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It seems like everyday we are seeing a new ultra-portable laptop hitting the market. Lately most are being called the Eee PC killer, which I suppose would be a compliment to the folks over at Asus. Just recently we have seen Everex introduce the Cloudbook and now we are seeing reports that Acer is soon to be prepping a similar ultra-portable.
The Acer laptop is rumored to have either an 8- or 9-inch display and be priced and spec'd similar to the Eee PC. The new laptop from Acer is expected to be available in late Q1 or early Q2 2008. With a few months before this is even supposed to be available it should be interesting to see what happens with the Cloudbook and what else Asus can show us; possibly a second generation of the Eee.
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Just a question about your problem, I just wanted to make sure if the problem is not a typo. Is the 2x part is written in the form on the exponential function such as 2x3 or do you mean 2x3? (where only the 3 is the exponent).
no is written like this (2x^2-7)^4
Your question was answered here: http://www.wyzant.com/resources/answers/17511/given_y_2x_3_7_4

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 26 (UPI) -- Mosques in Winnipeg, Manitoba, were on put on alert after the arrests of two men for allegedly planning a terror attack on a passenger train, officials said.
The suspects were accused of conspiring to carry out an "al-Qaida supported" attack, CBC News reported Friday.
Mosque leaders said the arrests prompted heightened caution in Winnipeg's Muslim community.
"I'm not worried about a setback. I'm not worried about a backlash," said Idris Knapp, the head of Central Mosque. "Basically we're just more cautious."
Shahina Siddiqui of the Islamic Social Services Association said there had not been any sort of backlash against Muslims in Winnipeg.
Siddiqui said young people are often recruited by extremist groups online.
"The security of Canada is our security and none of the parents want to lose their young people to either gangs or to radical violent organizations," she said.
The Islamic Social Services Association is scheduled to have meetings with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police this summer to educate Muslims in Winnipeg about the dangers of online recruiting, Siddiqui said.
Educating parents is a good deterrent to extremist recruitment, she said.
"Just as we tell them how to look for signs of gang recruitment, we have information that can help parents find out if their kids are getting radicalized in the negative sense, in the violent sense," Siddiqui said.


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"House and Senate negotiators said on Monday that they had reached a tentative agreement on one of the most important issues in the Medicare bill. Under the agreement, the government would guarantee the availability of prescription drug benefits in any market where private insurers fail to do so." - The New York Times, Oct. 21.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, starts America's march toward a national health-care system that offers less quality and fewer choices. How? Like this, according to Heritage Foundation health-care expert Robert Moffit:
Lawmakers see the government guarantee here as a "safety net" to catch the Medicare patients that private insurance companies can't-or won't-cover. But insurance companies would view the scheme differently. They could see it as a reason not to assume any risk and not take Medicare patients at all. This would mean that the government, by law, would take over the delivery of prescription drugs to seniors, and determine the quality of their drug coverage.
What lawmakers should do, Moffit says, is target the prescription drug benefit to those who need it. Contrary to public belief, about three out of four seniors already have prescription drug coverage, many of which get it through former employers. But right now, under this proposal, anybody turning age 65-including a retiring Bill Gates or Martha Stewart-would be handed a taxpayer-financed drug benefit. This isn't right. Congress should change course.
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Free lunches for Panther Valley students
CHRIS PARKER/TIMES NEWS Blaise and Hailey Harvilla dig into their free lunches at Trinity & St. Phillips Episcopal Church, Lansford, on Tuesday. It was the first day of a free summer lunch program for children in the Panther Valley School District.
Children who live in the Panther Valley School District are invited to eat free lunches each weekday this summer in Summit Hill, Lansford and Coaldale.
The lunches are provided through donations, and through the state Department of Education's Summer Food Service Program and the school district. No registration or proof of income is required.
The program, which was launched last summer in Summit Hill, opened Tuesday at Trinity & St. Phillips Episcopal Church, 5 E. Ridge St. in Lansford; Christ Redeemer Church, 151 Third St., Coaldale; and the Heritage Center, 1 W. Hazard St., Summit Hill.
"This is our second year of operation. The first year we served nearly 2,000 meals during the summer. We think we will triple that number this year," said organizer Debra Ranck.
Lunches will be served to children from pre-kindergarten through senior high school from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until Aug. 16.
On Tuesday, Jeanne Shuck of Lansford brought her niece and nephew, Hailey Harvilla, 11, and Blaise Harvilla, 13, also of Lansford, for lunch at Trinity & St. Phillips church.
The menu was tacos on soft flour tortillas, bananas, and reduced-fat milk.
Each child is asked about any allergies at the door.
As Hailey and Blaise dug in, more children began to filter in. The dining room in the church basement was quickly filled with hungry children.
Volunteers Marie Ondrus, Irma Leibensperger, Pat Ladick, Laurie Lantosh and Joyann Dehart were kept busy signing children in, setting out plastic utensils and napkins, and dishing out food.
Later, Leibensperger and Jeanne McArdle donated $100 from the Lansford Pinochle Club. The club regularly donates to community organizations.
Ranck said that although the state contributes to the program, "in order to fully meet expenses we do encourage and gratefully accept donations from businesses and individuals."
To donate, make checks payable to SHHC-SFSP and send to: SHHC 1 West Hazard Street Summit Hill, PA 18250.
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A working draft of resources and reports from an NSF-sponsored project intended to strengthen the role of mathematics in Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programs. Intended as a resource for ATE faculty and members of the mathematical community. Comments are welcome by e-mail to the project directors: Susan L. Forman or Lynn A. Steen.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integrate maps, charts, tables, and data into a coherent system that is related logically, quantitatively, and spatially. Typically, such systems are employed to organize and present information that has both geometric structure (e.g., maps, blueprints, photographs) as well as quantitative structure (e.g., population, area, density). GIS is widely used as a means of displaying quantitative information for purposes of scientific research, public policy, and media presentations. It is an important contemporary tool of quantitative communication.
However, sophisticated GIS software hides much of this good mathematics behind a facade of fascinating pictures. GIS provides an ideal tool to illustrate and apply an enormous variety of fundamental mathematical concepts and tools. With GIS, as with many computer-based implementations of mathematics, users who understand the underlying mathematics are able to imagine and execute more powerful ways to use these systems.
Geography majors need a lot of mathematics, but of a type suitable to their work. Most important is a good undertanding of coordinate systems and the relations among such systems. Students need to know how to correct satellite images by accounting for the spherical shape of the earth and the angle of the satellite. They also need to be able to use the "state plane" system to relate satellite data to local coordinate systems.
BASIS: Spatial Information Systems. Berry & Associates.
Community-Based GIS Education. Henry Ford Community College, 5101 Evergreen Road Dearborn, MI 48128-2407. Project Director: Stuart Waddell.
GIS/GPS Laboratory based on Workplace Scenarios. Houston Community College System, Southwest College, 9910 Cash Road, Stafford, TX 77477. Project Director: Dean Ayres.
