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Michael Buble, the singer of love songs and weep-worthy ballads, is going to be a father for the first time! The star and his wife of two years, Luisana Lopilato, announced they are expecting their first child via video message according to People magazine.
In the clip, the couple shared a sonogram photo along with this message: "We're having a baby Bublé!" The video begins and ends with an adorable photo of the happy and in-love parents-to-be cuddling and smiling. It is unknown when Lopilato is due to give birth to the mini-crooner.
Meanwhile, it seems Michael Buble was ready to become a dad. He previously told People, "I've said to her a million times I'd love to have kids. But I always say to her when you're ready — when you feel like you've lived and you've partied and done all the things you want to do. When you've worked your butt off, then tell me."
Perhaps, the soon-to-be papa was concerned his much-younger bride had not yet gotten staying up late and sleeping in on weekends out of her system. But the truth is, that no matter what age you are or how much you have "lived," having a baby is a huge shock to the system! Even if a person has traveled the world and checked everything off a bucket list, nothing can prepare a first-time parent for the arrival of baby.
But once that little one arrives, it's hard to imagine life without him or her. Time spent taking trips and going out pales in comparison to the joy of parenthood. Here's hoping the Bubles enjoy every moment of Lopilato's pregnancy, the birth of their firstborn, and all the happiness a new life brings.
Was there a specific moment when you knew you were ready to become a parent?
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I know how to write some c code but i didn't really started with c++
Now i downloaded the source code of a program that does face recognition,....
and while compiling I ran against a bunch of errors...
The best way to learn a language is to correct it... although it's easier to say this, than to do this..
Here it comes.... piece by piece
What does it actually mean???Code:Libraries/mpisearch/src/ci.cc:44350: error: explicit qualification in declaration of void ci::assignData(FeatureData&)
I can paste the code around these lines or I can give you the whole file, but as you see this is already at line 44350 :-D
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Investors have lot to think about these days as the media constantly bombards them with headlines.
Much of these issues tend to be on matters that are generally short-term in nature.
But investors really should keep the long-term picture in mind as well, if not more so.
In a recent volume of his U.S. Equity Strategy Weekly report, Myles Zyblock identified seven structural (ie multi-year) trends and ideas.
"[I]t's critically important for investors to differentiate between cyclical and trend strategies, as these operate on substantially different horizons," wrote Zyblock, Chief Institutional Strategist for RBC Capital Markets.


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Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act (H.R. 2649)
The Personal Health Investment Today (PHIT) Act (H.R. 2649) allows for expenditures for physical fitness programs and exercise equipment to be payable out of pre-tax health investment accounts such as flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health savings accounts (HSAs) and/or medical reimbursement arrangements.
How does the PHIT Act help your members?
Consumers with these spending and savings accounts can currently pay for prescription drugs and doctor visits with pre-tax dollars. The PHIT Act will allow activities such as health club memberships, youth sports programs, pilates and yoga classes, home exercise equipment, and other fees associated with programs of physical activity to be paid with pre-tax dollars as well.
What is going on with PHIT now?
The PHIT Act (House Resolution 2649) was reintroduced on July 26, 2011 by Congressmen Kevin Brady (R-TX).
The PHIT Act will make health club memberships and other fitness expenses even more affordable. Club members will be able to use pre-tax health savings accounts to pay for their memberships and portions of the costs of fitness equipment the same way they currently use the accounts to pay for prescription medications and doctor visits.
The PHIT Act significantly reduces physical fitness costs for the American public, giving them a greater incentive to join a fitness facility or purchase exercise equipment. This will help individual fitness facilities by making memberships even more affordable.
Join the Action
Become part of a nation-wide effort of fitness professionals to support positive health policy, such as the the PHIT Act. IHRSA has compiled a series a quick and easy steps you can take to encourage your US Representative, US Senators, and President Obama tp support the bill.
- Write an email or a fax using the Exercise Your Rights online advocacy system. Simply enter your home and business address and the system determines your legislators. Then use the talking points provided to write your own personalized message. For tips on how to write an effective advocacy message, visit Grassroots Advocacy 101. It takes less than ten minutes to write a powerful advocacy message.
- Call your legislators' offices. Follow-up a few days after sending your email or fax. Talking points for your call are available below and you can use the Elected Official Directory to look up their office phone numbers. Before you call, review our tips for calling legislators. Since legislative offices are very busy, calls generally take about 15 minutes.
- Involve your staff. Encourage your club staff to take part in the advocacy effort. It's a great way to motivate them and let them speak out on something they are passionate about- sharing the joys of a healthy lifestyle.
- Involve your members. Not only will many of them benefit from such legislation, but is also a positive way for them to speak out for the healthy habits they have adopted. We've even developed a special website for consumers to write to Congress on important health promotion legislation - campaign4health.org. Please be sure to direct your club members to these website and not the website for fitness professionals located on www.ihrsa.org
- Visit their district offices. All members of Congress have offices located in their home district. While visiting a staff member at this office is a great option, you can try to arrange a meeting with your lawmakers themselves when they are working there during designated district work periods. Since there are no committee hearings or floor votes as they do in DC, they have more time available to meet with constituents. Learn more about office visits.
Key Information about the PHIT Act
The PHIT Act (H.R. 2649) would eliminate a federal policy barrier and create a financial incentive for Americans to engage in physical fitness and exercise.
Americans could utilize up to $2,000 annually from their tax-favored accounts (such as FSAs and HSAs) to make expenditures related to organized individual and team sports, fitness and exercise, recreation and other physical activities. The PHIT Act would not increase the total contribution limits to those pre-tax accounts.
- 64% of American adults and 34% of American children suffer from overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity. These rising rates of obesity and Americans' proclivity for inactivity are resulting in double digit annual increases in healthcare costs to the government and business.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that healthcare costs directly associated with inactivity were $76.6 billion in 2000; roughly one-third of those costs ($25 billion) fall directly on U.S. taxpayers since approximately one in three Americans is covered by a taxpayer-funded health plan.
- The PHIT Act would help to reverse the trend of increasing physical inactivity and obesity by eliminating a federal policy barrier and providing an important tax incentive to promote exercise.
- Public health experts agree that regular physical activity substantially reduces the risk and symptoms of numerous chronic diseases and medical conditions, resulting in fewer hospitalizations, physician visits, medications and lower healthcare costs.
- The PHIT Act would change the types of expenditures that could be payable out of tax-favored investment accounts: flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health savings accounts (HSAs) and/or medical reimbursement arrangements.
- Under the current set-up, Americans predominantly use pre-tax accounts to pay for treatment and detection of illnesses: prescription drugs, doctor visits, examinations and screenings.
- The PHIT Act would allow consumers to to pay with pre-tax dollars for prevention in the form of increased physical activity, including:
- fitness center dues
- group exercise classes
- youth sports league fees
- some exercise equipment other fees associated with physical activity programs
- Depending upon their income tax bracket, the PHIT Act could help Americans save 20-30% on the cost of physical activities, exercise programs and related expenses.
- The PHIT Act tax incentive represents an important tangible benefit that the federal government can provide to promote healthier lifestyles and reverse the rising costs of treating obesity-related chronic diseases.
- Fitness-related tax savings would provide a great incentive for Americans to take an important first step toward reversing their sedentary lifestyles and lowering healthcare costs.
Frequently Asked Questions about the PHIT Act
Why is the PHIT Act necessary?
The PHIT Act would eliminate a federal policy barrier and create a financial incentive to engage in physical fitness and exercise.
What will the PHIT Act do?
The PHIT Act would change the types of expenditures that could be payable out of tax-favored investment accounts (such as FSAs and HSAs). Under the current set-up, Americans predominantly use pre-tax accounts to pay for treatment and detection of illnesses: prescription drugs, doctor visits, examinations and screenings.
The PHIT Act would allow consumers to set aside up to $2,000 annually from their tax-favored accounts to make expenditures related to prevention in the form of increased physical activity, allowing fitness center dues, payments for some exercise equipment, and other fees associated with physical activity programs to be paid with pre-tax dollars.
What will the PHIT Act cost?
IHRSA has met with the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation and has requested an immediate "score" for the PHIT Act, which will determine the total cost of implementing the bill over a ten year period.
Who is supporting the PHIT Act?
PHIT has strong bipartisan support. Current cosponsors include Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ron Kind (D-WI), Bill Shuster (R-PA), Mike McIntrye (D-NC), William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Ron Paul (R-TX), C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersburger (D-MD), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), and Joe Barton (R-TX).


