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This Morning: Mobile World Musings, Samsung's Coat Tails, Broadcom Stock Grants
Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of GameStop (GME) as higher by $2.20, or over 6%, at $38.25, following rumors of activist investors taking a role in the company's fate, according to the FlyonTheWall service.
Shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) are down 10 cents, or half a percent, at $22.02, after the company priced $8 billion of senior unsecured notes due in tranches ranging from 2015 to 2024, with coupons of up to 3.6%.
In other Cisco news, CEO John Chambers, who will be a keynote speaker tomorrow at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, today spoke to a group of journalists at mid-day. Chambers touched on themes he has mentioned before, such as Cisco's what he calls an "architectural" product line, versus individual pieces networking gear, and now that will help Cisco grab more business and make life tougher for more limited network vendors. Chambers was also asked about Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, to which he responded that the measure of a deal is not the price tag, but whether it ultimately achieves goals such as adding to revenue and profit, gaining market share, and making a company a leader in a given market.
Shares of BlackBerry are up 94 cents, or almost 10%, at $10.77, after the company's CEO, John Chen, this morning held an upbeat press conference at the Congress. Chen, who was joined at the podium by Terry Gou, head of Foxconn, BlackBerry's manufacturing partner, announced two forthcoming phones, an affordable model for Indonesia and other markets called "Z3," and a revamp of its QWERTY ambitions, the "Q20." He also said BlackBerry will simplify pricing for its "BES" enterprise software, and pursue more and more ways to exploit popularity of its "BBM" messaging software.
Speaking of the Congress, analysts continue to offer their rundowns of what they're seeing at the show floor. A new one this morning comes from chip analyst Mike Burton of Brean Capital. He writes " In general, the theme so far this year, to quote Huawei, is 'the year of worldwide LTE adoption'."
Another theme coming out of this show is, of course, Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) last night unveiled"Galaxy S5," unveiled last night, which keeps many of the form and feature aspects of the predecessor, while adding a fingerprint sensor similar to Apple's iPhone, and a biometric sensor. built into the camera flash, for fitness and health applications.
Pacific Crest chip analyst John Vinh writes this morning that "We see the main beneficiary as Synaptics (SYNA) , whom we believe will supply both the touch controller and fingerprint sensor at an average selling price (ASP) of $3.50. We believe the initial ramp should drive upside to June-quarter results. In addition to simply unlocking devices, the fingerprint sensor on GS5 allows users to shop at any online or physical merchants that accept PayPal. Additionally, the GS5 does not feature a optical image stabilization (OIS) camera, which, while slightly disappointing, was largely in line with expectations. We still expect InvenSense (INVN) to benefit from regaining significant share on the GS5 (70% from 10% prior). Finally, we remain confident NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) has regained its NFC socket on the GS5."
Samsung shares today rose ₩6,000, or half apercent to close at ₩1,334,000 in Seoul trading.
Speaking of chips, Bernstein Research's Stacy Rasgon today reiterates an Outperform rating on shares of Broadcom, and a $33 price target while expressing disappointment and frustration with the company's continued practice of making large stock awards to executives. Writes Rasgon, "Yesterday Broadcom issued Form 4's for the senior executives, detailing their annual February RSU grants. These recentRSU grants are up 26% YoY on a unit basis, and up 12% on a dollar basis, vs. the Feb 2013 issuance while BRCM's stock underperformed the S&P 500 by more than 4000 bps in 2013, one of the worst years for shareholders in the company's history."
"Frankly, we find this frustrating. While we believe the company may in fact be on the verge of a turnaround, it is still early, and we would prefer to see management rewarded for achieving the actual results, rather than in advance."


text: Hope all is well Man this summer is going fast. Good to see some familiar posters on this thread. I scrolled through some of the other threads, my god are there some assbags on these boards. It chased a lot of great posters away. It seems this place has become an incubator for dip****s. Anyway I like the team we will be putting out there in the fall. I think we drafted well and made some nice moves.

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text: The kid is tough, a play maker and I think has been humbled by his recent events. I think he could be a steal and someone that could help this D gain a bit of an attitude and help cause some much needed turnovers. What do you guys think?? Would you take the chance? We have been needing a playmaking safety for years and this kid could fit the bill. He can play CB as well.


