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African American History Month has ended, and while the official celebration is over, our contributions to society don't end on any given particular day. Likewise, our African American service members continue to contribute and make history, even after they take off their uniforms for the last time.
Every day, we are still serving our nation and, in many cases, still leading the way to make our communities better. One story of continuing leadership, service, and sacrifice by our African American leaders is the AmeriCorps Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America (CADCA) VetCorps.
A Leader Continues to Lead
The CADCA is led by Army Gen. Arthur T. Dean, who was one of the highest-ranking African American soldiers when he retired in 1998 with the rank of Major General. During his 31 years in the military, Gen. Dean served around the world, saw combat in Vietnam and Saudi Arabia, and spent six years with the 82nd Airborne Division and the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, NC.
Immediately after retiring from the Army, Gen. Dean became the chairman and CEO of CADCA, one of the leading drug abuse prevention organizations in the world, representing the interests of more than 5,000 community anti-drug coalitions in the country.
CADCA's mission is a formative one. It trains local grassroots groups, known as community anti-drug coalitions, in effective community problem-solving strategies by teaching them how to assess their local substance abuse-related problems and develop a comprehensive plan to address them.
One large and looming issue was that of substance abuse among National Guard and Reserve members.
Deployment stresses can have a devastating impact on National Guard soldiers and their families due to disparities in services available to them. Unlike their active duty peers, National Guard members often do not benefit from services available on military bases, such as family support centers and counseling services.
According to the Department of Defense's Millennium Cohort Study, 22 percent of National Guard members were problem drinkers, 29 percent had financial problems, 12 percent reported feeling lonely, and 5 percent had suicidal thoughts.
This problem on the homefront was in need of a leader… enter Gen. Dean with a vision of community empowerment and service as a solution.
New Recruits for a New Team
In 2011, CADCA partnered with the National Guard Bureau (NGB) with a mission and a vision to improve the lives of returning Guardsmen and Reservists in combating substance abuse. They coined this initiative "VetCorps," and the partnership was launched on Sept. 11, 2011, with the goal of improving the lives of Guardsmen in more than 27 states with the added people power of AmeriCorps members. VetCorps allows the use of existing NGB and CADCA infrastructure at the national, state, and local level to ensure effective alignment and use of resources to achieve the greatest results for those serving and being served.
In February, the first class of AmeriCorps members in the CADCA VetCorps were sworn in here in Washington DC, and among them was African American U.S. Navy veteran Kela Harris. Harris was inspired by other leaders she had encountered, as well as a common desire to continue her service here on the homefront.
Prior to joining the AmeriCorps program, Harris served on supply detail for a helicopter squadron in Mayport, FL. Harris continued her service after leaving the military by becoming a member of the City Year AmeriCorps program in Washington, DC.
She spent the duration of her City Year teaching life-saving information and being an activist in the HIV/AIDS community. Harris believes that VetCorps is a platform to bring military service members and their families the support and services they need, while helping fellow service members to answer the call to service in their communities.
Last month, in front of more than 2,000 people dedicated to serving their communities, Harris shared her story of seeing the challenges of deployment stress and lack of access to needed resources, and how AmeriCorps can help. You can hear her inspirational remarks, as well as the remarks of Gen. Dean, here.
African American History Month is over, but Gen. Dean's service continued, Kela Harris' service continued -- and so can yours. Learn how by visiting www.americorps.gov/.


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Minimum enrollments are 200 for elementary, 200 for high school, and 400 for unit districts. The state share of grants ranges from 35 to 75 percent eligible construction costs, determined by an index adjusted annually to reflect changes in the district's overall wealth. Districts with local property wealth at or above the 99th percentile are ineligible.
Before any funds are awarded, districts have to raise their local share, or matching funds. A referendum is not required to participate in the program. However, a referendum is required to obtain voter approval to construct a new building or to issue building bonds.
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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
It is great source of pride for me to be here and mark two decades of close cooperation between the United States Government and the Government of Ethiopia through the Ministry of Education and my agency, USAID. This collaboration to improve education quality and equitable access to learning have resulted in many more children in school, far fewer dropping out, improved student learning, and, very importantly, more girls in primary schools. So let me begin with congratulations to all of you and your predecessors on this very measurable progress.
Today, OTI's legacy of success now stretches through 60 countries across the globe: From communities in Colombia free of the devastation of illicit drug trafficking… …To rural clinics in Rwanda saving thousands of children from malaria and malnutrition… …To vibrant schools in Indonesia, where a new generation of entrepreneurs, doctors, and engineers are preparing to lead their country towards a more prosperous tomorrow, for all of their citizens.
Buôn bán động vật hoang dã làm suy yếu an ninh và cung cấp tài chính cho các mạng lưới tội phạm. Hoạt động này đặt ra thách thức nghiêm trọng với phát triển quốc gia bằng cách làm suy yếu tăng trưởng kinh tế và làm xói mòn nền pháp quyền. Suy giảm đa dạng sinh học sẽ có tác động lâu dài đối với phát triển.
Wildlife trafficking undermines security and funds criminal networks. It seriously challenges national development by undermining economic growth and corroding the rule of law. Reductions in biodiversity have longer term consequences for development.
Of the many challenges we face as a global community – and there are many – health crises constitute among the most serious. Today, the headlines tell us of the toll that Ebola has taken in West Africa. Not long ago the world faced repeated outbreaks of SARS, multiple influenzas, not to mention the continued threat posed by HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, dengue, measles – I could go on. But I won't. What I do want to point out is that our single greatest defense against these threats is our health workers. These men and women fight on the front lines every day at great risk to themselves to protect us. Helping them to become a coordinated, disciplined, qualified, and effective fighting force is what this gathering is all about.
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Bangkok for the Asia Urban Futures Workshop. I'd like to start by giving special thanks to our partners at UNDP, UN Habitat and UN Global Pulse, as well as to the USAID staff in Bangkok and Washington's Global Development Lab who all worked so hard to make this Conference a reality. They've brought together two groups of key people who don't get a chance to talk with one another as much as they might: first, outstanding experts from the technology and development fields; and second, city leaders and planners. I'm sure both will learn much from one another over the next couple of days about dealing with the challenges and opportunities with a rapidly urbanizing Asia.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the first global comprehensive international instrument that protects and advances the rights of persons with disabilities, and it represents an important opportunity for Vietnam to express a united commitment to rights as it completes its first year as a member of the UN Human Rights Council. That opportunity was highlighted in the visits last spring by Senator Patrick Leahy and Special Advisor for International Disability Rights Judy Heumann, who play important roles in our bilateral cooperation.
I am profoundly honored by the invitation from the Embassy of Finland to make some remarks this morning at this roundtable. I would also like to thank Madame Ambassador Sirpa Mäenpää, USAID Ethiopia Mission Director Dennis Weller and colleagues Michelle Chen and Demissie Legesse for making my participation possible. And it would be remiss of me not to thank my friend and comrade, Kalle Könkköllä.
