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Princeton Public Schools Green Team Launches Sustainability Certification Program
A newly formed, district-wide Green Team met for the first time on Dec. 8, 2015, to move forward with Princeton Public Schools' participation in the Sustainable Jersey for Schools certification process. The team is co-chaired by superintendent Steve Cochrane and science supervisor Edward Cohen. Cochrane characterized the team's formation as "a welcome opportunity for the district to actively partner with our community in reducing our collective carbon footprint."
The PPS Green Team members will advise and support the district's efforts to study and adopt practices that integrate sustainability education into the curriculum, professional training, and in choices about how the district's resources are used. The team will recommend revisions and enhancements to the district's educational program to ensure that sustainability education is coherent, integrated, developmentally appropriate and aligned with state standards and accepted best practices. In the wake of last week's historic climate agreement in Paris, Cohen described the excitement in classrooms this week as "palpable" and added that he "...can't wait to see students brainstorming solutions to combat global warming and curb emissions" as PPS works to educate for sustainability.
This year the PPS strategic planning process includes a broad-based emphasis on wellness. A primary focus of the PPS Green Team will be to ensure a safe and healthy environment for students and to encourage them to become leaders in making their schools, communities and planet, healthier places in which to live and work. Sustainable Princeton's liaison to the team, Mia Sacks, commented, "The Sustainable Princeton motto is Change A Habit, Change The World, and what better place to start than with the children in our schools."
The approximately 20-member team includes staff, administrators, parents, community and board members. The launch of the district's certification effort comes with a great deal of support from the town, which recently received Silver status in the Sustainable Jersey municipal certification process.
PHS biology teacher Paula Jakowlew is enthusiastic about the launch of the team and optimistic about its prospects for success. "I am looking forward to working with a committed group such as this -- many of whom have long been identified with producing positive, meaningful environmental change in the Princeton community," said Jakowlew. "Parents and students should expect to see not only positive changes that will result in a more earth-friendly PPS, but also a deeper connection to the environment that has sustained Princeton."
Sustainable Jersey for Schools is a certification program for New Jersey public schools that provides tools, training and financial incentives to support and reward schools as they pursue actions to promote sustainability. Certification actions were created through a rigorous review process that included state leaders and experts from school districts, state agencies, academia, government, the nonprofit sector and the business community.
Valid from 12/17/2015 to 01/30/2016
Spring Art & Music Events at Princeton Public Schools
In addition to the production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which opens with a 4:00 p.m. matinee tomorrow, April 10, and runs through Saturday, April 13, there's a rich offering of arts events throughout the district. There's no better way to celebrate the spring than to take time out and catch some amazing performances. Here's a sampling:*
Wed., April 10: JW Concert Bands Concert, 7:30 p.m. at JW Auditorium
Thurs., April 11: JW Orchestra Concert, 7:30 p.m. at JW Auditorium
Tues, April 16: JW Jazz Bands Concert, 7:30 p.m. at JW Auditorium
Wed., April 17: JW Choir Concert, 7:30 p.m. at Princeton High School PAC
Friday, April 19: Princeton Jazz Festival. 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at PAC
Friday, April 19: PHS Senior Art Show, 6:00 p.m. at Numina Gallery
Saturday, April 20: Princeton Jazz Festival, 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at PAC
Thursday, April 25: Elementary Strings Concert, 7:00 at PAC
Upcoming in May: PHS Spring Drama (5/17-18), PHS Band Concert (5/21), Orchestra Concert (5/22), and more!
*For complete listings of arts events, go to www.princetonk12.org/TheArts, or visit the individual schools' websites.
Valid from 04/09/2013 to 05/30/2013
Princeton Public School's 2016-2017 Calendar
Valid from 07/26/2016 to 06/15/2017
First Day of School September 4 at Princeton Public Schools
Valid from 07/30/2014 to 09/05/2014
Princeton Public Schools Announce Hurricane Make-Up Days
Hurricane Sandy forced the schools to cancel five days, although they made up two of those days the following week.
On Tuesday, the Board of Education approved rescheduling the three remaining days, plus outlined a plan to fit in an additional three snow days if necessary.
The three Sandy makeup days are scheduled as follows:
Should the district need to schedule additional makeup days as a result of winter weather those days will be, in the following order:
Valid from 11/28/2012 to 01/15/2013
Princeton Public Schools Announces Princeton Balance Speakers Series Oct. 8
Princeton Public Schools announces the first event in the Princeton Balance Speakers Series for 2012-13, "Healthy State of Mind," a panel discussion with behavioral health specialists from around the region. Intended primarily for parents of middle and high school-age children, the talk will provide information and support in promoting good mental health and a sense of balance in the lives of pre-teens and teens as they negotiate life transitions, relationship challenges, and academic and social issues.
Participants: Molly Palmer, PsyD., Trinity Counseling Service; Karen Gischlar, Ph.D., Rider University; Nicole Orro, LPC, Princeton House Behavioral Health; Julie Neufeld, LCSW, Princeton; George Scott, family therapist and coordinator, Traumatic Loss Coalition.
October 8, 2012, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Black Box Theater, Princeton High School
151 Moore Street
Princeton, NJ 08540
For more information, contact Princeton Public Schools at 609-806-4215
Valid from 09/24/2012 to 10/09/2012
Princeton Public School's Performance Reports Now Available
As many of you are aware, the NJDOE issued the new State Performance Reports this week, after some delay due to necessary corrections in data and information. Because these reports include some significant changes from the old School Report Cards -- and also raise questions in addition to providing valuable new information -- the district is providing an FAQ and other information.
Attached please find the FAQ and the full press release. Additional information and links to the reports are available on the district website.
Valid from 04/13/2013 to 06/01/2013
Princeton Public Schools Lauch OVERDRIVE - A Digital Library
Neither sleet nor snow has prevented the JW and PHS Learning Commons from participating in Digital Learning Day. Carolyn Bailey and Jen Bigioni, media specialists at the middle school and high school respectively, are using this week to publicize the launching of Overdrive, the new Princeton Public Schools Digital Library, which enables our students to borrow and enjoy ebooks on iPads, Nooks, and other e-readers. Our Princeton Public Schools Overdrive contains digital versions of popular materials, such as the Harry Potter books and the Divergent series, as well as materials that support the PPS curriculum.
Digital Learning Day- which, this year was more of a Digital Learning Week because of the weather - is a nationwide celebration of innovative teachers and of effective applications of digital learning in schools to support teachers, improve learning and help students achieve at their highest potential.
Our district took the pledge and is listed among the innovators participating in the program. As part of the activities for our Digital Learning Day event, students are receiving directions this week on how to logon to the Overdrive site using their ids and passwords - and begin taking advantage of the great selections!
Valid from 02/09/2014 to 03/15/2014
Princeton Public Schools Announce New & Improved SUPER SATURDAY & Homecoming Weekend
Princeton High to play its first ever home football game at night
Princeton, NJ (September 8, 2014) -- Princeton Public Schools announced today that JW Middle School and Princeton High School will celebrate an expanded and enhanced Super Saturday & Homecoming weekend of events September 19-20. Thanks to a re-energized collaboration between students, PTO volunteers and school leaders, this year's events promise to be the most exciting in recent memory, including a first-ever "under the lights" football game.
Homecoming 2014 will feature:
Friday, September 19th
PHS Varsity Football will play Ewing High School at Princeton High School on its new turf field, under temporary lights, complete with Homecoming Floats.
Super Saturday
Saturday, September 20th
JW Middle School will host its annual Super Saturday event at Walnut Street between the middle and high schools. This year's events will include: local vendors, food trucks, games, a raffle, the popular cake walk, and a bandstand for music and entertainment. PHS Girls and Boys Soccer will host games on the high school fields across Walnut. Super Saturday takes place rain or shine!
"The Homecoming Weekend will be an exciting kickoff to the school year and a wonderful opportunity for the entire community to gather in support of its students," said Stephen Cochrane, Superintendent of Princeton Public Schools. "We are looking forward to events that connect to traditions of the past while creating traditions for our future! All are welcome!"
Valid from 09/08/2014 to 09/21/2014
Registration Open for Princeton Public Schools Preschool Program
PPS is accepting applications for the 2015-16 full-day Integrated Preschool program. Parents who wish to register their children on a tuition-paying basis must do so by Feb. 13, 2015.
