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Actor Richard Gere, right, puts an arm around Chen Guangcheng after the Chinese dissident was awarded the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize in Washington on Tuesday. Next to Chen is his wife, Yuan Weijing, and adjacent to her is Lantos' widow, Annette Lantos.
BEIJING — Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng urged the United States to not put business interests ahead of Beijing's human rights abuses and to help end the Communist Party's "rule of thieves" at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.
"It is clearly difficult to shift attention away from issues of finance and the economy," Chen told the award ceremony's attendees in translated remarks read out in English by actor and noted Tibet advocate Richard Gere. "[But] remember that placing undue value on material life will cause a deficit in spiritual life."
The 41-year-old self-taught lawyer also urged the United States to hold fast to its founding principles such as democracy, human rights and freedom of speech when dealing with China.
Chen's words could well be making some American officials squirm. As the Chinese and U.S. economies become more interdependent, Beijing has applied pressure for the two countries to put aside human rights issues and focus on mutual business interests.
China is the United States' second-largest trading partner behind Canada, and growth has it poised to move into the top spot. Goods and services trade between the countries totaled $539 billion in 2011, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
Chen is best known for his daring nighttime escape from 19 months of house detention in his native Shandong province in April. Despite breaking his leg during his dash for freedom, he managed to travel some 300 miles to Beijing, where he sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy.
His escape to U.S. custody sparked a diplomatic maelstrom that eventually led to his negotiated release from the embassy to a Beijing hospital. Chen and his family were later granted permission to travel to New York University, where he could continue his legal studies out of the Chinese media spotlight.
Blind social activist Chen Guangcheng is starting a new life of freedom in the U.S. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.
Acquaintances 'have been threatened'
Chen accepted the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize, named after the only Holocaust survivor to have served in the U.S. Congress. Lantos' background had a "profound resonance" in his heart as he remembered his experience, that of his relatives in China and that of other human rights advocates still in detention, Chen said.
"Recently, many friends and neighbors who I have been in touch with by phone have been taken into custody by the authorities for questioning," Chen said. "They have been threatened and made to describe what our conversations have been about."
Chen's nephew Chen Kegui was sentenced last month to three years in prison after he was found guilty of assaulting local officials with a knife. The family says that officials barged into Chen Kegui's home and that he had been acting in self-defense.
In sheltering Chen and helping to negotiate his exit to New York, the U.S. government outraged Beijing, which roundly rejects foreign involvement in its domestic affairs.
Chen's frequent speeches and interviews in the United States regularly make news among China watchers and human rights advocates, but in China his words are blocked and censored.
On China's popular Twitter-like service, Weibo, Chen's name has long been blocked and mention of his award Tuesday generated no comments.
Beijing is likely to have bristled at Chen receiving an American peace prize. State media gave no attention to his award and the Foreign Ministry did not issue a statement on it.


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By Rachel Hayes
Bangs, bobs, crazy hair hues, elaborate nail art, statement red lips—2012 was big for bold beauty. Glo shines the spotlight on 20 stars who embodied the best and worst of the year's trends.
Best Bangs: Rooney Mara2 of 21
Perhaps the most memorable beauty moment of 2012 belongs to actress Rooney Mara. She cut bold, blunt bangs for her role in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and, after growing them out a bit, made the look her signature.
Worst Bangs: Jessica Biel3 of 21
Jessica Biel's bangs were at the opposite end of the spectrum, with fringe so long it hid her eyes, and a rounded shape that failed to flatter. However, slightly shorter and swept to the side, these bangs later became a hit.
Best Topknot: Olivia Wilde4 of 21
This year, the bun graduated from a bad-hair-day solution to red carpet regular. Olivia Wilde was one of the first to modernize the style at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, where she wore her big, gutsy bun high on the crown of her head.
Worst Topknot: Kelly Osbourne5 of 21
From gray hair to fuchsia lips, this year Kelly Osborne has made a lot of bold statements that work for her. But this towering topknot she wore to spring 2013 Fashion Week in New York City? She clearly took this trend too far—and too high.
Best Ombre Hair Color: Drew Barrymore6 of 21
Drew Barrymore was one of the first celebs to debut the ombre hair-color trend in 2010, and since then has been the poster girl for this beachy, boho color that starts with dark roots and gradually fades to lighter ends. In February, she showed off a more high-contrast effect that inspired a lot of gals to run to their colorist.
Worst Ombre Hair Color: Drew Barrymore7 of 21
Alas, what goes up must come down. Just a few days after showing off enviably long ombre locks on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Drew Barrymore lopped off much of her length and went for a darker base color with brassy ends. Without those bright strands around her face, the look is too dark and unnatural.
Best Red Lips: Taylor Swift8 of 21
It's hard to imagine Taylor Swift without her signature red lip, which contrasts so beautifully with her alabaster complexion. Over the past year, the star has inspired plenty of women to put down the gloss and pick up a more grown-up, old-Hollywood lipstick.
Worst Red Lips: Emma Stone9 of 21
Dramatic lips were all over the red carpet this year, but Emma Stone missed the mark with this gothic pout. The high-gloss berry color is too severe for her fair skin.
Best Lashes: Kim Kardashian10 of 21
In addition to all of her other enviable curves, Kim Kardashian's long, feathery lashes have become part of her signature style. They also help draw the eye above her shoulders.
Worst Lashes: Ginnifer Goodwin11 of 21
We're a big fan of Ginnifer Goodwin's iconic pixie haircut and mod makeup, but the spiky lashes she wore to the American Music Awards looked more clownish than glamorous.
Best Nail Art: Zooey Deschanel12 of 21
When adorably awkward Zooey Deschanel sported this black-and-white tuxedo-themed mani at the Golden Globes, she brought the niche nail-art trend into the public eye.
