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Located on the fringe of Upper King Street, Butcher and Bee is one of the latest additions to the burgeoning neighborhood, featuring an artisanal menu of seasonal fare in combination with a unique DIY setting. B&B caters to neighborhood locals and the few intrepid outsiders who are lucky enough to have caught wind of its offbeat location; an industrial space directly underneath the Interstate overpass leading into the city. Open daily for lunch, this constantly evolving menu strives to keep visitors on their toes, fusing genres yet remaining true to its local, farm-to-table theme. The staples are the fresh daily sandwiches you can enjoy at the beautifully designed communal table at the center of the space. If you're in the neighborhood for a late night snack (B&B serves a limited menu until 3AM), pop across the street to another native favorite, Recovery Room. A must-see Charleston dive, this spot delivers with cheap drinks, pool tables, foosball and a jukebox.
Bridging the Charleston of past and present, Husk's mission is simple and reflective of the transformation of the city of where it resides. James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock and Chef de Cuisine Travis Grimes fuse a mixture of ingredients served over the last two centuries and are native to the Lowcountry. A modern culinary etiquette and a location within a beautifully restored 19th century structure reflect Charleston today: Sleekly metropolitan but with old-world charm. The dishes are new classics—plates focused on the rediscovery of heirloom products, ingredient composition and modern flair. Just a few blocks away at the corner of Broad and King Street is Bull Street Gourmet, a second location to Bull Street Flagship. Owned and operated by chef Justin Croxall, the upscale eatery serves simple yet delicious deli sandwiches, soups and salads, alongside a grocery with fresh produce.
Over the past 10 years the James Beard award-winning Hominy Grill has raised the bar among the Charleston's culinary scene with its laid-back yet focused, traditional southern menu. After a multitude of much-deserved exposure, including spots on the Food Network and Travel Channel's No Reservations, their location—sitting on the corner of Rutledge and Ashley Avenues—is fresh off a thorough renovation, expanding their dining room space and adding a street-side patio to provide the near-constant queue of Anthony Bourdain disciples a patch of solace from the heat. Suitably situated in a historic Charleston Single House, chef Robert Stehling and company strive to walk you through the culinary history of the city. Hominy is where you go to enjoy all those Charlestonian clichés: Sweet tea, shrimp and grits, coleslaw and collard greens, all finished off with Key Lime Pie. Across the street is Fuel, a mid-20th century gas station converted into a restaurant. A concept dialed up by owner Justin Broome, the place to sit is outside in the tropical backyard patio, perfect for happy hour.
Lying north-east of the Charleston peninsula, within the burgeoning suburb of Mt Pleasant, is Boone Hall—a sprawling plantation that is still active to this day. Producing crops for over three centuries, Boone Hall is a quintessential Charleston experience: Moss-drenched oak trees line the dirt road leading into the property for a half mile, along green, fence-lined pastures, before finally entering the driveway to the plantation home, which is adorned with flawlessly kept landscaping. Referred to today as Boone Hall Farms, the market serves all the fresh, hand-picked produce off of the nearby grounds to peddle in their very own butcher shop and winery. A short drive away is Seewee Restaurant, which is a well-kept secret among locals. With its fried seafood and home-style cooking, this rustic roadside spot is a true down south experience—any indication of its authenticity lies in the restrooms located outside.
Appropriately placed at the intersection of King and Calhoun Streets in the heart of the Charleston Peninsula, the Francis Marion Hotel is perhaps the most renowned structure in the city's skyline alongside the Holy City's steeples. Named after the Revolutionary War figure, the 12-story hotel—overlooking the lush park at Marion Square—fuses 1920s elegance with 21st-century contemporary comforts. Just inside the main lobby is the Swamp Fox Restaurant, serving award-winning shrimp and grits. After a meal serenaded by live jazz, walk just north and peruse the transformation of the Upper King Street District. This strip of bars, restaurants and shops bears the current pulse of the city, with countless concepts on every corner, and each feels more unique than the last. Browse for men's threads at Cartel Supply Co., and see the mixologists at the Prohibition-era Belmont work their magic for a taste of younger-generation Charleston.
The brainchild of Charleston's renowned REV group of restaurants, Poe's Tavern prides itself on delivering the very best burgers and beer in the city. Only 15 minutes from the Charleston peninsula, the tavern is a Sullivan's Island landmark, a modern-day reflection of the quaint coastal town and its deep historical roots. Named after Edgar Allen Poe, the restaurant and bar highlight his year of living on the island while stationed during the Civil War, which served as inspiration for his work entitled "The Gold Bug." Pair the Tell-Tale Heart burger with a locally brewed Holy City draught beer inside the open-air beach house or outside on the street-side patio, and finish things off with a swim in the Atlantic—just a short walk away. Be sure to make your way to the western end of the island to see Poe's bunker at Fort Moultrie, where the first shots of the civil war were fired. The view offers a beautiful vantage point of the city, particularly of the vessels coming and going in the Charleston Harbor.
Chef and proprietor Martha Lou Gadsen creates the most genuine type of Charleston cuisine—soul food—and she certainly delivers. A visit to Martha Lou's Kitchen is an experience as authentic as the dishes served. The highly adored dive is cash only and diners should expect a wait, as Gadsen prepares every meal herself. Served on styrofoam plates, the food is a delight. Try the incredible okra stew served alongside lima beans, with a big gulp of sweet tea. While in the district, check out the Royal American, an old-school music venue known for its massive outdoor front porch.
The northernmost beach in the Charleston area, Isle of Palms is a lot like how the Hamptons are to NYC. Just a 20-minute drive from the cobblestone streets of downtown Charleston, IOP is a perfect retreat that maintains a salty personality while feeling all too comfortable. IOP somehow strikes the impossible balance between quaint and ritzy. Have breakfast at the Sea Biscuit Café, a vintage beach shack that seems like an anachronism alongside modern beachfront estates. Fill up for the day ahead with moderately-priced, classic breakfast entrees and then find your spot in the sand along the six-mile stretch of public beach. In between surf sessions, stop by the Morgan Creek Grill along the backside of the island, where you can enjoy the rooftop deck and views along the Intercoastal Waterway. Finish your day with a sunset dinner at The Boathouse—one of the islands best-loved eateries. Placed along Breach Inlet, dividing Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms, both the ocean and the back bay are on the horizon all at once. The She-crab soup is a must, and the shrimp and grits are also not to miss.


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Beercuer got me thinking about some seafood for dinner, so I pulled together one of my all time favorite meals. Fish Tacos.
Started with two swordfish steaks and marinaded them in Olive Oil, Lemon, Garlic, Cilantro, Adobo, Chili powder, salt & pepper.
Next I whipped together a little mayo, lime, cilantro, mayo and Chipotle Peppers in Adobo sauce.
While I was getting the egg ready, my wife sliced up some Tomatoes, Salt & Pepper, Balsamic then topped with fresh Mozzarella.
Out to the grill, 5 minutes on both side and toss on the corn tortilla's.
