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By BARBARA L. FREDRICKSEN
Published May 13, 2007
What a show.
I didn't think any community theater could put out three great musicals in one season, but Richey Suncoast Theatre has done it - and then some - with The Music Man, Meredith Willson's tale of a charming con man in a small Iowa town in the early 20th century.
The sweet, sassy and on-the-button overture by director Stella Gaukhshteyn's seven-piece orchestra signals that this production is going to be something special, and special it is.
Just as special, in fact, as the season-opening Fiddler on the Roof and midseason's zany Anything Goes.
Director Marie Skelton outdid herself with this one, from excellent casting to beautiful lighting design, gorgeous costumes (with help from Chris Craig) and a set design that changes 16 times so smoothly and quickly that you hardly have time to blink.
It just gets better as the traveling salesmen (Jim Laird, Mark Lewis, Ralph Gillingham, Scott Van Scoyk, Willem Nichols) roll through the small town of River City, Iowa, to a train-track rhythm, gossiping about the notorious professor Harold Hill's schemes to fleece the local populace. Then the curtain sweeps open to show a colorful tableau of resolute Iowa families bragging that they're so Iowa Stubborn they can never be taken in by anyone.
Right on cue arrives professor Hill, played with lovable charm and grace by Chip Wichmanowski in the role of his life. He glides with seeming effortlessness through the rapid patter of Ya Got Trouble, not missing a syllable or gesture. His voice and demeanor stay at just the right pitch and pace throughout the show.
The songs are punctuated with precision by choral director Steve Ailing's lively singers and choreographer Debbie Oles' smooth movers.
A lovely Heather Graves is a fine match for Hill as Marian the Librarian, her voice soaring to high, clear, pitch-perfect notes in Goodnight My Someone and Till There Was You.
Lynn Yarbrough is a charmer as Marian's Irish mom, who wishes that her daughter would just get married. Rich Aront makes a properly pompous Mayor Shinn, whose wife, Eulalie MacKecknie Shinn, is played with enthusiasm and appeal by a beautiful Diane Ramos. Eulalie and her Grecian Urn dance group make the most of their seriously funny dance numbers.
Megan Gillespie is a cute Zaneeta Shinn ("eee-gad!" she squeals), adored by a high-energy Cody Carlson as bad-boy Tommy Dijilas. Bob Marcella is nifty as Marcellus, Harold's old pal who has fallen for "good girl" Ethel Toffelmier (Shawna Henthorne), even as Hill prefers A Sadder but Wiser Girl with a shady past. Adam Brawer is a cute, but not cutesy, young Winthrop, lisping his way through Gary, Indiana with confident ease.
Some of the brightest moments are provided by the four battling school board members (Steve Ailing, Drew Lundquist, Jim Wanker and Mark Pinals), who are turned by that slick operator Hill into the most harmonious barbershop quartet River City has ever heard.
In truth, this show is just one bright and shining moment after another. Ms. Skelton moves her 51-member cast around the tiny stage as deftly as though she had all the room in the world. Ms. Oles' dancers never allow the stage become static. Notice the nimble movements during Marian the Librarian, where quiet activity continues even as the professor woos the reluctant Marian. The moves are pleasingly lively in the big production number Shipoopi and the crowd scenes Ya Got Trouble and The Wells Fargo Wagon.
Why, even the curtain call is impressive, moving as briskly and nimbly as the rest of the show.
No wonder tickets for this show and next season were going so fast at intermission that some people thought the smoke in the air was coming from the ticket machine.
If you go
The Music Man
Weekends through May 27 at Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey. Shows at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15. Call (727) 842-6777.
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When the big day comes to buy a new mattress, dress comfortably, and make sure you have ample time to really sit down and lay on all of the mattresses. If you are sharing the bed with someone else, it is important that you are both there to test out different selections.
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COST: Think about your budget. A Queen set with box spring typically averages around $1200, with a new box spring (always replace your box spring as it may void a warranty using an old box spring). If the mattress you are purchasing is for a guest bed than you probably don't need to go for the most expensive set. Since it is beneficial to buy a new mattress every 6 years, spending $17 a month isn't so awful considering how much time we spend in bed. Most of us spend 8 hours a day on our mattress, about 1/3 of our life, so it needs to be a place of rest and rejuvenation. The long-term benefits of a quality mattress far exceed the price tag.
STORE: Go to a reliable chain, such as Sleepy's; the salespeople at Sleepy's complete training courses to help you select the right mattress. National stores carry quality brands of mattresses such as Sealy, Serta, Simmons, Tempur-pedic, Stearns + Foster, Laura Ashley and King Koil. A big secret that most consumers don't know is that often these brands make a better quality product for the big chains, while making a similar product for the smaller stores with a degraded quality (you can read more about this at Consumer Reports). The best mattress stores even offer a free sleep profile that can help you find the perfect fit. Many times you can even schedule an appointment on their website.
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While you are testing mattresses, roll over to your side and stay there for about 5 minutes. Notice if your fingers start to tingle. If they do, then that means that there is a lot of pressure being placed on your body, and your circulation is being cut off. Throughout the night, as your circulation is cut off, your body's response is to move, commonly called TOSSING AND TURNING. So the more cushion you have on the mattress, the more it will reduce pressure points, causing less tossing and turning. The top layers of mattress cushioning are often what sell the customer since comfort is what most of us are looking for, so feel it out.
SIZE: Bigger is better; a healthy sleeper moves around 15 to 30 times throughout the night. Cramped conditions can make sleeping awkward, uncomfortable and altogether frustrating. As you and the person you are sharing your bed with get older, your sleep will become more restless and you may require extra room in bed.
Your mattress purchase is very important so don't take it too lightly. Happy Hunting!
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The following story illustrates 'the perfect storm' for a meltdown. Tim spends most of his day in a small, separate classroom for students with high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome, but is mainstreamed with typical peers for P.E. Today, the students are going to learn line dancing and are expected to imitate a series of movements in formation and in time to music. As soon as the activity has been explained, Tim begins to run around the gym, crying and demanding to go back to his classroom. The P.E. teacher doesn't understand why Tim is so upset and asks how he can help. Tim screams "I hate line dancing!!"
What happened to Tim in this situation that resulted in an almost immediate meltdown? The environment and the task require competence in all four areas: physical, cognitive, social, and emotional; and many students with autism or Asperger's Syndrome would be unsuccessful in this situation. Possible explanations for Tim's response include the following:
Tim might struggle with the acoustics and open space in the gymnasium, and this environment would make it difficult for him to focus.
Being surrounded by 24 peers makes him feel anxious; he doesn't know these children well and is at a loss when trying to join them.
Tim doesn't understand how to make his body imitate the movements.
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Tim's anxiety peaks. He knows he won't be successful at this task, although he doesn't know why, and he is embarrassed and ashamed because his peers don't seem to share his difficulty.
