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The project, at 210 E. Crockett St., is Iglesias' latest effort at revitalizing a run-down neighborhood. Although the Amber Stone complex will house low-income families, it will have no trouble qualifying as one of the most elegant properties in Beeville.
Iglesias said he wants those who were displaced when his company, Generation Housing Development of Austin, bought the units that had once stood on that property.
At the time, the Windsong Apartments were a broken down collection of WWII-era buildings, housing some of the city's lowest income residents.
The developer said those former residents have the right of first refusal if they are interested in moving into the Amber Stone development.
"I told the mayor that we're going to comply with relocation efforts," Iglesias said.
And that right could be valuable. Iglesias said there already is a waiting list of 252 potential occupants vying for only 54 units.
"We're reaching out to them," Iglesias said. But anyone who is interested in leasing one of the units must pre-qualify by filling out the proper paperwork at the complex's recently opened central office.
Iglesias said some of the former Windsong residents will not be able to qualify for one of the apartments.
"This property is for working families. They have to have a job," Iglesias said.
Other qualifications include an income of two times the amount that the family has to pay in monthly rent.
"If the rent is $700, they have to be making as least $1,400 a month," Iglesias said.
Also, residents must meet a number of other criteria to lease a unit in the gated community. An applicant must have no felony convictions, must be able to pass a criminal background check and must not have had any drug charges.
In addition, applicants must not have any debts to other apartment complexes. That includes damage charges or unpaid rents.
The rewards for making the cut will be worth the effort. The occupants will enjoy amenities simply not found in other properties that offer income-adjusted rental rates.
"Generation Housing Development takes pride in the improvement of a community," Iglesias said. "We've done that."
Residents living in the previous complex were in substandard housing, Iglesias said. That will no longer be the case.
As Iglesias spoke, the office building was buzzing with activity as workers decorated the walls and connected new equipment. Office equipment was being ordered, prospective tenants were being interviewed, workers were hanging art work and mirrors, exercise equipment was waiting to be used, televisions and computers were being connected.
Outside the office building, a waterfall spilled clean liquid into a pool. Iglesias said that, within weeks, a playground and barbecue area will appear near the pool. Decorative fences were being painted and tenant cards were being prepared so that new occupants would be able to gain entrance into the locked compound gates once they have signed their leases.
Iglesias said the apartments will become available between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15. By the end of February, the entire project should be complete and the units should be occupied.
Once the occupants are in their units, they can be assured that the quality of their living arrangements will not deteriorate.
Iglesias said the entire complex will be audited three times a year and every aspect of the operation will be open to inspection.
That will include a walk through of each unit to assure that the residents are complying with the regulations and a review of the files to make sure that each resident is employed and that no one in the complex has a criminal record.
"It's just an unbelievable program," Iglesias said of the operation. All problems with the property must be promptly reported and corrected within a certain period of time.
"It brings tears to my eyes that we can bring a property of this caliber to rural America and provide it for a reasonable rate," Iglesias said. "I love revitalization."
Of course, the Amber Stone is not Iglesias' first project. Over the years, the GHD president has been involved in about 18 similar developments and has provided about 3,500 units for residents across the state.
Iglesias said he would like to undertake a second phase of development for the same complex, if funding becomes available. And he already has his eye on making some improvements in other public housing areas within the city.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Clearing the Air: 5 Easy Ways to Reduce Toxins and Stay Healthy
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Airborne chemicals are embedded inside our homes. They swirl around us as toxic gases emitted from the poorly-labeled bottles of cleaning fluids in our kitchens and bathrooms, from the bug sprays and air fresheners we use, and from the glues, sealants and flame retardants in our furniture. They are also dragged inside our homes on the bottoms of our shoes and then stirred up when we walk on our carpets. Studies have shown that the air that surrounds us indoors is more toxic than the air outdoors -- even if you live in a highly polluted city like Los Angeles or New York.
Airborne chemicals are known as VOCs, or volatile organic compounds. They are called volatile because they don't stay put... they evaporate into the air and then you breathe them in. You never really think that your home could make you tired, irritable or even sick, but over time your body may absorb common VOCs like formaldehyde, phthalates or PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) -- the chemicals in flame retardants used in furniture, which have been found in human breast milk and dryer lint.
These chemicals may exacerbate allergies and asthma, and can cause fatigue, nausea, dizziness, eye, nose and throat irritation, cough, headache, flu-like symptoms and skin irritation. As they accumulate in the body over time they can silently affect how efficiently your body runs -- like whether you can maintain a healthy metabolism, burn fat well and keep your hormones in balance. Some also are known to cause heart, lung or kidney damage and even cancer and nerve damage if exposure is prolonged. This in turn can have a devastating effect on your health. If your liver, for instance, becomes taxed by an overburden of chemicals, it may not work efficiently, setting you up for other health problems.
There are literally tens of thousands of chemicals that have been invented by humans in the last 60 years and depending on who you ask, somewhere between 70,000 and 100,000 are in common use today. Yet only a very tiny percentage have ever been directly tested for their effects on human health.
Our bodies are remarkably resilient in defending ourselves from these chemicals, but only to a point. Scientists question the cumulative effect. It is common sense to believe that the more chemicals you are exposed to, the more likely you will eventually be negatively affected by them. Here are some easy and effective ways to reduce your exposure to chemicals in your home and minimize your risk of getting sick. They are simple to do and will give you peace of mind in knowing you are doing something proactive to help you and your family stay healthy.
5 Ways to Reduce Toxins by Clearing the Air:
1. Remove your shoes at the front door. Shoes track in lead, pesticides and other pollutants. Stuff we track in from the outside can make our home toxic, especially for pets and young children who spend more time on the floor. At the very least, get a good doormat to wipe your shoes before entering your home.
2. Vacuum with a well sealed, high quality HEPA vacuum cleaner. This can do a much better job of cleaning your carpets than the cheaper vacuum cleaners found at most department stores. Steam cleaning can kill dust mites and bacteria as well.
3. Avoid buying new upholstered furniture containing "halogenated fire retardants." If it contains polyurethane foam, look for models where the foam is thickly covered or wrapped inside the cushion so dust from it is less likely to escape into your home. See if they offer non-toxic stain resistant fabrics as well.
4. Use an air purifier. Try one with HEPA (High Efficiency Particle Arresting) technology developed by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to filter and trap sub-micron particles. Many reviews say this type of air purifier is the most effective.
5. Add houseplants to green and purify your living space. A NASA study found that common houseplants are natural air purifiers. Look for Aloe Vera, Philodendron, Rubber Plant, English Ivy, Ficus, Boston Fern, Gerbera Daisy and Spider Plant, to name a few.
Turning Waste into Wages: Using Recycled Coffee Grounds to Grow Gourmet Mushrooms
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
What if you could take 1 million pounds of waste that was heading towards landfill and repurpose it to grow food? Well, that's exactly what two recent UC Berkeley graduates are doing with their company Back to the Roots. Founders, Nikhil Arora and Alex Velez started a 100% sustainable urban mushroom farm that transforms coffee ground waste into the growing medium for gourmet mushrooms. The 2 year-old company is on pace in 2011 to collect, divert and reuse 1 million lbs. of used coffee grounds, from Peet's Coffee & Tea, a San Francisco Bay Area company, and use it to grow over 250,000 lbs. of gourmet mushrooms.
They got the idea during their last semester at Berkeley in 2009. The two 23-year-olds had the intention to go into investment banking and consulting, but became intrigued, during a business ethics class lecture, with the idea of being able to grow gourmet mushrooms entirely on recycled coffee grounds. They walked around to local cafes and collected used coffee grounds, put them in paint buckets and seeded them with mushroom spawn. The experiment, to their delight, led to one bucket of pearl oyster mushrooms. They then saw the potential of these mushrooms… to turn waste into wages, as well as provide fresh, local food to their community.
