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The first initiative to mark the 40th anniversary of BARLA is being piloted in Yorkshire.
BARLA, in partnership with four major sponsors, are set to launch the, "Tops for Teams," kit giveaway project, where BARLA affiliated clubs will benefit from a free kit. Providing on the response received from the pilot scheme in Yorkshire, there is potential for the project to be rolled out nationally.
The official launch of the project is set for a date in February and as a pre-cursor to this, details of the proposals are currently being distributed to BARLA clubs east of the Pennines. These proposals are accompanied with the cover letter below.
"At a time when it has recently been announced that grass roots rugby league will suffer the massive blow of a £10m cut in funding over the next 4 years, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for your club to receive a 15 player kit free of charge.
The kit giveaway project, named 'Tops for Teams', is being officially launched in February 2013, by four sponsors – Help-Link UK Ltd, Xamax, Worcester Bosch and Plumb Centre.
This project is designed to help the junior academy of local amateur rugby teams become equipped with the professional kits needed for them to perform to the best of their ability.
The pilot for this project will see all 114 BARLA affiliated clubs throughout Yorkshire provided with a 15 player kit in their home team colours. Providing on the response received from the pilot, there is potential for the project to be rolled out nationally.
The high quality uniforms, which would retail at over £100,000 for all 114 strips, will be provided by the four sponsors and includes shirts, shorts and socks incorporating the sponsor's official logos.
All four of the sponsors currently have, or have previously had some form of involvement with rugby league, Help-Link is the current sponsor of the Castleford Tigers – they would now like to give something back to grass roots rugby.
The recent economic crisis, and the subsequent cut in rugby league funding, has made it a challenge for local sports clubs to function as efficiently as they would hope. By providing 114 clubs with a professional kit in their home team strip, the sponsors are not only investing in the legacy of local teams, but are also emphasising the importance of an active lifestyle from a young age. The hope is that the juniors will continue to install the same attitude towards a healthy lifestyle into within adulthood.
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Please see the article "Privacy advocates fear massive fed health database" in Computer World, by Jaikumar Vijayan.
Many state and federal agencies either release or will soon release massive free or low cost "public use data files" without testing to make sure that our sensitive personal health information cannot be re-identified or obtaining our consent to use our health information.
Describing data bases as "anonymized" or "de-identified" lulls the public into thinking that their health records are safe and cannot be re-identified. But that isn't true. Every method to prevent data from being re-identified should first be tested and proven.
Patient Privacy Rights recommends that any health data set should be subject to "adversarial challenge criteria" to assess the actual threats/risks of re-identification of the data before release. See "Notes About Anonymizing Data For Public Release" by Andrew Blumberg PhD at: http://patientprivacyrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/ABlumberg-anonymization-memo.pdf
After the challenge criteria are used to test the data, patients should be informed of the risk of re-identification and asked for consent to include their data.
Even the NIH had to close down a database of genetic information that was supposedly de-identified after the 141st researchers who downloaded the data base reported that they could re-identify actual patients.
It's extremely hard to create health data sets that cannot be re-identified. Given that fact, patient consent should be required for the use of health data and patients should be informed of the risks of re-identification BEFORE their data is included in public use data sets.
Without basic protections, i.e., requiring informed consent and adversarial challenges, our health data will be used to create valuable, detailed profiles of each of us—and our own health records will be sold and used to discriminate against us in employment, credit, and other opportunities in life–not for research to improve our health and improve treatment.

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The Problem with Baseball
In short, the problem is Francisco Rodriguez; or, at least, the problem is people like Francisco Rodriguez.
Earlier this week, when asked about his role as set-up man to John Axford on a playoff-bound Brewers club, the manic and pock-marked hot head had this to say:
"There's been plenty of save opportunities, and I've pitched once in the ninth inning and it wasn't a save. I'm not happy. That's the bottom line for me."
Whaa whaa whaa. Cry me a river, you big, overpaid, underachieving man-baby.
You see, dear readers, K-Rod is what we nowadays call a "stat-whore" — an obvious "save" chaser, a child more concerned about his "legacy" than the overall well-being of his team. And apparently, winning means nothing to him. Being successful means nothing to him. If it did, he'd keep his mouth shut. Instead, he's yapping about how rough he has it while presumably yearning for a return to that moribund, going-nowhere New York Mets club.
Are we, US Americans, responsible for this man-childish behavior? Probably. To be fair, we are the ones who tune in to train wrecks like The Jersey Shore. We are the ones who judge people based on appearances. We are the ones who look the other way while skinny little Brady Anderson racks up 50 bombs.
Will it ever end? Probably not. But being aware is being alive, which is good news for you and me.
And K-Rod? Well, he is just another one of the walking dead.
Happy Friday!
PS. Aside from being a big baby, K-Rod is also the poster child against extreme, high definition close-ups. I mean, seriously, there is no reason for a grown man to have that much acne. Unless…
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I guess he's still pee'd at the Muts he did get enough saves to get his bonus…. Wonder if AP will fall into this category come season end…. Hopefully the Cards overtake the Braves although this weekend it'll be …… Okay we'll see what happens LOL… As always great stuff Jeff, drink lots and don't weep to much this weekend….
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RICHMOND A Waitsfield man was involved in a four-car accident on Interstate 89 Wednesday morning, according to state police.
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State police say Alexander M. Bown, 23, of Burlington, pulled into the left lane without yielding to Donna L. Wright, 49, of Randolph Center, who was in that lane. The two collided, and Wrights vehicle hit the guardrail, spun 180 degrees and sat in the middle of the road.
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The Houston Astro embark on a new journey in the AL. Many years ago (not that many, but more than some) the Milwaukee Brewers left the AL Central and ventured into the NL Central giving the NL 16 teams to the AL's 14. In order to rectify this great inequity, the Astros are being moved to the AL. It's not too tragic. They were an expansion team, have never won the World Series for the NL, and will get a great regional rival with Texas. Unfortunately, the rivalry won't be much to speak of for the next few season. While the Rangers have plenty of talent, the Astros are trying desperately to acquire it. They have a minuscule payroll and their highest paid player makes $3M. Felix Hernandez now makes $25M.
Let's take a closer look at the Astros.
Major Off-Season Moves:
- Cut salary.
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- Signed SP Erik Bedard.
- Signed 1B Carlos Pena.
- Acquired OF/DH Chris Carter from Oakland.
The Astros traded away what they could to acquire prospects. It's tough to evaluate an off season like this except that it was necessary. The Astros have been going down hill for several years and it's time to flip the switch. They had nothing at the major league level that they could build around. Carter is a good pickup but Pena and Bedard are stopgaps until they can get some newer players there.
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Education Over Legislation
Let schools and DPI figure out mascot apporpriateness
For the life of us we can't understand why the state legislature wants to stick its nose into the debate over school mascots. What's the point?
First of all is seems to us lawmakers have better things to do. Job creation comes to mind. Or even redistricting reform. Second, this is a complex and very sensitive issue, exactly the kind of thing most of our current crop of elected officials are not especially good at.