Tim can't process or regulate how he's feeling, he simply feels threatened and wants to escape.
Once you understand the underlying characteristics, you would anticipate that Tim could have significant difficulty with this activity and you would adapt the lesson, reduce the volume of the music, shorten the amount of time he must participate, pair him with a peer buddy, or all of the above. If he was successful, you would celebrate with him that he accomplished something that was truly herculean, rather than merely be satisfied that he had done what he was "expected" to do.
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Debates of June 13th, 2008
House of Commons Hansard #112 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was loan.
- Question Period
- Business of the House
- Canada Elections Act
- Tillsonburg Multi-Service Centre
- National Blood Donor Week
- Member for Nepean—Carleton
- Marine Protected Areas
- Zimbabwe
- Help A Village Effort
- Gasoline Prices
- Status of Women
- Carbon Tax Proposal
- Asian Heritage Month
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Garment Industry
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Income Tax Act
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Tax Freedom Day
- Department of Public Works and Government Services
- Public Safety
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Public Safety
- Regional Economic Development
- Competition Bureau
- Elections Canada
- Justice
- Taxation
- Copyright Act
- Foreign Affairs
- Ethics
- Official Languages
- Youth Employment Strategy
- Rail Transportation
- 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Regional Economic Development
- Gasoline Prices
- Seniors
- Omar Khadr
- Garment Industry
- Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
- House of Commons
- Government Response to Petitions
- Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
- Committees of the House
- First Nations Children's Health Protection Act
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Canada Elections Act
- Federal Sustainable Development Act
Canada Elections Act
Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments from my friend from Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.
If we were to go back to the Camp report, we would find the basis upon which the two principles that were applied to the Liberal legislation were there. That is the first one was with respect to using the last election as the basis upon which to document the public contributions because it is an objective basis. It is a basis of what the support was in an election, a democratic contest in which people have expressed themselves. That is just the reality. Would there be another way of doing it? Yes, I suppose there would be but that is one objective criterion.
If we look at other countries in terms of how public funding is allocated, it is the same principle applied, which is that the level of public funding depends upon the level achieved in a democratic process. The same is true with respect to the contributions. None of these things are fixed for all time.
If the member opposite is saying that the government would like to look at those contributions and at the legislation overall, I would invite the government, instead of bringing in these little amendments here and there, which are designed to appeal to one party on the other side or not and give a temporary advantage, to put the subject matter of election financing in front of an all party committee and let us have an agreement that we will not see this as a partisan issue.
I really do not see this as a partisan issue nor do I see it as a personal issue. I have done my bit and I have no personal issues. I am not here out of any personal gripe. I am here because I think what has animated the government is a desire for temporary political advantage.
I do not know whether that has animated other governments in the past or not. I only know what I see and I think that is a very unhealthy feature. It is a perfect example of how not to reform the election financing process. The election financing process should be something in which all political parties can be seen to be participating and there is no particular advantage to one party or another. That is an approach that I would strongly advocate for now and certainly advocate for the future.
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11 a.m.
Alan Tonks York South—Weston, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to ask for unanimous consent for the following: "That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, at the end of debate on Bill C-474, standing in the name of the member for Don Valley West, all report stage motions be deemed adopted, the bill be deemed concurred in at report stage with further amendments, and be deemed read a third time and passed".
Canada Elections Act
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11 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Is there unanimous consent?
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Tillsonburg Multi-Service Centre
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Dave MacKenzie Oxford, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to honour and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tillsonburg Multi-Service Centre, a volunteer organization that has been serving the community since 1978.
The Multi-Service Centre offers a wide variety of programs and services. The programs are organized into three broad categories: adult basic literacy; employment service for youth and adults; and home support services for seniors and the disabled.
Residents are invited to join in the festivities on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at the Livingston Centre in Tillsonburg.
On behalf of Canada's government and the residents of Oxford, I would like to thank the Multi-Service Centre for its exceptional selfless service and leadership. I am proud to represent such an inspiring organization fuelled by an outstanding community.
Member for Nepean—Carleton
Statements By Members
June 13th, 2008 / 11 a.m.
Carole Lavallée Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, in this House, the member for Nepean—Carleton apologized for the hurtful comments he made about first nations members, right after the government had apologized. His comments cast a shadow over the sincerity of these apologies.
The night before, on Tuesday, this member and all of his Conservative colleagues behaved in an extremely unruly manner—and that is putting it lightly—at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Since they wanted to avoid passing a motion to examine their ethical behaviour concerning their party's financial practices during the election campaign, the Conservatives spent four hours dragging out the debate and delaying the vote. They interrupted the chair at every opportunity and made disparaging and even offensive remarks. It got so bad that the chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics asked the member for Nepean—Carleton to apologize. This request was ignored, adding insult to injury.
The Conservatives should not dodge a review of their ethical practices by throwing ethics to the winds at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
Marine Protected Areas
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Bill Siksay Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt about the cultural, economic and historical importance of salmon to British Columbia, but a serious crisis exists with regard to chinook, sockeye and coho on the south coast. Action must be taken.
Changes in the ocean, rising temperatures, predation, food source issues, pollution, the impact of human development and industry are key to the decline.
Last Friday, the Living Oceans Society, the Suzuki Foundation and the Sierra Club reported on Canada's progress on new marine protected areas. Despite having legislation and policy in place, they called Canada's record dismal on implementing a comprehensive network of marine protected areas. Canada lags far behind the U.S. and Australia.
The government must deliver to protect sensitive and vulnerable marine ecosystems. The Pacific north coast integrated management area must be achieved immediately.
Enforcement of habitat protection must also be increased and support for the work of stream keepers must be stepped up. Burnaby stream keepers, like the Stoney Creek Environment Committee, know the importance of such steps. Does the government?
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Deepak Obhrai Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, Canada endorses the statement made last week by 40 eminent African leaders that the Zimbabwe election should be free and fair.
Canada condemns the repeated detention by two key opposition leaders, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, and the recent arrest of Tendai Biti. Opposition should be permitted to campaign freely without fear and prosecution.
We are also very concerned that the government of Zimbabwe continues to harass and effectively shut down independent organizations. In such an environment it is impossible for a free, fair and democratic election to take place.
We support greater UN involvement in Zimbabwe, including an envoy and UN Security Council consideration of the situation. Last week, the Government of Canada called on the Zimbabwean ambassador to deliver these strong messages and to express our deep concerns with the recent conduct of the Zimbabwean government.
Help A Village Effort
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Scott Simms Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
Mr. Speaker, since 1999 the community of Glovertown in my riding, with matching funds from CIDA, has managed to raise enough money from its annual Walk for Water to provide 85 artesian wells for needy villages in India. As their member of Parliament, I am extremely proud of this remarkable achievement, a feat that is unlikely to be matched by any other community of its size.
