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Standardized testing in schools is about to get a lot more personal — for teachers, that is.
Annual teacher evaluations based in part on student achievement that are now required by state law carry serious consequences for teachers, including who gets laid off as schools continue grappling with tight finances.
"We're a little nervous about them," said Sue Federico, a third-grade teacher at Fruitport's Edgewood Elementary School. "We're scared."
School districts are putting final touches on evaluation forms that will classify teachers in four categories — highly effective, effective, minimally effective and ineffective — based on administrator's classroom visits, teachers' continuing training and ability to meet goals they set for themselves.
Districts will be forwarding to the state lists ranking teachers by name, into each of the categories — lists that are expected to become public.
Student achievement is the component of evaluations that teachers are most concerned about. The evaluations will measure achievement of each teacher's students at the beginning of the year, and compare it with follow-up measures at the end of the year. The amount of student growth will count for 25 percent of the evaluations by 2013-14, and 50 percent by 2015-16.
"What really concerns us is some students have a very, very difficult time learning," said Federico, president of the Fruitport teachers union. "I don't care what you do, stand on your head, dance a jig, for these kids the progress will not be there... and (teachers) will look like we haven't done a thing."
• Must be conducted annually beginning this year. Teachers with three consecutive highly-effective annual rankings can be evaluated every other year.
• Must rank teachers as highly effective, effective, minimally effective or ineffective.
• Growth in the teacher's students' achievement must be part of the evaluation. A variety of assessments can be used to measure that growth. The evaluation must be based on the most recent three-year consecutive assessment if they're available.
• Student growth and assessment data must comprise 25 percent of the evaluation by 2013-14, 40 percent by 2014-15 and 50 percent by 2015-16.
• Likely will include teacher's teaching skills, classroom management and effectiveness of discipline, rapport with parents and other teachers, ability to withstand the strain of teaching and attendance and disciplinary record. These, along with student growth, are all factors schools must consider when deciding which teachers will be subject to layoffs and which to recall from layoff.
• Each evaluation must include specific performance goals for the following year, any recommended training to assist in meeting those goals and "ample opportunities for improvement."
• Each evaluation must include classroom observations that include a review of the lesson plan, how state curriculum standards are being used in the lesson and a review of pupil engagement. Multiple observations are required of teachers who don't receive effective or highly effective rankings on their two most recent evaluations.
• Teachers who receive minimally effective or ineffective rankings must be given mid-year progress reports with an improvement plan including specific goals and training for the remainder of the year. Progress toward set goals must be made within 180 days.
The state's evaluation requirement, which was included in "Race to the Top" legislation passed during former Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration, marks perhaps lawmakers' most intrusive move into local control of education to date. A series of laws passed this year dictate much of how teachers will be evaluated, what they will be evaluated on and also how those evaluations will drive decisions on who districts will lay off and recall from layoff.
The bottom line is that teachers' performance on their evaluations, and not seniority or tenure, will determine their job security.
"People are a little nervous," said Sally Purchase, a Muskegon High School art teacher and president of the teachers union. "I think teachers are just so beat down … People almost are looking at it like well, one more thing. It's like no matter what you do you can't fight it anymore."
Helping students grow
As a whole, area superintendents say they agree with the idea of the annual evaluations that look at goal setting and helping teachers achieve those goals.
"I think it's certainly appropriate," said Mona Public Schools Superintendent Dave Peden. "We've probably been lacking in evaluations over the years."
Legislation approved this past summer prevents the evaluation process from continuing to be the subject of bargaining between teachers and administration. It required that teachers and administrators work together to develop their own processes, within legislated framework.
"I'm excited that we have a tool to evaluate our teachers that helps them grow, and ultimately helps students grow," said Fruitport Community Schools Superintendent Bob Szymoniak.
Fruitport will evaluate teachers based on their ability to help meet school-wide goals — goals set by teams of teachers they are assigned to and their own classroom goals.
"Now teachers have to bring evidence of what they tried to do, and its effectiveness," Szymoniak said.
Teachers presenting their own evidence of growth among their students — a component of the evaluations — gives them some control over the evaluator's conclusions.
"We're giving teachers an opportunity to demonstrate their effectiveness," said Oakridge Public Schools Superintendent Tom Livezey. "I think it's absolutely necessary to measure whether students are learning in the classroom."
But making sure assessments are fair and accurately measure student growth is not so easy, Livezey said.
"I'm not real excited about having to base teacher effectiveness off a mathematical formula," he said. "Teaching is much more complex."
Superintendents universally say they don't want teachers to view the evaluations as a "gotcha," but rather a way to help them improve. Still, Livezey knows that's a tough sell, saying teachers are feeling "anxiety about how the data is going to be used."
"There's that fear (among teachers) that we can't bargain this, what is the superintendent going to do?" Livezey said.
Because teaching is so complex, Spring Lake Superintendent Dennis Furton said administrators need to figure out a way to capture the other aspects of student growth that can't be measured with test scores, such as problem-solving, collaboration, leadership and character.
"There's a lot of things you're trying to grow in children that don't measure when you bubble answers on a test," Furton said.
Classroom observations
State guidelines dictate that evaluations are partially based on multiple classroom observations by the evaluator — usually a principal or assistant principal — that consider the teacher's ability to engage students, how state curriculum guidelines are being used in lessons and classroom management.
"We've come up with a pretty good plan, and everybody agrees there should be a good evaluation process," said Purchase, who called the plan Muskegon reached "mutual and amicable."
Download a .pdf of the teacher evaluation form that will be used by Ravenna Public Schools: Ravenna evaluation.pdf
Teachers and administrators say they're pleased with the formats they've chosen, mostly based on either one of two well-known and researched texts widely used by educators. (Robert Marzano's "Classroom Instruction That Works" and Charlotte Danielsen's "Framework for Teaching.") They say they're intended to support teachers, not tear them down. The state law requires administrators provide to teachers who receive less than satisfactory evaluations appropriate training and "ample opportunities for improvement."
In many schools, the evaluation process already has begun, with principals meeting with each teacher to discuss their goals and "personal growth plans."
"I think teachers are excited about really doing some reflecting and setting some goals for themselves," said Holton Public Schools Superintendent Ann Cardon.
A report released last week by Communities for Teaching Excellence called for better teacher evaluation systems, and recommended many aspects that Michigan has included in its requirements. The report also referenced several studies, including one conducted this year that found 75 percent of teachers preferred that principals observe their classrooms frequently and provide feedback.
"It's a strain on the administrators," North Muskegon Public Schools Superintendent Curt Babcock said. "However, it's a very important piece of what we need to do. Our staff deserves that feedback."
Results of teachers' annual evaluations — specifically, their rankings as highly effective, effective, minimally effective or ineffective — will have significant repercussions. Here are some of them:
• When considering layoffs, administrators must keep higher-ranked teachers over lower-ranked ones, regardless of seniority or tenure. Rankings, and not tenure or seniority, are to be considered when recalling laid-off teachers.
• A teacher with three consecutive ineffective rankings must be fired.
• Evaluations must be a "significant factor" when schools determine teachers' pay.
• To receive tenure, teachers must have effective or highly effective rankings on their three most recent evaluations and be employed at least five years. If the three rankings are all highly effective, a teacher may be granted tenure after four years of employment. Previously, teachers only had to be employed four years to receive tenure.
• Rankings of teachers will be open to public scrutiny. School districts must send a list to the state naming teachers under each ranking by spring of 2012. The state is expected to make summary.
• Beginning in 2015-16, parents must be notified in writing the summer before their child is placed in a classroom of a teacher who received ineffective rankings on the two most recent evaluations. The notification must name the teacher and be delivered prior to July 16.
For some principals, the evaluations will add a "ton of work" to their already busy lives, said Dave Sipka, superintendent of the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District.
"I think what's happened with our Legislature is some of their ideas are theoretically good, but how they can be put into practice will be the challenge," Sipka said. "That's all good stuff but it's time consuming. I think it's great I think it will take us to a new place in education."
