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Exporting Japan
Politics of Emigration to Latin America
Publication Year: 2009
Published by: University of Illinois Press
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Notes on the Translation and Usage of Japanese Names and Words
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In this book, Japanese names and words are Romanized based on the modified Hepburn style. The names of Japanese persons are written with the family names first, followed by the given name, except for Japanese who themselves adopt the customary Western style (the given name first, followed by the family name). ...
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On September 14, 2004, three helicopters hovered over the Colonia Guatapara in the state of São Paulo—a Plymouth Colony for Japanese immigrants to Brazil and their descendents.1 One of the helicopters, carrying Koizumi Jun'ichirō, the prime minister of Japan, suddenly descended and landed where about a hundred Guatapara residents were standing. ...
Part I. Origins, Historical Development, and Patterns of Japanese Migration to Latin America
1. The First Wave of Japanese Migration to Latin America
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In the history of Japan—an island nation surrounded by oceans on all sides— overseas migration was a natural undertaking. From ancient times, Japan sent its people overseas to obtain exotic goods, or to learn of different cultures and ideas. ...
2. The Second Wave: Post-World War II Period
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In December 1952, only eight months after Japan regained its independence, 54 Japanese citizens got on board the Santosu-maru, destined for Brazil. They were part of the first contingent of postwar Japanese emigrants to South America and the Caribbean. ...
Part II. Latin American Emigration as a National Strategy
3. Building the Emigration Machinery
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pp. 59-79
The great earthquake that devastated the Tokyo metropolitan area in September 1923 was a watershed for the beginning of the government of Japan's intervention into Japanese Latin American emigration. The Yamamoto Gonbei cabinet (September 1923–January 1924) created a relief program for some of the quake victims who had lost homes, families, and jobs, ...
4. Post-World War II Resurgence of State-Led Migration to Latin America
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With the end of World War II, global demographics were radically changed through massive cross-border migration. After years abroad, both the perpetrators and the displaced victims of imperialism began to make their ways home. These included soldiers returning from the front lines, citizens of empires who had migrated outward to their colonies, ...
Part III. State Expansion through Human Exclusion
5. Social Origins of Japanese Emigration Policy
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The surge in Japanese migration to Latin America beginning in the 1920s and its reemergence in the post–World War II period were consequences of the purposeful and powerful forces applied by Japanese officialdom, which claimed that the national emigration policy was instrumental in addressing the demographic crisis and poverty that plagued the country. ...
6. Latin American Emigration as Political Decompressor
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This investigation into the social origins of the Latin American emigration policy sheds light on the highly contentious political climate of the southwest in the periods of national crisis in the 1920s and in the postwar period of the 1950s. The Japanese state—prewar authoritarian and postwar conservative— resolutely cracked down on the core elements of social radicalism ...
7. State Expansion through Emigration
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The previous chapter described how Japan's emigration policy toward Latin America served as a political decompressor, controlling the fermentation of the political situation in the southwest in the interest of stability and order. This exclusionary aspect is in fact just one side of the Janus-faced policy. ...
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The present study on the politics of Japanese emigration to Latin America has been driven by three major conundrums: the unorthodox pattern of emigration from high to low economies, the insistence of the migrant-sender state of Japan upon emigration despite numerous setbacks, and the geographical concentration in the origins of the emigrants. ...
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Print-ISBN-13: 9780252034022
Page Count: 280
Publication Year: 2009
OCLC Number: 748779774
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How to Eat Right to Reduce Stress
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How to Eat Right to Reduce Stress
During times of stress, we often turn to traditional "comfort" foods such as macaroni and cheese, pizza, and ice cream. Ironically, these high-fat foods are usually the worst possible choices because they can make us feel lethargic and less able to deal with stress. Not only that, but stress can drive up our blood pressure and raise serum cholesterol levels, wreaking havoc on our arteries and increasing our risk of heart attack.
The best solution? Low-fat, high-fiber, carbohydrate-rich meals with plenty of fruits and vegetables. They soothe us without sapping our energy and give us the nutrients we need to boost our immune system. Here's a guide to which foods reduce stress and which foods make it worse:
Foods to Include
High-fiber, carbohydrate-rich foods: Scientists believe carbohydrates cause the brain to produce more serotonin, a hormone that relaxes us. And lots of fiber is helpful in preventing late-night binging. Some examples of healthy comfort food include baked sweet potatoes, minestrone soup, or sautéed vegetables over rice.
Fruits and vegetables: Chronic stress can weaken our ability to fight disease. By upping our intake of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, we can boost our immune system. Acorn squash and carrots, for example, are great sources of the antioxidant beta-carotene. And citrus fruits provide plenty of vitamin C, another stress-busting antioxidant.
Foods to Avoid
High-fat foods: Fatty foods such as meat or cheese dishes and many baked goods thicken our blood which in turn makes us feel tired, even lethargic. This is clearly not a good way to reduce stress! Even just one high-fat meal can increase our risk of a heart attack.
Caffeine: Many of us deal with a stress-induced lack of sleep by turning to coffee, tea, and colas. Unfortunately, caffeine stays in our systems longer than many realize. Cutting back on caffeine can help with both sleeping problems and jitters.
Sugar: As a carbohydrate, sugar tends to calm us. The problem with sugar is that it's a simple carbohydrate so it enters and leaves the bloodstream rapidly, causing us to, in effect, "crash." On the other hand, complex carbohydrates?such as pasta, beans, and lentils, the starchy parts of foods?soothe without bringing us down.
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I think every worthwhile cartoonist on Sherpa has written this exact strip in their head. (Buck, I bet The Conjures is still hiring actors.)
nice thing about cartoonists is they can vent their frustrations in their strips
I like to think that every day we all take one step closer to syndication. Unfortunately the distance you have to walk is from here to Alpha Centauri.
forget syndication, the newspapers are dead on their feet, the internet is the place to be, besides, the syndicates don't even know what they're doing, they turned down calvin and hobbes again and again
Oh no Buck!
We'll just have to wait and see.
Yeah, but I'm a little older than Wills was. Don't know if I have 5 more years that I want to spend on this.
You are, of course, correct.
JUst don't do it too often. People get sick of hearing you complain.
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This weekend, the 25-year-old Beeville resident and his two-man crew will be trying to beat the 200-mph mark during the Texas Mile event at the Chase Field Industrial and Airport Complex.