CCITT: Community College for Innovative Technology Transfer (CCITT). Science & Technology Resource Center, Prince George's Community College, 301 Largo Road, Largo, MD 20772-2199. Project Director: Patricia A.Cunniff. Remote sensing, imaging processing, and GIS.
Remote Sensing ATE Project. Remote Sensing for Environmental Science. Brevard Community College, 250 Community College Parkway, Palm Bay, FL 32909. Project Director: Goodchild, Michael F.
Geographic Information System Project, Pasedena City College, Pasedena, CA. Director: Douglass, David.
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Director: Paladino, Steve.
Iowa GIS Council. Iowa Lakes Community College, 300 S. 18th Street, Estherville, IA 51334. Coordinator: Roger R.Patocka.
Terrain Analysis, Hunter College. Director: Clarke, Keith C.
GIS in Forestry. National Center for Sustainable Resources (NCSR) Central Oregon Community College. Contact: John Schaeffer.
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Satellite Imagery. Information on remote sensing.
Spatial Insights. A Geographic information services company offering software, services, as well as geographic and demographic data.
ESRI: Environmental Systems Research Institute, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373-8100. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. President: Jack Dangermond.
Monmonier, Mark and De Blij, H.J. How to Lie With Maps. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
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Last Updated: October 12, 1999.
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SAN FRANCISCO—Carlos Beltran has steadily put together a stellar career.
He also has put together one of the most impressive postseason resumes in baseball history. He added to it Sunday night as his St. Louis Cardinals took Game 1 of the National League Championship Series from the San Francisco Giants, 6-4, at AT&T Park.
Three Strikes from the Cardinals' series-opening victory:
1. Further evidence
Many great players are defined by what they do in October, when the cool weather sets in and millions of people hang on every pitch. That's when they make their names.
Beltran, whom the Giants decided not to re-sign in the offseason, is no different. He's had a very good career—some might call it great—but there's no debate he's one of the best postseason performers ever.
His two-run home run in the fourth inning Sunday added to his lore. Beltran now has 14 homers and 25 RBIs in 29 career postseason games. Beltran also has the best at-bat-to-home run ratio in postseason history at 7.7, better than Babe Ruth's 8.6.
Beltran is probably a Hall of Famer based on his numbers. If he does gets in—and he should—his October performances will be a big reason why.
2. Continued slide
Throughout most of the regular season, 23-year-old Madison Bumgarner was a pillar of stability. His 2.83 ERA through Aug. 20 was one of the best in the National League, and because of Tim Lincecum's struggles the left-hander was on track to be a front-line starter for the Giants down the stretch and into the postseason.
That didn't happen. Bumgarner had only one quality outing among his last seven regular-season starts, and his ERA was 5.89. In two playoff starts, he has pitched eight innings and allowed 10 earned runs on 13 hits.
In both of those postseason games—Sunday and in Game 3 of the Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds—Bumgarner put the Giants in deep holes out of which their offense couldn't climb.
This has to be concerning for the Giants going forward. If this series extends that far, Bumgarner would line up to pitch Game 5 on normal rest, or he could take the ball in either of the following two games on additional rest.
Whether or not the Giants would be comfortable going to him is another matter.
3. Where does Lincecum fit?
One of the big debates for the Giants this postseason has been how to use right-hander Tim Lincecum. He has made three appearances now, all out of the bullpen, and his production screams for him to get a start before this ride ends.
Considering what the Giants' other starters have done in six games, giving the ball to Lincecum, who had a 5.18 ERA in the regular season, doesn't seem like such a bad idea anymore.
In those six starts, the rotation is 1-3 with a 6.49 ERA (19 earned runs in 26 1/3 innings). Lincecum has allowed one run in 8 1/3 innings, striking out nine and walking one. He lines up for Game 5 on normal rest; if the Giants can get this series that far, they should give him that start.


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Schematic representation of the structures and space-filled models of methionine (a) and MeHg-Cys complex (b). Note the similarities in chemical structure between the MeHg-Cys conjugate and the amino acid methionine. The geometry-optimized using Universal Force Field (UFF). The representations (ball and stick, Vander Waals spheres) were obtained using the program PyMOL (Molecular Graphics System, Version 22.214.171.124, Schrödinger LLC).


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How important are the arts to you? What kind of arts would you like to see established in your community?
Anthony Bond, Irving: Irving desperately needs a Hispanic arts council. It's the largest cultural group in the city. This is the classic no-brainer.
Michael McPhail, Irving: I'm just glad we have plays, dance performances and concerts available in Irving so we don't have to go to Dallas to see them. If only we could get opera here.
Tony Koste, Valley Ranch: The arts have always had an important place in my life. In this area, both Irving and Coppell offer great community theater, which has entertained me through the years. I really enjoy visiting the Bishop Arts District's galleries, and think it would be great if something similar were to evolve closer to home, perhaps in old downtown Carrollton. I would also like our movie theater, the Regal MacArthur Marketplace Cinemas, to participate in local film festivals and offer more trendy films like those at the Inwood.
Darrel VanDyke, Coppell: Hopefully I'm not speaking just for myself in my community when I say that the arts are very important. To me, the word "arts" is very encompassing to mean exposure to something that one has created in the hope of being entertained — or, at a minimum, something that has simply been uniquely created — whether this be an acting guild, a symphony, a dancing troupe or artists displaying their creations. Being entertained is a nice side benefit to the arts, but exposure is first and foremost. Coppell has left it up to individual groups to do the best they can to provide some exposure to the arts, but I feel we could — and should — be doing more. Wouldn't it be nice if the amazing Dallas Symphony Orchestra toured surrounding communities to give free concerts? Or if art fairs or acting troupes visited communities to provide exposure to new ideas? Just as communities invest in schools to better society, the support of arts are also important. I am reminded of an old phrase that says, "The world's greatest painter is now plowing a field in some remote corner of the world." Could there be a Rembrandt or Itzhak Perlman in our midst waiting for that spark?
Randy Pruett, Carrollton: Different from the sciences, which are predictable and governed by laws of nature, the arts are important because they promote understanding and sharing of culture. They enhance perceptual and cognitive abilities and encourage creative thinking, self-concept and self-expression — all skills that can be used in multiple vocations. My personal favorites are art shows and classes for amateurs.
Matt Wenthold, Farmers Branch: Art is very important to my wife and me. We have spent a lot of time and money to visit some of the great art museums of the world, especially in Europe and Washington, D.C. However, art appreciation is as deeply personal as religion (or no religion), and government should tread very carefully here. It's better for the private sector and interested individuals to support the arts. What may be very interesting and appropriate to one person may be insulting and disturbing to another.
