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Illinois Learning Standards
Foreign Languages
The benefits of effective foreign language instruction focus on the role of the individual in a multilingual, global society. No longer do Americans live in isolation; instead, there is an ever-changing, interdependent world in which diverse cultural and linguistic groups converge. The National Standards for Foreign Language Learning establish the academic, business, personal, recreational and practical benefits of studying foreign languages, and the Illinois Learning Standards for Foreign Languages are based on this rationale. The national document states: "To study another language and culture gives one the powerful key to successful communication: knowing how, when, and why to say what to whom. All the linguistic and social knowledge required for effective human-to-human interaction is encompassed in those ten words. . . . The approach to second language instruction found in today's schools is designed to facilitate genuine interaction with others, whether they are on another continent, across town, or within the neighborhood."
Research studies clearly indicate that studying another language may give students the "edge" needed to succeed at higher levels in some other subjects. A study of over 17,000 students applying for college admission revealed that "students who had completed a foreign language course in high school tended to have higher scores on the ACT exams in English and math regardless of their ability level" (Olsen & Brown 1992). It has also been verified that "high school foreign language students perform significantly better on the SAT verbal exam than non-foreign-language students, and that SAT verbal scores increase successively with each half year of foreign language study" (National Standards).
It is important to consider the special character of the classical languages, Latin and ancient Greek. Although orality may be one common component of instruction in these languages, the main thrust of the curriculum is the comprehension of written language rather than fluency in speaking. This fact must be considered when applying the standards to the classical languages and learning benchmarks found within this document. In addition to reading and writing skills, a social-cultural-historical emphasis may also be an important curricular goal in the classical language classroom.
The standards included in this document are intended to be generic and are not written for any one specific language. Since all languages have differing vocabulary, syntactic structures, sound systems, writing systems and cultures, they offer a different set of greater and lesser challenges to English-speaking students. As a result, users of this document should apply necessary modifications to make them applicable to a specific language.
The five stages are designed to correspond to the students' expected level of progress as they study the language. The Stage One (Beginning) benchmarks need to be mastered first regardless of whether the study begins in elementary school, middle school or high school, with mastery of the other stages following in sequence. In short-term programs (e.g., current 2 - 4 year programs) students may not be able to achieve mastery of the more advanced stages.
Applications of Learning
Through Applications of Learning, students demonstrate and deepen their understanding of basic knowledge and skills. These applied learning skills cross academic disciplines and reinforce the important learning of the disciplines. The ability to use these skills will greatly influence students' success in school, in the workplace and in the community.
Solving Problems
Recognize and investigate problems; formulate and propose solutions supported by reason and evidence.
Learning a foreign language develops the tools for dealing with various types of survival challenges, technical skills and interpersonal exchanges across and among cultures. Students use the process of forming a hypothesis, testing that hypothesis, eliminating nonessential information and drawing conclusions, aided by and further developing the four skills which are at the core of communication: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Knowledge of other cultures and world issues helps students temper their communication about the problems they endeavor to solve.
Express and interpret information and ideas.
The four basic skills essential for oral and written communication are enhanced by an understanding of non-verbal gestures, cultural symbols and rituals, global trends, regional varieties of language, and local traditions and contexts. For students of language to contribute to society, they must learn the academic, technical and workplace uses of language and how those realms of knowledge relate to other fields of study. Students learn to communicate for a complete range of purposes including personal, school-based, community, vocational, recreational and professional. In modern languages, curricular designs reflect the importance of students developing simultaneously all four communication skillslistening, speaking, reading and writing.
Using Technology
Use appropriate instruments, electronic equipment, computers and networks to access information, process ideas and communicate results.
Students of foreign languages benefit from access to a wide range of technology helpful in locating primary sources in the target language and interacting directly with native speakers. Students reinforce their knowledge of software, technical skills and vocabulary as they use this technology both within and beyond the foreign language classroom. The use of technology in the foreign language curriculum adds a powerful tool for lifelong learning, advanced research, recreational activities and understanding of global issues.
Working on Teams
Learn and contribute productively as individuals and as members of groups.
Group learning activities at the core of foreign language learning are one component of actual communication in the target language. Students using the target language to engage in group discussions and research projects are already communicating within the classroom. Group learning activities also reflect contexts and processes outside the classroom. For example, students involved in a debate may cover the same issues as presented in a court of law during the French Revolution. Students preparing a group presentation on the Amazon rainforest may cover the same problems as a group of Brazilian engineers and scientists.
Making Connections
Recognize and apply connections of important information and ideas within and among learning areas.
Students of foreign languages make four types of connections throughout their study. First, they learn how to transfer skills and content of the foreign language in ways to better understand skills and content of the first language. Second, students make subject-matter connections, reinforcing content and skills of other areas such as science and fine arts. Third, students explore issues and themes which cross disciplinary lines, and fourth, students use the target language for making connections to vocabulary and processes important in the world
- Goal 28 - Communication
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- Goal 29 - Culture and Geography
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Skip to comments.7-ton NASA satellite set to fall
Posted on 09/07/2011 12:09:55 PM PDT by Red Badger
NASA says a defunct seven-ton satellite is due to re-enter the atmosphere with the potential to rain debris upon Earth.