Garces and vehicle computer whiz Ruben Mata will be joined by another car enthusiast, Russell Barber of Corpus Christi, for the event. Barber helped Garces with all the design work on the classic vehicle.
The three-man team will be joining more than 220 speed enthusiasts who are expected to be at the complex, beginning Friday and ending Sunday.
Saturday is usually the big day for the competition as the owners of fast cars, trucks and motorcycles line up to see how fast they can go in one mile.
Jay and Shannon Matus of Texas' J&S Motorsports said this will be the 10th anniversary of the event.
This is the third season for the Texas Mile to be held at Chase Field. Previously, the event was held at the former Navy landing field in Goliad for seven years.
The Texas Mile started as a grass roots motor-sports event decades ago, and it has now become one of the nation's premier speed events for four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles.
Two thousand or more participants, crew members and spectators come to Beeville twice a year, in March and October, to watch the cars, trucks and motorcycles go as fast as they possibly can.
The goal, according to Shannon Matus, is to try to top the Mile's record of 262.3 mph, or be the fastest car, truck or motorcycle in the vehicle's class. In some cases, the drivers will be satisfied just breaking their speed from the previous event.
"One car entry topped the record with a speed of 267 mph in March, and he is back to ensure that this potential new record remains standing," said organizer Jessica Reyna.
That driver has plenty of other competitors who are anxious to race the clock and record even better times.
Motorcycle fans can see some of the fastest riders on two wheels. The riders will include Valerie Thompson, the five-time motorcycle land speed record holder.
Called "a woman on a mission with a need for speed," Thompson will return to Beeville on her BMW SS 100 R. Two-wheel fans also can expect Hussain Alsowaigh to try to hit speeds of around 250 mph on his Suzuki Hayabusa.
Other competitors at this weekend's event will be driving Porsches, Corvettes, Cadillacs (18 are signed up for the weekend), Audis, BMWs, Dodge Vipers, Dodge Challengers, Ford Mustangs, Ford GTs, Lamborghinis, Harley-Davidsons, Kawasakis, Saabs and Mini Coopers. Even Volkswagen Beetles speed down the long track.
The drivers will have a running start at the beginning of the mile and state-of-the-art timing devices will be set up at the halfway mark and at the end of the mile.
Speeds are displayed on lighted boards positioned in just the right spots for the spectators to see.
Much of the fun of the event is to watch the vehicles take off and try to guess if they will be able to break 200 mph before they cross the final timing station.
Those who do break the 200 mph barrier are entitled to purchase one of the Mile's 200 mph club T-shirts.
Spectators are welcome to mill around in the staging area to get up close and personal with the vehicles, drivers and their crew members.
Visitors from all over Texas and several other states and foreign countries will be in town. Hotels, motels and restaurants are expected to be full.
Students from Coastal Bend College's automotive department will be shadowing the Texas Mile Tech and Staging inspection crews to learn more about motorsport safety.
Texas Mile co-founder Jay Matus became interested in motorsports because of the inspiration he found while taking auto tech classes at Texas City High School in the 1980s.
He is excited about being able to pass on that interest to local college students.
Regarding Garces and his team, the Beeville resident said he has been running the event since 2011 when the Mile first came to Chase Field.
"We got close," he said of his goal to break the 200 mph mark.
He said breaking that barrier is something he will do "sooner or later."
Garces will be just one of many local speed enthusiasts who will be running the mile this weekend, and they are hoping to see lots of local supporters there to cheer them on to the mile marker.
Garces said there will be drivers and mechanics twice his age at the event trying to outrun him.
Admission to the event is $20 for a three-day pass for adults. Children under 12 get in free, and they love watching the speeding vehicles.
On Friday and Saturday the event begins at 8 a.m. and continues until dusk. On Sunday, the action begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m.
Spectators may bring their own chairs, umbrellas and coolers, and there will be concession stands selling food, drinks, caps and T-shirts.
Glass bottles are not permitted.
A 10th Anniversary Party is scheduled for Saturday evening at The Grand on U.S. Highway 59 just east of town. Doors open at 7 p.m.
Reyna said participants, spectators and fans are welcome. There is no price for admission, and a disc jockey will be playing tunes. Drinks will be available at regular price at either of the two bars in the building.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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13/05/07 - Crowd favourite Hendrik DeVilliers of South Africa ran away from a strong field to win his country's first-ever world cup gold today on home soil at the 2007 Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup. ... |Full Story
Young Sweetland wins first WC
13/05/07 - Current Junior world champion Kirsten Sweetland of Canada has just won the 2007 Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup in South Africa. The 18-year old Canadian's time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 32 seconds... |Full Story
Sergio Sarmiento (MEX) became World Aquathlon Champion
12/05/07 - Sergio Sarmiento (MEX-29:54) and Sarah Groff (USA-32:52) became 2007 World Aquathlon Champions this hot morning, with a 2,500 meters of running, 1,000 of swimming and another 2,500 meters course. In the... |Full Story
What are you going to see?, by Andreu Alfonso
12/05/07 - June 3rd is again in red in our agendas, not because it is Sunday, Sunday is the day we work the most, but because we want to do it really well for our people. Last year, Gold, Silver and Bronze! Hard to... |Full Story
My race is coming, by Javier Gómez Noya
11/05/07 - Once more our country's most important triathlete competition is coming. The most important international figures will be at the start list at the Casa de Campo with the intention of taking the event,... |Full Story
WC action continues in south africa
10/05/07 - The BG Triathlon World Cup circuit travels to the continent of Africa for only the second time in its 14 year history this Sunday, May 13th for the 2007 Richards Bay BG Triathlon World Cup in the Republic... |Full Story
Vancouver World Cup 4 weeks away
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Four months to Hamburg
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Ralph C. Westwood
STERLING - Ralph C. Westwood, 96, of 2 Lake View Ave., a 50-year resident of Sterling, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006, in Leominster Hospital. His wife, Dorothy (Jones) Westwood, died in 1993. He leaves his son, David Westwood of Florida; and two close friends, Duane and Donna Hoaglund of Sterling. Five siblings predeceased him.
He was born in Worcester, the son of Noah and Florence (Clark) Westwood, and graduated from Commerce High School. He worked for U.S. Steel Co. in Worcester, retiring in 1973. He was the grandson of Jonas Clark, founder of Clark University.
Funeral services were private. Memorial donations may be made to Clark University, Scholarship Funds, University Advancements, 950 Main St., Worcester, MA 01610-1477. Miles Sterling Funeral Home (www.milesfuneralhome.com), 100 Worcester Road, Sterling, directed arrangements.


