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posted at 10:01 am on October 18, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
In my column today at The Fiscal Times, I gave Mark Halperin of Time Magazine a lot of credit for being one of the very few journalists that spoke out about Barack Obama's lack of a second-term agenda or much substance at all after the debate on Tuesday night. We'll get back to the column in a moment, but first Halperin extends his analysis today after a 36-hour cycle of Bindergate. Halperin can't believe that we're less than three weeks out from the election, and all that seems to concern the Leader of the Free World and his brain trust is the word "binders":
Halperin's right — this is what's wrong with our politics at the moment, but it's also a deliberate strategy from Team Obama. He can't run on his record; his record includes a dramatic erosion of median household income during the recovery that started on his watch, as well as the lowest civilian population participation rate for the workforce since 1981. Obama won't run on his agenda, because he either doesn't have one (and he certainly hasn't published one or pushed it at either debate, choosing to attack Romney instead), or because, as Mickey Kaus writes, any honesty about his second-term agenda would cost him the election.
That sets this election up as a contest between a challenger with an agenda and an incumbent who refuses to provide one, whether purposefully or simply out of incompetence. Either way, I argue in my column that this sets up a dangerous precedent:
Will it work? Can an incumbent run a substance-free, negative campaign to victory? Two trends suggest that the answer is no. First, the campaign never did do that much damage to Romney over the summer. On occasions, Romney did some damage to himself, but with fleeting impact. Since the beginning of this campaign until the end of September, polling in this campaign has remained tight, usually within the margin of error, even if Obama edged Romney for most of that period.
Second, the strategy hit an iceberg in the first debate. Far from the caricature of Romney on which the Obama strategy relied, Romney demonstrated presidential mien and a clear grasp of data in the Denver match-up. Obama spent most of the evening on his heels, unable to effectively parry Romney's attacks on his record or match Romney's vision for the next four years. Obama and his team fixed the performance issue without addressing the structural flaw of having no real positive argument for voters to support him.
It is still certainly possible that Obama can win this election using this strategy, but it has some unnerving implications for politics in the future. While negative campaigning has a long history in the US – all the way back to the poisonous atmosphere of the 1800 election – voters have always had significant substance to consider when choosing candidates.
If they reward a substance-free campaign like Obama's, we'll be seeing a lot more of them in the future, as politicians weigh the risk-reward ratio of having substantive proposals against the easy path of namecalling and scare-mongering. If that does come to pass, we can thank our zinger-obsessed media for helping us along the way.
Halperin is saying the same thing in these videos, with some sense of urgency. After all, the summer is the "silly season," when campaigns can take fliers on substance-free attacks while they gear up for the general election. If a campaign's messaging revolves around Big Bird, binders, and dirty dishes three weeks before the election, it's a sign of political exhaustion and intellectual bankruptcy.
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UTSA celebrates Homecoming 2005 Feb. 21-27
(Feb. 21, 2005)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo (pictured at left) donned his Homecoming 2005 T-shirt last week to encourage the UTSA community to participate in this year's activities. Official T-shirts and posters are available at the University Center information desk for only $5 each.
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Friday is UTSA Spirit Day
Show your UTSA pride Friday, Feb. 25 by wearing your official UTSA Homecoming T-shirt or Roadrunner orange and blue. Homecoming T-shirts are available for just $5 at the University Center information desk.
More information: http://www.utsa.edu/today/2005/02/poster.cfm
Best-dressed door and office contest begins
The Campus Activities Board's best-dressed door and office contest officially kicks off homecoming week today. Faculty and staff are encouraged to decorate their doors or departmental offices as part of the homecoming festivities. For offices that signed up to compete Friday, Feb. 18, judges are looking for those with the most UTSA spirit, creativity and use of the homecoming theme -- "X marks the spot -- 35 and Soaring!"
More information: Sara Grafton, 458-4728
Relax with a little jazz in the plaza
Enjoy a casual evening, cafe-style, with Jazz in the Plaza at the Bill Miller Plaza, UTSA Downtown Campus, from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23. Listen to live jazz music by Small World and enjoy light snacks, flavored coffees and teas. Those present are eligible to win two roundtrip tickets to any Southwest Airlines destination. If there is inclement weather, the event will move inside to the Buena Vista Street Building Assembly Room (1.338). The event is free and open to the public.
