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Louis-Claude Daquin (d'Acquin) a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist was a musical child prodigy who performed for the court of Louis XIV already the age of six. From his 1735 harpsichord suite Premier livre de pieces de clavecin, this probably is the most famous and popular composition Duet Sheet Music for Bb Instrument accompanied by Trombone arranged by Lars Christian Lundholm. Le Coucou is also known by alternative title: The Cuckoo, Premier livre de pi?'"es de clavecin, First Book of Pieces for the Harpsichord, The Cuckoo by Daquin. - Instrumentation: Bb Instrument and Trombone - Level: Medium - Score Type: Solo Score - Tempo: Medium - Genre: Baroque - Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin - Year Composed: 1735 - Pages (approximate):
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Wow....it seems to be really cool what you experienced!!! About Carnaval in Brasil, I always tell my friends thats sth they should do before they die. Its an unique experience and so much full of life and energy. I will take a look throughout yr blog, cooollllll.
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By 4am the girls were still dancing on the benches but I was ti-erd. I used the (legitimate) excuse that if we waited til 6am or so when the show was over to leave there would be 100,000 people trying to jam into the metro & we wouldn't get home until 8 or 9am. Jesse was NOT happy about missing the performance of the final school but we still didn't make it to bed until about 6:30 in the morning after the walk & metro ride.
If you go: We were in the most perfect sector, sector 7, directly across from the judges (with extra special acts just for them). I would recommend it. Regardless of what sector you're in, get there early & sit as far away from the stairs as possible. Close to the stairs gets too packed to move or see anything at all (it took forever to push through people to get Sophia to the bathroom at one point). You'll also be miserable hot with no chance of a breeze close to the sector entrance/stairs. We sat against the side railing where we could always see & had space to spread out a bit. And much appreciated breezes (geez, how can it still be so hot 4 o'clock in the morning?). We didn't bring snacks like others around us but REALLY wish we did. The food choices were really small (expensive) bottles of water, Coca Cola, beer, hotdogs, burgers, and Popsicles (these sold like wildfire).

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Nevil Shed
Nevil Shed to speak at alumni breakfast
By Marcia Mattingly
Office of Alumni Programs
(June 26, 2007)--The next Connections Breakfast, hosted by the UTSA Alumni Association, will feature a keynote speech by NCAA basketball star Nevil Shed. The event is 7:15 a.m., Tuesday, July 17 at the Marriott Northwest hotel, Loop 410 at Interstate 10.One of the first African-American men in the United States to play in an NCAA basketball league game, Shed was a member of the Texas Western Miners (now UT El Paso) team that won the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament National Championship coached by Don Haskins.
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
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He was known by his teammates as "The Shadow" because of his tenacious defense. "But fans remembered me for my role as the starting forward for the 1966 team that went 28-1," said Shed. "The season was topped with a 72-65 win over perennial NCAA powerhouse University of Kentucky Wildcats, coached by the legendary Adolph Rupp."
The Miners made history as the first team in NCAA history to start an all-African-American lineup in that championship game, and Shed was one of the starters in the lineup. The blockbuster Disney film, "Glory Road," chronicles the team's outstanding journey.
Shed was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1968, but an injury sidelined his career. He later became an assistant to his college coach, Don Haskins, at Texas Western. In 1981, Shed was hired as assistant coach for the first UTSA basketball team and he retired from UTSA in 2006. In 2007, the Western Miners were enshrined as a team in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
Many honors later, Shed speaks to groups of all ages on the story of his faith in himself, his mentors and, of course, basketball.
Take advantage of this opportunity to reacquaint with alumni and meet other community leaders. You don't have to be a member of the UTSA Alumni Association to attend a Connections Breakfast, and you or your company's table sponsorship is greatly appreciated.
The Connections Breakfast is $20 for UTSA Alumni Association members and UTSA students, and $25 for non-members. Breakfast is served at 7:45 a.m. and the program begins promptly at 8 a.m.
For more information on sponsorships or to make a reservation, visit the UTSA Alumni Programs Web site or call (210) 458-4133.


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Wow Ken ! You are really getting to do some cool stuff on this trip ! I can only imagine how cool see the Nazca lines really is. That sandboarding and dune buggie adventure really looked cool too ! Sorry the mini Galapagos was disappointing, but you can't win them all. As far as the hat goes......good choice, buddy. I'm surprised the locals didn't think you were one of the Gods returning ! LOL !!!! Looking forward to your next post.
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Woke up at 5:30 and there was Pancho, gathering us to take the 2 hr. taxi ride to Nazca to see the Nazca lines…this was a 35 year old battleaxe car that reminded Patty of one from the Dukes of Hazard…and the driver was equally crusty. I really hadn't had the biggest of expectations but it really was pretty incredible….unfortunately, I'm not sure if the pictures will be as vivid as the actual line figures really were. Got to the airport and unfortunately they changed the rules and you needed to show your passport. Patty & I had ours, but Cynthia & Max left theirs at the hotel. The security was holding very firm and wouldn't allow them on unless they had their passports…. A 2hr
Anyway, we missed our booked time with all this happening, so I had to go up by myself because there was just one opening and only 3 on the next flight…that's fine tho. So, this tiny little prop plane that held just four was my plane… Sky King would have laughed because the Songbird was bigger and all the other planes seemed to hold at least eight. I was seated right behind the pilot and off we went. It really was quite amazing to think that these lines were created of monkey shapes, hummingbirds etc. nearly 1,500 yrs. ago and are perfectly in tact since the Nazca desert has no rain, little if any humidity and very little wind. The plane followed a very tight course and made tighter turns in order for both sides of the plane to see.
Now it is back to the hotel in Ica as we will be doing our sandboarding and dune buggies right near the hotel…and it was right near
Having my hearing aid & cochlear implant to deal with could be a problem… tho the last thing I want to do is take them off and be totally deaf. I found the only hat that would stay on my head and probably do the job of keeping the sand out of these devices…but it's hot out and I'd much prefer not wearing a hat or cap… but while Goofus Ken considered going sans hat, Galant Ken decided he needed to buy one. Being the only person on the hill with a hat, I felt like an idiot, and even more so since I had this snoopy hat with a pom-pom on top…. But it worked!
We took the dune buggy to the top of the dunes…as I said, some of the dunes supposedly are nearly a mile high of this soft, white beautiful sand. From the top, you can see that these dunes extend as far as one can see and it is nothing like anything I have ever seen before. Breathtakingly beautiful, so barren except for these wispy mountains of sand… I truly felt that I was on the moon or something so out of this world…I will never forget the sight and the feeling… like nothing I've ever experienced
I don't know how to describe the sandboarding other than to show you the video Cynthia took of my 2nd medium sized run. This is steep, this is fast…much faster than any sleigh ride…just keep your elbows in or you'll get a sandburn like none you've had before. This sand is so billowy it also is nearly impossible to walk up any incline…it's like 2 steps up, 1 step back and it is tiring.
As for the dune buggying…also can't fairly describe it except to show a short video that I have of it also…all I can say is that the downs & ups rival any rollercoaster I have been on…it was a total blast!
Finally, after Pancho took us out to a nice place for dinner, it was time to hit the sack. Pancho is truly a wonderful, wonderful person…was with us and took care of every detail. Next morning, we had an early morning boat tour to Paracas Island, the Galapagos Islands of Peru. Again, to keep water & mist out of my hearing stuff, I donned a ridiculous hefty bag type pancho that Cynthia had and this made yesterday's hat look like a fashion statement. It just slipped over the head and you rolled it down to the floor…thus the Kendom was born. The isles were ok at best, and I dozed off frequently.
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Looks like a blast Ken.I can imagine what it must be like going up and down those dunes.KOWABUNGA.............Have fun and be safe...G
ken...enjoying reading your posts...and seeing your pictures! those sand dunes were amazing!!! what an adventure you're having! have fun and enjoy yourself! stay safe!


