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Join Date: Jul 2004
She says that she had wanted to be a seiyuu since she was in fourth grade and watched Shugo Chara. She knew about Mizuki Nana and thought that being a seiyuu like her would be a great thing to do. She turned the sound off and did all the voices herself.
She finally took part in a nationwide talent contest, and when she didn't win she was devastated, and didn't know what she could do for a living. Her mother said that if she wanted to be a seiyuu so badly, they would go to Tokyo (from Aomori, which is up north) and she could take lessons. "She recognized my dream." So she went to Tokyo in January of this year. (From the Japanese, I'm not sure if maybe mother was already living there. Perhaps someone else can tell.)
She took many lessons (recording, breathing, acting, pronunciation...) and had unsuccessful audition after unsuccessful audition. When she tried out for this show, she really tried to get across Akiko's feelings of "I love Oniisan." She made mistake after mistake in the audition, however, and felt terrible about herself. When she was told she'd got it, she couldn't believe it, and tears sprang to her eyes. In the recording of the show, she decided that she had to do her absolute best to say her lines with impact, and "couldn't lose to" any of the other seiyuu in making that impact.
I have the feeling that "impact" refers to the outrageous things Akiko says, and saying them as strongly as possible. She's certainly doing it in the show. I guess after training and auditions, she could get over any embarrassment and just do it.
She says Tokyo is amazing, however, and she finds Shibuya and Akihabara "scary." Except for work, she says with a laugh, she stays at home.
She says she's really simple and ordinary, and chose to do cooking and sewing classes, and talks about anime with her friends. She says she liked Death Note a lot, and was really affected by Miyano Mamoru's acting at the end. She says that if she didn't become a seiyuu, she would be a nurse; her mother is a nurse and used to tell her that as long as she got a nursing license, she could go ahead and do any job she liked. Her favorite thing about becoming a seiyuu was getting her first fan letter. At first, she used to carry it with her around the house all the time.
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Sword Core Online
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Location: Typhon
Age: 28
Thanks for the translation though
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a random Indonesian otaku
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Xanadu
Age: 24
she's truly a great seiyuu in voicing Akiko because she's an 'imouto' as well
anyway, in episode 5, that's a great effort in keeping someone's virginity... nice one Akito!
and seems like he's confirmed as a sis-con...
I hope one day he'll be honest with his feeling
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That would not affect me ... hah..
Anyway.. The teacher stolen the show.. She was so hot they...
Sensei.. I'm attracted to my sister... will you not mind seducing me.???
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Black Steel Knight
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Location: Indonesia
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Portable Dude Mk. II
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
Age: 27
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Classics never age
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Italy
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Psycho Falling Deep
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: The Anime World
Age: 21
|2012-11-08, 01:01
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Canada
Preview for episode 6 is up: http://www.oniai.com/story/story.html
Looks like it's time to introduce a certain character into the mix.
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A northern Minnesota man is now charged with murder after one of the victims of a double shooting in Grand Rapids died.
Itasca County Attorney John Muhar on Monday amended the complaint against 26-year-old William Levi Payne of Bovey to add one count of second-degree murder.
Payne remains charged with first-degree attempted murder, as well as kidnapping, terroristic threats, burglary, assault and violating an order for protection.
Payne is charged in connection with the Dec. 22 shooting of 59-year-old Rosemary Oberg-Johnson and her son, Paul Russell Johnson.
Oberg-Johnson died last week. Paul Johnson remains in critical condition at a hospital in Duluth.
At the request of defense attorneys, the court on Monday ordered an evaluation to determine whether Payne was legally insane at the time of the shootings.
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Marriner R. BaileyFebruary 14,2014
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CHITTENDEN Marriner Record Bailey, 91, died February 11, 2014.
Marriner was born Sept. 17, 1922, in Richmond, Indiana, son of Philip Record and Mercy Paulina Holbrook.
He grew up in the Portland, Maine, area.
He graduated from Gardiner High School in Gardiner, Maine. He attended Gilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.
Marriner was a Birth Right Quaker (Society of Friends). He was a pacifist and declared Conscientious Objector to WWII. He served Alternative Service in South Carolina, New Hampshire, and finally at Byberry Hospital in Philadelphia, where he met Betty Viola Iversen. They married in 1945, celebrating 68 years of marriage.
After the war the couple started their family in Woodbury, NJ, where Marriner managed a service station. They moved to Vermont in 1959, and bought a farm in Chittenden in 1961.
Marriner was known as a Jack-of-all-Trades. He had Baileys Esso at Strongs Avenue and Main Street in Rutland; two laundro-mats in Fair Haven and Forest Street in Rutland; a floor cleaning business for large stores throughout southern Vermont; and a Pepperidge Farm bread route. He mowed roadsides for the town of Chittenden and the U.S. forestry service. He was a volunteer fireman in Chittenden. He continued to farm, raising cows, goats and fowl. He logged his land and heated with his own harvested wood, raised his own food and generally strove for self-sufficiency.
Marriner had a dry sense of humor and humble presentation. He was a good listener, had an inquisitive mind, and loved learning. He loved traveling, and visited the British Isles, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Aruba, Hawaii, Norway, and many of the western states of the U.S. He liked visiting local folks wherever he went. Marriner knew only friends.
Marriner was a much-loved husband, father of four, grandfather of ten, great-grandfather of ten, and great-great-grandfather of one.
Marriner is survived by his wife, Betty; and his four children, Reid of Klamath Falls, Oregon; Stephen of Chittenden, Vt.; Jeffrey of Freeland, Michigan; and Diana of Fairfield, Vt.
Marriner will be sorely missed by all who loved him.
A memorial service will be announced at a later date.
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What age do you think is a long life?
My Nana is 99.
My Poppop is 94.
My Mommom is 92.
