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Formerly led by arch-terrorist Osama Bin Laden and made up of various alliances of Islamic militant organizations, sprouting more and more cells worldwide, al-Qaeda ('The Base') is widely regarded as the most dangerous terror organization to ever threaten the free world
Latest Update: 05.03.11, 12:05 / Israel News
Al-Qaeda's first official strike soon followed: In February of 1993, the organization attempted to bring down the World Trade Center towers for the first time, using a truck bomb. The bomb was supposed to break the foundation of Tower One, knocking it into Tower Two, bringing the entire complex down. The towers were severely shaken by the explosion, but the foundation held up. Six people lost their lives and over 1,000 others were injured.
Towering inferno. The World Trade Center on 9/11 (Photo: AP)
No one knows how al-Qaeda really operates. The various Western intelligence agencies believe the organization is made up of independent terror cells, operating out of 45 different countries around the world.
The Mombassa hotel in ruins (Photo: AP)
The organization has also been linked to a series of bombings in the Sinai Peninsula in October 2004, when three car bombs hit Sinai's Taba and Ras-a-Satan resort hotels. Thirty-four people were killed and hundreds of others injured.
In July of 2005, al-Qaeda launched an attack on the London underground, killing 53 people and wounding 700.
In August 2005, the organization claimed responsibility for firing several Katyusha rockets on the cities of Eilat and Aqaba. The rocket fired on Eilat landed near the city's airport, causing no injuries or damage; the rocket shot at Aqaba killed a Jordanian police officer.
Al-Qaeda further attempted - and failed – to shoot down both an El-Al and Arkia airliners using shoulder-launched antiaircraft missiles.
On May 1 2011, US President Barack Obama announced that a US elite Navy SEALs unit carried out a clandestine operation in the Islamabad suburb of Abbottabad where bin Laden had been living and killed him.
Several others were killed as well. The question of succession within al-Qaeda remains open.


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Our events fund a non-profit charitable organization, Charities 4 SA, that makes a difference in our local community. Your donation or attendance at our different events makes a difference in these and other local charities which improve the life of San Antonians.
Each of our events highlights an important local charity which is making a difference in the quality of life of San Antonians. We focus a spotlight on the organization to help create an understanding of how it contributes to the local community. And each event raises funds to support the work of that important organization. It truly lets you PARTI with a Purpose.
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Cancun MexicoThere is no question as to why the Mayan people made their home on the Yucatan Peninsula and surrounding regions. For thousands of years this region has been inhabited, and to this day it is still coveted by many of its visitors, bringing them back again, and again. For nearly 40 years now, a small city on the eastern most tip of the peninsula in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo has attracted millions of visitors, and quite possibly every college student who has attended an American university. It is the gorgeous resort city of Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Cancun, Mexico Economy
It's no secret that the economy of Cancun is based heavily on tourism. The amenities offered at such discounted prices are not only hard to resist for American tourists and vacationers, but visitors from the world-over. Nearly 200 flights arrive on a daily basis, bringing yearly over four million individuals to looking for a little slice of paradise. Finding cheap flights to Cancun, Mexico is not that hard to do.
The past two years have been a steady rebuild from the damages caused by Hurricane Wilma in 2005, and yet it seems as if the Yucatan Peninsula can't catch a break. The damages from Hurricane Dean have yet to be properly assessed, but one thing is for certain, it has erased many of the restoration efforts that the Cancun business owners have offered to their beautiful beaches. Regardless, proprietors will continue to work to repair their invaluable source of revenue, offering discounted rates to visitors in an effort to draw more people to the affected region.
Cancun, Mexico Vacations
With over 24,000 rooms available to the potential visitor, and nearly 400 restaurants to choose from, Cancun Mexico resorts and hotels offer incredible views along with their wonderful amenities. Package deals are most popular among Cancun visitors, and generally include airfare, accommodations and possibly a few activities. One of the most popular things to do while in Cancun is to get out of the resort area and visit some of the ancient Mayan ruins. Chichen Itza is easily reached on a day's trip and is truly phenomenal glimpse into the ancient Mayan culture and history - many vacation packages will include day trips such as this.
While in the city of Cancun, the good times roll 24 hours a day. You're never far away from a tropical drink if you're on the hotel grounds, and if you're wandering the city streets looking for eats and drinks, it might be a better idea to blindfold yourself and just walk toward the most aromatic scents, rather than struggle to choose only one of many amazing restaurants.
Cancun, Mexico Nightlife
Once the sun sets, Cancun, Mexico nightlife becomes the heartbeat that drives the city. You can kick back and relax in a pub style bar, or get your groove on in any number of clubs that can be found throughout the city. If the bar and club scene aren't your idea of a fun evening, there's always a nice moonlit stroll on the beach to cap off a romantic evening, or to simply enjoy some quiet time. Ultimately, Cancun, Mexico vacations offer a little something for everyone looking to unwind.


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Some Days You Get the Bear by Lawrence Block
Reader Reviews
Some Days the Bear Gets You, December 28, 2000 Reviewer: Daniel Bayles from Montgomery City, Mo. USA I bought "Some Days You Get the Bear" for the Bernie Rhodenbarr story, "The Buglar Who Dropped in On Elvis". It completed my collection of Bernie stories, and a whole lot more. There's something for everyone here... Three Matt Scudder stories, the first installment in Hit Man, two Martin Ehrengraf stories, and the brilliant "Cleaveland in My Dreams". I expected to read the Burglar story and shelve the title, but I ended up reading the whole book.


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noise mapping Companies in Georgia (US)
SoundPLAN International LLC
based in Shelton, WASHINGTON (USA)
SoundPLAN is the leading noise and air pollution planning and mapping software for 29 years. Use SoundPLAN to map and assess any transportation, industry or leisure noise. Use it for any size project with even the smallest version. Outstanding features include the cost/benefit capabilities for Wall Design and Expert System, extensive documentation features, and it is the ...
dBLab, Lda
based in Rio de Mouro (Sintra), PORTUGAL
dBLab is an Iberian company, with several offices across Portugal and Spain, and is part of Absorsor group, specialized in acoustics, noise and vibration control. It provides services for Noise Mapping by computer modelling of industrial sites, power plants, transportation infrastructures and urban areas, according to European Noise Directive, as well as Action Plans, ...
Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S
based in Nærum, DENMARK
Brüel & Kjær is a world leading manufacturer and supplier of sound and vibration solutions. We help our customers solve their sound and vibration problems – from measuring traffic noise and vibration in car engines to evaluating building acoustics and performing quality control. We have customers in a wide range of fields, including automotive, aerospace, consumer goods ...
Sonja Christiansen Informatik GmbH (SCI)
based in Sankt Augustin, GERMANY
Sonja Christiansen Informatik GmbH (SCI) is a German based developer of advanced tools in the field of noise calculation. It`s primary tool noise3D online is the leading webbased solution for innovative online noise calculation. The tool has been developed for noise experts, architects, engineers and noise protection officers. noise3D online provides calculations ...
