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With such a wide range of DAISY players available it can be difficult to work out which one is best for you. Starting with the simplest and easiest to use DAISY players, this guide moves on to more advanced players with additional features which will be explained along the way.
We will also highlight some of the companies and organisations who provide books, magazines and other reading material that you can read using your DAISY player. Towards the end of this guide you will find a section explaining some of the terminology used.
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All the desktop players have built-in rechargeable batteries and mains power cables. All the Victor Reader Stratus players also have a sturdy built-in handle.
If you are looking for the most simple and easiest to use desktop player to read DAISY audio books, play music and MP3 CDs, then the Victor Reader Stratus 4 is for you. With large, well spaced buttons and simple operation, you'll be relaxing into your next DAISY audio book in no time.
The Plextalk PTN2 is simple and well designed and can play a wide range of content from CDs, SD cards and USB memory sticks. It is has a clear button layout and different shaped buttons which help their identification together with a removeable button cover that hides infrequently used buttons to further simplify its use.
The Stratus12 adds a number key pad to help you navigate through more complex books. It makes it easier to add and skip to bookmarks so it's great for education, particularly revision. It also has a highlight bookmark feature to mark a section of text so you can easily return to important information.
The "M" versions of the Stratus players adds a USB and SD card slot so you have a wider choice of content to listen to. As with the basic versions you can listen to DAISY books, music CDs and MP3 CDs. The additional slots on the "M" versions allow you to listen to content direct from organisations such as Calibre and Talking Newspapers. Their built-in text-to-speech (TTS) program further increases the choice of content from websites such as Project Gutenberg and Librivox.
The Plextalk PTR2 is a far more advanced model for making structured DAISY audio recordings rather than simply listening to them.
If you want to fit a large amount of audio content in your pocket the these small, lightweight players can be easily carried with you wherever you go. They all use SD cards for storage and you will generally need to use a computer in order to copy your content to the card. All portable DAISY players have these common features:
The Milestone is the smallest and lightest DAISY player on the market. There are three different models but all feature the same simple layout with five buttons arranged in a cross with a button in the centre and a mode button on the top edge. These tactile keys and simple layout help ensure you hit the right button every time.
The Milestone 212 is primarily a book and music player and is one of the easiest to use portable players.
The Milestone 312 adds an FM radio, one gigabyte of internal memory, a clock, timer and alarm. You can also manage appointments and set reminders by adding Milestone Agenda software.
The Milestone 312 Pro adds Speakout which enables you to record voice labels for items around your home and office.
You can also use the Milestone to work out what colour something is with the optional Milestone Fame colour detector.
Listen to web-based radio stations by using the built-in Wifi to connect to the internet. The Plextalk Pocket has a number key pad providing shortcuts to menu functions, bookmarks as well as arrow keys for navigation. The ability to record in DAISY format makes it perfect for education and work. You can add headings during a lecture so you can quickly and easily navigate the audio when revising. Available in two colours; black with white buttons and white with black buttons.
The Plextalk Linio Pocket is very similar to the original Plextalk Pocket both in design and adds a calendar, alarm and 8GB of internal memroy.
The BookSense is compatible with the widest range of formats enabling you to listen to content from the widest selection of providers. The BookSense range all have FM radio and a dedicated time button. There are three models available - BookSense T50, BookSense T50XT and the BookSense DS.
The red BookSense T50 has a number key pad and arrow keys for navigation.
The white BookSense T50XT has the same key layout as the T50 but also has four gigabytes of internal memory and Bluetooth so you can listen to your music and books using wireless headphones.
The BookSense DS also has Bluetooth and four gigabytes of internal memory but also has a high quality OLED screen. Its number key pad has well defined, tactile buttons.
The Victor Reader Stream 2 is roughly the size of a pack of playing cards and is the largest of the portable players. Its number key pad has well defined and raised tactile buttons.
AMIS is a software program that you can use to read DAISY books. It is self-voicing and open source so available for free.
If you are a computer user then EasyReader DAISY software provides a low cost method of reading DAISY books. For certain books it will also highlight the current sentence whilst reading. Choose from a range of fonts, font sizes and colours to suit your needs.
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Women and Nutrition: A Menu of Special Needsby Dori Stehlin
Breast cancer. Osteoporosis. Iron deficiency. Weight reduction. what do these things have in common? They are either unique to women, or are more prevalent in women. And they affect current recommendations on what women should eat for optimum health.
While new information on what's good and what's bad seems to surface almost daily, some basic guidelines have taken rood over the past several years.
The bottom line (also known as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, from the Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture) is:
That sounds simple enough, except, what exactly is variety? Cake one day, cookies the next? What is a diet low in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol? And, finally, what parts of a healthy diet have special importance for women?
Vitamins and Minerals
There are several vitamins and minerals essential to a healthy diet. A well-balanced diet will usually meet women's allowances for them. However, for good health, women need to pay special attention to two minerals, calcium and iron.
