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Information on selecting quilt batting and pillow forms, embroidery patching and choosing happiness after divorce will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.
Judy Novella is with Fairfield Processing Corp. in Danbury, Conn., and she will explain how to choose the right batting that will work best for your quilt, the correct pillow form and the type of fiberfill for every project.
Patsy Shields represents RNK Distributing and Floriani Stabilizers, and she will show how to make a patch by using an embroidery technique. Shields lives in Sellersburg, Ind.
Author Jane Thompson will talk about how important routines and rituals are for the family, especially following a divorce. She will also discuss planning ahead, protecting the children, being grateful and realizing that attitude colors everything. Her book is "Choosing Happiness After Divorce." She lives in Memphis, Tenn.
Information on candle safety, making edible candy bouquets and furniture refinishing will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" at noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Safety is a "must" when it comes to burning and enjoying candles in the home. Beth Vesco-Smith and Bob Rosenberger of PartyLite Gifts Inc. in Plymouth, Mass., will share some precautions that help ensure candle safety every time.
Cozetta Moore will show how to make an attractive and edible candy bouquet, which is a great gift any time of the year. Moore's company is Z-Creations & Designs, and she'll show how easy it is to make these fabulous bouquets. She lives in Portales.
Furniture refinishing expert Bruce Johnson of Minwax will show how to uncover and repair some valuable flea market finds. Minwax is located in Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Routine macaroni and cheese
• 4 cups elbow macaroni (Use the multi-grain variety for a healthier version.)
• 3 Tablespoon butter
• 3 Tablespoons flour (If you use whole wheat flour, be sure it is pastry flour.)
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups milk (1 percent or fat-free)
• 1/4 cup cream cheese, cut into cubes (1/3 less fat variety for fewer calories)
• 1 1/4 cups (5 ounces) shredded cheese (Use any variety or combination, i.e. cheddar, gouda, American, Provolone, Asiago, Guyerre. Guyerre is expensive, but delicious mixed with a gouda.)
Cook pasta according to package directions; drain; set aside. As pasta cooks, melt butter in large sauce pan over medium heat. When melted, whisk in flour, salt and dry mustard. Stir in milk with a whisk and drop in cubed cream cheese, one cube at a time. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
As soon as a boil is reached, reduce to simmer and continue stirring until cream cheese is completely melted and mixture becomes thick. Remove from heat and add grated cheese(s). Stir until melted.
Add cooked and drained pasta. Stir until evenly coated.
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As its name suggest, the bluegrass collective specializes in genial, acoustic tunes that are unfailingly polite and oftentimes quite gorgeous. Rather than doling out punishment on the loping "Double Trouble," for one, the Ohio-born Hughes is actually thanking a beau for sticking alongside her through thick and thin, singing, "My trouble would be double without you."
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Events » Family & Youth Programs » Thursday Summer Fun
Thursday Summer Fun
Portrait of a Young Man, 1650–55
Frans Hals
Dutch, 1582/83-1666
Oil on canvas
Norton Simon Art Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon
© 2014 Norton Simon Art Foundation
Date: Thursday, June 19, 2014
Time: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Speaker: Staff Educator
Type: Thursday Summer Fun
The galleries in the Norton Simon are filled with all sorts of interesting-looking characters. From the photographic portraits in the exhibition Face It to the painted portraits in the permanent galleries, there's an assortment of expressions, hats and hairstyles. Choose one of your favorites, and then make a mask inspired by that portrait.
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Eastern New Mexico University's Lone Star Conference South Division football opener at Abilene Christian on Saturday is scheduled to be webcast on the CSTV/Division II website.
The Greyhounds are off to a 4-0 start while the Wildcats, preseason South Division favorites, are ranked No. 17 in NCAA Division II and stand 3-1.
This week, ENMU garnered 21 points in the Division II poll and was tied for 26st place — one spot outside the rankings with Central Washington.
ENMU features the top rushing attack in Division II and the nation's rushing leader in senior quarterback Michael Benton (188 ypg, eight touchdowns). The Hounds are averaging 403 yards per game on the ground.
ENMU's defense has allowed just 35 percent conversion rate by opponents on third down, while recording 13 sacks and forcing 11 turnovers.
Abilene Christian opened its season with a 45-27 win over NCAA championship subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) member Texas State, the defending Southland Conference champion. The Wildcats' only loss was at Central Oklahoma, a game in which they committted five turnovers in a 27-18 setback.
Four of the other six South Division members are in the current Division II rankings — West Texas A&M (No. 11), Midwestern State (No. 13), Tar;etpm State (No. 15) and Abilene Christian.
Details on how to access the website and watch the game are available at http://www.cstv.com/ncaa/div.ii.
A spectator bus is scheduled to leave Portales at 10 a.m. Saturday and will return following the game. The bus will depart from the campus union building parking lot.
Students with valid school IDs can ride the bus for free, while the cost is $20 per person for the general public. A sign-up list will be available at the campus union building, on a first-come, first-served basis.


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Low-fat cheese and skim milk help to make this favorite dish heart healthy.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ cup
Calories 200
Total Fat 4 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Cholesterol 34 mg
Sodium 120 mg
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Macaroni 2 cups
Onions, chopped ½ cup
Evaporated skim milk ½ cup
Medium egg, beaten 1
Black pepper ¼ teaspoon
Sharp cheddar cheese (4 ounce), finely shredded, low fat 1¼ cups
Nonstick cooking oil spray
- Cook macaroni according to directions. (Do not add salt to the cooking water.) Drain and set aside.
- Spray a casserole dish with nonstick cooking oil spray.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Lightly spray saucepan with nonstick cooking oil spray.
- Add onions to saucepan and sauté for about 3 minutes.
- In another bowl, combine macaroni, onions, and the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Transfer mixture into casserole dish.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.


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HBRC 2013 Club Bot: Motor + Wheels Order
We are getting ready to order some gear motors and wheels for
the HBRC 2013 Club Bot class. As I mentioned at the HBRC meeting
on Wednesday, we are going to allow people who wish to tag along
with the order to do so. If you are in the class, your robot kit
fee already includes the needed motors and wheels. This offer is
Another uM board
Jim, K6JMG
Open Hardware Mobile Manipulator
I ran into the Open Hardware Mobile Manipulator project from Northeastern
It looks like an interesting project. Has anyone else seen this? Thoughts?
January meeting video is up
Charger left at Hacker Dojo
I think I might have left a battery charger at the Haker Dojo (this months SIG)...
That was over a week ago so it might be gone forever. There is still hope though, maybe someone has it.
XV-11 LDS sensor callibration
Are there some calibration parameters that need to be tweaked?
Lost and Found
There was quite a bit of stuff left behind at tonight's meeting.
There was a nice jacket, a "milk crate" with some electronics
in it, some weird video phone like things, etc. All of this
stuff has been transferred to Google security Lost + Found.
(Alas, I have misplaced the address...)
HBRC Meeting Tonight at 7pm
(Collectively, we totally dropped the ball on getting the
HBRobotics.Org web site updated for tonight's meeting.
