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. Open house at Stepping Stones Early Childhood Development from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at 500 N.W. Stuart Ave., Stuart. Meet the teachers and tour the school for ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Free registration and 10 percent off first week's tuition when pre-paid at open house. For more information, call (772) 692-0160 or email email@example.com or visit www.steppingstonesecdc.webs.com.
. St. Lucie County Friends of SafeSpace are hosting a housewarming party. Safespace is registered at Bed, Bath and Beyond (registry No. 0012952140) and all gifts benefit the women and children residing in emergency shelters. Enjoy food, drinks and "friends" at 1681 S.W. Victor Lane, Port St. Lucie from 5-7 p.m.
. Open house and registration at Temple Beth El Israel Religious School from 10 a.m.-noon. Meet Rabbi Shaffir Lobb, teachers and staff. 551 S.W. Bethany Drive, Port St. Lucie.
. Vacation Bible School, from 6:30- 8:30 p.m. at St. Lucie Baptist Church, 450 N.E. Lazy River Parkway, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 342-4663.
. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at FAU is hosting a bioluminescent kayak tour at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Dinner at Dixie Crossroads (not included in price). Depart Cracker Barrel near junction of Route 60 and I-95 (the outlet mall of Vero Beach) at 4:30 p.m. Return around midnight. During the warm summer months the waters of the Indian River Lagoon come alive with bioluminescence. Tiny dinoflagellates make the water light up and speeding fish become underwater fireworks. Then, huge schools of flying mullet make it an evening participants will never forget. Cost is $35 per person for kayak trip. Call (772) 242-2559 for information and reservations.
. Teens are invited to the zombie prom from 3- 5 p.m. at the Hobe Sound Public Library, 10595 S.E. Federal Highway, Hobe Sound. The event is free and open to students entering grades six to 12. Come dressed as a scary character, be it a zombie, vampire, werewolf or whatever. No tickets or registration is required. Those available to help plan and decorate for the prom can call (772) 546-2257 or stop by the Hobe Sound Public Library to sign up to help. For more information, visit www.library.martin.fl.us or call (772) 221-1403.
. The Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast is having a "Hooked on Blues" event featuring Category 5 at Crawdaddy's in Jensen Beach. Enjoy New Orleans-style food, with an added Florida touch, a tiki bar. Category 5 will play from 7-11 p.m. Crawdaddy's is located at 1949 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd. For directions, call (772) 225-3444.
. The Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County is teaming up with Macy's for "Shop For A Cause" to help raise the required local match for the school readiness program. Purchase a $5 shopping pass and save 25 percent at Macy's on Aug. 25 on most items. The shopping pass also gives participants a chance to win a $500 Macy's gift certificate. Passes can be purchased by calling (772) 595-6424, Ext. 111.
. Legacy Dance team is hosting a bring a friend day, which is a free dance workshop and audition open to the community. This event gives Legacy dancers the opportunity to invite their peers to see what they do and experience what it is like to be on an award-winning dance team. This event is open to all students ages11-18 years old. This event will also be the last chance to audition for Legacy's competition team for those who have missed the summer auditions. Dancers who excel during the workshop will receive an invitation to join Legacy's competition team for the 2012-13 season. The event will take place at the Port St. Lucie Community Center beginning at 1:30 p.m. Parents need to sign waivers for child to participate. For more information, call (561) 329-6289.
Bars and Clubs
. Cobb's Landing, 200 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Alex Kash, 6-10 p.m. (772) 460-9014.
. Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach, Reggae by Rainfall, 8 p.m. - midnight. (772) 334-1130.
. Crawdaddy's, 1949 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach, Call for performers. 8 p.m.-midnight. (772) 225-3444.
. Harborcove Bar and Grill, 1930 Harbortown Drive in the Harbortown Marina. Fridays, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Mike Denne. (772) 429-5303
. Hutchinson Island Marriott Resort Tiki Bar, 555 N.E. Ocean Blvd., Hutchinson Island, (772) 225-3700.
. Manatee Island Bar & Grill, 4817 S.E. Dixie Highway, Port Salerno. Robbie Bullard, 8 p.m. (772) 872-7288.
. The Original Tiki Bar & Restaurant, 2 Ave. A, Fort Pierce, Live Music 5-9 p.m. (772) 461-0880.
. Rinelli's Yellow Tail. Live music, 101 Second Street, Fort Pierce. (772) 466-5474
. Tradewinds Restaurant & Lounge, Captain Ron, 6:30-9:30 p.m. (772) 621-0822.
. Tropical Jerk Restaurant. Enjoy live reggae music from 6-9 p.m. 722 S U.S. 1, Fort Pierce. (772) 466-5517.
. Bogey's & Stogey's, 1032 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. Call for performers. (772) 337-7778.
. Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach, Reggae by Rainfall, 8 p.m. to midnight. (772) 334-1130.
. Crawdaddy's, 1949 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach, Call for performers, 7:30-11:30 p.m. (772) 225-3444.
. Courtyard Marriot in Jensen Beach, 10978 S Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach. Capt. Ron will be Poolside from 4-8 p.m. (772) 229-1000
. Harborcove Bar and Grill, 1930 Harbortown Drive in the Harbortown Marina. Saturdays, 2-5p.m. The Jazz Band. (772) 429-5303.
. Kings Head Pub, 2838 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd. Call for performers. (772) 340-1223.
. Manatee Island Bar & Grill, 4817 S.E. Dixie Highway, Port Salerno. Jason Montero, 8 p.m. (772) 872-7288.
. The Original Tiki Bar & Restaurant, 2 Ave. A, Fort Pierce, live music 5-9 p.m. (772) 461-0880.
. Rinelli's Yellow Tail. Live music 101 Second Street, Fort Pierce. (772) 466-5474.
. Cobb's Landing, 200 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Matrix, 4-8 p.m. (772) 460-9014.
. Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. Reggae by Rainfall, 4-8 p.m. (772) 334-1130.
. Harborcove Bar and Grill, 1930 Harbortown Drive in the Harbortown Marina. Sundays, 4-8, Dr. Papachubby. (772) 429-5303.
. Manatee Island Bar & Grill, 4817 S.E. Dixie Highway, Port Salerno. Floridian Band at the Tiki Bar, 3 p.m. (772) 872-7288.
. Rinelli's Yellow Tail: Trivia nights at 7 p.m. 101 Second St., Fort Pierce. (772) 466-5474.
. Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. Trivia, 7-9 p.m. (772) 334-1130.
. Cowboys' BBQ & Steak Co. 2902 S.E. Gran Parkway, Stuart, Capt. Ron from 8-11 p.m. (772) 287-8100.
. King's Head Pub, 2838 SW Port St. Lucie Blvd. Hypnotist Rich Alexander.8- 9 p.m. Free admission. Call (772) 340-1223.
. Original Coconut Bar, open mic with Rich from 9 p.m.-midnight. 4787 S.E. Dixie Highway, Stuart. (772) 219-1945.