Braunstein + Berndt GmbH
based in Backnang, GERMANY
SoundPLAN GmbH in Backnang, Germany is an engineering company with the main focus on noise control, air quality assurance and software development. SoundPLAN International LLC in Shelton, WA, USA acts as the interface between the development office and the more than 30 international distributors that help distribute and maintain the SoundPLAN software on a worldwide ...
Navcon Engineering Network
based in Fullerton, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Navcon Engineering, `Noise & Vibration Consultants`, specializes in the measurement, analysis, and control of noise and vibration. Navcon engineers focus on solving problems related to airborne and structureborne noise, vibration, structural dynamics, equipment operation, system processes and the environmental impacts of noise and vibration Consulting services include ...
SoundPLAN Nord ApS
based in Hellerup, DENMARK
SoundPLAN Nord ApS was established on July 1, 2004 by John Klinkby. The mission of the company was and still is simple: To distribute SoundPLAN within the Nordic and Baltic countries. Before SoundPLAN Nord ApS took over, SoundPLAN was distributed by the Danish Acoustical Institute (now DELTA Danish Electronics, Light & Acoustic) where John Klinkby as an employee was ...
Hann Tucker Associates Limited
based in Woking, UNITED KINGDOM
Hann Tucker Associates Limited is the largest truly independent acoustic consultancy organisation in the United Kingdom. Formed in 1971, the company has undertaken consultancy briefs throughout the world and its clients include Architects, Developers, Consulting Engineers, Government Agencies and Industrialists. Our success and growth can be attributed to a practical, ...
Wölfel Group
based in Hoechberg, GERMANY
The Woelfel group consists of three companies with more than 80 employees, providing demanding solutions in vibrations and acoustics. Wölfel Beratende Ingenieure (`consulting engineers`), the engineering service company with intersectoral competence and experience when it comes to questions of mechanics, dynamics and acoustics. Wölfel Meßsysteme · Software (`measuring ...
DB Vib Technologies
based in Vienne, FRANCE
dBVib Consulting runs an active engineering department, specialized in the fields of Acoustics, Vibration, Infrared thermography, Ultrasonic defects detection, Electrical and Oil analysis. Our commitment is to bring to our customers a quality of service and products adapted to their needs.


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Vision and Strategy for Embracing Our Missional Calling
The following is intended to help sharpen the vision and strategy for the Westside Vineyard regarding what has been discussed among the Council during the latter half of 2006.
I. Vision and Goals
To Embrace and Emphasize "Missional Living" in Our Personal Lives and Corporate Culture
Our goal is to become a positive 'spiritual reference point' for our personal spheres of relationships and the community at large by allowing Christ's authentic and active compassion to engage those around us.
"When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd." - Matthew 9:36
This will involve:
- Reclaiming the empathy of our common humanity as a means to becoming 'natural witnesses.'
- Reclaiming the relational moments and opportunities that really matter and mean the most.
- Learning to listen and explore the hearts of co-workers, neighbors, and anyone in our sphere of relationships.
This will involve a fresh perspective on the life of the church as a whole. The shift in the missional paradigm is not about a change in purpose, but in process.
It's a reclaiming and reframing of our identity… of what it means to be builders of 'the church'… from a primary focus on ourselves as 'gathered' towards that of ourselves as 'sent'(scattered.) It involves a continued high value on the church 'gathered' but with more of a sense of how it connects and serves the 'church sent.'
The above model recognizes strengths in both modes.
Strengths of more structured 'Attractional' mode:
- Corporate Worship/Prayer/Confession
- Affirmation of Unity in Christ through our diversity
- Programs that serve spiritual formation and support various life needs
- Structures that provide stability and continuity amidst change
Strength of more 'Organic' and 'Incarnational' mode:
- Envisioning and empowering Christ at work in the workplace, neighborhoods, various networks, etc.
- Empowering and equipping more natural dialogue with unchurched
- Envisioning and empowering the 'living body of Christ' as His servants to the community, especially the least and left out.
II. Components Involved
1. Continue with an honest and open sharing of where we, as pastors/elders/leaders/staff, are in our challenges to live missional lives in whatever networks and connections we have with the community at large. In evaluating our lives, let's take the lead in overcoming the tendency to just add new guilt and imposed expectations, and instead really search to renew that authentic missional compassion that is within each of us.
2. Approach process as one of molding, modeling, and mobilizing… rather than guilt motivation, idealism, or negating those less missionally able.
3. Seek and secure a pastoral role on staff for whom half of their job description is to help mobilize us as a community in missional living. It is important NOT to have our missional calling relegated out to them, but rather that of serving us as a church community in leading and supporting missional life. (Currently seeking someone who naturally embodies this spirit and can serve in a matrix like fashion to help every segment of our church community, such as children, youth, adults, home groups, to find their own expression.)
4. Offer missional focus in teaching series/campaign (?) for all spheres of the church community. (Post Easter)
5. Share more directly about the missional vision/values as part of All Church annual meeting.
6. Discipleship must be understood as inherent and integrated into the very nature of missional community… rather than as a competing quality or separate program. A key is not to separate this out into a process void of a missional heart and life. Jesus addressed character IN MISSION… not the other way around.
This process may be served by developing a more immediate assessment of new member's life issues (character) and missional opportunities by developing a process whereby an individual meets 2 to 3 times with a pastor/trained pastoral leader. This could help work through major hindrances (marriage problems, addiction, beliefs) that could be vulnerabilities...and to help support relating and reaching their circle of family and friends (i.e., Join them in a party they hold.)
7. Cultivate six key qualities into our lives.
- Confidence to convey our faith
- Identifying relational opportunities that already exist or which could most naturally be developed.
- Empathy to relate to the common humanity we share with others.
- Listening skills to explore the hearts and spiritual longings of others.
- Hospitality to provide space and time to deepen relationships.
- Prayer that is related to action.
8. Help create and support time for members to connect and care for the relationships around them… to go out with co-workers, hang out with neighbors, host friends from a particular network, or serve in a community service organization.
9. Define a balance of outreach between some strategic corporate initiatives and empowering personal opportunities. Each have their own strengths and neither can fulfill our ultimate goal of becoming a 'spiritual reference point' alone. This will involve 1) larger initiatives such as car washes, etc. and even a more intensive SERVE-FEST type of event in which we serve in a more expansive/intensive way for a week— perhaps with other churches; 2) helping individuals identify and step out with opportunities to exercise compassion in their personal lives with neighbors, co-workers, etc.; and 3) connecting members who may feel called to serve the same community needs… often through existing organizations.
10. Consider designating one or two Sundays per year in which we serve the community during our normal weekend gatherings. (This would most permeate our church community culture and not simply add an activity.) This is best to be pursued after new pastoral role is integrated into our team.