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to come down in late September or early October, the space agency said today in an advisory. "Although the spececraft will break into pieces during re-entry, not all of it will burn up in the atmosphere," NASA said.
The agency said it's too early to say exactly when UARS will make its final plunge, or exactly where any debris will come down. Russian news reports suggested that Moscow was "in the zone of risk," but that projection was based merely on the inclination of UARS' orbit.
"The orbital track and re-entry location are going to be more refined as the days pass," NASA spokeswoman Beth Dickey told me today.
UARS was deployed from the shuttle Discovery in 1991 to study Earth's atmosphere and its interactions with the sun. The $750 million mission measured the concentrations and distribution of gases important to ozone depletion, climate change and other atmospheric phenomena. NASA says readings from UARS provided conclusive evidence that chlorine in the atmosphere, originating from human-produced chlorofluorocarbons, is at the root of the polar ozone hole.
The satellite was decommissioned in 2005. "They had put it in a disposal orbit at that point, and that disposal orbit reduced its orbital lifetime by about 20 years," Dickey said. The satellte was initially projected to come down in the 2009-2010 time frame.
NASA says it plans to post updates about UARS' status weekly until four days before the anticipated re-entry, and then daily until about 24 hours before re-entry. Further updates would come at 12 hours, four hours and two hours before re-entry.
(Excerpt) Read more at cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com ...
"The zone of risk." I really like that phrase.
"So, where do you folks live?"
"Ah, we live about 20 blocks north of 'the zone of risk'."
I know where I'd like to see it land!
Skylab under Carter, and now UARS under Obama. What is it with DemocRAT Presidents and valuable space assets being discarded?
"There'll be plenty of Skylab for everyone!"
Please ping me in time to put my helmet on.
The "sone of risk" is probably the entire earth between 57°N and 57°S, but the Russian news report pumped up the warning to Moscow.
If Moscow is in the zone of risk, then the entire populated area of the earth is in this zone of risk. Except maybe for those scientists living in Antarctica. The thing to recall is that STS 107 Columbia broke up over reasonably populated areas of Texas and did not hurt anyone on the ground. The zone of risk is currently a huge target.
"Do you feel lucky?"
I wonder how you spell the equivalent of FUD in Cyrillic?
An ad hoc Spokane, Wash., group called the Skylab Self-Defense Society hung a 15-ft. bull's-eye on the side of a downtown office building and suggested, "Make Spokane the target for Skylab's landing. If you give the Government a target to shoot at, it's bound to miss. That is our greatest protection."-TIME Magazine, July 16, 1979
I remember that banner. It said "Official U.S. Government Skylab Target" in red above a big, red bullseye. They also sold t-shirts and posters. I bought a poster (heck, it was only a buck) and brought it with me to Maine that summer. I put it outside the bunkhouse where my cousins and I slept.
Hey...it worked. No pieces of Skylab came down in either Spokane OR Maine.
If they were able to do that, why were they not able to deorbit the thing at that time and dump any surviving debris in the Pacific or wherever else might be appropriate?
Ah, those were the days!
"Hey, is that the sun up there?"
"I don't know. I'm a stranger in town!"
-Larry, Moe and Curly
Drop it on Mecca.
Why don't we take the shuttle up and fix it ?
First came the "Summer of Recovery"
Now 0bamao brings us the "Fall of UARS"
Kind of a metaphor for the decline of NASA generally.
The $750 million mission measured the concentrations and distribution of gases important to ozone depletion, climate change and other atmospheric phenomena.
Timing is suspious, given the comet elinen. Just saying.
I don't want to fix it if it will be used to churn out more liberal propaganda.
"UARS was deployed from the shuttle Discovery in 1991 to study Earth's atmosphere and its interactions with the sun."
That's why it's coming down. Don't want to prove anyone
wrong about global warming.
This was (decommissioned 2005) not a "valuable space asset."
"It was literally a leftist propaganda machine.
The $750 million mission measured the concentrations and distribution of gases important to ozone depletion, climate change and other atmospheric phenomena."
And it BACKFIRED!
Read the WSJ today and you'll find in the Opinion section a piece that highlights the results of partical physicists experiements linking cosmic radiation intensity and global temperature.
I mean, who would have thought that solar activity and planet temperatures would ever have been linked?
The scientist, for fear of being decapitated professionally, have all but concluded that solar wind and global temps are linked. They did cloud formation experiments using a cloud chamber and a partical accelerator at CERN.
It's literally funny to read about it.
I'll wager this $750M piece of crap was actually disproving their theory and got switched from 'on' to 'off'. Science is a bitch that way, experiments proving and disproving theories, and the nasty way that experiments need to be repeatable.