Worst Nail Art: Adrienne Bailon13 of 21
Everyone wants to have a unique mani that makes a statement, but Cheetah Girls singer Adrienne Bailon's tips are so decked out, we'd be scared to shake her hand for fear of a laceration.
Best Braid: Blake Lively14 of 21
2012 was the year of the braid, the fishtail being one of the most popular styles. Blake Lively wove the perfect mix of slightly messy and totally glamorous with her long blond locks.
Worst Braid: Kimberly Cole15 of 21
Pop singer Kimberly Cole took the trendy fishtail to new heights—as in spouting from the top of her head. This unflattering look brings to mind I Dream of Jeannie…and not at all in a good way.
Best Retro Beauty: Charlize Theron16 of 21
Old Hollywood made a big comeback this year, and it started with Charlize Theron on the Golden Globes red carpet. Her sparkly vintage headband, deep side part with subtle finger waves and sparkling pink makeup came together to create an alluring art deco appeal.
Worst Retro Beauty: Nicole Richie17 of 21
We love Nicole Richie's signature boho style. Unfortunately, her messy-on-purpose vibe didn't translate well when she tried this retro-glam look. Her finger waves and smoky eyes were too undone, and her colorless lips make her look washed-out.
Best Bob: Rose Byrne18 of 21
Rose Byrne turned heads at the SAG Awards when she debuted her new chin-length bob, cut to perfection with bold bangs, blunt ends and major shine. The look made a strong case for a more polished look after so many years of bedhead celeb hairstyles.
Worst Bob: Cameron Diaz19 of 21
We can see why Cameron Diaz would want to hop on the bob bandwagon—it can be an easy, sporty hairstyle that would fit perfectly with her active life and chic, laidback style. But her tousled waves are too stiff and dry to look carefree.
Best Crazy Hair Color: Katy Perry20 of 21
Pink, purple, blue—you name the wacky hair hue, and Katy Perry has pulled it off as only a true pop princess can. Her best non-natural hair color of the year? The sleek blue bob that she wore when he made her first red carpet appearance after breaking up with Russell Brand.
Worst Crazy Hair Color: Jaime King21 of 21
We get it—funky hair colors are fun. It's actually amazing how many non-rock-star celebrities sported rainbow hair colors this year, some quite impressively. Unfortunately we can't say that for Jaime King. Not only does this attempt at an ombre blue hue wash out her face, it just looks like she's trying too hard to be cool.


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Umm i dont get it. It says put the url and i copy and pase it and than it says it too long LOL WTF?
Maybe the file is too big
search for other picture
Try this:
Save the image in your computer
Upload it into an image hosting site such as tinypic or imageshack
Get the url
And then use that one
[EDIT] btw urls usually aren't that long ._.
Just In case you were doing something else, you have to right click the pic for the url
Last edited by Marimo; 12-09-2012 at 12:26 PM.
It does that to me too, the image url is to long, find another pic or do what someone said and put on another site to make it shorter
the picture is too large!
Thank you soooooooooooo mutch guys
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Thank you soooooooooooo mutch guys
Just curious, what turned out to be the problem? ._.
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I used both sharp and sweet paprika (and I prefer Szeged Paprika, but any Hungarian paprika will be good.) You can probably get by with only sweet paprika, especially if you're making it for kids. This soup freezes especially well, and I like to pull a container of it out of the freezer on a cold night, heat it up, and serve with a big dollop of sour cream!
Finely chop 2 cups of green cabbage and add to the simmering soup.
(Makes 4-6 servings, recipe created by Kalyn)
2 onions, cut half both ways, then in thick slivers
2 tsp. finely minced garlic
1 T olive oil
2 T sweet Hungarian Paprika (I recommend Penzeys)
1 T hot Hungarian Paprika (I recommend Penzeys)
1/2 tsp. crushed caraway seed (optional)
4 cups homemade beef stock (or 3 cans, 14 oz. each)
3 cups roasted tomatoes or 2 cans(14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
2 cups finely diced cabbage
1 lb. lean ground beef (ground chuck is best)
1 jar (12 oz.) roasted red peppers, diced into 1 inch pieces
sour cream for serving (I use light, do not use fat free sour cream with added sugar)
After one hour, add diced red peppers and simmer one hour more. Serve hot, garnished with sour cream. This freezes very well.
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I chose the South Beach Diet to manage my weight partly so I wouldn't have to count calories, carbs, points, or fat grams, but if you want nutritional information for a recipe, I recommend entering the recipe into Calorie Count, which will calculate it for you.
More Great Soups with Roasted Red Peppers:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage and Roasted Red Peppers from Kalyn's Kitchen
Roasted Red Pepper, Lentil, and Spinach Soup from Albion Cooks
Lentil Soup with Italian Sausage and Roasted Red Peppers from Kalyn's Kitchen
Chilled Red Pepper Soup from The Well Seasoned Cook
Black Bean Crockpot Stew with Roasted Red Pepper, Chicken, and Cilantro from Kalyn's Kitchen
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Transformers: War for Cybertron ReviewBy Matt Keil - Posted Jun 22, 2010
Transformers: War for Cybertron is Activision's first use of the Transformers license outside the context of Michael Bay's live-action films. Both a retro G1 tribute and a brand new vision of the Transformers' homeworld, the result is a decent campaign boosted by exceptional multiplayer.
