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A Composer's Guide to Game Music
Music in video games is often a sophisticated, complex composition that serves to engage the player, set the pace of play, and aid interactivity. Composers of video game music must master an array of specialized skills not taught in the conservatory, including the creation of linear loops, music chunks for horizontal resequencing, and compositional fragments for use within a generative framework. In A Composer's Guide to Game Music, Winifred Phillips—herself an award-winning composer of video game music—provides a comprehensive, practical guide that leads an aspiring video game composer from acquiring the necessary creative skills to understanding the function of music in games to finding work in the field.
Musicians and composers may be drawn to game music composition because the game industry is a multibillion-dollar, employment-generating economic powerhouse, but, Phillips writes, the most important qualification for a musician who wants to become a game music composer is a love of video games. Phillips offers detailed coverage of essential topics, including musicianship and composition experience; immersion; musical themes; music and game genres; workflow; working with a development team; linear music; interactive music, both rendered and generative; audio technology, from mixers and preamps to software; and running a business.
A Composer's Guide to Game Music offers indispensable guidance for musicians and composers who want to deploy their creativity in a dynamic and growing industry, protect their musical identities while working in a highly technical field, and create great music within the constraints of a new medium.
About the Author
Winifred Phillips is an award-winning composer who has composed the music for such video games as Assassin's Creed Liberation, The Da Vinci Code, God of War, Shrek the Third, Spore Hero, the LittleBigPlanet franchise, and many others.
"Although the text on the inside of the book's dust jacket explains that A Composer's Guide To Game Music offers "indispensable guidance for musicians and composers", Phillips' book deserves a wider audience. Even with no formal music training and no real interest in video gaming, I found that there is much to enjoy. The content is well-balanced so that those who have an interest in composing music for video games and people who have a more general interest in the use of music in games, film and television can learn a lot from this book."—Reel Music
"A Composer's Guide To Game Music is partly educational and partly inspirational...a great introduction to this specialist art."—Sound on Sound
"An excellent guide for a musician or composer…this is a very insightful and engaging book and a very solid read especially for aspiring composers looking to break into the industry."—NY Film Music Examiner
"The core of the book is a set of chapters that delve into the actual craft of writing game music in a way that few, if any, other books have ever done… tremendously valuable to composers."—Tracksounds
"A Composers Guide to Game Music is hands down a must have for everyone interested in game music."—The Audio Spotlight
"Between the real life experiences and the step-by-step walkthroughs of how certain things work, this is essential material for budding musicians looking for their first big break—or perhaps veterans looking for fresh inspiration."—Push Square
"Phillips does not simply set out to address how to be a video game composer. Her intent is that her readers will understand what it means to actually create and compose…A Composer's Guide to Game Music is set to become a touchstone academic achievement."—Film Score Monthly
"A beautifully organized, intelligently written book about music for games... Gamers as well as composers may be fascinated by her thorough analysis of what music works, and why, in various game genres... The challenges unique to game composers are discussed at length."—The Film Music Society
"I devoured the inside information... I have been inspired and informed a great deal... I will be returning to this guide frequently and keeping it close to my workstation to give me a point of reference when in need."—Game Music Online
"Award-winning game composer Winifred Phillips has written the definitive book on scoring for video games. A Composer's Guide to Game Music has been published by The MIT Press and is a thoroughly comprehensive guidebook to the concept, practice, art, and technology of providing music for this growing cinematic medium."—BuySoundtrax
"(Phillips) may be one of the most dedicated and articulate composers working today, and her latest work—a book-length intro guide to the highly specialized craft of game music—is a meticulously written tome in which every stage of her craft is contextualized with historical, philosophical, and personal examples… Rating: Excellent."—KQEK
"A Composer's Guide to Game Music, Phillips's 2014 book, offers a level-headed worker's tour of a fantasy-fueled world… Phillips thoroughly covers why music matters… and she calmly guides the reader through new and old world compositional problems…(Phillips's book) simply aims to be transparent and generous, and to offer a sensible, clear, and methodically minded explanation of how work happens in an illusory world."—Los Angeles Review of Books
"Winifred Phillips's passion and understanding of this medium comes to life on the page and is a direct result of her vast experience and accomplishment in composing for video games. This is not just compulsory bedside reading for budding games composers, but a fine achievement in itself. Bravo!"
—Harry Gregson-Williams, Composer of Shrek, Narnia, Kingdom of Heaven, and the Metal Gear Solid series
"An important, deep, and rare exploration of video game music by one of the medium's smartest and most talented voices. You may not know the name Winifred Phillips but if you play games, you absolutely know—and love—her creations!"
—David Jaffe, Director of God of War and the Twisted Metal series
"When I began writing for games over 20 years ago, I wish there had been a book like this to guide me through the process, art, and business of scoring for games. Winifred Phillips's book is an excellent combination of practical techniques along with the human touch of a game composer's real-life experiences."
—Michael Sweet, Artistic Director, Video Game Scoring, Berklee College of Music
"This book accurately illustrates the video game composer's task, which is to create music that perfectly complements an existing artistic vision. While the video game industry has its unique set of processes, for the aspiring composer, musicianship is the key to success. In the same manner, Winifred Phillips has excelled in this genre thanks to her musical talent."
—Didier Lord, Head of Music, Ubisoft
Awarded the Global Music Award Gold Medal for an exceptional book in the field of music, the National Indie Excellence Book Award, the Nonfiction Book Award (Gold Winner), and the Annual Game Music Award (Best Publication)


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>I suspect that if you follow the upgrade path it'll all work out OK.
It don't believe these two circumstances are actually the same. Manuel's
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>Try upgrading from 1.233 to 1.3b7 (which is a bit smaller) first, and
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The Trader, the Owner, the Slave: Parallel Lives in the Age of Slavery
James Walvin here addresses the enormity of the slave trade by looking in depth at three individuals inextricably bound up in it. His trader is John Newton, the slave ship captain who came to see the iniquity of the trade, and went on to write the hymn Amazing Grace. His owner is Thomas Thistlewood who lived, and kept a revealing diary, in a remote part of Jamaica. And his slave is Olaudah Equiano, who escaped his past to become an Enlightenment intellectual and icon of the abolitionist movement.
Nicholas Guyatt writes:
In an effort to get away from the 'big meta-narrative', Walvin presents biographical sketches of three participants in Britain's 18th-century slave economy. John Newton (1725-1807) was a slave captain who became an Anglican cleric and, towards the end of his life, an opponent of the trade. Thomas Thistlewood (1721-86) was an overseer and eventually a slaveholder in western Jamaica who compiled a meticulous diary of his activities. Olaudah Equiano (c.1745-97) was a black slave who worked as a sailor in his early years until he raised enough money to buy his freedom. (Like Newton, he became an important witness against the trade.) These diverse figures give us some sense of what it meant to experience slavery at first hand.