Gary McCoy, Carrollton: I admit, I don't get a lot of what passes for art nowadays. I guess it really is in the eye of the beholder. I do appreciate paintings and sculpture that I can identify the subject matter. Are the arts important to me? I guess not so much. We don't visit museums very often. I have been to many of the famous art and natural history museums in New York City, but I don't have any interest in going back. I have never visited the Nasher or the Perot, and have no desire to do so. We really enjoy the plays in the local little theaters in Addison, Coppell and Lewisville. Most are very well done with excellent casts. More of those would be appreciated.
Harold Simmons, Carrollton: Arts help to define a culture, and cities/towns do not have to spend a lot of money to create a way for the community to have access to some of them. For example, a good community theater at reasonable prices and concerts in the park or on the square. Art shows with products at affordable prices. In a way, Addison has done some good with this; not so much Farmers Branch and Carrollton. Art is not always defined as rock music, but look at the headliners for Carrollton's next event on the square. Some of us like more soothing music and creativity in community activities.
Jim Dyer, Carrollton: It depends on how you define the word "arts." I really enjoy community theater, so we have season tickets to Greater Lewisville Community Theater. I also enjoy museums and, to a certain extent, art museums.
Dan Kasten, Carrollton: The arts are very important to me, and fortunately Dallas has rich offerings in music, theater and visual arts. It would be great to have more available in the metroplex, however. I would favor building a performance hall and gallery space to be shared by Addison, Farmers Branch, Carrollton and Lewisville. Such a venue would stimulate arts activity throughout the area.
David Borland, Carrollton: The problem is, who is going to pay for the arts? I have attended musicals at both Newman Smith and Turner high schools; they have been very well done and I quite enjoyed them. Irving has some interesting statues, but I have never gotten out of the car to examine them closely. I find that arts commissioned by a city council are noticeably blander than arts generated spontaneously by private citizens. I feel that a good artist will find an outlet for his/her art without a formal program to attempt to support it.
Wyman Bess, Carrollton: Most everyone has heard the old adage that art is in the eyes of the beholder, but in this day and age, that phrase is grossly overused, misused and abused. To me, there needs to be very restrictive guidelines in regard to what people describe as art. That statement is not to take away from the creativeness of our artists and other concerned citizens, but it does take on the responsibility of protecting real art and the youth/children of today. We need to be realistic and admit that just because someone decides to color their hair green, blue, pink, orange and whatever else they decide on, that does not classify them as an artist. (However, I'm well aware that is their right.) To paint your body and walk down the street nude does not make you an artist; only someone that's not happy with how they were created. I hold to the recent email that stated; "You don't put bumper stickers on a Maserati." However, each of us must decide if they are a jalopy or a Maserati. For myself, I appreciate drawings, carvings from wood and thought-provoking creations from metal. Handiwork of most any kind is to be appreciated. I am a photographer but have also learned through many workshops and a verity of input that there are few real photos today. But Photoshop has inspired much creation. The next time you are admiring the shots of that favorite person, you might check to be sure it's really them — were they born with green eyes? Or, consider when they had them changed to blue. Photoshop could even give me hair. That wouldn't be art, but a miracle.


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OverviewMount Van Cott is a small foothill just Northeast of the University of Utah Medical Center Located a few miles east of Downtown Salt Lake. Although short in elevation, Mount Van Cott can be steep depending on what route you take. From the standard route, starting at the old jeep road north of the Medical Center, the hike gains 1140 feet in just 1 mile.
Round Trip hiking time can range from 1 hr 45 min, to over 2 hours.
The Mountain is usually snow free from mid-March to early November, though there may be small patches of snow near the top early in the season. This is also a nice hike to do in the winter without any Avalanche dangers like those posed by the higher peaks
Getting ThereGetting to 800S---
From I-15, comming from either North or South, find exit for I-80 Eastbound. Fallow I-80 eastbound for a few miles. Get off at the 700 East Exit and turn right at the traffic lights, heading north. Continue heading north on 700 East. Turn Right on 800 S.
From 800S to Trail Head---From 800S (sunnyside avenue) head east-bound until you get to foothill blvd. Turn left on foothill blvd and continue until you get to Wasatch Dr. turn right on Wasatch dr. and continue north-east. Wasatch drive becomes South medical dr, with wastach dr branching out NE-wards, dont fallow wasatch drive, continue on South Medical Dr. Turn right on North Campus Dr. Then turn Left on North Medical Dr. Drive past the buildings and go to the furthest north parking place, just west of the power station. park here, the trail to the shoreline trail starts here.
Finding the Mount VanCott trail---
After crossing the narrow opening in the fence, walk up the jeep road until you get to the Bonneville Shoreline Trail. From here find the trail heading East and continue on for a few feet. You will see two other trails branching off to the right, don't take these, just continue on the "eastward" trail as it eventually turns south and heads up a steep hillside. The trail will then turn sharply east and continue along the ridge crest. About halfway up the ridge crest you will come to a spot where there is a faded jeep road heading east and trail heading north. Take the trail heading north. This trail will then curve eastwards and fallows the ridge all the way to the summit.
Although there are many other routes to the summit, I've found this to be the easiest.
Red TapeWasatch Foothills.
No fees.
Be careful where you park, parking is limited.
Dogs allowed, but must be on leash all the time.
Share the trail with runners and bikers.
CampingCamping might be allowed, but because of the short duration of the hike, and the popularity of it, camping is not advisable. If you must camp, or you are on a longer route going up and around Cephalopod Gultch, then head east from the summit of mount van cott and find a flat spot to camp.
Another possible camping spot might be on the flat area just north of the main summit.
GearHiking Boots.
A bottle or two of Water.
No special equipment necessary.
LinksMount Van Cott Wikipedia Page
Maps and Other External Links
Weather and Mountain Conditions
Because of its close proximity to Salt Lake City, please refer to www.ksl.com for weather/avalanche conditions


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Peter Facinelli on Alexa Chung
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Well Peter, the honeymoon scene is going to be done at my beach house, so I'm going to text you the coordinates. You can pass them forward to Rob. Summer is just a few days away here, so he's very welcome to show up and practice a few scenes… =)
Lol! Dani, i know that we don't know each other, but don't let that stop you from inviting me to your beach house xD


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Franca Fagioli received a degree in medicine and surgery and a postgraduate Diploma in hematology from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Ferrara, Italy, in 1988 and 1992, respectively, and a postgraduate Diploma in pediatrics from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Turin, Italy, in 2002. She is the Director of Division of Paediatric Oncohaematology, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Unit, OIRM-S.Anna. She is in charge of the administrative and clinical operations of the BMT Unit, BM Collection Unit, and Processing Laboratory and responsible for the management of all pretransplant and transplant-related activities and follow-up and the collection and manipulation of hematopoietic stem cells. Moreover, she is in charge of BMT Unit staff duties, setting training and continuous training activities of personnel and personnel supervision. She participates in clinical and laboratory group programs at national and international levels, participates in the application and improvement of the quality control system, and coordinates the JACIE Accreditation Program. Her main interests are oncohematology and regenerative medicine fields, specific antitumor therapy, and isolation, characterization, and expansion of hemopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells for cellular therapy.