. The Original Tiki Bar & Restaurant, 2 Ave. A, Fort Pierce, Dynamic Entertainment Trivia at 7 p.m. (772) 461-0880.
. Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. Crab racing, 6-9 p.m. (772) 334-1130.
. Hutchinson Island Marriott Resort Tiki Bar, 555 N.E. Ocean Blvd., Hutchinson Island. Call (772) 225-3700.
. Mickey Finn's Comedy Night, 269 Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. 8 p.m., no cover. (772) 873-5522 for reservations.
. Rinelli's Yellow Tail, free wine tasting 6-7:30 p.m. Exclusive "on-premise" wines available. Dinner for two and a select bottle of wine, $35. 101 Second St., Fort Pierce. (772) 466-5474.
. Sonny's Real Pit Barbeque, 10180 South U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie. 5-9 p.m. Child eats free with adult entree. Bingo, prizes, games trivia, face painting and music with AJ the DJ.
. Thirsty Turtle, 2825 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie, Davee Bryan, 7:45-11 p.m. (772) 344-7774.
. Archie's Seabreeze, 401 S. Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, jazz and steak night every Thursday, 7-10 p.m. (772) 460-3888.
. Conchy Joe's Seafood, 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. Reggae by Rainfall, 7-10 p.m. Ladies night, 6-10 p.m. (772) 334-1130.
. Dolphin Bar & Shrimp House, 140 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. (772) 781-5236.
. Dresa, Asian fusion, U.S.1 and Kanner Highway, Stuart. Capt. Ron will perform from 7:30-10:30 p.m. (772) 288-6262.
. Rinelli's Yellow Tail, Bike Night in downtown Fort Pierce. 6-9 p.m. Music, Prizes, 50/50 Vendors. (772) 466-5474.
. Sonny's Barbeque, 3120 S. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, Family day, face painting, Music by AJ the DJ, bingo, games and trivia. 5-9 p.m. For more information, call (772) 468-9068.
. Thirsty Turtle, 2825 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie, Davee Bryan, 7:45-11 p.m.
. VFW Post 4194, 2464 S.E. Veteran's Ave., Stuart. Live Big Band, dancing and snacks at intermission. $5 admission. Door prize. Call (772) 220-0144.
. The Mansion at Tuckahoe, located at IndianRiverSide Park, Jensen Beach, will host free tours on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. History is covered from the time of occupancy by Native Americans, the Leach family in residence and the 36 year period of two educational facilities. Docent guided tours are at 10 and 11 a.m. and it is requested visitors arrive on time in order to understand the complete history.
. Treasure Coast Eagles No. 3582 have ongoing events. Every day, bar bingo, from 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Tuesdays, ladies night from 7 -11 p.m. Free pool play, 7-11 p.m. Wednesdays, bingo 6:30-11 p.m., 12 games, final game pot is $300. Thursdays, Texas Hold-em 7-11 p.m. Buy in is $20. Free pool play, 7-11 p.m. - Fridays, open mic jam with Shawn, 7-11 p.m. - Everyone welcome. Men's night - 7-11 p.m. Saturdays, karaoke by D-3 with Ariel and Steve, 7-11 p.m. Sundays, karaoke by D-3 with Ariel and Steve, 7-11 p.m. - Treasure Coast Eagles No. 3582 is located at 510 S. U.S. 1, No. 3, Fort Pierce. After 9 p.m. must be 21. For more information, call (772) 461-2750.
. Jazz Society events: Tuesday, jazz jams at the Sunrise Black Box Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, from 7-10 p.m. $5 cover. Full bar available. Every other Wednesday evenings; jazz jams at the gardens, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $3 cover. Wine and beer available. 2410 Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie. Saturday mornings, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Jazz market in downtown Fort Pierce along the Indian River waterfront.
. Karaoke nites hosted by the Karaoke Kops at The Lyric's Flagler Center on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at 6 and 10 p.m. Come sing with the Karaoke Kops (Stripling Entertainment). Choose from many karaoke songs including top 40, oldies, classic rock, Broadway to country. Perform in front of a video projection screen so the audience can see and sing along. Take part in singing, dancing or cheering for the performers, while enjoying drink specials from the full bar. There will be prizes. The Flagler Center is located at 59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart. For more information, call (772) 286-7827.
. Jammin' Jensen takes place every Thursday from 6-9 p.m., weather permitting, at downtown Jensen Beach. There's food, music and vendors. For more information, call (772) 334-3444.
. Retro Swing - Lindy Hop - West Coast Swing dance party is from 7:30-11 p.m. every Saturday at South Florida Swing Dance Productions, 881 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., in Jensen Beach. $7 admission. For information, call (772) 334-2112.
. Big Band music, snacks, prizes at the VFW Hall, 2464 Veterans Ave., Stuart, from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Public welcome. Cost $5. For more information, call (772) 220-0144.
. Commodores Singles Club. Dance to live music from the 1940s, '50s and '60s, from 7:30-10 p.m. every Sunday at the American Legion Hall, 3195 Savannah Road in Jensen Beach. Different band each week. Dress code prohibits beachwear, blue jeans or sneakers. Dress casual with men having a shirt with collar. There is no smoking and there is a bar. Free coffee, tea and refreshments are served. Donation is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers. Call (772) 236-9449 or visit www.britetreasures.com/commodore.htm for more information.
. Senior activity center in the Stuart area offers entertainment and activities for seniors. For more information, contact Zee Carter, onsite manager at the Log Cabin Senior Center in Langford Park, 2369 N.E. Dixie Highway, Jensen Beach or call (772) 334-2926.
. Jazz & Blues Society presents jazz jams at the Sunrise Black Box Theatre in downtown Fort Pierce every other Tuesday from 7-10 p.m. Winter schedule runs from October-May 31, every Tuesday from 7-10 p.m.
. Jensen Beach Art League has a monthly fine art show from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Indian Riverside Park in Jensen Beach along Indian River Drive. Shows take place the second Sunday of every month through April.
. American Legion Post 40: 810 South U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, every Sunday night from 6-10 p.m.
. AMVETS Post 19, 2024 S. Federal Highway, Fort Pierce, every Friday night from 5-9 p.m. with Michael and Terri's request line music. (772) 626-1049.
. Applebee's, 4898 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce, and 3373 S.E. Federal Highway, Stuart. Every Friday in Fort Pierce from 8 p.m.-midnight and every Friday in Stuart from 9 p.m.-midnight. In Fort Pierce, call (772) 460-1444. In Stuart, call (772) 223-6477.
. Archies: 401 S. Ocean Drive, Fort Pierce, every Wednesday, starting at 7 p.m. (772) 461-3352.
. Bogey's and Stogey's: 1032 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie, (772) 337-7778. Karaoke by Dennis 9 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.
. Boozgeois Saloon: 720 S. U.S. 1, Fort Pierce, Karaoke with Chris 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, Monday and Wednesday. (772) 466-4255.