Did Hansen get his defective data from this POS? Maybe he should "catch" it!
" NASA says readings from UARS provided conclusive evidence that chlorine in the atmosphere, originating from human-produced chlorofluorocarbons, is at the root of the polar ozone hole."
Of course, that was found not to be true since we banned CFLs that Ozone Hole is still there. The ozone hole issue was nothing more than a scam for money just as the global warming hoax.
I sure do hope the golf courses are safe...!!
IIRC, under the reign of Bush41, DuPont's patent for Freon was expiring, and NASA just happened to need an excuse to justify more funding, or maintain existing levels, so the three colluding on this aspect.
Bush gets to look like an environmentalist (not that it did him any good), DuPont gets to shut out the generic freon competition, with its new coolant, and NASA (and its contractors) keep the money train rolling on yet another questionable project. (And the Algorsat project wasn't yet on the boards...).
Thanks for the history lesson. Amazing, this resource FR.
A Skylab in every pot.
Someone please explain how it will re-enter the atmosphere. Has it entered previuously? Actually, I don't need anyone to answer. I'm just being a smart alec. My wife said she would like the debris to fall on my 1985 station wagon that's parked in the driveway.
The zone of risk. I really like that phrase.
So, where do you folks live?
Ah, we live about 20 blocks north of the zone of risk.
That's near to the Circle of Trust and the Cone of Silence.
...................Read the WSJ today and youll find in the Opinion section a piece that highlights the results of partical physicists experiements linking cosmic radiation intensity and global temperature.......................
I wanted to post this piece, but I can't do links.
Can you?, as this magnificent article takes out algore and all the manmade global BS. Article needs it's own thread.
Just destroys their crap, using the CERN particle physics lab to prove that cosmic rays interact with our atmosphere to form seed clouds, which then controls how much direct sunlight finally hits earth.
Sell short anything that algore has invested it!
NASA says readings from UARS provided conclusive evidence that chlorine in the atmosphere, originating from human-produced chlorofluorocarbons, is at the root of the polar ozone hole.
I may not be a rocket scientist, but how did they measure polar ozone with a satellite that did not travel over the polar region?
5 yards and loss of down
Missing the high manic swing of manic-depressive disorder, and of other delusionals, for example like Obama, like Bill Clinton, like so many charlatans, Rasputin, peaking performance artists like whats-her-name who died a few weeks back! Or the pseudo-peak that coke and speed heads experience. Kind of a biased graph.
Hi Noob!
Here's the link to the Jolis article:
It's stunning in how damning it is of the entire AGW mess. Physicist have a repeatable experiement linking solar wind to cloud formation. It is massive.
Any way to insure it hits on the inlaws home, oh never mind.
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Fayetteville First UMC plans Fall Festival October 28
All princesses, cowboys, and other characters are invited to the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church Fall Festival on Sunday, Oct. 28 from 3 - 5:30 p.m.
The church parking lot located off Melissa Segars Way will be transformed into carnival-type atmosphere with inflatables, games, BBQ dinner, music and trunk-or-treat. All of the events are free and open to the community.
"We will have special organized group and individual games for families to participate in throughout the afternoon as well as carnival-style games to benefit our Partner in Education, North Fayette Elementary School," says the Rev. Kristin Heiden, minister of Christian formation. "This will get the whole family involved in the day's activities and give everyone an opportunity to engage in service to the community."
Also, this year is the return of the pumpkin sale in front of the church office.
Different size pumpkins will be on sale beginning Saturday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 27.
Proceeds will benefit the church's preschool and Mother's Morning Out program.
Fayetteville First United Methodist Church is at 175 East Lanier Ave., Fayetteville. The church office number is 770-461-4313.
Visit online at www.fayettevillefirst.com. The congregation is led by the Rev. Mark Westmoreland.


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Amendment – A change to an approved grant/project which can be fiscal, programmatic, or both. Amendments can be submitted anytime after a grant/project has been approved, but no later than 90 days prior to the project end date. Amendments must be submitted to the ADE via the Internet. See Amendments Amendment FAQ's
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Common Logon – A web page that allows subrecipients to have access to one or more ADE online applications through the use of a username and password.
Completion Report – A fiscal report accounting of actual expenditures associated with a project. The subrecipient must submit a completion report electronically to ADE within 90 days after the end of the project end date to be considered compliant and allow current year grant/project funding to continue to flow. There is no grace period. See Completion Report
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Logan H.S. students learn dangers of texting and driving
Area high school students are promising to keep not only themselves, but others safe on the road.
Students at Logan High School in La Crosse took part in a seminar learning about the dangers of texting and driving.
Students signed a pledge to never text and drive while behind the wheel. The pledge is part of a movement by the Wisconsin State Patrol called "It Can Wait."
The program urges high school drivers that a text message can and should wait until after driving.