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Nice Room Near Central Venice
Size15 m²
Floor No.2
- Parking available
- Internet/WiFi
- Lockable room
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Via Jacopo Castelli, 30175 Venezia Marghera, Italy
|Property type
|Private room
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|Calendar updated
|3 weeks ago
Finding parking in the historic center of Venice is extremely difficult and do you have to pay, if you arrive by car, it is very easy to find parking in the immediate vicinity and to the historic center by public transport.
We have currently available a lovely double room with private bathroom and shared shower.
There is a small frigo in the room!
We are pleased to welcome you.
House rules
Check-in after 8pm is 10€ fee
Check-in after 10pm is 20€ fee
From Marco Polo Airport:
Take the shuttle bus to Mestre station.
From Mestre train station, by walk:
• Take the binary tunnel Marghera exit.
Out of the tunnel, go toward the large round point with fountain
Turn left and find V.Toffoli
At the end accross P.le Rossarol and take V.CASTELLI
N 26 on your right side.
Ring bell Bruna Prasad
• We have a convenient private shuttle service airport/room. The cost is 25€ until 8pm.
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Reviews of this property
This was a fantastic room, it was in a perfect location. 10 minutes to Venice by public bus.Bruna was extremely helpful in guiding me as to the best things to do and see in Venice. A plus for the location it is quiet and peaceful, on Saturdays there is a great big outdoor flea market. Instead of buying in Venice at the usual tourist spots, I strongly suggest you shop here. There is a bar across the street, I got a glass of Preseco for $1.70 euros....totally unbelievable. There is a nice pastry / cafe next door...just don't ask for tea. Cappuccino and pastry $3.00 euros.
Suggestion for Bruna, an iron and tv for guest, internet signal not strong enough to accommodate tv channels on mobile phone. I will definitely recommend this room to friends and family.
Thank you Bruna, it was lovely talking to you. I appreciated all you did for me.
We had a great time in Brunas flat. It is very cosy, modern and comfortable. Bruna is a very sympathic and helpful person. I think she makes everything with heart. We enjoyed our days in Venice very much and I hope to come back to Venice and Brunas flat. Petra and Stefanie
The room was perfect and it is very easy to get to the city of Venice. Bruna is a lovely person and very helpful. She showed us all the important points where to go in Venice and also around the apartment. We had a great time and we will come back again!
The room was nice and tidy. It´s easy to get to Venice city by bus. It´s great that there is enough parking space on the property. We enjoyed our stay. Thanks a lot.
Bruna is a wonderful woman, very nice and helpful. Room is beautiful and clean in very quiet neighbourhood. We went to two of the recommended restaurants nearby and they were very good. House is very close to the bus stop and train station. Next time in Venice I will most definietly stay at the same place
Thank you Bruna for this beautyful room- everything was comfortable and clean. Bruna was very nice and gave really good advice where to go and what to see in Venice. I had a great time and felt like home at this place. I will recommend this place to others who want visit Venice. All the best for you Bruna! Tank you, Dajana
5 stars indeed.
Staying in Bruna's appartment just gives you the feeling you made the right choice.
The appartment is very confortable, with a fully equipped kitchen, AC on the room and it is located in a very nice region.
Not to mention that Bruna is such a great Hostess. She is very kind and gives you very good kick-start information about places you should go in Venice.
Thanks very much Bruna
At first we were a little unsure about the location when we arrived in Venezia, because we had to take a bus to Mestre/Marghera for around 15 minutes. But they go very regularly also into night time - so it turned out to be no problem at all! Bruna welcomed us very friendly and open, giving us a perfectly stylish and clean room with airconditioning and ensuite bathroom. She gave us heaps of leads where to go and what to do! We could also buy stuff for breakfast at the local supermarket across the road and share the kitchen in the flat with another party. When we were heading towards Venezia we would arrive at the Piazza de Roma and either walk or take a water bus from there. The location of brunas flat is actually nice, because it is not as busy with tourists and doesnt have the stinky canals... Overall it was an awesome stay and best value for money! Thanks Bruna! All the Best for you!
Nice room in an apartment shared with one other room, nice neighbourhood with many restaurants and shops. Host was very welcoming and told us all the routes via bus into central Venice which was 15 minutes away. host was very helpful when it came to checking out as had late train so allowed us to store luggage in garage until departure as room was needed.
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American Council on Exercise4851 Paramount DriveSan Diego, California 92123
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Metabolic training is one of the hottest workout styles today. While many trainers know 'what' exercises to do, they may not fully understand the physiological principles that support these training philosophies. Learn strategies to help clients overcome plateaus and achieve weight-loss goals with high-intensity metabolic conditioning. With the success of popular HIIT programs, it's no secret that high-intensity drills and movements can help clients shed pounds. This interactive workshop gives you the tools to deliver those sessions in a safe, effective, and fun way that keeps your clients coming back for more.
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Love taking this course and particularly enjoyed the way it was presented. It's just the boost that I needed to help my present and future clients.
Great workshop...
ACE RESPONSE: Thanks for your wonderful comment John! We are glad you enjoyed the workshop and hope you attend another soon!
Excellent workshop! The instructor was extremely knowledgeable and presented the material in an entertaining way, bringing clarity to concepts that were previously confusing and muddy. The workout really pulled it all together too!
The only issue with this course was the location didn't have sufficient air conditioning.
Excellent Course!
Instructor was engaging informed and fun to be with
ACE RESPONSE: Thank you for your feedback! We are happy to hear you had an enjoyable experience with our Master Trainer.
Very informative. Allowed me to understand Metabolic Training in depth. I'll be able to apply this knowledge to my various clients and know what is appropriate. This course had what I was hoping for plus more. Great instructor, Jacque, broke the complex information into understandable parts. Well done.
Very informative and practical. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because of the limited amount of time to apply the entire lesson to the case studies. Leaving up to the groups to design the program for the case studies and not really knowing if it was being done correctly was a bit frustrating.
First, thanks for adding a 2nd class for the overflow sign-ups in Madison. This was a great workshop. I especially appreciated the open discussion and idea sharing time. The information about nutrition and even the math was educational and Shana did an excellent job of making sure we all understood how to apply what we were learning. Loved the workout as well. The facility chosen for the workshop was a perfect fit. Highly recommend this one.
Enjoyed learning about Metabolic Training and how to cater this type of training to different types of clients. The workout that the instructor put us through during the afternoon was great! Would definitely recommend this course to a friend!
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Just wondering if you were to choose a Lotus which one it would be, the Elise (with or without the sport package) or the Exige. I would choose the Elise hands down. It has the same 1.8 liter toyota engine as the exige, it weighs lighter, it has the same 0-60 time as the exige (with sport package), same 0-100 time, and same fuel economy ratings.EliseExige
If were to live in one....the Elise. If I were to go to track the Exige...
Probably the Elise...more livable.
if i could fit into either, i'd say exige.
I just like the way the exige looks.
I don't think the Exige is street-legal, so Elise for me.
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why not?
Never mind, I just read a review on it...
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Remake the Espirit PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!
Europa isn't street legal
Exige for me. What a weekend track car. Greater structural rigidity, greater downforce, and IMO looks cooler. Only downside is the poor rearward visability. Oh well, not enough of a dealbreaker for me.
It accually is, but if lotus were to import it to the us they would lose some of their componet exemptions on the elise.
Why can't we have both!Elise also for me
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As you may have noticed in recent months, President Obama's Mideast foreign policies are not going so well.
In Libya, Obama pushed out brutal but cooperative dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The country turned lawless. On 9/11, terrorists not reacting to an obscure anti-Islam video sacked the Benghazi consulate, killing four Americans. Although Susan Rice didn't get the memo. Al Qaeda forces are resurgent there, making a lie of Obama's campaign claims the outfit had been devastated by George W. Bush's successor.
In Egypt, Obama helped oust brutal but cooperative dictator Hosni Mubarak. Which lead to a national election win by Mohammed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood brother, who's now denouncing Israel, visiting Iran, supporting Sharia law and claiming the familiar "temporary" dictatorial powers, despite widespread pro-democracy street demonstrations.
Despite effusive praise for Morsi from Obama spokesman Jay Carney, the new Egyptian leader doesn't seem worried about Obama cutting off his billions in U.S. aid. And public opinion polls there indicate a substantial majority of Egyptians no longer like the United States.
Then, there's Hamas' rockets and Israeli retaliation and Iran's nukes and Syrian slaughter and Serin.
Obama has been phoning Mideastern leaders in recent weeks more often than he's called House Republicans. White House "read-outs" of presidential phone communications typically describe in general terms the subjects discussed, always emphasizing agreements between the two chatting leaders and promises of important future consultations and collaborations.
Here's Thursday's full read-out of Obama's phone call to Morsi. See if you too are struck by this one-sided "conversation." There's not one single word about Morsi's response or reaction to the American's lecture.
This could mean President Morsi laughed at a Chicago Democrat offering advice on governing to the leader of a 4,600-year-old country. Perhaps Morsi said nothing or sent Obama's call straight through to voicemail as the American chattered away.
Or it could also possibly mean that the White House chose not to release what President Morsi suggested Obama could do.
Read-out of President Obama's Talk at Egyptian President Morsi
President Obama called President Morsi today to express his deep concern about the deaths and injuries of protesters in Egypt.
The President emphasized that all political leaders in Egypt should make clear to their supporters that violence is unacceptable.
He welcomed President Morsi's call for a dialogue with the opposition but stressed that such a dialogue should occur without preconditions.
The President noted that the United States has also urged opposition leaders to join in this dialogue without preconditions.
He reiterated the United States' continued support for the Egyptian people and their transition to a democracy that respects the rights of all Egyptians. The President underscored that it is essential for Egyptian leaders across the political spectrum to put aside their differences and come together to agree on a path that will move Egypt forward. ####
Obama refuses to leave seat on Rosa Parks bus
Obama to take oath twice this time, just to be safe
36 Obama aides owe the IRS $833,000 in back taxes
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C|EH v7
I am about to take the CEH v7 exam, I actually purchased the courseware from EC-Council when it was v6 still - so I had to re-purchase the e-courseware for v7 and bridge the gap between the two in my studies.
Couple Questions:
- How would you guys rate the difficulty of the v7 exam?
- The cert introduces hundreds of tools, how much of the exam covers these specific tools? Or is it only the "main" ones?
- Any suggestions on practice tests for v7? I have found a bunch online, but ironically enough the answers vary and I feel like most of them are v6 based.
The test fee is $500, that is also the cost to re-take the test. Any help would be much appreciated, as I hope to only take it once.
I have gotten lots of good info from this forum searching online in the past, thanks to all.