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More information: http://www.utsa.edu/alumni/homecoming/
Life member salute and former student leader reception is Friday
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More information: http://www.utsa.edu/alumni/homecoming/
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More information: http://www.utsa.edu/alumni/dipdash/
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More information: http://www.utsa.edu/homecoming
Hoop it up with Roadrunner basketball Saturday
Get ready for the games at the Rowdy Tailgate Party from 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 26 in the University Center first floor. There will be free Bill Miller BBQ and student organization performances. The local band Rune performs from 5 to 6 p.m. There will be free Rowdy tattoos and face painting to get everyone ready for the games.
The Roadrunner men's and women's basketball teams face the Texas-Arlington Mavericks. The women's game begins at 3 p.m. with the men's game starting at approximately 6 p.m. at the Convocation Center on the 1604 Campus. Come watch the Southland Conference Champion Roadrunners defend their title. Cost is $10 for adults and $6 for children. UTSA students get in free with UTSACard.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by mikhail1973, Jun 22, 2009.
Nah...today's player would just blow him off..........
Thank you for that. Izzo would get eaten up. It is a players league and they are much younger. Too young. Dangerously so. Why? They are a commodity that has been bred pure. It is a breeding ground from a small introductory age; including the upbringing from the excessive breeding stock tainted from parents, coaches and then later, friends including newer sycophancy relationships. Upon the introduction on stage, you now have a whole host of those that want their piece. Start with the agents who are the most manipulators fine tuning the player's narcissistic existence. Some players learn the vernacular of gaming the system. The extremely adaptable ones learn the language. Is not Gores a perfect example of this: un-personalized, glib, excessive use of sanitized past, present and future references. A sure way in recognizing the latter is the inconsistency of decision making. Where do you speak from?
if anything, this talk should have been held until after the tourney........Glad he was able to come out today and try to defuse it.... If the talk of going to the Pistons continues on to Friday and Sparty lost the game then whomever started the rumor...... in Ann Arbor, would have been blamed for it..., then again..Izzo did say never say never to any offer.....
It's a fixed room...a rigged table, and he comes with a pocket full of money. He'd see it right away, but the GM will distract his attention.
Some good writeup about Izzo: Michigan State's Izzo wants to prove people right - Yahoo Sports Now, that's impressive.
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Perhaps, but it depends on the longevity of the contract. Enlightened (cough, cough) owners need to reach beyond and understand the dancing geological plates of abduction. Notice how Ainge led the way (Stevens for 6 years at 22M). Izzo could never relate and doesn't want the new time frame of a coral reef. Now Billy is a bigger reach (4 years at 24M) Florida Gators coach Billy Donovan still intrigued by NBA - ESPN Of course, Gores is so corporate soft, that this could never be. But still, all must understand the waves of vibration and the beginnings of intensified energy. GM: Tom Penn Coach: Billy Donovan (and a couple of others)
Gores should book the Dancing Geological Plates of Abduction for a half time show next year.
It would have to be 2015-16. They are booked for over a year in advance.
Your analysis of geological plates of abduction...would be my meteor strike of destruction. quick hit with a clean start..........Donovan is a good name. Kinda Mello Yellow for me...
Indeed. Right time with the right message. A nice southing lyric and because of it's rightfulness, Paul McCartney joined in (an understanding to his Yellow Submarine). Now, if we had a some different "other" orientation on this forum, most ladies would have had a different understanding of Saffron. Donovan - Mellow Yellow Lyrics | SongMeanings
Knew a girl named Saffron back then. Always considered her rare...like the spice. Apparently...song had a different slant. Thanks for your post...nice memories.
The Houston Rockets Are The Perfect Example Of Why Tanking Works In The NBA - Yahoo Sports
While the Bad Boys were celebrating the 25th anniversary of their World Championship, the Worm was dressing like a drag queen. Dennis Rodman Plays in Basketball Game While Dressed as Drag Queen | Bleacher Report
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What a great variety of blocks (as usual)! Keep up the good work ladies.
Such beautiful blocks everyone, another week gone and we are getting closer to the finish line
Lovely 'eye' candy to see this morning. Honchey, I do look at the colors used in the book, then I go largely for unique one of a kind different block, often changing the dark to light or the reverse of that. When I create a quilt, I like to make it unique for the person it is gifted to...not factory made the same way each time that robots can do. Wonder how many are saying to themselves after reading the statement say, "Yep, we knew that about her!" For 46 years, I have been telling my dh, "Sorry, I am not programed to think or do things that way!!"
Dd of dh's aunt was complaining on "where was her quilt??" when I gifted the aunt and two sons...must think they grow on trees and I could not wait to give away $600 to $1000 worth of work in FIL's memory even though she had done nothing for him as far as I know. Think the aunt will give her quilt to the daughter, but that is out of my hands to control...I tried to explain, it was a memorial quilt, given to those who had given to FIL, and made for individual's taste,and that I did not know her well enough to know her bed size or colors she liked. Not to say I would not "gift" her later on after I finished for others on a list..