Police say driving is hard enough, but even harder when the driver is distracted. "There is so much divided attention in and of itself just with the act of driving. Then when you divide that attention further by whether it's texting, or making phone calls, or taking care of their kids in the back seat, or picking things up of the floor, any of those types of things can lead to tragedy," said the Director of Wisconsin's Bureau of Transportation Safety Sandra Huxtable.
Car crashes are the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 24.
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As many of you already know, Alison Sudol (AKA: A Fine Frenzy) is an incredibly talented musician with the voice of a SPARROW ANGEL! My favorite songbird beauty just released a new single from her upcoming album "Pines" called "Now is the Start". It's such a fun, happy song! Click here + listen! The photoshoot for this album was such a blast and was shot by our good friends Angela+Ithyle. Ali and I wanted to do something timeless with her hair– something that wouldn't distract from all the pretty lights, stripes, and um- giant SAILBOAT!! Sometimes when there are a lot of fun things happening in a photo (or even with your outfit) you just want to keep it classic + simple, right? So that's what we did. Luckily, our darling Alison was kind enought to pop by TBD and show us how to recreate this textured french twist on herself using a secret little tool… chopsticks. Here we go!
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On Tap Today: John Legend, more Brian Setzer -- and Mick Jagger and Rush, too
He's rested - well, his vocal cords are, anyway - and ready: R&B crooner John Legend is performing at the Riverside Theater at 7:30 tonight.
Legend isn't the only music, um, legend coming to town today. »Read Full Blog Post
33 must-see acts at Summerfest 2014
Picking what to see is always the hardest part of festival-going. That's especially true at Summerfest, the largest music festival in the world with more than 800 bands. And this year's Summerfest arguably boasts one of the strongest lineups in recent memory, from superstars Bruno Mars and Usher, to hot new acts Kongos and SoMo, to an abundance of local talent. »Read Full Article
Record-breaking Goliath wooden coaster opens at Six Flags
Gurnee, Ill. — Thursday, the tallest, fastest, steepest wooden roller-coaster in the world opens to the public, less than an hour's drive from Milwaukee.
Six Flags Great America's newest thrill ride, Goliath, is the first wooden coaster of its kind, breaking records with its 72-mph speed, 180-foot drop and near-vertical 85-degree fall. »Read Full Article(7)
Nick Cave to bring decades of music, literary history to Milwaukee Theatre
Few rockers have married the literary and the musical as powerfully as Nick Cave, who put St. John of the Cross and Johnny Thunders in the same verse of a song and sounded completely natural doing so.
Cave visits the Milwaukee Theatre for an 8 p.m. concert Friday with decades of music to draw from, much of it compellingly dark, such as his 1996 collection "Murder Ballads." If the Misfit in Flannery O'Connor's story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" had formed a band, I'm sure it would have sounded something like Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. »Read Full Article(1)
Milwaukee soul band Brothers by Choice is back at it
Bands come and bands go — and Andy Noble has experienced both firsthand in recent years.
A founder of the monthly Get Down vintage soul and funk dance parties at Mad Planet, Noble established the soul group Kings Go Forth, which released its debut album "The Outsiders are Back" on Luaka Bop Records, founded by David Byrne. But it proved challenging keeping a 10-piece band together, and Kings has been inactive for a couple years. »Read Full Article(2)
Viewer complaints about TV weather coverage
Severe weather is no joke, and television news coverage of it can save lives.
And most comments on local stations' Facebook pages acknowledged this. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
For Present Music season finale, no place like 'Home Place'
Present Music, which has performed all over town and played music in coffee shops and a drained swimming pool, is staging Saturday's season finale, "Home Place," in the Broadway Theatre Center, its own administrative home.
Touching, sometimes lightly, on themes of home, shelter and belonging, "Home Place" will feature a bulked-up Present Music ensemble — 17 musicians and 3 sopranos — performing "Shelter," a collaborative composition by Bang on a Can composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe and Michael Gordon, and librettist Deborah Artman. »Read Full Article
New Present Music season includes all-Kamran Ince program
Over the decades, Present Music has commissioned new music from dozens of composers and introduced Milwaukee listeners to the work of many others. It has not, however, gone all-in on a single composer for a full concert.
Next season, artistic director Kevin Stalheim will change that, with a program devoted to the music of longtime PM friend and collaborator Kamran Ince. »Read Full Article
Reading the John Updike stories: 'In Football Season"
I'm reading and commenting on a story from The Library of America's 'John Updike: The Collected Stories' each Wednesday until I finish the collection or give up.
Published in The New Yorker in Nov. 1962, "In Football Season" is more a sketch and a sense-memory of Friday night football in small-town Pennsylvania than a story. »Read Full Blog Post
Big Taste and fireworks on June 25 at the lakefront
They'll eat, and then they'll see fireworks: Big Taste attendees on June 25 will sample tasting plates from about 20 restaurants before taking in nearby Summerfest's Big Bang opening night display.