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Nikon D300 Review
Usability - How easy is it to use?
The ergonomics of the Nikon D300 are good with plenty of external controls within easy reach of the thumb or forefinger. It has a deep hand-grip with a protrusion for the front command-dial and another protrusion on the rear along the edge. This shape gives a very secure grip but is not that comfortable because it can dig into the palm of your hand. The D300 has a size and shape that seems more suitable for large hands though. The camera feels very solid with a confidence-inspiring weight.
The D300 has a large pentaprism viewfinder which provides a bright and clear image and 100% coverage. This perfect coverage was previously reserved for much more expensive cameras. At this time, there is only one similarly priced DSLR with 100% coverage. Just below the viewfinder image is the status display which shows all the important camera settings. This includes the usual shutter-speed, aperture, ISO and EC but also the exposure mode and the metering pattern. The viewfinder can also overlay auto focus points and grid lines to aid focusing and composition. One good thing about the focus points in AF mode is that the D300 highlights all the points where focus has been established. In MF mode, the selected focus sensor lights up when the shutter is pressed halfway if focus is detected there.
While gripping the camera, the forefinger can easily reach the exposure-compensation and mode buttons which are located just behind the shutter-release. The AF-ON and the AE-L/AF-L buttons are located within reach of the thumb. Even though the metering dial is located around the AE-L/AF-L button, it is nearly impossible to change its position using the thumb. A short distance below the AF-ON button is the multi-way controller which is used to select the central focus point.
Two-control wheels allow direct control for exposure parameters. Nikon calls one of them the command dial and the other the sub-command dial. Although there is a setting to reverse them, their functions are not always reversed which is confusing at first - sometimes for logical reasons though! For example, the rear-dial, which by default is the command dial, is always used for mode and exposure-compensation, even in reversed mode. The obvious reason for this is that the sub-command dial would be hard to use in combination with the exposure-compensation and mode buttons due to their position. However, the command-dials become reversed when used to change aperture or shutter-speed when the reverse option is active. Another oddity is that A mode always uses the sub-command dial while S mode always uses the command dial. This does keep it consistent with M mode but it is strange that in A mode the aperture is not controlled by the main dial. Nikon could easily improve this by adding an option where both command dials work to change the aperture or shutter-speed, in A and S mode respectively.
On the top of the camera, on the opposite side of the shutter-release, there are 3 buttons. The QUAL button controls image compression in conjunction with the command dial and image resolution with the sub-command dial. The other two buttons are for ISO and white-balance.
The ISO button scrolls through fixed ISO values when used with the command dial and does nothing when used with the sub-command dial. Note that Auto ISO is not accessible through this dial. Instead, Auto ISO must be activated using the Shooting menu. When activated, the ISO is increased from its preset value until a user-specified maximum or until the shutter-speed is faster than the user-set limit, whichever comes first. The standard ISO sensitivity range of the Nikon D300 is 200 to 3200. A custom menu option allows this range to be expanded to ISO 100 to 6400 with the usual caveats of higher noise levels at ISO 6400. A minor point with respect to the expanded ISO range is that images taken outside of the normal range do not show the ISO value in the standard EXIF metadata. We are not sure if anyone but camera reviewers get annoyed at this.
The WB button controls white-balance. The command dial is used to select the white-balance setting and the sub-command dial is used to fine-tune white-balance on the amber-to-blue axis. Note that the D300 can fine-tune white-balance on the green-to-magenta axis too, but you have to enter the menu system to do that. Also, contrarily to ISO, AWB (Auto White-Balance) is selectable using the WB button in conjunction with the command dial.
Both control-wheels are usable during image playback and menu navigation. In playback mode, the command dial changes images while the sub-command dial rotates the information displayed for the current image. Zooming is done by two buttons to the left of the LCD. Menu navigation with the dials is possible but a bit weird. While you can use the main command dial to select between items within a menu-level, the sub-command dial can change menu levels and select options. The odd thing is that the sub-command dial only works one way sometimes. Specifically, you can enter a setting like Red-eye correction but you cannot exit from it, you can enter and exit from LCD Brightness, though.
The normal way to navigate the menu system is by using the multi-way controller. Instead of the usual 4-way plus OK control, this digital SLR uses a single control which can be tilted in 8 ways and pressed. The extra directions are useful for selecting a focus point. Because this control is made of a single piece, pressing it to activate a menu item is error prone as it often causes the control to tilt and activate something inadvertently.
Two small buttons between the hand-grip and lens barrel provide more customizable behavior. By default, the top one is DOF-Preview but can be reassigned to one of 11 functions by itself or one of 4 functions in conjunction with a command dial. The bottom button, called Fn, can be customized the same way. Useful options to assign include spot-metering and bracketing.
A switch on the front of the camera body selects between the 3 focus modes: single, continuous and manual. In single and continuous focus modes, a custom setting decides whether a picture can be taken without focus-lock. Continuous focus tries to keep the main subject in focus at all times. There is a clever custom setting called Focus tracking with lock-on which avoids losing the subject focus when something passes in front of it. With this enabled, the camera monitors sudden changes in focus distance and delays locking for a period specified by the user as short, long or normal.
There is an info button which can be used to display a status screen on the rear LCD. The status screen is very similar to the top LCD, only with a bit more information. In playback mode, the info button becomes the lock button. Speaking of buttons, the Nikon D300 has 4 of them which have absolutely no function in shooting mode: Delete, Zoom-Out, Zoom-In and OK. In playback mode, the AEL/AFL and AF-ON have no function, while the Mode and Exposure-Compensation buttons keep their normal function. To save real-estate, Nikon could have dropped the Zoom-In and Zoom-Out buttons in favor of assigning those functions to the AEL/AFL and AF-ON buttons. Or, they could have provided customizable functions for these buttons.
Since no DSLR has a truly usable live-preview yet, it is common to leave a setting such as white-balance or exposure-compensation incorrectly set. While the Nikon D300 remembers all settings while being powered off, it shows a number of them on the top LCD, thus informing the user of the camera's status.
The rear LCD is incredibly sharp with a good viewing angle and controllable brightness for easy viewing under most conditions. Nikon also supplies an LCD protector with the camera.
Nikon D300 Facts
|12 Megapixels DSLR
|Nikon F Mount
Sensor-Size: 24 x 16mm
Actual size when viewed at 100 DPI
|Shutter 1/8000-30s
|100% Coverage
Large Viewfinder
|Full manual controls, including Manual Focus
|Custom white-balance with 2 axis fine-tuning
|Built-in Dust Reduction
|6 FPS Drive, 100 Images
|Hot-Shoe & Sync-Port
|3" LCD 920K Pixels
|Lithium-Ion Battery
|Compact Flash
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Kerry Collins has returned to practice with the Tennessee Titans for the first time since straining his left calf Nov. 14, and the veteran quarterback has a chance to start Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Collins was limited as the Titans worked Wednesday indoors in a practice that mostly was a walkthrough.
Coach Jeff Fisher says Collins is better but still day-to-day. Collins threw during a seven-on-seven period and took part in the walkthrough. Fisher says they'll see how the 16-year veteran is Thursday.
Seven Titans did not practice, but receiver Kenny Britt also returned to practice in a limited fashion. This was his first practice since straining his right hamstring Oct. 31 in a loss at San Diego.