The Pros
- Inventive character designs and setting based on G1
- Phenomenal multiplayer
- Top notch voice acting including Peter Cullen as Optimus
The Cons
- Decepticon campaign is slightly dull
- Story doesn't explain much about the war
- Limited character creation models to choose from
After two movie tie-in games that settled nicely in the "passable" category, Activision has finally decided to do something surprising with the Transformers license. Transformers: War for Cybertron takes us all the way back to the dawn of the Generation 1 Cybertronian war, millions of years before the Transformers arrived on Earth in 1984. Removed from the messy continuity tangles of the present, this setting presents developer High Moon Studios with something of a blank slate. They don't take advantage of this as thoroughly as BioWare did in Knights of the Old Republic, but the results are surprisingly solid.
It Is a World Transformed
The campaign covers ten levels, five per faction. The Decepticon campaign is chronologically first, although you can start with either. The Autobot campaign is noticeably better, with a greater variety of settings and more fights against familiar named boss characters. The Decepticon half is rather bland until the awakening of Omega Supreme. In part, that's because none of the primary Autobot characters are established in the story yet, so you spend your time blasting drones and nondescript soldierbots. It doesn't help that, being a planet made of metal, Cybertron looks much the same everywhere you go. The Autobot campaign avoids this pitfall by taking you to a rainy prison colony and launching you into space, but the Decepticon sections are all Iacon, all the time. Both campaigns finish strong with tremendously epic boss battles, and three-player co-op makes many of the flaws less noticeable.
There's clear influence from the Dreamwave War Within comics, which share the setting and premise with War for Cybertron, but High Moon has made the characters their own. Tons of old characters have been reimagined to fit the game's art style but remain recognizable as themselves, and the voice actors even do their best to replicate the voices of the original cartoon. The one person who doesn't have to do this, of course, is Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime. His commanding and familiar vocal presence lends tremendous legitimacy to both the character and the game.
Fight! Super Robot Life Form Transformer!
Old fans will find a lot to like in the story and writing. Tons of obscure references are thrown in, from movie quotes circa 1986 to character references to explanations of long-lingering mysteries. Those include Starscream's first meeting with Megatron and the reason for his continued existence in the Decepticon ranks, how Optimus became a Prime (in this continuity, anyway), and the exact origin of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. The one disappointment in the explanation department is, oddly, the war itself. Megatron is after Dark Energon as a kind of superweapon to convert Cybertron into a giant war machine, but it's never really stated what started the war to begin with or why Megatron wants to do this. Clearly the war has been going on for some time when the game starts, so what was the original catalyst? If it was always to steal the Dark Energon, it seems like a quiet commando raid on Starscream's facility would have been more efficient than starting a planet-wide genocidal war first.
Transformers: War for Cybertron is a direct descendant of Gears of War in many ways. The basic gameplay feels very similar, and the third-person running and gunning is solid and satisfying. Instead of a cover system, you can transform to vehicle mode at any time with the click of the left stick (this can optionally be switched to the Y button), which can serve as a quick getaway option or a more powerful assault mode, depending on your character. High Moon has come very close to nailing what Transformer controls should be. Hopefully future games using the license will follow its lead.
I've Got Better Things to Do Tonight Than Die
While the campaign is solid but not especially remarkable, the multiplayer is above and beyond anything offered in a Transformers game before. A mix of Gears of War, Modern Warfare and Unreal Tournament, the online play is unquestionably the star of the show. The tight controls are seemingly designed for competition against other humans, and it's to the game's credit that it manages to make every class and mode feel useful in one way or another. You can create custom Transformers in each class: Scout, Soldier, Scientist and Leader.
The options here are limited in that while you can change a model's colors to a reasonable extent, you're stuck with each class's established mode which defines the character models that can be included in a given class. This leads to odd situations like Megatron's model being a Soldier class due to its tank alt-mode, while the Autobots only get one Soldier chassis due to only having Warpath on their side. In turn, Soundwave is the only Decepticon with a large truck mode, so he is their sole Leader class option, while the Autobots get three. The Autobots even get three jet character models to the Decepticons' two, which just seems wrong.
Model gripes aside, you can assign weapons, abilities and perks to your created character, many of which must be unlocked by earning experience points during online play, Modern Warfare style. Much of the strategy in the online play comes from the participants' choices of abilities, which are well-balanced to counter one another. It's like Rock, Paper, Scissors, as a spy-like Scientist can be busted by a cloaked Scout, but the Scout might be left exposed by a cloak-destroying turret. That's just one of several examples of how each class strength and weakness can be augmented or exploited.
The action is fast, furious and would be fun even without the Transformers license attached, although the ability to transform is definitely a key element of success. A wide variety of gametypes offers scenarios to make every class stand out in one way or another. Modes include permutations of conquest, bomb runs, and capture the flag, although at the time of this writing Team Deathmatch is definitely the landslide favorite of the Xbox 360 community.
No Matter the Cost
For those looking for a more cooperative challenge, Escalation is the four-player equivalent to Gears of War 2's Horde Mode, with some added twists. Ammo, health and weaponry do not simply spawn in Escalation. You earn points from kills and then must spend those points, Counter-Strike style, to keep your Transformer fueled, firing and functional. Security doors can be opened using large amounts of points, so teamwork and point pooling at opportune times is essential for survival. Endless waves of enemies pour in until your team is overwhelmed. This is the only multiplayer mode that allows the use of established Transformers characters, as well as preorder bonus characters. It actually manages to be a more cerebral take on Horde Mode, demanding teamwork or death on a level beyond surviving firefights.
If You're Gonna Ride, Ride in Style
Transformers: War for Cybertron is a pleasant surprise on many levels, but it truly shines in multiplayer. The campaign is easy and fairly short, but will attract fans due to the setting and co-op. The star of the show is unquestionably multiplayer, which is as addictive as any quality online shooter in recent memory. Anyone with an interest in Transformers should at least give it a rental, and non-fans who enjoy shooters could do much worse than to give it a try. This is right about where the cheesy "for a licensed game, it's more than meets the eye" joke should go, but the thing is, in this case it's exceptionally accurate.


