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So this shoot started out being my friend Chandler and I. We were originally going to shoot in Dallas when she was in town for a visit. However, we got to talking, and I told her I could make the short 1.5 hour drive to Waco, but that it would be cool if she could find a few friends to join in the shoot to make it worthwhile. Little did I know what I was getting myself into. I drive up to this awesome house (in a few pictures below), housing four Baylor girls that are all extremely photogenic. We took some room mate pictures (including Chandler's dog "Pudge"), and then the others joined in for a fun shoot around Waco. Thanks again to miss Julia for the awesome location idea, and to all you ladies for being so incredible throughout the entire day. This shoot took almost four and a half hours to complete and the ladies kept everyone laughing and having a good time throughout the entire day. I learned all about Fae Sonic, ultimate prank, and La Fiesta. I have to say "Thank You" to all you girls for this amazing day and I'm so blessed to have had the opportunity to shoot each one of you. You are all beautiful and I hope you enjoy these pictures!
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Snyder not saying whether he supports eliminating mandatory State Bar fees for attorneysBy Chris Gautz
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The IGF Secretariat would like to welcome you to the IGF Web site. The design is aimed to make the site user-friendly and give it the ability to add on tools for better online collaboration. We welcome your comments and suggestions as we continuously try to improve our ability to foster dialogue on Internet governance.
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Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo of UNDESA has issuesd a statement on the MAG renewal process for 2014. The deadline for submissions is 1 December 2013.
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It's a warm and hazy day, and Frank and I are at our sons' Little League practice, watching baseball but talking football. Nothing could be more typical of metro Pittsburgh in June. The Pirates, at 10 games below .500, are ambling toward their 15th straight losing season. The Steelers' training camp starts in six weeks. Hallelujah.
Frank knows football, and certainly knows western Pennsylvania football. He is Frank Namath, nephew of the man who some 40 years ago made our steel town, Beaver Falls, almost a household name. When "Uncle Joey" got big, Frank tells me, his mother had to move out of town and into a tiny house on a hill that overlooks it. Strangers from all over the place had been besieging her, gawking, poking, prodding. She, blue collar through and through, found herself suddenly the mother of an iconpresumably no easy thing. Especially here.
How do we love the Steelers? Let me count the emblems. Running on any given day through our old residential neighborhood, I see Steelers flags, camp chairs, license plates, decals, posters, mail boxes, bumper stickers, and articles of clothingincluding my own T-shirt. When I, a lifelong Steelers fan living five hours from Pittsburgh, came out to interview for a job, I was astonishedand delightedby all of the Steelers paraphernalia. Back home, my black-and-gold-bleeding brother-in-law (to whom I once gave a Steelers cutting board for Christmas) referred to my landing a job in "Mecca."
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I think that if the author lived in Boston, the article would have been about baseball.
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I don't understand how so many men can get caught up so intensely in something that simply does not matter. Instead, be intense about politics and your faith, things that actually affect the world. I'm no wimp. I love hiking and I work out. But I have simply never had this thing for professional sports viewing. It is boring.
Paul, Your wrong about more kids getting hurt in football. Look up the stats!!! You will find the all american sport of soccer as #1.
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This is a great essay! I passed it along to my husband who expected another guilt-inducing lashing by a well-intended Christian spoil sport. I believe a wise wife will learn to love sports if her husband does. My husband taught me to love college football, college basketball, and gave me custom golf clubs and private lessons early on -- and I am sometimes a bigger sports fan than he is! While all the other wives are whining somewhere to each other about being sports widows, I am enjoying God's beautiful outdoors, growing closer to my husband (and our college-age children), having screaming good fun -- and being admired by all the men whose wives will not join them. "An excellent wife, who can find?" Well, maybe I am not exactly an excellent wife, but being a great sports fan sure makes my husband think so!