11. Continue to embrace ourselves as a culture of gatherings (weekend worship services) that are inclusive and meaningful to all while being centered in the controlling presence of God (not manipulation) and His calling/purpose (not a simple commodity of religious goods or feelings.)
In terms of how we help cultivate this type of church culture… the key is more about being inclusive in terms of including others in a conversation… more than choosing what we do or don't do/talk about or don't talk about. I think it does involve limiting the extent of 'family' focus, i.e., avoiding too much talk in our primary public gatherings about what relates only to those already fully incorporated or relationally assimilated. This includes limiting the length and nature of baby dedications, focus on issues not generally meaningful to newcomers, etc., as well as thinking towards how to make those elements meaningful to newcomers (i.e., a baby dedication can be an opportunity to affirm that unique value of every life.) More importantly, it is about recognizing and overtly speaking to the unchurched newcomer. We can and should gather to worship God… hear His challenges to us…invite God's Spirit to come minister and empower us. The unchurched newcomer just needs to know that we can speak to where they are in their limited understanding and affirm their process even while challenging it. If we do this well people will bring unchurched seekers.
12. Make a gradual shift in resources to reflect a missional value – time, talent, and ultimately treasure. Develop a mindset that becomes as intentional about exploring and supporting a persons 'sent' life… as much as their 'gathered' life. Consider boundaries or 'caps' on operating expenses that will help us direct some resources to strategic means of serving the community around us. (It should be noted that much of our budget is already missional in the broader sense...including starting Alter, Spanish service, coffee fellowship, etc., but reflects the 'attractional' more than the 'incarnational' dynamic.)
13. Accept the cost. Some of the choices reflected above will naturally come with tension because the priorities and practice of church life has often been shaped, on an actual level, in relationship to those already gathered as believers. Many ideas may naturally be misunderstood or misinterpreted within the "Christian culture." These are good tensions. We must maintain solid orthodoxy and well rounded discipleship. We must value the tension while seeking to keep it as constructive as possible. We must also recognize that many hold deep convictions which can get correlated with particular outward forms and activities. As always, we 'choose who we lose.' That statement is not to be taken lightly, nor to become a casual dismissal of anyone. It is however important to take hold of our vision and values deeply enough so as not to feel tossed or torn at every point of tension.
Relevant Reading:
- The Shape of Things to Come – Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
- The Present Future – Six Tough Questions for the Church by Reggie McNeal
- Shaped by God's Heart – The Passion and Practice of Missional Churches by Mildred Minatrea
- Organic Church - Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Neil Cole
- An Unstoppable Force by Erwin Raphael McManus
- The Church of Irresistible Influence by Robert Lewis
- Making Room for Life – Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships by Randy Frazee
- Velvet Elvis – Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell
- A New Kind of Christian by Brian D. McLaren
- Dallas Willard (All Writings)
- Irresistible Evangelism by Steve Sjogren, Dave Ping, et al
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I need to set up an
<input type="text" /> so that it will accept only numeric chars, backspace, delete, enter, tabs and arrows.
There's a lot of exemple around there, i started with something similar to this:
function isNumericKeyCode (keyCode){
return ( (keyCode >= 48 && keyCode <= 57) //standard keyboard
||(keyCode >= 96 && keyCode <= 105)) //Numpad
var handled = true;
var keyCode = e.keyCode;
//Enter and arrows
case 13:
case 37:
case 38:
case 39:
case 40:
handled = false;
if ( !handled
&& keyCode !== 8 //backspace
&& keyCode !== 9 //tab
&& keyCode !== 46 //del
&& !isNumericKeyCode(keyCode)){
handled = true;
return handled;
All that worked perfectly until I hit the "#" key. In my french canadian keyboard, the "#" has his own key (no shift implied) that returns keyCode 51, the same as the number "3".
I think that in US keyboard, the "#" is obtained by pressing shift+3, that may be why they have the same keycode.
Now I realize that I have to handle the shift and alt keys too, but that's another story.
It works differently with the jquery keypress event, which offer the charCode property, but I did not used it at first because of what the documentation says :
as the keypress event isn't covered by any official specification, the actual behavior encountered when using it may differ across browsers, browser versions, and platforms.
Also, I would need a workaround in that case to handle tabs, arrows and other special keys since they don't provide a charCode.
So the question is : is there a way to allow only some specifics chars using the keydown event? And that, in a way that will work independently of the keyboard layout?
As a side quest : Which browsers may be problematics with the keypress event? I mean, currently I don't really care if my website does not support IE6. I am targetting recent browsers.
As someone pointed out in the comments, this method does not allow user to "ctrl+v" a number in the input. In my particular case this is really not a requirement to be able to paste a number. But this popped something in my head, the user still can right-clic > copy some text in the input, and in that case that could be anything. The more I think of it, the more it seems to me that I will need the
keydown event to handle tabs and arrows, and another event to handle the input itself.
A lot of beautiful answers here, but the award goes to mrtsherman for the use of
input and
propertychange events. I will use a combination of this answer for the numeric validation, plus the
keyCode event as before for the special use of arrows, tabs and enter keys.


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Holloway Smith Revisited
We posted a story about Holloway Smith for Black History Month earlier this month. Smith was Iowa State's second African-American student-athlete. Since we published the story, we have learned more about the man who followed Jack Trice. We have added that information to a revised story as the last installment of our Black History Month features. -- Tom Kroeschell, ISU Athletics Communications
The image of Holloway Smith appears courtesy of Special Collections, Iowa State Library
AMES, Iowa -- The legacy of Jack Trice, the first African-American student-athlete in Iowa State history who died from injuries suffered in a game at Minnesota, has been rekindled over the last 50 years. He is remembered today not so much for his fate, but for his character and work ethic as a student and teammate. Iowa State's football stadium now bears his name.
Just three years hence, another African-American came to Ames to attend Iowa State from Michigan State to seek a degree in agricultural education and to play football. His name was Holloway Smith. The native of Henderson County, Ky. ended a successful college life in Ames by graduating in 1928. Smith concluded his athletics career as an all-conference lineman.
Virtually nothing has been written about Smith. There are snippets of contemporary newspaper articles, and obituary and other small swaths that hint at what he did at Iowa State, but less at who he was. Nevertheless, the written record provides us with clues on both counts.
In the fall of 1926, Smith was one of 3,960 students who reported to campus for classes. Iowa State was in its final days under President Raymond Pearson, who was headed to the University of Maryland to be its' president. Smith was a World War I veteran. African-American soldiers were treated with respect or with overt prejudice defending on where they were serving. In general, black soldiers were treated better in Europe than they were in the U.S.
Having served in the Great War after being born in 1897, Holloway came to Ames as a 29-year old army veteran, which may have helped him deal with the challenges of his public status. Holloway was seven years older than Jack Trice was when Trice came to Iowa State in 1922.