The full-day program is offered free of cost to children who will be 4 years old by Oct. 1, 2015, are residents of Princeton, and either 1) are eligible for the federal free and reduced meals program, or 2) receive special education services and will benefit from inclusion with typically developing peers. A number of tuition spaces are also available for the next academic year.
Spaces for tuition-paying students are limited. Should interest exceed the number of spaces available a lottery will be held on Feb. 17. To be considered for the Preschool Tuition Lottery, all required registration information must be submitted to your child's school office by 4:00 p.m., Friday, February 13, 2015.
New! This year:
For more information about the program, visit: www.princetonk12.org/Preschool or contact:
Eric Csolak, Supervisor of Special Education, age 3 - Grade 5, at email@example.com
Kim McReynolds, Grants Program Specialist, at firstname.lastname@example.com
Valid from 02/05/2015 to 02/14/2015
Princeton Public School's 2015 - 2016 Calendar
Valid from 08/09/2015 to 06/25/2016
Winter Arts Events at Princeton Public Schools
December 10, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
John Witherspoon Middle School Winter Choral Concert
Princeton High School Auditorium, 151 Moore St.
December 11, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
John Witherspoon Middle School Winter Instrumental Music Concert
John Witherspoon MS Auditorium, 217 Walnut Lane
December 13, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Princeton High School Choir with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University (tickets available through the Princeton Symphony Orchestra)
The PHS Choir is featured in the annual PSO's holiday celebration concert.
December 18, 7:30-10:00 p.m.
Princeton High School Choir and Orchestra Concert
Princeton University Chapel
Since 1946, the annual PHS Winter Concert at the University Chapel has been a Princeton community tradition. Featuring all of the PHS choirs and orchestras, the program includes a variety of repertoire, a candlelight processional, and an energetic finale in which alumni are invited to join.
Valid from 12/02/2014 to 12/19/2014
Garden State on Your Plate Program Returns to Princeton Public Schools' Elementary Schools
Valid from 09/23/2015 to 11/01/2015
News Briefs from Princeton Public Schools
The PHS Chess team (below) brought home the first-place trophy from the Shore High School Chess League tournament for the fourth year in a row. The event was not without some heart-stopping moments against some very tough competition, including opponents from Manalapan and High Tech High. Good spirits matched the high level of determination for the team, for whom this is the last tournament of the year: "The spirits were high, and the chatter and laughter stayed with the team at every break they had," said advisor and PHS math teacher Graciela Elia. Congratulations to the whole team and to Ms. Elia!
Photo: (l. to r.): PHS junior Shiv Sethi, sophomore Joseph Prentice, senior Alice Dong, sophomore Ashwin Dandamudi,
and freshmen Daniel Yedidia and Akshay Bhamidipati.
The PHS World Languages Department is proud to announce that senior Marie-Louise James is this year's recipient of the Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey (FLENJ) scholarship in Italian. Marie-Louise was chosen on the basis of her superior oral and written skills in the language. Brava, Marie-Louise and congratulations to Italian teacher Joe Mazzarella!
Hats off to the PHS Speech and Debate team for amazing results at last weekend's Montville Invitational. PHS students secured first place in four divisions at the tournament! Congrats to the whole team.
This one's for you, T. Geisel
Readers young and old grabbed a favorite book and spent time reading together as part of Read Across America, a nationwide celebration that takes place annually on March 2, Dr. Seuss's birthday. In the hallways, the libraries and classrooms, there were plenty of opportunities to read. JW even had three straight activity periods devoted to reading. As Mr. Burr tweeted: "Students carrying books they love - a sight to see!"
Meet Puck & Co.
Fifth graders at three of our four elementary schools discovered the magic of the Bard, staging a production of an adapted text of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for their classmates, teachers and parents. The performance is a culmination of a McCarter residency that allows students to delve into a classic work, collaborate, memorize lines and create characters, and then share! Community Park (first photo below) just completed the residency, with Riverside and Littlebrook (second photo below) staging the production earlier in the year. Johnson Park opted for a film-making residency, with fifth graders producing a movie, "Despicable Day," which had its debut, red carpet and all, on Feb. 23.
Valid from 03/07/2016 to 03/28/2016
Princeton Public Schools Affirms DLI Program
Princeton, NJ – On Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education unanimously passed a measure affirming the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program at Community Park Elementary School as a successful and ongoing initiative in the Princeton school district.
The DLI initiative began as a pilot program at the start of the 2015-2016 school year, with class sections in both kindergarten and first grade. This year, the program expanded to second grade, with 43 students participating in Kindergarten, 41 students in 1st grade, and 38 students in 2nd grade.
"Dual Language Immersion has made us a better school" noted Community Park Principal Dineen Gruchacz. "Our teachers are finding new ways to collaborate and Spanish has become part of our school's fabric, woven into our school meetings, morning announcements, and student-led conferences"
Board member Betsy Baglio, who has a child in the DLI program, shared at the Nov. 15, meeting that the program gives students a firsthand awareness of the world beyond Community Park and Princeton. She added that it is an excellent example of innovation in the Princeton school district.
Students in the DLI program at Community Park spend half of their day learning core content in Spanish, and the other half learning in English. This 50/50 model has the students learning Spanish Language Arts, math and science in Spanish and learning social studies and language arts in English. By alternating between the two languages, students develop flexibility and resiliency in thinking and problem solving, in addition gaining fluency in both languages.
"Research supports that the DLI program raises the level of performance for all students across all subjects," stated Superintendent Steve Cochrane. "It is a remarkable program with significant potential to help us close the achievement gap."
Princeton's DLI initiative has been selected as a Model Program by the NJDOE.
Valid from 11/28/2016 to 01/01/2017
Princeton Public Schools Files Appeal on PCS Decision
Princeton, NJ – The Princeton Public Schools announced today that it will be filing an appeal of the decision by the Acting Commissioner of Education to approve the expansion of the Princeton Charter School. The appeal will be filed with the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and the Board will also file a request with the Commissioner to stay her decision.
"We are filing this appeal on behalf of the students and the taxpayers of the Princeton community," explained Superintendent Steve Cochrane. "It is economically , educationally, and ethically unjust that a majority of the allowable increase in the school budget will, for years to come, fund the expansion of 76 students at the Princeton Charter School, while leaving a much smaller portion for the nearly 3800 studen ts in the growing and far more diverse Princeton Public Schools."
"There are some principles worth fighting for," Cochrane stated. "The funding for our children's education is one of them."
Cochrane further stated, however, that he does not want to see students caught in the middle of this dispute. "While we, as a District, are committed to addressing this decision in the courts, we are equally committed to ensuring that our schools, our classrooms, and our community remain welcoming environments for every student and their families. They are all our children," Cochrane concluded.
Valid from 03/07/2017 to 04/10/2017
Princeton Public Schools Announce New Assistant Superintendent
Princeton, NJ – Princeton Public Schools is proud to announce Annie Kosek will be the District's new Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction . The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of Ms. Kosek to the position at its March 16, 2017 meeting.
Ms. Kosek is well - known in the community for her role as the principal of Littlebrook Elementary School where her focus has been on enhancing the social, emotional, and intellectual lives of her students. During the course of her 14 years at Littlebrook Elementary , Ms. Kosek built lasting relationships with staff and families while establishing a reputation for fairness, kindness, and the highest level of instructional leadership. Prior to joining the Princeton Public Schools, Annie worked for many years in Hopewell Valley, first as an elementary school teacher, later as a K - 12 staff developer, and eventually as a K - 8 supervisor of Language Arts.
" I am honored by the opportunity to work alongside Annie, " said Superintendent Steve Cochrane. "She brings a tremendous eagerness to serve and inspire our district."
Ms. Kosek also brings to her new central office role a broad set of experiences as well as a unique understanding of the people and programs in the Princeton Public Schools. She will continue to serve as the principal at Littlebrook Elementary through the remainder of the school year .
Valid from 03/21/2017 to 04/30/2017
Princeton Public Schools
Valid from 03/15/2010
News Briefs from Princeton Public Schools
PHS's two teams made a strong showing at the Shore Bowl, a regional competition that focuses on ocean-related topics, with one team winning first place in Division B and the other team winning second place in Division A. The Shore Bowl, which was held on Feb. 6 at Rutgers University, brings together high school students from NJ, NY and PA. Topics included the biology, chemistry, physics, geology of the ocean, as well as navigation, geography, related history and literature.