Today's ceremony is a testament to the resiliency and courage of those who refuse to allow crisis to deter them from the path of progress. In times of crisis, despite the danger and hardships, there is also great opportunity for communities to grow together and build back better.
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Thursday March 6, 2014, 6:30 - 8 pm
Speaker: Professor Timothy Wilson
30th Anniversary Lecture Series
Italian Maiolica Lecture
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Tickets will be available at the door.
Italian Renaissance maiolica, especially the type (unprecedented in world ceramics) painted with narrative scenes (istoriato), gives us a finger on the pulse of Italian Renaissance life more intimate than any other art form.
In the century from about 1480, Italian maiolica potters created a product of unprecedented artistic and technical sophistication, which caught the interest of some of the most exalted and discriminating men and women of the age. The lecture will explore the ways the Dukes of Urbino and members of their household promoted and exploited the art for which Urbino became famous, for personal, and for public and diplomatic purposes. In particular, it will examine evidence that female members of the Ducal family were prime movers in commissioning maiolica and that gift-giving between women was often a major factor in prestigious commissions.
Professor Timothy Wilson, Research Keeper, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Timothy Wilson is Professor of the Arts of the Renaissance at Oxford University, and Research Keeper in the Department of Western Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (a department of Oxford University). From 1990 to 2013 he was Keeper of that Department. He was previously (1979-90) Assistant Keeper with responsibility for the Renaissance collections in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities of the British Museum.
He is a specialist in Italian Renaissance maiolica. His publications on the subject include Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance (British Museum, London, 1987), Italian Renaissance Pottery (British Museum, London, 1991; editor).Maiolica: Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Ashmolean Museum (2nd ed, Oxford 2003); Le maioliche rinascimentali nelle collezioni della Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia (editor and principal author) (Perugia 2006-7), the entries on ceramics in Western Decorative Arts, Part 1 (Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Washington and Cambridge 1993); on Urbino maiolica in the catalogue of the ceramics in the Museo d'Arti Applicate at the Castello Sforzesco, Milan (2000); and on the Spanish and Italian maiolica and slipware in the Detroit Institute of Arts (with Alan Darr, 2013), as well as many articles in English and Italian periodicals and entries in exhibition catalogues. His comprehensive catalogue, written with Dora Thornton, Italian Renaissance ceramics: a catalogue of the British Museum collection, was published in 2009. He has also published on sculpture, metalwork, heraldry and flags, modern graphic art, and the history of collecting and of museums.
He is a Professorial Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, a fellow of the Accademia Raffaello, Urbino, and of the Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci, Perugia, a former fellow of Villa I Tatti (Harvard University), Florence, and of the Frick Center for the History of Collecting, New York. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
He is currently working on a book on maiolica in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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"The Call"March 23rd, 2013 at 10:41 am by Sy Becker under A Look at the Movies
Hallie Berry
Abigail Breslin
Morris Chestnut
In the world of action thrillers, the 911 operators don't just take the calls, but also solve the crimes.
Hallie Berry really gets into the spirit of the nerve wracking suspense. Berry's about to find out that former child star Abigail Breslin is all grown up now, and she's being targeted by a serial killer predator.
"The Call" comes through loud and clear as a high tension thriller part of the way, as Berry bonds with the terrified, kidnapped teenager. No one can accuse Breslin of under acting.
It's only when Berry hangs up the phone and gets the urge to play detective, that the plot starts getting creaky around the edges. There's nothing in her job description that requires her to track down the creep and give him a taste of his own medicine in the bargain.
Why do we get the Impression the writers may have seen "Silence of the Lambs" once too often?
"The Call" is a fairly decent thriller that generates enough excitement for an over the top 3 stars.
Some movies just aren't expected to make any sense, but to simply entertain you.
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Special exhibit, reception to honor Mason
The stunning work of photographer Reid Mason will soon be on display at Artists at Work in Elkins. The exhibit's opening reception will be Feb. 1 from 5 until 7 p.m. and will remain open through the month of February.
This special show will focus on the dramatic images of landscapes, flowers, trains and Civil War reenactments that he captured during his time in West Virginia.
A native to Los Angeles, Mason's life ended in the community he had come to love. He left behind a legacy of superb photography that began when he was only a child. Mason received his first camera at the age of 1-. The camera was a brownie – the kind you hold at your waist and then look down into the tiny viewfinder at the upside down image. But as cameras progressed and digital cameras finally reached the quality of film, Mason made the transition to digital. He had been heavily involved in digital enhancing photography for over 15 years. And, over the last few years, he began to communicate his art in an entirely new way HDR photography.
HDR (or high dynamic range) is a process that maximizes the extreme levels of brightness and darkness that the eye is capable of seeing. By shooting the same image from a tripod multiple times at differing exposure levels, Mason was able to combine the separate shots into one that revealed much more detail.
"Reid had a signature style that was completely unique," said Cindy Sandeno, president of Artists at Work. "He had the ability to bring out the distinctive, small details that turn a lovely image into a piece of art."
Mason may be remembered most for his Civil War reenactment images, which were created using HDR to produce extremely detailed images that capture the "grit and determination" of the battles. These powerful images capture the dedication of the re-enactors and the worn-torn emotion of the battlefield.
"Reid took great care to remove anything in his original shot that was not historically accurate," Sandeno said. "He would spend hours perfecting each image and using techniques to add in dirt, grass and trees in photos that originally contained blacktop and cement curb."
Mason passed away Sept. 13, and his family has decided to share much of his remaining art work with the community. Prints will be available for purchase in an array of sizes, as prints only, mounted and matted, and some that are framed.
Please stop by Artists at Work during the month of February to get a last look at the beautiful images that Mason left behind. The opening reception on Feb. 1 will include live music and refreshments, as well as a chance to reminisce about his wonderful art work.
Artists at Work is located at 329 Davis Avenue, in Elkins. For more information, call the store at 637-6309 or, to view Mason's artwork, visit www.randolpharts.org/exhibits/reid-mason-solo-exhibit.html.


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Springfield – State Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee today announced he has reorganized the State Board of Education's agency structure to further its efforts to make Illinois education Second to None.
The move is one of seven components of McGee's 90-day plan that begins to improve and strengthen the State Board's delivery of education services to Illinois' 893 local school districts and two million students.
The 800-person agency, which distributes and regulates state and federal education funds and creates and implements statewide education policy, will now work to support the agency's two primary functions – operations and financial services, and educational services.
The realignment will help maximize the agency's resources; make the State Board more internally accountable; and streamline the flow of information and services by focusing less on individual departments and more on coordination, communication and collaboration between units.
It will also create more direct, effective and efficient communications among State Board staff, and the schools and communities they serve.
