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Williamstown, MA – Williams Volleyball (8-7, 3-2 in NESCAC) continued an undefeated October stretch with a four set win (26-24, 25-13, 18-25, 25-18) against SUNY New Paltz (10-8, 3-0 in Conference). Williams sustained their momentum during the match but SUNY New Paltz managed to take the third set of the night during the home game in Chandler gym.
The starters for the Ephs were Ally Ostrow '19, Morgan Richman '19, Roxi Corbeil '19, Tori Jasuta '17, Alex Newton '20, and Natalie Albright '19. Williams began with a quick early lead in the first set up 3-1 with an outside kill by Jasuta. Daiana Takashima '20 entered for the Ephs at 3-4 to serve. New Paltz took the lead at 9-5 after multiple service aces. Williams called a timeout down by four at 10-6. Back on the court, the Ephs upped the tempo and tied at 13-13 after kills by Jasuta and Ostrow. Both teams were vying for the lead with strong hitters and consistent defense. New Paltz took the lead again at 20-15 and Williams called another timeout trailing by five.
With the ball back in play, Richman and Corbeil teamed up for a strong double block. The Ephs increased their energy with kills by Jasuta and Ostrow to narrow the deficit. With their lead diminished to one at 22-21, New Paltz called their first timeout of the match. With both teams hoping to earn the next few critical points, Williams pushed ahead. Jasuta had an outside kill at 23-22 and Newton followed with a service ace to tie things up. Jasuta took the lead up 25-24 with a significant outside kill. Williams took the first set in a win-by-two thriller 26-24.
The second set began with Williams maintaining a large lead. Williams was up 6-1 after kills by Corbeil and Richman. New Paltz pushed back and went on a run to tie things up at 9-9. Williams responded with multiple kills by Jasuta with the help of strong sets by Newton. Jasuta provided skilled serves and earned multiple service aces to help the team lead at 18-10. Williams went on a run to push the last five points with kills by Corbeil, Albright, and Ostrow. Match point was a kill from the middle by Albright with an assist from Newton to take the set 25-13.
The third set was a back and forth battle between the two teams. Williams took an early lead up 4-0 with a service ace by Jasuta. New Paltz took the lead after multiple kills. Williams called a timeout down by one at 5-4. Back from the timeout, both teams displayed powerful offensive systems. Tied at 8-8, Takashima earned a service ace. Down by one at 15-14, Jasuta got a kill. New Paltz then called a timeout. Back from the timeout, New Paltz went on a five point run. At 22-18, Ostrow got a kill from the outside. Ultimately, New Paltz took the third set 25-18.
The fourth set proved critical for a win by the Ephs. Up by one at 4-3, Ostrow got a kill. Corbeil had back-to-back kills from the right side up 10-7. Crucial hitting by Jasuta and Cobeil advanced the Ephs offense. Up 14-8, Richman and Corbeil teamed up for a double block on New Paltz's outside hitter. Jasuta had back-to-back kills at 18-13 and 19-13 with sets by Newton. At 23-13, Corbeil had a sharp kill from the right side pin. Williams won the fourth and final set 25-18.
Head Coach of the Ephs Christi Kelsey remarked on today's win. She explained, "This was another solid match for our team from start to finish against a physical and aggressive New Paltz team." Coach Kelsey noted emphasis on the team's perseverance. She said, "Even in the third set that we lost, I really like how our team responded and stayed poised to come back and win the fourth set and the match."
Coach Kelsey also added, "I think we keep building on a lot of positive things right now with this group and we look forward to another opportunity to get better and improve this weekend."
The Ephs are excited to continue their season on the road this weekend. Williams plays NESCAC opponent Connecticut College (7-6, 2-2 in NESCAC) at 2:00pm on Friday.


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The idea of electric cars has been around for a while now and many major manufacturers have successfully brought some good ones to the market. Now, with the innovations being made by companies like Tesla, we are seeing a rapid growth in the number of electric vehicles on the roadway.
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Researching to find the right caravan for you
An awning is a tent-like structure that attaches to the outside of your caravan. They are very popular among caravaners because they can be used to significantly increase living space while away, provide cover for open air dining and relaxing, or simply offer a sheltered place to store bikes and muddy boots after a day out and about.
But choosing an awning that is right for you can be a daunting prospect with so many options, makes and specifications to choose from. If you are in the market for an awning, here's a few things to consider.
What type of awning?
There are a number of different types of awnings to suit most needs:
Full awnings – these are attached to a caravan and run its entire length. They can be used to increase the space of your living area and typically attach to the caravan via an awning rail.
Porch awnings - these attach to a caravan but are smaller and lighter than full awnings. They are suitable for short trips because they don't take long to put up and can also be packed away and stored easily.
Freestanding awnings – these are like tents that stand next to a caravan and don't require the caravan to act as the fourth wall.
Sun canopies – if you aren't after a full awning, a sun canopy is a good option, providing partial cover and shade. With some makes you can add side panels which will offer additional cover and privacy.
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Another consideration when buying an awning is how easily they can be erected. A full awning is likely to involve the most time and effort and is more suited to longer stays where the time and effort is justified. For shorter trips or for those who want less hassle a porch awning or sun canopy might suffice.
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At Lister Community School we have a strong focus and emphasis on careers education and guidance as we understand the importance of setting our students up for the future.
The Careers team has this year led on a fully targeted programme of careers related activities and events in order to work towards this aim.
It has been a very productive and highly effective period for the team with over 2,000 students engaged thus far. This essentially means that our students have had at least one to two forms of interaction with us in regards to either a careers visit, workshop or a one to one careers interview.
Some of our highlights include the following:
– Post-16 options day for year 11 students
– Goals three day girls leadership programme
– Career insight visits
– Lunchtime career talks
– Barclays high profile LifeSkills workshop
– Arranging numerous work experience opportunities
– IntoUniversity workshops and trips
– Deloitte mock interviews
– STEM related events
– Year 9 students winning the Enabling Enterprise competition
– The whole of year 7 visiting KidZania and getting a real exposure to careers
We do all this as we believe in providing and empowering our students with the best tools and knowledge in order to ultimately raise their aspirations and enable them to flourish and succeed.
Whilst we understand that these engagements are crucial to the development and well-being of our students, we make every effort to ensure that students catch up on their school work. Moreover we strive to link careers back to the curriculum especially as there is statutory government guidance around careers.
Our vision is to ensure that our students leave Lister with the right skills, knowledge and the resilience to be ready for the world of work. We are always open to fostering strong working partnerships with others and take great pride in always aiming for excellence.
The Careers office is located on the ground floor of the north wing and our door is always open to anyone (next to N001). We are here to support our students and colleagues and wish to ensure that our school always remains prosperous and that we have a successful future.