Hard to believe we're at week 34.
Imagine all the people living life in peace...(John Lennon 1940-1980)
Ummmm QNS...How do I get on your list?????
Anael, love the little print in your pansy--nice job too.
Jan, your OIT is very striking, but your pansy is down right gorgeous--the marbled fabric is just perfect for the outer petals.
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I donate quilts to the AAQI.
Jan, I love your blocks, The colors are so pretty and bright... I'm working on Pansy right now...well not right now but as soon as I get off the cp.. I have the rusty swirly fabric and hesitated on using it for any of the blocks. I'm heading to DE for a couple of days...I"ll be bringing my PC blocks with me...I have to find some sashing fabric..I tried to do it without the blocks and it didn't turn out too well...The green in OIT is a Moda line and comes in different colors..I have used the brown in several of the blocks...looks like paintbrush strokes to me...
Honchey--I recognize both fabrics from the Urban Couture Moda line...I used those for a jelly roll race quilt. Wanted to get more for curtains, but it was an older line than I realized and couldn't find the fabrics I wanted in yardage...oh well.
Jan--I like the swirl fabric you used. Both blocks turned out very nice.
Just have a lesson in language arts left and school will be done for the day...yay!!!
Has the teacher been sneaking away and playing a little hooky already so early in the school year? Bet the students love that!
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I didn't go too far...they do LA on the main computer in the living room and I am on my laptop. Most days I try not to get on the computer while doing school, but there are parts they don't need my help so much any more so I do "sneak" on here.
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Decreasing our central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) is a priority for Medical Center at Augusta University. Our goal is zero (0) infections.
In 2009 while addressing the National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) to prevent CLABSIs, the Bloodstream Infection (BSI) Prevention Workgroup was established. The workgroup was tasked with evaluating components of the NPSG, which included the latest evidence-based practices that had been proven to reduce CLABSIs. The BSI Prevention Workgroup established a "bundle" of practices that should be performed for each central line that is inserted at Medical Center at Augusta University.
The Central Venous Line (CVL) Bundle consists of 5 main components. They are:
Hand Hygiene (Before insertion and with maintenance)Skin Antisepsis with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG)Site Selection (subclavian site preferred; femoral avoided in adults)Maximum Sterile Barriers (Items used to prevent contamination of the line during insertion)Daily Review of Line Necessity (prompt removal when no longer needed)
Education is provided by the Department of Hospital Epidemiology on the CVL Bundle to medical staff credentialed to insert central lines. An observer who has also been through the education must observe each insertion to ensure that the above elements were done during the procedure, as well as ensuring that aseptic and sterile techniques are maintained. Central lines inserted with an observer present who has verified that all the bundle elements were used are considered "certified" lines. Central lines which are not certified are removed within 24 hours unless there is justification for not following the bundle.
As the BSI Prevention Workgroup developed policies, procedures, and processes (including procurement of supplies) to implement the bundle, the group identified the need for a dedicated vascular access team (VAT). A team already existed in a limited capacity for pediatric patients. In 2010, funds were allocated for expansion of the Pediatric VAT, and the establishment of an Adult VAT. For more information on the Adult and Pediatric VATs.
Historically, only intensive care units (ICUs) were monitored for CLABSIs at our facility. This was in line with established infection prevention guidelines, as well as reflected the trend of central lines being limited to these units. As medical care has advanced, central lines are now seen in all areas of care. In October 2010, we began to add our general nursing units to our CLABSI surveillance plan. We are now monitoring all of our inpatient units (general and intensive) for CLABSIs.
As reflected in the attached graph, the number of CLABSIs in our ICU patients has dropped significantly. As data is provided through our new surveillance of CLABSIs in all of our inpatient units, we continue to look for opportunities for the reduction of CLABSIs, particularly in the general nursing units.
As part of a national initiative to reduce all healthcare acquired infections (HAIs), Medical Center at Augusta University has transitioned the BSI Prevention Workgroup to the Healthcare Acquired Infection (HAI) Prevention Team. The HAI Prevention Team is working with a national collaborative, hospital engagement network (HEN) through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reduce all HAIs forty percent by 2013. The team's goal is to replicate the success of the BSI Prevention Workgroup with other HAIs, such as catheter associated urinary tract infections, ventilator associated pneumonia, and surgical site infections. With the dedication of such a committed group, our goals for eliminating these never events is highly achievable.