Those are long lives. And I know when one of them goes; they're all gonna go. I'm a spoiled brat for having three out of four grandparents still kicking it. The old Italians never die. It's hella hard on my parents and aunts and uncles though. And my Poppop is in the old peeps home in town. I loathe going there. Gives you major sads.ReplyCancel
Depends on my mood and what's on t v. Right now? Any day is fine.
Lady CaCa cancelled her show in Seattle and Vancouver. The Seattle venue seats. 17,000. Word is it wasn't even half full. So cancelled due to illness.
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I don't come from families with much longevity.
If I see 80, it'll be some kind of record.
77 is the current record, established by my mother.
I'll take 80, unless it comes with 50 additional versions of reality networks.
I was quite seriously surprised to make 30. I high five myself every year since; it's allllll gravyReplyCancel
It sounds like we TOTALLY should have hung out in our twenties, WareCat!ReplyCancel
That right there is a very good point, Gayeld. But it would have been AWESOME!ReplyCancel
I'm going to have to go with QueenAnne. What's on TV next season?
Three of my grandparents lived into their 80s. Two of my great-grandparents live to 100+. I want to get my daughter raised, through college and settled down, and see if Dean and Castiel ever admit to that thing between them.ReplyCancel
Insert Oscar Wilde quote. Youth us wasted on the young. I wanted to be in the 27 club. Hitting 30 sucks.ReplyCancel
Anything over 75. If I live to 75, I may have a big birthday party, then sell out and run off to die alone.ReplyCancel
There is a difference between a good life and a long life. A good life is living well with good health. A long life is living long with poor health. I would rather die with good health than be a burden on my family.ReplyCancel
I'm surprised at how many other people would be perfectly happy kicking the bucket at 75. So much of my family has died much younger than that, it seems like a good age to make it to. 3/4 of a century, leaving to make room for the next generation… seems good to me.ReplyCancel
Having worked the past 5 yrs with the elderly, I have embraced the fact that I have already lived a long life. Seeing someone doing chair aerobics to The Boot Scootin Boogie one day, then have hospice called in the next week was a real eye opener for me.ReplyCancel
If in Lilo years, I'd say 20. Which in dog years, is the same (140), or normal human years, 87.ReplyCancel
Quality of life versus quantity. My Great Aunt died at 102–still kicking and going every day–she just went in her sleep one night. My grandmother will be 99 in Sept and is bedridden, blind and half deaf. I would rather be dead. Her brothers and sisters are all in their 90's and get around fairly well . My dad's family usually times out in the late 80's–so I'm really only half way there based on family history–but I've still got to be "living" you knowReplyCancel
Here's (this town I'm living) life expectance is about 81-84 years for males-females.
The answer should be above that.
Average life expectancy, I would edit.ReplyCancel
@TTM Good thing you lived past 30 or we would've never met, boo!
Not sure what the actual age would be, but I am so tired of hearing 55 year olds say they are middle aged, how many fucking 110 year olds do you see walking around?ReplyCancel
70ish. When it hurts to pee, it's time to go.ReplyCancel


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text: Sustainability at Regis At Regis University, we don't just talk about values. We live them. Sustainability is one of those values. The responsible stewardship of the earth's resources is a major tenet of Catholic Social Teaching, and a compelling answer to Regis' foundational question: How ought we to live? Attempting to live sustainably is a choice we make every day, to act with intention in all that we do. Below are just a few of the ways that Regis is living its commitment to sustainability. StudentsCampusCurriculum Regis students make a positive impact on the campus community and the world by supporting the Regis student sustainability movement. Here's how you can get involved. Bus Pass Program Choosing public transportation is a great way to protect our planet. Regis makes it easy by providing students with free bus passes. This service is included in your student activities fee as a traditional undergraduate. Contact or visit the Office of Student Activities for more information. Community Garden There is no better way to grow the green movement than by working in your own garden. Regis offers students the chance to do just that. Sign up for a plot and cultivate your green thumb. Connect with the Environmental Science department to get started. RU Bikes For the last three years, Regis students have enjoyed free bike rentals and service through the bike program sponsored by Wellness & Recreation. Students can check out bikes for up to three days, as well as get their personal bikes serviced at no charge. This program promotes sustainable choices and a healthy lifestyle. To rent a bike or get one fixed, visit www.regis.edu/bikeprogram. Sustainability Committee The Regis University Student Government Association's (RUSGA) Sustainability Committee works to raise awareness about environmental issues and sponsors initiatives that help reduce the University's ecological footprint. To get involved, contact the director of the Sustainability Committee at email@example.com. Trust the Tap Co-sponsored by the Sustainability Committee and Physical Plant, the goal of this initiative is to eliminate the Regis community's dependence on plastic water bottles. Making filtered tap water available in every building helps people make healthy choices, and raises awareness about reducing plastic usage and greenhouse gas emissions. Bring your reusable bottle and fill up at a hydration station near you! One needs to look no further than the facilities and lawns of Regis' North Denver (Lowell) Campus for evidence of the University's strong commitment to sustainability. Physical Plant has taken a leadership role in the effort to help lessen Regis' environmental impact. Every choice they make, from paint to paper products, is carefully calculated with an eye toward conservation. Of the hundreds of examples to cite here are a few highlights: Walls are painted with VOC-free paint, which doesn't give off harmful gases Carpets are made from recycled materials and no chemical adhesives are used to install them. Buildings are cleaned with citrus-based cleansers and cloth material. Bathrooms are stocked with 100-percent-recycled paper products. Newer buildings are designed to conserve energy through reflective glass, sensor lighting and innovative light/heat regulation. Trees are planted near buildings to block or welcome heat to create less reliance on HVAC systems. Smart irrigation, moisture-retaining mulch and drought tolerant plants regulate water use. A few other noteworthy initiatives: Composting With support from one conscientious student, Bon Appétit and Regis recently hired Waste Farmers, an organization that specializes in composting, to ensure that the community is disposing of organic material in the most effective and responsible way. 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James Loney Appreciation Post
Lorena was reminding me of the time we went to see a Dodgers Spring Training game then after the game we headed to Las Vegas to watch the Dodgers play the next day against the Chicago Cubs. At Holman Stadium, there was this Cubs fan guy sitting in back of us saying "I hate Loney!" He is a Cubs killer!"
