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Disease's grim warning put her on the path to good food, good exercise and better health
This month marks three years since I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I was grossly overweight and had been told a couple of years earlier that I was prediabetic, meaning if I had overcome my denial, I might have avoided the disease. But I didn't, and the diagnosis was a frightening turning point, complicated by my being a food writer. How could I do my job yet take control of my health?
Well, I figured it out. By December of that year, I'd taken off 60 pounds, which have more or less stayed off. I continued to write my blog, San Diego Foodstuff, and wrote many food stories. I shed a plus-size wardrobe and got a lot of enjoyable attention from friends. And, my latest checkup and blood work last month shows I'm in control and in good health.
In some perverse way, that diagnosis was the best thing that ever happened to me because I knocked off living slothfully and got active. I stopped eating anything and everything that came my way and became more thoughtful about portion control and the quality of my diet. If I was to have a future that didn't include the loss of my feet, my vision, kidney functions, or having a stroke or heart attack — all associated with diabetes — I had to take extremely good care of myself.
Getting there — and staying there — has been quite the journey. It involved joining Weight Watchers online, taking nutrition classes to learn about the best diet for managing diabetes, reading nutrition labels, and exercising daily — in my case on my treadmill. It also involved a lot of tears of frustration along the way. I had a mini meltdown at a Trader Joe's early on in my label-reading days, when I was fed up with putting back every package of food I used to love because it was too high in carbs or fat.
But I learned and adjusted. In the process, I discovered that I'm actually giving up very little in return for a wonderful, healthy life. It takes portion control, reducing the amount and type of fats consumed, learning about carbohydrates, regularly weighing myself to stay accountable, and a lot of exercise.
There are tools to help with all this. Weight Watchers is good because you can track all the food you eat — even if it isn't labeled — and you have to weigh in. There are apps like Carbs-Control for carbohydrate counting to help track those numbers, too. Depending on what your doctor or nutritionist tells you, you may have to limit your carbs to 35 grams a meal. It doesn't matter if it's pasta or an apple, a cookie or sweet potato; carbs are carbs.
At first it seems like everything but green food is bad for you. You'll figure it out and you won't be limited to just green salads. And you'll teach your family and friends, who will want to help, but get it wrong. They'll substitute, for instance, a piece of pie they're serving with a big bowl of fruit that you can't have, either, since fruit can be high in carbs. Educate yourself and be strong in doing what you have to do.
You'll learn to pick and choose from options that are good and better where carbs are concerned. Whole wheat pasta and breads over conventional products. Brown rice over white rice. Sourdough bread (it has a low glycemic count thanks to the lactic acid that ferments the dough) over a white flour baguette.
You may have to say goodbye to pizza and french fries unless you can control yourself enough to have really small portions. But you may find yourself falling in love with kale chips and whole grains, new ethnic foods and fresh berries. Once I discovered I had to limit my intake of fruit, I discovered I loved taking bites out of the perfect sweet Honey Crisp apple or juicy peach. It became a treat. In a sense, you have to adopt the philosophy of Stephen Stills: "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with."


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As an open-source software company, Red Hat Inc. is rooted in values: The company was founded in 1996 upon the belief in the free and open exchange of ideas.
To follow through on that commitment, the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company hires and assesses employees based on how well they match up with the company's values. In the past year, however, the company has re-launched its recruitment strategy with more emphasis on values and greater customization to its unique culture.
Since Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. began promoting corporate culture as a source of competitive advantage—along with a defined mission and adherence to values—other companies have struggled to get their arms around these concepts. Yet, too many leaders create mission statements or value propositions and just hang them on the wall, says Ann Rhoades, author of Built on Values: Creating an Enviable Culture That Outperforms the Competition.
To truly operate as a values-based company, says Rhoades, a founding executive of Southwest and New York-based JetBlue Airways Corp., leaders must incorporate values into every area of operations, including hiring.
"Hiring is not just about competencies," Rhoades says. "It's about understanding a values match by building a model that outlines the behaviors associated with corporate values and assessing candidates for those behaviors."
RedHat began drafting that model in earnest about three years ago. And although the company had used behavioral interviewing for years, leadership sought to codify the behaviors that most exemplified the "Red Hat Way," as corporate culture is known—in part to improve new hires' chances of success in the quirky open-source environment.
The company created a new competency model that gives equal weight to an individual's ability to execute and influence, says L.J. Brock, senior director of global talent acquisition and infrastructure.
Represented as two halves of a sphere, the execution side includes functional skills and problem solving, while influence includes core behaviors closely linked to the Red Hat Way. The model guides a four-step interview process, each tied to a quadrant of the sphere.
Interviews are carried out by members of a team selected by the hiring manager and include peers as well as supervisors. Peer interviewers make a significant difference in the quality of hires, Rhoades says. "They're tougher than HR people are."
Values-based hiring can affect candidate sourcing as well.
"We have a better understanding of what we're looking for and can pre-screen candidates more holistically against all four pieces of the pie," Brock says.
Potbelly Sandwich Works in Chicago and Sunnyvale, California-based Juniper Networks Inc. are among the companies committed to integrating values into the recruitment process. Claire Domark, director of recruiting for the sandwich shop chain, finds a values-based approach makes her job easier.
"We try to source candidates from venues and other companies with similar values, and the approach has made the selection process clearer in identifying candidates to move forward," Domark says.
Fast-growing Juniper Networks, which has boosted its headcount by more than 22 percent to 8,700 people in the past year, is piloting values-based hiring processes in Bangalore, India.
"We are upping our game to be much more explicit about what the best talent for Juniper looks like," says Greg Pryor, vice president of leadership and organization effectiveness, adding that the computer network infrastructure provider operates in 70 countries.
Juniper has worked with Rhoades to help define its values and identify four to six behaviors that exemplify each value in action.
"We kept asking ourselves whether it is possible to hire, observe, reward and coach these behaviors," says Pryor, who notes that recruiters give equal weight to technical competence.
Along with hiring, values guide Potbelly's employee assessments. For example, coaching is a core company value, because it hires a large number of entry-level employees.
A manager might be asked to describe a time when he or she invested extra time or resources to develop an employee. This feeds into another value: promotion from within. Upholding company values accounts for as much as 40 percent of the evaluation.
Values-based recruiting benefits companies seeking to hire so-called "A players," Rhoades says. "Retention goes up quickly, because you know who you're looking for, and that in turn bumps up employee referrals."
Juniper also is looking for shortened time to productivity. "We are good at finding the best technical expertise, but our challenge historically has been cultural fit," Pryor says.