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This drawing is related to Lambert's first sculpture, The Anzacs (Maquette for Desert Mounted Corps memorial competition) 1919–35 (cat.105). Lambert's submission, portraying the Anzac troops and horses in action in Sinai and Palestine, was rejected by the assessors for the memorial group because it would have been too expensive to cast full size. The competition was for a memorial to be erected in Egypt, at Port Said, and was won in 1923 by Web Gilbert.
It was recommended that the Australian War Memorial acquire the model that Lambert had submitted for the competition. During 1926, the Memorial debated whether the sculpture was appropriate for its collection because of its symbolical, and possibly controversial, nature. It was eventually purchased and cast in plaster in 1928, and in bronze in 1932. This drawing may have been made by Lambert during these discussions to encourage the Memorial to purchase the work. It shows a portion of the work viewed from behind, with the rearing horse at the back of the group, and the man falling backwards off this horse.
Lambert used his pencil, together with grey washes, to create a dramatic view of the sculpture. He used tone to give the image a strong three-dimensional quality, and added brief, quick linear flourishes to convey the unfinished aspect of the image, but also to create a sense of movement. He attached sufficient significance to the drawing to sign it and add 'ARA' to the signature.


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Say, isn't this Astroturfing?
posted at 10:55 am on August 6, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
The White House and its allies have tossed around accusations of "astroturfing" — fake grassroots movements — at the opposition to ObamaCare with gusto, as town-hall meetings erupt in anger and acrimony towards elected officials who don't bother to read bills before voting for them. They claim that powerful forces have pushed these overdressed people into these meetings, and that their strategies are coordinated from on high, rather than representing a truly sincere opposition.
If so, what does this latest missive from Barack Obama and the DNC mean?
Friend —
I wanted to send you an urgent invitation to an important Town Hall with Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on Thursday morning. She'll be talking to constituents and gathering feedback — this is an ideal opportunity to make sure your support of health insurance reform is seen and heard at exactly the right time to make a huge difference.
Our congressional representatives are back home this month, and they're facing more and more pressure from special interests on health insurance reform. It's critical that we get out there and show them where we stand.
What: Health Care Town Hall with
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Where: Grafton Town Hall
E Grafton Rd.
Grafton, NH 03240
When: Thursday, August 6th
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Our representatives are under attack by Washington insiders, insurance companies, and well-financed special interests who don't go a day without spreading lies and stirring up fear. We need to show that we're sick and tired of it, and that we're ready for real change, this year.
Please come to the Town Hall, and make sure that the most powerful voices in this debate are those calling for real reform, not angrily clamoring for the status quo.
RSVP here:
Tim Arsenault
New Hampshire Field Director
Organizing for America
P.S. — Before the event, please print off a flyer to display and make sure that your support is visible.
That's what Organizing for America, "a project of the Democratic National Committee," has sent by e-mail to its campaign list. The flyer that the DNC wants people to hold as they outshout anyone else in the room can be seen here:
Because nothing says grassroots like the Obama campaign logo on the top, and Obama's website URL on the bottom. That small print at the bottom reads, "Paid for by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee … This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee."
Uh, sure … except for the Obama logo, the Obama URL, and the weird "Oh, thank you Dear Leader" message, who would think that it was authorized by Obama?
Update: Maybe the DNC and Obama campaign should have checked with Shaheen first:
There's just one problem. NowHampshire.com contacted Shaheen's office who confirms that the senator is in Washington and will not attend the town hall meeting. Staff will field questions in Grafton instead.
These are the people who want to run your health care.
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Check out what I saw on my walk home yesterday:http://keithstoeckeler.tumblr.com/post/656641719Amazing.
After a mod like that, fake Bentley badge and all, most people will either love or hate that car. I'd be keeping a close eye on that car's engine temp though with that grill on it.
What a nut! A Bentley badge? Not fooling us though.