"Our primary responsibility is to provide nothing less than absolute first-class leadership and service to parents, students, teachers, business and community leaders," McGee said. "They are our focus, and they have a right to expect top performance from everyone here," he said.
"We cannot expect local districts to do their best job unless and until we are doing the best that we can to support them. Our staff has been doing a great job up to this point. But this reorganization will let us be even more innovative, effective and efficient."
Chief among the changes, McGee appointed current Deputy Superintendent for Standards, Assessment and Accountability Lynne Haeffele as his new Chief Deputy Superintendent. As McGee's second in command Haeffele will oversee and coordinate all agency programs and operations.
The new position will also allow greater access to agency upper management – especially McGee. The superintendent had as many as 27 people reporting directly to him, creating a tremendous amount of work that constricted his time with other staff and agency projects.
Haeffele has worked and excelled at every level of education. She taught science for 13 years. In 1988 Haeffele was one of the state's first Distinguished Educator/Milken Award winners. She was a finalist for Illinois Teacher of the Year in 1989. Haeffele was also one of Illinois' candidates for the NASA Teacher in Space program. She joined the State Board in 1990 and led the two-year effort to create the Illinois Learning Standards.
Haeffele was named executive assistant to the state superintendent in 1997 and subsequently served as deputy superintendent for educational programs. In October 1999, she assumed full responsibility for standards, assessment and accountability.
New Assistant Chief Deputy Superintendent for Education Michael Dunn will oversee all educational programs and services.
Dunn was hired in 1999 to help coordinate the State Board's reading improvement initiatives. He worked previously in the Deerfield school district in several capacities, including Assistant Superintendent for Learning and Instruction, Director of Instructional Services and Director of Reading and Gifted Education.
David Wood will oversee all school financial services and agency operations in his new role as Assistant Chief Deputy Superintendent for Operations and Finance.
Wood has been the State Board's deputy superintendent for operations since 1998. He also served the Illinois Bureau of the Budget as General Counsel, Division Chief and Acting Director.
Acknowledging occasional criticism of the State Board for inconsistent service and overly bureaucratic procedures, McGee on June 1 announced a 90-day, seven-part improvement plan to begin to make the State Board more responsive, customer-friendly and accountable.
He asked every employee, including himself to "step up and make it happen" to help each of Illinois' two million students achieve the Illinois Learning Standards. "As we hold schools to higher standards, we must hold ourselves to the same level of quality and commitment," McGee reiterated.
McGee also created a "School Ambassador" program through which every employee will be able to visit a local school to experience first-hand the impact of the State Board's efforts.
He announced the creation of customer service field teams that will develop and maintain open, proactive communications channels with local districts, teachers, parents and students by visiting and working directly with schools and communities.


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Just great.
Just got home. Buzzing after that. Not a brilliant game, but tons of commitment from Salford which has been lacking. As RW says, we're beginning to look organised and our defence is unrecognisable form the early games.
In all honesty, I have to say that Huddersfield looked out of sorts today. Their pack failed to steamroller ours and I don't think Danny Brough has ever looked as anonymous. Even the outside backs (Cudjoe, McGilvary) looked a bit flat.
Still, every win is a good 'un. Let's hope we get several more. (For the Aussie watchers, Foran still looks a bit overweight and unfit, Mauro only played shortish periods. Gaskell looked good and the whole team look more together than I've seen for ages)
When you're sulking after a derby defeat, some smug bleeder comes along to say his team won today.
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(Note: this article is part of a series. You may want to read the previous installments, Moving Your Body [5], Feeding Your Body [6], Reducing Stress [7], and Cultivating Positive Emotions [8] first.)
George Vaillant is the current director of a Harvard study that has followed the same group of men for over 70 years in an attempt to define what makes people happy and healthy. Vaillant spent years studying the effects of diet, exercise, upbringing, life circumstance, smoking, alcohol use, and other life activities on personal wellbeing.
The complexities of a longitudinal study like this are enormous, but Vaillant recently synthesized decades of data into a surprisingly simple thesis: "The only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people."
You probably don't need scientific research to know that having a laugh with a family member or confiding in a trusted friend can boost your mood. Human beings are social creatures, and we affect one another deeply. Think about your own interactions with the people around you: if a close friend is in a bad mood, chances are it'll rub off on you; likewise, if a stranger smiles at you on the sidewalk, you'll probably get a little burst of pleasure.
There is an abundance of evidence to back up the idea that strong relationships are linked to good physical health too, though scientists aren't yet sure exactly why it works. It's clear that healthy relationships reduce stress (which, as we've discussed [7], can trigger a host of health problems, from cardiovascular issues to anxiety and depression [9]), and some researchers have suggested that positive interactions with other people boost immune function. It's also been noted that patients who have strong social support [10] are more likely to adhere to their medical treatment and implement healthy behaviors. Workplaces have even begun to consider the need for group interaction when designing office spaces because employees are happier [11] and more productive when they're able to interact positively with other people.
As you might have begun to suspect, just as healthy relationships produce wellbeing, loneliness and isolation can have negative effects on emotional wellbeing. This seems like a no-brainer: you can probably recall a time when you felt lonely or separated from close friends. This kind of separation from others can induce feelings of stress, anxiety, and sadness.
But the research extends to the impact of isolation on physical health, too. Scientists at UCLA have found that a lack of social support is linked to heart disease [12], and Harvard recently reported a study that linked a lack of strong relationships to a 50% increased mortality rate-that's a risk equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day!
Let's be clear about something: this research doesn't mean that if you're single, you need to hastily jump into a relationship, or if you're childless, you should scramble to expand your family. What it does mean is that you should identify the most important connections in your life--a valued friend, a trusted colleague, or a spiritual community--and invest your time and energy into strengthening and enjoying those connections.
Here are some tips to develop and nurture strong relationships:
Fostering and developing close relationships isn't an overnight project--it's a lifelong endeavor that takes time, patience, and energy. But it's a key element to wellbeing and offers physical, emotional, and spiritual rewards. The greatest part is that it's totally free and available to you all the time--all you have to do is begin to turn your attention to the people around you.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/sites/default/files/images/thumbnails/happy%20relationship%20older%20couple.jpg
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/tips-change/creating-healing-relationships-dr-janet-quinn
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/relationships/personal-relationships-assessment
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/enhance-your-wellbeing/relationships/work-communication-healthy-relationships
[5] http://takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/summer-wellbeing-part-i-begin-moving-your-body
[6] http://takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/summer-wellbeing-part-ii-feeding-your-body
[7] http://takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/summer-wellbeing-part-iii-reducing-stress
[8] http://takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/summer-wellbeing-part-iv-cultivating-positive-emotions
[9] http://takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/anxiety
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term37
[11] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/jobs/group-breaks-can-raise-workplace-productivity.html?_r=1
[12] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6991584.stm
[13] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886912000888
[14] http://ccare.stanford.edu/content/being-compassionate-healthy
[15] http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/role_impact/performance_research.asp#HBR
[16] http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/06/what-makes-us-happy/7439/
[17] http://www.sharecare.com/question/idea-social-support-affects-disease
[18] http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000316
[19] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15008666
[20] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/basic-rights-relationship
[21] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/brene-brown-discusses-relationship-between-joy-and-gratitude
[22] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/guided-forgiveness-meditation


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A new study, done at Harvard, tracked more than 18-thousand men who were evaluated for RLS. A total of 690 met the criteria for a diagnosis.