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By CLARKE CANFIELD
Associated Press
PORTLAND, ME (AP) — Family doctors aren't the only ones facing the question of whether to prescribe name-brand or generic drugs for their patients.
Nowadays, even Fido is receiving generic versions of medications to treat illnesses, aches and pains.
As patents expire for branded pet drugs, more generics are finding their way into veterinarians' offices.
In Maine, Putney Inc. is betting its future on continued growth in the pet generics markets. Founder and CEO Jean Hoffman says the company has launched two generic drugs for pets and has another 20 generics in the pipeline.
Industry consultant Bob Fountain of Fountain Agricounsel in Connecticut says an estimated 10 percent of animal health drugs are now generics. But he says many believe that generics will account for half of all pet medications within a decade.
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Revisisting A Favorite: Francesco Lagnese Photography
Francesco Lagnese. If the name sounds familiar, it's because Francesco is a well known, talented photographer with a specialty in interiors. I've blogged about Francesco Lagnese's beautiful photography before (here and here). Of course his amazing Instagrams got me curious about Francesco's actual site, and what was intended as a quick visit, turned into a full on lengthy stay...but it was a lot more fun than packing for our July 4th trip up to Wellfleet later this week (which of course I still haven't done). Seriously, how did I even manage to procrastinate before the internet?
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Labels: interiors, photography
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How friendly are you?
When was the last time you got to know someone new?
One thing I've always been aware of is that most people tend to stay around those they already know. Whether it's at a party, a business affair, or a social event, we tend to be most comfortable when we are with people we know.
OK, that's understandable. I certainly realize that when people are out socially, they enjoy seeing and talking with their favorite friends in the group.
I'm the same way. I have certain people in every group to which I belong who are my "favorites." I enjoy their company and seek them out.
But, at the same time, I make a point of welcoming every newcomer and spending time with him or her.
I agree with Will Rogers. Strangers are friends we have not met yet. Some of my most enduring and endearing friendships started when I chatted with a person who was then a stranger to me.
But for as outgoing as I am and as friendly as I try to be, I know I don't reach out to others as much as I should. When I am surrounded with some of my favorite friends, I get caught up in having a good time with them. I forget to look for newcomers and I neglect to welcome them.
My husband and I talked about this problem last night as we were driving home after an extremely pleasant social event at a friend's house. We commented how much we enjoy those particular people and how we always like to spend time with them.
But then we both admitted that by staying with those great people all night at a social event, we forgo other possible friendships. We both resolved to be a bit more conscious of talking with those we don't know as well.
Dave says it's easier for me than it is for him because I'm more outgoing. I don't always find it easy. I just know the importance of greeting newcomers.
I know, too, how disconcerting it is to walk into a group where everyone knows everyone. But you're the only stranger.
Last month I joined a ladies' church group and went to my first meeting. I was going to go with a girlfriend but I deliberately went alone. I wanted to work at meeting others since I'm a relatively new member of the church.
Do you know how many people talked to me?
I smiled at groups of women and tried to join a group standing around the refreshment table. The women were all happy to talk with their friends. They didn't pay any attention to me.
When it was time to introduce new members, the president introduced me by the wrong last name because she never came over to learn my name.
I'm not the only one who has experiences like this in "friendly churches."
One woman who is alone in life and doesn't belong to any church finally decided to work up her courage and go by herself to a social event at one particular church. She heard the church was welcoming to newcomers and thought she might join.
She says she sat at a table with other women and tried to join in the conversation. She "broke the ice" by talking about the food and tried several times to establish a rapport with the women.
"They were nice," she said. "But they didn't make any effort to talk with me."
I told her to go back and try again. She did. The same thing happened. She never went back.
Now, it just so happened that I had an interview shortly after that with the pastor of that church. I asked him what changes he made during his time of leadership that most pleased him.
"We reach out to newcomers," he said. "We pride ourselves on being a friendly, welcoming church to one and all."
I told him a church building doesn't welcome people. People do. It takes warm, friendly people to extend a welcome. And I told him about my friend's experience in his church.
I've been in churches that are aware of the importance of people contact. Sometimes, when I'm in a new church on assignment for the paper, I can feel the warmth of the welcoming congregation.
I'm going back to my own church and I'm going to volunteer for something new at the next ladies' guild meeting. I'm going to volunteer to greet any newcomers and to sit with them to make them feel welcome.
I have a friend, Vi, who is worth emulating. We all sit together at a local entertainment spot where we go to dance. Because she's a regular there, Vi knows everyone.
When she sees someone new, she waves them over to her table. She also encourages the women without partners to line dance with her.
I met a young woman there last week who told me Vi changed the lives of her parents. They just moved here and were feeling alone and friendless. Vi didn't know this when she called them over to her table. They were thrilled when she took their phone number so she could get together with them at other events. VoilÃÂ . A new friendship was born.
I must admit that compared to Vi, I'm a shrinking violet. But I am resolved to try to be more welcoming to newcomers. I'm also going to try to get to know new people instead of only sticking with my close friends.
How about you?
How much do you do to welcome strangers?
How much more could you do?


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Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas
Probation Violation for a Diluted UA
I have done 4yrs, 3months on a five year probation term for felony burglary of a habitation. I had no priors and have done everything that I have been asked to do as conditions of my probation including abstaining from alcohol and drugs. I am on low level supervision and only report once every three months and I have to take a UA everytime even though my charge was not drug related in anyway. I have passed all until three weeks ago, I went to report as usual. My PO called back a week later and wanted me to take another test which I did within hours. She told me that the first test was dilute and that I could be violated for that. I'm sure the second one will be as well. I have a valid reason for this and it was not intentional. Can they revoke your probation for a dilute UA sample? Should I get a lawyer because of this?
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Re: Probation Violation for a Diluted UA
I would recommend hiring a lawyer. It can make the difference between getting revoked and not.
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Estimates of the number of deaths that can be attributed to long-term exposure to particle air pollution over many years have been produced for councils across the UK by Public Health England.
The two local authorities that have the highest numbers of deaths attributed to poor air quality are Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster where 8.3% of deaths of those aged over 25 are caused in part by air pollution.
Rates vary across the UK.
In some rural areas of Scotland and Northern Ireland the rate is 2.5%, which rises to 3 and 5% in Wales and higher still in London and parts of the South East.
Air quality has improved "considerably" in recent decades thanks to cleaner new technology and stricter environmental laws, but pollution still has a "significant impact" on life expectancy, the PHE report finds.
Dr Paul Cosford, PHE's Director of Health Protection and Medical Director, said: "Policies that encourage a shift from motorised transport to walking and cycling would be expected to reduce total vehicle emissions, including particulate pollution.
"If this could be achieved in towns and cities, then we could expect local improvements in air quality.
"There would also be health benefits from increased physical activity through walking and cycling."
The figures were calculated by modelling annual average concentrations of man-made particles and their impacts on health.
The report follows on from high levels of air pollution across the country last week that led to a surge in 999 calls.
The poor air quality was caused by dust from the Sahara Desert whipped up by a large storm in North Africa.