Both women and men need enough calcium to build peak (maximum) bone mass during their early years of life. Low calcium intake appears to be one important factor in the development of osteoporosis. Women have a greater risk than men of developing osteoporosis.
A condition in which progressive loss of bone mass occurs with aging, osteoporosis. Women have a greater risk than men of developing osteoporosis.
A condition in which progressive loss of bone mass occurs with aging, osteoporosis causes the bones to be more susceptible to fracture. If a woman has a high level of bone mass when her skeleton matures, this may modify her risk of developing osteoporosis.

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(This post contains Minor Mass Effect 3 Spoilers)
Mass Effect 3 hasn't even been on shelves for a full week, and there's already a movement growing to change the ending of the game. Disgruntled ME3 players have created a "Change the ending of Mass Effect 3 twitter feed," a facebook page to "Demand a better ending to Mass Effect 3" and flooded polls on Bioware's forums. There's even a petition to change the ending of the Mass Effect 3.
Apparently, the ending of the game is a bit too dark for some gamers, and they'd prefer a more upbeat ending, as well as an ending where Commander Shepard's in-game actions have more bearing on how the game finishes.
Here's how the Facebook page describes the issue:
"Mass Effect 3 is a great game until the last few minutes; they destroy everything fans have been playing for in the past 5 years."
The Facebook page alone now has over 13,000 "likes," and phase two, a letter-writing campaign, is planned.
I haven't finished ME3 yet, so I don't personally know how well the ending works, but I hope that BioWare doesn't decide to change the ending of the game based on the complaints of gamers: That's not how art works. The audience doesn't get to pick the ending. If you like a certain kind of game ending, you can make your own game and end it any way you choose. I have faith that the great writers and producers at BioWare are better at deciding how their franchise will end than the people who play it -- they've earned that kind of loyalty and respect through years of making impressive, story-driven games.
But that's just my opinion. What do you guys think? How do you feel about the ending of Mass Effect 3? Do you think it should be changed?


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Good nutrition plays a vital role in maintaining strong bones. And that's especially important after age 50, when bone density begins to decline and your risk of skeletal fractures goes up.
See also: Eating for a healthy heart.
While diet alone can't prevent problems, healthy nutrition is a cornerstone of reducing your vulnerability. It's especially important that you get enough calcium, which is found in dairy products and in dark green vegetables like broccoli, kale and bok choy. (Nuts and tofu fortified with calcium are good choices, too.)
Another crucial nutrient is vitamin D, which helps your body absorb calcium. The best food sources include oily fish such as salmon and sardines, eggs, liver, fortified dairy products, margarine and cereals. (You can also get this vitamin through moderate exposure to sunlight.)
Don't forget that a bone-friendly lifestyle includes getting exercise, avoiding smoking and alcohol, and eating an overall healthy diet. Give your bones a boost with some of these tasty recipes:
Cod and Corn Chowder
This savory and satisfying soup is rich in calcium and protein.
Honey Glazed Salmon
Salmon fillets, rich in vitamin D, can be cooked in less than 10 minutes and are endlessly versatile.
Chicken Breasts With Garlic Cloves
The lean protein from the chicken and calcium from the baked vegetables make this entree a complete nutritious meal.
Asparagus au Gratin
A quick, easy and nutritious side dish.
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Do you believe in miracles? THE PIRATES DO!
I kind of jumped the gun a little with last nights post. I had just seen Snell get yanked from the game and assumed that the Bucs were detined for another loss, their 29th of the year. However, by the glory of Andy LaRoche teh Pirates pulled together a 5-run 8th innings and propelled Pittsburgh to a 8-5 win over teh Mets. I love answered runs and the Pirates had 8 of them last night.
The Buccos put together a string of 13 hits in the game and were relentless at the plate. Nyjer Morgan went 2-4, Adam LaRoche went 3-5, Jack Wilson went 3-4, Jason Jaramillo went 2-4 and Andy went 3-4 with 3 RBI and a TRIP_TRIP_ TRIPLE.
The big hit was delievered by pinch hitter Delwyn Young. His single drove in the go-ahead run and gave the Bucs momenum to add their insurance in the same inning.
This was a special game for a handful of reasons.
1) My good friend Chris Kiernan was able to witness the game. If you remeber a few weeks back when "A Deeper Look Inside Chris Kiernan" was written, he is from New Jersey. Being in teh New York metropolitan area he was able to catch the game on Chris was fresh off a visit to a minor league game where the Trenton Thunder played against teh Pittsburgh AA farm club, the Altoona Curve. Prior to the game he went down to the baseline and scored me some autographs of future Pirates players. He was very generous and so were the players. He offered them words of encouragement in hopes of seeing them at PNC Park in the near future.
2) Capps got a save. I've been very nervous as of late when I see him warming up. However, it seems that the dust has settled and the Capper has found his groove once again.