Time to plate these bad boys up and get to eating:

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When most people think NASA technology, they probably think rockets, Tang and upside down pens.
Since its creation in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been a driving force in technological worldwide. At home, at work, on the road and in the sky, NASA has made life better through technology.
Without the space program's mission to the sky, we would never have seen things like scratch-resistant lenses, cellphones, efficient solar panels or the ubiquitous Brita filters. And without NASA's space-faring rockets, we'd have nothing like the satellite network that brings Internet, TV, cellphone communications and even clear braces.
Oh, and without GPS satellites, we'd still be using maps. Remember maps?
Beyond those satellites, rockets and space probes, NASA helped create a slew of gadgets and gizmos that we use every day. You may just be surprised at what the space program brought back to Earth.
Do you smell something?
No. 5: Smoke detector
Ever left dinner in the oven too long -- or worse -- had a real fire emergency?
Next time you have to climb up a ladder to change a battery on your fire alarm, you can thank NASA.
Without NASA, the family dog might be the only fire alarm in most houses. Engineers at the space body created the first adjustable smoke detectors made with radioactive materials. The first such smoke detectors were necessary for the Skylab orbiting space station. Astronauts had to know immediately if hazardous chemicals or smoke were floating around inside the vehicle.
Soon after the 1973 launch of Skylab, the cheap, adjustable smoke detectors hit stores. Nowadays, one would be pressed to find a house without several such fire alarms. The number of lives and the amount of property saved by the invention is incalculable.
Those smoke detectors were probably going crazy as Skylab burned up in Earth's atmosphere in 1979.
Are you feeling groovy?
No. 4: Safety groove
The safety groove; it sounds like a bad dance from the 1970s, but the NASA invention is saving thousands of lives without most people knowing.
NASA scientists at the Langley Research Center started experimenting with digging grooves into the tarmac. They found out that those grooves diverted water off wet runways, making it much safer to land a plane -- or space shuttle -- when Mother Nature doesn't cooperate.
After the invention in the 1960s, safety grooving caught on in a big way. Highway engineers and airports around the world took note of the simple but incredibly effective solution to an everyday problem. Any driver will recognize the safety grooves at the edge of a road, at intersections and plenty of other wet spots on the road.
NASA credits the invention with reducing highway accidents by 85 percent.
Safety grooving has even made its way to sidewalks and pool patios. So next time your slip stops at poolside, do a little groove for the safety groove.
Is it time for a nap yet?
No. 3: Memory foam
How did you sleep last night? Good? Well, if you have a memory foam mattress, you have NASA scientists to thank for your chipper mood in the morning.
First created by NASA for flight helmets, memory foam can be found in just about every household -- unless of course you live in a cave.
Everything from kids' football helmets to couches, beds and your car seat are made up of memory foam. The "Visco-elastic," temperature-sensitive foam was made to conform to body weight and temperature without breaking the bank.
A similar foam was also created for use in astronauts moon boots to give them an extra spring in their step. That design is now a part of every running shoe and insole sold in a store.
The foam is most visibly seen in the bedroom, popularized by Tempur-Pedic mattresses. So next time you curl up for a nap, thank NASA for bringing their extra terrestrial foam home.
Does it compute?
No. 2: Integrated circuits
How are you reading this article? Unless you get your online news mailed to you, you have NASA to thank for making it possible.
While NASA didn't create the computer, it turned those whirring, beeping monstrosities of the early computer era into the sleek laptops and smartphones of today.
NASA funds were instrumental in backing Texas Instruments, which created the first usable integrated circuit in the early in the race to the moon. Those shiny green circuit boards of modern computers, phones and everything in between are based on the advent of the integrated circuit.
Without such circuits, the personal computer would have been roughly $1 million and take up an entire room. And now we can check our Facebook and email in the car -- for better or worse.
Cords? Who needs stinking cords?
No. 1: Cordless power tools
What do you do when chip crumbs escape the bag and find a home on your couch? If you said break out the shop vac, you're a nut. The DustBuster? Now you're thinking with NASA.
Most people don't know that the efficient batteries in drills, portable vacuums and just about everything on down to cellphones wouldn't be possible without NASA scientists and expertise.
When you're heading to the moon, everything has to be light weight and ultra efficient. With that in mind, the engineers teamed up with Black & Decker to create the cordless drill to sample moon rocks -- really. Scientists worked to time the magnetic motor just right so that it would be easy on the battery. After that breakthrough, anything from medical devices to the iconic DustBuster -- anything run on a motor -- could be untethered from the wall.
Nowadays, only the most stubborn of handymen are still tied to the wall with electrical cords.
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It was a dark and stormy night, and you could swear you heard sounds coming from your kitchen. Was it the ghost of dinners past, a zombie gnawing on your leftovers or — gasp! — a horrible DIY costume from last year that just won't die?! Look, Halloween is just about the only time you're "allowed" to pass off a bed sheet for an outfit, but that doesn't mean you have to.
Sure, costumes are fun, but if you're going to have a sophisticated celebration this year, take some cues from Nadia G's Halloween Special attire, then break out that badass Iron Man suit when the sun goes down.
Your Nonna's old tablecloth might have passed as a witch's cape when you were a kid, but your taste in badass fashion needs a serious upgrade! You can look dark and mysterious in a vintage black-lace dress, no broom required. They're seriously all the rage right now, so take advantage and look for some at your favorite shop. We found some great ones here, here and here!
Maggot-infested gashes are a hard makeup trip to master, so you're better off focusing your efforts on a look that'll carry you well past All Hallows' Eve. For the perfect eyes, you're only two shadows, a liner and mascara away from having all who look at you under your spell. Nadia is wearing M.A.C's "Phloof!" across her lids and "Carbon" smoothed in to her eyelid crease. "Boot Black" liquid eyeliner gives her perfect black cat tips, and "Zoom Black" mascara brings it all together with a set of eyelashes that you can pretend you're innocent behind. Now, you're ready to trick and/or treat.
An outfit just isn't an outfit until you get down to the shoes. And while we don't recommend heels for those performing Halloween rituals in the middle of mud-laden pumpkin patches, these Christian Louboutin black patent leather pumps might just be worth selling your soul to the devil for. If you were to go door-to-door in these babies, you might hear "How do you walk in those?!" but more likely you'll hear "I'll trade you all the Tootsie Pops in my pillowcase for those!"
This is the section where we usually recommend a great ring, necklace or bracelet to complement your ensemble. But, c'mon, it's Halloween! Find yourself a couple of boy toys, like Nadia did, or at the very least, throw your dog into a tutu. Extra points for parents who dress your kids up like butlers and maids for the night. You'll get the kids excited about handing out your hors d'oeuvre and mopping up your failed dry-ice experiments, and all for the candy you leave over!
This Halloween, don't be talked in to being a mummy wrapped in toilet paper, a grape bunch littered with dangerously close popping balloons or the back end of a "really realistic" horse costume. After all, if tonight's the night you're going to finally have your blood sucked by that certain vampire you've been eyeing, you're going to want to look good.