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One of the youngest teams in the NHL got a little younger in time for opening night.
Two rookies were named to the Toronto Maple Leafs roster on Monday, as the team's final cuts came down, with winger Matt Frattin and defenceman Jake Gardiner landing spots after strong showings in the preseason.
Leafs head coach Ron Wilson called Gardiner "the biggest surprise" of training camp, as he beat out Keith Aulie and will enter Thursday's season opener against the Montreal Canadiens as one of the team's top-six defencemen.
"Jake's been excellent up to this point," Wilson said. "He's earned a spot on the team. Simple."
A smooth-skating, offence-first defenceman who was playing at the University of Wisconsin as recently as mid-March, Gardiner had five points in six preseason games and was thrown into all situations by Wilson.
While he struggled at times in his own zone, Gardiner's talent was hard to miss. He'll bring a much different element to the team's back end than a big, stay-at-home blueliner such as Aulie – although Wilson was careful to note he will shelter Gardiner a little at first.
He compared Gardiner's skating ability with Christian Ehrhoff, the Buffalo Sabres blueliner Wilson coached for several years in San Jose.
"We've had him in some situations that we've decided he probably wouldn't be playing in in the regular season," Wilson said, referring mostly to the penalty kill. "Just to see if he could. He still has a few things to learn there."
Gardiner and Frattin are both considered late bloomers, to some extent, and were long shots even a year ago to be playing in the NHL.
While Gardiner – a 21-year-old from Deephaven, Minn. – was taken midway through the first round by then-Anaheim Ducks general manager Brian Burke in 2008, he only began playing defence in his senior year of high school after a college recruiter told him to switch from forward.
He had 41 points in 41 games last season in Wisconsin, and turned pro shortly after now-Leafs GM Burke brought him to Toronto in a trade last February.
Frattin, meanwhile, only began to get noticed by major-junior teams as an 18-year-old and ended up playing in the Alberta Junior Hockey League before going to the University of North Dakota.
The 23-year-old from Edmonton had 28 goals in his first three years in the U.S. college system before exploding for 36 in 44 games last season as a senior to lead the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I.
Both players acknowledged after practice Monday, that while they've made the team for now, it won't last if they don't continue to play well.
"My job's never secure," Gardiner said. "I've got to keep playing well if I want to stay up. But right now, I'm really excited. It's going to be a fun night out there [in the city]tonight."
Aulie was one of five casualties on Monday, as the Leafs got down to the 23-man roster limit prior to Wednesday's deadline.
Darryl Boyce, Joey Crabb and Matt Lashoff were placed on waivers, while Aulie and Mike Zigomanis were sent directly to the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.
Wilson said the organization felt Aulie struggled during camp and needed time in the minors to "reassert himself."
"There's no reason why he got beat out other than Jake had a really good camp," he said. "We're not discouraged at all by Keith's play. I anticipate him being back sooner than later."
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Dana makes gas discovery in Egypt
Abu Dhabi, August 8, 2007
United Arab Emirates-based Dana Gas said on Wednesday it discovered natural gas in Egypt.
Gas from a well drilled at the West Manzala Exploration Concession in Egypt flowed at 16.5 million cubic feet of gas per day, Dana said in a statement.
The Dabayaa-1 exploration well also produced 330 barrels of condensate per day, it added. Condensate is a light oil associated with gas production.
Abu Dhabi-listed Dana Gas moved into the Egyptian upstream sector in November, when it became the country's sixth-largest gas producer through the C$1.15 billion ($1.09 billion) acquisition of Canada's Centurion International.
Dana expects to start production from the Dabayaa-1 well by November, the company's country director for Egypt, Hany Elsharkawi, said in the statement.
The firm aims to drill 12 exploration wells in Egypt before the end of the year, it said. Egypt holds Africa's third-largest natural gas reserves after Algeria and Nigeria at 1.89 trillion cubic metres. - Reuters


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Talking Points -- Coleman gets voters' ire but feels appeal is appropriate
Norm Coleman is doing some lobbying, which might be a career in his future should Minnesota's former U.S. Senator fail in his attempt to get a 312 vote defeat to Al Franken reversed by the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Coleman spent some time this week getting in touch with media outlets to explain his decision to appeal his election loss to the state's high court. A lot of people have grown weary of the six-month - and counting -- ordeal that has left the state with one Senator. Loud voices have been heard - including some big names in Minnesota politics - telling Coleman to give it up, particularly after a three-judge panel's ruling this month resulted in Franken's post-recount lead growing larger. Coleman said he's heard those voices, but at the same time he's heard from those who are urging him to fight on, especially since he contends that the Supreme Court could be the first time forum in which the equal protection of the law principal will be addressed.
"It's a due process issue," Coleman said. "This is the first time a court is going to look at it (equal protection). I tell people, this isn't fast food justice; it's going to take some time. But I think that by putting it before the Supreme Court, there's a better chance people will feel confident in the outcome."
There are good reasons to agree: First, as much as many people would like this thing wrapped up, the legal avenues open to Coleman are open to us all. If we hold to our convictions, would we give up on a battle just because it's an inconvenience or boring to others? And second, Franken supporters are deluded if they believe their guy wouldn't be doing the same thing were he on the short end right now. These folks bristled like riled dogs when Coleman suggested that Franken accept defeat and turn down a recount when Coleman held the lead.
Coleman's point is that absentee votes were counted or rejected based on different standards from county to county. One commentator suggested that equal protection, which dates to the days of slavery, can be used as a basis for Coleman's appeal, but that he doesn't stand a good chance of prevailing because it appears the differing counts were the results of mistakes, not blatant attempts to rig the system.
Coleman, who wants about 12,000 rejected absentee ballots counted, disagrees wholeheartedly.
"These are not garden variety errors," he said. "These are clear policy decisions, up front, by the counties.
"Some counties had differing standards, and whether your ballot counted depended in large part on where you lived," he said. "I'm all for local control, but this is not a zoning or land use issue. There needs to be greater uniformity and I think that's an issue worthy of the Supreme Court."
And in an election where the difference is 300 votes out of three million cast, Coleman's appeal can't be considered frivolous.
"I'm confident the state court will review the case," he said. "Courts want to enfranchise voters and I think this process has left a lot of disenfranchised voters."


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What's the equivalent of a cheese grater for the Atlanta Falcons?
By Monday, 10 people will come up with the answer and share it with me. I'm picking the team that plays the Broncos to win the Super Bowl today. And if John Elway wins, decides not to retire, and makes it back to the big one in 2000, I'll pick the team that plays the Broncos then, too.
It's too much fun not to.
Broncos fans are a hoot to harass. I never realized until last year just how many had come down from their ski lodges to take up residence in Texas. Or how many would want you to believe they had. Until. Until last year, when I outlined a plan by which Green Bay would strum Denver in Super Bowl XXXII. A lot of great players never had finished off distinguished careers by winning a Super Bowl, so why should I feel compelled to root for Elway?
Not only did we not want the Broncos to win, what self-respecting fan raised on he-man NFC football would? We did not expect it to happen.
Broncos fans' ire felt at A-J
We were wrong. We were rebuked. The racket was like the clatter of a thousand ski poles.
The things you wrote back ...
''It looks like your alligator mouth overloaded your hummingbird (...)'' was a sample response. Such language, madam. The return address carried a seal from one of our local hospitals. In an emergency, I shall remember to ask not to be taken to that particular one. Never know who might be holding the needle.
Many such told-ya-sos came in that next week. None seemed to have been written before 5 p.m. Sunday. Less risky that way. And besides. After I wrote that column, the schools didn't open again until Monday morning, and where else do you sharpen a Crayola?
Not that I loathed all the told-ya-sos; actually laughed at some. One fellow mailed in a cheese grater, wordless testimony to the undoing of cheeseheads. Perfect. I send humor out, you send humor in.
Memo to the same fellow: Include on your shopping list this week, one bird, dirty with it's neck wrung.
Because I'm picking Atlanta, an embraceable, Southern, NFC team. In other words, not the team quarterbacked by the guy who once threatened to play for the New York Yankees. He held his breath until the Colts traded him to Denver.
Denver. I resent some of our own portraying a team from Chaletsville as might-as-well-be-Texan.
West Texans hop on bandwagon
You see, it's easy to find people in West Texas who will point out how, ''Lubbock is closer to Denver than to Houston.'' So pack up your ski boots and drive. No, to be fair, I probably heard that for the first time, gosh, 20 years ago at least.
It's just that more people started noticing once Terrell Davis came along.
It's a shame about Davis. A man noble and humble, wholly unchanged by fame. Played through the migraine and all to rush for a Super Bowl record three touchdowns last year in that 31-24 win against Green Bay. I could get used to rooting for him.
Rooting for him would be easier if he represented another city but especially another conference. Better that Davis did his thing in Dallas or San Francisco or Green Bay or Atlanta. He deserves to take his handoffs from equally classy Steve Young or from Troy Aikman or from eminently likable Brett Favre who one writer once called a ''Good Time Charlie.''
It's too bad that Terrell's talent is for the enjoyment of the ski bums.
Forgive me. Old loyalties, in this case to the NFC, are hard to let go. You can't change them as easily as you can change uniforms.
They did that in Denver, you know. Changed uniforms. Out with Orange Crush, in with what a Y2K mistake would look like if Y2K wore clothes.
So I'm picking the Falcons today, and maybe they'll even win.
I know it will be more interesting in this chair if they don't.
I expect you to tell me I'm nuts. Bonus points if you tell me by 5. Here's the address.
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text: The NCAA approved the first phase of a landmark academic reform package Monday under which about 30 percent of Division I football teams would have lost scholarships had it been implemented immediately. On the last day of the NCAA convention, the Division I Board of Directors approved the Academic Progress Rate (APR), the standard teams in every sport must reach beginning in the 2005-06 school year to avoid scholarship reductions. Schools will receive warning reports in the next few weeks that let them know which of their teams fall below the APR set by the Division I Committee on Academic Performance. The rate is based roughly on a 50-percent graduation rate over a five-year period. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/football/ncaa/01/10/bc.ncaaconvention.academ.ap/index.html