"We knew nothing about what a good gourmet mushroom should taste like, so we thought, what's the best restaurant in town?" said Nikhil during a recent interview on my radio show "Your Super Natural Life." Chez Panisse, the acclaimed Berkeley restaurant, wasn't too far from their campus, so they walked their bucket of mushrooms over and its founder Alice Waters happened to be there that day. She got excited and got her head chef involved, who immediately sauteed them, tasted them, and declared that the mushrooms were great. That same day, the guys walked into their local Berkeley Whole Foods Market and the produce buyer was excited about the idea and Whole Foods became a client. Two weeks before graduation they received a $5,000 Grant for Social Innovation. The guys, who graduated Summa Cum Laude from Biz School, changed direction at that moment. "We looked at each other and said, let's forget investment banking and consulting and become full time mushroom farmers," said Nikhil.
Most mushroom growers use wood shavings or sawdust, and many import the growing medium from China where they're cutting down trees just for the purpose of growing mushrooms. Plus, about a third of the energy costs for growing mushrooms is sterilizing the growing medium. Coffee grounds have already been sterilized by having boiling hot water poured over them, and are also rich in cellulose, making them a superior growing medium. In addition, when coffee grounds go into landfill they create a lot of methane gas, affecting greenhouse gas emissions, and they take up a lot of space, so it's a win win all around.
But there's more…Back to the Roots is repurposing its own waste. After the mushrooms are grown on the coffee grounds, what's left over becomes a wonderful soil amendment, which Alex and Nikhil are now selling to Whole Foods and donating a lot of it to school gardens and non-profit farms. A handful adds amazing nutrients to plants and flowers. They are also producing Grow at Home Mushroom Kits and are hope to inspire people to grow their own food. The mushrooms appear in about 10 days, right from the box, and produce about a pound and a half of gourmet mushrooms. Over 300 Whole Foods are selling them. (Greenopolis readers can get a 10% discount online by using the code "greenopolis10" on the Back to the Roots website).
In two years the company has grown from an idea to having a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Oakland, CA and a staff of 14. It is one of the most innovative, socially conscious, green businesses I've seen. It's no surprise that in 2010 its founders were named BusinessWeek's "Top 25 Entrepreneurs under 25." Future plans? They're experimenting with using soy pulp and tea waste. But they really see their company as more than an urban mushroom farm. They want to inspire people and create awareness about waste, sustainability, and growing their own food. Also, check out their school campaign on Facebook. Anytime anyone posts a picture on their facebook page with their fully-grow kit, BTR will donate a kit and sustainability curriculum to an elementary school classroom of their choice.
Is Your Bedroom Toxic? 5 Easy Ways to Get a Restful Night's Sleep
Monday, June 6, 2011
If you had to choose just one room in your home to make environmentally friendly, it's your bedroom. We can unsuspectingly create a toxic environment by sleeping on the wrong type of mattress, or exposing ourselves to electronic devices that interfere with sleep. Getting good quality sleep allows you to stay healthy and fight off illness because sleep is the time when your body heals, repairs and rejuvenates.
Transforming your bedroom into a safe haven can have a major impact on improving your health and well being. The good news is creating a healthy bedroom is pretty simple.
Start by looking at the most important piece of furniture in the room -- your bed. Most mattresses are made with synthetic ingredients like polyurethane (PU) foam (that degrade over time), and have been treated with flame retardants known as PBDEs. Research has linked PBDE exposure to adverse health effects including thyroid hormone disruption and permanent learning and memory impairment. Some other chemicals used by mattress manufacturers include stain-resistant chemicals that are recognized carcinogens, as well as Boric Acid, Antimony Trioxide, Vinylidiene Chloride, Zinc Borate, Melamine, Formaldehyde, and Decabromodiphenyl Oxide. These chemicals off-gas, or release chemicals into the air... imagine breathing this stuff in every night! No other type of chemical exposure comes close to the intensity and duration of exposure to a mattress. It's in your face, with full body contact, every day, for years.
Read your mattress label, but know that there are no standard labels on mattresses listing flame retardant chemicals, so it's important to check with the manufacturer or store before purchasing.
The healthiest mattress is one made of natural latex foam. But watch for the words "made with" on the label. For example, if it says "made with natural latex" that might mean there's only 1 or 2 percent of it in the mattress! You want to see 100% (if you're chemically sensitive) or at least 80% of the mattress made with all natural, non-toxic ingredients.
If you can't afford to buy a new mattress, get a mattress topper made from organic cotton and wool. Or use a mattress cover made of a tightly woven barrier cloth. Look for a thread count of 300 or higher to help isolate an unhealthy mattress.
Choose organic cotton whenever possible (for the mattress topper as well as your sheets) because conventionally grown cotton requires huge amounts of water (bad for the planet) and lots of chemicals (bad for us and the planet) to grow. It is one of the most intensively sprayed field crops in the world. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that more than 53 million pounds of pesticides and 1.6 billion pounds of synthetic fertilizers are applied to cotton fields annually. Organic cotton, on the other hand, is grown without chemicals.
For the bed frame choose one made from solid wood instead of particleboard or fiberboard, which can give off toxic formaldehyde fumes. The National Cancer Institute has classified formaldehyde as "carcinogenic to humans" based on nose and throat cancers in working populations.
Do you feel buzzed at night and you haven't had any coffee? A big sleep disruptor in the bedroom might be exposure to electronic devices, wireless technology, and other forms of electromagnetic fields (EMFs). Aside from feeling buzzed, Dr. Magda Havas, a leader in the movement against unrestrained wireless technology use, says they can cause headaches, nightmares, depression, fatigue, fibromyalgia, mood disorders, as well as long-term illness.
Simplify your sleep space and try not to have your office in your bedroom. In other words don't sleep with a VCR, TV, electric clock, telephone answering machine, cell phone, or computer nearby. Dr. Havas suggests turning off your WiFi at night. WiFi, an abbreviation for "wireless fidelity," means that an Internet connection can be made without the use of wires or cables, and like cell phones, WiFi uses radiofrequency (RF) signals (radiation).
Also, your cordless phone, especially DECT (Digital Electronic Cordless Telephones) might be contributing to lack of restful sleep. All DECT digital cordless phone base stations emit microwave radiation continuously 24 hours a day, even when the phone is not in use, as long as they are plugged in. Better to have a landline phone that is hardwired.
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Green Health: 3 Easy Ways to Help Your Body and the Environment
Thursday, May 5, 2011
If you're like most people, a little voice inside your head has probably been telling you for a while that it's time to get back to a more natural way of living and take a more serious look at the toxins in your everyday life. Even so, you may feel confused about the simple, practical things you can do to minimize your exposure and maximize not only your health, but your contribution to a cleaner planet.
What if I told you that making small, simple changes in your everyday routine could make a huge impact on your health and well-being, as well as the health of our planet?
Studies are coming out frequently about how everyday chemicals in our bodies are resulting in health problems like learning disabilities, autism, cancer and infertility. Often, the impact chemicals have doesn't show up for decades, like with tobacco, for example. What is also unclear is what happens inside our bodies when we come into contact with different chemicals from lots of different sources. What are the risks for us and our children? Don't wait to find out! You can do something today, right in your own home. Become aware of what goes IN you, what goes ON you, and what SURROUNDS you.
