles can be done with one's favourite mashie! One has used the mashie again and again, one's love for it growing in proportion to one's success with it, and that success again made more certain and complete by the effect of this "love under will", which one bestows upon it by using it.
It is, of course, very important to keep such an object away from the contact of the profane. It is instinctive not to let another person use one's fishing rod or one's gun. It is not that they could do any harm in a material sense. It is the feeling that one's use of these things has consecrated them to one's self.
Of course, the outstanding example of all such talismans is the wife. A wife may be defined as an object specially prepared for taking the stamp of one's creative will. This is an example of a very complicated magical operation, extending over centuries. But, theoretically, it is just an ordinary case of talismanic magick. It is for this reason that so much trouble has been taken to prevent a wife having contact with the profane; or, at least, to try to prevent her.
Readers of the Bible will remember that Absalom publicly adopted David's wives and concubines on the roof of the palace, in order to signify that he had succeeded in breaking his father's magical power.
Now, there are a great many talismans in this world which are being left lying about in a most reprehensibly careless manner. Such are the objects of popular adoration, as ikons, and idols. But, it is actually true that a great deal of real magical Force is locked up in such things; consequently, by destroying these sacred symbols, you can overcome magically the people who adore them.
It is not at all irrational to fight for one's flag, provided that the flag is an object which really means something to somebody. Similarly, with the most widely spread and most devotedly worshipped talisman of all, money, you can evidently break the magical will of a worshipper of money by taking his money away from him, or by destroying its value in some way or another. But, in the case of money, general experience tells us that there is very little of it lying about loose. In this case, above all, people have recognised its talismanic virtue, that is to say, its power as an instrument of the will.
But with many ikons and images, it is easy to steal their virtue. This can be done sometimes on a tremendous scale, as, for example, when all the images of Isis and Horus, or similar mother-child combinations, were appropriated wholesale by the Christians. The miracle is, however, of a somewhat dangerous type, as in this case, where enlightenment has come through the researches of archaeologists. It has been shown that the so-called images of Mary and Jesus are really nothing but imitations of those of Isis and Horus. Honesty is the best policy in Magick as in other lines of life.


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Dozens of Western Tech students learn how to "Get that Job."
An annual event at the college featured panels, roundtables, and presentations from a number of local businesspeople, many of whom are Western alumni.
The students learned resume tricks, tough interview questions, and how to make a good first impression.
A lot of the tips were simple such as correct spelling and grammar in cover letters. Other lessons were a bit tougher to hear. "I understand that some of them coming out of school have a management degree, it's not necessarily going to mean they're going to get a management position right out of school, but they do have to be open to some entry level positions and be realistic," said Western alum and current H.R. Generalist at Logistics Health Jessica Church.
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Re: "Postal Workers Protest Mail Center Closures" (March 18, 2013; pp. 1,2)
The loss of some jobs may be the least of postal workers' problems. In the end, the easiest way out for decision makers to deal with growing Postal Service deficits will be to "privatize" the Postal Service; i.e., eliminate the unions. Under privatization, with unions gone or emasculated, wages of $10 to $15 per hour with greatly reduced benefits can be imposed, and as a result the new postal service would be quite profitable.
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$23.8 Million Given to Support Public School Choice
Three statesArkansas, Florida and Minnesotaand 10 school districts and partnerships in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Hampshire, New York and Oregon, will benefit from $23.8 million in new grants to help school districts and states establish or expand public school choice programs, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced last month.
The grants come under the new Voluntary Public School Choice Program authorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The competitive program supports five-year projects that offer the widest variety of choices to students in participating schools, including options that allow students to transfer from low-performing schools to higher performing schools.
Grantees develop the program with parental and community involvement, in concert with those who will carry out the program, including teachers, administrators and other staff.
For the list of grantees, visit www.ed.gov/PressReleases/10-2002/10042002.html or call 1-800-USA-LEARN.
Pairing Science with Reading for Results
By Katherine Mitchell, Montgomery, Ala.
Sound research and old-fashioned hard work by dedicated, energized educators are driving the progress we are making in the state of Alabama. Since the 1998-99 school year, I have had the privilege of leading the Alabama Reading Initiative (ARI), which now has skyrocketed in participation from 16 to 450 schools.
For three continuous years, reading scores of students at ARI schools have shown more improvement than at non-ARI schools with similar demographics. In reading initiative schools, the percentage of students classified as struggling readers is decreasing; discipline referrals are down significantly; and special education referrals are reduced.
By beating the odds, Alabama Reading Initiative schools are demonstrating that scientifically based reading instruction yields results. For example, at Merritt Elementarya school with a population that is 97 percent minority and 81 percent living in povertythird-graders outperformed their counterparts with similar demographics by 22 percentile points on the Stanford 9 test. At North Sumter Elementary, in just two years third-graders (96 percent minority and 62 percent poverty) more than doubled their Stanford 9 scores, moving from the 30th percentile in 2000 to the 70th percentile in 2002.