. Charlie's Bar & Grill: 950 S.E. Indian St., Stuart, karaoke Sunday and Monday. (772) 288-4326.
. Jensen Beach Bowl Lane 21: 2303 N.E. Dixie Highway, Jensen Beach, karaoke with Karaoke Larry Friday and Saturday 8 p.m.-midnight. Call (772) 225-2695.
. Jilly's Grille: The Ramada Inn, 1200 Southeast U.S. 1, Stuart. Karaoke with Permanent Affair 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. (772) 287-6917.
. Oasis Café: 6208 South East U.S. 1, Stuart, Outlaw Karaoke 9:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Tuesday. (772) 220-1565.
. Pineapple Republic Grill, 1897 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach, Hi-Note Karaoke 7-11 p.m. (772) 934-6891.
. Pop-a-Top Tavern: 802 S.W. Bayshore Blvd., Port St. Lucie. Outlaw Karaoke 7:30-11:30 p.m. Wednesday. (772) 879-9188.
. Rebar karaoke madness: Thursday nights, from 9 p.m. - midnight. 8283 S. U.S. 1, Port St. Lucie. Call (772) 340-7777.
. Seasick Sam's: 8589 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie, Outlaw Karaoke, 8 p.m.-midnight, Wednesday. (772) 340-1177.
. St. Lucie Inn: 2107 N. Old Dixie Highway, Fort Pierce, Dan the Man Karaoke, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Wednesday. (772) 464-1326.
. The Wave Bar and Lounge: 1628 S. Federal Highway, Stuart. Open mic, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. (772) 287-0018.
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I think there are at least two ways to go here:
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University School of Jackson
|Main Administration
Upper/Middle School
232 McClellan Road
Jackson, TN 38305
|Lower School
240 McClellan Road
Jackson, TN 38305
USJ's Lower, Middle and Upper Schools are located on one campus on McClellan Road in northwest Madison County.
Middle School (grades 6-8) and Upper School (grades 9-12) are at 232 McClellan Road. The school features a media center, 500-seat performing arts center, science and computer labs, extensive athletic facilities, and state-of-the art technology infrastructure.
The Lower School (grades PreK-1 through 5) are in a facility that opened in August 2004 at 240 McClellan Road. The facility features extra large classrooms that are clustered by grade, two gymnasiums, outside playgrounds, eco-learning system, a cafetorium that doubles as a cafeteria and auditorium with a stage, a library that includes a computer lab and reading well, state-of-the-art technology infrastructure, and many other features.
Get directions to USJ's campus.
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CURRENT FUNDRAISERS CAN BE FOUND ON THE "FUNDRAISER" PAGE HERE. Known as CAMDEN'S ANGELS, those who have donated to the rebuild are listed HERE.
This year a new phase of the playground has come about...CAMDEN Playground is in desperate need of help. Leathers and Associates has informed us that the playground is in need of a major rebuild to keep it safe for those who use it. The cost of this upgrade will be at least, $100,000.00, $70,000. of which will be donated by the City of Janesville AS LONG as CAMDEN Foundation can come up with the other $30,000. needed to complete the amount needed.
CAMDEN PLAYGROUND Go Fund Me site
Camden Accessible Playground
This playground is therapeutic as well as fun for all children, we have had calls from parents such as the father who called and told us how his daughter pulled between the parallel bars in her wheelchair, stood up and walked for the first time in her life. And the young man who went up the ramp to the 6' level, and that was the first time his father realized he'd ever been that far off the ground. Or Camden himself who stepped onto the playground during the grand opening and for the first time in his life upon seeing the bucket swing, said "swing". There are many other stories to be told, but why not experience them for yourself?
Prior to the building of CAMDEN Playground, the most accessible playground was only 40%, but CAMDEN Foundation raised that to 100% accessible. Not only that, but it broke other barriers also. CAMDEN Playground brought people with special needs out of the darkness, it helped people realize that just because you have a special need, there is nothing to fear. That people with special needs are just like you and I. That is where prejudism stems from, the fear of the unknown, and CAMDEN Playground eliminated that by allowing those with and without special needs to play together in a place which is natural for children. Once they are in this environment they don't notice the differences, they only find they are having fun and everything else vanishes.
To move on to the future without that prejudism that once existed, the children grow into adults and that hatred that once was there has gone. And that is what CAMDEN Playground has done, and is doing all around the world with the playgrounds which have been modeled after it. It has broken down the barriers and set so many free. It has allowed adults with special needs the opportunity to go out and enjoy a day at the park with their own children when before they couldn't. It had allowed senior citizens a chance to get out of nursing homes and go to a place where they can just get away from being cooped up in a room all day, and it gives everyone a chance to know one another without being ridiculed. And isn't that something that makes life worth living?
In the following pages, you will find items on the different phases, fundraising, volunteers, laws, media, and what has happened since the completion of the playground. This is a playground known worldwide, with inquiries from Holland and Canada as well as throughout the United States. It has been the model for playgrounds worldwide, and continues to be the most popular place to go in the summertime for area residents. Many schools take fieldtrips to the playground and visitors traveling through stop for a glimpse of the large castle which rises over the structure, with a dragon emerging from the wall, a moat, and life sized alligator and sea turtle.
In May, 2003 Camden Playground celebrated its 10th year of existance with a huge party. People who had helped build the playground as well as government employees, radio, newspaper, and television crew came down to capture the moment for the future. There was a flea market, prizes given out, bands played, food served, free pop given to everyone, tearful speeches, and as a special treat to one organization who had every year donated money without even being asked. One piece of equipment was added to the playground at that time.
Every year, the South Central Harley Owners Group does a ride the first weekend in May, and raises money for the playground. They do it without our asking and the money is used for the upkeep of the playground. Without this funding, Camden Playground would not have the money which helps keep it up as it is. So in honor of them, we had a specially made, one of a kind spring toy made. Now a Harley Davidson spring toy with a side car sits in the playground in the colors of HD, with the SCWHOG name and Chapter number on the side. We even have a picture taken that day of the group it was presented to which will be put on the site soon. Thank you, SCWHOG for your continued support.
We would also like to thank the credit unions who continue to sell the checks with the Camden Playground picture on them, and the Cronin Foundation for their help when we ask for it, we are very appreciative of all you do for us. Thank you.
And to the people who use the playground and respect its existance, thank you. You are the reason this playground is here, please take care of it, and enjoy it. Learn to grow together and respect each other, never let prejudism ever stand in the way of friendship. Now, sit back and enjoy hearing of this popular play area, and feel free to write for more information. This page will be ever changing, but we are always available to answer questions, just click on the mailbox, or if not working, use the address below the counter.
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|Katsumi & Joan Neeno- 500.00
|Anonymous- 250.00
|James & Linda Lyke 100.00
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Real fonts on the web, part 2
We've been working with foundries to develop a consistent web-only font linking license. We've built a technology platform that lets us to host both free and commercial fonts in a way that is incredibly fast, smoothes out differences in how browsers handle type, and offers the level of protection that type designers need without resorting to annoying and ineffective DRM.