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In a rapeseed field a girl is seen wandering alone. Inspector Kurt Wallander is called to investigate. Before his eyes, the girl douses herself in gasoline and burns to death. A hunt for her identity begins.
Wallander's workload soars as a string of apparently motiveless murders are committed. The victims were all male: a former minister of justice, an art dealer, a small-time criminal and a rich playboy. All were viciously scalped. Wallander and his team investigate, determined to discover the identity of the killer and how the murders may be connected.
On the home front, Wallander, recently estranged from his wife, has moved into his own place. Linda, his grown-up daughter, is keeping an eye on her dad as he adjusts to bachelor life. Wallander's relationship with his own father, Povel, is difficult. As it becomes clear that Povel's health is in decline, Wallander strives for some reconciliation.
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A teenage girl burns herself to death in a field as Inspector Kurt Wallander looks on. Shaken, Wallander tells his colleagues that the girl seemed scared of him.
Back at home, Wallander's grown daughter Linda arrives. Wallander and his wife are separated. Linda is excited about her grandfather Povel's birthday, and tries to share that excitement with a distracted Wallander.
Ex-politician Gustav Wetterstedt is brutally murdered. Wallander and the rest of his team — Martinsson, Hoglund, Holgersson and Svedberg — find the victim was scalped.
Wallander questions Magnusson, a bitter ex-reporter who was seen around Wetterstedt's property. Magnusson reveals that Wetterstedt had girls regularly delivered to his home, but the police covered it up.
Art dealer Arne Carlman is axed to death outside his home. Wallander probes Anita Carlman for any connection between her husband and Wetterstedt. When Carlman's criminal past is later revealed, Anita still denies it.
Wallander returns to Magnusson, and learns that Carlman was in Wetterstedt's circle and involved with the girls. Sandin, a former detective now retired, was also connected. Wallander questions Sandin and gets nothing.
Wallander arrives late for his father's birthday dinner. At the meal, Povel flies into an unusual rage.
On the way home, Wallander learns of another similar murder. The victim is identified as Bjorn Fredman, a petty criminal with a history of domestic violence.
Wallander visits Fredman's estranged wife Annette and children. It's apparent that Fredman treated them badly. There are three children: a very young boy, Jens, an elder son, Stefan, and a daughter Louise who is no longer at home.
Wallander goes to Sandin's house and notices a painting of a young girl, its disturbing undertones apparent. He is called back to the station as his father has been arrested. Wallander's father tells his son that he has dementia. Meanwhile, another man is murdered; a playboy named Ake Liljegren.
Wallander returns to the Fredman's home and talks to Stefan about his father. Stefan reveals abuse in the family, but is reluctant to say more when asked about sister Louise.
Svedberg uncovers that Liljegren used to have parties with prostitutes, and sets about tracking down one of the girls. A prostitute who was at Liljegren's parties provides answers for Wallander when she recognizes photos of Wetterstedt and Fredman. She reluctantly alludes to another man involved who was "evil."
Wallander finds out that Louise Fredman has been hospitalized for trauma, and he confronts Annette and Stefan for answers. Why didn't they reveal this sooner?
It transpires that Fredman was arrested seven years ago for assault; Sandin dropped the charges. Wallander shows the prostitute the picture of Sandin, and she confirms he was the "evil" man from the parties. Wallander races to Sandin's house.
Finally able to see the bigger picture, Wallander returns to the Fredman house. There he finds Louise's diary that details her history of abuse and connection to Wetterstedt.
Closing in on the killer, Wallander decides to use Sandin as bait. Will Wallander be able to lure the killer to take one final action? Wallander waits in the shadows and watches.


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The broad decline in the retailers today could be the start of a bigger sell-off that's coming.
I'm specifically focusing on some of the more extended department stores such as Kohl's (NYSE:KSS), Federated (FD) and JC Penney (NYSE:JCP), as well as select teen retailers like American Eagle (AEOS).
Kohl's has been on fire this year, nearing its all-time high of $77.75 set back in 2002. In fact, the stock is up over 50% on the year, and has gone nearly straight up since breaking through its trading range this summer.
Still, the stock's been struggling as of late, falling from its high of $73.97 set a few weeks ago. In November, the company reported November comps that were at the high end of the company's guidance, but below many analyst estimates. In a press release, Larry Montgomery, Chairman and CEO, said he was pleased with the performance over the Thanksgiving weekend, but his words of comfort haven't stopped the stock's slide.
Even a recent upgrade from Matrix Research has failed to prop up the stock as it continues to show weakness.
With the stock now below its 50-day moving average, I'm watching to see if it can hold its most recent closing low of $69.09. If that level fails to hold, watch for continued weakness through the holiday season.
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This is the December 20, 2012 news archive. View today's Raiders rumors and news.
Pryor helps defense prepare for Newton
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Pryor helps defense prepare for Newton How does a team prepare for Cam Newton, the first player in NFL history with 30-plus touchdown passes (39) and 20-plus touchdown runs (21) in his first two seasons? Knapp said Pryor, who got in for three plays last…Share Tweet
Chat wrap: Raiders' keepers on DESPN.com Dec 20, 2012A look at some of the highlights from our AFC West chat, which was held earlier Thursday: Denver John from Boulder: Looking ahead, assuming the Broncos are at home, how do you think they match up with the Patriots in the divisional round? The defense ha…Share Tweet
Seymour, Branch not at practice once againinsidebayarea.com Dec 20, 2012Defensive tackle Richard Seymour and strong safety Tyvon Branch aren't at practice today for the second straight day. All in all, the Raiders still are relatively healthy for a team about to play its 15th regular-season game. It's doubtful that SeymouShare Tweet
Carson Palmer says patience paying off for Raiders offenseprofootballtalk.com sfgate.com Dec 20, 2012The Raiders didn't score a touchdown in last week's victory over the Chiefs, but the day wasn't without successes for the offense. They ran for 203 yards, the most they've had in a game this season, to continue an uptick from a running game that wShare Tweet
Oakland struggles to afford an NFL teamprofootballtalk.com Dec 20, 2012Lost in the emerging debate regarding whether the Raiders will get a new stadium in Oakland is whether Oakland can afford to host and help build it. Based on a lengthy new article from Darrell Preston and Aaron Kurlikoff of Bloomberg.com, the answer may…Share Tweet
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Maryland State Delegate Jon Cardin '96 has formed an exploratory committee for a potential run for Maryland attorney general in 2014, according to an AP article published in the Daily Record. Cardin, who is the nephew of the recently re-elected U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, received his M.A. in public policy from UMBC. He is currently serving his third term as delegate for Baltimore County.