We've struggled with this issue as en editorial board…perhaps ten years ago deciding it was possible to have an ethnic mascot or nickname that was respectful and honorable. The vast majority, and perhaps all still in existence are not. But this is about education. And if DPI and schools want to hash out whether or not a mascot or nickname is harmful or hurtful and should be changed let them do so without interference from state legislators.
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One of the Dairy Day programs that attracted considerable attention was a display called "Native Grasses for Energy," which highlighted the use of switch grass for energy production.
The occasion was the 34th Annual Dairy Day/Ag Day exhibit held at the Honesdale High School building on Presidents Day. Over 20 supporting agriculture organizations and businesses, as well as numerous other related organizations, showed up to voice their support for dairies. The event continued the tradition begun a few years ago to organize the event with the Sullivan County, NY Dairy Association.
Bob Thomas, who operated the native grass for energy booth, is from the Pocono Northeast Resource Conservation and Development Council (RC&D), which is promoting the growth of switch grass and other biomass crops as an economically and environmentally sustainable product.
"One of the problems is that farmers don't want to grow biomass crops because there is no market," Thomas said. "It's like the chicken and the egg. Which comes first? Someone has to make an investment. A municipality, the County of Wayne, or the hospital could create a combined heat and power plant that would burn all local biomass, including agricultural waste and by-products. Switch grass, hay and other similar crops could be used to generate electricity."
Pennsylvania will bring some funding but a feasibility study must be held first, Thomas said. The locality must put up about 50 percent and the state will match it through a program called Renewable Energy America Program (REAP). "Officials must get together and say 'We're going to grow our own energy here.'"
The Benton School District in Columbia County has done it, he said. "They called in the farmers and said, "We're going to burn switch grass and wood chips in our furnaces. They got grant money to buy the boilers."
Brian Smith, chairman of the Wayne County Commissioners and a former dairyman, offered a word of caution. "There are real problems in growing a high-quality switch grass here," he said. "It's not that easy. There are problems harvesting the grass so that it is dry and has enough BTUs to make it effective."
One session at the event, called "Farmer Listening Session: What Do Dairy Farmers Need in Order to Succeed?," was an open forum discussion intended to gather information about the needs of local farmers, according to Ed Pruss of the Wayne Cooperative Extension, one of the principal organizers of the event. Other sessions were held to explore other paths to success in dairy.
One session was called "Marcellus Shale Development," which was conducted by David Messersmith, Agronomy and Marcellus Shale Extension Educator at the Wayne County Cooperative Extension.
In 1980, there were about 300 dairy farms in the county. Now there are fewer than 75, according to farm officials. But despite the serious decline in dairy farms in both Wayne and Sullivan counties, the attendance was better than it has ever been.


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You may want to take a closer look at your kids' Facebook and Twitter pages before they send out their college applications.
{}A recent study from Kaplan says 31% of 381 admissions officers surveyed say they check an applicant's Facebook page or other social media pages to learn more about them.
That's up 5% from last year and is the highest percentage yet.
But you may not have to be too worried, because the number of admissions officers who say they found something that would hurt an applicant's chances dropped 5% from last year to 30%.


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The Flaming Eggplant Café and Boycott of Israeli Goods
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text: Professor Lynn Davies PhD, MEd, B.A.)Hons), PGCE, LRAM In 'Members of ESJ' Members of ESJ Back to 'The Department of Education and Social Justice ' School of EducationEmeritus Professor of International Education Contact details firstname.lastname@example.com AddressSchool of EducationUniversity of BirminghamEdgbaston, BirminghamB15 2TT, United Kingdom Lynn Davies is Emeritus Professor of International Education in the School of Education. Her central interests are in the fields of education and conflict, education and extremism, and education in fragile states. She has published major books and reports in these areas, for example Education and Conflict: Complexity and Chaos; Educating against Extremism; and Unsafe Gods: Security, Secularism and Schooling. Qualifications PhD in Pupil Deviance and Gender 1980 MEd in Sociology, Psychology and Research Methods 1973 BA (Hons) in German with French 1965 PGCE 1967 LRAM (Pianoforte Teachers Diploma) 1966 Biography Originally a primary teacher, Lynn also taught at secondary and higher education levels in Mauritius and Malaysia as well as UK before moving into teacher education. She joined the University of Birmingham in 1985 and became Director of the Centre for International Education and Research in 1996. Key research, teaching and consultancy interests have been in education management internationally, particularly in areas of citizenship, equity, children's rights and student democracy. She has experience in Angola, Bosnia, the Gambia, Kosovo, Palestine, Malawi and Sri Lanka. She was a trustee of UNICEF UK for 6 years, and also served on their management committee. She has worked closely with UNESCO, conducting a global review of their Associated Schools in 2000 and chairing the UK Associated Schools Steering Group for 5 years. Currently, Lynn's key focus is on education and conflict and extremism, and she has published and lectured widely on this. She helped in the development of Sri Lanka's National Policy on Education for Peace and Social Cohesion, and continues to assist with evaluation of the impact of the policy. In UK, she works with police and local government agencies on preventing violent extremism and on mentoring those at risk of radicalisation. She also works with UNICEF on children's rights; with British Council as a senior advisor on governance; and with GIZ and European Training Foundation on capacity development in fragile contexts. Work on extremism has led to an interest in religion and education. She is working with OSCE on the production of guidelines for teachers in countering Islamophobia in schools and with colleagues in Israel and Palestine on an international edited collection on Gender, Religion and Education. A book is in preparation on Secularism, Security and Schooling which makes the case for an inclusive secularism as best promoting security and religious freedom. Research Research projects 2010Evaluation of 1-2-1 Mentoring Project for mentoring those at risk of violent radicalisation; evaluation of materials for schools on preventing violent extremism (West Midlands Police) 2010 Evaluation of GTZ's programmes on peace and social cohesion in Sri Lanka, as part of a six country study on education and conflict 2008-9 Education in Emergencies and Risk Reduction for Vulnerable Groups. Research for UNICEF South Asia region. Eight country study (Nepal, Pakistan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan). LD conducted the field work for the Nepal study 2009 Research review Capacity Development for Education Systems in Fragile Contexts (ETF/GTZ); presentations in Istanbul, Berlin and Turin 2006-8 Action Research for School improvement in post-conflict Angola (CfBt). Launch in the House of Lords. 2004-7 London Secondary School Councils Action Research Project (Esmee Fairburn) 2005-6 Research review for Carnegie on Impact of Student Participation in Decision Making. Three separate volumes on their website. 