3) Attendance= 11,812. While the Mets were probably shocked at that number the Pirates probably weren't. For a weekday game that is actually decent in Pittsburgh. We're so used to crowds below 10,000 dipping into the 8,000s. With summer quickly approaching and the Pirates looking above average get used to Western Pennsylvania residents flocking the North Shore to see some Bucco baseball
4) Its a win and you know what that means…
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Things are looking good for the Pirates right now, or at least they're looking up! I bet they'll be able to draw some good crowds this summer, especially if they can improve their record. Buying cheap tickets to a ballgame sounds like the perfect summer activity to me! I hope the Pirates can keep it up.
It is easy to get frustrated when your team is down. The Pirates and Reds are both good young teams that you can't count out. They battle to the end!Russhttp://wight4256.mlblogs.com
I am so glad that Andy Laroche & Delwyn Young are delivering. They came thru the dodger farm so I like them to do well. I was looking at the schedule that we do not play each other until September.


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Duke shareholders want probe of coal ash spillap photo
This aerial photo taken at Duke Energys Cape Fear Plant on March 10, by the environmental group WaterKeeper Alliance, shows a large crack in the earthen dam holding back millions of tons of toxic coal ash and contaminated waste water. The crack has since been repaired.
RALEIGH, N.C. Duke Energy shareholders called on the companys board Thursday to launch an independent investigation into issues surrounding a massive coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of a North Carolina river in toxic sludge.
A letter sent to Dukes board of directors by a coalition of more than 20 large institutional investors says their confidence has been shaken by the Feb. 2 spill into the Dan River. The letter also expresses concern about an ongoing federal criminal probe and what the investors characterize as the companys inadequate response to the environmental disaster.
The letter comes as North Carolinas environmental agency was forced to admit state inspectors twice missed a large crack in an earthen dike holding back millions of tons of ash at a different Duke facility near the Cape Fear River.
Federal prosecutors have issued at least 23 subpoenas as part of a grand jury investigation into the spill and whether the company has received preferential treatment from state officials. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory worked at Duke for more than 28 years, and the company and its executives have been generous political supporters of his campaign and Republican groups that support him.
Citing a provision in the companys charter, the investors demand an initial report from the board at an annual shareholders meeting scheduled May 1.
The group is comprised of directors of big investment funds and pension plans that hold Duke stock, including state treasurers in Connecticut, Oregon and Pennsylvania, as well as the Illinois State Board of Investment and California State Teachers Retirement System.
In the wake of this catastrophic spill, shareholders are demanding answers and action, said Oregon State Treasurer Ted Wheeler. As the owners of public corporations, shareholders expect companies to do business the right way, which will bolster public confidence, sustain the environment, and enhance long-term share value.
After an initial dip, the companys stock price has remained largely steady at about $70 a share since the spill. The nations largest electricity company, Duke reported $24.6 billion in total revenues for 2013, with nearly $2.7 billion in net profits.
But Duke faces hundreds of millions in cleanup costs from the spill, and political pressure has been building on the company to move 33 coal ash dumps away from lakes and rivers in North Carolina. That could potentially cost the company billions more.
The ash, a byproduct left after coal is burned to generate electricity, contains toxic chemicals including arsenic, lead and mercury.
In an full-page newspaper ad Sunday, Duke president and CEO Lynn Good conceded that the company needs to regain public confidence and said the safe operation of its facilities is the highest priority.
In the last month, North Carolina regulators have issued eight environmental violations against Duke for the Dan River spill and issues at several of its other facilities.
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The room is a good size and has two windows which get the lovely morning sun (so cooler in Summer). There is a ceiling fan. Polished wood floors and new paint with picture rails if you want to decorate. Unlimited wifi available to share. The house is close to town and there is also the potential of art studio space for $35 per week to the right person. The house is newly renovated so everything is fresh and clean. The lounge has a reverse cycle aircon. The landlord is a delight and the studio is literally ten steps from the back door. The studio is for rent separately from the house so in other words you don't have to live here to rent the studio. There is also a sleepout room which we can share for guests or whatever. I am considering renting this room out cheaply to reduce our rent shares. There is also quite a lot of room under the house if you need to store some stuff. The room is unfurnished but I do have a spare double bed in there at the moment which you are welcome to use. I hold the lease so you would not be on the lease but I require references and normal lease terms to be agreed upon. I think a three month trial basis is a good idea for both parties. Prefer someone working or with income additional to Centrelink payments if possible. The rules are just normal good manners, respectful behaviour and rent and bills paid on time. I have a cat.
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- Integrated Basin Analysis: A Short Course for Students.
Lori Summa, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.; Bob Stewart, ExxonMobil Exploration Co.
Fri.–Sat., 21–22 March, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Limit: 30 participants.
Cost: US$25; includes breakfast and lunch. Upon completion of the course, participants will receive a US$25 coupon redeemable at the onsite GSA bookstore.
This course will explore concepts, methods, and tools of petroleum geoscience used on a day-to-day basis in the energy industry. Day 1: review of fundamental stratigraphic and structural concepts. Day 2: focus on an applied problem in basin exploration. Students will make play maps, bid on prospective acreage, and analyze individual prospects within that acreage.