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"The Real Housewives Of Atlanta" Recap: Kim Still Can't Sing In Public
Kim has latched onto Kandi like I predicted she would. Really, I can't blame Kim for wanting to become close to Kandi because it's difficult to be on a show if you're not friends with any of the other four women. Kim visited Kandi at her studio and actually convinced Kandi to produce "Tardy for the Party," the song she and NeNe created last season, but Kim refused to sing the song in front of Kandi. Chances are, Kim, if you're too shy to sing with others around, then you're not a singer. Meanwhile, Lisa and NeNe were in L.A. visiting Lisa's family. Please tell me NeNe and I weren't the only ones shocked to find out Lisa's mom is black and her father is Asian — I thought it'd be the other way around. NeNe met a great part of Lisa's Asian family members because it was her grandmother's 92nd birthday. The best advice of the night was when Lisa's grandmother said she slathered Vaseline all over her face throughout her life to keep wrinkles at bay. And it really works. Grandma didn't have one wrinkle on her face. I'm too scared of acne to try it, though. As it turns out, Lisa did visit the grave site of her older brother Meho, but I still don't get why that was such a priority for her other brother. If she didn't want to go, she shouldn't have been forced. Sad, sad Sheree didn't have a big part in last night's episode. She's planning another Sh*t by Sheree fashion show, but for some reason Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss look-alike models aren't showing up for her auditions. I wonder why.


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2000 International 4700 CONVENTIONAL CAB, 7.6L L6 DIESEL with 6 speed manual transmission (M-9). This truck starts and runs. The dump bed is operational (PTO functions) does not have A/C,all lights and horn works. GVWR is 33,000 lbs. There is no cracked glass.
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Valentine Dolls, Inc.
Valentine was the number one manufacturer of ballerina dolls in the 1950s, advertising their first one in the 1955 Sears Christmas Wishbook. The dolls had arched feet with jointed ankles enabling them to wear toe shoes, flats or high heels. The ballerinas all had undeveloped bustlines which became a common feature of glamour ballerinas made by other companies as well. They made baby and child dolls as well, and by 1957 they had added adult-figured dolls with molded high-heel feet to their line. Many of their dolls were sold through mail order catalogs and these are a great source of information for the collector today.
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La naissance du cotillon et du quadrille, contredanses françaises
Late Eighteenth-Century Social Dance (article)
Article that provides a summary of 18th century dance, including the contredanse française, a dance for four couples in a square. Also offers links to documents in the Library of Congress website of dance manuals.
Nineteenth Century Social Dance (article)
Library of Congress overview of dance history, including links to specific books in their collection.
Set Running - Cecil Sharp in America
Cecil Sharp in America by Michael Yates
Amish Barn Dance
Article from Pennsylvania Folklife (winter 1962-63) describing how a traditional community with no electricity hosts events with large crowds: "The most disturbing technical problem that faces the host is that when 200 to 300 of the Amish get together at a dance it is difficult to hear the music." Illustrated with photographs.
Tags: Amish, article, barn dance, Pennsylvania
Santa Monica Diamond Jubilee - 1950
List of Dances to be Featured July 13,1950 at
Santa Monica's Diamond Jubilee
SQUARES (Patter)
ARKANSAS STAR — Roy Close.
ARKANSAS TRAVELER--Slim Brough.
AROUND AND THROUGH — Jim William-son.
BIRD IN THE CAGE AND SEVEN HANDS 'ROUND Ed Gilmore.
CATCH ALL EIGHT (With Out and In) — Bert Corell.
Tags: 1950, article, California, Dan Allen, Lloyd Shaw, MWSD, Santa Monica
Square Dancing at Maryland Line
Bob Dalsemer describes old time square dancing at the Maryland Line Fire Hall in the town of Maryland Line, MD as he encountered it in 1974.You may also be interested in a similar article describing four dances in East Tennessee, published in 1981.
John Ramsay - Set Running, a Southern Folk Dance
This article, written in 1987 and updated in 2013 by longtime dancer, caller, and organizer John Ramsay, presents his views on what has been termed "set running," a style of dance that was named by folklorist Cecil Sharp when he came upon it in Harlan County, Kentucky, in 1917. The form is sometimes called the "Kentucky Running Set," though there…
Ozarks - Old Time Fiddling
Article about Ozark fiddling traditions, including a long section on fiddler Bob Holt, heard playing on videos elsewhere on this site.
Tags: Art Galbraith, article, Bob Holt, Glenn Rickman, Jimmy Gage, Missouri, old-time fiddle, Ozarks
Stu Jamieson - The Old-Time Kentucky Running Set
Although the title speaks of Kentucky Running Set, this article deals with many different variations of the big circle or big set formation of Southern Appalachian mountain dancing. The author is Stu Jamieson, who was the caller in the film "To Hear Your Banjo Play" with Margot Mayo's American Square Dance Group. In it, he provides a detailed…
"Dancing to the Music: Domestic Square Dances and Community in Southcentral Kentucky (1880-1940)"
This detailed examination of the role of square dances in south central Kentucky is written by a folklorist, who based his findings on interviews with 20 musicians, dancers, and callers in that region. (Another look at Kentucky dancing, by researcher LeeEllen Friedland in the late 1970s, can be found here.)In his introduction, Feintuch writes:…
MWSD - The First Ten Years
This article by Jim Mayo looks at the first ten years of what is usually called Modern Western Square Dancing. Jim traces the development of the activity in detail, citing specific callers and their influences, and illustrating his comments with links to audio files of live recordings made during the 1940s and 1950s.Jim is the author of Step by…
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The Birth of the Cotillion and the Quadrille, French Contredanses
This is a translation of Simonne Voyer's article, "La naissance du cotillon et du quadrille, contredanses françaises."The translation is by Susan Kevra, Senior Lecturer in French and American Studies, Vanderbilt University, as well as a caller of American contras and squares and English country dances.
Swing that Pretty Gal! - 1941 article
In the wake of the first trips by the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers, this 1941 article inThe Saturday Evening Post describesthe widespread passion for squares that is growing, and gives Lloyd Shaw credit for the revival: Quoted material follows: Somewhere in your community there's a square dance tonight. At your country club, in a hotel ballroom,…
Rural Square Dances in East Tennessee: A Personal Account of Visits to Four Communities
This article appeared (1981) in the scholarly journal published by Country Dance and Song Society. The author describes four East Tennessee square dance communities, including discussion of typical program; he also includes verbatim transcripts of some of the calls. See also a similar account (1974) by Bob Dalsemer of dances in Maryland Line,…
The Independence (PA) Lancers
For moving images of the dance, click here and hereThis is Bob Dalsemer's account of discovering an old dance form maintained in a rural Pennsylvania community:"On two occasions in 1979, I had the good fortune to visit the bi-weekly Saturday night square dance at the Grange Hall in Independence, Pennsylvania, about 25 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.…
Traditional Folkdance in Kentucky
Article by LeeEllen Friedland describing the social setting for community dances as well as the dance figures themselves. She differentiates among three types of dance: single dancing, couple dancing and group dancing. Folklorist Burt Feintuch provides a historical look at Kentucky dances in his article here.(excerpt from pp. 6–7) "The…
Tags: article, big set, Kentucky, LeeEllen Friedland
Square Dancing Atop Lookout Mountain
Article by Karen terHorst describes dancing in New Salem, Georgia, an historically-isolated community above Chattanooga, TN. The article is based on her visit to the dance in the 1970s. The dance stopped taking place sometime around 1990.