See also: "Web Fonts Now: How We're Doing With That" (23 May 2009) right here at zeldman.com.
[tags]webdesign, webstandards, @font-face, typekit, realfonts[/tags]
Filed under: Design, Fonts, Ideas, industry, Typography, Web Design, Web Standards
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28 May 2009 at 5:44 pm:
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Richard Fink said on 29 May 2009 at 8:49 am:
Only one remaining rhetorical question here for me: Is Ascender/Microsoft, Adobe, and Monotype signed on for this? Let me know when they are, then there will be something to talk about. In the meantime, I see typekit as little more than a questionnaire posing as a blog for a new service.
Nice to see a lot of foks interested, though.
Alex Taylor said on 29 May 2009 at 9:52 am:
I'd love to see more real type on the web, but I think that the problem is primarily legal and not technical. We should be able to solve for that without adding third parties and another javascript library to the mix.
Richard raises an interesting question. I was party to a conversation recently about just that: Register a domain and put up a splash page with a newsletter sign-up form to gauge interest in a concept before doing any actual work on it. It's an interesting strategy from a maker's standpoint but it seems to me like it would make people angry (and less likely to participate) once it became widely known. However, convincing font foundries that there is a real population of paying customers who want to solve this might be worth the fallout.
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Richard Fink said on 3 June 2009 at 10:08 am:
Despite a lack of details, it's now clear to me that Typekit is a real attempt at providing font-linking as a service.
Kudos to those behind it for trying to take the bull by the horns. I'm eager to see how it pans out.
Richard Fink said on 12 June 2009 at 11:56 am:
In line with discussing services like TypeKit, there is a new and serious proposal regarding a web-specific file format on the table:
The Proposal
New Web Fonts Proposal on Typophile
In-Depth Analysis: Apple and Microsoft In Talks On Web Font Protections
Hoping Jeffrey and his readers weigh in on it.
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Fictional Character Who Studied Abroad #51:
Father Ray Mukada, Oz
Episode 1x4 - "Capital P":
"Why do you think that I work here, huh, Tim? I went to the Pontifical Gregorian University in the Vatican. I was in the top of my class. I was the Cardinal's great yellow hope, until I started working in his office and I asked a few too many questions. I had a few too many opinions. I defied him, instead if deifying him. So his Excellency decided to punish me by sending me to Oz, to extinguish my career."
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today tony abbott made himself the minister of women's affairs here
a reminded that our current prime minister has molested an aboriginal woman, has spoken against women who don't save their virginity before marriage, has mixed feelings about contraception and literally doesn't believe that women will ever dominate or gain equality
Here's a fun exercise: swap out the term "political correctness" for "empathy."
"Empathy is a form of censorship."
"Empathy is ruining this country."
"I don't care about being empathetic."
Reeeeeeally puts a different spin on things.
It's real funny [except not funny at all] how the way to devalue, dehumanize and gaslight women is to say they have Daddy Issues
Daddy Issues became a well known thing because men have become known for abusing and leaving their children
And yet, somehow that's a reflection on the daughter and not men
But Feminists make up sexism right?
there are legitimately men out there who think that by saying "don't objectify women" we are saying "you are not allowed to find women attractive"
these guys actually cannot see a difference
do not fix your dark circles let the world know youre tired of its shit and ready to kill a man
fuck those social experiment type things where people in privileged situations *dress up* as marginalised groups in order to ~experience oppression~
like that girl who wore the hijab, and that video that switched around straight people and gay people's positions in society, and now this latest video where a male actor dresses up as a woman to experience sexual harassment
fuck them because you could just ask oppressed people about their experiences and let their voices be heard instead of interjecting yourself into the situation and silencing them over again
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Shooting from the lip: Too much Jameis Winston; Urban Meyer details end of Florida career09/21/14 TV and Radio
Tampa Bay Times sports columnist Tom Jones looks back at the best and worst from a weekend of televised sports.
Most overexposed
Clearly, the Jameis Winston suspension was the major story line of Saturday night's Florida State-Clemson game, and ABC had no choice but to pay attention to it. But the network paid a little too much attention to it.
While it might not have been ABC's intent, the consistent showing of Winston on the sideline surely only encourages the quarterback to believe he is bigger than the game and the rules don't apply to him. He believes he is a bigger-than-anything star, and ABC confirmed that Saturday night. It was stunning, really, how much Winston was on camera....
Lovie Smith needs to loosen up with Bucs offense09/19/14Bucs
Just hours after the Bucs were creamed on national television by the Falcons, there were already calls by some disgruntled fans to put coach Lovie Smith (left) on the hot seat. Let's not be silly. No one is going to be fired after three games. No one deserves to be fired after three games. We should have known that it was going to take a while to fix all the issues that plagued a team that, let me remind you, won only four games last season. However, there are some disturbing trends when it comes to Smith....
Let's cheer a class act in Derek Jeter's last games at Trop09/15/14Ml
He was just a kid, an undersized, overmatched teenager who wondered what in the world he was doing. He would sit on the balcony every night at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn out on the Courtney Campbell Causeway, counting cars and crying. Literally crying. • "It happened," Derek Jeter said. • He missed home. He missed his family. He missed being the baseball star he was in high school. Just another struggling prospect, he had way more strikeouts than friends. He barely had any hits. Jeter doubted he would ever make it as a professional baseball player. • Now, 22 years later, Jeter is walking away from the game, retiring as one of the very best to ever play. • Say goodbye to one of the good guys....
Bucs season already in doubt after two games09/14/14Bucs
Worst start
That didn't take long. A season of hope has already turned into a season of doubt, and it took only two games.
Forget the controversial final play Sunday and all the injuries that have piled up so far. The bottom line is the Bucs are 0-2 against a backup quarterback and a backup to a backup quarterback. And both losses came at home.
Those other teams' backup quarterbacks have outplayed the Bucs' career backup who is posing as a starter this season with Tampa Bay. Josh McCown threw another costly and boneheaded pick Sunday to go along with the two what-is-he-thinking interceptions he threw in Week 1....
Shooting from the lip: Cris Carter's emotional speech09/14/14 TV and Radio
Tampa Bay Times sports columnist Tom Jones looks back at the best and worst from a weekend of televised sports.
Most compelling moment
By far, the absolute best moment of the weekend came on ESPN when Sunday NFL Countdown analyst Cris Carter (above) went on an impassioned rant about the Adrian Peterson story.
Peterson is accused of beating his 4-year-old son with a tree branch, also called a switch, in May. This is a touchy subject. Many believe Peterson's form of discipline is his business. Peterson says he was raised with the belief of "spare the rod, spoil the child."...
When USF coach Willie Taggart decided not to put names on the backs of his players' jerseys this season, he was doing them a favor. Who wants to be associated with this?
USF football never has been this bad. It's unwatchable. Worse than that, it's irrelevant. And even worse than that, there seems to be no hope of it getting any better.