2004-5 Research consultancy to conduct a survey of Teacher Motivation in Egypt (USAID funded) 2002-5 Action research in The Gambia on Education for Democracy , Production of two manuals, for teacher trainers and for inspectors (CfBT funded ) 2002-4 Research project for DFID on Global Citizenship: The Needs of Teachers and Learners 2002-3 Global Review for UNESCO of 50 years of their their Associated Schools programme. Presentations in Paris, Berlin and Auckland 2000-2 Research for DFID to evaluate the impact of their support to the Decentralisation of the Malawi education system 2000 Research project on Pupil Democracy in Europe (Gulbenkian/NSPCC) Recent Consultancy 2010-11 Preparation of a manual for combating intolerance and discrimination against Muslims in education (OSCE/ODIHR) 2010-11 Situational analysis synthesis for INEE of Education and Fragility in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia and Liberia 2010 Consultancy to UNESCO to write thinkpiece on Education and Conflict in preparation for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2009 Consultancy to UNICEF CEE/CIS on a Rights Based Approach to Education for Roma groups; preparation of briefing paper 2007 Work with Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka, on the development and implementation of a National policy on social cohesion and peace education (GTZ supported); piloting of manual on Monitoring and Evaluation of Learning to Live Together 2006 Advisory work with Solomon Islands School of Education (on gender, social studies, conflict), as part of 3 years Upgrading of teacher education project (funded New Zealand Aid) 2004-6 Member of Expert Panel for UNESCO/IBE on Monitoring the Impact of Peace Education 2004 Advising on establishment and accreditation of British University in Dubai Institute of Education. 2003 Writing of curriculum for the new College for International Citizenship in areas of peace, violence and conflict 2002 Management training for education officials from UNRWA in UK and in Jordan on areas of performance management and education in conflict 2001 Consultant to EC/TAER Education Reform Project in Bosnia-Herzegovina, advising on curriculum harmonisation 2000 Consultant to Ministry of Education, Palestine, on the integration of gender into policy and planning (part of DFID project) 2000-2 Consultant to British Council on Education in Kosovo Publications Selected publications Davies, L (2011) Understanding Education's Role in Fragility: Synthesis of four situational analyses of education and fragility: Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cambodia, Liberia. IIEP Research Reports, Paris: UNESCO http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001915/191504E.pdf Davies, L. and Spalek, B. (2010) Key Evaluation Findings of the West Midlands 1-2-1 Mentoring Project Davies, L. (2009) (with C.Harber, M.Schweisfurth, H.Yamashita, C.Williams) Educating in Emergencies in South Asia: Reducing the Risks facing Vulnerable Children CIER/ UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/rosa/Report1.pdf Davies, L. (2008) Educating Against Extremism Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books Davies, L. (2007) School Councils: School Improvement. Report of Action Research project Davies, L. (2007) 'Our Schools, Our Changes, Our Future': Base-line Primary Education Research in Angola Report to CfBT Davies, L., Williams, C and Yamashita, H. (2006) Inspiring Schools: Impact and Outcomes: Taking Up the Challenge of Pupil Participation Review for Carnegie Young People Initiative Davies, L., Harber, C. and Schweisfurth, M. (2005) Democratic Professional Development: a Guidebook for supervisors and inspectors of education Centre for International Education and Research, Birmingham Davies, L. (2004) Global Citizenship: The Needs of Teachers and Learners Report of DFID funded project Davies, L. (2004) Conflict and Education: Complexity and Chaos London: RoutledgeFalmer (winner of Society of Education Studies prize for best book of 2004) Full publication list for Professor Lynn Davies


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Hello, 2010 Mariners! (5/11/10)
Since opening day, we'd been looking forward to May 11, 2010: our first Mariners game of the season. Like in 2007 and 2008 , our first Mariners game of the season would take place at Camden Yards.
I wanted to maximize our time with the Mariners so we headed down to Baltimore in time for batting practice. Unfortunately, it started raining as we neared Baltimore. As we entered the centerfield seats, we found the tarp covering the field. No batting pratice.
It was about 5:20 at the time. Because we did not have "season ticket" tickets, we were stuck in CF until 5:30. So we couldn't go over to the third base foul line where Ichiro was running sprints in the outfield and a couple of Mariners were playing catch.
After about 2 minutes in the seats, Jesus Colome came out to centerfield to grab two baseballs that were sitting out there in the grass. There were a bunch of O's fans in the first 2 rows of the seats and we were hanging back in about the 10th row. Colome saw us and yelled to get our attention. He then proceeded to throw one of the baseballs nowhere near us. Seriously, while looking me straight in the eye, he managed to throw the ball about 30 feet to our left and about 7 rows below us. One of the O's fans grabbed it as it ricocheted off some seats. Colome yelled, "Sorry!" and patted himself on the chest as if to say, "my bad."
Oh, well.
About 2 minutes later, something incredibly cool happened. I'm going to save the complete story for later, but here is the abbreviated version.
Ryan Rowland-Smith came walking through the outfield on his way to the bullpen…
…in that picture, Tim and I were standing at the "T&T" (Tim was on my shoulders) and I noticed Rowland-Smith as he was walking at the "RRS." The yellow line shows the route he was intending to walk to the Mariners bullpen.
Background Fact No. 1: Last season in Toronto, we met RRS and he threw a baseball to Tim (twice) so Tim could catch it himself in his glove.
Background Fact No. 2: Over the off-season, I wrote a letter to RRS to (among other things) thank him for being so kind to us in Toronto, and I included with the letter the picture my wife snapped of us with RRS.
Background Fact No. 3: I follow RRS on Twitter where it had recently been implied that he buzzed his hair. Check him out @hyphen18.
So, as he approached the OF wall, I yelled out, "Hey, Ryan, let's see the new hair!"
He laughed and (without looking over) took off his hat to show me his buzz-cut. Then, as he went through the door in the OF gate, he looked over at me and…
…exclaimed, "Oh, hey, Man!" as he pointed at me. He immediately changed courses (follow the new yellow line above) and came over to chat with us.
I was thinking, "Wow, RRS really likes seeing Mariners fans on the road!" But as he approached, he said, "You wrote me that letter, right?"
To put it mildly, I couldn't believe it! I wrote him a letter months earlier about an interaction in Toronto and IMMEDIATELY upon seeing us in Baltimore (totally out of context), he recognized us and came right over to chat.
Here he is standing below us…
…and, to once again put it mildly, he came over to chat about something incredibly, amazingly, ridiculously awesome. That's what I'll save for later. For now, I will just note that we made plans to meet up later in the season about something I asked him in my letter. Also, I must note that RRS is officially one of the most fan-friendly, coolest dudes ever to wear a major league baseball uniform…hands down.
After chatting with RRS, we waited five more minutes for the rest of the stadium to open (by which point Ichiro was gone), and then we headed over toward the Mariners dugout. And guess who we ran into…
…you got it: Mr. Ryan Rowland-Smith. Although Tim looks sorta "ho-hum'ish" in this picture, its not because he wasn't happy to get his picture with RRS. It was because he was standing on top of a wet brick wall and he was scared he was going to fall off. RRS is holding him from behind to keep him steady.
We chatted for another minute or two with RRS. And he noticed the T-Shirt I was wearing under my jersey. It was a special shirt that Griffey made for his Mariners teammates during spring training. You can read about it (and how my mom got her hands on one of them during spring training) in our entry Griffey the Prankster. I told RRS that I had my mom send to shirt to me so I could wear it to this game to see if I could manage to get my picture with Griff. However, due to the SleepGate scandal (that had just broken the day before), RRS didn't think Griff would be out on the field at all before the game.
A few minutes later, I saw Ichiro pop out of the M's dugout with a bat and walk over to the O's dugout/clubhouse entrance. So we headed over to the O's dugout and confirmed with an usher that the M's would be taking BP in cages back by the O's clubhouse.
We said hi to most of the guys as they headed over to take BP…
…Lopez said "Hi" to us, but Guti did not. Speaking of Franklin, check out his pant legs before and after hitting.