Brock describes a similar challenge, saying, "We have a markedly different culture at Red Hat; it is a focus of our business mission and it is felt on a daily basis."
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Your team can't read your mind
You may know what you want to achieve this year, but does your staff know what must be done to get there and how to do it? Successful leadership requires the ability to effectively communicate expectations and the willingness to provide sufficient autonomy, writes Douglas R. Conant, former president and CEO of Campbell Soup Co.
The first step in leading your team toward your desired accomplishments is to engage them in a conversation about the start point, the end point, and how to move from one to the other. Get their input and you're more likely to get their commitment. At Campbell Soup, Conant used a "balanced scorecard" to spell out the expectations, accomplishments and objectives. To identify the way in which employees were supposed to reach their goals, he used a leadership model that delineated six expectations.
Next, it is vital for you as a leader to "declare yourself," Conant writes. Explain the code you live by, your values and why you care about your work. Then, you have to "walk the talk," follow through on your words and accept accountability. This work is never done.
"People lead complicated lives and aren't hanging on your every word or the company mission statement. You have to become a broken record of your expectations of the organization and show people why it is relevant and how it works in specific ways," he writes.
While spelling out your goals and expectations, you have to be careful not to strip employees of their autonomy. Workers need flexibility and freedom to work in ways that best suit them. You have to be consistent, but that doesn't mean you can't be adaptable. Allow yourself the freedom to be wrong some of the time.
"The one thing I know is that whatever decisions I make, they will sometimes be wrong. So, when I declare myself, I acknowledge that at some point I will make a mistake," he writes. "Making this room for yourself, being flexible, does not say that you don't know what you are doing. What it does say is that you know exactly what you are doing and, because of this understanding, you know everyone makes mistakes ... the fittest leaders are those most capable of learning."
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Tripoli, Libya -- Libya's official state news agency says gunmen have kidnapped two Italians working for a telecommunications company in eastern Libya.
The agency reports their driver says masked gunmen forced the Italians out of the vehicle at gunpoint on the road between the cities of Derna and Tobruk on Friday.
A colleague tells the agency the abducted worked for a private cable company that does works for the Communication Ministry. The motive for the kidnapping isn't clear.
Elsewhere, a military official says three soldiers were killed in clashes in the restive southern city of Sabha, a stronghold for former loyalists of late dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The official says four soldiers were wounded in clashes that continued for the second day Saturday after an earlier truce failed.
Earlier this week, fighting in Sabha killed 31 people. The city was one of the last to fall under rebel control during Libya's civil war.
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Todd Gilman, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, has an interesting article on the difference between computer literacy and research literacy, and what that means in terms of pedagogy. He suggests that there is often a disconnect for students between these two skill sets, and he suggests how we might address this: both in the classroom, and in library instruction sessions. One way? Integrate the library instruction session into the classroom with an assignment:
Reinforce the lesson with an assignment. Devise a for-credit assignment that echoes what you and the librarian have shown the students. It should emphasize key distinctions that they often forget, such as the need to search the online catalog for books but library databases for articles. You might also incorporate a component that challenges students to evaluate the quality of information they find, such as comparing the top results returned by a keyword search in Google with those returned in Academic Search Premier with the peer-reviewed box checked. Which results are more authoritative, and how can students tell?
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text: by providing an emotional intermediary that salvages the power of fear and love but dispenses with the liabilities of both: the hatred generated by fear; the fickleness invited by love. But charisma serves this purpose only by introducing opacities and misunderstandings of its own. Thus I have suggested, albeit briefly, that trust would be a much better emotional vehicle for the discussion of leadership than charisma.


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Microsoft will seek to draw more people to its Internet-based services with two new mid-range smartphones.
The devices unveiled Thursday are under the Lumia brand Microsoft bought from Nokia. They run the latest version of Windows Phone 8 and feature Cortana, a Siri-like voice assistant available to help with directions, calendar appointments and messages. Many of those interactions will steer users to Microsoft services such as Bing search and OneDrive storage.
Chris Weber, Microsoft's vice president for mobile devices sales, said consumers should feel comfortable about storing their personal pictures on OneDrive, despite recent hacks exposing celebrities' private pictures stored on services such as Apple Inc.'s iCloud.
''I think we have to amplify the message around security regarding these cloud services,'' Weber told reporters.
To this end, Microsoft is also giving users more control over the kind of information - friends, diaries, home address - that the Cortana voice assistant will have access to, he said.
Microsoft bought Nokia's phone business in April as it seeks to boost Microsoft's Windows Phone system, which has had little traction compared with Apple's iPhones and Google's Android system. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has made mobile phones and Internet-based services priorities for the company as its traditional businesses - Windows and Office software installed on desktops - slow down or decline.
Microsoft's new Lumia 730 and 830 phones won't have all the technical advances found in Microsoft's pricier flagship, the Lumia 930 phone, which is known as the Lumia Icon in the United States. The 730's rear camera takes 6.7 megapixel shots, while the 830 is 10 megapixels. By contrast, the 930 phone is at 20 megapixels, one of the highest in a smartphone.
The 830 has a 5-inch screen and will cost about 330 euros ($435) before tax, compared with 440 euros for the Samsung Galaxy S5 and 515 euros for the iPhone 5.
The 4.7-inch 730 will cost 199 euros. It will have 3G connectivity and slots for two SIM cards, an important feature in emerging markets where wireless plans vary widely such that users switch services often to get the best deals. A 4G version will be known as the 735 and will cost 219 euros.
Microsoft, which bought Skype three years ago, is also throwing in three months of free international voice calls with every new purchase.
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IBM Champion program
By Joyce Davis
I've had the pleasure of working with the IBM Collaboration Solutions community for many years. It's been inspiring to see how much time, effort and resource community members put into growing the team of Lotus and WebSphere Portal experts, sharing their technical knowledge, and providing feedback that helps us improve our products. We now have an IBM program to recognize and reward our top community members for their outstanding contributions!
Overview: The IBM Champion program has been extended to include clients and partners in the IBM Collaboration Solutions community. The program recognizes exceptional contributors to the technical community who work alongside IBM to build solutions for a smarter planet. Champions can be found running user groups, managing websites, speaking at conferences, answering questions in online forums, writing blogs, submitting wiki articles, sharing how-to videos, and writing technical books. The IBM Champion program recognizes and thanks these innovative thought leaders, amplifying their voice and increasing their sphere of influence in the technical community.
