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Al sh'loshah d'varim haolam omed: Al haTorah, v'al ha-avodah, v'al g'milut chasadim. The world depends on three things: on Torah, on worship and on loving deeds. - Pirkei Avot 1:2
This year each issue of Vshinantam will be on a different topic in the area of technology and written by our Educational Technology Specialist, Renée Rittner. Renee received her Master's of Education in educational technology from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She also holds her MSW, MAJE, and MAJS degrees. She is currently the Director of Education at Temple Israel of Greater Miami.
Vshinantam is organized around the three pillars of Torah, Avodah, and Gmilut Chasadim. In the Torah section you will find an overview of the topic, in Avodah, applications for your classroom, and in Gmilut Chasadim additional resources.
Authentic Assessment and the Electronic Portfolio
Curriculum and lesson planning methods such as backward design have made assessment a focal point in the learning process. Authentic assessment looks at performance in real-life situations, allowing students to demonstrate their relevant skills and to analyze their own understandings. In authentic assessment students become active partners in the assessment process.
One tool used for authentic assessment is the portfolio. A portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the students efforts, progress, and achievements in one or more areas. The collection must include student participation in selecting contents, the criteria for selection, the criteria for judging merit, and evidence of student self-reflection. (Paulson, Paulson, and Meyer, What Makes a Portfolio a Portfolio? Educational Leadership Vol. 48, No. 5, February 1991) Portfolios can be used not only in the short term for a given topic, but also in the longer term, across all years in school.
Portfolios can be used to:
· Show the development and improvement of a students work over time.
· Assist with teacher planning from year to year. New teachers can review student portfolios from previous years to assess the abilities of incoming students.
· Demonstrate student proficiency.
· Complement a résumé when applying for jobs by giving different examples of the individuals best work.
· Strengthen a college application. Certain universities are looking at student portfolios to determine critical thinking and self-reflection skills as well as the students potential for success on campus.
Today schools are using technology to create electronic portfolios. A leader in research and understanding of the electronic portfolio is Dr. Helen Barrett, retired faculty of the University of Alaska-Anchorage. Barrett defines the electronic portfolio as an organized collection of artifacts in diverse formats including, audio, video, graphics and text.[1]
There are several benefits to creating electronic portfolios over paper ones.
1. The e-portfolio saves space and allows you to back-up and protect the content. The portfolio can be stored on a computer, the Web or on a disk.
2. Electronic technologies allow you to preserve and depict ideas within the portfolio using multimedia.
3. The electronic method allows for the development and practice of essential computer skills. Many of our students already feel most comfortable working in this domain.
4. Electronic portfolios also offer the ease of sharing. Those published on the Web can be easily accessed (though hopefully password protected). Portfolios saved to disk can be copied and given to family, friends, employers, etc. They can even be kept on file in a school library. You can archive all student portfolios or establish a school electronic portfolio highlighting some outstanding examples.
[1] While Dr. Barrett distinguishes between electronic portfolios and digital portfolios (digital portfolios contain only materials that are in computer-readable formats and electronic portfolios may also contain analog videotapes or sound), in this Vshinantam the terms will be used interchangeably. An electronic portfolio contains any type of information that can be in an electronic format, e.g. digital photos, video clips or sound bites.
Creating an Electronic Portfolio
Imagine a scenario where a schools curriculum centers around overarching enduring understandings in the areas of Torah, Avodah, and Gmilut chasadim. What might a portfolio created over the course of the students schooling look like? There would be a home page identifying the student with a brief statement of the purpose of the portfolio, e.g. to depict the students understanding and interpretation of the core concepts over time through the projects, activities, and events that he or she completes at the school. An annually updated written biography of the student along with an image he or she had chosen would be linked from the home page. Other links could include work organized by year or by category or topic. The student would be charged with selecting artifacts for each section that demonstrated his or her growing understanding of the core concepts. The artifacts might include photos of events (such as holiday celebrations or volunteer work), music learned or written by the student, scanned images of artwork relevant to the topic, papers or projects such as dvrei Torah. Each artifact would be introduced by the student explaining why he or she chose it and how it relates to the enduring understandings. The electronic portfolio becomes a glimpse into the mind of the developing student.
Getting started
Electronic portfolios can be created for a finite project or over a longer period of time. They can also be retrospectively constructed as a culmination project. A portfolio might be created in the classroom with the teacher or in some instances with a technology specialist. Below we outline the basic steps for designing and executing an electronic portfolio.
For the tools to create and store student work electronically, please refer to Vshinantam No. 1, 5766, Technology as a Tool for Productivity. There is also multimedia software or templates for organizing portfolios, such as FileMaker Pro, Hyperstudio or Digital Chisel. This is the best option for use with younger students. Older, technologically-savvy students might use word processing software, presentation software (like PowerPoint) or Web editing software (like Dreamweaver or FrontPage).
Portfolios should be planned as far as which artifacts will be included and how they will be organized. Software such as Inspiration (grade 5-adult), Kidspiration (K-grade 4), PowerPoint or other software allowing for the design of flow charts and page linking may be helpful. Follow the steps below in developing and designing portfolios.
1. Define the purpose. The teacher should clearly define the portfolios purpose for the student. Either use an assessment rubric which clearly defines expectations of the portfolio or create a simple checklist stating the types of items to be included to helping the student understand the scope of the portfolio.
2. Determine the types of artifacts and the format. Explain that all of the work will need to be electronically stored and outline what electronic equipment students have at their disposal.
3. Train students on the equipment and software. Have technology available but not knowing how to use it is the same as not having it at all. Younger or less technologically skilled students will need a template set up for placing their artifacts into the portfolio or will need the work to be uploaded for them, but they will be able to assist in creating and selecting the work.
4. Collect artifacts for the portfolio. Over the course of the year or unit, all student work, photos, flyers, etc. that relate to the purpose of the portfolio should be kept.
5. Select artifacts to include in the portfolio. These artifacts should demonstrate an understanding of the concept as well as follow any set rubrics or defined standards of work.
6. Allow students to reflect on their work. Incorporate student reflection on the artifacts into the portfolio as well as synthesizing thoughts about the entire portfolio.
7. Project future learning and growth. The student should also generate a list of future goals in this area, thoughts and questions.