Meeting the evaluation requirements will add considerable work for principals. Several districts are providing iPads for principals to use during classroom observations, and the MAISD is helping with computer software that will organize evaluations.
Administrators themselves also will be evaluated annually. Those who conduct teacher evaluations will be evaluated based on random samplings of their teacher evaluations as well as their school's progress on its improvement plan, pupil attendance and student, parent and teacher feedback.
"There is no place for anyone to coast in any profession," Reeths-Puffer High School Principal Dan Beckeman said. "I welcome accountability."
That accountability stretches all the way to the evaluation process itself. Though administrators and teachers worked over the summer to perfect their evaluation "tools," the Michigan Department of Education will come up with its own tool next year. If districts' tools don't measure up to the MDE's, they will be forced to use the state's version.
Identifying success
Teacher evaluations carry serious consequences. Teachers — and administrators for that matter — with three "ineffective ratings" in a row must be fired. In addition, state law requires that districts figure out a way to tie job performance, presumably that measured by evaluations, to "compensation and additional compensation."
Parents must be notified if their child's teacher has had "ineffective" rankings on his or her two most recent evaluations. And to receive the added due-process protection that tenure provides, teachers must have effective or highly effective rankings on their three most recent evaluations.
The gravity of the evaluation process and the power placed in administrators' hands could stifle some teachers from speaking out if they see wrongdoing on the part of principals, teachers said.
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Ross Holliday, a language arts teacher at Holton Middle School, said he has a master's degree in educational leadership that makes him a candidate for a principal position if he wanted one. But he questions whether he, with his background in English, would be very good at critiquing the performance of science teachers, for example.
"That's kind of scary," said Holliday, who is vice president of the Holton teachers union and emphasized he has confidence in the administration in his district.
"I can certainly see where that would be a concern at other districts if you have a principal who's not really well-versed in how to evaluate teachers," he said.
The mere prospect of having to undergo annual evaluations could prompt some struggling teachers to "select out" of the profession, or even decide it's time to retire or find another profession, teachers and administrators said. There also is some concern that the pressure could lead to some cheating on student assessment scores.
But evaluations aren't just going to serve as a way to root out ineptness or focus on areas of needed improvement. They also will shine light on teachers who are doing everything right — those who can mentor others, said Oakridge's Livezey.
"We need to identify where success is happening also," he said.


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International Women's Day: Wise Women the World Should Listen To
On this 101st International Women's Day, here are the voices of some women the world should be listening to:
Anjali Appadurai led a mic check from the stage at the Durban climate talks urging climate justice:
Author Naomi Klein spoke with Occupy Vancouver in December about the Occupy movement:
Naomi Klein interview with Occupy Vancouver from Ian MacKenzie on Vimeo.
Leymah Gbowee, co-founder of the Women's Peace Network in Liberia and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, speaks with Laura Flanders about the successes of the LIberian women's peace movement:
Water rights activist Maude Barlow talks to Laura Flanders about the water crisis upon us:
This longer video shows long-time peace activist Kathy Kelly sharing some experiences in Afghanistan:
In this talk by activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, she states, "Greed has become a poison for this planet."
Receiving the ILO Decent Work Research Prize, Professor Jayati Ghosh calls for an urgent shift in economic policy to reduce inequality and address the needs and aspirations of working people.
Here's Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom explaining the concept thinking behind the tragedy of commons and how to go beyond it.
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Cool Idea: Conquer Cable Cords With Beads
While there are many ways to hide your cable cords, this is perhaps the cutest one I've happened upon so far. It's also a really cheap option for adding a little decorating power to something that's most definitely an eyesore.
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Good morning from Des Moines. We are 22 days out from the Iowa caucuses. We here at Good Morning Iowa are always open to news tips, suggestions, and praise…critiques too. Thanks to the other morning notes that this takes much of its inspiration from. We love all the suggestions and tips we have received over the past few days. Keep them coming.
Rick Santorum is the only candidate in the state today. He'll make stops at the Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, the Cornell College Thomas Commons in Mt. Vernon, and he ends the day in Cedar Rapids at the Linn County Republican Christmas Party.
Weather: It's much warmer today! It's 41 degrees right now and should stay that temperature throughout the day. Bring an umbrella in case it rains this morning.
Make sure to read The Note: If Newt Goes Up, Must He Come Down? http://abcn.ws/uWUj8m
This is the front page Des Moines residents are wake up to today: http://bit.ly/dpztgW
What's In The Register?
Jason Noble (@jasonnoble1) has a front page story looking back at Saturday Night's debate sponsored by ABC News, Des Moines Register, Iowa GOP, and WOI-TV. He also looks forward to next week's Fox News debate and has a day two assessment on how all the candidates did Saturday night:
The Republican presidential candidates who walked off the canvas Saturday night after a bruising debate in Des Moines won't have much time to catch their breath before Round Two. The bell rings again on Thursday for one last nationally televised forum before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, this time in Sioux City. In the next-day analysis on Sunday, the consensus was that Newt Gingrich emerged relatively unscathed, that Michele Bachmann may have improved her standing and that Mitt Romney did the most damage to himself, by offering $10,000 in a rhetorical wager with Rick Perry….The ABC News/Des Moines Register debate was among the more contentious the candidates have engaged in so far in an election season largely defined by multicandidate forums. Front-runners Gingrich and Romney traded jabs all night, while second-tier candidates like Bachmann and Perry punched upward, trying to land a blow and win some attention. More here: http://dmreg.co/w3mHU9 Noble also has all the key debate exchanges all in one place: http://dmreg.co/u4pNvs
Kathie Obradovich (@KObradovich) has a fascinating interview with Rick Perry for her "Conversations with the Candidates" series. Perry tells the columnist that he's a "new candidate" since he's recovered from back surgery in July. You can watch the full interview on Iowa Public Television: www.iptv.org
"My back is great, I'm back running again for the last six weeks so I think part of the reason you've seen a somewhat different candidate on the debates is that my health is, really both physically and mentally, just really back in the game from the standpoint you have a fusion on your back and it takes you a while to get back on your game," he said. I asked him if he wasn't feeling well during the early debates. Perry and his campaign were downplaying the effect of the surgery as recently as a month ago. But today, he acknowledged it took a toll. "I would suggest to you I was pretty fatigued," he said. "But no excuses, it was there, it's what it is and, look, if anybody's looking for a perfect candidate I'm not it. If they're looking for the perfect debater, if they're looking for someone that is going to have the answer to every question and never make a mistake, I'm not their candidate." I also asked Perry why he didn't take that $10,000 bet that Mitt Romney offered in last night's debate. Perry still thinks he was right about what Romney's book, "No Apologies," originally said about his Massachusetts individual insurance mandate being a model for the national plan. (The Washington Post's Fact Checker has said Perry's wrong about that.) But, he said, "I don't have $10,000 to bet and I was a little shocked, frankly," he said. He called it a "clarion moment" in the debate."…That's just a lot of money for most people and I guess not for Mitt," he said. http://dmreg.co/szzm97
Timmy Talks: Albrecht's (@TimAlbrechtIA) insight and wisdom for the day… today with an Elf reference!
Multiple campaigns have told me they have half the 1,774 precinct leaders they need going into caucus night. The last-half sprint is on, and the mad scramble begins to have all of them in place by Jan. 3. This is telling, as it means support for the candidates is beginning to solidify, and once voters are locked in, there is little hope they will change their mind. It's like in "Elf," when the sleigh's engine couldn't get started until it had enough Christmas cheer. These campaigns are feeling a lift in their caucus sleighs as Iowans begin fueling that caucus rocket, all the way to Jan. 3.
Watch ABC's Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) on GMA this morning reporting on the fallout from the debate and Romney's $10,000 bet: http://abcn.ws/tVPbFP
Talking about the debate: It was the most watched debate of the primary season drawing 7.58 million total viewers.
Gingrich: Craig Robinson (@IowaGOPer) at The Iowa Republican writes Gingrich needs more than strong debate performances to win here, he needs to campaign harder in the state.