James Loney hit a grand slam off Ryan Dempster in the fifth inning. It gave the Dodgers a 4-2 lead.
Cubs center fielder Jim Edmonds watching James Loney's grand slam in the fifth. It gave the Dodgers a 4-2 lead in Game 1 of their series
Video of signing the Loney song to Loney here http://crzblue.mlblogs.com/2011/03/21/follow-the-dodgers-from-la-to-az-to-nv/
My Loney has a first name is J A M E S
My Loney has a second name is L O N E Y
Oh I love to see him every day and if you ask me why I say…
Cause Loney has a way with H I T T I N G
I was watching the first game with the Marlins from the Field level when a friend alerted me that James 's dad was sitting in our row in the late innings. I headed upstairs to say hello to him and wish James Loney good luck thru him. I had a little chat with him. I am not going to repeat everything he said but basically he said that James probably needed a change. Raissa is in the picture. She used to be in the Loge area where the Dodger family sit.
We saw James go out on the field at the conclusion of the game to celebrate with the team the win. Afterwards his hand went to his face. Got a little emotional then.
I have followed these kids careers since the minor leagues. I remember seeing James Loney at Vero Beach. When a couple of guys from the ITD (InsidetheDodgers) blog (blog is no longer being updated) came up with the Loney Song, my friend Erik and I started signing it to him at Dodger events, at Dodger Stadium, at Spring Training, on road trips.
showing James a picture Lorena took of James Loney's dad and I in Fenway Park.
One of the best Dodger Caravans was at Panda Inn in Pasadena where the Dodgers were our waiters. Lorena, Erik, a friend of Lorena and I had James Loney and Pepe Yniguez as our waiters although the person that brought us our food was Andre Ethier. This was in 2008. I remember James Loney asking us "Is there anything I can bring you guys?' "Do you guys want a photograph, an autograph?" We were just so happy to be there and having him as our waiter. My picures ae stored elsewhere but here is a picture I found online
Loney Friday night 8/24/2012.
Farewell James, thanks for the memories and being nice to us fans. Play well, give your best! No slacking off.
At a Photo Day
At one of the Dodgers caravans
Thank you for your work in the community James! Be good!
Ref: NewYorkTimes, Jon SooHoo.
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Great stuff Emma! Thank you for sharing it.
Your blog made me cry Emma. As much as us fans might have been frustrated with James' play this season, he was always one of my favorites. What a glove! He will be missed!
Amid all the excitement of the last 24 hours, I'm sad to see James go.
Hopefully he does better with the change of scenery, and does well enough offensively in the smaller Fenway to get paid on his next contract.
Loving the upswing of the deal, but losing James makes it bittersweet.


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Grant gives Vt. agri-tourism a boostBy Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont Press Bureau | October 23,2013
PROVIDED Photo Shearer Hill Farm Bed and Breakfast in Wilmington offers guests the chance to experience agri-tourism by milking cows.MONTPELIER Vermonts farms have long contributed to a bucolic aesthetic that draws millions of visitors to the state annually. Now, a new federal grant aims to transform those agricultural operations into tourist draws in their own right.
The state Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets announced Tuesday the receipt of an $88,500 matching grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture designed to expand agri-tourism and generate a new revenue stream for small farms.
Many farms, wineries, orchards and other agricultural enterprises already participate in some manner in the emerging sector. But state officials say the state has yet to come close to realizing its full potential.
What were trying to do is educate farmers that there are opportunities to provide this service, and that they should be compensated for this service, said Chelsea Bardot Lewis, senior agricultural development coordinator at the Agency of Agriculture.
Whether its educational opportunities for kids, or classes for adult learners, or tours, or going further and doing bed and breakfasts and on-farm dinners, there are a lot of options and possibilities, she said.
Mari Omland, co-owner of Green Mountain Girls Farm in Northfield, is among the Vermont farms to get in on the tourism industry. In the last month alone, according to Omland, the farm has hosted visitors from Australia, New York City and Ottawa.
She said the tours and overnight stays in barn lofts now generate about $30,000 annually.
Diversifying sources of income at a farm that already does everything from grow vegetables to milk goats, Omland said, is a key survival strategy. And she said the state can help agri-tourism entrepreneurs by pulling together statistics and data to inspire and inform business plans.
Theres a lot of orchards and sugar houses and family farm-scale operations that are allowing people to have very meaningful experiences on farms, Omland said. But we probably dont know the collective value of that, so more study, and getting good data, will give us a better perspective on whats happening, and ideas for how to grow.
The new grant will fund the collection of that data, as well as the examination of the economic impacts and farm profitability in the agri-tourism sector, according to the Agency of Agriculture.
The grant will also fund a marketing campaign to drive tourists toward authentic agriculture operations, as well as the restaurants that serve their goods. The state already maintains a website, www.diginvt.com, where would-be visitors can find tourist-friendly farms.
Jen Butson, director of communications for the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing, said the grant will make for a more cohesive approach to agri-tourism, and help the state coordinate the patchwork of individual efforts going on across the state.
She said the grant will also fund educational opportunities for Vermont farmers who want to enter the marketplace, and emphasize the safety precautions that need to be in place for visitors to a working farm.
We need to have those who are running working farms right now to know how to be equipped to be tourism- and tour-friendly, Butson said. You cant just put an open sign on the farm and have it be friendly to travelers or vacationers.