- GSA Geoscience Career Program Workshop.
Sun., 23 March, 1:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. FREE.
Cosponsored by the GSA Foundation.
Jennifer Nocerino, Geological Society of America, email@example.com.
Are you about to embark on the search for a job? Are you currently in the job market and want to increase your chances? Would you like feedback on your résumé and some pointers on approaching your interview? This new GSA workshop is designed to help you begin the process. We will discuss cover letters, CVs and résumés, job-hunting skills, and job market statistics.
- Communicating Science: Tools for Scientists.
Sun., 23 March,8 a.m.–noon. US$15.
Cosponsored by the GSA Geology and Society Division.
Christa Stratton, Justin Samuel, Geological Society of America
Scientist-communicators who can present messages clearly and foster respect between science and the lay public are essential for true public engagement with critical scientific issues, but traditional scientific training typically does not prepare scientists to be effective public communicators. This workshop for students, modeled after an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) training course, will give you guidance on how to hone your public communication and outreach skills and the opportunity to practice in a safe and comfortable setting. US$15. Continental breakfast included. Limit: 30.
On to the Future (OTF)
On to the Future (OTF) Meeting
Sun., 23 March, 78 a.m., Heritage Salon C.
There is a brief meeting of OTF participants and their sponsors to discuss effective mentoring relationships and networking opportunities for underrepresented students at the GSA section meeting. The goal is to accelerate the process of becoming engaged and involved members of our scientific and professional community. OTF is a grass roots initiative of the GSA.
Mentor Luncheons
Cosponsored by the GSA Foundation.
Students will have the opportunity to discuss career prospects and challenges with professional geoscientists over a FREE lunch. [ more information ]
Roy J. Shlemon Mentor Program in Applied Geoscience:
Sun., 23 March, noon–1:30 p.m.
John Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology Program:
Mon., 24 March, noon–1:30 p.m.
The application deadline (18 Feb.) has passed.
The Northeastern Section of GSA offers free meeting registration to student volunteers in return for two shifts of ~4 to 5 hours of work at the meeting. The Northeastern Section of GSA will cover meeting registration for student volunteers in return for two shifts of work at the meeting. Students interested in volunteering please contact the Student Volunteer Coordinator, Lynn Marquez,
Travel Grants
Application deadline:
18 Feb. 2014
Please review the eligibility guidelines before applying. The GSA Foundation has funds available for student travel grants. The money, when combined with funds from the Sections, is used to assist both undergraduate and graduate student members of GSA. You must be registered for the meeting BEFORE you can apply. For more information, contact the section secretary, David P. West, .


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Shumlin's welfare reform plan involves job cutsBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | April 10,2013MONTPELIER — Gov. Peter Shumlin made headlines in January when he proposed a five-year lifetime cap on welfare benefits. But lawmakers only recently found out that he also wants to eliminate 12 positions dedicated to helping welfare recipients find the jobs they need to get off the program.
Commissioner David Yacovone of the Department for Children and Families said Tuesday he wants to divert $1.2 million away from job placement services for Reach Up beneficiaries and use the money instead for substance abuse counseling for the same population.
He said that even after the cuts, his department will retain a robust in-house employment services division.
"But what we don't have is enough mental health and substance abuse services," Yacovone said. "The folks that we're asking to go to work need mental health and substance abuse help, and we haven't been providing that."
The cuts would phase in over two years: Six positions would disappear beginning with fiscal year 2014, and the remainder would be eliminated the year after that.
Advocates for low-income Vermonters say the proposed changes couldn't come at a worse time. More than 700 Vermont families later this year will face a reduction in benefits, or the elimination of them altogether, if the Democratic governor's plan to impose a 60-month cap wins approval.
Christopher Curtis, a staff attorney at Vermont Legal Aid, said the state ought to be ramping up job placement services in advance of the time limits, not paring them down.
"To say that the Reach Up plan at this point is half-baked would be to suggest that the oven is even on," said Curtis, a staunch critic of the proposed 60-month cap.
"The goal of the program is to help people successfully graduate from Reach Up and get back to full and stable employment. And that's exactly what these employees they want to eliminate are doing."
The positions in question are funded by a $1.2 million grant from the Agency of Human Services to the Vermont Department of Labor. Employees filling those positions work in Reach Up offices scattered across the state.
The annual grant arrangement has been in place for more than a decade.
"I think our employees have done a very good job in the program, and they certainly take their work on behalf of Vermonters very seriously," said Labor Commissioner Annie Noonan.
Yacovone said the loss of those positions shouldn't put any new hurdles in recipients' paths to employment. He said the agency has its own 47-person staff dedicated to job training and work placement for Reach Up beneficiaries.
"It would absolutely be a questionable move if we didn't have those 47 people," Yacovone said. "But we do."
He said the Reach Up clients served by the Department of Labor "are our most work-ready" and face fewer employment barriers than other welfare recipients.