In the fall of 1926, Iowa State was playing under a new head football coach, Noel Workman. The first-year head coach had come to Iowa State from Simpson College.
During preseason practice, Smith received his first mention in the Iowa State Student newspaper:
"Among the outstanding men who are seeking (a starting) assignment are Holloway Smith, the big colored boy...Smith is one of the first colored aspirants to the Iowa State team since the great Jack Trice, and he is showing up as varsity material. Smith is 6 feet 3 inches high and weighs about 219 pounds."
At 6 feet, 3 inches tall and 219 pounds, Holloway was gargantuan among his teammates. Tackle to tackle, the Iowa State starters that fall weighed an average of 181 pounds. It should be noted that The Student's figures conflict with Iowa State game programs, which list Smith at 195. Even at 195, he would have been a monster on the State Field midway.
As the season started it is apparent that Smith's play attracted attention. The Oct. 11 The Iowa State Student recorded the fact that:
"Although there has been no mention of (Smith's) name for a tackle berth, he will probably be given a chance during the Grinnell game to show the Cyclone mentors what he can do against Missouri Valley Conference competition."
Smith appears to not have played in the Cyclones' win at Washington (Mo.) or in the loss against Oklahoma State the first two weeks of the season. His initial appearance against Grinnell Oct. 16 exceeded all expectations.
The game day program for the season's last game looked back at Holloway's efforts in the 0-0 draw with the Pioneers:
"In his first game as a Cyclone, although hampered most of the time that Saturday with a broken hand, the giant tackle smeared Grinnell plays for repeated losses, and ripped holes in the Pioneer line large enough to let a truck thru."
The Oct. 19 Iowa State Student concurred after watching Smith play with a broken hand in the game at Grinnell that:
"The work of Smith at tackle was often responsible for the ability of the Cyclone backs to gain through the Grinnell line."
But The Des Moines Register led the way. A large picture of Smith appeared on the front of the sports page on Oct. 22. Above the picture of Holloway and under a headline "Stars for Cyclones" the accompanying copy read:
"In Coach Noel Workman's squad of gridders at Iowa State College this fall is a Negro player. Smith by name, who has given every indication of playing a brand of football for the Cyclones that smacks of championship caliber."
The copy ended with an unexplained piece of information: "Smith, a tackle, will not perform against Missouri tomorrow when the Cyclones meet the Bengals."
The Ames Tribune reported that Smith had paid a price for the limelight in his first game:
"Holloway Smith, the giant Negro tackle from Kentucky (perhaps his birthplace as Smith listed his hometown as Detroit), was the only Cyclone to suffer anything but minor injury in the Grinnell game. Smith broke two bones in his left hand during the second quarter but played on through to the half and after proving to Trainer Nelson that there was nothing wrong with it and had adhesive tape applied ... (Smith) played to the end of the game with seemingly unimpaired detriment. He was carrying the hand last night encased in a large plaster cast and will be unable to play, in the Missouri game this week, the rest however, is expected to prove beneficial to him in preparation for the Nebraska game a week later."
So, as the 1-1-1 Cyclones got set to travel south to Columbia, Mo. to take on Missouri, Iowa State would be without Smith. The Iowa State Student directly addressed why Smith would not be on the trip and why he didn't play at Washington (Mo.) and vs. Oklahoma State. It wasn't his injured hand:
"The fact that Smith, Iowa State's latest sensation cannot be used against the veteran Tigers because of a Missouri Valley (Conference) agreement with Southern Schools to not use colored players is the most serious handicap the Cyclones face at the present time. Smith's work in smearing plays of the opposite side and opening great holes for the Cardinal and Gold is the very thing that Iowa State needs Saturday. Smith's hand, which was broken in the Grinnell game is healing nicely, and it is expected that he will be in the starting lineup against Nebraska Oct. 29."
College football wasn't close to integration. Iowa State's African-American players who traveled to Missouri in 1952, would still have to sleep in a segregated funeral parlor rather than the hotel where the rest of the Cyclones were staying.
After a 7-3 loss against Missouri without Smith, Iowa State got set to travel to Nebraska.
Again, the focus was on Smith. The Thursday before the game, Nebraska head coach Ernest Bearg first implied that he was worried about Smith playing, not because of race but because he had not played against one conference contender (Missouri) but would now play against Nebraska, another league favorite.
The Des Moines Register printed a murky report from Lincoln in which the Nebraska head coach said his objections to Smith's participation in the game had to do with his plaster hand cast, not race:
"Smith's presence in the Ames lineup would not infringe upon a conference rule and I am sure there is absolutely nothing to the (racial) protest suggestion," Bearg said."The only concern Nebraska has to Smith is that the story from Ames that the big black boy will go into the game with one of his hands encased in a plaster cast. Unquestionably, as I view it, that plaster cast business would constitute a violation of the rules. If Smith goes on the field with that hand armor I shall refer the situation to the officials and abide by their decision. The Cornhuskers have no fear of Smith. I am told he has plenty of size, but after we jam in a few plays over his position he may not be so terrifying."
It should be noted that Nebraska, like all teams during that era, hired and paid its own officials for Cornhusker home games.
Relations between Nebraska and Iowa State's football programs were not good. In 1923, six weeks after the death of Jack Trice, Nebraska beat Iowa State, 26-14 in Ames. Nebraska, though victorious, left Ames bitter at what its coaches believed was dirty play on the part of the Cyclones. The hard feelings were so strong that Nebraska's wrestling coach R.G Clapp, on behalf of the Nebraska athletics board, wrote Iowa State acting athletics director Hugo Otopalik the following Friday. Otopalik and Clapp knew each other well, as Otopalik had been one of Clapp's best wrestlers. Still, Clapp spared his protégé no detail.
"(Nebraska officials) feel quite strongly that the best thing under the circumstances is not to play Ames in football until conditions are such as to assure the team different treatment than that received last week."
The two teams did not meet in 1924 and 1925. When Bearg pulled Smith into the controversy in 1926 it was too much for Sec Taylor, the longtime sports editor of The Des Moines Register. Taylor supported Smith and Iowa State in his column "Sittin' In With The Athletes."
"The Huskers should forget that Smith is black, play him as if he were white, and forget all about that 1923 game, as Nebraska has more to be ashamed of than Ames so far as that contest is concerned."
Smith played in a game that was anti-climatic. Nebraska won 31-6. Workman was so dissatisfied with his team's play that he pulled the first-team off the field, excepting Holloway, who later recovered a fumble during the game.
Holloway, with a cast still on his broken hand, played in the Cyclones' 13-7 win over Drake (Nov. 13) and a 3-2 victory at Kansas State (Nov. 20). The final game of that season would be the Cyclones' first truly intersectional game, against UCLA in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The site of the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, the Coliseum was in just its third season of football in 1926.