From the start of the campaign, we all expected Gingrich to do well in the debates. And while he has not disappointed in that regard, the issues on which he is currently being criticized are all issues that give conservative voters pause. Gingrich is having the kitchen sink thrown at him, and while the gang-tackle makes sense with the caucuses just being weeks away, the various candidates and organizations that are attacking him are also willing to do so because they know these are issues that will move voters because they have hurt him earlier in the contest…Gingrich might have defended himself well on the debate stage, but it may not ultimately matter. The barrage of ads that are running against him will make an impact on the race. His Republican candidates don't necessarily need to beat him up when they seem him in person on the debate stage since they are spending millions of dollars beating him up on television…The best way for Gingrich to defend himself in advance of the caucuses is to aggressively campaign in Iowa. There is no better way to deal with a slew of negative ads being run against you than standing in front of Iowans and taking these issues head on. There is no doubt that Gingrich is skilled enough to do it, the question is whether or not he is disciplined enough to do it. He also has an assessment of how all the GOP candidates are doing at this point: http://bit.ly/rv4AYI
Dems Speak: The Iowa Democratic Party is putting out a fundraising mail trying to raise money over Romney's $10,000 bet gaffe while promoting their Twitter hashtag #What10kbuys at the same time by listing what $10,000 could buy in Iowa including 3,125 gallons of gas, a year's worth of mortgage payments on an average home, and 1,666 pork chops on a stick at the Iowa State Fair.
At the debate in Des Moines this Saturday, we saw yet another blatant example of just how out of touch Mitt Romney and the rest of the GOP field are with middle class Iowans. In an exchange about flip-flopping on his own Massachusetts health care plan, Romney bet $10,000 he was right…In the blink of an eye, Romney bet more than two months salary for the average Iowa family. This comes from the same Mitt Romney who declared this summer at the state fair that "corporations are people" and who thinks that a $1,500 tax break for working families is just a "little Band-Aid." Mitt Romney may think that $10,000 is just chump change, but to most Iowans, it's a heck of a lot.
Romney: Reporting from New Hampshire, ABC's Emily Friedman has what Romney's wife, Ann, said to him after the debate.
"Actually after the debate was over Ann came up and gave me a kiss and said I was great and she said there are a lot of things you do well, betting isn't one of them," Romney said during a press conference after a town hall this afternoon in Hudson. Pressed as to whether he regretted making the wager or whether it was the largest bet he's ever made, Romney responded, "That's all I've got," and laughed. http://abcn.ws/w46Jxn
Gingrich vs. Romney: ABC's Amy Walter (@amyewalter) has some great analysis on the rivals just three weeks out from the caucuses: On top of the polls and riding a wave of momentum from his strong performance at Saturday night's ABC-Des Moines Register debate, Newt Gingrich is now the clear front-runner for the GOP nomination. And, for the first time this year, the "steady as she goes" Mitt Romney campaign looks off-balance. Even so, the consensus among the handful of top Republican strategists whom I reached out to Sunday was that Romney remained the odds-on favorite for the nomination. The biggest reason: Gingrich himself. As one long-time Republican put it, Gingrich "can self-destruct on a dime." Another wrote in an email, "Newt would truly be changed if he didn't mess this up." That said, Gingrich has time on his side. Between now and the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3, there is one more debate and then a dead zone of at least a few days around Christmas. A compressed window means fewer chances to make a big mistake or for the weight of his baggage to catch up with him. Most agree that Romney can't simply wait for Gingrich to self-destruct, but they also acknowledge that the Romney campaign has few good options. Must read here: http://abcn.ws/w3q5QA
Perry ABC's Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) reports Perry used Romney's 10,000 bet debate slip up to string out a day's worth of criticism Sunday including releasing a new minute long web video, called "Truth Cannot Be Bought" highlighting Romney's $10,000 wager while also calling "Romneycare a losing bet for America." http://abcn.ws/vDgH8g
"After an event at a coffee shop in Ames Sunday," Saenz reports. "Perry told reporters Romney's $10K proposition was mere 'pocket change' for the Massachusetts governor, and in a Fox News Sunday interview, the Texas governor characterized Romney's proposition as "out of touch" with ordinary Iowans. "I was taken a little aback. Driving out to the station this morning, I'm pretty sure I didn't drive by a house that anyone in Iowa would even think about that a $10,000 bet was even possible, so a little out of touch with the normal Iowa citizen," Perry said. "He was the only candidate in the Hawkeye state Sunday aside from Rick Santorum, just one day after the GOP field descended on the state for the ABC News debate, engaged in a day of retail politicking, speaking at two church services at Point of Grace church in Waukee, Iowa and holding one of his largest meet and greets to date in Ames. Around 150 voters packed into the Café Diem coffee house to hear the Texas governor speak, but not all of the attendees were supporters. At the end of his event, hecklers shouted at Perry asking him questions such as, "Why do you hate gay people so much?" in reference to his recent advertisement which criticized the ability of gay men and women to serve openly in the military. At two morning church services, Perry, speaking without notes in a preacher-like tone, recounted his faith journey to Iowans while urging people of faith to engage in politics. http://abcn.ws/tpMjlt
The Washington Post's Dan Balz (@danbalz) looks at whether the Iowa caucuses still have carry the weight of years past:
Iowa caucuses are still first, but are they no longer foremost?-Four years ago, Iowa was awash in presidential candidates crisscrossing the state. Campaign headquarters were packed with staffers and volunteers. The airwaves were clogged with political commercials. Excitement was palpable. Today, everything seems different. Iowa still holds its coveted position as the state whose caucuses will mark the opening of the Republican presidential nomination process. What happens here Jan. 3 will still have a major impact on the Republican race. But at least for this presidential cycle, Iowa has lost much of the unique character that has marked previous campaigns. Candidates are spending less time and money here. They have held fewer events, and those events (with a few exceptions) draw smaller audiences and generate less excitement than in the past. Campaign organizing is months behind the pace of the past several cycles. Advertising has only just begun in earnest. http://wapo.st/s5ebMt
Gingrich: Bloomberg's John McCormick (@McCormickJohn) hears from evangelical voters in Iowa torn over supporting Gingrich because of his three marriages and admitted infidelity. They convened at a focus group of seven evangelicals sponsored by Bloomberg:
Linda Warner acknowledges Newt Gingrich has some "baggage" and can be "pugnacious." She also thinks he has the best chance of beating President Barack Obama, and that trumps any concerns she has about whether Gingrich's marital infidelity should disqualify him from becoming the standard-bearer of the party of family values. "He has shown so well in the debates," said Warner, 52, a physics teacher who backed Ron Paul in the 2008 Iowa caucuses. That's not the conclusion drawn by Philip Fisher, who said Gingrich's three marriages and the extramarital affair he had with his current wife, Callista, hurt his chances to become president - while also potentially signaling ethical weakness. "Cheating on your wife, that I have a problem with," said Fisher, 41, a technical project coordinator who is leaning toward supporting Mitt Romney. "If you're willing to cross that moral line, that leads you to a gray area and realistically that's why I'm afraid that he's not electable." How those crosscurrents play out over the next three weeks will help determine whether the former U.S. House speaker from Georgia keeps his lead in Iowa, the state that starts the Republican nomination voting with its Jan. 3 caucuses. Warner and Fisher sat across from each other at a conference room table last week in a focus group that Bloomberg News convened of nine Republicans, all evangelical Christians who plan to participate in the caucuses. Three of the voters are leaning toward Gingrich, five are gravitating toward other candidates, and one is undecided. http://bloom.bg/rpMyG4
Romney vs. Gingrich: RealClearPolitics' Scott Conroy (@RealClearScott) has an interesting look at the Romney campaign's Gingrich strategy: Going after his temperament.