As members may know, Help A Village Effort, or H.A.V.E., is a voluntary non-governmental organization which a constituent of mine, Mr. Gerard Feltham, and his friends started in 1982 when he was living in Haliburton-Minden, Ontario.
Since 1982 nearly 700 safe drinking water systems and many essential education and health services have been provided to thousands of needy families in hundreds of villages, particularly in India. The bulk of its support comes through the efforts and donations of friends and relatives.
Walk for Water events are now taking place in communities in British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Ontario.
This small group of people are to be commended for their outstanding efforts to improve the lives of those less fortunate and for making this world a better place.
Gasoline Prices
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Rahim Jaffer Edmonton Strathcona, AB
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Competition Bureau announced that criminal charges have been laid against 13 individuals and 11 companies accused of fixing the price of gasoline at the pump in various cities in Quebec. Some are questioning whether the Competition Bureau will look into other retail markets across the country.
This government will not tolerate price fixing by companies that jack up the price of gasoline. We will also not go the way of the Liberal leader, who wants to put a carbon tax on everything, which would raise the prices at the pump, the cost of heating oil and everything else we buy.
This tax trick would severely impact seniors, rural Canadians, and those living on fixed incomes. It would hurt the trucker, the taxi driver and the small business owner. In fact, every single Canadian would have to pay more in tax.
While the Liberal leader wants to hit all Canadians with his massive tax increase, our Conservative government is making sure Canadians keep more of their hard-earned tax dollars. We are cracking down on price fixers who want Canadians to pay more for gas.
Status of Women
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Nicole Demers Laval, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Standing Committee on the Status of Women tabled its 11th report, which focuses on gender-responsive budgeting.
We are especially pleased about recommendation 20, which suggests that Finance Canada publish its gender-based analysis of budget measures as part of future federal budgets.
This would allow us to understand the direct effects of the budget on women's economic status. Consider social housing, employment insurance and all of the other issues that are not priorities for the Conservatives and that contribute to the gap between men and women.
This report clearly exhibits that the egalitarian society we claim to be part of is perhaps not as egalitarian as we thought and that the struggle for women's equality is not over.
The Conservatives have been, are and will be an obstacle to equality between the men and women of Quebec. Given our recommendations, they should admit this publicly and stop hiding.
Carbon Tax Proposal
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Gord Brown Leeds—Grenville, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader has made tens of billions of dollars in non-budgeted spending promises, and now he has come up with a way to finance his free-spending ways: higher taxes for everyone. Weasel words like "green shift" and "revenue neutral" will not hide the fact that his plan is a tax on everything for all Canadians.
My constituents live in a rural riding in a cold climate. They know what it costs to heat their homes, drive their cars, operate their farm machinery, and get food and goods to our stores. As more details emerge about this massive carbon tax, Canadians are questioning the Liberal leader's enormous flip-flop on this issue.
I am sure all Liberal MPs are really excited about spending their summer defending a tax increase. Even the Liberal environment critic cannot convince his own brother, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, that this plan is a good one.
Canadians know that with the Liberal leader's new carbon tax, they will be forced to reach deeper in their pockets for everything. The good folks in my riding and across the country will not be tricked.
Asian Heritage Month
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, on May 18, 2008, the Chinese Association of Outaouais organized a special event to commemorate Asian Heritage Month. Activities included concerts, dance performances, culinary tastings and round tables.
Since the first event was organized in Toronto in 1993, several Canadian cities, including Gatineau, have been holding festivities to commemorate Asian Heritage Month. In 2001, the Senate of Canada made this initiative official by adopting a motion declaring the month of May as Asian Heritage Month.
Cultural diversity enhances Canada socially, politically and economically. Asian Heritage Month allows all Canadians to celebrate the beauty and wisdom of Asian cultures.
I would like to congratulate Ming Zhang, president of the Chinese Association of Outaouais, and her daughter, Catherine Gao, for their hard work, as well as the City of Gatineau for its involvement and contribution to making this event a great success.
Liberal Party of Canada
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Rick Norlock Northumberland—Quinte West, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have been hearing rumours that the Liberal leader will finally unveil the details of his massive national carbon tax next week, the tax trick that will raise the cost of everything for all Canadians.
However, Liberal MPs are deeply divided and there is infighting over the Liberal leader's plan to sell a tax on everything to Canadians this summer. Liberals who support higher gas prices, higher electricity costs and higher food costs will have a lot of explaining to do.
Canadians will not be tricked into swallowing a new, permanent Liberal carbon tax.
My constituents are worried about this permanent new regressive tax that will destroy jobs and drive up the cost of gas, electricity and everything else.
The Liberal leader must finally be honest with Canadians and tell them why he is planning on attacking seniors and Canadians living on fixed incomes. Why?


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Maglev trains represent a perplexing puzzle to civil engineers. While the price of entry
can be much higher
than traditional rail based trains, maglevs -- trains held aloft by powerful electro magnets -- experience no friction, meaning they cost far less to maintain.
But the high construction costs have meant that only two commercial maglevs are currently in existence. Now the home nation of one of those two high-tech rail systems -- Japan -- is dreaming of a far more ambitious maglev line connecting Tokyo and Osaka with trains travelling safely at 311 mph.
Japan's current maglev system is only 8.9 kilometers (5.9 miles) long, and is located in Aichi, near the city of Nagoya. Dubbed "Linimo", the line operates at a "lowly" cruising speed of 62 mph. The line has struggled with losses in recent years and cost over $100M USD per km to construct.
But those struggles have not swayed Central Japan Railway Comp. (JR Tokai) (
), which
plans to deploy
the sleek Series L0 prototype in 2027. The front car will stretch ninety-two feet, with over half of that length devoted to an aerodynamic nose cone. It will haul 14 carriages, each with 68 passengers in rows of four seats, with the exception of the last carriage, which seats only 24 (for a total of 908 passengers).
The first engineering mockups of the train were unveilled earlier this month.
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The train is planned to initially travel between the Shinagawa Station in central Tokyo to Nagoya, cities separated by roughly 218 miles on Japan's eastern coast. Today the trip would take four hours by car or 90 minutes on the
fastest rail-based bullet trains
, but travelling at a blistering 311 mph, the next-generation maglev rail is expect to deliver passengers there in just 40 minutes.
JR Tokia plans to eventually extend the system to connect to Osaka by 2045. Lead developer Yasukazu Endo comments, "Through the test runs, we will make final checks to ensure that commercial services are comfortable."
Long a leader in high-speed rail, Japan has recently seen
fierce competition
from its rival, China. China currently owns the only other active commercial maglev system in the world, a line in Shanghai. China is moving aggressively forward with its
high speed rail expansion plans
, despite the embarassing setback of having to
scale back its line speeds
record paces
due to allegations of contractor corruption leading to shoddy construction.