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Posted: October 26, 2006 in ACE Press Releases
Recognized for her passion and boundless devotion to public health in Indiana, Pillarella was presented the award for her outstanding achievements and continued dedication to the health and welfare of youth during the Indiana Public Health Foundation Awards Dinner Oct. 19 at the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis.
Pillarella is the exercise program manager for The Community Hospital Fitness Pointe, located in Munster, IN. She lectures often at industry conferences and has written fitness articles and books including Adventures in Fitness for Kids. Most recently, Pillarella has developed a youth focused program entitled, Fit Trip for 1st and 2nd graders, as well as Take 5 for Life that targets 5th graders.
Take 5 for Life is a data-driven, school-focused, healthy and fit lifestyle program run by the Community Hospital Fitness Pointe. The plan offers creative solutions to one of the nation's largest public health challenges – the growing obesity rates of children. Results from the program have shown that healthcare organizations can extend their resources to improve the health of their communities.
"My hope is that adding this achievement to my credentials and future grant applications for the Take 5 for Life program, I can continue to secure funding to reach under privileged youth who are at risk for obesity and diabetes due to their inactive lifestyles," said Pillarella, 2006 Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award Recipient.
Since 1885, the Tony and Mary Hulman Health Achievement Award has been awarded to top health care professionals who have helped shape and enhance public health in Indiana. Recipients are recognized for demonstrating longstanding excellence in one of four categories---environmental health, geriatrics/gerontology, preventive medicine and public health and health science research.
Pillarella began to address health issues with children more than 15 years ago while teaching in the Chicago school system. Having been an overweight teen herself, she shared with children her own struggles and the lessons of a subsequent journey to lead a healthier lifestyle. She created for the Chicago school system an after-school youth fitness, and in-school "Gotta Move" program, as well as starting her own fitness company creating wellness initiatives with other schools, community centers, hospitals and corporations.
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Archived Video of this webinar is now available.
For many students and families, a lack of sidewalks and pedestrian-friendly crossings are what stands in the way of walking to school. Infrastructure improvements can make a powerful difference in safety and overall appeal for walking, but construction projects can be expensive and can take a long time from funding to design, permitting, and completion.
Temporary infrastructure improvements can bridge the gap from identified need to completed construction, can encourage communities to prioritize projects, or, in some cases, can even serve as a long-term substitute to an infrastructure project.
In this webinar, Joan Horton and Jeanne Marsala will relate how they used temporary engineering solutions to create positive change in their communities. Join us on Thursday, June 27, for these success stories and tips for trying temporary engineering solutions in your community.
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MEET OUR STUDENTS: Geoffrey Keitel: From the Mountains of Appalachia to Rhode Island College
RIC student Geoffrey Keitel comes from "the middle of nowhere," he said. He was raised in northern New Jersey at the tip of the Ramapo Mountains, a forested chain in Appalachia. "It's a small, home-values kind of place," he said. It's also the place where he found his voice.
Keitel, who favors thick black-framed glasses, blond hair from a bottle and black tennis shoes, is a choral singer. He began as a member of his church choir at age six. Later, he joined the middle school choir and by seventh grade, his ambition was to become a choral conductor. It was his teacher, he said, who modeled his future career.
"She was a music major right out of college, and I thought she was the coolest person I had ever met in my life," he said. "I was amazed at how much she knew about music. She would say all these amazing things to me. She would teach me more about music outside of class than she would teach in class. She taught me basic theory and how to sing. I remember a specific conversation we had after choir rehearsal when I asked her what she had majored in in college. She said music education, and she talked about my options. I just knew that that was what I wanted to do."
Keitel applied to Rhode Island College, upon the urging of a high school friend who had already been admitted. Though the friend would later drop out to join the Marines, Keitel would find in RIC's music department all the familiarity of home.
"The first friends I made, I met through Dr. Coffman," he said. Teresa Coffman is professor of music and conductor of the RIC Chorus. "She phoned one of the chorus upperclassmen and said, 'Hang out with Geoff. Get to know him. Make him feel welcome in the department."
"Dr. Coffman comes from Arkansas and has this cool Southern accent," Keitel said. "She'll come into chorus rehearsal and greet us with 'Hi ya'll.' She's also insanely busy, yet always finds time for the students."
Coffman helped him obtain various paid positions, including section leader of the Junior Providence Singers, choral teacher at a Cranston elementary school, vocal clinician at Barrington Christian Academy and choral conductor at the Robert J. Coelho Middle School in Attleboro.
Keitel spoke about the life-changing world experiences that Coffman also exposed him to. Every two years, she takes the RIC Chorus on an eight-day concert tour abroad. In his freshman year, Keitel traveled to Ireland.
"Ireland was my first experience outside of the country," he said, "and our touring schedule was vigorous. There was a 7 a.m. wake-up call, 8 a.m. breakfast and 9 a.m. departure. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., we went sightseeing with a tour guide, and in the evening we performed at various churches, including St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin."
The RIC Chorus also took part in the first inaugural Mayo International Choral Festival in Ireland. Choirs from all over Europe came to take part, including the Berlin National Cathedral Choir. "That trip made a lasting impact on me," Keitel said. He is now considering applying to graduate school in Europe.
In the spring of 2014 the chorus will tour Germany and Prague. Keitel said he is particularly looking forward to this trip because he is 75 percent German and has made plans to visit a second cousin. He admits his journeys have taken him a long way from Appalachia.
"In my sophomore year at RIC, I Facebooked my friend from my hometown to thank him," he said. "I told him I wouldn't have found RIC if it hadn't been for him."


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Hello all, my first post. Been lurking heavily for a few weeks. Thanks for all the great info.. I've got some questions about starting up my Kenyan TBH, along with some basic bee questions that I'll ask here on this forum (seems the top bar guys know more about bees anyway )
A feral swarm built a hive about 4 weeks ago in an underground cavity, and I plan on taking those to transfer to my KTBH Saturday. What I want to know is, does the following sound like a good plan-
Around sunset, vaccuum out as many bees as I can get. Smoke the rest, open the hive and vaccuum the remaining bees. Remove comb and wire into "swarm ketching frames" and place in center of KTBH (positions 3 + 4). Any scrap comb- place in bottom of KTBH, along with a shallow dish of honey water. Follower board limits hive to (6) 1 1/4" bars and (3) 1 1/2" bars (in rear of hive). Reduce entrance (exit) by 75%. Place vaccuum box on top of KTBH so that bees can move down into new home. Pray.
Any suggestions on the above? Anything I might be missing as a newbee? Thank you,
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|DATE: February 2, 2001
|State Directors of Vocational-Technical Education, State Directors of Community, Technical and Junior Colleges
|Robert D. Muller, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education
|Vocational-Technical Education State Allotments for Fiscal Year 2001 Appropriations
To assist you in your planning, we are providing you with estimated FY 2001 State allotments for the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act (Perkins III). Although this is a forward-funded program, the FY 2001 appropriation for State grants also includes advanced funding. A portion of the funds will become available for obligation on July 1, 2001, and remain available for 15 months through September 30, 2002. The advanced portion will become available on October 1, 2001, and remain available for 12 months, expiring at the same time as the forward-funded portion. The chart illustrates how each portion will be divided between states (Table 1).
In FY 2001, 0.54% of the total appropriation for State grants is reserved for incentive grants for States that exceed their agreed-upon performance levels for Perkins, Adult Education, and Title I of the Workforce Investment Act. The allotment table (Table 1) for FY 2001 reflects this 0.54% set aside. Also reflected in the tables are the provisions of section 3 of PL 106-504 and of section 115(a)(1)(A) of Perkins III which designates specific funding for the Pacific Region Educational Laboratory (PREL) to assist the outlying areas of Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Pacific Region Educational Laboratory will also award grant funds competitively to the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau.
The total appropriation for Tech-Prep state grants has not changed from FY 2000 to FY 2001 (Table 2). These funds will be available July 1, 2001. Any increases or decreases in State allocations in FY 2001 are caused by shifts in population and/or per capita income that are used in calculating the formula grants.
If you have any questions regarding the allotment tables attached, please feel free to contact your State liaison for assistance.


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Innocuous comment twisted into something it was never intended to be. OP may as well be a journalist.
I found nothing wrong with what he said.
You know I get stuff like that when you go from playing for a crappy team, to a much better team. But he JUST won a SB with us last season. Won't win another ring anytime soon I guarantee you that.
What was he supposed to say? I hate niners? Jesus, some people here...
With Nicks being roughed up and out just think of the catches he'd have from Eli by now, would have tripled the money he's getting on endorsements if he'd stayed in NY.
Forget the Past, Live for the Future!
Manningham is now a 49er. Its a business. He said nothing wrong, I wouldnt expect him to be down on his current team.


