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SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Datafolha polling institute says President Dilma Rousseff's government has recovered some of the popularity it lost in the wake of massive protests that swept the country in June.
Datafolha says 36 percent of respondents rated Rousseff's government as "great/good" against the 30 percent who gave it that rating in its previous poll conducted in late June. The government's approval rating had been 57 percent earlier in June.
The poll was published Saturday by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.
The protests began June 17 targeting transportation fare hikes, corruption, high taxes, poor public services and billions of dollars spent for next year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Datafolha surveyed 2,615 people between Aug 7 and 9. Its poll has a margin of error of 2 percentage points.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Democratic leaders want Republican Gov. Rick Scott to veto the state budget or call a special session after the Legislature adjourned without passing an expansion of the state's Medicaid program.
House Democratic Leader Perry Thurston said some low-income Floridians are not benefiting from the budget.
In an unusual alliance, Scott, Senate Republicans, Democrats, Florida hospitals, health advocates and a diverse mix of business and labor groups all supported a bill that would have drawn down more than $50 billion from the federal government over the next decade. That would have allowed an estimated 1.1 million low-income Floridians to purchase private insurance.
But leaders in the GOP-led Florida House refused to consider that proposal, saying they didn't want to take funds tied to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Florida lawmakers adjourned their legislative session Friday night.

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For close to 48 hours, Tom Thibodeau preached composure, saying the Bulls couldn't lose focus to extracurricular shenanigans or officials' calls.
Following Technicalapalooza from Wednesday's Game 2, the NBA sent noted taskmaster Joey Crawford to officiate Friday's Game 3.
And then the Bulls went all Bad Boy-era Pistons on the Heat. That meant both the good—toughness and tenacity — and the bad — ejections and a possible suspension.
When the ejection and elbows cleared, the Heat had stolen back homecourt advantage with a gritty 104-94 victory at a bloodthirsty United Center. Game 4 is Monday night. Bring battle gear.
Chris Bosh's monster game of 20 points and 19 rebounds offset a mostly passive night from LeBron James, who missed 11 of 17 shots before taking over late for a game-high 25 points, and Dwyane Wade, who managed just 10.
Norris Cole's 18 points helped the Heat to a 36-8 bench advantage as coach Tom Thibodeau, despite Nazr Mohammed's ejection and starters' foul trouble, rode a short rotation that featured Jimmy Butler going the whole way again.
Game 2 brought nine technical fouls, two ejections and two flagrant fouls. But while Friday brought just one ejection, it hearkened back to a different era for its blatant, in-your-face nature.
With 9 minutes, 29 seconds left in the first half, Mohammed lined up James on a fast break and delivered a hard chop personal foul, which drew a retaliatory elbow from James and a Crawford-issued technical on James. Mohammed immediately came after James and shoved him hard to the ground, drawing his own technical and ejection after video review.
The league surely will review the Mohammed incident from what suddenly has become a throwback series.
Earlier, Joakim Noah drew the game's first technical when he shoved Chris Andersen off of Nate Robinson after Andersen landed on top of Robinson following Andersen's foul. Andersen retaliated with an errant kick attempt towards Noah, who, to steal his Game 2 phrase, wasn't being very Zen.
"You can't allow how the game is called to take away from the things you have to do," Thibodeau said. "We have to stay disciplined. We can't overreact."
The Bulls seemed in the Heat's head for awhile. Noah clapped and smiled as Bosh chewed out Mario Chalmers during third-quarter free throws. Nate Robinson forcefully blocked James from behind on a fast break, jazzing the crowd.
But the Heat kept their poise.
Noah drew a huge — and borderline — over-the-back call on Bosh with 3:15 remaining that led to Bosh free throws and a seven-point lead. Marco Belinelli, big all night with four 3-pointers and 16 points before fouling out, swished another 3-pointer.
But James and Cole sandwiched 3-pointers around a Boozer basket for the Heat's biggest lead with 1:48 left. James then placed the exclamation point on matters by barreling his way to a three-point play with 83 seconds left.
Carlos Boozer's 21 points led all five starters in double figures. Noah fouled out with 15 points and 11 rebounds.


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Ornate horned frogs have voracious appetites, but they are not built for chasing down prey. They bury themselves in leaves or loose soil and pounce on small animals that blunder by. When harassed by a human or other large animal, these fearless frogs lunge and snap their huge jaws. Like little green bulldogs, they bite and hang on until pried loose.
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Ornate Horned Frog
Ceratophrys ornata
Class: Amphibia
Family: Leptodactylidae
Size: Up to 7 inches
Food: Mice, lizards, birds, snakes, insects, other frogs
Range: Uruguay, Brazil, and northern Argentina
Habitat: Rainforests and pampas prairies
Life Cycle: A thousand or more eggs are attached to plants in water. The tadpoles have voracious appetites and often eat each other.


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Even if you haven't been to Kalamazoo, you've probably heard a lot about it.
- It's the home of the Kalamazoo Promise that guarantees college tuition to graduates of the Kalamazoo Public Schools—the largest program of its kind anywhere.
- Well-known professional athletes, Greg Jennings of the Minnesota Vikings and Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees, are both graduates of Kalamazoo Central High School. Jennings is also a proud WMU graduate.
- In 2010, President Obama spoke in WMU's University Arena at the commencement ceremony for Kalamazoo Central after he selected the school from more than 1,000 entries as the winner in the first Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.
Kalamazoo is famous for a lot of things. It's a major international pharmaceutical and life sciences center; it's the original home of the Upjohn Co., Stryker Corp, Gibson Guitars, Checker Motors and Bell's Brewery, among many others; the Kalamazoo Gazette is the second oldest newspaper in Michigan; and a century ago, Kalamazoo was so famous for one crop, it was known throughout the country as the Celery City.
Abraham Lincoln spoke in the village of Kalamazoo in 1856, four years before he was elected president, his only public address in Michigan.
Kalamazoo is a center of higher education. In addition to WMU, it is home to Kalamazoo College and Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The three institutions collaborate on a variety of fronts and add significantly to the cultural and educational opportunities and economic development of the region.
With a population of more than 325,000, Kalamazoo is the sixth largest metropolitan area in Michigan and among the 150 largest in the country. It's large enough to support all the amenities and entertainment found in larger cities; and yet, you can be in the heart of farm country in 20 minutes, and Kalamazoo supports a thriving Farmers Market downtown May through November.
Kalamazoo is midway between Chicago and Detroit on I-94 and offers commercial transportation by train, bus and major airline at the Kalamazoo Battle Creek International Airport.
Day or weekend trips by train to Chicago, the nation's third largest city, are popular and even more convenient with the continuing development of high-speed rail connecting the two cities.
Kalamazoo is a 40-minute drive from Lake Michigan beaches at South Haven and slightly farther from beaches at St. Joseph and Saugatuck.
Michigan's ski country, considered the best skiing in the Midwest is three to four hours north, and excellent local skiing is only 30 minutes away.
Originally a railroad line connecting Kalamazoo and South Haven, the 33-mile Kal-Haven Trail is popular for bicycle riding, hiking and cross country skiing. In 2008, the eastern end of the trail was extended into Kalamazoo as part of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. When completed, the two trails will create a 70-mile bike path from South Haven to Battle Creek.
Kalamazoo arts and entertainment
Local festivals—featuring live music, arts and crafts, food and drinks—many of which are held at Arcadia Creek Festival Place downtown—attract crowds in the tens of thousands. The Kalamazoo Art Fair, held annually on the first weekend in June, is the second oldest community art fair in America and attracts 60,000 visitors over two days.
WMU's Miller Auditorium, the historic State Theater and a variety of local clubs offer a complete array of concerts featuring every kind of music and popular entertainment. Kalamazoo is a frequent stop for many of today's top comedians, musicians and other entertainers.
A few of the many cultural opportunities
- Fontana Chamber Arts
- Gilmore International Keyboard Festival
- Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
- Kalamazoo Public Library
- Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Places to visit while you're in town include the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, an air and space museum with amusement park-style rides, full-motion flight simulators, 3D Missions Theater, educational activities and more than 30 aircraft on display, from World War II bombers to an SR-71B Blackbird.