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CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. We can debate the personal aspect of it all we want. Question the way it was handled, too.
But its hard to argue with the pure, hack-to-hack results of Jennifer Jones controversial move to go younger by dumping Cathy Overton-Clapham in favour of Kaitlyn Lawes.
If Jones three-time defending champion Team Canada rink would have tripped all over the hog line here this week, the chant would have risen from coast to coast: Told you so no Cathy O.
But if there have been any hiccups from Jones, Lawes, Jill Officer and Dawn Askin, theyve come in the beer hall connected to the Charlottetown Civic Centre.
A steadily upward trending 8-3 record in the round robin, a gut-check win over first-place Saskatchewan in Fridays one-two game and a berth in Sundays final, where theyll be heavily favoured to win a fourth straight crown its been vintage Jones and Co. the whole week.
Not only have the three returning members of Team Canada been rock-solid, leading their positions in shooting percentage, but so has the new kid in the hack: Lawes led the field at 81%.
Call it luck, destiny or some weird coincidence, but Jones replaced the top-shooting third at the 2010 Tournament of Hearts with the top-shooting third of the 2011 Tournament of Hearts.
We knew she was a great player, Jones said, Saturday. Its more just trying to find that whole team dynamic. And it was the easiest thing in the world.
Just 22, Lawes is no stranger to big games, albeit at the junior level, where she won back-to-back Canadian titles in 2008-09.
But this is a whole different kettle of seafood, and Lawes knows it. Her stomach wont let her forget.
Im so excited, the University of Manitoba student said, admitting she was shaking right after the playoff win over Saskatchewan. You dream of playing in the Scotts as a kid. I get a little bit of butterflies in my stomach, but I like that feeling. I hope theyre there (Sunday). If Im not nervous, there must be something wrong.
Theres been very little wrong with Lawes game. Oh, shes messed up here and there. Took her own rock out once or twice in the Saskatchewan game.
But get rattled? Forget it.
You want to try and make everything for your skip. You dont want to leave her in a pickle, Lawes said. Youve got to park it. If I was struggling a little bit in a game, I would still come through with some of the bigger shots at the right time. Thats really been important.
As much for her own mindset as anything, Im guessing.
Lawes has been so even keel Jones doesnt expect to have to settle her down going into Sundays final.
Shes got a good head on her shoulders, the skip said. Shes got lots of experience playing in big games at the junior level. Were calming. Were definitely a calm team. We dont get too excited, and maybe that helps. But shes a pretty calm individual.
Cant imagine shell be calm when she gets under those TV lights, goes through that hack routine of hers and throws that first rock with a national championship on the line.
But if Lawes has proven one thing, its that the big stage doesnt automatically affect her play.
And perhaps shes proven another, too.
That those who said Jones would pay a big price by getting rid of a talent like Cathy O were wrong. At least, if your currency of choice is wins and losses.
People are still always going to talk, Lawes said. If it changes peoples opinions, thats great.
One more win, and I dont know how it cant.


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19-year-old hit with stump dies
A 19-year-old man who was hit with a stump on Sunday after a petty quarrel between two cricket teams died late on Tuesday night.
Nikhil Gade
Nikhil Gade, a resident of Kadaba Mandai, Jaan Mohammed Street, is survived by his parents and a younger brother. After the news of his death, Cantonment residents gathered at Jaan Mohammed Street last afternoon to console his father Ramesh Gade, who is a supporter of political outfit.
Gade was admitted to a private hospital with head injuries. Two brothers from the opponent team, Rahul (26) and Kamlesh Kale (24), who allegedly beat him were arrested.
Yesterday the police also apprehended a minor in the case. The Kales were produced in court and remanded in police custody till November 26. PI Ajit Khadake (Crime) said, "The third suspect is a minor and will be produced before the Juvenile Justice court."