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Rush Hour Traffic Fee - what's this really about?
Original post made by ToldUSo, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 18, 2007
What we really need to do is to get some real sources of retail sales tax into our city and actually want to get our neighbors from Moutain View, Redwood City, etc. here to shop, not frighten them away. Even the rumour of this "fee" would keep shoppers out.
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 19, 2007 at 2:08 am
If the fee is used to promote effective alternative transit, then it would be beneficial and not discourage out-of-towners. Effective transit could eliminate many middle and high school kids from being driven to schools. Or it could encourage more people who work in Palo Alto to arrive via Caltrain or other transit.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 19, 2007 at 7:07 am
I will not trade in an area where such a fee is imposed. If you seek commerce you must acomodate customers, not insult them.
a resident of Stanford
on Apr 19, 2007 at 7:33 am
Still haven't learned that the more you tax business, the more likely it is to leave town, or not start in the first place.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 20, 2007 at 10:23 pm
A large fee should be placed on every business in the Stanford buisness park. It shoud be a parking lot/space fee and collected anually and the money used to improve,speed up traffic on Oregon/Page Mill Expressway and provide shuttle busses to the East Bay area. Also use money collected to discourage cut-thru traffic in residental neighborhoods, school corridors, etc.. It should be high enough to discourage driving to work alone and encourage car pooling and reduce parking spaces for commuters. It should collect several million $$ each year. These businesses only pay a token tax to the city now.
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Nap Nanny Recliners Recall
Baby Matters, the company that makes Nap Nanny recliners, claims the product is safe when used as directed, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says the baby recliner is dangerous and is responsible for 5 infant deaths and numerous injuries.
In an unusual move, CPSC has teamed up with four major retailers who say they will recall the product themselves after Baby Matters refused to issue a voluntary recall.
Amazon.com, Buy Buy Baby, Diapers.com and Toys R Us/Babies R Us had already agreed earlier this month to stop selling the product. Now they are offering customers a chance to return the Nap Nanny.
CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson praised the companies.
The retailers were great. They were not obligated to carry out this recall, he said. It's estimated that 150,000 of the Nap Nanny have been purchased since the product came on the market in 2009. The recliners sell for around $125.00.
CPSC has been in negotiations with Baby Matters for a mandatory recall but the owner of the company and creator of the Nap Nanny, Leslie Gudel, says the product is safe.
In email, Gudel told ABC News, Baby Matters is disappointed to hear that four retailers have chosen to voluntarily recall the Nap Nanny. As I've said before, the loss of an infant is an unthinkable tragedy, and I am truly heartbroken for the families who have lost a child. But when the Nap Nanny has been used properly, no infant has ever suffered an injury requiring medical attention.
This isn't the first time the product has been recalled. The initial versions of the Nap Nanny were recalled and redesigned in 2010 after the first reported death. The sides were raised, additional warnings added, and an instructional video was added to the company's website.
CPSC says the Nap Nanny recliners have continued to cause infants to suffer injuries and deaths. The government agency believes the product contains design defects, as well as defects in the warnings and instructions.
It has taken the rare step of suing Baby Matters to force a recall. Even though the major retailers have intiated a recall of their own, because smaller privately owned stores continue to sell the Nap Nanny recliner, CPSC believes the recall is necessary. Since the 2010 recall, CPSC has received an additional 70 reports of children nearly falling out of the product.
The Nap Nanny website has posted a letter to consumers from Gudel discussing the lawsuit. Gudel writes, In July of this year we learned that an infant died in a crib in which a Nap Nanny Chill was present. Unfortunately, the baby was placed in the Nap Nanny without a cover and without being secured by the harness. The infant was found in the crib, outside the Nap Nanny, near loose blankets. The cause of death was Sudden Unexplained Infant Death with accidental asphyxia not excluded.
Upon learning the news of this incident, the CPSC reversed course and informed us that it deemed the Nap Nanny Chill unsafe because of what the Commission described as reasonably foreseeable use. In addition, the CPSC now says the warning labels are inadequate. These are the same warning labels the CPSC helped us write and approved two years ago. They are also claiming the harness is defective in that it's difficult to adjust the waist straps, making it less likely parents will use the harness. The changes to the harness on the Nap Nanny Chill were made at the urging of the CPSC two years ago.
Meantime, Gudel shut down her company because, she said, it couldn't afford to continue the fight with the CPSC. She continued to defend the product and told ABC News in her email, We look forward to presenting our case before a judge who will hear all of the facts.
The Nap Nanny is a portable baby recliner that is designed for sleep or play. It contains a deep seat made of foam and comes with a fitted fabric and a three point harness.
CPSC contends that the products pose a substantial risk of injury or death to infants. It is also urging consumers to return the Nap Nanny if they bought it from one of the retailers who are now voluntarily recalling the product.
Sources: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/12/after-5-deaths-stores-recall-nap-nanny-recliners/
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UTSA presents teleconference on `forgotten student'
By Adi Pavlovic
Student Writer, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
(Feb. 28, 2006)--The UTSA Office of Learning Communities will host a free teleconference, "The Forgotten Student: Understanding and Supporting Sophomores," from noon to 2 p.m., Thursday, March 9 in the University Center Retema Auditorium (2.02.02), 1604 Campus.
The teleconference will address strategies to inspire change with a focus on the challenges faced by university sophomores.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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After freshmen advance to their second year, their challenges are not over--in fact, they are just beginning. Attrition statistics confirm this. What are student issues beyond the first year? Is there a sophomore slump? Are we offering the needed challenges and support for our second-year students?
At the event televised to UTSA, several experts will discuss students' second-year experiences and provide successful strategies to address the unique needs of this sometimes forgotten population.
Speakers will include Marcia Baxter Magolda, Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership, Miami University (Ohio); Rajesh Bellani, dean of Colgate University's Sophomore Year Experience program; and Edward Chan, assistant professor of English and director of the Sophomore Year Experience program, Kennesaw State University.
The event is sponsored by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience, which hosts a number of conferences each year to address trends and issues in higher education affecting students in transition. The program, which started at the University of South Carolina, is centered on building and sustaining campus-based and international educational communities committed to the success of first-year college students and all students in transition.
For more information, contact Susan Colorado-Burt at (210) 458-7511.