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Are Dadants and Mann Lakes frame spacers the same? They look similar in their magazines, but can't tell for sure. If they are different what's your opinion them.
Are Dadants and Mann Lakes frame spacers the same? They look similar in their magazines, but can't tell for sure. If they are different what's your opinion them.
Plant Hardiness Zone 6B, 5300 ft., Bee Zone A/B, Proverbs 24:13
Don't like the 666 post number above so this makes it 667
Plant Hardiness Zone 6B, 5300 ft., Bee Zone A/B, Proverbs 24:13
so what is the problem with 666? it is only symbolic
In answer to your question, I have used them from both manufacturer's and see no difference. We run 9 frame spacers in most of our honey supers.
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay".....Krishnamurti
What about running 9 frames in the brood box?
As for me... I'm only going to run 9 in the honey supers not messin with the brood chambers.
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Frames in the brood boxes should be pushed tightly together. Spacing them out, in my experience, causes problems with bridge comb, excessively thick storage comb at the top, and drone comb scattered around the brood area.
If you want to use 9 frames in a 10 frame box, push them together tightly. Some commercial outfits do this, I think, because the extra space makes it easy to spread the frames out when inspecting and saves time.
My brother used a spacer for a few years and ended up with a terrible mess, almost impossible to get the frames out due to lumpy comb.
I have been running 9 frames in the brood box and keeping them pushed tight together. I just ordered a 9 frame spacer tool and was going to use that for aligning them. I guess I will save it for the supers....
Once you have drawn comb, use 8 frame spacers in your 10 frame honey supers and you will see how fast and easy it is to uncap frames. If you use foundation you cannot use them, as the bees will drop additional comb between the frames. I know Kelly sells the 8 frame spacers, don't know if any others do.
9 frames in honey supers tends to be more standard than using 8 where we are. We do use a some 8 frame spacers but only on a very strong honey flow. If not the bees tend to attach a lot of brace combs which can get messy. I realize in some areas thats not an issue.
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay".....Krishnamurti
Of course. Is there any other kind of foundation except undrawn. Foundation is a sheet that bees start from to make drawn frames. If they are natural drawn then they are no longer foundation, but are drawn frames.
Acebird seems focused on getting his post count to the 6,000 mark, and it doesn't much matter whether there is any real content to his posts to achieve that goal.
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If you only have foundation, don't space the frames out and don't use 9 frames in a 10 frame box -- the bees get confused and tend to draw erratic comb. If you alternate drawn frames and frames with foundation, they tend to draw out the drawn frames much further than normal and don't do anything with the foundation, which makes if very difficult to remove the frames from the box. Normally brood frames will be drawn correctly, but that's because brood comb is drawn only to the proper depth for raising bees. Storage comb is often drawn much deeper.
Once you have drawn comb, 9 frames in a ten frame box with extra space between the frames usually gives you frames with extra deep comb. Uncapping is much easier since there will not be any spots with the capping lower than the wooden frame, and you get at least as much honey as you would with ten frames.
Same thing goes for foundationless frames -- if you have extra space sometimes the bees won't drawn even comb, they will draw out storage comb extra deep to fill the space, or just bridge over the empty space with bridge comb. Can be rather messy -- I've got a couple that I'll need to fix this spring.
Thanks Peter for taking time to explain.
psfred.... Just a little different observation. I always use 9 frame spacers in 10 frame equipment when drawing from foundation, or 9 frame spacers (more than one) in 13 frame equipment to draw comb from foundation. True, I sometimes get a little bridgework between top bars, (not a real problem), but I have never had them to drop extra combs, and, I find that I get a better drawn comb when using spacers. I like the 9 frame spacers in the supers to give a little depth to comb as the first time I extract, the comb is fragile. The extra thickness helps prevent blowout of the comb in the extractor. Using 10 frames in the 10 frame super often makes it difficult to uncap some of the frames if they do not draw them out fully.
I don't recommend spacers in the brood chambers, and I try to use as much drawn comb placed in 8 frame spaced supers for honey. If you are in an area of small hive beetle problems, the spacers give the beetles a place to hide from the bees, so I only use the 9 frame when drawing comb. The top bars are spaced futher apart in an 8 frame spaced super and the beetles can't hide as easily.
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Is it possible that the Giants could consider the option of actually trading down?
Not alot, just perhaps enough to get an extra 2nd round pick, allowing them to still be able to pickup a player they value that doesnt warrant a grade pick at psn #19.