We'll do better next time.)
Tonight's meeting is at 7pm. I am 98% sure that it is at
the Google Crusher Meeting room. I'll send out a follow
up message when I get final confirmation.
Demo robots at California Academy of Science Nightlife - Thursday March 7
again! and there will be robots roaming around, speakers and maybe even
robot themed cocktails.
The event runs from 6pm -10pm. I'm hoping that someone will coordinate a
Homebrew group (you may already be going!) but I'm also collecting sign ups
A small matter of list etiquette: don't reply to existing post to start a new topic
to an email on an existing post and change the subject. Instead, start a
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Robot Combat League premiers tonight on SyFi channel
bad. I'll tape it to watch one day when I'm bored and want to veg out.
USB on mini-ITX
Did you use the "extra" USB headers on the front of the mini-ITX? I had
a conflict when I tried them (might not have done it right).
Alan KM6VV
ros_arduino_bridge on new PI robot
I was looking a your "Head Tracking using OpenCV" blog, and I remembered
that you said something like the ros_arduino_bridge package is being
used on the new PI Robot. Did I get that right?
I had just installed the pi_head_tracking_tutorial (electric) on my
(diamonback, oops?). And thought I'd look for a closer match to using
Servo Article
You are now published:
The Neato Robot and ROS
Home made X-Ray Machines....
making home-made X-Ray machines, and the danger involved.
Anyway, I noticed that someone posted a great Intructable on it...and
the dangers are well documented too.
Neato LDS and ros/rviz. (Fuerte)
I can run my Kinnects (turtlebot bringup or just the openni launch) and get images from the camera with the ros and rviz, but it gives me warnings on the point cloud data - saying no topic found
I can use the image command and get the depth data though, and I get rgb camera data displayed in rviz - the main display stays black. Once upon I time back in diamondback I did see data here.
Meeting Presentation for February 27th.
Alan N. Federman, PhD
The link for the git package on the ros_arduino_bridge wiki didn't work
(electric), however I did copy and "git" it from my ros_workspace.
I was also able to make it (under turtlebot, diamond? electric??) with
So not sure what I've got yet, and I haven't programmed the Arduino yet.
Running neato on ROS
Robomagellan cone color(s) and cmvision
I'm building a 'bot for Robogames (San Mateo) Robomagellan. I've
FINALLY made a little progress with cmvision on ROS Electric.
My current procedure:
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wow. nets and 6ers ahead of the knicks??? pacers the 3rd seed??? Bulls hold on to 4th spot without Rose???
ESPN has such a JLIN hardon that they can't help themselves. They truly believe we let a top 20 player walk and that he was the only reason we had any success. Without him and with another fatty PG they think we're a 1 and done. Knicks for #2 seed and 50+ wins this year!
Thats bullsh*t. They're gonna put the Nets and Bulls ahead of us? I wouldnt mind a ESPN boycott, count me in. F*ck those f*ggots
I really don't understand how they have the Bulls in front of us. There going to be without Rose and Deng, plus their bench won't be nearly as good as it was last year.
just made a avatar bet with a lakers fan on another board Knicks have a better season than the Nets.... Man I hope the knicks have a better season than than the Nyets... I really don't want to have to look at a net player's face next season.
I mean I still think losing Lin was a bad move, but you have to be high to think that the Knicks can't top the Pacers.
The Woodson-led Knicks went and curbstomped the Pacers in a home-and-home series last year, and nobody seems to care about that.
While I don't hate on Lin or really care that much about letting him walk, I know that it has seriously put the blinders on for a lot of the Media. All they can see is that a "superstar PG" is no longer with the Knicks and so we will not well. Our off season moves are given the worst grades on report cards and ESPN puts us in as a 7th seed (which is where we ended last season, with a much worse team/situation).
I honestly believe that they just make it up as they go along. Whatever team has made the latest "big trade" or free agent pick up is the team that will do the hottest. Hence 76ers getting so much love (they are not going to finish higher then the knicks). The media kind of feeds off itself in that regard, they make up so much hype that they actually wind up believing it and come out with foolish predictions like this.
Do they honestly believe that Chicago with a depleted bench and MVP Rose out for the entire year that they will finish higher then the knicks? what are they smoking???
7th seed looks about right to me.
I don't get it why so many posters overrate the new roster.
I'd love us to win the damn Conference, but you gotta stay objective and 7th looks right to me. Maybe 6th if Indiana flop.
Chandler was the worst player on team USA in London. They went with Love and Davis at center every time a game was competitive, because Chandler (the great defender he is) kills your team's offense. His spacing sucks and he's no threat what so ever.
Amar'e is the worst defender I have ever seen and his offense last season was the worst of his career. He wont change, not at 30.
Melo is a pretty good scorer, but he won't play defense and his style of play unfortunately downgrades his teammates.
Jason Kidd is 56 years old.
Raymond Felton looks like he eats 56 burgers a day.
Novak is a blunt weapon in the playoffs.
J.R. Smith will win you 5 games a season on his own, but lose you 30.
Camby and Thomas, as much as I like them for nostalgic reasons, are both way past it and won't save us.
Shumpert, the guy I rest all of my hopes on, had a serious ACL injury and is coming off surgery....nobody knows whether he'll be the same or even be able to fulfill his career. See Terrell Thomas, potential All-Pro corner, suffering from countless ACL injuries....his career is basically over after only one full season.
Sorry guys, but I don't see it in this roster. Feels like 2006/2007.


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January 2, 2012
Because being happy is good for my health.
Well, minus last year, when I attempted to give this whole resolution thing a shot for the first time.
I vowed, simply, to take better care of myself. I reasoned that by taking better care of myself, I would in turn be better at taking care of the people I love most. Sweet, right? I had good intentions. And I tried. But I didn't exactly knock this one out of the park. I ate a little better ... sometimes. I found my way to the gym ... recently. I made time for myself ... here and there. Generally speaking, I did find the balance I was so desperately hoping to find, but it wasn't because it was my New Year's resolution.
I have always put my husband and Linden first. I know that's fairly common, but I also know that there has to be a healthy balance. Last season, I was too busy making sure everyone else was okay that I forgot to take care of myself. I needed to figure my shit out. Lock it up, ya know?
So I did.
But my motivation was my marriage. My sanity. Not some irrational fear that I might not be able to tell everyone that I kicked my resolution's ass.
I mean, why should I resolve to do better now? Why not six days ago? Or on November 22? Or July 16? If we are going to resolve to do better, to be better, shouldn't we do it every day? I get that it's a new year, and for many people that means a clean slate, but in all honesty, with our lifestyle, it almost makes more sense to make some sort of resolution every August as we depart on our next big hockey adventure in God-only-knows-where.
New city. New people.
That's my new year, really.
That's my proverbial clean slate.
So no resolutions for this chick. I am just going to keep doing what I have been doing ... deciding to be happy.
Because being happy is good for my health.
