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We have put together a special message this week
regarding teacher certification. There are new rules for certification and
assignment for
http://www.isbe.net/teachers/certification_rules_changes.pdf (PDF Format)
http://www.isbe.net/teachers/certification_rules_changes.doc (Word Format)
This information is available at the Certificate Update page.
We hope that this information proves useful to you.
Thank you,
Robert Schiller
State Superintendent
of Education
What You Should Know about the New Certification Rules and about
Criteria for "Highly Qualified" Veteran Teachers
The amendments to Part 25 and Part 1 (rules for certification and assignment of educational staff) became effective on Juen 1, 2004. The final rules and copies of three new forms relevant to the rules will be placed on the ISBE website today through a special button on the front page and there will also be a link under the heading "Updated Information on Certification." Forms are also available on the website at http://www.isbe.net/teachers/pdf/certification_forms.pdf
The first attachment provides a summary of selected changes that we believe may have the most effect on your employment and assignment of staff. We urge you to review it and share it with your staff.
The second attachment is a comparison of the old and new requirements for paraprofessionals; this includes requirements for both state approval and qualification under NCLB.
The third attachment provides an interpretation of the options for determining whether veteran teachers can be considered "highly qualified" in relation to NCLB. This information should also be shared with your staff and used as a guide for employment and assignment.
Each of these attachments will be placed on the ISBE website and additional information on both topics will be forthcoming throughout the summer. Also available on the web is an update on the state testing program; see http://www.isbe.net/teachers/ICTS_Info/ICTS.htm
The development of these rules took more than a year and included unique procedures such as a discussion draft that preceded the public comment version. There have been many opportunities for input and reaction, and we are grateful to all who participated in that process. The final products are two sets of rules for certification and assignment of staff that are aligned with Illinois standards, consistent with and supportive of NCLB, focused on quality and significantly streamlined over previous rules.
Questions should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
What You Should Know About Proposed Changes to Certificate Renewal
for Teachers and Administrators and the Requirements
for Standard Certificate Eligibility
In a previous message, we provided information about proposed changes to certificate renewal requirements for teachers and administrators, as well as the requirements for standard certificate eligibility. That summary is now available on the website.
Please note: Since last week's message, the relevant portions of the bill we referenced (SB 1553) have been moved to HB 929. That bill is still in the Senate and although we continue to expect its adoption, it has not yet been approved in both houses. We will keep you informed of its progress.


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definitely still keeping up with tupac and BIG and nas
but i been getting more into the techno david guetta thing these days its whats nice now. but my favorite right now and one whos songs i cant stop playing is LUPE, the last real dude out there right now. also get my kanye fix, only other one with balls these days ( besides lupe ) **** that lil wayne and drake ****
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Wedding Announcement
Richard and Anna Warner, Sr. of Watertown announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah V. Warner, to Mark David Ferrante, son of Ronald and Dona Ferrante of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania. They were engaged February, 23, 2012 while vacationing in Rome, Italy. Sarah is a 2001 graduate of Russell Sage College where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Psychology, as well as Creative Arts in Therapy. In 2003 she earn her Master's degree in Art Therapy at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. Sarah worked at the Children's Home of Jefferson County from 2003 to 2011 as a Clinical Art Therapist. Mark is 1997 Graduate of Robert Morris University, where he earned his Bachelor's degree in Business Management. He is the Executive Director of Sales at WYNIT Distribution in Syracuse. The couple currently resides in Syracuse, New York. They plan to celebrate their wedding on May 18, 2013, in Watertown at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with a reception at the Manor House in Pierrepont Manor, New York.


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What do you guys think about the Anonymous group? Do you think what they do is right for the people or just a bunch of trolls that just babble stuff?
As long as they don't hack my computer I do not care what they do.
I once broke into my friends facebook and posted that he was gay, I am also part of Anonymous as you might have guessed.
They're awesome.
i miss those days
Originally Posted by YowYan
They're awesome.
Indeed they are.
I like their style, but dont always like what they do. For the most part though they are ok.
Anonymous isn't a group it's an ideal.
and you can't shut down an ideal
Originally Posted by Lady Luck
Anonymous isn't a group it's an ideal.
and you can't shut down an ideal
But...Wiki...pedia.. My life has been a lie.
If referring to 4chan then yes, It is a bunch of mentally ill trolls with no cause.
If youre referring to the actual "Anonymous", such as Lulzsec and the like, then i believe theyre fighting for true freedom. What have they done other than leak files that our governments felt the need to keep secret from its citizens? They are modern day freedom fighters in a sense.
Everyone has a goal. I don't believe in right or wrong, just that there are different perspectives. If they succeed, they will be "heroes". If they are caught, they will be "terrorists".
They have some ideals. They want to pass this perception of their ideals, as absolute truth. If they have the power to do so, so be it.
Anonymous hackers are lame
I don't like their methods.
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text: Stickmen, or Stick Man skywatcher330 posted:5/5/2010 5:54:16 PM Does anymove have any information on the stick men of Pennsylvania? I came across an article (that I now cannot locate) having to do with the legend of these stick people that have reportedly been seen picking apples in orchards. One sighting was of one of these creatures walking along the side of a road; it stood over 7 feet in height and resembled a very skinny sasquatch. The person who had the sighting thought the being was too thin to be a sasquatch but said it matched the descriptions of the legendary stickmen. From the lone description they sound similar to the fictional "Ents" from Lord of the Rings - tree people of a sort. Wild stuff!!godlypunk posted:5/12/2010 2:50:17 PM Interesting, never heard of them before. I had a sighting in the early ninties (93ish) in Ohio of a creature that moved across a dirt road in front of me. It went from an old orchard that was on one side of the road into the woods on the other. What puzzled me was the creature was white and hairy approximately 6 to 6.5 feet tall. I never reported it because it didn't make any sense to me at the time. I'd never heard of a white sasquatch before. I wondered though if it had been eating the apples in the old rundown orchard. It was in late summer so there would have been fruit there. A year or two ago I heard mention of sightings in Ohio around that time of a white sasquatch and wanted to kick myself for not reporting it.skywatcher330 posted:5/13/2010 9:47:54 PM Definitely sounds like Mr. Sasquatch. I've heard of a handful of white sasquatch sightings - the yeti being the most famous. There was a sighting in Florida as well as Missouri (I think) and the best theory is that these animals are albino which, in my mind, is further proof that these animals exist. Ohio has been a hotspot for sasquatch for a long long time. The height (6 to 6.5 ft) sounds like you saw a young sasquatch as they get a heck of a lot taller.dollyfinn posted:5/26/2010 2:37:01 PM Skywatcher330-This is really interesting as I am from Pennsylvania. Can you share which part of the state this legend is suppose to be from? Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Business Digest February 15, 2013
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Fate Brewing Co. opened Feb. 4 at 1600 38th St. in east Boulder. Fate's management team calls it "Boulder's first brew-bistro." Fate Brewing is owned by Mike Lawinski. Jeff Griffith is head brewer, and Tim Berry is head chef. The space formerly was home to Jose Muldoon's restaurant and had been vacant for several years.