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text: Politics 15 March 2012 Leader: There is no good reason for our troops to remain in Afghanistan The longer we stay in Afghanistan, the worse things will become. Sign up for our weekly email * The murder of 16 Afghan civilians by a rogue US soldier, in a house-to-house rampage across two villages just 500 metres from a US base in Kandahar Province, has led to much soul-searching. The dead included nine children and three women. A Pentagon spokesman described the 11 March shootings as a deplorable but "isolated" incident. They were not. In 2010, a group of US soldiers killed three Afghan civilians "for sport" and posed for pictures with the corpses; in January this year, a video emerged of US marines urinating on the bodies of dead Afghans. We cannot ignore such crimes. On page 11, Frank Ledwidge, a former military intelligence officer and author of the acclaimed book Losing Small Wars, argues that the soldier accused in the most recent case "must take personal responsibility for his actions". The rest of us, he adds, "must reflect on our own willingness to send young men and women into wars such as this, time after time". Why are we still in Afghanistan? Does anyone believe in the cause? The inconvenient truth is that most al-Qaeda fighters fled Afghanistan for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan long ago. US officials estimate that there are fewer than 100 al-Qaeda fighters left inside Afghanistan; the Pentagon has conceded that the last time US troops killed an al-Qaeda fighter in the country was in April 2011. Whether or not the US-led invasion of Afghanistan was justified following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 is irrelevant now; few imagined Nato forces would still be fighting the Taliban more than a decade later in an intractable conflict that has dragged on twice as long as the Second World War. The New Statesman has repeatedly called for a full withdrawal of British forces from the killing fields of Helmand. In August 2009, in a leader, we called on the previous Labour government to "set a date for withdrawal from Afghanistan. Our military presence is part of the problem, not the solution." We pointed out then that our heavy-handed military presence had become a recruiting sergeant, both for the anti-infidel Taliban insurgency and for al-Qaeda sympathisers in the UK. Since then, 208 British troops have died in Afghanistan, the killing of six soldiers in a roadside explosion on 6 March taking the death toll to 404 - more than twice as many as were killed in Iraq. What of the blighted civilians of Afghanistan, so often forgotten? Tens of thousands of innocent Afghans have been killed since 2001; a recent UN study claimed that the number of civilian casualties had risen for the fifth year in a row. Our Afghan misadventure has been a humanitarian and political disaster. And yet, writing in a joint editorial in the Washington Post of 13 March to coincide with David Cameron's visit to the US, the Prime Minister and President Barack Obama said that Afghanistan "remains a difficult mission. We honour the profound sacrifices of our forces, and in their name we'll carry on the mission." This is wilful blindness. Soldiers will continue to kill and be killed; the UK's humiliating pull-out is merely being postponed. The year 2014 has been agreed as an end date for military operations but, as the Conservative MP Rory Stewart, one of the west's shrewdest observers of Afghanistan, wrote in the London Evening Standard on 12 March: "It is only a deadline: we are not obliged to stay till the last day." The western allies could once have negotiated with the Taliban from a position of strength. That time is long past. The violence and bloodshed will continue, whether we stay or go. However, as Stewart wrote: "The longer we stay, the worse things will become." Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 19 March 2012 issue of the New Statesman, The end of socialism More


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Personaly I started using Debian GNU/Linux and it helped me a lot more than learning Ubuntu.
Sorry for my english, Im from latin America and Im not good for writing.
Definetely without a doubt a great list, it in my opinion can take someone from beginning to moderate and even start composing a foundation for the more advanced stuff. I have used many of these links when helping other people that are new to linux. Furthermore, I have a great resource, it is very detailed and brief and provides a very condensed overview to linux and how it works. It also provides a good foundation for linux and forensics as well. It is a .pdf, and is a free publication. It is entitled "The Law Enforcement and Forensic Examiners Introduction to Linux, A Beginner's Guide" It is stored on the site below with bundle of hands on files from exercises in the book. It is written by Barry Grundy, who is the Inspector General of NASA.
The overall site is right here:
It has a number of practice images for forensics, and many other sources in the community that can be used to provide continued informational aids. The guide has been updated several times, with the last update being in 2008. Furthermore, it is an ode to Backtrack beginnings as author Barry Grundy, uses slackware, and references it many times throughout the publication.
"Hacking Exposed Linux" was an excellent book, as was "Open Source Security Tools" by Tony Howlett.
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"WE'RE going British!"
Those were the words of the organisers of this weekend's Sparsholt Village Fete, who were determined to have a good time, despite the wet weather.
Approximately 500 people attended the annual event in Woodman Lane on Saturday, which featured a barbecue, tea, cakes, Splat the Rat!, pony grooming, plate smashing and other stalls.
Organiser Victoria Williams said: "It was great. Fun was had by all, despite the hideous weather. The children managed to dance on memorial green, and there were lots of activities."
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Increase Student Engagement by Getting Rid of Textbooks
Editor's Note: Today's guest blogger is Shelly Blake-Plock a high school classroom teacher from Maryland, who blogs at teachpaperless.com.
Drool in the textbook.
That's one of my most lasting impressions of high school. I can't tell you the number of times that I fell asleep -- face down in my textbook -- during various history and foreign language classes.
And these days -- as a history teacher and as a foreign language teacher -- that's one of the memories I'd rather not impart to my students.
It's not that textbooks in and of themselves are in toto 'bad' or 'good'. In fact there are great examples of both. And while I've chucked my share, I've kept a couple around. Case in point: Wheelock's Latin. I must have a dozen of my own copies of that textbook, and each year I've required incoming Latin I students to dutifully pick up a copy of their own.
But not this year.
In fact, I've spent the last three years shedding textbooks from my classes. West Civ? No textbook. Latin Lyric Poetry? No textbook. AP Modern Euro? No textbook.
And guess what? No drool.
Take that Latin text. Sure, it's a fine Latin grammar book and has been for decades; and it's full of great examples of "real Latin literature." That's what actually hooked me on it years ago. But I've had to realize that times have changed and that even in the short decade that I've been a teacher, many of the texts, tools, and devices I'd learned to see as "most effective" weren't necessarily the "most effective" now in 2010 when it came to holding my student's attention -- and more importantly, instigating the best benefits of their motivation and imagination.
Medium does matter. And the textbook is generally a medium that inspires neither motivation nor imagination. If textbooks were inspiring and everyone wanted to read them, they'd be at the top of the New York Times' bestseller list. But they're not. Because that's not what textbooks are meant to do. And that brings us to the philosophical part of this issue.
As a teacher, I'd say that the best things textbooks do are a) make my life easier by supplying me with reading passages, questions, and projects for the kids to do, b) organize the class material in such a way that we can stay on a steady course, and c) make it easy for colleagues and I teaching the same classes to "keep on the same page," so to speak. And in all three cases, the textbook serves the teacher quite well.
Unfortunately, the textbook does not serve the students quite as well.