"New Salem's style is similar to the Appalachian square dancing described by Frank Smith (1955) and Pat…
"New Salem's style is similar to the Appalachian square dancing described by Frank Smith (1955) and Pat…


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Social System of Microcebus berthae, the World's Smallest Primate
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Our goal was to provide a first characterization of the social system of pygmy mouse lemurs (Microcebus berthae), the world's smallest primate species. During a 4-mo field study of 12 females and 27 males, we combined capture-recapture and morphometric data with detailed behavioral observations of individually marked subjects and genetic paternity analyses of a population in Kirindy Forest, western Madagascar. We describe the social organization of Microcebus berthae as a solitary forager living in an individualized neighborhood system characterized by extensive intra- and intersexual home range overlap of adult individuals within a male-biased population. Male and female pygmy mouse lemurs inhabited home ranges (males: 4.9 ha; females: 2.5 ha) that are more than twice as large as those of sympatric Microcebus murinus. On average, pygmy mouse lemurs of both sexes spent about half of the days sleeping alone. Preliminary analysis of genetic population structure suggests female philopatry and male dispersal. Sleeping associations of variable composition that consisted not preferentially of close relatives and proximity during part of the nightly activity contributed together with regular social interactions to the maintenance of a social network. The spatial distribution pattern of adult males and females, the absence of sexual size dimorphism, relatively large male testicular volume and moderate female estrous synchrony suggest a promiscuous mating system with a high potential for scramble competition. In general, there are many similarities between the social system of Microcebus berthae and those of other Microcebus spp. However, striking differences with sympatric gray mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus) in female home range size, dispersion and sleeping behavior indicate the existence of species-specific socioecological adaptations in closely related species occupying very similar ecological niches.
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The rumors came true. Ben & Jerry's has come out with a temporary flavor in honor of a Saturday Night Live skit featuring Alec Baldwin, Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon. The skit parodies one of my favorite radio stations; NPR.
I can't wait to get to the states and get me some "Schweddy Balls": fair trade vanilla ice cream with a hint of rum with fudge covered rum and milk chocolate malt balls. They sound delicious to me.
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Waldo, Edward Hamilton (114 items)
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Waldo, Edward Hamilton (Theodore Sturgeon): Information on the Catawiki site about Case and the Dreamer and other Stories, 1974.
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Brooke Hogan Sorry for Being Fake
Brooke Hogan has told People magazine that she now regrets signing a legal affidavit in which she agreed that her father Hulk had physically and verbally abused her mother Linda. Her parents were in the process of divorcing one another.
The 20-year-old reality television star has released a statement saying that she only signed the document "under significant pressure from [her] mother."
Brooke is no longer on speaking terms with her cradle-snatching moms and currently lives with Hulk. Of course she does. That ass certainly isn't going to moisturize itself.
She added, "It was only after I learned all the facts that I realized I made a big mistake in signing it."
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Members of the Center for Palliative Care began our Research Program in 2010. Our research aligns with our MISSION to relieve the suffering of, and improve the quality of life for, patients with advanced disease and their families through compassionate, high-quality care, while advancing the field of palliative care through innovation, education and research. Our research program is focused on the following objectives:
Patients with advanced cancer experience a myriad of symptoms such as pain, depression, and insomnia. Research indicates that many of these symptoms tend to co-occur, forming symptom clusters. However, research and treatment continues to focus on individual symptoms with limited attention to the interrelationship of these symptoms. The most distressing symptom cluster reported by our patients is anxiety-insomnia-depression-pain-fatigue. Evidence suggests that this symptom cluster may be tied to a series of bio-behavioral mechanisms that develop over time including anxiety-induced elevations in cortisol and pro-inflammatory cytokines and insomnia-related changes in diurnal cortisol rhythms and consequent inflammatory dysregulation. These processes result in a symptom cascade that is not well-controlled by innate endocrine and immune mechanisms.
Few studies have systematically evaluated interventions for symptom clusters for this population of patients, particularly patients with more advanced disease. Although many proposed symptom cluster interventions are pharmacologic, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment for generalized anxiety, insomnia, depression, fatigue, and pain. Randomized trials of CBT for these symptoms report moderate to large effect sizes and many report long-term maintenance of treatment effects. Dr. Wells-Di Gregorio, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychologist for the Center for Palliative Care has developed a clinical trial utilizing cognitive-behavioral strategies for treating anxiety and insomnia. We anticipate that by treating anxiety and insomnia with CBT, the other symptoms in this cluster will also be reduced. We currently have a randomized trial underway to evaluate this CBT iIntervention and characterize the biobehavioral mechanisms underlying this symptom cluster. If the intervention demonstrates positive effects, we plan to expand this intervention to other populations of seriously ill patients (e.g. congestive heart failure, COPD, HIV, etc.).
Patient and families faced with the need for intensive care experience significant distress. A growing body of literature supports the importance of good communication in the intensive care unit (ICU) and a need for improved communication training. Pulmonary/critical care fellows are required to show competency in communication skills. Unfortunately, there are few published materials on fellowship curricula or methods of assessment to address communication as a core skill of critical care education.
Dr. Jillian Gustin, CPC Physician and Director of the Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship research focuses on operationalizing the components of shared decision-making in the ICU as well as methods for teaching and assessing these important communication skills. We have examined the literature on communication in ICU settings and written manuscripts that broadly discuss the components of effective patient/family-centered communication. We have used our knowledge of the literature as well as educational theory to develop and implement a communication curriculum for Pulmonary/Critical Care fellows. As part of the curriculum, we have created and are validating an assessment tool that can be used for both formative and summative feedback. Our next step is to use this instrument with families as i) educational feedback for fellows, and as ii) a means to assess the communication strategies that are most helpful to family members with a loved one in the ICU.
Many medical, nursing, pharmacy and psychological programs are now beginning to provide more comprehensive pain management education to their students. This is a significant advance given that, historically, educational programs across all healthcare disciplines have included limited pain management training. Although this effort is encouraging, pain management is unlikely to improve in most institutions until key instructors such as attendings, preceptors, and supervisors are themselves equipped with adequate pain education. Ultimately, the preceptors' decisions, uncertainty, and attitudinal barriers will determine whether students are able to learn about and implement effective pain management plans. The goal of this project is to improve pain management by 1) supporting preceptors through the creation and dissemination of a pain management development program for preceptors and 2) equipping preceptors to integrate standardized pain management teaching into clinical rotations.
Dr. Amber Hartman, Speciality Practice Pharmacist for the Center for Palliative Care has led an interdisciplinary team of pain management experts from the Wexner Medical Center in developing a didactic program designed to improve the fundamental pain management knowledge of preceptors. Our proposed project, Equipping Preceptors: A Practical Approach to Improving Pain Education," will transition this didactic program to an interdisciplinary, interactive, e-learning environment with enhanced content. We have coordinated with the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Pharmacy to study the impact of this teaching resource with an interdisciplinary group of preceptors including physicians, nurses, psychologists and pharmacists. The primary outcomes will be change in preceptor and student pain management knowledge, skills, self-efficacy and attitudes.
Individuals living with cancer experience many psychological, physical, social and spiritual challenges throughout their disease journey. Unaddressed, these challenges can disrupt cancer treatment and negatively impact survival. In order to promote screening and targeted distress interventions, distress screening has become a required standard of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Accreditation. That National Comprehensive Cancer Network has also published Distress Management Guidelines. According to these guidelines, the standard of care is regular screening of the level and nature of distress as well as management of distress according to clinical practice guidelines. One of the primary challenges in implementation of these standards is the selection of an instrument that is brief, but comprehensive enough to capture the most distressing needs of cancer survivors to facilitate triage to psychosocial, spiritual, and palliative care providers.