Benefits: In addition to merchandise customized with the IBM Champion logo, individuals receive:
Nomination process and eligibility: Self nominations and nominations by proxy will be accepted online through May 15, 2011. A panel of IBMers will evaluate each nominee's contributions over the past 12 months, considering community impact, expertise, and overall community contributions, both in terms of quality and level of participation across a wide variety of activities. Nominees will be notified by IBM if they are selected. Although IBM employees are not eligible for the program, they are encouraged to nominate deserving partners and clients.
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What's it like to be a dancer? How are a dancer's steps made? And what non-dance-related factors — chance, love affairs, even public events — wind up shaping a dance career?
Those questions and others are addressed in Jérôme Bel's one-man show "Cédric Andrieux."
The solo performer in "Cédric Andrieux" isn't Bel, but Andrieux himself, a 36-year-old former dancer with Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Lyon Opera Ballet.
In a quietly confiding deadpan tone, Andrieux tells us where he was born (Brest, France) and how old he was when he decided he wanted to become a professional dancer (14).
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Alternating between reminiscence and dance demonstrations under stark lights, Andrieux is the whole show. Those may seem like thin ingredients for an 80-minute performance. But from the moment Andrieux steps onstage, it's clear he has a knack for doing more with less — and for finding humor in the process while he's at it.
The purest instance of that: when he recalls a day job he had as an artist's model.
"You'd better take a pose that you can hold comfortably," he warns, "because pretty soon it becomes painful."
To demonstrate, he adopts a pose — a standing-leaning position — that he holds for what, in stage-time, is an eternity, his eyes growing brighter and wider with discomfort. When he finally unfreezes, he wraps things up with a wry "And so on."
Dance geeks, of course, will want the inside scoop on what it's like to have Cunningham set dance steps on you. Andrieux doesn't disappoint — but he does make it sound like a bit like an awkward, painful game of Exquisite Cadavers.
First the legs are put through an unnatural series of steps and pivots. Then some seemingly incompatible torso-bending is added in. Finally the arms are given their own far-flung things to do.
End result: Something that's pure Cunningham, but with a startling clarification of what the building blocks are that make Cunningham's movement so distinctive.
You don't have to be a dance geek to enjoy the show. It works well as an illumination of the hard work, frustration, boredom, depression, physical pain and absurdity that are part of any life and career. Fulfillment, when it happens, is an intermittent state, not a constant.
From the outset, Andrieux downplays any natural dance talent he had as a child, revealing that his first dance teacher's immediate thought, when he turned up in her class, was: "All right — it will be good for his personal development."
If he truly did start with so little promise, he more than made up for it. The Cunningham passages he performs, along with excerpts from works by Trisha Brown and French choreographer Philippe Tréhet, are deftly and beguilingly delivered.
Bel's role in shaping the show is more difficult to gauge, since the stage action springs so entirely from Andrieux's body, words and experience. But the show's very minimalism — its hushed understatement and its sharp focus on the bare-bones practicalities of a dance career — indicate an offstage artistic voice that's as potent as Andrieux's.
In addition to full-length performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, On the Boards in an unusual move is presenting a 50-minute version of "Cédric Andrieux" geared to children ages 9 and older at 4 p.m. Sunday. If you have a dance-disposed youngster, you may want to check it out.
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Dr. Gary Adler, the Institute's Director of Research and the driving force behind the selection of Plumleigh Speakers, sat down recently with Dr. Richard Madsen following his presentation to talk about his work, his relationships with other sociologists, his faith, and more.
It's clear that your relationships with what we as sociologists would normally call our "research subjects" is more involved than is typical. Is that important to the way you do your research, those relationships?
As a sociologist you want to kind of detach because that gives you some objectivity, and also you want to help not just the broad general public, but help people to understand themselves better. People ask you what you think and I'm happy to engage in dialogue. I see social science as a dialogical enterprise, not simply getting some data and then using it, but having a real interpersonal exchange.
You worked very closely with Prof. Robert Bellah, one of the most distinguished and admired sociologists of religion in our time. Bob died this summer– something I feel was a tragedy for the discipline and for American religion in a broad sense. Can you tell us about your relationship with him — both personal and professional?
What can I say? You know, he could be very down to earth and very funny. One thing I wrote about in this little memorial I wrote for the Hedgehog Review, the coming issue, was, just before he died, he wrote us. We were all going to meet together and he told us he had to have this operation and the doctor said it was probably going to be okay. "But," he said, "just in case I die, you know, I'm really ready for it, I've learned all this from my inward stoicism and my studies of Zen and so forth, and I'm quite good in the face of that." So he was ready for it. Except, we weren't! That was the problem.
He actually talked about dying a number of times. We had a number of meetings where he would bring this up. We had a very memorable meeting in Germany to discuss part of the drafts of his book [Religion and Human Evolution], around this issue of the so-called "Axial Age." And he had this meeting in Erfurt, Germany, where Max Weber was born, and it was organized by Hans Joas, a social theorist from Germany. Charles Taylor was there, and Habermas and Eisenstadt. It was really quite a big thing.
But then, too, Bellah talked about dying and about his work and how he'd had a very good life and how he made contributions and so forth. He'd like to have lived a few more years but he felt very fulfilled. And that meeting was really special [because] the level of conversation was very good. It was a very high level.
When we finished our books [Habits of the Heart, The Good Society], or when we would have our meetings, he would have these dinners – this was an important part of our academic enterprise – at least one very nice dinner. So we'd go to a place like Chez Panisse in Berkeley, and there was a place over in San Francisco, run by the Pacific Zen Center, a place called Greens. Some of the very nice times were these very wonderful meals – not just the food but the conversations, people getting really worked up over stuff. That was really fun. They were these celebratory moments.
Bob was a very good listener, so when we had our meetings, it was really a dialogue. He allowed people to talk and didn't try to impose his views on people. It was a really genuine, collective meeting of the minds. And in my experience in academia, people who really do that are kind of rare.
We met for all these years – 35 – and it was involving friendship and it was really good. So I've tried in my own modest way to learn from him and model myself a little bit after him.
During your talk you made a comment about being able to understand the Chinese Communist Party because you understood the Catholic hierarchy! That comment was intriguing to me because many scholars talk about the need to shed their identity. Can you say anything about that?
Some people have said that Habits of the Heart is a very Catholic book. And actually it was used a lot by Catholic bishops, when they wrote their 1986 document on the economy. And it was picked up by a lot of Catholics, because it has a kind of a corporate vision, that we're not just these isolated individuals, that we're part of a larger community a larger whole. And that's a big part of Catholic teaching.
