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The lack of valid and reliable assessments for English learners (EL), the loss of instructional time due to an overemphasis on testing, and the lack of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching strategies in teacher preparation and professional development programs were dominant themes that emerged from the six National Conversations on English Learner Education hosted by the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) over the last four months. The needs for fostering greater family and community engagement, and ELs with special needs were also themes that cut across all six conversations held in Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Other themes from these conversations will be identified and synthesized in a report, which will inform the work plan for this office for the coming year.
Hosted in collaboration with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), the office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (WHIEEH), the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), these meetings brought together a diverse group of EL stakeholders including educators, researchers, policymakers, university instructors, and advocacy groups who were asked to consider and discuss the question, "What makes for a quality education for English Learners in the 21st Century?"
Utilizing a format that was intentionally meant to be participatory, interactive, and action-oriented, these meetings were characterized by dynamic and engaging dialogues that served to identify current areas of major concern, share promising practices for classrooms and schools, and define new directions for reform and transformation in English learner education.
In addition to this series of national conversations, our office has many complementary efforts planned in the coming months. These include two forums: one on English learners with disabilities that will take place in Las Vegas on May 18th in collaboration with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), and a second on English learners and STEM education that will take place in DC in July. OELA will also host webinars for practitioners and continue working to inform key initiatives including ESEA reauthorization.
There is no question that human capital is our nation's greatest resource. Failure to prepare the nearly 5 million ELs in our pre-K–12 systems – more than a tenth of all our students – would squander something very precious and is something our nation cannot afford. Ensuring that all students are ready for college and careers has never mattered more than now, if we hope to realize President Obama's goal for the United States to have the best-educated workforce and the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
Rosalinda B. Barrera, Ph.D. is assistant deputy secretary and director of the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) at the U.S. Department of Education


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The Arizona Diamondbacks' decision to trade Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves for Martin Prado, Randall Delgado, and a handful of prospects is a curious one. Upton had a relatively disappointing season in 2012 (he still posted 2.5 WAR according to Fang…Share Tweet
Uptons elated over 'surreal' turn of eventsMLB.com Jan 24, 2013When Justin Upton awoke on Thursday, he saw that he had a missed call and text message from his older brother. Like the rest of the baseball world, B.J. Upton wanted to confirm that the Braves had indeed acquired the younger Upton. "It's kind of su…Share Tweet
HGTV takes you into the multimillion-dollar domain of John Smoltzyahoo.com Jan 24, 2013Who knew being a Cooperstown-lock pitcher could be so profitable? HGTV's drool-with-envy show "Million Dollar Rooms" is taking you inside (and outside) the Milton, Ga. home of former Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz. And as you can see from …Share Tweet
NFC South links: EJ Manuel eyes PanthersESPN.com Jan 24, 2013Atlanta Falcons The team is in talks with the state of Georgia over the level of public financing for a new $1 billion stadium, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports -- with Gov. Nathan Deal saying he wants the figure to be lower than the $300 millio…Share Tweet
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A baby shower is something every baby, and every family, should be so lucky as to have. But because so many families on our community are not that fortunate, we're having a shower for them.
Starting today, WISC TV along with partners Dean Clinic and Today Not Tomorrow Project Babies are collecting baby stuff – new, or gently used items like clothes, diapers, hooded towels, rattles – you get the picture, to get to families who need them. Donations are being accepted at all Dean Clinic locations in Dane County, then Today Not Tomorrow's Project Babies will collect the items, make sure they're good to go, and then distribute them to about 100 pregnant women or parents of babies at the baby shower on October 12th.
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Executing Fail Safes
Hello my friends! Thanks for joining me again. I am really enjoying writing this blog; I hope you are enjoying them as much as I am!
Today's topic is going to be about the "fail safes" that exist in Supply Chain that provide a buffer when planning doesn't go as planned. Fail safes are not the same thing as storm safes. No, I am talking about the business theory not above ground storm shelters. Now granted it is easier ramp up production than it is to ramp down. But, hopefully by implementing some of these risk mitigation Supply Chain methods you can avoid the crash and burn effect of poor planning.
It is important to realize that sometimes things happen and it is impossible to plan for them. With under planning (remember that is actual demand being higher than planned demand) one issue you can have is not enough raw materials to meet the demand. Fortunately, when it comes to inventory you can implement something called safety stock. Safety stock (aka buffer stock) is exactly how it sounds – extra inventory on hand that mitigates the risk of not having enough materials (stock outs) to meet the increase in demand. Another fairly fast acting option is outsourcing a piece of your production to free up capacity. For example, if a part of your product requires machining and you do not have enough capacity to meet the demand, there are plenty of companies that specialize in machining parts that would gladly take some work from your business via an outsourcing agreement. As an effect, you could free up capacity to focus on more of your business' core competencies or proprietary designs.
Moving along to some things you can implement to mitigate the risk of over planning (actual demand lower than planned demand) in Supply Chain. If the shift in demand is detected soon enough there is potentially an opportunity reschedule or push back any open purchase orders for raw material. You would do this by having your procurement team review all open orders and then communicating with the vendor if rescheduling a later due date or canceling (without a fee) is an option. Some vendors are flexible and can usually work with you as long as they have not invested too much capital in your order already. Altering open orders is essential to control inventory during an unexpected demand down turn. The last "fail safe" I am going to touch on is my least favorite. It is by far the last resort after all else has failed during a down turn in demand; layoffs. While I do hate when things like this happen to people because it affects their lively hood, unfortunately this is the ultimate price (in my opinion) of poor planning. At the end of the day companies must stay profitable. If sales are not keeping up with costs then the profit margins are suffering. The largest overhead cost in most manufacturing setting is the cost of labor, both direct labor and indirect labor. Reducing overhead costs is the most effective way to mitigate the risk of a down shift in demand.
Well folks, I am just keeping it real. Until next time, Andrew signing out!
A Penny for Your Thoughts
Hello there. Thanks for joining me today. I once heard an influential CFO discuss how she would walk the streets with her head down looking for money. What she would find she would bring back up to her high rise office and put in a jar. At the end of the year there would be a substantial amount that she would then donate to charity. The point she made with this story was that every penny matters. Even for big corporations, every penny matters. I thought it was a fascinating story and it got me thinking about cost savings and how that can translate into business. More specifically how that would look like in a Supply Chain setting.
In my last post, I touched a little on some of the major planning types of Supply Chain. As I mentioned, planning plays a huge part in the whole Supply Chain process. If you are to have a successful business you must have successful planning. The price of poor Supply Chain planning is something that businesses cannot pay for long.
So let's get into a little bit about what exactly is the cost of poor planning and how can a business mitigate those costs and even drive cost savings……..
Let's first start off with what happens when you over plan in Supply Chain. There are a number of things that can cause you to over plan, market downturns, not considering seasonality's in your industry are just to name a few. Once you set the ball rolling and you move towards meeting your planned production target, it isn't as easy as turning off a switch. It is more like moving a titanic to stop the flow of the bleeding resources. Just think about it, a plan is set and you begin purchasing all the material needed to meet the plan. Depending on the lead times and commitments with the vendor's you cannot easily cancel orders once the vendor already has resources invested in fulfilling your orders. So, the business is then left with either taking in the inventory with no demand or paying high cancellation fees to your vendors. On top of the material issues there is the capacity and man power that was planned for and now they are just sitting idle. Idle capacity is something that cannot be calculated into the price of your product. Instead idle capacity costs that are not absorbed flow straight to your bottom line. Ouch!!
On the flip side, under planning in Supply Chain can also have an adverse effect on a business. Going back to the idea of capacity planning, by under planning you do not plan enough capacity to produce the higher level of demand that expected. This causes a chain reaction starting with things like high WIP (work in progress) which impacts your inventory turns. Also, things like bottle necks in production where there is too much flow in one area of the manufacturing floor and this causes a back log throughout. By under planning you will not be able to meet the demand which in effect will not meet your sales expectations.
It's all about the money and it is all connected in Supply Chain. That is why it is important to be mindful of the things that can affect your bottom line so that your organization is as profitable as possible.
What's the Plan, Stan?