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Farmers Encouraged To Sell Excess Propane
ST. PAUL (AP) - Minnesota's agriculture commissioner and propane industry officials are encouraging state farmers with a surplus of the fuel to sell it back to suppliers.
Commissioner Dave Frederickson says farmers could help minimize the impact of the critical shortage of propane by selling their excess supplies.
Minnesota Propane Association executive director Roger Leider says some propane suppliers in the state have been contacted by farmers and members of the commercial grain industry who want to help. Leider says pumping of farm storage tanks has already started.
Meanwhile, Gov. Mark Dayton has expanded the state's income eligibility for heating assistance from 50 percent to 60 percent of the state's median income. It's expected to help more Minnesotans gain access to financial assistance for the purchase of propane and other heating fuels.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will hold general elections on May 7 in a democratic milestone marking 20 years since the end of white minority rule, the president said Friday, even as police struggled to contain violent protests by poor residents who say the government has reneged on pledges to improve living standards.
The election will be the first since the Dec. 5 death of Nelson Mandela, a unifying figure whose election as South Africa's first black president in 1994 lifted the hopes of many South Africans whose basic rights were denied during apartheid. The ruling African National Congress, the liberation movement-turned-political party that Mandela led, is favored to win the elections, but its popularity has slipped amid high unemployment, corruption scandals and inadequate government services and infrastructure.
"Now it's elections, they come door to door and campaign with us. We are sick and tired of a promised land," said Obed Marema, a 31-year-old resident of Hebron, a community area near the capital, Pretoria, where protesters demanding better water supply and other services blocked roads with rocks and burning tires on Friday.
"We've been on the waiting list, on the promised land forever. When are we going to enter the Canaan that they were talking about, that our forefathers fought for," Marema said, referring to the promised land in the Bible.
South Africa's most populous province, Gauteng, has experienced about 50 protests over lack of government services this year alone, causing millions of dollars in damage, said Ntombi Mekgwe, a provincial official. She said some people were engineering protests for political gain ahead of the elections. In some places, rioters denounced the African National Congress.
The violence is occurring in poor townships in an echo of street unrest when anti-apartheid activists sought to make townships ungovernable during racist white rule decades ago. The poor communities that have erupted in protest are demanding adequate utilities and housing, or lower prices for electricity and other services. Rioters have burned vehicles and buildings and looted shops. Police responded to some violent protests with deadly gunfire, drawing criticism from human rights activists who say a culture of lawlessness has taken root among the police.
President Jacob Zuma, who is expected to run for a second term, said the election offers a chance for South Africans to build on the democracy that Mandela and others worked so hard to achieve. He urged people to register to vote in their thousands this weekend, the last opportunity to do so ahead of the election.
"Our country is a much better place to live in now than before 1994, because of the participation and contribution of South Africans," Zuma said in a statement.
To support that claim, the ruling party has said over 3.3 million houses have been built in the past two decades, benefiting more than 16 million people; the number of people receiving social grants has increased from 3 million to 16 million during that period; and about 92 percent of South Africans have access to potable water, compared to 60 percent in 1996. Key problems, however, include poor education and a lack of skilled workers, an official unemployment rate of about 25 percent, and a level of economic inequality that is among the highest in the world.
And many people still live in shacks with no running water, sewage or electricity. South Africa has gleaming malls, highways and homes with manicured lawns behind high walls but also squatter camps built of pieces of wood, cardboard and corrugated tin with sewage running in the unpaved streets.
Last month, a 6-year-old boy drowned after falling into an open pit latrine in a school in Limpopo province. The toilet seat collapsed under the boy while he was sitting on it. The death was front-page news in The Sowetan newspaper and came as many of the poor are demanding that their lot improve after all these years.
Besides anger of lack of proper services, there is criticism of Zuma's character.
The depth of dissatisfaction was evident when people attending a stadium memorial in Johannesburg for Mandela booed the president in front of about 100 world leaders and a global television audience. The discontent stems in part from reports that the government paid $21 million to upgrade Zuma's rural homestead. Revelations that the sign language interpreter at the memorial was bogus and had even been accused of murder raised more questions about the competence of state institutions.
Some 24.1 million South Africans, or 76.7 percent of eligible voters, have registered to vote, according to the electoral commission. Its data indicates that a generation of new voters who were born after the end of apartheid — the so-called "born frees" — have shown relatively little interest in politics. Only about 22 percent of eligible voters aged 18 to 19 years old, or 428,000 people, have registered.
AP journalist Thomas Phakane contributed to this report from Hebron, South Africa.


text: A prolific German Renaissance painter, and engraver, Lucas Cranach may have invented the full-length portrait. Cranach served as painter to the court of Frederick the Wise of Saxony in Wittenberg, where he specialized in portraits with bold compositions and strong colors. He was also responsible for decorative schemes around the court, as well as for tournaments and celebrations; the considerable demands of this work led him to open a workshop and to develop techniques and procedures of standardization that sped up the painting process. A close friend of Martin Luther, Cranach also supervised the printing of Luther's pamphlets, painted altarpieces for Lutheran churches, and produced portraits of Protestant reformers and princes, as well as designing woodcuts for Luther's translation of the New Testament.


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Robie's Country Store owner struggling to stay open in HooksettBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
June 23. 2013 3:43PM
HOOKSETT - Working long hours seven days a week, Robie's Country Store owner Debbie Chouinard is trying her best to keep the local institution alive in the face of dwindling consumer traffic.
First opened in 1800s, the store has been designated in both the state and national registers of historic places due to its long, colorful and important history. Stepping into the store feels like stepping into the past, with old wooden floors, campaign posters from the early 1900s on the walls and an aesthetic that screams classic Americana.
The food is homemade, plentiful and cheap. Those not acclimated to the store's plate portions might be foolish enough to order the Farmer's Breakfast because it is so cheap, only to be shocked when mountains of eggs, potatoes, meat and French toast come their way.
The store, owned by the Robie family for more than 100 years before they were forced to sell about 10 years ago, has a contingent of loyal customers who travel daily to eat breakfast with their fellow diehards. Despite that, Chouinard said it is a daily struggle to keep her business open.
"It's very hard to keep this place open. We have lots of loyal customers but not enough traffic flow, especially since the area lost a lot of its manufacturing jobs," Chouinard said.
While Chouinard owns the business, she is in an unusual agreement in that she leases the building from the Robie's Country Store Historic Preservation Corp.
Robert Schroeder, president of the preservation group, said the nonprofit bought the building in 2000 from the Robie family to ensure the legacy of the store continued. The current incarnation of the building has been in existence since 1906 after it burnt down for the second time.
Despite the business being sold three times since 2000, Schroeder said he is happy that Chouinard, who bought the business in 2004, has been able to keep the store alive.
"I come here almost every day, so I would say I'm happy," he said.
As part of the agreement, the walls, the floors and ceiling can't be touched, but the layout is entirely up to Chouinard.
"It used to be more of a grocery store. Now it is more about serving food," Schroeder said.
Despite not owning the building, Chouinard said, "there wouldn't be anything here without the business; it would just be an empty building."
Despite no longer owning the store that bears her husband's family name, Dorothy Robie, 95, still tries to make it to the store for breakfast whenever she can."For over 30 years, my husband and I worked here for seven days a week until he got Alzheimer's and we had to sell. On our last day, more than 400 people showed up to say goodbye. We are very happy that the legacy of this place is being kept alive," Robie said.
She added that she still gets goose bumps when she walks into the store. "I feel like I should be doing something when I am here," Robie said.
For many of the customers, part of the fun of eating at the store is Chouinard's granddaughter Paityn, who can often be seen eating with customers, striking up conversations or riding her big wheel happily through the store.
Kerry Molin of Bow has been coming almost daily for the past five or six years, "and it's the camaraderie that keeps me coming back," he said.
Richard Juneau said he has been coming to the store since 1970, but now that he he is retired he finds himself spending more time than ever there.
For Chouinard, her business feels like home.
"The customers tease me and make me coffee when I get busy," she said. "The people here are more like a family."
Robie's, at 9 Riverside St., Hooksett, is open seven days a week, Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.