8. Add the finishing touches. Dr. Barrett suggests a final step of connecting the items in the portfolio, hyperlinking topics and text, bringing relevant thoughts together and connecting all pages. Once the portfolio is published to the Web or disk, you can include space for others to give feedback on the portfolio. Students can revise their portfolio based on feedback.
The finished product
When completed the electronic portfolio is a culminating work. The students can be proud of their portfolios and reflect on and revise them for years to come. Students, parents and teachers will all be able to answer the question, What did you learn in religious school? Student work and accomplishments can be showcased in Jewish ritual celebrations such as bar or bat mitzvah, confirmation or graduation. With an electronic portfolio, students and the school can each keep a version of the portfolio. Students can even revamp the portfolio for other needs in the futurea high school student may choose to upload their portfolio to the Web and provide the link to potential college admissions offices. They may integrate their Jewish portfolio with one they have created in general studies in order to present a deeper glimpse into who they are and what they think.
The electronic portfolio is not only useful for students. Teachers can use the electronic portfolio as a way to demonstrate their own skill set to possible employers or to the parents of their students at an open house. Your own portfolio can also help you to self-assess your own teaching philosophy, styles and accomplishments.
The following Web site is a WebQuest: Creating an Electronic Portfolio, designed by Lisa Spencer, to teach teachers about creating their own personal electronic portfolios.
For more information on authentic assessment:
Exploring Authentic Assessment:
Authentic Assessment Toolbox by Jon Mueller from North Central College:
Authentic Assessment Stanford University:
Melanie Cole Goldberg, Union for Reform Judaism Southeast Council Regional Educator, Specialization: Assessment firstname.lastname@example.com
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Dr. Helen Barretts site:
An overview from Education World:
Electronic Portfolios: Students, Teachers and Life Long Learners (including links to electronic portfolios):
Electronic Portfolios by Tammy Worcester (including a rubric for student portfolios):
Online Portfolios by Cathleen J. Chamberlain (including sample portfolios):
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This may be a dumb question, because I thought that instance variables in static methods are scoped to the specific instance of that method call. This then would make them thread safe, right? However, I came across an error that might be explained by instance variables within a static method actually being static to the method and shared across all threads.
Are instance variables in a static method thread safe?
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Thanks to technology, writing can be fun, as there are now many platforms through which one can express oneself. For example, it is now possible to scribble some notes and then have them automatically transferred onto a computer or laptop, via a device or software.
Today, digital notepads are gradually taking the place of traditional notepads, exercise books, memo pads and jotters.
The Native Union 'Play' is a multi-message video pad that you can hold in the palm of your hand. It has three main functions: record, stop and play. It can also hold up to four hours of memos with each video entry having a maximum capacity of 180 seconds.
Its magnetic back enables users to stick it to the fridge or other similar surface. It also records times and dates messages.
The device has a 2.4 inch colour LCD screen and three AAA batteries that can last for up to 45 days (or six months with no messages).
SolidTek DigiMemo 692 Digital Notepad with Memory is a versatile digital note tablet for storing handwritten notes electronically. The user can easily view, edit, organise, and share handwritten notes in Windows computer.
This notepad can instantly and digitally record notes, ideas, sketches, drawings, and flowcharts without scanning with the device.
Other features include managing up to 999 digital pages on 35 MB storage device. Weighing only 1.24 pounds the DigiMemo 692 has the storage capability to digitally capture and store everything you write or draw with ink on ordinary paper, without the use of a computer or special paper.
Simply place any ordinary paper or notepad on the digital pad. When you write on the paper with the digital inking pen, the digital pad digitally records your writing on its 32 MB built-in storage device or in an optional CF card in real time.
With the included DigiMemo Manager software, you can easily view, edit, and organise your digital pages later on a PC. Files can be saved as BMP, JPG, GIF, or PNG files, and then easily copied or moved to other program files such as an Outlook email message, or even a Word or Excel file. It runs on four AAA batteries for a battery life of up to 100 hours.
With the DigiMemo L2 Bluetooth Transmitter, it is possible to store or send your handwriting/drawing on paper/sticky notes as image (JPG), PDF format. Data-note, memo, message, formula, schematic, illustration, diagram, draft, idea or design — can be easily sent to smartphones. Its Auto Capture function automatically captures only the area where you have written something as a picture while the Frame Capture function allows you to easily select the handwritten area as a picture by moving a fixed frame.
The DigiMemo Handwriting Recognition is a handy software that converts handwritten notes from the DigiMemo into digital text for further use in applications such as Microsoft Word, Outlook or Lotus Notes.
Handwriting, shapes, tables and diagrams can be converted into print to be further processed in Microsoft Word.
It also allows for personal recognition profile so as to recognise the user's handwriting with even greater accuracy. The user can also add words or auto-replacements to his or her personal dictionary to enhance the recognition rate.
The software converts your writing into Danish, Dutch, English (UK/US), Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish notes and recognises capital letters, hand printed and cursive handwriting. The User Interface is available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.
Notepad is a music notation software that enables anyone to create, play and print sheet music. Available for free download, it enables users enter notes, lyrics and markings to produce scores with up to eight instruments.
According to the manufacturers, it can provide more than enough to create lead sheets, guitar tablature, choral arrangements and many other forms of popular music.
"When they wish to create larger scores, or desire more control over the look and sound of their music, they will find it easy to trade up to other MakeMusic products, including PrintMusic and Finale, MakeMusic's industry-standard music notation software," they explain.
With NotePad, music can be played back with high-quality sounds and prints beautifully. Musicians can also share their electronic files with others using a wide variety of music programs, including Finale.
iBall Digital Notepad-A4 Size is a stand-alone device with storage capability that digitally captures and stores everything you write or draw with ink on ordinary paper, without the use of computer and special paper.
Then you can easily view, edit, organise and share your handwritten notes in Windows. When connected to a PC, iBall Take Note A414 offers an online writing function which can instantly synchronise your writing on the paper with the digital page in its software in Windows. It also is a USB tablet device in Windows.
iBall Take Note has a storage capacity of 32 MB and can store more than 100 A4-size pages of completely full handwritten notes. The user also has the advantage of immediately getting both a digital record and a hard copy duplicate of your handwritten notes even when you are on the move.
Its features include an additional Plug-n-play pen tablet functionality and a new online writing function that allows you to write on paper and see the same simultaneously on computer screen.