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Focus Areas
Development Cooperation and Finance
Developing countries need finance to be able to pay for development, to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and reduce poverty. Most important are domestic resources, but these should be supplemented with aid and debt relief.more
Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development
Oil, gas and mineral production and export enable developing countries to invest in human capital, infrastructure and environmental regeneration. However, there are also risks associated with natural resource wealth. more
Gender and Poverty
Equality between men and women is a matter of social justice. Gender equality also makes good economic sense and is central to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.more
Inclusive Development
Development can be inclusive only if all people contribute to creating opportunities, share the benefits of development and participate in decision-making. This requires employment, effective social protection, and good public services.more
MDG Strategies
To reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, developing countries need to plan strategically and scale up successful initiatives, while donor governments are called upon to renew their commitment to MDGs.more
Participatory Local Development
Local leaders often know best what works and what does not in their communities. Development initiatives must respond to local realities - national planning must be coupled with local action.more
Poverty Assessment and Monitoring
The fight against poverty requires a better understanding of what causes poverty, who is poor and how poverty changes over time. Accurate, reliable data helps to monitor and analyse poverty.more
Private Sector
Private enterprises can reduce poverty by creating jobs, providing goods and services, and paying taxes to finance essential services and infrastructure. Markets need to be put to work to provide opportunities for the poor.more
Trade, Intellectual Property and Migration
Globalization has the potential to advance human development around the world. People in developing countries must be able to benefit from trade, investment, migration and rules on intellectual property rights.more


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hey guys ive been a bit slack posting up my build on here, so ill just post up what i have been putting on my own garrison board
well, i was doing some more work on the boba today, well, i had to dust it all before i started!
i thought i would post some pics up on what i have been up to again
here is a pic of my gauntlets ready to paint red with the toothpaste already on there for weathering., but for the underside of the gauntlet there was hardly any weathering so i added a bit more into it.
heres the finished result, it doesnt look smooth where the toothpaste is on it, but once the desired color for the paint is reached i will wash off the toothpaste and the silver weathering will show through. i tried this paint on a plastic base and added a few coats before trying on the gauntlet, and after about 3 coats it comes to the right color. the paint is tamiya dark red. closest thing to the right color u can find in OZ.
for anyone interested here is some more links to my build fotos from a while ago