The Bulls were crushed Saturday by North Carolina State....
USF Bulls sink to new depths09/13/14College
When USF coach Willie Taggart decided not to put names on the back of his players' jerseys this season, he was doing them a favor.
Who wants to be associated with this?
USF football never has been this bad. It never has been this awful.
It's unwatchable. Worse than that, it's irrelevant. And even worse than that, there seems to be no hope of it getting any better....
CBS makes right moves on Ray Rice matter … mostly09/12/14Bucs
Times sports columnist Tom Jones gives his Two Cents on the Ray Rice story, including the media's coverage of it.
Covering the Ray Rice story
As the Ray Rice domestic violence story dominated the headlines last week, you had to think the NFL couldn't wait for actual games to be played so some of the focus would go back on the field. But then the first Thursday Night Football game on CBS happened to be in, of all places, Baltimore....
Beware, Josh McCown, Rams in a big rush to get to you09/10/14Bucs
Maybe someone with the Bucs should assign a doctor to keep an eye on Josh McCown on Sunday.
No joke.
Remember last season? The Rams, with a front seven that is as ferocious as there is in football, sacked Bucs quarterback Mike Glennon seven times in a 23-13 victory three days before Christmas.
Actually, sacked seems like a rather tame term. More like mauled.
"I took some shots that game," Glennon said....
Next step for NFL: Ban Ray Rice, oust Roger Goodell09/08/14Sports
Ray Rice should never play in the National Football League ever again.
An overreaction? A rush to judgment? A knee-jerk decision?
Tell you what: Go watch the video. Watch it now. It's disturbing and disgusting. It will turn your stomach. It's hard to watch, and that's exactly why it must be watched by everyone.
This is what domestic violence looks like.
It's a man balling up his fist and unleashing a brutal punch to the side of a woman's face, sending her viciously into the wall of an elevator. It's this woman lying unconscious on a dirty floor while her attacker stands over her, using his feet to move her motionless body into the hall....
Depressing facts about ugly Bucs loss09/07/14Sports
Most disappointing
Let's be realistic. The Bucs won four games last season. So no one should be surprised that they opened 2014 with a loss against a Panthers team that won 12 games and the division a year ago.
But this one stings because the Panthers, missing starting QB Cam Newton, were ripe to be beaten. Especially depressing is this thought: A team led by journeyman backup Derek Anderson managed to come into your stadium and outscore your offense, an offense that added all kinds of weapons through the draft and free agency....
Shooting from the lip: Pat Haden's lapse in judgment; networks' NFL shows09/07/14 TV and Radio
Tampa Bay Times columnist Tom Jones looks back at the best and worst from a weekend of televised sports.
Worst behavior
What in the world was Pat Haden thinking?
The Southern Cal athletic director had a momentary lapse in judgment, but it should cost him his spot on the committee that will select the four teams that compete in the college football playoff....
It's time for the Bucs to win ... now09/04/14Bucs
TAMPA — Do you know the worst thing you can say about the Bucs?
Not that they are bad, although they have certainly been bad in recent seasons. Not that they don't have a future because, frankly, we don't know what the future holds.
No, the worst thing you can say about the Bucs is that they are not relevant.
It's the one thing no team ever wants to hear.
No one cares. You're not on the radar....
NFL sidelines some surprising names09/02/14Bucs
Rough business, this NFL.
One day you're a Pro Bowl player and the next you're wandering the streets, looking for work.
Sometimes you're the flavor of the month only to find out that you're a flavor about to be discontinued.
Forget what you did yesterday or back in college, what have you done lately, as in today?
Job security in the NFL? There's no such thing.
The 32 NFL teams trimmed their rosters to 53 last weekend to get ready for the season, which begins Thursday night. And there are some surprising names bouncing around at the moment....
Shooting from the lip: ESPN's College GameDay excels again08/31/14 TV and Radio
Tampa Bay Times columnist Tom Jones looks back at the best and worst from a weekend of televised sports.
Best show
Great to see the return of the best sports show on television — ESPN's College GameDay. Saturday's season debut didn't disappoint.
There was a "Mean Tweets'' segment. Taken from a Jimmy Kimmel idea, college coaches such as Florida's Will Muschamp and Alabama's Nick Saban read mean tweets about themselves....


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Loesch whines about the alleged media cover-up of a sexual assault at OccupySTL
Yesterday at Big "Journalism", St. Louis's #1 Smear Merchant Dana Loesch wrote an article falsely accusing the "local mainstream media of failing to report a sexual assault at OccupySTL."
P/oed Patriot first broke the story of a reported sexual assault case which took place at the Occupy St. Louis encampment in downtown Keiner Plaza on November 8th:
According to the St. Louis Police website crime map, at 3:55 PM at the corner of North 7th Street and Market (the exact location of Kiener Plaza where Occupy St. Louis was camped out) a Sexual Offense occurred.
Why did this take ten days to make it to the mainstream media? Media tried to smear the tea party when they couldn't find controversy, but this goes unreported for ten days?
CBS affiliate KMOV Channel 4 reported on the story this evening:ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — A woman participating in the OccupySTL protest reported to police that a man sexually assaulted her while she was in her tent last Tuesday, three days before tents were removed by the city. A St. Louis City police officer says the mayor could have prevented it.The assault occurred at the protest and it would not have occurred had the protest not occurred. Mills can't say for certain that the perpetrator isn't a "regular participant." So he's kind of a participant? Mills stated that King isn't a "regular participant" which suggests King had participated before. The words of Occupy St. Louis's own organizer refutes the defense offered by its group on Twitter that King was "only tied by location." The group insists that the press, which hadn't reported on the assault for ten days, is also somehow "smearing" them over the actions of an "unregular" participant.
Brian E. King, 38, was charged with first degree sexual misconduct after police said he crawled into the victim's tent and touched her breast. The assault happened on November 8 at the encampment that used to be set up in Kiener Plaza.
The mayor's chief of staff says that Wiegert's accusations are all about politics, and the staff points out that St. Louis did not have problems like other cities.
Occupy member John Mills says that crimes happened before the occupation, and the perpetrator in this case was not a regular participant. He does not think it should reflect on their movement.
Since KMOV reported this Occupystl attacked them on Twitter, accusing them of "pandering" to me simply because I'm in the media, discussed it on my radio show (KMOV and my flagship station are two media entities in the same city), and publicly @'ed me on Twitter with a link to their story while I was on air. The Occupy group seems more outraged over this than over the fact that a crime against a woman occurred at their event in the first place. Figure that one out.
*MORE from Adam Sharp replete with Marc Cox's report on KMOV.
Loesch and the right-wing biased KMOV have a long history of demonizing OccupySTL protestors, and even going as far as to accuse them of being "sexual assaulters."
She loves to lie about anything, including the OWS movement.


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With a new legislative mandate to increase instructional hours, the Blaine school district may need to look at reducing some programs to pay for it.