Take Note is very easy to operate and ultra-portable too. It comes with an ultra-thin & light digital pen with a regular and replaceable ink cartridge. The pen ink cartridge & paper pad are easily available in stationery shops. Take Note's software aids you to organise your digital pages in Windows and perform functions such as highlighting, annotating (select, copy, move, erase etc.), typing, viewing, changing colour and drawing functions.
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"A fight is a fight and anything can happen. They're two very strong fighters, they're at the top of their division but I don't see how Overeem can beat Junior dos Santos. Overeem is (beating a lot of people), he's a lion, but when (he gets hit) he becomes a kitty. When Junior first connects, Overeem's spirit of a fighter will go to the dress room. I think it will be Junior with another knockout in his career." – For more from Antonio Silva, visit Portal do Vale Tudo (transcription via BloodyElbow.com)
Alistair Overeem is a beast – as long as he doesn't get hit.
At least, that's Antonio Silva's take on the Dutchman. According to "Bigfoot," Overeem goes from king of the jungle to purring pussycat anytime he takes one on the chin. Which is why Silva says he can't envision the former Strikeforce champ surviving the hands of his training partner, Junior dos Santos.
Unbeaten since 2007, dos Santos scored his tenth career knockout victory when he dethroned Cain Velasquez back in November. Now set to make his first title defense against Overeem at UFC 146, he'll look to add to that list of victims by handing "The Reem" his first defeat due to strikes in nearly five years. But, what do you think LowKick'ers? Can JDS tame the beast that is Overeem, or will the Brazilian fall prey to "The Demolition Man?"
Further Reading: Junior dos Santos: The fight with Alistair Overeem will be "good for the fans"
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St. Paul Pioneer Press sports columnist Tom Powers did every talk-show host in the Twin Cities, not to mention the national folks, a tremendous favor a few weeks back when he wrote that the Minnesota Vikings should trade Adrian Peterson.
As unlikely as it might be that the Vikings would deal their star running back, Powers' column managed to spark plenty of dialogue about whether it would be a wise move.
The reality is that Peterson will be going nowhere before the NFL trade deadline arrives at 3 p.m. Tuesday. But that does not mean the Vikings shouldn't be actively shopping a running back.
The player they should be looking to move is Toby Gerhart.
There is absolutely no reason that Gerhart should wake up Wednesday morning and still be an employee at Winter Park. This is no knock against Gerhart, but rather a logical idea for a deal that would benefit both player and team.
Gerhart is in the final season of his rookie contract and is due $630,000 this year, plus a $25,000 workout bonus. This means that, unlike with Peterson, the Vikings would not be trying to move a guy with a big contract that would cause salary-cap challenges for any team.
The Vikings asking price for Gerhart also could be very reasonable.
If they can get a mid- or late-round draft pick, they should take it. Otherwise, Gerhart is going to walk away as a free agent this offseason and the only possibility will be that the Vikings receive a compensatory pick in the draft. Compensatory picks can not be packaged in a trade.
There is no way the Vikings are going to convince Gerhart to stick around. A second-round pick in 2010, Gerhart was obtained to replace Chester Taylor as Peterson's backup.
Gerhart had a career-high 109 rushing attempts for 531 yards in 16 games in 2011 when Peterson missed four games because of injury. He also caught a career-best 23 passes that season.
Otherwise, Gerhart had 81 rushing attempts and 21 receptions in 2010, and 50 rushes and 20 catches last season. In six games this year, Gerhart has two (yes, two) rushing attempts and seven receptions.
He was not handed the ball once in last Monday night's loss to the New York Giants, despite the fact Peterson had a sore hamstring and carried the ball only 13 times.
Gerhart has proven himself to be valuable in pass protection on third down - something that Peterson never will be very good at - but with the Vikings sitting at 1-5 and going nowhere, do they really need to keep Gerhart around to protect the quarterback?
The Vikings could find another running back to take over that role.
Gerhart has never complained since the day he arrived in Minnesota, despite the fact he was Stanford's second all-time leading rusher when he left the school with 3,522 yards. Gerhart could easily be a starting running back in this league and he has to know it. He also could help a contender this season and possibly find a long-term home in doing so.
The Vikings are in a position to reward Gerhart by sending him to a team before Tuesday's deadline and, in doing so, also get something in return.
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With almost $140 billion in sales, Wal-Mart is far and away the largest retailer in the world and the second heftiest company - behind DaimlerChrysler - on the Index. The challenge for such a behemoth is to find ways to keep growing.
One opportunity: overseas markets, where giant retail warehouses are still a relative rarity. The company already has 700 stores outside the US, spread across eight countries, and is planning to open some 50 more this year. In FY 98, Wal-Mart's international profits grew by more than 47 percent.
Another big-boy advantage: Wal-Mart's inventory management system. A lot of Wal-Mart's profits ultimately derive from computer networks that closely track inventory levels and store-by-store sales data. Exploiting that information frees the company from warehousing reams of toilet paper and mountains of potato chips. Some of the cost savings boil down to ultra-low prices for shoppers. The rest Wal-Mart pockets.
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Intellecap launched the Sankalp Forum in 2009 to create an enabling environment for socially relevant small and medium enterprises. Its Annual Summit has been Asia's largest social enterprise event, linking entrepreneurs to impact investors year after year. Villgro incubates, funds and supports early stage innovative social enterprises that impact the lives of the rural poor. Its flagship event, Unconvention offers social enterprises a multitude of resources such as networks and knowledge to take ideas to market.
The two organizations will now jointly organize the annual "Sankalp Unconvention Summit" in Mumbai in April 2013 to create a substantially larger meeting of entrepreneurs, investors, donors, policy makers and other stakeholders, with over 1000 delegates expected over three days. Year-round, the Intellecap-Villgro partnership will ensure greater provision of and access to incubation, advisory and mentoring services and more frequent and better prepared introductions to investors. More critically, the partnership will focus on taking events and programs sponsored by Intellecap and Villgro to smaller cities and new regions around India where ecosystems for innovation and social entrepreneurship are underdeveloped or do not exist.
