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A new study from Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences says that the
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isn't quite as high as scientists previously thought.
The study was led by Harvard applied physicist David Keith, who showed that we may not have access to as much wind power as once thought. Keith is an internationally renowned expert on climate science.
According to Keith's study, individual wind turbines each create a "wind shadow," which is where air is slowed by the drag on the turbine's blades. Wind farms with as many turbines packed into an area as possible but with just the right amount of spacing in between them are optimal for decreasing this drag.
However, the larger these wind farms are, the more they communicate and regional-scale wind patterns are even more important. Keith said previous generating capacity of large-scale wind farms ignored the drags and these wind patterns.
Keith's study said that the generating capacity of large-scale wind farms that are larger than 100 square kilometers could peak anywhere from 0.5 and 1 watts per square meter. Prior estimates put these figures at 2 to 7 watts per square meter.
"If wind power's going to make a contribution to global energy requirements that's serious, 10 or 20 percent or more, then it really has to contribute on the scale of terawatts in the next half-century or less," said Keith.
But there are limits that could hold wind back from growing. Keith said that if wind were to exceed 100 terawatts, it would have a huge impact on global winds and eventually climate -- which could negatively affect climate more than doubling CO2.
"Our findings don't mean that we shouldn't pursue wind power—wind is much better for the environment than conventional coal—but these geophysical limits may be meaningful if we really want to scale wind power up to supply a third, let's say, of our primary energy," said Keith.
"It's clear the theoretical upper limit to wind power is huge, if you don't care about
the impacts of covering the whole world with wind turbines
. What's not clear—and this is a topic for future research—is what the practical limit to wind power would be if you consider all of the real-world constraints. You'd have to assume that wind turbines need to be located relatively close to where people actually live and where there's a fairly constant wind supply, and that they have to deal with environmental constraints. You can't just put them everywhere."
Keith concluded that we'll need to find sources for tens of terawatts of carbon-free power "within a human lifetime" in order to stabilize the Earth's climate.
"It's worth asking about the scalability of each potential energy source—whether it can supply, say, 3 terawatts, which would be 10 percent of our global energy need, or whether it's more like 0.3 terawatts and 1 percent," said Keith.
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Mitchell Anderson | March 30, 2009
By Mitchell Anderson • Monday, March 30, 2009 - 15:37
There's another strong contender for the Christopher Booker Prize for Bullshit Reportage of Climate Science.
The latest challenger is David Bellamy, a former BBC broadcaster who has been holding forth on his rather hostile views on climate science.
In a video interview with a British newspaper, he calls peer-reviewed journals as "the last thing I would use now."
If Bellamy has indeed written off the entire scientific community, where is he getting his information to back up his remarkable claims that carbon emissions are not driving climate change?
Hard to say… George Monbiot does an admirable job of trying to unravel Bellamy's convoluted arguments in an article last week. Let's try and follow the faint trail of breadcrumbs dropped by the UK's leading climate change denier.
Among other things, Bellamy maintains that a much warmer climate 2,000 years ago allowed Romans to produce "very very good red wine up in the Scottish borders."
True? Ah…no. Here is a map of the extent of historical wine production in the UK including both the Roman and Medieval periods, published by Richard Selley, author of The Winelands of Britain.
The good news (if you can call it that) is that Scotland may be promising vineyard habitat by the end of the century due to ballooning emissions of fossil fuels.
The "fine wine" argument instead buttresses the already colossal amount of evidence that the kind of climate change we are now witnessing eclipses anything seen in the historical record.
Bellamy also contends that the famous graph produced by Dr. Michael Mann had been "taken apart and proven to be a fiddle" - a charming turn of phrase but of course entirely wrong.
The so-called "hockey stick" graph has been recalculated several times using updated data and always shows the same thing: that the climate we are experiencing now is warmer that anything in recorded history. According to the US National Academies of Science assessment of this "controversy":
The basic conclusion of Mann et al. (1998,1999) was that the late 20th century warmth in the Northern Hemisphere was unprecedented during at least the last 1,000 years. This conclusion has subsequently been supported by an array of evidence that includes both additional large-scale surface temperature reconstructions and pronounced changes in a variety of local proxy indicators, such as melting on icecaps and the retreat of glaciers around the world, which in many cases appear to be unprecedented during at least the last 2,000 years.
Bellamy may instead be referring to a fraudulent graph produced by a German high school teacher that was cribbed from an early draft by the IPCC way back in 1900. This cut and paste fakery involved phony temperature scales, extended timelines and amusing claims that the fake graph was correct and the entire IPCC process was wrong. It was also promoted to many schools in Germany.
For a knee-slapping account of this flim-flammery see this account from Realclimate.org.
Bellamy also repeats a favorite refrain of climate deniers that the ice core data shows a lag between temperature increases and CO2 increases. According to him, this indicates the link between CO2 and temperature is all a bunch of hooey.
First of all, ice core data from Greenland and Antarctica dating back many hundreds of thousands of years shows that global temperatures move in lock step with atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Obviously, there is a very strong link between the two.
Secondly, scientists are not maintaining that ancient increases in temperature were initiated by increasing CO2.
For one thing, mastodons or our ancient primate ancestors did not drive cars or excavate and burn massive amounts of coal – that is something we are doing for the first time in geologic history. Prehistoric temperature increases were instead started by changes in the Sun's output or the Earth's orbit, and then amplified up to five times by the release of carbon in positive feedbacks like melting permafrost or CO2 release from warming oceans.
Third, this extensive ice core record is not something we should take comfort from. We are already seeing evidence of dangerous positive feedbacks which may lead to runaway climate change, whether we in the future decide to drastically reduce CO2 emissions or not. Once we start the train moving, it may pick up speed up even as we try and put on the brakes.
Speaking of ice, Bellamy also claimed in a letter to the New Scientist in 2005 that many of the world's glaciers "are not shrinking but in fact are growing … 555 of all the 625 glaciers under observation by the World Glacier Monitoring Service in Zurich, Switzerland, have been growing since 1980"
His nemesis George Monbiot took the time to contact World Glacier Monitoring Service and read them Bellamy's letter. Their response? "This is complete bullshit…Despite his scientific reputation, he makes all the mistakes that are possible."
It gets worse. Turns out that Bellamy's "source" likely originated from a website hosted by none other than S. Fred Singer. This professional denier who has worked on behalf of the CFC, tobacco, and oil industries was ostensibly citing a "paper published in Science in 1989", stating that 55% of glaciers were growing.
Monbiot tried to find such a paper but it does not exist. This phony claim about growing graciers has been making the rounds on the internet for years and was finally put to bed by Desmog Blog last July.
It also turns out that Bellamy apparently meant to type "55%" but missed the shift key and got 555 instead. Bellamy later admitted to a "glitch of the electronics" regarding his letter to the New Scientist, yet never requested a correction be published.
So much for the robust case against climate science.
climate criminal replied on Permalink
It's hard to be generous to Bellamy
It's hard to be generous to Bellamy when one considers that he used to be on the other side of the divide between science and the denialists. As I remember it, Bellamy used to be persuaded by the science that climate change was already happening and was the result of human activity.
Wikipedia agrees.
"The profligate demands of humankind are causing far reaching changes to the atmosphere of planet Earth, of this there is no doubt. Earth's temperature is showing an upward swing, the so-called greenhouse effect, now a subject of international concern. The greenhouse effect may melt the glaciers and ice caps of the world causing the sea to rise and flood many of our great cities and much of our best farmland." - David Bellamy in 1989
But despite climate science becoming far more extensive in breadth and depth, Bellamy has completely changed his mind. This really beggars belief.
Let's remember that Bellamy is a scientist - he's a Botanist with a PhD and he became a Professor. So presumably he has had a love of searching for the truth. But what happened?
Since he has clearly not been persuaded by the science. It's hard to conclude that he has either
a) gone mad,
b) has sold his soul to the fossil-fuel devil(s).
Since he hangs around with other deniers - apparently he went to the 2009 Heartland Conference, it looks like the answer is b)!
Anyone who hangs around with this pack of denialists
(partial list: Lord Bunkum of Bonkers; Willie Soon [OISM Garbage]; David Legates; Arthur Robinson [OISM Garbage]; Fred Singer; Lawrence Solomon; Ross McKitrick; Patrick Michaels; Bob Carter; the Idsos [Craig; Sherwood]; Myron Ebell; Antony Watts; Marc Morano; Zbigniew Jaworowski; Roy Spencer; Dennis T. Avery; Tim Ball.)