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Sustained 40-mile-per-hour winds and gusts of 60 miles per hour or more from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy are likely to cause serious damage to NYSEG's electricity delivery system, leaving some customers without power for many days. The only question now is exactly where the damage and outages will occur.
At 3:30 pm NYSEG reported 312 customers without power in Sullivan County, 61 in Ulster and 118 in Delaware.
"We are prepared to respond to outages and we encourage our customers to be prepared to be without power as a result of this historic storm," said Mark S Lynch, president of NYSEG. "Most importantly, we urge our customers to stay safe during and after the storm."
"The first phase of the service restoration process, damage assessment, will not begin until the storm passes, perhaps on Wednesday, so we ask that customers be prepared for a long duration event," Lynch said.
NYSEG's first priority is responding to known incidents of downed power lines to make the situations safe. (NYSEG customers should call 1.800.572.1131 to report downed wires.) Once this vital public safety work is complete, the company will:
• Assess the damage to the electricity delivery system.
• Develop a detailed restoration plan.
• Make repairs as quickly as possible.
In addition to wind damage, NYSEG is concerned that flash flooding and flooding in low-lying areas could affect both electricity and natural gas facilities.
NYSEG has been preparing for this storm for the better part of a week. All employees are on heightened alert, front line employees are prepared to respond to the hardest hit areas, additional line and tree crews are available, outreach staff is working with county and municipal officials, the companies have secured supplies of dry ice and bottled water and company representatives are stationed at the New York State Office of Emergency Management "bunker."
As restoration times are available for each outage, they are available at:
NYSEG - http://www.nyseg.com/Outages/outageinformation.html [1] or 1.800.572.1131.
NYSEG offers the following safety reminders:
• Stay away from downed power lines – even lines that appear "dead" can be deadly.
• Stay out of flooded basements because energized wiring or outlets below the water line may pose a hazard. Natural gas service in a flooded basement may also pose a danger. If a basement or home is in danger of flooding, customers should contact their utilities to turn off electricity and/or natural gas service.
• Emergency generators can be dangerous. Carefully read, understand and follow manufacturer's instructions when operating an emergency generator. Never run emergency generators indoors; operate them only outdoors in well-ventilated areas, away from windows and doors, and never in a garage.
• For electricity emergencies and to report power interruptions, NYSEG customers should call 1.800.572.1131.
• For natural gas emergencies and to report suspected natural gas odors, NYSEG customers should call 1.800.572.1121. (If you smell natural gas, get up, get out and contact your natural gas utility from a neighbor's phone.)


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Loveland-based Home State Bank opened its 11th branch bank in Colorado Feb. 25 at 565 W. South Boulder Road in Louisville. Five employees will staff the new location, with another two joining soon. The bank plans to hold a formal grand opening Friday, April 5. Home State Bank has about $677 million in assets and about 200 employees. The bank also has a branch in Longmont.
TechStars, a Boulder-based startup accelerator, will launch TechStars London. The program, which will help entrepreneurs by connecting them with mentors and potential investors as they develop their startup companies, is the first TechStars in a foreign country. TechStars, which now has programs in six cities, was founded in Boulder in 2006. Jon Bradford will be the managing director for the program in London.
Can manufacturer Ball Corp. will close a food and aerosol manufacturing plant in Elgin, Illinois, in December. Broomfield-based Ball (NYSE: BLL) will report a $21 million after-tax charge as a result of the closure, according to a company press statement. The plant's 245 workers will receive severance pay and can apply for other open positions within the company. The plant makes steel cans, aerosol cans and flat steel sheets used to make things at other Ball facilities. Those products will be manufactured at other existing Ball plants.
Lilli, a women's clothing store, is consolidating with sister store Violette after a little more than two years in business on Pearl Street in Boulder. The store at 1646 Pearl St. will hold a sale before moving remaining merchandise to Violette at 1631 Pearl St. Lilli opened in fall 2010 and shares employees with Violette. Wholesale Fashions LLC, doing business as Violette, was founded in 2008, according to the Colorado Secretary of State's office. Violette is known for its party dresses and other upscale clothing and accessories.
National Institute of Standards and Technology's new laboratory in Boulder received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, Gold certification. LEED-certified buildings are designed to lower operating costs, reduce waste, conserve energy and water, and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The laboratory, which opened last year, requires stringent controls of the internal environment for precision measurements with lasers, atomic clocks and nanotechnology. For instance, mechanical equipment takes in outdoor air and provides filtration, heating and cooling, and humidity control. Air quality is maintained through the use of low-odor adhesives, sealants and paints, and carpet and floor materials that minimize release of chemicals and gases.
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., announced a bill at Alfalfa's Market in Boulder on Feb. 20 that would required genetically modified organisms to be included in food labels.
Boulder Homemade Inc., dba Boulder Ice Cream, plans to distribute its new organic Figo! Organic Gelato nationally this spring. It will be debuted at the Natural Products Expo West March 7-11 in Anaheim, California. It then will be distributed in natural foods stores and supermarkets in the Rocky Mountain region, as well as nationally. The gelato comes in seven flavors, using recipes created under the guidance of a master Italian gelato maker.
Skiing, camping and other outdoor industry-related activities — as well as outdoor companies — in Colorado generate $13.2 billion in consumer spending annually, according to a new report from the Outdoor Industry Association. The Boulder-based trade association analyzed information on outdoor-industry jobs, gear and travel-related expenses for every state in the nation in the new report. In Colorado, the outdoor industry also generates $994 million in state and local tax revenue, according to the Outdoor Recreation Economy report. Some 125,000 jobs are directly related to the outdoor industry in Colorado, generating $4.2 billion in wages and salaries, which is based on information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, surveys and other industry groups.