Among the restaurants are the Rumpus Room, serving rumaki and deviled eggs; Hom Wood-Fired Grill, tenderloin on risotto cake with tomato jam; Antigua Latin Restaurant, poblano chicken pasta; Jake's Deli, corned beef and pastrami on rye; and España Tapas House, vegetable paella and chicken-pork paella. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: Nikki Lane and biergarten
Good morning readers. We're hoping it's a good day. Here's some of what's going on in town today.
What would your Wednesday be without a traveling beer garden, or biergarten to be precise. This 19th-century tradition has gone mobile and will be in McKinley Park starting at 4 p.m. The last beer is served at 9 p.m. sharp. »Read Full Blog Post


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CHICAGO – Stop in for brunch at the Palace Grill, and you can order from the typical selection of eggs or pancakes or omelettes galore.
But if you want to be like the Blackhawks, you'll order something bigger. Go for the boldly named sandwich that piles bacon or sausage on top of egg and cheese.
"They always get the Heart Stoppers," said Christina Lemperis, who manages the diner a few blocks east of the United Center at 1408 W. Madison St. "We're hoping they'll be back here more now because they'll be back in town again."
Pull up a chair, Jonathan Toews. Grab a seat, Patrick Sharp. Nice to see you, Duncan Keith.
You look like you could use a cup of coffee, Patrick Kane.
After a lengthy lockout, hockey has returned. It took only 113 days and a Chicago teachers' strike and a presidential election and a royal pregnancy and a non-apocalypse and a troubling peek over the fiscal cliff, but hockey has returned.
So why do I have a bad taste in my mouth?
It has nothing to do with the Palace Grill, which is one of the happiest places to be on a cold Sunday on the Near West Side. You don't last 75 years in the restaurant business unless you have a great product. You don't become a hangout for Hawks players by accident.
But on this day, I didn't come for the food. I needed perspective.
Because I like hockey, I really do. But I'm mad at it.
Eight years after the NHL almost destroyed itself with a season-long lockout, commissioner Gary Bettman and team owners offered a one-finger salute to fans once again. Hundreds of games were canceled. Futile labor meetings replaced dazzling goals and spectacular saves.
Players were fine. Many joined leagues in Europe or Russia to stay sharp and earn money.
But the lockout had a real effect on parking attendants and ticket takers and beer vendors and everyone else who counted on a full slate at the United Center. It hurt places such as the Palace Grill, which relies on hockey fans for extra business from autumn through spring.
Maybe restaurant owner George Lemperis could help cheer me up.
"It's great," said Lemperis, who wore a Hawks T-shirt with "One Goal" printed across the top. "It's about time. I know all of the businesses up and down the street are jumping for joy.
"It's been hard. We've lost a lot of money."
Lemperis estimated the damage at about $75,000 since September.
Business will pick up again as fans return to the "Madhouse on Madison" to see the Hawks.
Some fans will show up right away. Some won't. It depends on whom you ask.
Take Jeff Reichenbach and Greg Shirey, who finished brunch as their sons chatted nearby.
Reichenbach said he planned to attend one Hawks game this season, but only because of his son. Reichenbach had tickets for four other games refunded because of the lockout.
"I'm just disappointed," Reichenbach said, "because I thought the hockey players were like that last group of nongreedy athletes, and I thought that they had a love of the game that could get over this, and they clearly don't."
Shirey shared in that disappointment, although he pointed the bulk of the blame at owners for extorting concessions from the players while counting on fans to return regardless.
"I won't go back this year," Shirey said.
He paused for a moment.
"I'll go back if someone gives me free tickets."
A few feet away, Adam Lindgren and Ryan Scheidt waited for a table. Lindgren wore a Blackhawks winter hat. Both said they would welcome back the Hawks with open arms.
"I'm not going to let it ruin my season," Scheidt said.
Lindgren agreed.
"I'm just happy that they're coming back," Lindgren said. "With the Bears being out, it's something that we can finally start watching again.
"It's [bad] how the owners handled everything, but at the end of the day, I'm still a Hawks fan. I'd rather just watch hockey."
Yeah, I thought with a sigh. Me too.
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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old William C. "Chris" Pettry died early Sunday inside Fionn MacCool's, an Irish-themed restaurant at The Jacksonville Landing.
Twenty-seven-year-old Matthew Hinson is being held without bond on a murder charge. Jacksonville Jail records didn't list an attorney for Hinson.
A news release issued by the sheriff's office on Monday says witnesses told detectives that Hinson cut Pettry's throat, put the bloody knife in his pocket and calmly walked out of the restaurant.
Pettry lived in Lake Villa, Ill., about 50 miles from Chicago.
Pettry's cousin, Quincy Asbury Jr., told The Chicago Tribune that Pettry flew to Florida on Friday to go to the Bears-Jaguars game.
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British playwright Anna Jordan brings her 2013 Bruntwood Prize-winning play to the MCC Theater next spring, exploring the themes of lost childhood and the affect it has on adulthood. Premiering in Manchester UK to rave reviews for 'beautiful empathy, and a humanity which stood out to all the judges' as described by the award judges, it has also been shortlisted for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. This new production marks its USA premiere.