And who spreads their lies, needs to be treated with a combination of ridicule and contempt:
Global Changes replied on Permalink
I just dont understand the
I just dont understand the whole climate change denial movement. What do these people possibly have to gain with these claims? If they are right, well nothing changes at all, and no one will really care, and if they are wrong then the world and our existance on it is sevearly threatened, and millions if not billions of lives are at risk.
I suspect that what is troubling the deniers deep down is that in science in order for your results to be truly valid you need to remove as many of the other variables as possible. Otherwise it could be that one of those other variables is in fact causing what you are seeing rather than the hypothesis you are testing.
I've posted a bit more on this topic here:
Cheers Ken
Namik Omerspahi... replied on Permalink
Why denial
Because it is a principal of scientific thinking to question: is something scientific or not.
Climate has always been changing and the definition of climate includes 30 years average changes.
Climate change movement is political, it is all about change to sustainable industries, which itself, is positive.
On the other hand, let us not forget CARBON DIOXIDE IS GOOD FOR THE PLANTS, forests biodiversity, agriculture….
Phlogiston replied on Permalink
David Bellamy was raising the
David Bellamy was raising the Public's awareness of environmental issues long before it became "mainstream". He was and still is a true Environmentalist and Scientist. The fact he happens to disagree with the prevailing orthodoxy, as he did in the past, should be a cause for celebration, rather than criticism.
climate criminal replied on Permalink
You obviously weren't paying attention.
You obviously weren't paying attention.
Yes: 'David Bellamy was raising the Public's awareness of environmental issues long before it became "mainstream". He was and still is a true Environmentalist and [while he may technically may still be a] Scientist.'
He's either lost the plot or moved over to the DARK SIDE.
What he currently says, is NOT supported by the science.
Could you please explain [in terms of science] his bloopers about glaciers, peer-review and carbon dioxide?

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Between this and Wolf Blitzer doggedly reminding her that Paul Ryan's Medicare plan would not, in fact, target senior citizens, it's been a tough couple of weeks on CNN for America's most lifelike talking-points robot. I wonder why they've decided to go after her lately. Has her droning, mechanical spin begun to annoy even otherwise sympathetic media? Or is this a pure ratings thing, with CNN producers realizing that rhetorical bloodsport with DWS is a surefire winner with conservative audiences?
Simple stuff here. The GOP adopted the same abortion language in its platform this year, with no specific exceptions for rape or incest, as it did in 2008 and 2004. Romney's on record repeatedly as saying that he favors exceptions for rape and incest in prospective abortion bans. DWS's spin: Because Romney's the nominee and his people kinda sorta get to write the platform — which isn't binding on him or anyone else — we should ignore his stated position and pretend like he's no different from Todd Akin. And if that means occasionally bowdlerizing a quote in a newspaper for DNC fundraising e-mails, hey, politics ain't beanbag. You're now prepared for seven minutes of mind-paralyzing spin. Go get 'em, Roboto.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. - A trip to sell a lawnmower turned tragic for one local family last weekend after a nine-year-old girl accompanying her father apparently wandered off.
We talked to the girl's father in an exclusive interview about what happened next...
He turned his head for just a minute, and she was gone; that's what the father of little nine-year-old Ashley Vincente told us through tears Monday.
He tried to save his daughter's life after finding her floating in a pool.
Father Nicholas Vincente tells us she was known for her bright smile. "She's a special girl," he said, adding that Ashley loved life.
On Sunday afternoon, Ashley accompanied her father to a home on Samuel Street in Kingsport, where he was selling a lawnmower to the homeowner.
Ashley had Down's syndrome, and had recently had open-heart surgery.
Her family says she couldn't wait to spend the day with her dad. When they arrived at the home, the two men were looking at the lawnmower while deputies say Ashley played nearby.
Moments later her father tells us she wandered off. Both he and the homeowner began frantically searching for her.
Precious minutes passed, and then Nicholas Vincente found his only child floating in a pool on the property that was surrounded by a fence.
He pulled her out as a nearby resident called 911.
Paramedics rushed Ashley to the hospital, but it was too late. Doctors pronounced her dead at the scene.
Ashley's aunt Anna Marie Cruz consoled the girl's mother, who couldn't even speak to our crew. "Everybody needs to hug their child every day.You never know when something like this is going to happen to your kids," she said. "Anything can happen."
The sheriff's office is investigating, but says right now it appears to be a tragic accident.
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The apartment has a very nice feel with an "authentic" style, an open, fully equipped kitchen, a private bathroom with shower, wireless internet, a TV with international channels and of course a coffee maker. There are a double bed and a sofa that can accommodate up to 3/4 people.
Everything in this apartment is in great condition!
The neighborhood is ideal located at about a 3 minutes walking distance from the busy city center with lots of restaurants and shops, The Ann Frank House, the Central Railway Station, the Red Light District, Dam Square and Westerpark and 3 nice markets on Mondays (arts and crafts), Wednesdays (organic) and Saturdays (farmers).
In short, the perfect place to stay when in Amsterdam!
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a very cute, clean and stylish apartment. Everything worked perfectly - a very early check in and late check out due to the flights. We were welcomed very friendly. The apartment is very quiete although the lively city is not far. Almost everything is accessible on foot.
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The appartment is small but very cute. The position is very near to the centre of Amsterdam. You walk 5 minutes to the Harlemplein (Harlemplace) where you can find shops, supermarkets what ever you need and of course access to the public transports. The small island on which the appartment lies is very beautifull. There is no stress or hecticness, a welcome change to the centre, which apparently never sleeps.
Emmy is a great hostess, always nice and kind. Don´t think any further, just book this appartment!
The apartment is situated close to everything! You can walk 4 minutes to the city part called "jordaan" and 10 to 15 minutes to all the other attractions like red light district etc.. The apartment itself is small but it has everything you need. I would recommend it for 2 people. The host was very reliable and friendly!
Great apartment in a lovely quiet area of Amsterdam. We were 2 couples sharing so space was a little bit tight but we managed and we all loved the apartment. Emmy provided info on local shops, restaurants etc which was really helpful.
Myself, my husband and our 18yr old son stayed here at the end of May for 3 nights and had an amazing time. The apartment is very quaint and is very well equipped. The are surrounding the apartment is very peaceful and friendly but having the benefit of being a 10 minute walk to the centre and train station. There are plenty of places to eat and shops nearby. Emmy is very welcoming and informative on arrival and close at hand should you need her for anything. Many thanks Emmy.
We had a wonderful stay at Emmy's. The flat is located in a beautiful and peaceful neighbourhood, not far from the train station and the city centre.
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Moganshan Lu, on the north side of Shanghai's CBD is a collection of 50 or so galleries from local and international artists. While living in Shanghai I visited this area a few times and was always on the list of things to do for visitors. Its popular cousin, Taikan Lu, seems to get a lot more press and interest from tourists, probably because of the western cafe's and suitably kitsch galleries.
Anyway, while cleaning up some old hard drives I came across some old photos of this area and decided to touch some of them up.
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Nice spot! So neat & well organized.
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Pristine, clean & neat. I see great things coming out of your she-cave. Your one lucky lady.
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Definitely lighter/brighter than b4, like what you did to improve your 'girl cave' ... looks great!
Do you always keep it so nice and neat/organized? if so, I'm green with envy!
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Love that space!
What a transformation! Getting rid of large pieces of furniture is always difficult for me. I love the more modern and streamlined look of your new room. If it hadn't been for that unique window, I would neve have believed it was the same room.
I love your re-done sewing room. I am just in the planning stages of one, and I printed out the pictures on your blog since there are lot of good ideas that I will probably incorporate in my room. It really helped that you referenced Ikea as a source for some of the components. Enjoy your new room! I am sure you are the envy of many on this board.
What a great space....Love it....
WOW this looks fantastic! So bright and clean looking too! Be sure to share the picture of the quilt you put up over the couch!!


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I will add my 2 cents in on this one. I also believe Mr. Lindsey is full of shit. I do however respect Musibike's right to express himself with out personal attack. A forum is an open discussion of ideas and whether you agree with them or not, personal attacks are off bounds. Win your point with sound research, not name calling.