J.V. DeSousa of WorkShop8 in Boulder and Mark Bloomfield of Sustainably Built in Boulder have written a white paper for the Department of Housing and Urban Development on passive and active energy-efficiency strategies. The paper is based on WorkShop8's high-profile Paisan Green Community project in El Paso, Texas. Sustainably Built put together a comparison of the building design versus the IECC 2009 code requirement and modeled the energy consumption of a typical one-bedroom unit as built versus a unit built to base code standards. Paisan Green Community is a net-zero, fossil-fuel free, LEED Platinum, affordable senior-housing project. The 73-unit project is built on a 4.2 acre site, adjacent to the major border crossing between El Paso and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Louisville-based Real Goods Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: RSOL), a provider of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial and utility customers, has launched Shop.RealGoods.com, an online store offering solar power and environmentally-friendly solutions for home and business.
McGuckin Hardware, 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, has joined Downtown Boulder Inc., a nonprofit organization that works to maintain downtown as the center of commerce, government, culture and leisure. DBI members support the vitality of downtown through public advocacy, political involvement and community events. The organization has approximately 400 business members.
Shoemaker Crocs Inc. posted record revenue of $1.12 billion for the year, a 12 percent gain from 2011 revenue, according to the company's latest earnings report. Niwot-based Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX) also posted revenue of $224.99 million for the most recent quarter ended Dec. 31, up from $203.71 million for the same quarter in 2011. The company posted gross profit of $106.4 million for the most recent quarter ended Dec. 31, up from $99.8 million for the same quarter in 2011. Crocs expects revenue of $305 million to $310 million in the first quarter of 2013, or from 32 to 34 cents per share.
Boulder-based Elevations Credit Union's assets, deposits and membership grew during 2012. The credit union's earnings totaled $10.6 million last year, and total assets grew $138.5 million, a 12.1 percent increase from 2011. Elevations had total assets of $1.29 billion through the end of December. Total deposits increased by 12.5 percent to $128 million. Elevations gained nearly 3,900 members in 2012, and now has more than 99,000. Business deposits increased nearly $10 million from 2011, and the credit union generated more than $760 million in first mortgages last year. Elevations has 11 branches including locations in Boulder, Broomfield, Adams and Larimer counties.
Broomfield-based Corgenix Medical Corp. launched its AspirinWorks diagnostic test kit in China during the quarter ended Dec. 31, leading to revenue and profit that exceeded the company's expectations, chief executive Douglass Simpson said. Corgenix (OTC BB: CONX) reported a 20 percent increase in revenue to $2.5 million for the most recent quarter, according to a company earnings statement. Revenue was $2.1 million for the same quarter in 2011, the company said. Corgenix's profit for the quarter was $55,755 compared with an operating loss of $56,722 for the same quarter a year ago.
Broomfield-based WhiteWave Foods Co. reported $609 million in revenue for the most recent quarter, up 12 percent from the same period the year before. WhiteWave Foods Co.'s (NYSE: WWAV) revenue was up from $543 million for the period ended Dec. 31, 2011. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the company reported profit of $31 million, or 18 cents per share, a 34 percent increase from the $23 million, or 13 cents per share, reported in the same quarter in 2011.
Coronal Management LLC, with offices in Boulder and Pasadena, California, signed an exclusive multiyear solar photovoltaic solutions development agreement with Secaucus, New Jersey-based Panasonic Eco-Solutions North America. The agreement highlights Panasonic efforts to bring a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for solar PV projects from 250 kilowatts up to 20 megawatts to the commercial, industrial, municipal and small-utility sectors. Together, the two companies aim to develop, build and operate a portfolio of solar PV systems in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Broomfield-based MWH Global, a consulting, engineering and construction services company, was awarded an $11.8 million contract extension from the city of Baltimore to continue work on the city's sewer system rehabilitation and modernization project.
Broomfield-based Webroot Software Inc., a provider of cloud-based security intelligence solutions, announced a strategic partnership with FancyFon, provider of the FAMOC mobile device management platform, following release of the cloud-based Webroot Security Intelligence for Mobile Suite in January.
Boulder-based Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. contracted with National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for mission analysis and engineering in a transaction with the agency and OGSystems LLC. The company will provide testing, validation and systems engineering to NGA under the Total Applicatiuon Services Enterprise Requirements contract. Dan Gibson, vice president and general manager of systems engineering solutions, will lead the team responsible for implementing the contract.
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New Policy Helps States Better Assist Students with Disabilities
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings last month announced the details of a new No Child Left Behind policy designed to help states better assist students with disabilities. The guidelines follow up on the secretary's April announcement to chief state school officers of additional alternatives and flexibility to implement the law.
The new guidelines reflect the latest scientific research that shows students with disabilitiesapproximately 2 percent of all studentscan make progress toward grade-level standards when they receive high-quality instruction and are assessed with alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards. Under the new flexibility option, eligible states may implement short-term adjustments to their adequate yearly progress decisions to reflect the need for alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards; this is a separate policy from the current regulation that allows up to 1 percent of all students being tested (those with the most significant cognitive disabilities) to take an alternate assessment.
"Under this policy, to be made final under a new rule, students with academic disabilities will be allowed to take tests that are specifically geared toward their abilities, as long as the state is working to best serve those students by providing rigorous research-based training for teachers, improving assessments and organizing collaboration between special education and classroom teachers," Secretary Spellings said. "If you stand up for the kids and provide better instruction and assessment, we will stand by you."