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$17 Million Awarded to States for Developing Assessments
Gaining Knowledge through Giving to Others
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$17 Million Awarded to States for Developing Assessments
In February, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced $17 million in new grants to fund projects that will help improve the quality of assessment instruments and systems used by states to measure the achievement of all studentsespecially students with disabilities and those with limited English proficiencyunder the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. Funding for these grants was included in the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) fiscal year 2002 appropriation.
Because of the critical importance of state assessments for gauging state, school district, school and student progress toward meeting state standards, the Department is providing substantial funding to cover the costs of testing, Paige said. Last summer, the Department provided $370 million in state assessment formula grants to all state education agencies, and approximately $387 million has been appropriated for 2003. President Bush has requested $390 million for assessments for FY 2004. All told, by FY 2004, states and other entities will have received nearly $1.2 billion of support for assessments.
Under NCLB, states design and adopt their own assessments, which must be aligned with state standards. The assessments provide parents and educators with information about how well each child is doing in school and whether schools are making adequate yearly progress toward state standards.
For more information, please visit www.ed.gov/PressReleases/02-2003/02122003a.html.
Gaining Knowledge through Giving to Others
Last year, the Corporation for National and Community Service recognized Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago as a National Service-Learning Leader, honoring the more than 37,000 volunteer hours that Senn's students have given their community in the past six years. Although there continues to be a great need for more research that identifies the relationship between service learning and improvements in attendance and discipline, Senn High School has enjoyed an improvement in school culture in recent years. The Achiever spoke with three students at Senn about their involvement:
Plamena Ivanova, a senior, volunteers at Red Cross, leads book group discussions for fifth-graders through the Great Books Foundation, and tutors new arrivals at the Newcomer Center at Senn.
Shahbaz Jaweedan, a senior, tutors younger children at Chicago's Indo-American Center. He also has volunteered at after-school programs, a senior citizens center and a local church.
Rafiq Huda, a junior, performs services at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago and refurbishes computers for community donations as part of Senn's Youth Technology Corps. In addition, he is helping to implement a schoolwide battery recycling project.
Achiever: What motivated you to volunteer your time?
Plamena: At the beginning, it was very hard to get involved. ... You don't know if you're going to have fun or feel good about doing this. But once you start helping people to do something, then you feel this satisfaction. That's what keeps me going.
Achiever: How has your involvement in service learning projects helped you develop?
|"Fred Rogers was an American icon who taught all of us, as parents, important lessons about nurturing and loving our children. He was a compassionate role model who loved America's children unconditionally. He was their best advocate, always listening, always on their side."
Secretary Paige in his remarks on the death of Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on Feb. 27, 2003.
Shahbaz: I was quite a shy person. ... But when I started this project, communicating with people, trying to get to know them, it made a lot of difference in me. It improved my speaking skills. It helped me to get to know people, what they're like, how they behave.
Achiever: How has your involvement helped you develop academically?
Rafiq: It happened in sort of a weird cycle in that I developed a special interest in my biology class almost at the same time I started volunteering at the nature museum. ... At the museum I had the opportunity to break down that knowledge and interpret it for people who could not understand the textbooks.
Achiever: In addition to your class load, how do you find time to be involved in these projects?
Plamena: I think that's one of the things I got out of doing community service projects: I learned how to manage my time. Before I got involved in any projects, I would have the whole day on my own and still wouldn't do as much as I probably do right now.
Achiever: What do your fellow students think about community service?
Plamena: There's always this group of students who are like, "I don't want to do that. How's this going to make me smarter? How's this going to help me?" ... Sometimes I see students who have to just go and do a project because of the 40-hours requirement, but then they start enjoying it and getting into it. So people change. I think that our school has proven that people are involved here, that people care about the community.
Achiever: Does community service help make you a better student?
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Hey Home Community,
A new year is here, hopefully you've been able to stay warm with friends and family, but spring is on its way!
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Would Love To See TMNT Costumes, and more game ralated costumes.
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A submarine personal space with a built in mini game that shoots ships out the water.
It could have a captains quarters, engine room, torpedo room, and a bridge, with animated outside views such as fish swimming past and retractable periscope
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Can we please get content for the new Lara Croft Tomb Raider game coming in March? Would love to see costumes and more to support the game.
Actually many of us would simply love to see more real game related content and lounges here in Home. We'd also love to see more real game related events similar to the Little Big Planet Karting event in the EU.
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May 22, 2013 at 1:47 pm #1303259
while planning for my JMT thru hike, ive been looking into my food options. muscle milk powder has a caloric density of 150cal/oz in the dry form in addition to other nutrients, etc. any downsides to a couple doses of this a day other than maybe the price?
thanks!May 22, 2013 at 2:09 pm #1988764
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I think the price is about the only drawback. There are similar milk-based nutritional supplements, and they all seem to work about the same. Ensure powder is one of them. Incidentally, that is the stuff that they force feed to the prisoners at Gitmo when they go on a hunger strike. So, if you really get to liking that stuff, the feds can fix you up with indefinite off-shore housing.
You might want to try a single dose per day and then see how that works before you commit to a lot of it. You might get very bored with it.
Or, you can get the cheaper form of milk-based protein, and that would be either ordinary non-fat dry milk or else full-fat dry milk (Nido is one brand).
I like a mixture of three parts of Ensure with one part of non-fat dry milk. To that, you can add cocoa powder or other flavorings if you wish.
–B.G.–May 22, 2013 at 4:38 pm #1988823
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If your plan is to use a lot of this while hiking then this is not the right product. A hiking body needs carbs primarily not protein. Eating too much prtein during the day will result in your body burningthe protein inefficiently as fuel, defeating the purpose of drinking it. I have used this as a recovery product at the end of a long day. Protein then is more important. Now the disclaimer….. If you are hiking 15 miles or less per day then eat anything you want, your body will adapt.May 22, 2013 at 6:45 pm #1988862
most of my diet will be cards and fat, just wanted to supplement some protein for muscle recovery (and is more calorie dense than beef jerky). a lot of GORP and dried fruits, GU, etc.May 23, 2013 at 9:00 pm #1989305
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If you are going to use something like this, I'd recommend ensure powder over muscle milk powder. You just don't need as much protein as is in muscle milk. Hiking is not power lifting. That bolus of concentrated protein is just going to become hard work for your kidneys to filter out. Ensure, however, is primarily a calorie supplement, which is more in line with your needs.May 23, 2013 at 9:16 pm #1989309
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There was a Consumer Reports study in 2010 that found significant amounts of heavy metals in Muscle Milk: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/july/food/protein-drinks/what-our-tests-found/index.htm . I have since been more selective about which protein shakes I drink.May 23, 2013 at 9:39 pm #1989311
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–B.G.–Jun 1, 2013 at 5:05 pm #1992296
although caloric replacement/density is the most critical factor when looking at lightweight foods, protein is necessary for muscle recovery, especially when thru hiking. im thinking ensure plus (w protein) may supply both calories and protein minus the mercury/lead/gold/silver/plutonium/enriched uranium that I may get with muscle milk.Jun 1, 2013 at 5:31 pm #1992300
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"im thinking ensure plus (w protein) may supply both calories and protein minus the mercury/lead/gold/silver/plutonium/enriched uranium that I may get with muscle milk."
I've been using a combination of 2 oz Ensure plus 1 oz of Nido full fat powdered milk with good results. The 1 oz of Nido supplies ~8 grams of high quality protein plus ~143 calories/oz.Jun 1, 2013 at 10:41 pm #1992357
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OMG. I'm not a regular but I just spotted this! I had a broken jaw as an 18 yo before these things were repaired by various "internal fixation" techniques…I had my mouth wired shut for 2 months. This made any aerobic activity difficult…I wasn't burning calories, IOW…in fact I was bedridden for some time. I sucked cases of ensure between my straight teeth and braces. I supplemented this with melted vanilla ice cream with the highest cream content out there. I wasted in weeks. I haven't seen Ensure around in a while…I haven't been in hospital setting lately…last time I looked, I think it was full of HFCS and trans fats among other things. Ingredients change though. Sorry, I haven't read the whole thread and I am already gagging. While they are expensive, there are some great alternatives out there without evil animal proteins that will spare your kidneys, vascular endothelium and probably be much easier on your GI tract. Ensure…YUCK!Jun 2, 2013 at 3:17 am #1992382
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Ingredients of Ensure Powder Vanilla