Adam Moore said hi to us too:
Here is Figgy and a coach, Sweeney and M's PR guy Tim Hevly (they were talking about SleepGate!)…
…Don Wakamatsu said hello to us, and Ken Griffey, Jr. did too. Unfortunately, that's the best picture I got of Griff. As he approached, he saw my T-shirt and he said something to me that I couldn't understand…something odd like, "Oh, so that's what's going on here." In response, I mentioned that he'd given the shirt to my mom at spring training and asked if we could get a picture. He responded as if it was a possibility, but said he had to go hit first. Of course, by the time he finished batting, there were 50 people standing by the dugout. By that point, we decided there was no chance Griff would stop on his way back to the M's clubhouse so we left to get something to eat.
There was a little raining falling at this point, so we retreated to Section 49…
…and dug into a big pile on nachos:
As we enjoyed our nachos, Mike Sweeney started playing catch with his first basemens glove…
…but he didn't play first (or at all) in this game.
After our nachos, we headed over to the bullpen to watch Cliff Lee warm up. Here he is on his walk to the bullpen:
And here is the view from the seats right next to the bullpen in section 86:
After Cliff Lee left the bullpen, the relievers huddled together like they do before every game…
…and when they broke apart David Aardsma pointed at me and said to his colleagues, "Look at that guys shirt!" They all got a kick out of seeing a fan wearing one of Griffey's prank shirts.
By the way, our buddy Jason Phillips is in that blurry picture and he is the guy seated closest to Tim in the picture to the right. It was nice seeing him again. We exchanged a few words several times throughout the day. Its good to have him in the M's bullpen again this season.
We continued sitting by the bullpen during the first inning, but then it started raining again. We took refuge under cover over by where we'd eaten our nachos. And I got some pictures of Griffey batting in the third inning…
…he ultimately popped out to LF.
And I got some pictures of Ichiro, also batting in the third inning…
…he grounded out to the pitcher.
I took tons of pictures (using my wife's camera with a sequence feature) of Cliff Lee:
On this pitch, the batter (I think Miguel Tejada) grounded out to Josh Wilson at short stop.
We got some random defensive shots:
After it stopped raining, we headed out to the standing room area in RF…
…where Tim asked for sunflower seeds to make "seed sail boats" in a puddle.
I had to get Tim out of the standing room area pretty quick. It was covered with huge puddles and Tim wanted to jump in every single one. I was envisioning his little toes freezing later in the game inside wet socks.
So, we headed out to the concourse and got an ice cream helmet and a hot chocolate. We grabbed some ice cream seats in section 10 down the 1B foul line:
Pictured at the back of the photo is a guy named Avi who we met before the game. In addition to going to tons of O's games, Avi reads our blog (and writes one of his own). Thanks, Avi! It was great meeting you.
Here is the view from our ice cream seats in section 10:
At this point (the fifth inning), the score was 0-0 and Cliff Lee had given up only 3 hits.
Ryan Langerhans broke the scoreless tie with a lead off homerun in the fifth. Later in the inning, the M's scored again when Chone Figgins drew a bases loaded walk.
Here is a shot of Griff hitting in the sixth inning:
Griff eventually drew a walk and came around to score. After six innings, the Mariners led the Orioles 5-0.
From our ice cream seats, we had a great view of Ichiro in RF. In these pictures, Ichi is playing catch between innings with Franklin Gutierrez.
Click on that picture to see it full-sized. In the picture to the left, the rotation of the seems on the ball look pretty cool.
Here is Tim after finishing off his ice cream and hot chocolate:
He absolutely loved the hot chocolate.
As we sat in section 10, I noticed the same guy catch two foul balls straight behind home plate. I decided he should go over there. However, when we arrived behind home plate, we noticed that the ushers were essentially taking the night off. Although there were ushers all around, they were letting people stand in the aisle and sit anywhere they wanted. So, after an usher took our picture…
…we headed down behind the M's dugout to see if we could get a third out baseball. We never did. But we got some great up close views of our Mariners. Here is Ichiro about to hit a double…
…and about to be stranded on third base in the 7th inning.
And when we got home, I noticed that we'd been on TV while we were sitting in the third row behind Franklin Gutierrez:
After Griff's final at bat in the 8th inning…
… the crowd gave Griff a warm ovation on his way back to the dugout (it was a fly out to CF (or maybe a deep 2B or SS)).
We'd been sitting in the third row, but between innings Tim would stand in the first row above the dugout…so I snapped this picture of him:
…and in the 8th or 9th inning, we decided to just take the seats up there in the first row. It was crazy how empty the seats were.
Here was the view from the first row:
After giving up only one run and 8 hits in 7.1 innings…
…we cheered Cliff Lee as he left the game in the bottom of the 8th inning. This was his first win as a Mariner.
Ichiro hit another single in the 9th inning…
…but once again he was stranded on base.
It was raining very lightly, so Tim wore my glove has a mask/umbrella…
…which he thought was a great fun.
I mentioned already we didn't get a third out ball. Oddly, however, we did get a second out ball! Here Tim is with his first ever game used ball (well, it is possible that one of the umpire balls he's gotten has been game used, but we *know* this one was used in the game):
With one out in the bottom of the ninth and Brandon League pitching, Matt Wieters grounded out to Ryan Langerhans at first base. Langerhans tagged Wieters for the 26th out of the game and then threw the ball around the horn. Somehow, the around the horn attempt failed. I'm not sure what happened. I think that Figgins threw the ball in the dirt to Jose Lopez and it got wet or dirty. For whatever reason, Lopez rolled the ball into foul territory. It ultimately came to rest right in front of us.
We were the only people in the first row behind the Mariners dugout. We were wearing all Mariners gear. Tim's a cute kid. The ball was directly in front of us. It seemed almost like we were guaranteed to get the ball. And we did. An unidentified Mariner reached over the railing/netting and grabbed the ball off of the warning track, turned around and flipped it right to me.
Maybe two minute later, the Mariners won the game by a final score of 5-1. And Ichi victoriously ran off of the soggy field after high fiving his teammates:
The grounds crew immediately started to put the tarp back on the field:
Our friend, MLBlogger, and Baseball Collector extraordinaire, Zack Hample, was at the game. We'd spent some time with him during pre-game and then met up again after the game. As the Mariners bullpen headed to the dugout, Jesus Colome flipped a ball to Zack and John Wetteland bestowed a second baseball on me and Tim.
Moments later, Zack's buddy Brandon captured this photo of me, Tim, and Zack:
re-make of a picture we got moments after we met Zack in person for the first time last season — at the memorable Randy Johnson 300th win rainout "game." After this photo, Tim and I walked to our parking garage with Zack and Brandon (on their way to their hotel).
It was a great first Mariners game of the season that included (i) a much needed Mariners win, (ii) Cliff Lee's first win as a Mariner (and his first since the 2009 World Series), (iii) two memorable meetings with Ryan Rowland-Smith, (iv) fun interactions with several players about the Griffey prank shirt, (v) meeting up with some cool MLBloggers, and (vi) Tim's first game-used baseball.