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I receive a number of health and fitness related questions daily from people looking to improve their performance on various levels and get the best out of life. I always try to get back to people within a 24 hours with a concise and useful answer and information. As I am sure you can understand this is often highly time consuming, however the brand vision of InnerFight is to help as many people around the world perform at their best so helping people out with their questions is part of this and is something I will continue to do. The approach to this however is going to change. Some of you may be listeners to my weekly radio show on Nightline where I field a number of questions. Others download the podcast in the proceeding days. I have also done a number of interviews with people ranging from some of the worlds leading fitness professionals to conquering athletes and what others consider "normal" people. The older of these audio files are stored on mixcloud but more recently I have started making all the content available through the InnerFight Podcast in itunes. This way the content can easily be downloaded and taken with you anywhere you go. In December I will launch a fortnightly InnerFight podcast where I will answer any of the mails and queries I receive during the period between podcasts. This show will be all encompassing with the objective being to share as much information as possible with as many people as possible. Of course someones question today could be your question tomorrow so being able to share this information through a podcast will be valuable for all. I will still be carrying out one on one interviews with some of the worlds leading fitness gurus as well as a number of different people. If you have something that you want to share that you think would make a great podcast and are willing to be interviewed about it then be sure to get in touch. I invite you to send in any questions that you have either by mail email@example.com or tweet them @innerfight or post them on the InnerFight Facebook page.
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Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot sits on the lower slope within the village of Vosne-Romanee directly below the Grand Cru's of Le Musigny and Grands Echézeaux. Domaine Faiveley owns 3.18 acres spread across multiple parcels. fermentation in a combination of stainless steel and wooden vats. The young wines are aged in 70% lightly toasted new oak barrels for 16 to 18 months.
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AST Celebrates Grand Opening of New Headquarters in Lisle
AST has officially moved! On Monday, December 10, AST officially opened the doors of its new global headquarters in Lisle, Illinois. Employees packed up their offices in Naperville and settled into our new home at 4343 Commerce Court in Lisle, which includes upgraded workspaces, more collaborative conference rooms, a host of technology upgrades, and a beautiful view of the Lisle/Naperville area, to name a few.
On Friday, December 14, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the new office to commemorate this milestone event in AST's history, celebrate the growth and success or our organization, and give current and former employees an opportunity to view the new space and mingle with colleagues.
Breakfast and lunch were both served to attendees, which bookended the ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the entry to AST's offices on the 7th floor. CEO Pravin Kumar gave a heartfelt speech about growth, success, and the value of a good team before he and President Shaji Zechariah officially cut the ribbon to open AST World Headquarters – Lisle, IL.
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Russian gas flows to European Union Rose Again in May
According to Gazprom's Q1 2017 results disclosed May 31, "net sales of gas to Europe and other countries decreased by 10% in ruble terms compared with the same period of the prior year. This was mainly driven by the decrease in average ruble prices by 20%, that was partially compensated by the increase in volumes of gas sold by 13%, or 7.5bn m³"[1]. In dollars, the price of Russian gas sold in Europe rose by 2% to $191/'000 m³ and the guidance provided for 2017 European prices is still between $180 and $190/'000 m³ with some upside in volumes versus 2016.
NGW monthly update on Russian gas into Europe
Russian gas into EU grew again (+5%) thanks to less gas transiting to Turkey (-11.6%). From 1 January to May 30 Gazprom supplied 22.3bn m³ of gas to the German market, which is 3bn m³ (15.7%) more than in the same period of last year[2]. In EU-27, Germany saw the highest growth in volumes (+4.5bn m³ in 2016 vs 2015). This trend in Gazprom's biggest EU market should therefore continue in 2017.
Gazprom Western Monthly Exports
Gazprom used all routes more – Ukraine (+7.1% in May vs April), Belarus (+3.8%) and the direct links (+2.6%) – and Gazprom management in the Q1 conference call mentioned that the company is still optimistic about the possibility of using more capacity in Nord Stream 1. The court case between Poland and the European Commission over the latter's decision to lift the ceiling on the Opal capacity use – which directly affects how much gas may flow through Nord Stream – is continuing in Dusseldorf. Poland claims the decision is not legal.
Split of Gazprom's EU monthly exports
Source: Gazprom, Entsog, thierrybros.com
EU more dependent on Gazprom
As Gazprom Export recently released its exports on a per country basis, we can now split the record 2016 exports in 151bn m³ for EU and 25bn m³ for Turkey. As expected, the price attractiveness of Russian gas relative to US LNG, and reduction of output from Groningen, leaves EU more dependent on Russia. EU is now 33% dependent on Russia (vs 30% in 2015). That percentage will rise once the UK, still a large gas producer, has left the EU. The EU-27 were 35% dependent on Gazprom in 2016.
2016 Country and EU dependency on Gazprom
2017 should see even more Russian gas entering the EU energy mix as the Dutch government is planning to reduce further the Groningen cap by 10% to 21.6 bcm for gas year 2017, beginning in October. On a foreign policy side, Russia is not an EU friend, but on the energy side Gazprom is the cheapest gas supplier than can, on top, provide any additional gas we may need. With increase interdependency, how is Europe's schizophrenia going to evolve? Stay tuned!
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Gardner, Cabrera might not cut it for Yanks
My associates at Baseball Prospectus have released the weighted-mean PECOTA
projections, which means I can talk a bit about some of the forecasts
PECOTA sees Brett Gardner batting .253/.339/.351 and sees
something like a full season of playing time coming down the pike. Many
of the other projection systems (Fangraphs does
us the service of gathering those in one place) are of like mind — if
you average their forecasts, you get .262/.343/.361. PECOTA figures
Melky the C at .267/.326/.376, while the other systems compiled at
Fangraphs average out to .274/.334/.390. Last year, the average Major League center fielder batted .268/.334/.420, which means that both of
these fellows would have to exceed their median projection for the
Yankees to break even, putting aside the possibility of crazy-good
defense. It should be noted that the Gardner projections are a good
deal more speculative than the Cabrera projection given that the former
has just filtered up to the bigs. The Cabrera projections are
speculative in their own way, assuming that he's going to go back to
what he was doing after a year of misery.
My conclusion: Jim Edmonds
would make a nice one-year rental, playing four days a week. Edmonds,
being neither a Type A nor type B free agent, is still available to the
The Cubs made two deals today with minor ramifications for the American League, as both of the pitchers they detached are heading to the Junior Circuit. The A's acquired reliever Michael Wuertz and the Orioles picked up starter Rich Hill.
Wuertz heads to Oakland in return for two Minor Leaguers, outfielder Richie Robnett and infielder Justin Sellers, both of whom are so talented that you are unlikely to ever hear their names again. The former has a .257 career batting average and the latter .256, and neither has the other tools to make up for their general inability to hit with consistency. As such, the A's get to decorate the back of their bullpen with Wuertz, a slider specialist who tends to be harder on lefties than on righties. Wuertz always seemed like the first guy that the Cubs would bounce back to Triple-A if they experienced a roster crunch, but as he was out of options that source of amusement was closed to them, hence the trade.