My wife is more of the planner between us. I don't know how she does it but I am sure glad she does! But, when it comes to effective Supply Chain planning….well, I've got her beat that is for sure (love you hun!).
Another break in the chain is poor planning. Now planning comes in several different forms when talking about Supply Chain planning. There are also different groups that require planning and those groups may depend on the other to have accurate planning. That's a LOT of planning, yo! But to put it simply here is an, Joe's manufacturing has placed an order of 10 widgets with XYZ Vendor. Joe knows that XYZ has a lead time of 10 weeks, so he plans ahead and orders to make sure the widgets get here when he needs them. Now XYZ Vendor has a demand plan that should as accurately as possible project how much raw material they will need to make the 10 widgets. So as you can see it is important for Joe to plan and for XYZ to plan. If one of the company's plans is off, Joe is waiting for parts which mean his orders are not getting filled which means he is not making sales.
Let's break it down into the different kinds of planning that is found in Supply Chain. First there is demand planning, this is where you look at historical trends combined with known current and future market trends and evaluate how many widgets you need to meet the demand. A very important part of the demand plan, which is an area that a lot of companies do poorly, is Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). This is where the sales team comes and asks for the pie in the sky and operations comes in and says "um, no you're crazy". Ha, seriously though, sales rarely looks at market trends and capacity; whereas, operations and production should be the voice of reality to even the production plan out.
Which leads us to the next type of planning, production planning. Production planning makes sure there is enough material and people on hand to meet the demand. So if the demand planning group determines there is going to be an upswing (or downswing) in the market, it is the job of the production planner to stock up the shelves and right size the manufacturing floor. Within the production planning there is materials planning and labor planning.
The last type of planning we will touch on is logistics planning. I think this is a huge area that companies could save a ton of money and is not something that they really focus on. To me it seems a little common sense but when you got to get a product to the customer, it needs to go….like now. Here is where logistic planning comes in handy. Assuming the production planning is on target, a logistics analyst should be able to group and pack shipments based off destination locations. This will reduce shipping costs if done properly.
When one or more of these processes are not running like fine oiled machines there can be adverse effects which if not fixed quickly can impact a manufacturing company's financials in a bad way.
And that my friends bring us to the end and possibly the beginning of the next post. Until then, God Bless America!
Man Vs. Machine
Howdy from H-town, Andrew here. Man this has been a rough week. I work for a transportation company and it seems like we could not win for losing. There were so many delayed shipments and customer complaints. Well, live and learn I suppose. I can't wait until I am in the position to make the decisions and not just a logistics analyst. Not to toot my own horn but I think I have some good ideas!
Anyway, everything that happened this week got me all excited about my post for today. Continuing on the same vein of mitigating Supply Chain breaks, let me talk a bit about what it means to error proof your processes. If you missed my last post on breaks in the chain you can find it on my previous post. We have come a long way with our technology advances and the need for human dominated assembly lines are a thing of the past. Now people are required to operate or tell the machines what to do instead of being the machine. It's at that point, when people come in contact with the machine, that error proofing is most important.
What is error-proofing exactly? Well in the Supply Chain world it is when you improve reliability, quality and stability of a process. Human error and equipment failures are to be expected. It is the job of the business owner(s) to mitigate those errors as much as possible. One important way to error proof a process is to make sure you implement what could be referred to as a pyramid – 4 sides (groups). Be sure to have a safety group, reliability group, quality group and operations group that work together. When these groups come together it creates the needed checks and balances to mitigate errors.
Let's just face it; errors are going to be made. You get a new guy and despite all your training efforts, he is going to screw up. In my opinion, it is not the error that is the problem but the failure to analyze errors and mitigate future errors.
That my friend is where companies drop the ball.
If something happens and your management team is not calling for an immediate root cause analysis to understand what happened and then implementing new processes to mitigate future errors, then that is where the failure is. If mistakes aren't corrected and error proofing is not a second nature, the strain and frustration can be felt throughout the staff and ultimately affects the product to the customer in a negative way. Not good people, not good.
So, if you are a Supply Chain manager of any type and you are not taking a proactive approach to error proofing your Supply Chain group, then you should find another job. The lives of your employees depend on you and the success of your company depends on you continuously finding ways to improve and to adapt the ever changing technology wave. Today's error might be tomorrow's fatality, its important folks. With that said, my rant is over. Ah, I feel much better now! Improve, improve, improve……always try to improve the things that are broken. Later g!
Is the Supply Chain Broken?
Hello everyone, Andrew here. Let me start with the basics before we dive into this beast, what is a Supply Chain? Before I got my degree from Baylor in Supply Chain Management, I used to think Supply Chain had basically two parts, manufacturing and transportation. As I was educated in all things Supply Chain, I quickly realized that there was more to it, way more. In a nut shell, Supply Chain is everything and every person involved in the process of making a product from start to finish.
So, manufacturing and transportation are only a part of the whole Supply Chain. Each "link" of the chain has a process within itself that has more processes within itself all the way down to the guy in the basement with the red stapler filing paper away (ha, Office Space joke!). Many highly paid really smart people have sat in large rooms discussing how to make this thing run smoother and more efficiently. Who knows, maybe even now as you are reading this post there are some old people scratching their heads in some high rise somewhere and writing on white boards talking about Supply Chain issues!? Ha, I had a very weird mental image there. Ok, so back to the topic at hand. Whenever you have so many moving parts, there will always be a hiccup that can cause everything to come to a halting stop. When that happens, there is most definitely a break in the chain. However, remember those really smart people, yes those people have put together processes to mitigate the risk associated with a break in the chain so that the flow does not come to a complete stop. I mean come on; no one likes that email that says the product they just ordered is on back order, I know I don't! To increase customer satisfaction and be able to quickly turn more products (aka make more skrilla) a business savvy company should plan for these types of breaks in the chain and "proact" (yea I really did just make up a word) accordingly.
What causes these breaks? There could be many things that cause a break in the chain, but from my own experience and what I have observed the main issues is poor planning or human error (which one might argue they are one in the same). Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on your point of view, robots cannot take over the whole process. So there will always be an element of human error and you can't really plan for human error. You can only plan a little bit of a cushion for it by looking at historical downtime/nonproductive time when committing to a delivery schedule. To improve and error proof the process as much as possible you have to implement techniques that mitigate these errors. We will get more into those techniques in future posts.
Before I sign off let me summarize, yes there can be breaks in the chain but with proper planning and implementing error proofing methods, you can limit the breaks. Well that is all for now, until we meet again!
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- Management of treatment-refractory panic disorderS J Mathew
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Clinical Psychobiology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Unit 84, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Psychopharmacol Bull 35:97-110. 2001..The role of CBT in the medication refractory patient has been explored, with preliminary suggestions of efficacy...
- Differentiating depressed adolescent 24 h cortisol secretion in light of their adult clinical outcomeSanjay J Mathew
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Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1336-43. 2003..Dysregulation of the HPA axis, combined with dysfunction of sleep-onset mechanisms previously reported in this same cohort, might serve as premorbid biological substrates that predict suicide attempts during follow-up...
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New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 158:1558-67. 2001..The authors critically surveyed several preclinical and clinical neurobiological models of social anxiety disorder...
- Neuroendocrine predictors of response to intravenous clomipramine therapy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorderS J Mathew
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Depress Anxiety 14:199-208. 2001..The limitations of IV CMI as a specific probe of serotonin function are discussed...
- Cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of biogenic amines and corticotropin-releasing factor in adolescent non-human primates as a function of the timing of adverse early rearingSanjay J Mathew
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Stress 5:185-93. 2002..Thus, the timing of exposure to VFD conditions early in life evidently determines whether CSF CRF was found to be elevated or decreased, within the context of increased serotonin metabolism, during the course of primate maturation...
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Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
J Psychopharmacol 24:1175-81. 2010..This pilot study failed to support an association between a hippocampal neuronal marker and anxiolytic response to paroxetine, and suggests further investigation of potential trait-like hippocampal abnormalities in GAD...
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State University of New York SUNY, Downstate Medical Center Box 120, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
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Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
Biol Psychiatry 54:727-35. 2003..Long-term behavioral, immunologic, and neurochemical alterations have been found in primates exposed to adverse early rearing...