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When Deborah George's eight-year-old daughter Melissa* entered fourth grade, she was still struggling with reading. She had just started a new school and felt anxious when she had to read aloud in front of her classmates. "I hate reading," she told her mother.
Deborah tried to help her daughter at home, but it was a challenge. When she was able to convince Melissa to read aloud, Deborah discovered that she was guessing at words rather than sounding them out and was not understanding very much of what she was reading. Her poor reading skills were causing Melissa to fall behind in other subjects as well.
Frustrated in her own efforts and anxious to find help for Melissa, Deborah asked her daughter's teacher to recommend a private tutor. But she quickly found out that the cost of individual tutoring was well beyond her financial means.
A short time later, Deborah received what she calls "a remarkable letter" from the Toledo Public Schools telling her that Melissa was eligible to receive free tutoring. The letter explained that this opportunity was a result of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It also said she could choose any service provider she wanted from a list that had been approved by the Ohio Department of Education. Included with the letter was a brochure identifying the providers and giving contact information for each one in case parents wanted more information. Deborah notified the district of her choice and soon thereafter Melissa began spending an hour and a half twice a week with the tutor her mother had chosen.
Six weeks into the tutoring, Deborah enthusiastically described Melissa's progress: "She says she loves to read now, and she even raises her hand to read aloud in class. She's made so much progress in such a short time that it's just amazing. Her teacher noticed her improvement almost immediately. I made a great choice with this tutor: He assessed Melissa's skills and zeroed in on just what she needs, and he gives her practice to do at home. For the first time, she loves doing homework. The most amazing thing is that she has asked us for books for Christmas because she loves to read."
Melissa continued to make progress in reading, and, as a result, her grades in other subjects steadily improved. She passed the fourth grade reading proficiency test on her first try.
Melissa beams confidence and self-esteem when she describes her progress. Asked how the tutoring has helped, she thinks for a minute and then says, "Well, before I couldn't read. Now I can. I think anyone who has a reading problem should get a tutor like Mr. Miller."
Supplemental Educational Services: Giving Parents More Options, Giving Students Extra Help
When it comes to picking up on warning signs that their child is having difficulty in school, parents are pretty intuitive, and they want to act. But how? The common sense notion that some children need more instructional time than others to master the curriculum is supported by research and theory. If all students are to achieve to grade-level standards, every student must receive the specific support that he or she needs as a learner, including extra time with individual attention and precisely focused instruction. Studies show that students who continue to struggle in school without intervention compound their learning losses into a larger deficit that is difficult to remediate. In contrast, carefully tailored learning interventions can yield quite remarkable and swift progress in overcoming learning obstacles, as evidenced in Melissa's experience working with a reading tutor.
Parents who can afford it have commonly obtained this type of intervention for their child by paying for private tutoring or after-school skill-building courses. Low-income parents want the same extra support for their children, but haven't had that option. Now, thanks to No Child Left Behind (NCLB), their options are expanding. NCLB's Supplemental Educational Services (SES) provision gives parents of eligible children the opportunity and the funding to choose a private tutor or other academic support provider to help their child succeed in school.
This focus on parental choice places significant emphasis on parents' knowledge and understanding of their child's education needs. It also demonstrates a confidence in parents' ability to choose the most appropriate academic intervention for their child from among marketplace competitors. An important tenet of the law is that low-income parents should have the same range of options available to parents who can afford to scan the marketplace and select an academic intervention service that meets their child's needs. Under NCLB's SES provision, a key responsibility for states and districts alike is to present eligible parents with as many diverse provider options as possible. The services offered across the country include one-on-one tutoring, small-group prescriptive skill-building, individualized gap assessment and remediation, small-group drill and practice, computer-based assessment and skill-building, interactive e-tutoring on the internet, and internet-based skill-building with direct feedback.1 The settings in which children participate in SES activities include their own schools or another nearby district school, community centers, faith-based centers, libraries, service providers' centers, computer centers, and their own homes. When parents are given a wide variety of provider options, service providers must compete for their business. This competitive market encourages continuous improvement of program quality and services to students and their families.
The District's Role in SES
States and school districts both play integral roles in designing the scaffolding to support parental choice, but it falls primarily to the local district to bring SES to life for its families. To aid in that effort, this guide shares the early implementation experiences of five districts across the country. Varying in size and setting, each has struggled with the same issue: how to ensure that parents of eligible students can realize the full potential of the choice granted to them by this historic legislation. The districts are not presented as exemplars. Similarly, district artifacts included in the guide (e.g., an SES promotional flyer) are not presented as ideal models but rather as examples. Nor are their implementation strategies proposed as perfect practice. But for the last two years these local educational agencies have been busy figuring out what works for them, what works better, and what doesn't work at all. From their experiences, some common themes emerge and some lessons that might be helpful to others heading down this road—first among them that SES provides an opportunity to bring more partners to support the work of schools and teachers to improve achievement of their lowest-performing students. Their stories are presented in that light.
Getting clear on the SES requirements and, even more, on what districts need to do to implement those requirements is the first challenge. States are responsible for soliciting, screening, and approving providers and for maintaining an updated list based on providers' performance record. Parents get to decide which provider to use, and they receive regular reports from the provider about their child's progress. Independent contractors provide the services (as can the district itself if it has been approved by the state as a provider). In the middle is the district, whose task is to create the conditions and manage the logistics that make it possible for parents to exercise their right to choose a service provider for their children.
Among their "first steps," districts need to establish contracting relationships with service providers and develop a notification and application process for parents of eligible students. Once new structures and processes are initiated, attention can turn to "going deeper," including orchestrating a communications plan that engages more parents, expanding community-based networks to keep parents informed about their options, and building on SES approaches to extend academic intervention opportunities broadly throughout the district. In all SES efforts, districts should stay focused on the goal of ensuring that parents have easy access to as broad a choice of providers as possible in order to find the appropriate support for their child.
Figure 1. NCLB School Improvement Timeline
|School Year 1
|Does not make AYP
|School Year 2
|Does not make AYP
|School Year 3
|1st year of school improvement
|School Year 4
|2nd year of school improvement
Some basics: As shown in figure 1, a school that does not make AYP for two years running is labeled "in need of improvement," a designation that requires its district to offer public school choice to students in that school the next year.2 (If districts are unable to offer choice, they are encouraged to offer SES to eligible students instead that first year.3)If the school misses its AYP for a third year, the NCLB's supplemental educational services provision kicks in. If the school continues to miss AYP, moving into corrective action and, then, restructuring, the district must continue offering choice and SES to eligible students.
Figure 2. State and District Roles
|Define adequate yearly progress (AYP) and identify which schools are "in need of improvement" because they have not made AYP.
Determine which students at an improvement school are eligible for services.
Develop a method that uses "fair and equitable criteria" to identify the school's lowest-achieving students (if parental demand for SES exceeds available funding, these students must be given priority).
|Publicize the SES-provider application process.
Approve providers, and regularly update the list of approved providers, using an objective application process that screens for:
Give districts a list of available approved providers in their general geographic locations.
Notify parents of all eligible students about the availability of services, at least annually. Ensure that parents have comprehensive, easy-to-understand information about:
If requested, help parents choose a provider.
If requests exceed available funding, apply the criteria to identify those who will receive services.
Enter into a contract with any approved provider selected by parents of eligible students for whom funding is available.
|Develop and implement standards and techniques for monitoring the quality, performance, and effectiveness of the services offered. Report publicly.
|Provide the information the state education agency (SEA) needs to monitor the quality and effectiveness of the services offered by providers.
|Remove from the list any provider that fails for two consecutive years to contribute to increased student proficiency relative to state academic content and achievement standards.
SES-eligible students are low-income students in those schools; if there are insufficient funds to serve all eligible students, priority goes to the lowest-achieving students. Districts with schools in need of improvement are required to spend an amount equal to 20 percent of their Title I, Part A allocation on a combination of supplemental educational services and any transportation required for choice under NCLB, with a minimum of 5 percent dedicated to SES. Districts do not have to provide transportation for SES. None of the 20 percent can be spent on administrative costs, which must be covered in some other fashion. A district must provide, for each child's services, an amount equivalent to the district's Title I, Part A per-child allocation (the amount of Title I, Part A funds the district receives, divided by the number of poor and other children counted under the federal census Title I formula), unless the actual cost of services is lower. District Title I per-child allocations vary greatly across the country, but generally range from $750 to $1900.4 For more information on state and district SES roles, see figure 2. For additional guidance, see the Office of Innovation and Improvement Web site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oii/about/choice.html.
Case Study Sites and Methodology
The five districts profiled in this guide are Forsyth County, Ga.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Rochester, N.Y.; San Diego, Calif.; and Toledo, Ohio. Basic statistics about these districts appear in figure 3. For a narrative summary of each district's context and programs, see appendix A.
Figure 3. Demographics of Five Profiles School Districts
These five districts were selected from a larger set of possible sites as part of the benchmarking methodology that underlies this study. Thirty-six districts were identified as potential sites for one of two reasons: they were SES-eligible districts in states that had actively addressed SES and had many approved providers, or they were suggested as districts that had actively addressed SES in the view of state department staff, SES providers, or members of the advisory group. Existing public data and targeted interviews provided preliminary information about these districts that was used to "screen" sites and identify those that appeared to have practices in place in several key operational areas. For example, they had clearly articulated strategic plans for administering SES, outreach and communications strategies for both parents and providers, and explicit contracting and recordkeeping procedures.
This exploratory, descriptive approach is adapted from the four-phase benchmarking process used by the American Productivity and Quality Center (see appendix B for further details). In benchmarking, organizations analyze their own operations and look to promising practice partners for ideas of specific practices that might help them improve. For this study, an advisory group of researchers, providers, and practitioners with experience in supplemental educational services helped guide the focus. Their input, together with an examination of research literature and an analysis of NCLB requirements, led to the study scope (see appendix B).
Descriptions of the districts' practices were collected through two-day site visits that included interviews with providers, principals, and parents, as well as district staff. The districts arranged these interviews and also provided copies of artifacts, such as sample letters, brochures, contracts, lesson plan forms, and so forth. For each district, the study team then summarized in an individual case report the practices and lessons learned; a cross-site analysis organized the findings by topic and revealed common patterns. This guide is adapted from the full research report and also incorporates advice from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, which, jointly with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, oversees implementation of the NCLB supplemental educational services provision. Results from specific district practices, district rationales for what they did, patterns across districts, and common sense, along with the initial framework, led to the themes and suggested actions in this guide.
This descriptive research process suggests promising practices—ways to do things that others have found helpful or lessons they have learned about what not to do—and practical "how-to" guidance. This is not the kind of experimental research that can yield valid causal claims about what works. Readers should judge for themselves the merits of these practices, based on their understanding of why they should work, how they fit the local context, and what happens when they actually try them. Also, readers should understand that these descriptions are not intended to add any requirements beyond what is already in the NCLB statute and regulations.
Organization of the Guide
This guide shares practical ideas from districts around the country that have been learning as they go in the early implementation of SES. It is organized around four action areas and specific key actions in each—some that are first step, some that are going deeper (see figure 4).
Figure 4. Key Actions to Implement Supplemental Educational Services
|First Steps
|Going Deeper
|Embrace the Spirit of SES
|Build Relationships
|Reach Out to Inform Parents
|Set Clear Goals and Track Progress
*For privacy purposes, the names in this otherwise real story have been changed.