Hill is a depressing case, a pitcher who seemed like he'd be a five-year fixture after strong work in 2006 and 2007, but he sailed over the edge of the world in 2008, completely losing his control. He walked 18 in 19.2 innings at the major league level and 44 in 47.2 innings in the minors. The Orioles agreed to give up only a player to be named, the identity of which is no doubt contingent on their ability to bring Hill back to his senses. Here's hoping they have to give up a good prospect. Yeah, I know they're division rivals of the Yankees, but come on — it's the human thing to do.
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The CF, bench and possibly the catcher spots are still quite troubling.
As for Rich Hill, there are some pitchers that Lou Piniella can make suck just by writing their names in the line-up. We'll see if he bounces back. Unless there's an injury there's no reason why he shouldn't. Of course, AL East factors might disguise a chunk of it if he does pitch better.
I believe the yankees should try to trade for a centerfielder. Maybe a guy like
David Dejesus or Carlos Gomez, or even Cameron Maybin. Although I would rather them go after
Gomez or Maybin.
Gomez & Maybin are both young rising stars. They are both good hitters and superb defenders.
Gardner can rotate the position in center field. Whenever the everyday guy needs a break,
Gardner will play. Gardner is a good defensive centerfielder from what I saw in his brief stint last season,
but he hasn't shown that he can hit consistently as you have proved in your numbers and 2009
stat projections.
If Gardner could hit over .300 throughout the course of a full season or have a decent
on-base percentage, we all know he is a force to be wreckoned with on the basepads.
The yankees, maybe, can put a package together for the Twins which includes Melky Cabrera
and Xavier Nady. They will get back Carlos Gomez and a pitching prospect. Melky is cheap and I do not believe
Nady at 6. 65 mil is that expensive. Maybe the yankees can eat about half or more of Nady's
contract to make the deal more desireable. Gomez comes extremely cheap about half a mil I believe.
The Twins Gomez is a five tool player and has a tremendous upside. I would just be worried about his attitude
and maturity in the clubhouse. He reminds me of Jose Reyes of the Mets, the way he conducts
himself, but maybe the yankees could mold his personality and help him mature.
I think the twins can afford to pay the guys on their roster. especially with their new stadium opening
in a couple years. The new stadium will bring more revenue streams to the franchise.
A possible package for the Marlins, could be Melky and Ian Kennedy for Cameron Maybin.
I'm not sure if the Marlins would benefit from this trade, and I'm not sure if they would even
want Melky to replace Maybin. It seems unlikely the Marlins would trade for Cabrera, but I can dream, lol.
As far as Xavier Nady is concerned, the Yankees should trade him for a centerfielder, not Swisher.
Swisher should play right field, and can backup right if the Yanks sign another
free agent right fielder for cheap. I do however, think that it is highly unlikely that the Yankees will sign
anyone else, with the money they have spent already.
Having an abundace of switch hitters in the Yankees lineup will make it awfully tough for an
opposing manager to come up with a way to pitch to these guys.
The fact that swisher can switch hit, play good defense in the outfield, and backup
Texeira at first, makes him a nice upgrade over Nady.
Im probably dreaming about this scenario, the Twins probably wouldn't bite on the deal,
it may be a downgrade for them in centerfield. I'm not sure how dedicated they are to Gomez,
but there's a pretty good guy in Denard Span backing him up. Maybe Melky can play right field
for the Twins, and Nady can DH for them.
I do realize that the Twins and Marlins are both small market teams, and the Marlins payroll
is about an eighth of what the yankees payroll is.
but just an idea.
I would be interested to see what the hot stove panel thinks about these ideas.
Let me know your thoughts.
I heard a lot of things early in the hot stove season that indicated that the Yankees had an interest in signing the O-Dog (Orlando Hudson) and switching him to center field. That concept didn't really appeal to me. However, it has sparked another idea. Hudson is one of the best defensive second basemen in baseball, so why move him. His market has not really developed so he can likely be had for cheap. So here's my thought.
Why not sign Hudson for two years to man 2nd, and switching Cano to center?
I know that's probably not likely, but wouldn't Cano's arm, range, and offense translate well to to the outfield? Think of what the transition has done for the Upton brothers (B.J. and Justin). Both were origionaly drafted as shortstops and now man out field positions for their respective clubs. I think Cano's skills would translate just as well, and that he could be be a bigger asset in center (providing he can adjust to the position) than at second, where his defense has long been suspect.
Orlando Cabrera, who has directly expressed interest in joining the Yankees, would be another option at second.
The Twins aren't trading Gomez for Nady and Melky. Nady isn't that good, and is only under control for one year. Melky…well, 'nuff said.
The Marlins aren't trading Maybin for IPK and Melky (they'd laugh out loud if you made that offer) or any package that doesn't contain Hughes and Jackson, and maybe not even for that (not that I'm endorsing the idea, btw).
If Melky can't hit enough to play CF, he certainly can't hit enough to play RF.
Given the current configuration of the roster, I think that Damon is going to play CF more than is optimal.
Cano doesn't have enough speed to play CF.
I don't think I agree that he dosen't have the speed to play center. His speed is comparable to guys like Ankiel and Hamilton, and his bat would translate well.
I would wager that he's a bit faster than Edmonds at this point too…
Steve, can you back up your claim that Jim Edmonds is a better option than Melky or Gardner? I just can't see the argument here, Edmunds production will be equal to the youngsters if not worse. Marcel projects Edmunds to hit .241/.327/.423. Melky's projection is .271/.333/.383. I think I'll take the extra 30 points on the batting average Melky has to offer. Edmonds has terrible clutch numbers, see here. It's probably time for Edmonds to retire or take a job as a role player on a team not named the Yankees. Melky's clutch numbers are much better in late and close games with a .295/.375/.367 (baseball-reference.com). Gardner doesn't have many numbers to make a solid projection off of, but thus far he has hit quite well with 2 outs and runners in scoring position. In 16 plate appearances he has hit .400/.438/.533 with 6 hits and 8 RBIs (baseball-reference.com).
I think the best thing to do is go to spring training and see where things go. If Gardner and Cabrera flop, then we can look elsewhere. Andruw Jones is still out there, there's no way he can be finished or hit as poorly as last year. Then there's the Cuban CF Yasser Gomez who recently defected along with a Cuban pitcher. Why not take a chance on him? Gomez, 28, is a fast outfielder who was Rookie of the Year in 1997 and hit .394 with 51 runs scored and 41 RBIs in 66 games in the most recent National Series tournament. He has a .331 career average with Industriales. I haven't heard any Yankees talk related to Gomez. Any idea if the Yankees have made any contact with him or are interested? If none of those are options they can still make a trade
I would wager that he's a bit faster than Edmonds at this point too…
Maybe., but Edmonds compensates for his decline with great instincts and an ability to get a good jump on and track the ball. Cano has none of those.
Plus, Edmonds UZR and UZR/150 have been negative over the last two seasons.
So to compare Cano to Edmonds at this point is not particularly flattering.
More importantly, it stunts Cano's growth at 2B, a position at which he can be considerably above average defensively.
There is no reason to disrupt that process for one year, especially when A Jack will be the CFer in the near future.