It kind of gets into your bones, versus the Protestant individualism, you know, "me, God," that sort of thing. And there's this Catholic code that Charles Taylor and Bellah wrote about. Bellah was actually Episcopalian, but he liked the Catholic vision because he was close enough to it. The issues of authority and sex–he couldn't go there. I guess I can't either! I guess I define myself as a bad Catholic.
George Orwell said you couldn't be a religious person and a good novelist, except, if you were a bad Catholic you could be a good novelist. He was thinking of Graham Greene, actually. Well, the same is true for a sociologist. Maybe you can't be a good Catholic and a good sociologist, but you can be a bad Catholic and a good sociologist. Maybe that's good.


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Writing last about the "war against the Common Core," I suggested that those English language arts and math standards arrived with four main assets. (In case you're disinclined to look, they boil down to rigor, voluntariness, portability, and comparability.)
Let me now revisit a fifth potential asset, which is also the main reason that small-government conservatives should favor the Common Core or other high-quality "national standards": This is the best path toward getting Uncle Sam and heavy-handed state governments to back off from micro-managing how schools are run and to return that authority to communities, individual schools, teachers, and parents.
It's the path to getting "tight-loose" right in American K-12 education, unlike NCLB, which has it backward. (I refer to the well-known management doctrine that large organizations with many parts should be "tight about ends, loose about means.") The proper work of conservatives going forward is to stop doing battle with the Common Core and instead do their utmost to ensure that the "loose" part gets done right. This could also be the path toward a viable political compromise on NCLB/ESEA reauthorization.
Some on the Right don't yet see any need for compromise because they expect to be in the driver's seat in both houses of Congress and the Oval Office after November. Maybe that will happen. Maybe John Kline will have his way in the 113th Congress and at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., meaning that future federal K-12 dollars will be turned over to states with essentially no strings attached.
But I wouldn't stake our kids' future on the election working out that way. And even if it were to, there's never yet been an ESEA reauthorization that wasn't bipartisan to some extent. Which suggests to me that compromise is going to be needed and "tight-loose" is the right basis for it.
Here's the core proposition: If all U.S. public schools embraced the same rigorous standards (for their curricular core), were assessed on the same tests, and had their results made public via a transparent system, then everybody would know how their own schools are doing and could decide for themselves whether to (a) leave things be, (b) demand a makeover, or (c) move their kids to other schools.
Communities would have grounds to rally in support of their schools, to fire the school board, to encourage charters and other innovators and entrepreneurs to arrive, etc. State-level voters would have grounds to fire the governor or legislature at the next election and to vote for higher or lower education taxes in the next referendum. Employers would know where to locate their education-intensive plants and offices and where to avoid. Philanthropists would know where to invest—or not. Reformers would know where to intervene with what. Above all, parents would know how content (or not) to be with the schools attended by their own kids.
Uncle Sam could then cease and desist from telling states and districts how to run their schools, how to "qualify" and evaluate their teachers, how and on what to spend their money, what to do about low-performing schools, to whom and how to provide choices among which sorts of schools and how many of them, etc.
But "loose" isn't going to happen all by itself. Literally hundreds of federal programs (starting with but by no means limited to Title I and IDEA) will need to be reshaped by statute (or consolidated or abolished) for "loose" to work.
The brainpower and policy energy needed to prepare for that enormous undertaking isn't going to be available if conservatives in the education space spend all their time battling against the "tight" part of the deal.
Remember, too, that "tight" is voluntary and should stay that way. No state needs to buy into the Common Core or the assessments now under development—as Education Secretary Arne Duncanunderscored in a letter this week to Utah's state superintendent. (An important question for potential compromisers, however: If a state doesn't accept "tight," how much "loose" does it get and on what basis?)
Let me restate the essence of the compromise I'm suggesting: If everybody's schools use the same academic targets and metrics to track their academic performance—duly reported by demographic subgroup, perhaps by individual classrooms, too—and if everybody has access to this information via a transparent reporting system, a powerful case can be made for getting "big government" to back away from managing schools. This case would be strengthened further if the education dollars—from every source—also accompany individual pupils to the schools they actually attend. Then those schools can and should be freed up to "run themselves" in the ways that matter most: budget, staffing, curriculum, schedule, and more. They can decide for themselves whether to pool resources for various external purchases and back-office operations (and where to obtain those). They can also decide for themselves what to teach on top of the "common" standards in the same or additional subjects. Schools will be freer than today to specialize in, say, art/music, STEM, technical-vocational education or history and literature.
This will lead to an overdue revolution in school governance at the state/local level, too, not just in Washington. The role of districts will change dramatically, at least in states that see this through to its logical conclusion. And the demand for outstanding building-level school leadership will soar.
Yes, this could all happen without the Common Core per se. It could be pegged to other widely agreed-upon academic standards and assessments—if such existed. Nor does any of this mean that the standards and assessments should come from the federal government. The tight-loose "compromise," however, is mainly about the terms accompanying future federal K-12 funding and will need to be incorporated in some workable fashion into federal law.
This will, of course, be attacked from both sides. Some conservatives, as noted, will insist that the voters will soon vindicate their preference for restoring control and authority to states and districts with no expectation of common standards or tests. Some liberals will hate the "loose" part because they don't trust states, communities, or schools to do right by kids and will therefore want continued heavy regulation from Washington. (How well has that worked, folks?)
But that's the sort of "nobody's pleased" situation that creates the possibility of compromise. Which would surely be better than today's reauthorization gridlock cum waivers of dubious constitutionality (and continued heavy-handedness).
Compromise means everybody yields some of what's important to them in return for getting (or keeping) another part that would be jeopardized if they didn't also yield. It's a term that's fallen out of use in Washington of late. Can it return to favor in federal education policy in 2013?
– Chester E. Finn Jr.
This post originally appeared on Fordham Institute's Flypaper blog
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The math standards are still 2 years behind the top performing countries. You call that quality?
This has nothing to do with standards and everything to do with turning these kids into community organizers.
Follow the money Chester. You made a BIG mistake and instead of digging in, you should be apologizing to everyone who once respected your commitment to your principles.
Who is funding this?? Bill Gates. Who is he in partnership with on this? UNESCO Look at the contract he signed.
What organization is he funding? Nellie Mae. What does Nellie Mae intend to do to reform education? Transform students into community organizers. Nellie Mae put it out there and works in conjunction with Brown Univ. Annenberg Foundation. Connect the dots to ACORN.