Students in Jackie Katz's Research class at PHS are very excited about the newly installed aquaponics system for food production. Housed at JW, the equipment allows the nutrient-rich water of the fish tank to sustain the plant cultivation. The high school students are engaged in research on sustainable agricultural solutions for communities in developing countries. In addition, they will have the opportunity to pass their knowledge on to their younger fellow scientists at JW. The equipment is made possible through a PEF mini-grant. Look for more news on this topic soon!
Littlebrook second graders in Katie Federico, Joanne Ryan and Dara Cohen's classes put a whole new spin on natural phenomena in their "Weather Informance" production, featuring dance and musical responses to what they learned about weather. In conjunction with science lessons, the students choreographed and performed dramatic interpretations conveying their knowledge of such events as lightning storms and tornadoes. The performance was the culmination of a residency directed by artist Christine Colosimo.
While the PHS musicians were making a sweep of the awards at the 2016 Berklee Jazz festival, including the seventh consecutive win in the large ensemble competition, the PHS orchestra was launching its European tour. In Geneva, the orchestra paid a visit to the Palais des Nations, where it was honored as a UNICEF USA being both musically sensitive and socially pro-active. Read more on the UN Library's facebook page.
Closer to home, the PHS Choir is celebrating uniquely American musical genres, as they rehearse with Dr. Donald Dumpson in preparation for the Spirituals and Gospel Festival. Do not miss this inspirational evening of music that brings together the entire community - Friday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m. at the PAC. Tickets may be purchased from students in the PHS Choir or by calling Mia Gargan at the high school (806-4270). This event tends to sell out, so get your tickets now
Marie Louise James, a PHS senior, is one of three winners of this year's Westminster Conservatory Concerto Competition. Marie Louise will be performing the first movement of Mozart's Concerto in C Major for Oboe and Orchestra on Sunday, February 28 at 3:00 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus.
Congratulations to Jeanette Paredes's class at JW for winning the "Read to Succeed" prize by successfully engaging in a variety of reading activities!
By now, everyone in the district and pretty much the entire nation knows the story of Green Fruit Loop, lizard extraordinaire who found his way to Mark Eastburn's science class at Riverside by hitching a ride in a bag of organic tatsoi, but did you know it was featured on NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" in the "Which story is actually true?" segment. And yes, it was actually true.
Valid from 02/12/2016 to 03/12/2016
The Princeton Education Foundation, a non-profit organization established to encourage private philanthropy to the public school system, presented the Princeton Public Schools with a check for $113,500 at the district's Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, June 12 at the John Witherspoon Middle School.
The gift comprises contributions from several different sources: $27,700 represents the annual end of year gift from the Princeton Education Foundation and will go toward upgrading the vocal and instrumental music classrooms in all four elementary schools; $27,550 reflects donations to the PowerUp PRS! technology campaign, an effort that the Princeton Education Foundation is overseeing in concert with the school district; and two gifts given to the Princeton Education Foundation from district PTOs - $28,250 from the Community Park Elementary School PTO, and $30,000 from the Johnson Park Elementary School PTO. These two gifts are directed through the PowerUp PRS! campaign specifically for children at Community Park and Johnson Park schools.
"The Princeton Education Foundation is extremely grateful to the many sponsors and donors who have made it possible for us to offer this support to our schools," said Barbara Prince, president of the Princeton Education Foundation Board of Trustees.
The Princeton Education Foundation is a bridge between the Princeton community and its public schools, encouraging private philanthropy to enhance public education for students at all levels. Since its inception in 1995, the Foundation has contributed more than $1.2 million to the Princeton Public Schools for capital improvements, educational programs and teacher support.
For more information contact:
Jill Morrison, firstname.lastname@example.com or 609-994-4441
Valid from 06/16/2012 to 08/01/2012
Princeton Public School's Bond Sale Closes with Historically Low Rate
Princeton Public School's bond sale, in anticipation of $10.98 million of work slated under the referendum proposal, closed with a historically low lending rate of 1.43 percent for the district.
"The lower-than-anticipated rate will translate into a substantial savings for taxpayers", according to Stephanie Kennedy, Business Administrator for Princeton Public Schools. Princeton voters approved the facilities spending in a special referendum last September, at which time the interest rate projected by bond counsel and district was 2.5 percent.
The 1.43 percent interest rate means that the debt service will be more than half a million dollars less than was originally projected, said Mary Lyons, a financial advisor with Pheonix Advisors, who helped with the sale of the bond.
A number of factors led to the lower interest rate, not least of which was the district's Aaa rating by Moody's, which was re-affirmed this month after interviewing Kennedy and reviewing the district's financials, including the most recent audit. The Aaa rating is held by only a handful of school districts in New Jersey.
"This is great news for the taxpayers", said Kennedy. "This means that we can get all of the projects done for fewer tax dollars over 10 years than we had originally projected."
Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley, an investment firm out of Chicago that sells municipal bonds, won the bid against such competitors as PNC Capital, UBS Financial, Raymond James, Janney Montgomery Scott, and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, all of whom submitted bids during the public auction.
With the successful sale of the bond, the district can move forward with the planned construction projects, many of which will go out for bid in February and will be completed by fall 2013.
"This is a great way to start off the referendum project",said Kennedy. "It is also good timing for budgeting the 2013-14 debt service."
For ongoing updates on the referendum work, go to www.princetonk12.org
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Communications Director
Princeton Public Schools
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Princeton, NJ 08540
Valid from 01/21/2013 to 02/28/2013
Princeton Public Schools in Strong Financial Position, Audit Reveals
Princeton Public Schools' financial statements and the district's fiscal position are very strong, according to a recent audit conducted by Wiss and Company, LLP.
"The district has a very sound internal control structure," said Scott Clelland, a partner at the firm who is in charge of public sector services and who headed the audit.
Public schools are required by law to be reviewed on a yearly basis by an independent auditor to establish the financial status of every district.
For 15 years in a row, the district has received the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting by the International Association of Business Officials. "[Princeton] was one of 20 schools that received the certificate out of the 600-plus districts in the state," noted Clelland.
Not coincidentally, 15 years is also the amount of time that Stephanie Kennedy has served as the business administrator for Princeton Public Schools. As the person directly overseeing the district's $82 million budget, Kennedy ensures that there is good fiscal management, a fact confirmed by the auditors, who closed the books for fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, with no comments or recommendations for improvement of management.
In addition to serving as a public document, the audit is used by bonding agencies. Princeton Public Schools has a AAA rating for bonding.
What is Kennedy's key to success? "I'm all about accountability and following the laws and regulations -- and making sure everyone else is as well," said Kennedy, noting with a laugh that this doesn't always make her the most popular person in the room. Her down-to-earth style, however, has earned her great respect.
Kennedy credits her success to a great team at the Business Office. She has worked with the district's comptroller, Jennifer Micale, for almost as long as she's been at Princeton.
Kennedy might run a tight ship but, according to her, "Jen and the rest of the team keep the ship on course. The entire Business Office, in handling payroll, accounts payable and receivable, and purchasing through bids, contributed to this successful audit."
"This is an remarkable achievement by our Business Office," said Board of Education President Timothy Quinn. "It's even more significant this year because of the 15-year milestone and the fact that the auditors made no comments or recommendations in this year's audit, which is almost unprecedented in any audit, public or private. The exemplary service of Mrs. Kennedy and her team enables this board to remain good stewards of public funds."
Valid from 12/07/2012 to 01/15/2013
Princeton Friends School and Princeton Public Schools Work for Inclusive Curriculum
Princeton Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Bonnie Lehet and Princeton Friends School Head of School Jane Fremon travelled to Wellesley, Massachusetts in early March to participate in an Administrators Institute sponsored by the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum. Founded by Dr. Peggy McIntosh of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women in 1987, the SEED Project engages public and private school teachers, college faculty, parents, and community leaders from all subject areas, grade levels, and geographic locations to create gender fair, multi-culturally equitable, socioeconomically aware, and globally informed curricula. Since then, more than 1,900 K-16 teachers from 41 U.S. states and 14 other countries have become SEED seminar facilitators. In total, SEED seminars have engaged over 30,000 teachers to date, who in turn have influenced more than 30 million students and helped them experience greater diversity in the curriculum - in public schools, private schools, and English-speaking international schools.