IN You: Your drinking water
If you think the water coming out of your tap is clean and health-giving ... you'd be mistaken. In 2008, an investigation by the Associated Press showed that America's tap water is contaminated with prescription and over-the-counter drugs, including antibiotics, pain medications, antidepressants and sex hormones "in significant quantities." Scientists are concerned that, even in small concentrations, these drugs could harm us over time because water is consumed in such large amounts every day. Our bodies may be able to deal with a big one-time dose of a chemical, but if a small amount is consumed continuously over years ... no one really knows what can happen to our health.
Green Tip #1:
Play it safe: Buy a water filter and fill up your own reusable metal or glass water bottles at home. Get off plastic bottles. 8 out of 10 plastic water bottles used in the U.S. become garbage or end up in a landfill, contributing to global warming.
(To check your local water quality, go to the Natural Resources Defense Council's site at www.nrdc.org and then go to "What's on Tap"? You should be able to access your community's Annual Quality Report, or you can ask your water utility company for a copy of its annual water quality report.)
ON You: Your personal care products
Most of us use at least 10 cosmetic and personal care products a day and according to the Environmental Working Group, people apply an average of 126 unique ingredients to their skin daily. No one really knows what happens in our bodies when we repeatedly expose ourselves to minute amounts of synthetic chemicals from a variety sources. Another way to absorb chemicals in our personal care products is through the mouth. When a drug like nitroglycerine is administered for a heart condition, it is given under the tongue for fast absorption. So are natural homeopathic remedies. So what happens with your toothpaste?
Green Tip #2:
Switch one thing you use most often in your bathroom. Your toothpaste, for example.
Chemicals like fluoride, saccharin, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), triclosan and acetylpyridium chloride are in there. Switch to a natural brand that doesn't contain these chemicals.
SURROUNDS You: Your household cleaners
If you've ever walked down the household-cleanser aisle at the market and your eyes began to burn or your nose became irritated, it's because common cleaning products contain chemicals that can be more dangerous than the germs themselves. Every time your children roll around on the carpet or your pets lick crumbs off the floor, they are being exposed to noxious chemicals. Don't make the assumption that if it's on the grocery shelf it's been tested and is safe. Most of us, unwittingly, buy products for our home with ingredients that are either poorly studied, not studied at all, or are known to pose potentially serious health risks. Of the roughly 17,000 chemicals found in common household products, only 3 in 10 have been tested for their effects on human health. Why? Because the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission does not require manufacturers to test household cleaning products before they appear on store shelves.
Green Tip #3:
Use hydrogen peroxide, vinegar and baking soda to clean your home. Fill one spray bottle with a 3 percent solution of hydrogen peroxide and a second one with vinegar. Spray one right after the other. Use it to wipe kill salmonella and bacteria on counter tops, appliances, and cutting boards. Do the same for the shower to kill bacteria and viruses. Use baking soda instead of commercial abrasive cleaners. Put it in a grated cheese container made of glass with a stainless steel top that has holes in it, and just sprinkle it on the surfaces and scrub.
Fragrance Free: 10 Ways to Protect Yourself from Toxic Scents
Friday, February 25, 2011
Stinky, sweet smelling air fresheners, cologne, body sprays, and scented shampoo are made with synthetic fragrances, and they're bad for your health…especially children and pregnant women. These factory-made fragrances contain phthalates, which are chemicals that can cause hormonal abnormalities, birth defects and reproductive problems.
I tell my clients not to buy artificially scented products for their home or office because they can also trigger migraine headaches, allergies and asthma attacks. A recent Institute of Medicine study sponsored by the EPA put fragrances in the same category as second hand smoke as a trigger for asthma in school-age children. Also, in homes where aerosol sprays and air fresheners were used frequently, studies found that mothers experienced 25% more headaches, and infants younger than 6 months old had 30% more ear infections.
Scented disinfectants and air fresheners are showing up everywhere! I now call ahead and request no air fresheners in rental cars and at hotels, just like asking for a non-smoking car or room. I ask my groomer not to use fragrance when she washes my dog. But it's hard when you work at a school or non-service oriented business because most people think the person who is sensitive to fragrance is just plain weird. I know a chemically sensitive woman who was told to attend staff meetings by using Skype on her computer, so her co-workers wouldn't have to give up using cologne or perfume. "They think it's all in my head," she said.
Even the mall isn't a safe haven. The clothing store Abercrombie & Fitch sprays its signature fragrance Fierce inside as well as outside, so people are unknowingly being exposed to harmful chemicals by simply walking by the store. One environmental group, Teens Turning Green, held protests in San Francisco and New York demanding that the spraying stop. Their effort is supported by more than two dozen groups, including the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, which revealed that A&F's Fierce contains 11 secret chemicals that are not listed on the label.
When you see the word "fragrance" in an ingredient list, you can assume it's all synthetic—and not a blend of natural flower extracts. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reports that "95% of the ingredients used to create fragrances today are synthetic compounds derived from petroleum, including benzene derivatives, aldehydes, and many other known toxins and sensitizers." According to the EWG, there are potentially hundreds of chemicals in a single product's secret fragrance mixture.
Be forewarned: Fragrances can contain neurotoxins and are among the top 5 allergens in the world.
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In Gaza press conference, Hamas say formation of unity government agreed on and will be announced after Abbas chooses religious minister affair.
Elior Levy, Reuters
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Elior Levy, Reuters
Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed on the make-up of a national unity government on Tuesday, officials from both parties said, in the most significant step yet toward healing their seven-year rift. Sources indicated that Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah will retain his position.
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Israel objects to the reconciliation moves and regards Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel or renounce arms, as a terrorist group. It has threatened financial sanctions against Abbas's Western-backed administration in the occupied West Bank if the unity government goes ahead.
The West views the Islamic militant Hamas as a terror group and it's not clear if it would deal with a unity government, even if Abbas sets a pragmatic tone.
Hamas seized Gaza in 2007, leaving Abbas' forces confined to the West Bank. Previous reconciliation attempts failed, but the rivals today are more flexible due to crisis – Hamas over money and Abbas over the collapse of peace talks with Israel.
Last week, Bassem Naim, an advisor to Hamas's premier for the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, said the Palestinian unity government would be announced in the upcoming days.
"We expect the government to be announced by (Abbas) early the following week," he said, and will then be presented to the Palestinian parliament for a vote of confidence.
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The 14th Annual Clinical Excellence Day and 16th Annual Pacific Research Day gives the Pacific Dugoni family the opportunity to present and receive recognition for achievements in clinical cases, research projects and community service initiatives. Our students, faculty, staff, invited patients, alumni and professional colleagues will gather on this day to celebrate excellence in many forms.
Clinical Excellence Day
2:00 pm-4:15 pm, Main Clinic - Presentations
Students present clinical cases they have treated over the year. Numerous patients volunteer their time to display the completed treatment and to support their student dentists. Groups of dental school faculty judges review students' cases based on oral and physical presentation, case difficulty, case-based research, preparation and treatment.
During this time, students will also share details about community service activities and SCOPE outreach.
Pacific Research Day
1:00 pm, Room 308 -- Keynote Lecture
2:00-4:30 pm, Main Clinic -- Poster Presentations
4:30-6:00 pm, Café Cagnone -- Reception and Award Presentations
Students and faculty display their presentations on a variety of topics and compete for prizes in research accomplishments.
Presentation categories include: Faculty, Student and Staff Research; Second-Year Student Research; Senior Research; Microbiology Student Research; IDS Student Research; Orthodontics Residents; Stockton Main Campus Student Presentations and UCSF Invited Presentations.


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Religious Liberty | We can learn a lot from history's storied street preachers
In my kitchen sits a stack of old Westminster Seminary student directories. The cover of the 2001/2002 issue displays a 1978 photograph of Cornelius Van Til and Jack Miller drawing a crowd as they preached Christ on Wall Street.