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The Maroon VOL. VIII LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1950 No. 15 GLEE CLUB MEMBERS LEAVE ON WEEK-END TRIP THIS MORNING FIRST FORMAL CONCERT WILL BE PRESENTED BY MEMBERS TONIGHT AT VICKSBURG Twenty-five members of the Loyola Glee Club left this morning for a week-end trip to present a varied musical program at Vicksburg, Miss. The program, as outlined by Francis Achee, president of the g'.eemen, will consist of several chorus numbers, selections by the double quartette, and banjo work by the Banjo Club. This trip was to have taken place : during Easter holidays and extend over a period of a week, but the plan met with many conflicting engagements that necessitated its postponement until the present time. The Glee Club has been practicing diligently during the past week for this coming concert in order that they might put the finishing touches on the entile program. Francis Achee and Perrin Connor will be unable to accompany their mates on the trip because of the fact that their services will be required on the track team which journeyi to Alexandria today and of which they are both members. The gleemen will leave Union Sta-, tion Friday morning at 8:30 for; Jackson, Miss., from where, after a j short rest for lunch, they will travel■ on to Vicksburg. They will give their first formal concert Friday j night. Mr. Paul Jacobs, director of the j Glee Club, has been working hard to bring the work of his charges up! to the highest stage of perfection. Those who will make the trip as members of the Glee Club are: Lloyd Leßlanc, vice-president Paul Azar, secretary; Ernest Thayer, treasurer; Howard Fabacher, business manager; Earl Bailey, Earl Langlois, William Barber, Joseph Blasi, Temple Black, Leo Blessing, Jack Jordan, Nicholas Masters, Clifton Meaux, Clyde dela- Houssaye, Richard Genre, Herman Schexnyder, William Scheud, Louis Stelly, Dudley Cowan, Charles Bercier, Louis Connor, Merlin MeGivney, Harold Guidroz, Clet Girard and Tim Duggan. LOYOLA PROFESSORS TO NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL CONVENTION DR. MERRIL AND DR. CRASSER TO LEAVE MAY 3 FOR BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON Dr. Grasser, Dean of the Pharmacy department, and Dr. Merril, of the Dental department, are leaving Saturday, May 3rd, to attend the seventyeighth annual convention of the American Pharmaceutical Association, which is being held at Baltimore, Md., and after that the eleventh decennial U. S. P. convention to be held at Washington, D. C. The two conventions are to be held in conjunction with each other, the American Pharmaceutical convention will extend from May 5 to May 10, and the U. S. P. meeting will be held from May 13 to May 14. The purpose of these meetings is to enable those interested in pharmacy— retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, teachers, writers, research workers. board members, association members, to attend a series of meetings which a very important bearing on the professional and business phases of pharmacy. This year the meetings are being held in Baltimore and Washington—cities which are considered as suburbs of one another, since they are only forty miles apart. Each of these cities is interesting and instructive to visit and are within easy access by boat, by train, or by automobile of the most historical section of the United States. H. A. Dunning, president of the American Pharmaceutical Association, announces that a record number of delegates is expected. The program provides for a series of many meetings, the first of which will start at 9 A .M. and the last session sometimes commencing at late as 10 P. M. However, work will not constitute the only activity of the convention. There will also be an elaborate entertainment program, which includes p. dance, a banquet, several dinners, luncheons, a boat ride and a minstrel show. There will also be a special sight-seeing tour, sponsored by the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce. While atending the convention at Baltimore, Dr. Grasser and Mr. Merilhh will visit at Walmington for a day where they will be the guests of Dr. A. M. Alvarado. Dr. Alvarado was formerly a professor at the university in charge of the chemistry department, where he was much liked by the students. He is now affiliated with the Duco plant at Wilmington which manufacturers all the Duco products and has invited his old old friends and former colleagues to make a thorough inspection of the huge plant. STEAMER MADISONVILLE TO HOLD LOYOLA NIGHT NEXT SATURDAY Complimentary Invitations May be Obtained Thru The Maroon The Maroon is pleased to announce that the opening excursion of the Steamer Madisonville over Lake Pontchartrain has been designated as Loyola Xight. This trips has been scheduled for Saturday, May 10th. A letter received from the managers of the steamer is to thp effect that a certain number of tickets complimentary will be sent to the university in the care of this paper for those who wish to attend the opening night. These coniplrr.crtar.v mvitatroiis may be exchanged for tickets at the box office. These excursions will consist of moonlight cruises over Lake Pontchartrain. Dance music will be furnished by a prominent orchestra. These trips will be made every Saturday. Following is the letter in full received by this office: Mr. Paul Azar, Editor, The Maroon, Loyola University, New Orleans, La. Dear Sir: We are pleased to announce that, commencing Saturday night, May 10, 1930, we will inaugurate a special Moonlight Excursion over Lake Pontchartrain on the Steamer Madisonville.We have designated May 10th as Loyola night and we would like to have as our guest as many Loyola «fudents and their dates as possible. We are taking the liberty of sending vou a number of complimentary invitations which we ask that you ui"dly distribute among the student body. These invitations entitle the holder to participate in Loyola night aboard the Madisonville and they may be exchanged for tickets at the box office. As the number which may be thus distributed is limited we would appreciate your co-operation to the extent that the invitations will be given only to those who are certain to attend. The steamer is scheduled to leave West End at 9:30 P. M., and the dancing will begin immediately at nine. We intend to make these weekly dance excursion of keen delight and a pleasure to those who attend and we look forward to Loyola Night as a nrecedent. Don't forget every Saturday Night at West End, the time 9:30. Loyola night, Saturday, May 10th. Assuring you of our appreciation for your kindness, we are, Very truly yours, Dendinger Transportation Co. Dedinger, Inc.. Owner. By P. J. Truetel, Jr. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TO AWARD KEYS FOR HIGHEST AVERAGE An announcement has been forth-• coming from Mr. Gerard Bernard, president of the Alumni that the Alumni Association of Loyola uni- j versity will award keys to the graduate in each department having the! highest scholastic average for the entire course. This is a movement on the part of j the Association to stimulate and encourage scholastic activity and to re-' ward the ones attaining the highest percentage in their particular courses. DENTAL CLINIC VERY ACTIVE SINCE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL YEAR If anyone should suppose that the Loyola Dental Clinic is idle, the following figures should convince them differently. Upward of 10,000 operations have been performed since June 1, 1929. These are of many and varied types, ranging from prophylaxies to difficult extractions and fillings. Three thousand three hundred and four of these operation were amalgam fillings, large and small. Prophylaxies are second with 2,469 patients. Extractions are third with the large number 1,937. Cement fillings usually placed in temporary teeth of children with a total of 613. Riggs and other treatments amounted to the number of 480, while gold foil fillings accounted for 210 more. Nerve removals and conal fillings constituted a total of 207, and inlays added 196 to this number. Full and partial plates together with crowns and bridges, brings the total up to 10,00. STAFF MEMBERS OF THE WOLF AWARD PINS FOR LOYALTY Fr. Ruggeri Expresses Satisfaction At Systematized Method of Work Eleven members of the Wolf Staff were awarded pins last Saturday afternoon for their work in collecting news and material for the biggest and best annual that the university has ever had. The awards were made by Bob Ainsworth, editor of the annual. Fr. Ruggeri expressed himself as highly pleased with the systematic manner in which the work of editing Ihe boo,- wa.s carried on. It is also the first time in the history of the annual that its publication has been Dirt upon a sound financial basis. Pecause of this, Fr. Ruegeri felt that the members of the staff fittingly deserved some tribute for their efforts. Those who received the awards Were: Bob Ainsworth, editor; Paul Azar, Victor Choppin, Carl Buchmann, Felicien, Lozes, Leo Zinser, Skelly Wright, Rene Nicaud, Hamil Cupero, Edward Lucas and Earl Langlois. MR. JULES PAGUN SPEAKS BEFORE ADVERTISING CLASS Direct Mail Advertising is Subject of Lecture Delivered to Students Mr. Jules Paglin, advertising manager of Sam Bonart's department store, and an officer in the Association of Direct Mail Advertisers, spoke before the Advertising class of the university on April 16. Mr. McCloskey introduced the speaker to the students. He stated that Mr. Paglin was very much in demand as a speaker before various merchandising clubs and civic organizations. It was learned afterward by Mr. McCloskey that Mr. Paglin is a former student of the University of Pittsburgh. The text of Mr. Paglin's lecture was "Direct Mail Advertising." Calling it a very prominent factor in modern advertising, Mr. Paglin waxed enthusiastic over the various types of products, communities and classes, best reached by direct mail advertising.Mr. Paglin discussed in some detail the important task of building up a list of mailing prospects. "This list," he said, "must be recent if it is to be effective for the advertiser." The lecture was concluded by Mr. Paglin saying, in effect, that vigilance should be the watchword of all advertisers, and that in direct maiil advertising vigilance should be doubly increased. STUDENT COUNCIL TO SPONSOR BARN DANCE FRL, MAY 9 The Loyola Student Council has announced through Gerard Rault, president, that the student organization is sponsoring its last, biggest and best dance of the year next Friday, May 19th in the Loyola Gymnasium. This dance is to be a barn dance which means that everyone is to wear costumes, the more outlandish, the better. Bales of hay will be stacked in the middle of the floor to make the country boys feel at home. The guest of honor of the evening will be a life-sized cow. Tickets may be obtained from any member of the Student Council. The price of admission will be seventyfive vents, whether for stag or coupie.U. S. POSTAGE lc Paid New Orleans, La. Permit No. 716 FLASH Loyola yearbook. 1930 Wolf. w:ll be d;«trD.b*it»d on the camiui Friday, May 30th.
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Arizona Immigration Activist Revisits SB 1070 in light of Supreme Court hearing
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012As an immigration activist living in Arizona, I wrote the following opinon with regard to the upcoming SB1070 hearing that will be heard in the Supreme Court.
The GOP Cannot Hide the Arizona SB 1070 'Large Elephant' in the Room
By DeeDee Garcia Blase
The Supreme Court hearing regarding Arizona's SB1070 will be a vote mover in the southwestern part of the United States. The scab of an old wound will be ripped off and exposed once again within our community as the issue comes to the forefront again. Instead of hanging out at the courthouse protesting against SB1070, we will protest via our vote during the upcoming 2012 Presidential elections. We must identify in a realistic manner what the best option will be for us that is directly hurting and affecting our community.
According to ABC News:
Kris Kobach, a key drafter of Arizona's controversial immigration law, will be in Washington on Wednesday to hear the Supreme Court discuss the legality of the tough state measure that empowers local police to enforce federal immigration laws. Kobach, who worked closely with former Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce in crafting the 2010 law, said he stays in close touch with the Mitt Romney campaign.
These days, we are witnessing multiple-choice Mitt Romney make moves as he tries to disassociate himself from Kris Kobach. Many within our Latino community believe it is too little and too late – specifically in the southwestern part of our Country where most of the Mexican-American population resides.
Unfortunately for Romney, he has made too many damning statements when he chose to align himself with Pete Wilson and Kris Kobach. Other known extremists such as the Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, and the ousted former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce have also gotten behind him. This does not come as a surprise to us since we witnessed nativist and former Congressman Tom Tancredo endorse Romney in 2007. In fact, Romney designated controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio as his Arizona Chair when he ran against Senator John McCain during the 2008 GOP primaries.
We now live in an Information Age where Americans receive their news via YouTube, the internet and social networking – and as a result of the digital footprint now made available to us, the Karl Rovian way is becoming more of an ineffective antiquated strategy. We are now able to file away and organize flip-flops when it comes to stances politicians have taken regarding government policy.