Corn Syrup, Corn Maltodextrin, Sugar (Sucrose), Corn Oil, Sodium And Calcium Caseinates, Soy Protein Isolate, Artificial Flavor, Potassium Citrate, Magnesium Chloride, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Citrate, Potassium Chloride, Soy Lecithin, Ascorbic Acid, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, DL-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate, Niacinamide, Ferrous Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Cupric Sulfate, Thiamine Chloride Hydrochloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Vitamin A Palmitate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Chromium Chloride, Sodium Molybdate, Potassium Iodide, Sodium Selenate, Phylloquinone, Cyanocobalamin And Vitamin D3. Contains Milk And Soy Ingredients.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ensure-R-Powder-Vanilla-14-oz-can/17177433Jun 2, 2013 at 3:33 am #1992385
Hart –BPL Member
@backpackerchickLocale: Planet Earth
Products of muscle break down from these immense efforts. Huge loads of these so called "fuels". Potential for less than adequate hydration. Is Vitamin I (or other NSIAD) part of this equation too? Do you monitor creatinine regularly?
Thanks for the update on Ensure ingredients.Jun 2, 2013 at 8:20 am #1992435
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Actually, bodybuilders don't like muscle milk b/c the fat content is too high for the protein you get (and the price is too high, period.). Bit funny to see muscle milk getting slammed for having too MUCH protein. That's a new one on me. Also, ensure is basically sugar, vitamins, and artifical flavor. Seems you could save some money and just take a pound of sugar on a hike. Make it maple sugar if you want natural flavor and minimal processing.Jun 2, 2013 at 9:34 am #1992455
bjcBPL Member
@bj-clark-2-2Locale: Colorado
Serving: 250 calories
32% fat
54% carbs
14% protein
13 grams of the 34 grams of carbs are sugars. Not exactly an overload.
Works great for my skinny type I diabetic son when active. Definitely not a carb overload. Actually not enough even when he turns his pump down to 50-60%.Jun 2, 2013 at 9:49 am #1992461
spelt with a tBPL Member
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BJ, thanks for providing percentages. Given the firt three ingredients are all sugars, that's surprising. But ok.Jun 2, 2013 at 4:51 pm #1992558
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"I haven't seen Ensure around in a while…I haven't been in hospital setting lately…last time I looked, I think it was full of HFCS and trans fats among other things. Ingredients change though. Sorry, I haven't read the whole thread and I am already gagging. While they are expensive, there are some great alternatives out there without evil animal proteins that will spare your kidneys, vascular endothelium and probably be much easier on your GI tract. Ensure…YUCK!"
Here's another ingredient update for you, this one from a Bartell's Drugstore's generic version: sugar, milk protein concentrate, maltodextrin, soy oil, short chain fructooligarosaccharides(soluble fiber), canola oil, and all the usual vitamin and mineral ingredients. There is nothing here that remotely deserves a "black box" warning about imminent death or devastation of the vascular epithelium, etc. Just out of curiosity, does milk protein qualify as an evil animal protein, or any of the above ingredients as destroyers of human tissues? I have to ask, because if so I am in deep doo doo, my kidneys and vascular epithelium(s) in an advanced state of deterioration, and probably my intestinal lumen as well, because I have been using Ensure and various generic versions for 4 years now. Funny thing is, my labs at my annual physical keep coming back well within normal reference ranges, and I'm still bopping around up in the Sierra with no apparent diminishment in performance. Cognitive dissonance threatens to overwhelm me here.Jun 3, 2013 at 11:18 am #1992814
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Well, it sure seems like it could be pretty cool to use fortified milk-type drink mix for "milk" and score extra nutrients, fat and protein from that, especially in the mornings. Nido is great, but does it weigh much more than even more calorically-dense "milks"?
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Coach (season, record): Sherry Elchynski (26th season, 243-150)
2010 overall record: 9-7
2010 region record (place): 9-7 (fourth)
2010 playoff results: Did not qualify for the District 10 playoffs.
Top players lost: Kara Chapman, Jenna Buterbaugh
Top returning players: Kayla Rizzo, Stephanie Reagle, Miranda Gipe
Assistant coach: Stacy Swan
Outlook: North East returned to Region 5 last year and went through some growing pains in getting used to the intensity. The Grapepickers are looking to take another step this fall and return to the District 10 Class AA tournament. North East will look to replace two all-region players who have graduated. Jenna Buterbaugh, a three-year varsity middle hitter was named to the first team, and second-team selection Kara Chapman. Chapman set the season and career assist records as a senior. Returning for the 'Pickers are Kayla Rizzo, Stephanie Reagle and Miranda Gipe. Rizzo was voted to the all-region second team as a libero, while Gipe will look to replace Chapman as North East's setter. The 'Pickers have been working hard in the offseason and could surprise a few teams in region play this fall.
8 at Seneca* 7:15
13 at Fairview* 7:15
15 Corry* 7:15
19 at General McLane* 7:15
20 Fort LeBoeuf* 7:15
22 at Iroquois* 7:15
27 Girard* 7:15
29 Northwestern* 7:15
6 Seneca* 7:15
11 Fairview* 7:15
13 at Corry* 7:15
17 General McLane* 7:15
18 at Fort LeBoeuf* 7:15
20 Iroquois* 7:15
25 at Girard* 7:15
27 at Northwestern* 7:15
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Brian and the volcano
Trip Start Nov 04, 2007
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When i arrived in pucon to meet saskia the dutch girl and mauricio a brazilian who i had exchanged contact information with, I was surprised to learn that saskia had keep traveling with the 2 younger brazilians, as the last thing she said to me was :those guys drive me friggin nuts!:
Refering to there habit of going up to every living being and in a loud voice saying HOLA QUE TAL!
At the hostel there was some english folks who were talking about how hard the volcano was to climb, several of them had given up, This had me slightly concerned due to my cold, but i figured your average english person isnt acustomed to phyical labour, where as my middle class construction working butt knows all too well about working till sheer exhuastion, however this would be the first time id be doing it volintarly
Back to the volcano
So we all decided to climb the volcano at 4am, in the dark as it would be a lil cooler and not many other hikers, as most start at 7am.
Of course my luck being no luck, There was a huhge street party going on, Great i manage to book a 6 hour hike up a volcano the one day theres also a massive party, not only did i miss the party, but i barly sleeped due to the UMPF UMPF and WHOOOO! all night.
Needless to say 3am came far to quickly, As we walked to: mountain life, the guildes we had chosen as one of the brazilians had used them 2 years earlier, you could still see the drunken revelers stumbling down the streets, oh what a party i had missed.
The first third of the volcano was BY FAR! the most difficult part, the irony is that there is a chairlift to cheat the first. HOWEVER It only works occasionally after all this is latin america...
So we ended up having to hike it, About a hour into the hike, Which at this point was loose rubble and sand at a 80 degree angle, I thought to myself, Man What the fuck did you get yourself into, This is only the first hour
middle of the mountain.
Once we had gotten to where the chairlift would have brought us, i was ready to through in the towel, i had gotten a cold a few days earlier, and was pretty sure this wasnt very good for it, but after some encouragement from my friends, and the boot camp guilds being determinded to get paid AkA i finish, I decided to push forward.
Thankfully The middle was the easiest part, it was all on snow/slush/ice, Which was actually not as hard as it sounds, Because your footing is fairly secure, and you have a ice pick which helps a lot, Compred to loose stones and sandy volcano stuff.
The wind
Another factor was that at times the wind was so strong it would almost blow you off the mountain, combine that with your clothing is soaking we from all the sweet, i really thought i was gonna be brutally sick the next day, if i didnt get blown off the mountain.
The instructions were bear minimum as were the rest breaks, It gave my flash backs to working for my ol uncle oscar there, they say 10 min break, then as fast as i managed to have a drink of water i hear alright lets keep moving
Top Third.
The top third was a mixture of first very steep ice then at the very top lose pebles sandy lava stuff
and bolders etc... Which made it very difficult in the last 20 min coz it was so steep and very difficult to get a good footing.
The boulders
By far the most terrifying moment happend when half of the group was still hiking up the ice at a 80 degree angle and the faster half had already moved onto the home strech which was rocks and pebbles and sand etc... One of them had knocked lose 3 basketball sized bolders and they were coming barling right for us, and ill tell ya those suckers sure pick up speed fast when there rolling down a volcano that steep, All you heard was ROCK PIERDRA and about 3 other langauges, the bolders flew past me at quiet a ditance so i was ok then i looked down and seen the sheer horror in one of the groups faces as it was coming right for the middle of them.
The tricky thing about the situation was that A)everytime the bolder bounces it goes in a random dirction so its unperdictable which way to dive
Luckily no one was injured and we all succefully made it to the top.
The top
Once we made it to the top (which was starting to feel like it would never happen) We were greated with handshakes and congrats all around, Not only did we make it to the top, but due to our boot camp guilds we did a 6 hour hike in 4.5 hours, And i was Exhuasted! My first thought was Wow i did it!
my second though was SHIT i still gotta go down, as i peered over the edge.
Still at the top
Due to the toxic nature of the lava smoke depending on which direction its blowing and how much is coming out you can only stay at the top for 10-30 min.
We were lucky the smoke was blowing in the oposite direction so we had some free time to wonder around the top, look in the hole ect...
I went as close as i could get with out falling in to try to see some lava, unfortuantly i didnt have any luck, It was the only reason i did the trek i wanted to see lava
The way down.
As we started down the volcano smoke was getting really thick and gross, And now there was a fair amount of groups that had started at 7am coming up the volcano, As i was climbing down the rocky peably area i could barly breath or keep my eyes open, i felt bad for the people coming up trying to get a good breathe of air and just getting volcano exhaust.
The Snowy fun part
By far the most enjoyable part of the whole trek was going down the snowy parts, they gave us these special big diaper type things that we put outside our clothing and we slid down the volcano on our buts it was so fun, At first i was a lil worried that i would go to fast and just slide right off the mountain, Especially with out limited insturctions on how to use the pick...
Interestingly enough it was pretty hard to pick up a good amount of speed due to all the slush from the heat and sun, as youd pick up some speed youd also end up with lots of slush between your legs and such slowing you down.
The end
So thats pretty much my story, After they drove us back to the store, and we had some beers, although all i wanted was a big steak and a shower.
Now several days later im still a lil sore, not as sick as i thought i would be trying to take it easy and get healthy.