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To play along you must, post 11 random things yourself. Answer the questions the tagger set for you on my post. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer. Go to their blog and tell them that you've tagged them. Even if you don't do this atleast leave a comment with your answer to my questions. :)
happy new year.
sounds like a plan! I have vowed to put myself at least third on my list rather than last like i usually do lol!!ReplyDelete
Considering you're following a fabulous lead...I'd say stick with it :) Happy new years to you and your happiness all around.ReplyDelete
I LOVE your Header! The baby in the helmet is precious! Happy New Year to you!ReplyDelete
You put into words exactly how I feel about NY resolutions! Why not start when you notice something needs to be changed. All I wanted this year was to keep being happy, 'cause you are right, it is great for your health :) Welcome back! Looks like I have a bit to catch up on, friend. Hope your holidays were great and can't wait to see more from the blog in the new year.ReplyDelete
Amen to your post, sister!ReplyDelete
Well aren't YOU just too cool for school! ;)ReplyDelete
I can get behind happy though.
happy is where it's at! lovely to find you on here! thanks for stopping by my blog as well. xxxxReplyDelete
happiness is where it's at! happy new year xxxReplyDelete
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Thanks for following my blog. Look forward to getting to know you.ReplyDelete
Great post and I love that you said you have been "deciding to be happy." So many don't realize it's a decision. And when you discover that the world is your oyster :).ReplyDelete
AMEN SISTER!ReplyDelete
So true, I totally agree!ReplyDelete
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By Argen Duncan: PNT senior writer
Recent rains have helped crops in Roosevelt and Curry counties, but farms and ranches still need more, producers said.
Allen Deen, who dryland farms southeast of Floyd, said his family is planting hay grazer and milo.
"We're just marginal on our moisture, but we're kind of running out of time for milo to be planted," he said.
The crop has enough moisture to grow, Deen said, but that's "a long way from making a crop." He needs more rain soon.
"We've been too dry too long," Deen said.
Frank Blackburn, who farms northwest of Clovis, said his farm received just more than an inch of rain late last week.
"It really helped us," he said.
However, Blackburn said because the area had 2.45 inches of rain so far this year, as opposed to the usual 7 inches by July, underground water reserves are low. He is hoping for more rain to fall on the newly planted crops.
Blackburn is planting dryland milo and harvesting wheat. He has already planted irrigated milo, and said it looks good.
With the heat, Curry County Extension agent Stan Jones said the topsoil will dry out soon after the rain, but it is moisture.
Much of the milo in Curry County has already been planted, Jones said, and the rain will help it come up. The rain may also allow farmers who haven't planted milo or haygrazer to do so.
Farmers need more rain every week or two until harvest, which is September for corn and late October or November for milo, Jones said.
Ranchers need 2-3 inches of rain for grass to grow for their cattle, he said. One inch only makes the grass greener.
"Everything needs moisture this time of year," Jones said, adding that even irrigated farms need precipitation to finish the crops.
The rain came too late for the wheat crop.
Blackburn said it just delayed the harvest, and Deen had already cut his wheat. Both men reported yields a fraction of the normal amounts.
Houston Lee, who farms northwest of Floyd, said his area had still received almost no rain. His family used all of their irrigation water on corn, which he said looks good.
Lee hasn't planted any other crops this summer.
"If we get some rain, we'll plant some haygrazer," he said.


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Architect Examines Modern Courthouse Design and Natural Light
Man has existed on earth for 4.5 million years. For most of that time, humans have evolved in balance with their natural environment. However, in the cosmic millisecond of the last 100 years, the human race has learned to build environments for living and working that protect us so completely from natural variation that it is now possible to live and work in an environment where one may literally never see the light of day.
In these hermetically sealed environments, filtered air is pumped in to feed our lungs while artificial lighting permits us to work in windowless spaces.
These hyper-conditioned spaces were designed around the positive promise of greater comfort and workplace productivity. Yet, a number of government agencies and organizations have conducted a series of well-executed field research projects during the past 10 years that quantify the negative effects that a lack of access to natural light, views and air circulation can have on human wellbeing, functioning and performance.
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The California Energy Commission used data on staff absenteeism, student test scores and sales volumes to provide metrics to evaluate the effects of natural daylighting. The Commission's final report revealed that people deprived of access to the natural variations in nature will simply seek out ways to create the missing variation for themselves.
In the workplace, this could manifest as staff leaving workstations more frequently to talk with colleagues, getting coffee more often, taking more frequent bathroom breaks or leaving earlier for lunch.
Natural daylighting in Workplace Environments
Source: California Energy Commission
In the wake of the study and similar research, a new interdisciplinary field of scientific study has emerged, which focuses specifically on how access to natural systems affects human cognition, productivity and general wellbeing.
Partly the domain of cognitive neurologists, sociologists and environmental engineers, this new science has developed an integrated body of knowledge that the design professional can now translate to the design of environments and building spaces in justice facilities. Perhaps most importantly for an architect such as myself, the CEC's research, in quantifying what many architects have intuitively understood, gives evidence-based credence to century old design strategies that seek to actively and passively integrate natural systems into the building user's experience.
Natural Daylighting in Court
While integrated sustainable design is currently a hot topic, research such as the CEC's has undoubtedly helped ensure that more and more offices, schools, and stores are built using effective natural daylighting strategies.
However, when one considers other building types such as courthouses where a mixture of many different functions and users intersect, there has been very little in the way of research projects completed that effectively use daylighting. This has been especially true for the nexus of the criminal justice system — the courtroom.
The question then arises, why has modern court building design largely rejected the utilization of daylighting strategies in courtrooms? This is especially relevant when one considers some of the most critical functions and activities in a society occur inside the courtroom. As architects we have an obligation to design courtrooms that enable each trial participant to examine trial information with the highest level of cognition, attention and memory.
Courtrooms as Classrooms
A courtroom functions much like a classroom where vital information regarding a case is being exchanged, legal precedents are being learned, and very important decisions are being executed. Courtrooms are also places of work where people such as justices and bailiffs spent part of each day with the requirement to perform their professional duties with professionalism, consistency, and most importantly impartiality.
Although no data exists yet on the positive effects that daylighting has on cognition and productivity in courtrooms, the cognitive requirements of courtroom occupants closely resemble those of students and of the modern office worker. Therefore it is reasonable to assume the CEC's research on the effects of daylighting on cognition and productivity in workplace and educational environments may be instructive for the activities of a courtroom.
The potential benefits of higher levels of cognition, attention and memory among trial participants would improve overall organizational efficiency, reduce anxiety and agitation for participants, and ultimately allow for faster case processing and could reduce error rates.
Hurdles to Natural Daylighting
Until the 1950s, and the growth of artificial lighting and mechanical ventilation, windows in courtrooms were a necessity for daylighting and natural ventilation.
|Daylighting can improve criminal justice environments.
More recently, resistance to the integration of daylighting in the modern American court is most often rooted in procedural and security concerns, and the potential that outsiders might distract, spy, disrupt and/or shoot into a trial through transparent windows. Secondary concerns relate to how glare may impede vision and the fear that outside views could reduce juror focus.