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She's a very healthy vegan. He's a former Sexiest Man Alive meat eater.
And their 1-year-old daughter has yet to decide for herself what makes it on her plate.
But actress Jenna Dewan-Tatum says the decision will eventually belong to their baby girl — and the couple will support Everly either way.
"I don't believe in forcing anyone into anything, but I'll do my best to introduce her to healthy eating habits," she tells the July/August issue of Natural Health magazine.
The first-time mom's main priority is ensuring she creates a positive — and fun — approach to good nutrition.
"We have a little garden so I'll say, 'Let's go pick the vegetables we're going to eat tonight,'" the Witches of East End star, 33, shares. "My pediatrician believes it's completely healthy and possible to have a vegan child and I think that's amazing."
She adds, "But when Everly gets older, I think we should allow her to be her own person."
Dewan-Tatum is hopeful she will inspire her daughter in other ways, too. The former backup dancer — who is guest judging on So You Think You Can Dance this summer — makes it a point to embrace even the hardships of being a working mother.
"My mother worked and I was so grateful to see an independent woman going after her dreams," she explains. "I think kids learn way more from your actions than from your words. So if you're looking at work like, 'Ugh, I don't want to be here, this is so boring,' that's so much less inspiring than, 'I can't wait to do this thing that I love!'"
And while she's proud of the work she and husband Channing Tatum do and wants Everly to see her parents are "going after what we want and enjoying what we do," any time spent away from her baby girl is harder than she ever imagined.
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"I expected the emotional bond, but there's a physical connection, too — if I'm away from her for too long, my body literally feels it," she says. "Or if she's not well, I take it on. The fact that I channel all my energy into caring for someone 24/7 and still have time to do other things shocks me!"
Her body may be doing double the work now, but Dewan-Tatum is ready to really challenge herself. She is looking forward to expanding her family with Tatum — but not before the couple can catch up on some much-needed rest.
"I need us to start getting more sleep first. I was an only child until I was 19 and always thought it would be nice to have a sibling closer in age, so I don't want to wait too long," she says.
"But I give it up to the universe! Whatever is meant to be will be."
Witches of East End returns for its second season July 6 at 9 p.m. on Lifetime.
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Nearly 900 people crowded around tables Sunday, slurping tiny tastes of soup out of 4 ounce paper cups for the 6th annual Souper Fun Sunday competition hosted by the St. Francis Catholic High School.
Nearly 900 people crowded around tables Sunday, slurping tiny tastes of soup out of 4 ounce paper cups for the 6th annual Souper Fun Sunday competition hosted by the St. Francis Catholic High School.
"Soup is just one of those great comfort foods," said Heather Duiser, advancement director for St. Francis Catholic High School. She called the concept unique, saying the idea was first proposed by a group of St. Francis parents.
"It has just been getting bigger and better every year," Duiser said.
Thirty-one establishments participated this year, including Sweet Mel's, Dos Mamas, Cajun John's Catering, Harvest Thyme Cafe, Newberry High School and Southern Charm Kitchen. St. Francis doesn't require a fee for chefs to participate; they just asked for them to donate their time and their soup.
"It's a great way for them to get their name out when they are brand new in the community," Duiser said. She said the school typically looks for locally owned restaurants instead of larger chains.
Ember's Wood Grill won first place as well as the People's Choice award this year with their Gulf of Mexico Blue Crab Bisque. Ember's has a history of raking in high scores at the competition. Last year, it won the judge's first place award.
Owner of Ember's Ryan Todd called the competition a "smart event" and a great opportunity for independent restaurants to have their products tasted by the community.
The unique feature of a soup tasting, he said, is that the tasters can really get a sense for the skill of the chef.
"There's a lot of mediocre soups out there. Soup is one of those items that allows people to allow real cooking talent to rise and shine above everybody else," Todd said.
To taste the soup, adults were asked to pay $15 and $45 for a family. Money from the soup fundraiser goes toward St. Francis' technology programs. Free childcare was also offered for younger children.
A panel of local celebrities judged the soups, dividing the task in half and blindly tasting the savory concoctions to determine which bubbled to the top of the pot.
Storm Roberts, radio personality from WKTK 98.5 FM, has judged the event for the past six years. Roberts, who calls himself a "foodie," proclaimed his love for soup, saying he eats it everyday.
Roberts believes the beauty of soup lies in its complexity.
"You just don't make a soup, you build a soup if you are a good chef. You have to start and then layer the flavors, and that's one thing that I look for when I am judging is a nice complex layer of flavors not just one flavor taking over everything. You really have to nurture a soup," he said.
Despite the cozy connotations that come with eating warm bowls of soup on cold, winter days, Roberts said the warm Florida weather is no deterrent to enjoying the bubbling pots.
"In all kinds of weather, we all slurp together," he said.
After judging soups from 12 to 1:30 p.m., owner and publisher of Home Magazine Scott Costello, said he needed a wheelbarrow to carry him out of the building.
Costello said he was impressed with the variety of soups offered.
"The spectrum of what you are eating, you could eat a pescatore seafood soup one minute and then you could eat a southern soup the next and then you could go and have a bisque or a chili. There's such a very different feel to the different soups. It gives you an opportunity maybe to step outside your box," he said.
Social science teacher at St. Francis Brian McAninch has attended the event for the past few years. McAninch has developed a strategy for tasting the majority of soups without getting too stuffed, too fast.
"It's been a perfect amount to me the last couple years, because you just get this little tiny bit so I won't necessarily try everyone, but I will at least go around the entire circuit once," he said.
The gymnasium of St. Francis Catholic High School was filled with people eating soup as they walked from pot to pot, trying not to spill too much on the way.
Sixteen-year-old St. Francis junior, Megan Wallenhorst, walked around handing out chocolate cookies to anyone who wasn't spooning soups into their mouths.
Wallenhorst said she has volunteered at the event for the past two years, and has watched it grow.
"I feel like there's more people here this year. The word is spreading about it," she said.
The highly organized effort was almost completely run by volunteers, with around 85 St. Francis students donning red shirts to help out with the event in exchange for service hours.
Duiser said it's easy to get volunteers for the event, because of the importance the school places on helping out in the community.
"That's just part of who we are as a school, is we all volunteer. It's something that's really important to our community," she said.


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Recent ECE Ph.D. Graduate Enrique Mallada spoke at conference as a "bright mind"
Enrique Mallada was invited to give a talk in the "bright mind" session at the KAUST-NSF Conference on Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems for a sustainable future. This session was aimed for "bright young individuals who would like to pursue a career in academia and establish an original and independent research program". The conference was held in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) from Feb 8th to Feb 10th.
Enrique gave a talk on "Distributed Frequency-Preserving Optimal Load Control in Smart Grids". It originated from his Cornell Ph.D. thesis "Distributed Network Synchronization: The Internet and Electric Power Grids", which studied the fundamentals of distributed synchronization on networked systems and applies these insights to practical problems in information networks and power grids. The first part of his thesis has already been published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, volume 50, issue 46. It was also featured on the cover of that issue.
Enrique Mallada obtained his Ph.D. in January 2014. During his time at Cornell, he was a member of the Networks group led by Prof. Kevin Tang.
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Aww, Vinny Takes His Main Girl To The Spa … His Mom!
Jersey Shore's resident momma's boy Vinny Guadagnino took his momma and aunt for some pampering.
Vinny Guadagnino, his mom and aunt headed to The Daily Beauty Bar in NYC on Feb. 17 for some R&R. Vinny, the good son that he is, was doting on his mom the whole time. He made sure she was comfortable while getting her pedicure and even brought her coffee. We don't blame Vinny for being so nice, we'd work hard for those delicious looking Sunday dinners too! Although he said the trip was all for his mom, Vinny got his very first facial ever, too. He spilled that he's not into the whole tanning thing (gasp, bad guido!) but that he is super excited for the second season of Jersey Shore in Miami. So are we, Vinny, so are we. – Marta Topran