Maria Trysla opened a franchise of Philadelphia-based The Marketing Department Worldwide at 10955 Westmoor Drive, Suite 400, in Westminster. As a managing partner, Trysla will offer marketing services to small businesses in the Boulder Valley. The marketing consulting agency has a network of eight offices that specialize in brand development, website design, copywriting, and collateral production. Trysla has 20 years of brand and marketing experience with Level 3 Communications Inc., Sprint and Wonder Bread. Phone is 720-254-8206 or email email@example.com.
Goodwill of Denver plans to open a donation center at 3043 Walnut St. in the Walnut Gardens Shopping Center in Boulder. The Goodwill Donation Center will accept gently used clothing, household goods and small furniture. A Goodwill trailer will be replaced by this new store. The donation center will be open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Left Hand Books at 1200 Pearl St. in Boulder is scheduled to close April 15. Left Hand's book sales have dropped in recent years as online sale of books and the popularity of electronic books have increased, said Louise Knapp, a bookstore volunteer and a member of its collective. All workers are volunteers at the store, which is run as a collective by members. Founded in 1979, the bookstore has offered author appearances, movie nights and discussion groups through its tenure. It has been at its current location since 1991. The store will offer "steep discounts" on books and will sell all fixtures and furniture through April.
Green Garage has raised $600,000 from existing investors to remodel and upgrade equipment at its new store at 2907 55th St., according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The 9,000-square-foot environmentally friendly car service company remains open while the remodel work is being done. Green Garage is the trade name of Primoris Energy Solutions Inc. A 1,000-square-foot Laughing Goat Coffeehouse shop is slated to open in the next month or so in leased space in the building.
Startup accelerator TechStars joined with the Excelerate Labs accelerator in Chicago and will bring the program into the TechStars family. Excelerate Labs will be named TechStars Chicago. The Chicago program joins accelerators in Boulder, New York City, Seattle and Boston, all of which were founded and launched by TechStars.
Louisville-based Real Goods Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: RSOL) installed more than 25 megawatts of solar power in 2012 for residential, commercial and utility customers. The company also achieved a major milestone, having surpassed cumulative installations of more than 100 megawatts and more than 14,500 solar installations.
Boulder-based Sophono Inc.'s Alpha 2 hearing device received clearance for use in a magnetic resonance image field after passing tests from ASTM International. The implant passed tests for translation, torque, heating and signal loss.
AltaVita Memory Care Centre in Longmont joined LeadingAge Colorado, Colorado's largest nonprofit association representing 200-plus providers of aging services. Opened in May 2012, AltaVita is a locally owned and family-oriented memory-care community. The 36,000-square-foot community is located at 800 South Fordham St. and includes 56 private assisted-living suites, with special memory-care services overseen by Dr. Haleh Nekoorad-Long, a certified geriatric psychiatrist.
Private-equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners has made an investment in Louisville-based Envysion Inc., a provider of video surveillance services to retailers. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Proceeds from the transaction will be used to provide growth capital for Envysion. Parthenon brings expertise in business services, corporate strategy and operations that will help Envysion expand its platform and value proposition for customers, as well as improve operational efficiencies.
Scientists have found that "quantum dots" assemble themselves on minuscule wires, a discovery that could be applied to improving solar cell harvesting and quantum computing in the future, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden. "Quantum dots" are tiny crystals of semiconductive material – in this case with a core of gallium arsenide – that is a few billionths of a meter in diameter. The dots could be used to charge converters for better light harvesting in photovoltaic solar cells, the press release said. They also could be used to detect local electric and magnetic fields.
Simple Energy Inc. in Boulder was chosen as one of 20 companies to participate in National Grid's smart-grid pilot to create an energy-saving system for 15,000 customers in Worcester, Massachusetts. Simple Energy will offer its online and mobile energy-saving application platform to the project. The platform combines behavioral science research and social game mechanics that encourage energy efficiency.
Boulder-based cancer drug research company Array BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRY) reported decreased revenue and an increased loss for the most recent quarter ended Dec. 31. Array reported that revenue for the quarter was $18.4 million, compared with $23.2 million for the same period a year earlier. The company reported that the decline in revenue in the most recent quarter came because of a nonrecurring $28 million license payment in the same quarter a year earlier from its partner Genentech Inc. in Vacaville, California, a wholly owned subsidiary of Roche USA. Array reported a net loss of $10.9 million, or 10 cents per share, for the quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a net loss of $3.8 million, or 6 cents per share, for the same quarter a year earlier, the press statement said. Research and development expense was $13.9 million in the most recent quarter, compared with a $13.2 million research and development expense for the same quarter a year earlier.
Broomfield-based can and packaging manufacturer Ball Corp. (NYSE: BLL) reported that net earnings for 2012 increased 12 percent from 2011, totaling $483 million. The net earnings translate to $3.06 per diluted share for 2012 compared with $444 million in net earnings, or $2.63 per diluted share in 2011. Revenue was $8.7 billion in 2012, compared with revenue of $8.6 billion in 2011. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., a Boulder-based division of Ball, reported operating earnings of $86.6 million in 2012, up from $79.6 million in 2011. Revenue was $876.8 million in 2012, up from $784.6 million in 2011.
UQM Technologies Inc., a company based outside Longmont that develops alternative-energy technology, reported that revenue decreased 29 percent from the year before as demand from its largest customer dropped. UQM reported revenue of $1.9 million for its third quarter ending Dec. 31, down from $2.7 million for the same quarter in 2011. That contributed to a net loss of $4.6 million, or 12 cents per common share. UQM lost $800,000, or 3 cents per common share, during the quarter in 2011. Another cause for the loss was lack of shipments to CODA, a California-based electric vehicle manufacturer that signed a major contract with UQM for propulsion systems. UQM incurred a charge of $3.8 million, or 10 cents per common share, to establish an allowance for doubtful accounts for CODA receivables.
Boulder-based surgical-device maker Encision Inc. (PK: ECIA) reported quarterly product revenue of $2.9 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, a 10 percent increase from product revenue for the same period a year earlier. Encision reported product revenue of $2.7 million for the quarter. Service revenue for the quarter was $100,000, down $379,000 from the $479,000 posted for the same quarter a year earlier.
MWH Constructors Inc. in Broomfield will provide construction management services for the El Toro Water District in Orange County, California. The El Toro Recycled Water Expansion project, valued at $26 million, will consist of three pipeline projects and one water treatment plant expansion. The existing water treatment plant serves communities in South Orange County, including Laguna Hills and Laguna Woods. Construction is to begin early this year, and the project is slated for completion in late 2014.
Louisville-based Envysion Inc., a provider of managed video as a service, was selected as exclusive video provider by Desert De Oro Foods and Preferred Wireless. Desert De Oro, a Yum! Brands franchise, began deploying Envysion Insight in its more than 130 Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants. Preferred Wireless will leverage Envysion's video-driven business intelligence to gain greater visibility into the selling techniques in its stores in an effort to drive up-selling efforts, and to audit high-risk transactions to reduce inventory loss.