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Dale Hansen Takes a 32 Percent Pay Cut
Uncle Barky has the news that Dale Hansen has signed a contract extension that will keep him at WFAA Channel 8 till 2017. But in 2014, when his current contract expires, he will take a 32 percent pay cut — which he's happy with. The TV news business has changed since the glory days when the top anchors in Dallas made $600,000 and up. But when Hansen tells Ed Bark, "I do think it's somewhat important that people — especially at Channel 8 — know I play by the same rules," I'm sure some people in the Channel 8 newsroom make bitter beer face. Because 68 percent of whatever Hansen is making now is still a lot more than they'll ever make.
In any case, Hansen is still, for my money, the best anchor on local TV. (Waiting for Eric Celeste to have conniption in the ATL.)


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Kamiak shuts out Mariner 9-0 | Girls prep soccer
The Kamiak girls soccer team earned a league win over Mariner on Tuesday, Sept. 24. The final score was 9-0 for the Knights.
Alexie Morris had a hat trick in the game, while the team's other goals were scored by Christine Heisen, Jordan Shavazi, Baelynn Cussman, Natalie Smith and Bailey Lux-Lowry. Lux-Lowry also had three assists in thegame, while Morris and Emily Haugstad each ahd one.
Kamiak goalie Shannon Peth and Ally Peterson were credited with the shutout.
The Knights, now 4-1 in league play and 4-1-2 overall, will play Monroe at home on Thursday, Sept. 26 in a 7:30 p.m. game.
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With nine albums of original material to his name and appearances on countless records by the likes of Martha Wainwright, Cake, Teddy Thompson and Norah Jones, guitarist Jim Campilongo is a bone-fide guitar hero (or more specifically – a Telecaster hero). Combining heavy elements of country twang, blended with a healthy dose of avant-jazz adventurism, Campilongo has seen his role as a guitar guru greatly expand as he is also a contributing editor to Guitar Player Magazine. His latest solo album is 2009's Orange and in 2012 Fender Guitars bestowed him the honor of introducing the Campilongo Signature Telecaster to their production line....
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Go Year-Round: A Push for True Summer School
Summer vacation is a powerful anachronism that dates back to agrarian days, when farm families needed young people home during the summer months to replace the three R's with the two P's -- plantin' and pickin'. Today, now that fewer family farms remain and agricultural mechanization is standard, students need to be harvesting knowledge year-round.
In the Internet age, information is more accessible, and learning should happen during and after the school day -- nights, weekends, and summers. As dreamy as a long summer break may be, unless a kid is flipping burgers six days a week, it's education downtime we can no longer afford. More than ten years ago, the U.S. Department of Education organized a panel with an unusual title: the National Education Commission on Time and Learning. The panel issued a report that began, "Learning in America is a prisoner of time. For the past 150 years, American public schools have held time constant and let learning vary. Some bright, hardworking students do reasonably well. Everyone else -- from the typical student to the dropout -- runs into trouble."
The problem, according to the commission, is not just the length of the school year but also the lockstep "gridding" of the school day. The report emphasized that American schools have been operating under the tyranny of time; the length of the typical school period (45-50 minutes), the school day (8 a.m. to 3 p.m. or so), and the school year (180 days) is remarkably rigid across the nation. Secondary school students, especially, are required to march in assemblyline fashion throughout the day, where bells still ring to signal the closing of books and the flooding of hallways. The unchanging schedule prevents students from working in depth on projects and venturing into the community to gather data or talk to local experts. Teachers are also isolated in their classrooms by this rigid schedule, so they miss out on opportunities to learn from other teachers and share ideas.
Teaching may be the only profession where members have so little control over how their time is spent. Other industrial nations recognize that more time can equal more learning: Countries like Germany and Japan have longer school days and years, lengthening the focus on core academic subjects. Some schools in the United States, however, have started instituting more innovative approaches to school schedules.
In the year-round program at Fairview Elementary School, in Modesto, California, for example (see "Power to the People,"), students benefit from an emphasis on civic literacy and responsibility in addition to a regular academic program with about the same number of school days as traditional schools. And for the 2004-05 school year, the Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center, in Fort Worth, Texas, scheduled four blocks of about nine weeks each and fall and spring intersession workshops, allowing its K-5 students time for hands-on arts, science, and computer projects or sports in addition to language arts and math enrichment. (For more information on year-round schools, visit the Web site of the National Association for Year-Round Education.)
As Ernest Hemingway once said, with typical brevity, "Time is all we have." It's about time schools change how they use it.
Milton Chen is executive director of The George Lucas Educational Foundation.
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You said "You wasted 20 min of my time two iI give this 6 thumbs down!" If it took you 20 minutes to read a one page article, you need help.
im doing a report at school for year round schools and i hate reading so it took me forever to read this. haha but i found that it was somewhat helpful,,i just really needed to know how many schools in the U.S. are year round.
Hi! I'm doing a research project on Schools going to be year round and this really helped me a lot. Thank You!!
LOL..That is so funny. But its true not what the other person said.
School suckes already why make it longer???
I like the idea. Everyone hates going to school and if we get more frequent breaks more people might enjoy school. But i'm going for the idea of no school. Ever.
No! PLEASE. I like the summer. I get more time with my family! We don't need it at all. :/
I tutor English to Teachers from other countries whose primary language is something other then English.
China: School is 11 days straight, 3 days off. Both are for the Teachers and Students. There are 2 Months for summer break. The classes start at 7:30 AM and cease at 9:30 PM. The Teachers are provided accommodations, but my friend likes to have Breakfeast, at home. They did not have to pay anything. The students must have uniforms, materials, and whatever equipment, and are not provided for the school, at all, Not even meals. And, she has shared with me that at least more than once a week she can be home by 7:30PM. She is thankful, is 45 years old, and Teaches English to Middle School Boys and Girls. She wanted me to help her with her English. I miss her. So I wonder, who will be serving the Beijing Duck to whom? vlo
I was in year-round school in Middle School. 45 days in school, 15 days off - it was great! It gave me a brain break without losing what I had just learned. We took vacations at different times of the year - vs in the summer with millions of other people.
The only challenges were that I played sports and all of our competitors were on traditional school years and I had an older brother on traditional calendar. That created two big scheduling issues. If the whole district is not on year-round you can divide families. I loved playing sports, but I honestly believe that sports should be moved to the community vs the school.
Yesterday my classroom was about 95 degrees. I can't imagine what it would be in July.
Good idea if air conditioning is supplied.


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Nutmegs are great. It's a fact.
And just like the birth of a child, when a nutmeg occurs it's cause for celebration.
Here, an FC Copenhagen training drill leaves the players playing piggy in the middle and the two piggies are running frantically for the ball.
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In conjunction with the launch of the revitalised Abell Point Marina brand, the marina has announced it will throw support behind the Abell Point Yacht Club (APYC) as part of the vision to create a destination marina.