"It's almost like a portfolio that's out of balance," Yacovone said. "We've got a surplus of employment services, and practically no mental health and substance abuse supports. It's all about a balanced approach."
Curtis, however, said employees in the Agency of Human Services are already forced to juggle impossibly high caseloads. Eliminating positions at the Department of Labor, he said, will only lead to bigger backlogs and poorer services for welfare recipients trying to find work.
The Vermont State Employees Association says the Department of Labor employees each carry caseloads of between 40 and 60 Reach Up clients. Data provided by Noonan's office indicated that between July and February, those employees collectively got 420 welfare recipients into jobs.
"What we have is a proven track record of success," Curtis said. "To add new cases onto case managers in the Agency of Human Services is going to create a burden that's unsustainable."
In a written statement, VSEA legislative specialist Cassandra Magliozzi said the employees "provide a critical state service to Vermonters in crisis."
"The (Labor Department) Reach Up proposed layoffs will hurt program participants who are trying to move off of state benefits and get back to work," Magliozzi said.
Sen. Claire Ayer, an Addison County Democrat and chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, said she didn't find out about the proposed reductions until she got word last week from a member of the state employees union.
Ayer's committee is vetting the Shumlin proposal for Reach Up time limits, and she said Tuesday that the plan to eliminate job placement positions adds a new wrinkle to the debate. She said she's had trouble getting information from the administration about what precisely the plan would mean for welfare beneficiaries.
"The question is what do we give up over here, and what are we getting over there," Ayer said. "And they're not answering. And we have asked them a number of times."
Yacovone said the need for substance abuse treatment is made more urgent by the looming time limits. And he said the taxpayer money will yield far higher returns in addiction counseling than it has in employment services.
He said the state plans to contract for the treatment programs with regional nonprofit service agencies, whose services come cheaper than those offered at the Department of Labor.
He said the money should buy twice as many positions at the designated agencies than it does at the Department of Labor.
"How can we ask people to face time limits without helping them with their problems with addiction?" Yacovone said.
Noonan said she's going to try to avoid layoffs by finding spots for the eliminated workers elsewhere in her 315-person department.
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So, Verotchka, how was Russia?
"Exciting," I have answered and also, as any 85-year-old traveler can understand, "exhausting." Just last week, at the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance exhibit, glass of wine in hand, I surprised myself saying "maddening."
"Russia was maddening!"
After all, it is frustrating for a big talker like myself to be unable to speak the language. And though the timbre of Russian was in my ears and heart in my father's bass voice, I knew only a few words and had forgotten the Cyrillic alphabet I had learned as a child
Travel often twists ordinary thoughts into conundrums. This trip was a puzzler for me as each day added to my sense of being, myself, Russian. But what had that meant in my life?
Family accounts of the unmatchable tastes of wild raspberries and of mushrooms from the poplar woods, the patterns of Russian textiles, the Russian movies I saw as a child, the Matruschka dolls and painted wooden ware and the samovar that followed us from one apartment to another along with the magazine Soviet Russia Today, on its cover a beautiful girl with a crown of braids driving a tractor.
Was it mostly the images in children's stories I had known: Babayaga, Snigouretchka, Vanya Vasyltchakov and the Crocodile? Russia has a magnificent tradition of illustration. I realized how it has influenced me as I toured an exhibit of children's book originals with a well known Russian illustrator, Anastasia Archipova, at the Moscow Public Library.
And as Sheila Dugan realized (which is one of the pleasures of traveling with a responsive friend), photographing me on the bridge across the Neva river with its wide sweep of pearly water, I experienced an extraordinarily strong feeling that this was my land. Indeed I possessed it in that magical way that the tales of a beloved and impressive parent create a child's world.
My father at 16, youngest in a large Jewish cosmopolitan family, had been hustled out of Novgorod and off to America by his elderly parents, who feared for his life. Passionate about the plight of workers and peasants, he had been arrested in the abortive revolution of 1905 by the Tzarist police.
In America, all through my childhood, our family continued a deep and active devotion to what had become, in 1917, the USSR. But tragically, my parents remained closed to all evidence that their dreams were daily and increasingly betrayed as the USSR morphed into a total and ruthless police state
That has been a great sorrow to me. And here were Sheila and I, mere tourists, trying to make sense out of 2012 Russia. We were aware from U.S. media of the foment of protest there right now, and it, too, is about how the move to a democratic society is being betrayed. But we saw none of it, nor met anyone we could talk to about it. The Russia we visited was mostly (except, of course, for the individuals we met) "guide book" Russia: beautiful and magnificent churches and buildings (now museums) of Imperial Russian times as well as wonderful collections of paintings. It was odd to stand before the single statues we saw of Lenin and of Marx, powerful figures of my youth, now compromised and dishonored ( and to realize how much history is about just such shifts.)
It was gratifying and jolly to be among the holiday crowds piling high their shopping carts for New Year's celebrations. But it was saddening to realize that, as in our own country, have and have not had most definitely not been solved and was perhaps worsening, while civil liberties continue to be a constant struggle.