After testing out several lines of attack intended to thwart Newt Gingrich's surprising surge and apparent staying power atop the Republican field, the Romney campaign is moving next to portray the former House speaker as a reckless flamethrower who lacks the even-keeled disposition needed in the nation's highest office. The strategy is fraught with risk in a GOP race that has rewarded candidates who echo the outspoken language of the Tea Party, but it is one that may be the last best chance for the former Massachusetts governor to define Gingrich on his own terms before voting begins next month. Romney aides are still sorting through a thick opposition research file on Gingrich, a decades-long treasure trove of bombastic pronouncements and intra-party squabbles that call into question the candidate's steadiness at the wheel. http://bit.ly/tJhXvd
Romney: The LA Times' Mark Z. Barabak (@markzbarabak) looks at why Romney is hurting at this point in the race: But right now it is Romney who is struggling, and the reason is clear: For most Republican voters, this contest has ceased to be about jobs and the economy, and instead rests on which candidate can shove a fist the furthest down President Obama's throat. Romney came into the GOP contest figuring his blue-chip business background would make him the strongest contender at a time when pocketbook issues seemed like voters' overwhelming concern. For a while, it worked. Though Romney has never enjoyed the support of much more than a quarter of the Republican electorate, he remained at or near the top of voter surveys as several would-be alternatives rose and then imploded. But as Saturday night's boisterous debate in Des Moines demonstrated, the fight for the GOP nomination has become just that: a test of pugilistic skills. http://lat.ms/tCKX9o
Romney: On NBC's Meet The Press yesterday, Iowa governor Terry Branstad said Romney is being too cautious here.
""I think he's starting to understand that he's going to have to get much more aggressive," Branstad said." "He's going to need to spend more time here." http://dmreg.co/t5hqCO
Santorum: The former Pennsylvania senator told CNN's Candy Crowley that Gingrich is more about ideas than anything else:
(Santorum) said Gingrich's recent surge is due to his debate performances and wealth of policy ideas, but that the presidency is not "just about ideas, it's about executing those ideas." "He's a great teacher, I mean that's what he is," Santorum told CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley. "He's a very bright man who has a lot of ideas. The question is can you stay focused on those ideas, can you execute those ideas and can you motivate the American public." http://bit.ly/vPxQb9
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@ TomBeaumont (AP) Perry going for broke in Iowa with 3 weeks to go - Politics Wires - http://MiamiHerald.com http://hrld.us/tGMEBl via @ miamiherald
@ dmrcaucus What can $10K (bet) buy? A lot of media attention. Follow the post-debate fallout w/ Iowa Politics Insider: http://dmreg.co/vZLwVG #IAcaucus
@ samsteinhp if tebow entered the iowa caucus tomorrow, what would happen? The Schedule:
11:30am CT - Des Moines, IA: Will visit the Principal Financial Group (711 High Street, Des Moines, IA)
3:00pm CT - Mt. Vernon, IA: Will visit Cornell College Thomas Commons - Hedges Conference Room (810 Commons Circle, Mt. Vernon, IA)
6:30pm CT - Cedar Rapids, IA: Special guest at the Linn County Republican Christmas Party (90 Twixt Town Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA)


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Hi All,
We are looking out for a new solution now. We have a Multisite replication setup between UK (Primary Server) and Bangalore (Secondary Server). We are in the process of Upgarding ClearCase version. However, we feel that investment in procurement of hardware can be saved at bangalore if we have some cloud solution or SAAS solution. But I am not aware of any.
On the IBM site i could see that RTC(Rational Team Concert) has a cloud solution but ClearCase doesn't have it. We are using CC 7.1.2 and hence CCRC is a solution since we can have the primary and then ask the developers in Bangalore to use CCRC. But as the number of concurrent users at Bangalore is more than 40. As per IBM then have suggested that if the number of concurrent users will exceed 40 then there would be performance impact.
Can any one advise pls.
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Re: Clearcase with Cloud or SAAS (Software as a Service)2012-10-31T19:43:32ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.We use Cloud-based ClearCase with CCRC.
I don't know this "40" limitation. I think it depends on the resources you have. I'd run some performance testing to try it out.
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Re: Clearcase with Cloud or SAAS (Software as a Service)2012-11-28T18:20:09ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.I believe CloudOne company has a solution:
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UNC system leaders vote to ban gender-neutral housing
Posted August 9, 2013
Updated August 13, 2013
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Members of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors voted unanimously Friday to outlaw gender-neutral housing facilities on the system's 16 campuses.
The decision will force officials at UNC-Chapel Hill to scrap plans they had to offer gender-neutral housing options to students beginning in 2013-14. UNC's Board of Trustees approved a measure last November that would allow students to live in a suite – a group of dorm rooms that share the same bathroom – or campus apartment with students of any gender.
Students can begin moving back to campus Aug. 17, and officials will have to reassign the four students who signed up for the program in a university-owned apartment. If they stay on campus, they will have to live in gender-specific housing.
In April, three freshmen senators introduced a bill in the General Assembly that would have blocked the gender-neutral housing policy. The bill never passed, but the proposal approved by the Board of Governors is nearly identical to the bill.
The proposal prohibits members of the opposite sex from living in the same room, suite or apartment on any UNC system campus unless they are siblings or legally married.
"Members of the House and Senate made it clear they were going to pass a law to this effect, and our board also felt it was important to maintain autonomy over housing policy," said Peter Hans, chairman of the Board of Governors.
Tami Fitzgerald, executive director of the conservative North Carolina Values Coalition, applauded the board's decision.
"The Board of Governors has brought leadership and sanity to the university housing environment," Fitzgerald said in a statement. "With this uniform policy, our public universities and colleges can get back to the business of educating our students and preparing them to be productive members of society instead of promoting co-habitation among students of the opposite sex."
Protesters says ending university housing option will increase harassment
Supporters of the option have said that the move will benefit students – specifically gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students – who are being harassed and bullied in traditional on-campus housing.
"It would be more safe and inclusive, and they'd be able to feel a little bit more honest," said Gonzalo Agudela, a former UNC-Charlotte student who was among three protesters who criticized Friday's vote and what they consider a drought of public input on the issue.
"It kind of reinforced those things like these people aren't real, like we don't have to respect their identity and how they choose to identify," protester Romeo Jackson said. "It's important that those voices aren't shut out of the conversation."
Terri Phoenix, director of UNC's LGBTQ Center, said that the gender-specific housing coaltion was not granted an opportunity to address the BOG prior to Friday's vote. A spokeswoman for UNC said that Campus Pride, an external advocacy group that asked for the opportunity to address the board, was allowed to present written remarks for distribution to the board.
Former Chancellor Holden Thorp said after the November vote that allowing gender-neutral housing options was vital to protect the safety of UNC-Chapel Hill students.
Hans said there are other ways to accomplish that goal.
"Our board believes every student should be safe, comfortable and included, but there are more practical accommodations we can make to achieve that," he said.
Nearly 100 colleges nationwide have gender-neutral housing options. Duke University, Warren Wilson College and Guilford College – all private schools – are the only universities in North Carolina to allow gender-neutral housing.


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Michael Cockerill: Have you got the best coaching job in the A-League?
Graham Arnold: I believe I'm at the biggest and best club. I believe that I've got the biggest challenge. Whether it proves to be the best job, well I'm hoping so. I'm happy here, I've fallen in love with the club quickly. There's a lot of good things going on around the club. So far it's been fantastic.
MC: Why Sydney FC now, and not two years ago when they first approached you?
GA: Everything is about timing. I never thought I'd come back to Sydney after my stint in Japan [Vegalta Sendai]. It's just the timing was right. Last time I was talking to Sydney, they didn't have a CEO, I never got to meet the chairman [Scott Barlow] or the board. This time the way they went about it was totally different. I met Tony Pignata [CEO], Scott and the board. The amount of players they had off contract, the amount of places that were open, I could have a big imprint on the squad. All good reasons to come.
MC: You would have heard all the stories before you arrived about Sydney FC being a dysfunctional club. How have you found it on a day-to-day basis?