The AP story notes, "According to a report in the Gazette newspapers of Montgomery County, Jon Cardin will be holding a fundraiser for the exploratory committee on Dec. 4 at a private home in Baltimore."


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When I was in second grade, my class put together an apple cookbook. Or, more accurately, our parents sent in recipes, the students colored an apple for the front, and the teachers did all the hard work! Regardless, here it is, 15 years later. A little battered, but still loved and used.
The recipe I submitted was Brown Bag Apple Pie. Yes, you cook the pie in a paper grocery bag in the oven! It's marvelous.
The recipe I most like to cook, however, is the Apple Crisp recipe from Sandy, because it is easy and so GOOD!
In the years that followed the publication of our book, I had the chance to get to know Sandy quite well as she went from a mother of one of my peers to a co-worker and friend. Unfortunately, Sandy passed away recently from breast cancer. Here is to Sandy, who made some amazing crisp!
Sandy's Apple Crisp
The Ingredients:
- 4 cups sliced apples (I generally use a combination of a soft apple, like a Macintosh, and a harder apple, like Granny Smith)
- 1 cup of sugar
- 3/4 cup of flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
- A couple of dashes of nutmeg
- 1/3 cup of butter, softened
The Method:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place the sliced apples in a buttered baking dish. Mix dry ingredients together, and then slice the butter into the bowl. Using a knife and fork, cut the butter into the dry ingredients until the butter is approximately pea-sized. Bake for 40 minutes. Enjoy!


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April 9, 2014 —
REGION — How do you feel about your life? The folks who compiled the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, asked thousands of people questions about their lives, and for the sixth year running released the results of their survey to the public.
The index, which is co-produced by Gallup and Healthways, does not drill down to the county level, but it does rank states. The results for the 2013 survey were released in March, and New York came in at 35, while Pennsylvania came in at 36.
The survey also measured the well-being of 189 communities, and the major communities in our area were found pretty far down on the list. The Poughkeepsie-Newburg-Middletown region came in at 160 while Scranton-Wilkes-Barre came in at 177.
Does it really matter? Ben R. Leedle Jr., the CEO and president of Healthways, and Jim Clifton, the chairman and CEO of Gallup, believe it does. In a letter to government and business leaders that accompanied the survey, they wrote, "Many of you are looking at incomplete metrics, and you're missing out on a huge opportunity—one that will improve your population's health, increase productivity, better the community, and lower costs.
"We're proposing that you measure well-being. Simply put, well-being is a metric that you can no longer afford to ignore in your population. It's predictive, it's actionable, and it correlates with the metrics that matter most to your business—productivity, performance, and cost.
"For an individual, high well-being means a life well-lived—all the things that are important to each of us, what we think about, and how we experience our lives. In the aggregate, high well-being means healthier populations, more productive and profitable businesses, and more economically vibrant communities. It means that wherever you may lead—a business, a healthcare organization, a community, a state, or a nation—having this metric on your dashboard will give you the information you need to make the right decisions with confidence."


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Christopher Tony "Chris" Wolstenholme (born 2 December 1978) is an English musician. He is the bassist and backing vocalist for the rock band Muse.[1]
Early life[edit]
Chris Wolstenholme grew up in the English town of Rotherham before moving to Teignmouth, Devon. There he played drums for a post-punk band. His future bandmates Matt Bellamy and Dominic Howard played in another band, Rocket Baby Dolls. The two bands rehearsed in the same building. Bellamy and Howard asked Wolstenholme to play bass in their band; he taught himself to play and the band was renamed Muse.
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In 2011, readers of Gigwise voted Wolstenholme the best bassist of all time.[2] His favourite album is Helmet's Aftertaste.[3]
In 2003, when Muse sued Nestlé, Wolstenholme was the main reason behind it, being against the company that had a dubious reputation when it came to the promotion of powdered milk to new mothers in the third world.[4] At the time, he and his wife had just had their third child.
Wolstenholme wrote and sang two songs on the album The 2nd Law, "Liquid State" and "Save Me". He said "'Liquid State' was written about the person you become when you're intoxicated and how the two of them are having this fight inside of you and it tears you apart. 'Save Me' was about having the family, the wife and kids who, despite all the crap you've put them through, at the end of it you realise they're still there and they're the ones who pulled you through."[5]
Personal life[edit]
Wolstenholme married his girlfriend Kelly on December 23, 2003[6] and they have six children: Alfie (born 7 July 1999),[7] Ava-Jo (born 31 December 2001),[8] Frankie (born 26 August 2003),[9] Ernie (born 20 October 2008),[10] Buster (born 4 November 2010)[11] and Teddi (born 5 January 2012).[12] In April 2010, the family moved to Foxrock, Dublin; in 2011, they moved to London, due to the band's wishes to live in the same city while recording their new album. He remains an avid supporter of Rotherham United F.C., his hometown football team. He holds an honorary doctorate of arts from the University of Plymouth.[13]
Wolstenholme has had problems with alcohol. In 2010, he told the Times he had been a "raging alcoholic".[14] In an interview with Q he said that he would drink so much he would vomit blood, but that he would not grasp the seriousness of his situation. His bandmates had tried to broach the subject of his drinking several times without success.[15] He eventually realised that unless he quit drinking, he would end up like his father, who died due to excessive drinking when Wolstenholme was seventeen.[16] He went into rehab halfway during the recording of Muse's fifth album The Resistance. Since then, he has not drunk alcohol and said that his relationship with his family and bandmates has improved.
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- ^ "Top 10 Bassists of All Time". Ultimate-guitar.com.
- ^ "muse : archives | microcuts.net | July 1999". microcuts.net. 1999-07-22. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
- ^ "State 3 April 2008 – Muse: A Short History of Everything". Musewiki.org. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Muse NME T2L interviews! – Muse Messageboard". Board.muse.mu.
- ^ "Ava Joe Wolstenholme". Twitter.
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- ^ "Newspaper Large Muse Feature from The Times – Muse Messageboard". Board.muse.mu. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Muse's Dom Howard: 'We gave Chris Wolstenholme an ultimatum to quit drinking'". NME. 30 SEPTEMBER 2012.