The U.S. is currently
pondering a maglev system of its own
, but such plans remain in their early infancy, with few large commercial backers.
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When an international disaster strikes, we soon begin to hear stories of the devastation and the suffering of those affected. They have lost loved ones, livelihoods and homes. The pictures we see are gut-wrenching, and we can't help but think about how we can help. We have so much, and they have so little. The least we can do is help, right?
The next thing you know, schools are collecting shoes for children, houses of worship are collecting clothes for families, and neighborhoods are collecting teddy bears for those who have nothing. The local radio station is announcing locations to drop off donations of items that might be needed, and everyone pitches in to make a difference by bringing supplies from the pantry, the closet, the garage, and wherever else to help the cause.
What most people never see is what happens to that goodwill on the other end in the disaster-affected area. I work for USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, and it is our job on behalf of all Americans to manage the U.S. government's response to an international crisis. I am usually deployed to major international disasters, and I do get to see what happens to the spontaneous donations.
First, you should know that most spontaneous in-kind donations never even make it to the disaster zone. This is usually because of the sky high cost of moving the goods from the states coupled with the lack of a group to accept and distribute the donations to those in need. And if the supplies do make it to the disaster-affected country, the supplies are often an inappropriate match for what is needed. I cannot forget the winter coats and prom dresses we saw piled on the airport tarmac after the 2004 Pacific tsunami. I can't help but think how generous the donors were, but their passion was uninformed. As we saw in Indonesia and every international disaster before and since, these spontaneous donations often clog the pipelines that are providing life-saving medical supplies, food, shelter and hygiene materials, and other assistance to the very people everyone is trying to help.
Everything we have learned over the years has taught us that if you really want to help those in need, you should make a cash donation to a reputable humanitarian organization working in the disaster-affected area. Nothing will get there faster or help more. And the cash donations will allow experts to buy -- often in the struggling local markets -- exactly what is needed.
To better inform those who want to help, USAID works with the Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI). CIDI holds an annual competition for college students to create public service announcements (PSA) that help spread the message that cash donations are best.
To enter the competition, students submitted print and radio PSAs that explained the importance of appropriate international disaster response and build support for international disaster relief work done by well-established, U.S.-based organizations. Now in its sixth year, PSAid is highly regarded among the nation's leading university communications programs. Approximately 60 entries were received from students this year. The 2011 winners were announced on April 21 at www.psaid.org.
Please take a moment to visit the PSAid site and help spread the message that cash is the best way to help. On behalf of all of us who see so many donations with the best of intentions languish in ports, on runways, and in warehouses in countries affected by disaster, thank you for helping us better inform your family, friends and communities.
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Good points. I learned first hand regarding the supply of goods and logistics issues. I visited a relief area in Mineral Wells,TX from the Possum Kingdom Wildfires in Texas. I would agree that money is the best way to go however I feel that donating your time is also valuable. I have yet to donate money yet did my best to assess the needs and fulfill the best way that I could to the local community.
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This is also true for disaster relief in the United States. Our prayers are with everyone who was affected by the tornadoes in the South. If you can, give to an organization that you trust and that helps those left without anything because of this tragedy.
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@ Rebecca Gustafson,
Folks pre-position resources to anticipate need and prepare for disaster but what if a nation could pre-position shelter by creating a call-list of its citizens who are willing and able to offer it in their homes, or second homes as the case may be?
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Despite less-than-stellar shooting through the first two-thirds of the game, the Minneota Vikings overcame a five-point second-half deficit to defeat Bethlehem Academy, 47-44, to claim a spot in the Class A championship game.
Minneota will play Ada Borup in the finals at noon Saturday.
The Vikings started cold in the second half as BA built a 24-19 lead, but Minneota quickly regained the advantage at 27-24 with 12:51 left with an 8-0 run sparked by three baskets from sophomore Taylor Reiss. Two more baskets by Reiss and one by Emily Stienessen gave the Vikings their largest lead at 35-28 with 7:05 to go.
BA pulled to within one at 36-35 but basket by Reiss and back-to-back buckets by Stienessen built the Vikings' lead to seven at 42-35, leading to a BA timeout.
The Vikings used a long offensive possession to draw the clock down before BA committed a foul, and then another to send Megan Larson to the line. Larson made two to give Minneota a 44-37 cushion with 1:11 to play.
BA scored three straight to make it 44-40, and the Vikings answered with a free throw by Larson. But BA wouldn't go away. A three-pointer made it 45-43 with :16.9 left.
Minneota turned it over on its next possession and Taryn Ashley made one of two free throws to cut the lead to one.
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At Monday's meeting of the Webster City Community School District Board of Directors, the board approved a purchase agreement for the current Webster City Federal Savings Bank building on Des Moines Street in Webster City.
The purchase had been previously discussed during closed session meetings of the board. Superintendent Mike Sherwood said that the district's administrative offices will be housed in that building in the future. He said there is no current timeline for the move, but he expects it to occur this fall. The Hamilton Regional High School will also be moved into the current administrative building once they move.
The cost of the bank's current location is waiting to be appraised. The cost of the sale will not exceed $200,000, as Sherwood said the terms of the agreement between the district and the bank said that any cost over that $200,000 will be considered a gift from the seller to the buyer.
Also at Monday's meeting, the board held a public hearing on proposed renovation plans for this summer. The estimated cost of the renovations comes in at $1.5 million.
Planned renovations at Pleasant View Elementary include boiler upgrades, domestic water line upgrades, asbestos abatement, classroom remodeling with new ADA compliant doors, changes to ceilings and lighting, new lockers, a new AC and heating unit, and restroom renovations.
Sunset Heights Elementary will see upgrades to a boiler, water lines, classrooms, ceilings, lighting and lockers. There will also be asbestos abatement and sinks moved at the school.
Webster City High School will see changes as well, with new air and heating units, asbestos abatement and a remodeling of the hallway to the auditorium with additional lockers installed.
Bids are planned to be opened for the project on May 2, with a special board meeting on that date at 6 p.m. to consider received bids.
During the meeting, Lori Hartnett, assistant food service director for the district, presented an overview of the districts food service program. She said that participation in the program is down, with an average of about 82 percent across the district. The food service program has had to juggle the wants and needs of students while adhering to USDA regulations that went into effect in July of 2012. Those guidelines are being phased in every year, and next year will see further restrictions on sodium intake and adding in more whole grain items to meals.
Hartnett also announced that the district will host a summer food program beginning on June 10 at Webster City Middle School from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during weekdays. She said that there has been an increase of children telling district staff that they don't have any food at home, and that over half of students in the district now qualify for free or reduced cost meals.
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In other business, the board approved the purchase of a handicap accessible bus for $108,853 from Blue Bird, which was the only bid received for the purchase. Sherwood said that he is looking into making district buses internet accessible in connection with the districts 1-to-1 technology program.