Iowa State left Manhattan by train the immediately after the KSU victory and rode the rails southwest. Monday they were in El Paso. The Cyclones practiced in Tucson, Ariz. for three days before entraining again to reach Los Angeles on Friday.
A few hardy Iowa State fans might have thought about a Cyclone victory. But by and large, the 5-2 Bruins were favored. Instead, the Cyclones whipped UCLA, 20-0 to finish the year with three straight wins and Iowa State's fourth straight 4-3-1 season. Holloway and his teammates were welcomed home by large crowds at Ames City Hall, from which a parade took the team to State Gym where a huge crowd had jammed itself to witness the campus arrival of the squad.
The Alumnus described the Dec. 1 gathering as "one of the greatest receptions ever tended an Iowa State team."
With the late-season surge fresh on everyone's mind, hopes for 1927 were running high. Workman worried about his offensive line as spring practice started on March 24.
"If Galbraith, from the 1925 team should return next fall, with Smith from last year's team, then the tackle positions will not bother us much," Workman wrote.
The Iowa State coach then addressed the fact that Smith would face discrimination again 1927:
"Smith will be barred from competition only in the Missouri game next fall," Workman wrote.
Smith went on to have a strong senior season in 1927. He was a major factor in Iowa State's stunning 12-12 draw at Illinois. The Illini went on to be a consensus national champion. It was a high water mark for an Iowa State team that was again 4-3-1 on season's end. Smith was voted third-team All-Missouri Valley Conference.
Smith graduated with a bachelor's degree in agricultural education in 1928. He went to work in Marianna, Ark., as a teacher. He earned master teacher recognition there.
In the Iowa State Yearbook (The Bomb) for 1928, his classmate's made this observation about his on-field demeanor:
"Holloway was always fighting to the limit and opponent backs frequently kissed the ground before they were well started due to 'No. 16' as Holloway was known."
Smith's graduation picture is not in the Bomb. The Iowa State yearbook contains just one other African American senior photo. Smith did pose with the football squad for the team picture and with his fellow students in the agricultural education club and the "AA" Fraternity, the letterwinners' club.
Smith lived at 2426 Lincoln Way when he first got to Ames. In early 1927, Smith moved to downtown Ames at 200 1/2 Main St. Jack Trice had also lived in downtown Ames three years earlier. Because so many students lived off campus, we don't know if Smith lived there by choice or by mandate.
After graduation, Smith went to teach at the Marianna School in Arkansas. He was at the school for 20 years, as teacher, then master teacher and finally as principal. He was a state supervisor in Arkansas for the National Youth Association, a New Deal program that provided work, education and housing for youth from 16-24 during the Great Depression.
Smith parlayed that experience to become a National Director for the U.S.O. In later life, Smith operated a restaurant in Monterey, Calif, before moving to Reno, Nev. in the early 1960s. He died in Reno in 1970 at the age of 73. He is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery in Reno. His obituary lists five siblings.
Smith's legacy at Iowa State however is clearer now. He came. He played and he graduated all the while facing public scrutiny. He then went on to a career that affirmed the greatness of the college he attended. That alone tells us something about Holloway Smith the man.


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Loss leaves Sierra College at 0-2 in conference
By: Cecil Conley, Sports Editor
Jeff Tisdel does not expect any sympathy cards. His Sierra College football team has had its way with the Valley Conference the past three years, but the tables are turning against the Wolverines. Sierra's shot at a fourth consecutive conference championship came to an end Saturday afternoon. Fresno City may now be the team to beat after rallying for a 24-14 victory in the Rocklin rain. The Rams are 2-0 and the Wolverines 0-2. The conference race with continue with Sierra as an also-ran. "No one is going to feel sorry for us," Tisdel said. "Everybody wants to stick a fork in us when we're down." Sierra lost more than for the fourth time in seven games this season. The defeat also cost the Wolverines their best wide receiver, Taylor Schablaske, and best offensive lineman, Casey O'Connor. Schablaske sustained a concussion on the last play of the first quarter when he caught a punt and was smacked. O'Connor went out in the third quarter with a torn ligament in his left ankle. "We don't have many bullets left in the gun," said Tisdel, who was also without his best running back – Zack Graves – for the second week in a row. Graves has a torn ligament in his left knee. Sierra scored touchdowns on two of its first three possessions, but the offense struggled after that. Quarterback Sam Martinez threw an interception and lost a fumble in his first start in five weeks. Martinez regained the job this week after losing it to Tanner Mathias in the second game of the season. Tisdel had mentioned he might play both quarterbacks, but he stuck with Martinez. "He wasn't that awful," Tisdel said. "And he had a couple of passes dropped." The Wolverines also had problems on defense. The Rams converted four third downs in which they needed 12 or more yards to move the chains. In the second quarter, a 5-yard loss on first down and a sack on second left Fresno City with third-and-19 at Sierra's 34-yard line. The Wolverines' defense was one play away from forcing a punt. That punt never came. Corvaughn Archie turned a screen pass from Lance Orender into a touchdown. Archie did it again on Fresno City's next possession, turning another screen pass into an 84-yard score. Archie caught the ball on the left, weaved his way across the field and then dashed along the right sideline. His fancy footwork put Fresno City ahead to stay at 17-14. Sierra was not only shut out in the second half, but the Wolverines also did not touch the ball in the final 9:24.


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) – Drugs used to plague the old Jane Addams Housing Development. It was recently rebuilt after being torn down five years ago. This area was recently named the nation's 14th most dangerous neighborhood, but the way the complex is designed will hopefully help restore pride to a once blighted part of town.
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A great loss, that's turned into a sign of hope for this Rockford mother, battling an illness on top of financial hardship. She now lives in the new Jane Addams Housing Complex on Seminary and College.
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It's a much different environment than what stood here in 2008, where 180 low-income families lived side-by-side creating a form of concentrated poverty.
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-Red will be less influencial than Blue because Blue has a wider variety of pokemon to use.
-The no monotype rule (although that was abolished).
-The fact that wins in Johto don't count.
-The fact that after 5 wins you cannot lose your gym, so when we all have 5 wins, nobody else can be a leader.
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Elected: Kevin S. Kanouse, 47, as bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod, effective July 1.
When: April 30, on the fifth ballot, 201-174 over Wayne L. Menking, director of The Ministry Development Center of the Southwest, Arlington, Texas.
Bio: Pastor of Advent Lutheran Church, Arlington, Texas. Graduate of Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa.; the Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa.; and Brite Divinity School/Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. Also served St. Paul Lutheran Church, Penryn, Pa.
Replaces: Mark Herbener, who retires June 30.
Elected: Ray Tiemann, 47, as bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod, effective Sept. 1.
When: May 20, on the fifth ballot, 228-205 over Stanley J. Meyer, an assistant to the synod bishop.