Intelligent Power & Energy Research Corp. of Colorado selected Workshop8 to design the interior of its new office and research space at 4321 Mulligan Drive in Longmont. Joseph Vigil IV will be project architect and Ulla Lange will design the interior. Narvaes Western Construction will be the general contractor.
Boulder-based Workshop8 was hired by Intelligent Power & Energy Research Corp. of Colorado to design the interior of its office at 4321 Mulligan Drive, Longmont. Joseph Vigil IV, AIA, will serve as project architect, and Ulla Lange will provide interior design services. Boulder-based Narvaes Western Construction LLC will be the general contractor.
Boulder-based FreeWave Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of spread spectrum radios, was hired by Hawaiian Electric Co. to install fault circuit indicators, or FCIs, throughout the island of Oahu. The indicators will detect fault data and transmit it in real-time with FreeWave's wireless data radios. The utility worked with FreeWave and its partner Power Delivery Products Inc., which provided the Smart Navigator FCI sensors, to install a network using FreeWave's FGR2-PE radios for long-range wireless communications. Deployment started in late 2012 and will continue throughout 2013.
Eco-friendly gear maker Green Guru Gear in Boulder partnered with Minneapolis-based bicycle-repair company Bike Fixtation LLC to acquire blown-out bicycle inner tubes. Green Guru recycles the inner tubes into bike bags and other accessories, which it sells at outdoor retail stores. Green Guru will pay for shipping to have the blown-out inner tubes shipped to Boulder. The two companies each paid an undisclosed amount so Bike Fixtation could build two test recycling boxes.
The North Face presented Boulder-based Satellite Boardshop with a $5,000 award to support activities that encourage people to participate in outdoor sports. Satellite was selected for its commitment and fresh approach to growing board sport participation in Boulder and beyond.
Sound Surgical Technologies LLC, a Louisville-based company that develops and makes surgical and nonsurgical devices used by cosmetic surgeons, has signed a definitive acquisition agreement with a California company for a deal worth $30.5 million. Solta Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTM), which also makes equipment for the "medical aesthetics" market, will acquire SST for $25.5 million in Solta common stock and $5 million in cash, according to a release from the companies. The deal is expected to close before the end of the first quarter.
Louisville-based Zayo Group introduced 100-gigabyte wavelength services on its New York City to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. fiber routes. The system will give customers the ability to scale with bandwidth intensive applications beyond speeds currently available. The Northeast Corridor, which connects Washington, D.C. to New York City through Philadelphia, has a concentration of financial, government and large enterprise customers that require high-bandwidth solutions. This represents the company's first native 100-gigabyte wavelength route.
Louisville-based Real Goods Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: RSOL) is partnering with San Francisco-based Sunrun Inc. on offering residential solar service options in California, Colorado, Massachusetts and New York. Real Goods Solar will design, engineer and manage the installation of residential solar systems, while Sunrun will own, insure, monitor and maintain the equipment.
Lafayette-based Door to Door Organics, a company that provides home-delivery of natural and organic foods, is offering a new service, Door to Door Organics Kitchen, which allows customers to shop online by recipe and have the ingredients delivered. Recipes are provided by local food bloggers and chefs. The recipe database is searchable by categories such as vegan and gluten-free. Website is www.colorado.doortodoororganics.com/.
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Lavender Graduation
Fri, 3 May 2013 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
10am | Festival Highlands Room
Lavender Graduation is a ceremony held at the end of the academic year, to recognize graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. It is a way to acknowledge the achievements made throughout these students' college careers. The Lavender Graduation Ceremony affirms the personhood of LGBT students by celebrating their academic successes as well as honoring their personal journey and growth. Through the support provided by programs such as Lavender Graduation, a ripple effect is created and these students are enabled to provide guidance to others in the LGBT community.
This event is sponsored by Madison Equality and the LGBT and Ally Education Program.


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|August 4th, 1861 entry in the Diary of James P. McPherson, Springdale, Wisconsin
On August 4th, 1861, he made the following entry: "4th Sun. At Morichs. Married Michael Bilse & Wilhelmina Fenstrer."
The diary entry is not specific; however, the wedding ceremony for Michael and Wilhelmina may have been performed at the home of McPherson's neighbor and friend, Christian Morich. Bilse was from the village of Perry, some 15 to 20 miles south of Springdale. The couple apparently then returned to make their home in Perry.


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Kathy Mead of Portales announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Becky Mead of Hewitt, Texas to Ryan Ruiz, of Hewitt, Texas, son of Nick Ruiz of Portales and Robin Ruiz of Roswell.
The couple will exchange vows at 6 p.m., Dec. 3 at First Baptist Church. The reception will also be at First Baptist Church.
The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of Portales High School.
The prospective groom is 2004 graduate of Floyd Schools. The ceremony and reception are open to friends and relatives.


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Clovis' Devin Sweet of Clovis placed second in the men's open division of the tombstone races. (DeBaca County News photo: Scot Stinnett)
By Eric Butler: CNJ correspondent
FORT SUMNER — There's legends, and then there's legends so big that they beget even more legends.
The Billy the Kid tombstone races at Old Fort Days are all about an offshoot activity at the legendary outlaw's gravesite. And it makes for an athletic event that certainly is unique by any standards.
On Saturday, 35 contestants tried their hand at jumping over two barriers — one 4-foot high and the other 5-foot high — picking up marble slabs, bringing them back to the starting line and then carrying the pieces back to their original spot. All in all, the participants in one race jumped over the barriers eight times and threw the slabs, weighing 80 pounds for the men and 20 pounds for the women, four times each.
The event is meant to parody the odd occurrences surrounding a footstone at Billy the Kid's grave — one that has been stolen three times, but has always found its way back. The pirates, in the past, managed to get over fences guarding the premises before townspeople finally fully enclosed the grave.
"It's been stolen three times, one time for 27 years. It emulates that in the fact that the first barrier is like the outside fence to the cemetary, the second barrier is getting in there, they steal it (the footstone) and get it out," said Buddy Cortese, who came up with the idea. "But they always bring it back."
By the end of a race, an 80-pound slab of marble can feel much heavier than that.
"That's the thing. It doesn't feel like 80 pounds — it feels like 200," said Clovis' Coby Greenwalt, 28, who was trying to defend his 2005 championship.
Greenwalt, well ahead in his opening heat, disqualified himself when he threw his slab too hard and it rolled out of his lane.
Instead, the $2,500 grand prize for the men's open division went to Frank Shanley, who just finished high school at Moriarty. Shanley's time of 35.84 edged out Clovis' Devin Sweet, who had a time of 36.22 seconds. Glenn Russ of Portales finished third with a mark of 37.66.
"My cousing Coby won it last year, so I figured I'd just come and give it a try," Sweet said. "It ain't as easy as it looks. It's pretty tough."
Fort Sumner's Sandy Fortner, who just finished up her first year with the University of New Mexico track team, won the women's event, which paid $650 to the winner. Fortner said she only planned on telling her track coach at UNM if something went wrong.