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I don't know the actual size, but the gas hole in my Saiga .308 barrel is about that of the wire in a 1 1/2 inch paper clip. Not very big at all. I don't even have a drill bite that small.
Capt. V
I had a Romak that had the case separate at the base because the bolt was not fully rotated when fired, resulting in excessive head space. The hammer was not the stock shape and didn't hit the projection on the back of the bolt carrier that it is suppose to stop the hammer from hitting the firing pin if the bolt carrier is not fully forward. It had a 1.5mm receiver and nothing more happened than it blew the top cover off. It wasn't my gun and I was given Bulgarian yellow tip Maxim high pressure 7.62x54R ammo to shoot, which should never be shot in a AK variant.
P.S. My son is building a M-76 in .308 with a heavy target barrel. The barrel threads on a Winchester and Ruger are 1"-16tpi, which is just the right size to thread RPK trunnion which would give you a much stronger barrel to trunnion connection and you can put the gas block where you want and drill the gas port hole as small as needed to just cycle the action. I found that on a belt feed you need the gas pressure to push on the piston a lot longer before it's relieved to accuate the feed cam. Basically you need to convert a short stroke gas system to a long stroke gas system.
I don't know the actual size, but the gas hole in my Saiga .308 barrel is about that of the wire in a 1 1/2 inch paper clip. Not very big at all. I don't even have a drill bite that small.
I'm back and beginning this project if you still are still willing to loan out your reamer or ream a chamber-John
Well I am back and getting going. Unfortunately I am still in the "honey-do" phase of coming home and shop time is stolen in short bursts.
I stripped down my old RPK Carbine that I didn't like, rented a reamer, extension handle and go/no-go gauges from "reamer rentals" and did the chamber today.
For the record, that was EASY. If I was to do it again, the big extension T-handle they have is definately worth the extra $5. I just went slow, used lots of oil and took my time. It took me maybe an hour and a half, but now I have a yugo RPK barrel in 308, bolt opened up to the 308 head via dremel and headspaced perfectly. Just a little more to go, right??
What could go wrong???
Mustang -
I'm going to be following your project. I wanted to do one in .308 but the ammo prices nixed it. Looking good. I hope you keep posting pics as you go
Steve in El Paso
Capt. V/Mustang
Looks real good so far. Keep going the way you are and you will have a great build. Don't hesitate to ask for advice from those who have built a MG47. One in 308 will be very nice.
P.S. Glad to see you got back safely.
Thanks for all the help guys. I hope I can pull it off. It will be a slow one though. Today, I will be finishing drywalling the new bathroom! My wife is not keen on the idea of gun-ports in the shower. I wanted armor plate in the walls, but she wanted conventional insulation. She is such a buzz kill.
I'll be keeping track of your build as well. I have been wanting to do such a build for years. Lord knows how long that parts kit will set in the box. It has been three years so far.
Well, the reciever's slapped together. I got all of the drilling and tapping done, but left it the full length of the 24" bars. I figured I will have to lengthen it about 12mm so now I can cut it later. I used tan paint for the layout, that's why it's yellow looking.
After tapping the first three, I broke the first rule of tapping and chucked the tap up in my cordless drill (don't tell my dad, he'd whup my ass) but with oil all over had no problems.
Instead of the 1/2" angles, I used 3/4" for extra strength....aw who am I kidding, I bought the materials from memory and grabbed the 3/4. It worked fine though. I'll have to mod the FCG slightly from the plans, or I may just cut them down some.
I need to buy the rest of the cap screws, but it is going together well. Thanks again SS.
And the obligatory mock up.