Marc Tucker spelled it all out years ago in his letter to Hillary Clinton. Look at the congressional testimony by Dennis Cuddy on Marc Tucker. http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com/OtherPDFs/Hyde_Cuddy_testimony.pdf
They played you. They used the classic Delphi Technique on you and you fell for it.
This was never about standards. Look at these grant foundations and what they are pushing. Outcome Based Ed. Constructivism, Standards Based grading.
NOTHING that focuses on academic excellence.
Look at what your own math prof. said about the SBAC. Less emphasis on math skills and more on communication.
How much longer are you going to ignore what is going on and continue to defend this nonsense?
Great post! The tight-loose approach has been used on a smaller scale in high-performing schools for years. Start with clear, measurable learning outcomes for each course, allow the instructor the freedom as a professional to creatively teach those standards in whatever way best reaches the students, and then use consistent end-of-course assessments to test for student growth.
It seems contradictory, but by tightly coupling around the Common Core, we actually liberate teachers, schools, and districts from the cumbersome and highly political responsibility of choosing curriculum and allow them to focus their energies on providing outstanding learning environments.
I don't understand why folks on both sides of the isle aren't more excited about this!
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Ke$ha's Song "Die Young" Pulled From Radio Following Sandy Hook Massacre
December 18, 2012 04:10 PM by Donna W. Martin
Following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary that killed twenty children and six adults, X Factor guest star, Ke$ha's song "Die Young" has been removed from radio playlists. Keep reading for more details.
According to Entertainment Weekly, "Die Young" was topping the charts at number three when the Sandy Hook massacre occurred. And afterward, it didn't take long for the song to plummet to the bottom. Considering the senseless loss of life and the tender ages of the victims, it's obvious nobody wants to hear a song about dying young.
On Friday, after what FBI profilers say was "considerable preparation," 20-year-old Adam Lanza smashed his computers and killed his mother by shooting her in the head four times while she slept in her bed, according to The Lookout. And then he proceeded to Sandy Hook Elementary with a stockpile of weapons and ammunition where he shot and killed another twenty-six people that included twenty children and six adults.
Although Lanza destroyed his computers with a hammer and a screwdriver, the FBI's Computer Analysis and Response Team are working around the clock and are hopeful they can find some information that would suggest why Lanza would carry out such a heinous crime, especially on young innocent children.
As the Sandy Hook community and the nation at large grieves for those who were lost on Friday, and try to cope and make sense of what has happened, the last thing we need to hear on the radio is song lyrics about dying young.
Our thoughts, prayers, and deepest condolences are with everyone affected by the Sandy Hook tragedy.
What do you think of Ke$ha's song plummeting from the charts? Do you agree with the decision to pull the song from the radio? Post a comment and let us know.
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37 Responses to "Ke$ha's Song "Die Young" Pulled From Radio Following Sandy Hook Massacre"
Jamie Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
I'm glad!
That was a POS song!
Cassie Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Yes, I do believe that it was right to puul Ke$ha's song. No one wants the reminder of dying you.
CCsongbird Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Keisha's song should not be played anytime, anyhow. There is enough violence out in this world without adding negative fueling to those already fragile minds. Music should be uplifting, not dark and destroying.
Tiffany M Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
No. I don't agree with it. This song came out long before the shooting. Also keep in mind that if a song got pulled everytime something tragic happened there would be no music! I do however agree that alot of music and movies influence people to create heinous acts but I don't believe that is the only source of the problem!
ken Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:24 pm
it is not ke$ha falt that she was going to sing that die young song for the killing of those kids its the person that organized the concert.
jubilee Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:31 pm
DAmmit—im SICK OF DEATH BEING GLORIFIED–yes these "ARTISTS" DONT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBLITY for this krap that goes over the airwaves. .. it isnt the GUNS, its what you FEED YOUR MIND with.Get out of the GOTH styles as well with THE skulls and lots of black year around! People, LISTEN UP: this has been going on since the late 1960s at least. If people want to go into the NEO PAGAN rant of CHILD SACRIFICE and ultra drug use, do NOT do it over the 'free airwaves'. There are TOO MANY out there who are taking these songs SERIOUSLY and have since at least the 1990s when these SHOOTINGS STARTED TO HAPPEN. dont forget: many of these boys were raised in DAYCARE when they needed to be with grandma and mom, daycare is insane: 3 women for 20 kids under the age of 3. Stay home and let your husband/ DAD learn to work for the family
Cat Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
This is ridiculous, the song has nothing to do with death. The entire world doesn't need to stop turning over one tragedy.
Celine Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
I agree with it. It's a stupid song and was already overplayed.
Kendra Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Hell no i dont agree and this is not right or fair to Ke$ha or her fans.
amy billings Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
yes i agree totally that ALL radio stations who were airing it should remove it and burn it. I mean for starters the titled is soooo wrong, and i thought that on X factor when she sang it.. I am so not impressed her.
Please keep it off the air, mostly out of respect for the newtown Ct..shooting and out of respect for the families n friends..
Erik Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Maybe pull it for 2 days or so…i mean–Did they pull all the rap songs that talk about pulling out a gun and killing people?
Mike Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Unfortunate timing for the song to come out. Sure it was a catchy tune for teens of this generation to listen and dance to, but it's kind of sad that because of something that should never have happened, pop culture is being affected.
barbara orcutt Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:44 pm
I personally have not heard the song, but I like kesha and so do my granddaughters, but I guess if you're going to pull that song then you have to get rid of The Band Perry's song "If I die young" too. I think all songs should be pulled if you target just one person that talks about dying young. Just my opinion.
Alex Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Good this song needed to taken off the radio because ever since this song came 2 of my best friends died. One was on September 25 2012 and just recently December 15 2012. They were only 16, two kids in 3 months how. Every time I hear this song it reminds me of them not alive and I cry when I hear this song when I think of them.
TAYLO Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
you gotta be kidding me!!!
look Im really sorry about what happened up in CT, but pulling a song off a playlist because it contains the lyrics "Die Young" in it??
Im no fan of Ke$ha but christ people…get a fricken grip…
Ben Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
I like that song, but I can completely understand removing it from radio. After all, if anyone cares to listen to it they can still download it, buy it on CD, or listen to it on youtube.
dcb315 Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Will they pull "Only The Good Die Young" Such a tragic loss of life. My prayers go out the families and everyone affected by this senseless crime.