"She doesn't know yet. I wasn't going to tell her unless I got injured," Fortner said.
The event helped finished off a day full of activities, including a horseshoe tossing contest, a tug-of-war, a car show and an arts and crafts fair.
For the tombstone races, one of the women's entries Christine Adelhardt, 41, who was part of a German television crew filming a 45-minute piece about New Mexico.
Adelhardt finished seventh in the women's race.
"It's harder than I thought. I did a little training at the beginning and I thought, 'Oh, this will be easy,'" Adelhardt said. "I'm a quite competitive person, plus this is a chance of a lifetime — something I can show my kids."


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The "Best of the Best"
South Coast Winery – The "Best of the Best"
BUSINESS SCENE MAGAZINE – September 2011
"I'm going to tell you something," said Jim Carter, looking at me with clear uncomplicated eyes. "1991 to 1995 were the worst years of my life. I was living in Anaheim Hills, working my own construction company and losing money like water. I owed millions of dollars, worked hard and wasn't satisfied."
But, it hadn't always been like that. The owner and developer of South Coast Winery grew up with a good, ol' Midwestern work ethic and "everything I touched turned to gold, according to my dad." he said.
Life was good to Jim and his family in the early years when he was building homes, apartment complexes, shopping centers, purchasing a 260-acre tree farm, a 400-acre parcel of land, a bank, and ultimately, a successful savings and loan just before the savings and loan disaster of the 1990s. That's when Carter learned the lesson of cash flow.
For the next ten years, Jim struggled to make ends meet, coming dangerously close to losing the very home in which he and his wife had raised their children. He aggressively sold his assets, reduced his workforce from 500+ employees down to 50 employees, as banks continued to turn their backs on him. Adding to this turn of events was the tragic and unexpected loss of his wife. He admits to being devastated, but determined to continue on.
"Then one day, I saw a movie called A WALK IN THE CLOUDS," he said. "you know the one? With Keanu Reeves? Well, in that movie was a vineyard, a pretty little vignette of a winery. And I started to think I would love to have a winery like that."
"That vineyard reminded me of property in Wild Horse Peak. I really wanted to develop that area into the same beauty I had seen in the movie." (Wild Horse Peak is a lonesome area in the San Gabriel Mountains about 20 miles to the southeast of Temecula reputed to have been the haven of horse thieves and renegades.)
In the meantime, he started to research growing regions, grapes, soils and climates. He visited people he know who owned and operated the Nichelini Winery, the oldest continuously operating family owned winery in the Napa Valley and continued to fall deeper and deeper in love with growing grapes.
One of his companies was an ornamental tree business with 120 employees. But Carter was looking for something simpler. So he took his gardeners and quarters from the washing machines he owned in his apartment complexes and began to buy grapevines.
During the week he would fight with banks and struggle to keep his businesses afloat. On the weekends, he would go work in his vineyards and find peace.
He took his same gardeners to Wild Horse Peak and started planting in 1996. Today the 400 acres in the Northeastern portion of the Agua Tibia Wilderness produce Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot, Petit Syrah and Cabernet Franc.
He learned to grow some of the finest grapes in the region and sold them to Temecula area wineries, such as Callaway, on a year-to-year contract. In 2001, Callaway determined that they didn't need his grapes and didn't renew the contract. "Well, I thought to myself that if I really did have the finest grapes in the region, then I should build my own winery and make my own wines," said Carter.
"It really saved my sanity. I needed to be doing something constructive." Jim was 55 years old when he started to build his dream. The dream resonated with employees and the team effort has produced award-winning wines every year since.
"I've been able to surround myself with extremely talented people who have bought into the dream at 100%. I'm like the guy who continues to dream and they are the team that makes it happen. I wouldn't be where I am today without them."
"I made a promise to my winemakers to grow the best grapes possible; they made a promise to me to produce the best wines possible. This bond allows us to produce all the great wines that have done so well."
The next dream Jim had was to produce the best wines in the state, which he and his team proceeded to do in 2008 when South Coast shocked the wine industry by winning the coveted "Golden Bear" award and was named "California Winery of the Year" in the California State Fair Wine Competition and backed up that title with a two-time win in 2009.
It was the first time in 50 years that the award was given to a winery outside of the Napa Valley region.
"It's an honor to have South Coast Winery recognized as an outstanding wine producer among its peers of California wineries, but I didn't do it alone. I simply set the goal to create the finest wines in all of California; then provided our incredibly talented winemakers with the tools they needed to accomplish our joint mission. The three of us – Jon McPherson, Javier Flores, and myself – did it really. By combining their skills, with my quality vineyards, adding in some hard work and a lot of heart, we have created the best wines in the golden state of California." said Jim with a smile.
"No one thought we could produce world class wines from the Temecula Valley. But I know that when we make a commitment to do something, we have to believe. Now they all believe."
South Coast has won 1,600 awards and ribbons from best of class to the coveted Golden Bear Award in California from competitions in Mexico, Spain, Portugal, France, Chile, Bulgaria, Germany, Argentina and Italy.
Jim opened South Coast Winery in 2002 with only a barrel room. He grew it into a lavish resort and spa where hundreds of people come every year to taste wine, stay in luxury and eat amazing food in the restaurant. "When we first began to build the restaurant, everyone told me it was too big that all the space would be wasted. But look at it now; on a Saturday, it isn't big enough for all the people who come here!"
A quaint note about the restaurant is that the gardeners grow most of the produce for the cooks in huge gardens across the street from the winery. A small herb and kitchen garden is right outside the kitchen door and there they pick ingredients for their guests' meals.
The next vision is the fifty more hotel units Jim wants to build on his property. His other dream is to begin to build Carter Estates, just as soon as he can get the okay from the county.
With a love of flowers and trees, Jim has landscaped the winery with over 12,000 roses he and his gardeners have propagated. He still has his original gardeners and about 500 more employees. So much for simplifying… But Jim is as happy as he's ever been, and a newly-wed too. "I'm like Job," he says, "God has blessed me more than I deserve."


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January 11, 2011
ISAT 2011 – Test Administration Procedures and Issues Webinar
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Join us for a Webinar
This Webinar will cover some of the basic information, procedures, and issues regarding the ISAT test administration. A question and answer session will follow the Webinar presentation. The Webinar is designed for District Coordinators, School Coordinators, and Test Administrators. New Coordinators are especially encouraged to participate.
The session will review:
- General ISAT Information
- Accommodations
- Linguistically Modified Tests
- Test Security
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If you are unable to attend the Webinar, the presentation and PowerPoint will be posted after the Thursday session on the ISAT Web page http://www.isbe.net/assessment/isat.htm .


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List of resources for Mozambique
Following is a list of websites for additional information about the Peace Corps and Mozambique and to connect you to returned Volunteers and other invitees. Please keep in mind that although we try to make sure all these links are active and current, we cannot guarantee this.