Although each of these concerns is very real, with a cultural shift and good design each can be mitigated. Windows can be designed to be located above site lines. Effective shading devices and/or one-way glass can be used to reduce glare and create privacy. Courtroom window walls can be located on the sides of the building where views access benign distant natural features.
However, in reality, the largest impediment to daylighting courtrooms is the tendency of courtrooms to be planned as landlocked islands inside a three dimensional puzzle of related and necessary ancillary spaces such as detainee holding cells, public waiting areas, jury deliberation rooms, and justice chambers. Complicating the puzzle further, to minimize the number of dedicated detainee elevators, courtrooms are typically arranged as couplets where two courtrooms share detainee holding services and vertical circulation. As a result of these adjacencies, at a minimum three sides of the courtroom are occupied with required ancillary program: one side occupied by public waiting space, one by justice chamber/jury deliberation space and one by detainee holding areas. Although it should seem simple to bring daylight in through windows by puncturing the available fourth side of the courtroom, for the sake of building efficiency, this wall typically serves as a party wall to another courtroom pair.
Daylighting Roadmap
There have been attempts to bring daylight into courtrooms of some of the new federal courts by creating large light shelves that extend over the judicial chambers or building lobby and filter light into a double-height courtroom space over the justice bench. However, KMD daylight studies carried out for the development of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission building, demonstrated that snaking daylight through a tunnel over the ceiling of an office or lobby space yields only diffuse light for occupants in the interior spaces. Such diffuse light it is not capable of creating the effects of contrast and daylight variation (or views) are required for occupants to benefit from exposure to natural light and variation. In courtrooms, these kinds of daylighting gymnastics are only as effective as they are in convincing justices to build more ceremonial double height courtrooms.
|Natural light is expected to become accepted best practice.
Rather than focus on designing solutions to daylighting that require complicated hardware and/or spatial gymnastics, simple design strategies and measures can offer courtroom daylighting solutions. This could involve placing courtrooms in areas of the building where at least part of a courtroom wall is an exterior wall for window placement, utilizing operable shades to minimize glare and allow the required level of privacy, designing double-height courtrooms that incorporate clerestory lighting, designing light wells between the shared wall of courtroom couplet, or integrating large atria and skylights into public lobby spaces. Most importantly, because daylighting is about access to views and natural variation as much is it about amplifying natural lumen and contrast levels, at KMD we begin, wherever possible, by designing courtrooms with controlled views to natural areas.
Daylighting strategies should extend beyond the courtroom to judges' chambers and jury deliberation rooms, which are typically located on the perimeter of the courtroom making it easier to implement measures.
Closing Arguments
As previously mentioned, client resistance to daylighting measures typically comes from a cultural fear of the unknown. As a changeable foreign entity, daylighting is not predictable and controllable, and thus should not be allowed to enter an environment where precedent, impartiality and predictability are of the highest order of importance. In support of such concerns, many judges have referenced the potential for a beam of light to illuminate the defendant and influence the opinion of a jury in an unfair manner.
However, as daylighting strategies become the norm for other building types and research such as the CEC's becomes part of the collective knowledge base of design, daylighting for courts should eventually become the accepted best practice.
Indeed, many judges are beginning to understand that daylighting has the potential to positively affect the workings of their courtrooms. The presiding judge at the district courthouse in Klamath Falls, Ore., proved amenable to the integration of a large window into the courtroom that offered a view of the lake. Although the project budget could not support automatic or complex shading solutions, a manually operable curtain provided a sensible glare- and privacy-shade alternative.
Reno Federal Court
Small courthouses are the easiest to daylight because the courtrooms will necessarily have adjacencies to exterior walls. Although the Reno Federal Court Building is not a small court building — there are only two courtrooms per court floor — KMD planned a tall building with relatively small floor plates to take advantage of the daylighting opportunities permitted by small courthouses.
Each court sits as a discreet double- height block at the end of the building. Because the courts sit partly outside the main building block, each courtroom has two walls where clearstory windows could be placed for daylighting without the need for privacy/security screens.
To alleviate the inefficiency commonly found in the modern courthouse where the minimum standard ceiling height — which is neither high enough to create a ceremonial courtroom nor low enough to maximize net-to-gross area ratios in office and support areas — is used across both court and office areas, courtrooms are double height and office support spaces are double stacked more tightly.
Even with the double-height courtroom, the Reno federal building is the most efficient federal courthouse in the United States in terms of net-to-gross area.
Part of the building's efficiency results from stacking the courts to allow for fewer elevators per floor, while breaking the convention of coupling courts around a detainee elevator also increased the building's efficiency.
Although separating detainee circulation into distinct zones on the court floors required that each court have its own dedicated elevator, the segregation resulted in reduced detainee circulation in the holding areas and the consolidation of public circulation areas.
David Hobstetter, AIA, is a principal at international design firm Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz Architects.


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Spinach Ricotta PieAugust 2008
This recipe takes only five ingredients to make!
Makes: 6 servings
Prep: 15 mins
Bake: 45 mins
- 1 10 ounce package frozen spinach, thawed
- 1 15 ounce container ricotta cheese
- 8 ounces garlic-herb spreadable cheese
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup chopped marinated artichokes
- Grease a 9-inch pie pan with olive oil. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees . Wring the spinach dry. In a large bowl, whisk together the ricotta cheese, garlic-herb cheese and eggs. Add the spinach, artichokes, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and stir to combine. Pour into the prepared pan and bake until golden, about 45 minutes.
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Phillies Truck Day
Spring has nearly sprung! As the wheels on the truck go round and round, we all anxiously await the start of Spring Training. The truck is 53-feet long, to be exact; loaded with equipment and necessities for the players. I have begun packing as well for my trip to Clearwater. Let's see how the numbers compare (Phillies truck numbers courtesy of Mark Newman, MLB.com):
15 cases of gum
Gum, yucky; Sour Patch Kids, awesome!
Yuck again on the seeds; I prefer granola
20 coolers & half pallet of POWERade mix
Do I really need to add more sugar to my already hyperactive, Sour Patch induced condition? I think not.
300 Helmets
10 mini-helmets to get signed; or, to use on my Phillies Smurf collection.
350 pairs of shorts
Yeah, that's about right. I despise laundry.
450 pairs of socks
Zero – I also despise socks.
600 pairs of pants
About right again – I am female, after all.
600 hats
At least 7; one for each day of the week.
200 fleeces
Last year it was COLD in Clearwater – this year, I will be prepared! 200 fleeces!
1200 bats
They just won't fit in my luggage. Maybe Chase Utley will give me one of his when I get there? Pretty please with sunflower seeds and POWERade on top? I will beg if I must :O)
2000 t-shirts
Guess shirts are a good idea; although I bet I get more autographs without them!
10,000 12 oz. cups
Women don't use cups! …Oh sorry, wrong cups; I did think 12oz. was a tad large; I could be wrong though :O)
15,000 baseballs
About 10 – I hate paying extra baggage charges! Again, I will collect a few while I am there…the lack of apparel helps in this area as well.