Look at all the movies and songs that are about death and all the violence in those two generas. If your gonna pull that one song by Kesha
then you should shut the airwaves down!
dj Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
that is ridiculous
lukas ciura Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:50 pm
i knew this song was fucked up
Scott Colby Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:52 pm
You have the right to free speech as long as your not dumb enough to actually try it. Glad the conservative republicans can ban what they learned offends them while saying they are the defenders of freedom AND blame those darn Democrats for taking away their rights.
Joe Dugan Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 5:57 pm
This is not the first time. Back in 1999, "Everybody's Free (To wear Sunscreen) was abruptly pull off the radio after the Columbine Shootings.
Dani Becker Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:02 pm
It doesn't seem reasonable.
Jordan Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
I don't agree. I really love the song, so I don't think it should have been pulled. It's an upbeat song and when I listen to it, it just makes me wanna get up and dance. It's a party song, not one that will make you think about the deaths of those innocent children. I'm sad about that and my thoughts are with those families and the town, but I still don't think the song should have been pulled.
Katherine Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
This is so stupid. Ke$ha's song isn't saying anything bad. All it said is that we should life our days as if we will die young.
Rex Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Don't stop there pull all of them, alone with video games, movies and all other things that are not of Jesus Christ teaching.
Patrick Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:20 pm
I think the song plummeted down the charts because they people actually listened to it.
J. T. Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:36 pm
That song is about ENTERTAINMENT and PARTYING too hard, which leads to DYING YOUNG. Nothing to do with anything in the Sandy Hook Tragedy (may they rest in peace.) What we should pull from the psychotic public is guns. Thank you, listen to lyrics, other than the part where she says Die Young! Music has nothing to do with this tragedy…
christine Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:45 pm
i think it was kinda stupid to make that song right before. But still, she didn't know.u can't blame her.
Nicole Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:47 pm
That is totally ridiculous to pull this song. If ANY song should've been pulled, let's try "Pumped Up Kicks". Yes, it was tragic. It's also tragic that hundreds of children are murdered each year in this country. Where's the outrage about that? This country kills me the way it picks and chooses whose deaths are important.
Nick Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:48 pm
The song isn't even about dying young… This story and the reasons behind it are such garbage. Get some reference into the material before posting on this comment wall. Oblivious people…
clyde Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:49 pm
people it's been enough. get over it already. move on.
Mike Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 6:51 pm
This is ridiculous. Let's just blame everything except the person. Everyone wants to ban guns, ban songs…..you know what? Death is a natural part of life. Everyone dies. I've been listening to thrash, speed, black & death metal for over 25 years. I don't own a gun. I've never killed anybody. Christians are looney people with a mental illness. They talk to themselves and pray to a fairy tale. They force those fairy tales on their children. They want to force religion into schools and teach fairy tales to young impressionable children. Learn to cope with death and the fact that each of us will one day die in one way or another. Stop the witch hunts. One person mentioned goths. LOL!!! Really? So now all "goths" are suspected mass murderers? Our country is so fucking stupid that it bewilders me how common sense is simply dead in the USA. Blame everyone but the culprit. How about Lanza's mom. Took her troubled son to a firing range, yet told baby sitters not to turn their back on him? She epitomizes STUPID! There is NO WAY to prevent every tragedy and stop everybody from dying. OK, now excuse me while I go puke….
DUHHH! Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
WOW get over it people! We cant do this to every song when people die. I know its hard and sad kids were gone. I would stilll listen to that song and blast it everywhere because its a SONG!. ………GET OVER IT! so does this mean with every song with DIE should be taken offf?
Ivy Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
either way Ke$ha sucks.
anonymus Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 8:11 pm
If you don't like the fact that the song has been pulled from the radio, go get the CD. Personally, I don't listen to her music, but I feel the right decision was made
DJ Patrick SD Says:
December 18th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
We are (without a doubt) living in the "AGE OF IGNORANCE", BUT the Song… is METAPHORICAL! METAPHORICALLY, We die everyday! Does ANYBODY understand ART anymore? IS IS SUPPOSED to be a Song about LIFE and the HUMAN CONDITION. GOD help Planet Earth in the Modern Day. Please PEOPLE WAKE UP! And use the CAPACITY your CREATOR has Blessed you with. IF WE don't figure it out soon, WE are headed for the World that is portrayed in the movie "IDIOCRACY", think about it. KESHA, on behalf of the Artists and Musicians of the world, I'M SO SORRY that you have to deal with this. ALWAYS LOVE.
Faiza M Says:
December 19th, 2012 at 1:36 am
This is a very poorly written and slanted article. If you want to write about Ke$ha's song getting pulled off the radio airwaves then talk about that but do not say what you think pulling it off the airwaves indicates.
In case you're wondering a news story is supposed to state facts of a particular event and incident. Even if it is editorialized then there is at least there are facts backing this up. All this article focuses is that no one wants to hear a song because of it's title. Other articles about this same story mention why the song was pulled because the name of the title could offend those that lost their children. Moreover, they mentioned the idea behind the song from Ke$ha as living life to the fullest which is nowhere mentioned in the article. Honestly, your article proves that really anyone can write a blog entry unverfied information.


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Long story short I helped deliver 8 tiny little puppies for the anxious owners who are happy that their mama is recovering. I feel rather honored at the fact that I helped bring these babies into the world.
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Pump Technician – Production Systems (Lloydminster) (23377) Lloydminster, Canada
One of the largest oilfield services companies, Weatherford operates in more than 100countries and employs more than 50,000 people worldwide. With a product and service portfolio that spans the life cycle of a well— drilling, evaluation, completion, production and intervention— and a robust research and development effort, we are well positioned to meet the ever-evolving needs of the oil and gas industry. Turn to Weatherford for attentive service and Tactical Technology™ designed to maximize the value of your oil and gas assets. The change will do you goodSM
Weatherford Production Systems in Lloydminster, Alberta is recruiting for a Pump Repair Technician.
This position will be responsible for learning all components of the business which includes the repair and refurbishing/ delivery of PC Pumps, as well as learning "inside sales" and "warehouse" duties. This person will become familiar with the subsequent procedures and operations and will initially work under the supervision of an experienced employee. The specific requirements for successful competency at this job level will include a willingness to become oriented and becoming proficient in the repair of downhole pumps and delivering quality service to customers in the oilfield industry.