I already cannot wait to see the Mariners again…next month in San Diego on the Third Annual Cook Grandfather-Father-Son Baseball Roadtrip of 2010! See you there, Mariners!
2010 Fan Stats:
8 Teams (Mariners, Orioles and Blue Jays; Phillies, Braves, Mets, Brewers and Nationals)
5 Ice Cream Helmets (Orioles (2), Phillies, Mets, & Nationals)
15 Baseballs (2 Mariners, 3 Brewers, 3 Nationals, 2 Blue Jays, 3 Umpires, 1 Phillies, 1 Mets)
4 Stadiums (Camden Yards, Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Citi Field)
4 Player Photos (Ryan Rowland-Smith, Frank Catalanotto, Jeff Suppan and Scott Olsen)
3 Autographs (Frank Catalanotto (2), Jeff Suppan and Scott Olsen)
3 Kids Run The Bases (Citizens Bank Park, Nationals Park, Citi Field)
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Awesome game Todd & Tim! Can't wait to hear about the full detailed interaction with RRS. Do the batting gloves tim's wearing while eating ice cream have something to do with it? Or are those just replacement ones for the "Diegos". Joe
I agree with Joe. Awesome game. It was great seeing you guys again, and thanks for the shout-out at the end of the entry. Very cool that you guys were on TV. The sequence feature on the camera is amazing. (Wish I had one.) RSS sounds like a cool dude, but I'm still going with Heath Bell as the coolest of them all…at least from my perspective. Hope to see you guys again soon.
Thanks. I can't wait to share all of the details, but it might be a while before it happens. Nope. The batting gloves don't have anything to do with it. Those are just Tim's batting gloves. He was in full Mariners uniform for this game, but you can't tell because he was bundled up in a sweatshirt and jacket due to the bad weather. One of his Diegos is lost! So he had to go with the real batting gloves…he prefers the Diegos.
I'm sure the "coolest of them all" award has a lot to do with the award-giver's perspective. From what I've read on your blog, HB certainly is a worthy recipient. So, lets hear it for the ballplayers. Unlike how some media outlets like to protray them, a lot of pro baseball players are extremely nice guys who like to help fans make special memories at the ballpark. RRS and HB are definitely two of them.
Is Ken Griffey Jr. getting to old to play? That is what a few were questioning after reports within the Tacoma Tribune surfaced saying that he didn't pinch hit during that game because he fell asleep after inning 5 within the clubhouse. Teammates on the Seattle Mariners team all say the reviews are false, and that Griffey didn't fall asleep. They are saying he did not pinch hit that game simply because he wasn't chosen to pinch hit, not because he was sleeping. All of this leads to the query of him being too old to keep playing ball.
Nothing like ice cream sundae on a cold night🙂
RRS is hilarious. There's this clip of RRS interviewing Cliff Lee, Ichiro and Griffey when they were featured in ESPN magazine. It's quite hilarious. They show behind the scene stuff. Pretty funny. And he's australian. Now THAT is cool.
Glad you had a fun time!
First — Great entry as usual. Love all the photos, especially your interaction with RSS. I remember a past entry of yours when Tim tried to say his name. That was greatness!
Second — Maybe you should incorporate this into a future GFS Road Trip — http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Planning-a-baseball-road-trip-Check-out-these-u?urn=mlb,241824
If I could, I would hit every one of those spots.
Tear it up bro!
Obviously, I meant *RRS* not RSS, typo.
WOW – I'm way behind on responding to these comments! Sorry.
I imagine Griff may retire after this season. But personally, I'd like to have him to be a Mariner forever…and I guess he will be, in the Hall of Fame.
I saw that RRS clip. It was great stuff. He is very funny, a class act and one of the most fan friendly ball players I have ever run into. In fact, maybe the "most" fan friendly I've ever run into.
1) Good memory. That was pretty funny when Tim tried to say RRS's name. FYI, regarding the RRS interaction at this game, I will have a new update on it very soon.
2) Thanks. We'll have to look into those. The one that interests me the most is the Ty Cobb Museum, which coincidentally is on "Cook Street" so it would fit into the Roadtrip quite well.


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Galvanizing the Community
Secretary's Corner
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Around the Country
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President Signs College Cost Reduction Act
Law Provides Largest Student Aid Increase Since GI Bill
Implementing a proposal from his 2008 budget plan, President George W. Bush on Sept. 27 signed into law the largest increase in federal student aid since the GI Bill of 1944. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 increases funding for the Federal Pell Grant Program by $11.4 billion over the next five years, raising the maximum annual award to $5,400 by 2012. Unlike loans, Pell grants do not have to be repaid. More than 5 million low-income students receive this federal financial aid annually.
"Pell grants send an important message to students in need: If you work hard, and you stay in school, and you make the right choices, the federal government is going to stand with you," said President Bush.
The legislation also makes it easier to repay loans, by
Capping loan payments so that borrowers would not have to devote more than 15 percent of their discretionary income to repaying Stafford student loans. Starting July 1, 2009, this applies to both subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans, regardless of when the loans were taken out. After 25 years, any remaining balances will be cancelled.
Forgiving loans for borrowers working in public-sector jobssuch as those held by members of the military, law enforcement agents, firefighters, nurses, librarians and early childhood teachersafter 10 years of service and loan repayment. Furthermore, students serving in the National Reserve who are called to address a national crisis will be able to defer loan payments for up to 13 months at the end of their service.
In addition, the bill may provide tuition assistance of up to $4,000 per yearfor a total of $16,000to undergraduate and graduate students who commit to teaching certain subjects, such as science and math, in low-income public schools for at least four years.
Galvanizing the Community
Charter School Provides Greater Choice to Colorado Latinos
Principal Lawrence Hernandez is quick to correct anyone who tells him low-income parents do not care about their children's education. Pointing to his charter school as proof positive, he says, "The most powerful thing they've done is to have chosen an option for their kids."
In fact, it was seeing "the urgency of parents who wanted something better for their children" that compelled Hernandez, his wife, Annette, and several community activists to create the Cesar Chavez Academy (CCA) six years ago as a public school choice for the largely rural and Latino community of Pueblo, Colo. "For the longest time," he explains, "the parents who had influence always got what was best for their kids, and sort of everybody elsewhich was the other 90 percent of people in the communitywould hope that their children got a good education. But when we came along, what we really did was galvanize the entire community."
By drawing on charter privileges that allow greater autonomy than traditional public schools in exchange for promised results, CCA offers students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade a longer school day, smaller classes and a more rigorous curriculum requiring any assignment receiving a grade below 80 percent to be redone. According to the results from last year's state exam, its students in grades 3-8 outperformed others at both the district and state levels in reading, writing and math by an average of 25 percentage points. For the past three years, CCAwhich was recently featured in a publication from the U.S. Department of Education spotlighting K-8 charter schools that have closed the achievement gaphas ranked in the top 8 percent of schools statewide based on overall academic performance.
Attracted to the school's special features, Lynn Rodriguez was one of the first parents to enroll her children at CCA. She transferred all three of her sons, hoping the school's tutoring programs, in particular, would help shore up her oldest son's skills.
Her expectations were exceeded.