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As anyone who has ever slid into a spa or hot tub can attest, things start happening from the very first moment of contact with the water. The most immediate sensation is one of buoyancy, followed soon after by enveloping warmth. It's this combination of buoyancy and sustained high heat that creats hot water therapy and brings about a fundamental shift in how the body & circulatory system operates. Any warm water will provide the benefits of buoancy, but it won't provide the circulatory and blood pressure benefits of a spa.
Once you've immersed yourself in the hot water, the temperature regulating mechanisms of your body kick into gear, trying to restore and maintain a normal temperature. Your heart works harder, pumping blood to the surface in an attempt to disperse extra body heat into the air. As this increased volume of blood courses through your veins, a temporary increase in blood pressure occurs.
In trying to cool itself down, the body also begins sweating at an increased rate to bring moisture to the surface of the body, where under normal cicumstances it would evaporate and lower the bodies temperature. Because the body is immersed in hot water, the sweat can't cool the skin through evaporation. In fact, the blood brought to the skin's surface becomes even hotter because water is more effective than air at transferring heat.
As the blood continues its cycles, gathering more warmth from the surface and transporting it deep into the body, the soaker's core (or overall) temperature rises rather rapidly. In 104 degree water, studies show, a spa user's core body temperature can rise to 102 degrees Fahrenheit in under 20 minutes.
At some point as the body's core temperature rises and ciculation is enhanced and the hot tub user is overtaken by a powerful feeling of relaxation. So what's just happened?
According to medical experts, a second change in the body's blood pressure has occurred: As the warmed blood spreads thruoghout the body, it causes the blood vessels to expand. This dilation lessens the resistance to blood flow, and blood pressure drops. By dilating the vessels, this warm blood has, in effect, created easier flow and increases the body's level of circulation. As this surge of warm, nourishing blood reaches deeper and deeper into the body, more blood vessels dilate and your muscles relax more and more.
The warmth not only stimulates activity in the bloodstream, it also has an effect on the nervous system. The spa water's heat causes the central nervous system to become depressed, which contributes to muscle relaxation as well as temporary pain relief.
The muscle relaxation that comes with using hot water also plays a significant role in relieving pain. When a muscle is tense, for whatever reason, it also pinches on particular nerves and blood vessels that run through it. This makes for an unhappy muscle. Not only is pressure exerted on the nerve, but blood flow is restricted (which creates an insufficient oxygen supply), and lactic acid and other metabolic wastes back up. These results can all contribute to pain.
Hot water and pressure both help the muscle to relax. When that happens, it means that the blood running through the vessels is able to flow more efficiently, thereby reducing pain. And furthermore, pressure is released off the nerves.
The advantage of a spa over a simple hot bath is that all of the above described benefits are enhanced when jet action enters the picture. The mechanical stimulation jets provide intensifies these bodily responses in individual, targeted areas of the body, helping to further reduce painful inflammation.
The pressure of the jetted water can also promote healing by stimulating the body's healing mechanisms, reports Mike Casey, a registered physical therapist and owner of Granada Physical Therapy in Granada Hills, CA.
Along with the increased oxygen level that the tissues enjoy in a spa, he explains, the heat and the pressure from the jets can raise the level of anti-bodies and white blood cells that provide the body's defenses. These natural bodily defenses then destroy the bad cells around an injured area and help stimulate the formation of new tissue.
Fast, heated blood flow can also stimulate the body's self-cleansing process and increased sweating allows the body to release toxins at an elevated rate. In addition, as heart rate and respiration are increased, the blood carries more oxygen to the body's tissues, allowing them in turn to increase the rate at which they can eliminate metabolic waste products.
When a muscle relaxes, its fibers become spaced far enough apart so that the blood vessels have no problems transporting the volume of blood necessary to flush out metabolic wastes and replace them with oxygen and other nutrients, says Horay.
By maintaining a healthy muscle, he continues, not only can you relieve pain, but you can also prevent pain as well as susceptibility to certain injuries. By relaxing the muscle with hot water, you can prime it for stretching exercises, range of motion exercises and other gentle exercises that help strengthen and stretch the muscles out.
For many spa users, muscle relaxation and pain relief, whether it's from the stress and aches of everyday life or from the chronic pain and stiffness experinced by those who suffer from diseases such as arthritis, are the most important benefits of soaking. Spas also can play a critical role in directed, short or long term therapy programs for the injured and the ill, offering an environment in which it is easier to exercise muscles without strain or additional injury.
The soothing water action can do more than provide relaxation and pain relief. According to Rosalind Cartwright, director of the Sleep Disorders Service and Research Center, Sleep deepens as body temperature falls. As a result, she recommends in the newsletter Bottom Line Personal, that people who suffer occasional sleeplessness, especially if it is induced by pain, can help themselves by soaking in water about 103 degrees F approximately two hours before bedtime.
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Note: Regardless of the temperature of the spa water always drink liquids to replenish the body fluid lost from perspiring. As a general rule of thumb, the average body will lose at least one pint of liquids every 20 minutes in a spa at 104 degrees.
About Your Muscles:
When you are driving, typing, or viewing a computer screen for hours on end, the muscles of your back, neck and shoulders may tend to tighten up, even if you don't consciously want them to. This process of contraction over a long period of time will have numerous effects. It will allow the build-up of waste products, especially lactic acid, and can cause pain and cramping. An average desk worker may have as much tension build-up in the neck and shoulders during each day as a marathon runner will have in his/her legs after a long race. The important difference is that a marathon runner probably has a regimented program for removing the stress and relieving the tension.
The Splinting Reflex:
Whenever a muscle is injured or in pain, the body has a natural reaction called the "splinting reflex," which acts to stiffen the muscle and prevent it from moving. When this occurs, the muscle tightens even further, clamping down on its blood vessels and nerves, and the pain increases. The greater the pain, the tighter the muscle clamps down, and the tighter the muscle gets, the more it hurts.
Note: The buoyancy provided by the hot water in a spa will decrease the pressure of gravity on a weak or injured muscle or joint. In effect, it removes much of the splinting reflex.
The Most Common Trouble Areas
Shoulder Lifts:
Stand or sit comfortably but as straight and tall as possible. Try to extend your spine with your chin pointed straight head. Now, bring the shoulders straight up without crunching your neck or allowing it to contract below your normal shoulder level. Hold the raised shoulder posture for at least 6 seconds. Breathe normally during the entire process! now, slowly relax the shoulders into a normal position repeat this entire process at least 5 more times.
Shoulder Circles:
Similar to the shoulder lift, this exercise is completed by making full circles. Without raising your arms or moving the torso or head, bring your shoulders as far forwards as possible. then raise them as high as possible with out tightening or "turtling" the neck. Then bring them back as far as possible for a moment before dropping them as far down as you can go. The idea is to make full and complete rotations without crunching the neck.