Anyhow, Israel does have a semi-secret nuke program. It was sold to them by the french after attempts to steal our technology fell through.
Global warming is real and man is the cause during this particular time frame. Many times in the past climate change has affected the Earth. This was brought on by massive co2 emmision from super volcanos or particulate matter in the air blocking sunshine released from massive meteor strikes or any of another host of climate changing issues such as Sun activity. All these are natural based changes and ther is nothing we can do about them. What we can do however is recognize our profound affect on our air quality and our responsibility to it. We have pumped billions of tons of waste chemicals into the air. How do we not expect something to happen eventually. The same way our water quality has dramatically been impacted it's the same for air. We once thought the skies infinite as we did our oceans. There is no natural factor to account for this temperature change. The sun isn't doing it, The earth's core isn't growing hotter. Only the atmosphere has changed. The course of the rise in co2 emmissions exactly corresponds with our rise in industrial output. When BushII came to power he commisioned a study on the enviroment, intending to use his fuzzy science to manipulate the figures to keep us out of clean air treaties and pollution control measures for his friends in industry. When the report was delivered to Bush he was sorely dissappointed. The facts were so bad as to be beyond manipulation. He then discredited his own report and his own scientists by dimissing the findings.
What exactly does your belief in man-made global warming have to do with the possibility of war in Iran? I mean, I've taken many threads off topic before but at least mine were somewhat related.
Sorry SJOHNSON, just addressing some Hal Lindsey stuff Musibike brought into the discussion. Let me wander back to the main topic by saying I think war is not an option on the table. Iraq and Afghanistan have our forces stretched out and demoralized. We can rattle our sabres and get together with other countries to impose sanctions. That's about it. We have been in this useless war in Iraq for so long, when a real threat finally comes up we haven't the will or the money to fight it. Iran is no pushover like Iraq was. Saddam's soldiers couldn't wait to surrender. Iran has religious fanatics that will cross any line to win. They would be fighting a defensive war with many friends in the area. Could make Viet nam look like a pleasant Sunday outing. Russia would see it as an opportunity to sell weapons as would China. Don't know how it will play out but we've got nothing to gain by it. No one will stop Iran from having nukes, just like no one stopped India and Pakistan. Or Israel for that matter.
On this week's edition of "The Hal Lindsey Report": Many of you have requested that I once again examine the story of those mysterious 'wise men' who traveled so far to worship the new 'King of the Jews.' Who were they? How did they know to watch for a sign in the heavens? How long did they wait for that sign? Where did they come from? (Hint: it's a land that is frequently in the news today.) Why did gentiles come to worship the King of the Jews? How did God use them to preserve the Messiah's life? You'll learn the answers to all of these questions and more this week when I discuss "The Mystery of the Magi."
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They would be unable to push there current agenda and in all likelihood would lose big in the next elections making them loved as much as the Carter Administration.
Any action taken now would amount to WWIII.
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Volume IV
The Talking Page Literacy Organization's Tutoring Approach
What's New
- U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announces grants for emergency school repairs
- U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, Ray Simon visits Elementary School in Virginia where he paid tribute to American troops
- Secretary Spellings launchs the fifth meeting of her Commission on the Future of Higher Education
- Secretary Spellings announces the first two States approved and implementing their growth model pilots for the 2005-2006 academic year.
- Secretary Spellings delivers commencement remarks and receive an Honorary Degree at Montgomery College (MD)
- Secretary Spellings and the Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation, address the first national summit on the advancement of girls in math and science
- Secretary Spellings sends a letter to all Chief State School Officers
- Secretary Spellings delivers the commencement address to the Texas Tech University Class of 2006
- The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) releases The Condition of Education 2006
- NCES released results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 science assessment
- NCES releases the National Indian Education Study
- New 2005 Digest of Education Statistics
- NCES has created a new version of the College Opportunities Online Locator (COOL) website
- A new NCES study examines the link between kindergarten enrollment status and students' first grade reading and mathematics achievement
- Annual NCES Summer Forum and Data Conference
- The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is accepting applications for the NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program
- Grant awards for the Teaching American History program
- The U.S. Department of Education awards two grants
- The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has releases two charter school reports
- Desert Sands Unified School District (CA) receives national recognition
- A study from the Center for the Future of Arizona and Morrison Institute for Public Policy
- The Big Read Program
- Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland's first female state superintendent, will receive the 2006 James Bryant Conant Award
- A new report from the Colorado-based Daniels Fund
- A new study from ACT
- The Western States Certification Consortium offers a website and newsletter
- The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has released a report
- National Education Association (NEA) released a list of the top five trends in the teaching profession
- PBS receives the 2006 Education Commission of the States (ECS) Corporate Award
Innovations in the News
- Charter Schools
- Closing the Achievement Gap/School Reform
- Reading
- Teacher Quality and Development/Leadership
- Technology
Brain Matters: The Talking Page Literacy Organization's Tutoring Approach
Look at the word "bat." Silently concentrate on reading the word. Now say the word out loud. Surprisingly, the brain uses very different circuits, or pathways, to perform each of these tasks: looking, reading, and speaking. The Talking Page Literacy Organization (TPLO) is employing recent research on how the brain works to inform how it may help children learn to speak, read, write, and understand the English language.
TPLO is a nonprofit organization that offers after-school tutoring services in English to local educational agencies, including school districts, and faith-based organizations using phonics and current research in Neurolinguistics. Neurolinguistics is the study of how the human brain learns and processes written and oral language. In order to tutor individuals with different learning styles, the program utilizes four "learning pathways to the mind," which include hearing, saying, seeing, and writing. Students first practice how to recognize the sounds of letters, pronounce sounds, form letters, spell whole words, and then write sentences.
According to TPLO, this approach to instruction can be represented in the form of a "linguistics tree." Phonemes , graphemes , and morphemes are the basic foundation of language and constitute the "roots" of the tree, which is where the tutoring program starts. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in language that is capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, such as the b in bat and the m in mat . A grapheme consists of all the letters and letter combinations that represent a sound, such as f , ph , and gh for the phoneme / f /. Next, a morpheme is a language unit that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units, such as the ed in walked . Once a student has mastered these three main roots, he or she can begin practicing how to say and write words and phrases, which make up the trunk of the "linguistics tree." Sentence construction and grammar are the last elements of the program and form the branches of the metaphorical tree.
Martin Chekel, founder and president of TPLO, states, "The design we use is sequenced we take the fundamental parts of language and then build upon them. In creating this service, I wanted to bring new ideas into classrooms and after-school programs, to change instruction and accelerate it."
TPLO was established in 1998 for the purpose of improving "early childhood literacy in America" and the philosophy that all children should be able to read, spell, and write English by age six. In 1998, TPLO provided research reports and testimonials about effective early childhood writing, spelling, and reading programs to Congress, State legislatures, and local school boards. In 2001, TPLO began providing services to school districts in California, where the organization is based.
Currently TPLO offers three programs, "Early Childhood and Family Literacy," "America's English Language Tutoring," and "English Linguistics Literacy." All three programs generally last seven to ten weeks and tutor students in writing, spelling, and reading. Within each TPLO program, trained tutors or teachers lead students. TPLO has developed a series of "Tutoring Academy" workshops for teachers and tutors in which they are trained using specific professional development modules. These modules are designed to support California's English-Language Arts Standards in kindergarten through eighth grade and focus on topics such as phonemic awareness, decoding, phonics, listening and speaking integration, and vocabulary and writing development. During professional development sessions, teachers and tutors view a presentation on neurolinguistic brain research, observe trained tutors during classroom demonstrations, review instructional materials, learn how to integrate a TPLO-developed audio system into their tutoring instruction, and analyze TPLO-created pre- and post-tests.
Individual mini-lessons for each program generally take five to ten minutes for students to complete. Students then spend time reviewing lesson concepts with their tutors before moving on to the next mini-lesson. TPLO uses explicit instruction with an audio system called SONO. Explicit instruction is a series of required instructional steps or procedures designed to guarantee that students understand explicitly what is expected of them and what is being taught. TPLO tutors speak with students before each mini-lesson about the lesson's objectives. The SONO system delivers the majority of tutoring instruction to students and consists of a headphone and microphone set as well as an audio player capable of voice replay and recording. During a lesson, a student first listens to a recording where a phonemic sound is pronounced. Next, the student repeats that sound into the microphone on the headset. The audio player allows the student to hear his or her own voice saying the phoneme. The student then writes the letter that represents the phoneme using a clock face as a writing guide. To write the letter g , for example, the student would start at the number two then trace all the way around the clock back to the number four, making a circle. Then the student would pull the line straight down, rounding the line up toward the number eight. After writing the letter four times, the student says the phoneme again. According to studies from the National Institute of Child and Human Development (NICHD), direct instruction in decoding skills emphasizing the alphabetic code results in more favorable outcomes than does a context-emphasis or embedded approach.