Cano moving to center is an interesting idea, kind of like what was done with former Yankee Alfonso Soriano. Cano's speed could be an issue. I always thought he had good speed, but wasn't a great base runner. Orlando Hudson was on MLB Network's Hot Stove tonight and said none of the teams he spoke with asked him to move positions. Does that mean they thought about shipping Cano out or possibly moving him to CF. I'm not sure when Hudson spoke to the Yankees, but we may never know what they were thinking.
I'm willing to give Gardner and Melky a chance, with some sprinkles of Swisher and Damon. With those 4 guys, I just don't feel it's rreally neccessary to bring yet another guy. There's some interesting outfield pieces to mix and match with right now. Unless, the centerfield gods blesses us with a miracle trade, they shouldn't do anything else in center until they know what they have in Austin Jackson. Go with Brett and Melky till then, at least they're young and really good defensively. -Sal
I'm sorry Joe wrote the book. He's an old school guy and should know better. There's a reason the Yankees waited more than forty years to invite Jim Bouton to an Old Timer's Day game. The fact that Joe didn't think the book would cause a stir tells me that he is either naive, or stupid. He is neither. Perhaps he thinks the fans are. I still love and appreciate Joe, but he messed up.
That being said I don't believe the Twins would ever make trade nor should they. The Yankees should re sign Abreu to make up for the lack of center field offense. Trade Nady and Swisher for top of the line prospects and let Gardner and Cabrera chase down balls that Abreu can't get to. You can showcase both centerfielders in the event that Austin Jackson ever reaches the big leagues.
PECOTA sounds like the cheese I put on my pasta last night. Enough with the numbers already! Edmonds! Are you kidding. Instead of trying to inject youth, speed and defense you are looking to add another aging vet. Steve you are a bright guy and you have to realize that the game has changed, similar to the way the bullpens have changed over the years with all the "specialist" relievers out there, teams need versatility on the bench, multipositional players who produce runs and play defense. The idea is to find the right guys who buy into that role, I think that is where they are going here. Unfortunately the Yankees do not have the luxury of patience that other teams have to wait until their young guys develop, so they need to do it a little bit each year and hope that the young guys that they do hold on to make an impact.
Apparently, PETCOA ignores Garner's OBP in the minors, which was never under .360 and at times .417.
Batting 9th, Gardner only needs to bunt, walk, slap, and steal.
I actually believe Damon will start in CF if they can't move Nady or Swisher before ST, as they have a much better offensive lineup with Matsui, Nady, Swisher and Damon than they do with Matsui, Damon, Cabrera/Gardner, and Nady/Swisher…. Jim Edmonds is not the answer, as he is just another OF in an already clogged outfield… The Yankees need to move AT LEAST 1 of their outfielders before they can even THINK about bringing in another outfielder…..
If the Yankees have had talks with Orlando Cabrera, then they might be entertaining moving Jeter out to CF, but that is still a stretch considering he is the leader of this team, and pissing off the leader is not the best way to get back to the playoffs…..
-Big Jay
i dont like the way these guys play ..
maybe another 3 years get the average up ,learn to have patience,and build tyhe power
but AAA is there best fit right now
The decision is clear! Sign Manny…Then you can trade Nady and Cabrarra to the Giants for Aaron Roland or Pirates for Nate McLouth. Of course you will need to sweeten the deal with the Pirates with say Kennedy and a young pitcher….But Think, that makes the Yanks one of the best teams since the 27 Yankees. You would need to deal Matsui or Damon for a solid cathcer of the future such as the
Giants #1 pick from Florida State. The lineup would produce world championships and reset the Yankee dynesty.
NOT the answer at all. Listen I would also LOVE 2 see the Yanks trade 4 Mclouth but thats all just fantasy stuff. I think the Yanks have thier mind set on AJAK roaming center in a yr or 2. Heres something more plausible, how about trading with the Sox again for Dye since they want to dump his salary. Offer Melky which will give them a center fielder which they dont have, he cant hit much but they have alot of offence already. He comes alot cheaper than Dye as well so there is salary incentive 4 the Sox as well. The Yanks have been dying 2 get rid of Melky anyway. With Dye in the mix it gives the Yanks the flexibility to move Nady in a more realistic trade and get back pitching and/or catching prospects.
How about trading w/St.Louis for Rick Ankiel.He could play center this year then move to a corner outfield spot to make room for Austin Jackson in 2010.
I have to agree whole heartedly with brxbomber56. If we go after a guy like Jim Edmonds, we're just going after another aging one dimensional offensive ball player. Everyone seems to forget that we won World Series with Joe Girardi, Chad Curtis and Tim Raines as regulars in our lineup. We don't need huge power numbers at every position. We need more versatility in the lineup and a guy like Brett Gardner (if he can hit 260 or higher) in my mind is perfect. He bunts, steals and can play small ball which is something we haven't had in YEARS. Not to mention he's not a bad defender as well. He'll be batting ninth too which is perfect. When it comes time to playoffs, you need to manufacture runs which is something the Yankee philosophy has strayed from for quite some time now and I really don't know why.
Aside from that, Steve I love your columns and I think you do an awesome job.
The yanks could probably live with the gardner/Cabrera platoon,but before they signed Sabathia,they should have taken Zito off the giants hands so they could afford Sabathia,then for the favor,send cabreara and kennedy to the giants for Matt Cane and Rowand.Giveing them a rotation of wang,burnett.cane,pettitte and zito,with rowand in center and chamberlain backin the pen getting ready to take over for Mariano.Use Swisher in right and deal Nady for two good young prosects,preferably a catcher.
Is the letter writer above me nuts ?
That guy must be nuts. I'd much rather have our current staff of Sabathia, Wang, Burnett, Pettitte, Chamberlin. If you're going to suggest a guy you better spell his name right, its Matt Cain, and there's nothing spectacular about him, he's a solid 2 or 3.The guy must be a Giants fan and is just disappointed they haven't done much to improve the team aside from signing Randy Johnson. If they performed to their ability that would be a nice staff with 4 CY Young winners on it.


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Social and Emotional Learning – Relationships
A couple of weeks ago I attended the Texas Psychological Association's annual convention, an event that I go to every year as part of my ongoing professional development. There were a few sessions I checked out, but one in particular stood out as especially relevant: Resilience Starts in Schools: SEL for Healthy Relationships, which was conducted by Dr. Jeff Temple and Ms. Lauren Scott, both from UT-Medical Branch in Galveston.
My last post explained Social/Emotional Learning using the model developed by CASEL and presented its 5 core competencies. Dr. Temple and Ms. Scott utilized this model throughout their presentation, but their presentation centered on a skills- and research-based SEL program called "Fourth R."
Before we dive into Fourth R, I want to reiterate what SEL is. The following comes directly from Dr. Temple and Ms. Scott's presentation:
Social/Emotional Learning is how children and adults:
- Understand and manage their emotions
- Set and achieve positive goals
- Feel and show empathy for others
- Establish and maintain positive relationships
- Make responsible decisions
With that in mind, let's discuss the Fourth R program.