Butson said the emergence of agri-tourism could help grow the states $1.7 billion tourism economy in parts of the state that need it most.
Turning farms in some of the most rural parts of the state into tourist attractions, she said, will mean capital, revenue and jobs for the residents of those communities.
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I know it absorbs chakra but to what scale? Amaterasu is one of the most powerful ninjutsu witnessed yet. So my question is; could it absorb Amaterasu?
Probably not.
It could barely absorb Itachi's Katon, Amaterasu would just kill it.
Yes i think it can somehow
After all
, water > fire
i think yes...but then it still burns it....like how it was able to cut itachi's fire tech...but got burnt..
It's weakness is fire, so not a smart thing to get close to amaterasu heh
Lol, I'm getting mixed responses. While it did get fried by Itachis' Katon, isn't there a chance it could become gravely injured but somehow survive it?
maybe survive...but die a minute later...
nah i think amatarasu would kill samehada
Originally Posted by -Carnage-
maybe survive...but die a minute later...
Meh, good enough for Kisame
It'll probably burn samehada since it never stops burning
Amaterasu is not chakra
Originally Posted by 9th Raikage
Amaterasu is not chakra
It absorbs jutsu. Jutsu are made of chakra.
I don't see why not, though she surely wouldn't enjoy it. :p
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- April 28, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- The Fancy Teacup said...
That dress is beyond pretty. I really adore the bird print. And those wedges are like the cherry on top on such a perfect spring outfit.
much love.
- April 28, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Cait said...
I have just started doing outfit posts and I take me own pictures, I think I would feel too self conscious if someone else were taking it. Which is strange since I then put the pictures on my blog for the world to see lol!
- April 28, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- fashion.gossipmk said...
Amazing dress. Beautiful color.
And i love your shoes :)
- April 28, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Robin H. said...
Don't worry. Some of us have just recently become fortunate to stumble upon fabulous blogs like this. Those of us have not yet seen all the outfits or read all the posts. I just started my own blog too (http://franniepantz.blogspot.com if you are interested) and use a tripod. That self timer thing takes a lot of getting used to. Regardless, you look amazing as usual and glad you are enjoying the Picasso era of the spring!
- April 28, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Alex said...
I know exactly what you mean about the self-time thing! - I had to model for my friend for her Media project - most awkward photoshoot of my life, in the end I told her to leave the camera, I would take the pics and give it her back the next day - I could never be a model. Don't know how they do it without feeling self concious!
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- April 28, 2011 at 8:46 AM
- Kaitlyn said...
My friends and I grew up taking pics of each other for fun so I guess I got used to posing for people. I have a lot of trouble when my designated photographer isn't around! I really need to practice with my tripod. Tips on taking your own pics would be much appreciated! I'm curious!
- April 28, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- turn that frown upside down said...
I love that coat. Every time you wear it, it makes me smile :)
And I don't blame you. That would have been rather awkward. Posing for a total stranger...weird.
- April 28, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- tess said...
that dress fits you so well!
- April 28, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Cassidy said...
Adorable dress! and you are never boring and repetitive!
- April 28, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- Tiffany said...
It is SO much easier to pose for a tripod than for an actual person. I am more comfortable around my husband than anyone else, ever, yet the minute he steps behind the camera I become all awkward and nervous, and my poses reflect that. I much prefer to be alone with my camera.
I definitely relate to your blogger's block- one can only say so much about where items were purchased or how they were combined... sometimes letting the photos speak for themselves is a nice change of pace.
Lovely colors on you, given your skin tone and hair color. And you always choose such interesting prints and silhouettes!
- April 28, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Maeko said...
That dress is 100% reminiscent of Sandra Beijer's style (niotillfem).
Basically, lovely.
Mae Lu @ thereafterish.!
- April 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- Indy said...
I have the same trouble...sometimes it's best to let the pictures speak for themselves, and yours are always so lovely.
- April 28, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Stef / Diversions said...
You look lovely :)
Your helpful stranger story just left me doing an embarrassing snort because that is EXACTLY how I react to such sweet offers, flustered no thank you, thank you very much though and lots of camera knob twisting. :)
- April 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM
- Meesh said...
I love this dress.
Argh, I hate when people come up and watch what you're doing out taking photos. It's like a sudden wave of self consciousness descends. I have the opposite problem as you with taking pictures, though; the self timer and me, we are not friends. Why is the time so short? Why does it take 7 photos instead of a more reasonable number? I may never know.
- April 28, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Julia Topaz said...
Oh my goodness, that is precisely why I try to avoid shooting in public alone! I've always admired the bravery of the girls who do, but I'm far to self conscious to set up a tripod just on the sidewalk or wherever else and start posing away! Well done, brave Rebecca of The Clothes Horse.
- April 28, 2011 at 1:31 PM
- Emma said...
It's always a good opportunity to talk about you, or what you've been up to today, or just thoughts?
But I'm glad you mentioned the blue infatuation - I'm having my own obsession with it! Except I'm going into winter, which means I'm soon going to troll some archives for inspiration and a chin up approach to frozen tentacles. Look at those bare legs =O
- April 28, 2011 at 3:17 PM
- MZCASEADOS said...
ooi to te seguindo me segue tb?
- April 28, 2011 at 4:00 PM
- Winnie said...
I love your strawberry wedges! They look so cheery against the blue ASOS dress.
- April 28, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- Melissa said...
I saw that dress browsing ASOS the other day and fell in love. It is such a wonderful piece!! The red heels go very nicely with it.
- April 28, 2011 at 5:51 PM
- The Daily Fashionista said...
What a sweet but odd gesture. I would've politely declined too. I'm not too keen on having my own mother do my photos, let alone a stranger:) hehe.. And I really love that dress. It's such a fabulous shape!