When Sheila had first asked if I wanted to join her Russian odyssey to see her grandson at Moscow University, I said "sure" with only a little hesitation. I felt we would be good traveling companions. So off I went to this land that would stir up so many questions as well as serve up many delicious versions of borscht, mushroom dishes and blini (though Beach Lake Bread makes a better version of pumpernickel than any we discovered).
I have always believed if a new experience is offered—take it. The best answer to "How was your trip?"—any trip—is "It was a great adventure." Two individuals traveling together are, in a sense, having somewhat differing adventures. But Sheila and I completely agree those 10 days traveling in Russia were very special.


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Week 1 Wieters winner is…
As some of you may know, I am posting daily as we lead up to opening day. In anticipation of opening day, I'm giving away weekly prizes to my readers. To enter, all that one needs to do is post a comment on one of my blog entries from that week, or retweet one of my blog entries with the #countingbaseballs.
This week, I'm giving away this Matt Wieters jersey shirt.
I compiled a running list throughout the week of everyone that left comments and retweeted my blog posts. At 9:15, I enlisted my daughter Olivia to do the honors. After grabbing a fistful of seven names or so, on her second attempt she came up with two names. She dropped the other one back into the hat and we had our winner:
The winner is Joey Orr. Congratulations!
Joey has left comments under the handle joeyorr4 and tweets from @joeyorr4
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Nice prediction…..But i'll take the Patriots for the WIN!!
Good luck to everyone and I may take your score prediction for the record. I have the Patriots but it will be close. Giants seem destined to win, but Patriots are out for revenge. They don't want to look bad to the same team twice on this big of a stage.
Go Pats! I hope I win


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Center for Community Learning & Leadership (Undergraduate Studies)
The Center for Community Learning & Leadership (CCLL), formerly known as the Center for Service Learning, is a part of Office of Undergraduate Studies responds to a call in higher education from university presidents, government, and the California State University, San Jose State institutionalized community learning within the academic program. The CCLL helps students develop the knowledge, skills and motivation to become lifelong participants in public life in an informed, committed and constructive manner, with a focus on solving community problems.
Cesar Chavez Community Action Center (Associated Students)
Established by Associated Students in July 2005, the Cesar E. Chavez Community Action Center (CCCAC) connects SJSU students with community service opportunities that deepen the educational experience while promoting the lifelong commitment to civic activism at the heart of the Cesar Chavez legacy.
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The Civic Works Initiative (CWI) provides students, faculty, and citizens with strategies against unemployment, expands and supports a regional and national partnership of academics, students, community organizers, environmentalists, and faith-based organizations to promote long-term economic and social development. The CWI provides vital media, educational and advocacy support in addition to train and cultivate its growing network of student advocates at SJSU and across the country through various service-learning opportunities and events.
Community Change Concentration (Sociology)
The Community Change Concentration offers courses focused on social change concepts and movements, and social issue analysis leading to social action. Most courses have service-learning, internship, and/or community-based research projects which have extended community partnerships and engagement, in such key areas as homelessness, poverty, affordable housing, worker rights, immigration, and financial literacy for community development.
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Halloween Books for Adults
These spooky reads are sure to put you in the Halloween spirit
Pumpkins, colored maple leaves, chilly winds, black cats, costumes and parties. Sweet. For those armchair nights, though, here are a handful of books for you to set the mood in this month's second installment of Halloween reads! PS: Most of the following authors have written MANY other great spooky tomes (as you know, and sundry tales have been made into scary films) so just hit the local bookstore and dive right in!
Rosemary's Baby
Satan's child? In a Manhattan apartment?!?! The neighbors are part of a coven?!?! Whaah? Get the hell outta here…or rather, get hell outta here!! This novel was written more than 40 years ago, but it's STILL chilling. Sheesh. Roman Polanski's film adaptation of Ira Levin's book is, perhaps, even more grippingly horrifying. OK—they're both tundral, and diabolical.
Doctor Sleep
My favorite Stephen King novel is Salem's Lot (I'm a vampire dude…), but The Shining is also supremely, memorably, bizarre-o scary. Well, just out now is this follow-up work to the charming Torrance family saga. Remember how Joey, in Friends, kept his copy of The Shining in the freezer? No? Yes? Well, move those frozen peas now for Doctor Sleep! Um, unless you're reading the e-book.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
It sure does. At least, to the Midwestern town in Ray Bradbury's horror classic. I think that, if a dark carnival would move into Fairfield County on a fall night, I'd get outta here pretty quick. The two boys in this story, though, don't, and try to TCB. (Pssst: that's Elvis's old acronym for "Taking Care of Business.") Reader's note: for adults, not just the youngsters.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
Yes, H.P. Lovecraft. Ugh. This novella—short, not-at-all-sweet and gruesome—when I first read this, it had me turning on all the lights in the house, seeking out the comfort of loved ones, and avoiding dark places in general for roughly the rest of the month. Possibly until that Christmas, who knows...?