Jane Fremon became involved with the SEED Project even before its inception. In 1985, Fremon and Princeton Friends School Associate Head Nancy Wilson (both teachers at Princeton Day School at the time) were selected for participation in a year-long, monthly professional development seminar for K-12 teachers sponsored by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and led by McIntosh and Emily Style, a high school teacher from Madison, NJ. Informed by McIntosh's seminal work on white privilege, male privilege, and curriculum re-vision, as well as Style's metaphor of "curriculum as window and mirror," this seminar encouraged teachers to share their own experiences about gender, race, and other systems of privilege and oppression, both in their lives and in their own education, and to explore ways to incorporate a greater appreciation of the diversity of human experience in their own classrooms. In 1987, growing out of this Dodge Seminar, SEED was launched as an annual, week-long summer workshop led by teachers, for teachers.
Princeton Public Schools launched the SEED program in 1994, with three leaders and more than 30 district educators participating. In the years since that first seminar, the district has supported the training of additional SEED facilitators, expanding the program to six ongoing seminar groups that serve both veteran and new teachers. Assistant Superintendent Bonnie Lehet was invited to participate in the SEED Administrators Institute because of her support of the program at PPS. Through this experience, she has developed a sharper lens to view the possibilities of an inclusive curriculum and a renewed appreciation of the importance of the SEED seminars and workshops that take place within the district. Lehet has had the privilege of working with the district's three SEED leaders, Nancy Livingston, Sarah Schwimmer, and Stacey Tuliszewski. Livingston, who worked with SEED National Project since 1995, assists Peggy McIntosh and her colleauges from the National SEED program in training new leaders across the country.
The March 2014 SEED Institute, funded by the C.W. Kellogg Foundation, brought together three dozen principals, school heads, and superintendents from around the country who have been involved with the SEED Project over the past three decades. The aim was to collect testimony, share best practices, and explore the ways in which the SEED program has influenced the leadership styles of school administrators, the nature of professional development of teachers, the inclusion of justice and equity strands into the K-12 curriculum, and the culture of schools.
Valid from 04/03/2014 to 06/01/2014


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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Kurt Barnes has qualified for the British Open for the second time through the Australasia leg of international qualifying at the Kingston Heath Golf Club.
Barnes, who also qualified last year at Kingston Heath, earned a place along with Australians Matthew Millar and Rick Kulacz as the top three finishers in the 36-hole event on Tuesday.
Millar won the qualifying tournament with rounds of 66 and 68 for a 10-under total, one shot clear of Barnes, who carded a 69 on Tuesday after opening with 66. Kulacz had rounds of 70 and 66 and then earned his British Open spot by beating Stephen Leaney in a playoff.
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Chris Gayle secures the highest score of any individual score in any T20 (including IPL) history.
Chris Gayle hit the 175 in 66 balls (not out) without loosing wicket playing all overs as a opening batsman.
Gayle's 175 runs included 13 fours and a whopping 17 sixes.
Dilshan gave a good company to Gayle before getting out for 33 runs.
Even though the RCB wickets kept falling at regular intervals, Gayle stood as a strong pillar and was thrashing every bowler's balls for fours and sixes.
Kohli was extremely happy for Gayle and saluted him for Gayle's outstanding performance. This is the best knock out any IPL, T20 cricket so far.
Gayle made RCB to win with his best individual score and best team score (263 runs) which has beaten previous record of Sri Lanka (260 runs)
Gayle made history with 1in IPL 2013 which will probably remain for a long time in every cricket fan's mind.


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Target: Judge Debra S. Nelson of Seminole County Circuit Court
Goal: To prohibit the use of personal social media files in the defense case against the homicide of Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin was a 17-year old who was walking in the rain back to a guest house when George Zimmerman, the neighborhood's crime watch leader, spotted the young boy and found him suspicious. The 29 year-old Zimmerman than shot the unarmed teenager on February 26, claiming that Mr. Martin attacked him, breaking his nose and hurting his head. This raises the question, "wouldn't the accusations of a broken nose have more relevance in a court of law than social media videos and postings?" Nearly eight months after the devastating tragedy, Judge Debra S. Nelson of Seminole County Circuit Court believes that defense lawyer, Mark M. O'Mara's has relevant points in proving through social media that Martin had violent tendencies such as his involvement in mixed martial arts.
O'Mara further states that Martin's posting via social media outlets with videos and pictures suggest that he was somehow a violent person. Of course, this is mere speculation and Mr. O'Mara acknowledges that persuading Facebook and Twitter to release information to him would not be easy. Regardless, the young boy's interests in mixed martial arts (which has grown in immense popularity here in the United States and is glorified and supported by hundreds of thousands of people around the nation) is absolutely irrelevant in the justification of the boy's death on that rainy night in February.
Trayvon's father Tracy Martin says, "I think it's wrong that we attack the victim." The loss of Trayvon Martin has generated support of people around the nation with memorials, candle light vigil ceremonies, and protests demanding transparency in the shooting of the young unarmed boy.
This petition demands that Judge Debra S. Nelson withdraw the use of social media files found on Facebook and Twitter in the defense case against Trayvon Martin. The videos and postings via social media outlets are irrelevant to justifying what actually happened in Martin's death.
Dear Judge Debra S. Nelson,
I urge you to deny the legitimacy of social media postings by Trayvon Martin as presented by his killer's defense case in a court of law. The 17-year-old's death on that rainy night in February must be justified with relevant evidence such as the accusations that Mr. Zimmerman was attacked and his nose was broken. The video postings and pictures of Mr. Martin's interests in mixed martial arts are not accurate evidence to be used in proving the defendant's case for using lethal force.
Not only has mixed martial arts grown immensely popular here in the United States, but we can not afford to lose sight of remaining accurate, detailed, and honest in this tragic homicide case. Please keep in mind and heart that Mr. Zimmerman should be held accountable with fair and accurate evidence from the night he decided to cast judgement on a young life with fire arms. An example must be set and valuable evidence must not be overlooked.
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for control reasons, I wouldn't bridge the AP to the LAN (though it
sounds like your LAN is just one machine anyway), but rather give it
its own subnet.
> Everything works fine, there is a
> computer that is plugged into the LAN(sis1) port via a crossover
> cable. Then the problem lies on the Sis2 port. It works fine, i can
> access the the network and get thru the monowall, however dhcpd does
> not appear to be listening on sis2 wont renew an ip address. It works
> fine on the LAN port.
Can't say that I've tried it, but it should work. Someone else
reported DHCP not working over an unfiltered bridge just today, I
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Tiger Tales! A football journey -June 18 -Wednesday at 8pm
Mid City Theatre
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 8:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
WEDNESDAY, June 18th at 8pm
...a New Orleans boy's football journey
from LSU to the NFL
New Orleans native, Ed Champagne, member of the
Allstate BCS Sugarbowl Hall of Fame, played football with
legends like Y.A. Tittle, Woody Strode, Steve Van Buren,
Glen Davis, Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin and so many
more as an All-American at LSU in the 30's and NFL player with
the L.A. Rams in the 40's.
This show tells the story of one family's travels from
Louisiana to California following that football dream. It's
gentle and the story-telling is engaging, so even if you're not
the biggest gridiron fan, this New Orleans football family's
history is delightful.
Chris Champagne stars in this multi-media show about
his family. The videos of his Dad telling football stories are just priceless and an audio of his Mom talking about Chris' birth in Los Angeles is a classic New Orleanian's view on life in the big city.
Parking lot wraps around the building and parking is free, theatre entrance is on the lake side of the building...and yes, there are still cocktails!
Mid City Theatre at 3540 Toulouse St. -- between N. Cortez and N. Jefferson Davis Pkwy, just behind the American Can Company...Call 504.488.1460 for more information...
Night of the show: Box office opens at 7pm, doors to theatre open at 7:30 pm and it is general seating.
When & Where
Mid City Theatre
3540 Toulouse Street
(between N. Cortez & N. Jeff Davis Pkwy)
New Orleans,
Louisiana 70119
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 8:00 PM (CDT)
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A Miami man is charged with using Facebook postings to threaten to harm or assassinate President Barack Obama during his visit to South Florida last week, according to a federal criminal complaint.
A Secret Service affidavit filed in Miami federal court identified the man as 20-year-old Joaquin Amador Serrapio Jr. of Miami.