Elis Foley with the Huffington Post writes:
Romney has said repeatedly that he supports the Arizona's right to pass such a law and would drop a federal lawsuit against it were he elected — perhaps not an explicit endorsement, but one that implies he supports the law, at least for Arizona.
Romney also has advocated for what he called "self-deportation," or making things difficult for undocumented immigrants until they decide to leave, one of the central tenets of the Arizona law. One of his informal advisers on immigration, SB 1070 architect and Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach, supports the law as a model for nationwide enforcement.
"[Self-deportation] is in SB 1070," Pearce said.
As the GOP scrambles desperately for an effort to woo the Latino vote in light of an election cycle, many of us will remember that no leading Republican
organizations stood strong against SB1070 in 2010 when the immigration issue reached a fevered pitch except for one – SOMOS REPUBLICANS. SOMOS was widely known for being the only Republican organization in the nation that stood against the anti-immigrant SB 1070 law when Republican Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill into action. Latinos were ultimately left to fend for themselves in Arizona. Several conservative leaning groups (including Hispanic Republican groups) supported the Arizona governor. We were dismayed when we heard Senator Marco Rubio's support of the Arizona harsh anti-immigrant law.
The Republican Party lacked foresight and leadership with regard to an issue near and dear to Latinos, and now they must face the music and become the Party of personal responsibility. The RNC turned a blind eye to several Republican lawmakers who supported anti-immigrant policies. They also turned a blind eye to the many hostile remarks regarding the treatment of immigrants. RNC leadership was nowhere to be found, until now because now they want our vote.
While it is true that President Obama did not give us immigration reform during his first year as President, Latinos must go back in American history and figure out why. We need to remind ourselves that there have been no recent American Presidents who tackled comprehensive immigration reform within their first term. Former President Ronald Reagan did not give immigrant amnesty until he was re-elected as President. Former President George W. Bush did not address comprehensive immigration reform until his second term because he did not believe there was an immigration problem to begin with. The only President that supported immigrant-friendly policies during his first term as President was Benjamin Harrison and he did not get re-elected for a second term.
Should it be a complete surprise to us that President Obama has not confronted immigration during his first term? The immigration issue has become one of the most toxic issues in our time since the Republican Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo launched his restrictionist Immigration Reform Caucus. Meanwhile, myth-maker (R-TX) Congressman Lamar Smith has been busy writing opinion after opinion falsely accusing President Obama as a supporter of amnesty even though he knows Obama has deported more immigrants than Bush. The anti-immigrant sentiment continued to mount when Florida's Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio stated Ronald Reagan erred in supporting the 1986 amnesty for immigrants (despite the Cuban amnesty afforded to his own family).
So what options are Latinos left with as we revisit the painful wounds of SB 1070 during 2012?
Here are some options:
1) We can take our chances with a President who is going to enter his second term as President because he no longer has to worry about getting re-elected
2) Or, we could gamble away our vote with a candidate who has solid ties to Kris Kobach, (the architect behind many of these anti-immigrant and DREAM Act laws), Pete Wilson, Jan Brewer, and Russell Pearce who are all promoters of the infamous self-deportation law via SB 1070.
Unless there is a brokered GOP Convention, there really is no third option for Latinos.
Let us be honest – I do not believe a President will ever address immigration reform within his first term. Just the same, I do not believe Latinos are willing to gamble with a candidate that has made deals with devils via Pete Wilson, Kris Kobach, Joe Arpaio's posse, and the vast majority of the Archie Bunker wing.


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Do you ever wonder why professional soccer isn't popular in mainstream America? Nearly all of my friends and classmates played the sport as kids, either in school or on a club team, yet somewhere between childhood and adulthood, a disconnect happened, leaving soccer - everyone's once favorite sport to play - in the dust; soccer uniforms and tube socks end up in the back of the closet or in a bin at Goodwill while parents are out buying cool NFL or NBA jerseys for their kids instead.
I've never understood why soccer can't seem to stay relevant beyond the youth years for us Americans, but after a recent flurry of negative international soccer news, I'm not losing any sleep over soccer's lack of recognition here in the United States.
Usually the only soccer news to hit my ears and eyes (outside of World Cup coverage) comes in the form of random highlights on SportsCenter or the occasional fùtbol folly on ESPN's SportsNation. Over the last decade, the focus has steadily migrated from the game itself to fan violence, racism and other ugly aspects of soccer than have nothing to do with the fundamentals of the sport.
From the ridiculous, such as Argentine soccer star Ever Banega who was lost for the season with a broken leg after accidentally being run over by his own car in a freak accident at a gas station, to more serious situations involving hate speech and deeply rooted world issues, it's seems like soccer can't get anything right these days.
I remember being profoundly horrified a few years ago after watching a feature on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumble about how soccer stadiums had been transformed into neo-Nazi protest and recruiting platforms. Video footage showed massive sections of stadiums being bought out by neo-Nazi groups as thousands filled the seats and chanted en masse, saluting Hitler, and hurling obscenities at ethnic players throughout the entirety of professional soccer matches.
Because of the hate-filled mobs in the crowd, certain teams in Europe have been forced to either play their home games in an empty stadium without any spectators or play scheduled "home" games on the road, away from raucous and racist fans .