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Past Award Recipients
Dr. Peter Heffernan
Dr. Heffernan's Acceptance Speech - Discours d'acceptation
Chères collègues, chers collègues, merci de ce grand geste de reconnaissance envers moi. Je me sens petit (dans les plusieurs sens du terme) dans la compagnie de mes prédecesseurs récipiendaires du Prix Robert Roy. You are then bestowing on me today a great honour for which I thank you, which is honestly very unexpected and for which I am humbled and, I'll be honest, boosted at the same time.
Dr. Peter Heffernan,
Dr. Carolyn King, CASLT President,
and Dr. Anthony Mollica
Je ne veux pas être un rabat-joie à ma propre fête, mais je dois avouer que j'ai toujours eu un drôle de pressentiment concernant les prix et ceux et celles qui les reçoivent. Je vais vous dire pourquoi.
I once received a significant promotion of sorts. A sympathetic colleague observed
to me with some satisfaction: "Well, good guys do win!" I know he meant well, but that
particular event in my life did not, in the end, bode well and led me down what was
for a certain period a very dark and lonely professional road.
A un autre moment de ma vie, un curé missionnaire de retour de l'Afrique m'a fait l'observation que les récipiendaires de prix et de reconnaissances, selon son travail de conseiller psychologique et de directeur spirituel, furent souvent ceux / celles qui abandonnent le plus leurs proches dans leur but d'aller sauver le monde. Il y avait de quoi y faire réfléchir.
Troisièmement, avec tout le respect que je leur dois, je me rappelle que plusieurs des récipiendaires récents de ce prix se sont décédés peu avant ou après avoir été décerné ce prix. Espérons que ce même destin ne m'attend pas tout de suite! Je vous assure; je suis bien vivant et espère l'être pour longtemps!
Finalement, je note qu'un prix n'appartient jamais en réalité à une seule personne mais à une équipe ou à des équipes de personnes. Donc, ce prix ne m'appartient pas à moi tout seul non plus.
With these provisory observations made and in now accepting this prize, I do so with a kind of mixed, oddly rueful joy. You, my colleagues and friends, virtually all of whom I recognize here as my professional equals and many of whom I recognize as my professional betters, do know that in graciously presenting me this prize, you leave me both nonplussed and grateful.
In keeping with the notion that a prize may recognize one but in truth acknowledges the professional camaraderie and combined efforts of many, I would like to now, while receiving this tribute, recognize a precious few who are indeed corecipients of this recognition with me. In doing so, I am actually naming only some of them.
Let us first of all, perhaps more respectfully now, remember some of the deceased Prix Robert Roy recipients who I have had the privilege to know and work with-Lilly Borges Oldham, Stan Frey, David Stern and, indeed, the father of CASLT, Robert Roy himself.
Un de leurs noms, celui de Lilly Borges Oldham, nous revient quand je mentionne les dix
président.e.s de l'ACPLS avec qui j'ai eu le plaisir de servir entre 1987-1996 comme rédacteur
du Bulletin de langues secondes. Je reconnais aussi mes trois compatriotes de l'Alberta :
Ihor Kruk, Denise Bourassa et Eleanor Morris, tous les trois anciens président.e.s de l'ACPLS,
avec qui j'ai servi ainsi que Florence Wilton de la Colombie-Britannique, Joyce Fewer de
Terre-Neuve et du Labrador, Jean-Pierre Flament du Yukon, Debbie Pineau de l'Ile du Prince-Edouard,
notre regrettée Fadwa Dennis de l'Ontario, et Nancy Pynch-Worthylake de la Nouvelle-Ecosse.
I would also like to make special recognition of the contributions of my predecessor as editor of the Bulletin, Tony Mollica, who has been a professional mentor to me and to many over the years and has always been my cherished friend.
Likewise to your outgoing president and my Alberta compatriot, Carolyn King. Carolyn's leadership and support of others through the years are recognized and valued by all who know her.
I close with my family. My wife Theresa and daughters Chantal, Anya and Caithleen, who are
all grown up now, always supported me in my work with CASLT and throughout my career. This
award is every bit as much theirs as mine.
Finalement, du fond de mon coeur je vous remercie toutes et tous de cet honneur. Toutefois, mon plus grand honneur est depuis toujours d'avoir pu vivre ma vie de professionnel dans la compagnie de personnes comme vous. Continuons ensemble nos efforts pour l'amélioration de l'enseignement et de l'apprentissage des langues au Canada.
-Peter Heffernan
Nomination letter from Dr. Anthony Mollica
I am submitting the name of Professor Peter J. Heffernan as a candidate for the Robert Roy Award.
While it is superfluous for me to outline Professor Heffernan's achievements, I do so, in case some members of the committee may not be familiar with his contributions to language teaching in this country and to abide by the rules of the Award.
I have known Professor Heffernan for at least twenty-five years. I published him in The Canadian Modern Language Review (CMLR) while he was in Newfoundland and in Dialogue. Published by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada while at the University of Lethbridge. He followed me as Editor of the CASLT Bulletin. I have always admired his work and it was natural that when I founded Mosaic. A Journal for Language Teachers, a language journal founded in 1993, I should invite him to serve on the Editorial Board along with number of prestigious colleagues - Stephen Krashen, Roseann Runte, Pierre Calve, Rebecca Valette, Marcel Danesi - to mention only a few. Later, because of his editorial expertise, I invited him to be guest editor for one of the issues (Vol. 8, No. 2, Winter 2004).
I always found his articles very sound in research and very interesting and informative. I recall that evaluators enthusiastically endorsed and recommended the publication of the various articles he submitted to The Canadian Modern Language Review. While I was Editorial Consultant for Dialogue. Published by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, my task was to invite colleagues - authorities in their field - to submit articles. I commissioned Heffernan to write a lead article on "Core French Teachers' Continuing Professional Development: Balancing the Ideal and the Real", an article extremely well-received and widely quoted.
From the point of view of his research and practical applications, I have nothing but praise. But Heffernan's contribution goes beyond that. His editorial expertise is very strong. His 18-page cv (attached copy) will immediately identify the various journals with which he has been associated and the editorial boards on which he sat and sits. His involvement with professional association meant that he contributed significantly to the development of second-language teaching in this country.
His support to CASLT as a national association is second to none. Heffernan was instrumental in getting CASLT to make the CMLR its "official" publication. Where I did not succeed in this aspect for a number of reasons, Heffernan was able to convince CASLT' s executive and membership to "buy into" this worthwhile partnership.
I could go on singing Heffernan's praises but the publications and his professional activities in his curriculum vitae speak for themselves. There is no doubt in my mind that Peter Heffernan should be the recipient of the next Robert Roy Award and I strongly support his candidacy. I would hope that you your Committee will give his candidacy the consideration it richly deserves. In his quiet unassuming way, Heffernan has contributed significantly and unselfishly to the language community and should be recognized by a national association such as CASLT.