"[Compared to] what they were learning in their [traditional] public schools," she said, "at Cesar Chavez Academy ... it seemed to me they were getting their education two years ahead. All my boys have always said, 'They teach us to think at a higher level.'"
Since the 2001 opening, enrollment at CCA has more than quadrupled, from 240 to 1,100 students, while 3,000 are on the waiting list. (Spaces are awarded by lottery.) A number of parents drive their children from as far as 30 miles away for one of the school's coveted seats. The principal's two youngest children attend the school as well as most of the staff's.
To meet the rising demand, in 2004, Hernandez, along with a committee of parents and business and community leaders, also founded locally a college prep high school, which now has 500 students, and next fall will open another Cesar Chavez Academy in an area in Colorado Springs with similar demographics.
While CCA was intended to serve Pueblo's low-income populationof which nearly one in three Latinos lives in povertynow it is more common to see "in the same classroom a child of a doctor or lawyer sitting next to a child of a migrant farm worker," said Hernandez. "That's a powerful statement for the kind of choices parents are making for their kids."
Based on the founders' philosophy that "schooling is most effective when it respects and reflects the history and culture of the children and families that it is intended to benefit," Latino traditions are celebrated throughout the school. Students take Spanish every day. After-school activities include playing in the "Mariachi Aguila" band, which recently placed second in an international competition. Adorning the walls is various artwork of an aguila, or eagle, the symbol of the Mexican-American civil rights movement led by the school's namesake, César Chávez.
Raised in Pueblo in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood, Hernandez understands firsthand the challenges faced by many of the families his school serves. He was the first in his family to go to college (afterward earning his master's and doctorate degrees at Stanford University, and later teaching at Harvard's School of Education). While it was his mother who taught him to read and his father who secured a small scholarship to help pay tuition, he said he received little to no guidance from the school system. The experience gave him the impetus for developing a supportive school that helps make college possible for under-resourced children.
In preparation for the academic rigors of higher education, CCA students do research papers as early as the fourth grade and are required to assemble a portfolio of their best work, complete a thesis project in history or science, and give a series of oral presentations as part of their graduation requirements. Keeping them on their toes, they also must deliver impromptu speeches and papers for what is respectively called "Stand and Deliver" and "Writing on Demand." Hernandez has been known to walk into a room without notice and announce a topic that students must immediately address.
For those who want to take on greater challenges, CCA offers an honors curriculum for fifth- through eighth-graders that allows them to complete their high school freshman coursework, so by the time they graduate they can go directly into the 10th grade.
Nancy Gordon, one of the school's founding teachers, said the high standards have been a lifesaver for many of the struggling students who arrive. "When the children come in so low, we don't just want to make a year's growthwe want to pull them up even further."
CCA's academic program is designed to help ensure that no one fails. To help students exceed the 80-percent benchmark required for every assignment, teachers provide one-on-one tutoring after school as well as on Saturdays. Assessments are constantly administered to gauge student performance, providing data for teachers to customize instruction, develop individual student achievement plans, and, if necessary, enlist the assistance of the school's prevention specialist who will make home visits to build parent support.
Furthermore, because the typical school day is from 7:20 a.m. to 6 p.m.eight hours of classroom instruction followed by after-school enrichment activities in which all students must participatemore time is devoted to learning.
With a longer school day, coupled with a small-class ratio of one teacher to 13 students, the staff is able to cover more material and give more individualized attention. Last year, to help maintain student-teacher connections, CCA was organized into three separate academies: pre-kindergarten through second grades; third through fifth grades; and middle school (sixth through eighth grades).
The reorganization has provided a greater network of support, especially for new educators, says Candice Leland, who joined CCA last year. As part of teacher collaborative efforts, Leland meets with her fifth-grade writing team, her academy colleagues, and her teacher mentor. She also likes the idea that students see only two teachers a day through grade 3 and from thereon a teacher for every subject. "I really think that benefits the students because it allows the teacher to get really strong in one subject, and then the students get the best of everything."
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Secretary's Corner
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (pictured above with members of the STARBASE program at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio during her back-to-school bus tour) addressed the Business Coalition for Student Achievement on Sept. 5, in Washington, D.C., about how the No Child Left Behind Act is working to raise student achievement and accountability in the nation's public schools. She also spoke about the need for Congress to strengthen and reauthorize the law this year. An excerpt of her remarks follows.
"... I've yet to meet a parent who didn't want their child learning on grade level. And thanks to No Child Left Behind, for the first time, families have a right to expect that their child will be performing at or above grade levelby 2014.
"That's seven years from nowplenty of time, especially since we set this goal in January 2002. We're talking about grade-level work. Not nuclear physicsjust fundamental, grade-level work. ...
"The latest results show more than 70 percent of schools met annual progress goals last year. In other words, they're doing it!
"Do we still have room for improvement? Absolutely. ... And we can and will do more. My department is already partnering with more than half of the states to make the law more flexible and workableincluding finding better ways to measure student progress and help more kids get tutoring. ...
"At the same time, we must not make the law so 'flexible' that it loses its power or its urgency. ...
"Everybody knows that the more complicated the system, the easier it is to manipulate or obfuscate or confuse the bottom line. The law already includes reasonable accommodations for children with disabilities, those learning English, and those who start a new school in the middle of the year. But to move from reasonable accommodations to gigantic loopholes is a step in the wrong direction. ...
"... Instead, I look forward to working with you to fulfill the promise we made five years ago so that not only do we leave no child behindwe make sure every child is moving forward."
The Results Are In
The latest Nation's Report Card reveals the continued progress and record gains made by America's schoolchildren, particularly by younger and minority students. Released in late September by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) showed fourth- and eighth-graders' scores to be not only improved in reading and math since the last assessment in 2005, but also the highest in the report card's history (with the exception of eighth-grade reading scores, which increased slightly). Moreover, while African-American and Hispanic students posted all-time high scores, the achievement gap between white and African-American fourth-graders in reading narrowed to its lowest point ever since 1992, when a new reading test was first given. Overall, 48 states and the District of Columbia either improved academically or held steady in all categories. More than 700,000 students nationwide participated in the 2007 assessment in reading and math. For detailed results, visit http://www.nationsreportcard.gov.
On Nov. 12-13, the winners of the 2007 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program will be honored at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., represented by the principal and a teacher from 287 schools in each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools that are either academically superior or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement. Schools are selected based on having either: 1) at least 40 percent of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds dramatically improving their performance to high levels on state tests; or 2) students, regardless of background, achieving in the top 10 percent of their state on state tests or on nationally normed tests for private schools. For a list of 2007 winners, visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2007/2007-schools.html.
Around the Country
Michigan To comply with federal regulations that require states to evaluate the effectiveness of their teacher preparation programs, the Michigan Department of Education recently published the performance scores for the state's 31 programs. Almost all of the programs passed, and the two that did not will have two years to improve before facing state sanctions. Criteria for determining the ratingthe maximum being 70 pointsinclude the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification scores, new teacher surveys and program completion rates. Oakland University in Auburn Hills and Hope College in Holland each earned the top score among all the institutions, which was 68. Under Title II of the Higher Education Act, every October states must submit to the U.S. Department of Education information on certification and license requirements, pass rates on state assessments and teacher standards.