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Alphas is showing it has a deft hand with pacing, and with the ability to present a variety of episodes. They're focused on the action/adventure with a strong side dose of creepy, but I'm pleased that each episode feels unique. Yes, there were a couple of Alphas Du Jour, but unlike last time, the hour wasn't spent trying to foil someone's heretofore unknown ability. Instead, the episode played on the series's strengths and continued following threads woven in past episodes. SPOILERS AHEAD!
The strengths, as I see them, are a deft hand with tension, the way that each character's abilities is also his or her weakness (and this includes Dr. Rosen), and the way that superhero abilities are rooted in some kind of science. I love, at the end, how Rosen tosses off "morphogen" as if he'd seen a dozen of them. I love how it's painful for the villain to change shape, and how it actually makes him puke. I love the continuity of alpha ability with the normal range of human neurological differences. Is Eric, who can read micro-expressions, all that different from Cal Lightman of Lie to Me?
Last week, I predicted that Bill losing his ability, and then getting it back, foreshadowed some complex character development for him. Well, I was close: It seems to have caused some physical loss of control over his ability, and now that loss of control is life-threatening. I like the character a lot; I like his constant state of tension, his frustration with the amateur pool in which he plays, and his world-weariness. I like that Bill is a regular guy in a highly irregular world.
Alphas has been playing the tension of government interference and Binghamton versus Red Flag all season, and it just got more interesting without pushing things too hard. Having each of our team held prisoner in a nasty white cell was very chilling, and having Rachel, and later Gary, freak out was even more so. Nat may have had a good reason for what he did, but the damage he did to the government's relationship with the alphas will have consequences. It wasn't pushed too hard, though, in that things weren't forced to an artificial head.
I'm going to cry foul with how the villain's plot was achieved. While I enjoy the way that the "morphogen" was established as pseudo-plausible, there's no way he could have gotten past Rachel's senses. Even if Morph Man was imitating DNA (as the haircut suggests), Rachel can detect scent, sound, heartrate…I just don't buy it. (And if he mimicked DNA, why not blood type?) Too much of a stretch.
Next week is the season finale, and then we'll be back for S2!
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we went the other way on Monday and dropped in on Castle (which had its own TNG cameo from the Wonderful Worf!) and finally got the opportunity to watch this ep last night.
the show in general, and "The Unusual Suspects" in particular, weave comdey and drama in alternate doses that contributes to the deft timing of which you spoke.
what you didn't mention is how freaking cool these guys are when working on all cylinders. when they staged their breakout, they were just plain badass, the strong helping the weak, it was like an unstoppable tsunami; and then later, the fight in their hideaway, brute strength against finesse, and the paranoia, the sense of betrayal thrust us right in there with them. the AHA moment there was Rosen saying "I should have sent you to Binghamton". the good Doctor would have never said that, and that was the audience reveal. well handled, well written, and deftly executed, unlike so many other shows. i don't know if this show is really THAT good, or if it's that there is so much crap out there this year. did anyone see "Person of Interest"? omg, talk about craptastic.
this show is awesome, and all the more so because it's the shiny trinket floating in this years cesspool of entertainment, through which we have to wade looking for these little gems, all the while wondering what are these other creative people eating. i'm going to stop this metaphor now, it's getting a little gross.
one last thing, though. Deb i don't want to argue the minutia of superhero powers because it's like counting those angels on the pin, but in this case i'll forgive Rachel not spotting Dr. Fauxsen (to borrow a Fringe tic) and could even attribute it to her having to focus her ability when needed and letting the rest wash over her (like that thing about hearing only one voice at a concert), but i don't get how she can tell blood type from her senses alone, unless she was so familiar with Rosens blood and had it memorized for the comparison later.
but this is just nit-picking and only deducted a couple of points from their score.
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Preparing Urban Youth to Succeed
In its structure and performance, the American high school has remained unchanged despite dramatic transformations in the U.S. economy and in the educational expectations of the job market. Moreover, efforts to define high school graduation requirements based on the competencies needed in postsecondary education and high-performance jobs indicate a troubling lack of correspondence between the content of the typical high school curriculum and the knowledge and skills students will need. As the world has been made smaller by technology and as national and regional economies have become more interdependent, some of the foremost 21st-century skills students will need are a substantial awareness and understanding of world cultures, the ability to communicate across national and regional boundaries, and the capacity to work with others who bring with them differing cultural assumptions.
This article describes an approach to urban school reform that responds to the need for smaller, more effective secondary schools that prepare students for postsecondary education and help them develop the knowledge and skills needed for global competency. In September 2003, the Asia Society, an international nonprofit organization headquartered in New York, received a generous five-year grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a network of 10 small, internationally themed urban secondaryschools. The schools will be located in New York City, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and other urban school districts across the nation. Half of the schools will encompass grades 6-12 and the other half, grades 9-12.
The core idea of these schools is that international studies can be a catalyst for urban high school reform. Urban high school students deserve an opportunity to develop the capacity to be successful within the global environment. To give them this opportunity, however, requires a new approach to curriculum, instruction, and school culture, as well as the development of new kinds of partnerships with universities and cultural institutions.
Currently, there is no one school that completely exemplifies all facets of an international studies school, but there are dozens of excellent schools, public and private, that provide a glimpse of the overall vision of a small, internationally themed high school. Many of these schools have been identified in the past two years through their participation in the competition for the Goldman Sachs Foundation Prizes for Excellence in International Education. I will use examples drawn from these schools to illuminate key dimensions of the kind of school we are working to develop.
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Unlike large, comprehensive "shopping mall" high schools, our international studies schools will have a clear, focused mission: to prepare every student for postsecondary education and for working and living in a global society. As in the most successful schools, teachers and students will know what the focus is and know why they chose to be there.
A consistent, curriculum-wide emphasis on international content and the study of international issues will provide a unifying framework for the instructional program. The international focus will also stimulate the development of valuable habits of mind, such as analyzing the validity of information from a variety of perspectives; exploring and understanding linkages across cultural, economic, and political lines; and understanding the significance of the past with respect to current events.
The schools will combine international content with state standards to enrich and deepen the state curriculum. An interdisciplinary approach will make learning a more holistic experience for students. For example, one urban 6-12 school that has an international education program in place has organized a global studies curriculum around key themes: environment and health, government, politics and current events, cultures and societies, and economics and interdependence. When the focus is on environment and health, the science teacher within an interdisciplinary team of teachers may take the lead in developing individual and comparative case studies that explore important issues such as communicable disease in Brazil and China, the use of natural resources in Kenya and Haiti, or health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.
Even within individual disciplines and traditional courses, international perspectives can be introduced to provide a broader context for understanding. Courses on American history or American literature, for example, might approach the subject matter through the eyes of immigrants, organizing learning around big ideas like the meaning of becoming an American or the nature of the American identity. An English class might be organized around the theme of human rights, with students learning about the history of child labor in the United States, Asia, and Africa through literature by American, Asian, and African authors. A biology class could focus on global climate change and world ecological systems.
Beyond the core college-preparatory curriculum, our international studies schools will offer required and elective courses that explore world regions and cultures in depth. Students will learn about regional history and geography and about political, social, and economic systems. The goal of such courses will be for students to begin to see the world, including the United States, from others' perspectives. Thus an East Asian Studies course might examine World War II from the Japanese perspective, an African Studies course could investigate the differences between an individual world view and the community-centered world view that is fundamental to most African cultures, and a Middle Eastern Studies course might address the issue of stereotypes about Middle Easterners by having students read both modern Middle Eastern literature and Arabic folktales in translation.
A fundamental element of an international studies curriculum is the study of world languages. As Myriam Met argues elsewhere in this special section, development of language proficiency not only provides the means for communication across world regions but is essential to understanding world cultures. Each of our schools will provide an opportunity for all students to study one or more world languages throughout their school careers. We intend for the schools to offer at least one Asian language, but here we run headlong into the paucity of well-trained Asian language teachers in the United States. In small schools particularly, where the number of students in the early developmental phases may not justify having a full-time language teacher, it will be necessary to come up with creative approaches to providing language training, such as working in partnership with local universities and community colleges or with groups offering heritage language instruction. Students who come to school with competencies in English and another language spoken in the home will be encouraged to use both languages as tools for learning, while also developing competence in a third language.
A coherent, focused curriculum is essential; however, efforts to "internationalize" the curriculum by infusing it with international content and providing foreign language instruction will fall short if a school's approach to instruction fails to engage its students. In a recent MetLife survey of seventh- and 12th-graders, the students' most frequent explanation for both skipping school and dropping out was that "school was boring." [1] Decades of research on student motivation show that students enjoy learning and exert more effort when they are active participants and are given opportunities to discuss ideas and grapple with challenging concepts.
One approach to the teaching of world history exemplifies the kind of active, inquiry-oriented instruction that will characterize our schools. In this program, standards-based curricular units are organized around important concepts and questions such as "the rise of democratic ideas" and "Are there universal human rights?" Students are extensively engaged in group work that is carefully orchestrated to ensure that low-achieving students are not marginalized within the team. Students are expected to research, develop, and defend a position as a way of demonstrating their learning. In our schools, rigorously juried projects, questions requiring the analysis of primary sources, and other forms of authentic assessment will provide students engaging ways to show the knowledge and skills they have mastered.
The use of technology will be integrated throughout the curriculum, providing teachers and students enhanced access to the world's archives of documents and images. Traveling via the Internet, a course can start in sub-Saharan Africa; move through the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia; travel around the Pacific Rim; and end in Europe, with students reading English or indigenous-language newspapers and visiting virtual museums and libraries throughout the journey. Computer simulations enable students to research and examine alternatives for solving the world's problems. Global networks such as iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) make it possible for students to use the Web and other technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. Through e-mail and videoconferencing, students can converse instantly with other students almost anywhere in the world.
Students in our international schools will be there by choice, and the goal in every instance is to recruit a student body that is representative of the ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, and academic diversity of the urban district. Above all, the schools will be "cultures of success" with high expectations for every student reflected in a rigorous course of study that goes beyond state or district requirements. Through the development of students' global knowledge and competence, we hope to cultivate in these primarily working-class and minority youths the belief that they have both the right and the capacity to be successful on the world stage.
Global awareness promotes the kind of understanding and acceptance of ethnic, cultural, and religious differences required in an increasingly diverse society. Our schools will help students recognize the interdependency of the world's cultures and inspire them to act with tolerance and understanding within their own communities. The content of the curriculum will also allow students to discuss the meaning of race and ethnicity in their own lives.
In addition to virtual exchanges through technology, we aim to give each student the opportunity to travel abroad or to host an exchange student. These are powerful means to live and converse with others from different backgrounds and to challenge stereotypes. We know of one small Texas school that annually takes its entire sophomore class to Zacatecas, Mexico, for a weeklong exploration of the city's history, culture, and traditions. Travel and exchange programs can give students insights into other cultures that cannot be achieved in the classroom.
For teachers, the culture of the school will foster collaboration and continuous learning. One of the great advantages of small schools is that teachers can regularly work together to develop the curriculum and to strengthen one another's instructional skills. To improve their capacity to teach about the world, teachers will also establish connections outside the school, with university area studies departments and with such organizations as Asia Society, the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, and World View. In addition, teachers will be encouraged to apply for Fulbright Fellowships and other international scholarships for study abroad.
A core component of the schools will be partnerships that support the focus on international education. Partnerships with university area studies and language studies departments will be especially critical if these new schools are to provide content training for teachers, resources to support teaching, and opportunities for university faculty members to work with teachers in their classrooms. Creative partnerships will also allow students to take advantage of university resources on campus, as in the connection already made between our Los Angeles school, which opened this fall, and UCLA's Fowler Museum of Cultural History. Students will learn about world cultures through the museum's vast resources and learn how to view cultures, including their own, through the eyes of a museum curator.
Connections to cultural organizations and to policy centers, such as the Council on Foreign Relations or local offices of the World Affairs Council, will provide students and teachers access to the most current thinking on world events. Partnerships with internationally oriented businesses and nonprofit organizations will offer students opportunities for internships in which they can "try on" potential internationally focused careers and fulfill community service requirements in ways that contribute to important international causes.
Excellence and Equity
Like all significant change in education, the development of these international studies schools will be marked by numerous challenges— predictable and unpredictable. And it will take years of work to fully realize the vision laid out here. The schools I have described are works in progress— some more fully developed today than others — that aim to break the mold of American high schools. By combining the best of what we know about educating adolescents with the best practices of exceptional internationally focused schools across the country, we intend to work with urban districts to design urban secondary schools that prepare students to succeed in postsecondary education and to understand the interdependence of countries and cultures in a world society.
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significant changes in the university's undergraduate curriculum to
reflect the fact that "today's world requires a greater emphasis on
internationalization. As the 'Red Book' of the 1940s sought to outline
how Harvard students should be educated as citizens of a free society,
we must aim to prepare students to live as citizens of a global society."
[2] Similarly, the curriculum
of the American high school must change if youths are to succeed in
an interconnected world, and nowhere is such change more critical than
in urban areas, where students face the highest risk of marginalization.
In the words of a teacher-recruitment flier from the Henry Street Schooll
for International Studies — one of the new, small secondary schools
that opened this fall — "If it's good enough for Harvard, it's good
enough for middle and high students on the Lower East Side!"
This article was originally publishe in Phi Delta Kappan (November 2004). Reprinted with Permission.
Author: Anthony Jackson, CEO, Asia Society International Studies Schools Network.
1 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher 2002, cited in National Research Council Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Engaging Schools: Fostering High School Students' Motivation to Learn (Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2004), 49.
2 Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, A Report on the Harvard College Curricular Review, April 2004, 8. [see full report]