At the March 24 meeting of district commissioners in Point Roberts, superintendent Ron Spanjer explained that for the 2014/2015 school year the district would be increasing the instructional time for students in kindergarten through fifth grade by going to a common bell time. School will start at 8:20 a.m. for all students next year, whereas this year primary and elementary students start an hour later.
"We've been averaging 1,000 hours per school year but the hours are higher at the secondary level," Spanjer said. "We need to bring up the primary and elementary hours."
Commissioners adopted a resolution establishing a 180-day school year for 2014/2015, with 1,080 instructional hours per student, directing Spanjer to come up with a plan for identifying programs and positions that may need to be cut to pay for the additional costs.
Another consideration will be how to continue to meet the state training standards with fewer planning days for teachers under the increased instructional hours.
"There will be costs associated with getting everyone on a common bell schedule for a 180-day school year," Spanjer said. "We need to consider whether or not we need to reduce programs in order to meet budget."
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A youth football team in Southern California is accused of employing the same tactics that lead to the head coach of the New Orleans Saints and several others to be suspended.
The league president and head coach of a children's football team in Orange County have been suspended amid allegations that players were offered bounties to knock opponents out of games, similar to the NFL's "Bountygate" scandal.
The executives presided over last year's Tustin Junior Pee Wee Red Cobras, a team of mainly 10- and 11-year-olds. The 2011 team reached the Pop Warner Jr. Pee Wee Super Bowl.
The Orange County Register says a group of parents alleges that head coach Darren Crawford and an assistant coach offered players cash for getting big hits and for knocking rivals out of playoff games last season. One player suffered a mild concussion.
National Pop Warner officials say Crawford and Tustin President Pat Galentine have been suspended until the program investigates the allegations and issues a ruling.
Crawford, Galentine and former assistant coach Richard Bowman have denied the allegations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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rosencratz said...
Coming from a guild that struggles to get a full compliment of 25 fellow guildees to do a 25 man run i find this idea a bit silly.
To put it simply, it's got nothing to do with the difficulty of either version of the instance. If 10 man rewards were the same as 25 man it would be a far simpler thing to run 2x10 man teams than 1x25 man team. The hardcore guilds would most likely do that AND then run both teams +5 through the 25 man stuff again thus making 25 mans a hardcore only niche for those who want bonus loot everyweek.
Regardless of that, as others have mentioned, when 10 man is easier than 25, it is considered a mistake and claimed not to be done again. I'd hardly say 10 man raz is easier than 25 man, that has been an obstacle for our guild for a long time.(not now though)
It's worth mentioning that 10-man HARD MODE bosses do drop equal level gear to 25man bosses in Ulduar... i believe.


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With mommy in rehab ... and daddy on tour ... Charlie Sheen's twins Max and Bob hung out with their default parents yesterday -- Brooke Mueller's mother and step-father, Moira and Jon Fiore.
Hopefully, they're in good hands.
Thank goodness, the grandparents are stepping in. The boys parents are two selfish, useless knuckleheads.
Ugh! I have no other words......
I am soo sick of seeing poor Max (i think that's his name)curly hair one,anyway always is the one in the background or is always the one the nanny or whoever is holding,However Bob is the one that Brooke is ALWAYS holding,in fact i haven't seen a pic of her with Max,only Bob.Charlie too always has Bob ..in the interview where they came to charlies to get the kids,Bob of course is the one being held and charlie talking to and feeding and telling bye too while poop Max is just sitting there be ignored.No wonder Bob is the one always talking..because no one talks to Max.I just hate favoritism.Brooke..you have 2 kids.
I might be wrong but the one with curly hair is Bob.
Correction. The one with curly is Max. My bad.
There is nothing wrong with him. *eye roll*


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The microHAM USB micro KEYER
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Thanks to Jozef, OM7ZZ, for allowing me to beta-test microHAM's new USB micro KEYER. When researching for USB devices to properly key FSK, Jozef kindly offered to send me the unit to test. I was happy to do so.
The USB micro KEYER arrived from Slovakia in early August 2004. It was nicely packaged and was received undamaged. Inside I found the handsome-looking micro KEYER along with two sets of cables and a CD ROM. One set of cables was for my Kenwood TS-870 and the other was for my Icom IC-775DSP. I would be able to test both radios with the keyer. The keyer is designed to do CW & FSK keying and radio control over a single USB connection to a computer. It also has mic/sound card/radio audio switching capabilities for SSB (and PSK31 too). And it has an abundance of other features as well. Before getting started, it is important to note that the microHAM USB Device Router software must be running at all times when using the keyer.
Initial Test
The first thing I did was go to the microHAM website and read every page concerning the USB micro KEYER (I would later find instructions on the CD ROM). From looking at the cables, I easily determined which cable was for the Kenwood and which was for the Icom. Jozef asked that I check the Kenwood first. By reading the web pages, I was quickly able to get a basic understanding of how everything should be connected and how the keyer should work.
Before connecting the keyer to the radio, I inserted the CD ROM into my old HP Pavilion PC. This PC runs Window 98SE and has only a 200 MHz Pentium processor with 96MB of RAM. This is a slow computer compared to today's standards (I would later test on my Dell 2.66 GHz Pentium 4). But I thought it would be useful to know if the keyer would work on a slow machine. I stumbled at first when I tried to install the Device Router software which controls the keyer. I received an error message that I was missing FTD2XX.DLL. Looking at the contents of the CD a second time, I saw the readme files. Reading the readme.txt file pointed me in the right direction. I had to install the drivers for the keyer first before I could install the software that ran the keyer. This made sense!
The instructions stated I had to plug the keyer into the PC's USB port and have Windows recognize the device. So I plugged the keyer into a USB port and the "Found New Hardware Wizard" screen appeared. Following the instructions in the "urouter quick start.txt" file, located on the CD ROM, I was able to install the driver with no problem. I then installed the Device Router software. The Device Router software controls the keyer. Once the software was installed, I decided to connect the cable to my TS-870.
The USB Keyer requires 12 volts DC for the radio interface. On most radios, 12 volts can be found from an ACC jack and thus the keyer can be powered through its connection to the ACC radio jack. However, Kenwood radios do not offer 12 volts on an ACC jack so the Kenwood cable comes equipped with the 12 volt leads open-ended and needs to be connected to an external 12 volt DC supply. So the first thing I did was to install PowerPole connectors onto the open ends of the DC input wires so I could connect the keyer to my RigRunner DC power distribution panel.
I then connected all the cable end connectors from the keyer to the radio. This was quite easy since all the ends of the cables had the proper connectors. This includes a DB-9 female that goes to the radio's RS-232 port, the RCA plug for the radio's FSK input, a mini-phone connector for the keyer input of the radio, the 13-pin ACC connector and the 12 volt DC connector which I connected to the RigRunner. There is also a connector for the mic jack, but I decided I would leave SSB for later. There was a perfect place to put the keyer too. There was open space above the JPS NIR-12 filter I use on the Kenwood (top black box in photo).