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Hockey fans in Montreal can get their first glimpse of The Last Gladiators on Monday evening. The documentary film about hockey enforcers makes its Montreal premiere at the Starcité Cinema at 7 p.m. (4825 ave. Pierre de Coubertin), followed by a question and answer session with retired Canadiens tough guy Chris "Knuckles" Nilan.
The film includes interviews with several retired NHL players including Marty McSorley, Tony Twist and the late Bob Probert. But its main focus is Nilan — his NHL career, his descent into addiction after he retired and his subsequent recovery. It features moving interviews with Nilan, his parents and siblings.
A French-subtitled version of the film will be shown at the Montreal premiere on Monday. The documentary, which opens in theatres across Canada starting on Friday, was directed by Alex Gibney, who won an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2008 for Taxi to the Dark Side.
Nilan spoke to The Gazette's Brenda Branswell on Monday about The Last Gladiators. Here's a short video clip:
The official trailer for The Last Gladiators:
Branswell's feature on Nilan will be published in Thursday's Hockey Inside/Out section in The Gazette.


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Brian Startare & #8207;@brianstartare
Sources tell me Chip Kelly and the eagles are close to an agreement on a 5 year deal. If I'm right I'm golden. If wrong my source is fired
Just when I thought we were clear and he was going to Cleveland.... sigh
Hope his source is an idiot lol


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Snow Day Delay: How school district makes the call
District 11 changes delay to cancellation at 8 a.m.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - District 11 made an unusual call for cold and snowy weather on Thursday forcing parents to quickly change their plans.
It first called for a two hour delay at 5:30 a.m. Then, school leaders changed their minds to cancel school right before 8 a.m. The last minute decision has parents frustrated.
A snow day called for arts and crafts at the Taraborelli house, but getting to that point wasn't easy.
"Tough. I own a restaurant. So he came to the restaurant with me today," said parent Rebecca Taraborelli.
Taraborelli learned about the District 11 snow day change too late. She had already left the house to walk her son to school. She and other parents showed up at Buena Vista Elementary School at 10 a.m. for the two hour delay only to find out school had been cancelled.
"We took it as a two hour delay. We planned our day accordingly. Then, just really had to shuffle and make plans when we showed up at school," said Taraborelli.
At the Rottenborn house, it wasn't an easy morning either.
"It wasn't surprising to me that they waited as long as they did, but I do appreciate some of the districts that called it earlier," said parent Carrie Rottenborn.
Many students at Chipeta Elementary walk to school or take the bus. Parents say it was way too cold to risk their safety. So the school district should've cancelled school earlier.
"I knew it was so cold. I didn't think the kids should be out, especially kids on buses. It didn't seem that safe," said Rottenborn.
So how does District 11 choose a delay or a cancellation? The superintendent explains in a video.
"Discussions occur, the data is examined and a recommendation is made and I make the final decision with our director of transportation," said District 11 Superintendent Dr. Nicholas Gledich.
Once that decision is made, the director of communications notifies the media and key personnel to get the word out to the public by 5:30 in the morning.
But the final decision on Thursday wasn't made by 5:30. It was changed two and half hours later and that's what is upsetting parents.
"Parents need to know and need to make plans for their kids for the day," said Rottenborn.
If the district does change its mind, parents want to know as soon as possible.
"They should have either a voicemail or a text or an email notification system," said Taraborelli.
District 11 recommends you check local radio and TV stations as well as the school district's website to find the latest.


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This whole thread reminds me of the movie "Coming To America"..... where the old men sat around in the barber shop debating famous sports figures... lol
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
Just for the uninformed:
Staubach: 22k passing yards, 153/109 TD/Int, 57% completion, 83.4 QBR, 1 SB MVP, 4 SB appearances, 2 SB Rings (on a HoF team I might add)
Eli: 30k passing yards, 200/140 TD/Int, 58.6% completion, 83.3 QBR, 2 SB MVP, 2 SB appearances, 2 SB rings
And even at conservative estimates, Eli will end his career with 50k passing, 300+ TDs and 60%+ completion percentage.
Nuff said.
did anyone see skip and rob parker debate when simms said this? i didnt know but apparently skip and phil are good friends. skips a big fan of simms on and off the field. i was shocked when skip and rob parker of all people maintained of course eli is elite. a few bad games dont erase all that hes done and what his true level of play is. skip said that knowing simms as well as he does, that simms made this comment bc his ego was hurt knowing eli was about to pass him on the td list and that he is a better qb than simms. he said simms is ultra competitive and that it stings him a little knowing theres a better qb in giants history than him, and thats where his comment was coming from.
i couldnt believe it, the king of knee jerk responses was giving us insight into simms comment. especially couldnt believe that rob parker and skip were so adamant in declarng eli elite when they were some of his harshest critics. i suggest youtubing the clip, very interesting and accurate


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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked Pakistan's Awaran District on Tuesday afternoon. The quake created widespread damage and killed at least 356 people. Sadly, officials predict that number will rise. The hard-hit district is made up of mostly mud and handmade brick houses that quickly collapsed with the Earth's tremors. Much of the remote region has been reduced to rubble. But along with destruction came creation. After the quake, a small landmass of mud appeared off the coast of Pakistan.
Struggling to Recover
The Awaran District, located in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, is in the southwestern region of the country. It is Pakistan's largest province, but also its poorest and least populated. Rescue efforts have been difficult because of its remote location. A lack of medical facilities has left many survivors without access to necessary treatment and medication.
The Pakistani military has sent almost 1,000 troops to help with rescue and repair. Army trucks carrying supplies, doctors, and tents for victims to use as shelter are slowly making their way to the hardest hit areas. "It's a totally mountainous area," says Jam Kamal Khan, a local government official. "There are very few roads, and some areas are not accessible by road."
Earthquake Island
Baluchistan's mountainous landscape makes it a prime location for earthquakes. Three tectonic plates come together there. Tectonic plates are the pieces that make up Earth's crust. They are slowly but constantly shifting. Earthquakes occur when these plates bump, slip, and slide. The tremors from this quake were so intense they were felt across the border in New Delhi, India.
The force of Tuesday's earthquake created an island in the middle of the Arabian Sea. Extreme tectonic activity can cause mud from under the sea to rise to the surface. Combined with natural gases, the mud can gather and collect to form a landmass. "When such a strong earthquake builds pressure, there is the likelihood of such islands emerging," says Zahid Rafi, the head of the Geological Survey of Pakistan. "That big shock beneath the earth causes a lot of disturbance."
According to Pakistani oceanographers, the small new island is about 60 feet high, 100 feet long and 250 feet wide. It sits in an area of the sea that is only about 23 feet deep. Officials are not yet sure whether the island will dissolve over time, or if it is a permanent addition to the Arabic Sea. Scientists will study the mud it is made of to try to predict if it will stay put or eventually sink back into the ocean.