Since this draft is so deep at psns that we have actual need, we can get three good players in the first two rounds in comparison to just getting two good players.
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i said it was foolish for him to say it out loud because this regime does not tolerate insubordination.
growling at the master does not get you out of the doghouse.
who do you think TC will side with...Ingram or Wilson.
fair or right doesn't mean anything....this is not a democracy.
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Isn't it Ingram job to teach? It the 10 week of the NFL so maybe saying this isn't the best idea. This stuff drives me nuts with TC making examples. The giants need a jolt and Wilson can be a weapon. The line doesn't make gaping holes need to hit it fast. Speed will help! To those that wondered why Wilson was picked in 1 st round it valid as he Probally wouldn't get a chance. His talent did warrant a low first high second draft pick. I believe it was something like 778 yards after contact with 4.45 speed and 205. He is tough kid and liked contact. Redone offense is a joke and something needs to happen. Is it Wilson might not but need something. It the same thing every year. Granted results have been great but why does it happen time and time again.
Can anyone tell me why we drafted Wilson in the first round?
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:The shark has finally surfaced – the 2012 BMW 6 Series coupe has officially arrived. Its lines are tighter, its bite is more potent and it's heading to your local BMW dealership sometime this fall. Under the hood sits the same 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that our man Chris Paukert sampled in the convertible. It produces 400 horsepower between 5,500 rpm and 6,400 rpm, and a stout 450 pound-feet of torque from 1,750 rpm up through 4,500 rpm.Link
Looks very nice; I like the smooth lines. Not a huge fan of the random wripple running down the side, though. Looks really out of place. That's my opinion, of course.
The new lights seem so Mercedes.edit: The tail looks good and taut compared to the old ones rump.
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A bit too conservative for me, but its inoffensive. I had a 645Ci and have an M6 but I think I will not be buying any more BMWs,although I will wait to see how the i8 looks in production trim.
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The back half of the car looks like an Accord.
Harvey-:The new lights seem so Mercedes.edit: The tail looks good and taut compared to the old ones rump.+1You beat me to it Harv.hahaPersonally I think the whole car looks MB'ish
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Looks like a 95 Buick Riviera and a Hyundai Sonata got together and had a kid. Interesting... I don't like it or hate it.
Like the old one better.
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I'd rather have the Bangle Butt 6-series. It has more balls (ass). I like the design language of the X1, X3, 5-series, and the 7-series a lot more.
Turbocharged v8 for no more power than a ford or hyundai v8. Looks much much better though now.
--"If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking." -- George Patton
That's what I didn't get. Does it really need a twin-turbo v8?
I like the front and side, but not so much the rear. Though I will say from every angle I like it better than the outgoing 6. I get the distinct feeling it's more of a heavy refresh than a full redesign.
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The 550i gets 17/25 and goes 0-60 in 4.8 seconds so the 650i should mirror that. Lets hope the steering is better though. We don't need another SL. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/car/10q3/2011_bmw_550i_automatic_and_manual-short_take_road_test


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When President Obama addressed the State of the Union earlier this year, he discussed the challenges America faces at the beginning of the 21st century. He was optimistic that we will meet those challenges, but he did not minimize the difficulty of so doing. "We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world." A key factor in our ability to out-innovate and out-build the rest of the world is our ability to out-educate the rest of the world, and by this criterion, the president noted, our nation has a great deal to do. "Over the next 10 years, nearly half of all new jobs will require education that goes beyond a high school education. And yet, as many as a quarter of our students aren't even finishing high school. The quality of our math and science education lags behind many other nations. America has fallen to ninth in the proportion of young people with a college degree." Finding these results unacceptable, the president has set the goal that the United States will have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.
This is a formidable challenge. In addition to educating those high school graduates who currently are projected to enroll in and succeed in college, the United States will have to educate millions of students, college dropouts, and adults who never attended college who are not currently in the college-going pipeline.
College dropouts and those adults who never attended college will be challenged by the demands of postsecondary education and the economy of the 21st century. The country faces additional educational challenges. For example, consider these findings from a recent ACT estimate: 78 percent of high school graduates did not meet the readiness benchmark levels for one or more entry-level college courses in mathematics, science, reading, and English; by the year 2000 the number of foreign students studying physical sciences and engineering in the United States graduate schools for the first time surpassed the number of U.S. students studying physical sciences and engineering; and many American students in the fifth through eighth grades are taught mathematics and physical sciences by a teacher without a degree or certificate in mathematics and physical sciences.