- Molecular targets in the treatment of anxietyJustine M Kent
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
Biol Psychiatry 52:1008-30. 2002....
- Twenty-four-hour cortisol secretion patterns in prepubertal children with anxiety or depressive disordersAdriana Feder
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, USA
Biol Psychiatry 56:198-204. 2004..In this study, we combined data from two independent, consecutive studies to achieve a larger sample size. Our goal was to identify potential alterations in the circadian pattern of cortisol secretion in anxious or depressed children...
- Neurobiology of anxiety disorders and implications for treatmentAmir Garakani
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Mt Sinai J Med 73:941-9. 2006..Combining these medication approaches with psychotherapies that promote extinction, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), may offer patients with anxiety disorders a rapid and robust treatment with good durability of effect...
- Recent advances in the neurobiology of anxiety disorders: implications for novel therapeuticsSanjay J Mathew
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L Levy Place Box 1217, New York, NY 10029
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 148:89-98. 2008..Each of these active areas of research holds promise for expanding and improving evidence-based treatment options for individuals suffering with clinical anxiety...


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The farcical nature of the Electoral Finance Act has again been brought to the fore and in the last week of the election campaign.
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Photo Flash: First Look - Shaun White Guest Stars on NBC's GO ON
The episode airs Tuesday, January 15 at 9:00 pm/ET on the NBC network. Get a first look below!
Matthew Perry ("Friends," "Mr. Sunshine") stars as Ryan King, a recent widower and sports talk radio host ready to get back to work after the loss of his wife. Ryan's alpha-male boss, Steven (John Cho, "Star Trek," "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"), has a different plan in store for Ryan, making him attend grief counseling before returning to the air.
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Last weekend, in frustration at questions over doping, Bradley Wiggins turned the air blue. Since then, in a transformation almost as remarkable as the athletic one that some in the Tour de France convoy believe may have been chemically assisted, he has become a model of tact and reconciliation.
After today's stage, Wiggins, who as race leader, gives a daily press conference, was yet again quizzed over how far he would be prepared to go to prove his propriety to his critics. Asked if he would publish the results of the International Cycling Union's (UCI) ongoing blood passport tests on


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Penelope Owsley (aka Princess Penelope) was a new addition on The Krusty the Clown Show, originally put in to attract more female viewers. She was almost married to Krusty the Clown.
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Penelope was a new addition to the Krusty the Clown show, as his producers found out that they were losing the female demographic. Krusty accepted the new addition, only to get tired of her girly antics very soon, quickly losing male viewers instead. When Krusty tried to confront Penelope however, she revealed to him how she joined mainly because of him, being his biggest fan since childhood. After this revelation, Krusty and Penelope start a relationship.
The Krusty the Clown Show episodes soon after feature them singing love songs to one another, with Krusty culminating in asking Penelope's hand in marriage, to which she agrees heartily. At their wedding day, Bart and Milhouse try to sabotage the ceremony by showing Penelope Krusty's array of ex-wives, including Holly Hippie and Eartha Kitt, both of whom despise him. Penelope still desires to be wed to Krusty, but Krusty decides that he is not worth Penelope's love and cancels the wedding.
Penelope then moves to France and sings songs on her guitar at a local café. When walking on the Seine river bridge, she looks down at the water. A boat passes by, and she sees Krusty's reflection on the water. She turns around, expecting to see him, only to see nothing. Krusty is actually there though, he was just in the water. She flings herself in the water, and the two float down the river, staying afloat using Penelope's wooden guitar's case.[2]
According to The Simpsons: Tapped Out mobile game, Penelope left Krusty. In the game she is again used to diversify Krusty's demograph, but this time for his theme park Krustyland.
Penelope wears a beautiful pink dress (similar to that of Disney princesses). She has dark brown hair and wears long white gloves with fingers cut off and pink shoes with bows. She also has pink lipstick, magenta stick earrings, a necklace with a star, and a blue tiara on her head.
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- Episode – "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
- Episode – "Loan-a Lisa" (Mentioned)
- Episode – "Them, Robot" (Seen in couch gag)
- Episode – "The Princess Guide" (Seen in intro)
- Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out
- She has her own handbag brand.
- Her actual name is Penelope Mountbatten Hapsburg Hohenzollern Mulan-Pocahontas, the last part of her name containing the name of two actual Disney Princesses, Mulan and Pocahontas.
- She is also a parody of the Disney Princess lineup.
- Mountbatten, Hapsburg and Hohenzollern are actual last names of European Royalty, with Hapsburg and Hohenzollern having been two of the most ancient and powerful dynasties ruling over the Austrian and Spanish, and German Empires respectively. While Mountbatten is the last name of Phillip duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, for his mother side. However his descendants have no actual las name in order to keep House of Windsor as the name of the dynasty.
- She also bears a physical resemblance to Snow White.
- She is from Mineola, Long Island, New York.
- Her name was possibly based on the Wacky Races character Penelope Pitstop. Both of them are also known for wearing pink clothes.


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Stunning Apartment in Hong Kong
Size120 m²
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- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
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- Suitable for events
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The kitchen is fully equipped with all the modern appliances and crockery and upon arrival you will find the fridge stocked with complimentary snacks and beverages.
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Please respect that we only accept the number of guests the apartment was booked for.
Please switch off lights, air-conditioning and all appliances when you leave the apartment to avoid wasting energy. The air conditioner are working very efficiently and you won't feel hot in summer after a couple of minutes.
Please ensure that the windows and doors are locked when you left the apartment.
Please respect your neighbors as you live in a normal building with normal tenants. For example keep the noise level down from 10:00 PM till 8 AM and be nice if you meet someone in the hall or in the lift.
Pets are not allowed in our apartment.
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Straightforward located in quiet area. Nice with internet access.
Grei beliggenhet i rolig område. Kjekt med internett-tilgang.
Nice modern place, clean, well equiped. Bus stop across the street takes you directly in to town every 8 minutes.
Sofa bed in living room only suitable for 2 children.
Clean, modern apartment right on the buzzing upper street. Bars, restaurants and transport on your door step. And all the basics (e.g. salt, oil, coffee, etc.) are provided. Fantastic service and a great place to be and stay!
We'll rent it again.
The stay was pleasant. The flat is confortable and the area is perfect both as a starting point to visit London and to eat out in the neighbourhood. We would use it again in the future.
Really a nice apartment. Bright and confortevole.Ottimo for those after a day visiting museums and monuments, he wants to make himself a little 'relaxation, take a nice hot bath, cook a little bit, before thrown back into the London nightlife. It 's like being at home. The owner Paul responds almost immediately if you look for availability for its apartments. Its representative greeted us when we arrived and explained the essentials of the apartment. The area of Upper Street is very nice, with restaurants and interesting shops. You can drink a good espresso at Madam Chi, but also try a plate of Fish and Chips nearby. :-) It is also well served by subway (stop Highbury And Islington is a minutes walk) and bus replacement. I recommend it highly!
Davvero un bell'appartamento. Luminoso e confortevole.Ottimo per chi dopo una giornata in giro per musei e monumenti, vuole regalarsi un po' di relax, farsi un bel bagno caldo, cucinarsi qualcosina, prima di ributtarsi nella movida londinese. E' come stare a casa propria. Il proprietario Paul risponde quasi immediatamente se cercate disponibilità per i suoi appartamenti. Una sua referente ci ha accolto quando siamo arrivati e ci ha spiegato le cose essenziali dell'appartamento. La zona di Upper Street è molto carina, con ristorantini e negozi interessanti. Si può bere un buon caffè espresso da Madam Chi, ma anche provare un piatto di Fish and Chips nelle vicinanze. :-)
Inoltre è ben servita da metropolitana ( la fermata Highbury And Islington è a minuti a piedi) e bus sostitutivi.
Lo consiglio caldamente!
Within two weeks of the date of my reservation, the host because we change the accommodation we booked supposedly "the boiler had broken." My surprise was to get to the new apartment, and that this had nothing to do with what was initially hired. What I do not understand is that in two weeks will not be able to arrreglar a boiler. I think we took a little hair ....