- April 28, 2011 at 8:11 PM
- Melis said...
i want that coat AND that dress! :)
- April 28, 2011 at 8:47 PM
- Deoma's Boutique said...
What a darling outfit and you have the most beautiful hair! I love it!
- April 29, 2011 at 7:17 AM
- Ashe @ Dramatis Personae said...
That blue dress is perfection. Why can't ASOS have THAT in the Curve line?!
- April 29, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- annah. said...
you could talk about how bloody great those shoes are!! Oh, and I hate being accidentally caught...it feels like you're doing something SO vain and embarrassing...I was jumping for some photos today and then realised a couple were standing there laughing at me...cringe cringe cringe!
Annah xx
- April 30, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- violetvirus said...
dis outfit makes me happy just by looking at it...d dress, d coat, d striking shoes..basically everything...
in case I have not mentioned before...I leave your blog wanting to jump on d next flight out to anywhere with trees and fields like d ones in your photos and run around under d sun! every single time...
- May 2, 2011 at 10:02 PM
- Sarah said...
Randomly reading back through old bloggers posts as I've missed so much lately! I take my own outfit pics too, I hate other people photographing me, I feel so self-conscious! I use a remote though, it makes it SO much easier and they're so inexpensive!
Lovely outfit though - adore that dress!
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- Title
- Crossover and the different faces of differential evolution searches
- Author(s)
- Montgomery, James
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- Common explanations of DE's search behaviour as its crossover rate Cr is varied focus on the directionality of the search, as low values make moves aligned with a small number of axes while high values search at angles to the axes. While the direction of search is important, an analysis of moves generated by mutating differing numbers of dimensions suggests that the probability of making a successful move is more strongly related to the move's magnitude than to the number of dimensions in which it occurs. Low Cr moves are generally much smaller than those generated with high values, and more likely to succeed, but moves in many dimensions can produce greater improvements in solution quality. Although DE behaves differently at low and high Cr, both extremes can produce effective searches. Results suggest this is because low Cr searches make frequent, small improvements to all population members while high Cr searches produce less frequent, large improvements, followed by contraction of the population and a resultant reduction in move size. The interaction of F and population size with these different modes of search is investigated and recommendations made to achieve good results with both.
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- Rationale: The Loudness Dependence of the Auditory Evoked Potential (LDAEP) has been suggested as a reliable measure of central serotonin function in humans; however, its specificity for the serotonin system remains a topic of debate, with possible modulation of this purported serotonin marker by other neurotransmitters, including dopamine. Objectives: We examined the effect of dopaminergic modulation on the LDAEP using the D1/D 2/D3 dopamine receptor agonist pergolide and the D 2/D3 agonist bromocriptine. Methods: The study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled repeated-measures design in which healthy participants were tested under three acute treatment conditions: placebo, bromocriptine (2.5 mg), and pergolide (0.1 mg). Changes in the amplitude of the N1/P2 at intensities (60, 70, 80, 90, and 100 dB) were examined at C Z. Results: Acute stimulation of D1/D2/D 3 receptors with pergolide and D2/D3 receptors with bromocriptine in comparison with placebo had no effect on the LDAEP. Conclusion: These findings indicate that acute stimulation of dopamine D 1, D2, and D3 receptors does not modulate the LDAEP in humans. Although the findings suggest that the LDAEP may not be modulated by acute changes in dopamine neurotransmission, further studies are needed to fully characterize its dopaminergic sensitivity.
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If someone could PM me how they dealt with Midland, I would greatly appreciate it. I went the BBB route and they just failed to respond.
how is that fail to response ?
They failed to respond to my rebuttal on my BBB complaint. It's a common practice with Midland. They do not have to respond to a BBB complaint if they do not want to. My next step is going to be AG. But since I work for the AG, I'm trying not to go that route.
On a side note, If you are not willing to share basic information on the route you took PFD, BBB, FTC, AG, calling, e-mailing or snail mail...then please keep your "I got this deleted." We are all here to help and if you are unwilling to share any information on your process, then just do not post.
CONGRATS!! Can you please send me the info for Midland I have two accts with them that I've been disputing for a few months with NO LUCK.
Can you be so kind as to send me the letter used to have them deleted? Thanks in Advance.
As with the previous posters I'd like to know how you were able to get a victory with Midland? Please feel free to message me if you don't want to post. Thanks
Could I get the information also
Congrats!!! I had a Midland deleted on my Experian (it never showed on my Equifax) and I am currently trying to wait patiently for the completion of my Transunion dispute with them. My account has been paid since Aug 2011, so I'm really hoping they won't even bother since it's paid. When I had them deleted from Experian, all I did was an online dispute and it was gone within a week.
Hi tehre, I have 2 unpaid collections with them. Do you suggest I pay them first or do a PFD?
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i've been trying to get this deleted all month -- various emails. I'm even guessing email addresses from the company website & naming arrangements.
I received a generic response email asking me to call regarding my inquiry. then I received a voicemail from a rep in Consumer Support Services. When I called him back, he told me that they will NOT delete records of accounts that have been PIF. I PIF in March 2012, before I knew about the forums. It was only ~$200. I wish I knew about PFD back then because right now, he is telling me that they wont delete satisfied accounts -- which is absurd..... UGh. I need help with this Midland baddie. Does anyone have any MORE contacts or better methods?
I have a list of email addresses, but no one else has responded but this one guy.
have you tried to dispute it through the CRA's? Some posters have claimed that Midland does not respond to accounts once they are paid..
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"China's Repression Undoes Its Charm Offensive"
Op-Ed, The Washington Post
March 25, 2011
Author: Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security
I was asked to lecture at Beijing University on soft power, the ability to use attraction and persuasion to get what you want without force or payment. This was before the series of revolutions roiling the Middle East, in whose aftermath China is clamping down on the Internet and jailing human rights lawyers, once again torpedoing its soft-power campaign. The auditorium that day was packed, and I had been told that more than a thousand articles have been published in China on this topic. That may have something to do with the fact that in 2007, President Hu Jintao told the 17th Congress of the Communist Party that China needed to increase its soft power.