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Islanders in the news! Fourteen year-old Lacey Segal was pictured Thanksgiving day on the front page of the ProJo heading for rehearsal in New York City for that day's nationally televised parade.
And, on a front page of the Vineyard Gazette last summer Bill Sprague was pictured with his war buddy, Ray Ellis, in Edgartown where they teamed up for the first time since having lost contact 62 years ago. The two served together in the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the frigate USS Corpus Christie and bantered about their experiences escorting subs up to the China Sea out of Perth, Australia.
A week ago Friday, Bill Murphy, son of Bill and Marleen Murphy, was pictured in the Boston Globe and on You Tube with a Giant Pacific octupus. He is a marine biologist at the New England Aquarium and was consulted on several recent children's books. Rowena Burke, the Jamestown library's children and young adults' librarian said that several of those books were donated to the library by Bill's mother and her mother, Alcina Blair.
Ruth Caswell and Diane Reilly are both altos and are also alike in exclaming the upcoming yuletide concerts by the Jamestown Community Chorus as exceptional offerings.
Ruth, 78, has been with the choral group for about 12 years, although she first sang with a chorus started by Rita Murray on Jamestown some 50 years ago, at what was then the recreation center. Traveling with her Navy husband took Ruth away from the island for some years before coming back to join the JCC. She continued her singing in Tiawan with a choral group.
Diane, 64, spent her teenage years on Jamestown and started singing in musicals in both high school and college. She also sang with a women's barbershop group in Massachusetts. She is a special needs nurse and a substitute teacher in the North Kingstown school system.
When asked about "Holiday Medley," to be presented Dec. 8 and 9 at the Central Baptist Church, Ruth said there are the familiar holiday songs that people come to expect to hear, but also some new approaches, such as the "Twelve Days of Christmas," being presented with different styles and composers representing each of the 12 days.
Ruth and Diane are equally excited about the world premiere of islander Sam Bari's composition and arrangement of his new Christmas song, "Special Time of Year."
They both also agree on another thing. They're having fun.
JCC Director B.J. Whitehouse explained further about the segment of the concerts entitled "A Musicological Tour of the Twelve Days of Christrmas," by Craig Courtney.
"The audience should have a pen or pencil ready to connect the 'day of Christmas' with the twelve musical styles. The historical styles and composers include: Johann Strauss, John Philip Sousa, W.A. Mozart, Gregorian Chant, Saint- Saens, Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi to name a few. As we sing the piece, audience members can try to identify the style/composer the arranger has sought to copy. It's fun and not a little bit silly. Who'd a thunk that we'd be singing 'eight maids a-milking a la 'Die Walkure?'
"Fun stuff, this singing."
Charlie Masso was in with the lyrics to our poser, "Does your mother know you're out....."Cecilia. Does she know that I'm about to steal ya? Great tune going way back. Incidentally, St. Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians and my parents, both professional musicians, named their daughter, my late sister, Cecilia Helene."
Thanks, Charlie.
We'll stick with tradition every time. It's time tested.
The Potter League for Animals will conduct a Candlelight Memorial Celebration next Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Channing Memorial Church Parish Hall from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
According to the league, the event will be held "to celebrate the animals that have touched our lives. It is with both love and admiration of that spirit that we hold a ceremony and honor them."
The parish hall is located behind the sanctuary at 135 Pelham St. in Newport. A $10 donation is requested at the door and refreshments will be served following the ceremony. RSVP to susanr@potterleague. org.
Who was the host for Channel 6's "Dialing for Dollars?"
Our 11-year-old vallhund, Joshua, is getting up slower these days. We thought he was just imitating me, but Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic has the real answer.
"Whether due to injury as a younger animal or just due to the wear and tear of aging, many pets develop arthritis and sore or aching joints when they are older. Just like with people, there are many supplements available that claim to help with joint health and some of them can be helpful, some probably have no real benefit, and some could actually be harmful.
"The supplements that we recognize as providing the most benefit for arthritis include glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, and omega-3 fatty acids. All three of these have proven safe and effective in reducing the severity of arthritic changes and in combination with weight management, and sometimes the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, they are the basis for much of our treatment of this disease.
"As always, you should consult with your veterinarian before starting your pet on any supplements or medications and if your pet is showing signs of arthritis definitely discuss it with your veterinarian."
Our poser this week comes from B.J. Whitehouse who refers to our previous attempts to romp through the tunes of yesteryear as "petrified music lyrics."
"It seems that you're sort of stuck in a time warp so let me help you move into the 70s and beyond - how about the following:
"Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand..."
*** Children age 5 and over are invited to a holiday card making workshop Monday afternoon from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Jamestown library.
Construction paper, glue, glitter, crayons and other found materials will be supplied.
The young artists are asked to bring ideas and family photographs that can become part of the holiday greetings. The event is free. Questions? Call 423-7280.
We wonder at the exaltation with which the pols bring federal money from Washington for local pet projects. The feds don't have any money. It's our money.
Watching the Patriots is boooorrrrring.
Trips to our Funk & Wagnals last week gave us the meanings of the following words:
Efficacious - capable of having the desired result or effect.
Eponymous - giving one's name to a tribe, place.
Anomie - a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by an absence of social norms and values. (Sounds like Congress)
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The Xbox Live Arcade isn't the only arcade still kicking around these days. In fact, with today's App of the Day on Pocket-lint, you can download an arcade all of you own.
Namco Arcade
- Platform
- iPad and iOS
- Price
- Free(ish)
- Where
- iTunes
Downloading the Namco Arcade app for iOS devices is a bit like stepping back into an Eighties paradise of slot machine gaming. Actually, it's not but it is a massive nostalgia trip that, pleasingly, doesn't always let you down.
The app houses a selection of arcade titles from Namco from back in't day which number eight or nine or so and include PAC-LAND, PAC-MAN, Galaga, Rolling Thunder, Xevious, The Tower of Druaga, Phozon, and Motos. Frankly, most of these aren't actually much fun to play - contrary to rose-tinted memory, PAC-LAND is rubbish - but there are a couple of crackers which make this free app worth downloading.
The trick is that you get 10 free credits per day but after that it costs you $0.99 per hit unless you buy them in stacks. The best advice is probably to play the game in moderation and have something else on the side to keep you going. As for the crackers, frankly, spy shooter Rolling Thunder is genius and mercilessly hard. (Tip: duck and shoot works for the first level but after that the bad guys get wise). The other one that's tough to put down is, of course, Galaga (Don't forget the old dual ships move) and the app is worth it for these two alone.
With touch, arcade-look controls, it's not as easy as it was when you were slotting 20ps for a game but this set of titles is one of those that's compatible with the iCade and, although we didn't have one for the purposes of testing, it's plain to see that it would be a match made in Silicon Heaven.
NamcoBandai should be adding games to the Namco Arcade as time goes on. Let's hope they do. Let's also hope someone takes the time to clean up the menu screen too.