A dos semanas de la fecha de mi reserva, el anfitrión nos cambio el alojamiento porque supuestamente el que habíamos reservado "tenía la caldera estropeada". Mi sorpresa fue al llegar al nuevo apartamento, ya que este no tenía nada que ver con lo que había contratado en un principio. Lo que sigo sin entender es que en dos semanas no sean capaces de arrreglar una caldera. Creo que nos ha tomado un poco el pelo....
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RUSH: The latest piece from the left on Obama's, (Obama impression) "You didn't build that. You didn't make that happen. You had nothing to do with your success. Who do you think you are? The roads and the bridges, that's whose successful, the roads and the bridges did it. You didn't do that." The latest entry is from a guy named Jonathan Chait. Jonathan Chait, I think he writes for New York Magazine or The New Yorker. I forget which. Yeah, yeah, Jonathan Chait, you may remember, is a guy who, I forget which Bush term it was, but he wrote a piece that was titled, "Why I Hate George W. Bush." And it was celebrated, it was welcomed. You know the left always says we need more civility in our political discourse. We need to be polite. We need to be respectful. And here comes Chait writing this piece, "Why I Hate Bush." It was applauded and celebrated.
So Jonathan Chait says that Obama's "You didn't build that" speech revived racial resentments about redistributive fiscal policy partly because the president was speaking in a black dialect. Could we grab audio sound bite number three. Here is President Obama, July 13th, in Roanoke, Virginia, with the famous, "You didn't build that." And I want all of you to listen to this and tell me if you think Obama -- hey, Cookie, see if you can find Obama speaking in Selma during the campaign in 2008. He went down there with Hillary and everybody trying to demo that he was down for the struggle. Everybody knows he had nothing to do with Selma, but he tried to go down there and make it look like his roots were in Selma. I think he said that his father had told him that if it weren't for what had happened in Selma, that nothing would have happened for him, some such thing. I know we've got it archived. Just a matter of getting it prepped. But, I want you to listen to this. I want you to tell me if you think that Obama is speaking here in a black dialect.
OBAMA: Look, i-i-if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own.
FOLLOWERS: That's right!
OBAMA: You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, "Well, it must be because I was just so smart!"
FOLLOWERS: (laughing)
OBAMA: There are a lot of smart people out there. "It must be because I worked harder than everybody else." Let me tell you something. There are a whole bunch of hardworkin' people out there!
FOLLOWERS: (cheers and applause)
OBAMA: If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help!
FOLLOWERS: Yeaaaaaah!
OBAMA: There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.
FOLLOWERS: Yeaaaaaah!
OBAMA: Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges! If you've got a business, you -- you didn't build that!
FOLLOWERS: Yeaaaaaah!
OBAMA: Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
RUSH: Is there a black dialect in there? (interruption) You don't think so because of what? Yeah, you understood it, so what black dialect. Snerdley, you have 100% slave blood. That's not a black dialect? (interruption) What did you say? It was racist for me to... (interruption) Oh. Oh. Oh. It's racist to say that it couldn't have been black dialect because you can understand it? I didn't say that. No, it wasn't me. I've got somebody shouting that in my ear, and I repeated it. And Snerdley is refuting it. All I'm interested in, is that a black dialect? All right, it's not a black dialect. Fine.
"Jonathan Chait says the president's 'you didn't build that' speech revived racial resentments about redistributive fiscal policy, partly because the president was speaking in a 'black dialect.' Maybe this was a problem with the speech, but the key problem was much simpler: The president was needlessly insulting. He wasn't just calling on successful people to pay more in tax but was being dismissive of their accomplishments." This is a piece by Josh Barro, by the way, at Bloomberg. And he's right. The whole thing was insulting. And it was filled with resentment. Obama resentment. (imitating Obama) "Hardworking, there are a lot of hardworking people out there, and they got nothing but the shaft, and a lot of smart people out there. And they got nothing but the shaft by this country. You're smart."
What Obama's doing, he's setting everybody up who agrees with him to accept the idea that he's gotta go get all the money that the rich have because it's not theirs. It's the members of the audience. It's the middle class's money. They built all the stuff and made it possible for the rich guy to get rich. And Elizabeth Warren's out there saying the same thing. Obama was trying to whip up resentment in a predominantly black audience in Roanoke. That's what he was trying to do. This notion that smart or you worked harder than everybody else, (imitating Obama) "There's a whole lot of smart, hardworking people out there. A lot of smart people out there." So what's ironic about this, here's Obama upset, apparently, at people who take credit for their own success. Yet doesn't he do the same thing? Isn't he "I, me, my" throughout every speech he makes? "I got bin Laden." And I did this or I did whatever.
Well, Mr. Barro here has it nailed, he was right. He was insulting. Now, Mr. Barro has done something interesting. He went back to the second season of West Wing. That's the TV show written by Aaron Sorkin. And he remembered a scene in West Wing, speechwriter Sam Seaborn played by Rob Lowe, explains to the staff of some liberal House members why he will not insert a line in President Bartlett's upcoming speech. They want, in this TV show, they want the president to attack Republican tax cut proposals as financing private jets and swimming pools for the wealthy. And the speechwriter for the president, Sam Seaborn, played by Rob Lowe, "explains to the staff of some liberal house members why he won't insert a line in President Bartlet's upcoming speech. They want the president to attack Republican tax cut proposals as financing 'private jets and swimming pools' for the wealthy. As Seaborn argues:
"Henry, last fall, every time your boss got on the stump and said, 'It's time for the rich to pay their fair share,' I hid under a couch and changed my name. I left Gage Whitney making $400,000 a year, which means I paid twenty-seven times the national average in income tax. I paid my fair share, and the fair share of twenty-six other people. And I'm happy to 'cause that's the only way it's gonna work, and it's in my best interest that everybody be able to go to schools and drive on roads, but I don't get twenty-seven votes on Election Day. The fire department doesn't come to my house twenty-seven times faster and the water doesn't come out of my faucet twenty-seven times hotter. The top one percent of wage earners in this country pay for twenty-two percent of this country. Let's not call them names while they're doing it, is all I'm saying."
That was a script, that's from the West Wing, Aaron Sorkin, attacking this whole notion that the rich aren't paying their fair share, in that show, even.
RUSH: We'll just play a brief excerpt from Obama in Roanoke, Virginia, and then we're gonna go back to 2007 with Obama at Selma. Here we go. This is July 13th, in Roanoke, Virginia.
OBAMA: If you got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
RUSH: All right, that's this year. Mere weeks ago. Now let's go back, March 4th, 2007, at a breakfast before the big speech in Selma, Barack Obama.
OBAMA: This is the site of my conception. I am the fruits of your labor. I am the offspring of the move-ment. So when people ask me whether I've been to Selma before, I tell 'em I'm coming home.
RUSH: Now, that was the black dialect. It's almost as embarrassing as Hillary. "I ain't no way tarred." Remember that? And, by the way, Harry Reid has often talked about Obama's ability to slip into black dialect and then sound clean and pure. And Obama, Harry, it's just a gift. I am the offspring of the move-ment. That's how Malik Shabazz says it. (imitating Obama) "Of the move-ment. So when people ask me if I've been in Selma befo', I tell 'em I'm coming home." Here is Obama at the church assuring the contention that he's black enough. It's March 4th, 2007, in Selma.
OBAMA: My grandfather was a cook to the British in Kenya. Grew up in a small village. And all his life, that's all he was was a cook and a houseboy, and that's what they called him. Even when he was 60 years old, they called him a houseboy. Wouldn't call him by his last name. Sound familiar? So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home when I come to Selma, Alabama. I'm here because somebody marched for our freedom. I'm here because y'all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants.
RUSH: Right on. That was Obama in Selma. Well, that's how the Reverend Sharpton says it. "In Selma." That's the black dialect. Not so much in the second bite, but in the first bite, so when people ask me whether I've been to Selma befo', I tell 'em I'm coming home. Roanoke does not sound like that. That's the point. There was no black dialect in Roanoke like Jonathan Chait says. So his whole premise that people were reacting to Obama in a racist way, 'cause he wanted to redistribute as a black guy, it's all out the window. It's irrelevant.
RUSH: For the fun of it, let's go back to Selma, March 4th, 2007. Here's Hillary and the black dialect.