Over the past decade, China's economic and military might have grown impressively. But that has frightened its neighbors into looking for allies to balance rising Chinese hard power. The key is that if a country can also increase its power of attraction, its neighbors feel less need to balance its power. Canada and Mexico, for example, do not seek alliances with China to balance American power the way Asian countries seek an American presence to balance China.
The result of this regional wariness is that China is spending billions on a charm offensive to increase its soft power. Chinese aid programs to Africa and Latin America are not limited by the institutional or human rights concerns that constrain Western aid. The Chinese style emphasizes high-profile gestures, such as rebuilding the Cambodian Parliament or Mozambique's Foreign Affairs Ministry. The elaborately staged 2008 Beijing Olympics enhanced China's reputation, and the 2010 Shanghai Expo attracted more than 70 million visitors. The Boao Forum for Asia on Hainan Island annually attracts nearly 2,000 Asian politicians and business leaders to what is billed as an "Asian Davos."
China has always had an attractive traditional culture, and now it has created several hundred Confucius Institutes around the world to teach its language and culture. The enrollment of foreign students in China has increased from 36,000 a decade ago to 240,000 last year. While Voice of America has been cutting its Chinese broadcasts, China Radio International has been increasing its broadcasts in English to 24 hours a day. In 2009, Beijing announced plans to spend billions developing global media giants to compete with Bloomberg, Time Warner and Viacom. Further examples of Beijing's efforts to use soft power rather than military might to win friends abroad or at least placate wary neighbors include its investment in 200910 of $8.9 billion in external publicity work, including a 24-hour Xinhua cable news channel designed to imitate al-Jazeera. During Hu Jintao's state visit to Washington in January, Beijing rented video screens in Times Square to present attractive pictures of China.
For all these efforts, however, China has had a limited return on its investment. A recent BBC poll found that opinions of China's influence are positive in much of Africa and Latin America but predominantly negative in the United States, Europe, India, Japan and South Korea. Similarly, a poll taken in Asia after the Beijing Olympics found that China's charm offensive had been ineffective.
Great powers often try to use culture and narrative to create soft power that promotes their advantage, but it is not an easy sell when it is inconsistent with their domestic realities.
Shortly after the 2008 Olympics, China's domestic crackdown in Tibet and Xianjiang and its resumed pressure on human rights activists undercut the very gains in soft power it had built up. The Shanghai Expo was a great success but was followed by the jailing of Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo. And for all the efforts to turn Xinhua and China Central Television into competitors of CNN and the BBC, there is little international audience for brittle propaganda. In the wake of the Middle East revolutions, China is tightening its controls on the Internet and arresting activists for fear that the Egyptian example might inspire similar protests. A few futile efforts by demonstrators have been quickly suppressed by Chinese police.
After my lecture at Beijing University, a student asked how China could increase its soft power. I suggested that he ask himself why India's Bollywood films command far greater international audiences than do Chinese films. Does India have better directors and actors? When Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed Chinese director, was asked a similar question, he replied that films about contemporary China are neutered by the censors. I told the student that much of a country's soft power is generated by its civil society and that China had to lighten up on its censorship and controls if it wished to succeed. But I also admitted that he would probably not find my answer very helpful.
Joseph S. Nye Jr. is a professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and is the author of "The Future of Power."
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In his letter No thank you (Times Argus, Sept. 6) Mr. Keith Zandy asks several questions of proponents of single-payer health care. One of these is: When your health care decisions fall into the hands of a cold-hearted bureaucrat, and you are denied treatment that your doctor recommends due to bureaucratic red tape, will you regret your foolishness in putting your life and liberties in the hands of the government?
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Data Collective
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Tableau Software
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Western Union
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It is simpler than ever to track previous patterns and to then predict outcomes in the future. Question is, how do you proactively influence those outcomes to your advantage? This could be to influence a customer's journey from discovery to purchase or reduce costs of known routine internal processes. Better yet, how do you evolve these decisions based on the feedback you get from analytics? Enter the age of proactive analytics.