How could I resist? Mary Shelley's work is perhaps one of the top five pieces of English prose from the 19th century. Period. For classic tales of the macabre, there are Poe's stories, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," Faulkner's "A Rose For Emily," Stoker's Dracula (surprising how few have read the actual pot-boiler!) or John Polidori's clever little psychotwister, "The Vampyre," but Shelley is REALLY where it's at. Of all the books on this list that you haven't read, read Frankenstein this season, if you can—or even, if you can't read it now, read it later. Trust me, it isn't what you think…it's a whole lot more challenging and rich.


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A terrible joke, we know. But getting vaccinated for this year's flu strains is no laughing matter.
Flu season is nearly upon us. The good ol' run-of-the-mill seasonal bug is knocking on our doors.
According to area school teachers, our school-aged children have already been hit by a nasty bug - a lingering cold that seems to run its course in about two weeks.
However, our area schools haven't had a mass outbreak of this year's flu strain yet. But with cooler temperatures, this is bound to happen. The arrival of crisp fall and chilly winter days causes our population to hole up inside allowing the germs to pass much easier than when we spend our afternoons outside.
Area pharmacies and the Wasatch County Health Department have been offering this year's flu vaccine for a couple of weeks now.
In "medical speak" the Center for Disease Prevention and Control says this year's flu vaccine is a trivalent vaccine made from three types of viruses: an A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)pdm09-like virus; an A(H3N2) virus antigenically like the cell-propagated prototype virus A/Victoria/361/2011; and a B/Massachusetts/2/2012-like virus.
In layman's terms, this just means it inoculates you against three really nasty flu bugs.
This vaccine, coupled with good old-fashioned hand washing with soap and hot water, and avoiding those who are ill, will go far toward limiting our county's exposure.
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The International Joint Commission is seeking public comment on a draft report that is a preliminary effort to describe changes in the health of the Great Lakes over the past quarter century. The draft report measures some of the progress made by the US and Canada in their collective efforts towards restoring and maintaing the Great Lakes and achieving the general objectives of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement which was last amended in 1987. At present, the governments of Canada and the United States are working to renew this Agreement to improve their efforts to meet current challenges facing the Great Lakes.
The draft report uses seven measures of biological integrity, six measures of chemical integrity, and one measure of physical integrity, to assess changes in the Great Lakes basin ecosystem. It draws on the best indicators of ecosystem trends available from government agencies and the academic research community.
The draft report, Assessment of Progress Made Towards Restoring and Maintaining Great Lakes Water Quality Since 1987, is available online. The Commission plans to publish a report in 2012 based on comments received and subsequent research.
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For Immediate Release
October 23, 2013
Illinois State Board of Education to unveil new, more user-friendly School Report Card
Streamlined Report Card will provide more robust information to reflect schools' unique qualities
SPRINGFIELD – Illinoisans will get a new and improved view of their local schools through a more consumer-friendly State, District and School Report Card, set to debut Oct. 31. The new Report Card features multiple measures of academic performance as well as school climate and learning conditions, rendering a more complete picture of the state's nearly 4,000 public schools.
"The new, simplified Report Card represents more than a cosmetic change," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "This complete makeover reflects the comprehensive changes taking place in Illinois schools, from higher expectations in the classroom, increased collaboration among teachers and more meaningful academic data to show how well our students are progressing from one year to the next, and whether they're on track for college."
The new Report Card emphasizes measuring student and school progress rather than merely providing a one-time snapshot of annual standardized test scores and aims to better inform everyone, from families and educators to policy makers and students themselves. It highlights important college readiness benchmarks and also displays more elements about daily school life, including school leadership, extracurricular activities, honors and awards that distinguish each school.
The Report Card, developed through the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), will be available Oct. 31 at illinoisreportcard.com in two new formats:
- An online Report Card with an interactive tool for exploring school performance data. The tool includes simple, intuitive displays as well as detailed data views and descriptions for each school and district. The online Report Card will continue to offer information on student demographics and performance.
- An At-A-Glance Report Card will offer a two-page snapshot that can be downloaded from the online Report Card, printed and distributed to local families and community members. A sample of the "At-A-Glance" Report Card can now be found at illinoisreportcard.com.
"The new School Report Card will be a useful tool for parents to better understand their students' academic performance and their schools' overall achievement," said Peg Staehlin, president of the Illinois PTA. "The At-A-Glance Report Card will help initiate conversations among parents, communities and their local school administrators and boards of education to share their perspectives and develop action plans to help improve the educational experiences for the children they serve."
The 2013 Report Card will display "Student Academic Growth" by school according to a new growth model using value tables that shows how much academic progress students have demonstrated from one year to the next in reading and math. Education experts believe this approach will improve understanding of student learning and provide a more nuanced accountability system that reflects progress as well as achievement.
The Student Academic Growth score will be reported in 2013 on an advisory basis, not as part of the state's accountability system. This metric will be displayed by elementary school and district on both the "At-A-Glance" two-page report and the online report card.