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Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to end state funding for a program designed to protect farmland and open spaces has reignited a decades-old controversy over the law's effectiveness.
The recommendation to cut $10 million from the program has led to an outcry from the state's agricultural and environmentalist communities. Jenesse Miller, communications director for the California League of Conservation Voters called the Williamson Act an "exceptional program" and said removing state funding for it would be a "major and painful loss."
"The act is a big part of protecting open space in California," said Miller. "We understand that the governor and his staff are in a tough place, but we're very concerned that just zeroing out the funding could open up these areas to massive urban sprawl."
Adopted in the midst of the post-World War II population boom, the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, commonly known as the Williamson Act after its legislative sponsor, permits counties to enter into contracts with private property owners to preserve land for agriculture or open space.
The Department of Conservation's Division of Land and Resource Protection, which administers the program, estimates that 16 million acres, or about half of the state's farm and ranch land, are under a Williamson Act contract.
Since 1972, the state has provided money to counties that sign Williamson Act contracts with landowners, who in exchange for agreeing to not develop their land – usually for a 10-year period with another year added annually – receive a 20 to 75 percent break on their property taxes. The state funds, known as subvention payments, help offset the county's lost property tax revenue. The contracts remain in place unless landowners or counties opt out of them.
Until the 2008-09 budget year, the state appropriated an average of $35 million to $40 million for subventions, according to the Legislative Analyst's Office. After a one-year suspension of payments during the budget crisis, the legislature offered $10 million for subventions from the 2010-11 General Fund.
Under Brown's proposed budget, the $10 million would be cut, and the state would cease to fund the Williamson Act in an effort to address California's $25 billion budget gap.
Paul Wenger, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation and an almond and walnut farmer in Modesto, said defunding the Williamson Act would encourage counties to tax farmers at residential rates.
"If you are a taxi driver, you should be taxed as a taxi driver and not based on what your salary was if you had chosen to be a doctor," said Wenger. "It doesn't make sense to penalize growers for not developing their land."
But in its overview of the governor's budget, the Legislative Analyst's Office agreed with Brown's proposal, saying that it had previously questioned the cost-effectiveness of the program. The report specifically referred to this analysis [PDF] outlined in its 2004 General Government Analysis, highlighting "substantial weaknesses" in the program:
The state exercises no control over the specific land parcels that are put under contract, and as such, cannot ensure that participating lands are in fact at risk in terms of development pressures. ... If such development pressures should occur, this results in creating incentives for the landowner to cancel or not renew the contract. ... In addition, the state bears added costs for educational funding since reductions in assessed value also reduce the amount of property taxes flowing to schools.
The report estimates that with a $39.8 million subvention allocation, the program would cost the state more than $80 million when the full weight of the lost property tax revenue was taken into consideration.
H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the state's Department of Finance, said that cutting those costs were necessary in the current budget climate. He added that under the governor's realignment program, counties could use their funds to create Williamson Act-like property tax benefits for landowners.
"These decisions should be made at the local level," he said. "If it's deemed to be a local priority, the counties can make it happen."
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It is unclear whether or not California's 58 counties would adopt such measures if the realignment plan were put into place. When the 54 counties participating in the Williamson Act were asked to vote on the $10 million subvention plan last year, which required that contract lengths be reduced from 10 years to nine years and that landowner tax benefits be reduced by 10 percent, six counties adopted the new plan, according to a California State Association of Counties survey.
Twenty-three counties voted down the plan and will continue assessing Williamson Act parcels at the same rate without the subventions, although some counties will not accept new contracts. Only Imperial County has so far chosen to end the tax breaks completely. The survey does not contain decision information on the remaining 24 counties, several of which have not yet voted on the measure.
"Agriculture and open space are important assets," wrote Santa Clara County supervisor Mike Wasserman in an email. "The Williamson Act has been instrumental in helping property owners maintain them as such."
But in some cases, local support for subventions is not just about preserving undeveloped land, but also about funding the municipalities' other programs. In some rural counties, Williamson Act money represents a large portion of the county's general fund. With few residences or businesses from which to extract property taxes, the county depends heavily on the state payments for the area's agricultural land and open space.
The program can also be ripe for abuse. A 2002 Department of Conservation audit of Santa Clara County found that some landowners were receiving property tax breaks for maintaining a small vegetable garden. Since then, the county has created stricter guidelines for its implementation of the Williamson Act.
Wenger, whose family has farmed the same property for over a century, said that the importance of preserving the land far outweighs the financial considerations of funding the program. He said he worries that he won't be able to pass down his land to his children if he is forced to pay a capital gains tax based on a significantly higher property value.


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Last night at the Governor's Reception, the festival awards were presented to these filmmakers. First, the NETPAC Award was given to HANAAN, directed by Ruslan Pak. The NETPAC Award is presented to an Asian director for their first or second feature film.
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dealing with children who filter stress as stomach aches and headaches(18 Posts)
I use Rescue Remedy for ds.
Just that bendy children can have different connective tissue, and the associated conditions cause GI and autonomic issues, symptoms include headache, tummy ache.
MERYL Fennel tea is a good idea, that is very easy to get. It is disgusting of course...
kalidasa yes medicine does help, but often (not always) "too" quickly, so it seems worth perusing a placebo She needs to have the stress acknowledged and helped with where possible, but its a tight rope with my DD as she is also inclined to use being given time to talk it out as a way to get out of going to sleep at bedtime or generally drag it out as a side track from something else she should be doing. She has 2 younger siblings too, which makes doing the "perfect" thing of giving her a lot of 1:1 time to talk things out hard, as obviously she often picks the "wrong" moment (bedtime when her toddler brother keeps getting out of bed, or first thing in the morning when trying to get all of them ready are favourites. I try to give them all 1:1 attention regularly, especially the older 2 (the smallest gets me all morning anyway) but sometimes life gets in the way of handling every incident properly.
deep not especially no, kind of average where bendyness is concerned... Why?
cerlew there is a part of me inclined to be briskly sympathetic but no nonsense about it rather than "build it up" so it becomes a dominant part of her life too - as I just wrote in my reply to kalidasa it is hard to know quite what is best (and to have the required uninterrupted time slot to do whatever that might be), as there is also clearly sense to not "sweeping it under the carpet" and discussing the stress factor behind it and teaching her to cope with the stress that causes the stomach and head aches.
"Poss some homeopathic cure in them as peppermint is good for wind. Maybe ginger would help as that's good for travel sickness." Sorry to be a pedant- but that's herbal, not homeopathic!.
I have a child with abdominal migraine. The pain was so severe when he was 9 that he had some investigations in hospital in case it was something else. His consultant was very clear- I was to treat it in a very matter of fact, no nonsense way- give a normal dose of painkillers ^as soon as possible^- (I was always inclined to try lots of other things/put off the calpol)- then try to get on with normal life. Sort of "oh no, what an incredibly inconvenient time for you to get your stomach things- never mind, here's the calpol, sit quiet for a minute, it'll be better soon". The consultant said that children with abdominal migraine often go on to be migraine sufferers in adult life, so they need to learn early how to manage it. It has certainly worked for my ds- he still gets the migraines, but less often, and he is no longer anxious about them, so they have much less impact of his life. We treat it as a inconvenient nuisance, rather than a major event.