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Eric usually leaves a little early on Wednesdays for family reasons.
Eric has nothing personal against teaching, but hasn't done it professionally for several years now. His former students thank him for his ongoing discipline in that regard.
Eric is originally from Milford, Neb. He graduated from NWU in 1999, a fact that makes telling the stories of the university's students, staff, faculty and alumni in Archways magazine a lot easier.
He is a bike-riding bibliophile with a taste for food that is approximately as discriminating as a bear's in late fall. His wife and children are all beyond description in their vivacity and good humor.
As an editor, he is particularly adept at taking, long, flabby, wandering sentences and, through feats of wisdom and technical craft, honing them expertly into sparse, efficient, gleaming little accomplishments.
In other words, he shortens long sentences.
He has a BA in art and English from NWU and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota.
He once taught some creative writing courses and a particularly mean section of multiculti lit.
He carries a 0/0 teaching load like there's nothing to it.
Eric is on a pretty strong Peter Carey kick right now. His internal monologue often sounds a lot like Ned Kelly.
Eric serves at the whim of university administrators and family members, mostly. He has a soft spot for charity bike rides (with a drawer full of T-shirts to prove it) and dreams of one day accompanying GSL someplace off the beaten path.
Eric is a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and occasionally receives approving nods from them at the district level.


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Hydro-Québec's third-quarter profit was up 69 per cent, with net income rising to $384-million with the help of higher electricity exports to the United States.
The provincial Crown corporation's total revenue was down slightly due to currency exchange rates, falling to $2.68-billion from $2.7-billion in the third quarter of 2010, when Hydro-Quebec's net income was $227-million.
The corporation noted it had limited net exports of electricity last year due to the impact of low precipitation and water levels that reduced its hydro output.


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A 78-year old man is pronounced dead after falling into a creek in Coshocton County.
The Coshocton County Sheriff's Office received a call at 10:40 Tuesday morning from Mildred Nesmith requesting an emergency squad for her husband.
Mildred told the sheriff's office her husband had left the house about one hour earlier, and when he didn't return, she began looking for him. According to the sheriff's office, James Nesmith was found unconscious partially in the water.
Rescue personnel were able to pull him from the water and start CPR at the scene.
He was transported to Coshocton County Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.