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Spokane Public Schools, Spokane, WA
Grades K-5, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
Angela DeHart
Glasgow Middle School, Alexandria, VA
Grades 6-8, Technology
2016, Spring
To improve her knowledge of coding, Ms. DeHart will complete the CodeHS and Globaloria computer programming training. Upon completion, Ms. DeHart will teach the members of Glasgow Middle School's Girls Coding Club and First Lego League how to code. Students will ... more »
Tara Wilson
Cora Kelly School, Alexandria, VA
Grades K-5, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
Ms. Wilson will attend the "Understanding Finnish Education: From Myths to Realities" program through the University of Helsinki's Department of Teacher Education. While examining the characteristics of Finnish education, including myths and realities, Ms. ... more »
Deanne Beausoleil
Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR
Higher Education, Arts
2016, Spring
To better identify with a growing Latino student population at Chemeketa Community College, Ms. Beausoleil will participate in a Spanish immersion experience in Mexico City. While there, Ms. Beausoleil will study the work of Mesoamerican artists and experience local ... more »
Ryan DeGregorio
Clackamas Middle College, Happy Valley, OR
Grades 9-12, Social Studies
2016, Spring
Mr. DeGregorio and Ms. Jevert will lead an interdisciplinary learning team that will engage in the examination of best practices in lesson and unit design for effective instruction. The cohort's goal will be to increase Clackamas Middle College students' ... more »
Jennifer Rue
Wayne County Schools Career Center, Smithville, OH
Grades 9-12, Arts
2016, Spring
Mrs. Rue will participate in the Sneak on the Lot Summer Workshop, where she will learn the multiple phases of film production from film industry professionals. Workshop participants will develop stories, assemble filmscapes, create storyboards, schedule shoots, budget ... more »
Kristin Miller
Oberlin High School, Oberlin, OH
Grades 9-12, Library Media Specialist
2016, Spring
To improve her professional practice and knowledge of the Polish educational system, Ms. Miller will participate in the Kosciuszko Foundation's Teaching English in Poland Program. While in Poland Ms. Miller will pair and network with Polish teachers, share American best ... more »
Stephanie Bennington
Perry Local Schools, Massillon, OH
Grades 9-12, Science
2016, Spring
To provide her Marine Biology and Environmental Science students with real life scenarios regarding conservation of the ocean's top predator and how shark finning is affecting biodiversity, Ms. Bennington will travel to South Africa to participate in the White Shark ... more »
Lauren Piner
South Central High School, Winterville, NC
Grades 9-12, Social Studies
2016, Spring
To improve her personal knowledge, network with educators from various countries, and develop cross cultural lesson plans, Ms. Piner will attend the Centropa Summer Academy in Vienna, Prague, and Berlin. Using the great cities of Europe as their classrooms, Ms. Piner and 90 ... more »
Wendi Pillars
Jordan-Matthews High School, Siler City, NC
Grades 9-12, English
2016, Spring
To enhance morphing English as a Second Language (ESL) responsibilities from classroom teacher to coach in a high school with high academic and linguistic needs, Ms. Pillars will attend a WIDA national language learning conference. Ms. Pillars will explore the latest ... more »
Lisa Von Dohlen
Enka High School, Candler, NC
Grades 9-12, Arts
2016, Spring
To increase her Spanish language skills and enhance her cultural competence to better serve Enka High School's Latino students and their families, Ms. Von Dohlen will attend the Centro Ollin-Tlahtoalli Spanish Language School in Oaxaca, Mexico. During the course of ... more »
Crystal Thiele
William Penn School PS 321, Brooklyn, NY
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2016, Spring
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Valerie Sanchirico
Collingswood Middle School, Collingswood, NJ
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2016, Spring
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Frances Meffen
Dover Middle School, Dover, NH
Grades 6-8, School Counselor
2016, Spring
Mrs. Frances will lead a collegial study group at the Teach for Teachers Summit, where they will learn to understand the paradigm shift of instructional practice from teacher centered to student centered. The cohort will also participate in the University of New ... more »
Teresa Kelly
St. Paul Music Academy, St. Paul, MN
Grades K-5, Music
2016, Spring
Mrs. Kelly will spend four weeks on a cultural exchange in India, during which she will volunteer at both a rural school north of Bangalore and an urban school in Kolkata. While there, Mrs. Kelly will teach American folk songs to elementary students and mentor music ... more »
Dr. Anne Hornak
Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Higher Education, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
Dr. Hornak will attend an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) seminar to obtain an IDI certification, which will allow her to administer and interpret IDI to students returning from study abroad experiences. Dr. Hornak will focus on understanding the impact of ... more »
Erin Berryhill
Northview High School, Grand Rapids, MI
Grades 9-12, Science
2016, Spring
Mrs. Berryhill and colleagues will participate in the NextGen Science Exemplar System, a robust professional development study that will enable participants to gain skills around the Science and Engineering practices found in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). ... more »
Jessica Knight
Bridgman Elementary School, Bridgman, MI
Grades K-5, School Counselor
2016, Spring
To enhance her ability to communicate with Spanish speaking students and families districtwide, Ms. Knight will travel to Costa Rica and attend Centro Panamericano Idioms language school. The learning will allow Ms. Knight to bridge the language barrier and provide ... more »
Laverne Mickens
Rebecca Johnson Elementary, Springfield, MA
Grades K-5, Arts
2016, Spring
Mrs. Mickens will lead "Speaking With Our Feet," an action research project that will investigate the effects of and the need for dance integration and mentorship for at risk boys in high poverty urban school districts. This qualitative study will evaluate if ... more »
Lauren Kutler
Forestdale School, Malden, MA
Grades 6-8, Mathematics
2016, Spring
Ms. Kutler will attend the International Congress on Mathematical Education in Hamburg, Germany. During the conference, Ms. Kutler will participate in the Algebra Topic Study Group and attend a variety of lectures given by leading math educators. Ms. Kutler will network ... more »
Amy Sherman
Rosemont Elementary School, Gaithersburg, MD
Grades K-5, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
To better communicate with the growing Ethiopian population in her school system, Ms. Sherman will participate in a cultural immersion program throughout multiple cities in Ethiopia. During the program, Ms. Sherman will learn about the history, geography, religions, and ... more »
Amy Conrad
Zionsville Community High School, Zionsville, IN
Grades 9-12, Foreign Language Teacher
2016, Spring
To deepen understanding of best practices in evaluating world language proficiency, Ms. Conrad will attend an Oral Proficiency Interview assessment workshop sponsored by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). While there, Ms. Conrad will ... more »
Tamara Drudy
Mount Carmel School, Cedar Grove, IN
Grades K-5, Language Arts
2016, Spring
Through "Hitting the Iditarod Trail," Mrs. Drudy will attend the Iditarod Summer Camp for Educators. While there, Mrs. Drudy will learn of the history of the race, which was founded as a collaborative effort of dog sled teams to transport serum to ward off a ... more »