In his 2000 address to Congress, Dr. Reid Lyon, former Chief of Child Development at NICHD, noted, "The average child needs between four and fourteen exposures to a new letter, letters, or words to automatize the recognition in the brain."
By listening to the phoneme, saying it twice, hearing the pronunciation of it, and then writing it four times, each TPLO lesson allows for nine exposures to a particular letter. Review is a large part of the process. Parents whose children participate in the Early Childhood and Family Literacy Program are encouraged to review the lessons with their children as homework.
TPLO has patented the term "SONOgram" to describe the working set of 26 letters and 44 phonemes that are needed to write English speech on paper. Each SONOgram is numbered and then introduced and reviewed in different mini-lessons. During the first five weeks of the program, students learn the sounds of 54 SONOgrams, how to form all the letters in the alphabet, write simple sentences, and spell several hundred words. During the next four weeks, students learn the remaining 16 SONOgrams, additional vocabulary words, and begin to read basic-level books.
The process is informed by the work of Dr. Sally Shaywitz, a neurolinguist and Co-Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention. According to Dr. Shaywitz, "In order to learn how to read, an individual must begin to learn that the letters, the orthography, the graphics that are present on a page, represent the same sound units that an individual hears in spoken language."
TPLO conducts pre- and post-tests for students using two exams. Both tests were developed at the Reading Research Center at Cornell University and are administered by TPLO tutors. First, the tutor tests the student's ability to write the 70 SONOgrams heard in English speech and simple spelling words using the TPLO English Linguistics Assessment Tests that are on the SONO Audio System. Next, the tutor administers TPLO's Diagnostic Reading Test to assess the student's reading comprehension and skills. The diagnostic tests are offered for students in first through fifth grade and another set of diagnostic tests is offered for students in sixth through eleventh grade. Dr. Walter Pauk, director of Reading Research at Cornell University, Linda Browning, and her husband, Glenn Browning, developed both sets of diagnostic tests. The tests provide tutors, teachers, and parents with an indicator of the student's weaknesses and strengths. During the test, the student must be able to recall facts from a given passage, identify the main idea of a passage, draw conclusions, and choose the correct meaning of a vocabulary word from a particular context. The diagnostic tests employ the Fry Readability Scale to determine the student's reading level. The Fry Scale utilizes a special graph to plot the average number of syllables and sentences per 100 words in a piece of writing to ascertain the grade level of the material. Once TPLO tutors have gathered information from all tests, they generate Individual Student Learning Plans for each tutee.
In 2001, TPLO provided 145 Early Childhood and Family Literacy Program Kits to students at Garfield Elementary School in Santa Ana, California. Garfield has a student enrollment of 1,028 Hispanic children who perform significantly below average in English language skills measured by the state's STAR (Standardized Test And Reporting) exam. The TPLO kits included student books, SONO audio players, writing papers, lesson booklets, and reading comprehension tests for grades one through five. Students who were reading both below and far below basic in grades two through five were selected to participate in the after-school TPLO program. The organization trained 23 teachers and 20 aides for the project.
The year before the program was implemented, six percent of second and third grade students and 11 percent of fourth and fifth grade students were reading on grade level. By 2003, after fully implementing the TPLO program and other school-based interventions during the academic day, the percentages increased by 26 percent for the second grade, 18 percent for the third grade, 32 percent for the fourth grade, and 23 percent for the fifth grade.
The Talking Page Literacy Organization is an approved supplemental educational services (SES) provider in California under the federal No Child Left Behind Act . Currently, the organization has contracts in diverse areas across the state, some of which include Orange County, San Diego County, Los Angeles Unified School District, San Joaquin County, Pomona Unified School District, and Sacramento County. The term "supplemental educational services" refers to free extra academic help, such as tutoring or remedial help, that is provided to students in subjects such as reading, language arts, and mathematics. This extra help can be provided before or after school, on weekends, or in the summer. Low-income families can enroll their children in supplemental educational services if their children attend Title I schools that have been designated as in need of improvement for more than one year by the State. Across the country, providers of supplemental educational services include nonprofit and for-profit organizations, local educational agencies, public schools, public charter schools, private schools, public and private institutions of higher education, and faith-based organizations. The Office of Innovation and Improvement coordinates the supplemental educational services provision of the No Child Left Behind Act .
What's New
From the U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the award of more than $27 million in grants for emergency school repairs under the Department's Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Program. (June 9)
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, Ray Simon visited Franklin Sherman Elementary School (VA) where he paid tribute to American troops as part of the "ThanksUSA" initiative to mobilize citizens to thank the men and women of the armed forces for their contributions to the country. Deputy Secretary Simon stressed the value of American history in schools along with the importance of Memorial Day as a national holiday for recognizing the sacrifices of service men and women. (May 26)
Secretary Spellings launched the fifth meeting of her Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Washington, DC. The Commission discussed access, affordability, accountability, innovation, and workforce development among other topics. (May 19)
Secretary Spellings announced that Tennessee and North Carolina are the first two States approved and implementing their growth model pilots for the 2005-2006 academic year. Tennessee has received full approval to implement its growth model for this year. North Carolina is approved to implement its growth model, provided that its assessment system is fully approved by July 1, 2006. Six additional States that had applied this year, but did not meet the necessary criteria to be approved for the 2005-2006 school year, will have the opportunity to submit revised proposals for the 2006-2007 school year. (May 17)
Secretary Spellings delivered commencement remarks and received an Honorary Associate of Arts in Public Service Degree at Montgomery College (MD). She lauded community colleges like Montgomery noting, "Community colleges can bob and weave to prepare students for new opportunities and better jobs." (May 17)
At the first national summit on the advancement of girls in math and science, Secretary Spellings and co-host Dr. Kathie Olsen, Deputy Director of the National Science Foundation, joined representatives from the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Girl Scouts of the USA, Sally Ride Science, and other organizations to address the math-science gender gap in the nation's schools and its effect on women entering the future workforce. (May 15)
Secretary Spellings sent a letter to all Chief State School Officers requesting their assistance with more effectively implementing the public school choice and supplemental educational services (SES) provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act . The letter also invites States to apply to participate in an SES pilot for the 2006-2007 school year, in which up to seven districts per State would be allowed to offer SES to students who attend schools in year one of improvement. States and districts must meet certain eligibility requirements to participate. (May 15)
Secretary Spellings delivers the commencement address to the Texas Tech University Class of 2006. As the first U.S. Secretary of Education with school-aged children, she gave graduates advice and reminded them to never forget the lessons their mothers taught them. (May 13)
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released The Condition of Education 2006. This annual report summarizes developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The 2006 report presents 50 indicators on the status and condition of education and an analysis of international assessments. Secretary Spellings issued a statement regarding the report's findings. (June 1)
NCES released results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2005 science assessment, which show national performance in the fourth, eighth, and twelfth grades and state performance for most states in the fourth and eighth grades. Fourth-graders made significant improvements in science over 1996 and 2000 levels, with the lowest-performing students making the largest gains and achievement gaps narrowing. (May 24)
NCES released the National Indian Education Study (NIES) PDF (968 KB), which is a two-part report describing the condition of education for American Indian/Alaska Native students across the country. Part I of the report highlights the performance of these students in grades four and eight on the 2005 NAEP reading and mathematics assessments. Part II of the report is a survey of the educational experiences of these students and their teachers, and will be released later this summer. (May 23)
The new 2005 Digest of Education Statistics provides readers with an array of data covering topics in pre-kindergarten education through graduate school. Topics include: numbers of institutions, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, along with information about educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, employment and income of graduates, libraries, and international comparisons. (May 17)
NCES has created a new version of the College Opportunities Online Locator (COOL) website, an information tool designed for students, parents, guidance counselors, and others interested in American postsecondary education. The site allows visitors to view and compare profiles of nearly 7,000 colleges and universities. (May 15)
A new NCES study examines the link between kindergarten enrollment status (e.g., repeating kindergarten or delaying entry into kindergarten) and students' first grade reading and mathematics achievement. (May 12)