GA: From outside looking in, you probably could have said it was dysfunctional. From the inside, you can say there's a lot of misconceptions out there. There's been three coaches in the last five years, and I'm one of them. One of them, Ian Crook, resigned. The same CEO has been there for three years. Look at West Sydney Wanderers, they average 14,500, we average 19,000, but that's not read about. Injuries, we're supposed to have an injury crisis; whereas West Sydney get injuries and it's called a rotation policy. So there are misconceptions out there. I've had nothing but great support from Tony Pignata and the board. I'm in total control of player recruitment, staff recruitment, so everything to do with the football team, it's my responsibility.
MC: You touched on the Wanderers, how excited are you about the derby? How are you going to contribute to that derby? Are you going to rev it up, or do your classic "under-the-radar" thing?
GA: I can't wait. At the Mariners we had the F3 derby against Newcastle, it was great, that brought some excitement, but it was nowhere near this level. Obviously the biggest club of Sydney is us, and we've got to go out with the attitude they're the little brothers. We're the biggest club, and we've got to command the derby.
MC: You're big on club culture. You've been knocking walls down at Macquarie University, rearranging the headquarters, putting rules in place for the players, for the coaching staff. Why?
GA: I'm big on team-building, team culture, but I'm also big on no excuses for the players. You provide them with the best of everything, all the resources, all they have to do is turn up and perform. They'll get all the analysis from Rado [Vidosic], they'll get all the conditioning from Andrew Clark, they'll get all the man-management and leadership off me. They get paid well, we're putting in a gym so they don't have to leave the facility. We've reopened the kitchen, we've got a chef, they'll get great food after every session. We want them to feel Macquarie is like home. When they drive over that bridge, we want them to leave their egos behind. They come into the car park and it's all about mateship and the team. Bring the mentality of hard work every day, that's what I ask for, and that's what I expect.
MC: Is it true Alessandro Del Piero had his own dressing room at Macquarie?
GA: Yes.
MC: That's something you wouldn't put up with?
GA: No.
MC: Talking about marquee players, there's plenty of discussion about whether Marc Janko is a marquee in the full sense of the word. Why did you go for him, and not a huge name?
GA: First thing is he had to fit in the budget. The second thing is he's a top-quality player. He's scored goals wherever he's been, although he had a tough time in Turkey because he wasn't happy off the field. He's at his peak, 31, he's captain of Austria. He brings leadership, he's buying into what we want to do. Over time, I believe he will be like Thomas Broich, or Besart Berisha. They came here with decent CVs, and now they're household names.
MC: Marc is a striker, Shane Smeltz, Bernie Ibini, Alex Brosque. All your big signings have been up front. Why?
GA: If you look at who left the club, Del Piero, [Richard] Garcia, [Ranko] Despotovic, [Joel] Chianese, they were all strikers. I needed to add some strength up front. I want two players for every position to create competition for places. Even for Marc, I've told him he has to work to get in this team.
MC: Bernie Ibini. A few Mariners fans are upset you went back to your old club and got him.
GA: I love the Mariners, but the thing they're forgetting is that Bernie is owned by a Chinese club [Shanghai East Asia]. The Mariners had two months to sort out the [loan] deal, and one day after I got the job he is on the phone wanting to come. It was the kid's decision, he wanted to come to Sydney because I was there, he was sick of the travel from Sydney. And let's not forget, football is business.
MC: Speaking of fans, do you think you have to win over the Sydney FC supporters?
GA: The Cove, from day one, has set the bar for supporters. They're never going to be happy when we lose, but I can guarantee I won't be happy either. I will give 110 per cent to make sure we're successful, and playing good football. It won't be for lack of trying. All good supporters around the world are like a 12th man. We have to make the stadium a fortress. That's my appeal to the fans.
MC: Supporters can also destabilise a club.
GA: I haven't experienced that yet. If there's any negative support, that affects the players, that affects their performance. It's our job to make sure that doesn't happen.
MC: Results usually – but not always – create a calmer environment. What are your benchmarks for this season?
GA: Asian Champions League qualification. We're a big club, the fans have ambition, the board has ambition, I'm an ambitious person. Success is everything. It's going to be a big challenge, but I truly believe we have the quality to go a long way.
MC: Who are the teams to beat this season?
GA: Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory, but I worry 75 per cent about us, and 25 per cent about the opposition. The team to beat is ourselves.
MC: You have arrived at Sydney FC at a stage of life, at a stage of experience, that makes me wonder if you've joined the club at just the right time?
GA: No doubt that hard times I've been through are all lessons. I look back at Northern Spirit, trying to be a player/coach, how insane was I? I look back at the Socceroos, I got pushed into being an interim coach when I wasn't ready. Then I had the great few years at the Mariners. Lifetime-wise, at the age of 51, what I've been through, it's probably the right time to be here.
MC: So it's a big job, but you've got the big shoulders to handle it?
GA: I want to be at this club for 10 years, and I mean that.


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Kevin Bacon Gets One Degree Closer to Himself
No he doesn't. Or maybe he does. Truth be told, I have no idea what I meant by that blog post title. What I do know is that these days, he's all about promoting his new movie, "Death Sentence." It's a thriller about a father who witnesses his teenage son's murder, and then decides to take revenge of his own on the murderers. Bacon was recently chatting with co-anchor Harry Smith on The Early Show about his character in the movie.
"One of the things – you know, it's an action movie, it's a thriller, but it's also a pretty complicated movie in terms of how this family deals with this tragedy," Bacon said. "I've got these two kids. You know if you feel like maybe for a second you love one more, and that's the one that dies, and how's it affect your relationship with your other son."
That's some deep stuff to have to be talking about so early in the morning. I hope they squeezed Kevin in right between a segment on his to keep those pesky pounds off your middle and tips to picking out next season's most fetching autumn wreath! Yay! Perky morning chatter with a morose Kevin Bacon!
More photos (Kevin Bacon, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, James Wan and more) from the "Death Sentence" premiere are after the jump.