Christy Butler
West Ada School District, Meridian, ID
Grades K-12, Technology
2016, Spring
To expand her skill set and support both students with disabilities and special education teachers, Mrs. Butler will attend the Closing the Gap Conference. While at the conference, Mrs. Butler will participate in workshops that will address technology practices and ... more »
Victoria Ondo
Seminole Trails Elementary School, West Palm Beach, FL
Grades K-5, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
To meet the needs of a diverse student population, Mrs. Ondo and Ms. Wood will expand the use of the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program at Seminole Trails Elementary School. Through AVID lessons, students will learn how to take notes, remain organized, ... more »
Judith Aschwanden
St. Helena High School, Saint Helena, CA
Grades 9-12, Science
2016, Spring
Mrs. Aschwanden will attend the National Association of Agriculture Educators Conference, where she will present a workshop on implementing Next Generation Science Standards-based courses into school agriculture programs and leading lessons on hands on activities. ... more »
Dr. Laura Lohman
CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, Fullerton, CA
Higher Education, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
Dr. Lohman and Dr. Guillaume will facilitate a summer institute that will allow faculty to develop essential skills and model instructional materials to foster the academic achievement of first generation college students. The research based collegial study will support ... more »
Kristi Greeson
Hartselle High School, Hartselle, AL
Grades 9-12, Technology
2016, Spring
Mrs. Greeson will attend the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference, where she will focus on new classroom technologies and best practices for using technology as a teaching tool. After the conference, Mrs. Greeson will provide professional ... more »
Christine Yee
Brighton High School, Salt Lake City, UT
Grades 9-12, Language Arts
2016, Spring
Journalism students at Brighton High School will produce video news reports and share them with a national audience via PBS's Student Reporting Labs. Students will conduct research, interview multiple sources, write scripts, and storyboard their reports. Students will ... more »
Patty McGinnis
Arcola Intermediate School, Norristown, PA
Grades 6-8, Science
2016, Spring
Mrs. McGinnis and Mr. Pluscht will work with middle school students to design and print functioning water filters that solve water purification problems in developing countries. Students will engage in science and engineering practices as they design, test, and ... more »
Melissa Hamlin
Central Middle School, Dobson, NC
Grades 6-8, Science
2016, Spring
"Shark Tank: Episode-Stem Energized" will provide students opportunities to apply their knowledge of energy conservation to other disciplines of science throughout the school year. Students will design, test, troubleshoot, and redesign prototypes that ... more »
Maria Krajewski
City-As-School, New York, NY
Grades 9-12, Arts
2016, Spring
Ms. Krajewski and Ms. Paulson will facilitate the creation and recording of a compilation album of student work under the mentorship of music industry professionals. The educators will utilize a student centered inquiry process to conduct workshops with music ... more »
Elissa Goldstein
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools, Piscataway, NJ
Grades 9-12, School Counselor
2016, Spring
To provide students a living laboratory in which they can conduct hands on experiments, Mrs. Goldstein and Ms. Buccino will lead a summer gardening program. Participating students will work with the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station to start the ... more »
Sandra Jonason
Palmer Lake School, Minneapolis, MN
Grades K-5, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
Mrs. Jonason and Mrs. Capper-Eckstein will look to close achievement gaps and actively engage students by implementing the Learning Studio model in their classrooms. Through personalized learning, students will be given greater voice and choice in their learning. Culturally ... more »
Julie Reiss
William E. Norris Elementary School, Southampton, MA
Grades K-5, Language Arts
2016, Spring
To increase students' mastery of reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills, Ms. Reiss and a team of colleagues will participate in professional development led by Maryellen Moreau and purchase materials to implement Story Grammar Marker by MindWing. ... more »
Timothy Ghazzawi
Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD
Grades 9-12, Language Arts
2016, Spring
Darren Hornbeck
Linganore High School, Frederick, MD
Grades 9-12, Social Studies
2016, Spring
Through "Using Fire to Fuel a Digital Curriculum," Mr. Hornbeck and Mr. Burch will introduce tablets in their classrooms to pilot a social studies class titled "September 11 to the Present." Due to the recentness of the subject matter, students will ... more »
Stephanie Dege
Michigan City High School, Michigan City, IN
Grades 6-8, Science
2016, Spring
Through "Eradicating Invasives from Hansen Park," Ms. Dege and Mr. Goebel will work with students to restore and improve a popular local park. The restoration project will allow students to remove invasive plant species from the banks of Trail Creek and ... more »
Julie McVey
United West Elementary School, Monmouth, IL
Grades K-5, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Spring
To meet the needs of struggling learners at United West Elementary, Mrs. McVey and Mrs. Lafever will use Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Kits for literacy interventions. The kits will provide the materials necessary to implement intensive small group ... more »
Victoria Despres
Woodstock Academy, Woodstock, CT
Grades 9-12, Special Education
2016, Spring
Mrs. Despres and Mrs. Grube will utilize Lego BuildtoExpress in their classroom to engage every student in a cross-curricular, hands-on learning environment. Through construction, students will experience building concepts firsthand. Curriculum will encourage students to ... more »
Scott Morris
Katherine Albiani Middle School, Elk Grove, CA
Grades 6-8, Mathematics
2016, Spring
Through "Robotics Generate Excitement for STEM Education," Mr. Morris and Mr. Hait will expand their elective robotics class. The course will provide a structured sequence of programming activities in real world project based contexts. Projects will ... more »
Jami Sikes
Smiths Station High School, Smiths Station, AL
Grades 9-12, Science
2016, Spring
Through "We Aren't Clowning Around," Mrs. Sikes and Mrs. Martin will guide students to think critically and solve problems through inquiry-based learning. Aligning with the Next Generation Science Standards, the project will address the need to have ... more »
Amy Krauthamer-Maloney
Huegel Elementary School, Madison, WI
Grades K-5, Resource Specialist
2016, Winter
To close the gaps in opportunity that lead to disparities in achievement, Mrs. Krauthamer-Maloney and Mr. Wilder will form book study groups using Ross Greene's "Lost at School." Facilitators will guide staff through the rigors of improving the skills of ... more »
Beth Smith
Frank Elementary School, Kenosha, WI
Grades K-5, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Winter
Through "Co-Teaching in the K/1 Looping Classroom," Mrs. Smith will lead a study group for kindergarten and first grade inclusion classroom teachers and special education support staff. The group will provide educators with tools needed to develop a co-teaching ... more »
Teresa Vance
McLoughlin Middle School, Vancouver, WA
Grades 6-8, School Counselor
2016, Winter
To understand how to implement a framework of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in a middle school better, and how PBIS supports students with disabilities and mental health needs, Ms. Vance will attend the International Positive Behavior Support ... more »