I wonder how they would fare if they set up their soap boxes in 2013. Since July of this year, United Kingdom authorities have arrested three street preachers: Rob Hughes in Basildon, Essex; Tony Miano in London; and pastor Josh Williamson of Craigie Reformed Baptist Church in Perth, Scotland. They charged Williamson with "breach of peace" and held Hughes under Section 5 of the Public Order Act, which proscribes speech that causes "harassment, alarm, or distress."
Street preaching is an art form coterminous with the Judeo-Christian faith. Noah was perhaps the first street preacher (2 Peter 2:5), though he evidently convinced none of his hearers. Jonah, by contrast, won over all of Nineveh, from the king to the scullery maid (Jonah 3:5). Jeremiah preached outside (Jeremiah 7:2), not being particularly welcome inside. John the Baptist is so closely associated with outdoor preaching that one can hardly imagine the locust eater seated at table in a house. Jesus our Lord had no house (Luke 9:58) and delivered all the sermons we are familiar with under the big sky.
George Whitefield (1714-1770) started open-air preaching to coal miners near Kingswood in Bristol, England, and then got John Wesley to try it for the first time. The impetus: "Finding the pulpits are denied me, and the poor colliers are ready to perish from lack of knowledge, I went to them. … I believe I never was more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach these hearers in the open fields. … I now preach to ten times more people than I should if I had been confined in churches."
In America, Whitefield proclaimed the good news outdoors for months on end, sometimes to crowds of thousands, in what is known as the Great Awakening of 1740. Benjamin Franklin attended one such gathering out of curiosity and left us this vivid account:
"He had a loud and clear voice, and articulated his words … so perfectly that he might be heard and understood at a great distance. … He preach'd one evening from the top of the court house steps, which are in the middle of Market Street, and on the west side of Second Street which crosses it at right angles. Both streets were fill'd with his hearers to a considerable distance. Being among the hindmost in Market Street, I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backwards down the street toward the river; and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front Street. … Imagining then a semicircle, of which my distance should be the radius … I computed that he might well be heard by more than 30,000."
Charles Spurgeon thought open-air preaching such a no-brainer for reaching the lost that he went so far as to draw up a list of needed qualifications for the job. They included a good voice, a natural manner, knowledge of Scripture and of "common things," and total dependence on the Holy Spirit. He said: "Traders go to the markets, they follow their customers and go out after business if it will not come to them; and so must we."
William Booth, like George Whitefield, finding himself on the outs with established churches, also took to the streets: "As I passed by the doors of the flaming gin-palaces tonight, I seemed to hear a voice sounding in my ears, 'Where can you go and find such heathen as these, and where is there so great a need for your labors?' And I felt as though I ought at every cost to stop and preach to those East End [London] multitudes" (William and Catherine: The Life and Legacy of the Booths, by Trevor Yaxley).
If the pattern of history holds, and courageous preachers find themselves out in the cold, they will doubtless do what courageous preachers have always done and make the best of it. For their Master, who set their paces, said: "Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled" (Luke 14:23).


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Reaching home I parked it on its center stand before switching off the engine, walked up to the mail box & back, & MY SIGHT GLASS WAS TOTALLY FULL UP.
.......Was a great riding day today. I don't know how many more are in the cards for us out here for the rest of the year.Cheers,Dan K.
Which is weird because the manual calls for .005 lash when "the motor is at constant higher RPMs".
From what manual did you got that .005" number? That doesn't sound like an RE produced Manual.The bike is supposed to have zero lash, just loose enough to be able to spin the pushrods.Bare
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Branstad to Visit Kingsley
Kingsley is just one of the 12 towns the Governor plans to visit in a three-day swing through western Iowa promoting the legislative successes, and to listen to Iowans about the economy. The tour is open to the public.
(Danbury) -- Plymouth County may have missed most of the rain and the storms from yesterday afternoon, but in southern Woodbury County near Danbury, reports indicate an afternoon storm produced hail the size of golf balls. Ed Ortner serves as the manager of the Crop Production Services, a local fertilizer dealer. He says the storm was spotty with some farmers having a lot of damage, while others suffered only minimal damage.
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Ortner says there will be some crop losses as a result of the hail, but he doesn't believe there were very many farmers that suffered a total crop loss.
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Ortner says the rains were a welcomed blessing, since it had been dry, but he says the hail certainly was not needed.
(LeMars) -- Plymouth County Sheriff's department has arrested an 18-year old Hinton woman for identity theft. Courtney Bras was placed into custody on Thursday for allegedly stealing a credit card and using it to make several purchases in Sioux City. Bras did not have permission of the credit card owner to use the card. She is charged on four counts of identity theft, which is an aggravated misdemeanor. Bras is being held at the Plymouth County jail on a $2,000 bond.
(Le Mars) -- Earlier this week we had mentioned about the Plymouth County Chapter of Pheasants Forever had acquired 156 acres of western Plymouth County ground in the Loess Hills to be used for public hunting purposes. Bob Puetz (Pitts) is the local chapter's president. He says the county conservation board approached Pheasants Forever to help acquire the land.
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Puetz says suitable hunting ground is becoming more difficult to find, due in part to landowner liability and the reduction of wildlife habitat from expanded crop production. He says that's why Pheasants Forever likes to secure ground for public hunting.
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In the coming weeks, Pheasants Forever will be making an announcment regarding a parcel of land that is to be donated to the local chapter.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The body of a man found in a burned home in Warren County has been identified as one of the homeowners reported missing since the house was destroyed by fire last month. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says in a news release issued Friday the body found in the home has been identified at 79-year-old James "Bill" Wood. They say autopsy results show he died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head. Authorities say they are continuing to search for Wood's wife, Kay. They also are continuing to search for a person of interest in the case. The Woods' home was destroyed by fire on July 30. The Woods were not immediately located but their pickup truck was found the next day in Kansas City.
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Bethenny's Beautiful Body Secret: Fast Yoga
Master these moves
Bethenny and New York City–based yoga pro Mike McArdle, who joins her on the Bethenny's Skinnygirl Workout" DVD ($13; Target stores and target.com) combined the best moves from the workouts on the DVD to create this slimming 15-minute routine.
Do it once, twice, or three times a day—it's up to you. Each time, go through the entire sequence (both sides) twice.
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Polk County, Florida -- After an evaluation of the various school crossing guard locations throughout the county, the School Crossing Guard Committee has decided to remove guards from over 10 locations.
The committee says the decision to remove these school crossing guards was made after looking at traffic surveys which confirmed students can safely cross the following intersections without assistance.
The committee -- consisting of representatives from the school board, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Board of County Commissioners Traffic
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Congratulations are in order for Joey and Rory Feek of the duo Joey + Rory! The couple, who rose to fame after appearing on CMT's "Can You Duet," welcomed a baby girl, Indiana Boone Feek, into the world on February 17.
The duo took to Facebook to share their excitement saying, "God has blessed us w a special gift. Her name is Indiana Boone. Mama and baby are both doing well. Thank you for your love and prayers."
While Joey and Rory have been married for more than a decade, Indiana Boone is the couple's first child together. They also have two daughters from Feek's previous marriage.
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The Cubs have added another arm to their tired bullpen, recalling right-hander Justin Berg from Triple-A Iowa.
The Cubs split a doubleheader against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday and used three relievers in Fridays 12-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Berg went 0-1 with a 5.18 ERA in 41 games with the Cubs last season. He will be available for Saturdays game against the Dodgers.
Right-hander Jeff Stevens was sent down to Iowa to make room for Berg. Stevens pitched 3 1-3 innings in Fridays loss, drawing praise from Cubs manager Mike Quade for helping save the bullpen for the rest of the series.