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you don't HAVE to start 3 RB's ****...and Wallace is better then Martin in my opinion and will be for the rest of the year, also you are starting Llyod who has been god awful.
you can substantially increase the points you will be scoring each week by taking my trade, at least that's the way I see it...and why wouldn't you want to score more points?
who cares whether the points are coming from a RB or a WR you already have 2 solid RB in Ridely and McFadden so you are not losing a roster spot...plus you also have Pierre Thomas as well and he's not terrible he's getting goal line carries instead of Ingram.
I'm just confused because the trade helps you more then it helps me and you are acting like it's crazy, if you don't want to do it that's fine...but not wanting to do it because you have some "need" to have 3 starting RB's is stupid in my opinion, I'd rather have a 15pt receiver in flex then a 8 pt Running back...but the way you are talking it's almost as if you want to score less points just so you can keep 3 running backs....that's your choice I guess.


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Well if you have to wear just a bikini in the Arctic, the least SI could do is give Kate Upton the cover of their swimsuit edition which they did. Again.
Matt Damon in Berlin.
Heidi Klum is reunited with Michael Kors for the Project Runway show at Fashion Week.
Mark Wahlberg takes his daughter to American Girl.
Nick Cannon and Shaquille O'Neal hosting an awards show for Cartoon Network.
Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber are always outside with their kids.
Ryan Reynolds shows Blake Lively around Sudbury, Ontario.
Renee Zellweger still going strong with her latest boyfriend.
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Primer on Islam
Islam is the religion of over 1.2 billion people in the world, including Americans, Europeans, Arabs, Africans, South and East Asians, and people of many other ethnicities. It is currently the fastest growing religion on the planet, and the one with the second largest number of followers after Christianity.
The Arabic word islam means voluntary surrender to the will of Allah (the Arabic word for God). A person who practices Islam is called a Muslim.
According to Muslims, God revealed the Qur'an (the holy book of Islam) to Muhammad via the angel Gabriel. Muhammad then transmitted it to his followers in the Arabian peninsula, and it is said to have remained unchanged to this day, thus representing the exact words of God. Muhammad, who lived during the 6th-7th centuries, is recognized as the final prophet in a line which included Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.
Although there are several branches in Islam, the two main ones are Sunni and Shi'a. For a description of the origins of the split and the nature of the differences between these two sects, see here.
Five Pillars of Islam
Although these vary depending on an individual's sect or socio-cultural background, the five basic pillars of Islam involve:
1. SHAHADAH, the first of the five basic foundations, is the declaration, knowingly and voluntarily, of: La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad rasul Allah. "There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
2. SALAH is the prayer offered five times a day by Sunni Muslims (or three times a day by Shi'a Muslims). Although encouraged to pray in the mosque with a group, Muslims are allowed to perform salah alone in their own homes or workplaces. During prayer, Muslims face towards Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city in Islam. On Fridays, a special congregational prayer known as juma'a is offered. A mosque, or masjid in Arabic, is the place where Muslims go to perform the daily prayers.
3. ZAKAH is a welfare donation from a Muslim's annual savings. It can only be spent on helping the poor, the needy, and the oppressed, and for the general upliftment of society. Zakah is one of the fundamental principles of Islamic economy, which insures an equitable society where everyone has a right to contribute and share.
4. SAWM is the annual obligatory fasting during the month of Ramadan - the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. A Muslim, every day of this month, refrains from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex, from dawn to sunset. Persons exempt from this requirement are young children, the elderly, women who are pregnant or menstruating, or others who are physically unable to perform the fast.
5. HAJJ is an annual event, obligatory for those Muslims who can afford to undertake it, at least once in their lifetime. It involves a pilgrimage to the Ka'aba, a black edifice in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, said to be built by Abraham.
The Hadith
The Hadith is the collection of sayings, actions, and silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad. It explains the Qur'an, and how to practice it. The Hadith are said to have been recorded by the Prophet's companions.
Islamic law requires an animal to be slaughtered while invoking the name of Allah, thus making the meat halal, similar to the Jewish concept of kosher. All varieties of alcoholic drinks are prohibited. Pork and blood are also forbidden.
This document adapted from Islam Explained found on Why Islam. More information can be found on the sites listed in the links section.


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I just remembered I have another bottle of that Game of Thrones beer. Too bad I can't stick it in my freezer for quick cooling.
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text: Lets think about this, the eagles are a recipe for disaster in this game. Their defense is terrible, especially on the underneath routes which is where peyton beat us all last week. Their offensive game plan will work against them here, as league wide it is known the best way to stop Peyton is to keep him off the field, so rushing to the line of scrimmage to run as many plays against the best defense they have faced all year will not be a good thing for that. This game could get ugly, just analyzing this, Chip Kelly could get to feel what its like to be on the other end of a college type blowout.