After the radio was connected, I decided I would get radio control working first. I created virtual COM5 in the Device Router program since COM5 was available on my PC. I then ran WriteLog, configured COM5 for Kenwood radio control, but WriteLog was unable to read the radio at first. I played around with some of the settings in WriteLog's Port Setup screen and discovered the keyer would not work with the auto-poll function enabled. So I set the COM port setting in WriteLog for 9600 baud since that is what the radio's RS-232 port was set to and it worked! I now had radio control.
I then decided to test FSK keying for RTTY. Using the Router Device program, I created another virtual serial port for FSK (and CW) keying. I created COM6 this time. I set up a Rttyrite screen in WriteLog using the MMTTY plug-in. When I keyed FSK, the transmission would start but PTT would drop in the middle of the buffer. I had seen this before but couldn't remember where I had seen this behavior and could not figure out what the problem was. An E-mail to Jozef about the problem brought a quick reply from him to remember to enable USB in MMTTY Setup. I felt quite stupid because I just had forgotten to do this easy configuration change in MMTTY Setup. And I remembered that I saw this behavior when testing other USB devices to see if they would run FSK. Once I checked the C option under USB for MMTTY, all worked perfectly for FSK transmission. I was very happy to see FSK work. After years of testing USB devices for FSK, it great to see microHAM appear to get it right! I tested FSK by setting up a CQ message for the upcoming SARTG RTTY contest and enabling auto-CQ in WriteLog. With the TS-870 terminated into a dummy load and the power turned all the way down, I ran continuous CQ's for over 30 minutes. I also tested FSK using ALT-K, live transmission, into the dummy load. FSK keyed perfectly each time.
With the NAQP CW contest only hours away, I figured a great way to test the keyer would be in a real contest. So I set up WriteLog to key CW on COM6, but keying was sluggish, stuttered and unusable. Another E-mail to Jozef (and another quick reply from him) brought the suggestion to enable Router priority in the software. I checked and Router priority was already enabled. But when I disabled Router priority, CW keying started to work properly. In a limited effort, I made 320 QSO's in the NAQP CW contest and the keyer worked well.
Update 8/16/04
This past weekend I finally got around to testing the micro KEYER on my Icom IC-775DSP and Dell 2.66 Mhz Pentium 4 PC running Windows XP Pro. Radio Control & CW keying tested perfectly. CW keying was more "crisp" on the faster machine as expected but there was nothing wrong with CW keying on the slow Win98se machine. However, I did encounter a problem with FSK keying. I sent the information to microHAM on 8/15, they duplicated the problem they had a patch for the FSK problem the very next day. And the patch works. I just worked UK8OAR on FSK through the micro KEYER with one KW. No RFI, perfectly sent FSK.
What's nice about the micro KEYER is that updates can be downloaded with either the Device Router software or the firmware for the keyer (as with other microHAM devices as well if I understand correctly). This makes the device very versatile in my opinion.
The real jewel of the USB micro KEYER will be found by those users with computers that either have limited serial COM ports or no COM ports at all (especially true on newer laptops). From what I can tell at this point, the micro KEYER is the affordable solution. And I've not yet tested SSB or PSK31!
I'll be using the micro KEYER in this weekend's SARTG RTTY contest.
Stay tuned for more testing results and an update after SARTG.
Update 8/25/04
I used the USB micro KEYER in this past weekend's 2004 SARTG contest on my Icom IC-775DSP for radio control and to key FSK. It worked extremely well. I did lose the USB connection to the PC a couple of times. This only happened when I was transmitting on 40 meters and did not happen all the time. I wrapped the USB cable from the keyer to the PC with one turn around a small ferrite toroid (it was too small to wrap more turns) and it got rid of the problem.
While in Auto-CQ mode during the middle-of-the-night session of SARTG, I browsed the Internet and checked E-mail and the FSK transmissions remained perfect. I had lots of programs running in the background including Norton Anti-Virus and DX-Telnet and it did not affect the operation at all. For most of the contest I had router priority turned off. I did turn it on when I had the RFI problem to see if the problem was something other than RFI. But it didn't make a difference. The router still worked correctly. I am convinced I was getting RFI into the USB cable. I will test the unit again, this time high power with a KW, during the SCC RTTY Championship next week.
Update 8/28/04
Before the start of the 2004 SCC RTTY Championship this weekend, I installed a #77 ferrite toroid on the USB cable from the micro KEYER to the PC. I installed in at the input of the PC. I ran a KW and did not have a single problem with the USB connection. The USB micro KEYER worked perfectly for FSK transmission!


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So it seems my 24″ burlap monogram sign was a hit! Amber and Dan absolutely loved it, and so did my friends Kelly and Melonee. The ladies actually comissioned me to make some more for gifts – two for a wedding and one for an anniversary.
My first paying crafting gig…SWEET! :)
The 3 new signs came out really well too! And I am getting much faster at making them, so that is a bonus.
Notice I had to change the font for the S….the S on other font
looked weird….kind of like a P. So I went to something a little more fancy.
I am already thinking about possible Christmas presents and other signs I can make. I love burlap! I definitely need to figure out how much it costs to ship these babies because I want to put some up on Etsy.
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Lou Williams and Andre Miller each had eight assists to go with 15 and nine points, respectively, for Philadelphia, which was coming off a tough 1-5 road trip. Willie Green chipped in 14 points, while rookie Marreese Speights finished with 15 points and a team-high eight rebounds in a reserve role.
Houston's Tracy McGrady returned after a one-game absence due to a knee injury, but forwards Ron Artest (ankle) and Shane Battier (foot) missed the game because of their respective ailments.
Luis Scola led six Rockets in double figures with 18 points while pulling down 17 rebounds. McGrady, Yao Ming, Von Wafer and Carl Landry each had 14 points for Houston, which has dropped five straight on the road and six of its last eight overall.
Scola opened the second half scoring with a bucket, but the Sixers proceeded to go on a 19-4 run highlighted by a Samuel Dalembert alley-oop for a 72-61 edge midway through the third.
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The Rockets climbed back in it thanks to an 11-2 spurt, and McGrady's layup with two minutes remaining made it a 98-94 contest.
Young came down and missed a jumper, but Speights was there for the putback dunk. McGrady missed a three at the other end and the Rockets failed to hit a field goal the rest of the way to fall short in their comeback attempt.
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Among the furry of education reports being released this month is one from the Alliance for Excellent Education on improving teacher quality by improving the induction of new teachers.
According to the report: About 15 percent of the American workforce of 3.5 million teachers either moves (255,700) or leaves the profession (269,800) each year. The size of the teaching force coupled with the high annual turnover rates seriously compromises the nation's capacity to ensure that all students have access to skilled teaching. Researchers estimate that in a 12-month period more than one million teachers — almost a third of the workforce— transition into, between, or out of schools. High-poverty schools experience a teacher-turnover rate of about 20 percent annually — roughly 50 percent higher than the rate in more affluent schools. The estimate of the percentage of new teachers leaving after five years ranges from 30 to 50 percent, with the greatest exodus taking place in urban areas. The cumulative costs of attrition are high— the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future estimates that the nation's school districts spend at least $7.2 billion a year on teacher turnover. Studies suggest that the price tag for recruitment and replacement seriously underestimates the cumulative costs for eroding the caliber and stability of the teacher workforce, particularly in chronically underperforming schools serving the neediest students.