With the multi-million dollar redevelopment well progressed and due to be complete before the start of this year cruising season, the launch of the new brand represents a world class marina experience focused on providing value to the customer.
Owner of Abell Point Marina Paul Darrouzet said 'Most marinas around the world have a yacht club which attracts people to visit and provides the opportunity to run sailing and cruising events'. Mr Darrouzet will assist APYC in delivering its 2014 event calendar and strengthening participation in on and off water events out of Abell Point Marina.
Commodore of APYC Rupert King was very keen to kick off the new partnership and said 'APYC has a strong focus on revitalising the Club in 2014 and is excited to receive Paul's offer of affiliation. The Marina is an extremely strong partner, with great synergies to the APYC, and the affiliation will be a big positive for both of us. The commencement of an active cruising calendar this year, with the targets being both power and sailing vessels, will fit well with Paul's vision to create Abell Point as a destination marina for all types of vessels.'
The APYC will get a new look with committee members voting to adopt the new Abell Point Marina brand to go out with a fresh new look and to further bolster the relationship and extend the marina offering.
APYC members will soon receive caps and burgees bearing the new APYC branding and quality T shirts will be available for purchase at a discount price. The new membership card will entitle members to participate in the Abell Point Marina's VIP program with discounts on marina village services including berthing and fuel.
The next major events for the Abell Point Yacht Club are the Warri Cup in May, Coral Coast Rally, leaving on 3 June and the Coral Coast Race, which starts on Friday 6 June. The Coral Coast race offers all the thrills and excitement of ocean racing, while the rally offers a relaxed cruise in good company for both sail and power vessels.
The Abell Point Sunset Series has also kicked off and will be run every second Friday to encourage a regular twilight sail followed by a social get together at the soon to be refurbished Sorrentos Bar and Restaurant.
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During the Qin dynasty foot soldiers were invented and cavalry became more popular. Foot soldiers were usually equipped with a bronze sword and sometimes a spear. Most soldiers wore light armor to increase speed. These new inventions led to a lot of successes in wars and an increase in power, wealth and land. Swords with a longer blade were also invented to be able to stab more easily.
During the Qin dynasty crossbows were put into use. They had more power and aim than a regular longbow but were heavy and hard to reload. Crossbows were used in almost every war and up to 10,000 people would use them at a battle. They made a crossbow with a very complicated plan and only the most skilled mechanics could make them. They used the complex design so the enemy wouldn't be able to create them for themselves. They also reinforced that tactic by making special crossbow bolts. Furthermore, new improvements were also added to the crossbow such as a scope. New crossbows were made that could shoot multiple arrows at once.
The dagger axe was also a common weapon for soldiers. Although they were made earlier than the Qin dynasty (The Warring States period) they were used the most during the Qin dynasty. Dagger axes acted like halberds- they could stab and swing. Dagger axes were normally made from bronze and had two heads. One would be a sharp blade and the other would be a spearhead or a curved blade. The attacker would use the straight blade and stab at the opponent and then pull it backwards with the curved blade slicing the person's neck. Jade dagger axes were used as well to act as a source of power and spirit.


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A performing arts student from Alnwick is to appear on a prime-time BBC drama later this year.
Lewis Denny, 18, will be on screen in crime drama George Gently, which was filmed in the North East, this spring.
For Lewis, it is just one of a string of performances under his belt.
The Sage Stage School pupil was also an extra on the Tracy Beaker spin-off show, The Dumping Ground.
George Gently is set in the 1960s, and the programme is about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
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As the liability of a bad hire increases, recruiters around the world are embarking on the search for new, more effective means for finding the right candidates. Yet, there's no reason to take to the hills or sail the seven seas if the plethora of social media remains untapped by your HR department. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn aren't just about status updates and games like Farmville anymore. They also serve as great facilitators for the candidate selection process.
However, the question isn't only whether or not you're using social media, but whether you're using it effectively. You won't be surprised to learn that by only occasionally posting available positions or haphazardly firing out job alerts on Twitter won't win the heart of many candidates. Rather, it's important to use social media in a way that not only scans for potential candidates, but that truly connects your HR department with quality candidates.
But before we go any further, we must first note that while social media and web research can be invaluably beneficial, it is critical that prospective employers use such tools ethically. Recruiters are responsible for investigating candidate and reference checks in a manner that is objective and in accordance with legal standards (for more information checkout the legal issues of reference checking). Information pertaining to a candidate's health, sexual orientation or religion should be avoided at best, ignored at the least. As long as such sentiments are clear, recruiters are encouraged to jump into the world of social media with enthusiasm and high expectations!
Earlier this year, Bullhorn and CareerXroads both released reports indicating that LinkedIn was the most relied upon social media tool of all recruiters. But there's no reason to put all of your eggs in one basket! Get creative; branch out. For instance, the same Bullhorn report found that a Twitter follower is nearly three times more likely to apply to a job posting than a LinkedIn connection. Pinterest, the site of virtual personalized pin boards, and Foursquare, the individualized GPS system, are both great tools for researching a candidate's background. Likewise, they can provide a fair amount of information regarding the candidate's intentions and ambitions.
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Kristianstad's Centre Party want Olofsson to resign, and a successor to be elected at the party's conference this coming fall, reports newspaper Norra Skåne.
The Centre Party needs a leader capable of rejuvenating the party, group leader Sven Nilsson told Norra Skåne.
"We need someone else who can take on this responsibility," he says.
Maud Olofsson took over after previous Centre Party leader Lennart Daléus just over ten years ago. Since her succession the party has enjoyed high results. In the 2006 election the Centre Party became the third largest in Sweden, and formed a government with the three other conservative parties.
Support has dwindled since then however, and following the latest election, the Centre Party is only the fifth largest party.
This isn't the first time voices are heard demanding Olofsson's resignation. MP Fredrik Federley and the Centre Party's youth organisation are among those who have suggested it earlier.
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Last year, I was given the privilege of writing a story that hadn't been written. It's a story about a hidden treasure and one that opened my eyes to yet another hidden game in baseball. While "original" UTK subscribers will remember this story, I think it's important enough to bring to a BP audience. I'm also going to be speaking with American Specialty in the near future, bringing you more insight from the true masters of injury analysis. I hope you enjoy. –Will
Outside of baseball, the Redbook is unknown. Even inside baseball, many front office personnel I spoke to were unaware of its existence. Even I had no knowledge of the Redbook until a recent conversation with a former baseball athletic trainer. He mentioned the book in passing and I had to bring him back to it. 'There's a book with all the info?' I asked. After telling me about it, I went on a quest to find the book. A bit of searching later, I found that the publisher was in fact MLB's insurance consultant, a company called American Specialty Companies Inc.