The annual NCES Summer Forum and Data Conference will be held July 24-28 in Washington, DC. Activities will include training for Common Core of Data (CCD) Coordinators, presentations by national experts in school finance, and information about NCES survey and assessment programs. The registration deadline is July 13. (May 11)
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is accepting applications for the NAEP Secondary Analysis Research Program. The program was developed to encourage reports that analyze information in NAEP assessments and in the NAEP High School Transcript Studies (HSTS). The application package is available online. The application deadline is July 27. (Apr. 12)
From the Office of Innovation and Improvement
Grant awards for the Teaching American History program have been announced and a list of grantees is posted online. (June 2)
The U.S. Department of Education awarded two grants under the FY 2006 Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics competition. (May 31)
Charter Schools
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has released two charter school reports. Trends in Charter School Authorizing uses information from surveys of charter school authorizers and finds that these organizations are becoming more selective and taking action to close unsuccessful charter schools. Playing to Type? categorizes charter schools across the country based on their instructional approaches. (May 4)
Desert Sands Unified School District (CA) has received national recognition for its Voluntary Public School Choice (VPSC) environmental studies curriculum. Second grade Language Enrichment Academic Program (LEAP) students from Abraham Lincoln Elementary School (CA) were honored with the President's Environmental Youth Award for their class project: The Wonderful Weird World of Worms. The Desert Sands district receives VPSC funds from the Office of Innovation and Improvement. (May 15)
Closing the Achievement Gap
A study PDF (1.42 MB) from the Center for the Future of Arizona and Morrison Institute for Public Policy uses the methodology of Jim Collins, author of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Others Don't, and finds 12 Arizona elementary and middle schools that are improving mathematics and reading scores for low-income Latino students. (March 2006)
Grant Opportunities
The Big Read Program from the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, encourages individuals to read for pleasure and enlightenment by engaging libraries and community and school partners across the country. Approximately 50 organizations will be selected for programming occurring between January and June 2007. The deadline for these applications is September 12, 2006. An additional 50 organizations will be selected for programming occurring between September and December 2007. The deadline for these applications will be April 2007. (June 8)
Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland's first female state superintendent, will receive the 2006 James Bryant Conant Award for her contributions to American education. The Education Commission of the States (ECS) will give the award, which is named for its co-founder, on July 13 as part of the ECS 2006 National Forum on Education Policy. (May 17)
School Reform
A new report from the Colorado-based Daniels Fund offers advice about creating successful and lasting school/business partnerships and examines why some school partnerships are more effective than others. The report highlights seven strategies for successful partnerships based on its findings. (June 8)
Raising Student Achievement
A new study from ACT shows that high school graduates need similar skills to succeed in the workplace as they do to succeed in postsecondary education. The study offers a number of recommendations to policymakers. (May 8)
Teacher Quality Development
The Western States Certification Consortium offers a website and newsletter to recruit former military personnel and spouses to become teachers. The Consortium is funded through a Troops to Teachers grant from the Office of Innovation and Improvement. (June 8)
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has released a report PDF (1.38 MB) that examines coursework and textbooks used at 72 colleges of education. The report asserts that most of these colleges use outdated approaches to teaching reading, especially for underprivileged children. The report also posits that only 11 colleges studied currently introduce teachers to the five "scientific components of reading," which highlight phonics, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, guided oral fluency, and reading comprehension. (May 2006)
As part of its annual National Teacher Day celebration (May 9) the National Education Association (NEA) released a list of the top five trends in the teaching profession as well as a "portrait" of the 21st century American schoolteacher. (May 2)
PBS has been selected to receive the 2006 Education Commission of the States (ECS) Corporate Award. Each year, ECS recognizes a for-profit corporation, nonprofit organization, or a foundation that has demonstrated a sustained commitment to improving public education in the United States. PBS has developed products under the Office of Innovation and Improvement's Technology in Education Program through Ready to Teach (RTT) and Ready to Learn Television (RTL) grants. (May 18)
Innovations in the News
Charter Schools
Options for Youth (OFY), a group of public charter schools serving at-risk middle and high school students in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Sacramento (CA), is posting higher test scores than the majority of its counterparts statewide. The scores are based on the State's official accountability measures, including the Academic Performance Index (API) and the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE). According to data collected from the State, all OFY charter schools' API scores are, on average, 105 points higher than the scores of other alternative schools in the districts where they operate. Additionally, in comparison to peer schools, OFY charter schools' passage rates are, on average, 36 percent higher in English language arts and 17 percent higher in mathematics. [More-U.S. Newswire] (May 25)
Closing the Achievement Gap/School Reform
A new study finds that female primary and secondary school students often perform better than males in timed situations, an advantage that could explain why girls generally outperform their male counterparts in school. The study, by professors Stephen Camarata and Richard Woodcock from Vanderbilt University (TN), involved more than 8,000 people aged two to 90 from across the United States. Professor Camarata notes, "The higher performance in females may contribute to a classroom culture that favors them, not because of teacher bias but because of inherent differences in processing speed." [More-The Age] (May 25)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded North Carolina more than $10 million to continue the state's New Schools Project, which aims to create 150 new reformed high schools over the next five years. The funds also will be used to expand Governor Mike Easley's Learn and Earn program, which gives students the opportunity to earn a high school diploma along with an associate's degree or college credits. Governor Easley hopes to create 75 Learn and Earn schools by 2008. North Carolina's latest Gates grant comes after an $11 million contribution from the foundation in 2003 to begin high school improvements, develop teacher curriculum, and offer students more relevant coursework. [More-eSchool News] (May 24)
According to a new University of Michigan study, the Federal Reading First program is successful in improving grade-school students' reading scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. The Reading First program was established as part of the No Child Left Behind Act . Funds are dedicated to help States and local school districts eliminate the reading deficit by establishing high-quality, comprehensive reading instruction in kindergarten through third grade. As part of its Federal grant, Michigan is receiving $28 million a year for six years. [More-The Ann Arbor News] (June 1)
A professional team of educational examiners and observers has found that the Alamo Navajo Community School (NM) has improved its reading scores in kindergarten through third grade by 71 percent. According to the team, "Alamo Navajo Community School is a national leader among all Bureau of Indian Affairs schools in the country including Hawaii and Alaska." As a result of the school's performance, it will automatically qualify for a fourth year of continued Federal funding through the Reading First program. [More- The El Defensor Chieftan] (June 1)
Teachers and administrators at Iroquois High School in Jefferson County (KY) are dealing with a different kind of problem: they can't get many of their students to stop reading. With most incoming freshmen in any given year identified as struggling readers, getting students to read, even for pleasure, has always seemed a struggle. According to school staff, now that Iroquois High has adopted the Ramp-Up to Literacy program, developed by the Washington-based National Center on Education and the Economy, students' reading skills and their motivation to read has greatly improved. The school has trained dozens of teachers to use the curriculum, purchased thousands of books, and assigned instructional coaches to classrooms. The program also has spread to 18 of Jefferson County's 21 high schools. [More-Education Week] (May 24)
Teacher Quality and Development/Leadership
Gene Noel's retirement was short: just two days. Mr. Noel retired on a Friday after working for 24 years with the U.S. Air Force handling weapon systems. The next Monday, he walked into a classroom and began working at a Phoenix (AZ) school serving low-income children. Mr. Noel is one of more than 8,400 former military personnel who, since 1994, have changed careers under the Troops to Teachers program. The Federal grant program, which is managed by the Office of Innovation and Improvement, covers teacher certification costs and pays bonuses to individuals who teach in schools with a high percentage of disadvantaged students. Mr. Noel says, "[Teaching] is the fulfillment of a dream." [More-The Arizona Republic] (June 2)
Pamela Bookbinder thought that after graduating from Washington University (MO) she would enter law school. Her plans changed, however, after being actively recruited by Teach For America (TFA) on her college campus. Now, after many emails, meetings, interviews, and phone calls, Ms. Bookbinder is preparing for her two-year teaching commitment with TFA. TFA places recent college graduates in poor urban and rural areas to boost the academic achievement of students. About one in ten seniors at Washington University applied to TFA this year, twice as many as two years ago. About one-third of the students who applied were accepted. Nationally, about 19,000 individuals applied this year, up from 17,000 last year, for 2,400 positions. TFA's ramped up recruitment efforts at colleges and universities like Ms. Bookbinder's school are aimed at doubling its teaching corps to 7,500 teachers by the year 2010. [More-The Kansas City Star] (May 31)