A note of caution: As you surf the Internet, be aware that you may find personal blogs, bulletin boards, and chat rooms in which people are free to express opinions about the Peace Corps based on their own experiences, including comments by those who were unhappy with their choice to serve in the Peace Corps. These opinions are not those of the Peace Corps or the U.S. government, and we hope you will keep in mind that no two people experience their service in the same way.
General Information About Mozambique
On this site, you can learn anything from what time it is in Mozambique to how to convert from the dollar to the metical. Just click on Mozambique and go from there. Please note that this is a member website and in order to enter you will have to establish a user name and password.
Visit this site for general travel advice about almost any country in the world.
The U.S. State Department's website issues background notes periodically about countries around the world. Find Mozambique and learn more about its social and political history.
This site includes links to all the official sites for governments worldwide.
This online world atlas includes maps and geographical information about countries around the world. Each country page contains links to other sites, such as the Library of Congress, that contain comprehensive historical, social, and political background.
This site provides an additional source of current and historical information about countries around the world.
Connect With Returned Volunteers and Other Invitees
This is the site of the National Peace Corps Association, made up of returned Volunteers. On this site you can find links to all the Web pages of the "friends of" groups for most countries of service, made up of former Volunteers who served in those countries. There are also regional groups who frequently get together for social events and local volunteer activities.
This site is known as the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Web Ring. Browse the Web ring and see what former Volunteers are saying about their service.
This site is hosted by a group of returned Volunteer writers. It is a monthly online publication of essays and Volunteer accounts of their Peace Corps service.
Online Articles/Current News Sites About Mozambique
The official Mozambican home page
The site of the U.S. Embassy in Maputo
The site of the Mozambican Embassy in Washington, D.C.
A site with links to a variety of information on Mozambique
News about Africa from the BBC
An online newsletter about Africa (subscription required)
The site of Africa Action, a U.S. organization that works for political, economic, and social justice in Africa
International Development Sites About Mozambique
Population Services International
Save the Children
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
U.S. Agency for International Development
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United Nations Development Programme
World Food Programme
Recommended Books
- Finnegan, William. A Complicated War: The Harrowing of Mozambique. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
- Hanlon, Joseph. Mozambique: Who Calls the Shots? Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991.
- Henriksen, Thomas H. Revolution and Counterrevolution: Mozambique's War of Independence 1964-1974. Westport, CO: Greenwood Press, 1983.
- Hoile, D. (ed.). Mozambique 1962-1993: A Political Chronology. London: Mozambique Institute, 1994.
- Magaia, Lina. Dumba Nengu/Run for Your Life: Peasant Tales of Tragedy in Mozambique. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1988.
- Msabaha, Ibrahim. "Negotiating an End to Mozambique's Murderous Rebellion." In Elusive Peace: Negotiating an End to Civil Wars, edited by I. William Zartmen. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1995.
- Munslow, Barry (ed.). Samora Machel: An African Revolutionary (selected speeches and writings). London: Zed Books, 1985.
- Newitt, M.D.D. A History of Mozambique. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.
- Young, Tom, and Margaret Hall. Confronting Leviathan: Mozambique Since Independence. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1997.
Books About the History of the Peace Corps
- Hoffman, Elizabeth Cobbs. All You Need is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960's. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000.
- Rice, Gerald T. The Bold Experiment: JFK's Peace Corps. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1985.
- Stossel, Scott. Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2004.
Books on the Volunteer Experience
- Dirlam, Sharon. Beyond Siberia: Two Years in a Forgotten Place. Santa Barbara, CA: McSeas Books, 2004.
- Casebolt, Marjorie DeMoss. Margarita: A Guatemalan Peace Corps Experience. Gig Harbor, WA: Red Apple Publishing, 2000.
- Erdman, Sarah. Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village. New York, NY: Picador, 2003.
- Hessler, Peter. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze. New York, NY: Perennial, 2001.
- Kennedy, Geraldine (ed.). From the Center of the Earth: Stories out of the Peace Corps. Santa Monica, CA: Clover Park Press, 1991.
- Thompsen, Moritz. Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1997 (reprint).shington Press, 1997 (reprint).


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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow ReviewBy Christopher Monfette - Posted Sep 28, 2010
Is Lords of Shadow a good, albeit familiar game? Absolutely. But is it truly a Castlevania game? That's ultimately up for the diehard fans to decide. For our money, it's close enough to earn our respect…and to tempt our fangs with the promise of even greater blood-letting in the future.
The Pros
- Engaging visual presentation and design
- Intense, fast-paced offensive combat
- A rich, substantive campaign roughly 15 hours long
- Replayability with hidden areas and additional challenges
The Cons
- Clumsy defensive maneuvers slow combat
- Story and design elements borrow too heavily from other games
- Doesn't truly feel like a Castlevania title
- Excessively expensive power-ups
The history of 3D Castlevania titles has been fraught with as much horror and supernatural peril as the Belmont clan itself, flogging its hungry, quasi-vampiric audience with a holy whip of utter mediocrity. With Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Konami and MercurySteam – along with the aid of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima – have attempted what ultimately proves to be the most successful translation of the franchise beyond its two-dimensional, side-scrolling pedigree. While the end product is neither a whip-wielding display of Transylvanian heroism nor a crimson soaked, disarticulated bloodbath, gamers finally have a title that's well worth embarking on a new crusade.
Everything New is Old Again
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will no doubt feel instantly familiar to most gamers – not because it feels like a true successor to the classic Castlevania bloodline, but because it so faithfully, almost unabashedly, mimics the conventions of today's most popular action titles. Comparisons to games such as God of War or Dante's Inferno have almost become a critical cliché, too often lobbied at the merest hint of similarity, but from its epic storyline to the very core of its gameplay mechanics, Lords of Shadow does relatively little to distinguish itself from better known – and dare we say better – titles…
Gabriel Belmont is a fearless warrior, a devoted member of the Brotherhood of the Light, whose beloved has fallen at the hands of his supernatural enemies. In order to avenge the death of his lover and vanquish the servants of the Lords of Shadow – earth-bound evils who threaten the balance between Heaven and Hell – Gabriel must embark on a supernatural quest to defeat iconic, mythological villains as well as ten-story tall elemental titans.
If it sounds as if you could easily swap out Belmont for grieving warriors such as Kratos or Dante – or if Eastern European folkloric monsters could readily substitute for Grecian creatures or Biblical devils – or if towering, multi-tiered bosses have too quickly progressed from unique works of genius to a tired staple of the genre – or if, or if, or if…you'd no doubt find that Castlevania adopts them all.
The title is equally guilty of looking beyond conventional gaming tropes into Hollywood cinema for its immediate influences, patterning entire levels from the aesthetic qualities of Lord of the Rings or the works of Guillermo del Toro. And if this seems like something of a critical stretch or a cynical grab – after all, what great works haven't been influenced by those who've gone before – keep in mind that it's only moments after the conclusion of a level inspired by the collapsing, moss-covered stonework of Middle Earth that a character named Gandolfi is first mentioned…Or that an interior sequence ripped straight from del Toro's sketchbook precedes the arrival of a faun named Pan.