Sadly, the madness has spread from the stands onto the field itself. The recent "Handshake-Gate" incident at a Liverpool-Manchester United match gained international attention, and was so outrageous that it made top headlines here in the U.S.
Here's a quick summary from CBSNews.com:
"Players from both teams had to be separated in the tunnel at halftime after Liverpool's Luis Suarez refused to shake the hand of United's Patrice Evra before kickoff. Suarez was making his first start since serving an eight-match ban for racially abusing Evra in October."
Yes, in a moment that was meant for Suarez (a Uruguayan national) to make peace with Evra (who was born in Senegal and raised in France) after he had previously taunted the Man U player with racist remarks, Suarez instead opted to keep the feud alive with the dramatic handshake snub.
Does Suarez really hate Evra because he's Black, or is he just fueling the fire to increase the drama in order to sell tickets and gain publicity? Both possibilities are deplorable.
To make matters worse, Suarez was strongly defended by his team -which is owned by the parent company of the Boston Red Sox - publicly. It looks like Suarez was preaching to a fairly large choir as the Greater Manchester Police reportedly, "confiscated 7,500 copies of United's 'Red Issue' fanzine, which featured a cutout Ku Klux Klan-style mask bearing the words, 'LFC Suarez is innocent,'" according to CSBNews.com
An American soccer star who played professionally in Europe once told me of the confusion he felt he first time he took the field there and heard thousands of fans in the stadium making a strange noise he couldn't quite decipher. Once bananas started flying out of the stands and onto the pitch, he realized the sounds coming from the crowd were monkey noises, directed at a Black player on the opposing team. The player told me he was shocked and had not been warned of such behaviors when he agreed to play in Europe.
While British law enforcement has involved itself in certain race-related soccer incidences - like in the case of Chelsea player John Terry who was formally charged with "racially abusing" Anton Ferdinand during a game last October- intervention is the rare exception to the rule.
"After years of pretending racism wasn't a serious issue, the Italian league is finally making teams pay for their fans behavior," according to an ABC News article from last July. "They get fined or forced to play home games on the road. But the police are still afraid or unwilling to go into the worst sections of the stadiums to make arrests."
As if this behavior isn't bad enough on its own, confined to a soccer stadium on any given game day, the truth is that conduct like this is never an isolated incident, but instead, a sign of something much bigger, a hate-filled school of thought deeply rooted in an ugly place that we, as Americans, would like to pretend doesn't exist anymore.
Simon Kuper, author of "Football Against the Enemy" told ABC News, "As these racist and anti-Semitic chants become tolerated at football grounds, it becomes more tolerated in the rest of society to say racist and anti-Semitic things. And that creates a nasty atmosphere."
The governing bodies of professional soccer may not be able to police the thoughts of players and fans, nor should they. But officials do have the responsibility of condemning and punishing offensive actions like verbal abuse before such displays eventually escalate to physical violence inside and outside of the stadium.
I see a sad irony watching a sport with the greatest global tournament of all, filled with such hate and intolerance. Until international soccer begins to change the culture from the grassroots level all the way up to the fans and players of Liverpool and Manchester United, I for one, will not be watching, and am encouraging you at home to do the same.


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US smartphone game sales up 300% in November
Grief. It's the mobile dream. According to comScore, 2.9 million game were downloaded for smartphones in the US in November 2008, up from 734,000 in November 2007. That's a rise of 291 percent.
Why? iPhone, obviously, and its App Store. According to this Cellular News story, iPhone owners accounted for 14 percent of mobile game downloaders in November, with 32.4 percent of all iPhone users reporting they downloaded a game in the month, compared with a market average of 3.8 percent.
Those in the mobile games industry are probably running around naked in the snow, screaming for joy. Thanks, Engadget.


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Professional Development is Key to Reaching Rigorous Goals
TURNERS FALLS, Mass., Oct. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Northeast Foundation for Children (NEFC), developer of the Responsive Classroom(®) approach to elementary teaching, has just released a white paper detailing how Responsive Classroom practices help teachers meet the rigorous goals of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The white paper, titled "Teacher Skill Drives Common Core Success: How Responsive Classroom Helps," explains that effective, high quality teaching is required if students are to learn in the ways intended by the Common Core.
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"The single most important factor in achieving the standards is teachers with instructional prowess," says NEFC executive director Lora Hodges. "Proficient teachers engage all students, lift them to high levels of content mastery, provoke critical thinking and deep analysis, and coach students into becoming strong communicators and collaborators."
Since 1981, teachers have been turning to Responsive Classroom professional development to increase their capacity for transformative teaching. Through Responsive Classroom training, they learn practical strategies for developing competencies in three key domains: (1) engaging academics, (2) effective management, and (3) positive community. Teacher strength in these three domains means students can develop the academic, social, and emotional skills needed to achieve the rigorous learning called for by the Common Core. Indeed, recent research by the University of Virginia found that Responsive Classroom increases teachers' use of standards-based practices and leads to higher-quality instruction.
The white paper explains in detail how the Responsive Classroom approach aligns with the Common Core, focusing on how Responsive Classroom teaching practices address four specific CCSS challenges: creating a climate of learning, engaging students in rich academic conversations, teaching more complex content and skills, and fostering genuine student engagement.