Master Sergeant Bobby Matthews, a senior Army instructor with the Junior Officers' Training Corps in St. Stephen (SC), is one of many former military members now teaching in public schools. Former soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen can enter classrooms in different ways. Some serve as Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps ( JROTC) instructors while others earn accreditation through the Troops to Teachers program. Sergeant Matthews says that his mission is to provide students with training for jobs and for life. In March, Sergeant Matthews was honored at his school as the Cross High School Teacher of the Year. [More-The Post & Courier] (May 1)
A grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Indian Education is helping more American Indians become school administrators. Sandy Johnson, a 20-year veteran of special education, is one of 15 Indian educators who will move to the principal's office after studying at the University of North Dakota (UND). UND and the United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) secured the Federal grant, amounting to more than $1 million. The grant covers the costs of tuition, books, and fees and offers participants a stipend. UTTC manages the financial aspects of the program, while UND provides the coursework. Participants engage in several internships and job shadowing experiences. After graduating from UND, participants are paired with veteran administrators who serve as mentors. [More-The Bismarck Tribune] (May 10)
The Call Me MISTER (Men Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) program seeks to address a shortage of African-American male teachers, particularly in South Carolina's lowest performing schools. The program aims to place 200 participants, or MISTERs, in the State's elementary schools. This number would more than double the number of African-American male teachers currently teaching in South Carolina elementary schools. Fifteen MISTERs now are in their first or second year of teaching. The program was recently recognized as a member of Oprah Winfrey's "Angel Network" and received the first Southern Regional Council Corporate/Community Partnership Award in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education case. Call Me MISTER receives funding from the Office of Innovation and Improvement's Fund for the Improvement of Education program. [More-Teachers of Color] (Apr. 2006)
School districts across the country are working to implement data-management systems that analyze student performance. In Plano, (TX) elementary school teacher Stacy Kimbriel used her school's data system to target students that needed extra help and is now able to see how those students performed on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) after they received tutoring. In addition to tracking grades and attendance in one easily accessible place, some new data systems are noting standardized test questions, the skills they measure, and individual student answers. By matching student errors with skills tested, the data systems can show "who knows what." Systems can also spot class-wide weaknesses so that teachers can identify when they need to re-teach particular topics. [More-The Dallas Morning News] (May 30) ( Subscription required. )
The Bluegrass State will soon celebrate its status as the first State in the nation to send a satellite into space. The venture is a cooperative effort among State universities and agencies to promote economic development as well as education and research for Kentucky students ranging from kindergarten through college. The satellite program could help attract high-tech businesses to what is being called "Silicon Holler," an area near Morehead State University. Morehead State will house the satellite's ground operations and a team of undergraduate and graduate students from Morehead State, Murray State, and Western Kentucky Universities will design, build, launch, and guide the satellite through its estimated 18-month orbit. The cube-shaped, Pico KentuckySatellite (KySat) is scheduled to launch in late 2007 from a site in Kazakhstan. [More-Lexington Herald-Leader] (May 26)
Richard Baraniuk, an electrical and computer engineering professor at Rice University has created an online system called Connexions where users can freely exchange curriculum material and other educational research. Members of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) plan to use the resource to store peer-reviewed materials on various aspects of educational leadership and are encouraging school administrators and other educators to consider submitting reports to the website. Though the website is intended as a resource for instructors and students, anyone with an interest in learning more about a particular subject area can log in and use the information they find. [More-eSchool News] (May 25)
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Hash oil blamed for Longmont garage explosion
LONGMONT, Colo. - Hash oil is being blamed for a garage explosion in Longmont.
KMGH reports that two men were burned in the explosion Wednesday afternoon (12/18/13). A third man was unhurt.
Investigators say the explosion was caused by extracting hash oil from marijuana by using butane.
Paramedics took two men to Longmont United Hospital - one with severe burns who had to be transferred to a burn unit, and one man who had burns to his face.
Police arrested three men on charges of fourth-degree arson and conspiracy to commit fourth-degree arson. They were not immediately identified.


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Nice block quilt! Very sweet of you to make the quilt.
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Dotty, how did you make the sparkles sparkley? Looks like bobbin work? It is so cool, great job.
Are there many AQ quilters here?
are you asking about the alzheimer quilts?
welcome, tracy! can't wait to see your work! i do more talking than producing, but my heart is totally in it! currently i am taking time off from swaps and i'm working on home and family projects. i have nothing that i have quilted! i also need to do 2 birthday dresses for olivia lulu and some more doll clothes for olivia lala. and i've inherited another little girl, marin, so she will soon be getting a doll with some shorts, pj's and robe, 2 dresses and a pair of jeans and a tank top. think that's it. may make her a sleeping bag out of fleece to go with. i'm thinking of starting a site about 18" dolls, their clothes, props, whatever is interesting! i will be taking henry and another doll to texas with me as i promised lala i would. looks like the dolls rule right now, lol.
i have made another mug hug and may post a pic of that, just for fun. my turning twenty, turned twenty-five. need still to add borders. thinking of adding an extra. we'll see. i will post pics of that too. what am i waiting for? the camera. did anyone see where i put it down?
Funny you should mention dolls. I have always wanted to make a cloth doll. The kind that Barbara Willis and Patti make. One day maybe.
So, where is this mug hug you speak of?
The sparkly fireworks is hand embroidery w sparkly threads.
the mug hug is safely sitting in my sewing room and where's my camera is a better question! lol!
one of the things about art quilts that i love the most, is the stitching is an integral part of the design, by all means get comfortable with fmq, but there are a lot of straight lines you can use to great effect as well as echo lines. so don't let fmqing hold you back!
Thank you Nanica. Right now I am content to finish the art piece of them and then dig in!
I also can't wait to see what all you art quilters come up with doing this Challange!
I have been "Lurking here for a while, thinking that you are all so talented, but I really love "soft Art" I used to do a lot of it in the early 80's before I realized I couldn't do anything! Not sure why or how I pickd up that attitude, but I am seriously working hard to get rid of it!
I suffer from serious Migraines and sometimes the only thing that helps is just diving into a project that has no limits. Nothing that can go wrong, more or less. Yesterday was one of those days and I had this image of a quilt in my head, one that represented "Life interrupted" I could not rest, it just would not shake so I got up with head pounding, nauseous, bothered by light, the whole party! But I seriously got lost in the making of that quilt top.
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I call it "Living with..." after I finished it I was able to fall asleep and when I woke up amazed at how closely it reflected my vision. So I posted a picture on Facebook and was really surprised that someone wanted to buy it!
If you will have me I would love to join your group, and possibly broaden my horizons. I want to have the fun that you all seem to have in here playing.
Thanks, Mb
Are you kidding? We'd LOVE to have you!!!! We will enjoy all your experiments good and bad so we can learn from you.
Your piece is excellent and someone with good taste has shown interest so you should delight in that. I certainly get exactly where you were coming from on that one. (Been there, done that with the migranes. Ugh! Mine went away when I hit menopause though :)
So keep working and showing us what you are up to. I personally can't wait until you do your next one.
My next one is on the board and I can't quite decide on it's finishing. Got some idea for the quilting of the middle --but then what? As of course subject matter and fabrics are a tad strange.
I may put it up partially done and get some feed back from everyone. Unless a midnight inspiration strikes. (One can hope.) Meantime I have three other ideas I'd like to start...always a danger for me as then none of them get completed.....:)
Welcome Mary Beth---would have said 'warm welcome' but you guys are too hot and I need the heat down here in the winter.


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Many traveled far to race, watch Pole Pedal Paddle
Came from Hawaii, Minnesota, California among others
BEND, Ore. - It's estimated that 70 percent of racers and spectators in the U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle are from Central Oregon, but the rest are from out of the area.
We wanted to find some of them and ask how they heard about the race and why they traveled so far for it.
Tara Schlosser is from St.Paul, Minnesota, and the 37th annual Pole Pedal Paddle was her first.
Her brother-in-law was competing in the race this year for the first time.