Op, is your child bendy?
Do the painkillers help MrTumbles? As you say, stress-related pain is still "real" pain, it still hurts; sometimes painkillers are very effective for it but sometimes not. For instance, I get bad stress related headaches quite often, and sometimes proper migraines and even though I know it is triggered by stress I still find the right painkillers extremely effective. Whereas some other stress-related symptoms are genuinely painful or uncomfortable but stem more from muscular tension I think and don't really respond to much so I think it's a bit pointless medicating them. I would continue to use medicine of some sort if it helps her, though it must be hard to know whether it is working "chemically" or whether what helps is taking the moment to acknowledge the pain in that formal and slightly ritualised way of taking a medicine. Perhaps it doesn't really matter which it is!
On the other hand, these techniques to ease the pain in the moment are not going to help long-term with her stress management. I think you're right about lots of talking, and although "meditation" might sound a bit much at 7 you can definitely learn basic relaxation and mindfulness techniques at this age. I have (depressingly) loads of experience of chronic pain (have had rheumatoid arthritis since I was 9) and I find these techniques v. effective.
I think it can be helpful to remember that minor pains of this sort are a kind of communication - they are trying to say something. If medicines or a cuddle or whatever are a way of saying "I am listening" then they are useful; if they are a way of saying "please be quiet because I don't want to hear you" then they are probably not. If you see what I mean!
Fennel tea is supposed to be a good digestive too and as it tastes of anniseed it may be 'medicinal' enough to fool them.
Thanks MERYL - good alternatives. We live overseas so the same products are not available here - no gripe water, not investigated peppermint cordial but never noticed it... Definitely going to start with substitute "medicine" for the tummy aches at least though, for placebo effect if nothing else. Also good for my 2 year old who always begs for medicine if anyone else has it, though I'm not sure if making him think he is getting medicine on demand is a good association to build even if he is only getting cold ginger tea or the like in a medicine syringe...
I 'medicate' my son's belly aches with gripe water or peppermint cordial (undiluted). There is very little medicinal in them I think but they taste strange enough to get them through the problem. He is 5. Poss some homeopathic cure in them as peppermint is good for wind. Maybe ginger would help as that's good for travel sickness.
Sorry to hear that thefog I hope your daughter is over the worst.
I could have written your post, my DD is even the same age.
Unfortunately she's had health issues and, although this has now been sorted, she's still in I-Am-Ill mode. It coincided with health talks from the school nurse to the class and turned her into a bit of a hypochondriac. She was wary of food being off and being sick/vomitting and her appetite dropped and she lost a lot of weight.
She's getting better, but it's a slow road.
Can't really help, but wanted you to know you're not alone.
Oops something funny happened while writing and it posted!
Anyway she was delighted to be invited and phoned the old friend and chatted (confident) but I think is now worried because the party is tomorrow, so is feeling ill in her standard stress/ worry way!
Some things to try there anyway, so thank you all
Thanks everyone.
Polter I have put that book in my Amazon basket to order when I'm on my laptop.
DeWe thank you, trying to cut back on medication by making her wait a bit longer and have explained its healthier that way. My DD can also be a hypochondriac and try using minor illnesses to get out of things, so it is tricky telling the different causes apart.
Hearmyroar I willl try to find an equivalent to rescue remedy that can be bought here (overseas) good idea. Can't see her meditating tbh... maybe in later years.
lunar good to know you grew out of it. Am as confident as a parent can be that she's not neing bullied - we live in a very small community and I see her with her many friends a lot, and she is very open atm (though things don't always come out the day they happen). The worries etc. are often school work related but equally often tiny things that wouldnt even occur to others to worry about (she had the standard head sche and tummy ache tonight, and has a birthday party to go to tomorrow with a birthday girl she knows less well and hasn't seen in a few months -ago the invite was a surprise and initially she was
I was your dd except not confidant. I was very introverted. I expect it would have helped if my mum and school tackled the bullying I was receiving. They stopped when I was about 15/16 and had learnt to manage my emotions better.
I would try an help with coping mechanisms for the anxiety, and see if you can figure out the triggers.
I don't know if this helps but I grew out if it, went to university and have worked in very high pressure jobs and never had a problem. I hope your dd gets through it
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Ummm... Well I know I'm not an 8 year old child but I can sympathise with her as I also get awful stomach pains when I am anxious and have done since I was a child. The only long term solution I think is helping her find ways of dealing with the anxiety.
I know this is a bit woo but I find meditation has helped me a lot to find ways of dealing with anxiety without internalising it. I know you can get guided CDs for children so might be worth a shot.
On the medication side you could try swapping the pain killer for rescue remedy. She can take this herself, which might help as she might feel more in control. You can then give something stronger if it continues getting worse.
I have a 9yo who has suffered for years with abdominal migraines and recently started full blown head migraines, we think with anxiety. She sounds quite similar to your dd.
She would get so worked up that she could actually be sick-usually before things like school trips and special assemblies type things.
I don't tend to medicate with stomach ache, I do with a headache that is stopping her from doing something. She can be a bit of a Hypochondriac so it can be hard to tell if the "headache" is a attention getter, or real. If it's stopping her, then it's real. Attention getters tend to disappear when she sees friends/has something fun to do.
The abdominal migraines have tailed off in the last year, unfortunately the head migraines have taken their place. Apparently this is quite typical.
Just wondered if anyone else has a child who does this, and how you deal with it on a very practical day to day basis?
My DD has very regular head aches and stomach aches, and it is very clear they are when she feels anxious, worried or stressed (sometimes over tiny things that wouldn't have the same effect on other children). She is active, sociable, popular, able (though we have had issues with maths and with apparently daydreaming at school), confident and pretty extrovert on the outside but has these aches and pains and a few other symptoms (we have seen a child psychologist) regularly, and it is clear they are "real" as in she is not making them up, but are stress reactions.
I have dealt with it until today by giving her a half dose of children's pain medicine (as well as trying to give her time to chill out and talk about what she is worried about, if she even actually knows - sometimes she doesn't quite pin it down herself and it becomes obvious later).
DH said today that he hopes she doesn't get "too used to" pain medication, and he has a point!
So I was wondering what others do if they have a child who has these kinds of psychosomatic aches and pains, most specifically stomach aches and head aches? Do you medicate as you would if you did not suspect they are stress related, or not?
DD is nearly 8.
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Dec. 1st - The meteorologists call it the begin of winter here. Of course, then cold weather normally trickles in from Scandinavia or East Europe and causes traffic havoc. It seems as if this is also the start of a special silly season, initiated by an inundation of idiots and sleepyheads on the road. Well, the dumbness starts in the very morning.
It's selective Alzheimer's, in my opinion. Prior to any morning rush hour, you get radio transmissions about the weather and road conditions, right? But it seems, who cares? Really savvy people get their crucial pieces of information the evening before, but you are quite nudged to say that this part of the population is the exception. The majority keeps making business as usual without taking any extra time for own and other's safety and precautionary measures.