Sonya Grace Saad
Sabin Schellenberg Professional Technical Center, Milwaukie, OR
Grades 9-12, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Winter
Mrs. Saad will attend a "Making Parenting a Pleasure" training, the Oregon Parenting Educators Conference, and the Zero to Three Conference, which will allow her to train and support teachers in PACE, a program for pregnant and parenting teens. Upon completing ... more »
Beth Mitchell
Ross High School, Hamilton, OH
Grades 9-12, Science
2016, Winter
To promote the use of inquiry and research-based science education, Ms. Mitchell will attend an Earth Expedition field study hosted by Miami University and the Dragonfly Project. Through traveling to one of the global study sites and working side by side with research ... more »
Grant Gigstad
Fargo Public Schools, Fargo, ND
Grades 9-12, Social Studies
2016, Winter
Through "Transforming Social Studies Classrooms," Mr. Gigstad and colleagues will attempt to radically alter student learning through strategic changes in the instructional practices of social studies educators. Teachers will be challenged and guided to alter ... more »
Christine Sugrue
Simon Baruch School, New York, NY
Grades 6-8, General Pedagogical Practice
2016, Winter
To improve student reading, spelling, and writing skills, Mrs. Sugrue and a team of colleagues will participate in the Orton-Gillingham practicum. The learning will be partnered with action research that will assess the most successful methods for improving nonfiction ... more »
Heidi Springborg
MN ISD 196, Apple Valley, MN
Grades K-12, School Counselor
2016, Winter
To help build shared knowledge about ways in which schools can support whole-person identity development, Ms. Springborg will present a session at the National Association of School Psychologists' annual convention. Participants in the session will learn about an ... more »


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It will help to fulfill NDWF's mission statement –"To celebrate dance and promote fun fitness" and solidify National Dance Week Foundation.
It can be a great marketing tool. Whatever you plan, start working on your publicity immediately. Contact local newspapers, TV, radio and community bulletin boards along with posting it on your website and Facebook. Remember to submit your event to NDWF. Since your event is in celebration of NDW and not just promoting your studio, media sources are more likely to give it coverage – especially if it is a fundraising event.
Remember: anything that you do should be something that involves the non-dancing public – either as participants or as audience. The whole point of NDW is to show non-dancers how much dance has to offer to our bodies, our minds, and our spirits.
Coordinate a Flash Mob or Kickline with dancers in your area. It is a great way to obtain positive publicity for NDWF and yourself. It is best held in a public place so as to allow as many participants and spectators as possible. Planning early is essential since permits and insurance might be necessary. Insurance for the day can be obtained. To encourage a wide variety of participants and supports this could also be used as a fundraiser for a charity.
Tips: Dancers should all arrive ready for a stretch warm-up. A short routine should be taught to all dancers, preparing them for the actual kickline. Dancers should wear comfortable clothing, - sweatshirts, stretch pants and sneakers. Dancers who are associated with a studio could wear studio t-shirts! All those participating in the Flash Mob need to wear the official National Dance Week T-shirt.
Hold a dance-athon to benefit a local or national charity. Any person can volunteer to dance! You provide a sign-up sheet on which he or she can collect names of people willing to donate an amount for each ½ hour the dancer dances. Invite the donators to come and watch and cheer the dancers on.
Tips: You'll have to have strict rules for the dancers to keep them from injury or fatigue. Regular stops should be programmed in. Nourishment and beverages should be provided, possibly donated by a local store or company. Check about insurance needs.
Produce a dance performance of any kind. Promote it thru schools, libraries, churches, clubs, newspapers, television, and radio stations in your local areas.
Tips: If you have a couple of pieces in your repertoire that you can perform at the drop of a tiara you can probable find a place – the mall, downtown park, a nursing home or children's hospital ward etc.
Organize something with other teachers and studios in your area. This should be an opportunity for communication between private studio teachers, independent teachers, college teachers, and teachers in public schools and recreation departments. These are likely to be well attended by parents and friends if all the dance teachers in town are showing off their students and/or teachers.
Present a lecture-demonstration at a local school. The Principal will likely try to put it on the schedule especially during National Dance Week. Keep it to a ½ hour if possible, include demonstrators from that very school for the best reaction from the young people.
Try to help the local girl scouts attain their dance badges.
Volunteer for story time by reading dance-themed books at a local library, or a preschool, or a class of K to 3rd-graders (or so).
Hold a sale of all dance-related attire or products during National Dance Week. Make sure all understand why the sale is taking place – in celebration of National Dance Week.
Encourage local businesses to play dance-related music in their stores during NDW.
Offer to visit local classrooms and scout meetings to do a "show-and-tell" of dance items… 'real' pointe shoes, dance costumes, tap shoes.
Have a 'bring a friend' week at your studio – allow each of your students in the beginning classes to bring a friend to class for a free lesson.
Encourage the library to set up a display of dance books – biographies of famous dancers and choreographers, Nutcracker books, Angelina Ballerina books, how-to dance books. You could even offer some dance items like dance shoes or past recital programs to help dress up the display.
Put a link to the National Dance Week Foundation website (www.nationaldanceweek.org) on your studio website.
If any of your local churches do any sacred dancing, encourage them to schedule something for one of the Sundays during NDW during their weekly service, and to acknowledge why they're dancing that particular week.
Be sure to check the events listing on on this site to see what others are doing and get some ideas for what might work in your community.
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rondo, while an injury risk, gives us the BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE at an EFFECTIVE POINT GUARD,
if you look at the odds, you take that, because we haven't had a point guard in like 20 years
Rondo .. also following the road to New York !!!!!
Despite the consistent claims from Celtics general manager Danny Ainge that Rondo isnt available, the Knicks have a strong belief that he can be had if in a nod to another show the price is right. They can offer the likes of Amare Stoudemire (one season remaining after this one, at $23.4 million) while taking future money back (such as Gerald Wallace and/or Jeff Green) and helping Ainge clear the way for the summer of 2015 that is known to be a priority of his.
That summer is a major priority for the Knicks, too, but it appears the Rondo scenario is one of the few, if not the only, where theyd consider the impact of his addition great enough to justify taking on some money from that point on. The Knicks can include Raymond Felton (a much cheaper point guard option) or Iman Shumpert (rookie contract) and even discuss beloved rookie Tim Hardaway Jr.
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I could see a lineup of Rondo/Shump/and THJ running a SSOL for 7 straight minutes ..