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text: Buffalo steps up in class for Best of the Best By Tommy R. Atkinson April 10, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Buffalo coach Darrell Moore is banking on the Best of the Best Softball Classic to help shore up some of his team's deficiencies this weekend.The 15th annual event at the Buffalo Softball Complex, which features 18 teams, begins today with Class A pool play and resumes Friday with a combined Class AAA-AA field. The three-game pool play continues Saturday, then the top four teams in Class A and the top six in AAA-AA advance to single-elimination finals. The Class A championship is set for 4 p.m. Saturday while AAA-AA is 8 p.m.Moore elected to have the Bison, the two-time defending state champion in Class A and current No. 1, compete in the AAA-AA bracket for added competition."We're trying to find some consistency in our outfield,'' said the Buffalo coach. "We're struggling a lot to fill the positions we lost last year."This is a good challenge for us. We need a couple of kids to step up for us. We haven't gotten that yet. We're hoping this tournament does that for us. Playing the competition we're playing should help us a lot.''Moore, who is also the tournament director, said there weren't enough AA teams for a full field this year since several of those schools moved up to AAA this past fall, so he decided to combine the two classes.The 12-team AAA-AA field includes seven state-ranked teams and several others that received votes in this week's state sports writers' poll.No. 2 Cabell Midland, No. 3 Lincoln County, No. 5 Hurricane and No. 8 Shady Spring are the top-10 schools in AAA while No. 9 Scott and No. 10 Sissonville are ranked in AA. In AAA, Logan received votes in the latest poll while Chapmanville and Nicholas County also did so in AA.The six-team Class A field features No. 4 Sherman and No. 10 St. Marys while Man, a perennial power, received votes in the poll."It's going to be a great tournament,'' Moore said. " There's no better softball than what you're going to see Thursday, Friday and Saturday. It's the best in the state.''BrieflyLeah Amico, a three-time Olympic softball gold medalist (1996, 2000 and 2004) with Team USA will sign autographs at 4 p.m. and be a guest speaker at 7:30 tonight. Amico helped Arizona to three NCAA national championships. ... Admission is $5 for all day each day of the tournament.Reach Tommy R. Atkinson at email@example.com or 304-348-4811. SCHEDULEAt Buffalo Class AToday's games Note: Top four teams based on pool-play records advance to single-elimination finals.4 p.m.Richwood vs. St. Marys (Field 1)Man vs. Sherman (Field 2)Wahama vs. Clay-Battelle (Field 3)6 p.m.Clay-Battelle vs. St. Marys (Field 1)Man vs. Richwood (Field 2)Wahama vs. Sherman (Field 3)Saturday's games10 a.m.Sherman vs. Clay-Battelle (Field 1)St. Marys vs. Man (Field 2)Wahama vs. Richwood (Field 3) Semifinals 2 p.m. No. 1 seed vs. No. 3 seed (Field 1)No. 2 vs. No. 4 (Field 2)Finals4 p.m.Winners, (Field 1)Class AAA-AANote: Top six teams based on pool-play record advance to single-elimination finals.Friday's games2:30 p.m.Shady Spring vs. Logan (Field 1)Sissonville vs. Cabell Midland (Field 2)Lincoln County vs. Chapmanville (Field 3)4:15 p.m.Nicholas County vs. Buffalo (Field 1)Scott vs. Sissonville (Field 2)Chapmanville vs. Parkersburg South (Field 3)Logan vs. University (Field 4)6 p.m.Shady Spring vs. Buffalo (Field 1)Scott vs. Cabell Midland (Field 2)Lincoln County vs. Parkersburg South (Field 3)Hurricane vs. University (Field 4)7:45 p.m.Hurricane vs. Nicholas County (Field 1)Saturday's gamesNoonBuffalo vs. Logan (Field 1)Chapmanville vs. Nicholas County (Field 2)Lincoln County vs. Shady Spring (Field 3)Scott vs. Parkersburg South (Field 4)2 p.m.Cabell Midland vs. University (Field 3)Hurricane vs. Sissonville (Field 4)Quarterfinals4 p.m.No. 3 vs. No. 5 (Field 2)No. 4 vs. No. 6 (Field 3)Semifinals6 p.m.No. 1 vs. No. 3-No. 5 winner (Field 2)No. 2 vs. No. 4-No. 6 winner (Field 1)Finals8 p.m. Winners (Field 1) Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 'Report for America' pilot project begins in Appalachia 4 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan 5 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken BB&T Classic scales back Previous Story Beckley man wins NASCAR contest Next Story


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|Reviews for Carpe Diem
| DDragonWhisper chapter 1 . 3/4/2007
Carpe Diem always reminds me of the movie 'The Dead Poet's Society' where the teacher is all like, "Seize the day boys." So the boys eventually form a club or an 'organization' of some sorts and run off into the night in dark cloaks for their secret poem reading club thing. The dark cloaks in the night really reminded me of Organization XI and it had a lot of dramatic music and fog during this seane and some how it was just really funny to me because I started cracking up.
| ViktorMayrin chapter 1 . 5/8/2005
Salve (Hello, basically)!
Excellent! I really like how you wrote this story, and disregard the fact that the ending 'sucked'! I thought you wrapped it up very nicely, mainly 'cuase I can't, but hey...
I'll ask my teacher what the word for review is, and then I can tell you. I'm currently a third-year Latin student, so I'm so-so on understanding it.
Valve (Goodbye, basically)!
~ Viktor Mayrin
| ZTX chapter 1 . 6/26/2004
Whoa...that was so cool! I could just see the cutscene for that! Nice!
| link no miko chapter 1 . 3/16/2004
Teehee! The recurrence of "I thought you hated fish" just made my day, I swear. -x They're all so cute.
My, Sora's a little philospher, ain't he? He's a cute one though.
This is the most adorable thing ever, I swear. It's very much how I imagined them to be younger, too. Still playful, but you can see the tension in the "top male" mentality taking shape. They just don't know it yet.
Oh yeah, and that whole set-up for the beginning of the game, that too. -x
Squiggly feeling in stomach, squiggly feeling in stomach!
Hahahah! I think the ending rocks my canoe there, hun. -x "I play with pre-school dollies" indeed.
*huggles* Thanks for the new fic! It was so cute and endearing, and I think you captured their personalities very, very well. I love your oneshots!
| Ginger Ninja chapter 1 . 3/13/2004
That was another great piece from you - Riku and Sora fighting is just too cute (and so typical of boys *sigh*).
Hope you write more like this soon! _ *GN*
| Trayne chapter 1 . 3/12/2004
I guess my near one-year of Latin has finally paid off; I saw this title and translated it immediately!
Anyway, lovely little one-shot. Nice characterization and whatnot. I like how Riku's wish to go see new worlds was more like a dream; in the game, Kairi seemed wary of his ambitions. Everyone was nicely in character, especially Sora. I liked seeing the friendship portrayed between the three teens, but Sora and Riku's interaction was by far the greatest, as well as Kairi's reactions. Bravo.
But, you wanna write an epic? Well, seeing this was just a one-shot but brilliantly written, a longer fic by you would be pretty good. So, um, if you want advice or something, you can ask me. (A friend suggested I lend a hand to fellow authors, so here I am, being nice for once.)
| Koorino Megumi chapter 1 . 3/12/2004
"Me recense" would work for that, I think _-
Ha, I got a fic blamed on me! Yay!
*pokes her Latin book* Can you guess what I *should* be doing right now? And was doing until...well, you know, the fic distracted me a bit. Yes, evil Latin professors for sure! I miss my old Latin teacher... She knew people had lives and limitations on how much they could learn in a given amount of time.
But anyway...aw cuteness! I liked the very ending myself. A bit of enforcement on that idea of their wanting to change their surroundings but stay the same themselves.
I feel like the transitions from one idea to antoher were a little weaker than your usual in this fic. Then again, it's a one-shot, so you were probably avoiding excessive elaboration.
And naturally I loved the characterizations of the three of them. Seems like this couldn't have been too far from game-time. All the fighting between Riku and Sora was hilarious, and of course Kairi was herself, standing by yelling at them while really being amused by it.
The idea of the fic was a great one, too. You did a wonderful job of showing how Riku wound up so set on going to another world. Very creative to use carpe diem for that! I can appreciate the reference
I also liked their joke that the phrase might not actually mean "seize the day." It was a fun characterization thing for Sora, and at the same time, the literal phrase means "pluck the day." It appeared amongst a gardening metaphor in Horace's Ode . But the idea was "seize the day." Okay, I'm totally rambling. Having that idea in there made me smile is all. And I think I like Roman poetry too much if I still remember that so exactly... ;
Okay, the "open the door" line was fabulous. Just the meaning that the line conveys to the reader, even knowing that Riku doesn't know what he's saying...brilliant choice there.
I loved the thoughts especially. It just made the characters stand out as themselves and showed where their actions were coming from.
The "carpe diem" promise bit was great, too. I love how well you take surface actions and add an underlying significance to them. Everything seems so full of meaning.
Cute fic! Definitely a worthwhile distraction from my Latin homework _


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Father: William Thomas FONDA b: 04 SEP 1830 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY
Mother: Eleanor Margaret MIDDLETON b: 02 NOV 1837 in Mobile, AL
Marriage 1 May Elizabeth MACLEOD b: FEB 1874 in South Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
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- Over 60% of children who play school sports had an athletic pay-to-play fee; only 6% received waivers for the fee.
- Only one-third of lower-income parents report their child participates in school sports, while more than half of higher-income parents have a teen playing school sports.
- In lower-income households, nearly 1 in 5 parents report a decrease in their child's school sports participation due to cost.
School budget challenges have resulted in deep funding cuts for middle and high school sports. In response, many school districts now charge fees for athletic participation. These "pay-to-play" fees are a flat charge per year or per number of sports; parents often pay additional team fees, as well as other costs such as equipment and transportation. There is little information about how increasing the cost of school sports for families may affect participation.
In January 2012, the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health asked a national sample of parents of children in middle or high school (age 12-17 years) about participation in and costs of school sports.