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Volume II
Postcards from Buster Television Program
What's New
U.S. Department of Education offers new e-learning tool for teachers and hosts a national principals' workshop; The Achiever newsletter features one family's experience with supplemental services; National Center for Learning Disabilities and Schwab Learning publish booklet on students and NCLB; Gilder Lehrman Institute launches History Now; PBS to produce Destination America; Henry Ford Museum and America Online are looking for the greatest innovations over the past 75 years; http://www.tutorsforkids.org has new section in Spanish; PBS offers web guide for Closing the Achievement Gap; and http://www.GrantsAlert.com offers information on education grant opportunities.
Innovations in the News
Since 2002, Sarasota, FL, has seen a 7 percent growth in music, visual arts, and dance education, plus information on charter schools, economics education, and teacher quality.
Buster Sends Language and Learning Through Video Postcards
"Are we there yet?" Those might be the four most feared words in the English language, at least if you are a parent on a family road trip. While traveling is a great way to learn about geography, different people, and diverse cultures, cross-country trips with young children are not always possible or practical. Now, parents and children can take a virtual voyage around the United States, with stop-offs in Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, from the cockpit of an airplane and through the eyes of a new TV cartoon character named Buster—a bunny who records video postcards to send to his friend, Arthur, the popular TV aardvark, and his other friends back home.
Postcards from Buster premiered on October 11 and is the latest Ready to Learn Television production for young children. This new, half-hour television program is a spin-off of the popular Arthur series. Designed for 4- to 8-year-olds, with a special emphasis on 6- to 8-year-olds, the program is the first children's television series to blend animation with live-action footage throughout the show.
The series has two goals:
- to help children build a greater understanding and appreciation of the varied cultures in North America and
- to help children, particularly English language learners, develop their language and literacy skills.
Music is also used as a vehicle for learning. Each episode has an original song about the region or city Buster is visiting. Through the repetition, rhyme, and lyrics, the songs help to stimulate English language learning, as well as introduce children to the musical styles of different cultures. Musician Wyclef Jean, who performs the theme song, said, "I wanted to be involved...because he [Buster] introduces kids to new cultures in their own country, leading them to appreciate the diversity of the world they live in. Music is a perfect vehicle for getting that message across."
"Buster's travels are a springboard to understanding different cultures," says series producer Natatcha Estébanez. "No mere tourist, Buster is, instead, on a mission to find out about the societies, customs, and traditions he encounters, escorting viewers on an exploration of cultural diversity." And by learning about different cultures, Buster also helps to show children what we all have in common.
Twenty episodes are scheduled between October 11 and November 19, with another 20 to be scheduled in early 2005 (check your local listings). From October into November, Buster will visit such states as Indiana, Illinois, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, and South Carolina. When Buster stops in Madison, WI, for example, he will participate in a Southeast Asian festival in an episode entitled, "Among the Hmong." In Jackson Hole, WY, with a "Moose on the Loose," Buster tries to videotape a moose to show his friends, and along the way he discovers fly fishing and bird watching. In Salt Lake City, he meets a Mormon family and learns what it takes to manage a family with seven children.
Since research has shown that a child's watching television by him- or herself does not necessarily contribute to learning, the producers of Postcards from Buster have developed a number of educational tools to engage adults in the learning process. A website features songs, activities, maps, and Buster's travel diary that parents can use to reinforce what the child sees on TV. Online lesson plans are also provided for teachers to use to extend the educational goals of the programming.
Additionally, Using Postcards from Buster with English Language Learners is a comprehensive teacher's guide for elementary classroom and after-school programs. The guide, which will be released later this month, offers strategies for using the series and the website to develop students' oral language and literacy skills.
Buster's Activity Book is also available from Little, Brown, and Company and contains 32 pages of activities children can do that center around the travel themes of the series. In spring 2005, the Passport to Reading book series for 6- to 9-year-olds will also be released, which will connect with Buster's adventures on the show.
Postcards from Buster builds on the research conducted on other Ready to Learn TV programs that emphasize literacy and learning. For example, a study of Between the Lions (an OII-funded program) by the University of Kansas in July 2000 revealed that kindergarten students who viewed 8.5 hours of the program over a four-week period "significantly improved their key reading skills." Also, kindergartners who were tested before and after watching a series of Between the Lions episodes improved their knowledge of word sounds by 64 percent, compared to only 25 percent gains for similar children who did not watch the show.
The program is closed-captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and, beginning in February 2005, a second audio track in Spanish will be available. Postcards from Buster is produced by WGBH Boston and Cookie Jar Entertainment, Inc., in association with Marc Brown Studios and is supported by the Office of Innovation and Improvement's Ready to Learn TV grant program. OII will be conducting a new grant competition under this program in 2005.
- Postcards from Buster
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What's New
From the U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige addressed participants at the 3rd Annual Summit on English Language Acquisition about bridging the achievement gap. He also presented the Award for Excellence in Teaching English Language Learners. (Oct. 7)
The U.S. Department of Education has a new e-learning tool that offers teachers on-demand professional development training to improve student achievement. The program is part of the Teacher-to-Teacher initiative to help educators share best practices for putting research to work in the classroom. (Oct. 7)
The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a national principals' workshop October 19-20 to share concrete leadership strategies with principals of schools struggling to improve student performance. (Oct. 4)
One of the cover stories in the latest issue of the U.S. Department of Education's newsletter The Achiever is about one family's experience with supplemental educational services. (Oct. 1)
Booklet for Parents
The National Center for Learning Disabilities and Schwab Learning have published a new booklet, Making the "No Child Left Behind Act" Work for Children Who Struggle to Learn: A Parent's Guide. The free guide explains provisions of the act along with action steps, resources, and checklists. (Oct. 7)
American History
The Gilder Lehrman Institute has launched a quarterly American history online journal, History Now. The journal contains articles from noted historians, lesson plans, resource guides, and links to related websites. The Institute has partnered with school districts participating in OII's Teaching American History program. (Sept. 2004)
PBS and others are producing a new four-part series, Destination America, which will tell the story of immigrants coming to the United States for Freedom from Want, Freedom of Religion, Freedom to Create, and Freedom for Women. [More-Biz.Yahoo] (Oct. 4)
The Henry Ford Museum and America Online, with support from DTE Energy Foundation, are offering people the opportunity to vote for the idea or innovation that has most influenced American life over the last 75 years. Voters will select the top ten from a list of innovations compiled by historians and curators. [More-PR Newswire] (Oct. 4)
The OII-supported website http://www.tutorsforkids.org has a new section for families in Spanish. The website gives information and resources on supplemental educational services. (Oct. 1)
A web guide to PBS's Closing the Achievement Gap documentary on Amistad Academy charter school provides links to education resources. (Oct. 1)
A new website http://www.GrantsAlert.com provides information for the education community on federal government and foundation funding opportunities. (Oct. 6)
The website of the National Teen Resource Bureau sponsored by the National Endowment for Financial Education of Englewood (CO) is designed to encourage a better understanding of personal finance issues and help young people develop good money management skills. (Oct. 8)
Innovations in the News
Arts Education
As a result of the 2002 Sarasota County (FL) referendum that added $28 million to schools countywide, there has been 7 percent growth in the fields of music, visual arts, and dance education. [More-Venice Gondolier Sun] (Oct. 2)
Some see the digital information age as the dawn of a new golden era for artists and designers. International demand for technically sophisticated arts graduates is growing. The postsecondary Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota (FL) is positioning itself to meet this demand. [More-Herald Tribune] (Oct. 3)
Charter Schools
Over the summer, two dozen parents and educators from throughout Virginia gathered for an all-day meeting in Henrico County to study how to submit strong applications to start public charter schools. One of the groups interested in energizing this kind of reform is a newly formed Virginia chapter of the Black Alliance for Educational Options. [More-Free Lance-Star] (Oct. 1)
The Boston Foundation, which is made up of more than 750 separate charitable funds, guaranteed a 10-year, $2.5 million loan for the Massachusetts Charter School Loan Guarantee Fund, a project of the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency. [More-Boston Business Journal] (Sept. 30) [see also the Innovator for September 23, 2003]
Economics Education
The National Urban League Young Professionals organization is educating young people about sensible financial strategies through its Know Your Money seminars in Houston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. [More-Philadelphia Inquirer] (Oct. 1)
The Jump$tart Summit, which will host over 200 Indiana teachers, highlights the need for financial literacy starting early in the education process and continuing through high school. [More-Inside Indiana Business] (Sept. 29)
Teacher Quality
The University of California Riverside has received an $11.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to increase the number, quality, and diversity of California's science teachers. [More-UC Riverside Newsroom] (Oct. 4)
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Also known as getting Josef Mengeled. Getting "Mengeled" or "Josef Mengeled" is to get beyond shittered, as drunk as can be, leaving no survivors. No man left sober, everyone wasted.
by Mahatma Goondi 2.0 October 17, 2013
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sneaky bear, sometime between 3 and 5:30 mid afternoon, like 99 degrees out, he should have been in the shade instead. My area has occasional bear sightings and figured I would have to prepare for it in the future, it just came earlier than i thought, colony was in two box hive and was filling the top box, it was a swarm i caught may 1st, they have been slow to take off but i never fed them a thing and was letting them do their thing. top box carried into the woods twenty yards, found some empty bars, broken brood comb and three pretty full bars , heavy and a bit messed up, cleaned as much leaves and junk off them and placed them back in box as best i could. i was surprised they held together. a few chunks were salvaged from the ground for me. ground sticky and several small groups of bees. before i recovered the box from the woods i saw many bees at another hive entrance, i thought maybe it was the busted up hives bees trying to get in another hive, so i reset the bottom box over a bunch of bees on bottom and went to recover the top box, when i came back just a few minutes later all that ruckus at the other hive was over and there was a lot of buzzing in the bottom box. Do you suppose they reoccupied as soon as i set it up ? I spent the next two hours setting up electric fence, it was good to have all the supplies on hand, I will have to read more on bear fencing, I know it will return.
what should i look for as far as the colony is concerned, if its got a queen yet or not?
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This weekends Bledisloe Cup Test will be Sonny Bill's final outing for the All Blacks, but he hopes it's not the last we will see of him playing rugby. A sense of timing has always been Sonny Bill Williams' strong point and like all true entertainers he is about to bow out with the crowd - and in his case the All Blacks coaches - wanting more. He has farewelled his Chiefs teammates, a job made much harder by the fact that he helped them win their maiden Super Rugby title and had finally seemed to have found his spiritual home in Hamilton.