The students do not learn "better" because my life as a teacher is "easier." Convenience is not a form of effective pedagogy. My students learn better when they take the active role in finding and choosing texts, asking their own questions, and creating their own projects. In my 9th grade West Civ class, this means students learn directly from primary sources (see the Internet History Sourcebook, the Perseus Project, the Library of Congress's 'Teaching with Primary Sources' project, and the Internet Archive) without the filter of a textbook middleman. It means that they keep daily blogs full of questions and reflections on our learning and that they engage with our crowdsourced Q&A wiki. It means that they propose projects based on their own individual learning strengths and that they make me assess them not by a "standard" but by a formative approach to personal development. And this does not even touch on the elements of project-based, performance-based, and gaming-based assessment that go well beyond the range a textbook allows.
As for organization, no static paper textbook can beat the timeline resources available on sites such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Helibrunn Timeline of Art History or the BBC's History, let alone what students can contribute to and create on their own via Dipity; and no proprietary encyclopedia can touch the resources of Wikimedia and it's various genre and topic specific portals. These resources are updateable in realtime to reflect the most current scholarship, thinking, argument, and debate as it happens, they are manageable through contemporary mobile modes of communication and organization such as Twitter and Delicious, and they reflect new media -- and thus the authentic modes of 21st century networked connectedness -- not as auxiliary to the classroom experience, but rather as fundamental to it.
As for "keeping on the same page"... One of the most exciting things to have come out of the textbookless experience among my West Civ social studies colleagues has been the way in which each of us have the opportunity to share what we know and what we really care about with one another in the active creation of our own courses of study -- and thus we depend on and appreciate even more each other's knowledge, wisdom, and professionalism both f2f and through our social networks. We're not dolts reading a textbook aloud, showing PowerPoint slides full of "notes," and giving bubble tests. We're professionals in the field of human development and we are learning, sharing, and growing as a result of not being force-fed. The students see this and know this because we are transparent in our endeavor whether talking about pedagogy in the classroom with our students or taking part publicly in the ongoing conversation on Twitter, on the Nings, and in the blogosphere. And by doing this, we are modeling qualities we want to see our students themselves hone.
Now, there will be those who say that schools without 1:1 resources just can't engage in this sort of way. And, actually, I'd agree. And I'd say to those schools: "So what are you doing to change things? What are you doing to bring 1:1 computing to your kids? Why aren't you letting students bring the technology they already own into the classroom? And how are you changing and reallocating your resources to take advantage of technologies that prove over the long-haul to be more cost effective and less redundant than textbooks and printing?" I'd ask the English Department: "Why are you buying novels and anthologies that by-and-large are available for free online at places like Project Gutenberg, Open Library, and Google Books?" I'd ask the Math Department: "Why are you beholden to a textbook company for math questions? Use your hard-earned knowledge and post your own questions on a class blog; let the kids formulate questions; shake things up a bit."
And then we get to the political issue.
Try as we like, none of us can get around the fact that textbooks are a political issue. It's not as though textbook manufacturers are maliciously trying to brainwash our kids with this or that. They're just watching their bottomline during a period of economic turmoil and big changes in the industry. The job of Big Textbook is to sell textbooks -- whether paper, digital, or whatever (as a side note, I personally have come to see the iPad and iBooks as the new face of Big Textbook just as the iPod and iTunes became the new face of the Big Music). Anyway, to sell textbooks, they have to edit content to best fit into whatever goals and guidelines certain, ahem, state boards of education set for their curriculum. The result is a relatively small number of political folks (not making a judgement here as to the politics, just saying what it is) having an enormous amount of influence on an industry that will then produce a product that will "necessarily" be picked up throughout the country.
That's pretty much how it works. Well, up until now.
Because now, if they take hold of the reins, teachers themselves have the power to free themselves of this system. Administrators have the power to change up how they do business and free themselves of this system. Parents and students have the power to petition gnarly districts to grant administrators and teachers this privilege to free themselves of this system.
And at the end of the day, we see that the point of schooling in this country isn't to keep the book industry afloat. The point of schooling in this country is to educate the next generation to have the courage and sensibility to make decisions that better our society.
And maybe clean up the drool.
Shelly Blake-Plock is a high school classroom teacher from Maryland. He runs the teachpaperless.com blog and some of his most interesting recent conversations have been with textbook publishers.
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"Great post! Its time we fostered a shift from traditional textbooks to digital texts. No longer should students be expected to attend school burdened with expensive, hardbound textbooks -- instead information should be transmitted in form of open-source digital textbooks, accessible through various digital devices. I strongly believe that this shift from the traditional paper textbooks to digital textbooks will allow students to move away from heavy backpacks and explore a world beyond their classroom. read more http://goo.gl/ASnq9
Thanks for a thoughtful post. I started teaching in a Maryland district 20+ years ago that viewed textbooks as a resource to be used when/where they were suited and actively encouraged us to do without. I've never taught in a 1:1 setting, the closest is a 1:2. I don't have to be in a 1:1 to teach without a textbook. Might it help in some situations, I'm sure. BUT, I also know that it can hurt as much as help in many teachers classrooms. I also know that BYOD can be problematic. We need to be thoughtful when adding technology or implementing BYOD. I've collected some of my thoughts on several related pages. The biggest difficulty I see in many 1:1 implementations is the teachers focusing more on 1 kid to 1 device/assignment and not enough balance with collaboration.
1:1 - http://balancedtech.blogspot.com/2009/12/is-one-to-one-computing-best-so...
BYOD - http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Bring+Your+Own+Device
Individual/Group Work - http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Affordances+%26+Constraints+-+Group+W...
Couldn't agree with you more...now if I can just get up to the same spped as the students, I'll be a happy person!
Great post. I would think the shift to digital text books can provide much more engaging and up to date material for the students. Despite all of this according to the SETDA it appears students are still as slow to adopt an ebook as most teachers. Study
Whenever I hear talk of abandoning textbooks I immediately think back to this (http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html) TED talk against math textbooks. I understand the hesitations before giving students access to the internet during class, and the difficulties assuring every student has available technology. However, I think the limits and general out-dated-ness of textbooks is completely independent of however you decide to replace them (or not). No matter what you plan to do post-text, you have to agree they aren't conducive to learning. I am very glad to hear of classes going without texts successfully!
Instead of getting rid of the textbook entirely, we may want to look at our perception of textbooks. Newspapers, magazines, and other paper publications have (slowly) adapted to the advent of technology. If they don't, they more or less die. Then, why do we allow textbooks to stay with the traditional model?
Instead, we should ask textbooks to transform and optimize the technology available to students. The primary resources the author mentioned are great sources, but you can't always find valuable resources with a google search, and we can't always expect students to be able to find them either. Sometimes students need structure in their resources, and I believe textbooks do present that.
To learn more about how resources and classrooms can adapt to the digital innovations to provide the best education for students, check out http://blog.wowzers.com/bid/278002/The-Common-Goal-of-Raising-Digital-Na...
What a great post! I am Academic Coordinator for a new school opening in fall of this year. Our plan is to be unique in the area with a blending of digital learning and outreach to the community. You have fully answered many of the questions I am receiving from concerned parents. I look forward to following your blog and receiving the newsletters.