The 2013 Report Card also offers data about students on track for college. This year's report card features a metric labeled "Ready for College Coursework," which refers to the percent of students who earned a combined score of at least a 21 on the ACT college admissions test. ISBE chose a score of 21 as that figure is the mathematical average of the four ACT College Readiness Benchmark (CRB) values and is a single, simple metric that resonates with families as they plan for college applications and admissions. At the same time, ISBE will also showcase the data regarding the percent of students who met each of ACT's four college readiness benchmarks (CRB) as those metrics reflect college readiness for each of the four tested subjects: English, mathematics, reading and science.
The School Report Card will also list the participation rates of teachers and eligible sixth- through twelfth-graders from each school on the first statewide school climate and learning conditions survey, administered in spring 2013. The report card will provide a link to each school's summary responses for survey questions.
A wide variety of community education groups, including the Governor's Illinois P-20 Council, the Illinois PTA, state teacher unions and school district superintendents, collaborated on the new Report Card.
"Illinois' redesigned Report Card goes beyond merely meeting the compliance requirements of No Child Left Behind by providing parents, educators and others in-depth, meaningful big picture data about students and their school environments in order to drive continuous progress," said Aimee Rogstad Guidera, founder and executive director of Data Quality Campaign, a national advocacy group that helps states develop and implement best practices in educational data use. "By making information available in a format anyone can understand, the new Report Card fosters a model of school improvement where all community members are empowered to make the best decisions possible to improve student success."
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Building the Sustainable Organization Through Adaptive, Creative Coherence in the HR System
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Barry A. Colbert, Elizabeth C. Kurucz & David Wheeler
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In this chapter we explore the particular value that a complexity-based approach to viewing organizational systems will confer in building the sustainable organization. We consider the elements of the sustainable organization, described by the 4 Cs model of organizational sustainability (Wheeler 2003), as they relate to the living systems heuristics and relevant HR principles outlined by Colbert (2004). We then identify insights provoked by the Complex RBV perspective for strategic human resource management practices in the context of the sustainable organization, and construct the outline of a coherent, adaptive HR system, and advancing understanding for managers of sustainably relevant HR principles and practices.
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Mojahed al-Ejla, 8, rests at the Shifa hospital where he is receiving treatment for a fractured skull caused by a July 19 Israeli shelling while he and the family were fleeing from the Shijaiyah neighborhood in Gaza City.
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The tough statement by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, coupled with Kerrys inability to broker even a temporary cease-fire after a week of shuttling around the region, signaled the fighting is likely to drag on, with more than 820 Palestinians and 38 people in Israel killed so far.
In a statement issued shortly after Kerry spoke at a press conference in Cairo, Yaalons office quoted him telling troops in the field that you need to be ready for the possibility that very soon we will instruct the military to significantly broaden the ground operation in Gaza.
Hamas is paying a very heavy price and will pay an even heavier price, Yaalon said. At the end of the operation, Hamas will have to think very hard if it is worth it to taunt us in the future.
Israel has said a key objective of its ground operation is to destroy Hamas military tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border and Israeli media have said the military wants more time to complete the mission.
Of 31 discovered so far, about half have been destroyed. The tunnels, used by Hamas in the past to sneak into Israel, are seen as a strategic threat against Israel.
For days, Kerry has been moving between the Egyptian capital, the West Bank and Jerusalem and talking to officials from Qatar, which is in contact with Hamas. But the most Kerry seemed to have won so far was a willingness from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to consider a far less ambitious 12-hour halt in fighting, proposed by U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.
Netanyahu, Kerry said, has indicated his willingness to do that as a good faith down payment to move forward.
Still, Kerry said that the parties are closer than ever to an agreement for a seven-day humanitarian truce to start with the Muslim Eid holiday on Monday, ending the holy month of Ramadan.
Speaking alongside the U.N. secretary-general and the Egyptian foreign minister, Kerry insisted that there was a general agreement on the concept of a truce but that both sides had concerns over details of carrying it out.
Gaps have been significantly narrowed, he said. It can be achieved, if we work through some of the issues that are important for the parties.
Gaza fighting continued alongside the truce efforts. Israeli airstrikes hit more than 80 sites in Gaza, while militants in the tiny Mediterranean strip fired 50 rockets at Israel, the army said. Among the sites hit in Gaza were 30 homes, including that of a leader of the Islamic Jihad group who was killed along with his sons, Palestinian officials said.
And unrest sparked by the conflict intensified in the West Bank, where five Palestinians were killed during protests against the Israeli operation in Gaza.
The U.S. top diplomat said the goal of halting fighting for seven days was to provide time to work out further talks to address each sides demands. He said some terminology on a truces framework still needed work.
The worst round of cross-border fighting in more than five years has killed 828 Palestinians and wounded more than 5,200, according to Palestinian health officials. The U.N. says civilians make up three-fourths of the dead and a majority of the wounded.
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