For more information, visit www.ed.gov. Highlights of the new flexibility.
The Challenge of Professional Development
By Michele Satchwell, Carmel, Ind.
Six years ago, the March teacher professional development session at Carmel High School featured three firefighters demonstrating the appropriate use of a fire extinguisher. This year, our March session featured teacher-led training in curriculum mapping, school and classroom interventions, and data analysis, as well as collaboration time for our professional learning communities. To say we've come a long way is an understatement. The difference was a teacher-led, school improvement plan that ranked student achievement as our highest priority and supported professional development as a means to our goal.
Shifting our focus from putting out fires to improving student learning was not easy. When we started to develop our school improvement plan, we knew we were not happy with the "one-size-fits-all" type of professional development to which we were accustomed. Although nearly two-thirds of our teaching staff held master's or advanced degrees, we all were at different places in our instructional experiences. We knew we had to create a structure that would allow our teachers to maximize their abilities to help improve student achievement.
We first considered our students' needs. On our school evaluation for accreditation, we had established improvement goals in critical thinking and communication. But when we looked at our students' scores on the state graduation-qualifying exam, we realized that, while our students tested relatively well, there were six proficiencies in the areas of critical thinking and writing in which they needed to improve.
The structure we decided to use was a cross-curricular "study group" model. Each study group chose one of the proficiencies to target for student improvement, and then researched best practices for improving that skill. For example, my group focused on the skill of "justifying response" for which we studied discussion techniques from Socratic seminars. Each teacher then implemented his own Individual Action Research Plan, establishing baseline data for students, incorporating research into practice, planning assessments, and measuring and analyzing results.
The most difficult part was convincing all 260 teachers that this new plan was more than the current "flavor of the month" in professional development, that this could be the beginning of a comprehensive, systemic change in the way we approach school improvement.
The action plans themselves provided our first evidence that we were achieving the results we were seeking. Pretest and posttest data outlined in the plans showed that our students improved in all six of the targeted proficiencies. And the overall percent of students passing the state exam increased from 91.1 percent in 2001 to 94.3 percent in 2005. Our teachers found that working in study groups was a powerful experience. The value and joy of collaboration were cited by more than 92 percent of our teachers in their action research. When our most intractable curmudgeon announced that this was the most meaningful professional development he had ever experienced, I knew we were on the right track.
The school improvement committee was also thrilled to hear that our teachers weren't satisfied simply with repeating the study groups. They wanted more change. Many of our teachers suggested that a collaborative study group of teachers who teach the same subject would be even more effective in improving student achievement. They wanted to be able to focus on the course standards and material, and target more than just one area for improvement.
Our teachers unanimously agreed that meeting for half a day four times a year and occasionally after school was simply not enough. So we worked out a plan to meet during the school day for 50 minutes twice a month for collaborative work time without affecting student class time or extending the teacher work day.
Perhaps the most fulfilling by-product of our efforts has been a culture change. Talk in the halls and workrooms is now about student improvement. Collaboration has become a way of life at Carmel. Common assessments are, well, common. Our teachers are actually enthusiastic about professional development; it is no longer a reason for eye-rolling and resigned sighing.
The true challenge of professional development, I discovered, is designing it to fit the needs of the whole schoolfor staff and students. The professional development plan should always be focused on data-driven improvements for student achievement, and be based on best practices for adult learning, too. Once the plan is under way, professional development efforts should be frequently evaluated at three levels synonymously with what we ask about student learning: Did we learn it? Did we implement it? And did it make a difference in student learning?
The true excitement of professional development is realizing that you have created a culture for change that is suddenly, wonderfully leaving no one behindneither student nor teacher.
Michele Satchwell is an English teacher and chairman of the School Improvement Committee at Carmel High School, a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School, in Carmel, Ind. She co-authored Reading Lists for College-Bound Students and the four-volume STACS: Strategies to Acquire Composition Skills.
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindState Flexibility For Students With Disabilities
States that demonstrate student progress and effective implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act may merit additional flexibility in their efforts to raise student achievement, according to a new commonsense approach to implementing the law. The U.S. Department of Education announced in April a set of guiding principles, titled "Raising Achievement: A New Path for No Child Left Behind," which takes into consideration the unique situations of states when considering the approval of state accountability plans or consolidated applications. The four principles include: (1) ensuring that students are learning; (2) making the school system accountable; (3) ensuring that information is accessible and parental options are available; and (4) improving the quality of teachers.
The first step toward employing this new approach is the flexibility states will have in using alternate assessments and modified achievement standards for some students with disabilities. In addition to students with the most significant cognitive disabilities (the 1 percent already covered under the current Title I regulations), research indicates that there is another group of students with disabilities, approximately 2 percent of the school-aged population, in need of modified standards and assessments. This group of students can make progress toward but also may not reach grade-level achievement within the same time frame as other students.
The Department is working on final regulations to implement the new policy, for which it will release a notice of proposed rulemaking to seek public comments. The goal of the regulations will be to:
- Ensure that states hold these students to challenging, though modified, achievement standards that enable them to approach, and even meet, grade-level standards;
- Ensure access to the general curriculum to ensure that students in this group are taught to the same high standards;
- Measure these students' progress with high-quality alternate assessments so parents are confident that their students are learning and achieving;
- Provide guidance and training to Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams to identify these students properly; and
- Provide professional development to regular and special education teachers.
In the interim, states that meet the eligibility guidelines can make adjustments to their 2004-05 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) definition for students with disabilities. The Department has suggested two options for AYP adjustments and states may offer their own ideas for the secretary's consideration. One option applies only to schools or districts in eligible states that did not make AYP based solely on the scores of their students in disabilities subgroups. A second option applies to eligible states that currently assess students based on modified achievement standards. Only states that intend to develop alternate assessments based on modified achievement standards are eligible for short-term flexibility.