These problems and their consequences are discussed in detail in Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited, a 2010 report of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) (www.nap.edu), and a variety of other reports and scholarly articles on the NAS website. In future issues of OVAE Connection, the importance of and deficiencies in U.S. education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) will be addressed as an ongoing series.
The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) Collection Adds New English Language Acquisition (ELA) Resources
English Language Acquisition (ELA) resources have recently been added to the LINCS Workforce Competitiveness Resource Collection. The first of these resources, Promoting Learner Engagement when Working with Adult English Language Learners, highlights three instructional approachestask-based learning, problem-based learning, and project based learningas well as a classroom-based assessment. The author provides background, rationale, descriptions, and a concrete application for these ways of engaging learners. A second resource, Reflection and Action in ESOL Classrooms, provides a detailed plan for carrying out action research and reflective practices as teachers participate in a research project. These two resources can be used by teachers in helping adults who are English language learners develop and build English language skills.
ETA Announces Links for State and Local Employment Projections
The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Office of Workforce Investment, has issued Internet Links for State and Local Employment Projections (www.doleta.gov/business/projections). It is designed to help a broad audience, including educators, trainers and career counselors, and can be easily customized by the user.
Employment projections are the most frequently-requested type of workforce statistic besides the unemployment rate. Projections are used for career counseling; for education planning and training programs; as supporting documentation to apply for federal grants; as well as other purposes.
This new resource includes direct links to:
- all published industry and occupational projections for the 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico;
- long-term (usually 10 years) and short-term projections (usually two years), including the dates of the projections;
- statewide and local projections, including an explanation of the type of locality;
- each state's employment projections web page (if available);
- a statistical table summarizing the availability of different types of projections;
- each state's primary labor market information website; and
- key Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections websites.


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Amy Beavers, 21, of North Little Rock was awarded the first Dr. Ryan Chadwick Outstanding Drama Student Award at Pulaski Technical College.
Amy has been a student in the college's theater department for one year and has acted in two full length productions, Juvie and Check, Please, the latter of which she also served as an assistant director.
Shelia Glasscock, instructor of theater at the college said, "Amy is an actress of considerable potential, but what impresses me most is her willingness to do whatever is necessary for the success of the show and her fellow thespians. Whether helping with clean-up, running lines for other actors, or contributing to an overall positive rehearsal and performance environment, Amy exemplifies the spirit and discipline every teacher hopes to engender in her students. I believe that Dr. Chadwick would be proud to have Amy as the recipient of her inaugural award."
Amy loves theater and enjoys acting, but her passion is children in which she is currently majoring in Early Childhood Development. She will graduate from Pulaski Tech in one year with an Associate of Arts in Teaching.
Dr. Ryan Chadwick was a full-time theater instructor and passed away in 2005.
Joey Cole, Dean of Fine Arts and Humanities said "As an instructor, she took on many challenges, always at the ready to take classes in theatre, art and literature. She worked endlessly to improve the curriculum and was dedicated to student learning. Her students loved and respected her. She helped provide the foundation for the arts at Pulaski Tech."
To pay tribute to her legacy at the college, the outstanding drama student award was named in her honor. The Dr. Ryan Chadwick Outstanding Drama Student Award will be awarded annually to students enrolled in the theater department.
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By Ashleigh Rentz, API Docs Program Manager
"Hey Scott, how do I format this API call so the data comes back as a string instead of an object?"
Sometimes it's hard to find the right doc at the right time. Lots of web pages mention the terms you're looking for, but which ones actually have them in the right context? We ask our friends and coworkers these questions because we bet they've seen the problem before. We trust their technical judgment and we know they can skip straight to the right answer.
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First Job: Dishwasher
Source of Strength: Her self-reliance
Time to Write: She writes from 4:00am until 7:30am, while her kids are still sleeping.
Award-Winning: In 2011, she won the James Beard award for Best Chef in NYC.
Gabrielle Hamilton is "not convinced that it is important to make a living at the thing that you aspire to," a perfect outlook for this chef & author. Initially aspiring to become a writer, Hamilton took jobs in kitchens to make ends meet. In the end, she found a career at which she excelled, and yet her passion for storytelling never wavered. She decided to live her life and pen the outcome, discovering that personal experiences are the best fodder for her authorial work. Now she is trying to experience everything in life - she owns her own restaurant, Prune, located in the East Village in New York City, and she published an autobiography, Blood, Bones & Butter in 2011. Her writing has also is appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, GQ, Bon Appétit, Saveur, and Food & Wine.