What happens? Well, scratching the hoarfrost off the windshield while idling the car engine is their initial mistake.
This is the first morning chore of theirs, in a hurry, of course. In the belief that the motor will warm up by this, especially tree-huggers make this non-sense without getting any smarter in the long run. Germany's biggest motorists' association, the ADAC, gives bits of advice about tackling the onset of winter conditions on cars and roads; all is in vain, it seems - pure ignorance or just being intellectually challenged?
Extremists in negligence are those who only scratch off only parts of the windshield. These 'optimizers' always think they get this job done in seconds. When being in the cold car, their breath condenses, and they cannot see a thing through the bull's-eye, thus they drive very slowly.
Albeit being equipped with winter tires since mid-October, a lot of other people are very anxious when driving on roads with the first frost and/or thin layer of snow. The morning rush hour becomes a standstill because those slow-pokes often reduce their speed to one quarter or less of the average morning rate.
Another reason to get up a lil bit earlier, right?
This behavior is endemic in N Germany, esp. in the northernmost federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Don't come during wintertime except you are really keen on having an increased fun factor by this.


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BRADLEY BEAL: He was a huge impact. You can argue that there were goal tends. We can't say anything about them. The ref made a good call. He blocked the shot, he blocked the shot, we had to keep playing ball.
Q. Can you talk a little bit about just explaining how this could happen again, as far as losing a late lead for the second straight year and also just reflect on your career and your accomplishments now that it's over?
ERVING WALKER: It feels terrible. I mean, we had a lead, we gave it up late. We just didn't make shots and didn't defend them. And they were able to get down the lane and make big plays, Russell Smith and the rest of those guys.
I had a great four years. I had the best four years of my life.
Q. Does the way the season ended impact your decision making as to what you're going to do next year, the fact that you came up short on the Final Four?
BRADLEY BEAL: I'm really not focusing on next year right now. I'm just still affected by this loss right now. I just want to bond with the team still. We had a tough loss. I'm not thinking about the future right now.
Q. Could you just discuss the changes Louisville made defensively, why it made it so tough for you guys the second half?
ERVING WALKER: They switched their man and their guys did a great job switching. We feel like we had some good looks and we just didn't knock them down down the stretch.
BRADLEY BEAL: I agree. We were doing pretty good against the match up zone and when they switched to man, that affected us a little bit. They ended up switching, which made it tough for us to score and get open 3's. We couldn't find another way to score.
Q. Can you guys just talk about how far you guys did come, not too many Florida teams have made it to the Elite 8. I know it's tough. But can you reflect on the journey you made to get to this point?
ERVING WALKER: Definitely we had a good journey. We're disappointed that it had to end right here. But when you reflect back later on you realize that we did a great thing about making it to the Elite 8.
BRADLEY BEAL: I agree. It was a tough journey for us, I think we stuck with it and we played together as a team. We got this far. I'm real proud of our guys. It's just unfortunate we ended up losing today.
Q. Could you talk about the travel call. Did you guys feel he was bumped or what did you see from your points of view?
BRADLEY BEAL: I just came I just had bad footing. I traveled. I traveled. But he may have bumped me, but whatever, but I still had to be strong with the ball and be more careful in those situations.
Q. There's a lot of talent coming back to this team next year, regardless of a couple of decisions that will be made. Where do you see this program continuing to go from here with some of the guys that seem like certainly are coming back?
ERVING WALKER: I think this program is still on the uprise. I think they have a lot of great players. And I think Coach Donovan will continue to do a great job and I think they'll get to the Final Four next year.
Q. Was there a point there where you guys kind of could feel things slipping away, and what was the conversation when they started to make their run? You talked about how they were unable to stop them the way they were driving in the lane.
ERVING WALKER: Definitely. We knew they were going to make a run at some point, they're a great team, Louisville. We thought we had control of it and we thought we'd be able to keep them at bay. But they continued to make plays and took the lead.
BRADLEY BEAL: Same with Erv. Towards the end of the stretch they did a great job of just getting down the lane and finishing. They got a lot of fouls called on us, which put them in good situations for one on one situations and things like that. They did a great job of taking care of the ball and finishing plays.
Q. Can you talk about what the locker room is like after that game? I know everybody was devastated.
ERVING WALKER: I don't know any other way to put it, but everyone was devastated and we all hurt.


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Matt Szczur (Lower Cape May Regional) did not play for the Tennessee Smokies (Cubs) in a 2-1 win against Pensacola in the double-A Southern League on Thursday night. Szczur, an outfielder, is hitting .295 with two home runs, 20 runs scored,12 RBIs and eight RBIs in 20 games.
Darren Ford (Vineland) did not play for the Indianapolis Indians (Pirates) in a 5-1 win against Lehigh Valley in the triple-A International League. Ford, an outfielder, is hitting .245 with seven runs scored, three RBIs and eight stolen bases in 15 games.
A.J. Holland (Holy Spirit) is 1-1 with a 4.12 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 192/3 innings through four starts for the Lynchburg Hillcats (Braves) of the Class-A Advanced Carolina League .His last start was Monday, and his next start has not yet been announced.
Scott DeCecco (Middle Township) is 1-3 with a 3.60 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 20 innings through four starts for the Clinton LumberKings in the Class-A Midwest League. His last start was Monday, and his next start has not yet been announced.


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This Web page, accompanying photos and videos are in the public domain and may be copied without restriction.
Several experiments will require some skill in using a desiccator. To open the desiccator,
the lid gently as shown at left. If you feel or hear metal scraping against metal when you slide off
the lid, then a small amount of silicon grease needs to be rubbed around the flat surface of the lid.
Squeeze a VERY small amount of grease onto your finger, as at the right,
and rub it all around the flat surface of the lid.
The desiccator contains a plate with holes over a screen which covers granulated anhydrous calcium sulfate, a desiccating or dehydrating agent. The desiccator ought not to be left open except to transfer samples in or out of it.
The holes may be used to store samples in a dry environment.
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Floyd Mayweather stretched his unbeaten string to 45 straight fights with a 12-round majority decision over Mexican champ Saul Alvarez on Saturday.
The 36-year-old, who earned the biggest purse in boxing history at $US41 million ($44.5 million), won the showdown between the two undefeated fighters and with it wrested Alvarez's World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super welterweight belts.
''It is about skills,'' Mayweather said. ''I came out tonight and showed my skills. I just took my time and took the opportunities when I got them. I can't say this is my best performance.''
Mayweather fought a brilliant tactical fight against the younger and stronger Alvarez in front of the crowd of 16,746 at the MGM Grand Hotel's Grand Garden Arena.
He used his jab and superior hand speed to keep Alvarez at bay, but Mayweather still only managed to win on two of the three judges' scorecards.
Judge C. J. Ross surprisingly scored it a draw, 114-114, while Craig Metcalfe had it 117-111 and Dave Moretti scored it 116-112 in favour of Mayweather.
''I'm not in control of what the judges do,'' Mayweather scoffed. ''I am in shock [by] whoever had it even.''
This was just the second fight for Mayweather since he was released from prison after serving a sentence for assaulting the mother of his children.
Mayweather gave away 13 years and 6.8 kilograms to Alvarez, who moved down in weight for the showdown.