And all of this as the game itself continually fails to feel like a true Castlevania title. In fact, it's only at the half-way point – perhaps seven or eight hours into the game proper – when a sprawling, gothic castle first appears in the distance and the series' mainstay vampires finally become a threat. Until this mid-point moment, the title – for all its graphical splendor, visceral combat and strategic magic system – only feels like a Castlevania game by virtue of a whip and the surname of its hero…Until this moment, the sunlit landscape is simply too bright, too other-worldly; the Lycans and ogres too generic; the story too disconnected from the series' accepted cannon. But once than game turns inwards, focusing on lavishly ruined and torch-lit interiors, things become immediately more comfortable for series diehards.
Gabriel Belmont and the Killer Crucifix
While the combat in Lords of Shadow is a relatively simple affair – two basic attacks leading into a series of meticulously timed combos – the title manages to feel fast-paced and frenetic throughout each and every battle. The enemies you encounter may never outnumber the on-screen hordes of, say, God of War, but the handful of Lycans, goblins and vampires surrounding you at any given moment are smart, powerful and brutally effective. You'll have to make strategic use of your combos, magic and evasion maneuvers to survive. And even then, you're going to die…A lot…Maddeningly, frustratingly often…
The real highlight of the game is the magic system, consisting of Light Magic and Shadow Magic. When activated in battle, Light Magic will regenerate your health for every successful blow you land. Shadow Magic will increase your offensive power. Enemies killed will leave behind neutral orbs which players can choose to pull into either their Light or Shadow meters, but choose wisely…Some of these battles, especially the boss battles, are long, multi-stage affairs, so saving your Light Magic to heal up is often more important than opening a medieval can of whip-ass with your Shadow Magic. And stacking up combos without taking damage – no easy feat given the speed of combat – will result in more and more orbs left behind to scavenge
Completing levels and environmental puzzles – i.e. the ever-familiar light-reflection challenge or the brain-teasing platform manipulation – will result in players earning Skill Points, the currency necessary to purchase additional combos and specialty magic powers. The problem, however, is that the very best skills are excessively expensive, forcing players to forego some of the most basic combos to save for better upgrades later down the road. Multiple play-throughs will ultimately be necessary for those wanting to unleash the greatest possible fury.
However, what keeps the combat from approaching a brutal and bloody perfection is the evasive and defensive posturing. The evasion roll – which you'll find yourself using over, and over, and over again – features an animation that takes about a half-second too long, slowing the action considerably and forcing players into a rudimentary series of roll-hit-roll maneuvers. Aerial combos are virtually useless as there's no way to abort your onslaught fast enough to evade an incoming blow. And while the toe-to-toe, whip-scourging action is an absolute blast against easier and fewer opponents, the moment a more defensive strategy is required, combat grinds to a far less enjoyable halt.
Certain enemies such as ogres and wargs become ride-able mounts once defeated, granting Belmont the power to bash down reinforced gates or climb previously un-scalable structures. Sadly, where such mounts were a blast to play in previous titles such as God of War or Dante's Inferno, dealing out a gloriously satisfying amount of damage to the smaller ilk, the creatures here are a slow and clumsy bestiary. Players are likely to find themselves returning to the ground the moment these monsters have outlived their usefulness.
Lastly, Belmont continues to have access to back-up weapons. Throwing daggers prove to be a surprisingly powerful long-range asset and floating, green fairies – think Moulin Rouge or Tinkerbell – will swarm and daze your opponents as you deal with more pressing threats. There's also a system of amethyst crystals that, once collected, will allow Belmont to summon – in the most Final Fantasy sense of the word – a deadly demon to decimate your enemies. And the classic vial of holy water makes an appearance, as well.
You're So (Castle) Vain (ia)…
Wherever the various designers might have culled their influences, there's no doubt that Lords of Shadow looks spectacular. As you progress through the lands of Lycans and Vampires, progressing into the game's even darker conclusion, there's a real sense of traveling through an ancient world, baring the supernatural scars of centuries of ruin and war. While there is a real, tangible absence of the series' namesake castles – at least through the first half of the game – Belmont will journey through aging ruins and collapsed temples, landscapes remarkably beautiful for their sullen degradation. You'll see snowy mountain passes and 13th century Germanic villages; you'll travel through sun-filtered forests and torch-lit, underground caverns.
Even the character designs are as appealing and well realized as their voice actors. Robert Carlyle – who players might recall from Trainspotting and 28 Weeks Later – voices Belmont with an eerie, apathetic calm, imbuing the character with a sense of almost kamikaze melancholy. Belmont is a man driven by guilt, unconcerned with life or living, but kept alive by a vague sense that he can somehow make things right. Patrick Stewart, the videogame mainstay for wise and grey-haired tutors, plays Zobek, a fellow member of the Brotherhood and the mysterious figure who pushes Belmont forward when he begins to stumble. Zobek also serves as the game's ham-fisted and heavy-handed narrator, delivering poetic, over-scripted monologues about Belmont's progress during mission load-screens.
Metal Gear Shadow: Whip-Eater
While the presence of Hideo Kojima certainly lends the title an air of next-gen street-cred – if not necessarily sophistication – it's relatively difficult to spot his influence in the gameplay itself. Lords of Shadow doesn't feature the kind of measured, carefully paced stealth combat of Metal Gear Solid; nor does it ever achieve the over-the-top bad-assery from its boss fights and cinematic encounters for which Kojima is genreally known.
If anything, one can find the Metal Gear master's personality more heavily featured in the narrative. This is the most conversation-heavy Castlevania to date, featuring sweeping, melodramatic character arcs that aren't entirely dissimilar from Kojima's previous work. Thankfully, the action never stops on a dime for preachy, socio-economic global sermons, but Zobek's mid-mission narration recalls the longer, talkier passages in which Kojima so often revels. That said, the story never feels as secondary as it easily might have become, and that's likely in large part to Kojima's supervision.
For Sale: One Castle, Many Rooms, Modern Amenities
Lords of Shadow is a robust and lengthy game, offering between 15-20 hours of action-packed gameplay depending upon how much of a completionist you are…Each mission features collectible travel journals and scattered gems to increase your life and magic meters, as well as the series' most engaging feature: hidden arenas.
One of the best moments in any Metroidvania game is the satisfaction earned from sleuthing your way into a chamber on the map that had somehow eluded you the entire playtime. You knew it was there – hiding away some secret item or power-up, robbing you of your rightful 100% -- but you'd lacked the ability to reach it until now…While Lords of Shadow doesn't feature a level map to taunt your inner explorer, it does offer a clever combination of unreachable areas, branching pathways and entirely hidden chambers to encourage a second go-around. A helpful menu at the end of each mission will tell you what percentage of each level you've completed, but you'll want to keep track of the far-off objects and blocked hallways you encounter to more effectively target your mission replays.
In addition, certain levels and boss fights will offer unique challenges or specific criteria upon a second attempt, rewarding gamers for improved performance.
The Harmony of Despair in this Symphony in the Night calls the Dawn of Sorrow to Shine Upon My Portrait of Ruin….