Fourth R
We all know what the three "R's" in school are: reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. And we know that even today they are still a priority in every good learning environment. So what is the "Fourth R"?
The Fourth R is "relationship." And, according to the presenters, it is just as important to student success as the other three.
The Fourth R program operates under the assumption that most students (and teachers/administrators) do not think about or focus on their own feelings and emotions. This lack of self-awareness (a CASEL competency) has a direct impact on students' mental health. This in turn can lead to dangerous behavior, such as teen dating violence, drug and alcohol use, sexting, and bullying.
In order to combat such behaviors, students must focus on improving their relationships with their peers in order to increase their mental health. And this improvement starts with understanding their own individual emotions (i.e., self-awareness). Seems simple, right? Well, according to Dr. Temple, it is!
As long as teachers and administrators teach specific relationship-building skills rather than vague ideas on improving relationships, schools will see results. The Fourth R program offers many practical skills that students must learn in order to develop healthy relationships, including:
- Active listening
- Reflective listening
- Assertive communication
- Delaying, refusing, or negotiating dangerous behavior
- Support skills and help seeking
- Apologizing (this is a big one!)
- Ending a friendship or relationship
The Fourth R program, when implemented in schools, uses role playing and other creative activities to engage students and teach and reinforce these skills. According to the presenters, the program often times replaces Health class, which can often be outdated and "preachy" to students. The goal of SEL is to teach students how to deal with adversity, not avoid it, which is even more reason to make SEL both practical and fun.
The benefits of improved SEL and mental health are undeniable; they lead to increased self-efficacy, reduced risks of dangerous behavior, increased academic achievement, and reduced anxiety. And, as I mentioned in my last post, these effects are typically life-long. Whether or not you child's school is implementing SEL programs such as Fourth R, you as a parent can still make an impact at home. I encourage you to consider your own emotions and feelings and then have conversations with your child about these topics.


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Switching spells are taught to second or third year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and wizardry, an entry on Switches can be found in either A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch or Intermediate Transfiguration.
Students at Hogwarts should have Switches mastered before their fourth year.
Hermione Granger knew quite a bit about Switching Spells already in her first year, and gained some house points for it from McGonagall.
Neville Longbottom wasn't particularly adept at these, managing to switch his own ears onto a cactus during Transfiguration class.
Hermione Granger brought up Switching to Harry Potter, while the two were discussing ways to combat dragons.
In a students fifth year of education they must sit the Ordinary Wizarding Level (O.W.L.) examinations. On the Transfiguration O.W.L. a student most answer a written question that asks for the definition of a switching spell.
Switching greatly resembles general transformation, but with with two main differences: firstly, the features of the two targets are switched simultaneously; secondly, the change in one of the pair is dependent on a change in the other.
It is hard to gauge the relative difficulty of switches exactly compared to other types of Transfiguration because the exact year in which they are learn is not known. However, Professor McGonagall was impressed when Hermione knew about switches as a first year student but was disappointed in Neville for not being able to perform even simple switches by fourth year. Therefore, students must start learning switches in second, third or (early) fourth year (most likely third), earlier than almost all the other branches of Transfiguration save transformation.
The only known method of switching is through the application of Switching spells.
Known practitioners
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - (Mentioned multiple times in various forms)
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22 (The Unexpected Task)


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He howls the length of the street,
pleading with the parted curtains
to free him from the executioner
who is hauling him home
to be drowned in the bath.
Dragged at Dusk from the Park
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He howls the length of the street,
Meredith Drake has worked as a newspaper journalist and as a writer in various capacities for various universities. A few years ago, she took up the task of learning to write short stories and poems and has published a poem in the magazine Foster Families Today. She lives with her husband, daughter, and son in Geneseo, NY, across from the village park.
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This is dark but it really moves me. It makes me think from the kid's perspective. Thanks!
Having children that are drama queens and kings, I found this hysterical! Well done!
Wonderful painting done with words.
Having been both the howler and the executioner, I can totally picture the whole scene. Love it!
Were you watching us behind those parted curtains? I know that you must be talking about us... Thank you for sharing.
Delightful! I seem to remember having similar reactions from two little boys years ago...
What a great take on bath-time! Now that my children are a bit older, I have the opposite problem...I can't seem to get them to turn off the shower! SharonComments are now closed for this piece.


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That's a good idea. Here is what I've got so far.
- Start with Actions
- You'll be given three options, System Buttons, Your Buttons, and Shield Buttons
- System Buttons will give you a list of all available buttons. If you configure one of them, say Music, every instance of the Music button will display the configured behaviour (say launch intent)
- Your Buttons will show buttons you've configured. These are buttons on the home screen and when configured only that single button will display the behaviour
- Shield Inputs will configure individual inputs to have the same options
That's what I have so far.
When you select your button, you'll be shown Action categories (System, Music, Shield Outputs, etc…) and be able to select any number of actions to happen when triggered.
This will allow one button to do many things, such as in launch an app, set output, and change volume all at once.


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Qtum Core Wallet is not responding
I'm trying to open the app, but it's not opening (yet it seems that its running in the background) I tried to run it as an administrator with no luck. The problem is I haven't got the chance to encrypt my wallet. I tried to uninstall/ reinstall but it's still the same. Please help me
I can see many people are complaining of this wallet.
did you backup your wallet before, try restore it
No i didn't unfortunately. The issue that i'm facing ,is that the app is not opening at all in order to be able to do anything, When i click to open it gives me that its running and loading blocks then done. but the window does not appear it just show the icon in the taskbar below.
ask @qtum-earlz for suggestions
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I tried to ask in @qtum-earlz but nobody is responding !! what kind of support is this , why can't I have a normal support here, this is a very misleading forum
Someone help here please
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Have you tried upgrade to the newest version of the wallet?
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Also if you didn't back up your wallet I don't think there is much more that can be done
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First of all, make a copy of your wallet.dat file and put it in a safe place. Now, try deleting everything in the %appdata%\Qtum folder except for the wallet.dat and see if it works when you startup Qtum
I haven't got the chance to back it up unfortunately, but i understand that I can back it up manually.
However, I tried to uninstall the app many times and I downloaded the latest version once with "qtum-0.14.13-win32-setup-unsigned.exe" and "qtum-0.14.13-win64-setup-unsigned.exe" but the same problem exists, it just load blocks but no window appears. As @qtum-earlz mentioned, I deleted all the files except wallet.dat and still the same.
The question is, does uninstalling the app affects the wallet.dat? because i notice the file date modifies accordingly but I can see from its properties that it was created along time back at the time I installed it the first time.
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Ryanair Cuts Carry-On Limit
Airlines & Airports Patrick Clarke September 06, 2017
Ryanair announced it will reduce the number of carry-on bags allowed into the cabin by non-priority passengers this fall.
According to the BBC, the Irish low-cost carrier will allow just one piece of luggage into the cabin in an effort to combat lengthy flight delays. However, passengers will be able to check their second piece of baggage into the cargo hold free of charge.