HILLARY: Let us say with one voice the words of James Cleveland's great freedom hymn. "I don't feel no ways tired. I come too far from where I started from. Nobody told me that the road would be easy. I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me."
RUSH: Yeah. So who pulled it off better, do you think, Hillary or Obama? I ain't no ways -- she blew it on tired. I ain't no way tired. No. It's, "I ain't no way tarred." She wasn't able to pull it off. She tried. She tried. I come too faaaaar from where I started from. Man, that screeching, I understand why... Can you imagine... well, I can't win saying this. Never mind.


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TOMS RIVER - The opening of new application center for the state's Sandy recovery voucher program was celebrated today in Toms River.
Gov. Chris Christie paid a visit to the new facility to draw attention to the program. "We never are going to have enough money to make everybody whole," Christie says. "That's the sad fact of the decisions that Congress made and the President in terms of money allocated to us."
Christie says he wants to make sure every dollar gets used. He says the Toms River facility will help make that happen by allowing more people take advantage of the program.
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Carla Beauchamp says her husband lost his job after the storm. "He took a job as a custodian after Sandy, which is a blessing, we're grateful, but it doesn't cover the mortgage," she says, "We go back and forth paying utilities and the mortgage and we're behind."
Workers at the new office, run by non-profit company Ocean Inc., say they've been open about a week, and are taking applications now. The vouchers don't put cash in hand, but can be used to pay bills like mortgage or rent, or for household items.
The need clearly remains in areas like Toms River where the local food pantry helps more than 6,000 people a month. Advocates say its time to cut the red tape. "I'm hearing about people who apply for programs and when they call up to make the appointment, they're given a date in May. And its February," says food pantry operator Pat Donaghue. "What do they going do from now until May?"
There is $40 million still left in the program. Applications can be filed from any county in New Jersey but the paperwork is extensive.
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UW-Madison: 'Real' Dairy, 'Real' Results
University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy scientists and educators are excited about new dairy research facilities. Dairy producers everywhere should see the benefits.
The research projects that had to wait were nerve-wracking enough. But for University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy scientist Lou Armentano, it was the things that never got done that were truly maddening. When Armentano saw the jockeying that went on among dairy scientists for access to the university's dairy facilities, he knew something better was needed.
Frustration turned to focus, and the result is a new dairy research facility located at the Arlington agricultural research station. Dedicated and opened in July, the new structure is the product of collaboration between industry and the public sector to expand and modernize the facilities used by UW-Madison dairy researchers.
"We should be able to do a lot more research for about the same amount of money as we were doing with the old facilities," Armentano said. Some of the gain in efficiency comes from improved use of labor, but there also are efficiencies in research and instruction, yielding results into the future.
With the opening of the new dairy facility, much of the pressure for access to research animals is reduced. The facilities house about 500 dairy cows in two freestall barns.
Research will be conducted in an environment closely matching typical modern dairy operations in Wisconsin. Design was assisted by the Dairy Business Association (DBA) of Wisconsin, under the direction of executive director Laurie Fischer, which created Dairy Building Contractors LLC, hiring DBA member and dairy producer John Pagel as the lead.
A new, larger milking center connected to the barns offers labor-saving technology. It has the equipment for measuring and monitoring the parameters of the research herd needed for the experiments taking place at the facility.
To manage cows in groups of eight, the double -16 WestfaliaSurge parallel parlor was split, and is essentially a quadruple-8. It features a new WestfaliaSurge Ear Tag Parlor ID System; Metatron 21 Premium Detacher/Milk Monitoring System; Classic 200 Evolution milking units, a Vacuum On Demand Frequency Drive System; and a KoolWay 6,400-gallon milk cooling system.
A significant upgrade to capacity is the move to "pen-based" research – a method of managing the research cattle in pens. One of the new barns is fitted with 16 pens, each with the capacity for eight animals. Armentano said the pen system allows researchers to group animals within an experiment in a pen, rather than assign individual animals, increasing control and accuracy of experiments.
"We'll have the capacity to answer the questions our dairy business community expects us to be able to address," Armentano said. "We'll be able to do more with limited resources."
Ric Grummer, chair of the dairy science department, said the new facility has been designed to mirror conditions of the current dairy industry – and anticipate future changes.
"If you're looking at what effects a shorter dry period has on a cow it's not about tie-stalls, freestalls or grazing. The answers are likely to be the same," said Grummer. "The majority of the hypotheses and objectives of our research are facilities-neutral. But the environment in the new facility is reflective of what the majority of the dairy producers in the state are moving toward."
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Day 1 of MLB's 2014 First-Year Player Draft is in the books, with 74 amateur players now one step closer to realizing their dream of taking the field in the major leagues.
As you'd expect, there were no shortage of surprises on the first day of this three-day extravaganza.
The Chicago Cubs took Indiana University's Kyle Schwarber with the fourth overall selection, far earlier than anyone predicted, while South Carolina prep star Grant Holmes, considered a top-10 talent by both ESPN's Keith Law (subscription required) and B/R's Mike Rosenbaum, fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers at pick No. 22.
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In order to retain talent, there is lots of company benefits laid out to reduce the attrition rate among BPO employees. These prove to be a motivating factor for the BPO professionals to contribute to the overall progress of the company. This article is a little specific to the BPO sector in India. 1. Provident […]
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Here in Lafayette we are blessed with a delightful mix of people and other creatures. Far from the urban jungles of asphalt and concrete, we have nature at our doorstep, even downtown, with trails, trees, and creeks that offer habitats for wildlife.
On my own property my husband and I have seen deer, wild turkeys, squirrels, foxes, coyotes, and a bouquet of birds, from red-headed woodpeckers to turkey vultures, hummingbirds, scrub jays, and red-tailed hawks. Our smaller friends include many kinds of bugs and butterflies. All of these were already in the area when we moved in 6 years ago, but we wanted to shift from viewing wildlife to actively helping to make our property a wildlife-friendly habitat.
In other words how could we be friendly neighbors, not just to our human neighbors, but to all of our neighbors?
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We don't use any herbicides or pesticides. We've left our huge back yard pretty much as nature made it, except for creating a trail (which, I might add, the deer really like to use, judging from the little deposits they leave behind). We've cleared a lot of dead underbrush to reduce fire risk, but we've left some downed branches and logs, which form habitats for little critters as the logs decompose and turn back into life-supporting soil. As a Lindsay Wildlife Museum and Hospital volunteer, I've learned how to raise orphaned baby squirrels, including what to offer them when they grow up (especially walnuts and almonds), so we also have a squad of visiting wild squirrels hinting for a handout.
Recently I registered our home as a Certified Wildlife Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation, which launched this program in 1973 and has certified over 150,000 habitats at homes, schools, businesses, and more. To be certified, a place fulfills certain conditions, offering wild animals their key requirements of food, water, cover (safe places to hide from predators), and places to rear their offspring.
Certification was a simple matter of going to the NWF website and responding to a series of questions about our yard's features. If you lack one of the requirements, you can choose to make changes to fulfill it. We don't have a stable water source, but I set out a large ceramic dish, which I fill regularly. It's a joy to take part in the nature surrounding us.
There are key links between wildlife and sustainability. One, if an ecosystem is healthy, it provides clean air, water, and soil. Wild animals are often considered "indicator species" – the classic canary in the coal mine. An environment that is friendly and healthy for wildlife — no or minimal pesticide use, for instance, which allows butterflies and bees to thrive and pollinate plants — is probably also the most healthy for us. Two, preserving open space helps humans too, as we benefit from natural areas for recreation and protection from development. Lafayette acquired a great new open space last year, Acalanes Ridge. Three, some people emphasize the potential benefits to humans from preserving wild nature, such as plants that have yet-to-be-discovered medicinal value. But personally, I think our "neighbors" are simply entitled to have a place to live!
Informational Links
National Wildlife Federation has a number of helpful pages:
National Wildlife Federation — Create a Certified Wildlife Habitat!