For my part, I welcomed the opportunity to write a letter singing the praise of a colleague whom
I highly admire and respect.
(Robert Roy Award recipient, 1985)


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LETOR: Learning to Rank for Information Retrieval
This website is designed to facilitate research in LEarning TO Rank (LETOR). Much information about learning to rank can be found in the website, including benchmark datasets, public baselines, published papers, research communities, and passed and coming events.
Microsoft Learning to Rank Datasets have been released.
- Two large datasets with tens of thousands of queries (30,000+/10,000) were released.
- 136 features have been extracted for each query-url pair.
- The datasets can be downloaded at Microsoft Research website.
Learning to rank challenge organized by Yahoo! Labs was launched.
- Two large datasets with tens of thousands of queries were released.
- The challenge consisted of two tracks: a standard learning to rank track as well as a transfer learning one.
- It was open to all research groups in academia and industry.
- Details can be found at the challenge website.
LETOR 4.0 was released in July 2009.
- Two large scale query sets were used, with thousands of queries;
- Datasets for four kinds of ranking settings were provided: supervised ranking, semi-supervised ranking, rank aggregation, and listwise ranking;
- Low level features were included for investigation;
- Several baselines were included.
LETOR 3.0 baselines were updated in June 2009.
LETOR 3.0 was released in Dec, 2008.
- Add four new datasets: homepage finding 2003, homepage finding 2004, named page finding 2003 and named page finding 2004. Plus the three datasets (OHSUMED, topic distillation 2003 and topic distillation 3004) in LETOR2.0, there are seven datasets in LETOR3.0.
- New document sampling strategy for each query; and so the three datasets in LETOR3.0 are different from those in LETOR2.0;
- New low level features for learning;
- Meta data is provided for better investigation of ranking features;
- More baselines.
LETOR 2.0 was released in December, 2007.
- More baseline results on the LETOR dataset, including ListNet, AdaRank, FRank and MHR.
- Updated evaluation tools (Eval-Rank.pl and Eval-ttest.pl).
- A channel to accept more baselines from other researchers.
- A discussion board for researchers to exchange their ideas on learning to rank and the LETOR dataset.
- A hub for researcher/research groups, papers and resources on learning to rank.
- More details of LETOR can be found at this paper "LETOR: A Benchmark Collection for Research on Learning to Rank for Information Retrieval". [pdf] [DOI]
LETOR 3.0 can be cited as
Tao Qin, Tie-Yan Liu, Jun Xu, and Hang Li. LETOR: A Benchmark Collection for Research on Learning to Rank for Information Retrieval, Information Retrieval Journal, 2010.
LETOR 4.0 can be cited as
Tao Qin and Tie-Yan Liu. Introducing LETOR 4.0 Datasets, arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.2597. [pdf]


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Well I just recieved my nylon string electric in the mail today and the LR Baggs ribbon transducer is 2/3 missing! :(:(
I love the guitar but probably have to return it, unless I can find somebody that sells the ribbon transducers alone.I'm in the EU and it seems you have to buy the complete kit everywhere.
Anybody know where I could buy one? I really hate to send the guitar back, but probably should cause the reason I bought it was the baggs system!


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I had never heard of Runners when I saw the band's EP release party on Kobo's concert calendar, but some strategic Googling revealed that former Super Desserts gal Fran Litterski was involved, and any band with a tie to that late, great, expansive institution is worth at least a passing glance. So I headed to Kobo last Friday to witness this synth-driven pop project in action.
There was a lot to take in. Although Runners' promo photos frame the project as a duo featuring Litterski and Drew Lizon, the stage lineup included three more musicians whose presence was crucial in bringing this music to life. Runners' songs would not have survived the karaoke-like approach that many electronic acts are adopting these days, partially because the group's roots are more in the realm of indie pop.
Runners exists in the same space as Passion Pit, where synth sounds function as accessories for organic foundations. At times they glimpsed the post-Kiwi jitters of Terribly Empty Pockets, while other moments reminded me of cutesy melody freaks like Matt & Kim and The New Pornographers. The frantic collective pop of Broken Social Scene and Los Campesinos! came to mind too.
Enough with the references, though. Runners has a look, sound and feel of its own, and it's a pretty good one. The vocal melodies were nimble and infectious—you couldn't miss hooks that huge — and the rhythms were just as welcoming. They managed to make huge-sounding shout-along anthems without sacrificing small details like Litterski's xylophone runs and a round of spritely hand claps.
Not all was well, of course, but the aspects that irked me were either minor or fixable. The aesthetic is kind of vanilla, though the songs are catchy enough that vanilla might not be a problem. I liked that Lizon was equipped with a tom for auxiliary percussion, but he wasn't exactly staying on beat.
At one point they all sang, "How do you like me now?" It wasn't a Heavy cover, just a question I'm happy to answer in the affirmative. Runners could easily morph into a nightmare band if they get too cute, but with some seasoning I'm excited to see where they're headed.


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So I've had to leave the theme park world for a bit. I was busy working on my wife's web site for the last few weeks. Now, that I'm finished with that I can get back to the blog and Theme Park Syndicate. So, expect to see more posts on a regular basis. I know that I have some coaster news to catch up on as well as my review queue with some coaster reviews that are on the way.
I'm also introducing a new feature, hopefully later this month. To go along with my 2010 roller coaster news I'll be adding preview videos. No, not just the same computer animated POV videos everyone else has. This will besomething a little different. So, what do I have up my sleeve this time? More on that to come…
And while I'm in the site launch/redesign mode, like I am every off-season, I'm hoping to give the blog a face lift this month. If things go as planned, the blog will have a new look for 2010!
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Joelyn Levy popped out the umbrella while dropping off her parents at Terminal 1 on Friday.
The brutal summer is officially coming to an end with the extended reach of Hurricane Isaac. The hurricane throttled the gulf coast this week and the super slow bands of rain have reached Missouri. At Lambert, visitors were forced to find their umbrellas, which probably haven't seen any tours of duty for months. The St. Louis area is expected to receive up to five inches of rain through the weekend ending with a sunny Labor Day on Monday. After punishing heat and widespread drought, there will be few complaints if Isaac holds back on flooding and delivers just a well needed soaker.
Avoid parking fees the next time you pick up a passenger. Lambert provides free waiting zones for motorists near each terminal.


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The feature debut of director and co-writer Bill Purple does not feature a single authentic moment. Imperfect would actually be a step up.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Meryl Streep and other awards recipients shared their thoughts on an America under Donald Trump during last night's Golden Globes ceremony.
"La La Land" made Golden Globes history last night with seven awards, including Best Picture (Comedy/Musical).