Three phone calls later, I was speaking to the writers of the book, Mike Pfefferkorn and Tim Eshelman. Eshelman is one of the firm's three founders, along with his brother, Pete, a former Yankees farmhand and employee. Eshelman realized that I was only a short drive away and invited me to the small town of Roanoke, Ind., American Specialty's headquarters. We'd love to talk to you, answer some questions, they said–we even have a little diner here in town. Stunned at the opportunity, I gassed up the Volvo and planned out my questions.
On a stormy Tuesday afternoon, I drove the two hours to meet with both of them and to see the Redbook. American Specialty was founded in order to assist sports and entertainment businesses to obtain insurance coverage and manage risk. While Major League Baseball is a major client, American Specialty also handles other well-known clients such as the NCAA and the Special Olympics, to name a few, and has become the clear industry leader in this category. Very few companies are willing to underwrite such coverage and it takes a specialized firm like American Specialty to find companies willing to take on risks such as a multi-million dollar athlete signed to a long-term contract.
The first fact that surprised me was that few contracts are insured. The big ones are, but that's getting to be a problem as well. One loss like an Albert Belle can ruin the experience for the insurance marketplace, said Pfefferkorn. All players are covered under standard worker's compensation coverage, much like most people are at their place of employment. The difference is startling. "In the workplace, only one percent of workers suffer injuries that last three days or more," said Eshelman. "In Major League Baseball, nearly 50 percent are on the disabled list for 15 days or more." It is obvious that even a small decrease in injuries would add up to significant cost savings for each baseball club.
I asked how American Specialty collected the information. "We utilize the official Major League Baseball disabled list," Pfefferkorn said, tapping a small binder, "and team athletic trainers provide tremendous insight into the nature, diagnosis, and prevention of injuries." I asked if they had any figures for which trainers were the 'best' in the game. "We don't keep specific things like that," Eshelman said. "There are preventable injuries, like shoulder injuries, and there are unpreventable injuries, like someone breaking an ankle." Clearly, the Geoff Jenkins injury was fresh in his mind.
The term 'preventable' made my ears prick up. I asked what differentiated a preventable injury from an unpreventable injury. What it amounts to is overuse. An unpreventable injury is pretty clear: "Someone breaks something, or an injury occurs as the result of a collision, no amount of prevention will stop some of those from happening and there's no predicting them," Pfefferkorn said. Rotator cuff injuries are the easiest ones to say are preventable. Almost every rotator cuff tear is the result of either poor mechanics or overuse. When Pfefferkorn was asked whether there is a pattern to injuries among younger and older players, he said: "Younger players are almost by definition more healthy, but the difference is not as much as you'd probably think."
The data back up his statement. While a player under 24 has a 1 in 3 chance to injure his shoulder, a player between 37-44, the oldest group, is almost 1 in 4. A similar principle applies to strains and tears. A younger player is much more likely to experience a tear than an older player, when looked at in a linear manner. However, the older player is more likely to experience strains. The difference in each comparison is about 20 percent. For the other top injuries (fractures, inflammations, sprains and the ubiquitous other), the difference from the youngest to oldest groups is less than two percent in each category. While the data does move linearly, Eshelman has a theory about why the differences are not greater: "The players who play that long tend to be the healthier players anyway. They stay in better shape in order to continue playing at that age."
We continued to talk as we headed to lunch. The 'little diner' turned out to be an excellent restaurant. I'll admit I was shocked to find a four-star restaurant in small-town Indiana, but it should not have surprised me to find that American Specialty also owned the restaurant. "I was born in New Orleans," Eshelman told me, "and this was our club for a while, but about two years ago, we opened it to the public." There were signs all across town for a 'Patriotic Pops' concert on the Fourth of July. No surprise, American Specialty was the sponsor of this as well. During our fabulous lunch, I was asked as many questions as I was asking. It was clear that not only were the two writers very interested in hearing how baseball fans looked at injuries, they were interested in how their data could be better used by baseball. One of the problems of the Redbook, to me, is in fact not a problem at all, but a matter of priority. While the data is broken down clearly, grouping injury by team, lost salary, lost days, and several other categories, there are questions that interest me as a fan and writer that serve no purpose to a risk manager. The other problem is that often, they are working with the same vague and incomplete data that I work with. They have the advantage of a small maroon folder–the actual disabled list. It was only the second time I had seen it and it was a bit different than the other time, though I won't detail how here.
I pointed out that trainers are often a bit defensive about the Redbook, since it can be both a good thing and a bad thing–good if their team is healthy, but used as a lightning rod if a team has a long list of players on the DL. "It is tough," said Pfefferkorn, "but I think they know we just publish the facts. It's pretty easy to tell which trainers like us by looking at which teams have the lowest incidence of injury. If they look good in the book, they like us. The opposite is true as well."
I can hear many of you shuffling in your chairs, wondering which teams came out well and which came out not so well. The fact is that most teams are within range of the average and that the fluctuation, even averaged out over five years, is probably the result of randomness or 'luck.' Only three teams are significantly worse than average to warrant mention–Boston, Anaheim, and Milwaukee. Four teams make it on the opposite sides as the 'healthiest' teams–San Francisco, Minnesota, and both Chicago franchises. Looking at the lists by dollars lost rather than days, it is clear that teams that are younger and cheaper do better. Though Tampa Bay has only been around since 1998, the team has lost nearly a quarter of all salary to the disabled list. While there are many factors that make the Devil Rays a troubled franchise, no team can afford such losses. An upside is that the team recognizes this and has brought in noted physician Dr. James Andrews as medical director. The Devil Rays didn't make significant strides in 2002, but the team will likely turn things around, both by improved medical care and policies and by getting younger as they move from aging veterans to homegrown talent like Carl Crawford and Rocco Baldelli.
Moving back to the offices, Pfefferkorn gave me a quick walkthrough on how the book is organized. There is the executive summary, interviews with Billy Beane, Giants trainer Stan Conte, and White Sox conditioning coach Steve Odgers, and then over 150 pages of data in graphs and tables. There was clearly no way for me to digest all the information available, but there were many things that caught my eye. The clear uptrends in number of disabled players, dollars lost, and days lost were stunning. While some of the increase in days lost could be attributed to increased acceptance for surgical remedies and the increased age of players due to conditioning, the trend goes beyond simple analysis and will be a defining issue for baseball. In an industry that can return pitchers from devastating shoulder injuries, return an All-Star shortstop from elbow surgery in two weeks, and allow a player to break records in his late 30s, the next frontier is injury prediction and prevention.
I was surprised to find that there was no analysis of pitch counts or other factors that are good measures of pitcher abuse. While the writers were familiar with more progressive analysis such as Keith Woolner's Pitcher Abuse Points, the fact is that the data is not made available to American Specialty. Pitchers, according to the data, are likely to be disabled at some point during the season, to undergo surgery, and are likely to cost a team more than players at other positions. After seeing the data, I believe that while teams may try to prevent injury to pitchers and should continue using metrics to try and maintain their staff's effectiveness, the unnatural act that we call pitching will by necessity need an approach outside the orthodoxy of today's baseball. Whether this is a return to the four-man rotation of the past or to Grady Fuson's two-starter paired rotation, the team that comes upon even a slight improvement over current injury patterns will essentially gain the services of an extra pitcher. Since depth is a concern for smaller market teams, these clubs have an even higher incentive to find a better formula and to think outside the box for solutions.