- ^ "Magazine New Q Magazine (August 2011) – Muse Messageboard". Board.muse.mu. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
External links[edit]
- MUSE: Bassist Chris Wolstenholme. Bass Musician Magazine, 8 January 2009


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Nov. 11, 2013
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - For the eighth time in program history, the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher women's soccer team has been selected for the NCAA tournament. The Maroon and Gold will travel to Lubbock, Texas to face Texas Tech in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. CT
"We're very excited to get a bid into the NCAA Tournament," said Minnesota head coach, Stefanie Golan. "These girls have worked hard and we've come up with some key wins at good moments and have put ourselves in a great position going into postseason play."
The Gophers (11-7-2), who are playing in the tournament after a two-year hiatus, will face Texas Tech (17-2-2) who received their second-straight ticket to the NCAA Tournament. The Red Raiders have had a successful season, setting a record with 16 regular season victories and went unbeaten away from home.
"We expect Texas Tech to be athletic, hard, tough, physical and definitely a good team to play," said Golan. "We're on the road and this team has proven to be road warriors throughout the season. I couldn't be more excited for this group."
Minnesota has made seven previous NCAA Tournament appearances in its history including a string of five postseason runs from 1995-99. During the programs third year of existence, the Golden Gophers made their first appearance in the 1995 and again in 1996 before reaching the second round three-consecutive times in 1997-99. The Gophers made their first Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2008 and then advanced to the Sweet 16 again in 2010. This is head coach Stefanie Golan's first NCAA Tournament berth with the Golden Gophers.
A Big Ten Conference record eight teams earned NCAA Tournament berths. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Ohio State and with their first-ever NCAA Tournament, Iowa, will compete in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this weekend. The ACC and the Big Ten lead all conferences with eight teams each while the SEC and the Pac-12 will both send six.
For live coverage during the match, please follow @GopherSoccer on Twitter for live game updates.
Beal Named NSCAA All-American
Minnesota's Rashida Beal has been named a Second Team All-American by the NSCAA.
Kolander Named Senior CLASS Award All-American
Senior forward Simone Kolander has been named a First Team Senior CLASS Award All-American
Beal, Kolander and Stiever have been named to the All-Great Lakes Region First Team by the NSCAA.


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Tag: Del Frisco's Grille
Wednesday tasting at PB's Del Frisco's Grille takes Sonoma Valley lane
- 12:00 pm Wednesday, October 21st, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
The wine world can be just a bit of a good ol' boys club, but Merry Edwards—who makes pinot noir and sauvignon blanc at her eponymous winery in California's Sonoma County—has staked her place during her successful career.
Two of her wines will be featured tonight at Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille, 340 Royal Poinciana Way (www.delfriscosgrille.com/palm-beach) as part of an informal at-your-own-pace Sonoma Valley wine-themed tasting.
The tasting also highlights varietals from Paul Hobbs Winery.
Four wines—a Merry Edwards sauvignon blanc and pinot noir, and a Paul Hobbs chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon—are slated to be paired with four different bites conceived for the tasting [More]
Craft beer, comfy eats wed for upcoming one-night affair at PB's Del Frisco's Grille
- 3:15 pm Tuesday, August 25th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
There's a little cuisine a la bière going on this week at Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille.
And if you're a comfort-food devotee, Del Frisco's cooking-with-beer merriment may be right up your sudsy alley.
Think beer-battered onion rings and beer-can chicken.
Served with craft beers, too.
Thursday (Aug. 27), Del Frisco's, 340 Royal Poinciana Way, is hosting a five-course beer-paired dinner with Delray Beach-based Saltwater Bewery, a craft microbrewery founded in 2013.
Slated to be on hand for the 6:30 p.m. affair: Saltwater Brewery founder Bo Eaton and brewmaster Dustin Jeffers.
The five dinner courses and their Saltwater Brewery pairings to be served at Del Frisco's (www.delfriscosgrille.com/palm-beach) include [More]
Local distiller's rum takes center stage in Del Frisco's Grille's upcoming cocktail-paired dinner
- 2:50 pm Monday, July 20th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
Yo ho ho and a bottle of…Black Coral Rum!
The Palm Beach County-based rum distiller is teaming up with Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille to co-host a multi-course rum-paired dinner, complete with a kickoff cocktail reception and a mixology demonstration.
Black Coral Rum owner Clint Etheridge will be on hand at the July 24 event at Del Frisco's Grille (www.delfriscosgrille.com/palm-beach) in Royal Poinciana Plaza and he'll offer up tips and insights about rum, especially his rum.
The Friday rum dinner at Del Frisco's begins at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail reception and drink-mixing demonstration.
The four-course dinner, $59.95 a person, starts at 7 p.m., featuring such dishes as [More]
July 15: Cakebread pour-pairings progression a relaxed-mode affair at Del Frisco's Grille
- 12:28 pm Monday, July 13th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
It's been more than a year since Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille, 340 Royal Poinciana Way (www.delfriscosgrille.com/palm-beach) featured Cakebread Cellars wines at a multi-course dinner that drew accolades, so why not break bread with Cakebread again?
Once again, Del Frisco's is highlighting wines of Cakebread—a 40-plus-year-old family-owned Napa Valley success story—only this time, the platform's an at-your-own-pace tasting pairing small plates with Cakebread's renowned chardonnay and more.
The Cakebread-and-small plates tasting is Wednesday (July 15), 6-8 p.m.
Reservations are required, but you can show up anytime within that 6-8 p.m. window Wednesday and Del Frisco's house sommelier, Anthony Peterson, will get you started on a four-count tasting journey with wine-paired food by the restaurant's [More]
This week: Napa nuance paired with fired-up artichokes, more at Del Frisco's Grille
- 1:31 pm Monday, June 15th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
It's not uncommon for some folks to think of Napa Valley as one big homogeneous wine region producing voluptuous, oaky wines, but it's actually made up of 14 distinctive wine-producing sub-regions—and two of them will be highlighted at a casual, at-your-own pace wine tasting Wednesday at Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille.
During the 6-8 p.m. June 17 offering—arrive at your leisure within that time frame—a couple of varietals from Napa's St. Helena will be featured along with two red blends from Napa's cooler and above-the-fog Springer Mountain district.