"This is seriously amazing," Schlosser said at the big after-party at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. "We were just at the finish line and saw a woman who must have been in her 90s just cross. Bt I love that it is like all ages, all different activity levels -- very cool."
Also visiting from afar: Geoff Ash from Duluth, Minnesota.
If Ash wasn't in Bend already training for Nordic skiing, he never would have known about the race. He missed the deadline to join, but was able to watch it from the sidelines.
"It was sweet," Ash said. "The whole atmosphere of everything is awesome. Being around everyone is a really good feeling."
Some of those who competed in the race might be leaving town with some aches and pains.
"I think it's great," Ash said. "It's going to be a rough afternoon for my legs, and I'm going to be a bit sore tomorrow, but it was a whole lot of fun."
Betty Ramsey last competed in the race 26 years ago, before she moved to Hawaii.
"I'm originally from Oregon," Ramsey said. "I moved to the Big Island 26 years ago to explore different avenues of life."
And in those 26 years, the event has grown from 1,000 to now more than 3,000 competitors.
"It's grown," Ramsey said. "It (Bend) stopped at Pilot Butte. But I mean east Bend has grown, people just have enjoyed it."
While there were several out-of-state residents, many came from cities all across Oregon, like Stephen Cruise of Gaston, who has now competed twice.
"You enjoy the punishment a little bit, and you hope that next time it hurts a little bit less," he said. "You have to keep proving yourself that you can do it."
Visitors we talked with said they were happy to either have watched or competed.
"Its nice to be out in snow, being a Nordic skier," said Patrick McElravey, a visitor from Tahoe City, California. "We have no snow (left) in California, so nice being out here."
"It's a great family event and great for individuals and test yourself," said Cruise. "If you're not into testing yourself, then just surround yourself with family and friends."
"I would say I would be coming back to do a leg, but it's highly unlikely," said Schlosser. "But it's plenty fun just being a spectator."


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"LE CARRE" - Wonderful flat on a boat!
Size25 m²
Floor No.0
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Suitable for events
- Balcony/terrace
Accommodation summary
|quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon, France
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|Property ID
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Bright and quiet studio located on a houseboat in the center of Lyon, close to plublic transport, close to the Ice Rink of Lyon, and the big new commercial center of Confluence and his nautic place.
It is made of a main room with a double bed and a single bed on top of it (can sleep up to 3 people), a large closet, an equipped kitchen, an office corner, a separated bathroom with shower and washrooms.
From the studio you have a view on the docks and on the river.
You will have access to a shared terrace equipped with tables, chairs and new Barbecue.
From this extraordinary terrace you will enjoy beautiful views at the Saône and its bridges.
Non smoking apartment.
Metro: Perrache – Tram: Perrache or Suchet
Sheets and towels included
TV, Internet Wifi or Cable
The house boat has more than one studio and can accommodate a group of people for your events.If you are more than 3 people, Please send me a message, I will tell you the avaibilities and prices, and click on my picture!
House rulesNon smoking
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|Price for > 2 guests
|25 NZ$ per guest/night extra
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|Check-out before
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Reviews of this property
I loved this experience. I would do again as the welcome, even if it is remotely (by telephone) is super nice. I felt welcomed and listened to. I was guided step by step, and guests have asked about me regularly. The road works currently on the docks are a bit disturbing but does not prevent all access. It's just a question of aesthetics. The view not very pretty. I just regret that the time was not on hand to enjoy the terraces for breakfast in the sun. ;-) Take advantage! This is REALLY nice. I loved it!
J'ai beaucoup aimé cette expérience. Je referais volontiers car l'accueil, même s'il est à distance (par téléphone) est super agréable. Je me suis senti accueilli, et écouté. J'ai été guidé pas à pas et les hôtes m'ont régulièrement demandé des nouvelles. Les travaux de voirie actuellement sur les quais sont un peu perturbants mais n'empêche pas du tout l'accessibilité. C'est juste une question esthétique. La vue pas très jolie. Je regrette juste que le temps n'ai pas été de la partie pour profiter des terrasses pour petit déjeuner au soleil. ;-) Profitez en ! C'est VRAIMENT très sympa. Moi j'ai adoré !
Very welcoming and friendly. high availability e kindness.
Barge very well located, a few minutes walk from the rink, train station, restaurants, cinema, shopping center, tram .....
Excellent stay, I highly recommend, in any case, I would!
Très bon accueil et chaleureux. d'une grande disponibilité e gentillesse.
Péniche très bien située, à quelques minutes à pieds de la patinoire, gare, restaurants, cinema, centre commercial, tram.....
Excellent séjour, je recommande fortement, en tout cas, je reviendrais!!
Reviews for this host's other properties
Nice boat with enough room for two, located perfect in close distance to all the museum and shopping in the center of Lyon.
I liked very much. The mini Cabine is too small for a double bed but every thing is clean and we have been very happy to stay in the boat. It's a great place.
Very well designed and equipped cabins! We enjoyed our stay very much, as Lyon is a wonderful city and we had everything you need and everything we needed (even an iron, wifi and so on). You can sit on the deck-terrace, if you like, there is a washing machine and more. Once having arrived there and checked in it, was really a nice place to stay.
The way from the train station to Quai Rambaud and to the boat itself was confusing. We had been asked to ring up Emilie at the time of our arrival, but no one answered phone calls directly, only SMS. - O.K. but complicated and I still don't know Emilie. Anyway, Yves, who introduced himself as the manager, was friendly and everything was fine. Important to know, when you want to get there is the name of the boat, forget the number 10 (that only refers to the houses on the shore nearby). The banks of the river Saone (and also those of the Rhône) are full of people, having a good time, especially on summer evenings. And that is nearby, no far from outside your window, really lovely. Not too much noise.
Sadly, there was not a real breakfast served, like we had understood it from the Wimdu-offer. Simply teabags, rusk, butter and jam in the cupboard and fridge to help yourself. (And a well equipped kitchen part of the room to be successful in that). The water on the tap is really good in Lyon (no joke)!
We would go and stay there again.
pleasant stay but the cabin was small and minimal decoration to brighten the cabin
séjour agréable mais la cabine était petite et la décoration minime afin d'égayer la cabine
Very good service! The cabin is very comfortable. Thank you for this stay:}
Tres bon accueil ! La cabine est tres confortable. Merci pour ce sejour :}
I heartily recommend this studio because it is well located, very functional despite its size, and perfectly isolated, which is very pleasant in winter.
The breakfasts are nice, and the organization is perfect.
We had a very good stay, thank you.
je recommande chaleureusement ce studio car il est bien situé, trés fonctionnel malgré sa taille, et parfaitement isolé, ce qui est fort agréable en plein hiver.
Les hotes sont agréables, et l'organisation est parfaite.
Nous avons passé un trés bon séjour, merci beaucoup.
nice but very poorly organized: another cabin that controlled, power cuts often asse, not very clean, the other tenants a little unruly ...
With Wimdu a satisfactory solution was found.
sympa mais très mal organisé: une autre cabine que commandée, coupures de courant asse souvent, pas très propre, des autres locataires un peu indisciplinés...
Grâce à WIMDU on a trouvé une solution satisfaisante.
Our experience in the houseboat was good.
It is best to enjoy during spring-summer and to build on the outside (a chair, a barbecue)
In the boat is heating.
It would be interesting that it is only a room with a double bed and in the kitchen to improve the design.
Notre expérience dans le peniche a été bien.
Il est meilleur pour jouir durant printemps-été et pour mettre à profit l'extérieur (un fauteuils, un barbecue)
Dans le bateau le chauffage est bien.
Il serait intéressant que c'est seulement la chambre avec un grand lit et dans la cuisine à améliorer la décoration.
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Professional Penetration Testing
Someone has read this book ?
http://syngress.com/hacking-and-penetra ... n-Testing/
I'm looking for a book with a lot of exercises for testing the method. In this book there is a DVD with some lessons, and i saw in the summary that we work on our virtual lab.
So if someone can tell me if it's a must buy or not it'll be cool ! Because of the price i'm not sure if i can buy it or not.
thanks !