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The company that manages the soon-to-be-opened Benoa-Ngurah Rai-Nusa Dua toll road has been given one year to completely repair the environmental damage caused by the construction of the island's first toll road.
"We hope that the company finishes the rehabilitation work earlier than the timeframe. The project's environmental impact analysis (AMDAL) stipulates that the company has a maximum of one year to rehabilitate any environmental damage caused by the project," Bali Environment Agency head, Nyoman Sujaya, said recently.
The road is managed by PT. Jasa Marga Bali Tol, a subsidiary of state-owned PT. Jasa Marga.
Construction of the toll road, which started in December 2011, has reached its final stage and the road is expected to become operational this month. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is slated to inaugurate the highway on July 13.
The project triggered loud complaints from environmental activists and NGOs, who claim that it is inflicting irreversible damage on the coastal areas and mangrove forests spanning the island's southern shore.
The complaints grew when the developer piled up limestone in the shallow waters off the coast to provide footings and a supply road for the construction of reinforced concrete piers. Limestone shoring was considered the best technique to build the 12.7-kilometer road, as around 34,000 concrete pillars had to be installed along the coastal area. This method also enabled the developer to meet the deadline demanded by the government: the toll road had to be completed before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in early October this year.
To accommodate the new method, the government allowed the developer to revise its AMDAL, a move that further enraged environmentalists.
Sujaya added that an administrative sanction would be imposed if the company could not complete the environmental rehabilitation within one year.
Separately, public relations officer for PT Jasa Marga Bali Tol, Drajad H Suseno, said that work to repair the environment around the project area had been underway for months.
"When the major construction finished, we started dredging the area. In some areas, we have also replanted the mangroves," Drajad said.
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Quick quiz: Can you name all 44 U.S. presidents? Er … neither can we. But that won't stop us from using their special day as an excuse for a mid-winter long weekend getaway!
In honor of George and those who came after him, here are five presidential-themed U.S. destinations to consider.
Washington D.C.
It might seem like an obvious first pick, but if you love all things presidential then you can't beat Washington D.C. Beyond the White House, the Capitol and the world-class network of the Smithsonian museums are plenty of other ways to fill a long weekend. To learn more about the city's fascinating history, take a walking tour with Free Tours by Foot (the company offers an interesting option focused on Lincoln's assassination) or Walk of the Town.
If you'd prefer to eat your way around the city, try DC Metro Food Tours, or browse the ethnic offerings in the trendy Adams Morgan neighborhood.
Our Favorite Washington D.C. Hotels
Mount Vernon Estate
George Washington and his wife Martha called this estate home for more than 40 years. Learn about George and Martha's life and enjoy their legacy at their home along the Potomac River. In honor of Washington's 281st birthday, admission is free on February 18, and the estate will open one hour early. There are several events scheduled over the weekend including book signings, discussions, musical salutes and a wreath-laying ceremony at Washington's tomb.
Mount Vernon is located in Northern Virginia, just 16 miles from Washington D.C. The estate is accessible by car and public transportation.
Mount Rushmore
The Black Hills of South Dakota are home to an incredible granite sculpture of four past presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. There's more to do here than just ogling the big heads; guided tour options include a Ranger Walk, Sculptor's Studio Talk and a Heritage Village tour that highlights the customs of local Native American communities.
Other activities in the area include the Black Hills National Forest, which boasts the highest point east of the Rockies, and Badlands National Park, with its amazing landscapes. Crazy Horse Memorial, the largest sculptural undertaking in the world, is also nearby.
The 10 Best U.S. National Parks
Gettysburg National Military Park
The year 2013 is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, and the military park's calendar is filled with events to commemorate the Civil War's bloodiest battle. President Lincoln delivered one of the most famous speeches in American History, the Gettysburg Address, on the property.
Events scheduled over Presidents' Day weekend include educational talks, an art exhibit, tastings at a nearby winery and the chance to "meet" President Lincoln in the Hall of Presidents.
Washington Crossing Historic Park
On Christmas night in 1776, George Washington and his men crossed the Delaware River and marched to Trenton, New Jersey, in a surprise attack against the Hessians during the Revolutionary War. The area is now a historic park, which will hold a birthday party for Washington on February 17 — complete with a cake cutting at 1:30 p.m. (Admission is a measly $1.)
Washington Crossing is a bucolic village located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, just down the road from the artsy riverfront community of New Hope.
— written by Lori Sussle


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Don't get me wrong. While I enjoyed A River Runs Through It and Moneyball, I am no great fan of Brad Pitt. Somehow the good looks and star power get in the way of his craft. However, as the Hollywood A-lister prepares to launch a collection of furniture Tuesday designed in partnership with designer and craftsman, Frank Pollaro, it might be time to revisit this position.


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The Randolph-Sheppard Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt in 1936. The act established a priority for blind vendors on Federal property. Nearly 77 years later, walking toward the snack stand operated by a blind vendor, the irony always occurs to me as I read an unusual brass plaque on the hallway that commemorates the origin of the Human Genome Project and its champion, Dr. Charles DeLisi. The irony is that Rick, the blind vendor who could one day benefit from that project, cannot see the plaque.
It takes individuals with an almost futuristic vision, able to counter criticism by those with less foresight, to take leaps of faith to establish such a far-reaching effort such as the Human Genome Project. Dr. DeLisi was apparently such a person.
Dr. DeLisi, then Director of the Office of Health and Environmental Research at the Department of Energy, recognized the available technology and came up with the idea to sequence the human genome in 1985.
The National Library of Energy(Beta): A Gateway to Information about the "All-of-the-Above" Energy Strategy
While I have not taken a formal survey, my experience over many years as a Department of Energy (DOE) employee suggest to me that most people have no idea what DOE does. Let me amend that. Many people know exactly what we do. DOE controls the price of gas at the pump; it manages natural gas drilling, builds pipe lines and regulates refineries. As it turns out, people know a great deal about DOE, it's just that most of it is dead wrong.
Look it up and you'll find that "[t]he mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America's security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions." Hmm. Nothing about gas prices there.
Once you get a bead on the DOE mission you are ready to mine its extraordinary set of resources.
American Citizens Need Basic Research
Some time ago, a friend, a young father of two, lay in a hospital bed seriously ill. The physician said there was no treatment. The pancreas was secreting substances that were digesting itself and destroying surrounding tissue. Some patients recover on their own; others do not.
Natural laws may allow some remedy which will assist the body's own defenses and cause the pancreas to heal. If there was such a remedy, why did the physician not use it? The answer is the lack of knowledge -- not of just one physician, but of the medical profession as a whole. Unless the physician is a researcher, he waits for others to discover the remedy. He waits because no predecessor mastered the natural laws which govern the pancreas.
The young father in my story is a real person. His name is Vince Dattoria.
Overlooking the eastern shore of the beautiful San Francisco Bay is UC Berkeley, founded during the gold rush days as the flagship institution of the University of California. This campus has become one of the preeminent universities in the world. UC Berkeley has consistently ranked highest among the world's public institutions for its achievements in teaching and for the quality and breadth of its research enterprise.
Berkeley's core research community is made up of some 1,600 full time faculty, 10,000 graduate students, and approximately 1,400 post-doctoral fellows from throughout the world. An astounding 22 current and former faculty and 29 alumni have received the Nobel Prize. The first atom-smashing cyclotron was developed here and UC Berkeley faculty played a key role in building the world's first atomic bomb.
Scientific videos just became even more plentiful and even more accessible through OSTI's multimedia search tool ScienceCinema. Over a three-month period and with the help of a wonderful summer intern working alongside OSTI staff, we have added 560 new science videos to ScienceCinema from DOE Labs. Now, ScienceCinema contains over 3,200 videos highlighting exciting research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and CERN. Using innovative, state-of-the-art audio indexing and speech recognition technology, ScienceCinema allows users to quickly search videos, and identify the exact point in the video where the search terms were spoken.