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Hundreds of Teens Gather to Discuss Issues Facing Young People at Boys & Girls Clubs of America's 46th National Keystone Conference In Atlanta
14 Mar, 2013, 07:30 ET from Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Jordin Sparks, B.o.B and hip hop pioneers DMC, Doug E. Fresh and DJ Spinderella will join teens traveling from 157 cities across the country for
one of the largest, most established youth leadership conferences
ATLANTA, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 1,800 teens will descend on Atlanta March 21-24 for Boys & Girls Clubs of America's 46th National Keystone Conference, sponsored by the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens. The annual conference is one of the largest, most established youth leadership conferences in the country, and the most anticipated among Boys & Girls Club teens.
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Themed "ATL--All Teens Lead," the National Keystone Conference will take place as teen leadership is needed now more than ever in the U.S. Statistics show that more than 1 in 4 students fails to graduate from high school each year; 1 in 3 kids is overweight or obese; and the teen unemployment rate is at a record high. To address these and other challenges, Keystone Conference participants will discuss solutions and develop action plans for addressing the most pressing issues facing youth in their local Clubs and communities.
During the action-packed conference, teens will hear from a wide array of motivational speakers and entertainers, including musical performances by recording artist and actress Jordin Sparks; hip hop recording artist B.o.B; and pop group OMG Girlz. Motivational sessions will feature rap and hip hop pioneers Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-D.M.C., Doug. E. Fresh and DJ Spinderella of Salt-n-Pepa; professional skateboarder Preston Pollard; and WWE wrestler and actress Eve Torres.
Teens will also volunteer throughout metro Atlanta; participate in interactive workshops on everything from bullying prevention, financial literacy and college preparedness to robotics, golf and movie making; and make time for fun through various social activities.
"Boys & Girls Clubs of America believes a critical step to ensuring success for teens is to actively engage them and empower them to lead through initiatives like the Keystone Conference," said Jim Clark, president and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America. "We are excited to partner with the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens on another memorable learning and motivational experience for Boys & Girls Club teens."
"The Taco Bell Foundation for Teens has supported the National Keystone Conference for more than 15 years, and we are proud of the positive impact this event has had on so many young lives," , said Regina Borda, managing director, Taco Bell Foundation for Teens. "It is our hope that by providing experiences like these, we can inspire and enable more teens across the country to achieve Mas, starting with high school graduation."
For more information about the National Keystone Conference, or to request press credentials, email Jetaun Adkins at firstname.lastname@example.com or Kinetra Joseph at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About the Keystone Club Program
Now entering its 49th year, Keystone is Boys & Girls Clubs of America's premier teen leadership program. Keystone Clubs are teen leadership groups within Boys & Girls Clubs that focus on leadership development through community service projects. They are part of a multi-million dollar teen outreach initiative funded by Taco Bell Foundation for Teens. This unique leadership development experience provides opportunities for young people ages 14 to 18 to participate in Club and community projects in three focus areas: academic success, career preparation and community service.
About Boys & Girls Clubs of America
For more than 100 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (GreatFutures.org) has enabled young people most in need to achieve great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, more than 4,000 Clubs serve some 4 million young people annually through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs are located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native American lands throughout the country, and serve military families in BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations worldwide. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun, friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours. Priority programs emphasize academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. In a Harris Survey of alumni, 57 percent said the Club saved their lives. National headquarters are located in Atlanta. Learn more at http://www.bgca.org/facebook and http://bgca.org/twitter.
About Taco Bell Foundation for Teens
The Taco Bell Foundation Inc., also known as Taco Bell Foundation for Teens, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation, is committed to inspiring and enabling America's teens to achieve mas through its programs, partnerships, and direct financial assistance. Every year, the Foundation serves more than 100,000 teens in more than 150 communities across the country and awards more than 350 grants and scholarships focused on education and career preparedness. Since 1992, we've awarded more than $35 million to support more than 1,000 teen-serving organizations in the U.S. with the help of ongoing customer, franchisee, employee and vendor partner donations. For more information visit tacobellforteens.org, and find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TacoBellforTeens.
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Diwali- HINDU CRACKERS DAY > noisy , tremendously pollutining festival, many hindus indulge in gambling on thiis day. But hindus take pride in this foloshness. celebrated in memory of hindu king namely ram who killed dravidian king of lanka-ravan by hitting on his privare part( below abdomen), desrted his wife , sita after growing suspicious on her character, and killed a shudra( dalit/ low caste person) when the latter was meditating in a jungle(as per epic valmik ramayan). oldest scripture ( actually nothing more than an epic)-valmik ramayan at no place mentions rama as a so-called reincarnation odf god( nas orthodox hindus believe) but merely a king. but bra-mans ( priestly hindoos) sidelined the valmik ramayan and gave over-importance to ramayan by tulsi das. {note:-valmik was a shudra but tulsidas was a bra-man}.