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They needed to bring someone up. Stevens threw 89 pitches yesterday and wouldn't be available for a few days. They may call him back up once the mandatory 10 days have passed.
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On 10/23 Ivan Mesa wrote: In a recent op-ed on CNN.com entitled "Why men are in trouble", William Bennett stated the current challenges among young men today. He writes, "Today, 18-to- 34-year-old men spend more time playing video games a day than 12-to- 17-year-old boys. While women are graduating college and finding good jobs, ... It's Time for Men to Man Up
On 10/23 Steve & Emily wrote: As the recently released film Courageous shows, 21st century American men are going through something of an identity crisis. One need only look to the plethora of websites and books geared toward men to see this. Sites like The Art of Manliness and 1001 Rules for my Unborn Son provide both advice and ... Review- The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood
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On 10/22 Mary Rain wrote: Edited by William J. Bennett Very American, very male. This book could be very valuable for a home-schooled, adolescent, American boy. It is very thick: 546 pages of high quality paper in a well bound, 2 pound book. The pages are bound in that jagged style that tempts ones fingers to turn five pages ... Book Review: The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood.
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Mr Hartstein has served in a leadership role for many years in the ABA labour and employment law section, including his longstanding role as co-chair of the liaison committee with the EEOC in Chicago and previous position as management co-chair of the equal employment opportunity committee. He also has served in a leadership role for many years with Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR School), the leading school in the country focusing on workplace issues. He serves as a member of the dean's advisory board, the board of directors of the Scheinman Institute for Dispute Resolution and executive committee for the ILR School's Alumni Association, recently completing his term as president of the association. In March 2011, Mr Hartstein was the recipient of the "William B Groat Alumni Award," based on service to the school and his contributions to the labour and employment field.
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CBO: Employer mandate delay cost government $10 billion
The government was counting on businesses to shirk the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to help decrease the deficit. But President Barack Obama decided not to enforce the employer insurance mandate until 2015. Now the government is out $10 billion.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released the estimate July 30 in response to the Obama administration's recent rule changes for the employer mandate and applicant verification bottlenecks. Revising its May report, the new document says Obamacare will generate $12 billion in new costs. Most of the cost—$10 billion—comes because the IRS can't collect penalties from businesses that don't provide "affordable" insurance until 2015. CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf, a 2009 appointee of then-House Speaker and Obamacare champion Nancy Pelosi, signed the report.
The $10 billion in lost penalties comes as White House pundits claim the employer mandate only affects 0.2 percent of American businesses. Those are the 10,000 business with more than 50 employees that don't currently provide health insurance to full-time employees, they say.
In reality, every business that provides insurance faces penalties, even if they offer insurance. Businesses must subsidize employees' insurance so it costs no more than 9.5 percent of their salaries. If not, that business pays a $3,000 penalty for each employee who buys insurance from a federal- or state-run exchange. But employees may choose to move to an exchange because it's cheaper. When a family of four making $88,200 could get Medicaid to subsidize 70 percent of its costs, an exchange plan is a financial no-brainer that leaves employers holding the bag on penalties.
And the exchanges are where the rest of the $12 billion comes in. As part of massive verification bottlenecks, state exchanges will have the option not to verify a person's self-reported income and "accept the attestation as final." Essentially, the CBO expects fraud, saying the "verification process will have significant effects on people's behavior." Enough failsafes exist, they say, that the impact will only be about $3 billion over 10 years. After subtracting an additional $1 billion for an increase in taxable income, the CBO arrived at the $12 billion in new costs costs.
Looming mandates continue to create headaches for businesses and already low-income employees. Many businesses, especially restaurants, have reported plans to cut employee hours below the 30-hour threshold. There's also the contraceptive mandate: Not providing abortion-inducing contraceptives carries a much higher fine than not providing insurance at all.
The CBO now says 1 million people will lose their employee-provided insurance next year, thanks to Obamacare requirements. That decreases the number of the newly insured under the Affordable Care Act to 13 million.


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NAMI Comments on the 2015 5-Year NIMH Strategic Plan12/18/2014On behalf of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), I am pleased to offer the following comments on the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) draft 5-Year Strategic Plan for 2015.
"I AM (Still) ESSENTIAL" Coalition Sign-on Letter12/18/2014We, the undersigned patient and community organizations representing millions of patients and their families, are pleased to submit comments in support of many aspects of the proposed rule Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 (79 FR 70673, Nov. 26, 2014)).
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Congress Increases Mental Health Funding in Some Areas2/22/2014The passage of the 2014 omnibus budget bill represents the first time since 2012 that Congress has been able to reach agreement on the annual budget. The 2014 budget agreement (HR 3547), passed last month, was supported in the House and Senate by both Democrats and Republicans. After several years of budget cuts, the budget bill restored funding in some areas and prevented major cuts in others. Below are some highlights from the budget bill related to mental health.
Proposed Rule by CMS Would Wipe Out Critical Protections in Medicare Part D for People Living With Serious Mental Illness1/23/2014
HIPAA Privacy Rule and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)6/17/2013
NAMI's Analysis of President Barack Obama's FY 2014 Budget4/11/2013
FY '14 NAMI Statement to House Labor and HHS Committee3/28/2013
Is your group health plan in compliance with the federal parity law?3/12/2013Mental health parity is the recognition of mental health conditions as equivalent to physical illnesses. Historically, many health insurance companies limited benefits for mental health to a much lower level than those available for physical conditions. With the passage of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) mental health parity is the law of the land.
NAMI is asking for your help to make compliance with the federal parity law a reality.
HUD Announces Awards for 3,530 Units of New Supportive Housing in 13 States2/28/2013On February 13, 2013, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced grants totaling $98 million for 3,530 units of supportive housing for people living with serious mental illness and other disabilities – including people living in institutions and people experiencing chronic homelessness.
A Letter to the President and Vice President12/21/2012It should not have taken a tragic event to stir up a mental health care debate, but it has and America must act.
Help Us Make Parity a Reality!9/25/2012Ask your member of Congress to support a final rule to make parity implementation a reality!
FY 2013 Spending Bills for Mental Illness Research, Services, Housing and Veterans Programs Move Forward6/22/2012Against a backdrop of tight limits on federal discretionary spending and a possible across the board cut looming at the end the of the year, Congress has been moving forward in advancing spending bills to cover federal discretionary programs, including mental illness research and services.
What is the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act and Why is it Important to NAMI?6/22/2012An obscure but important piece of legislation has been moving quickly though Congress in recent months and it offers important promise for helping to accelerate access to new and innovative treatments for serious mental illness.
Support Strong Prescription Drug Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act6/22/2012One of NAMI's strongest allies in the House is leading an effort to press the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to strengthen the scope of prescription drug coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
HUD Issues Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for New Supportive Housing Units5/17/2012On May 14, 2012, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a NOFA for $85 million for the development of new permanent supportive housing units targeted to extremely low-income non-elderly people living with disabilities, including serious mental illness. Read further for details.
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I can't apologize for hating "POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" at Sundance. My grade of 'F' on indieWIRE's CriticWire might have been a bit much, but I have to stand by the fact that it angered and annoyed and disappointed me more than just about any documentary has ever done. Part of me still keeps thinking I'd like to revisit this someday, especially if anything has changed or been added since January. But I doubt I ever will unless I can be strongly convinced to do so. Until then, here's my original review from the festival, via Cinematical, now that it's arrived on home video:
Morgan Spurlock's latest documentary gag, 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,' had a lot of people in stitches at the Sundance Film Festival. I didn't laugh as much as some, but I have to give the guy credit for continuing to bring a humorous and entertaining viewpoint to non-fiction film with his gimmicky experiments. Also, I have to give credit to corporations like POM Wonderful, Ban and Merrill for coming across as very hip brands in the doc, enough that their co-sponsorship of the film has sold me more on specific consumer products than any other recent advertisement I can think of.