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John Siracusa, the Mac OS X guru who writes those insanely detailed and well-written Mac OS X reviews for Ars Technica, once told a story about the evolution of the HFS+ file system in Mac OS X - he said it was a struggle between the Mac guys who wanted the features found in BeOS' BFS, and the NEXT guys who didn't really like these features. In the end, the Mac guys won, and over the course of six years, Mac OS X reached feature parity - and a little more - with the BeOS (at the FS level).
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Texas commodity associations may have some differences in what adjustments, if any, they want in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 but they agree that maintaining a unified front when talks begin in earnest will be crucial to hanging onto the program they have or at least using it as a base for one they hope to be nearly as good.
Discussions at a recent Texas Ag Forum in San Antonio underscored the challenges agriculture faces as Congress begins the process of crafting legislation for a new farm program for 2007.
The hurdles include budget deficits, trade agreements and an administration that seems intent on paring back agriculture spending.
Vernie Hubert, Senate committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, said extending the 2002 law might be possible. Several bills have been presented in both houses of Congress and legislators may see hanging onto that program as a stopgap measure while the DOHA Round of trade talks continues.
Hubert said those who "worship at the altar of free trade" would like to see farm legislation geared toward trade agreements and open markets. "There's always a kernel of truth in each point of view" in trade issues, he said. "But we have to sit down and examine each kernel."
He said some legislators support "leading by example, conforming to a program based on what they expect from WTO talks." Oxfam, no fan of U.S. farm programs, with consistent criticism that the cotton program hurts less developed countries, he said, also pushes that theory.
Leading by example comes with peril. "The European Union already outspends the Untied States by a significant margin (on farm subsidies)," Hubert said. "And Congress made every effort to make programs compliant (with WTO agreements) in the 2002 law."
He said Congress will approve "no unilateral disarmament" in trade talks. "We have to be careful. Cutting farm programs (to critics' recommendations) could mean a 30 percent decrease in farmland values, especially in the Midwest. We can't afford that kind of disruption."
He said the current budget deficit also poses problems. "We don't like deficits. But agriculture has been willing to participate in deficit reduction. We only ask for fair treatment."
He said the 2007 farm bill debate likely would coincide with another budget reconciliation. "That makes agriculture vulnerable."
Payment limits will reoccur like a bad dream. He said payment amounts as well as eligibility could be cut. "These changes could dramatically affect the operation of a farm. For instance, non-recourse loans rely on commodity certificates. If those are limited, loans could become recourse loans. And legislators don't need to eliminate a program to achieve cuts; they just need to change it."
He said criticism over disaster relief for agriculture is "disconcerting."
Differing interests of various agricultural commodity groups also create potential friction points for farm bill debate. Fruit and vegetable associations, for instance, want a place at the table. And wheat produces have not seen significant benefit from the market loan program. "They want something more responsive to wheat pricing," Hubert said. "And no one expects ag to get any more money."
He aid ag interests must stand together to achieve their goals. "And we must have bipartisan support for a farm bill. We usually have that."
But the "dynamic tension between the Executive and Legislative branches" does not bode well for easy passage of a farm bill resembling the 2002 law. Legislative wants a safety net, he said. The Executive looks at the WTO, political interests and budget pressures.
"The challenge is to meld various interests into something we all can support," he said.
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NC town commissioner charged with pointing gun at troopers
NC town commissioner charged with pointing gun at troopers
A Boiling Springs town commissioner has been charged with pointing a gun at state troopers.
The Shelby Star reports that troopers were responding to a call at around 10 p.m. on July 12 when 54-year-old John C. Glenn shined a laser light at them.
Authorities say Glenn then drove to his nearby lumber business. Troopers say they arrested Glenn there and found a gun with a laser sight in his car.
Glenn was also charged with driving while intoxicated after authorities found an open alcohol container in his car.
Court records show Glenn is due in court July 26. It wasn't known if he had an attorney.
The town's website says Glenn has served three terms as a Boiling Springs town commissioner since 1998.


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Fishermen off the coast of California better be careful about what they snag in their nets--especially since Wes Silverthorne, an economist at the National Marine Fishery Service, hooked up with Mathematica.
Silverthorne used Mathematica to optimally place fish patrol agents at California's ports to reduce the number of illegal fish that are brought to the docks. He cast this as a constrained minimization problem and used Mathematica to examine the percent of landings at each port, the number of fish violations at that same port, and the amount of time it takes agents to get to each port.
"Our agents are thinly spread in only five locations; however, there are 20 ports to patrol in California," Silverthorne said. "I used Mathematica to come up with a model that places the optimal number of our agents at each port to minimize the number of fish violations."


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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is ending slightly higher as investors assess corporate earnings.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 28 points, or 0.2 percent, to finish at 16,943 Friday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose two points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,967. The Nasdaq composite rose 19 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,415.
Fastenal, which makes industrial fasteners, fell 4 percent after reporting revenue that fell short of analysts' estimates.
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Week In Vine: June 10 – June 14, 2013
With Cam'ron (thank goodness) joining the ranks of VIPs on Vine this week, the 6-second video app seems to be growing like a, um, vine, with celebs using it to showcase their silly, entertaining, intense and creative sides. This week, Kevin Hart played a prank on the guys at ESPN's First Take, while Cam'ron debuted a touching (and violent) hood love story co-starring his girl JuJu. Click through to check out the week's most entertaining celebrity Vines.


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Barb Hager-Olsen will be featured on Monday.
Note to readers: Several longtime teachers and staff in Independent School District 593 have recently retired or are retiring. The Times has attempted to reach out to all of them in order to feature profiles of each retiree leading up to Friday evening's retirement celebration at the Eagle. Today, retiring teacher Jon Bittner and retiring staff member Kathy Wagner are featured. Some thoughts from retiring kindergarten teacher Barb Hager-Olsen will be featured on Monday.
Jon Bittner
Q: How many years have you been employed by District 593?
A: Finishing my 28th year
Q: What is your role within District 593? Has it changed throughout your tenure with Crookston Public Schools?
A: Social Studies Teacher at CHS: Past Department Chair...in recent years 10th World History and 12 Government and Economics...in the past 9th Civics and Government and 10th World History, plus some "singletons" such as an odd Geography or US History...this all depended on our enrollment....I also coaches hockey, football and girls golf...After my 1st year at CHS, I was "RIF'ed" and was hired as our districts first EBD teacher...I believe at that time I was the 3rd Special Ed teacher (along with Kathie Miller and Kris Derosier)...
Q: What is your most memorable experience during your career in Crookston?
A: Every day is memorable...working with kids individually or as classes/teams...every day and every hour is different
Q: What advice would you give to the person who has to fill your shoes?
A: Oh, I don't know...advice, from me??? Really???!!!! LOL :)
Q: What are your plans for retirement?
A: Because I'm a rookie at this, I have to learn how to do my new job of "retirement"...I have no previous experience at retirement....so we will take on this challenging task "one day at a time"...LOL :), until I figure things out! :)...I do want to connect again with old friends as our paths and families have taken ourselves in different directions and focus...same with relatives, I will have the time to reconnect with them as well...plus, do some things around the house that need attention and chase the boys and Jo around wherever the winds might take them....
Q: Please feel free to share any additional comments you would like to express to the community, co-workers, past/present students, etc.
A: I'd like to thank the tax payers (past and present), the faculty, staff and administration as well as all the students and athletes I have had the opportunity to serve in the 4 districts I have had the pleasure of working with from EGF to Hallock, to Warroad and now Crookston. Thank you for your trust and confidence in my working with our district, kids and teams over these many years!
Kathy Wagner
I have worked for District 593 for 29 years. I worked at Highland Elementary School from 1984 through 2001. I then relocated to Washington Elemetary School where I have worked for the past 12 years.
My most memorable experience during my career was that of receiving the IAAP (International Association of Administrative Professionals) Administrative Professional of the year award.
The advice I would give to the person who replaces me is: Be friendly, gracious and approachable. The Administrative Assistant is one who is the "PR" for a builing, a receptionist both in person and on the telephone. This person sets the "tone" for the building. I would urge this person to enjoy the joys of working with small children. They are our most precious asset.
During retirement, I plan to spend some relaxing time at our lake home and do lots of reading. I look forward to enjoying time with family and friends and to spend some special quality time with my grandson, the "apple of my eye".
I would like to thank the faculty and staff of District 593 for the loyalty and dedication you provide our district. I have watched many students achieve their "academic best" due to your passion for educating each student to their full potential.