Intellecap and Villgro will together provide a comprehensive range of initiatives and services to broaden and deepen the social enterprise ecosystem in India. Villgro plans to inspire, discover and nurture budding entrepreneurial spirits through its program 'Unconvention-L', a series of local events in Tier 2 & 3 cities across India. Unconvention-L, with Intellecap as a supporting partner, also hopes to develop city-specific hubs of entrepreneurship that become catalysts to future activities. In addition, Intellecap, largely through the Sankalp Forum, will continue to design and deliver capacity-building workshops that provide technical knowledge and skills to social enterprises and will expand these activities to a variety of locations across India, including a special focus on the Low Income States. Intellecap will also continue to offer its Investment Banking, Consulting, and Knowledge Services to social enterprises across the country while also managing and supporting its Impact Investment Network (I3N) for "angel investors" seeking investment opportunities in young social enterprises.
Anurag Agrawal, Chief Operating Officer of Intellecap stated: "We are very pleased to enter into this partnership with Villgro. Together we will be able to build a substantially broader and deeper ecosystem for social enterprises across India based on the relative strengths and different experiences and expertise of the two organizations. We are expecting the Sankalp Unconvention Summit in April 2013 to be a larger and better event than ever, and we are looking forward to collaborating with our partners at Villgro to make this happen."
Paul Basil, Founder and CEO, Villgro stated: "It's time that action moved from Mumbai and Delhi, deeper into other cities across India. Through this partnership, we hope to inspire, discover, mentor many more innovative social entrepreneurs and thereby create vibrant local ecosystems."


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Awh, I loved this post! You sound like an amazing friend and MOH, Lizzie! Mara is a lucky lady! I cannot wait to see the pictures!!ReplyDelete
Oh my! These pics are amazing! Will you be my MOH? haha. Love this post.ReplyDelete
What a sweet post Lizzie! Mara is such a lucky girl having you as her MOH, and best friend of course.ReplyDelete
What a fantastic post! You guys are so lucky to have each other!ReplyDelete
x Jasmine
This is so cute!!! Even before you said it I saw alice in wonderland and Jane Austen in it.. Hope it was superb!ReplyDelete
Really sweet! You're the BEST bestfriend a girl can ever have! ;)ReplyDelete
so cute, Lizzie, you really sound like an amazing friend! I want to see those photos of Mara's bridal party!!ReplyDelete
Lizzie, you are the greatest Maid of Honor EVER. What a gorgeous shower! And I love your inspiration; it's so romantic and sweet.ReplyDelete
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Aww that's so sweet! You must be the greatest MOH ever :) xoReplyDelete
Mara is a lucky girl to have such wonderful friends! :D Cant wait to see the pics on how it went down! :DReplyDelete
it looks so gorgeous! and macaroons?? you didnt forget even a tiny detail!ReplyDelete
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you sound like the sweetest MOH, wanna be friends so you can help me plan my wedding? oh wait, I'm not even engaged but you know my thoughts if I were. ok, let me stop...xoReplyDelete
you're such a great MOH! :)ReplyDelete
What a totally sweet post!ReplyDelete
okay, this was the sweetest thing ever! how lucky to have such a loving bff! so great!ReplyDelete
I want a tea party!!!! So original and sweet of you... can't wait to see the photos!ReplyDelete
This is just BEAUTIFUL! It looks like Mara's bridal shower was perfect :)ReplyDelete
these are "heavenly" pictures. If i were there.. I would have felt like it was a thin slice of heaven... and of coarse I am sure that your friend sure did!!! I am also a MOH for my sister this summer/fall. soooo excited. I will keep your tips in mind. and the way you have done things sooooo beautifullly. thank you!ReplyDelete
aww what a SWEET POST! you are so lucky to have such a sweet MOH :) xoxo jcdReplyDelete
This is SO sweet! You sound like a great friend and an awesome made-of-honor! My MOH was fantastic and made sure to bring Brazilian traditions (where I'm from) to my bridal shower! We decided that she'd be my MOH after 3 dates with my husband haha I can't wait to be hers! I'm sure I'll be a MOHzilla too!ReplyDelete
Have a great one, GORGEOUS pics!!!!
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This is a perfect post for any future MOH's. Your friendship is such a testament to what wonderful people you are. If I were to get married again I definitely want you to be my MOH. I can't believe how much thought has gone into it! So touching and wonderful.ReplyDelete
This is absolutely beautiful! You did a wonderful job :) How lucky is she to have such great friends?! Love it!ReplyDelete
I'm so excited to see the pictures of the shower now! I didn't get to plan any showers for the two times that I was maid of honor. I did get to plan bachelorette parties, but this sounds so much more amazing than anything I've planned. You should be everyone's MOHs just to help it be magical.ReplyDelete
Great post!! Looking forward to seeing the pictures. Love the inspiration shots!ReplyDelete
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Aww what a sweet post! Mara you have a great friend here. Can't wait to see photos!!ReplyDelete
can't wait to see more of the shower! And I do hope you share your shopping list/where you got those darling paper poof balls!ReplyDelete
this is really sweet. I love the inspiration so obviously I can't wait to see pictures from the real thing! I think having an involved moh is really important. When I talk about what I think the wedding morning will be like and wondering what I'll ahve to deal with, my MOH goes "Kirby, you will not be dealing with anything! Me and your BM's will handle it" I have 2 MOH's(one in MN where the wedding is and one in NYC where I live) and I can't wait for the bachelorette party they are throwing! I hope they put as much love into it as you put into mara's shower! xoReplyDelete
Awww this was cute to read and get to know more about you M! Can't wait to see pics:-)ReplyDelete
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A survey released this week at the industry's Mobile World Congress showed that only 2.1 percent of people had been struck by a virus themselves and only 11.6 percent knew someone who had been affected by one.
The poll by IT security specialist McAfee, based on 2,000 people in Britain, the United States and Japan, showed that 86.3 percent had had no experience of mobile phone viruses.
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP)—Toni Young scored 24 and pulled down 19 rebounds and No. 18 Oklahoma State pulled away in the second half for a 90-55 rout of Texas State on Wednesday night.
Young was 10 of 17 from the field.
Liz Donohoe scored 22 points and had six rebounds. Tiffany Bias added 12 points and five steals. Kendra Suttles had 10 points.
Texas State was hot early and led with 6 minutes to go in the first half. Oklahoma State (5-0) then went on an 18-6 run and led 38-31 at halftime.