New York The New York City Department of Education won this year's Broad Prize for Urban Education. Funded by the Broad Foundation, the annual award honors large urban school districts that demonstrate the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among disadvantaged and minority students. Among its merits, New York Citywhich received $500,000 for college scholarships for graduating high school seniorsnarrowed the high school achievement gap between the state average for white students and New York City Hispanic and African-American students by 14 and 13 percentage points, respectively. The other four finalistsBridgeport Public Schools (Conn.), Long Beach Unified School District (Calif.), Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and the Northside Independent School District (Texas)each received $125,000 for college scholarships.
- Nov. 11-17
Geography Awareness Week, sponsored by the National Geographic Society as part of a multi-year campaign to highlight the diversity of peoples, places and natural wonders around the globe, with this year's focus on Asia. For events and K-12 resources, visit http://www.mywonderfulworld.org.
- Nov. 12-16
International Education Week, founded in 2000 by the departments of Education and State to provide an opportunity for foreign students living in the United States to share their cultures with American classmates. For ideas and materials, as well as an online quiz about cities of the world, visit http://iew.state.gov.
- Nov. 27-28
White House Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conference, Los Angeles, sponsored by a consortium of federal agencies for grassroots leaders interested in federal grant opportunities. To register online, visit http://www.fbci.gov or call 202-456-6708.
- Nov. 28-Dec. 6
Supplemental Educational Services Regional Workshops, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education to provide free technical assistance for organizations interested in becoming approved providers of supplemental educational services for disadvantaged students: Nov. 28, Portland, Ore.; Nov. 29, Tacoma, Wash; Dec. 4, Nashville, Tenn.; and Dec. 6, Jackson, Miss. Visit http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/fbci/
suppserv-workshops.html or call 1-800-USA-LEARN.
What are Parent Information Resource Centers?
The Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC) program is a nationwide effort designed to build successful family involvement in education as parents move beyond traditional activities, like helping children with homework, toward a shared responsibility for school improvement. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, the program generally focuses on projects serving parents of low-income, minority and limited English proficient children in elementary and secondary schools. There are 62 PIRCs, with one in every state, the District of Columbia and most U.S. territories. To locate a center in your area, visit the National PIRC Coordination Center's Web site at http://www.nationalpirc.org for the directory.
Specific activities sponsored by PIRCs and their partnering organizations often include helping parents to understand the data tied to school accountability systems and the significance of what that data means for opportunities afforded to their children under the No Child Left Behind Act, such as supplemental educational services and public school choice. Additionally, PIRC projects provide resource materials and coordinate conferences covering high-quality family involvement programs.
For example, the PIRC serving Texas uses a student group called the Youth Education Tekies to provide computer training for parents and other adults in the community so they can learn how to access online information about their children's schooling, particularly the state's education Web site, where school, district and state accountability data are posted. These and other efforts fostered by PIRCs are profiled in the latest publication in the Department's Innovations in Education series, entitled Engaging Parents in Education: Lessons From Five Parental Information and Resource Centers. The 65-page guide also includes tips for connecting with hard-to-reach parents, building community partnerships and setting up a parent center. For a copy, visit http://www.edpubs.org or call 1-877-4ED-PUBS, with identification number ED003668P, while supplies last.
News Show Looks at Higher Education
The November edition of Education News Parents Can Use will focus on how the U.S. Department of Education, higher education institutions and other key stakeholders are working together to better prepare students for college and the jobs of the 21st-century marketplace.
Today, over 90 percent of the fastest-growing jobs require postsecondary education or training, yet a staggering 60 percent of Americans have no postsecondary credentials at all. This crisis is even more evident among low-income and minority students, whose low participation in higher education is due partly to lack of access to information about opportunities, limited funds and language barriers. Guests on the November show will: discuss the importance of taking Advanced Placement (AP) classes and other rigorous courses in preparation for college; provide tips and services for helping all students succeed once enrolled in a postsecondary institution; and explore the latest financial planning tools and federal aid programs designed to help students pay for college or other kinds of postsecondary education.
Each month, Education News Parents Can Use showcases: schools and school districts from across the country; conversations with school officials, parents and education experts; and advice and free resources for parents and educators.
To learn about viewing options, including webcasts, visit http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/; or call 1-800-USA-LEARN.
Doing What Works Web Site
The U.S. Department of Education recently unveiled a new Web site to support educators across the nation working towards No Child Left Behind's goal of having every student proficient in reading and math by 2014.
"Doing What Works"available at http://dww.ed.govprovides an online library of resources for teaching practices that have proven to be effective. It draws primarily from the evaluations of research findings compiled for the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), which was established in 2002 by the Department's Institute of Education Sciences.
For practical applications based on the findings of WWC, the Web site includes:
- Videos of leading researchers discussing the research base behind high-quality instructional practices;
- Slideshows illustrating strategies that have been successful in teaching English language learners (ELLs) at schools around the country; and
- Downloadable tools to help teachers identify their strengths and weaknesses for improving ELL instruction.
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April 10, 2013 —
"Let's Start a Ripple... and Then Create a Wave." This has been the motto for Wayne County's Victim's Intervention Program (VIP), and creating waves happens to be exactly what they have been doing. Michele Minor-Wolf, executive director of the program, who has been working to create programs that benefit victims of domestic and/or sexual violence, addressed the Wayne County commissioners meeting on April 4.
VIP, which has served 102 adult victims and 49 child victims and 75 significant others of sexual assault within the last year, is currently working on two projects. The first, called the Lethality Assessment Project, will involve law enforcement officials from around the area working together with VIP volunteers and advocates, as well as victims, in a concentrated effort to screen for high-risk cases of domestic violence and sexual assault, and to get a shelter to place victims.
The second effort is called Project Connect, in which VIP is partnering with Honesdale High School to work with youth and educate them on adolescent relational abuse as well as sexual abuse. One out of every four girls and one out of every six boys are sexually assaulted before the age of 18. Minor-Wolf also said some 20% of young people are exposed to unwanted sexual solicitations through the Internet.
VIP is encouraging people to speak out when they witness acts of violence and to become effective in reducing sexual violence in Wayne County through education, increased awareness and essentially by helping to hold perpetrators responsible for their acts of violence.
VIP provides services such as individual counseling, crisis intervention, support groups and community education. The services are confidential and encourage people to reach out either as a witness, or as a victim/survivor to call their hotline at 800/698-4VIP. In recognition of the work and effort toward helping people, the Wayne County Commissioners presented VIP with a proclamation to make April 2013 Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
In other news, the Wayne County Safety Committee, which reviews matters regarding the sheriff's department, prosecuting attorney, corporation counsel, community corrections, county clerk, and the county courts, has been presented with a risk management award for their effective service in keeping Wayne County safe. The diligence of the committee has contributed to keeping insurance rates low, which helps keeps taxes from rising.
Also, the Wayne County Bureau of Elections received the commissioners' approval to use the Park Street Complex as a polling place effective May 21.


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Helping students gain understanding and self-confidence in algebra.
geramul wrote:From what I understand there's a difference of opinions when it comes to this. Some people look at it as -(x^2) and others -x^2. Both give different answers which is why I'm asking what should I do when I have something like in front of me?
geramul wrote:Wouldn't -x2 mean -x * -x...?