Castlevania has lived a long life in only two dimensions, and for as long as they keep making these supernatural side-scrollers, we'll keep playing them. While the effort to create a 3D adventure in the Castlevania universe has been a long, sorry road of bones, this latest chapter proves that success is indeed possible, if not yet fully achieved.
Is Lords of Shadow a good, albeit familiar game? Absolutely. But is it truly a Castlevania game? That's ultimately up for the diehard fans to decide. For our money, it's close enough to earn our respect…and to tempt our fangs with the promise of even greater blood-letting in the future.


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Combining the quickness of a road racing shoe with serious off road traction, the adidas adizero XT 4 flies over gnarly terrain and technical trails.
Our testers jumped at the opportunity to try out the adizero XT 4, both for its bold design and trail performance heritage. With an upper and midsole reminiscent of a performance road shoe, yet with lugs serious enough to conquer the most unforgiving terrain, we knew we were in for some high performance trail running.
The XT 4 feels fast, responsive and flexible. The low platform and moderate heel to toe offset deliver good ground feel, but you still get a nice amount of protection from the midsole cushioning. The flexible midsole is snappy and responsive, giving the shoe an exceptional toe off and adding propulsion to every step.
The outsole's massive lugs inspired confidence with testers. This shoe has no problem tackling a wide variety of trail types, and the sticky outsole rubber ensures great traction when things get wet. We were impressed by the placement of the lugs throughout the outsole, positioned to avoid pressure points on the foot for lasting comfort on longer trail runs.
The XT 4 features a snug fit, without being constrictive or uncomfortable. This minimizes in-shoe foot movement and provides a feeling of security, so that running full speed ahead is the only thing on your mind.
The platform under the heel felt a bit narrow. Normally that would cause me to worry on downhills, but the lugs provide such good grip that I felt plenty secure.
Aggressive, technical trails come to mind when running in the XT 4. This shoe has enough grip to tackle anything you throw at it.
The lugs on the outsole feel like an extension of your foot. They make you aware of their traction with each step, increasing your confidence over rough terrain.


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We are not at that point yet but I do plan to go organic as much as possible
Here is a good link for coupons for organics. I thought it may help .....
Every once in a while, but not religiously.
About half 'n' half.
I don't do organics.
We are not at that point yet but I do plan to go organic as much as possible
Here is a good link for coupons for organics. I thought it may help .....
AIM- cuigrl
Proud Mommy to~
Emma and Ally 3/15/06 (my two little angels in heaven)
Kaylin Ryan born on 6/22/07~ My joy!!!!
Before ML was born, I tried to eat healthy but didn't think too much about organics. If I bought an item that was healthy and organic, I just considered it a bonus. After she was born, I went a little bananas about food - it had to be healthy and organic. When she first started solids, everything I bought for her was organic. I changed our dairy, meats (if/when we have them) and most fruits/veggies over to organic. I also started making most of our meals from scratch and cutting way down on processed foods. It makes me feel good to know that I am doing the best for my family. The only time now that we don't get at least 98% all organics is when we eat out, which is only about once a week. It's hard for me to eat out knowing that the food isn't local, fresh (usually) or organic...
Mommy to Mary Louise, born 6/28/05, Self weaned at 2 years and 2 months
Mommy to Craig Isaac, born February 16, 2008, Self weaned 3 years and 4 months
We do all animal products (except hard cheeses which are very expensive if you buy organic) organic. Other stuff we buy organic like 90% of the time. Especially dirty dozen, we always buy organic. Tomatoes, watermelon, garlic, onions and pasta are some of the things we buy regular.
I wish we could afford organics but we can't so no I don't feed my lo organics. She is almost 6 months and we are just getting started with solids. I don't buy organic stuff for the most part. SOmetimes I do if the price is similar but for the most part no. I do plan on buying hormone free milk when she is old enough to drink milk.
I said yes, because we do as much organic as we possibly can. Sometimes I can't find an organic version of something, so I settle. And when we dine out or at someone else's house, it's obviously not organic. I think doing it as often as I can is still better than not doing it at all, so I don't worry about the occasional non-organic item. (That's sort of my take on crunchiness. Anything I do to be a little more "wholesome" is better than nothing at all. So I do my best to be healthy and "clean," but I don't go around afraid of my own shadow over everything. )
I love my kids. I care for them accordingly. What more can I say?
Mom to 3 awesome kiddos...
C - 9yrs
O - 7yrs
A - 1yr old in Nov '15
My LO is 1 year and 2 months and thus far has only had non-organics once - for her 1 year burthday my Mom insisted on getting her a cake and it was a normal store bought cake. It is expensive and often my DH and I do not eat organics so we can afford to feed her all organics but it is well worth it for her.
Samantha: born 3 1/2 weeks early on Sept 2006 6lbs 4 oz 18 inches long with situs inversus totalis. Now a strong healthy little girl that wants to be a NICU doctor, loves her little sister and breastfeeds her dolls!
Milk donated with while nursing first LO: 2,200 oz
Alexandra: born 3 weeks early on July 2010 7lbs 8 oz 19.5 inches long.
Milk donated with while nursing first LO: 1,200
For information on becoming a Breastmilk Donor http://hmbana.org/index/donatemilk
We just started solids, and I am feeding him non-organic foods as the organic ones aren't in our budget.
Reading your posts, it makes me feel as though I may be doing something that could be jeopardizing my LO on down the road by not going organic.
Proud mommy to Michael Evan born May 11, 2007.
DOn't feel that way!!! Like I said I don't feed my lo organics either. Millions of people don't eat organic and they are fine. My mother- who was totally organic everything still died of breast cancer at the age of 48... Its way more important that your lo have a loving family than organic food. Besides pesticides are everywhere in the water and soil.. so even if they don't use them on the crops etc per say that isn't to say there arent still pesticides on things.
ohh and just an example of the why I can't buy organic on most things... I did buy organic spinach this week as it was the same price as regular but organic chicken breast is 9.50 /lb at the local health food store. I buy chicen breasts for 1.77/lb on sale. That is a HUGE difference in my opinion.


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8 Stocks Climbing Higher on Unusual Volume
>>5 Dividend Stocks Itching to Pay You More
Major moves in volume can signal unusual activity, such as insider buying or selling -- or buying or selling by "superinvestors."
Unusual volume can also be a major signal that hedge funds and momentum traders are piling into a stock ahead of a catalyst. These types of traders like to get in well before a large spike, so it's always a smart move to monitor unusual volume. That said, remember to combine trend and price action with unusual volume. Put them all together to help you decipher the next big trend for any stock.
With that in mind, let's take a look at several stocks rising on unusual volume today.
>>5 Breakout Stock Plays: Must-See Charts
Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT)
This company is focused on developing RNA-based therapeutics to improve and save the lives of people affected by serious and life-threatening rare and infectious diseases. This stock is trading up 7.4% at $28.98 in recent trading.
Today's Volume: 2.44 million
Average Volume: 2.57 million
Volume % Change: 53%
Shares of SRPT are ripping higher today after Piper Jaffray said the stock has the potential to be a $160 stock with a $4 billion market cap, but its nearer-term range could be $60 to $80.