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Mr. Tadros quotes several other Twitter postings, including this little bijoux about A. Hitler:
I have discovered with the passage of days, that no act contrary to morality, no crime against society, takes place, except with the Jews having a hand in it. Hitler.
And then there are her views on 9/11. As Mr. Tadors notes, when a mob was attacking the United States embassy in Cairo on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11, Ibrahim wrote on Twitter: "Today is the anniversary of 9/11. May every year come with America burning." You won't find this posting on her account because, Mr. Tadors reports, "she deleted it a couple of hours later, but not before a screen shot was saved by an Egyptian activist."
So why are Michelle Obama and John Kerry honoring this woman? Why? Mr. Tadros is quite right: "The decision to honor Ibrahim reflects poorly on the State Department, which is either incapable of doing the minimum amount of research required to find out who she is, or does not care that the secretary of state and First Lady are about to honor an anti-Semite who longs for violence against Americans."
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Have policies in place. Sure, we want to be a fun, footloose sort of company but policies are critical in setting the standards and ensuring that everybody knows where they stand. They also protect not only the company but also the individual and certainly policies can be designed in conjunction with staff - making them fair and ensuring everybody understands why they are in place.
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A 56-year-old man has given up his day job as a computer engineer to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming an actor, and he is now earning a living playing dead bodies in films and TV shows.
Chuck Lamb, from Ohio, quit his job in 2005 to pursue his bizarre hobby – playing dead – and has had around 25 roles in TV series and movies until now. According to Daily Mail, he earns up to $1,500 (€1.076) a day for playing corpses.
Mr. Lamb says it all started when he was watching an episode of police detective drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" with his wife Tonya.
"It started as a joke, we live in the mid-west and there aren't many film opportunities," Chuck said. "I just thought: 'Wouldn't it be cool to be on TV?' How could we do that being nobodies. I had a dream that I was the dead body on Law & Order. I woke up and realized: you don't need any talent to play dead!"
So, his wife created some elaborate scenes and made fake blood to set up gruesome scenarios in which Chuck played the victim. She took photos and videos of her husband being run over by a jeep, crushed under a garage door, electrocuted by a toaster and more, and posted them online on his website, called "Dead Body Guy."
"She's the brains behind it, I'm just the big hunk of meat that lies around 'getting slaughtered,'" Chuck admits.
The website proved very popular, with more than 50 million views shortly after its launch in 2005. After he appeared on popular shows like "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "Have I Got News for You," Chuck was approached by different casting agents and got to play murder victims on TV.
He starred in 2007 thriller "Vacancy" alongside British actress Kate Beckinsale, and in the cult horror hit "Thankskilling," the story of a demonic turkey that kills students.
"When I started doing this, I thought, 'I really look like a dead guy. I'm pale, I'm bald, I have bags under my eyes – you could definitely pick me out as a zombie or a dead guy anywhere," the man said.
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I was there last year..., I wonder if it is bigger this year?
I posted that video, too. Sadly, the mainstream media downplayed the march again this year. We need to use the blogs, Facebook, Twitter and more to get the word out ourselves.


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- helping you prepare your birth plan
- providing suggestions and exercises to help you have a more comfortable pregnancy
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- suggesting and providing non-pharmacological pain relief techniques (massage, heat therapy, positioning)
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- providing partner support
- working as an advocate so your birth plan is carried out
Women supported by a doula during labor have been shown to have1:
- 50% reduction in Cesarean rate
- 25% shorter labor
- 60% reduction in epidural requests
- 40% reduction in Pitocin use
- 30% reduction in analgesic use
- 30% reduction in forceps delivery
- Less anxiety and depression
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- More satisfaction with their partner
- Improved breastfeeding
- Increased time spent with baby
- More positive maternal assessments of baby's personality and health, and maternal competence
- Decreased postpartum depression
There are thousands of doulas in the United States alone, and many more worldwide. DONA International is the world's largest doula association, providing training and certification to doulas, support for families interested in doula services and assistance in finding a doula in your area.
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CHICAGO -- Before his growth spurt, Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky was comfortable assuming the identity of a point guard; a role that the 6-foot-11, 230-pound Kaminsky revisited at a very critical juncture Friday against Michigan in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.After the Wolverines had scored nine unanswered points, the Badgers were clinging to a precarious 56-54 lead when Kaminsky coolly knocked down a mid-range jumper with the shot clock running down.Kaminsky's clutch basket came with 2:26 remaining and was part of a 12-5 finishing kick that lifted Wisconsin to a 68-59 victory and a season sweep of the Wolverines, one of two Big Ten teams that have been ranked No. 1 in the nation.The Badgers will draw the other one Saturday in a semifinal matchup with top-seeded Indiana.So how would Kaminsky best describe his small-man moves? "We practice that shot in practice, it's not new; but in a game, it's been a long time -- it was probably in high school when I was a point guard way back when,'' said Kaminsky, a local product of Benet Academy."I peeked up and saw the shot clock was at 4 (seconds), and I would have passed it,'' said Kaminsky, who spotted someone out of the corner of his eye, "but I was like, 'No, there's not enough time,' so I took a dribble and shot it."It honestly didn't feel right coming out of my hands. I thought I air-balled it, but it hit the front of the rim and just kind of bounced in.''Ben Brust made it all possible, too. Brust rebounded Traevon Jackson's deflected shot on the baseline and drew a foul by Spike Albrecht, which extended the possession. Kaminsky added the punctuation mark; as he did with a layup with 56 seconds left."I was surprised I caught it to be completely honest,'' Kaminsky said of Jackson's dump-off pass in the paint. "Trae came up to me afterward and said, 'Thanks for catching it.' Shot clock stuff. You've just got to get a quick shot, so I turned around and shot and got another good bounce.''The Badgers got a lot of them in the second half while shooting a sizzling 61 percent, including 6-of-9 from beyond the 3-point arc. What was the difference? After all, Wisconsin made only five shots from the field in the first half and went 2-of-13 from the perimeter."In the first half, we came out kind of flat; we were not moving on offense,'' said Kaminsky, who made his first triple since Feb. 20 at Northwestern, ending an 0-for-9 stretch. "In the second half, we kind of ran the offense through Ryan (Evans). We just played with more energy on the offensive end.''Although the Badgers were struggling on offense in the first half, so was Michigan in large part because of UW's defense and ball pressure. The Wolverines were guilty of eight