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AIDS 2012 Twitter Buzz: The Dog Days of the Conference
July 26, 2012
As we pass the halfway point for AIDS 2012, everyone -- even intrepid tweeters -- has started to get tired. We've all seen the sights -- especially the condoms -- but that doesn't mean all was quiet on the social media front. Here's a roundup of a few more topics that were popular today.
Prevention, Prevention, Prevention
Of course, any conference that talks about turning the tide against HIV is going to have to discuss how to keep new infections down. Prevention is key to ending HIV, and it's also important to many, many people on Twitter ...
People on Twitter discussed how treatment may be prevention -- but what does that mean where treatment isn't available? Plus how culture, policy and faith can have an impact. Not to mention microbicides ...
... and safer sex ...
The Young and the Old
HIV affects over 2.2 million adolescents, but is also spreading among older adults. Maybe older people can be leaders, but then again, so can the youth.
Though it would be a little easier if both groups had gender equality:
Which brings me back to ...
Gender and HIV (Again)
Maybe it's just my bias, but it feels like the conference has been utterly filled with critical discussion of gender politics and women's rights. People have tweeted to discuss the link between gender violence and HIV risk; how gender inequality leads to HIV; how gender roles limit equality; and how prevention for women is cheaper than treatment.
HIV Is Not a Crime
The fact of the matter is that even though there's some good news, HIV stigma and criminalization are still global issues. And they're also domestic issues: North America has the highest number of prosecutions for HIV criminalization -- Canada and the U.S. both.
Let's be real: This kind of thing just isn't just.
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Chapter Two: Toward a Highly Qualified Teacher In Every Classroom: Partnership in Action
|"There is no better way to improve education than by putting a highly
qualified teacher in every classroom. The No Child Left Behind Act recognized
this fact, and we continue to work hard with states to make it a reality."
- Secretary Rod Paige
During the past year, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has continued its partnership with states, institutions, schools and teachers to improve teacher preparation, raise standards for teachers and students and improve teaching and learning. It is one of the highest priorities at the Department. In addition, ED continues to support national teacher quality initiatives that are designed to bring together and mobilize stakeholder groups across the country in innovative ways.
Federal Activities in Support of Increased Teacher Quality
During the past year, the Department has:
- Issued guidance to states to offer common-sense flexibility to implement the teacher quality provisions of NCLB and clarify federal requirements.
- Launched the Teacher Assistance Corps, which completed visits to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, to provide support to state agencies as they carry out the highly qualified teacher provisions of NCLB.
- Initiated several events and vehicles to communicate directly with teachers, including updating and publishing No Child Left Behind: A Toolkit for Teachers.
- Provided substantial and flexible funding to meet the teacher quality challenge as it manifests itself in states, local communities and schools.
- Continued to refine and improve the accuracy and usefulness of the Title II data collection and reporting system.
- Launched new rigorous research studies that will help establish what works in teacher preparation and professional development.
- Funded several innovative initiatives in the areas of alternative certification, teacher advancement and closing the teacher quality gap.
Issuing Guidance
The concepts that every child deserves to be taught by a highly qualified teacher and that teachers should not have to teach courses outside their areas of expertise are simple. However, what states, institutions and school systems need to do to achieve these goals can seem complex and challenging. To help, the Department has provided direct technical assistance and guidance to those charged with implementing teacher quality provisions at the state and local levels as well as given clear and concise information to teachers themselves.
In September 2003 and January 2004, ED issued successive editions of nonregulatory guidance concerning the administration of the Title II, Part A, program under NCLB. This guidance provides answers to many of the questions raised by those in the field about teacher quality and the administration of the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program. In particular, the guidance encourages state departments of education and local school districts to take advantage of the flexibility provided within the law to set certification standards that allow qualified individuals to enter teaching, to target funds to improve teaching and learning for programs that work and to tailor this national initiative for excellence to their unique needs.
A March 2004 update, resulting directly from issues raised during Teacher Assistance Corps visits, describes the new areas of flexibility for teachers to demonstrate that they are highly qualified. The new flexibility, as discussed in Chapter 1, addresses rural, science and multi-subject teachers. This flexibility will benefit teachers, local and state administrators and--most importantly--students.
Establishing the Teacher Assistance Corps
In the past year, ED launched the Teacher Assistance Corps (TAC)--a team of 45 education experts, researchers and practitioners who, along with senior Department program staff, provided support to states as they carry out the highly qualified teacher provisions of the law. TAC members traveled to states and performed on-site reviews tailored to the explicit needs and concerns of state officials. The teams offered guidance and feedback on state efforts, addressed specific state challenges and provided useful information from other states about promising practices in the field. TAC completed visits to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The Teacher Assistance Corps will continue to provide support and guidance for states as they implement the highly qualified teacher requirements of NCLB.
|"Most states are genuinely looking for ways to meet the requirements and understand that all children do deserve the best teacher we can give them."
- Sharon Yates, Professor, Belmont University, Teacher Assistance Corps member
Disseminating a Toolkit for Teachers on NCLB
To better answer the many questions ED receives from teachers about the highly qualified teacher provisions and other aspects of NCLB, this past year the Department prepared and widely disseminated the publication, No Child Left Behind: A Toolkit for Teachers (available online at http://www.ed.gov/teachers/ nclbguide/nclb-teachers-toolkit.pdf). The toolkit is designed specifically to provide teachers with valuable information about NCLB and how it supports teachers. It includes a general overview of the law; details about the highly qualified teacher provisions; guidance on understanding the federal, state and local roles in NCLB; valuable information about loan forgiveness, tax credits and liability protection for teachers; useful Web resources, including resources for teaching students with disabilities and English language learners; and information about using data to influence classroom decisions. More than 100,000 booklets and interactive compact discs were distributed in 2003. This year, the Department has updated the Toolkit for Teachers, and will increase efforts to distribute it to teachers around the nation.
Providing Substantial and Flexible Funding
The federal government supports states, institutions and districts in conducting a wide variety of activities aimed at improving teacher quality through formula and discretionary grant programs. President George W. Bush's proposed budget for FY 2005 includes more than $5.1 billion--an increase of more than half a billion dollars over the previous year--to support teachers through training, recruitment, incentives, loan forgiveness and tax relief. Highlights include:
- $2.9 billion for Improving Teacher Quality State Grants to give states and school districts the flexibility to select the research-based strategies that best meet their needs for teaching improvements that will raise student achievement in core academic subjects.
- $269.1 million for Mathematics and Science Partnerships to improve academic achievement in mathematics and science by promoting strong teaching skills for elementary and secondary teachers. Grants support activities to develop rigorous mathematics and science curricula, distance learning programs and incentives to recruit college graduates with degrees in math and science into the teaching profession.
- $91.4 million for Special Education Personnel Preparation to ensure that there are adequate numbers of personnel with the skills and knowledge necessary to help children with disabilities succeed educationally. Program activities focus on both meeting the demand for personnel to serve children with disabilities and improving the qualifications of these personnel, with particular emphasis on incorporating knowledge gained from research and practice into training programs.
- $88.9 million for Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants to improve the recruitment, preparation, licensing and support of new teachers. Partnership grants support a wide range of reforms and improvements in teacher preparation programs. Recruitment grants help reduce shortages of qualified teachers in high-need school districts through scholarships, support services and recruitment efforts.
- $45.3 million for Transition to Teaching Grants to recruit and retain highly qualified mid-career professionals (including highly qualified paraprofessionals) and recent college graduates as teachers in high-need schools in high-need districts and enable these individuals to receive full teacher certification through alternate routes.
- $14.8 million for Early Childhood Educator Professional Development focusing on professional development (especially in teaching prereading skills to young children) for early childhood educators and caregivers working in high-poverty communities.
- Increasing loan forgiveness for highly qualified math, science and special education teachers serving low-income communities from $5,000 to a maximum of $17,500. Schools in these communities often are forced to hire uncertified teachers or assign teachers who are teaching out-of-field.
- Expanding the above-the-line tax deduction for qualified out-of-pocket classroom expenses incurred by teachers from $250 to $400.
|The Milwaukee Partnership Academy
|With the support of an FY 1999 Teacher Quality Enhancement
Partnership Grant, the Milwaukee Partnership Academy: An Urban P-16 Council
for Quality Teaching and Learning was designed to develop a comprehensive
prototype for preparing future K-8 teachers to succeed in urban, high-need
schools through a strong and unique local partnership. The academy also
aims to improve the education of all children through better preparation,
recruitment and retention of teachers for urban schools. Since its inception,
the Milwaukee Partnership Academy has evolved into a system-to-system
reform model that focuses on the entire Milwaukee Public School system
and has expanded to include Pre-K and K-12 teachers and faculty. As a
result of this project, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was able
to focus on and initiate reform in a number of areas: (1) the redesign
of course sequence in content courses taken by teacher education students;
(2) the redesign of course work and field experiences for teachers; (3)
recruitment of urban teachers through a partnership agreement with Milwaukee
Area Technical College; (4) the use of experienced master teachers from
the Milwaukee Public Schools (teachers-in-residence) in all aspects of
teacher preparation; (5) the use of multiple entry points to teaching,
including alternative certification programs to recruit and train prospective
teachers from the nonteaching employment ranks of the Milwaukee Public
Schools; and (6) school-based induction support and professional development
for beginning teachers.
The Milwaukee Partnership Academy Governance Council has broad-based community support. The Executive Committee has 10 key partners, including the superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, the executive director of the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association, the president of the Milwaukee Area Technical College, the president of the Private Industry Council, the president of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, the president of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, the mayor of the City of Milwaukee and the executive director of the Bader Foundation.
Other federal education programs also target improvements in teacher professionalism
and improved teaching and learning. For instance, the Teaching American History
grant program supports projects to raise student achievement by improving
teachers' knowledge, understanding and appreciation for American history
through intensive, ongoing professional development. Troops-to-Teachers helps
improve public school education by providing funds to recruit, prepare and
support former members of the military services as teachers in high-poverty
schools. In addition, pro-grams such as Title I, Reading First and Enhancing
Education Through Technology incorporate substantial professional development
components targeted to improving student achievement.
Even more significantly, NCLB provides flexibility for states and districts to provide leadership by taking advantage of transfer-ability provisions to target federal resources as they see fit, without separate requests and approval. For example, under Title I, states and districts have the flexibility to leverage other federal program resources to under-take a wide variety of activities to build the capacity of teachers to raise student achievement.
|"I believe the reporting requirements of Title II
have caused states to become more cognizant of the need to constantly
and carefully study available data and use the results to affect changes
designed to continually improve the quality of the teaching."
- Wendell Cave, Staff Assistant, Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board
Refining the Title II Data System
Two necessary steps toward greater account-ability for the quality of teachers are reliable and valid data collection and clear reporting to students, parents, the public and policy-makers. In recognition of this fact, both HEA and NCLB require annual reporting of data to the Department on the quality of teacher preparation. Because teacher quality accountability mechanisms--in many cases--simply did not exist prior to the passage of these laws or were technically incompatible, it has taken time to implement and standardize them. Indeed, data collection and reporting mechanisms at the institutional, state and federal levels have all come under scrutiny during implementation for their accuracy and validity by a variety of organizations, including the General Accounting Office, the Education Trust, and the Center for Education Policy--and rightly so. Inaccurate, invalid or unreliable data about the quality of teachers serves to obscure the real extent of the teacher quality challenge, especially as it contributes to the working conditions of teachers and educational achievement gaps between students of different races and means. ED fully recognizes the importance of these data collections and continues to work diligently with the states on an ongoing basis to improve data collection.
Data presented in this report draw most heavily on those required to be collected by Title II of the HEA. That law requires three annual reports on teacher preparation. First, institutions of higher education are to report various data to states. These data include the pass rates on state certification and licensure examinations of students completing their teacher-training programs. Second, using reports from institutions of higher education, as well as other sources, states are to report the following information to the Department:
- State certification and licensure requirements for completers of traditional and alternate teacher preparation programs.
- Statewide pass rates on the most recent state assessments of graduates of teacher preparation programs as well as pass rates disaggregated by institution and quartile rankings of their institutions based on their pass rates.
- The number of teachers on waivers or emergency and temporary permits.
- Information on teacher standards and their alignment with student standards.
- Criteria for identifying low-performing schools of education.
Finally, through the present document, the secretary of education reports to Congress on national patterns in these data and their implications. (See http://www.title2.org for additional information about this data collection, including online access to state data.)
The HEA Title II data collection and reporting system is now entering its fourth year of operation. During that time, ED has worked with states to improve the accuracy and usefulness of these data by refining the online data collection system. States have worked to eliminate inconsistent responses and reduce incomplete responses. In addition, the Department has provided extensive technical assistance and support via telephone and e-mail--including at least monthly conference calls--to assist state Title II coordinators in resolving data and reporting issues.
Nonetheless, challenges remain. For instance, reporting data regarding the numbers and characteristics of teachers on waivers is difficult for many state data collection and reporting systems. Reasons for this difficulty vary from state to state but include issues such as the timing of data collections, the level of data collection (district vs. state) and definitional issues within and across states. To address these and related issues, during the coming year further enhancements to the HEA Title II data collection and reporting system are planned, primarily focusing on improving the alignment of HEA Title II reporting requirements with NCLB. Some of these improvements will need to be made through statutory changes in HEA.
Evaluating What Works in Improving Teacher Quality
The current nationwide emphasis on ensuring that all students and schools achieve at high levels has increased the demand for sound evidence regarding "what works" in education. In fact, a recent study by the Institute of Education Sciences found that policymakers at all levels believe that teacher quality-related issues, including teacher preparation, recruitment and professional development, should be a high priority for further rigorous research (Huang, Reiser, Parker, Muniec and Salvucci, 2003).
To that end, ED has recently funded, or will soon be launching, a number of rigorous studies that will shed light on the relationship of teacher quality to student achievement or teacher retention. These studies include:
- Impact of Professional Development Models and Strategies on Teacher Practice and Student Achievement. This random assignment study is designed to evaluate the impact of professional development on changes in teacher practice and student achievement in early reading.
- Impact Evaluation of Teacher Preparation Models. This random assignment study will evaluate the effects of different amounts of teacher preparation on student achievement, taking advantage of the existing variation in teacher training across different routes to certification--both alternative and traditional.
- An Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Induction Programs. This evaluation, to be awarded by September 2004, will examine the effectiveness of different strategies of teacher induction in increasing teacher retention rates among novice teachers.
In addition, forthcoming findings from a descriptive study of the Transition to Teaching Program, which is designed to bring highly qualified individuals into the teaching work-force through the creation and expansion of alternative approaches to certification, will help policymakers develop effective approaches in the areas of teacher preparation, teacher certification and teacher retention.
As a complement to supporting rigorous research studies, ED created the "What Works Clearinghouse" (http://www.w-w-c.org). The clearinghouse provides educators and policy-makers with an easily accessible Web-based database of high-quality scientific reviews on what works in educating students. These reviews on various interventions and programs will support informed local decision-making and the effective implementation of NCLB. In addition, the reviews will help inform teachers and administrators as they seek to improve student achievement for all students.
Other Promising Initiatives for Addressing the Teacher Quality Challenge
Improving the quality of teacher preparation is as important as any education challenge that has faced the nation. To this end, the Department is committed to continuing to forge strong partnerships with states, institutions and national organizations, such as the American Board for the Certification of Teacher Excellence, the National Center for Alternative Certification, Teach for America and the New Teacher Project, to help to continue building momentum for change. Yet, all will need to fully embrace and rally around this critically important goal if we are to succeed. The opportunity to make real and lasting improvements in the recruitment, preparation, assignment and support of teachers will require nothing less than a national commitment.