PART I - Setting Up
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Ethics and Hacking
Chapter 3: Hacking as a Career
Chapter 4: Setting up Your Lab
Chapter 5: Creating and Using PenTest Targets in Your Lab
Chapter 6: Methodologies
Chapter 7: PenTest Metrics
Chapter 8: Management of a PenTest
PART II - Running a PenTest
Chapter 9: Information Gathering
Chapter 10: Vulnerability Identification
Chapter 11: Vulnerability Verification
Chapter 12: Compromising a System and Privilege Escalation
Chapter 13: Maintaining Access
Chapter 14: Covering Your Tracks
PART III - Wrapping Everything Up
Chapter 15: Reporting Results
Chapter 16: Archiving Data
Chapter 17: Cleaning Up Your Lab
Chapter 18: Planning for Your Next PenTest
Appendix A - Acronyms
Appendix B - Definitions


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Ordered a pallet of deeps from them and
the customer service was very good.
You all may remember them in the For
Sale section.
My impression of the boxes were that they
did not live up to the hype. Fingers did
not fit tightly and gorilla glue was a
must to fill the gaps.
Lots of chip out on hand holds and if you
don't assemble right away they will cup.
A fair number have rough sections from not
being thick enough to plane smooth.
I give them a C+ and for $9.00 each delivered
I am not bummed.
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Checked my two swarms today. Noticed the queen was not laying in cells that had the wire under them. It was the same on both sides. Kinda neat.
Checked my two swarms today. Noticed the queen was not laying in cells that had the wire under them. It was the same on both sides. Kinda neat.
Fascinating observation.
I've noticed this as well. The bees will coat the wire with enough wax in time and the queen will start to use these cells.
I have seen frames that had the wires chewed bare and avoided the first draw out then gradually incorporated. I have some new nucs this year on undrawn wired wax and the wires are not being avoided at all. They are keeping the queen close to honey bound and she is laying sometimes in cells that are only about 1/8" drawn and in some cases eggs deposited directly onto the wire itself. It has been cold here at nights and they are not going great guns at drawing out the foundation but for some reason they dont seem bothered by the wires. They seem to like the wired wax a bit better than the waxed black pierco plastic that I am trying on a sister hive.
Ask the bees what gives!
Edit: I wonder if how well the wires are embedded has something to do with how they build on it.
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That explains the two "bare" stripes I saw on a frame a week ago. Thanks for putting the piece in that puzzle for me.
I noticed this the first time i saw eggs in my hive. I also did not find it surprising. I also noticed on my last inspection that the bees are tearing down comb in places attempting to remove the wires.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)


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FONTANA - A man wearing a Halloween skull mask and carrying a 9mm semi-automatic pistol pulled a trick by holding up a convenience store on Wednesday.
But he and an accomplice were captured in Irwindale and both were being treated to incarceration in the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, authorities said.
The robber walked into the ampm mini mart at 8127 Mulberry Ave. about 8:30 p.m. and threatened to shoot the clerk if she didn't empty the cash register.
Still wearing the Halloween mask, he ran out of the store with an undisclosed amount of money and fled in a vehicle driven by a second man, police said.
A witness reported the license plate number of the car to police, who determined the vehicle was registered in Los Angeles County. Officers broadcast the information to other law enforcement agencies.
Undercover Fontana officers spotted the vehicle on the 10 Freeway and followed it to Irwindale where they arrested two men, identified as Andres Jimenez and Jose Segura, both 19, on suspicion of armed robbery. Their cities of residence were not not known.
"Detectives are inquiring with surrounding cities to find out if the suspects' methods of operation are similar to any incident in other areas," said Fontana a police spokesman, Sgt. Robert Morris. "This is still an ongoing investigation."
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'Heartbeat Bill' Flatlines In Senate
COLUMBUS, Ohio
An Ohio bill that would have imposed the most stringent restriction on abortions in the nation has met its end.
Republican Senate President Tom Niehaus said Tuesday that senators don't plan to vote on the so-called "heartbeat bill" before the legislative session ends next month.
The bill proposed banning abortions after the first fetal heartbeat is detected, as early as six weeks into pregnancy. It fiercely divided Ohio's anti-abortion community, while energizing abortion rights proponents who opposed it.
Backers hoped it would provoke a legal challenge with the potential to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion up until viability, usually at 22 to 24 weeks.
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Ancient History in Mesa Verde National Park
Far View Lodge • Mancos, CO
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The Destination
We think of national parks as wonders of nature, pristine landscapes protected against human encroachment. And most of them are. But Mesa Verde National Park, not far from the Four Corners in Southwest Colorado, is the lone exception. Happened upon by chance in 1888, and parceled off as a national park less than 20 years later, Mesa Verde is the site of more than 4,000 cliff dwellings, homes that were chiseled out of sandstone by Ancestral Puebloans between AD 600 and 1300. It is, perhaps, the most awe-inspiring archaeological preserve in the Southwest, if not the United States.
The Digs
Situated inside the park and decked out in Old West charm (handcrafted furniture, Native art and design), Far View Lodge features 150 rooms, each one with a private balcony and complimentary wireless Internet. And without the distraction of in-room TVs and cell phone service, you'll be fully immersed in the true essence of this wildlife-rich area. Standard rooms are fit with one king, one queen, two queens, or two double beds, plus a refrigerator and coffeemaker for your convenience.
Nearby you'll have three different—all excellent—dining options. Metate Room Restaurant, winner of an Award of Culinary Excellence in the area of sustainable cuisine, features a contemporary menu inspired by traditional Puebloan fare (think elk shepherd's pie with green chili mashed potatoes) and a comprehensive wine list. The Far View Terrace Café and the Spruce Tree Terrace Café both offer casual cafeteria-style dining and the same delicious regional cuisine.
The Diversions
• The Classic Pueblo Tour provides an overview of Pueblo history through architectural and cultural sites
• Hiking trails abound in the park, offer a number of fascinating self-guided tours
• Shop for locally crafted goods at the many nearby shops
"Talk about a view—all rooms have a private balcony, from which you can admire views of the neighboring states of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico up to 100 miles in the distance."-- Read Fodor's Review of Far View Lodge
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Munich to Vienna via Salzburg
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It is really hot and humid here... rather uncomfortable though.
Today's rail journeys were good... the scenery is starting to get better and better, and travelling in first class on the Eurail is a fantastic way to go. I had to go first class..
I left Munich at 8.23, with a mild hang over and arrived into Salzburg 1.4 hours later. I spent about 8 hours in Salzburg, roaming around the beautiful old quarter and climbing to the top of the hill for a dramatic view of Salzburg. It was rather uncomfortable walking around in the heat but still managed to do it with heaps of drinking stops.
I left Salzburg at around 5.30 and arrived into Vienna 3 hours later. I got lost looking for my hostel, the Strawberry Hostel, but found it in the end. My first impressions of Vienna was very negative... the traffic is horrendous and the guy I asked for directions was a real AH. BUT... after settling into the hostel and going for a very long 2 hour walk, I came across the most amazing buildings I've ever seen... it is moments like this I wish I had someone to share it with because I was in total awe. Can't wait to share the photos for the buildings are really something.
I plan to stay here for 3 nights and then travel to Rome. Croatia was calling me but will do Eastern Europe next time. I want to get to Spain and Portugal etc., and have since booked a 2 week tour through Morocco which reduces my time in Europe to a total of 6 weeks - I'm sure it will be enough.


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Marketing Communication Faculty
Contact InformationOffice: Walker 7th Fl.
Phone: 1-617-824-8746
peter_seronick [at] emerson.edu (E-Mail »)
Peter Seronick
Affiliated Faculty (2008)
A.A. Dean College
B.S. Emerson College
Peter worked at big (Arnold, Hill Holiday) and small (too many to mention) Boston ad agencies until he founded his own agency in 1983. Rossin Greenberg Seronick & Hill (Eventually becoming Greenberg Seronick O'Leary and Partners). The agency was sold in 2002 to Allen & Gerritsen where he remained as Co-Creative Director until Spring 2009. He currently teaches part-time at Emerson and works several days a week at North Star Marketing, a creative communications agency in Rhode Island.
He has won hundreds of awards for creative excellence on the regional and national level. He has also judged numerous regional, national and international advertising award shows.
He has been a guest speaker at other local colleges and universities as well as advertising clubs in Pittsburgh, Tulsa and Portland, ME. Peter taught a Creative Concept course for the Boston Ad Club for nearly 20 years. In 2009 he was honored to named one of Boston Advertising's MVPs.
He prides himself on being a great mentor to young creative people working in the business or aspiring to get into the business.