According to the affidavit, Serrapio posted the threatening comments under the Facebook name "Jay Valor" during Obama's visit to the University of Miami last Thursday. There's no indication that Serrapio took any steps to carry out the threat or that the president was ever in any danger. The Secret Service did not immediately respond Tuesday to a telephone call seeking additional comment.
In the first posting on Feb. 21, Serrapio as "Jay Valor" allegedly said this: "Who wants to help me assassinate Obummer while hes at UM this week?"
Then on Thursday, the day of Obama's visit, the Secret Service affidavit said Serrapio made another posting.
"If anyones going to UM to see obama today, get ur phones out and record. Cause at any moment im gonna put a bullet through his head and u don't wanna miss that! Youtube!"
Later that day, Secret Service agents went to Serrapio's home, where he and his mother agreed to allow a search. The agents found an iPad showing the initial Facebook post about assassinating Obama. They also found a sniper-style pellet rifle and a pellet handgun in Serrapio's bedroom.
After his arrest, Serrapio admitted posting the threats, according to the affidavit. Serrapio's court-apppointed attorney declined comment Tuesday.
The agents also searched Serrapio's cell phone, which included a text message from someone pointing out that Serrapio could get into trouble for the Facebook postings.
"I know I can b killed by this communist administration and im challenging them," he texted back, according to the affidavit. "Let's see what those (expletives) got."
Serrapio was arrested the same day as Obama's visit and is now free on $70,000 bail, according to court records. He is scheduled to enter a plea at an arraignment set for March 9 and has been ordered to undergo a mental health assessment.
The charge of threatening to assassinate or inflict bodily harm on the president carries a maximum five-year prison sentence.
According to his Facebook page, Serrapio fronts the "J. Valor Band" rock group that specializes in classic rock covers.
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Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots
TOKYO (AP) Look out Ichiro Suzuki (FSY) and Daisuke Matsuzaka (FSY). A pair of baseball-playing robots that can pitch and hit with incredible results have been developed in Japan.
The pitching robot, with its three-fingered hand, can throw 90% of its pitches in the strike zone, won't need any relief from the bullpen and never asks for a pay raise.
The batting robot, which has a sensor to determine if pitches are strikes or balls, hits balls in the strike zone almost 100% of the time, doesn't swing at pitches outside the strike zone, and is guaranteed to pass all drug tests.
The two robots were created by University of Tokyo professor Masatoshi Ishikawa.
"The demand level of the robotics technology of each robot is very high," Ishikawa said. "What was difficult was to create a mechanism to satisfy such a high level of demand."
The pitching robot throws a plastic foam ball at 25 miles per hour, but Ishikawa is hoping to increase the speed to 93 mph and make it able to throw off-speed pitches like curves and sliders.
Ishikawa is also working on getting the batting robot to be able to hit to all parts of the field.
The robots don't resemble humans but instead the type of robots on a car assembly line.
Japan boasts one of the leading robotics industries in the world, and the government is pushing to develop the industry as a road to growth. Automaker Honda has developed the child-sized Asimo, which can walk and talk.
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After rejecting the project nearly two years ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today issued ConocoPhillips a permit to begin work on the first commercial oil well in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, according to news reports.
The corps' decision comes two weeks after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Fish and Wildlife Service dropped their objections to a bridge and a pipeline the energy giant has been wanting to build over the Colville River to reach its leases in the 23-million-acre North Slope reserve, about the size of Indiana.
In February 2010, the Army Corps rejected Conoco's application on environmental grounds. The permit approved today sets 22 conditions for minimizing the project's impact and requires Conoco to pay into a special fund to pay for "unavoidable" damage to tundra wetlands.
"Today's decision is entirely consistent with the mission of the Corps of Engineers' Regulatory Program, which is to protect the Nation's aquatic resources while allowing reasonable development," Kevin Morgan, regulatory chief for the corps' Alaska District, said in a news release. "It's indicative of a program that is fair, flexible and balanced."
Here's the corps' fact sheet about the permit.
A Conoco spokeswoman said the company plans "to evaluate and incorporate the terms of the permit into our project plan as we attempt to progress to full sanctioning in the coming year," The Wall Street Journal says. The project has been in the works since 2005.
Alaska's Republican governor and congressional delegation hailed the decision.
But Rebecca Noblin of the Center for Biological Diversity in Anchorage called it "another big gift to the oil companies" from President Obama's administration.
"After initially finding that a bridge across the Colville River would not be the least environmentally damaging way for ConocoPhillips to access new oil fields in the NPR-A, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has flip-flopped," she said in an e-mail to the Associated Press. "The ConocoPhillips bridge will go up in the heart of a rich ecosystem that harbors a wide variety of plants, fish, birds and mammals, including threatened polar bears and Steller's and spectacled eiders."
On October 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated there were nearly 900 million barrels of oil and 53 trillion cubic feet of natural gas within NPRA and adjacent state waters. The oil estimate was about 90% less than what USGS had projected in 2002.
Despite the revision, as NPR pointed out, that's double the amount the nation extracts from the Gulf of Mexico in a year.
Much more here and here about the NPRA, created in 1923 by President Warren Harding and formerly known as the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4.
Doug is an unrepentant news junkie who loves breaking news and has been known to watch C-SPAN even on vacation. He has covered a wide range of domestic and international news stories, from prison riots in Oklahoma to the Moscow coup against Mikhail Gorbachev. Doug previously served as foreign editor at USA TODAY. More about Doug
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Nearly $470,000 in grants have been awarded, since grants administrator Brenda Marrah began working for the City of Galax in January.
When Carroll County eliminated a similar position last November due to budget cuts, the city quickly hired her.
Shortly after Carroll let Marrah go, the city began discussion about hiring her as the grants administrator — a new position for the city, created to reduce operational costs and offset capital expenditures.
In the first fundraiser breakfast that Applebee's hosted for the Free Clinic of the Twin Counties, over $1,000 was donated to the agency.
A couple of months ago, the fundraiser only raised $94.
Despite advertisements, the fundraiser has been on a decline since after the first few months.
By TINA E. VAUGHN and BRIAN FUNK
INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County voters overwhelmingly supported incumbent Sheriff Richard Vaughan in Tuesday's election, which pitted him against challenger Mark Burnett, a former Grayson deputy who is now a sergeant with the Galax Police Department.
Vaughan, an independent, received 68 percent of the votes (3,627) compared to Republican Burnett, who had 32 percent (1,713) of the votes, based on unofficial voting results from the State Board of Elections.
UPDATED 11/10/11: Reynolds Concedes to Stanley
MARTINSVILLE — Thursday afternoon, Sen. Roscoe Reynolds conceded the election for Virginia's 20th Senate District to Bill Stanley.
HILLSVILLE — Carroll voters selected newcomers over incumbents for the school board whenever possible and choose three new members for the board of supervisors.
The only school board incumbent to return to office had no opposition — Reginald Gardner from the Sulphur Springs District.
Still reflecting an anti-incumbent trend noticeable in recent elections, Carroll voters did not return school board members Harold Golding in Pine Creek, Phillip Berrier in Fancy Gap or Franklin Jett in Pipers Gap.
INDEPENDENCE — Voters in the town made their voices heard on a ballot issue regarding Sunday sales of beer and wine.
The ballot questions asked if the sale of wine and beer should be allowed "between the hours of twelve o'clock p.m. on each Saturday and six o'clock a.m. on each Monday" in town.
It was close, but 53 percent (135) of voters said yes, while 121 voters (47 percent) opposed the plan.
By TINA E. VAUGHN
Today, Wednesday, at 2 p.m., the federal government will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS).
The test will last approximately 30 seconds. During this period, regularly scheduled television, radio, cable and satellite shows will be interrupted as the system is being tested.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working to ensure that the public is aware of this test and that it will not be a real emergency alert.
Virginia Senate 19th District
• Ralph K. Smith (R) — 28,183 (56.67%)
• J. Brandon Bell II (I) — 21,430 (43.09%)
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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Central Sensitization and Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis: Preliminary Results from the MOST Study.
Neogi3, Tuhina, Niu4, Jingbo, Arendt-Nielsen1, Lars, Scholz2, Joachim, Frey-Law9, Laura, Woolf2, Clifford, Zhang4, Yuqing
Aalborg University, Denmark
Boston Childrens Hospital
Boston Univ Schl of Med, Boston, MA
Boston Univ School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
UCSF, San Francisco, CA
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Iowa
Mechanisms contributing to knee pain in osteoarthritis (OA) are not well understood. Sustained mechanical and inflammatory stimuli in the joint may lead both to changes in the peripheral threshold of nociceptors (peripheral sensitization) and a central amplification of signals in the CNS (central sensitization), resulting in heightened pain sensitivity. We hypothesized findings of central sensitization may be associated with symptomatic knee OA (SxOA).
The Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study is cohort study of persons with or at high risk of knee OA. At the 60-month clinic visit, participants underwent knee radiography, answered pain questionnaires, and had an assessment of temporal summation (TS). TS is an augmented pain response to repetitive mechanical stimuli associated with central sensitization. A 60g monofilament was applied repeatedly over the skin of each patella at a frequency of 1 Hz for 30 seconds. TS was defined as being present when the subject reported an increase in pain following the mechanical stimulation at the site being tested. Knees were categorized according to presence of SxOA based on KL>=2 and presence of consistent frequent knee pain (answering yes to a question about frequent knee pain at a telephone screen and a subsequent clinic visit within 30 days). Pain severity was dichotomized as moderate or greater pain on any of the 5 knee-specific WOMAC pain questions versus none/mild. We used a within-person knee-matched approach to explore the relationships of interest while eliminating between-person confounding using matched conditional logistic regression. In the first matched analyses, we examined the relation of TS with presence of SxOA among persons with knees discordant for SxOA. In the second matched analyses, we examined the relation of TS with pain severity among persons with knees discordant for pain severity, adjusting for radiographic severity.
To date, data on 920 participants' 60-month clinic visit are available (mean age 68.0, mean BMI 30.8, 67.3% female). Among persons with no SxOA, unilateral SxOA, and bilateral SxOA, the age- and sex-adjusted prevalences of TS at the patella were: 59%, 60%, and 61%, respectively. In the within-person knee-matched analyses for SxOA (N=135 that met criteria), radiographic knee OA without regards to knee pain symptoms was associated with 2.3 times higher odds of TS than no OA (95% CI 1.14.8, p=0.03), but SxOA itself was not significantly associated with TS once radiographic severity was accounted for (crude OR 1.7, 95% CI 0.73.8, adjusted OR 1.1, 95% CI 0.33.4). For the knee-matched analyses regarding pain severity (N=152 that met criteria), TS was associated with WOMAC pain severity (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.38.3), but this was attenuated when adjusting for radiographic severity (OR 2.6, 95% CI 0.79.5).
In these preliminary results from a large cohort, TS was associated with the presence of radiographic knee OA and knee pain severity in the same knee, but not significantly with SxOA. Such findings suggest that the pathology of OA may be the source of prolonged sensory input required for central sensitization, and in turn, central sensitization may be related to pain severity.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Neogi, Tuhina, Niu, Jingbo, Arendt-Nielsen, Lars, Scholz, Joachim, Frey-Law, Laura, Woolf, Clifford, et al; Central Sensitization and Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis: Preliminary Results from the MOST Study. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :2098
DOI: 10.1002/art.29863


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He's made a habit of getting personal with our host every time he comes to the show, so we thought it would be time to get personal with him! Check out these interesting facts about Colin Farrell.
- His father, Eamon Farrell, played Irish football (soccer) for the Shamrock Rovers.
- Colin doesn't like wallets because he always loses them. Instead, he holds his cash together with a rubber band.
- Colin got kicked out of school when he was 17.
- Colin is an advocate of LGBT rights.
- His first introduction to mainstream audiences came when he co-starred opposite Tom Cruise in Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" in 2002.


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Joker Phillips Weekly Press Conference Coverage
Oct. 22, 2012
Vanderbilt at Kentucky set for Noon ET on ESPNU: The Vanderbilt at Kentucky football game on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 at Commonwealth Stadium has been set for Noon ET on ESPNU, the SEC office announced.
Kentucky Game Notes | Missouri Game Notes
Head Coach Joker Phillips
COACH PHILLIPS: Injury situation, Pat Towles, Mikie Benton, (Zach) West, (Martavius) Neloms, (Cartier) Rice, all day-to-day Towles and Benton, we expect to go tomorrow. We don't expect West, Neloms and Rice to go until Wednesday. We'll take a look at them. It's hard to evaluate them right now. We think they'll be able to practice but then we'll evaluate them after they are able to practice, Towles and Benton on Tuesday and West, Neloms and Rice on Wednesday and we'll see from there.
We're playing a veteran team in Missouri. When I say veteran team, you might see sophomore, juniors (playing), they only have a couple of seniors. But if you look closely, especially on defense, I think there was two guys in the guys that I saw playing, saw about 16 guys in the Vanderbilt game had been redshirted. So you see the thing about being redshirted they've been in the program a long time. Might say sophomore but they've been in the program for three years.
Might say junior, but they have been in the program four years. That is important and equals a veteran squad that understands their program and what allowed them to do that was their success they've had in the past. They are starting to get healthy. Some have told me that they held some guys out, held a lot of guys out in the Alabama game to try to get them back. I'm not sure their reasoning for it. But they should get guys back this week.
Quarterback's (James Franklin) an outstanding athlete. Last year threw for close to 3,000 yards, rushed for almost a thousand yards, which is unheard of. So he's a dual quarterback.
Last year he threw for 21 touchdowns and rushed for 15. This year he's throwing for about 61 percent of his passes and with only two interceptions. So he's a really solid player for them. Running back (Kendial) Lawrence has rushed for over 550, five TDs, really, really fast guy that catches the ball really good out of the backfield.
So we've got our hands full with them on offense. Defensively, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia only teams that scored over 20 points against these guys. So really solid defense. Defense is one of the top of the country in tackles for loss. They create turnovers. They're plus six in turnover margin, which means they create turnovers and they take care of the football. They do a really good job of pressuring the quarterback.
Then on special forces, which is where we've been pretty solid, been pretty consistent and pretty solid, is they have returned three punts and one kickoff for touchdowns. And big reverse, another one for about 45 yards. So averaging 18 yards a punt return and over 25 yards a kickoff return.
So (Missouri is a) real solid team. Again, it's an atmosphere that we are unfamiliar with but we know that it will be an SEC atmosphere. We'll be underdogs. And we had to go in there with the right attitude to come away out of this place with the win.
Q. If Patrick Towles can go, is he in the mix for quarterback behind Jalen and Morgan?
COACH PHILLIPS: If Towles can play, he'll play. It will be the same situation as we did in the Mississippi State game, but again he hasn't taken a snap yet. And we'll take a look and see tomorrow.
Q. Now that you've seen what Jalen can do, what he brings to the table, if you can get that rotation again, if you can have two options?
COACH PHILLIPS: It's definitely helped Jalen, when he's able to step back away from it and then get back out there and I think the game's definitely slowed down for him a bit when this happened. So it would continue to do that. Letting him step away from it.
But, again, (Towles) hasn't taken a snap yet. We don't know anything. All he's done is dropped back in the training room and we'll see on the practice field.
Q. Question regarding how well the team played defensively against Georgia and what challenges come up this week against Missouri …
COACH PHILLIPS: Well, we've got to do a good job of playing in space. But Georgia did spread the field some. Thing I thought we did real well was, we won individual battles up front. That's what you have to do, win a lot of the individual battles.
Got a lot of people on their side of the line of scrimmage, Collins Ukwu and (Donte) Rumph and Taylor Wyndham. And I thought the linebackers did a better job this past week. We've got to continue that. We've got to be consistent. But again we can't give up X plays. X plays are the big plays.
We gave up way too many in the last two games. One thing we're doing is we're stopping the run, which gives you a chance. You guys saw that last week. You stop one thing and get them to do the other, I think it gives you a chance. And then offensively we ran the ball pretty well which gave us a chance to possess the ball a little longer than we have been.
Q. What did you do to run the ball better … did you change scheme?
COACH PHILLIPS: We stayed with it. We committed to it. And we had some success early, which we were never out of this game so we could stick with it. So I think that had a lot to do with it. We've (run) the ball pretty consistent. We've just never had a chance to stick with it.
Q. Question regarding the team's success with running the ball on third down …
COACH PHILLIPS: We did. I thought it was a bad play when we tried to run the ball third and long. We did. We converted a third and 13. We were (close) from converting a couple other ones, but again, sometimes on third and long what happens is you get three man rush. You get linebackers backed up six or seven yards. The secondary is a little bit loose also, trying to play the sticks. So sometimes the run game gives you a better chance. And especially with the young quarterback.