"To effectively implement the Common Core," says Lora Hodges, "our teachers need the appropriate training and resources. Responsive Classroom is a proven source of such professional development, a way to build teachers' capacity to make the instructional shifts that will prepare students to fully participate in, contribute to, and thrive in our ever-evolving society. We stand ready to partner with schools and districts in reaching success with the Common Core."
About Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., and the Responsive Classroom Approach
Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., a not-for-profit educational organization, is the developer of Responsive Classroom, a research-based approach to elementary education that leads to greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement, and improved school climate. Responsive Classroom practices help educators become more effective in three interrelated domains: engaging academics, positive community, and effective management. The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has recognized the Responsive Classroom approach as one of the most effective and well-designed programs for teaching academic, social, and emotional learning.
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All three Cumberland County commissioners on the ballot comfortably won re-election, according to unofficial returns.
Democrats Kenneth Edge, Marshall Faircloth and Jimmy Keefe beat Republican Ronnie Peele in the race for District 2 seats.
Edge got 47,295 votes, Faircloth came in second with 44,985 votes, Keefe garnered 44,063 and Peele got 35,464.
Countywide turnout was just over 59 percent.
"I think that it confirms that most of the citizens of the county are satisfied with the job we're doing," Keefe said. Faircloth, the current chairman. said he took nothing for granted.
"I knew there was a lot of frustration out there," he said, "and there were a lot folks out there who were going to hit that 'R.' "
Peele, making his tenth unsuccessful run in a local race, took his loss in stride. "The people that can vote for me will vote for me, the people that won't, they won't," he said.
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February 25, 2008Hey! Don't be afraid of registering for a free account with the NY Times. They don't spam you and it's amazing how much liberal reporting you can sink your teeth into.
On Sunday, the Obama endorsing paper had an article about the increasing hatred and violence towards gays in Jamaica. I've always heard about how unwelcome we are over there, but this article makes it sound as bad as some parts of the middle east. Violence at funerals, unprosecuted hate crimes, illegality of homosexuality, it's all there. Makes you think twice about vacation destinations, even the country's travel websites will tell you it's not okay.
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VA Management of Pharmacy is Called into Question
- Categorized in: 2009 Issues, October 2009
WASHINGTON, DC—some veterans advocates are accusing the Department of Veterans Affairs formulary and its administrative system of not being properly transparent, and of making it too difficult for VA physicians to prescribe non-formulary medications when necessary. Legislators and veterans groups report hearing from veterans whose physicians were unable to get access to the drugs they wanted to prescribe, and from physicians who have had to go through an impractically long process in order to get non-formulary drugs.
Formulary Complaints
At a House VA Health Subcommittee hearing on the topic last month, Rep. Michael Michaud (D -ME) said, "I have heard from veterans who have voiced their frustration with the VA national formulary as being too restrictive to the point that accessing appropriate drugs is a barrier. Some veterans have pointed to a flawed, subjective system for securing non-formulary drugs. For example, a veteran who is denied access to a non-formulary drug at one VA medical center may be approved in another medical center, which suggests that the decision may not be based entirely on clinical factors."
Others have heard similar stories. Rick Weidman, executive policy director for the Vietnam Veterans of America, testified that veterans and physicians have approached his organization relating problematic situations. For example, instances where they were unable to access drugs, it took an inordinate amount of time to get access to non-formulary drugs, and where cost was cited as a factor. Weidman accused VA of practicing a policy of cost avoidance by trying to reduce front-end costs of care such as pharmaceutical expenditures. "We believe it is inappropriate to put cost management above proper clinical care," Weidman declared. "Lack of proper medication at the proper time because it wasn't on the formulary can lead to all kinds of health impacts that can cost [more]."
Weidman also noted that the process by which VA chooses drugs to include in its national formulary is a relatively closed one. He proposed that Congress either request the VA Secretary, or put forward legislation, to make the VA formulary process more like DoD's, which is relatively transparent and includes more input from beneficiaries. DoD, he said, also includes more drugs on its formulary. VA has received complaints from servicemembers moving from DoD care to VA in instances where VA physicians cannot obtain medications those patients had access to previously through DoD.
A System That Works
VA officials, on the other hand, testified that they have heard quite the opposite from patients and physicians, and that the VA formulary process is sound. Just prior to last month's hearing, J.D. Power and Associates released a report on pharmacy customer satisfaction that ranked VA's pharmacy service. "We ranked third in J.D. Power's customer ratio survey," explained Michael Valentino, VA's pharmacy chief. "Our physicians seem to be fairly happy with the process and their access to non-formulary drugs. And if we can believe J.D. Power, our patients are very happy as well."
In response to the accusation that VA's process is too secretive, Valentino countered that, "We have a fair amount of transparency." The VA formulary is administered through the Pharmacy Benefits Management Office at the Hines, Illinois VAMC. While the PBM acts as the organizational entity overseeing the formulary, the VA Medical Advisory Panel and the VISN Pharmacist Executives Committee actively manage the formulary. The MAP provides clinical oversight of the process and is comprised of practicing VA physicians, PBM clinical pharmacists, and a physician from the Department of Defense. PBM pharmacists monitor the medical literature and draft evidence-based prescribing guidelines. Those guidelines are sent for peer review throughout VA before being presented to the MAP for and VPE for consideration. "The literature we develop is vetted extensively and sent far and wide for comment, and then posted on our web site," Valentino explained.