From a technical perspective, SRPT is bouncing up here with decent volume and the stock is challenging some near-term breakout levels at $27.94 to $29.19. At last check, shares of SRPT have hit an intraday high of $29.48 and volume is just a bit under its three-month average action of 2.57 million shares.
Traders should now look for long-biased trades in SRPT as long as it's trending above its recent breakout level of $27.94 with strong upside volume flows. I would consider any upside volume day that registers near or above its three-month average volume of 2.57 million as bullish. If SRPT can maintain that trend, and especially hold a trend above its next breakout levels at $29.19 to $29.48, then this stock will set up to re-test or possibly take out its next major overhead resistance levels at $32.50 to $35.
This is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products for large underserved markets. This stock is trading up 13.7% at $11.77 in recent trading.
Today's Volume: 13.18 million
Average Volume: 3.69 million
Volume % Change: 433%
Shares of VVUS are soaring higher today after health insurer Aetna revised its weight-loss-treatment policy to include its obesity drug Qsymia.


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Stoudemire also has to stop making bad decisions. He's getting paid 100 million, at least play smart. I rather him score nothing and focus much more on defense if it makes us play better.
Stoudemire is not as good of a one on one player as some of us think he is, unless his jumpshot is on. Nash used to get him easy baskets, the only legit run and gun point guard Stat has played with in NY is Ray Felton. Lets not get into an argument over whether or not hes legit, compared to Douglas he is and im'a leave it at that.
Billups is more of a halfcourt point guard, Baron is the type of point guard Amare needs. Smh @ that Melo is a cancer thread. Melo's not a cancer and hes not a point guard like Dantoni is forcing him to be. Melo played aright last night, the 5 turnovers was because hes trying to do much due to the fact that we have to overcompensate for not having any guards....forget point guards, we barely even have any guards. And i noticed at least twice Melo made bad passes because nobody else was moving at all, the offense was very stagnant. Im not trying to completely defend him either he still coulda played better.
Its still too quick to panic, way to soon. Im not sure how good this team is but they're not as bad as they're playing. Just hang in there knicks fans, I dont think it will take shumpert much time to get back where he was. Hes a strong, athletic guy and he will help when he comes back. Baron, even if hes not in good shape hes better then douglas and bibby. Barons said all the right things, he looks like hes motivated. He said he wanted to be in great shape before he returns so Im guessing if hes saying 3 weeks that a little bit of that time will be doing physical therapy for his back and the rest of the time will be spent running 20 miles in soft sand, on or off land
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Stoudemire also has to stop making bad decisions. He's getting paid 100 million, at least play smart. I rather him score nothing and focus much more on defense if it makes us play better.
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Amare has been off and he does need Davis.
It's becoming evident that Douglas is not the future of this team and we don't know about Shumpert yet.
The only pure PG that can actually feed Amare and Melo passes is BD, no one else.
Amare is the most stagnant offensive player right now, just jacking up shots and not attacking like he should.
Melo is also to blame but atleast Melo is attacking the rim more and making his free throws.
Tyson needs to get some rebounds on both ends of the floor.
AND I want to see more minutes for Steve Novak, he makes the open three and we need instant offense. It's sad that Mike D probably won't play him as much as we should until its too late but no one is providing a spark for offense. Novak can hit 3's and when we hit 3's we win. I want to see Jerome Jordan more, he only played for 2 minutes and made his first shot which a contested mid range in his face so let's just see what he has.
I can't stand seeing Amare at center, is Mike D nuts? We have Tyson, Harrelson, and Jordan to play center....WHY THE F*CK is AMARE PLAYING CENTER????!?!?!
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Also, PLAY WALKER MORE. Despite commentators and board members saying he didn't have the work ethic last season, he ALWAYS came off as being active on the court to me, and still does. Who knows how much truth there is to that about his work ethic. Walker always seems to be able to get past his defender after pump faking at the three point line then getting near the rim, and a good amount of time makes something positive happen.
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Amare needs to be amnestied.
Oh right we lost that because Dolan thought it was a good idea to give 15 million to a role player.
Gms, coaches, players may change but as long as Dolan is in charge the results will stay the same.
Here me out maybe Amare needs to play center more. I mean he said he gained 20 pounds of muscle over the offseason. This was probably done in preparation to play the 5 where his speed and strength would allow him to go to the hole and be able to handle contact.
He had no idea that the Knicks FO was going to provide him with a proper center so that he could move to the four. At the four that muscle mass may not be of as much use. In fact if it slows him down it could take away from his game. Maybe he needs to play alongside Jorts as a five as much as he plays PF to T. Chandler. Amare could easily dominate any teams backup center except maybe Gasol.
Anyhow just food for thought.
the only thing pure about Renaissance Man is that he is unquestiuonabley a heterosexual cause any dude that gets near him he afraid to get physical with him how many more times are you Knicks fans going to put up with any player running right by him for easy uncontested scores?
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What I don't understand about Amar'e is why he doesn't use some post moves like Blake Griffin does. They aren't exactly Hakeem The Dream moves, but good enough to create space and spin your way to the hoop, using that athleticism.
Amar'e is basically 60% a jump shooter and 40% a pick and roll guy. He doesn't use the low post at all which is kind of sad, watching Blake using it so well...and a fully healthy Amar'e is probably still the second most athletic power forward in the league.
Averaging below 9 rebounds a game for his career is another thing I don't understand, given his size and athleticism.
It's kind of sad that Amar'e's game relies on his point guard. Of course, everybody plays better with a world class pg running the show, but Stoudemire is probably the guy who relies on a great playmaker the most of all star players in the league.
Stat should post way more, he has basically become a 6'10 SG.Why in the hell doesn't antoni design some plays to get him closer to the basket, oh that's right our coach is a DUMMY!!!
Still the rebounding and boxing out was pathetic at times. After awhile I wondered if anyone was going to challenge the three...or at least put a hand in someone face. Sacremento's shooting was pathetic which helped the knicks....
Chandler was not finishing until the second half of last nights game. How many alley oops had missed...
Nice to see MELO not forcing shots...
JORTS now knows not to put the ball on floor..he was dribbling way too much.
Amare should have played with Melo during the offseason and now needs to find his role.
His difficulty in playing is honestly not being a Center, and is just off his game. This should not be an excuse for him because it should be easier for him at power forward not harder. He will find his game and the coaching staff also have to help make this work.
Amare needs Baron, but Baron is not going to make him a better rebounder. He bulked up for this season and now he must use his size to rebound. With Chandler playing D Amare has to concentrate on the board. The Knicks need Amare to score, but the Knicks need Amare to rebound even more.
Amar'e has a better jumpshot and more range, he's also a better shot blocker at this point than Blake, but Blake is already a much better rebounder, passer and low post player than STAT has been in his career.
I don't want to turn this into a Blake vs Amar'e comparison.
It's just one thing that in my oppinion Amar'e could adopt from Blake's game, his low post moves.
What don't you like about his demeanor? Seems like a humble guy who gives it his all.
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