National Wildlife Federation – Start a Schoolyard Habitat
National Wildlife Federation – Create a Community Wildlife Habitat
USA Today Article – Your backyard could be a wildlife habitat
California Native Plant Society – Habitat Gardening
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The fourth annual The Seed Experience expo and conference takes place June 20th and 21st. Focusing on living a healthy, compassionate and eco-friendly lifestyle. The two-day festival will be filled with leading national brands and best-of-class local merchants featuring, sampling and selling their delicious plant-based foods, and environment-friendly, cruelty-free products and services. And, the most inspirational roster of speakers yet will be presenting and holding workshops that will empower and introduce you to a plant-based way of life, and answering any of your questions.
- Over 100 exhibitors will be sampling, selling and showcasing their amazing products and services.
- World-renowned speakers, doctors and nutritionists, and inspirational champion athletes will be presenting.
- Top chefs will be giving cooking demonstration.
- Various workshops will be offered.
- Award-winning films will be screened with the director present for Q&A.
My cooking demo will take place at 2:00pm on Saturday.
The buy tickets visit: http://theseedexperience.com/expo2015/ticket/ Use the code "fran50" when checking out for a 50% discount.
The Arizona Vegetarian Food Festival takes place on January 9th and 10th, 2016, at the Scottsdale Civic Amphitheater in Scottsdale, AZ. I'll be doing chocolate demos at 12:15pm each day.
Visit their website for more information: http://azvegfoodfest.com
What's more thoughtful than a decadent handmade treat? Get in the holiday spirit with Fran!
Chef Fran will teach you all the tricks of the trade to create luscious holiday treats that travel well.
A Mouthwatering Trio of Chocolate Truffles:
- Bittersweet, Spicy and Orange Sesame
- Vibrant Chocolate Mendiants with Dried Fruits & Nuts
- Ganache Glazed Mini Fudge Cupcakes
Come and learn how to create these dairy/egg/gluten-free stunning handmade confections made with Valrhona's exquisite dark chocolates. They will surely impress and delight your friends and relatives near and far.
Bring home your creations and receive a class recipe book, a Valrhona apron and a 20% discount on the Valrhona website.
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The design team travels to weather-ravaged Broward County, FL to help rebuild a local woman's soup kitchen and shelter that has helped heal the hearts of thousands. In addition, the show helps create a dream wedding for a young couple whose own wedding was washed out two times, by Hurricane Wilma and then Katrina. And lastly, the home of the 2003 Little League World Champions is completely refurbished just in time for opening day.


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Social Media Marketing – Done Right
At Lodging Interactive we believe that social media marketing must be part of every hotel's overall marketing plan. Search engines continue to receive "Social Media Signals" which help determine where a hotel website will rank within its search results. This is why we created our CoMMingle Social Media Marketing division in 2009.
Through our CoMMingle Social Media Marketing division, hotels can engage online with:
- Social Media Strategic Planning
- Growing & Managing Social Media Channels
- Word of Mouth Marketing & Experiential Marketing
- Reputation & Consumer Sentiment Monitoring
- Social Search Engine Optimization (SSEO)
At CoMMingle, one size social media marketing does not fit all. We take the time to understand your overall goals and objectives then craft your hotel's social media strategic plan backed up by proprietary technologies and experienced social media marketers.


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School Board: Disabled Student Can Use Faculty RestroomA school board in western Pennsylvania voted unanimously Thursday night to deny a grievance brought by teachers seeking to prevent a special needs student from using a faculty restroom.
Deal Reached At Steel Valley School DistrictA strike will not happen at the Steel Valley School District now that a tentative deal has been reached.
City Of Clairton, School District Appealing Tax Assessment Reduction Of Steel PlantThe Borough of Braddock depends on taxes from U.S. Steel's Edgar Thompson Works for about a third of its operating budget.
"Mr. High School Sports" - Can Class AA Hopefuls Overcome Backfield Blues?WASHINGTON, Pa. (93-7 THE FAN) -- Perhaps, going forward, Washington head coach Mike Bosnic and Steel Valley head coach Rodney Steele will carry rabbit's feet, extra pennies, or, failing that, four-leaf clovers with them on the sidelines, if they don't already.
The "Mr. High School Sports" Podcast - Week 3 EditionPITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) -- Week Three of the 2013 high school football season gets underway with a handful of games kicking off at 7:00 tonight, and the rest at 7:30. As you get ready to head to your game, here's a look at the schedule for the latest MaxPreps Southwestern Pennsylvania top ten:
"Mr. High School Sports" - Quick Outs: Lessons Learned From Week 3We react to the biggest games and some of the more interesting results of Week 3 of the WPIAL football season.
"Mr. High School Sports" - Quick Outs: Class AA Century Conference OutlookWe're going to keep our preseason coverage going with a series of rapid-fire previews, moving up to Class AA and focusing our attention on the Century Conference. We can already feel the brotherly love...well, sort of. Two siblings are playing for two different teams who should challenge for playoff spots, and possibly more, this season.
Know The Score: Sept. 23, 2011It doesn't get any bigger than high school football in Western Pennsylvania and we're committed to bringing you the best team coverage in the region. After the games, you can find all the latest scores right here!
"Mr. High School Sports" - UPMC Centers for Rehab Services Athlete of the WeekThis week's UPMC Centers for Rehab Services Athlete of the Week is John Lerda, a senior quarterback for the South Fayette football team.
Gov. Corbett Signs Bill To Limit School Board PowerBesides his budget, Gov. Corbett signed another bill that will limit the power of local school boards to raise property taxes without a public referendum.
Local High School Teacher Accused Of Sexting StudentsA Steel Valley high school teacher is accused of sexting her male students. Many of the messages Jennifer Smith is accused of sending to students are just too graphic to outline.
"Mr. High School Sports" - Editorial: What is a Hall-of-Famer?The fifth annual WPIAL Hall of Fame class was announced recently, and 93-7 The Fan's high school sports blogger proposes a few of his own criteria for induction.


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Our Edge romps in Barbaro
As soon as Robert V. LaPenta's OUR EDGE (The Cliff's Edge) outsprinted the field from post 9, adroitly angled over to the rail, and settled down to dictate on the front end, Sunday's $152,100 Barbaro S. (G3) was effectively over. The Nick Zito sophomore proceeded to romp by seven lengths at Delaware Park, extending his winning streak to three and becoming the first graded stakes victor for his sire.
Our Edge strode along well within himself while posting splits of :23 3/5, :47 4/5 and 1:12 3/5, conserving more than enough energy for the stretch drive. Pitched Perfectly (Pleasantly Perfect), sporting the Lael Stable colors made famous by Barbaro, attempted to keep pace in second, but began to retreat entering the far turn. Meanwhile, 2-1 favorite It Happened Again (Proud Citizen) tried to take a run at Our Edge, but the winner had not yet been asked a serious question.
Alan Garcia gave Our Edge the cue turning for home, and the handsome bay stretched clear in style. After opening up by 2 1/2 lengths in midstretch and clocking 1:37 2/5 for the mile, he continued to pour it on inside the final sixteenth. Our Edge crossed the wire a dominating winner in a final time of 1:43 3/5 for 1 1/16 miles on the fast track. The nearly 7-2 second choice returned $8.80, $4.40 and $3.60 while keying the $30.80 exacta, $135.20 trifecta and $595 superfecta (9-3-2-4).
It Happened Again wound up best of the rest by 1 1/4 lengths, paying $3.80 and $2.80. Fellow pace tracker Denver (Fusaichi Pegasus) ran evenly in third, 2 3/4 lengths clear of Sumo (Fusaichi Pegasus). Show was good for $3.60 at 6-1. In the Juice (Rock Slide) reported home fifth, followed by Code of Honour (Omega Code), Doc's Friend (Friend's Lake), Sudden Shift (Toccet), Pitched Perfectly, Dumar (Maria's Mon) and Slew of Smoke (Black Mambo). Bunker Hill (Trippi) was scratched.
Our Edge, who only just broke his maiden on May 18, now sports a mark of 5-3-1-0, $162,500. Sixth in his debut at Gulfstream Park in February, he was a battling second in a Florida-bred maiden at that track the following month. Our Edge earned his first victory in devastating fashion, wiring the field by 8 3/4 lengths going one mile at Delaware. He employed the same tactics when tackling stakes rivals next time out in the Coronado's Quest S. at Monmouth, where he held on gamely by a head.