The seventh was one of Mayweather's best rounds as he landed several combination punches early before backing Alvarez up into a corner and hitting him with a right uppercut that snapped the Mexican's head back.
For Alvarez, who turned pro at age of 15 in 2005, it was the first loss of his career.
''Obviously I didn't want to leave with a loss,'' said Alvarez. ''It happens and it hurts.''
Alvarez said he thought Mayweather fought an Olympic-style fight by impressing the judges with the volume of punches he landed, not the quality. ''He is very fast and accurate. His punches weren't that strong, but he is making points and very fast,'' Alvarez said.
This was the second in Mayweather's six-bout, 30-month contract with Showtime that could pay him more than $US200 million.
Some have accused Mayweather of dodging Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao for an even bigger purse.


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In the Fall semester of 2011, ten delegates from HuaiYin Teachers University of China visited Sam Houston. Our College of Education has had a long-term relationship with this university since 2005. Dean Brown made the first visit to HuaiYin Teachers University in 2005 and last year, Deans Irby and Smith also visited the school. In 2007, our former and current Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Payne and Dr. Hebert, along with Mr. Parker, Vice President of Student Services and the Music Band of SHSU, also went to visit. Every time Sam Houston faculty and staff visited the school, we were treated like VIPs, and we are so grateful for it.
This group of delegates from HuaiYin including their leaders, Mr. Li Huizhao of the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, Dean Chen Xia of the school of Foreign Languages, and Dean Xu Jiming of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering stayed for three months in Huntsville. Dr. Irby, our Associate Dean, together with Dr. Li, International Coordinator of the College of Education, made arrangements for them to stay at the University Place Apartments behind The MacDonald's at Sam Houston Avenue.
Our faculty and staff of College of Education family surprised the faculty members of HuaiYin with our Southern hospitality and a warm welcome from SHSU BearKat by making arrangements in furnishing and outfitting their five apartments. Dr. Li took them to visit places in Houston and College Station, and translated for them on many different occasions. In addition, Dr. Li was able to connect them with their corresponding departments and colleges so that they had the opportunity to exchange ideas with our faculty, since this visit was part of their continuing education for the faculty members of HuaiYin. The delegates attended classes in different departments and Colleges including Foreign Languages, Mathematics, Arts, Physics and Criminal Justice.
Our College of Education was the host for HuaYin's faculty coming, because we have established a good working relationship with them through the effort of our Deans. With the help of Drs. Payne and Hebert, we have been working on a more detailed memorandum of understanding. SHSU has already signed an agreement with HuaYin University so that their top students will come to SHSU and in particular, to the College of Education. We look forward to seeing some of the Chinese students from HuaiYin coming to our SHSU campus soon.


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Brecksville, Ohio – Get Up, Get Out and Go! is a summer campaign offering FREE outdoor recreational activities and music for kids, 11 to 14 years old and their families, along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. The kick-off event begins on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad with a ride beginning at Akron Northside Station. Bring your family out for a FREE ride through Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) to learn more about the programs offered Tuesday and Thursday evenings throughout the summer. The train will depart Akron Northside Station promptly at 7 p.m. and return by 9 p.m. Akron Northside Station is located at 27 Ridge Street, Akron 44304.
Starting Tuesday, June 14, through Thursday, July 14, from 7 to 9 p.m., experience night bike rides and hikes, scavenger hunts, fishing, animals of the valley, and more! Reservations are suggested by calling 330-657-2752 ext. 351.
Program locations are as follows:
• June 14 and July 12: Akron Northside Station, 27 Ridge Street, Akron 44304
• June 16: Hunt Farm Visitor Information Center, 2054 Bolanz Road, Peninsula 44264
• June 21: Wilbeth Road Trailhead, 392 West Wilbeth Road, Akron 44314
• June 23: Indigo Lake, 4300 Riverview Road, Peninsula 44264
• June 28: CVNP Stanford House, 6093 Stanford Road, Peninsula 44264
• June 30: Howe Meadow, 4040 Riverview Road, Peninsula 44264
• July 5 and July 7: Treaty Line Area, 995 Treaty Line Road, Akron 44313
• July 13: Howe Meadow. 4040 Riverview Road, Peninsula 44264
• July 14: Big-Bend Area, 1300 Sand run Parkway, Akron 44333
End your summer with an afternoon of great activities featuring food, outdoor recreation opportunities, challenge courses, games, and tie-dying followed by a concert with music by HeartBEAT Afrika, on Wednesday, July 13, at Howe Meadow in CVNP. Pre-concert activities will be ongoing from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Concert will follow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Howe Meadow is located at 4040 Riverview Road, Peninsula 44264.
Get Up, Get Out and Go! is made possible by the generous support of the following: Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, GAR Foundation, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Ohio, OMNOVA Solutions Foundation, and WITAN (Women In Touch With Akron's Needs).
For more information and registration information, call 330-657-2752 ext. 351.
CVNP encompasses 33,000 acres along the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Managed by the National Park Service, CVNP combines cultural, historical, recreational, and natural activities in one setting. For more information visit www.nps.gov/cuva or www.dayinthevalley.com or call 330-657-2752 or 800-257-9477.


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Betts stays hot, leads Sea Dogs in blowout
Portland second baseman goes 3-for-5, homers; Ramos nearly cycles
By Sam Dykstra / MiLB.com | May 15, 2014 7:16 PM ET
What did Mookie Betts do today? Is the on-base streak still on?
Those are the questions Red Sox fans and Minor League followers have asked when they've checked out the box score of every Double-A Portland game for about the past month.
Well, the answer -- as it has been since Opening Day, as it has been since Aug. 2 of last year actually -- is yes, the streak marches on.
The No. 5 Red Sox prospect went 3-for-5 with a homer, three RBIs, three runs scored, a walk and a stolen base in Double-A Portland's 13-5 drubbing of New Britain on Thursday. His on-base streak is up to 65 consecutive games dating back to last season, 70 if you include the Carolina League playoffs.
Still, if you think that was just another day at the office for the Minors' hottest hitter, Betts wants you to think again.
"I wouldn't say I'm in a groove right now," he said. "There are days I feel bad. I feel terrible some days. I actually feel terrible most days. But [Portland hitting coach Rich Gedman] always tells me those are the days you need to scratch something out and get even more focused. So on days I don't feel good, maybe I can scratch that out with a hit or by making a good defensive play. That's how I try to look at it."
While he's "scratched out" enough quality efforts to create his impressive streak, his overall numbers pop out even more.
The 22-year-old second baseman leads the Minor Leagues with a .401 average, 59 hits and 44 runs through his first 35 games. He leads the Eastern League in OBP (.467), slugging (.619), OPS (1.087) and stolen bases (18). He ranks seventh in homers (six) and RBIs (24), despite hitting exclusively from the top of the Portland lineup.
The story of Betts' 2014 campaign has been more than just a streak. It's been utter domination. And that was on full display Thursday.
The right-handed hitter smacked an RBI single in the second inning to give the Sea Dogs an early 2-0 lead. After walking and stealing second in the fifth, Betts returned to the plate in the seventh with the score tied, 4-4, and lifted a go-ahead two-run homer to left-center field that kick-started a six-run frame for Portland. He singled again in the ninth and came around to score the Sea Dogs' final tally on a two-run double by Deven Marrero.