I get that textbooks can be boring and they aren't up to date with today's material, but textbooks should just be updated instead of getting rid of all together. Also some students prefer to still use textbooks in their classes.
If getting rid of textbooks is 'political' I can assure you that so is making sure each student has a device. Duh. And information found on the internet is also 'political.' Textbooks are a valuable source of information for students. Sending them on needle in haystack missions to find information on the Internet is often very frustrating for students and does nothing to help their literacy. To me, this whole movement toward getting rid of books stinks, quite frankly. Schools without books? No libraries? Farenheit 451.....
The way a lot of students learn now is using technology. Sometimes when students are asked to open up a book they are not as enthusiastic and are not as motivated to learn, but when asked to get on a computer to read an article or story, most students will not object to getting on a computer to learn. Keep in mind though, textbooks could remain in the classrooms even when there's enough technology. The textbooks could still be used as resources. In the end, it's how you teach and show the students the importance of how to learn with or without books.


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PHILADELPHIA – The Collegiate Squash Association released its women's first and second All-American team on Friday. The Quakers saw one player named to the first-team, freshman Yan Xin, and three to the second-team, seniors Nabilla Ariffin, Rachael Goh and Pia Trikha. Additionally, the final CSA individual rankings were released – Penn saw eight players ranked in the top 50 in the country and 13 overall.
Xin had an outstanding first season with the Red and Blue. The Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia native was Penn's highest finisher in the individual championships, falling in the semifinals to the country's No. 1 player and two-time Ivy League Player of the Year, Amanda Sobhy of Harvard. After her finish at the CSA Individuals and compiling a 14-4 overall record while going 4-2 in the Ivies, the freshman was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year as well. Lastly, Xin leads all Quakers as No. 4 in the final individual rankings.
Goh finished her career in the Red and Blue as the next-highest ranked member of the Quakers at No. 12. The senior earned her third-career CSA All-American award this season, earning second-team honors for the first time. The Kuching, Malaysia native compiled an 11-7 overall record in 2012-13 and posted a 4-2 mark in Ivy play. In postseason play she advanced all the way to the second round consolation semifinals of the Ramsay Division, ultimately falling No. 9 Catalina Pelaez of Trinity.
Ariffin finishes right behind Goh as No. 13 in the final rankings as well as earning her fourth consecutive second-team All-American honor. The senior tri-captain recently earned her third consecutive unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection after compiling a 7-10 record – 2-4 in the Ivies – at the first position for the Quakers. The Penang, Malaysia native advanced all the way to the second round consolation quarterfinals of the Ramsay Division at the CSA Individuals, where she drop her final match to her teammate, Goh.
Trikha concludes her time as a Quaker by finishing the season ranked No. 18 in the country. The senior tri-captain has now made it three straight second-team All-American selections after compiling a 13-5 overall record and 3-2 in Ivy League play. The Pepper Pike, Ohio native advanced all the way to the first round consolation finals of the Ramsay Division at the CSA Individuals, ultimately falling to No. 17 Michelle Gemmell of Harvard.
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First Team (listed alphabetically):
Julie Cerullo (Princeton)
Kanzy El Defrawy (Trinity)
Elizabeth Eyre (Princeton)
Laura Gemmell (Harvard)
Amanda Sobhy (Harvard)
Danielle Letourneau (Cornell)
Catalina Pelaez (Trinity)
Haley Mendez (Harvard)
Yan Xin Tan (Penn)
Millie Tomlinson (Yale)
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Nabilla Ariffin (Penn)
Pamela Chua (Stanford)
Michelle Gemmell (Harvard)
Rachael Goh (Penn)
Jaime Laird (Cornell)
Shihui Mao (Yale)
Jesse Pacheco (Cornell)
Anna Porras (George Washington)
Kerrie Sample (Stanford)
Pia Trikha (Penn)
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Norwin dumps DJ, disciplines students after bra incident at dance
As the last bars of Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack" sounded at Norwin High School during the annual homecoming dance last month, the event disc jockey turned away for a moment to talk to a chaperone.
When he looked back at the dark, crowded dance floor, he said, students were trying to throw bras over strands of Christmas lights strung from the ceiling as decorations.
"Basically, we were in shock," said Eric Wenning, 30, owner of Pittsburgh-based Wenning Entertainment, who has been the DJ at Norwin's dances for three or four years.
"There was literally probably 10 to 20 seconds left to go before the dance was over," he said. " ... When the lights start coming back on, I'm learning what these people are trying to throw."
Wenning said he did not encourage the behavior.
Norwin would not confirm details of the incident but released a statement Wednesday in response to news articles "regarding alleged student and disc jockey misbehavior" at the dance.
District administrators have investigated, and "appropriate disciplinary action was administered to students who behaved inappropriately," according to the statement.
The school district would not say how many students were involved and what sanctions they face.
The district said, "the part of the investigation involving adult supervisors at the dance is still under review," according to spokesman Jon Szish.
An "inappropriate and unacceptable photograph" taken after the Sept. 29 dance was posted to the DJ's private Facebook page, according to the statement. School officials demanded that it be removed, and Wenning complied.
After the dance ended and adults cleaned up, Wenning asked someone to take a picture of him holding a handful of bras and posing with a stunned look.
"That was my bad judgment call," he said. "Because I was literally shocked."
Because he posted the photo on his private Facebook page, he said he's not sure how the image has since become public.
"Although no video or photographs depicted students engaged in inappropriate behavior, the photo in question was an inappropriate photo of the disc jockey," the school district's statement said.
The district said the DJ will not be invited back to school activities.
Wenning said if the incident had happened earlier in the dance, he would have stopped the music. But "the song was already finished and the dance was already over," he said. "Hit the Road Jack" is the customary ending song at Norwin dances, he said.
He said he doesn't know who threw the bras because "it was in a dark room in the middle, center of the room."
"These kids kind of did it smartly," he said. "They did it when everyone was about to leave, like it was planned or something."
Wenning said he's getting support from past clients.
"The fact of the matter is, they know me, and I would never, ever ... condone that," he said. " ... (It) just seems like everyone's on a witch hunt to make me a scapegoat."
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Hamburg – Former professional cyclist Tyler Hamilton said he expects disgraced seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong to fight back.
Armstrong was earlier this year stripped of his seven Tour titles and lost most of his sponsors after the US Anti-Doping Agency said he had been at the front of a systematic doping programme.
Hamilton was in the same US Postal team as Armstrong from 1999 to 2001 and helped him to three of the Tour titles. He later accused him of doping during this time.
"You hear very little from Lance, but I think this will not be a permanent state. I fear Lance will hit back," Hamilton said in an interview published in German magazine Stern on Wednesday.
"I think he is suffering a lot. He is a very proud person and thinks that – like Atlas – he can carry the whole world on his shoulders. Now everything is gone, the honour and the glory. I think it will tear him apart that he is no longer a hero." – Sapa-dpa


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Palazzo explained that the particulars of healthcare reform are still uncertain. The Supreme Court is likely to hear cases related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and it is unknown as to how it will rule; the upcoming presidential election is another variable.