So, what would you pack for Spring Training? Anything you just can't live without? For me, I pack 3 different cameras and about 6 lenses. Can't go without those! When Jimmy Rollins steals second base or Chase Utley makes a diving grab, I will be ready! And I will also have a horrible back ache when I return from carting all that stuff around with me :O( But it is all worth it! I am ready for some baseball!!! How about you?
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Hey Jenn! Have you started your countdown yet? It is not looking too hopeful for me at the moment. I bet you are so looking forward to this! Take lots of great photos!
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
Can't wait for spring training. Do you think the Phills will make it back to the WS?
~King of Cali
Julia – one word: EBAY
Sue – yes! 14 days until I leave :O) Whoo Hoo! Let me know if you do decide to go…we'll catch up!
King – Back to the WS….hmmm…I hope so! Although, I do have my doubts with some of the moves they've made. We'll see!
I'm making my first trip to spring training this year! I'm only going for a weekend, so I have to have the essentials of my Pierzynski jersey and a couple Sox tees to wear under the jersey since I know it'll get hot out in Phoenix. I got a brand new digital camera that has action shot so I can actually take good pictures. My old camera was horrible with sports pictures. Since I don't have any little baseball cubes to hold baseballs yet, I'm probably gonna buy some before I go down. If not, I'll be the awesome person who puts them all in separate plastic bags. Hahahahaha! I'll probably bring enough for all the guys I love to sign just in case I get the chance to get them all. So that's 10, I think. Hopefully I'll be lucky enough to get pictures with some players. That will make me so incredibly happy. Have fun at Spring Training!
Nice post Jenn!! I like gum a lot, but Sour Patch kids are the best!! And I love sunflower seeds, I can put fifty in my mouth at once LOL. Us female baseball fans are great right? I don't know how far Clearwater is from Fort Meyers, but if you end up going to a Phillies game at City of Palms Park, let me know!
And for Spring Training I will be bringing:
One ball to get autographed, I want as many autographs as possible on that one ball.
Red Sox jerseys and shirts
Red Sox jacket (oddly enough, it does get cold in FL indeed!)
My camera
My dad's gigantic camera
And my laptop for blogging at the hotel. Unfortunately I might have to bring my backpack and do homework!
Jenn, I think Clearwater is near Tampa, right? When will you be there? I'm going to see the Yankees March 4-9. If you're anywhere nearby, I'll be signing at B&N in Tampa on 3/6. I'd love it if you'd stop by and say hi.
I live in Clearwater, so I am packing my glove, baseball and a few sharpies and blue pens and head to Bright House Field for a few great game this Spring.
Just do not forget to go to Lenny's or to the new bar across the street from the stadium…….the Tilted Skirt, you will enjoy the food and the fun there.
It is so awesome that the Phillies will be playing both Canada and the US WBC squads on consecutive days. You will also see me there on the Rays vs Phillies game. I will be down near the left field rail in the Terrace seating below the Tiki Bar. Come say hello.
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Jane – that's so cool! I am actually leaving on the 6th, but what time will you be there? If is in the AM, I can come…don't have to be at the airport until like 12pm or so. Are you going to either WBC game in Clearwater? I'll be at both (4th & 5th).
RR – I will be at that game too (2/28)! I am sitting in sec. 105, lucky row 13 :O) Look for me or I'll look for you! I know where the Terrace sec. is – by all the food :O) I'll be sure to check out the bar too! Thanks :O)
Guess we'll just miss each other, Jen. My signing is at 1 pm, so you'll be gone! Darn.


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Bethel reports increased building activity in 2013; Aquatic invasive species also addressed
January 29, 2014 —
WHITE LAKE, NY — The year that just ended was a good one for the Town of Bethel in terms of construction and building activity. At the town meeting on January 22, Supervisor Dan Sturm went over some of the figures for 2013.
Overall spending on construction costs for the year was $10,000,694; in 2012 construction spending was $7,700,00; that represents an increase of 38%. Sturm said, "So 2013 was a very good year for construction, and we're looking for that to continue; the trend is there and it's going well."
Also in the area of construction, 36 new homes were built in the town in 2013, as opposed to 20 in 2012. Further, there were 21 new wells, 47 new septic systems and three subdivisions.
Permit and building fees were also up significantly. Fees generated in 2012 amounted to $46,000 for the town, while in 2013 the figure was $69,000, an increase of 51%.
Sturm said that a significant number of the new homes were built on the Chapin Estate.
Aquatic invasive species
Members of the Bethel town board also considered new regulations being proposed by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regarding the spread of aquatic invasive species.The proposed regulatory changes would require boaters to remove all visible plants and animals from boats, trailers and associated equipment and to drain boats before launching at or leaving a DEC boat launch and waterway access.
A DEC access point to Kauneonga Lake (a part of White Lake) exists in the town, and is used frequently by boaters in the warmer months.
A statement from DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens said, "Boats, trailers and the equipment can spread aquatic invasive species from water body to water body and significantly harm recreational and commercial use of a water body while having a detrimental effect on native fish, wildlife and plants."
Councilmember Vicky Simpson said she had experience in the matter because she has spent a lot of time working on the issue of the milfoil infestation in White Lake. She said the proposed regulation was "a great thing," but she wondered how the DEC would enforce the regulation, and wondered if the DEC would provide the town with a "nuisance invasive species disposal station," which have been located at other access areas.
Strum said he would send a letter to the DEC, which is accepting public comments on the proposed regulations through February 24, that the town is in favor of the regulations, but "make them aware that we would not want the municipality to have to foot the bill for it."


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First Ring Leadership Academy, Cleveland, Ohio
|Cleveland State University, 13 First Ring Suburbs Consortium school districts, Ohio Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education, Local Foundation Support
|Program Initiated
|Admission Requirements
|First Ring superintendents nominate participants with teaching credentials who are employed in First Ring Schools and have demonstrated leadership potential
|No. of Participants
|(2004) 26
(2003) 26
|Participant Demographics
Gender: 62% female
Ethnicity: 70% White, 30% African American
|Length of Instructional Program
|Fifteen months that include 11 2.5-day modules and site-based practice in the interim between sessions.
|Certification, Credits Earned
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2 CSU credits for each 2.5-day module
Cleveland, Ohio, is surrounded by 13 suburbs known as the "First Ring Suburbs," each struggling with the same issues facing large urban core cities: poverty, transiency, violence, underemployment, and achievement gaps aligned along racial lines and diversity. In 2002-03, the 13 school districts in this First Ring reported a 25 percent turnover in school principals. This crisis, along with other negative trends, such as the detrimental effects of high student mobility and low overall test scores, inspired the creation of the First Ring School Superintendents' Collaborative. The superintendents' most urgent concern was a shortage of principals. After exploring several options, they concluded that the most promising solution would be to identify principal candidates from within their own districts: highly skilled teacher-leaders who, with appropriate training and support, could rise to the challenge of leading the change and innovation necessary to reverse the effects of high student mobility and poverty, to utilize student diversity as a resource, and to close the achievement gap.