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Matthew Perry, best known for his stint as a loveable neurotic in a small sitcom called Friends, brings his first play to New York after 2016's London debut. A dark comedy about four broken souls who set out to shatter their demons once and for all, expect Perry's trademark wit to shine through in this bittersweet story of yearning and attempted recovery, directed by Lindsay Posner.
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Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul: not just fiddlin' around
Then Ivers and the band (Tommy McDonnell, Buddy Connolly, Greg Anderson and Leo Traversa) leaped onto the stage—and the rest of the evening is a rhapsodic blur. "We are absolutely thrilled to be back at Bethel Woods," Ivers told the crowd, grinning from ear to ear. Acknowledging that her family was in the house, she continued, "Irish music is very interactive, so please, join in, participate. Feel free to whoop it up as we share the resiliency of the Irish people and the musical heritage that inspires us."
The vibe was indeed incredibly interactive, with a raw and emotional tug at my heart that was so energetic and infused with such depth that I was literally overwhelmed. Ivers appeared at times to be a marionette, since the music lifted her into the air and the audience could actually see how the strings moved her and the band, the five seeming to act as one in a symbiotic display of (again, my notes) "exhilarating, thrilling, playful virtuosity." It made me wish that the entire world could see what we saw that night, hear what we heard and feel as much a part of the experience that Ivers desires to (and succeeds in) expressing so brilliantly.
Thankful that we had been invited to share our enthusiasm, I could not sit still, and joined Woodstock icon "Duke" in the aisles as the crowd danced and stomped their feet with growing enthusiasm, feeling the music rise through the roof of the gallery and become a visceral part of the universe, knowing that the sounds of the enchanted fiddle would continue to swell and spread through the sheer magic that flowed from this woman's fingers.
There were times when Ivers' bow and fretwork appeared to take on a frenetic life of their own as she and her band blended classical, jazz, rock and fusion into a heady explosion of joy and rapture that (ok, I'll quote one) drove The New York Times to call her the "Jimi Hendrix of the violin." (Wish that I had said it, but glad that someone did.)
This was one of those inspiring evenings that remind me of how fortunate I am to be a part of the Catskills legacy and landscape. I'm still vibrating, tingling and shouting to the rooftops about the evening that (I know it sounds corny, but...) changed my life. It's not that I'm at a loss for words (that will be the day) but that I simply don't have room here to express them all. I believe (hope? pray?) that Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul will return—and I, for one, can hardly wait.


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No. 1 Florida (27-2), which has won a school-record 21 consecutive games, received 46 first-place votes.
No. 2 Wichita State (31-0), the only undefeated Division I team in the nation and the first team since Saint Joseph's in 2004 to go undefeated in regular-season conference play, got 14 votes.
No. 3 Arizona (27-2) picked up the remaining five votes.
Duke (23-6) climbed two spots to No. 4 and Virginia (25-5) jumped all the way from 12th to No. 5. The Cavaliers won their first outright ACC title since 1981. It is also the first time since 2002 they have appeared in the top 10.
Villanova, Syracuse, Kansas, Wisconsin and San Diego State rounded out the top 10.
No. 19 Connecticut and No. 23 Oklahoma returned to the poll, replacing Ohio State and Texas.


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text: Winter's Coming: Our Top Five Trailers For 2012 03 September 2012 KrystelleKubickiiglucom Ski and Snowboard Films With the kids going back to school today winter is going to be here before we know. With the Freeze Festival less than seven weeks away and the ski season officially arriving in under 100 days, here are five awesome films that are getting us excited about the coming winter. Jeremy Jones' Further Jeremy Jones' Further is this year's epic and follows on from Deeper — which was released in 2010. Deeper took us, well, deeper into the mountains and Further promises to, you guessed it, take us further into the mountains. Whether you ski or snowboard you will be able to appreciate the incredible riding and ground-breaking destinations, that Jeremy Jones will take you to, in this film. Warren Miller's Flow State Winter officially starts when the Warren Miller tour begins, so it would be rude not to mention this year's offering, Flow State. Flow State will no doubt be filled with incredible lines, inspiring destinations and their renowned thematic approach — this years seem to be about the outer body experience skiing brings for many of us. Polar bears, powder, parks, world class pros and terrifyingly good groms are all in store for you. Resonance Absinthe Films have been making some of the most fun-filled snowboard films for years and Resonance looks like it will follow suit. They balance freeride and freestyle riding seamlessly. Watching Absinthe's films reminds me of days on the mountain with friends and always gets me hyped for my holidays — even if the riding surpasses my wildest dreams and capabilities. You can pretty much guarantee this film will be playing in my chalet the day we arrive! The Dream Factory The Dream Factory is another offering from TGR, who made the above Further as well as cracking ski films such as Light The Wick. The Dream Factory promises an atmospheric experience of Alaska's world renowned, filled with incredible lines from this past winter along with a little bit of history and clips from a trip back in '91. Alaska is the reason fat skis were invented and the mountains there never fail to captivate an audience. 13 If it wasn't for Jake Burton snowboarding would be nowhere near where it is today. The godfather of the sport who backed the likes of Terje and White and whose snowboards, films and riders have inspired generations of snowboarders in the sports short history. With this is mind, 13 has to be on your 2012 hit list. If this doesn't get you in the mood for winter, well, I don't know what will.