Head Rock:
Stand or sit comfortably but as straight and tall as possible. Now, turn your head to the left as far as possible without pain, being sure to keep your shoulders as low as possible and hold for 6 seconds. Then move your head toward the ceiling as far as it will go while still looking to the left. After holding this position for 6 seconds, move your head slowly as low as it will go - again, with out pain. Return your head to the neutral position and repeat the same exercise to the right.
Back Arch/Back Sag:
Get down on your hands and knees with your weight evenly distributed. Gently arch your back upward and let your head drop down. Hold this posture for at least 6 seconds. Slowly begin to flatten your back and relax your stomach and back muscles so that the small of your back drops down. At the same time, slowly raise your head so that you are looking directly in front of you. Hold this position for at least 6 seconds and then repeat the exercise at least 5 times.
Standing Back Arch/Back Sag:
While standing, rest your hand and weight on your knees. Arch the small of your back upward, squeezing your stomach muscles in toward your spine. Hold this posture for at least 6 seconds. Now, drop your lower back by relaxing your stomach muscles letting the curve reverse. As you reverse the curve, raise your head to an upright position and hold for at least 6 seconds. Repeat this exercise at least 5 times.
Knee Walk:
Recline against the wall of the spa until you are nearly lying down. Depending on your body size, a lounge may be the perfect place. Now, place your left palm on your left kneecap and your right palm on your right kneecap. Slowly "walk" your knees back and forth. Breath normally and perform this exercise for at least 30-60 seconds or as many times as you like. This exercise can be performed with or without the hands and the range of knee-walking mobility can be increased as desired.
Knee Circles:
While in the same position as the knee walk, place both hands on your knees and slowly rotate your knees in a circular motion. Move at a comfortable speed for at least 30-60 seconds. The range of motion in this exercise may be as great or as limited as is comfortable. Making larger circles will increase muscular strength and also add strength to the abdominal muscles.
Pelvic Tilt:
Stand with your knees slightly bent and hands at your sides. Now, flatten the curve of your lower back by sucking your stomach in toward your back and lifting the bottom of your pelvis up. Hold this backward tilt for at least 6 seconds. Repeat this exercise at least 5 times. This same exercise can be done in a reclining position or while seated.
Stretching Helps
Stretching helps to increase the range of motion of a muscle by lengthening muscle fiber and stimulating joints. Stretching exercises can actually be quite difficult and more intense than an actual "exercise." The difference between the two is that an exercise position is usually held for only a short period of time (6 seconds), while a stretch is usually held for at least 30-60 seconds. Contrary to popular opinion, stretching is better after the body has been warmed up by exercising and should not be pushed to the point of pain. The following are a number or stretching exercises that can be performed almost anywhere.
Head-to-Side Stretch:
Sit or stand in a relaxed but upright position. Reach over your head with your right hand and place your fingers on, under, or just above your left ear, as is comfortable. Your right elbow should be pointing to your right. Do not put the weight of your arm on your head. Allow your left arm to fall down to your side while you slowly pull your head to the right. As soon as you feel tightness, hold the position for at least 30 seconds. Breathe normally, return your head to an upright position and repeat this exercise with the other hand in the other direction.
Head-Down Stretch:
Sit or stand comfortably but as straight and tall as possible. Place your fingertips of both hands at the back part of the top of your head. Keep your elbows forward and do not rest the weight of your arms on your head. Gently press forward with your fingertips while you drop your head against your chest. Continue to press until you feel some tightness, but no pain, and hold for at least 30 seconds.
Elbow Across Chest:
Stand or sit comfortably but as straight and tall as possible. Keeping your shoulders as low as possible point your left elbow straight out from your body. Grasp the outer side of your left elbow with your right hand and slowly pull your left arm straight across your chest until you feel tension (but no pain). Hold the position for at least 6 seconds and allow your left elbow to return straight out in front of your body. After repeating these steps at least 5 times, allow your left elbow to return to the neutral position. You can now repeat the same process wit h your right elbow. This exercise can be varied while the elbow is in a 90 degree or 45 degree position.
Arm-Overhead Stretch:
Stand or sit comfortably but as straight and tall as possible. Put your left arm straight above your head with the elbow nearly but not quite locked. Grab your left wrist with your right hand, then your right thumb to the front. Keeping your left arm straight and without leaning forward at all, or moving your hips from side to side, pull your left arm across to the right. Be sure to keep your arms directly overhead as they begin to move to the right. Continue to slowly move your arms, head and upper back toward the right, until you feel some tightness. Hold this position for at least 30 seconds. be sure not to crunch your head down or turtle your neck. Now, return to the upright, neutral position and repeat the exercise from the other side.
Front-to-Back Shoulder Stretch:
With your arms straight down, cross your wrists in front of you and bring your shoulders toward the front of your body. While fanning your shoulders, it is a good idea to have the jet flow on the sore spots. Hold this position for at least 6 seconds and then slowly bring your arms and shoulder to the rear of your body in the position of a swan. Try not to let your neck turtle or raise your shoulders. Remember to continue neutral breathing.
Knee Across:
Begin by reclining on your back as much as possible. Lift your right leg and cross it over your left knee, sliding the right knee down as close to the left knee as possible. Using your left hand, begin to pull your right knee to the left and slightly down. Try to keep your pelvis and shoulders as flat as possible. When you being to feel the stretch in your lower back, stop and hold it for at least 30 seconds. Now, cross your left leg over your right knee and repeat the exercise.
Begin in a seated position with you legs out in front of you. This exercise can be easily performed in a lounge or in a barrier-free area. Keeping your knees only slightly bent and holding your back straight, slow2ly begin to walk your fingers down your legs toward your knees. When leaning forward and bending at the waist as much as possible, you may wish to bend your head down if it is more comfortable. Continue the walk as far down your legs as possible toward your toes. When you feel the tightness, hold the position for at least 30 seconds. Try to relax and keep your breathing as regular as possible. This exercise is felt in different places by different people, so be gentle with yourself.
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Writing in the Baltimore Sun earlier this week, the Lexington Institute's Robert Holland and Don Soifer reject the idea of national education standards on three grounds: that they're not truly voluntary, that they'll inevitably lead to a much-feared "national curriculum, and that part of the roadkill will be Maryland having to replace its "rich," "well-organized" English standards with this unproven multi-state model.
It's premature to evaluate the products of the current "common standards" project being led by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers for the subjects of reading/writing and math. The first "public" draft is promised to be available for comment in mid-September. (I saw an earlier version of the reading/writing part a few weeks back and, within some important limits and caveats, found considerable merit there.)
Yes, those who abhor the thought of national education standards and tests for the United States will find all sorts of reasons to oppose them. I don't know if the forthcoming product, once fully massaged, will be to my liking. But I do know that our present motley array of state-specific standards and assessments is obsolete and dysfunctional—as well as mediocre or worse in many states. (There are a few happy exceptions.)