Costs of School Sports
Overall, 43% of parents report that their child participates in school sports. A school pay-to-play fee was charged for 61% of sports participants. The average fee was $93, but 21% of children faced a pay-to-play fee of $150 or more. Six percent of children who play school sports received waivers for the pay-to-play fees. Importantly, pay-to-play fees are only one component of the school sports costs reported by parents. Including additional team fees and other costs, the average cost for sports participation was $381.
Participation in School Sports by Family Income
Substantial differences in school sports participation are seen based on household income. Among lower-income families, only one-third have a teen playing school sports; in comparison, among families earning >$60,000 per year, more than half have a teen playing school sports (Figure 1).
Overall, 12% of parents report that the cost of school sports has caused a decrease in participation for at least one of their children. However, nearly 1 in 5 parents in lower-income households report a decrease in their child's sports participation—a much bigger decrease than their higher-income peers (Figure 1).
Each year, millions of US teens play competitive sports through their middle and high schools. Results from this National Poll on Children's Health indicate that during the 2011-12 school year, nearly two-thirds of students playing school sports had a pay-to-play fee requirement, with an average pay-to-play fee of over $90. Moreover, pay-to-play fees comprise just a portion of the overall costs of school sports.
The impact of the cost to families of school sports is demonstrated in another key finding from this National Poll on Children's Health: teens from lower-income families participate in school sports at substantially lower rates than their higher-income peers. Moreover, 1 in 5 parents in households earning <$60,000/year indicate that at least one of their children has decreased participation in school sports due to cost—far more commonly than teens in higher-income families.
In this Poll, only 6% of school sports participants received a waiver of the pay-to-play fees. Waiver policies vary widely. In some districts, students who qualify for the federal free or reduced lunch program are automatically given waivers for pay-to-play fees. However, such policies would miss working families who earn too much for free/reduced lunch, but not enough to afford additional fees for sports.
School sports offer many benefits: higher school achievement, lower dropout rates, improved health, and the development of teamwork, problem-solving skills, and enhanced self-confidence. Findings from this Poll are a cautionary tale for those who administer middle and high school sports programs. Pay-to-play programs should be implemented carefully, to ensure that all teens have an equitable chance to benefit from participating in school sports.
Data Source
This report presents findings from a nationally representative household survey conducted exclusively by Knowledge Networks, Inc. (KN), for C.S. Mott Children's Hospital via a method used in many published studies. The survey was administered in January 2012 to a randomly selected, stratified group of parents of children age 12-17 (n=814) from the KN standing panel that closely resembles the U.S. population. The sample was subsequently weighted to reflect population figures from the Census Bureau. The survey completion rate was 60% among panel members contacted to participate. The margin of error is ± 3 to 7 percentage points.
Director: Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP
Associate Director: Sarah J. Clark, MPH
Manager & Editor: Dianne C. Singer, MPH
Data Analyst: Amy T. Butchart, MPH
Web Editor: Anna Daly Kauffman, BA
Findings from the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health do not represent the opinions of the investigators or the opinions of the University of Michigan. The University of Michigan reserves all rights over this material.
These questions are about middle school and high school sports. Please answer for the current school year.
[Parent with a child age 12-17, data collected on each child]
Q1. Does your [XX]-year-old [son/daughter] participate in sports at school?
- No
- Yes
[IF Q1=Yes]
Q2. Which school sports has your [XX]-year-old [son/daughter] played in the last year?
(check all that apply)
|Field Hockey
|Track & Field
|Water Polo
|Cross Country
|Ice Hockey
|Swimming & Diving
|Other: [write-in]
[For all marked sports in Q2: answer for each sport selected]
Q3. Please estimate the costs to participate in these school sports, including the athletic participation fee (or "Pay to Play" fee)?
|[Sport 1]
|[Sport 2]
|[Sport 3]
|[Sport 4]
|[Sport 5]
|a. School athletic participation fee
|b. Additional team fees
|c. Additional equipment/supplies
|d. Other:_________
Q4. Did you get a waiver or scholarship for any fees?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
[If Q3 a,b,c or d >0]
Q5. Does your [XX]-year-old [son's/daughter's] school have a waiver or scholarship option for athletic participation or team fees, to assist families who have financial difficulty?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
[If Q5=yes]
Q5a. Have you used the waiver or scholarship option?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
[If Q1 =no]
Q6. Does your [XX]-year-old [son's/daughter's] school have an athletic participation fee (or "Pay to Play" fee) for all students who participate in athletics?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
[If Q6 = yes]
Q6a. What is the amount for an athletic participation fee?
- $ [write in] _____ per student per year
- $ [write-in] _____ per sport
- don't know
[If Q6 = yes]
Q6b. Does your [XX]-year-old [son's/daughter's] school have a waiver or scholarship option for athletic participation or team fees, to assist families who have financial difficulty?
- Yes
- No
- Don't know
Q7. Has the cost of school sports caused a drop in athletic participation for:
|Don't know
|Your own child(ren)
|Children in your community
Participants were also asked demographic questions on gender, race/ethnicity, annual household income, education and insurance status.
All information is the sole property of the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. It can only be used if there is an acknowledgment that "The information came from, is copyright by and is owned by and belongs to the Regents of the University of Michigan and their C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. It cannot be republished or used in any format without prior written permission from the University."
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health
Director: Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP
Associate Director: Sarah J. Clark, MPH
Manager & Editor: Dianne C. Singer, MPH
Data Analyst: Amy T. Butchart, MPH
Web Editor: Anna Daly Kauffman, BA


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This is an article written by Syd Hancock, January 21, 1972 on the occasion of Julian Cross's death.
Outside the Atikokan Library & museum is a bronze plaque erected by the Ontario Department of Public Records and Archives to mark the historical significance of the Steep Rock Iron Range. On December 29, 1971, the man who unveiled this plaque, and made possible the Steep Rock story, Julian Gifford Cross, died at the age of 83. Born at Silver Islet on July 25, 1888, only four years after the closing of that historic silver mine, his destiny and the future of many others was inevitably associated with mining.
To those who knew him best he was always Jules Cross, the prospector with his knapsack and geologist pick. He was a kindly man with simple conservative tastes, who walked or traveled by train. The modern automobile and the swift aeroplane were evil necessities only to be used as a last resort.
And yet Jules Cross graduated from Queens University in 1913 with a Bachelor of Science degree as a mining engineer. Furthermore, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Mineralogy at the University during 1916 and 1917.
In 1928 this writer worked on the mining claims of Jules Cross on Shebandowan lake, as his first job. Today, after years of waiting, these claims are the site of the International Nickel Company mine in that area. The story of his sale of those same claims is a true one. He was asleep in an hotel room in Winnipeg in 1939 when the mine representative telephoned him to make the deal. In his annoyance at being wakened, he upped his price by $100,000 and to his surprise it was accepted. Many years afterwards he would reminisce and say if I'd only been a little madder, I could have had another $100,000.
From this sale was born his second success story ů the funds that enabled him to prove the presence of iron ore beneath the waters of Steep Rock Lake. The shores of the lake bore the evidence of repeated staking over the years and geologists since 1891 had forecast the presence of iron ore beneath it's waters.
Yet all this information went unheeded until Julian G. Cross studied the data and made a dip?needle survey of the lake in 1930. Results were encouraging and in 1938 was started the diamond drill campaign that would reveal as fact what had been guessed at for so long. Never before had a drilling job been attempted through depths of water such as these. Drilling, of necessity, had to be from the ice and 145 vertical holes alone were drilled under conditions that would have discouraged a lesser man than Jules Cross.
And so Steep Rock Iron Mines was born and Atikokan from it's humble beginning suddenly blossomed into a modern busy community.
The first annual report for Steep Rock Iron Mines Ltd. in 1946 shows Jules Cross as a director and his name appeared as such up to 1967. To the employees of Steep Rock and the people of Atikokan, he is the legendary figure whose knowledge and foresight made it all possible.