In 2003, districts in the Collaborative joined forces with Cleveland State University's College of Education to create the First Ring Leadership Academy as an accelerated route to principal licensure and certification. The academy's mission is to recruit, train, and retain school leaders capable of meeting challenges unique to First Ring school districts, thereby increasing regional capacity for educational leadership and school reform. Its program is built around a belief system that sees the principal as key to creating school environments where all children are learning all of the time. The three driving beliefs of the academy are that great schools are places where every child learns and achieves at high levels; that it takes a great principal to lead a great school and make things happen; and that the most fundamental work of a principal is to improve instruction and create a learning environment where each child is a high achiever.
Selection Process
Superintendents in the First Ring school districts identify and nominate candidates to apply to the academy. Each is judged to possess "the raw talent to become a high-quality leader." Once nominated, candidates complete a formal application process and are screened for admission by the Acceptance Committee, which includes representative superintendents from the First Ring districts and members of Cleveland State University's Education Administration faculty. The academy accepts candidates by cohort group. Each cohort of 26 includes two to three candidates nominated by each of the 13 districts. Participating superintendents say that this process sends a strong message throughout their districts that there is a deep internal capacity among staff to take on challenging leadership roles. In some districts, staff interest and capacity is great enough that superintendents have generated candidate waiting lists. To be admitted to the academy, each nominee must make a three-year commitment to stay in the First Ring Suburbs when joining the program.
A key part of the application process is the requirement that candidates articulate a personal theory of action regarding school leadership. The selection criteria identify candidates with a strong understanding of the challenges facing First Ring schools and a commitment to accept those challenges and transform low-performing schools into places where all students can meet high standards. The screening panel includes university faculty, First Ring district administrators, funders, and academy staff.
Those who are ultimately chosen to participate in the program have been deemed most likely to become strong instructional leaders who can meet the needs of First Ring schools. Most candidates have a master's degree in education, and some have a doctoral degree.
Program Design and Practical Learning Experiences
A guiding theory of leadership informs all aspects of the program: an effective leader is a change agent who guides a school community toward improved instruction so that all students achieve at high levels. As the executive director asserts, "Excellent leaders stir the imagination so that others can see a new way to do things. Excellent leaders communicate a new model that inspires action."
Candidates are released from teaching to participate in 11 two-and-a-half-day training modules over a 15-month period. Each module emphasizes a different aspect of effective school leadership, and taken together, their scope and sequence lead to a developmental understanding of a school principal's core work: social justice; instructional improvement; curriculum articulation; teacher supervision and growth; communication; change theory; the use of technology to improve instruction and meet student needs; school oversight and management; parent and family involvement; and community development. Most training sessions take place on the Cleveland State University campus.
Academy candidates take on authentic site-based projects in the interim between each module. Such projects include supervising and coaching teachers, writing teacher performance reviews, organizing a parent group to accomplish a specific goal, and developing a site-specific teacher development training. During each interim period, candidates receive coaching and guidance from their districts' liaison. They also spend time shadowing and observing the principal, recording journal reflections on their observations, and participating in routine management tasks.
While focusing on the core work of a school principal, the coursework also includes time for discussing journal observations and site-based projects in relation to the module content. Cohort members point to these interweaving discussions as their most enduring learning experiences. They also state that building their cohort network during these sessions extends their learning because they call on one another for peer coaching and advice.
Participants generate a portfolio based on the projects and tasks they complete so that they can subsequently share their work with employers. The portfolio is also used for assessing candidate achievement in the program. Candidates are also required to create a Capstone Presentation about a successful project and what they learned from it, and then present it at an annual leadership conference they are responsible for planning.
Academy staff facilitate ongoing cohort networking activities in which candidates have opportunities to share with and learn from one another beyond their initial 15-month program.
Key Success Factors
The First Ring Leadership Academy had received strong local philanthropic support. Although the program is less expensive than traditional pathways to certification, it does have tuition fees, which go directly to the university. The First Ring districts support the program by providing release time to candidates.
To understand the impact of the program over time, First Ring has instituted a long-term assessment plan. An independent research organization will be evaluating the academy's content and structures in addition to establishing a control group of non-participating, first-year principals. Essentially, the assessment will determine whether or not the academy's non-traditional, standards-based program has created skilled leaders for First Ring schools.
According to anecdotal evidence, the academy has already added value in the districts. The executive director of the academy reports that teachers in the First Ring schools are now using different instructional models reflective of the learning of academy graduates.
The First Ring Leadership Academy staff and faculty have identified the following key factors as contributing to their success so far:
The commitment to build authentic relationships with all of the stakeholders;
The collaboration and support of the First Ring superintendents;
The vision of an excellent principal as a change agent that focuses the curriculum and program experiences for candidates;
The enduring belief that every child can achieve high standards;
The recognition that an effective, knowledgeable instructional leader understands the instructional process that ensures that every child meets high standards;
The understanding that adult learners are most successful when learning experiences are authentic and relate to their actual work demands;
A well-designed, developmental curriculum that builds and reinforces an understanding of the core work of the principal; and
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George P. "Trace" Morrill appointed John Galloway, Roy Galvan and Yvonne Dunn.
Councilman John Fulghum named Gilbert Herrera, Gary Cude and Teresa Holland.
Mayor Pro Tem Libby Spires appointed Richard Beasley, Adam Perez and Tonja Rice.
Councilman Santiago "Jimbo" Martinez named Mike Scotten, Tom Healey and Jessy T. Garza.
Mayor David Carabajal appointed Kenneth Elsbury, Tom Beasley and Orlando Vasquez.
Carabajal then said he wanted to appoint John Galloway as chairperson for the committee but Martinez argued that there was no formal action taken that would allow the mayor to appoint the chairperson.
Martinez said he would prefer to allow the committee members to make that decision.
City Attorney Frank Warner asked City Secretary Barbara Treviño to check the minutes of the meeting and see if there had been a motion passed that would allow Carabajal to appoint the chairperson.
Treviño read the minutes and reported that no such motion had been made.
Council members then discussed whether or not having a three-member quorum from the Beeville Water Supply District board would create problems.
The water board had appointed Jim Crumrine and Ronald "Buddy" Hardy to the committee and Carabajal had appointed the water board's newest member, Kenneth Elsbury.
Warner said he would recommend that the council avoid having a quorum of any one board on the committee and the council decided it would ask the water board to replace either Crumrine or Hardy with someone not serving on the BWSD board.
Council members also were concerned about the time limit the committee would have. Some were worried that 45 days of deliberation would not be enough.
If the committee recommends another bond election to finance a groundwater project, that election would have to be called by Aug. 26, said City Manager Deborah Ballí.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at email@example.com.


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The Honolulu Fire Department says firecracker permits for New Year's Eve in 2012 were down by nearly 100 from the previous year.
As of the close of business on Dec. 21, the deadline for firecracker permits, there were 8,564 permits sold. There were 8,656 permits sold for New Year's Eve in 2011.
Firecrackers go on sale Dec. 26 and can be sold until midnight Dec. 31.