So we called a couple of runs and hit them and got the first down.
Q. Question regarding what the young guys in the secondary are doing well and struggling with the most …
COACH PHILLIPS: Well, they're doing a really good job of competing, showing up every day and competing really hard. The leader, if you had to have a guy that's ahead of the other ones would be Cody Quinn. I'm really excited about him. And then Fred Tiller went in and we had three freshmen play over 60 plays in the secondary.
We've got Cody Quinn playing 72. Zack Blaylock played 72 plays and Fred Tiller goes in and plays 60. With the young guy, you sometimes worry about his conditioning and him being able to hold up against a team as physical as Georgia. But all those guys came up, made tackles.
Blaylock came up. I think he had five or six tackles. Fred had five or six tackles. And they weren't just -- they delivered the blow. So that's the thing I'm most proud of. Those guys will compete. Don't back down from anything. You don't see those guys change when they get beat and they will get beat. They're young kids that still try to find their way, but their demeanor doesn't change when they give up a play.
Cody Quinn gave up a big pass and then a touchdown on the slant, and when he came off, I grabbed him and just wanted to look him in his eyes and see what I saw, and I saw still a confident guy but really didn't believe that the guy had beat him, had signaled touchdown.
He was one of those guys you feel good about that you have to play that way if you're playing corner. It's not every position. But you have to play that way when you're playing corner and the thing I'm most proud about is those guys, their demeanor just never changes. And Harmon is the same way, both Blaylocks are the same way. All five of those guys playing in the secondary, it's unusual for you to have five freshmen that have the confidence level that those guys have.
Q. Question regarding the importance for the next four games as it translates to momentum to 2013 …
COACH PHILLIPS: It has a lot to do with it. But we're battling trying to win now. We understand that. We're battling our tails off to win. Guys fighting, scratching for each other. Now we not only have we committed these last games for the senior bunch, but, again, definitely helps for depth.
When you rotate guys you usually rotate a young guy with a senior because probably more talented. We're not able to even rotate them now. They're playing.
So I think it definitely is helping those guys to be able to go into some tough environments and so you play against some teams. Not only playing against teams, especially the secondary, playing against teams that run the ball, they play against the teams that like to challenge you in the throw game so they get some work.
At times they're getting worked over but they're also getting a lot of work. So I think it definitely helps, it's helping them now and also helped them in the future.
Q. Question regarding if it's too late in the season to play someone who hasn't played yet …
COACH PHILLIPS: It's way too late. At this point in time if a freshman hasn't played, we'll have to get creative and I just think -- I mean, four games left, no, I don't think we need to get into that.
Q. I asked you the other night about the running into the punter call. What did you think about that?
COACH PHILLIPS: You could easily say that. We're not supposed to be there. Punt safe (was the defensive call). It's us. So we are not supposed to be near him. All we have to do is make sure they don't fake it.
Q. Question regarding the true freshman defensive backs not missing tackles …
COACH PHILLIPS: You don't (see us) missing a lot of tackles. That's the thing we want to improve being a better tackling team. And you saw Fred Tiller get cut two times on a screen pass, jumps over the cut block, falls down, misses the tackle but then makes it for a 2-yard gain. So those guys, Cody Quinn does not miss a lot of tackles. He's a guy that -- a lot has to do with being better athletes, being better athletes starting to be better athletes to understand how to run their feet. Come from good programs. Cody Quinn is one of our strongest guys in this freshman class. So we're starting to get guys that are physically and athletic enough to run through and understand balance.
That's what you have to have when you're tackling, you have to be balanced when you come up to make a tackle.
Q. Question regarding getting more reps for Dyshawn Mobley and if it's something you can plan ahead of time …
COACH PHILLIPS: You know, Saturday, I mean I mentioned to coach Pardue, start one of the old guys when they need a blow, put Mobley in. And we didn't have long enough drives that the upperclassmen which was Raymond (Sanders) and Jon-Jon (Jonathan George) needed a blow.
So he didn't get in there. We have to come up with some way to get him in there. That obviously didn't work. And, again, as you get into the game you forget all those, you forgot who was playing, come up with a different way. Maybe he goes in in the third series, but I thought as those guys get -- which means he was up every series, which means he was up every series. Only happened one time that we had enough plays. One of them got dinged up that allowed him to go in. So we've got to do something else, (he's) definitely a talent when you need to run the ball as much as we need to run now because he can use the power also. Those people have done a good job moving the pile. And he's even more of a changeup because he's more physical than even those two guys.
Q. Question regarding Jalen Whitlow's migraine Saturday and if it has been a problem before …
COACH PHILLIPS: First time he's had it here. Jim (Madaleno) is on top of it now. Hadn't communicated. It's not happened -- it's happened when he was younger than football age. So we understand it now, which will help us be able to deal with it.
Q. Something you can do to prevent it now …
COACH PHILLIPS: We think so. Jim thinks so. We got a handle on it.
Q. What are your thoughts when Jim tells you he has to miss time because of a migraine …
COACH PHILLIPS: Just that. I'm sure that's what you're thinking too, you're kidding me. But he says he thinks we'll get him back. He didn't know exactly when. It took two series, was out two series and was able to go back in. (Whitlow is a) Tough guy. Again, he's a guy that doesn't say much. And I guarantee you he wouldn't come out if it was something that he could play with, he would have played. Just didn't feel he could help the team at that point.
Q. Question regarding how important it was to compete vs. Georgia after the loss at Arkansas …
COACH PHILLIPS: It was important for us to -- and I just think it was important for us as a team to come out and compete and I think a lot of it had to do with how we started, how fast we started. It gave a young team some confidence. So I just think it was important for us to come out, and I think a lot had to do with how fast we came out. Again, we'll continue to try to get better at how fast we play.
We've talked about it at halftime. Come out fast, did it in the second half. Go out, score, and we've got to continue to build on those type of things. Some things in the past you like to forget.
Q. Question regarding senior Taylor Wyndham's beard …
COACH PHILLIPS: (Inaudible) I call him Wilson because he looks like Tom Hanks in a way (from the movie Cast Away). He likes it. I like it. I don't know what his mom thinks about it. But I'm fine with it. It's different. Starting to paint up his face and those things. Scary looking. But I'm fine with it. He's Wilson to me.
But we need to get it off close for him to interview for jobs. We will start seeing a bunch of our seniors cutting hair and getting cleaned up, including the guys playing in the NFL because it's important. Gotta look clean shaven like Rob Bromley.
#77, Darrian Miller, OT
On confidence level after playing Georgia…
"As far as confidence, we can play with anybody and it's not so much as what the other team does, it's how we perform as a unit."
On how difficult it has been reinventing the offense…
"Not very difficult; you get to play and you have to execute it. I actually prefer the ground over the aerial attack. I like to be physical, it's just my thing. Both of them have their advantages. I'm actually pretty solid in pass protection but every once in a while, I prefer to be physical."
On the mood of the team…
"I would say determined. Nobody is really down on themselves. We still have a lot to play for, just determined to win at this point."
#94, Taylor Wyndham, DE
On Missouri …
"They are a really good team and like to spread the ball out coming from their past conference. It is another SEC team for us and it will be a good test. They have a really good quarterback that likes to throw the ball."
On playing in a new stadium …
"It should be fun. I have never been to Missouri and it will probably be the furthest West I have been. It will be fun and a good test."
On Saturday's performance picking everyone up because of the strong effort …
"It was a good game. We played hard. We didn't get the end result that we wanted to, but there was a lot of progress made. There is more progress to be made for us to turn things around."


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Well, it turns out that there's a magnificent shortcut that I didn't know about until a friend of mine laughed at the way I was managing my computer windows. She showed me a shortcut called, "Alt + Tab". This shortcut switches between top-level windows without having to use your mouse.
If only I had known about this trick years ago! Apparently, this shortcut has been in Microsoft Windows since Windows 3.0. Where have I been?
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England's national theatres are in the midst of a dazzling era. Tomorrow, the RSC's Matilda opens on Broadway, where shows like Jerusalem and One Man, Two Guvnors have already triumphed, while in London just short of 14m tickets were sold last year despite recession and the Olympics. New plays and creative interpretation of the classic repertoire are together generating some of the most interesting and provocative commentary on the state of the nation. Most reliably brilliant of all is Sir Nicholas Hytner's National Theatre, whose latest venture, the Shed, opened this week. So, although it was not unexpected, it was dismaying to hear today that both he and his executive director, Nick Starr, are stepping down in the next two years.