Prior Oilfield experience is preferred however this is also an excellent entry level position for a mechanically inclined candidate as on the job training will be provided. Duties will correspond with candidate's level of experience.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform basic job tasks or procedures in the shop relating to assembling, disassembling, refurbishing and testing of pumps to both WFT and external customer specifications
- Inside sales of oilfield parts and other related equipment
- Handle customer service inquiries, relating to billing and general information, may perform invoicing duties
- Warehouse duties including deliveries and general housekeeping
- Safely operate various pieces of equipment
- Compliance with all Weatherford safety regulations and company policies
- High School Diploma or equivalent work experience
- Mechanically inclined
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Early this afternoon there were 5 Buff-breasted Sandpipers present at the Harley's sod farm northeast of North Branch, specifically in the field on the north side of 400th street, 0.6 miles east of Hemingway Ave. (opposite a dried-out field). There were also 30 Killdeer here, and 3 Baird's Sandpipers in the dried-out field. Scope is recommended.
Earlier I had observed 10 warbler species in Anoka county, migrants included 1 adult male Northern Parula, two Tennessees, and 4 Nashvilles. 1 "Brewsters" type hybrid was seen, it resembled Sibley's illustration of "Brewster's backcross adult male", but had the full Golden-winged Warbler wing-panels - a very striking bird.
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I can only imagine what this does to your body. The passes out several times. Amazing stuff.
I saw the blue angels last year at the quad cities airshow. That's a good time but bring your sunscreen.
Blue Angels will be in St. Cloud June 26-27.
My personal favorite
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YouTube- Blue Angels Solo: 3 Days - 3 Sneak Passes
That guy's ego was writing checks his body cant cash!
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Since 2002 the US government has presided over one of the most dramatic financial bubbles of all time: the bubble of the military-industrial complex. (A few will remember that Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans about this in 1961.) This bubble, like all others, will pop, and it looks to be deflating right now - as we have pointed out vociferously. The amounts of money that have been spent in the past decade can only be characterized as obscene. But the point that really matters is this: Military spending is just part of the bubble. The military-industrial-intelligence-law enforcement
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As first reported on Tuesday (January 25), METALLICA has announced the details of the U.S. leg of the "Big Four" tour, which unites Eighties thrash metal legends METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX on stage for the first time. Disappointingly, however, there will only be a single North American gig for now, on Saturday, April 23 at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California — the same location where the Coachella festival takes place every year.
During an appearance on yesterday's edition of "The Kevin & Bean Show" on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM (106.7), METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich explained the decision to play only one U.S. show, stating, "Let's take baby steps here. We did seven or eight ['Big Four' dates] last year, we're doing one show in England and one show in France [this year]."
The "Big Four" tour first played selected dates in Eastern Europe last summer to an fantastic response, which led to the scheduling of shows this year in the U.S. and the U.K. There's no word yet on whether more "Big Four" events are in the works.
For more information about the show, including ticket pricing and transportation information, check out TheBig4Festival.com. The two-disc DVD release of "The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria", containing footage of the June 22, 2010 Sonisphere cinecast from the Sofia, Bulgaria leg of the "Big Four" tour has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies. (Note: Due to the fact that the set consists of two discs, it was eligible for platinum certification after shipping 50,000 copies; platinum certification for a single-disc release is 100,000 copies.) "The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard "Top Music Videos" sales chart in November with first-week sales of 22,000 copies. The set also debuted at No. 1 in Canada, the U.K. and Austria, while entering at No. 4 in Germany.


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The Rush University Medical Center/John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County integrated fellowship training program in allergy and immunology offers two-year, ACGME-approved positions to physicians who have met requirements for certification in internal medicine or pediatrics.
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As we wait for the winter months to give way to springtime (and, of course, SXSW), we're previewing four bands that are perfect for those chilly days spent indoors away from the harsh cold temperatures. Today's Four on the Floor features four SXSW Showcasing Artists that fall under the chillwave category, where heavy use of synthesizers, samples, and filtered vocals come together to create soothing and relaxing sounds.
The easy-going synth-pop sound produced by Small Black has certainly evolved since their 2009 self-titled debut EP. The Brooklyn foursome moved beyond the DIY vibes of the band's earlier releases on their newest album, 2013's Limits of Desire, with sophisticated production and the addition of live drums, electric guitar, and trumpet.
RIYL: Porcelain Raft, Beat Connection
Undoubtedly one of the more "chill" sounding artists coming to SXSW, Quiet Kids is the soothing electronic project of Andy Pena, a member of indie rock band Dignan. Pena will be bringing his comforting blend of ambient and indie pop from McAllen, Texas (just north of the Mexican-American border) to Austin this March.
RIYL: Washed Out, Twin Sister
Intertwine started in 2006 when founding member Tarjei Zakarias Ekelund began creating his own tracks from his bedroom, intertwining piano, trumpet, and ethereal vocal sounds together. Now a duo that has integrated bass and synth into the mix, Norway's Intertwine recently signed to Brilliance Records. See them perform at Norway Night during SXSW Music on Friday, March 14th at Icenhauer's.
RIYL: Teen Daze, Slow Magic
Easily the most upbeat band featured in today's post, Pompeya combines funky new wave-influenced beats with dreamy vocal and synth melodies. Although this Moscow band often comes across as funky, they still produce music that creates a nice chill disposition for the listener. They will be performing at their first SXSW Music Festival in March.
RIYL: Neon Indian, Cut Copy
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Must-Read: Lose That Post-Vacation Weight
So, you went on vacation. And you got fat.
This is nothing new or surprising. When you take a break from the ordinary stresses of everyday life and your job, and head across seas or to some other sun-heavy, beach-laden community, you are going to eat like crazy and guzzle down drinks like it's goin' out of style. And everything is fine and grand, and you think nothing of it. Until you get off that plane, back to your place, and get ready for work and notice, hey, this suit doesn't fit like it used to. In fact, you don't even need a belt.
Which means, it's time for the not-so-fun part of the weight boomerang, the part where you lose that weight you gained over vacation. Luckily, there are some tips you can do that will get rid of that slob fat quickly, including a bunch over at this article at AskMen.com. For instance:
Go to bed a little hungry
I mean a little hungry; I do not mean starving.
You do not want to let yourself get too hungry during the day, or come dinnertime, you'll be so starving, you'll plow through food like the apocalypse is imminent. This is called "night eating syndrome," and it's a common trait among the obese.
The trick is to stay properly fueled throughout the day so you don't totally lose it later on. Eat a moderate dinner, and stop eating after that. This is going to bed a little hungry.
Again, before bedtime is really the only time it's OK to be hungry, because overnight your appetite resets, and you start off with a clean slate of eating a good breakfast the next morning. Just don't be so hungry that it affects your sleep or that you need to get up and eat in the middle of the night.