turnovers, only one fewer than they've been averaging over 40 minutes."It wasn't like we were sitting there and they were missing a bunch of wide-open jumpers,'' said Wisconsin senior Mike Bruesewitz. "We made them work extremely hard for everything they got. In the lane, Berg (Jared Berggren) was blocking shots and we weren't letting (Trey) Burke and (Tim) Hardaway get a lot of looks."That's what our mentality is,'' Bruesewitz stressed. "If our shots aren't falling, we have to sit down defensively and make teams work extremely hard. That's what we did and that's what kept us in the game.''Bruesewitz had nothing but praise for the way the Badgers responded with a counter punch after Michigan's 9-0 run. "I loved it when we showed some grit,'' he said. "We had guys who wanted the ball. When we needed to make plays we did. Frank Kaminsky came up huge for us.''What about Kaminsky's shot that triggered Wisconsin's late run? Had he seen that one before? "He does it in open gym over the summer,'' Bruesewitz said. "We play a little differently in the summer. We're more free-flow and little freelance. "A little bit of Open Gym Frank came to play today. We need more of that, we need guys playing loose and having fun.''It wasn't a whole lot of fun for Jared Berggren. Despite the sluggish start, though, he didn't get frustrated, even after missing his first two shots of the second half. "It's tough, but my teammates did a good job of picking me up; they kept encouraging me,'' he said. "Hopefully I got all of my misses out of the way.''Indiana's Cody Zeller, of course, poses the ultimate challenge to a low post defender like Berggren. "We have to make him work,'' Berggren said. "We have to try and not give him anything easy. He's going to get some points, he's going to get some rebounds, all those things, because he's such a good player.''Bruesewitz has his own formula for the Hoosiers. "We have to hold the defensive end,'' he said. 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October 9, 2015
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Gay and lesbian couples in Idaho could start getting married as soon as Friday, after a judge ruled the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale wrote in her decision that Idaho's laws barring same-sex marriage unconstitutionally deny gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry.
Dale says the state must issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples starting at 9 a.m. Friday.
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter already has said he intends to appeal the case, meaning an appellate court could still put the weddings on hold.
Dale says the ban wrongly stigmatizes gay and lesbian couples and relegates their families to second-class status.
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John Dramani Mahama
Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama arrives with his wife Lordina... News PhotoAccra,Adult,Arrival,Child,Election,Ghana,Horizontal,John Dramani Mahama,Politics,Religion,Wife,WomenPhotographer PIUS UTOMI EKPEICollection: AFP 2013 AFPGhana's President John Dramani Mahama arrives with his wife Lordina and children on January 6, 2013 to worship at the Assemblies of God Church ahead of tomorrow's inauguration in Accra. The inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama will go ahead as originally planned on January 7, despite a court challenge by the main opposition party, according to a government official. The official discloses that 18 government delegations, including 11 heads of state, have confirmed their participation of the swearing-in ceremony. But the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), citing alleged voting fraud, has refused to be part of the ceremony after rejecting Mahama's election victory. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)


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Free eye screenings in Immokalee on Sunday
Local Lions Clubs will offer a free vision and health screening in Immokalee on Sunday.
The screening will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ITECH Center, 508 North Ninth St. Flu shots also will be available for attendees and volunteers.
Adults and children can receive a free eye screening for vision problems, diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma, macular degeneration and cataracts. If required, anyone in need will receive free, donated eye glasses.
The club usually screens 400 people in one day and gives 65 percent of them free glasses, said Dr. Howard Freedman, a pediatric ophthalmologist who is president of the Naples Lions Club and medical director of the Bonita Springs Lions Eye Clinic.
The screening is in partnership with the Collier County Health Department, Friendship Health Clinic, Edison College School of Nursing, Visiting Nurses of Southwest Florida, Bonita Springs Lions Eye Clinic and Southwest Florida College of Nursing.
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DC Collectibles: Spotlight on Sculptor Jonathan Matthews
Hey there, DC Collectors! Welcome to the very first installment of a new feature we're calling "DC Collectibles Artist Spotlight." No real surprises here, it's basically what it sounds like. Every now and then, we'll spotlight one of our many talented artists in a special interview here on DCComics.com. It could be a sculptor, a designer, a modeler… Pretty much any artist involved with DC Collectibles is fair game.


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The potential penalties for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate your vehicle or to be an unlicensed driver that is caught driving a motor vehicle in Massachusetts can be quite severe.
Section 12 of the General Laws of Massachusetts (MGL) notes in subsection (b) that whoever knowingly permits a motor vehicle owned by him or under his control to be operated by a person who is unlicensed or whose license has been suspended or revoked shall be punished by 1 year in the house of correction and a fine of not more than $500 for a first offense or, for a second or subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 1/2 years, or both.
Subsection (d) adds that the registrar may suspend for not more than 1 year the motor vehicle registration of a vehicle used in the commission of a violation of this section or the license or right to operate of the person who commits a violation of this section, or both.
In Massachusetts, Chapter 90: Section 10 of the General Laws of Massachusetts discusses the operation of motor vehicle without license. Here it states in part that:
No person under sixteen years of age shall operate a motor vehicle upon any way. No other person shall so operate unless licensed by the registrar unless he possesses a receipt issued under section eight for persons licensed in another state or country or unless he possesses a valid learner's permit issued under Massachusetts law.
It continues on to say that operation of a motor vehicle in violation of this paragraph shall be subject to the same penalties as provided in section twenty-three for operation after suspension or revocation and before restoration or issuance of a new license or the restoration of the right to operate.
Section 23 of MA law states basically that a person found operating a motor vehicle without a license shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not less than five hundred ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1000) or by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) days, or both, and for any subsequent offense by imprisonment for not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one year.
So to the best of our understanding these are the penalties for a person found to be driving without a license and those for a car owner who lets an unlicensed person operate their vehicle in Massachusetts. If you were cited for being an unlicensed driver or allowing someone that was unlicensed to drive your vehicle you should contact the court listed on your ticket to find out what exact penalties may be handed to you on your court date.