Firecrackers may be set off from 9 p.m. on Dec. 31 until 1 a.m. on Jan. 1.
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- Always read and follow warnings and instructions listed by the manufacturer to ensure the safe handling and use of firecrackers.
- Never point or throw firecrackers at a person, building, or animal.
- Never ignite firecrackers indoors. Ensure your outdoor area is safe for firecrackers use.
- Firecrackers should only be lighted on a smooth, flat surface away from buildings, dry vegetation, and flammable materials.
- Do not string firecrackers on utility poles.
- Keep ladders, poles, or tie lines used to set up firecrackers at least ten feet away from power lines.
- Never shoot firecrackers in metal or glass containers.
- Have a garden hose or a bucket of water ready in the event of a fire.
- Alcohol and firecrackers do not mix.
- Always wear eye protection when lighting firecrackers.
- When lighting firecrackers, never position any part of your body over them.
- Never attempt to relight malfunctioning firecrackers.
- Store firecrackers in a cool, dry place.
- Never carry firecrackers in your pocket.
- Never experiment with homemade fireworks. They are dangerous and illegal.
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- Throw ignited fireworks at a person or an animal.
- Throw ignited fireworks from above the first floor of any building.
- Throw ignited fireworks from, at, or into a vehicle.
- Set off fireworks on public ways, in parks, open fields, or places of worship.
- Set off fireworks on public beaches or in forest or wildlife preserves.
- Set off fireworks in school buildings or on school grounds.
- Set off fireworks within 1,000 feet of hospitals, health and elderly care facilities, and facilities for the care of animals, including the zoo.
- Set off fireworks within 500 feet from a hotel.
- Offer for sale, sell, or give any fireworks to minors. Honolulu's new ordinance makes it illegal for minors to use firecrackers on Oahu, even with adult supervision.
- Possess or use aerial fireworks unless the Fire Chief of the HFD issues a display permit per Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 132D.
- Transport fireworks in carry-on or checked luggage, airline cargo, or mail.
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Long time no chat. I have a P3 Black 16gb for sale if anyone wants it! I'll start at $60; NOT firm.
A few things first. It has a rubber case around it that has paws on the back (I bought this online and it didn't show the back). I also have had a screen protector since I had it. I have had it RMA'd back in February (dropped and screen wouldn't work), but the screen came back stronger when returned to me. Also, about a month ago, when ever I plug it into a USB, the computer will throw an error up, but I just close that and it works like normal.
The only reason I am trying to sell this is to get my hands on an archos 43! It's so purrtty.
If interested, please just email me at hondo.mitchell at gmail.com
PS. I will post pics up if any interest.
Okie Dokie. I am guessing that there will be no takers. I bought the archos 43 and awaiting for New Egg to ship. If anyone has any interest, which I am flexible with the price (basically "best offer"), my email is the same. I will and go to Allied Records and see if they will buy it. I will update as needed.
Please note that I am not a spammer. I have had multiple mp3/video players including a iPod classic that died on me right after the warranty expired. So I took a hammer to it and read the top mp3 players of 2009 on this website. I hate that software is needed for a Zune/iPod, so I went with the P3. They make that sucker so slippery, that I dropped it at work right on the screen and it was no more. I only had it for a week. I RMA'd it and it took a month from shipping, repair and return. I got it back and have used it almost daily. I've had a screen protector since I received it back and a silicon cover on it.
ttyl peoples.
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New York, New York (2009-09-01) - Lucini Italia announced it will expand its family of gourmet, Italian food products to include a new artisanal Lucini™ Pizza Sauce to be released this September. The authentic recipe captures the essence of old world Italy while meeting the demands of today's modern lifestyle. And as with all Lucini products, the pizza sauce is 100% natural and made with the very best ingredients for uncompromising freshness and flavor.
Made with vine-ripened California tomatoes picked only once a year, the chef inspired sauce is crafted exclusively during the Central Valley tomato harvest creating a finite supply which when sold out will not be reproduced until the following year's harvest. In an effort to reduce its impact on the environment and ensure maximum flavor, Lucini works closely with a small community of domestic farmers to cultivate its specialty tomatoes rather than shipping the produce from Italy. The tomatoes are picked at the very peak of ripeness and go from the field to sauce in less than 24 hours. The artisanal recipe is chef-approved and made with just picked plum tomatoes, garden fresh herbs, oven roasted garlic, sea salt and Lucini's own extra virgin olive oil.
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Sources close to the Colleen Hanabusa campaign say the candidate will run against Brian Schatz in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
The race would set up Hanabusa, the late Sen. Daniel Inouye's choice to succeed him, versus the former lieutenant governor Schatz, who Gov. Neil Abercrombie appointed instead.
The candidate who wins the general election would serve the remaining two years of Inouye's term.
"In the true Democratic fashion, here we go again," said Dante Carpenter, chairman of the Democratic Party of Hawai'i. "Everybody is allowed to make their own decision depending on how they feel they can best contribute to helping the people of Hawaii."
Political analysts say the move could spur others to toss their hat in the ring.
"I think that's what's interesting here is not that you can pick out a definite candidate but that it creates an opportunity for a lot of candidates to step in," said political analyst Neal Milner.
State Republicans see it as a plus for them in races statewide.
"I think a lot of people are going to be running, not just Republicans, but Democrat side as well," said Hawai'i Republican Party Chair David Chang.
Contenders for either seat being mentioned: Ed Case, who we did not hear back from and former governor Linda Lingle. When asked if she had an inkling of any seat she might run for, she simply said, "No."
The Hawai'i Republican Party says it believes it has solid contenders, especially for Hanabusa's current seat in the U.S. House.
"We had Charles Djou have this seat years ago. He did run last year and it was close enough given that President Obama was on top of the ticket," said Chang. "I think he would make an excellent candidate and I think he is a frontrunner to a certain degree to go back after his own seat."
When asked if there is any fear of losing the House seat to a Republican, Carpenter answered, "I always have that fear and I don't think there's any question it becomes a very heavy concern. It essentially was one of the concerns, as I recall, when the governor selected the lieutenant governor to take over."
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PEORIA—Linda Smerge, a second grade teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Cicero, has been named Illinois Teacher of the Year. The Illinois State Board of Education chose Smerge from 9 finalists at the 34th annual Those Who Excel/Illinois Teacher of the Year banquet. Smerge will spend 2009 as an education ambassador speaking with educators about her experiences and representing Illinois in the National Teacher of the Year program.
"Linda's passion and commitment to teaching are firmly rooted in her belief that all children can learn and that she has the ability to help them make a better life for themselves," said Deputy State Superintendent of Education, Susan Morrison. "Linda's dedication and her ability to bring out the best in everyone around her will make her an excellent representative of our teachers across the state."
Smerge decided to leave a lucrative law practice after 13 years because of a feeling something was missing in her life. After what she describes as an intensive self-evaluation, she realized that her true calling was in the classroom.
Smerge said there were numerous bumps in the road during her transition from the law to the classroom, but her overwhelming desire to make a real difference in children's lives kept Smerge focused on her goal. In August 2001, Smerge joined the faculty at Wilson School, accepting the challenge of a first and second grade special education classroom.