I dont see JR/Melo/and Tyson in any uptempo transition past 2 minutes.
Hold on! ...is Rondo 75% healthy?????
rondo, while an injury risk, gives us the BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE at an EFFECTIVE POINT GUARD,
if you look at the odds, you take that, because we haven't had a point guard in like 20 years
i really don't see this happening. i believe this thread and the Russel Westbrook thread are both culled from the hopes and opinions of writers who have too much time on their hands, and are smoking too much kind in their pipe dreams.
No one is trading for Amare.
Amare may not even have a career after his contract expires.
Knicks have Shump and Hardaway Jr. as tradeable assets. That is it.
If the Knicks were to trade for Rajon Rondo, the Boston Celtics would ABSOLUTELY want Amare Stoudemire.
The trade would include a swap of STAT for Gerald Wallace in a major cap saving move for Boston. The deal wont be done otherwise.
THJ-STAT-2018 for Rondo-Wallace is absolutely 100% possible.
The Thunder would be the 3rd team in this scenario and it'd actually really help us. The Thunder possess a 1st from Dallas that would go to Boston in return they'd get Tyson and CAP space. They are really strong on Tyson at the moment this is why it works. The new deal would be then
Boston: 2014 1st-2018 1st-THJ-STAT+CAP
OKC:Tyson + CAP
New York: Rondo-Wallace-Perkins.
Shumpert could very well be package with Tyson to OKC if they want more but he could be swung to Denver for Faried now that Nate the Great is hurt.
Obviously I'm not the GM and knowing us, we wont do anything. But these are 100% possible moves.
Boston's 18-34 record has a good chance of swingin Wiggins in the draft ..
plus rotating Amare in a frontline with Sullinger, Bass, and Green would have Amare playing 70+ games next season for another contract.
Dolan's not going to let Amare embarrassed him with a all-star season on the next team.
I was reading an article on Yahoo about Jeff Green possibly going to the Hawks and the writer said the Knicks were "delusional" in thinking they could acquire Rondo.
You're dealing with Danny Ainge maybe the smartest GM in the NBA and you think that he would ever trade Rondo for Stat, he's going after draft picks to pick up young talent and for their trade value when he pulls the trigger on a marquee player.
Can you really see him picking up Stat as his franchise player.
THJ would be the talent they get in return, a 1st round pick would be for their rebuild and STAT would be a swap for Gerald Wallace because STAT will be a great piece to have next season due to his contract. Wallace's contract is awful and the Celtics want to get rid of him. STAT believe it or not, is one of the reasons the deal could be done, he's a positive not a negative. Rondo is not untouchable, we could absolutely get him. Did you honestly EVER think the Celtics would trade Paul Pierce, anyone is movable.
Our biggest downfall is that James Dolan is our owner because the front office is the only thing keeping us from making this trade.
I had to stop reading after the above highlighted comment ....
Danny Ainge became the #1 dum-dum GM in the NBA when TimberWolves Fired Mchale ..
Ainge had nothing to do with building the Big-3 in Boston however, Ainge had a lot to do with the destruction of the Big-3 in Boston, rather than build a young cheap supporting cast around the aging Big-3.
When Pierce asked to be traded in 2007-8, upstair-brass took over the operation by calling in old debts in the 2008 offseason. Yes, Ainge receive all the credit. When Ainge didn't give assistant-coach Thib a extension contract in the 2009 offseason when HC Doc and the Big-3 kept praising Thib presence for their championship season.
I will put it like this "Doc & Thib" equal HC Pop.
If u could recall Boston was the top 2 contender team all season, until they made the trade for Jeff Green.
The Knicks would be insane to pick up Gerald Wallace $30M contract for 3 years.
Gerald Wallace manage to have his 3 previous teams put him on the trading-block, after a half of a season.
Kiyaman you're insane.
He had nothing to do with getting the the big 3? Who exactly do you think was the GM then Red Auerbach?
And who drafted your hero Rajon Rondo with the 19th pick, picking up an All-Star with the 19th pick. I guess you also don't like him dismantling that aging roster to rebuild with all those 1st round draft picks he has over the next 5 years.
Getting Wallace was the price he had to pay but most would say it was a great move for the Celtics. Can't see you criticizing the Knicks front office the way you do and then calling Ainge the dumbest GM in the NBA.
If a Stat to Boston trade goes down we would become 2nd to Boston in the Eastern Conference.
Was Stat the Franchise Player in Phoenix? HELL YEAH!
Was Karl Malone the franchise Player in Utah? HELL YEAH!
Having a high IQ pass-first PG Nash & Stocton hitting a slashing Stat or Malone for inside scoring, open up perimeter shooters to shoot or pass to Stat or Malone 10 feet from the basket.
Stat is still one of the dangerous bigmen in the game when he receive the ball 10 feet from the basket.
Once Melo arrive we been giving Stat the ball 20 to 25 feet away from the basket, we throw alley-oops to Tyson, never to Stat.
We dont want to see "Stat & Green" play above the rim B.Ball next season in Boston.
Dont forget Boston defensive bigmen "Bass/Sullinger/Olynyk" will be playing for a new contract next season.
Whats goin on with the 20-31 Knicks .....
Is Melo the problem???The New York Knicks are not headed anywhere good -- the sooner the organization comes to terms with that reality, the better. The question then becomes, what to do with Carmelo Anthony, the 29-year-old scoring dynamo who is set to become a free agent this summer? Since his arrival at Madison Square Garden three years ago, Anthony has dazzled Knicks fans with memorable performances, most notably his Garden-record 62 points in January. But with the good has also come the bad: porous defense, errant shot selection and little postseason success.
The Knicks are now a wretched 20-31 in the top-heavy Eastern Conference. They are averaging 92.6 possessions per 48 minutes, second fewest in the league. They allow opponents to shoot 46 percent from the floor, which slots them 19th in the league. And head coach Mike Woodson is known as a defensive guru!
The time to trade 'Melo is now.
We keep putting all the blame for LOSSES on the PG .. will the Knicks also look into going after LinSanity???
I never understood Knicks GM Glen Grunwald the day after the court decision was made that Novak & Lin were Restricted-Free-Agents. Grunwald personally had a press conference set up just to say, "We will let Novak & Lin test the FA market". What team does that? Especially when ....Jeremy Lin's career took off during his tenure with the New York Knicks. After two years in Houston, the former Harvard hot shot could find himself playing for the Knickerbockers again as significant piece in the rumored Knicks-Rockets deal.
Houston has been rumored to be shopping Lin along with Omer Asik for quite sometime now. A few trades had been rumored to be completed but the reports never came to be true.
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Jeremy Lin's Knicks jersey was selling-out world-wide, plus Lin's name was selling-out our opponents stadiums east n west.
What NBA team would give up a player that match Lebron James & Kobe world wide $$$ fan-base?