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Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Opening Remarks: State of the Growth Movement
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Keynote: Analytics 3.0 and the Data Bottleneck
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Lightning Talk: Listening to your users
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Lightning Talk: The Emerging Era of Cognitive Computing
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Fireside Chat: Unlocking value for the 90% of business data still unused
Speaker: Andy Palmer (Tamr)
Moderator: Matt Marshall (VentureBeat)
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Morning Break
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Fireside Chat: Fostering a Culture of Data Inside Any Organization
Speakers: Simon Zhang (LinkedIn), Ellie Fields (Tableau)
Moderator: Elizabeth Dwoskin (Wall Street Journal)
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Fireside Chat: Introduction to the Data Analyst's Stack
Speaker: Bruno Aziza (Alpine Data Labs)
Moderator: Matt Marshall (VentureBeat)
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Fireside Chat - Transitioning from Management to Intelligence
Speakers: Adam Evans (RelateIQ), Paul Cheesebrough (NewsCorp)
Moderators: Eva Ho, General Partner, Susa Ventures
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Fireside Chat: Facilitating Modeling and Analysis
Speakers: Frank Bien (Looker), Anna Gordon (Mindjet)
Moderator: Dharmesh Thakker (Intel Capital)
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Lunch and Table Topic Discussions
Speakers: Paul Duan (Bayes Impact Initiative), Adam Towvin (TrustLayers), Karim Faris (Tamr), Andy Palmer (Tamr), Nidhi Aggarwal (Tamr),Peter Barris (Tamr), Rich Miner (Tamr), Tom Davenport (Author, Big Data @ Work), Michael Brodie (Tamr)
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Lightning Talk: Empowering the Individual
Speaker: Chris Neumann (DataHero)
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Lightning Talk: Hadoop's Role in the Data-driven Enterprise
Speaker: Arun Murthy (Hortonworks)
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Panel: Answering the Unknown
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Moderator: Mike Dauber (Battery Ventures)
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Moderators: Chris Taylor, Founder, SuccessfulWorkplace (TIBCO)
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Moderators: Tom Davenport (Author, Big Data @ Work)
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Moderator: Mark Gorenberg (Zetta Venture Partners)
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Moderator: Peter Skomoroch (Data Collective)
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Afternoon Break
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Closing Remarks
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Panel: The Modern CMO
Speakers: Ashu Garg (Foundation Capital), John Carter (Schwab), Susan Neal (The Men's Wearhouse)
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Lightning Talk: Ad-hoc Intelligence for E-tailers
Speaker: David Glueck (Bonobos)
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Lightning Talk: Building on Top of Open Source Data Solutions
Speaker: Graham Tackley (Guardian News & Media)
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Lightning Talk: Making Data Productive
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Lightning Talk: ROI on Rails and Slicing Data for Domino's Pizza
Speaker: Guido Schroeder (Splunk)
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10:20 am - 10:30 am
Lightning Talk: Extracting Business Intelligence from Software Analytics
Speakers: Andrew Sutherland (Quizlet), Patrick Lightbody (New Relic)
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Lightning Talk: Making Communication More Efficient
Speakers: Andre Pimentel (Intuit Demandforce), Rob Christensen (InsideSales.com)
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10:40 am - 10:50 am
Lightning Talk: Making Data Entry Obsolete for Customers
Speaker: Chris Chapo (Intuit)
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10:50 am - 11:30 am
Morning Break and Quick Connect
Moderator: Eric Blattberg (VentureBeat)
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11:30 am - 11:50 am
Fireside Chat: Building a Centralized Analytics Platform for Catastrophe Risk Modeling
Speakers: Max Schireson (MongoDB), Bobby Soni (RMS)
Moderator: Derek Slater (FierceMarkets)
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11:50 am - 12:10 pm
How Data Gets Creative: Marketing in the Machine Age
Speakers: Sean Gourley (Quid), Dan Buczaczer (Publicis)
Moderator: Shivon Zilis (Bloomberg Beta)
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1:50 pm - 2:10 pm
Fireside Chat - Under the hood of the top advertising modeling platform
Speakers: Raymie Stata (Altiscale), Satya Ramachandran (Marketshare)
Moderator: Romain Nervil (VentureBeat)
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2:10 pm - 2:30 pm
Fireside Chat: Empowering the Intelligent Enterprise
Speakers: Ron Kasabian (Intel), Charles Zedlewski (Cloudera)
Moderators: Jordan Novet, Staff Writer, VentureBeat
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2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
Fireside Chat: Keeping Teams Learning as They Work
Speaker: Ramona Pierson (Declara)
Moderator: Dan Scholnick (Trinity Ventures)
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2:50 pm - 3:10 pm
Afternoon Break
3:10 pm - 4:10 pm
DataBeat Innovation Showdown (Early-Stage & Mid-Stage)
Speakers: Jerry Held (Tamr), Todd Rumberger (Foley & Lardner LLP), Rajeev Batra (Mayfield Fund), Charles Beeler (Icon Venture Partners )
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4:10 pm - 4:30 pm
Fireside Chat: Sparking Global Business Transformation at Western Union
Speaker: David Thompson (Western Union)
Moderator: Jordan Novet (VentureBeat)
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4:30 pm - 4:50 pm
Fireside Chat - Three Generations of Data Integration Systems
Speaker: Mike Stonebraker (MIT CSAIL)
Moderator: Charles Beeler (Icon Venture Partners)
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4:50 pm - 5:15 pm
Panel: Rat Pack of Big Data Stack (is Back)
Speakers: Stefan Groschupf (Datameer), Jim Baer (LinkedIn), Joe Hellerstein (Trifacta), Neal Richter (Rubicon Project)
Moderator: Mike Driscoll (Metamarkets)
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Closing Remarks & Innovation Showdown Winner Announcement
5:20 pm - 6:30 pm
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6Sense is a predictive intelligence engine for sales and marketing that helps companies measurably grow their business. 6Sense leverages time-sensitive, behavioral data to identify new prospects that are highly likely to buy, providing insights about when they will buy, how far along they are in the purchase cycle, which products they prefer, and how best to reach them.
Wise.io provides applications for the entire customer lifecycle that apply the power of machine learning to help companies optimize how they acquire, monetize, and retain customers. Wise.io's solutions are running in production at companies that range from Silicon Valley startups to the largest Fortune 500 corporations.
Prelert is the anomaly detection company. Its automated, behavioral analytics make it easy for users to uncover real-time insights into the opportunities and risks hidden in massive data sets. Prelert's downloadable Anomaly Detection software eliminates the need for data scientists, providing value in minutes at the push of a button.
DataPad's goal is to enable true data democracy for business people in small and medium enterprises by building better visual analytics tools. We aim to make short work of integrating local and cloud data seamlessly, and to create a nexus to collaborate on and share data, from anywhere and on any device.
NOTE: The fifth early-stage finalist is in stealth mode.
ParStream helps businesses gain immediate insights into their data. As the leading provider of real-time databases, ParStream powers big data analytics on the massive amounts of data businesses collect daily. The award-winning, breakthrough technology enables ultra-fast, flexible analytics of stored and streaming data. The ParStream Real-time Database is used worldwide in e-commerce, telecommunications, finance, advertising, retail, and mining.