Passengers can purchase priority boarding for $6.50 (£5) at the time of booking or $8 (£6) up to one hour before departure.
While Ryanair is dropping fees for larger bags from $45 (£35) to $33 (£25) to encourage customers to check more of their luggage, the budget carrier will also raise the check-in bag allowance from 33 pounds to 44 pounds.
The changes will take effect November 1.
The airline is citing "abuse" of its free second carry-on bag policy for the change.
"We're making these changes because our flights are so much busier," Ryanair chief marketing officer, Kenny Jacobs, told The Guardian. "A number of people will have two very large bags, taking up someone else's space. They'll hope they'll get away with it and generally, they have, but we don't want to go back to policing bags at the gate."
"These bag policy changes will cost Ryanair over 50 million euros ($59.6 million) per annum in reduced checked bag fees," Jacobs added.
Although passengers traveling with a pair of bags won't have to reach any deeper into their pockets, the new policy means that some travelers will have to wait for the rest of their luggage at baggage claim.
Jacobs told The Guardian that "more than 90 percent of the time your bag will be on the carousel when you get there" after clearing security.
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"We hope that by restricting non-priority customers to one small carry-on bag—their wheelie bag must be placed in the hold, free of charge at the boarding gate—this will speed up the boarding of flights and eliminate flight delays being caused by not having sufficient overhead cabin space on busy flights to accommodate over 360 carry-on bags," Jacobs said.
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Madison has always been my world changer. When she was 3 she was appalled when we read her about our World Vision child's needs. "No clean water?" She was shocked. And started to sell bottles of water to raise money for clean water. A couple years later she was home sick from school and saw a commercial for World Vision and was desperate we had to do something. NOW. Again, she took to fundraising – drew some pictures she sold to raise funds for World Vision. Madison loves to know about the places and people we care about – Haiti, clean water, children starving, people in need… while we have so much.
A couple years ago while I was photographing at the Ronald McDonald House in Toronto I had the honour of photographing a teenage girl with cancer the same day she received her wig. I have never seen anyone walk so high or so proud out of any hair salon. She beamed. I showed my girls the photos, and they knew they wanted to donate their hair for wigs for people going through cancer. Madi has been asking me over and over when she can do this – but I thought it had to be a minimum of 10inches – I was thrilled to discover this week it doesn't! (It actually only needs to be a minimum of 6 inches). As soon as I found out – I made her a hair appointment. She looks beautiful – inside and out. Love my girl!
…and Before and After! Beautiful!
Celebrating life and love,


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Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California is home to places called Bumpass Hell, Sulphur Works, Devils Kitchen, Cold Boiling Lake, and Devastated Area. It is currently very geologically active with weekly earthquakes, boiling mudpots, steaming ground, roaring fumaroles, and sulfurous gases that constantly remind everyone who visits that the potential for a volcanic eruption is still a very real possibility. In spite of the ominous names and scary sounding environment, it could not be a better place to spend a day or week!
REI recently partnered with the park to host this year's REI Campout there. After registering, you get to hang out with cool people from all over the state, take as many classes as you can fit in your day, learn new skills, hike in new areas, kayak on a lake that has geologically fresh lava flows in it, and learn how to make the perfect s'more sitting around the campfire with so many like-minded people who are just as obsessed with the outdoors as you are.
As a #reiemployee, I was brought along to teach different kayaking classes throughout the weekend and as support staff to fill in as needed. Since I worked most of the weekend, I didn't shoot very much; but for the little bit I was off the clock I shot as much as I could. Below are some of the shots I took in my time not working.
It was my first time to this park and it definitely won't be my last! There is just so much more left to see and I've barely scratched the surface.


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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Massachusetts forces schools to let 'transgender' boys use girls' restrooms, lockers
Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Mitchell Chester has issued orders to the state's K-12 public schools requiring them to permit "transgender" boys and girls to use the opposite sex's locker rooms, bathrooms, and changing facilities as long as they claim to identify with that gender.
Many elementary schools in smaller Massachusetts towns include children from kindergarten through eighth grade, making it possible for boys as old as 14 to share toilet facilities with girls as young as five.
Under Chester's leadership, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released an 11-page document on Friday outlining this and other new guidelines giving "transgender" students special status and privileges in Massachusetts schools. Some family advocates are calling the document, which was prepared with assistance from homosexual and transgender advocacy groups, "the most thorough, invasive, and radical transgender initiative ever seen on a statewide level."
The policy does not require a doctor's note or even parental permission for a child to switch sexes in the eyes of Massachusetts schools. Only the student's word is needed: If a boy says he's a girl, as far as the schools are concerned, he's a girl.
"The responsibility for determining a student's gender identity rests with the student," the statement says. "A school should accept a student's assertion of his or her gender identity when there is … 'evidence that the gender-related identity is sincerely held as part of a person's core identity.'" That evidence, according to the document, can be as simple as a statement given by a friend.
That means, according to the newly issued school policies, that boys who say they identify as girls must be addressed by the feminine pronoun and be listed as girls on official transcripts.
They must also be allowed access to girls' facilities and be allowed to play on girls' athletic and club teams. The same is true for girls who say they are boys.
The document was issued to clarify the schools' obligations in light of "An Act Relative to Gender Identity," a law that went into effect last July. That bill amended Massachusetts law "to establish that no person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school of any town, or in obtaining the advantages, privileges and courses of study of such public school on account of gender identity."
However, Brian Camenker, spokesman for government watchdog group MassResistance, told LifeSiteNews the DESE's new directives go far beyond what the law requires.
Camenker pointed out that the only requirement the Gender Identity bill imposed on schools was to add "gender identity" to their non-discrimination policies, alongside other protected groups such as religious or ethnic minorities. Under the DESE's policy, however, self-identified transgendered students will have more rights than other students, including the right to access bathroom and changing facilities of the opposite sex and play on the opposite sex's sports teams.
Not only that, but students who object may be subject to punishment under the state's new "anti-bullying" law, which, like the new school policy, was written with the help of homosexual and transgender activist groups.
Under that law, any outwardly negative reaction against transgenderism can now be considered bullying, and subject to discipline and punishment, according to Camenker.
"The directive is clear that there is to be no tolerance for students who become uncomfortable or upset at these situations being pushed on them," Camenker wrote. "The school's approach is to be unyielding to any such discomfort, and to re-educate those students to have more 'acceptable' reactions and values."
"[It] is completely natural for a child to feel very uncomfortable using a female name for an individual they know to be male, seeing a boy in girl's clothing, or feeling it's unfair that a boy is competing athletically as a girl," Camenker added. "These feelings are now considered by the school to be backwards and disruptive."
Andrew Beckwith, attorney for Massachusetts Family Institute, called the document's definition of transgender "extremely broad."
"If a male student tells his teacher he feels like a girl on the inside, the school has to treat him in every way as if he actually is a girl," Beckwith said. "School personnel may be forbidden from informing the parents of their child's gender decisions, and students can even decide to be one gender at home and another at school."