The premise this time is that Spurlock wants to expose the out-of-hand practices of product placement and cross-promotional marketing, particularly in film and TV, while in turn admittedly producing one of the most whorish documentaries of all time. Through the film he goes in search of companies that will contribute to its financing as a sponsor. POM takes on the most expensive honor of paying a million bucks to have over-the-title marquee status, while other brands like the Mini Coop and Merrill contribute just enough to be used (and seen) constantly by the filmmaker on screen.
Continue reading at Cinematical
Also at Cinematical, check out my interview with Spurlock in Park City.
"POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Recommended If You Like: Morgan Spurlock; "The Corporation"; the product placement bit from "Wayne's World"
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Passive Aggressive Boy Sh-t starring Sean Penn and Lee Daniels
Last year, Lee Daniels, while defending Terrence Howard, told The Hollywood Reporter that Terrence's misogynistic reputation was not unlike Marlon Brando's or Sean Penn's. Then Sean Penn decided to sue Lee for $10 million for defamation. And Lee was like, f-ck you, everybody's heard all the stories about what you did to Madonna. Full Story
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You know where we are with The Honest Company? They have so many lawsuits that Racked catalogued them -- read it here. There've been serious complaints about the sunscreen, shampoo and body wash, laundry detergent, and now organic baby formula. Full Story
Leo's lawyers work fast
Yesterday I wrote about Leonardo DiCaprio and Don's Plum, the film he shot almost 20 years ago with his boys Tobey Maguire and Kevin Connolly that he and Tobey had blocked from North America. Click here for a refresher. As mentioned, the filmmaker decided to make Don's Plum available online for free. Full Story
Jared Leto vs TMZ
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Actually, that's an incomplete title. The complete title should be: Jared Leto vs TMZ over Taylor Swift How much do you think Taylor loves that Jared Leto is getting legal with TMZ because of her? Jared is insisting that it's more about "morality" but, come on, isn't this about her? Or, more specifically, what he said about her? A quick recap: TMZ posted a video earlier this week of Jared in a studio judgy-momming Taylor's music. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
The Golden Globe nominations are coming on Thursday, exactly one month before the show on January 10, 2016. Lee Daniels could be there to represent Empire. Can someone please invite Sean Penn too?
As you recall, Lee namechecked Sean in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter a few months ago when answering a question about Terrence Howard's reputation. Click here for a refresher. And after all that's been written about Sean Penn over the years, after all the times we've heard about his violent and fisty ways, he decides it's Lee Daniels he wants to go after? Sean Penn is suing Lee for defamation.
On Thursday, Lee countered with a motion to dismiss the suit, with his lawyers writing that he refuses to be intimidated and that what he said is protected by free speech. Lee's motion also cites a number of published articles referring to Sean's "Horrifying History of Alleged Abuse".
"With fame, money and high-priced legal counsel, Penn has the power to buy most things. Fortunately for Daniels, the First Amendment is not for sale. Penn's complaint is merely a blunt force instrument wielded in an attempt to control the narrative of his life and to expunge the alleged misdeeds sensationalized in the press for decades. While Penn may have personally experienced the challenged statement as offensive, he must now demonstrate that the statement is reasonably susceptible to a defamatory meaning. He has not, and cannot. The challenged statement is constitutionally protected opinion, and New York courts have repeatedly emphasized the need to summarily reject defamation claims brought to bully those who dare exercise their constitutional right of free speech."
Did Sean Penn expect Lee Daniels to put his head down and apologise?
Is he prepared to go to trial and have a court analyse Lee's comments, and offer proof that before Lee made those comments, his public image was pristine? Show me, is what Lee Daniels is telling him, chest out, arms wide open.
Yours in gossip,
What happens when Calvin Harris gets mad
About a month ago, it was reported that Calvin Harris allegedly hit up a low budget massage shoppe in LA and people wondered whether or not he was getting a rub'n'tug. Click here for a refresher. The other day, Radar Online, mostly full of sh-t, claimed that Taylor Swift broke up with him because of that visit. Full Story
Justin Bieber confirms it's his penis by threatening to sue over his penis
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Justin Bieber's dick took over the internet late Wednesday and through Thursday. And now he's threatening to sue. The New York Daily News was the first to publish censored photos of JB free-cocking in Bora Bora on Wednesday afternoon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a letter from JB's legal team was sent to the newspaper on Wednesday. Full Story
Sean Penn is not Terrence Howard
Sean Penn is suing Lee Daniels for $10 million alleging that Daniels has defamed him. Here's a quick background: To promote Empire, Daniels was interviewed recently in The Hollywood Reporter and when asked about Terrence Howard being, um, Terrence Howard, and his history of abusing women, Daniels's made a point about how Terrence is being unfairly vilified for it when so many high profile white actors have the same sh-t on their resumés: "(Terrence) ain't done nothing different than Marlon Brando or Sean Penn, and all of a sudden he's some f*ckin' demon. Full Story
Blake & Miranda: his and her cheating rumours
IN TOUCH Magazine is reporting that Blake Shelton and Cady Groves hooked up and that's why he and Miranda Lambert are over. Now Blake is threatening to sue IN TOUCH. According to TMZ, his lawyers have sent the magazine a letter warning that he'll take them to court if they don't retract their story. Full Story
Bradley Cooper: I'm suing too!
Maria just emailed me wondering if Bradley Cooper and Leonardo DiCaprio share the same lawyer. The two are good friends, as you know. And they both date models, as you know. And now they're both suing French magazine Oops! Leo is suing Oops! for making up a story about him knocking up Rihanna. Full Story
Leo sues
Leonardo DiCaprio is suing French magazine Oops! over a story they ran about him getting Rihanna pregnant but that he doesn't want to have anything to do with the baby. According to TMZ, Leo's people contacted Oops! to tell them they were full of sh-t, and the French gossips were like, yeah, we know, whatever. Full Story


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Airdate: Sunday July 18th, 2010
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Writer: Matt Witten
Francesco Quinn
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Robin Riker
As Jody Cargill (Ray's Mother)
Aidan Mitchell
As David Coutler
Beau Garrett
As Bailey Saunders
Casey Sander
As Curt Powell
John Early
As Malcolm White
Josh Randall
As Zach Coulter
Vivi Pineda
As Mandy
William Barnes
As Mail Carrier
Matt Passmore
As Jim Longworth
Kiele Sanchez
As Callie Cargill
Carlos Gomez
As Carlos Sanchez
Uriah Shelton
As Jeff Cargill
Jordan Wall
As Daniel Green
Michelle Hurd
As Colleen Manus
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|Baby Take It
|The beach bar as Jim interviews Kurt.
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|I Don't Know
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|Clifton Campbell
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So, I'm trying to figure this out how this will work. There are going to be 6 access bowls (Sugar, Rose & Orange plus 3 TBD, likely Cotton, Chick-Fil-A and Fiesta) and two of those bowls will host the national semifinal on a rotational basis. The Sugar, when it isn't hosting the semifinal is locked in as the best available Big 12 versus SEC teams. The Rose, when it isn't hosting the semifinal is locked in as the best available Pac 12/B1G team. The Orange, when it isn't hosting the semifinal will be the best ACC team versus ND, a B1G, or an SEC team. However, the B1G and SEC will not send its best available team to the Orange when the Rose/Sugar are hosting the national semifinals. Given that, here is my wish list:
Given geography and football fan followings, the Big 12 provides the best opportunity to fill Jerry World and the one of the best opportunities to fill University of Phoenix stadium. Plus, both the Cotton and Fiesta Bowls are currently affiliated with the Big 12, which should give the Big 12 the inside track on negotiations with those bowls. That is why the selection of the Sugar Bowl as the "Champions Bowl" is brilliant for the Big 12 because it gives the conference a better opportunity to reach secondary agreements with the Cotton and Fiesta, which should be an easier negotiation than the Sugar would have been.