They'll be paired with hors d'oeuvres and small plates by Del Frisco's executive chef Michael McLaurin, who has planned such [More]
May 6: Stakes good for Belmont sips, other $7 race-night items at Del Frisco's Grille
- 12:58 pm Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
After winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness last month, American Pharaoh has a date with destiny Saturday.
And if you plan on watching Saturday's Belmont Stakes to see if the American thoroughbred and his jockey clinch the Triple Crown—it's been 37 years since the last Triple Crown winner—Del Frisco's Grille hopes you'll do so in its bar and lounge.
Sure, the restaurant's elevated flat-screen TVs in the bar/lounge will be tuned in to the race, but the enticement centers on this: Starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, all bar-and-loungers at Del Frisco's (340 Royal Poinciana Way; www.delfriscosgrille.com/palm-beach) will be offered the `Lucky 7' drinking-and-dining promotion, [More]
Flexibility a byway of Del Frisco's bite-paired tasting this week
- 1:16 pm Sunday, May 17th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
Especially when paired with food, wine tastings can be fairly structured affairs, but the format for one this week at Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille essentially involves arriving at your leisure—albeit within a two-hour window—and tasting at your own pace.
The May 20 tasting, part of the Royal Poinciana Plaza restaurant's periodic Wednesday wine events, features four wines from Spain.
The tasting happens to skirt Spain's well-known wine region of Rioja and instead taps notable red and white wines from such regions as Catalonia (north) and Murcia (southeast).
For "Beyond Rioja: Explore the Wines of Spain," you arrive when you can/want between 6 and 8 p.m. Wednesday (but [More]
April 15 wine tasting at Del Frisco's to feature new releases from vanguard wine importer
- 12:30 pm Thursday, April 9th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
When it comes to wine these days, unadulterated wines that accentuate terrior—a vineyard's unique combination of weather, soil and geography—are having their long-overdue popular day in the sun.
But they've been championed for 40 years by vanguard California-based wine importer/distributor—and author of Adventures on the Wine Route: A Wine Buyer's Tour of France–Kermit Lynch, who focuses on biodynamic French and Italian wines made in the traditional style.
It's been said that a bottle of wine with Lynch's imprimatur is a guarantee of quality, but be that as it may, Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille plans to feature new releases from Lynch at an April 15 wine tasting at [More]
PB restaurant's upcoming hors d'oeuvres-paired wine tasting hails Bordeaux
- 3:00 pm Monday, March 16th, 2015 by M.M. Cloutier
At a reception-style event this week at Palm Beach's Del Frisco's Grille, French wines will be featured and paired with hors d'oeuvres by executive chef Michael McLaurin.
"Wines of Bordeaux, " 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday (March 18), is the first in a newly launched series of mid-week wine tastings conceived by Del Frisco's onsite sommelier Anthony Peterson.
With Peterson and special guest Robin Petyan of Republic National Distributing Company, guests at Wednesday's affair will taste four Bordeaux wines.
They include Chateau La Freynelle, Blanc, 2013; Chateau St. Andre Corbin, St. George-St. Emilion, 2012;m Chateau Petit Manou, Medoc, 2011; and Chateau Mongravey, Margaux, 2012.
The hors d'oeuvres-paired [More]


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VII Nominations Committee
Nominations Committee reports to the Board of Trustees.
(i) The membership of Nominations Committee will comprise
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Ex-officio Members:
Vice Chair of Board of Trustees
Other Members:
2 lay members of the Board of Trustees appointed by Board of Trustees
A Pro-Director
(ii) The Registrar will nominate a Secretary. The Committee will normally hold three ordinary meetings per annum.
(iii) The Committee will have the following terms of reference.
(a) To advise the Board of Trustees on the appointment and re-appointment of individuals as lay members of the Board of Trustees and other committees, giving due consideration to the need for an appropriate balance of skills on the Board of Trustees and of the specific need of committees for specialist skills;
(b) To approve minor amendments to the School's procedures for recruiting the Board of Trustees members, and to recommend to the Board of Trustees any major changes to these procedures.


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New Facebook policy conflicts with European law, concerns privacy advocates
The Washington Post
Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:11 UTC
Regulators alerted Facebook about the problem shortly after the company announced major changes Wednesday in how it will treat users' personal data, said Gary T. Davis, deputy data protection commissioner in Ireland. His office oversees Facebook operations for the European Union because the company's European headquarters is in Dublin.
The proposed policy also drew criticism from American privacy advocates, who said that the changes would make more data available to advertisers without users' explicit consent, in violation of last year's consent decree between Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission. The agreement stemmed from complaints about the company's handling of personal data.
"Facebook is not really telling users what this means and how this is going to work," said Jeff Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy. His group is planning to join the Electronic Privacy Information Center in complaining to the FTC about the proposed Facebook policy changes. The agency declined to comment on Friday.
In Ireland, Davis expressed confidence that the company would make revisions giving European users the right to explicitly accept or reject data-sharing with affiliates such as Instagram. Facebook acquired the company for $1 billion in April, but it remains a separate legal entity.
"We've already engaged with Facebook," Davis said. "We expect Facebook to be reverting [to previous policies] on these issues."
When the changes to the policy were announced, public attention focused on a related shift that would eliminate a system allowing the company's users to vote on proposed new policies. But Irish regulators were more concerned about how the company handles personal data.
Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said in an e-mail on Friday: "As our company grows, we acquire businesses that become a legal part of our organization. Those companies sometimes operate as affiliates. We wanted to clarify that we will share information with our affiliates and vice versa to help improve our services and theirs."
In October, data regulators from Europe and several other regions sharply criticized Google for revisions to its privacy policy after the company began allowing more extensive tracking of personal information across a range of its services, such as Gmail, YouTube and the Chrome browser.
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Does this urban legend still need to be debunked? I thought it went away years ago.
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Does this urban legend still need to be debunked? I thought it went away years ago.
Never underestimate peoples' willingness to hold on to the most absurd beliefs about those they regard as different.
We had geribils when my son was around 7. Sometimes we would close a room and let them run around and do things like build houses for them out of blocks.
If you were lying on the floor they would sometimes explore you and do things like run around inside your pants. If one wanted to move something or get it to move it would often use head buts and I've had one head but my ass.
I never thought of such behavior as particularly sexual (it was more ticklish),, but maybe somebody with similar experience did, and then came up with a more sexual fantasy.
Much as I like South Park, one major problem I have with them is that they vectored this rumor by depicting gerbiling on the show. Now a whole new generation has grown up with the rumor.