Bred by Terrapin Stables and Phillip and Marcia Cohen in the Sunshine State, Our Edge was a $25,000 Keeneland November weanling who went on to fetch $130,000 as a Keeneland September yearling. He is out of the stakes-winning Cash the Flash (Star de Naskra), making him a half-brother to the juvenile filly She Wants Cash (Closing Argument), who finished third at Lone Star on May 21; a yearling filly named Cash Arrangement (Storm Passage); and a 2009 filly by Leestown. Cash the Flash is a half-sister to four stakes winners, including multiple stakes scorer De La Concorde (Inverness Drive). Our Edge's third dam, Reckoning (Olden Times), is a full sister to Roving Boy, the champion two-year-old male of 1982. This is also the family of multiple Grade 1 heroine A Wild Ride (Wild Again).
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ADD Inc is part of a team that unites more than 14,000 employees working in more than 230 locations. We have joined Stantec's Building Team, a group of more than 2,500 design and allied professionals working in over 90 offices. Our strengths in Multi-family Housing, Commercial/Mixed-Use Buildings, Higher Education, Workplace Design, Hospitality, and Branding will augment Stantec's Building Team's existing areas of expertise in Education, Healthcare, and Commercial sectors.
So what's changing? The combined creativity we'll be able to apply to your projects! Our reputation in Architecture and Design Services and Stantec's strength, knowledge, and relationships, allow us to go anywhere and meet our clients' needs in more creative, personalized ways.
With the advantage of local insights, and a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec and ADD Inc have the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe. We are really excited to become part of a Company that cares about creating communities as much as we do.
Visit stantec.com and you'll see first-hand how Stantec designs with communities in mind.
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The SFCC Roadrunners used a combination of the best shooting performance so far this season and solid defense to defeat North Central Missouri College 107-53 on Nov. 17. The Roadrunners (4-1) jumped out to a big lead early and never looked back.
"We were very unselfish. We got some good shots. We were able to get some easy baskets off of our defense. I think the guys really felt good about themselves," said Head Coach Dale Ribble.
State Fair played 14 players, 12 of them got in the scoring column.
"I thought we had a lot of solid play from a lot of our guys," said Ribble.
Forward Justyn Watkins led the team in scoring with 17 points. Sophomores Clifton Fleming and George Williams registered 13 apiece. Freshman Travis Jordan added 11 points.
The Roadrunners return home for the SFCC Classic on Nov. 20 and 21. State Fair will open their portion of the classic Friday night against St. Louis Community College Forest Park Highlanders. On Saturday they will take on Westminster College's JV. Tip-off both nights is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
"Forest Park has traditionally been a team that likes to get the game going up-tempo. When you play against teams like that, you have to make good sound fundamental basketball plays," said Ribble. "We are excited to be back at home."
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Saratoga Beer Bourbon Scotch 2010 Invitational
August 19 - 21 , 2010
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SARATOGA SPRINGS NY –A tasting event for consumers and award ceremony for brewers! The Saratoga Beer Bourbon Scotch 2010 Invitational will be a weekend long event that will take place at the Saratoga City Center and connecting Saratoga Hilton Hotel.
Where? Saratoga City Center and the Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, New York
What? Sample craft brews and fine scotch and whisky from many local, regional, and national breweries, enjoy live music and much more!
Cost? $65-$75 standard pass, one session, $115 -$125 gold pass,both sessions, $180 platinum pass, both sessions, $400 titanium pass, both sessions and $35 for designated driver, one session. Get full descriptions and more ticket information here or go ahead and get your tickets here!
The Saratiga Invitational will kick off with an Industry Only Cocktail Mixer on August 19th. On August 20 & 21 the festival will be in full gear. Each day will include two sessions - both a day and an evening session. Take your pick, or better yet, attend both!
Each session will include over 48 local, regional, and national breweries and distilleries. There will be live music, pig roasts, silent auction, classes and seminars for those serious beer and whisky students. There will also be themed lounge areas, including a Full Throttle Magazine Motorcycle themed lounge with custom bikes on display.
There will also be a cigar experience. If you can appreciate a great cigar, you will love this. The display will feature over 15 brands of boutique cigars.
Some of Saratoga's finest local food will be available at food stations located throughout the event space. Featured food exhibitors include:
The event will encompass at least 35,000 feet of space including both indoor and outdoor areas. Tickets range from $65 to $400 and include a designated driver's option. The Saratoga Beer Bourbon Scotch Invitational is an event you will not want to miss!
*Please note: No one under 21 will be admitted to this event. Valid ID will be required
Details on Schedule of Events:
Thursday August 19, 2010Industry Only Cocktail Mixer TBA
Friday August 20, 2010
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12:30 am - 4:30 pm:: Standard Pass
12 pm - 2pm:: TBA
2 pm - 4pm:: Murali Coryell:: at the Saratoga Hilton
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5:45 pm -10:30 pm:: VIP Gold, Platinum, Titanium Pass
6:30 pm – 10:30 pm:: Standard Pass
4pm - 6pm:: Scott Holt:: at the Saratoga Hilton
6pm - 8pm:: Eddie Turner:: at the Saratoga Hilton
Saturday August 21, 2010
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Peace of Mind Pensions
While many of us dream of retiring, most of us don't imagine the details of such a lifestyle. Who wants to think about bills and cost of living when you're daydreaming about the good life? The reality is you can have that dream retirement, but you have to be financially prepared for it first. Your standard pension won't put that umbrella in your imagined piña colada, so where do you begin?
When discussing pensions with Filipe Da Silva, private banker with BNP Paribas, it's easy to get overwhelmed. There are so many decisions to make and rules to consider, that the words start to blend: equities, bonds, insurance pension, pension plan systems. Da Silva quickly puts one at ease, "In charge of wealth structuring, a key component of Private Banking, I spend my days actively listening to each client and responding to financial and tax issues. I advise on their portfolio management."
And with the help of Da Silva's experience, he quickly hones in on the starting point of the entire conversation – defining the term expat for the purposes of this article: "An expat is somebody with a foreign nationality who has come to Belgium to live and work here for a long time, and has established his/her permanent residence here."
Within this definition there are still two more possible subdivisions: expats that are subjected to the Belgian income tax, and EU-officials, officials working for certain international organisations as well as foreign diplomats, who may or may not be subjected to the 'exception of tax residence' and do not pay income tax in Belgium.
This distinction is very important because when it comes to pension plans in Belgium, there are four pillars, but only one, the fourth, is available to expats who don't pay taxes in Belgium. And to take advantage of certain tax breaks in Belgium, obviously, you have to pay taxes in Belgium. If you have your tax residence abroad, but your pension plan is from Belgium, you need to make sure you avoid double taxation – simply check in with an expert, such as Da Silva, on the rules of tax laws to see which country should be doing the taxing.
He explains the four pillars of the Belgian pension system, "The first of the pillars is the State pension. In Belgium, almost everyone who works in Belgium has a right to a State pension, even many expats. The Belgian government guarantees this, so be sure to check in with your private banker to see if this applies to your situation.
"The second pillar is supplementary occupational pension, which encompasses all the supplementary pension schemes linked to an occupational activity. There is preferential tax treatment for building up a supplementary pension. Under this pillar, the provisions for employees and the self-employed are different. I can explain that in more detail to anyone who is interested.
"Available to expats who pay income taxes in Belgium, there is the third pillar which is a personal pension savings. This option is enticing as it comes with a tax break. Finally the fourth pillar is a voluntary personal savings without a tax break.
These options are ways to give your pension a boost, or make up as much as possible for the shortfall, compared with your last professional income. Combined, pension savings and long-term savings in the third pillar can provide you with a potentially sizeable capital sum over time. Do note that the maximum amounts that allow you to benefit from tax reduction are relatively small."
With a better understanding of the overall structure of the Belgium pension plan system he then explains the difference between pension fund savings and insurance pension savings in the third pillar, "The profile for pension funds is different from that for pension insurance. With an insurance policy, you know the minimum return from the outset. This is not the case with a fund. The pension funds invest in the financial markets. Their potential return is larger, as is the risk incurred.
"For both pension fund saving and pension insurance saving, you can benefit from a tax reduction of 30% for the payments. Payments are possible until the year of your 64th birthday. In the case of pension insurance, the saved capital will automatically be paid out once the contractual fixed term is expired. In the case of a pension fund, there is no fixed term; so you can wait until the markets are favourable before withdrawing your capital."