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Are we going to have to hear him say the same thing every week until the season begins?
He is on the record at least 3 times since the season ended telling his story of underperforming and what he plans for next year.. It is a tired story already and we have 7 months til camp begins ARGHHHHHHHH. Talk is cheap JT, get in the gym and shut the flap. IMHO
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Why are people overly sensitive about Tuck all of a sudden? lol
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Out: Ron Paul revolution. In: Rand Paul evolution?
In the wake of Barack Obama's reelection win and ahead of a possible 2016 White House bid of his own, the Kentucky Republican plans to mix his hard-line tea party conservatism with more moderate policies that could woo younger voters and minorities largely absent from the GOP coalition. It's the latest tactic of the freshman senator to inject the Libertarian-minded views shared by his retiring father into mainstream Republican thinking as the party grapples with its future.
In an interview with POLITICO, Paul said he'll return to Congress this week pushing measures long avoided by his party. He wants to work with liberal Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy and Republicans to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for pot possession. He wants to carve a compromise immigration plan with an "eventual path" to citizenship for illegal immigrants, a proposal he believes could be palatable to conservatives. And he believes his ideas — along with pushing for less U.S. military intervention in conflicts overseas — could help the GOP broaden its tent and appeal to crucial voting blocs that handed Democrats big wins in the West Coast, the Northeast and along the Great Lakes…
Paul plans to inject himself into the middle of the GOP's emotional immigration debate in the wake of Romney losing swing states with heavy Latino populations like Florida, Colorado and Nevada. Paul is working on a novel plan that he says would "assimilate" many of the 12 million illegal immigrants currently in the country. Those individuals, he said, could apply for legal status, but immigration would then be clamped down in the interim. He also says his plan would toughen security at the border.


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After three years working collaboratively with industry, environmental and recreational stakeholders, iwi, scientists and other organisations, Federated Farmers backs the third and final Land and Water Forum (LaWF) report, released last month.
The Federation's water and environment spokesman Ian Mackenzie said the report's recommendations set processes for everyone to take the steps toward raising New Zealand's already high level of water quality throughout the country.
"New Zealand still enjoys some of the highest-quality water on earth," Mackenzie says.
"The recommendations give rural and urban communities a pathway to protect this and make improvements."
The aim is to better manage water resources to fulfil the social, economic, environmental and cultural needs of communities, using collaborative processes to set water-quality limits.
"We know the way we farm will need to change and changes are also needed beyond agriculture," Mackenzie says.
"These recommendations cover all water, rural or urban, and we are all in this together."
He said the Federation was concerned some councils were setting limits before the report's release, meaning communities were not being informed about the effects these would have on jobs and living standards.
There needs to be debate and consensus on what are reasonable costs and timeframes, for farmers as well as other sectors, including local councils. Some councils have raised concerns about implementation costs of limits around wastewater. This is why Federated Farmers supports having communities make decisions after being informed about the realistic costs and timeframes for setting and achieving targets, not just for agriculture but across all sectors of society.
The Federation supports recommendations around embedding good management practice, the inclusion of farm environmental plans and, where appropriate, audited self-management in the regulatory process as the preferred method. Mackenzie says these are a more holistic way to address water-quality issues, rather than focussing on nitrate.
"At the heart of the LaWF recommendations is getting communities to use collaborative process in setting water-quality limits."
There needs to be genuine information available about what limits will mean for individual communities so they could make an informed decision on what is feasible and what is not.
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Hakkinen helps U.S. team to 9th-place finish
HOCHFILZEN, Austria — Norway won the opening men's and women's relay races of the biathlon World Cup season on Sunday.
The men's team of Rune Brattsveen, Lars Berger, Emil Hegle Svendsen and Tarjei Boe missed seven targets, and Boe had to complete a penalty lap before finishing the 4x7.5-kilometer race in 1 hour, 14 minutes, 52.9 seconds.
Russia missed missed five times and avoided an extra round to take second, trailing Norway by 13.9 seconds.
France had six shooting mistakes and also stayed clear of penalty laps to come 31.0 seconds back in third.
The United States team, with Kasilof biathlete Jay Hakkinen plus Lowell Bailey, Tim Burke and Leif Nordgren, finished ninth.
Later Sunday, the Norwegian women overcame missing 10 targets to earn their first 4x6K relay World Cup victory in three years.


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