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I talk to more and more farmers who admit they sometimes wish the farm bill could somehow just go away. Not because they don't deserve a subsidy program, but because they're sick and tired of the political football that the farm bill has become.
Everybody from the citizen on the street to the president of the United States has an opinion these days — often uninformed, but always well-worded.
Shortly after Bush rejected the bill, Deputy USDA Secretary Chuck Conner told reporters, "This massive spending package — coming at a time of escalating food prices and gas closing on nearly $4 per gallon — in our opinion is simply unacceptable.
"It is irresponsible to ask the American taxpayer, who is struggling to make ends meet, to subsidize farm couples and those who make more than $1 million a year. Simply put, this is bad policy and it is unfair policy."
But U.S. farmers do deserve the best farm bill the U.S. taxpayer can buy, no doubt about it. Here's why:
Most farmers aren't netting those lofty futures prices — We hear about the high prices for corn, wheat, rice, cotton and soybeans, but a widening basis and difficulties with forward contracting erode that price.
High input costs are trimming margins — Granted, farmers may have a lot of money coming in. But not much sticks to their pocketbooks. "I'm glad to see these prices high, but I can tell you, it's not a lot of comfort," Brownsville, Tenn., farmer Richard Jameson told me. "Last year, I bought generic glyphosate for $15 a gallon. This year, it's $32. DAP has gone from $400 a ton to close to $1,000 a ton. Potash is doing the same thing. Diesel fuel could be headed to $5."
The vagaries of weather — People see high prices and believe everything is great for farmers. But the weather can take away crop profits in a heartbeat. For example, coming up 10,000 or so bushels short on a soybean contract means having to pay back the difference between the contract price and the current price. When prices are apt to soar for no reason at harvest, the farmer can have a real problem on his hands when this occurs.
Food and fiber security — U.S. farmers don't get the credit they deserve for being the breadbasket of the world. And no one considers the cost our farmers incur to protect our nation's soil and water and the safety of commodities we consume — a cost not incurred by a lot of farmers in other countries. Is the value of this stewardship worth a subsidy to offset the additional cost? Bet your bottom dollar it is.
Other countries have subsidies, too — If you want to do away with agricultural subsidies, then level the playing field first. The rest of the world should remove subsidies and tariffs that inhibit trade of U.S. agricultural commodities.
Good prices always cycle into bad prices — In vetoing the farm bill, the administration stated that it "would not accept a farm bill that fails to reform our farm programs at a time when farm income and crop prices are setting records."
It would appear that whoever is advising the president has indeed just fallen off the turnip truck. Basing farm policy on a single snapshot of price, instead of a long-term baseline, is simply naïve.
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Surface Pro 3, available to buy today, wasn't the hardware we initially expected Microsoft to announce. What we expected was the Surface Mini, an 8-inch, pen-equipped ARM device that was mysteriously cancelled or delayed at the last minute.
Microsoft appears to have accidentally confirmed that the Surface Mini was indeed planned and all but ready for release with the release of its User Guide for the Surface Pro 3. The PDF is meant to introduce users to all the features that Surface Pro 3 has to offer... but in a handful of places it says not "Surface Pro 3" but "Surface Mini." Search and replace apparently missed a few. The oversight was first spotted by Paul Thurrott.
The references in the document confirm that not only does the Surface Mini exist, but also that it will include pen support, as expected.