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Do you keep your letterbox locked? Do you change your computer passwords and bank account PINs often? If you don't you may fall victim to identity theft.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that in 2007 there were over 620,000 victims of identity fraud and identity theft in Australia. (ABS Statistics 4528.0, Personal Fraud Australia, 2007)
Identity theft is where someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in a way that involves fraud or deception. Typically, it's when a criminal steals or comes into possession of your personal information such as your name, passwords, credit/debit card details, address, date of birth, bank account, drivers' licence etc and assumes your identity to commit fraud.
There are a number of different ways scammers can steal your identity. They can easily get a lot of personal information about you from:
- your wallet or purse;
- rummaging through your rubbish; or
- stealing your mail.
If you use online banking you should be particularly careful. Scammers sometimes send emails pretending to be from your financial institution asking for your account details and passwords. Or they can use software to spy on your computer.
Case study: Private Tim Jones' email
One day Private Jones received an email that seemed to be from his bank asking him to re-confirm his personal details and re-set his password. Private Jones had never received a request like this before but thought it was a good idea and the email looked real after all.
After clicking on the link in the email he was taken to a plain-looking website where he was supposed to enter his details. Alarm bells rang and he decided to phone his bank to see if the request was legitimate. They informed him that it was a scam where criminals collect your personal details and passwords so they can access your money in your account.
The bank also confirmed that they would never ask someone to provide personal details through an email.
Ways you can protect your financial identity.
- Check your credit report at least once a year. This way you can make sure no-one is using your name to borrow money or run up debts. You can get a free copy of your credit report from Veda Advantage and Dun and Bradstreet.
- Thoroughly check your account statements and make sure you receive all expected mail such as statements and bills. Follow up any unfamiliar transactions on your bank account statement by contacting your bank or financial institution. A missing letter could indicate that a thief stole the letter from your letterbox or changed your billing address.
- Destroy personal information – don't just throw it out. You should shred or cut up old bills, account statements or cards to prevent scammers from getting hold of your personal information.
- Lock your letterbox. Make sure that you have a secure lockable letterbox. Check the letterbox regularly and remove mail shortly after it has been delivered. If you are going away ask a neighbour you can trust to collect your mail for you or ask the Post Office to keep it for you until you get back.
- Make your passwords for online activities such as banking, hard to guess. Use combinations of letters, numbers and punctuation for your passwords and change them frequently.
- Never put financial information (such as account numbers, credit card numbers, PINs or passwords) in an email. Email is not secure. Scammers can intercept your email, find out your email address and guess your online email password.
- Never do internet banking on public computers. Public computers may have less security than your own and the details of your activities may be stored.
- When you use a secure website on your computer, such as your bank website or your email, make sure you always log out fully.
- Disable pop-ups in your browser so that scammers cannot install a keylogger program on your PC. Most internet browsers let you block pop-ups by selecting 'Turn on pop-up blocker' or a variation of this term under the 'Tools' or 'Settings' menu.
If you think your identity has been stolen…
If you think your identity has been compromised you should contact the following organisations:
- Your financial institution to report any unauthorised transactions
- Your local, State or Territory police
- Your local Post Office to see if your mail has been diverted to another address
- A credit reporting agency to let them know your credit report may have been compromised.
For more information about identity theft and other types of scams visit
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There are two versions of Sho available; one built on IronPython 2.6 and one built on IronPython 2.7. Depending on your usage scenario, you will want one or the other; the information below will help you decide.
Sho 2.1 on IronPython 2.7*
This is the version you'll want if you plan to use the Python Tools for Visual Studio IDE for Sho, and/or you want the latest version of IronPython (2.7). Note that since this latest version of IronPython is distributed from codeplex under a different license, this version of Sho does not ship with the IronPython bits; you'll have to install IronPython 2.7 (from codeplex) separately before installing Sho. An advantage of installing IronPython in this way is that the Python standard libraries will be available to you as well. Note that if you're planning to use PTVS you need to uncheck the option in the 2.7 installer for the Visual Studio components; that option conflicts with PTVS.
Installer for Sho 2.1 on IronPython 2.7 (requires separate IronPython 2.7 install)
Sho 2.1 on IronPython 2.6*
This version is fully self-contained, in that the essentials of IronPython 2.6 are included (just binaries, not the standard libraries; if you want the latter you'll need to do an install of IronPython 2.6 from codeplex and point your Sho path to the libraries). This is the version you'll want if the IronPython 2.7 license on codeplex is not compatible with your needs. This is also the version you'll want if you want to use the HPC or Azure packages for Sho - we'll be upgrading those in the near future to work with both versions, but for now they will only work with the IronPython 2.6 version.
Installer for Sho 2.1 on IronPython 2.6 (self-contained)
OS: Windows 7, Server 2008, Vista, or Server 2003.
Dependencies (Sho 2.1 for IronPython 2.6): .NET 4.0 or higher.
Dependencies (Sho 2.1 for IronPython 2.7): .NET 4.0 or higher, IronPython 2.7.
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I just heard Oklahoma State offered SCC Player Norvell Arnold. We should have signed him!
We are after a better player right now than Arnold. We could have had him. Hopefully WIlkins comes through. Otherwise you are right.
Nobody but HB knows for sure. You pretty much know nothing....like Knownothing would like to say.
why not wilkins and arnold? arnold won 2 regional championships in a row and the word here in burlington is wilkins is going to IU. we will be stuck with phillips and clyburn who's won nothing. rutgers also offerded arnold we should have sign him he's a winner!
How can we sign him as of now we have no spots for him.
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Hey, thanks for the info. Can you tell us more about Arnold's game? If I remember correctly he is 6'6 and plays the three?
Lets sign more threes.. We need a couple. I would just forget about signing guards.
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It seems like all we get anymore are SF's. We need more guards by far, point or shooting. I like Oliver, Ejim, possibly Elgin Cook in 2011.
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Hey, thanks for the info. Can you tell us more about Arnold's game? If I remember correctly he is 6'6 and plays the three?
He's a tweener, don't think he is high-Major....Clyburn won the match-up against him handily.
Arnold lead SCC to 2 regional championship in a row and he's ranked higher and will be first team all-america. all Clyburn and Phillips did was put up a bunch of shots on a losing team. Arnold has a better all around game than Clyburn, that's why the program is in the shape it's in now bad recruiting we need winners!
We have a ton of players on this team who have won a lot at their prior stops. I've been critical of the coaching staff but they have every right to build their program the way they want to.
There must have been a reason he wasnt offered by ISU. His name was being talked about earily in the season.
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