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Take a look back at the 10 biggest strikes in U.S. history as compiled by the financial website 24/7 Wall Street.
10. 1997 UPS workers strike -- The largest U.S. strike of the 1990s was lead by 185,000 UPS Teamsters who walked off the job in August 1997 for better wages, more full-time jobs and other issues, affecting shipping nationwide.
9. 1970 U.S. Postal Service strike -- This strike started in New York City but spread to 210,000 postal workers nationwide in March 1970 over increased dissatisfaction with wages, working conditions, benefits and management. Their demands were largely met after mail delivery came to a near standstill.
8. Steel Strike of 1959 -- More than 500,000 steel workers walked off the job nationwide in November 1959 over a demand for higher wages and to protect a contract clause that guaranteed worker jobs and hours. They won their case on both issues.
7. 1956 Bituminous Coal Strike -- On April Fools' day of 1946, the United Mine Workers of America called on 400,000 bituminous coal miners in 26 states to strike for safer conditions, health benefits and pay. The strike lasted until December.
6. Textile Workers Strike of 1934 -- On Labor Day in 1934, after years of long hours and low wages, more than 400,000 American textile workers on the East Coast went on strike in response to what they believed was negligent representation of textile labor in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration. A lack of outside support forced the strike to end after just 20 days.
5. Railroad Shop Workers Strike of 1922 -- More than 400,000 railroad shop workers from a conglomeration of unions went on strike in July 1922 over a 7-cent cut in pay. They settled for a 5-cent pay cut and went back to work in October.
4. Steel Strike of 1919 -- In September 1919, United States Steel Corporation workers in Pittsburgh organized a strike against poor working conditions, long hours, low wages and corporate harassment regarding union involvement. The strike failed and eventually broke up in January 1920, resulting in an absence of union organization in the steel industry for the next 15 years.
3. Great Anthracite Coal Strike -- Seeking better wages and conditions, more than 147,000 coal miners went on strike from May to October 1902 in eastern Pennsylvania, an area that contained the majority of the nation's supply of anthracite coal. With an energy crisis looming, workers got a 10 percent raise -- half of what they were bargaining for.
2. The Pullman Strike -- Facing 12-hour work days and wage cuts, factory workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago walked out in protest in May 1894. Railway workers grew their ranks to 250,000 strikers, effectively shutting down train traffic west of Chicago. Widespread sympathy to their cause promoted pro-union sentiment across many areas of the country.
1. Great Southwest Railroad Strike -- In March 1886, the Knights of Labor went on strike over unsafe work conditions and unfair hours and pay at the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads, affecting 200,000 workers in five states. Nonunion workers and violence and scare tactics forced an end to the strike in September that year.
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Madison firefighters say three people are lucky they escaped injury in a Friday morning fire. No working smoke detectors were in the home, according to fire officials.
Crews were called to the 2300 block of Teal Drive at 2:26 a.m. Friday, where they found a fire in the basement. Smoke was coming from the home's eaves and basement windows when firefighters arrived.
The homeowner smelled smoke and got himself and two other adults out of the home safely.
"If nobody had woken up when they did, we may have had some serious injuries or fatalities tonight," said Madison Fire Department spokesman Eric Dahl.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire, but the home did sustain smoke damage. Total damage is estimated at $100,000.
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The organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina national law enforcement services reflects the country's unique multi-level government structure.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is made up of
- The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (referred to as "The Federation");
- Republic of Srpska;
- Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Federation, Republika Srpska and Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina each govern themselves, and have their own police departments. In addition, the Federation is subdivided into 10 cantons, each with its own cantonal government which operates under the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a whole. Each canton has its own Ministry of Interior.
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Under the umbrella of the Ministry of Security, Bosnia and Herzegovina provides national law enforcement and security services through a number of different national institutions, including:
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- Border Police of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Directorate for Coordination of Police Bodies of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
- Service for foreigners' affairs/Immigration service;
- Customs Service (called the Indirect Taxation Authority).
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The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Bosnia and Herzegovina is an international division of the Direction for Coordination of Police Bodies. It has a staff of 21 employees, including case officers specialized in the following priority fields:
- Wanted persons, fugitives and extraditions;
- Financial crime;
- Corruption;
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- Provide, implement and improve cooperation between local police and judicial authorities, promoting international police cooperation through INTERPOL;
- Ensure swift and efficient information exchange with the INTERPOL community;
- Act as the unique point of contact for all Bosnia and Herzegovina investigations with an international link;
- Represent Bosnia and Herzegovina in INTERPOL activities, projects and meetings.