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Heartland Region Office of Small Business Utilization
The GSA Heartland Office of Small Business Utilization (OSBU) is dedicated to identifying bidding opportunities and contracting vehicles for small businesses. The procurement preference categories are: small, small disadvantaged, Section 8(a), woman-owned small, HUBZone small, veteran-owned small, and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses.
Vendors are notified of current GSA procurement projects electronically by registering on FedBizOpps (Federal Business Opportunities).
Kansas City Small Business Networking
Business owners and representatives looking to register for the Kansas City Small Business Networking Event can do so through the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. This monthly breakfast meeting offers small businesses the opportunity to introduce their business to other small businesses; large businesses; school districts and universities; and, local, state and federal government agencies.
The shortcut for this page is www.gsa.gov/r6smallbusiness.


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Tumblr generated $13 million in revenues during 2012, according to Forbes, and it hopes to be profitable in 2013.
One reason profitability is even within the realm of possibility is that the company finally made a hard, but smart choice toward the end of last year.
It moved off of third-party servers and built its own data center, which came online in October.
Tumblr CEO David Karp won't get specific about how much the company saved doing this, but a couple sources close to the company that we've talked to say that Tumblr's burn rate moved from $4 million to $5 million per month down to ~$2 million.
That's annual cost savings of more than $20 million per year.
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that Tumblr moved off Amazon Web Services. It did not. It moved hosting/serving/processing off of an ISP based in Dallas to its own data center in Newark. Amazon is still used for Tumblr's static image storage.
Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.


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Oak View Elementary School Stormwater Practice Upgrades
As a part of the County's effort to protect our waters, Oak View Elementary School was selected for a county facilities project to help reduce stormwater pollution that drains into our streams. County Facilities projects generally involve installing small-scale stormwater practices to capture water from rooftops, roadways, and sidewalks during storms. County Facilities projects incorporate many of the same practices as Green Streets projects.
Residents surrounding the Oak View Elementary School project area can also help reduce stormwater pollution by installing stormwater practices on their property through the County's Targeted RainScapes Neighborhood program.
Various public events will be held throughout the project phases for staff, students and parents to learn about the project and to provide input on the design of the project. Go to the "Project Schedule and Documents" tab for more information on public events and project schedules.
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Escaped inmate identified; search continues
Jackson Corley
Mr. Jackson L. "Jack" Corley, 81, a resident of Belington departed life Saturday evening May 18, 2013, in the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown following a period of declining health.
He was born March 2, 1932, at Junior, a son of the late Willis E. and Cleo (Row) Corley.
On June 29, 1957, at Oakland, Md., he was united in marriage to the former Charlotte Ann Golden, who preceded him in death on August 26, 2001.
He is survived by one son, Shawn Corley and wife, Stephanie, of Belington.
Also surviving are one granddaughter, Morgan Watson of Texas; one step granddaughter, Carly Ash of Belington; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, Max, Dewayne and Bill Corley; and one sister, Frances Scott. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family.
Mr. Corley attended the schools of Barbour County and formerly employed by Barbour Coal Company. He was last employed as a custodian at the Belington Middle School. Jack attended the Belington Church of Christ, where he served as a deacon. He loved gardening, hunting and fishing.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home in Belington on Tuesday, May 21 from 6 to 9 p.m., and again on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon, the funeral hour, when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with Evangelist Mike Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in the K of P Cemetery at Junior. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Belington Church of Christ P.O. Box 444, Belington, WV 26250.
Talbott Funeral Home of Belington is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Jackson L. "Jack" Corley. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.talbottfuneralhome.com.


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nice game thread as usual DZ
you quickly have become a pro at these.
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The New York Knicks are set to begin a critical stretch at home after their perfect start under interim coach Mike Woodson came to a crashing halt.
The Knicks look to recover from having their five-game win streak snapped when they host the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night.
New York (23-25) won every game under Woodson before falling 96-79 at Toronto on Friday by shooting 37.6 percent in its lowest-scoring effort since the second game of the season.
"Everybody struggled to make shots, and I mean wide-open shots," Woodson said. "I thought we moved the ball but we just couldn't make shots and defensively we couldn't get stops. That's a bad combination."
Carmelo Anthony had 12 points on 6-of-15 shooting, missing all four 3-pointers. He's shooting 38.9 percent in 12 games this month, including 26.2 percent on 3-pointers.
"I just don't have a rhythm offensively," Anthony said. "I never thought I'd be saying it but my defense is ahead of my offense right now. I'll take it. But as far as my shot goes, I still have confidence in my shot, that's not going anywhere, it'll come back."
The Knicks' lead for the Eastern Conference's eighth and final playoff spot was cut to one-half game over Milwaukee, which visits New York on Monday in the middle game of this three-game homestand.
New York is 3-0 at home under Woodson, winning by an average of 25.3 points and shooting 44.3 percent on 3-pointers.
The Knicks won twice by an average of 25.0 points over the Pistons (16-31) in January as they seek their first season sweep since going 4-0 in 1995-96. New York shot 52.9 percent in those January victories which occurred before Jeremy Lin's rise to his current role as starter.
Lin made 3 of 9 shots for six points and four assists Friday. Steve Novak hit 5 of 9 3-pointers, but the rest of the Knicks missed all 19 attempts from long range.
"I just didn't see energy tonight," Woodson said. "We were a step slow from the very beginning. We've got to play at a much higher level than we did tonight."
Detroit lost its fourth straight, 88-73 to Miami on Friday. The Pistons shot 38.7 percent and committed 23 turnovers.
"I think we threw the ball away way too much and they got easy buckets," forward Jonas Jerebko said. "If that's their defense or not, I think we were a little sloppy tonight."
Detroit was without second-leading scorer Rodney Stuckey, out with a sore left big toe. Greg Monroe, who averages 16.3 points, was held to five.
While both teams are playing the second halves of back-to-back games, fatigue seems to be affecting the Pistons more. They returned home after their five-game road trip ended Wednesday in Denver, and now begin another four-game trip.
"We just came back at four in the morning (Thursday), slept all day, had a game today and now were off on the road for nine days," Jerebko said. "It's the same for all the teams, not much to say. We love playing basketball."
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watch until your stress is gone!
nice game thread as usual DZ
you quickly have become a pro at these.
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I hope Novak gets more minutes tonight... he is key.
Every game for the rest of the season is a must win... don't sleep on anyone.
When this team gets a real SG, it will be scary.
We'll still beat the Pistons playing 4 on 5.
Nice thread. Je parle Francais et habite les Etats Unis.
Jeremon Linbury
Go Knicks!!!!!
OP is Stuckey playing tonite??
great thread, feels good to be back on the board
whats her name..........I need to know her name
Frenchies in full force haha. nice GT
She`s Melissa Debling. She is a glamour model here in England.
She should do a porno!
If we lose this game...Armageddon will begin.
Knicks need a good kick-in-the-ass tonite... Junior Swish MUST provide some spark!
here's a shot of JR's heavily-tatted galfriend.
you KNOW he's tapping those tats-n-tits-n-clit!