Kris Mineau, president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, worries that the new policy could put girls at particular risk for violations ranging from privacy invasions to sexual assault.
"The School Commissioner's first duty is to protect all students, from kindergarten to grade 12, not endanger them," Mineau said in a statement. "The overriding issue with this new policy is that opening girls' bathrooms to boys is an invasion of privacy and a threat to all students' safety."
The DESE expressed awareness that parents and students would likely have concerns, but they dismissed such feelings as invalid.
"Some students may feel uncomfortable with a transgender student using the same sex-segregated restroom, locker room or changing facility," the document concedes, but then admonishes administrators, "this discomfort is not a reason to deny access to the transgender student."
The Massachusetts Family Institute reminded the public that during debate, the gender identity law that led to this new policy had been called the "Stealth Bathroom Bill" by critics. At the time, the part of the law explicitly opening all public bathrooms to self-identified transgender people was removed in response to concerns about safety and privacy.
In schools, however, the bathroom provisions will now effectively be put back in.
Democratic State Rep. Colleen Garry has introduced amending legislation to the current law intended to force people to use restrooms and locker room facilities consistent with their anatomical sex.
"Like many of my colleagues, I am very concerned about Commissioner Chester's directive to open public school bathrooms to all genders," said Garry. "This was not the intent of the Legislature, and we need to pass legislation that clearly defines the use of such facilities."
Higher Education, R.I.P.
Paul Greenberg
What ever happened to the medium once known as Little Magazines? This country once had a select group of literary and political journals that represented the vanguard of American thought and art. Some were both literary and political. High Culture, it was called when there was still such a thing.
For example, the old and much-missed Partisan Review. Its first issue as an independent journal in 1937 included Delmore Schwartz's short story, "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities," a poem by Wallace Stevens, and pieces by Lionel Trilling, Sidney Hook and Edmund Wilson -- once names to conjure with.
A little magazine does remain here and there. On the right, William F. Buckley's National Review still stands athwart History yelling "Stop!" and, on the left, the New Republic is still worth reading even if its gaudy new typography and lay-out make it look like a society matron got up as a streetwalker.
But my favorite little magazine still standing, an almost lone voice of sanity and connection to past standards -- that is, high culture -- has to be the New Criterion, est. 1982 by Hilton Kramer, the late art critic and refugee from the ever-more-with-it, and ever more tedious, New York Times.
An item in the January issue of the magazine caught my sorrowful eye, for I'm of an age at which the obituaries are the first thing I check out in the morning paper. Just to know who's gone today. The dear departed in this case: Higher Ed.
The cause of death was the usual in modern, bureaucratized, obese and increasingly ossified academia: administrative bloat aggravated by diluted standards and the erosion of the core curriculum, the basis of liberal education.
Tenured faculty now teach less and less as the "drudge work" of dealing with undergraduates is shifted to a corps of slave laborers styled adjunct professors or TAs, teaching assistants. In both ill-paid categories, I learned mainly how little I knew. I had to conquer my embarrassment at that continuing revelation every time I stepped into a classroom in place of the real teacher who should have been there.
Now, one by one, the disciplines that were once the basis of a liberal education are eliminated as not worth the trouble. Literature, foreign languages, real history as opposed to current ideology, and the arts and sciences in general give way to simulacra with the telling label Studies after their name. As in Queer Studies or African Studies. (The other day I ran across a twofer: Queer African Studies.)
Consider the sad example offered by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where German is out and Movies are still in. Excuse me, Film Studies.
In this ever-encroaching bog called Higher Education, which keeps getting lower, administrators prosper while scholars grow scarcer. Matthew Arnold, who defined liberal education as the study of "the best that has been thought and said," is dismissed as another dead white male -- if he is remembered at all.
Deconstructionism, post-structuralism, or whatever ism may be in vogue today, is all the rage, sometimes literally.
Cardinal Newman's serene guide to the perplexed, "The Idea of a University," is as forgotten as Ortega y Gasset. Who now cares what such have to say? They're old -- that damning pejorative -- much as Greek and Latin and the King James Bible and Shakespeare are old. It's new that counts, just as tinkling brass and clashing cymbals impress every new generation of suckers under the impression they're music.
While the cost of a university education grows ever higher, higher education grows ever lower, forever ceding ground to popular fashion. All that tuition and all those contributions by well-meaning donors tend to be eaten up by all those overpaid administrators.
An eye-opening survey of college administrative costs in the Wall Street Journal not long ago noted that, when "Eric Kaler became president of the University of Minnesota last year, he pledged to curb soaring tuition by cutting administrative overhead. But he hit a snag: No one could tell him exactly what it cost to manage the school.
Like so many institutions of "higher" education, only its tuition grew higher as the University of Minnesota went on a spending spree over the past decade, paid for by a steady stream of state money and rising tuition. Officials didn't keep close tabs on their payroll as it swelled beyond 19,000 employees, nearly one for every 3 1D2 students.
That ratio is all too typical of the Higher Learning in America, which hasn't changed all that much since the acerbic Thorstein Veblen wrote his scathing study of it by that name in 1918 -- except to grow a lot more expensive and a lot less substantial.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the number of administrators, managers, "directors," clerks and factotums high and low at American colleges and universities has increased 50 percent during the past decade -- easily outpacing the number of actual teachers on the payroll. It's part of the reason that college tuition in this country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has risen even faster than health-care costs.
Case in point: the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, whose fund-raising arm (excuse me, Advancement Division) employed 139 at last count in November and had an annual budget of $10 million last year -- and still managed to overspend it by some $3.3 million. And it's not an outlier in the academic herd, but part of a whole swarm of colleges and universities moving ever deeper into the ever broader expanses of ever higher-priced mediocrity.
Soon education itself is reduced to an appendage of administration. Its purpose becomes to support the economy by supplying the requisite number of graduates to fill the slots that need filling. This is called economic growth. No one ever seems to ask what the purpose of economic growth is. That's the kind of question the humanities used to address, but they seem to have disappeared from college curricula, or at least been "downsized" -- out of economic necessity, we're told.
Some days I think the only hope lies in those small liberal arts colleges scattered here and there, like Hendrix and Lyon here in Arkansas, but they're becoming as rare in higher education as the New Criterion in the shrunken world of little magazines.
Minimum Grade
In a bold effort to improve the educational fortunes of students who perform at academic levels significantly below the average of their peers, Congress has mandated a minimum grade to be assigned to each student in each course taught at any school in the country. Starting in September, it shall be unlawful for any teacher, professor, or instructor charged with assigning course grades to assign to any student a grade lower than C-.
Sponsors of the Fair Academic Standards Act decry the injustice that occurs each time a student earns a low grade, such as a D or an F. "It's impossible for students with 'D's and 'F's on their transcripts to succeed as they deserve in life," remarked Sen. Bernie Franken, an Independent from Elitia. "This law ensures that no American will ever again suffer that hardship."