He gets animated when asked about when one should start thinking about pension planning or additional pension efforts, "You should start planning at the beginning of your career; the sooner, the better!" When started before the age of 55, pension savings plans in the third pillar are taxed at 10% at the age of 60. Deposits after the tax withholding remain, benefiting the tax reduction, but are no longer taxed.
As an expat himself, he has taken his own advice, "I am involved in the third and fourth pillar as a Belgian resident. I'm originally from France. I met my Belgian girlfriend during an Erasmus in Madrid so I finished my studies here in Brussels, in International Law. Today we have a four-year-old boy Arthur, and a two-year-old girl Juliette, and are still living in Brussels. The Belgian pension system makes you responsible for your future. I took into consideration the fact that if I do nothing to supplement my pension, nobody will do it for me."
Supplementing ones pension seems to be a pragmatic approach to retirement and Da Silva agrees, "The first and the second pillars of pensions are not necessarily sufficient to keep your standard of living. So you have to supplement through savings. In addition, it helps to be prepared for retirement, especially given the anticipated challenges for state pension plans."
He explains, "We are living longer, which ultimately means we are enjoying retirement for a longer period of time. The bigger problem is that the state pension is based on a redistributive system. The working population pays the pensions of those currently retired, through the social security contributions payable on gross salaries. It is a good principle. However, this system is strained. The size of the working population that must pay future pensions is declining while the number of retirees is increasing."
While this data is stark and disconcerting, Da Silva is quick to put you at ease, "If you are looking for security, you should look into supplementary ways of funding your retirement years. You need the best advice available regarding your pension: from a supplementary pension based on pension savings and long-term savings with a tax break, to voluntary savings plans."
BNP Paribas has summarised the various options available for a pensions. If you want to know all the specific answers for your situation (and other more specific or technical details), you can find this at www.bnpparibasfortis.be or your local BNP Paribas Fortis branch.


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Tres Amigas has selected Albuquerque for its operations center and Rio Rancho for its backup center.
New Mexico cities in the running included Clovis, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Belen. About 100 jobs were at stake.
Clovis officials learned of the decision Thursday morning.
Clovis Mayor David Lansford thinks Tres Amigas made a decision that is in the best interest of the company and says he plans to continue to work with them.
"We congratulate Albuquerque for getting that operation and those jobs, but it won't change the fact that we're going to continue to dedicate our resources and energy to help them bring about the full development of their project in eastern New Mexico," Lansford said.
The headquarters will include the executive offices, a control room that will remotely control the $1.5 billion Curry County-based superstation and will also host a trading floor for electricity. By law, a backup station would be located at least 10 miles away from the control center.
Adrienne Smith, spokeswoman for Tres Amigas, said the decision was made by its board of directors based on a set of criteria that reflected the needs for their headquarters.
"Albuquerque met a great majority of that criteria," Smith said. "Each city had strengths, but ultimately it came down to which city met that criteria best."
Smith cited strict electrical requirements and access to a major airport as examples of their criteria.
Chase Gentry, executive director of the Clovis Industrial Development Corp., said city officials knew air service was one of the determining factors in the decision.
"We proposed an executive shuttle service to the group during the interim to move visitors from Lubbock and Amarillo to Clovis until jet service could be recruited from Clovis to (Dallas-Fort Worth) or another hub destination," Gentry wrote in an email.
Tres Amigas plans for a July groundbreaking of the superstation, which will act as a power hub for the Eastern, Western and Texas interconnections — the three largest grids in the nation. Joining the grids on 14,000 acres of Curry County land 11 miles northeast of Clovis would allow electricity producers to transfer their product more easily throughout the country. The focus is renewable energy, where states with the most potential for wind and solar energy don't have the population to use it.
Smith said Tres Amigas has received a lot of support from Clovis and surrounding areas and is excited to work with the city in the future.
"Clovis put together a fantastic proposal and we look forward to working with the mayor," Smith said.
Gentry said the project will bring an estimated $1.2 billion in construction in phase I and an estimated 300 construction jobs over 24 to 36 months and somewhere between 30 to 65 permanent jobs to Clovis in the first phase.
He said the company has not submitted any formal economic development applications.


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September 30, 2011
Education Under Secretary Kanter to Discuss President Obama's 2020 Goal at Grantmakers for Education Conference
U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter will deliver a keynote luncheon address on Monday, Oct. 3, at Grantmakers for Education's 15th annual conference.
September 30, 2011
John S. Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), will deliver the keynote address at the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities' 2011 annual conference. Wilson's keynote will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct...
September 29, 2011
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White to Visit Dallas-Area Schools, Address State Fair of Texas Awards Banquet
John White, the U.S. Department of Education's deputy assistant secretary for rural outreach, will visit schools in the Dallas area Friday and deliver the keynote address to the State Fair of Texas' 65th Annual Honor Awards Banquet, recognizing the Texas 4-H Council, Texas FFA and Texas FCCLA (...
September 29, 2011
Education Department to Unveil Proposal for Reforming, Improving America's Teacher Preparation Programs
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will unveil on Friday a proposal to reform and improve America's teacher preparation programs, aimed at better preparing educators for classroom success.
September 29, 2011
U.S. Education Deputy Secretary Miller to Deliver Remarks at Native American and Alaska Native Annual Directors Meeting
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will deliver brief opening remarks at the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program Annual Directors Meeting on Friday at the Education Department in Washington, D.C.
September 29, 2011
White House Hispanic Education Initiative Director to Address Orange County Summit on Closing Latino Achievement Gap
Juan Sepúlveda, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, will address the "Closing the Latino Achievement Gap Orange County 2011 Summit," Friday in Santa Ana, Calif., hosted by Santa Ana College in collaboration with Santa Ana Unified School...
September 29, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Discusses Importance of Extended Learning at the Center for American Progress
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will keynote a panel discussion at the Center for American Progress at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in Washington, D.C. He will discuss the importance of expanded learning time in school and its potential to improve academic performance. New York Commission...
September 27, 2011
U.S. Education Secretary Duncan to Join Gov. Patrick and Education Secretary Reville for a Press Call Highlighting Race to the Top and Continued Education Support Through the American Jobs Act
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join Gov. Deval Patrick and Massachusetts Education Secretary Paul Reville for a press call to promote Massachusetts' Race to the Top work over the last year and to discuss the need for continued education support through the American Jobs Act.
September 27, 2011
Civil Rights Assistant Secretary to Participate in Education Reform Town Hall Hosted by U.S. Rep. Karen Bass
Russlynn Ali, assistant secretary for the Office for Civil Rights, will deliver remarks at an Education Reform Town Hall hosted by U.S. Rep. Karen Bass Wednesday in Los Angeles. The discussion will focus on President Obama's plan for improving education for America's children and efforts to...
September 27, 2011
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White will Keynote Rural Community College Alliance Awards Banquet
The U.S. Department of Education's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach, John White, will deliver the keynote address on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 at 6 p.m. CT at the Rural Community College Alliance conference's awards banquet in Oklahoma City, Okla.


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For the first time, the Wendy's holiday bazaar, which raises money for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, will be open to the public.
The event — featuring items from more than 70 vendors — will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Wendy's corporate headquarters, 4288 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. Admission is a $1 donation.


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Last day to vote in Food & Wine's People's Best New Chef contest
It's the last day of voting for Food & Wine magazine's reader's choice contest, People's Best New Chef, with two Wisconsin chefs among the Midwest nominees.
Thomas Hauck of c.1880, 1101 S. 1st St., and Tim Dahl of Nostrano, 111 S. Hamilton St. in Madison, are two of the 10 Midwest nominees. »Read Full Blog Post
In Tandem Theatre moves back to funny, perceptive 'Apartment 3A'
Can one argue that really great sex proves the existence of God? Can a play in which a woman verbally counts out her simulated, onstage orgasms still be described as wholesome and old-fashioned? Is actor Jeff Daniels' "Apartment 3A," the comedy triggering these questions, really funny?
Yes! Yes! Yes! »Read Full Article