It's OK that South Park exploits offensive and marginalizing stereotypes for entertainment value, because if you squint at it just right from a safe white male privileged place on the internet, it is ironic social justice humor!
Wasn't it Lemmywinks?
What's gerbiling?
But…… Richard Gere! citation: that kid on the school bus
go, gerbil, go!
Yes, I know that kid! He's the same one who swore on his mother's Bible's bookmark that Rod Stewart collapsed on stage and was found to have thirteen gallons of semen in his stomach. Well, that's all the proof I need.
That wasn't Rod Stewart. I have it on good authority from a kid on my school bus that it was Jordan Knight. Or maybe Joey McIntyre. One of the two.
Damn, when I was a kid it was Elton John.
Ah, the generation gap. Who's Jordan Knight?
New Kids on the Block. If it helps, I couldn't actually remember those two guys' names and had to look them up on Wikipedia. But they were definitely the ones the rumors were about when I was in grade school.
Oh! I must have been right on the tail end of the Rod Steward-"liters of semen" years, then.
Definitely one of the New Kids! Not sure which one.
If it was Jordan, though, Jordan made it all much better when he had that hit solo single a decade or so later that proved his heteronormativity by singing about date rape.
I think I went to high school with that kid.
The Stewart incident was around the same time of the Bowie-Ozzy face-off. Bowie bet Ozzy that he was the most outrageous rock star, and to prove it, pinched off a turd right there on the stage. Ozzy replied "sorry, mate, you lose," picked up that turd and bit off the end of it.
"School cafeteria conversation." 1982.
I heard this exact story in the 70s, except the two perpetrators were Frank Zappa and Alice Cooper. Which tells me it probably ain't true.
I can't help but still believe it happens for one simple reason: A surgical nurse I trust claims to have been involved in a bit of emergency surgery due to a gerbil in an unfortunate location. Weighing "I haven't found any documentation" vs "I saw it," I have to go with believing the later.
Oh, well, if YOU say so.
If it wasn't true, it wouldn't be on the internet.
Hey, if you can't trust the unsubstantiated belief of a random anonymous guy on the internet, what can you trust?
Guy? How do you know he's not a dog?
Wow, you know Larry's mom, too? How is Larry these days? Is he still in Chicago?
No doctor would pass up the chance to publish a case study of such a thing and gain their 15 minutes of medical fame.
I just don't see how the Gary Larson cartoon is related at all, other than having the word "gerbil" in it. The humor is two cats discussing a box of rodents as humans discuss chocolates.
Might I add, you're discussing a box of rodents?
Yes, I know … but does it somehow leave the realm of edible treats and become sex toys?
Maybe it's like those magic-eye pictures and I'm just not seeing it.
maybe if you were discussing chocolates instead of …
Well never mind, then!
But on the other hand, how does one "document" a case of gerbiling? Is there some Gerbling Documentarian career path I'm not aware of? :)
Case study published in any one of a number of medical journals.
The real value of this article (to younger readers and as a reminder to older readers) is the section concerning early AIDS hysteria that swept the planet in the '80s. It's easy to forget how anti-gay mainstream reporting was during the initial AIDS crises. Anyone who thinks homophobia is a problem now, just look back about three decades and you might be shocked.
Oh for Goodness sake don't tell me the 80's were three decades ago. They were last week. C'mon. You're bringing out my male pattern baldness.
I've always figured the drug companies were behind the homo-misinformation campaign. Wasn't it a gay green monkey from Rangaloon, involved in a three-way tryst with bisexual acrobats in a diamond mine in the Belgian Congo? That was the species-barrier leap.
By persuading everyone it was a "gay disease" (read that with your 1850 voice and laugh), the rapid and destructive spread through the overall population was assured, and a whole new diamond mine of R&D was created. Which led to sales, which led to $.And don't fight the rodent / bum thing too hard. I have a hamster, and when I clean it out, it gets right up my arse.
Wow, I haven't thought about that absurd rumour in decades. It reminds me of a terrible song by an otherwise not bad/over the top raunchy Canadian punk band called the Dayglo Abortions. No link because it sings the stereotype, but it was called 'hide the hamster', I think.
Radiologists quietly collect radiographs of "artifacts" they encounter which include any number of things found inside humans; from what you'd expect (bullets, shrapnel, ingested buttons, toys and coins) to things you might not (coke bottles, light bulbs, dildoes) appearing in "unusual" places.
Though the species was not identified, I did indeed see a radiograph of small spinal columns which the docs ID'd as rodential in nature and were definitely lodged in that unusual place -and unfortunately unreachable by the insertee, prompting the trip to the ER. As these images were captured on laserdiscs among tens of thousands of others many many years ago, I will not bother to try to find them and, for the record, will not expect anyone to believe me.
But I did find the darkly humorous side of radiologists quite endearing.
"It was a million to one shot, Doc…"
I worked at a hospital in San Francisco from 1981 to 2000. Never heard a first person account of a live creature being inserted. If it didn't happen in SF…
Maybe not gerbils, but here's a documented case of "micing": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/16/douglas-spink-arrested-in_n_541379.html
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After a tornado struck Choctaw County on April 27, Pastor Mike Rowell and some members of Morgan Chapel Baptist Church, Toxey, went into a small community along County Road 32 to help clean up.
The women began to go door to door, giving out hygiene and other items in the impacted area, said Rowell, who now lives in Grand Bay and serves as an evangelist with his own ministry. As they did so, they came across a family whose home was significantly damaged by the storm.
After visiting with the family, Rowell said he felt the Lord leading him to rebuild its home.
Rowell then met with some pastors in the area to tell them about the need. Quickly Jeremy Sorrells, pastor of First Baptist Church, Butler, said his congregation would get involved.
So the two Choctaw Association churches, other churches and people in the community partnered to complete the building project.
To get support for the project, Rowell used YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to spread the word about the need.
First, Butler, contributed $10,000 and Morgan Chapel Baptist, which has about 75 in Sunday worship, gave close to $7,000.
In a matter of a couple of weeks, there was enough money to construct the 1,208-square-foot home, with three bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms, one of which has the handicap features a family member needed.
In all, almost $37,000 was given to build the home, Rowell reported.
Sorrells said the family also received some federal assistance and disaster relief funding for rebuilding. When companies learned of the construction project, they offered materials at cost, Rowell said. "We had a lot of stuff donated to us."