This classroom was a new concept, combining students with a wide array of disabilities, and although materials had been ordered, they didn't arrive in time for the opening of school but Smerge's energy and determination prevailed. She was able to ensure her students were engaged and on task by continuously changing activities to maintain their interest.
Smerge has high expectations of her students and herself and does not accept failure, helping her students any way she can, convincing parents to allow their children to remain after school with her to receive extra help, especially with reading. Her relationships with her students and their parents form the foundation of the teaching and learning that take place all day everyday in her classroom.
"She has a passion to teach and makes it the number one priority in her life," said fellow teacher Virginia Bennett. "She is thoughtful and caring and goes out of her way to help the students, staff and parents at Wilson School."
Smerge holds an elementary education degree, a master's degree in early childhood education, and a law degree from Northern Illinois University.
As Illinois Teacher of the Year, Smerge will have the opportunity to share her knowledge and expertise outside the classroom. She will spend the 2009 spring semester speaking at teacher workshops, educational conferences, and civic/community meetings. She will receive a lifetime tuition waiver to state universities and a one-semester paid leave to pursue coursework or develop an educational project that will benefit students statewide. In addition, she will represent Illinois at the NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama and in the National Teacher of the Year program sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers and ING. Linda will also receive products from SMARTer Kids.


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The Weekly Planet: Celebrate Mother Earth todayMay 11,2014
Spring has arrived after a snowy winter, much later than usual for the past decade. This year daffodils bloomed a month later than during the exceptionally warm spring of 2012.
In my garden spinach and lettuce overwintered under glass, and with the wet weather they are now growing fast. My peas are up. Remarkably a couple of spinach plants survived the winter, protected only by the snow cover. It is easy to love Mother Earth as spring blossoms with new life in Vermont even on these cloudy rainy days that remind me of spring long ago in England.
Nearly stationary large-scale weather patterns have persisted across the continent. It has been wet in the East, with devastating floods in Alabama and the Florida panhandle. Meanwhile drought continues in the western United States, raising concerns for the coming fire season.
This year the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, has issued a series of reports describing what is happening to the earths climate. Part of the story is daunting. We continue to get most of our energy from burning fossil fuels. We are slipping further behind in restructuring our energy system to be more efficient and more dependent on renewable energy. This means that the costs of adapting to climate change and increasing severe weather will continue to rise steeply.
Yet part of the report is encouraging. Technical advances in recent years, such as solar power, have made meeting the challenge feasible. In fact, the latest IPCC report concludes that the investment needed to transform our societies would reduce growth rates by less than one-tenth of a percent. Surely we could live with this.
Nonetheless it is clear from this recent report that time is running out to preserve the climate of the earth for those who will come after us. We have the technology, we know where we should invest and the cost is small compared to the cost of doing nothing. An investment of $1 trillion now to slow the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reduces our adaptation costs by $60 trillion later this century.
The news media scanned these recent reports but paid scant attention. Some sources even said that they saw little that was new! And a well-funded propaganda machine continues to assert that we have the right in a free country to dump carbon dioxide into the air at no charge. But this claim is just made to cover up the truth that we must leave much of the remaining fossil fuel in the ground, if we want to preserve a tolerable climate for the future.
National politics exists in a child-like fantasy land. Many in power pretend that if they close their eyes, climate change will go away or since they are old, they wont have to deal with it. But these political children in their self-centered fantasy world are simply dumping unimaginable costs on their children and grandchildren, and on the earth itself.
Economically we know what we need to do: introduce a waste tax on burning fossil carbon. And we have most of the technical answers, so climate change has now become a moral problem. How long will we be content to sacrifice the well-being of future generations, while we persist in our historic wasteful lifestyle?
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My newborn is a month old and I have been pumping exclusibvely because I've had difficulty getting her to latch. I was using a regular sized flange but came to the realization that I needed a bigger one when my nipples became so sore that I thought they would fall off!
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Job Description: The job combines work for both the WGSS Program and the Friends of Women's Studies. The new GA will work jointly with a second, experienced GA.
Assignments include: Academic advising of undergraduate Women's Studies & GLBT Studies minors & graduate students enrolled in the Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, maintain and update student records, advise students on coursework and progress through program, and attend monthly CLASS academic advisors' meetings. Requires employee security clearance and ability to work with confidential information. Assist with Friends of Women's Studies events and meetings.
Standard office tasks: Check & respond to mail, voicemail and e-mail daily. Photocopying as needed, maintain office supplies, assist faculty and staff. Work with Departmental Business Administrator. Maintain relevant listservs and email lists. Maintain and update the webpage (via IT services). Coordinate course listings. Update WGSS minors, graduate certificate students, departments, and board as needed. Alert public and media about special events and announcements. Advertise events (create and distribute fliers). Assist with program planning, including Spring Open House, Women's History Month (March) events, Graduate Certificate graduation ceremony, and the Living Archives Series. Attend new student orientations and new faculty orientation as WGSS Program representative. Publicize scholarships, fellowships, grants and essay contests for faculty, undergraduates and graduate students.
Special skills needed: Experience working with Word, Excel, and Microsoft Publisher Working with Filemaker Pro (can learn on the job) Writing skills a plus. Experience working with PeopleSoft also a plus.
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- American: A mystery war in which the British burned Washington, DC but we beat the British for a second time by winning at New Orleans.
- Canadian: A war which saw the birth of Canadian nationhood due to the joint efforts of French and English-speaking Canadians who turned back the second, but not last, invasion by the United States.
The Dominion Historic Institute, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and Parks Canada are co-hosting the War of 1812 website. The website features maps, learning resources, articles, and even a trivia game.
I recommend two books on the War of 1812 which do a great job showing the war's different perspectives. 1812: War the Forged a Nation (primarily American Perspective) and 1812: War with America (primarily a British and then Canadian perspective). I am also doing family research since various branches of my family where in New England and Canada at the time. So far it seems my family branches shared the point-of-view of many at the time that the war was bad for business and therefore stayed out of it.


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I found four messeges tonight blaming me as to why they did not get their points. Here is one of the messeges:
"I logged into my acoount and found my Charolette race picks had been erased by you with no points assigned."
Oh come on people, I do not have this kind of power and the power I do have, I use it for good...most of the time....and that is for good tasting food.
I have seen messeges popping up all over the board about different members who either did not get points or are now seeing a points picks screen of you did make picks for the Kansas Race, so now please make your picks for the Martinsville Race. Thing is we have not gotten to either of the dates yet to have missed anything.
Bottom line, before we go off half cocked and blame another site member as to why our drivers have been erased. You know if this had been MJ, Annalee, Rochelle, Mrs H, Mrs B, J, H, A14, and some others...this would all make sense. But the messeges came from members who are active enough to have the points up there with the rest of us, but are not involved in the forums however have been around since 2009.
I have notified the web administrators looking for an answer and if I get one, I will pass it on. For the rest of you who keep blaming me...GET A LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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