To increase the state's ability to provide rigorous assessment, instruction, and accountability for students with disabilities, the Department will direct $14 million in 2005 to improve assessments, help teachers with instruction, and conduct research for students with disabilities who are held to alternate and modified achievement standards. Additional funds will be directed in 2006.
For more information, visit www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/05/05102005.html.
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MyPyramid.gov offers an animated tour of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recommended nutrition pyramid, in which users can assess their diets and physical activity, review a sample menu and use the food-tracking worksheet to improve their eating habits.
Nationalatlas.gov, a primary online source of U.S. maps and geographic information from the U.S. Department of the Interior, allows users to develop their own maps by selecting certain features, such as cities and counties, roads and rivers, population and congressional districts, crops and livestock, earthquakes and forest types, and much more.
19th Century America in Art and Literature presents seven paintings, including Lackawanna Valley and The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas, paired with written documents from the National Gallery of Art's collection. Student activities and discussion tips are designed to help teachers use these primary sources to reconstruct the impact of geography, economics and politics on the nation as it shifted from an agricultural to an industrial economy, as Americans moved west, and as the country fought the Civil War.
Brown v. Board: Five Communities That Changed America, from the National Park Service, describes the five cases that originated in Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C., on which the Supreme Court ruled in 1954 to end segregation in public schools.
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Seems like the team is just missing one guy to push it forward. Just one seeing eye hit or strikeout at the right moment to push the game in the White Sox's favor.
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I hope you all have been waiting with bated breath for the past 3 months for this newest blog post. I have been so busy throwing tennis balls at small children by day and sculpting clay figurines of exotic sea creatures by night, that my hands have not been free to type until this morning. Needless to say, we have been productive as ever on the aerosol project in the White lab. Our recent focus has been picking out new sites around the globe from which we can sample aerosol particulate and expand the scope of our project. My ears are quivering with excitement. What pristine, end-member biomes do we have in mind for such an inquiry?


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Charismatic Microfauna in the North CampusI've been away all week in Yellowstone for work and wasn't sure how I'd manage the blog this week. While there, I was stunned by the awesome wildlife I encountered, including bison, elk, black bears, pronghorns, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, and even a pack of six gray wolves!
Bison jams are a common occurrence in Yellowstone!
For those in the know, these animals are called charismatic megafauna. They are beloved by most, and therefore it's easy to get people to care about them and the issues they face. In stark contrast, much of the fauna I work with, and a focus of both the North Campus and Nature Lab projects, are tiny, seemingly inconsequential, and many times a turn-off to visitors. For instance, it's hard to get people to care about insects that live in what looks like spit!
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The cassowary inhabits dense tropical forest on New Guinea and it's surrounding islands and parts of north-eastern Australia. There are three species of cassowary which are the Southern Cassowary or Double-wattled Cassowary, found in southern New Guinea, northeastern Australia, and the Aru Islands, the Dwarf Cassowary or Bennett's Cassowary, found in New Guinea, New Britain, and on Yapen, and the Northern Cassowary or Single-wattled Cassowary, found in northern and western New Guinea, and Yapen.
The cassowary has adapted well to a peaceful life in the depths of the forest and as a result, are rarely seen by humans who are trying to spot them. The cassowary cannot fly and so has developed the need to run and incredibly fast, as these large birds are able to sprint through the jungle at speeds of more than 30mph. The cassowary also has large, sharp claws which aid the cassowary in defending itself from danger.
The most distinctive features of the cassowary are it's large body size and brightly coloured feathers (females are both larger and more colourful than their male counterparts), and the large, spongy crest that protrudes from the top of the cassowary's head, which can grow to 18 cm in height. Although not much is really known about the purpose of these crests, it's thought that the crest of cassowary is used to assert sexual dominance, to settle disputes and also helps this bird when it is running through the thick undergrowth.
The cassowary is an omnivorous bird and therefore eats a wide variety of both plants and animals in order to gain all the nutrients that it needs to survive. Cassowaries mainly feed on fruits that have fallen to the ground from the trees, along with leaves, grasses, seeds, insects, spiders and other invertebrates.
The cassowary has adapted to a life without the need to fly due to the fact that, historically, the cassowary had no predators within it's natural environment and therefore had no need to flee. However, with human settles can mammalian predators including dogs, foxes and cats that mainly destroy the vulnerable nests of the cassowary, eating their eggs.
The cassowary breeding season is thought to be from May to June when the female cassowary lays up to 8 large, dark eggs into a nest on the ground made from leaf litter. However, the female cassowary then leaves her eggs to be incubated by the male who fiercely guards his future brood from predators for up to 50 days when the cassowary chicks hatch out of their shells.
Today, mainly due to deforestation and therefore habitat loss and the introduction of predators to the cassowary's native islands, all three cassowary species are at risk in the wild and are classified as vulnerable animals.


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I am married to a very religious wife who puts all of her trust in her belief in god. To wit,we are in a not-very secure financial position, and although she has a job, she doesn't like it and it frankly doesn't pay well.I have my own business, but we really need both incomes to get by. The problem is, instead of looking for something better, she is doing what she believes god wants her to be doing and that her/our situation will ultimately improves if she just remains faithful. I see this course of action leading to a financial disaster for us. I think she blames our situation on the fact that I am not a believer, and god is just waiting on me to "come around".I think we are doomed to failure, and ironically, she can simply say, "see, this was bound to happen because you don't believe" where i would say, Honey, you didn't even try to help get us out of this mess." Any advice on getting us out of this self-fulfilling prophecy?