Despite his current run, MLB.com's No. 53 overall prospect has managed to stay relatively humble.
"I always appreciate a three-hit game like today," he said. "I know I could 0-for-5 with a bunch of strikeouts tomorrow. That's always possible. You have to appreciate days you get one hit, never mind three."
Still, one would think given the way he's dominated the Double-A level that Triple-A Pawtucket may be shortly within his grasp. Of course, there's also the issue of a potential position change, given that the present and future of the Red Sox second-base position lies with former AL MVP and two-time World Series champ Dustin Pedroia. Betts has played shortstop professionally, although with less-than-spectacular results, and got time in center field back in high school in Tennessee. It's expected his future with the Red Sox might indeed lie in the outfield, where he practices some during batting practice and where his plus speed could be a big asset.
For now though, Betts seems content to chase No. 66 and beyond as a second baseman with Portland.
"I feel comfortable in the outfield, definitely," he said. "But I know there are more rules and things to learn out there that I'd still need to get. Right now, I'm just going out there as a second baseman here in Double-A, and I'm happy with that."
Betts wasn't the only Sea Dogs hitter to maintain his hot streak. Right fielder Henry Ramos went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI while falling a homer shy of the cycle in the win. After putting up a .276/.315/.345 slash line in April, the Puerto Rico native is batting .460/.500/.720 in 13 May contests.
"Ramos right now, it's ridiculous," Betts said. "I'm really happy for him because he's a really good player who is more than capable of doing this. It's good to see as a teammate."
First baseman Travis Shaw went 3-for-6 with a double and a run scored, and Shannon Wilkerson chipped in a 3-for-5 showing with three RBIs and two runs scored from the ninth spot in the Portland order.
Sam Dykstra is a contributor to MiLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Scrolling digital clock displays time in an innovative new way. The sliders are gradually cranked up in accurate time. Upon reaching the last number (i.e. the 9th minute) the same servo disengages the ratchets 'stopper' and the slider then falls to the first number again.
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Each group fencing lesson begins with warm-ups, footwork routines, and fencing games, followed by drilling practice. Each class ends with supervised bouting practice with an opponent. The Pick Your Weapon course meets for one hour per week and introduces beginners to the sport of fencing. Students will review the basic posture and footwork during lesson one, and then spend each of three subsequent lessons with one of the three weapons: foil, epee, and sabre. All necessary equipment is included with all three options.
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Rising star Jay Ford etched his name in the history books at Randwick yesterday when he became the first apprentice for 26 years to ride five winners at a Sydney meeting.
The last junior rider to achieve the feat was Wayne Harris on December 30, 1978, and Harris was on hand to see his record equalled.
Ford, 20, opened his account in the first race, partnering Zinzin ($4.60) to an all-the-way win, then was thrilled to team with Gai Waterhouse for a double with Imperialism ($3.30) and Lilly O'Reilly ($2.15 fav.), a five-year-old mare who is likely to spearhead the trainer's bid for a seventh Metropolitan Handicap on October 2 following her six-and-a-half lengths win yesterday.
Ford then added to the tally aboard Pensive Warfare ($6.50) and $3.60 favourite Eastwest Success in the last two races.
"I am rapt to ride five, the best I had done before today was three," Ford said. "I had a great book of rides but it doesn't always work out to plan and I thought with the wet track a few of them might falter."
Ford has already wrapped up both the Sydney and state apprentices' titles after the recent season-ending injuries to rivals Ronnie Stewart and William Pearson.
Harris has been so impressed with Ford's form he predicted he would become the next big star.
"It has been a while since we've had an apprentice who has gone on to the next level but he might be the kid," Harris said.
Ford, who is indentured to Rosehill trainer Kim Moore, comes out of his apprenticeship in December but needs only 11 more winners to outride his claim and has the plum mount on Takeover Target in Wednesday's Ramornie Handicap at Grafton.


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Course DescriptionTopics include information on finding employment in the civil/mechanical/manufacturing industry, writing resumes, and interviewing. Prerequisites: WR 115. Audit available.
Addendum to Course Description
The overall objective of this course is to provide students with career advancement and career management skills. Specifically, the weekly seminar sessions will help students develop skills and knowledge in job search, team work, research and presentations, critical reading and thinking, technical report writing, ethics in technology, and enhance project management skills through presentations from local area project managers of large and small construction companies. Students will learn to make PowerPoint presentations, and may be introduced to advances in computer-aided design software.
Additionally; these sessions will provide students with opportunities to network with local civil and mechanical engineering professionals. Occasionally, guest speakers from local corporations will make presentations. Through these sessions students will gain knowledge regarding new trends, software programs currently used, information on various industries, employment opportunities, duties and responsibilities of a civil and mechanical engineering technician, skills needed to be successful and make career advancements, etc. A mock interview session simulating actual job interviews will be offered. Advisory Committee members from various related organizations will conduct these interviews.
This is a one-credit course that meets once a week. This course is a requirement for an Associate of Applied Science degrees in Civil Engineering Technology and in Mechanical Engineering Technology.
Transferability of credit depends entirely upon the institution to which the student wishes to transfer.
Intended Outcomes for the course
After completing this course the student will:
- Be familiar with civil, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering organizations in the Portland metropolitan area.
- Have an understanding of the duties and responsibilities expected of a civil or mechanical engineering technician.
- Have enhanced job search skills: research the industry, develop an effective resume, cover letters for a specific job, and learn interview techniques.
- Be able to conduct Internet research of various potential employers.
- Have critical reading and thinking skills through the critical reviews of articles in civil and mechanical engineering area.
- Know about diversity in Industry.
- Be aware of issues of ethics in engineering and technology.
- Have enhanced presentation skills through Power Point or other appropriate software programs.
- Understand conflict resolution and negotiation methods.
- Possess career advancement skills.
- Have enhanced communication skills.
- Be able participate effectively in discussions.
- Have knowledge and skills in various aspects of construction projects.
Course Activities and Design
This course will be presented through lecture and discussion sessions. Guest speakers from local industries will make presentations for a majority of the seminar sessions. The methods of delivery will also utilize audio-visual and power point presentations
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
The following skills are critical for engineers and engineering technicians in Civil/Mechanical Engineering Technology:
Job Search and Career Advancement Skills
Research and Critical Thinking Skills
Effective Written and Oral Communications/Presentation Skills
Networking Skills, Connect with Local Industries
Professionalism Including Ethical Conduct
Project Management Skills, Large and Small
Participation in Team Projects
Interpersonal Skills
An Understanding of New Trends
Suggested Topics:
Research of local industries
"PCC Education And How It Helped Me In My Job,"- several seminar sessions are conducted during the term by former graduates, who are employed by Civil/Mechanical engineering organizations in the Portland metropolitan area.
Trends in the civil, mechanical, and manufacturing organizations
"Skills We Look For In Our Employees", seminar sessions offered by employers, managers/supervisors of local organizations
Develop critical reading and thinking skills- review articles, make value judgments about uncertain information
Ethics in Engineering & Technology
Finding The Perfect Job - Job Search Skills - Writing Effective Resumes, Cover Letters/Thank You Notes
Continuing Your Education at OIT
Developing a PowerPoint Presentation
Mock Interviews conducted by Industry Representatives