And here is a piece of data that I find incredible: The attrition rate of first-year teachers — now the largest group within the occupation — has increased by more than 40 percent over the past two decades. The influx of new teachers has neither stabilized the teaching workforce nor improved teaching quality. In 1987–88, the most common experience level, was 15 years; by 2008, the typical teacher was in his or her first year of teaching.
Here is the official release, but read the full report if you have time:
School systems must provide greater support and sustained mentoring for teachers, especially those new to the profession, in order for students to graduate ready for college and a career, according to a new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education.
The report comes as most states have opted to hold their students to higher performance targets by adopting the common core state standards to make sure they have the skills to be successful after high school. However, if teachers do not begin to receive high level "induction,"— system support, professional development, and mentorship — the goals of the common core state standards will go unfulfilled, according to the policy brief "A System Approach to Building a World-Class Teaching Profession: The Role of Induction," which was written with the support of Metlife Foundation.
"To achieve a fundamental transformation of education and help students meet the higher performance set by the common core state standards, the very culture of how teachers are supported must change," said Bob Wise, president of the Alliance for Excellent Education and former governor of West Virginia. "Coherent incentives and structures must be created to attract, develop, and retain the best teaching talent in high schools serving students with the greatest needs."
To build a world-class teaching profession for the nation's students, officials must develop strategies to reduce the rates in which teachers leave the profession and fix the unequal distribution of teaching talent between richer and poorer schools. The Alliance brief recommends the following solutions:
• Develop systems that encourage high-quality educator development and teaching grounded in teaching practice that has been proven effective.
• Design comprehensive programs for new teachers that provide coaching and guidance by well-trained mentors.
• Determine the performance indicators that can reliably assess teacher competency and provide feedback to support professional learning.
• Communicate core expectations for teaching practice, invest in professional development, and create organizational conditions conducive to meaningful staff collaboration and development.
Longstanding research reinforces that teaching quality outweighs even students' social and economic backgrounds as the most powerful school-based factor in student learning. However, talented and well-prepared teacher distribution continues to be unequal among affluent schools compared to those serving low-income students and students of color. These groups of students are six times more likely than their white peers to attend a dropout factory —one of more than 1,500 high schools where fewer than 60 percent of students graduate on time, according to research at Johns Hopkins University — which is much less likely to employ teachers who are certified in the subject they teach.
The report notes that teachers in such high-need environments often lack opportunities for collaboration and feedback, and they report lower participation rates in mentoring and induction. Additionally, almost 15 percent of the American teaching workforce moves or leaves the profession each year and estimates range from 30 and 50 percent of all new teachers leaving after five years, with the greatest exodus occurring in urban areas. Recent studies suggest that the price tag for recruitment and replacement seriously underestimates the cumulative costs of the continuing erosion in the caliber and stability of the teacher workforce.
The report highlights the work of the New Teacher Center, a nonprofit organization based in Santa Cruz, California, as an example of effective induction and mentoring programs for new teachers. The organization serves as a national resource and partners with schools, districts, and policymakers to help create valuable induction programs.
With an increased emphasis on holding students to the higher common core state standards comes a need to develop a set of policies and practices for schools and districts in terms of how they attract, prepare, support, and develop teachers.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
October 7th, 2011
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How sad that educational rags and journals only print trash, deceptive, one sided opinons without ever looking below the waist! What a waste, of tax payer dollars and childrens education allowing educators and their cheerleaders to twist numbers to manipulate their own fellings of accomplishment. It would be more productive to work from the point of the failure and direct the conversation toward success! Just a thought,,,,,
October 8th, 2011
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@ sloboffthestreet, 8:07 pm. I am honestly confused by your "thought" here.
"Educational journals" only publish materials that consider several sides of an issue, not "one sided opinions," and the articles are reviewed by other experts before being published. What do you mean that they do this "without ever looking below the waist"??
This study is trying to suggest ways to prevent teachers from leaving high-poverty schools, as they do now in significant numbers. How is this "twist[ing] numbers to manipulate their [whose?] own feelings of accomplishment"?
And just what does your last sentence mean?
Several of your comments on other blogs suggest an interest in how education research is done and report conclusions are reached. Maybe you should pursue this in some way, just for your own personal education? I think of, possibly, a few courses in Continuing Education programs in the local colleges/Universities, or online programs. Not for any job, but just to learn!
Just a thought…..
October 8th, 2011
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I recommend Diane Ravitch's The Life and Death of the Great American School System to understand where we've been and why we're here now. The first thing that must go are high-stakes testing. Money released from buying tests, paying for grading, ranking, etc., and test prep materials would be a huge savings. Number 2: Put a ban on issuing any more charters for charter schools. Why should we allow for-profit companies to use taxpayer money to set up their for-profit businesses? Contracting always costs (at least the government) more than providing services the government used to do, or teachers making their own tests, which makes more sense than the standardized tests. Number 3: Get the government out of public education mandates like the biggest one in history–NCLB. Educate parents about their rights (opting out of standarized tests, and their child's right to an appropriate education). When it comes to student behavior, that one will take a while. Only a change in the consumer culture and social services for dysfunctional families, alcoholism, drug addiction, poverty–will make the difference. But in the meantime, support for teachers, so they can teach, must come, must be demanded, from administrators and parents and the DOE.
October 9th, 2011
12:38 am
Shirley, love your comments. I agree the ruination of public education began when the federal government got involved. ADA has been a disaster for education. Good intents, but bad consequences. Schools were best locally and state run. For profit charters are a bad idea and a stupid waste of precious tax education dollars. The comment on testing: It wouldn't be so bad if these tests allowed for process and thought instead of multiple choice. Multiple choice test taking is so much just eliminating wrong answers to get to the probable best. No original thought or process there. Students are taught how to pass a multiple choice test instead of how to think and express their thoughts. Blame the SAT and expensive SAT training classes for that too.
On teaching the bottom line: I am tired of 10-11 hr days (every day) with no breaks (including lunch) or ability to get to a phone, of working another 15 hrs on weekends to do the grading and planning I can't do during the week because of meetings and bell to bell teaching (I actually TRY to help my students), and of some parents and administrators blaming me because I dare to hold their child accountable for the work they do (or don't). I like parents (and I am one), but it is bad for parents to run down the teacher in front of the child because that teaches the child to disrespect authority. It puts the child in charge of their own life. Parents, love your kids enough to realize that they are only 12 or so and need the guidance of adults and that not all teachers are the monsters your child describes when you grill them about assignments or grades.


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