When Lin did not sign or respond to Houston Rockets FIRST offer-sheet in two weeks, wasn't that the time for Grunwald to have a meeting with Lin? The Rockets had to give Lin 3 times his worth in the final season of a 3 year contract for Lin to sign.


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Well-known debt and credit pair exit French banks
The global head of debt capital markets at BNP Paribas has left after less than two years in the role, while the head of credit strategy in Societe Generale's award-winning cross-asset research team has also departed, according to people familiar with the matter.
Christopher Marks had spent roughly 15 years at BNP Paribas. His roles have included running public sector DCM, European corporate DCM, Emea DCM, and most recently global DCM, after the French bank decided in May 2012 to create a single global DCM platform as part of its efforts to pursue an originate-to-distribute model.
Marks reported to Martin Egan, BNP Paribas' UK head of fixed income and global head of origination and primary markets. Following Marks' departure, Egan will manage the global DCM platform on an interim basis, with the bank's regional heads of the business continuing in their roles.
Societe Generale's head of credit strategy, well-known analyst Suki Mann, has also left.
Mann had worked for the bank for roughly 13 years, and had been part of its cross-asset research team, which was last year ranked number one in multi-asset research in the Thomson Reuters Extel survey for the sixth year in a row.
The bank was also voted number one for overall credit strategy by investors in the 2013 Euromoney Fixed Income Investors survey, according to a statement from SocGen in June last year.
A replacement for Mann has not yet been announced.
It is not known whether Marks and Mann are moving to new roles at rival banks.


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Contact: Nancy Dunker, associate director of public relations, 630-637-5306
March 15, 2011—North Central College has invited three speakers to campus in April to give talks on various topics. All lectures are free and open to the public.
On April 1, author and artist Diane Grams will discuss comparisons between New Orleans and Chicago in a presentation titled "A Tale of Two Cities: New Orleans and Chicago." On April 12, Glen Ellyn resident Willie DiFabio will talk about his memorable journey and hike in "Adventure on the Appalachian Trail." Also that week on April 14, author and teacher Zack Furness will give a lecture on the subject of his book "One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility."
Grams is writing a book on a study of the urban cultures of New Orleans and Chicago and will discuss her research comparing urban art from the two cities at 7 p.m. Friday, April 1, in Meiley-Swallow Hall, 31 S. Ellsworth St. Her discussion related to Chicago will be based on her 2010 book "Producing Local Color: Art Networks in Ethnic Chicago," an investigation of art producers in Chicago's Bronzeville, Pilsen and Rogers Park communities. Grams is an assistant professor of sociology at Tulane University and has served as assistant director of the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago. She is also an artist whose work has been displayed in more than 40 exhibitions worldwide.
DiFabio will discuss his trip on the Appalachian Trail at noon Tuesday, April 12, in Meiley-Swallow Hall, 31 S. Ellsworth St. Following his retirement from 3M where he had worked for 30 years, DiFabio embarked on a hike of more than 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine along the Appalachian Trail, a trip that took nearly seven months in 2008. He'll describe the people and places he encountered and the exceptional challenges of the trail, including the trail's geology, terrain and cultures along the way.
A bicycle transportation advocate, activist and college professor, Furness will talk about the history and cultural meaning of bicycling, the subject of his 2010 book, at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in Smith Hall at Old Main, 30 N. Brainard St. His book explores the cultural and political significance of bike advocacy, everyday cycling, and automobile transportation in the United States from the 1890s through the present day. He is assistant professor of cultural studies at Columbia College Chicago.
These lectures are some of the many ongoing programs at North Central College to enrich and broaden the cultural and academic outlook for the College and community. For a comprehensive schedule of musical performances, theatrical productions, art exhibits and lectures, visit northcentralcollege.edu/show or call the box office at 630-637-SHOW (7469).


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I Heart Rutland: Remember our homeBy Sara Gilbert
Commentary | October 09,2013
I moved back to Rutland for the second time in June 2013.
This time I left a beautiful city in the northwest to come here - one with a thriving economy; a median household income 65 percent greater than Rutland's; a median age 7 years younger; a population 30 percent more diverse; and an unemployment rate nearly 3 percent lower.
When I arrived back here in Rutland, many people gave me their condolences on the move, and politely avoided asking me what terrible thing had happened out there in Seattle that had forced me to return. You'll never find a job here, some said. Good luck — you'll be moving to Burlington soon!
Why leave a big city to come here?
Rutland is home. My family is here — parents, siblings, grandmothers, cousin, aunt. I want to be close to them. I want to be part of their lives.
A few weeks ago, we all made a night of it at Alumni Field, where we cheered on my cousin Wyatt, who is a captain for the RHS football team this year. It didn't matter (so much) that Middlebury beat us 35-0...we were together! Many other families were gathered in the stands, too. I watched people greeting those sitting to the left and right of the stairs as they made their way down the new aluminum bleachers. When I looked around, I saw a community gathered to celebrate one of its best traditions.
It felt good to be part of the crowd. I spotted my fourth-grade teacher a few rows down, and caught up with family friends during half time. This network of people shaped my life and helped make me who I am. They connect me to this place; I feel accountable to them.
But as comforting as these moments are, they don't solve the economic and social challenges that make Rutland seem like a risky move. Put concisely, Rutland is old, small and poor. According to a report published by MIT and PolicyLink, Rutland is one of America's "forgotten cities:" places that had over 5,000 inhabitants by 1880 but only 15,000 to 150,000 inhabitants today, with a median household income of less than $35,000 in 2008. These are cities that experienced boom years followed by steep economic decline.
Forgotten cities have special challenges, according to the report: policy makers neglect them; their lack of resources inhibits effective governance; their civic institutions don't work together; a chronically negative collective mindset predominates. Anything sound familiar?
If it does, you might be thinking of the old Rutland.
Forgotten cities can also be places of creativity, innovation, and imagination. Sometimes the people who live in forgotten cities revitalize them. They overcome their challenges by working together, capitalizing on their shared resources, developing their talent, and welcoming new people into their communities. They support strong leaders, set goals, and collaborate with other towns and organizations. Instead of thinking about why they can't change, they find reasons why they can.
That's the new Rutland.
The biggest difference between revitalized cities and those that stay forgotten is whether or not people decide to work together. I agree that there are still many problems facing our city. There are many people who need more than a change of attitude to live a secure and comfortable life, people who need to be cared for, acknowledged, and loved.
But the momentum has shifted. It's time for our forgotten city to be remembered. Because we love it, and because it is our home.
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Hey everyone,
There is this new upcoming artist named Stone Wallace from NJ and he has been receiving a lot of Twitter love, has anyone heard of him?
He has been putting out a new video, song or remix every Sunday night since March 3rd and his following has been increasing. What do you all think?
His new video "Anywhere"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtlWIfaMu40
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