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The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach resides in the historic DiLido Hotel, after undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation The Ritz Carlton opened its doors in 2003 almost 50 years after the landmark hotel opened on the corner of trendy Lincoln Road and Collins Avenue.
Not your typical South Beach hotel, the $200 million restoration preserved the building's exterior curves, and sweeping lines while adding accents of the Art Moderne/Miami Modern ("MiMo") design that conveys a stylish and modern interpretation of luxury. Many of the original DiLido Hotel interior features have been preserved, including black terrazzo floors and a grand lobby staircase. The signature curved "Wall of Lights" at the hotel's entrance shines of polished cherry wood with 72 domed sconces. Mirroring the glamour and elegance of the 1950's with an updated weave of design, the lobby and public space merges the two time periods together. A multi-million dollar art collection, on loan from Diana Lowenstein Fine Art, features works by more than a dozen Latin American and European artists who have created modern works inspired by the Art Moderne era. More than 40 works of art grace the resort, The Ritz Carlton South Beach is known as one of two hotels on South Beach as an Art Hotel.
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The Ritz-Carlton South Beach's Club Level offers one more step of luxury and sophistication to your overall stay. The Art-Moderne style lounge serves five elaborate food and beverage stagings daily. This exclusive amenity provides guests with a luxurious hospitality lounge complete with magnificent views of Miami Beach. The Club Level is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and is staffed by a team of service concierges offering exclusive conveniences and amenities to the guest such as travel arrangements, assistance with dinner reservations and guidance in planning itineraries for your stay both on property and off; butler/housekeeping services are offered as is complimentary internet access and express check-out. Continental breakfast is offered each morning followed by lunch and mid day snacks. Late afternoon is welcomed with hors d'oeuvres and cocktails followed by evening cordials and pastries giving a sweet finale to your day on South Beach.
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Delta Airlines (NYSE:DAL) revealed in-line fourth-quarter earnings and sales on Tuesday and projected improved revenue in the current period as it continues to lower capacity and ramps up refinery production.
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The Atlanta-based carrier posted net income of $7 million, or a penny a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $425 million, or 50 cents.
Excluding one-time items, Delta said it earned $238 million, or 28 cents a share, matching average analyst estimates in a Thomson Reuters poll.
Revenue for the three months ended in December climbed 2% to $8.6 billion from $8.4 billion a year ago, in-line with the Street's view. The performance was driven by an increase in passenger revenue and load factor amid a 1.3% decline in capacity.
The year-over-year slump in earnings was partially related to a $75 million revenue impact related to super storm Sandy.
The storm also impacted the startup of the airline's newly-acquired Trainer Refinery, which Delta is hoping will eventually help offset the persistent rise of fuel costs. The refinery produced a $63 million net loss for the quarter, however Delta said at current market prices Trainer should turn a modest profit in the current period.
"Our investments in Delta's network, products and operations, combined with our capacity discipline, have produced unit revenue growth that has outpaced the industry for 21 consecutive months," said Ed Bastian, Delta's president.
Because of its "strong revenue momentum" heading into fiscal 2013, Bastian said Delta is projecting a 4% to 6% increase in March quarter unit revenues.
It is also forecasting another 2% to 4% decrease in system capacity, which is expected to help improve margins.
Shares of Delta are up nearly 45% from 12 months ago.


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FPS COST Action E28
Genosilva : European Forest Genomics Network
COST Action E28 aimed at capitalising on the substantial genome resource that has been developed for model tree species like poplar or pine and to use this knowledge to develop new tools and biotechnology to enhance forest productivity and durable forest health. Furthermore, the Action initiated an active dialogue with forestry practitioners, including tree breeders, forest managers and policy makers in order to discuss the needs and requirements for new tools to enhance forest productivity and forest health. An important objective of the Action was to use knowledge generated by basic plant science as well as by experts working on model species for studying less well investigated species of the forest tree sector. The cDNA micro array technique was applied successfully in analysing the particular aspects of wood formation. Micro arrays constructed by using gene sequences (ESTs ; Expressed Sequence Tags) from closely related species such as white oaks (Quercus), chestnut (Castanea) and poplar (Populus) as well as ESTs from special cork oak cDNA libraries were used to study cork and phellem formation in cork oak (Quercus suber) and Quercus ilex. Those studies showed that homologous as well as heterologous targets were revealing informative results on genes involved in cork production in oaks. The same approach was used to analyse aspects of forest health, in particular to investigate differential expression of candidate genes in poplar exposed to drought. The results are demonstrating that heterologous gene collections on micro arrays, and thus knowledge from model species, are applicable for expression analysis across species borders. In another effort, a new technology established for the human genome for the detection of methylated DNA sites could be transferred to plants for the investigation of developmental differences in tissues such as needles or buds as well as maturation differences in tissue generated during in vitro propagation of trees. The technique was successfully applied to chestnut and pine to detect tissue specific methylation patterns. To contribute to the development of sustainable forest resources across Europe COST Action E28 fostered the use of new genetic tools in the field of forest breeding by supporting actively the technology transfer from leading European laboratories to less technologically advanced sites. Recently established techniques from state of the art research institutions were applied to elucidate particular scientific issues such as hybrid detection in Austrian and South Italian poplar or for discriminating Lithuanian Populus/Fraxinus hybrids. A methodology transfer in the area of diversity estimation and plant selection based on molecular markers contributed to successful analyses of less investigated species such as Sorbus in Hungary or Fraxinus in Lithuania. Thus the Action contributed to the anchoring of genetic and genomic tools in applied forest research. The final conference was organized jointly with the Working Groups 2.04.01 (Population, ecological and conservation genetics) and 02.04.10 (Genomics) of the International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO). This way the outcomes of COST Action E28 gained broad attention and drew a vivid scientific debate. The results of this conferences titled 'Towards forest community and ecosystem genomics' were published in The New Phytologist 01/2007 (Lexer et al). A highly informative web-site has been established (http://www.genosilva.org) which will remain active after the end of E28 at ARC, Seibersdorf, Austria, displaying a wide collection of scientific papers as well as discussion results on the web.
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Hey everyone.
I just received new power adapter for the Raspberry Pi - http://www.adafruit.com/products/501
As far as I can tell it has been working great. Test voltage on it, ~5.18v stand alone, lowest I've seen it was ~4.90v under load, with network, hdmi and 2x usb still working fine.
However the adapter itself is emitting a humming noise.
I tried other power adapters and they did not make any noise (that I could hear), however they weren't high enough v/amp for what I need.
I've tried different wall sockets, and I've tried it with just the adapter plugged in, not even USB cable to it, so I know it is the adapter itself.
Is this indicative of something that is or may become problematic, or is it nothing to worry about?


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