INTERPOL lanza una operación contra la venta en línea de medicamentos y productos falsos
Incautación de armas y explosivos en una operación dirigida por INTERPOL
Se decomisan artículos falsificados por valor de casi 1 millón de USD en una operación coordinada por INTERPOL
INTERPOL collaboration leads to extradition of Srebrenica massacre suspect
Bosnia-Herzegovina celebra sus 20 años como miembro de INTERPOL
La visita del Ministro de Seguridad de Bosnia-Herzegovina se centra en el papel fundamental de la red de INTERPOL para mejorar la seguridad nacional
Enhancing border security a main issue for delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina
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MLADEN Age today: 53 years old
Nationality: Croatia
VALENTIN Age today: 36 years old
Nationality: Bosnia and herzegovina , Slovenia
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ADEM Age today: 62 years old
Nationality: Bosnia and herzegovina
ALMERISA Age today: 39 years old
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Finished Size: 26.75 in x 19.75 in / 68 cm x 50 cm
Bonus Poster included inside.
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Gear Aid Freesole Shoe & Boot Repair
This is an easy-to-use shoe glue for repairs such as detached soles. It dries overnight and holds securely even after severe abuse. About a month ago, I did a review of the Brooks PureGrit 3 trail running shoes. In that review, I pointed out that the sole had begun to separate near the toe on both shoes. Immediately after writing that review, I used some Freesole to re-attach the sole with fantastic results. EASE OF USE: Overall, Freesole is pretty easy to use. You just smear a little bit… Full review
Nikwax Nubuck & Suede Proof
Essential waterproofing treatment for Nubuck and Suede leather. Key in its function is that being water based, Nikwax products typically "go where the water goes". The chemistry here works great! The product wicks into wettable areas and waterproofs them! It is thus self regulating with the leather taking up just as much as needed. Like other Nikwax products this product the application method also cleans during the treatment process. Applied to laces this particular product also helps shed trail… Full review
Nikwax Conditioner for Leather
An ESSENTIAL tool for real world use of leather, such as boots used in the outdoors (works well on indoor shoes too). Restores supple feel and flexibility to dry leather gear. Restores water proofing without hurting the gear. Neutral color, but does increase the color present giving a darkening effect to the leather. Works with Gore Tex and eVent waterproof membrane boots. Nikwax Conditioner for Leather label for bottle used in this review. My wife scored a nice Lowa Albula GTX boot deal this fall… Full review
Gear Aid ReviveX Leather Gel Water Repellent & Conditioner
This product simply does not work. $12 at Sports Authority and an entire bottle of it did NOTHING to make a hat rain repellant. Completely worthless product (except it costs $12). There are other less expensive brands that probably DO work. This product does not work. Sprayed the product on a fur felt hat and let it dry. The rain soaked the hat. Prima facie that the product does not work. The can says it works on jackets, hats, shoes, waders, tents, and packs. Maybe you need to use five or six cans… Full review
Atsko Sno-Seal
For chrome-tanned boots, I've never found anything better to keep the water out. It's hard to beat LoneStranger's review of Sno-Seal! I've only used it on my hiking and climbing boots, so I can't testify to its use on belts and jackets. If it's as good on these other applications as it is on boots, It must be greater than I even thought. I started using Sno-Seal in the mid '60s when I got into serious mountaineering — this really was the only thing available besides silicone liquids which were… Full review
Atsko Sno-Seal
Beeswax based leather treatment. Waterproofs and conditions leather. Great for boots, motorcycle leathers and other gear exposed to the elements. Sno-Seal has been my go-to leather treatment for decades primarily on leather boots and motorcycle jackets. The beeswax based product is listed by Atsko as suitable for waxed cotton and for tent seams, but I have never used it for those purposes. In my experience the product is best applied to warm leather as heat softens the wax and makes it easier… Full review
Obenauf's Heavy Duty LP
Fantastic product for keeping your leather well conditioned. Full review
Kenetrek Waterproofing Boot Wax
Great leather treatment for boots! Good boots are perhaps the most important gear any outdoors-man/woman will ever own. Good boots are a significant investment so it is important to maintain your boots for longevity and functionality. I treat my leather boots fairly regularly. I have mainly used Nikwax and Himalaya Wax in the past. I also used to use mink oil. The Nikwax and Himalaya Wax worked well but they seemed to leave a visible waxy coating on the surface of the boots that would crack and… Full review
Obenauf's Heavy Duty LP
The best. If we were in Hawaii this would be "da kine". I've been dealing with the same shoe repair shop for over 30 years. He sold me a jar of this stuff way back. Never looked back. Simply put: Obenauf's LP is the BEST treatment for leather. Boots, belts, wallets, whatever. My climbing boots are 37 years old, and it seems I'll be able to get another season or two out of them. My Wesco Jobmasters are 10 or 12 years old, and still in excellent condition. I come home with dry feet, even after cutting… Full review
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