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Man, that's a tough spot, Mark. I would suggest getting some good family counseling, even religious based counseling. My wife is religious, and we've had our differences, especially when it comes to raising kids, and the counseling we had, even though it was from a Christian basis, helped us to really see each other and communicate. I didn't feel threatened or hit over the head with Jesus-speak, it was actually all about the two of us learning more about ourselves and each other.
Good luck!
Thanks for the advice, Justin. that may be my only option, but I know when we attended a financial course through her church, it seemed aimed at making sure there was that 10% tithe money left over at the end of the month to give to them (if I have an extra 10%, the last thing I want to do is use it to support those beliefs). But I suppose it is worth a shot, but i can see them all ganging up on me for not being "right with god".
In our case, we didn't go to church-sponsored therapy (I think that would be much more 'unevenly yoked' based). We looked into therapists that were covered by my insurance. The online search was fruitful because we were able to look at the bios of potential counselors to make our selection. We chose someone who was nearer to us in age (so that perhaps they could relate to us better) and who had some experience in the types of issues that we were going through. We also chose to go with a group practice with a couple of 'backup' counselors, in case we didn't like the first one that we met with and wanted to change up, there would be less hassle with insurance coverage. HTH
You usually get someone well-intentioned, but with no background in counseling. The ones I've had haven't been awful. He/She will give me some friendly, common sense advice. Then, gives her some common sense advice.....but tells her Jesus wants her to do it. Whatever works. (Or doesn't.)
Hey Mark. Things like this have come up between me and my very religious wife too from time to time: tithing, home school versus public school, and other financial stuff not so much related to religion. I was wondering, did that dialog at the end of your post there actually happen, or is it just hypothetical? Just curious, because it seems to me this is a situation where a lot of communication could really help... just so each of you can really feel understood by the other, you know? And to re-affirm that financial stability is something that you both actually want (I don't know about you, but I find that when I get to arguing with my wife it's real easy to forget that usually we both want what's best for our family; it's just that we disagree about what that means or how we get there).
I don't know the details of your wife's religious beliefs, but I feel fortunate that my wife sees it as my God-given responsibility to make the final decision about these sorts of family matters, and that God will honor her just for following my lead. Well, at least in theory she does. Sometimes it doesn't work that way - she is after all very opinionated :)
Mark, I really hope this situation gets better for you.
Sorry for getting back so late-no, that dialog didn't happen, but it very easily could, and is at the forefront of both of our thinking, I think.Communication would ordinarily be the obvious solution, but our talks always begin the same way, where my wife voices her frustrations that we do not have the same foundation on which to start a discussion, which for her is god first, everything else second, and for me it is let's just sit down and devise a plan of action in our lives. That is a non-starter for her, because it doesn't involve prayer.Should I just give in and pretend-and I am throwing this out to all of you- or stick to my guns and my own beliefs? (which is simply non-belief).My wife just bought a book called "Trusting God when Times are Tough".Thumbing through it, I came to examples where people supposedly prayed to god, but their prayers were not answered. The books's author offered that this was because the people didn't really pray, but rather just "vented their frustration" to god (huh??). I can see these types of books being really destructive, where when eventually no one comes to the rescue, these people may feel forsaken by god and will simply fall apart in the end and do something stupid to end the mental torment. My wife scoffs at my worrying, saying that she has nothing to worry about because she has god looking out for her (but she has me paying the bills and dealing with our money problems- I am the one keeping the lights on and the house heated-not the guy upstairs).It is funny how little it takes to convince her god is working in her life-she cited a "proof" of this the other night when she happened to turn to a TV channel (which she rarely looks at, according to her) and there was one of her favorite movies playing. So god cannot give you guidance in what to do with the rest of your life, in spite of nightly prayer, but he gives you a movie to watch every now and then. Right.
It is funny how little it takes to convince her god is working in her life-she cited a "proof" of this the other night when she happened to turn to a TV channel (which she rarely looks at, according to her) and there was one of her favorite movies playing.
Wow! I used to think like this sometimes back in my god believing days. Seeing a spiritual significance in every little event. That sort of thing. Now I can't even imagine! I can see where communication would be really really difficult.
Should I just give in and pretend-and I am throwing this out to all of you- or stick to my guns and my own beliefs? (which is simply non-belief).
I couldn't do it. I'd be living with some really negative feelings before long. If my experience with continuing to attend church after becoming an atheist just to "be supportive of my wife" is any indication anyway. Those feelings made life worse for everybody. Eventually I drew a line and decided I was just going to be myself!
(I would definitely suggest that if you do decide to "pretend", to keep a close eye on how you're coping with it as time goes on...)
Well I decided to stay home from church services today, and my wife did not take it well.We will have to see how things play out. There seems to be little room for compromise from her side.
Hmm, now you've got me thinking back to my first Sunday staying home... it hurt my wife a lot (and it still does), which sucks. I felt some guilt about that. I did enjoy the time itself though.
But with passing weeks I started getting lonely. So eventually I got involved with a Sunday morning running group, and that just became the new norm.
I'd be curious to know how things went / are going, if you'd be willing to share :)
"I think she blames our situation on the fact that I am not a believer"
Give her an example to the contrary:
Todd Stiefel and his wife. She's a Christian, …he bankrolled the Reason Rally and Rock Beyond Belief, plays in an Humanist rock band, gives millions to atheist and secular organizations, and happens to be on the advisory board of this site.
….They're doing just fine.
She's still a Christian, he's still an atheist.
Atheism does not make people have to struggle, …though theism often does.
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She followed him out the door, and grabbed onto the open driver's side window area in an effort to stop him from getting away in his car. However, she dropped off before the car reached Dexter St.
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