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Incorporation of Digital Watermarking Through Embedding One Image Within Another Image
In this paper, the authors have proposed an efficient watermarking algorithm for copyright protection of digital images. This algorithm is able to embed or hide digital image such as company's logo or trademarks into original image. They have altered all of the R, G and B values of the image which is taken as signature data, to an array of data bits. Then the data bits are encrypted to unlike pixel positions on the host image depending on key value and image size. As a result, they get a watermarked image. After that they have formed three different image shares using any two components of R, G and B of entire watermarked image.
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West Virginia State Police were called to a home along Ballard Road in South Charleston, WV around 8:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call about a possible methamphetamine lab.
After troopers arrived, they informed the residents on why they were there and were given hand written consent to search the residence and outbuilding that was located behind the residence.
After search the outbuilding trooper discovered numerous item in conjunction with the manufacturing of methamphetamines including a gas generator, propane tanks and stained coffee filters.
Troopers arrested and charged Roger D. Stone, and Joyce A. Stone for operating or attempting to operate clandestine drug lab, possession of substance to be used to manufacture of meth, and conspiracy.
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My niece recently asked me for some examples of nonprofits that, seeing the handwriting on the wall, scaled back, refocused, got strong, and then let the phoenix rise again. I had numerous examples of nonprofits that had plenty of warning, didn't heed the call and closed down, leaving no ashes from which the phoenix could even attempt to rise. She's working with an overseas client who is on the road to demise and her efforts and those of her colleagues to convince them to shrink to its core competencies has fallen on deaf ears; she was hoping some real live examples would do the trick.
But why can't I find any? Why do boards, executives and senior managers ignore the signs. Why do we think that if we just struggle for another month or so we will accomplish what hasn't happened in the many, many months before? Where did we get the idea that sticking our heads in the sand will turn things around? How many examples do we have of that working?
Then, because management and leadership did not take the time to learn any lessons, the organization will be right back where it started. A futile "strategy". Whenever I say to a board and senior staff, "If your development strategy is to wait for the little old lady about whom you know nothing to leave you several millions of dollars in her will, you are going down," everyone laughs. But a year later nothing has changed, no new strategy has been introduced or greater results achieved.
Why are we so willing to completely fail—read, close an organization down—but not resize to save a mission? Makes no sense to me. Why can't we see ourselves as others do? Like the formerly overweight person who loses massive amounts of weight but still sees himself as fat though others tell him how fit and good he looks. The once strong and stable nonprofit that doesn't recognize its Achilles' heel in its lack of diversified funding (read more than 51% reliant on one type of funding) that is shrinking but continues to see itself as successful and marches on while others shake their heads and worry about just how swiftly the organization will shut down. Those examples are rampant; just look around your communities.
What is it about our society that seems to value only organizational growth while abhorring shrinkage? We've developed a whole vocabulary for the latter, all of which is quite amusing. We talk about downsizing, if we want to be direct, or rightsizing, smartsizing or workforce optimization, to mention but a few of the good ones, if we want to obfuscate and prefer euphemisms for the distasteful.
But obfuscation never served anyone in the world of business well. Successful business is best served by direct and honest assessment, clear and strategic thinking, unswerving critical analysis, and the willingness to call it as it is, and not as it once was.
I continue to wonder about the group of people that would hire a new executive director, knowing the organization has been running a $100,000 deficit for a number of years, has an overhead that is more than two-thirds of its budget, has government contracts funding over 2/3 of its budget, and has a practically non-existent individual donor base—and discloses none of this, hoping candidates wouldn't learn the truth before one signed on.
The law obligates all nonprofit board members to the duty of obedience—loyalty to the organization's mission. In other words, board members are legally required to do what is in the best interest of the mission. Executive directors have a moral obligation to do the same.
BoardSource expresses the duty of care, another of the three legal duties of board members, as "the level of competence that is expected of a board member." Moral practice holds executive directors to that same standard.
Where is permission to ignore the realities of the situation? Where is there support to continue blithely along not recognizing that the walls around are crumbling? Where in any of that is there authorization to wear blinders, chant a false mantra and continue to see things as they were and not as they are now?
Reality can be a tough thing with which to deal; going out of business is even harder. A phoenix, however, is inspirational.
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CLEVELAND — With some help from their lucky chicken, the Cleveland Indians passed some other birds in the wild-card race.
Yan Gomes and Ryan Raburn drove in two runs apiece as Cleveland beat Baltimore 6-4 and jumped the Orioles on Wednesday night in the scramble to win one of the AL's two wild-card spots.
The live chicken, presented as a gift to reliever Cody Allen, was on the field for batting practice. The bird, supplied by clubhouse workers from an area farm, was given to Allen, who was nicknamed "Chicken Al" by pitcher Frank Herrmann in spring training. The chicken has been named "Cody."
While manager Terry Francona said the chicken will be returned safely to the farm, the bird may have to make a return engagement as the Indians continue their playoff push.
"If we get on roll, that's going to be our mascot," Raburn said. "Whoever's the owner of it, we're going to have to keep that sucker if we keep winning. We're going to have to get him his own locker."
The chicken, carried on the field by staff ace Justin Masterson, spent most of batting practice standing with Cleveland's pitchers in front of the warning track in center field. Allen, as his teammates made clucking noises in his direction following the game, was initially reluctant to discuss his gift but finally relented.
"It was funny," he said. "It was a very calm chicken. It handled itself well. We scored six runs so maybe the chicken will be here tomorrow."
Allen said two of his teammates came up with the idea. Although pitcher Rich Hill was rumored to be involved, no names were divulged.
"It's kind of an anonymous duo," Allen said.
Francona knew about the joke ahead of time but was still surprised to see a chicken on a baseball field.
"I'm pretty OK as long as we win, but I don't know about farm animals," he said.
The Indians came off a tough road trip to Atlanta and Detroit, in which they went 1-5 and lost ground in the wild card race before playing Baltimore. Francona is happy that his team is remaining loose.
"I think it's great," he said. "We're into September. ... I actually love it. Guys are trying to have fun. That's the best way to be a good team."
The Indians moved a half-game in front of Baltimore in the chase for a playoff spot. Cleveland began the night 3½ games behind Tampa Bay for the second wild card.
Relievers Bryan Shaw (3-3), Allen, Joe Smith and Chris Perez, who recorded his 22nd save, combined to allow one hit in 4⅓ innings.
"The chicken got us a win. ... I'm sorry. ... Cody got us a win, Chicken Al pitched well," Smith said.
Gomes broke a 4-all tie with an RBI single in the fifth when the Indians scored twice to go ahead for good. A wild pitch by Kevin Gausman (2-4) with the bases loaded scored the second run.
Cleveland scored four times in the first, but starter Zach McAllister couldn't hold the lead.
Adam Jones hit a solo homer in the fourth. Manny Machado's three-run homer tied it in the fifth.
Raburn's two-run double, along with RBI singles by Gomes and Mike Aviles, got the Indians off to a quick start.
McAllister allowed four runs in 4⅓ innings. Orioles starter Zach Britton lasted 3⅓ innings in his first start since July 9. The left-hander, called up from Triple-A Norfolk on Monday, allowed four runs and six hits.
The Orioles finished 3-6 on their nine-game trip against playoff contenders. They also lost two of three in Boston and New York.
"I choose to trust these guys and continue to believe that good things are ahead," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.
Jones was hit on the left arm by a pitch in the second. He was in obvious pain as he headed to first, where he was visited by
Showalter and a team trainer. The two spoke with Jones, who remained in the game.
The three-game series between teams chasing a playoff spot drew a total of 36,504 fans. Tuesday night's turnout of 9,962 was the lowest September/October crowd in the history of Progressive Field, which opened in 1994.
WHO: Cleveland vs. New York Mets
WHEN: Friday, 7:05 p.m.
WHERE: Progressive Field
PITCHERS: Kazmir (7-7, 4.36 ERA) vs. Wheeler (7-3, 3.36)
TV/RADIO: SportsTime Ohio; WTAM 1100-AM, WMMS 100.7-FM


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quite ex...plus its like a house brand kinda tingy which shld supposedly be cheaper..
Way Of The Dragon: From a distance - 20 paddlers move in perfect rhythm to a muted drum beat, gracefully skimming the water's surface. Up close - determined grunts and strained sinews with oars in grip, dig vigorously into the water. The majestic head of the dragon fronts this contraption but the real heart lies just behind it, at the apex of the bow. Like a conductor of an orchestra, the drummer leads his crew with the calculated beat of his drum. Such is the realm of dragon boating.
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I launched Adopt a Blogger #2 last week. Blogging friends, we have some eager food blogging newbies who need an experienced blogger to adopt them. Thanks to those of you who have already stepped forward. For the rest of you veteran bloggers, here are the top five reasons why I think you should adopt a blogger:
- Adoption is cool. If you go the adopt a blogger route, it is much less expensive and you don't have to travel internationally to pick up your adoptee.
- Under most circumstances, your food blogging adoptee will come already potty trained.
- How often do you get to completely influence someone without actually worrying about what kind of adult they'll turn out to be?
- Deb from Smitten Kitchen, Lydia from The Perfect Pantry, Holler over at Tinned Tomatoes and Peabody were all adoptive parents last go around (along with a whole slew of wonderful people!). If they have the time to adopt a newbie, you do too!
- Oprah Winfrey has a mentor. Michael Phelps has a mentor. Wouldn't you like to be a mentor too?
Lydia from The Perfect Pantry (who adopted 2 bloggers last time around) had this to say about her Adopt a Blogger experience.
"I just want to tell all the more experienced food bloggers out there that adopting a blogger is a wonderful thing. I've adopted two bloggers. The time commitment is only what you can do, and it's so rewarding to watch your adoptive blogs grow. Please sign up!"
I am not going to beg… at least not yet… but I hope you will consider taking a part of Adopt a Blogger #2. Help a fellow food blogger get their wings and mentor someone today! Sign up by commenting on THIS post.
Just for kicks and grins, here is what we had for dinner tonight. I made some minor adjustments (didn't have colby jack cheese, so used what we had on hand… cheddar and mozzarella) and I completely changed the tomatillos and chilies to a can of rotelle. I know – nothing like tomatillos and it is probably a bit sacreligious, but it is what I had on hand and it turned out great! This is a very versatile recipe. I hope you enjoy!
Chicken Chilaquiles (from Cooking Light Magazine)
2 cups shredded skinless, boneless rotisserie chicken breast
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Monterey Jack cheese with jalapeño peppers, divided
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3/4 cup 1% low-fat milk
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 (11-ounce) can tomatillos, drained
1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, drained
12 (6-inch) corn tortillas
Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 375°.
Combine chicken, green onions, 1/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese, Parmesan, chili powder, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Place milk and next 3 ingredients (through chiles) in a food processor or blender; process until smooth.
Heat tortillas according to package directions. Pour 1/3 cup tomatillo mixture into bottom of an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Arrange 4 corn tortillas in dish, and top with half of chicken mixture. Repeat layer with remaining tortillas and chicken mixture, ending with tortillas.
Pour remaining 1 1/2 cups tomatillo mixture over tortillas; sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese. Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until bubbly.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)
Intrigued by tomatillos? Check out what these food bloggers are doing with them:
- Tomatillo and Black Bean Salsa from Kaylyns Kitchen
- Avocado and Tomatillo Salsa from Cafe LynnyLu
- Pork and Tomatillo Stew from Daily Bread Journal
- Homemade Guacamole with Tomatillos from A Veggie Venture
- Two more days to enter the Dine & Dish giveaway for your very own set of Envirosax. Check out the details here.
- Something I found hilarious, and so very handy. Check out Inn Cuisine's post on The YouTube Movement Against Chip Clips.
- Obsessed much? My son is a tad bit obsessed with the Olympics and Michael Phelps. At least my kiddos learned something from watching so much TV! Dishing It Up Family Style is here.


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