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Jeremy Siegel, the author of Stocks for the Long Run, was correct with his prediction for the stock market comeback in 2009. Looking back, it may be easy to say that was an easier prediction due to the low starting point that year, but many experts thought the stock market had further to dive.
This year, Siegel expects a 4% increase in the stock market due to low interest rates and dividend-paying stocks. In this recent video, Jeremy butts heads with Robert Shiller, who thinks the stock market is currently not undervalued, and doesn't have much room to increase this year.
Take a look at the discussion. Will you be investing in the stock market this year or waiting on the sidelines?
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Maryland Weekly Fishing Report Overview | September 22, 2010
I had the opportunity to drive from the western most region of Maryland to the eastern shore Monday and as I crossed the line from West Virginia into Maryland on Interstate 68 an old song by John Denver drifted into my road fogged brain; "It's good to be back home again". As many of you know I have been away for two weeks and after a return trip of over 2,000 miles I was glad to see I was approaching the home stretch. One after another, special things about Maryland began to strike me as the miles rumbled along under the tires of my truck. Out in the Rockies everyone was gasping at the beauty of the aspens amongst the evergreen forests but here in Garret County the collage of colors that mark a deciduous hardwood forest were beginning to unfold. I and countless other travelers on this concrete interstate rumbled over waters dear to all freshwater fishermen such as the Youghiogheny, the Savage, Antietam Creek and the Monocracy to name a few. Each one struck a different chord as I remembered what lay below the viaduct and whose inner beauty remained hidden from the multitudes of speeding travelers. As I passed the exit for the Albert Powell Trout Hatchery on Interstate 70, I could not help but think of all the pictures of happy fishermen with huge rainbow trout up to 10lbs or more that had passed by my desk over the past year. They had all been raised at this hatchery. Crossing Severn Run on 97, I thought about the rebound of the yellow perch fishery this past spring and as luck would have it as I crossed the Bay Bridge in the gray light of a day's end; there below me was nature in action. Sea gulls were diving into a mass of surface splashes that played out an opera of prey and predator, the sound of splashing and screaming gulls provided the music. Yes, it is good to be back home again and I can't wait to take my place out on the bay and enjoy some fall jigging action or perhaps stocking up on some fat white perch or jimmy blue crabs.
There will be the First Bill Burton Annual Youth Fishing Derby to be held on October 2nd at the Bill Burton Fishing Pier formally known as the Choptank River Fishing Pier on the Talbot County side. This promises to be a fun event for kids and parents with good fishing opportunities for white perch and striped bass. Registration is from 8 to 9 am with fishing 9 to 11 and awards and prizes at 11:30. This is an easy place for youngsters to fish since often the best place to fish is straight down next to the bridge piers. If you want an edge on the competition bring some fresh bloodworms to use on a simple bottom rig.
Chesapeake Bay
Cooler water temperatures have been having a profound effect on changing the face of the fishing scene in the three regions of the Chesapeake Bay. Water temperatures are now below 75-degrees in all three regions of the bay and fish are definitely responding to the change with longer and increased activity in regard to feeding. Bait in the form of juvenile menhaden and bay anchovies are beginning to move out of the tidal rivers and are traveling out into the bay and eventually south. Tidal currents will often move them along channel edges where a mix of striped bass, bluefish and Spanish mackerel are waiting. The mix of bluefish and Spanish mackerel tend to make up less of the mix in the upper bay and increase towards the lower bay region.
Fishermen in the upper bay region that are focusing on striped bass this week are either trolling or jigging near breaking fish or near structure that is holding concentrations of fish. Breaking fish and diving sea gulls are certainly hard to miss and even harder to pass by this time of the year; but this scene seems to be absent on the immediate horizon, subtle signs such as slicks and strong currents along channel edges may point the way to striped bass. Many fishermen are still trolling spoons behind planers and inline weights and once the bluefish depart from the upper bay fishermen will be brave enough to start trolling umbrella rigs with soft plastics in the form of sassy shads and Storm shads.
Jigging with metal and soft plastics is beginning to come into its own now that fall approaches. For those who have not tried using braided line for deep water vertical jigging perhaps this is the year to give it a try. The sensitivity of the braided line may make a believer in you. Fishermen are still live lining small spot along channel edges such as the Podickory and Love Point areas as well as the bases of the Bay Bridge piers. Jigging close to the pier bases also continues to be a good way to fish for striped bass.
Fishing for channel catfish in the channels leading to the Susquehanna and Elk Rivers has been very good lately and fishermen are catching an increasing number of flathead catfish that make for excellent eating. Flatheads are an invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay and a rather unwelcomed invader. Few situations present themselves like this, where an enemy of the bay's ecosystem tastes so good.
White perch are beginning to school up over hard-bottomed reefs, shoals and similar structure. Jigging with a small dropper fly or two above the jig is a time proven method of catching up some nice perch as is a bottom rig baited with bloodworms or grass shrimp.
Middle bay region fishermen are encountering a mix of striped bass and bluefish with a scattering of Spanish mackerel chasing juvenile menhaden and bay anchovies. Diving sea gulls usually mark the way and casting to surface fish or jigging deep underneath is the name of the game. Trolling is effective and small spoons behind inline weights or planners are about all that stands a chance of surviving as long as the bluefish are around. As water temperatures continue to drop the bluefish will soon be departing to more southerly locations. The mouth of Eastern Bay continues to be a very good place to look for action as are the steep edges of the shipping channel and the mouths of tidal rivers such as the Choptank, Severn and West River.
The croakers are making their way south for more southerly and warmer waters and tend to use the edges of main channels such as the shipping channel for their southerly travels. Fishermen looking for a last taste of croaker may try these edges with bottom rigs of small jigs baited with peeler crab, shrimp, clams or bloodworms. The white perch fishing continues to be very good as cooler water temperatures have white perch roaming the shallows in the evenings and holding near structure such as oyster reefs and dock piers during the day.
In the southern region of the bay charter boat captains have been talking about excellent fishing for a mix of striped bass, bluefish and Spanish mackerel. Often they can be located by surface action and diving sea gulls or by picking up concentrations of fish on depth finders. Trolling small spoons behind planers or inline weights has been the preferred method of trolling and jigging with metal jigs or casting can offer some exciting light tackle fun. Captains report the bluefish are thick and tend to dominate the action. Some of the most intense action is being seen near the Middle Grounds. Charter boats can also be seen fishing for large spot in the lower Patuxent and Potomac Rivers as well as Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds. The few charter boats that are still bottom fishing in Tangier and Pocomoke Sounds report good fishing for a mix of spot, croaker and small bluefish.