In addition, individuals gave household goods to help the family, Sorrells said.
On May 16, construction began. In six days, the home was "blacked in," and the structure was finished by July.
People from both churches — as well as Cullomburg Baptist Church and Eureka Baptist Church, Lisman — helped build the home. Skilled workers from those churches and Bethel Baptist Church, Canton, N.C., gave their time, the men said.
"It was a miracle," Sorrells said. "It was definitely a house that love built."
At the Oct. 23 dedication, about 200 people from the churches involved were present, he said.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have a handful of players who have exceeded expectations as we move past the quarter pole of the 2013-14 NHL season.
While the team's play has been uneven at best over the past two weeks, injuries have been a significant contributor to this. For the most part, Leafs fans should be relatively pleased with the 29 earned points and the third place standing in the Atlantic Division.
With this number of banked points, it seems likely that the Leafs can play right around the .500 mark over the final 58 games and qualify for the playoffs next spring.
We'll take a look at five players who have exceeded expectations with their early season play. They are likely to be key ingredients in any continued Leafs success over the rest of the regular season.
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Keeping scoreJuly 25,2013Im a teacher, but the people who run Americas schools prefer the title educator. There are two surefire ways to determine if youre in the presence of an educator. First, inquire if he has any recent, real, year-after-year experience in a classroom. An educator will either stare blankly or mumble something about working with gifted students a few decades ago. Second, drop the word data into the conversation. If his ears prick up, hes an educator.
Educators love to talk about what the research tells us, even though what passes for education research would get laughed out of any conversation with real scientists. The American Education Research Associations annual convention recently featured data poems, where educators could recite in verse what they thought theyd discovered.
See what I mean?
Of course, some educators realize theres more to research than what you can pack into a sonnet. Every recommendation they make is data-driven. No matter how pipe-dreamy or nakedly ridiculous it might be, theyve got numbers to back it up.
The question is where do these numbers come from and what are they worth.
Experts cite data to prove conclusively that preschool students should use computers, and that they shouldnt, that schools shouldnt group students by ability, and that they should, and that self-esteem improves student achievement, and that it doesnt. Experts use assessment data to prove that schools are failing, and that they arent.
Student assessment used to rest mostly on teacher-graded classroom work and a little on multiple-choice standardized tests. Experts didnt like this system. In their judgment authentic classroom grades werent standardized enough, and standardized tests werent authentic enough. To provide meaningful data, they devised scoring rubrics for non-multiple choice standardized tests. Rubrics predate the Clinton administration, theyve flourished under No Child Left Behind, and theyre the expensive, beating heart of the new Common Core.
To say that rubric-scored assessments havent been a smashing success would be a considerable understatement. Were talking about decades of embarrassingly epidemic scoring errors and retractions nationwide, resulting in students being retained when they should have been promoted, schools rated as failing when they werent, and entire years of expensive data discarded, or published despite experts concessions that they should have been discarded.
Were talking about data so meaningless that the RAND Corp. warned that contemporary assessments werent identifying good and bad schools, just lucky and unlucky schools. A Brookings study found that 50 to 80 percent of the fluctuation in schools annual average scores was temporary and had nothing to do with long-term changes in learning.
Testing contractors insist their newest next generation assessments have significantly improv[ed] upon their previous newest assessments, which is why we should give them even more public school money than weve been giving them.
Existing rubrics like New Englands NECAP test require hastily trained scorers, who typically arent teachers or often even college graduates, to discern whether a students writing has a general purpose or an evident purpose. Does it have a strong focus or a focus thats maintained throughout? Is it intentionally organized or well-organized and coherent?
You choose between these ambiguous alternatives, and then tell me your score is data-worthy and meaningful.
New Yorks rubrics split hairs between answers that develop ideas clearly and fully and those that develop ideas clearly and consistently. How about the difference between precise and engaging language and fluent and original language? Try distinguishing between partial control and emerging control of punctuation, or errors that hinder comprehension and those that make comprehension difficult.
Does your students answer establish a connection or an integral connection? Does it employ appropriate sentence patterns or effective sentence structure? Are the details in depth, or are they elaborated? Does the writing ramble, or does it meander?
Each of these subjective coin flips changes the students score, typically by 25 percent. Remember that the next time you read about which schools passed and which ones failed.
Assessment officials claim their new Common Core scoring rubrics eliminate all those glaring ambiguities. Smarter Balanced, the Common Core assessment consortium to which Vermont belongs, only expects scorers to differentiate, with data-worthy accuracy, between uneven, cursory support/evidence and minimal support/evidence. Is the vocabulary clearly appropriate or generally appropriate? Does the writing use sources adequately or effectively? Are there frequent errors that may obscure the meaning, or do frequent and severe errors often obscure the meaning?
Im glad we straightened all that out with statistical precision.
Now all we have to do to gather that crop of meaningless data is administer the Common Core assessments, which according to the timetable, students will be taking in 2014. Never mind that the tests havent been written yet, and that 2014 doesnt allow anything close to sufficient time for field testing. Well only be using these tests to judge the success and failure of Americas students and our public school system.
That includes Vermonts students and schools.
Never mind that the tests will be administered online when almost all schools lack sufficient technology. The Common Cores corporate sponsors stand ready to sell us all the computers and software we need.
Never mind that pilot testing thus far has been plagued by widespread technical failures, raising what Education Week described as serious concerns. Never mind that these snafus involved a rogues gallery of leading Common Core assessment contractors, including ACT, CTBS/McGraw-Hill, and Pearson.
Never mind that these derailments are prompting officials and legislatures in many states to reconsider their participation in the Common Core program or that in a recent survey of Washington insiders present and former officials from Congress, the White House, and the Department of Education three-fourths concluded that Smarter Balanced, Vermonts assessment administrator, was on the wrong track.
Yes, these tests produce numbers, but theyre expensive numbers with no meaning. And if the dollar cost werent exorbitant enough, the tests that produce these worthless numbers devour hours, days, and weeks of instructional time. The drain on time and resources forced on schools by the Common Cores assessment regime will make No Child Left Behinds obsessive testing seem light and trifling.
Then based on their data, the unblushing expert educators who have mismanaged public education for 40 years will impose more benighted sanctions and consequences on the schools that belong to us. Citizens, parents, and teachers will lose more control, and well face even greater pressure to toe the wrongheaded reform line that has for too long crippled schools.
Our schools and students need many things, but more data isnt one of them.
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