But those involved in the healthcare industry would do well to prepare for the change now rather than wait and see what happens later. "I propose that the victim approach isn't going to be a winning strategy in the long term," Palazzo explained. Physicians and the industry can almost certainly expect more competition and lower reimbursement rates, so taking on a victim mentality is counterproductive. Entities that will be the most successful should embrace the philosophy that the "best way to predict the future is to create it," Palazzo said. The most successful entities will be able to leverage scale, he added. "Whatever their market position is now, they should maximize and develop that."
He advocated aiming to make money on Medicare reimbursement, even though that can be difficult. "Try to develop technologies that improve affordability," he said. "Start with the end in mind. Pinpoint solutions that immediately target cost reduction."
Healthcare providers must reduce the rate of costs to maintain their margins, Palazzo said. "Revenue is going to decline, but [by] how much?" Because industry can safely assume some degree of increased pricing pressure over the long term, he said, "if we don't deal with costs, our margins could shrink. They could even go into the red if we don't control costs," he added. "Generally speaking, every 1% reduction in rate requires a 5% reduction in variable costs." Small changes in reimbursement will require a multiple reduction in costs to maintain margins. There should be a focus to steer away from any avoidable costs.
"You've certainly heard of Charles Darwin and 'survival of the fittest,' " Palazzo said. "It certainly will be one of those times where it is survival of the fittest." He said entities that survive and thrive in the long term will need to have the following:
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Bone-chilling temperatures have been a boon to builders of Manitoba's northern winter roads this year.
The province is forecasting that most of the 2,500-kilometre winter-road network -- serving two dozen far-flung communities -- could be in operation by the end of January.
Larry Halayko, director of contract services for Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation, said Friday many roads could be open earlier than in a normal season.
In a typical year, all roads are open by the first week of February. "Right now, we're anticipating the end of January to have access to all the communities," Halayko said.
Last year, mild temperatures caused a significant delay in readying the roads. Several northern leaders expressed concern the entire season might be lost. But in the end, the network operated for about 45 days.
The winter-road system is a lifeline for fly-in communities. It's the time when building supplies, fuel and other bulk products can be shipped in large quantities.
A normal season lasts eight to 10 weeks -- usually from late January to the end of March.
This year, the community of Shamattawa, 750 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, is awaiting delivery of materials to build a new school.
"Our understanding is that will bring an additional 300 (truck) loads into that community," Halayko said.
Four of 19 road sections in the northern reaches of the winter-road network have already opened, albeit with weight restrictions.
In the southern part of the system, only one of 16 sections is open -- a two-kilometre stretch from Provincial Road 234 to Matheson Island. This road, too, is operating with a load restriction.
Halayko said about 200 people -- mostly from First Nations -- are employed in building the roads. They are removing and/or packing snow along the routes to lessen its insulating effect to speed freeze-up.
The work began in late November to early December this season, a little earlier than normal.
About 180 kilometres of road -- less than 10 per cent of the 2,500-kilometre winter-road network -- is built over water. The remainder is built on land.
Tracking winter roads
30,000 -- number of Manitobans, in 23 northern communities, who benefit from the roads
8-10 -- number of weeks the system normally operates
2,500 -- length of the temporary road network in kilometres
2,500 -- number of shipments (fuel, food, building supplies, etc.) in a typical season
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Not as rich or tasty as the 3000, or as mild as the 4000, but an easier draw, burned down one side a bit, didn't peel, a touch bitter maybe, similar to an Oliva G I thought.
Not as rich or tasty as the 3000, or as mild as the 4000, but an easier draw, burned down one side a bit, didn't peel, a touch bitter maybe, similar to an Oliva G I thought.
picked up a single. loved it. to me it put me in mind of a Diesel Unlimited. going to buy a bundle of these on my next purchase.
First one was not good since it was the same from start to finish with no changes in quality or flavors. After a month or more in the box I decided to lite one up and smoked it to the last inch. The flavor again was just plain without anything special or really even mentionable for the first half then at a bit past half way the tobacco flavors got a bit sweet and tasted some wood and maybe even a bit of spice in the nose. Still a fair cigar only so will try again in another month or so. It did improve a bit for the wait so far and if the cigar continues to to improve could turn out to be a good cigar. Was way to cheap of a price to gripe as it did keep a good ash and stayed together well. nice oily wrapper that I like. good luck to you.
I read about this cigar on other blog sites and the reviews were pretty decent, so I ordered a bundle and took a chance. Turned out to be a good investment for the price. I have never tried any of the other blends so I am unable to compare, but I am glad I purchased these!
I have enjoyed my bundle. With about 5 left, I give them good ratings for construction, appearance, and flavor. Not quite as tasty as the 3000s, though. The only problem I had was 2 or 3 had torn wrappers on arrival that had to be thrown away. Even considering those I rate them a good value. I will order them again.


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Qantas back-office staff will know by June 30 whether the airline will be forced to pursue compulsory redundancies from their ranks as part of a $2 billion cost-cutting program.
The airline expects most managers and executives who are departing in the latest cull to leave the company by the end of this month. They include 26 senior managers from across the airline group's premium domestic and international operations, and budget offshoot Jetstar.
In a message to staff before Easter, Qantas' human resources chief, Jon Scriven, said the airline would consider ''mitigation strategies like job swaps'' for non-executive support roles once each area of the business completed a ''detailed reassessment and review''.
''As a last resort, we will then look at compulsory redundancies. We hope to have this final stage resolved by the end of June this year,'' he said in the email to staff.
''As you can imagine, this is a complex process as we're ensuring we make the right decisions about our structure while also consulting appropriately with employee and union groups.''
Qantas has accepted nearly 80 per cent of the applications for voluntary redundancies from support staff.
Australia's largest airline said in February it would axe 5000 jobs and cancel orders for planes as part of stripping out $2 billion in costs over the next three years.
The job cuts include 1500 from mostly back-office roles and management.
The cost to Qantas of redundancy payments over the next 18 months has been estimated at $500 million.
In an update on what he has described as the ''great capacity face-off'', Macquarie Equities analyst Sam Dobson said one of the major changes in the domestic market had been planned additional Jetstar flights on Sydney and Melbourne routes in the June quarter.
''In addition, Jetstar seat growth in the September quarter has grown, which is presumably on the back of Qantas looking to maintain share in the domestic market, with the new Jetstar capacity a response to the additional Tiger capacity growth,'' he said in a note to clients.
Mr Dobson said the other change had been a reduction in scheduled capacity mostly by Qantas and Jetstar into and out of Perth, which reflected a ''more rational response to a slowing in resource-driven demand''.
The broker believes the market is ''too bearish'' on earnings expectations for Qantas' next financial year because the latest data suggests yields - or return on fares - will improve over the coming months.
Some analysts say Qantas will post an underlying loss of about $800 million this financial year amid stiff competition in the domestic market and on international routes.