Recreational crabbers are reporting spotty catches this week for the heavy jimmy crabs we all covet this time of the year. Recreational crabbers report jimmies are getting sparse in the upper bay and better crabbing is to be had in the middle and lower bay regions. Sook crabs are pouring out of the bays tidal rivers and creeks headed to Virginia waters and they can be troublesome at times when they make short work of trotline baits. More than one crabber has discovered that moving can make all the difference in the world when seeking out late season jimmy crabs. In most circles crabbers will agree that the sooks tend to migrate across hard bottom and jimmies tend to hold in deeper water on mud. So give it a try if you find you collapsible traps and trotlines dominated by sook crabs.
Inland Fishing
Freshwater fishermen are beginning to see the summer mode of behavior in a wide variety of fish species begin to fade away and fish becoming more active for longer periods of time. The water temperatures in most of the states freshwater areas are in the low 70's or even lower. The western region's trout waters are running low and clear due to the lack of rainfall but the fishing has been good as various aquatic insect hatches have been occurring and fish are feeding. The fall trout stocking program will begin in October and is certainly something for fishermen to look forward to.
Largemouth bass fishing is really kicking into gear quoted one fisherman this week in regards to the increased activity he was seeing along grass bed edges. Now that water temperatures have dropped over 10-degrees largemouth bass are becoming more active and starting to feed more aggressively. Casting surface lures over or along grass during low light times of the day is still a proven winner and casting spinnerbaits and crankbaits along edges as the sun gets higher in the sky works well also.
Fishermen in Ocean City that love their flounder fishing in the back bay and inlet areas are hoping for clearer water this week which is very important for good flounder fishing. As water temperatures begin to drop this month flounder will begin their exodus out the Ocean City Inlet and the fishing is often very good. Many fishermen are using live spot and similar large baits to cut through the large number of smaller flounder and are just targeting the larger ones. Striped bass and bluefish are being caught in the inlet either by casting swim shads and Got-Cha lures or by drifting live eels and spot. A mix of tautog, sheepshead and small black drum are being caught on sand fleas around the south jetty.
Surf fishermen report better surf conditions this week and should be able to use sinkers less than the size of a cement block to hold bottom. Small bluefish are being caught on finger mullet and red drum are being caught and released by using menhaden baits. A mix of kingfish, croaker, spot and flounder are being caught on small baits in the surf.
The boats heading out to the wreck sites report improving fishing for sea bass and tautog and they are finding croakers close to the beaches. Offshore fishermen are catching small dolphin near lobster buoys and flotsam as well as white marlin and a few yellowfin tuna and wahoo at the canyons.
"It is good that we do not have to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers."
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
Keith Lockwood has been writing the Fishing Report since 2003 and has had a long career as a fisheries research biologist since 1973. Over the course of his career he has studied estuarine fishery populations, ocean species, and over a decade long study of bioaccumulation of chemicals in aquatic species in New Jersey. Upon moving to Oxford on the eastern shore of Maryland; research endeavors focused on a variety of catch and release studies as well as other fisheries related research at the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory. Education and outreach to the fishing public has always been an important component to the mission of these studies. Keith is an avid outdoorsman enjoying hunting, fishing, bird dogs, family and life on the eastern shore of Maryland.


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Stephen Covey (Photo by Steve Eaton)
Stephen Covey is not finished yet.
No one would blame him if he took it easy for awhile. There aren't many who can argue they've had a greater positive impact on people and organizations than the person who wrote the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and several other best-selling books. Forbes named the seven habits book, which has sold 38 million copies, one of the top 10 most influential management books ever written.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Huntsman Alumni Magazine, however, Covey made it clear he's not ready to do any coasting. He has six more books in the works, and all of them are aimed at finding solutions and helping people embrace principle-centered paradigms. He said he met with President Barack Obama when Obama was still a candidate and, at press time, was planning on meeting with Obama administration officials and Secretary of Education Anne Duncan.
Despite his global reputation, none of Covey's work seems to be about ego. He said he's uncomfortable with people who would follow him as a guru and would rather see people embrace the principles he teaches.
"I don't want my own followers or disciples," he said. "It would be contrary to what I teach. I get credit for the seven habits; but when you look at those habits, they are just based on universal and timeless principles. They are natural laws such as the first habit of 'be proactive.' That means, basically, taking responsibility and taking initiative. I didn't invent those ideas. I would rather see people principle-centered, by far, than to become a guru and have people become Covey-centered or something like that."
Covey said he always knew the principles he taught, "were so powerful and so universal that they could be taught in any culture, any nation." He may not, however, have ever imagined how far his teachings would reach.
"I was kind of surprised over the years that it has exploded around the world like it has," Covey said of his books and teachings. "They've produced millions of my books over in China, but they don't necessarily respect intellectual property, which is fine. I don't really care about that. I like to see the principles operate."
Covey said he agreed to speak at the Shingo Prize Conference because he wanted to learn more about the organization's approach to operational excellence.
"It is definitely a new paradigm," he said, citing the philosophy's emphasis on efficiency, minimal inventory and close connections to the customer. "I am very impressed."
Covey has always taught the importance of learning to tap human potential, a key part of what is taught by the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence.
Covey admitted that even he finds it challenging to live all the seven habits. He was asked which habit he had the most trouble living.
"I'd say it's habit five, seek first to understand, because sometimes, when I'm convinced that I'm right, I don't really want to listen," he said. "I think that's the toughest one. Sometimes my kids say, 'I sense you are trying to listen, Dad, but I don't think you really are."'
Covey said many organizations invest too much of their time in what he calls "quadrant three," things that are urgent but not important. Quadrant one are activities that are important and urgent; quadrant two are things that are important but not urgent and quadrant four are activities that are not important or urgent.
"Quadrant three is the consumer of most people's energies," he said. "That's why it is so important to begin with the end in mind so you have a clear sense of what your priorities are and what is really important."
Click here for more pictures of Stephen Covey speaking at the Shingo conference.