Molly Haskell speaks with Matt Zoller Seitz about "From Reverence to Rape," "Love and Other Infectious Diseases," "Steven Spielberg: A Life in Films" and more.
For the 37th installment in his video essay series about maligned masterworks, Scout Tafoya examines Michelangelo Antonioni's "Zabriskie Point" and "The Mystery of Oberwald."
FFC Seongyong Cho explores Frederick Wiseman's 2014 documentary, "National Gallery."
The forces behind San Diego Comic-Con have launched a new con-centric channel, featuring "Kings of Con," "Con Man" and "Mark Hamill's Pop Culture Quest."
A book review of Edward Sorel's "Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936."
One of the most audacious American films from the 1960s is now available via the Criterion Collection.
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Homelessness was invented in the 1950's by the American Government as a ploy to get more of the taxpayers money without asking for tax. Homeless people may look real but they are actually government robots designed to look pathetic and smell funky. Below are examples of robotic homeless people and their annoying ways.
edit "This is for food, not for drugs."
Like most people of the modern world, homeless people ain't got no money. But what separates the homeless from the commoner is the fact that many of these vagrants have no place to live, whereas I live in Connecticut and have a six-bedroom house. But that don't mean I got money. I haven't paid my taxes in four years and they came and took my car away this afternoon. I'm broke!
edit "No! Please. I don't need my windshield washed. Here - take this. Now go away."
When I see homeless people on the street, I just want to spit on them and kick them in the face. Mommy says it was a mistake bringing those people here to work for us. I hate homeless people.
edit "Is it just me or does it smell like pee?"
Most homeless people live on the streets. You can often find them selling themselves to passersby, turning tricks in order to score more cash for their addictions to aluminum. Aluminum is a valuable drug and many homeless people get into fights over scoring the pure stuff. It can be quite costly, some homeless being charged as much as a dumpster dive, but the payoff is sweet. Most get a strong high from metal, while others can make 5 cents in California, 10 cents in Maine.
edit "Vietnam vet my ass."
Programs to help the homeless have popped up all over America. In Florida, for instance, a new welfare-based initiative has been enacted whereby passersby can freely beat the homeless people, causing the bums to run/keeping them moving and thus helping them to stay warm.
Because of these annoying issues and the Trojan Worm Virus, the government in New Orleans, the Louisiana government, along with FEMA, helped to start Operation Clean Sweep, or "Whitewash" for short. The idea behind OCS was to help rid the streets of "homeless people" by washing them away and down the drain, much like rice in a sink. Overzealousness led to rampant improvements in the city, many noting that not only were there no "homeless people" on the streets, but the people they are related to have seemingly disappeared as well. However the government is currently thinking up new ways to subliminally collect extra money.
edit Food
It is believed that the homeless take change and turn it into energy for vital bodily function. If they are deprived of change, they will slowly die. They only want more and can't live without it. The homeless are largely regarded as a burden the advancement of the human race.
While the change they receive is necessary for their vital body functions, homeless people still require nourishment from other sources. The most popular source of nourishment in the homeless community is "Cracknip". "Cracknip" is a luxurious dish that is composed of Crack, Catnip, and Vodka. This impeccable combination of ingredients provides the perfect source of energy for anyone who lives in a box located in a small, dark, damp, cold alley.
edit Why They are Important
Homeless people are a very important part of our American society. Without homeless people, many children would be left without a costume idea on Halloween and large pharmaceutical companies would have no one to test their new medicine on. Also, there would be no one to sit on the sidewalk and beg people for change or die of heroin overdoses. Homeless people are also an extremely important part of the environment and ecosystem. When a homeless person dies, his or her nutrients are released back into the soil...or the sidewalk, depending. Without homeless people, we would have a loss of culture and people with gingivitis. We need them like they need a nice, long shower, clean underwear, and a new wristwatch. We must respect the homeless as soon they will become the rulers of the world.


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Case against Crystal Falls man on hold
By LISA M. REED
Staff Writer
IRON MOUNTAIN – The criminal case against an 87-year-old Crystal Falls man is on hold pending an evaluation to determine his competence to stand trial.
Donald Lafountain faces charges of fleeing and eluding-third degree, resisting and obstructing a police officer and driving on a suspended license in Dickinson County.
The charges stem from incidents in which he is accused of making threats against Edwards Chevrolet of Iron Mountain employees on Feb. 9 and Feb. 11.
Wade Edwards of Edwards Chevrolet said Lafountain had come into the dealership asking for a "Molly." When he was told that there was no Molly working there, he became aggravated and left, Edwards said.
Lafountain returned later and again asked for Molly. When he was told again that there was no Molly working there, Lafountain told employees that he knew there was a Molly there because he had just purchased the dealership, which is untrue, Edwards said.
He then threatened the employees with what appeared to be a handgun and left, Edwards said.
That's when police were called.
Lafountain was arrested on Feb. 11 after an incident in which he fled from police and then tried to ram an Iron Mountain Police Department vehicle on his way to Edwards Chevrolet.
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Stock ETFs That Haven't Slumped Despite the Cliff
Since the presidential election more than six weeks ago, the S&P 500 SPDR Trust (SPY) has effectively ended in the same place it began. Bears believe this is a sign that upcoming austerity will hamper market progress and that a failed budget negotiation may send stocks plummeting. Bulls believe that stocks are ready to explode to the upside, as long as the White House and Congress cement a deal.
Intriguingly, there are several stock ETFs that are marching to a different drumbeat than the one heard in the District of Columbia. Here's a quick summation:
1. iShares DJ Transportation (IYT) .The Dow Jones Transportation Average has been a thorn in the U.S. stock bull all year long. Unlike the Dow Jones Industrials Average that set new bull market highs in May, September and October, the Transports stubbornly drifted lower throughout the summertime and into the fall.
Then something happened in mid-November. Not only did the exchange-traded proxy (IYT) rocket more than 10% in as little as five weeks, but the price hit a new 52-week high on 12/20; on Friday, 12/21, IYT only fell -0.3%.
Granted, a "Dow Theorist" might still be skeptical of the recent turn of events. After all, IYT has not yet revisited its bull market pinnacle set in July 2011. Nevertheless, the demand for the transportation of goods and services should increase markedly with greater economic stabilization in China.
2. Guggenheim Global Water (CGW) .The idea that one would see handsome profits by investing in companies that provide, purify and conserve the ultimate commodity for homes and businesses is hardly new. In fact, the theme gathered a head of steam in 2006 on the notion that developing countries would require the expertise in enhancing its infrastructure.
More recently, however, some are looking to global water companies as a sustainability play. Whereas one may choose dividend growth models as a solid indication that a company will be providing its product or services for many years to come, one can also look at the end product or service itself. Water is as essential to sustaining life and livelihood as oil; meanwhile, global water corporations rarely have to worry about demand.