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When wardrobes misbehave, there's no telling what might happen. Seriously—just ask these celebrity victims of 2012's worst wardrobe malfunctions. You doing okay over there, Anne Hathaway? (TheGloss)
Meet our new favorite thing: A Cuban plus-size dance troupe that breaks stereotypes and opens minds. LOVE. (The Frisky)
What's better than a heartfelt "happy holidays and happy New Year!"? A heartfelt "happy holidays and happy New Year!" from a whole bunch of adorable puppies. You're welcome! (The Berry)
This just in: People who watch less TV are generally happier than their boob tube-loving counterparts. Who knew? Find out more here! (YouBeauty)
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama is a hawk when it comes to the war on terror.
From deadly drones to secret interrogations to withholding evidence in terror lawsuits, Obama's Democratic White House has followed the path of his predecessor, Republican President George W. Bush.
The U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, remains open, despite Obama's pledge to close it, and his administration has pursued leaks of classified information to reporters even more aggressively than Bush's.
John Brennan's confirmation hearing to be CIA director showed just how much Washington -- and especially Democrats -- has come to accept the same counterterrorism policies that drew such furor in the first years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.


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Chris Messina Is Everywhere and We're Totally Okay With That – The Daily Swoon
Actor Chris Messina is everywhere these days, so it makes sense that he's found his way into our hearts. We think he's pretty swoon-worthy — and we've gathered some photographic evidence to prove it.
Dude is all over the damned place. Turn on your TV, he's there on 'The Mindy Project' and HBO's 'The Newsroom.' Go to the movies and you can see him in 'Argo' alongside fellow cutie Ben Affleck, and in 'Celeste and Jesse Forever' with Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg.
And yeah, we thought he was cute the whole time, and Hollywood certainly agrees or they wouldn't keep rubbing him in our faces every other week (srsly, there's nowhere this guy isn't lately). But it was in his new movie, an independent drama called '28 Hotel Rooms,' that we really started to swoon.
Sure, it helps that he's shirtless/half-naked/naked for most of it, but he's also so funny and tender and he just makes us wish he was our boyfriend.
The film follows a man and a woman as they meet in various New York hotel rooms to carry on an adulterous relationship, and okay, that sounds really wrong, but trust us, by the end of this movie you'll be thinking two things. First, you'll really want these two people to be together forever, and second, you'll really enjoy Chris Messina half-naked so much that you'll never be able to look at him with clothes on the same way again.
Here he is taking his pants off, in case you were wondering what that looked like (you were, and this is okay):
What he looks like in bed, being all charming and likable:
This is what it would look like to wake up next to him — not bad, right?
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo men's lacrosse attackman Chris Caiazza scored the game-winning goal with 48 seconds remaining in the first overtime period, lifting the Lions over Rollins College by a score of 11-10 on Wednesday evening at University Field. The Lions pick up a key Deep South Conference victory and advance their mark to 2-2, and 2-1 in conference play, while the Tars drop to 1-4, and 1-3 in DSC action.
Caiazza's game-winner was the second goal of the game for the freshman from Lindenhurst, N.Y. Leading the day in points was George Proechel with three goals and three assists for six points. Matt Obermeyer tallied a hat trick, as well, followed by Ray Ferrara with two, and Robert Hutchinson with one. Dishing out assists behind Proechel's three were Sean Connolly, Larry McLaughlin, Ferrara, and Hutchinson with one each.
Senior goalie Patrick Berry earned 14 clutch saves on the evening, including five in the fourth quarter, to help keep the Lions in the game. His counterpart for Rollins, Andrew Sheerin, made 15 saves while seeing 51 shots from the Lions.
The Tars were headed up by Will Diamond and Stephen DeFlumeri, who each tallied two goals and an assist. Sophomore Jack Dever also scored twice, with James Libutti leading the team in assists with two.
The first quarter saw a flurry of action, kicking off with the Tars scoring thanks to an unassisted goal from DeFlumeri a minute and a half into the game. Obermeyer fired back 43 seconds later to knot the score at 1-1, marking the first of seven times when the game would be tied.
Obermeyer scored his second-straight to lift the Lions to their first lead of the contest with 9:56 on the clock in the first quarter. Proechel tallied the next two goals within 34 seconds, setting the scoreboard at 4-1 with 9:22 on the clock. Obermeyer closed out the Lions' first period scoring with a goal at 2:48, but two quick goals from Rollins pulled the Tars back to within two as the first period closed out with the Lions holding onto a 5-3 advantage.
Rollins opened up the second stanza with a quick goal from Connor Galvin 35 seconds in, and an unassisted goal from Dever evened the tally at 5-5 with 13:38 before the half. Proechel ripped the go-ahead goal with 11:04 to go, but two consecutive goals from Rollins pulled the Tars up 7-6 with 7:56 before the half. Caiazza notched his first goal of the game with 3:17 on the clock to set the score at 7-7, but a late goal from Oliver Moore with 52 seconds before halftime put the Tars in a slim 8-7 lead at the break.
The third quarter got off to a slow start, but Hutchinson ripped a shot past Sheerin eight minutes in for the first goal of the quarter, pulling the Lions back to even with Rollins at 8-8. A goal from Rollins with just 2:42 before the final break pulled the Tars back out to a slim one-point lead, leaving the Lions in a one goal deficit with a score of 9-8 entering into the final period.
The final quarter opened up with the Lions scoring on an unassisted goal from Ferrara at the 9:40 mark. But Dever rallied back to pull the Tars back out to a one goal lead, with a score of 10-9 and 3:46 to go in regulation. McLaughlin connected on a pass to Ferrara on a fast break for the Lions' final game-tying goal, setting the scoreboard at 10-10 with 1:15 on the clock.
Rollins won the ensuing faceoff, but a shot from the Tars' Peter Harvey was saved by Berry with a minute to go in regulation. The Lions made good on a clear attempt, and took a timeout with 49 seconds on the clock. The Green and Gold came out of the break and fired two quick shots, but the first one from Proechel ricocheted off the post, and an attempt from Caiazza was blocked by the Tars' defense.
Rollins gained possession off of a ground ball and took the ball down and rattled off two quick shots, but Berry came up clutch once again and made the save to send the game into extended time.
The Tars won the opening overtime faceoff, but Saint Leo short stick middie Alex Monteferrante came up with a big caused turnover to give the Lions possession a minute into extended play. Saint Leo rattled off five shots that hit off cage, but Proechel was able to feed a ball from behind to a waiting Caiazza in front of the goal for the crucial tally of the night.
The Lions paced the game with 51 shots compared to the Tars' 31, but Rollins led the ground ball battle 39-32 thanks in part their winning 15-of-25 faceoffs. The Lions were successful on 84 percent of their clears, and held the Tars to a success rate of 71 percent. Thanks to a solid man-down defense, the Lions held their opponent to just one goal on three man-up situations, and Saint Leo's man-up attack unit scored on 2-of-3 attempts.