SpaceCurve is the creator of a real-time big data platform for the Internet of Things and a new generation of applications and services. The platform concurrently ingests, fuses, stores and analyzes large volumes and varieties of streaming and historical data in real time to provide organizations with immediately actionable intelligence.
Seattle-based Context Relevant provides the world's fastest automated predictive analytics software. Led by CEO Stephen Purpura, the company defines the next generation of financial information capabilities by applying big data to solve the toughest problems in the financial sector.
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DataRPM is an industry pioneer in using Smart Machines for Big Data Discovery. DataRPM's patent-pending technology enables automatic modeling of data from disparate sources using cognitive algorithms, without the need of building manual data warehouses. DataRPM provides a simple natural language question-answering interface to analyze and visualize big data.
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"We haven't had a car on the roof yet," joked Eldred Central School (ECS) District high school principal Scott Krebs as he gestured toward a poster displayed on the wall of his office.
Pretty much everything else listed under "Just another day in school" on the poster created by the National Association of Secondary School Principals is something Krebs has had to address or must continue to tackle as part of his job.
Unfunded mandates on things like cyber-bullying, unexpected events such as flooding in the locker room, snow days, grading policies, summer school, homecoming, assessments, parking problems, clothing issues, virtual learning, tight budgets, pets brought to school, cell phones—are issues that regularly come across the desk of the average high school principal. And while the challenges faced by a small rural school district like ECS are no different, Krebs likes to think that there are advantages and strengths that help to offset them.
Krebs has been the high school principal at ECS for a decade, following stints at Ellenville, Warwick, Middletown, Fallsburg and Rochester, so he brings a broad perspective to the position.
"I've always thought that kids mature in a smaller rural school a year later than kids in more urban settings. You'll see seventh and eighth graders here still very Mom-and-Dad-oriented," he said. "If you go to Monticello or Middletown, kids tend to be more streetwise. Fads tend to roll through later, too. We're definitely not trend setters here."
Because bullying has been an increasingly important issue, the school district has taken multiple steps to address it. "We've done webinars, seminars, workshops, assemblies and surveys," said Krebs. "The majority of the kids responding now are saying, 'Stop with the bullying. We're starting to feel bullied with this bullying message.' I think we might have overdone it. But parents want a pro-active approach. And small schools allow more flexibility. If you find out you have two kids with issues, you can move them around the following year to minimize the conflict, for example."
That flexibility has allowed for a simple solution to a problem where kids were avoiding completion of their physical education requirements due to discomfort over mixed-sex classes. "I instituted same sex physical education classes for students, which solved the problem," he said. "It worked so well, we've even taken that approach with some other classes, such as science labs."
According to Krebs, middle school is a difficult age, plagued with self doubt as young teens begin to question their circumstances. "Around seventh grade, kids start to understand who their parents are. They're also trying to figure out who they themselves are," he said. "In smaller communities like this, there's greater support for that process. It's not as easy to cut school here, for example. And parents tend to know everybody, because families have grown up together."
Krebs also believes it is easier to identify and address other potential problems in a small school, ranging from personal issues to cheating to plagiarism. "Teachers will often take it upon themselves to have those difficult conversations because they know the kids for several years. Some of the teachers live in the local community. It's more personal and problems can often be more effectively resolved," he said.
Avoiding problems in the first place is another strategy Krebs employs. Vandalism is kept to a minimum with the installation of cameras throughout the school. "As soon as something is damaged, we get it fixed," he said. "I immediately try to find out who did it and what happened. As soon as you let things like that fester, the next week there will be more."
With the addition of smoke detectors in bathrooms and the fact that teachers also use the student bathrooms, smoking has nearly been eliminated. "It's so rare that when it does happen, it's really noticeable," he said. "I get on that right away. I make it clear to students that I'm aware and taking action."
While not a big problem, illegal drugs are still occasionally brought to school. "We have issues every year with kids suspended for having illegal items or selling them," said Krebs. "I attempt to let them know that school is not the place for that. And we coordinate with the state police once a year or so to bring the dogs in to check for drugs. It sends a message."
Another important issue Krebs must deal with throughout the year is impacts from the budgetary process. "This past year, we pretty much eliminated most of our field trips because we were on a contingency budget," he said. "I don't think that's the best idea, because they often provide invaluable learning experiences."
Not surprisingly, "field trips" is one of the items listed on the poster. So is virtual learning, detention, Facebook, tardies, spandex, fire drills, substitutes, bubble gum, the iguana ate my homework and much more, like the final question: they painted what? Krebs is going to find out. It's just another day in school.


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Energy Healing In Maryland
I had an interesting conversation with a reporter today. She called me to get a "medical/skeptical" counterpoint for an article she is preparing on energy healing. Although I don't know if she'll faithfully represent what I had to say, we had an entertaining exchange and so I decided to capture the essence of it here. I'm curious to see which parts of our conversation remain in her final article, due out on February 19th. (Stay tuned for that).
Apparently a local hospital in Maryland is now offering nurse-guided therapeutic touch and Reiki healing for inpatients. She decided to interview the practitioners involved, and turned to me for comment. I did not have the benefit of preparing in advance or having references handy – so I gave it my best shot. I'd be interested to know how you might have responded differently.
1. Is there any scientific evidence that energy healing works? (more…)


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Winter's hidden inhabitants
December 30, 2013 —
At first glance, the winter landscape can appear to be devoid of life. But for the observant person, nothing is farther from the truth. All around us are clues to the existence of animals, and the stripped-down landscapes of winter provide opportunities to learn more about the activities of wildlife in the Upper Delaware region.
One local opportunity to gain glimpses into those lives is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on January 19 at the Pocono Environmental Education Center in Dingmans Ferry, PA. Visit www.peec.org/programs/events/icalrepeat.detail/2014/01/19/281/-/animal-t... for more information on their upcoming Animal Tracking program.