On the position side of the data, even the healthiest teams can expect to lose no fewer than 10 players to the DL at some point during the season. Of this, we can expect half to be pitchers, leaving a likelihood that no more than two or three players will be disabled at any one time. Adding to this expands the need for either depth, positional flexibility on the roster, or both. It also requires an opportunity cost analysis in the move from a starting player to a player who may be only a replacement-level performer, reducing the effectiveness of the entire roster by a factor of several runs.
Other facts that intrigued me included the marked increase in injuries of all types that happened at age group 33-34. A team that kept its players below this age or did not contract players into this age group would hold a distinct advantage over teams that allowed themselves to overmature. It was also quite interesting that players in 'walk years' of their contracts actually tended to be injured more, which controverts orthodox thinking. The trend actually increases when the length of the contract increases, though there are such a small number of contracts over four years that sample size becomes a problem. One particularly outstanding analysis contained in the book states that relief pitchers might be harmed by increased specialization. Specifically, the act of warming up may be causing wear and tear that is often unnoticed. While a pitcher's pitch count may be reasonable, is one also including warm-up pitches or 'high stress' pitches such as those made in pressure situations? A final piece of information that caught my eye was a quick question offered about the effects of nutrition, supplements, and performance-enhancing drugs. Unfortunately, without testing, there is no way to correlate injuries with drug usage, but the idea that a substance as 'harmless' and accepted as creatine may be affecting the health of a team negatively gives great gravity to the subject, from a risk management standpoint.
As I have often said, injury is the hidden frontier of baseball knowledge. Is the key to unlocking the mysteries inside the Redbook? Perhaps. The limitation is not the book's relative inaccessibility but rather the accuracy of reported data and increased analysis of the data it contains. Much of the research that I would do with the data, such as correlating performance to injuries, following the patterns of susceptibility to injuries in players as they move from one organization to another, and in following causation are simply either impossible due to the limitations of the data or of no value to a risk manager.
I ended my trip to American Specialty with hearty handshakes and a knowledge that I had seen the Holy Grail. Perhaps I only got a small sip of the knowledge the Redbook contained, but I knew that by exposing it to a greater base of baseball fans, it increases the likelihood that at some point, baseball injuries will become a transparent statistical class that is as acknowledged as on-base percentage or park factors.


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The Second Mind-Blow Thursday
March 9, 2012 in Uncategorized by Rob
Yesterday we had our second Mind-Blow Thursday in the Lab. It was me, Olli, Sebastian & Fred. Later Hector & Cribs also joined. Here's what we discussed and what blew our minds..
Vertical food-growing gardens that use a dirt-free technique called hydroponics. At first we were amazed about it but then we started thinking. The dirt-technique has been around for millions of years and nature has developed it for all those years. Can we really out-clever nature on this one? With hydroponics you use mineral nutrients in the water and of course you need to buy these! When you plant in the soil you only need to make sure you have a good soil and for that you just need to have a good composting system. You don't need to buy the nutrients! I guess hydroponics work good with todays consumer society but if you really think ecologically it's not that good.
Read more here and make your own conclusions
Everything is a Remix
A mind-blowing documentary about remixing. You have to watch this at http://www.everythingisaremix.info/. It lead to interesting discussions and to this video
What makes you get up in the morning? Think about Free Software & Open Source movement for example, giving tools, knowledge and power to the people. That's a very good reason to rise up in the morning! I think you can get unlimited amount of energy from that source!
Painting with Light
Fred started asking me questions about how cameras work. I gave him a short lesson and we somehow ended up taking these amazing pictures. It's cool what you can do with a dark room, flashlight and a camera. If you want to try this for yourself use a very long shutter speed and a very small opening on your lens. We used 30 seconds and F22. Place the person or the object somewhere in the dark room, put your camera on a stand, take a picture and start light painting with the flashlight while the shutter is open.
W00t! Join us on next weeks Mind-Blow Thursday!


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Spring Has Arrived: Is Your Home Prepared?
Fremont Insurance offers tips for protecting a home from water damage during Michigan's rainy season
Apr 11, 2013, 09:00 ET from Fremont Insurance
FREMONT, Mich., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring has finally arrived in Michigan and with the warmer temperatures comes melting snow and heavy rains which can wreak havoc on a home through backed up sewers and drains, as well as sump pump overflows. Many homeowners don't realize until it's too late that their insurance policy doesn't cover water damage resulting from backups, unless specifically purchased. Now is the time to make sure your home is prepared for Michigan's rainy season. Fremont Insurance, a Michigan-based property and casualty insurance carrier, offers a few tips to help Michigan homeowners assess and minimize the risks to their home.
"Many homeowner policies contain exclusions for water damage to dwellings and personal property as a result of backup of sewers or drains," revealed Kurt Dettmer, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Fremont Insurance. "It's important to examine your policy and understand what protection you have, but you should also be proactive and take steps to prevent any damage from occurring whenever possible."
As we enter into the spring melting and rainy periods, special consideration and maintenance of systems should be undertaken to avoid potential water hazards. Sump pump systems should be checked for age and working condition, including ensuring that sump back-up systems are installed and maintained. The most effective sump back-up systems are gravity-driven because they are not dependant on an electrical power source in the event of an outage. Vulnerable or perishable personal property susceptible to water damage should be elevated off surfaces such as basement floors and crawl space foundations to limit damage exposure. Regular cleaning and maintenance of gutters and downspouts as well as sub-surface drainage lines will help avoid ground over-saturation near foundations.
Exclusions in insurance for water damage were created in the 1950's in response to extensive basement flooding following heavy rains. They continue to be utilized today because many municipalities maintain antiquated sewage systems which fail to meet capacity requirements. Fremont Insurance Company offers a homeowners endorsement that covers loss to both dwelling and personal property as a result of water back up through sewers or drains or from an overflow within a sump pump, well or similar system designed to remove subsurface water that drains from the dwelling's foundation areas.
This endorsement from Fremont, however, does not cover "flooding", which usually refers to water damage from natural sources or bodies of water rather than from manmade sources such as plumbing systems. In fact, virtually every homeowner's policy excludes flood coverage. However, flood coverage is available through the government's National Flood Insurance Program and can be obtained through most agents. We recommend that you consult with your agent to thoroughly assess your needs, evaluate all of your policy coverages, conditions and exclusions and answer your questions.
About Fremont Insurance
Fremont Insurance is an affiliate of the Auto Club Group, servicing the Independent Agents of Michigan. The company has been a Pure Michigan company since 1876. Dynamic Products, Exceptional Service, and Competitive Pricing have made Fremont Insurance one of the fastest growing and most respected companies operating in Michigan. For more information about Fremont Insurance you can visit the company online at www.fmic.com, find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontInsuranceCo, or follow them on twitter at www.twitter.com/FremontIns.