As for the proposal to make VA's formulary management system more like DoD's, Valentino said he understood DoD had a beneficiary advisory panel that looks at formulary decisions after the executive advisory panel and that he would be happy to consider such a proposal for VA.
The idea that cost is a major factor in adding drugs to the formulary is untrue, Valentino added. "Cost is not factored in until the very end of the process. Safety and efficacy are our number one considerations." He cited one example where VA chose a more expensive drug because it had more medical evidence supporting it over the alternatives. Lucentis, an anti-cancer drug approved by FDA for treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration, costs thousands of dollars per injection.Another drug,Avastin, has the same results but costs pennies. However,Avastin is approved only for treating cancer, and notAMD. VAwent with Lucentis because it was backed by FDA-supported evidence—a decision that was made several years ago and still stands today.
Valentino also testified that VA does not leave physicians or patients waiting for decisions on non-formulary medication requests. There is a 96-hour time limit for review of non-formulary requests. And if a non-formulary drug is needed immediately, it is given immediately.
There was some lag time, Valentino acknowledged, with the first wounded veterans being transferred from DoD care to VA care. In those cases, VA had to play catch-up in regards to available treatment and medication. "Early on we had some issues with veterans till on active duty and going to VA, coming to us with very complex [pain medication] requiring tubing [and other equipment]. It took us some time to get that equipment in."
Problems Keeping Count
One area where Valentino agreed that VA needs improvement is in keeping track of VA medications within its pharmacy system. Arecently released VA Office of the Inspector General report of an audit of VA's pharmacy inventory showed that many VA medical facilities could not accurately account for non-controlled drug inventories because of inadequate management practices, record keeping, and inaccurate pharmacy data. In an analysis of 2 of VA's 7 consolidated mail outpatient pharmacies, OIG investigators found pill variances ranging between negative 3,100 and an excess of 192,000 pills.
The OIG recommended enforcing annual wall-to-wall inventories of pharmacy stock, developing better monitoring policies, and enforcing compliance with existing regulations. The VA agreed with all of the OIG's recommendations. "We concurred with all of their recommendations. We have told people what we want them to do and developed a policy that is under review," Valentino said. That is what VA is doing in the short-term. They're also working with local network offices to come up with teams that will go out and review pharmacy inventory management at VA sites. "You really need to monitor everything if you want to have confidence in the process," Valentino said.
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I've complained about certain presription drugs (in my case, Uroxatral and Diovan) being unavailable in the Phila. area. VA Nurses have told be that different regions have different Formularies., so technically, I could get these in a different region of the USA. That sounds incredibly shortsighted and/or dumb to me. I can get these drugs at my CVS, etc., if I pay out of pocket, but the VA can't supply them? Anyone care to comment? I already have complaints in with my local Congress Rep and I've written the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. Apparently, I noticed too, that there is a GAO report from last year that indicates the same irregularities or inconsistency in the VA's "holdings" or decisions by region. Anybody know why this is a problem? I thought we, as Veterans, could at least get all our medications through the VA. My out of pocket expenses for Uroxatral or it's generic would exceed $700-800 per year. Is that fair??
The overall system of handling/delivering required medicine is good however there doesn't seem to be a clear answer when refusing to supply certain medications. I personally was told " that we decided not to fill this presciption" Another time I was told the Va wouldn't fill it. The medication was widely used and prescibed be civilian doctors. What is the procedure for resolving an issue about denied drugs?
I'm in a similar situation. The VA Pharmacy was actually rather rude when I called about why they don't carry a couple of common medications available in CVS,Rite Aid., etc. I'm in the process of raising the issue to the Senate Veterans Affairs and my local Congresswoman. I've complained about the arrogance of the VA Pharmacy response and noted the GAO report from last year that talked about this issue of different VA regions carrying different drugs. One VA Nurse advocate I talked to said a drug not available here in Philadelphia is readily available, say, in Florida. To me that's rather stupid, especially since the VA should be the powerhouse for prescirption drugs for all of us..Odd that they can't even be consistent with their own Formulary...
Have your VA bonuses been cut in recent years and are you concerned about getting merit pay in the future?


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My daughter's tummy seems strangely fat. I know babies are chubby and they usually grow out of this, but it seems oddly distended.
Her tummy has been like this for a few months and she seems healthy. She started solids some 6 months ago and been fully off the breast milk for about a month. She's happy, active and cruising, although not walking more than a few steps independently yet.
My wife has checked the UK charts and she's 50th percentile for weight and 8th percentile for height. She has what seems like a healthy appetite, although some meals she doesn't seem to want to stop eating, so not exactly sure how much she should have.
I expect she'll grow out of it, but just wanted a second (and third...) opinion.


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The decision to allow campers to stay at Juniper Beach while a First Nations gathering goes on around them this weekend will help soothe the furor that erupted earlier this week, when campers were first told they had to leave.