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He's here! With the world watching, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, also known as Kate, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on Monday.
The birth of the royal baby topped international news Monday and is expected to cause big celebrations throughout Britain. The media had been eagerly awaiting the baby's arrival for the past month as Kate's rumored due date of mid-July approached.
Already, the newest royal has a clear path to power. As the first child of Prince William and Kate, the baby is third in line to the throne. Under Britain's monarch system, the only two people ahead of the baby are his father William and grandfather, Prince Charles. William's brother, Prince Harry, will be bumped down to fourth in line.
Now that the royal baby is here, he will no doubt continue to draw international attention. The birth has already sparked big sales of baby-related merchandise at stores in London and throughout Britain. Stores in London have been selling clothes, plates, and other products related to the royal birth, just as they did for William and Kate's wedding in 2011.
A Day of Excitement
Royal officials announced early Monday morning that Kate was in labor, and traveled to St. Mary's hospital in central London just before 6 a.m. The duchess gave birth in the private Lindo Wing of the hospital, where Princess Diana also gave birth to William and Harry.
Thousands of well-wishers lined the streets near the hospital and around Buckingham Palace, which is the official workplace of the British monarch system. TIME took to the streets outside of St. Mary's Hospital and Buckingham Palace to ask the well-wishers what made them so excited about this royal birth. Many people, like 47-year-old Shaun Melass, a real-estate broker from Pretoria, South Africa, on vacation in London, said part of the thrill came from being a part of a historical event and all the hoopla that went with it. "I love the pomp and the ceremony," he said. Peter Davenport, 82, from Richmond, southwest London, was also outside Buckingham Palace on Monday, waiting for news of the birth. "It is all tied back to tradition—it goes back for generations," he said.
The birth was announced with a mix of tradition and social media. The public first heard the news when a royal aide emerges from the hospital with a signed notice. The notice was posted on an easel in public view in front of Buckingham Palace.
At the same time as the bulletin was posted, there was an official announcement on Twitter and the media was formally notified. The document gave the baby's gender, weight, and time of birth. The boy was born at 4:24 p.m. and weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz.
There was a great deal of speculation about the baby's gender. The royal couple had revealed few details before the birth, preferring to keep Kate's pregnancy as private as possible.
Royal watchers were particularly interested in the baby's gender because if the baby had been a girl, this would have been the first time she could have inherited the throne without being nudged aside in favor of a younger brother. Until 2011, rules dating back centuries stated that the crown passed to the oldest son and could only go to a daughter when there were no sons.
However, it could be a while still before the royal couple announces the new baby's name. When William was born, a week passed before his name was announced. Charles's name remained a mystery for an entire month. Until then, he will be known officially as His Royal Highness, Prince of Cambridge.
A Royal Tradition
England is one of the few countries in the world that still has a monarch system. The Kings and Queens of England were once powerful, ruling over a vast empire. Today, the British monarch's powers are more limited.
In the past, the royal children were kept apart from their peers and were often raised by governesses. Many royal children attended boarding schools far away from home. Prince Charles went to boarding school at age 8. Kate has said she does not want a nanny to raise her child, but the media has questioned whether that will be possible with all of the new mother's royal responsibilities.


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Secretary Duncan Spoke at Commencements of Foothill and De Anza Community Colleges
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan gave commencement addresses at two California community colleges, Foothill College on June 25, and De Anza College, on June 26. At De Anza, Duncan said: "President Obama and I are huge believers in community colleges. Community colleges are so central to building a competitive America and resilient work force. And they are absolutely critical to meeting President Obama's goal that America will once again have the highest college graduation rate in the world by 2020."
At each college, the secretary acknowledged the many students who were the first in their families to graduate from college, had come to the United States from another country, had worked, or had raised a family while in school. At Foothill he said: "...the class of 2010 has had to climb steps and overcome obstacles that younger students at four-year residential colleges typically don't face."
New Mexico's Etre-Pérez Becomes College Dean
New Mexico's state director of adult basic education, Pam Etre-Pérez, will leave the New Mexico Higher Education Department on July 23 to become dean of the School of Adult and General Education at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque. During her six-year tenure at the New Mexico Higher Education Department, Etre-Pérez instituted seven approved policies governing adult education statewide as well as a state-of-the-art database system. She helped the state set statewide goals and created a strategic plan that will implement a performance-based funding formula beginning in July. Harrison Rommel will serve as director of the Adult Basic Education Division until a permanent appointment is made.
CTE Offers Students Opportunities
The June 17 issue of the Economist provides a broad perspective on the values inherent in career and technical education (CTE) courses, stating, "The Council of Economic Advisers projects faster-growing demand for those with a two-year technical-college degree, or specific training, than for those with a full university degree." The article, "Too narrow, too soon? America's misplaced disdain for vocational education," also addresses issues related to technical training, while highlighting the recognized potential of "career academies" (small schools that combine academic and technical curriculums and give students work experience) and new efforts for keeping high school students engaged.
ED Readies NIFL for Transition Sept. 30
The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) will end its operations on Sept. 30, 2010. The current NIFL office location will close on Aug. 13, and staff will move temporarily to OVAE's office at Potomac Center Plaza. A new website with a Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) banner will open on Sept. 27, 2010, offering the information and functions currently available on the NIFL website. All discussion lists will continue after the institute closes and will be accessible through the new LINCS Web address beginning Sept. 27, 2010. Persons using the former Web address will be automatically re-directed to the new site. All NIFL publications will still be available for downloading from the new website. The last date to order hard copy of NIFL publications is July 1, 2010, through EDPubs at 1-877-433-7827 (TDD/TTY1-877-576-7734) or http://edpubs.gov. NIFL staff will not be available after the institute closes. NIFL's hotline number, 1-800-228-8813, and e-mail will continue to operate until Sept. 30, 2010.
Correspondence to NIFL from Aug. 13 to Sept. 30, 2010, should be sent to:
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Award-winning farmstead cheesemaker will show its comprehensive new energy conservation system.
by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor
A firsthand look at what dairies are already doing to make, save and reduce energy use will be on display March 19 at Ballard Family Dairy and Cheese in Gooding, Idaho. The 80-cow Jersey dairy will host an open house at its big red barn at 520 S. 800 E. from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The focus of the event will be the energy conservation and production systems that the dairy installed last year with the help of USDA's Rural Development and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) programs, Idaho Power, EnSave, D.L. Evans Bank, and Site Based Energy. Dairy producers who attend the open house will receive a free Level 1 energy audit of their farms.
Energy conservation steps taken by the dairy include a comprehensive energy audit and a project feasibility study that included identification of state and federal cost sharing, grants, utility rebates and tax incentives.
New high-efficiency equipment that was installed, including a roof-mounted solar thermal tube system (pictured above), have cut electricity and propane use at the dairy so significantly that projected payback time is just 6.8 years via cost savings and after all rebates, credits and incentives.
Additional information about the open house is available from Riley Buck at Site Based Energy, telephone 208-928-7583 (office) or 208-720-7930 (cell).
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"ABCs of alfalfa harvest" is the topic of the noon (Central time) webinar on Monday, March 11 presented by Ev Thomas, William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute. Alfalfa harvest recommendations vary widely, including when to take the final cutting of the season. Increasing herd averages and high forage rations both require top quality forage, and this starts with proper harvest management. Register for the free webinar at www.hoards.com/webinars. The March webinar is brought to you by W-L Alfalfas (www.wlresearch.com).