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Seamus Ryan, a Boston-based hip-hop artist who goes by the nom de plume, MC Esoteric [3], dropped a concept album this fall that turns old school rap depictions of fighting dogs upside-down. Saving Seamus Ryan tells the semi-autobiographic story of a man who is redeemed by the love of a Labrador Retriever. To mark the CD debut and Esoteric's Saturday, Oct. 24, appearance (with his dog Logan) on Animal Planet's SuperFetch [4], we tracked him down in London, where he answered a few questions for us via email.
In the song "Max (Goodbye)" the singer puts his old dog to sleep--was Max your dog?
What does the cover of Saving Seamus Ryan (a yellow Lab sitting next to collapsed man) represent?
Are you active in animal welfare?
What will you be doing on SuperFetch?
Finally, rap and hip-hop are often criticized for glamorizing dog fighting and contributing to problems for Pit Bulls and other breeds, is this something you have in mind with your songs and videos?
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[8] http://www.myspace.com/7lesoteric
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by Christopher Freeburn | February 7, 2013 11:17 am
[1]January was a very good month[2] for Kohl's (NYSE:KSS[3]).
The retailer reported on Thursday that January same-store sales jumped to $1.13 billion, up 13.3%, from $844 million in the same time last year. That topped Wall Street estimates, which had had same-stores sales rising just 3.1% last month, the Associated Press noted.
This January included an extra week not included in last year's data. Excluding that week, same-store revenue for the fourth-quarter rose 1.9% compared to last year. Revenue for the quarter climbed to $6.34 billion, up 6%, from $6.01 billion in the prior year. That matched analysts' revenue forecasts of $6.3 billion for the quarter.
Kohl's, which operates 1,146 stores across the country, noted that sales rose highest in Western states. All product categories, except footwear, showed a double-digit increase compared to last year.
In September, Kohl's was named one of the top 50 online retailers[4] by the National Retail Federation. Kohl's ranking topped traditional retail rivals, including JCPenney (NYSE:JCP[5]), Target (NYSE:TGT[6]), Macy's (NYSE:M[7]) and Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD[8]).
Despite the good news, shares of Kohl's fell almost 2% in Thursday morning trading.
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EverNote just announced a deal with Lexar that helps keep you productive and mobile: the standard EverNote software will be pre-loaded on 1 GB and 2 GB Lexar USB flash drives. Lexar is including the productivity application with their PowerToGo software, which will allow you to run EverNote on any PC that has a USB port. While you can already download this version of EverNote for free (and I recommend you do), this deal will give much more exposure to EverNote, allowing more users to experience the ability to "store and quickly access typed and handwritten memos, webpage excerpts, emails, phone messages, addresses, passwords, brainstorms, sketches, documents."
For even more functionality including ink-note searching, handwriting recognition and more, consider the trial of EverNote Plus; I've used it in the past and although I tend to use Microsoft OneNote, EverNote Plus is a very solid contender!


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I did fill for BK 13 back in 2006 but it been all paid off and cleared thought the court systems. In the beginning of 2012 I have no idea why it now saying I filled for a new BK 13 in April of 2012.
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Help please I worked very hard to get out my BK13 in 2006 and get my credit back now it bad once again due to a BK13 Filling I did not fill for.
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NEW YORK - Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons received performance-enhancing steroids and human growth hormone after both substances were banned by baseball, SI.com reported Sunday.
Gibbons is the latest athlete to be linked to the Florida pharmacy under investigation for illegally distributing prescription medications.
Major League Baseball asked Friday to meet with St. Louis' Rick Ankiel and Toronto's Troy Glaus after two reports said they received performance-enhancing drugs from Signature Pharmacy several years ago.
Between October 2003 and July 2005, Gibbons got six shipments of Genotropin (a brand name for synthetic human growth hormone), two shipments of testosterone and two shipments of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), SI.com said, citing a source in Florida with knowledge of a Signature Pharmacy client list.
SI.com said its information dealt only with receipt of the drugs, not use.
Gibbons didn't immediately return a message left on his cell phone by The Associated Press.
Messages left with his agent, Sam Levinson, also weren't immediately returned. Orioles spokesman Bill Stetka declined to comment.
Major League Baseball banned testosterone in 2003, the same year the sport began testing for steroids. HGH was barred in January 2005, but Gibbons allegedly received a shipment that July. HCG is not on the list of banned substances, SI.com reported.
Prescriptions that were written in Gibbons' name were sent to a Gilbert, Ariz., address that traces to the Baltimore outfielder, SI.com said.
The substances were obtained through South Beach Rejuvenation Center/Modern Therapy, a Miami Beach clinic, and sent through Signature, SI.com said.
The 30-year-old Gibbons underwent season-ending shoulder surgery last month to repair a torn labrum. The procedure ended his worst year in the majors - he batted .230 with only six homers and 28 RBIs in 84 games.
He broke into the majors in 2001 with the Orioles after being selected from the Toronto Blue Jays in the winter meeting draft. His best season was in 2003, when he batted .277 with 23 homers and 100 RBIs in 160 games.
But Gibbons has been plagued by injuries ever since. He played in 97 games in 2004, 139 in 2005 and last year he had two stints on the disabled list and played in only 90 games.
The Los Angeles Times reported last October that Gibbons was one of the players a federal agent said was implicated in drug use by former major league pitcher Jason Grimsley.
Granderson joins rare 20-20-20-20 club: At Detroit, Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson joined Willie Mays and Frank "Wildfire" Schulte as the only players in major league history with 20 stolen bases, 20 homers, 20 triples and 20 doubles.
Granderson stole his 20th base Sunday in the first inning against the Seattle Mariners, and received a rousing, standing ovation from fans in the stands and teammates in the dugout at Detroit's Comerica Park. He acknowledged fans by nodding his head and waving his hand in each direction of the ballpark.
Brewers hit three homers to start game: At Cincinnati, the Brewers' Rickie Weeks, J.J. Hardy and Ryan Braun hit three straight home runs to start Sunday's game against the Reds, making Milwaukee only the third team in major league history to accomplish the feat.
Atlanta's Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield also hit consecutive home runs off of the Reds' Jeff Austin to lead off the Braves 15-3 win at Cincinnati on May 28, 2003.
J.J. Hardy followed with his 24th homer of the season and first since he hit one against Cincinnati's Aaron Harang in the Brewers' 7-6 loss to the Reds at Milwaukee on Aug. 19. The homer into the Brewers' bullpen down the right field line snapped Hardy's 0-for-12 slump.
Ryan Braun followed with a shot to center field, his 29th to break the club record for homers by a rookie set last season by Prince Fielder. He added his 30th in the second inning to give Milwaukee a 7-1 lead. The two-homer game was the rookie's third of the season.
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