I am hoping that the Big 12 will reach an agreement with the Cotton Bowl that in those years that the Sugar is hosting the semifinal, that the Cotton will host the best available of the Big 12 (hopefully versus the SEC's best available) and will host the second best Big 12 team in years in which the Sugar is not hosting a national semi final. I am further hoping that the Big 12 reaches an agreement with the Fiesta that it will take the Big 12's second best available team in years in which the Sugar is hosting the national semifinal. Or, the Fiesta and Cotton could be reversed in this scenario. Either way, the arrangement would guarantee 2 Big 12 teams in the access bowl line up every year and 3 teams would reach that level in most years when a Big 12 team qualifies for the semifinal. In an extremely rare year, the Big 12 could get 4 in that way if 2 teams qualify for the national semi final. It would actually give a team like Iowa State a chance to play in one of these things eventually merely by finishing 3rd out of a 10 team conference. Plus, with only 10 teams to split the pie, the Big 12 bowl pay out would likely be the largest of any conference on a per team basis.
I know Bowlsby and the Pac 12 have been negotiating with the Fiesta to arrange a Pac 12/Big 12 versus a best of the rest match up. I can't imagine that the Big 12 wouldn't have the inside track on a Cotton contract as well. Exciting times for the conference. Let's hope Bob can get it done!
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SPEAKER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Sanilac County authorities may have found a bison bandit.
Sheriff's deputies were rounding up a dozen bison that escaped Thursday from a farm in Speaker Township.
Undersheriff Garry Biniecki says an unidentified man shot one and loaded it into a livestock trailer attached to his pickup truck.
Deputies started searching for the man after corralling the animals with help from residents on snowmobiles. The Times Herald of Port Huron says the man went to the owner's house Friday and admitted he absconded with the bison. The owner notified sheriff's officials, who were investigating.
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This is such a visually appealing game that I hate to say anything bad about it, but Little Skywire leaves a lot to be desired. The gameplay, for instance, is incredibly simple. You move a little tram forwards and backwards on a cable, watching the patterned movements of the obstacles ahead of you and zipping past them when the coast is clear. What makes it so charming are the fun style and diversity of objects you see along the way. Unfortunately, near the end of the third world, the levels veer into a robotic motif, and the game's charm is lost. Little Skywire isn't even very challenging until you reach the last two levels of the fourth world. These two levels were really neat and suggested that things were about to get interesting, but then you get the message: "Please rate this game, and we'll add more levels." That was the end! For now, anyway, but the game still costs $2. If the developer would be willing to drop the price to that sweet $1 spot or hurry and finish the game, this would be an easy recommendation. Until then, I just feel let down.
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Marine Renewable Energy Advancement Taking Longer Than Hoped
Marine Renewable Energy Advancement Taking Longer Than Hoped
Given the common knowledge that our planet is covered mostly by water, it is bizarre to many environmentalists that marine renewable energy technologies are not receiving more attention and investments towards development. Bloomberg New Energy Finance reports that tidal stream and wave power technologies are taking longer than hoped to develop. The research firm even revised down their estimates for the deployment of tidal stream by 11% and wave power by 72%. By the end of the decade, Bloomberg predicts growth of 148MW and 21 MW respectively- which are trivial numbers when compared to solar and wind.
World's Largest CPV Cancelled As Australia Reviews Policy
Plans to construct the world's largest solar power plant have been cancelled after developers raised concerns about Australia's commitment to renewable energy. Solar Systems Pty Ltd. said that it has suspended its plans for a 100 MW plant in Victoria, Australia. The plant, which should have utilized concentrating photovoltaic technology, would have been three times bigger than any current project. Clean energy developers have expressed concerns about the programs of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, where the Prime Minister was said to have been considering to do away with the country's clean-energy target of getting 20% of electricity from renewables.
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The United Kingdom celebrated the installation of its first 6 MW wind turbine over the weekend, erecting the first of 35 Siemens turbines at the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Upon completion, the wind farm will have a total capacity of 210 MW and produce enough power to provide electricity to around 210,000 homes in the region. The Westermost Rough offshore wind farm is a joint venture project between DONG Energy, Marubeni Corporation and the UK Green Investment Bank.
US Poised for LNG Exports Leadership as Coal Declines
The Department of Energy has recently announced that it had conditionally authorized Oregon-based LNG Development Co., LLC (Oregon LNG) to export Liquefied Natural Gas to countries without a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. The facility is now authorized to ship-out up to 1.25 billion standard cubic feet of LNG per day for the next 20 years, though the project is subject to final regulatory authorization. As more coal-fired plants are shut down, they are often replaced by advanced energy such as LNG. The US Energy Information Agency recently reported that coal imports fell more than 75 percent in the past seven years
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A Map of the Child: A Pediatrician's Tour of the Body
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"A delightful, quirky, awe-inspiring journey . . . Sanghavi is a vivid and effortless teller of human tales and quite evidently a special doctor, too." —Atul Gawande, author of Complications
In this compelling book, Dr. Darshak Sanghavi takes the reader on a dramatic tour of a child's eight vital organs, beginning with the lungs and proceeding through the heart, blood, bones, brain, skin, gonads, and gut.
Along the way, we meet children and families in extraordinary circumstances—a premature baby named Adam Flax who was born with undeveloped lungs, a teenage boy with a positive pregnancy test, and a young girl who keeps losing weight despite her voracious appetite. In a deeply personal narrative, Sanghavi provides a richly detailed—and humanized—portrait of how the pediatric body functions in both sickness and health.
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Fish people were humans who had been surgically altered by Damon to breathe water.
Some of the fish people had scaly skin, large, fish-like eyes, gills and fins. Others had undergone only partial conversion and resembled humans with gills and goggles to protect their eyes.
The Atlanteans ate plankton and used fish people to gather it.
Sean and Jacko convinced the fish people to go on strike as part of the Second Doctor's rebellion against Professor Zaroff. (TV: The Underwater Menace)
The fish people regularly invited River Song and the Doctor to their annual parties. On one occasion in which they accepted, they were dipped in guacamole and tied upside down over a fire pit. After this River dubbed their invitations a trap and always sent them a decline.
Sometime later, upon receiving another invitation, the Eleventh Doctor wanted to attend one of the parties against River's advice. Once again, they were dunked in guacamole and tied upside down over a fire pit while the Doctor mused about how fish people could know so much about guacamole. (COMIC: An Adventure in Brine and Plaice)
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Assessment for Learning (Formative Assessment) is a process used by teachers and students as part of instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students' achievement of core content. As assessment for learning, formative assessment practices provide students with clear learning targets, examples and models of strong and weak work, regular descriptive feedback, and the ability to self-assess, track learning, and set goals. (Adapted from Council of Chief State School Officers, FAST SCASS)
|Intended Purpose
|Assessment for Learning Examples
|To increase students' learning
|Non-graded quizzes, pretests, minute papers, exit tickets, written assignments, concept maps, interviews, progress monitoring, performance assessment scoring guides, weekly reports, focused questions, journals, learning logs, learning probes, checklists, surveys, and item analyses of summative assessments
|To adjust instruction
|To diagnosis student needs
|To improve the instructional program
Research has shown that effective assessment for learning practices have the potential to greatly increase both student achievement and motivation. (See Assessment for Learning Resources) Black and Wiliams (1998) identify the key classroom assessment features that result in these large achievement gains as:
- Assessments that result in accurate information
- Descriptive rather than evaluative feedback to students
- Student involvement in assessment
For classroom formative assessment practices to both motivate students and increase student achievement, students need to know the learning target, know where they are at in regards to the learning target, and know what they can do to close the gap. In Classroom Assessment for Student Learning, Richard J. Stiggins lists 7 strategies of assessment for learning. They are as follows:
- Provide a clear and understandable vision of the learning targets.