It's the proper response, on the part of government, which owes a duty to all citizens. Forcing campers to leave in favour of an aboriginal cultural celebration would have sent a troubling message, and could have set the stage for more of these kinds of disputes down the road.
Many of the campers at the provincial park lined up earlier this week to tell The Daily News they were not at all happy with being told they could not stay. They had paid their fees and were intent on a two-week vacation, in a beautiful park at a great time of year.
Environment Minister Terry Lake conceded his ministry's initial response was less than ideal but in the end, the situation was "fluid," and operational plans were being formed quickly, amidst changing information.
When some in the campground suggested they would refuse to leave, it became apparent any plan that contemplated eviction was doomed to end badly.
"We were caught a little flatfooted," Lake said, noting the Bonaparte Indian Band organizer provided insufficient notice of the event to B.C. Parks staff.
In the end, however — although perhaps not as cleanly as all would have liked — the government did what governments must do. It decided on a course designed to balance competing interests as best as possible. It's the most we can expect a government to do.
Forcing campers to leave the campground would have been wrong. Denying the Bonaparte Band the ability to host their event at the site would have been wrong as well. In situations like this, compromise is a wonderful word.
Time will tell if those at the centre of the dispute — and that means campers and First Nations alike — accept the spirit of the intended compromise. Let's hope they do, and show each other the respect they all deserve.
There is nothing to be gained and much to be lost in if conflict erupts over who has more or less right to use this campground. We've seen enough violence and anger over the years between First Nations and others over land. No one wants Juniper Beach to join Canada's sad list of infamous cultural battlegrounds, including Gustafson Lake and Oka.
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By JOE KAY, Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Youth and inexperience have taken over the most important position in the NFL.
Ten starting quarterbacks this season have been in the league one year or less, with five teams letting rookies run the show. It's an unprecedented move in the NFL, where experience is a favored trait for those who handle the ball most.
No more.
"One of the most astounding statistics that I've seen in football in the last 25 years is the amount of young quarterbacks that are now playing early, but playing well," said Jon Gruden, a former coach and current television analyst.
Never have so many teams taken chances with so little experience at quarterback.
The starting 10 quarterbacks with one year or less in the NFL is the most since 1950, according to STATS LLC. That's the year that the league absorbed three teams from the All-America Football Conference, including the Cleveland Browns with Otto Graham.
This year's group of up-and-comers includes rookies Robert Griffin III in Washington, Andrew Luck in Indianapolis, Ryan Tannehill in Miami, Brandon Weeden in Cleveland and Russell Wilson in Seattle. They join second-year starters Andy Dalton in Cincinnati, Blaine Gabbert in Jacksonville, Jake Locker in Tennessee, Cam Newton in Carolina and Christian Ponder in Minnesota.
The previous high mark was eight in 2000, a young quarterback group that included Donovan McNabb, Jeff Garcia, Daunte Culpepper, Cade McNown, Shaun King, Tim Couch, Ryan Leaf and Akili Smith.
Before that, there were no more than six such QBs starting their teams' season openers, a measure of how much things have changed. Instead of drafting a quarterback and letting him sit and watch for a season, teams are throwing them right in there.
"They're committing to them, they're going right off the bat," Rams coach Jeff Fisher said. There's nothing more valuable, as far as a young player's concerned, than playing experience. There's that old saying that the difference between an average player and a good player is about 1,000 to 2,000 snaps, so how do you get it?"
By playing them. Right away.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll learned at Southern California that sometimes it's better to play a talented younger player than sitting them.
"The kids were so good and talented that letting them sit on the sideline and not letting them play was a mistake," said Carroll, who is getting Wilson ready to start. "And we learned that if you engage guys early and gave them chances and gave them things that they were good at, they would progress faster."
A big part of the new equation is the way pro-style offenses have proliferated in college, allowing quarterbacks to learn the things they'll be doing in the NFL. They're more ready to move right in.
Last year, Dalton took the Bengals to the playoffs as a rookie, fitting nicely into a West Coast-style offense that was like the one at TCU.
"Things are starting to get similar," Dalton said. "The NFL is opening a little more with the spread offenses. A lot of what we're doing here, I was doing in college. It's just different terminology. It makes the transition easier."
Gruden, whose brother Jay is the offensive coordinator in Cincinnati, isn't surprised that the transition is getting easier for quarterbacks.
"College football is changing dramatically," Gruden said. "There's a lot of no-huddle offenses. There's a lot of check-with-me at the line of scrimmage.
"Coaches are demanding more and more from these quarterbacks at a high tempo. They are coming into the league much more accomplished in terms of throwing the football, recognizing defenses. And with this 20-hour-a-week schedule (restriction) in college football, the quarterbacks have taken charge of their football teams in the offseason."
The Bengals are a good example of the evolution in how teams handle quarterbacks. During their 24-year stretch without a winning record from 1991-04, they drafted quarterbacks from very different styles — David Klingler prospered in the run-and-shoot at Houston, Akili Smith scrambled a lot at Oregon — and tried to change them into drop-back passers.
Didn't work.
By contrast, Dalton was able to make the switch smoothly even though his offseason was wiped out by the NFL lockout. The reason? The Bengals picked him in the second round because they knew their current offense fit him.


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