Opponents of the Act worry that the requirement of a minimum grade will prompt schools to refuse to enroll students whose academic preparation or skills aren't yet sufficient to enable them actually to earn good grades.
Sen. Paul Rand, an outspoken opponent of the bill, admits that 'D's and 'F's are poor grades that are not likely to win good jobs for students that have many such grades on their transcripts. Sen. Rand argues, however, that the Act will steer schools away from enrolling less-prepared students and, as a consequence, deny these very students the opportunity to acquire the education that will enable them in the future to perform better in the classroom. "It's an unintended bad consequence of Sen. Franken's good intentions," suggests Sen. Rand.
Sen. Franken and other supporters of the Act disagree. "I can show you several studies, by prominent professors of education at Ivy League universities, that make clear that this Act will in no way diminish schools' willingness to enroll all the students who seek enrollment," said Sen. Franken. "Opponents of this Act, frankly, are simply indifferent to the plight of academically challenged students and wish to deny to these students the benefits that are enjoyed by their more-talented classmates. My colleagues and I merely wish to ensure that these benefits are spread more equitably. It's the fair thing to do."
Sen. Rand responds by insisting that grades should accurately reflect each student's actual performance in class. He says that the minimum-grade requirement, to the extent that it doesn't simply cause academically challenged students to be kept from enrolling in school, will result in report cards and school transcripts that are full of "lies" – grades that do not reflect each student's actual performance. Sen. Rand worries that graduate schools and employers will be obliged to find other ways, beside grades, to assess the qualifications of students who apply for admission or for jobs. He worries that these other ways will be less accurate and more arbitrary than are course grades as these are currently assigned.
"That accusation is typical of Sen. Rand and his ilk," alleges Paula Krueger, the influential columnist. "Sen. Rand is bought and paid for by rich and privileged elites who know that a more fair distribution of school grades will threaten their and their friends' hold on this country's levers of power." Ms. Krueger shakes her head in astonishment. "I'm sure that some small subset of people actually believe the tales told by opponents of this Act, but they are clearly blinded by ideology. They're enemies not only of less-fortunate Americans, but of science itself."
Not that Ms. Krueger thinks the Act is ideal. "It's not perfect. In my view the minimum grade should be much higher. I think A-. And I'd also like to see the minimum grade indexed to grade inflation. That way all students in America, now and in the future, would be exceptionally high-achievers and very well educated. But the Act as it stands is at least a start. It's progress."
The President is expected to sign the bill at a Rose Garden ceremony on Tuesday.
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Editor's note: This is Part 2 of a series of stories about how proposed federal food-safety rules could affect California farmers and ranchers.
The presence of animals on the farm can be both a blessing and a nuisance for farmers.
Domesticated animals such as livestock used to graze weeds and crop stubble allow farmers to reduce their use of fossil fuels while cycling nutrients into the soil. Wild animals can wreak havoc on farms, destroying crops and irrigation lines—but they can also help manage other pests and contribute to biodiversity.
Because animals are considered a possible source of contamination in food-safety issues involving fresh produce, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has developed proposed rules to prevent contamination of produce by domesticated and wild animals as part of the new Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA. The proposed rule requires farmers to monitor for wildlife intrusion and not harvest produce visibly contaminated with animal feces.
Many farmers agree that much of what FDA has proposed is already common practice on California farms.
"When you take a step back and look at (the rule), they're not asking us to jump through that much of a hoop," said Loren Scoto, who grows fresh-market tomatoes in Merced County and said his farm's food-?safety standards actually exceed what's being proposed.
The proposed rule also does not outline specific measures to prevent animal intrusion, such as putting up fences, modifying habitat or clearing farm borders. But Scoto said some of those steps may be necessary at times to protect crops.
For example, squirrels are a huge problem on his farm, and workers constantly monitor for squirrel holes when they're irrigating or treating for weeds. They mark each hole using GPS and then go back to put bait near the holes.
Farmers have been protecting their crops from animals long before the federal government became involved with regulating food safety, said Gurmail Mudahar, vice president of food safety for Tanimura and Antle, a grower/shipper of fresh vegetables in Salinas.
"You don't want that wild animal in your crop. It's not because of food safety; it's because of economic reasons," he said. "Animals destroy crops. So we keep them out, simple as that."
Many California growers already belong to the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement—a voluntary program that requires farmers to follow certain food-safety practices—or are covered by other third-party food-safety certifications, said Rob Atwill, director of the Western Institute of Food Safety and Security at the University of California, Davis. For those farmers, the new federal rules "may not be a dramatic shift," he added.
High-profile vendors and retailers that buy fresh produce also often have their own food-safety standards that are stricter than what the federal government is proposing, Atwill said, and growers who sell to these buyers likely will not need to change much of what they do.
But farmers who may not sell to those particular customers could see changes, he said.
"The produce safety rule is going to enroll a lot more farmers, when before it depended on who was your buyer," Atwill said.
There is also concern about how FSMA may impact other fresh produce crops, such as those grown in the Central Valley that are not covered by the leafy-greens agreement, said Lesa Eidman, executive director of the California Woolgrowers Association. Some sheep ranchers rely on those fields to provide crop residue for grazing their flocks, and FSMA may deter farmers from allowing sheep on their land, she said.
The proposed rule would require certain measures, such as an "adequate waiting period" between grazing and crop harvest, if there is a reasonable probability of contamination. While the regulations do not specify a length of time, FDA said it does not expect the waiting period to exceed nine months, which is the same interval it proposed between application of raw manure and harvest.
Fresno County sheep rancher Ryan Indart said he doesn't know of any producers in his region who graze fresh-market crop residue anymore—and certainly not in the Salinas Valley—unlike 20 years ago, when sheep used to graze postharvest fields of melons, tomatoes, broccoli and other vegetables.
Monterey County sheep rancher Joanne Nissen said she sold most of her flock because she leases land to vegetable growers whose buyers have strict rules about livestock grazing near where those crops are grown.
"Nobody said I couldn't raise sheep," she said. "It was simply that I couldn't lease the farm ground adjacent to the pasture."
Don Cameron, a diversified farmer in Fresno County, said he still uses sheep from time to time to clean up postharvest residue, but only when he's not planting fresh produce behind the sheep. For example, he may follow the sheep with alfalfa or processing tomatoes.
"We're aware of the food safety issues, so we're real careful about how we do it," he said. "We don't want to create a problem, but we found that we could do it safely."
Mudahar said what he would like FDA to address in the rule are those factors over which farmers have no control, such as birds, flies and other insects, wind and other environmental elements that could potentially affect produce. He said if FDA wants to hold farms responsible for food safety, it should at least acknowledge some of the inherent risks with growing food in an open environment.
"Farmers grow their crops in the great outdoors and the final FDA rule needs to take that into account," California Farm Bureau Federation Federal Policy Division Manager Rayne Pegg said. "The rule needs to set realistic standards that recognize the significant safety measures that farmers already take."
(Ching Lee is an assistant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at email@example.com.)
Next week: Farmers consider the effect of the proposed food-safety rule on managing irrigation water.
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