- Use examples and models of strong and weak work.
- Offer regular descriptive feedback.
- Teach students to self-assess and set goals.
- Design lessons to focus on one aspect of quality at a time.
- Teach students focused revision.
- Engage students in self-reflection, and let them keep track of and share their learning.
Assessment for Learning Professional Development
The Iowa Department of Education has developed seven online modules for collaborative learning teams. They may be used as part of a building's professional development plan for implementing the Iowa Core, as part of a course syllabus, or independently by a team of 3 to 10 educators to deepen their understanding of formative assessment. They do not require that the team have an expert in formative assessment as a facilitator, but presume the team or facilitator has some experience in collaborative learning.
These modules illustrate the process of assessment for learning and incorporate the following six attributes identified by Iowa educators: learning progressions; clear learning goals and success criteria; modifying instruction based on elicited evidence; providing descriptive feedback; self- and peer-assessment; and creating a collaborative classroom climate. Each module was developed to follow the Iowa Professional Development Model and to include opportunities for understanding theory, engaging with a demonstration, practicing in the classroom, and peer coaching.
The seven modules are:
- Foundation
- Learning Intentions
- Eliciting Evidence/Instructional Modifications
- Descriptive Feedback
- Self-and Peer-assessment
- Collaborative Classroom Climate
- Putting It Into Practice
To access the modules go to http://moodle.aeapdonline.org/. Follow the directions on the page to set up an account. Go to Assessment and then Assessment for Learning. The modules require an enrollment key of AfL_2011.
Formative Assessment Tips
- To clarify the learning targets for students use:
- Examples and non-examples
- Rubrics/Scoring guides
- Test specification guides/test blueprints
- Models
- Invest in the time to teach students the habits and skills of collaboration in peer-assessment.
- Give students time in class to read the descriptive feedback on returned work and to make the suggested changes.
- Ask a variety of open-ended questions that focus on the knowledge, understanding, and reasoning skills expected of students relating to the content of the lesson.
- Provide adequate "wait time" between asking a question and calling on a student to respond. Try counting to 20 after asking each question before you add information or ask for a response.
- Start lessons with a 5 minute Q&A session focused on key words and concepts from previous lessons.
- Use anonymous samples of student work to illustrate strong and weak work. Allow the students to determine the criteria that make the work strong and to provide suggestions for improving weak work.
- Use student-friendly versions of scoring guides often with students. They will become more proficient at identifying their own weaknesses and have a better understanding of what is needed to improve.
- Once students understand their learning goal, student portfolios can promote students' self-reflection. In collecting their work and insights in portfolios, students have the opportunity to reflect on their learning, develop an internal feedback loop, and understand themselves better as learners.
- Design lessons to focus on one aspect of quality at a time. This strategy breaks learning into more manageable chunks for students. Be sure that students know the learning target of the lesson.
- When using a selected-response test, arrange the items according to the learning targets they assess and give students the list of learning targets correlated to the test item numbers. When receiving their corrected test, students identify which learning targets they have mastered and which learning targets they need to work on further.
- Have students traffic light their work (Atkin et al., 2001), marking it with a green, yellow, or red dot to indicate the level of help they need. Allow students with green and yellow dots to provide descriptive feedback to one another, while you provide feedback for students with red dots.
- Have students construct a Mind Map to illustrate major issues around a topic of study.
- Construct models for students of exemplary work and discuss the attributes of the models.
- De-construct standards and benchmarks to identify exactly what the student needs to know and do to reach the benchmark. Use these de-constructed components of the benchmarks when giving descriptive feedback to students.
- Comments focusing on improvements made by a student compared to earlier work leads to increased student motivation.
- A study by Ruth Butler in 1988 showed that learning gains were greater when given as comments only than when only a grade is given or when the grade is combined with the comments.
- Feedback needs to be focused on the learning objectives, rather than on comparisons with other students.
- Give specific feedback focusing on success and improvement, rather than correction or as a re-statement of the learning target. For example, provide "for instances" and specific advice.
- Focus improvement suggestions on closing the achievement gap between current and desired performance.
- Grading every piece of work leads to demoralization for lower achievers and complacency for higher achievers.
- Model effective marking, so that students are trained to be effective self and peer assessors.
- Students need time to make suggested improvements.
- Focus on one or two learning targets at a time when reviewing student work. For example, focus on problem solving techniques in math, paragraph construction in writing, data organization in science, etc.
- Descriptive feedback lets the student know, in relation to the learning objective, what could have been achieved, what needs to be done, and where to go next.
- Students MUST know the learning objectives prior to beginning the task.
- Closing the Gap Feedback Read all of the student's work before marking. Highlight 3 places the student best meets the learning target. Indicate with a star and descriptive feedback where improvement can be made.
- Provide descriptive feedback on student work to identify ways or suggestions for improvement.
- When using peer assessment, focus on only one aspect of the assignment at a time. For example, the peer may look for multiple pieces of evidence, or only grammatical errors.
- Have students peer assess using a few guiding sentence fragments, such as: You did these really well: You could have… Next time you need to focus on…
- Have students self assess using a few guiding sentence fragments, such as: I am please with my work so far, because… Two improvements I've made are… Next time I revise my work, I need to focus on… I would grade myself a 1,2,3,4,5 because I… In order to improve, I need to…
- The three stages most commonly followed by teachers when asking students to self assess their work are: Stage 1 - Students identify their own successes. Stage 2 - Students identify a place for improvement. Stage 3 - Students identify their successes and make an "on the spot" improvement.
- Graffiti Walls can be used for pre-assessment, to assess on-going learning on a single topic, or as an evolving glossary of related terms. The teacher places a large sheet of paper on a smooth surface and invites the students to write or draw what they know about the topic. Students "sign" their work or statements, allowing the teacher to see, at a glance, misconceptions, naïve conceptions, prior knowledge, and new learning targets.
- KWL is a technique used by teachers to assess what students "know," "wish to know," and "have learned about a particular topic." Divide a sheet of paper into three columns labeled K, W, L. At the beginning of a lesson, the KWL serves as a written record of the student's prior knowledge (K) on the topic, and allows the opportunity for the student to note what they desire (W) to know about the topic. Following the lesson, the student self-assesses what has actually been learned (L) about the topic.
- Four Corners is useful as a pre-assessment at many grade levels and in many subject areas. It makes use of a familiar graphic organizer.
- 1-2-3 Summarizers are used as an on-going assessment to help student self-awareness and student planning. Students need some instruction to use them. Example: After reading my rough draft… 1 thing I really like about my first draft… 2 resources I can use to help improve my draft… 3 revisions I can make to improve my draft…
- Windshield Checks are useful during a lesson or unit of study to check for understanding. Example: CLEAR = I get it! BUGS = I get it for the most part, but some things are still unclear. MUD = I still don't get it!
- 3-2-1 Cards are a quick assessment of student learning. Example: 3 things I learned from the states of matter lab… 2 questions I still have about states of matter… 1 way I see matter changing state…
- Minute Papers or Exit Tickets are generally written on half sheets of paper or index cards. The student is directed to write one or two important concepts from the day's lesson. They are generally completed within the last few minutes of class or at the end of a lesson and handed to the teacher on the way out the door.


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