The Saint Leo men's lacrosse team returns to action on Saturday, March 3, when they take on third-ranked Limestone College in Gaffney S.C. Game time is slated for 1 p.m. Fans will be able to catch all of the action live through saintleolions.com. For the latest news, updates, and information on the Saint Leo men's lacrosse team, be sure to follow the Lions on Facebook and Twitter.


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On Monday-morning, the 29th of December, on my 63rd birthday, my wonderful strong Peter passed away.
I have a deep respect for the way he dealt with his illness. Never a complaint; he put all his strength in living, after he heard what was wrong.
The last 2 months have been tough, but not desperate. I could keep him at home and take care of my love myself. Up till the end, he had hardly any pain. Only the last weekend was tough, because his brain wasnot clear anymore.
Sundaymorning he fell in a deep sleep and he didnot wake up anymore.
I will allways love him.
I also would like to thank everyone on this board for all the help and comfort you have been giving. I wish you all the best and give you all my love.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A Central Florida man faces execution for the death of a man who died after being robbed and hog-tied to his bed.
A Volusia County jury found 42-year-old Joseph Jordan guilty Friday of first-degree murder and robbery. The trial's penalty phase begins next week.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that 50-year-old Keith Cope died as a result of injuries sustained when he was bound and gagged with rope and tape to his bed for four days in June 2009. He was discovered semi-conscious suspended from the foot of the bed by a rope wrapped around his left arm. Doctors amputated Cope's arm and he suffered a stroke, which left him in a vegetative-state until he was removed from life-support the next month.
Jordan's attorney argued that Jordan didn't intend for Cope to die.
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Lt Jack Pebworth, B 26 Pilot, Shot-Down KIA
Oct 16, 1942, — Aleutions
The B-26 flown by Lt Pebworth was shot down by AA fire.
The father of Diane maurer, Wife of Aaron Marcy, sunk that Japanese destroyer.
On Oct 16, 1942, six B-26s belonging to the 28th Composite Group (The sole bomber echelon deployed in that area of operation), took off from the PSP runway of Adak, in the Aleutians, to attack two Japanese destroyers enroute to Kiska Harbour.
They were loaded with ammo for the there isolated Japanese garrison.
Capt Russell I. Maurer, scored a direct hit on the destroyer "OBORO" (Which means "The haze you can see at the Moonlight") and the ship sunk in a while.
Only 17 men, of a crew of 230, survived.
The B-26 flown by Lt Pebworth was shot down by AA fire.
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Amid the high heels in the long line of high school graduates waiting to march to "Pomp and Circumstance," a pair of boxy but sturdy red oxfords called attention to Dorothy Borden.
The shoes were indicative of what set Borden apart from the other students in the Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education Class of 2013.
It's not every day that an 81-year-old woman goes back to finish high school more than six decades after dropping out.
The Register published a profile of Borden a year ago, when she was about halfway through the 160 credits she needed to earn her diploma. She had started with zero when she first went back to school in September 2011.
She is old enough to be grandmother or great-grandmother to the mostly twenty- and thirtysomething adults who returned to school to get the diplomas they missed out on as teenagers.
The June 7 graduation ceremony was a big deal for all of them. Many work full-time, sometimes holding down two jobs. They have children to raise and households to run, with all that adult stuff that happens when you grow up.
Borden is past a lot of that, having retired in 1993. Her four children are in their 60s and 50s. Two of them were in the stands inside the school gymnasium where the ceremony took place.
Her husband of 63 years, David Borden, sat quietly with a bouquet of yellow and red sunflowers on his lap for the woman he faithfully walked to and from class. They live a few blocks from the college campus. He never left without a goodbye kiss.
For nearly two years, Jesse and Grace Zambrano saw the Bordens head past their home on Pacific Avenue to the campus. They got to know of Dorothy Borden's quest and came to her graduation.
"She's always happy, always bright," Grace Zambrano said. "Her sweetheart would walk her to school, just like they were in high school."
About 25 other well-wishers also waited to cheer Borden's big moment. They included four of her 14 great-grandchildren, whose parents drove with the kids six hours from Arizona to get there on time.
Other relatives flew in from New York and from South Carolina. Her daughter, Victoria Borden, and three co-workers braved the Southern California freeways on a Friday afternoon from San Bernardino. Her oldest son, John Borden, came from Riverside.
Dorothy Borden got a big hug from Santa Ana College President Erlinda J. Martinez shortly before the graduation procession began.
"We've been anticipating her graduation since last year," Martinez said, looking like the dignitary she is with light blue insignia on the billowing sleeves of her black gown.
Borden's composure belied her anxiety: "I'm about to drop. I'm so nervous. I'll have to keep my head down, because if I look at all of them, I'll just pass out."
Borden is the oldest graduate officials with the college's continuing education program can remember, older than her teachers.
"When you get that diploma, it will have your name on it," Martinez said to the 143 students, out of a class of 175, who attended the graduation ceremony. "You demonstrated regardless how old you are, that education is a lifelong process."
Borden dropped out of high school as a freshman in Brooklyn, N.Y., much to her mother's disappointment.
Victoria Skinner had emigrated from the West Indies and raised her five children on her own, making $2 a week as a maid. Skinner, as stern as she was hard-working, wanted better lives for her children.
But Borden, the youngest, left school to take a job as a five-and-dime clerk.
The Bordens moved to Orange County in the 1960s. Borden got better-paying jobs after she earned her high school equivalency certificate in 1973. She retired from the phone company 20 years later.
An unkind remark from a relative prompted her to go back to school to seek her high school diploma.
Stubborn determination – and the thought of how proud her mother would be – kept Borden going to class as she struggled with certain subjects or hit some stumbling blocks that life, and aging, put in front of her.
Late last year, she had to miss three weeks of class when her oldest sister, 90, broke her hip.
Borden went back to New York to help her brother, 92, with their sister's recuperation from surgery. She did schoolwork while there, calling her teachers in California with questions.
She had to ride the bus to attend a few adult education classes held across town at Centennial High. She had a tough time remembering things and had to study that much harder.
There was one day not long ago when she came in tears to language arts instructor Barbara Purcell. English composition had been one of Borden's biggest challenges in her youth.
"She said, 'I don't think I can do this,'" said Purcell, who was among the party guests crowded into the living room at the Bordens' home after the graduation ceremony. "I took her aside and said, 'We're in this for you and none of us are quitting.'"
When her name was called at the graduation ceremony, Borden walked up slowly, hands folded in front of her. She got hugs from the dignitaries waiting to shake the graduates' hands. Back at her seat, she couldn't help but lean forward and look over in the stands with a big grin on her face and wave at her family.
Borden still has a few credits to finish in summer school before her diploma will be mailed to her. Her instructors are trying to convince her to continue on and enroll in college courses at the Santa Ana campus. For now, Borden is saying no way.
"I'm done. It's too stressful."
But in an essay titled "A High School Diploma – Never Too Late" that she wrote for composition class, she finished with these words:
"Education is the process of learning new things on a daily basis, and it is important to continue learning every day of our life. So go for it!!"
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