On Friday, CGW fell roughly 1/3 as much as broader domestic and global benchmarks. Equally worthy of note, the fund had hit fresh 52-week highs in the week.
Obviously, if the U.S. fails to reach an accord, it's unlikely that stock assets of any stripe would survive the stampede for the exits. That's why it's critical for ETF investors to maintain an unemotional discipline for reducing downside risk.


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The reality is that both sides abuse the science in the service of their political agendas.the United States were widely attributed as warning signs of an eco-apocalypse to come. Former U.S. Senator Tim Wirth held the first widely covered congressional hearing on the subject that summer and admits having targeted the hearing for the hottest day of the year and turned off the air conditioning in the room to ensure that the conditions would be sweltering for the assembled media.
The use and misuse of climate science by advocates began to wash back into the science itself.(e.g., ice cores, tree rings, 20th century weather station readings) into a single global temperature trend line, the "hockey stick" graph. Whatever one thinks of the quality of the data sets, the methods used to combine them, or the efforts by some to shield the underlying data from critics, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that those involved were trying to fit the data to a trend that they already expected to see – namely that the spike in global carbon emissions in recent decades tracked virtually in lockstep with a concomitant spike in present-day global temperatures.
Evidence of climate change was never going to drive Americans to demand painful limits on carbon.minimize future risks associated with catastrophic climate change involves decarbonizing our economy as rapidly as possible. Stronger evidence of climate change from scientists was never going to drive Americans to demand economically painful limits on carbon emissions or energy use. And uncertainty about climate science will not deter Americans from embracing energy and other policies that they perceive to be in the nation's economic, national security, and environmental interest. This was the case in 1988 and is still largely the case today.
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Lincoln County gets ready for the warm season
IVANHOE -?The Lincoln County Board authorized a number of expenditures at its regular meeting on Tuesday, in preparation for the construction and recreation season:
The board voted to accept a bid by Tyler Electric Company of $20,300 to install five emergency sirens at designated locations around the county. The only other bid was by Ready Watt Electric for $39,000.
On the recommendation of Environmental Administrator Robert Olsen the board voted to contribute $1,000 to a joint project of the Minnesota River Board (MRB) and Ridgewater College in Willmar to develop a course to train ditch viewers. There is currently a shortage of trained viewers who are needed to view properties along rural drainage ditches and re-determine the contribution of adjacent property owners for the cleaning and maintenance of the ditches.
The MRB is asking counties for seed money to create the training course, with the benefit to the counties that they will have first chance to hire graduates of the course.
The board also voted to approve $5,000 for Olsen's request to hire a part-time employee to conduct surveys of county residents using the county dumping and recycling facilities and to educate the public on what cannot be dumped at the facilities.
The board authorized County Engineer Lee Amundson to purchase a John Deere disc mower for $8,000 plus sales tax.
After opening two bids, the board accepted the low bid by Flint Hills Resources to purchase 465 tons of bit material for seal coat and four tons of additional road surfacing material for $265,000. The next bid was submitted by Jebro Inc., which bid $290,000.
Olsen had some welcome news for the board when he told it a sampling of Lake Benton after the surface thaw found no curly leaf pondweed. The invasive species has choked the lake in past years, requiring chemical treatment.
Olsen told the board he would have to examine the lake again but thought the county could forego treatment this year. Lake treatment cost the county about $50,000 last year.
The board voted to formally hire Dan Kuss as part-time Veterans Services Officer. Kuss started work May 1 and will be working about 18 hours per week in the position.
Kuss is a Vietnam-era veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force and retired at the rank of sergeant. Previously, he was news editor of the Lake Benton Valley Journal-News and will continue to work for the newspaper on a part-time basis.


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Cross-Platform Optimization: Getting to a Smarter Mix
August 10, 2011
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thanks John and Parm. I found one pic of undressed pie:
sorry, i'll take better shots next time of that. on the last bake i left a noticable rim during stretching but it was smaller than the times before. i sauced right up to that, so probably within about 3/4" or so of the edge. bill
Bill,Those look fantastic. Your post reminds me about the importance of different thickness factors for different styles of pizza. Especially on some of your pics the size of the cornicione is really perfect. If there's one pizza thing I do poorly (and consistently) its to make my NY style pizzas with goofy/puffy corniciones. Yours pies do not have that problem.If you have them I would like to see pics of the uncooked pies in those pics!John K
"I need to make a video" Walter yes please!
I have a couple college students coming by to help tomorrow and I pay them in pizza I will bring my camera and ask them to video making a pie. To be continued...... Walter
One from each of you would be great! Both your pies look FAAAAAAR superior to Vito's!John K


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If this PFT mock is right, we didn't miss out on RGIII! Nope, instead we missed out on Andrew Luck. But hey, we preserved the all-important 37th pick, so Super Bowl, here we come!
*Not news, per se, but still... In the end, I think the Colts go Luck. If not, fire Holmgren on the spot.


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Thomas More College Success Center
Thomas More College announced on May 17, 2014 that an anonymous benefactor has made the largest gift in the College's history. The $4 million gift, which the College has been challenged to match within a four year period, is principally focused on the creation of the Benedictine Endowment of the Thomas More College Success Center. The funds are restricted and must be used for the creation of the success center. This center will make a significant impact on students' academic success: retention, graduation and career placement.
The Thomas More College Success Center will have three major components.
- The The Dr. Anthony R. and Geraldine Zembrodt Institute for Academic Excellence (IAE) will include tutoring, academic counseling and persistence counseling which includes intensive monitoring of at-risk students.
- The Institute for Learning Differences (ILD) is a Federal Level II academic support program for students with documented learning differences. This program includes professional tutoring, individual mentoring/coaching, study skills support, quiet test taking areas and adaptive equipment.
- The Institute for Career Development and Graduate School Planning (ICG) will consist of career advising, graduate school advising, and will include the experiential learning component which will soon become a requirement. This will include professional skills development and relationship building with employers and graduate schools. Assistance in application services, recommendations portfolio management and placement tests will also be provided. Experiential learning, which will become a requirement for all Thomas More College students, will be a part of this center.
Academic support, advising, tutoring and career services are important areas that directly impact retention, graduation and career/graduate school placement rates. When students choose Thomas More College, they (along with their parents) want to be confident that they will succeed in school, graduate and be able to get a job or attend graduate school. This initiative will ensure that Thomas More College is a leader in accomplishing students' educational goals.
Overall, the gift will impact as many as 1,600 undergraduate students every year, plus recent graduates. Over 80% of Thomas More College's 10,000+ alumni network reside work and raise their families in the northern Kentucky greater Cincinnati region.
Click here for the press release.
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For additional information about giving to the Thomas More College Success Center, please contact:
Tony Roderick, Director of Development, 859-344-3530.