In Maryland, for example, the last time Fordham examined that state's standards (2006), our evaluators gave them an overall C+ grade—including a flat C in English (down from B a few years earlier). Maybe Maryland has since cleaned up its act—we're embarking on a new round of reviews—but otherwise the state is using expectations for its students and schools that ought not please Messrs. Holland and Soifer any better than they satisfied Fordham's expert analysts.
As for the "voluntary" nature of the forthcoming common standards, Bob and Don focus on what they claim is a federal requirement that states "must adopt the new standards as their own" in order to qualify for funding under the sizable "race to the top" kitty that Secretary Duncan will be handing out. They're partly right. For a state's "phase 2? Race-to-the-Top application to be taken seriously, it must demonstrate "commitment to improving the quality of its standards by adopting, as part of a multi-state consortium, a common set of K-12 standards…that are internaitonally benchmarked" and must "participate" in a consortium to develop assessments aligned with those standards. (It doesn't say states must use such assessments.)
States that don't want to do any of this (or to comply with several other Arne Duncan priorities) may forego Race-to-the-Top funding. Fair enough. In a perfect world, the "common standards" would be finalized and subject to scrutiny before the Education Department pressured states to adopt them. In reality, however, the "carrot" here is one-time federal funding attached to an impatient economic stimulus measure. Duncan has only one shot at doing his best to exact some "reform" from all those billions rather than the simple budgetary back-filling that will otherwise occur in state and local education systems. It's a risk, yes, but one well worth taking.
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I hope your review of state standards will cover the standards being used in the 2009-2010 school year. Tennessee has supposedly raised its standards for this school year. I would love to get your opinion on them. I have heard mixed reviews with most of them being negative.
Thank you!
" In a perfect world, the "common standards" would be finalized and subject to scrutiny before the Education Department pressured states to adopt them. In reality, however, the "carrot" here is one-time federal funding attached to an impatient economic stimulus measure"
That explains the rush, I guess. Thanks for the clarification. I was a bit confused when I saw that the
Dept of Ed., Institute of Education Sciences is looking for applications for research projects specified in a Request for Applications. One of the projects is to set up a research center that would, among other things, do research on what makes good math standards.
"… the Institute is establishing the National Research and Development Center on Mathematics Standards and Assessment (Math Assessment Center). The Institute intends for the Math Assessment Center to work with a state or consortium of states to revise and/or develop standards and a framework for mathematics assessments, and to conduct research to improve the development of high-stakes mathematics assessments."
At first, it seemed like the cart before the horse. Why the push for national standards (via NGA/CCSSO) before the research is done on what makes good standards? But now it all makes sense. I guess.
for a copy of the RFA.
The federal government is taking over public education. It has no legal authority to do this, but it's doing it anyway. This is not change I believe in.
Is this "Race to the Top" really OK?
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President Barack Obama: Pass this jobs bill — pass this jobs bill, and starting tomorrow, small businesses will get a tax cut if they hire new workers or if they raise workers' wages. The bill has not been written yet. Valerie Jarrett, senior White House adviser: Congress should pass this bill right now. Again, the bill has not been written yet. Huffington Post: During a | Read More »


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Andrejs Pumpurs Lielvārde Museum is situated in the ancient barn of the manor house at the banks of Daugava already since its opening in 1970. In the Andrejs Pumpurs Lielvārde Museum you can not only gather information about the Latvian national hero Lāčplēsis, author of the epos Andrejs Pumpurs, Lielvārde and belt of Lielvārde.
But also for a moment become Lāčplēsis, Laimdota, Andrejs Pumpurs yourself, tie around yourself the belt of Lielvārde, and, of course, fight a fatal battle between Lāčplēsis and Dark Knight! Materials about the poet Andrejs Pumpurs (1841 – 1902) have been gathered and collected in the museum, as well as about the epic poem "Lāčplēsis", Latvian culture and history. Andrejs Pumpurs was born in September 22, 1841. Every year museum festivities are celebrated in Lielvārde in September 22.
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Email sent to Casper City Council Members April 25, 2014 at 8:34:29 AM MDT, forwarded to News 13 by Craig Hedquist's attorney, Michael Lansing.
Subject: Hearing
Dear fellow Council members:
As you know it's been a long 218 (and counting) days of "he said, she said". While I wasn't able to make the work session last Tuesday, I was able to listen to the audio, review the proposed informal hearing procedures and confer with my attorneys. It seems apparent this exercise will continue with or without real or legal procedures in place. Because of this lack of real or legal procedures and meaningful discovery or ability to examine and cross examine witnesses, I won't be attending this "special" hearing, nor will my representatives' (legal or other). The City has completed full discovery through the work place violence investigation which I was not allowed to be involved, except my interview. I have requested the information obtained in the investigation but to date I have not received them even though they were released to Wes Reeves. With the ongoing Federal Lawsuit I will (under actual rules and legal procedures) present my case of which I'm completely comfortable and ready to do so. I don't have the luxury of taxpayers dollars to pay my attorneys and maybe you don't need to spend anymore on this symbolic informal hearing. Although you obviously don't need my permission please feel free to vote as you see fit (and although I'm inclined to believe some of the Council' minds are made up) do as you feel compelled. Finally if you decide to pass a resolution and/or ask for me to resign, I must respectively decline. I will leave that decision up to the voters of my Ward. I know I am ready to move forward with City business and hope you are to.
Councilman, Craig P. Hedquist
Casper Councilman Craig Hedqust isn't coming to his own informal hearing, and he won't send any of his attorneys either. In an email sent to council members Friday morning, Hedquist says the informal hearing lacks any "real or legal procedures," so he won't be a part of it. Hedquist adds he wasn't a part of the City's investigation through the workplace violence incident and didn't get a chance to examine the evidence.
Mayor Paul Meyer tells News 13 he's disappointed, but council "can't stop the ball rolling now" and will move forward with the hearing. "At this point it's too late to pull back from the brink," Meyer added, saying it's also the only way they could find to let Hedquist make his case to the public. While Council now concedes it don't have authority to remove Hedquist from office, the body could still ask him to resign or censure him, although that amounts to a slap on the wrist: Hedquist made clear in his letter he wouldn't leave City Council unless voted out. "...if you decide to pass a resolution and/or ask for me to resign, I must respectively [sic] decline. I will leave that decision up to the voters of my Ward," Hedquist said in his email.
Meyer says council members most likely won't make any decisions at the time of the hearing. "We're giving ourselves two weeks to draw any conclusions," said Meyer.
Meanwhile Hedquist says he's pursuing the federal lawsuit, but because Council dropped the contested case hearing, part of the lawsuit are now void. At this point it essentially deals with accusations that the City and City Manager John Patterson violated Hedquist's free speech rights and undermined the democratic process. The lawsuit wouldn't really address Hedquist's alleged conflict of interest.
See sidebar to read Councilman Hedquist's email to council members, and attached document for the latest version of the lawsuit.