These kinds of results are not miracles resulting from magic formulas; rather, they follow a statewide commitment to specific actions:
- Teach teachers and their leaders how to implement scientifically based reading research;
- Monitor carefully the progress of each school;
- Highlight successes and support adjustments in schools that are not progressing rapidly enough; and
- Stay the course!
The increases in student aptitude and teacher attitude are due in part to Alabama's equal emphasis on ongoing as well as initial teacher professional development. Last fall, when I visited a school where the staff received initial training in 1999 but also where the reading scores continued to decline for the next two years, I realized immediately why it was not making progress. The school was not implementing its intervention plan to address the needs of struggling readers, not providing ongoing professional development, not monitoring the progress of their students through ongoing assessment, and not implementing small-group instruction.
|"[R]eading is the new civil right. It's a part of making sure our students are free citizens."
President Bush, during a discussion with several state educators on the implementation of No Child Left Behind.
A meeting with the teachers along with monthly support from a regional reading coach helped to refocus the faculty's commitment to implementing proven instructional practices. Their efforts were rewarded with the school making the third highest gains among the 65 schools in its cohort.
In Alabama, our commitment to having all of our students read well has been strengthened by President Bush's new initiative, Reading First. The additional resources we received this July through a Reading First grant will help us to provide textbooks to schools that have not had a new reading program for almost 18 years, place a reading coach in every targeted school, and substantially increase ongoing professional development and technical assistance in 36 school districts that face the greatest challenges.
In the short time of our reforms, we have reached 17,000 teachers with sound research on which methods help every child learn to read. Scientifically based reading instruction makes it crystal clear where our focus should be and from that we can expect miracles.
Katherine Mitchell is the director of the Alabama Reading Initiative. Her start with wide-scale reading reform efforts dates back to 1971 in the Bronx, N.Y. Since 1978, she has worked in the Alabama Department of Education in the areas of curriculum, instruction and assessment.
Close-Up On: No Child Left BehindMeasuring Adequate Yearly Progress
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires "adequate yearly progress," the minimum level of improvement school districts and schools must achieve every year. In technical terms, adequate yearly progress (AYP) refers to the growth rate in the percentage of students who achieve the state's definition of academic proficiency. Each state will set the AYP gains every school must meet to reach 100 percent proficiency at the end of 12 years.
Under No Child Left Behind, "adequate yearly progress" measures are steps toward our nation's bipartisan goal of closing the achievement gap and ensuring that every child is proficient in math and reading by the school year 2013-14.
Fourth-grade students who read for fun every day scored highest on the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress. They scored higher than students who read for fun once or twice a week, once or twice a month, or never or hardly ever.
Source: The Nation's Report Card: Fourth-Grade Reading 2000, National Center for Education Statistics.
By testing every child, parents and teachers will know the academic achievement of each group of students and can work together to ensure that no child will be left behind. This is why test scores will be broken out into the following sub-groups: economic background, race and ethnicity, English proficiency and disability.
Defining adequate yearly progress ensures that every school improves every year so that every childregardless of race, parent's income or family backgroundlearns and excels. Tracking this progress yearly will help recognize great schools making great strides in teaching all children. And by following AYP gains at schools where children are not learning, parents and education officials will know which schools need to improve.
In order to publicize this information, parents will receive annual report cards on the following:
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- graduation rates,
- professional qualifications of teachers,
- percentages of students not tested,
- and identification of schools in need of improvement.
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December 12
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White House Regional Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; information on federal funding opportunities, grant-writing techniques and promising practices will be offered. The conference is free but preregistration is required. Visit www.fbci.gov or call 202-209-1746.
Now Available! Helping Your Child Additions
The U.S. Department of Education just released two new titles of the popular Helping Your Child publication series. Helping Your Child through Early Adolescence focuses on how parents and families can greatly influence the growth and development of their children at what can be a challenging timefrom the years 10 through 14. Building on the latest research, the 88-page booklet offers tips on how to respond to physical, emotional and cognitive changes; how much independence to give; how to help them resist harmful peer pressure; and how to identify problems such as alcohol or drug use, eating disorders and depression.
Another new release, Helping Your Child Succeed in School, provides activities for ages 5 through 11 that parents can share with their children to help them master reading, understand the value of homework and develop other skills necessary to achieve. The booklet also includes tips on test taking.
English and Spanish versions of these titles may be ordered, while supplies last, through the Department's publication center at 1-877-4ED-PUBS, or downloaded from www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/hyc.html.
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A notice to seniors and disabled persons, if you want to keep your homestead exemption, it will be on the ballot this May 2012.
This is a benefit we cannot leave to chance. Our county gives a $65,000 exemption off your home in Refugio County.
You voted in a $62,500 city homestead exemption off your city taxes. Vote to keep your homestead exemption in this election.
When the lawmakers voted for a one third reduction in school property tax completed this year, they forgot about the homestead exemption.
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