Hytner's reign as artistic director has been studded with innovative productions, from the box-office hit War Horse to London Road, which translated the serial murders of Ipswich prostitutes into an unlikely musical, and Rory Kinnear's triumphant Hamlet. At the moment, four separate NT productions are coining in the cash in the West End while This House and the Alan Bennett series play to packed houses at the National itself. Much of what Hytner has overseen on stage has been bolstered by equally innovative business arrangements. More than a million £10 tickets (now £12) have been sold since the deal between Travelex and the National was struck in 2003. Affordable seats and new plays are pulling in a more diverse audience, and sellout productions broadcast live to audiences in cinemas around the country. Despite a 15% cut in Arts Council funding, he will leave the NT, which celebrates its 50th birthday this year, in booming good health.
But while England's national theatres – like those of Scotland and Wales – are the shining peaks of Britain's artistic endeavour, the regional theatres on which their success is built (not to mention the £500m their ticket sales generate in VAT) are fighting desperately to hold on to their cash-strapped audiences and defend their budgets from local councils hungry for cuts. The entrepreneurial model developed by national cultural institutions, where state funding can be used as pump priming, is not widely available in cities with soaring joblessness and struggling businesses.
With another 3% to come off the Arts Council England budget in the coming year, and a further round of cuts looming, Sir Nicholas – an outspoken critic of the Conservatives' philanthropic model of arts funding – is leading the defence of theatre as a vital creative industry. In the last great squeeze on public spending in the 1980s, a quarter of regional theatres closed. It would be a cruel irony if, just as the national theatres blossomed so exceptionally, their roots were being starved again.


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Published: November 10, 2008 at 6:00 PMPerhaps we need to take this with a grain of salt with the success of Six Flags. While its good they are doing better, the price to get into a Six Flags without the specials of buying online, a the supermarket, or bringing a coke can is only $34. That kinda annoyed me as a season pass holder because it made the value of a season pass go down a bit, but I made up for it by going there more often due to my little cousins. Don't get me wrong, I will still get it in the future. Heck, even fright fest was at most $50, much lower than the big FL parks
Published: November 10, 2008 at 7:43 PMI still dont think the big parks in Florida will lower there prices at all? What do you think?
Published: November 10, 2008 at 8:43 PMCedar Point ran ran heavy discounts and promotions throughout the season to increase guest flow into the park. The best package included tickets and a meal, for only slightly more than the price of a normal ticket.
Published: November 10, 2008 at 10:48 PMSix Flags and Cedar Fair, and to an extent...Busch, have a chance to avoid much of the economic impact that is hitting the country. The staycation trend will be around for a while, especially next year, and I can see a lot of people substituting a relatively inexpensive regional theme park trip for that $3000 Orlando trip.
Cedar Fair has long been a stable company with good management that keeps an eye on it's spending even in the most profitable years, so they will be fine. Six Flags still sits in a precarious financial situation, but if they can keep it together moneywise, improve infrastructure, park experience and operations, and price competitively, they could make a serious comeback by cashing in on a lot of money conscious customers in all of those large regional markets. In fact, all of the smaller operations have a chance to grow their business and customer base, provided they have a sound bottom line.
Published: November 11, 2008 at 4:40 AMWhen you are sitting at the bottom of the barrel, as is the case with Six Flags, then there is almost no where to go but up. However, as Derek wrote, this economic situation gives SF a great opportunity to strut their stuff and grow their business.
Sadly, at some Six Flags parks, they don't seem to be doing anything to build a long term following. For example, I made the short four hour trek from Kansas City to Eureka (near Saint Louis) to visit SF Saint Louis in October. While the park did stand out, it was in a NEGATIVE fashion (please feel free to view my trip report here). I will not be going back to SFSTL regardless of the economy in 2009. In fact, I do not plan on going back ever, unless they add some new ride that I just cannot resist.
Another example of a missed opportunity is the highly publicized Dark Knight Coaster, which was added to a couple SF parks in an attempt to add more theming and immersion to SF. However, the DK coaster is now one of the lowest rated attractions on this website, which cannot bode well for long-term customer satisfaction and repeat business.
So, while SF may be experiencing a Renaissance in a weak travel economy, their long term outlook, in my eyes anyway, seems bleak.
I should note that I did travel to Busch Gardens Europe earlier this year and thought it was an amazing park. BGE will be fine as long as it can maintain its high standards and survive the InBev take over.
I have no comment on Cedar Point (I am waiting until at least two of my three kids reach the 54" height cut off before making that trip again), although I will say my local Cedar Fair park, Worlds of Fun, was a much better destination than SFSTL.
Going forward, I have already canceled two planned non-Orlando trips for 2009 in order to save money for a big Orlando excursion in 2010. Once Harry Potter, Rip Ride Rockit, Manta, and the Space Mt refurb are complete, I must answer the call. I see the Orlando parks getting a big attendance boost in 2010. In the meantime, WDW, USF, and SWO will just have to weather the storm.


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Ukiyo-e is a puzzle game.
Was in the Ukiyo-e Hokusai's famous puzzle in the world.
Prints "Ukiyo-e" that prosperity is an art to represent Japan in the Edo period. Has been known to have influenced the Impressionist artists, such as the 19th century, many overseas.
Japan gave birth to the world's masters Hokusai
Only one person was elected as a Japanese to "100 people were great achievements in this year 1000" of "LIFE" magazine of the United States, 1999 "Katsushika Hokusai".
Among the great paints of Hokusai, "a term for the so-called" (1833) four years from Tempo (1820) was revised three years Bunsei issue is the most was shining "Tameichi (one good) and". Has created a masterpiece and the next thing we assortment of (multi-color Ukiyo-e) nishikie representative to Hokusai (1830-1834) beginning with the "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji" around the beginning of the Tempo Among them.
Showed to be expressed with different water 描法 figure all eight countries the name of the waterfall "countries around the waterfall." Attention to the novel structure of the bridge and drew a bridge of countries at various angles "Run bridge odd countries." Has been known as a masterpiece drawn was published in tandem with the "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji" either. Doe Yohachi Nishimuraya long life of one publisher is Common to these three series. It is said that production was organized by the "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji", the leading wholesaler at the time this land. Hokusai has created a masterpiece group remain in the history of ukiyo-e prints in combination with the Hall long life anyway.
Katsushika Hokusai, the (1760), was born in Edo Horeki 10 years.
Hand dexterity that he was young, familiar picture of the training under the ukiyo-e woodblock engraver of, at the age of apprenticeship in chapter 19 is spring Katsukawa ukiyo-e was a popular person at the time. The art world debut in the name of "low Katsukawa spring" in the following year.
Hokusai ambition and the curious will learn the techniques of painting and Chinese painting all the Kano school, and Western painting, working on a variety of ukiyo-e paintings, such as sumo to painting beautiful illustrations, picture actor, also of this genre, the law of its own image I went to establish.
There was a temporary thing had been said excommunication for much of his passion for drawing, to study secretly to another school teacher silently. Hokusai will make a hardship, design of Ukiyo-e is, of course, also, such as fans and lanterns, roll randomly to draw on the side anyway, did not draw that never quit.
It was his name in real estate, "Kay thirty-six Fugaku" continuous cropping landscapes. Hokusai was established as a genre typical of ukiyo-e paintings by this landscape.
When I worked on this work, Hokusai has already past the age of 70, late-blooming was a great deal compared to other painters. Hokusai called "draw" anything in particular obsession with all things in nature burn, the motivation is not entirely even in decline, in his later years, such as painting or attempt to or glass engraving, and was also interested in oil painting but .
Hokusai continued to paint until his death intently at the age of 90, leaving a number of works were also referred to as the end point of about 30,000. Leaving those words is that he died or when "the heavens for another ten years, if that is allowed for at least another five years ... if it was allowed to Nagaraeru life, I would have definitely become a real painter with" and.
Hokusai was hoping developing their own, and still want to be better until the end.
The name of the "crazy old man painting" in his grave It is said that is engraved. This is Hokusai himself is referred to as "madman painting" to himself, one of the issue (pen name as a painter) had been using. What and where, strange to say that example really.
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