The Julian Cross Airport and Cross Street in the town itself are only token physical reminders of this man. He had a simple way of saying things because that was the type of person he was. When his diamond drills first hit iron ore beneath the lake and excitement reigned supreme, Jules merely looked at the sludge and quietly said: Well, that's just worth a million dollars to me"
His philosophy of life was even better expressed during the ceremony marking the first shipment of ore from the Errington mine, when he simply said: "If you have faith and knowledge, you can do almost anything".
The employees of Steep Rock salute and pay homage to the memory of Jules Cross and offer their sincere condolences to those he leaves behind.
Skillings' Mining Review, Feb. 1, 1958.
History of Steep Rock exploration:
20th anniversary of the Steep Rock discovery
by J. G. Cross and Joseph Errington
My first visit to Steep Rock Lake was in 1926, when I went there to examine a gold prospect in which some local people were interested. I was a guest of Mr. Ed Marks, who had staked a number of claims in the South East Bay area, and had a very comfortable cabin on one of the claims. Mr. Marks was enthusiastic about the possibilities of finding iron ore in the area, particularly in South West Bay. While conducting me on a tour of the Lake, he showed me a large boulder of ore on a small island which must have weighed several tons and in addition to this, much ore was scattered all over the island and along the beaches in the immediate vicinity. This island was called Float Ore Island, and later became the site of the Errington shaft.
I was not particularly impressed with these showings of float ore at the time. A lot of money had been spent in this area inthe search for iron ore, by the McKenzie-Mann interests, the United States Steel Corporation, the Fort Francis Hematite Company and others. Diamond drilling and other methods of exploration revealed only a small quantity of ore under Straw Hat Lake, and this contained a large percentage of sulphur. Diamond drill holes were put down under Steep Rock Lake in the immediate vicinity of the Errington ore body. The holes were drilled in the limestone foot wall, but the angle was such that the holes paralleled the footwall of the orebody. If these holes had been drilled at a flatter angle, they would have intersected the Errington ore body, and the history of the area might have been quite different from what it was.
The McKenzie-Mann interests had opened up an iron mine, called the Atikokan Mine about 12 miles est of Steep Rock Lake. This was operated for several years, and about 100,000 tons of magnetite ore was shipped to a blast furnace in Port Arthur for smelting to pig iron. However, the grade of the pig iron was unsatisfactory due to a high sulphur content, and both the mine and the smelter were closed down and were never re-opened. The smelter has since been removed, and the site is now occupied by the ore dock.
These abortive attempts to find commercial bodies of iron ore in the Atikokan and Steep Rock areas gave the area a bad name, and after the failure of the Atikokan enterprise, all exploration was abandoned. In fact, iron ore exploration fell into disrepute over the entire Province, as exploration work on the Gunflint Range and a number of other ranges failed to disclose any bodies of commercial ore . Then again, there was an abundance of iron ore in the United States, immediately over the border. The Menominee, Marquette, Gogebic, Mesaba and Vermilion Ranges were all active, and producing sufficient ore to satisfy market demands. There was little incentive to develop more ore in Canada, whcih would have to be disposed of in American markets.
Finally, in the 1930's, the carbonate ores of the Michipicoten area were successfully treated on a commercial basis. This re-awakened interest in iron mining in the Province. This interest was further stimulated by the increasing demand for iron ore in the United States, and the depletion of visible supplies of high grade ore, especially in the Mesaba Range, which produced by far the greater part of ore for American consumption.
The awakening interest in the possibilities of iron mining in Ontario led me to again visit the Steep Rock Lake area in 1929-30. I examined the area more closely, particularly in regard to the disposition of the float ore. This, I found, was widely distributed in the gravel beds, south and west of Steep Rock Lake. In fact, float ore of the Steep Rock Lake type was located occasionally many miles in the glacial drift southwest of the lake.
The beaches on the south side of the lake contained a great deal of float ore, in fact in some localities, as much as fifty percent. On the north shore of the lake no float ore was found in the glacial drift, or on the beaches. There were no outcrops of ore or iron formation exposed anywhere on the surface, to give a clue to the origin of the float. Obviously then, the source of the rich float was in the bed of Steep Rock Lake, entirely covered by water, an obvious deduction under the circumstances.
The amount of float ore in tons was very impressive, hundreds of thousands of tons must be contained in the beach gravels, and in gravel beds to the southwest. A large ore body or bodies must occur in the lake bottom, but even if this could be located, would it prove to be a number of small detached bodies of ore, or a flat lying body with no depth.
To consider a mining project that would involve draining Steep Rock Lake, or building dams of the necessary dimensions to retain parts of the Lake while other parts were pumped, would involve the locating of such vast tonnages of iron ore to justify such an expense, that the idea was considered fanatical. However, there was a remote chance that such might be the case. The only way to determine this was, of course, by a vast amount of diamond drilling. Any other method of exploration was obviously impossible.
I interviewed a number of iron and steel companies in the United States, and tried to interest them in the project, without success. Finally, a Duluth group, headed by the late Robert Whiteside, became interested to the extent at least of acquiring a number of claims in the area, and assuming the expense of a dip needle survey from the ice, also an attempt to drive a casing down to bed rock, through the ice in the winter time. A dip needle survey was made, and two areas showing anomalies were plotted. An attempt was made to drive a casing pipe down to bed rock where the dip needle showed an anomaly existed. After lowering the casing to the lake bottom, depth about eighty-five feet, and driving the casing over sixty feet through clay sand and gravel, the casing pipe finally broke off about ten feet below the ice. Since it was late in March, and the ice was melting, we had to abandon the project, which was all carried on by hand – no machinery of any kind, except a pump.
The untimely death of Mr. Whiteside, and the increasing unfavorable effect of the depression, together with unfavorable engineer's reports led to the abandoning of the project and the claims reverted to the Crown.
In 1937, I was successful in disposing of a nickel prospect in the Shebandowan area to the International Nickel. Also, about this time, I met Mr. Errington through an interest we had in common in a gold claim in the Shebandowan Lake area. I discussed the iron ore float occurrences with him, and we decided to restake the claims I had originally staked for iron and, in addition, buy up a few of the patented claims in the area where we expected ore might be found. Then, Mr. Errington, who operated the Sudbury Diamond Drilling Company, would put a drill on the property and try our luck at finding the source of the float ore.
To finance a modest initial drilling program, we organized the Steerola Company, January 6, 1938. The capitalization was 100,000 shares, and we proposed to sell the stock for $1.00 per share. The name Steerola was a composite from Steep Rock Lake. The stock was not popular, and we had difficulty disposing of it. However, General D. M. Hogarth, Mr. Errington, and a number of their friends finally subscribed for the entire amount, and sufficient funds were available to try our luck at finding the source of the float.
Holes were put down where the anomalies indicated by a dip needle occurred. No ore was found. Later, we found the magnetic anomalies indicated by the dip needle outlined only the ash rock and greenstone hanging wall, which was slightly magnetic due to a little fine-grained magnetite being present. The ore was not in the least magnetic. This, of course was a very discouraging beginning, and very nearly led to terminating the entire project.
However, there was one encouraging feature, and that was that the gravel for several feet above bedrock contained so much float ore, that we felt the ore must be there somewhere. We kept moving the drill further to the northeast, and finally, in January 1938, we struck the ore. Four holes drilled one hundred feet apart cut ore in each hole. We were quite elated about this but realized we would have to drill many more holes before a picture indicating any considerable tonnage emerged.
Further drilling expanded the picture, and it was evident that we had located a large ore body. This we called the A ore zone, now called the Hogarth mine. We tried our luck further south, and located ore again at what is now called the B ore body or the Errington mine. East of this locality about two miles, the C ore body was located. This is now under lease to the Caland Company.
It was now apparent that there was a possibility of large ore bodies occurring under the lake, but the dimensions were unknown, and no depth had been established, so no estimate could be made of possible tonnage. It was also apparent that a vast amount of diamond drilling would be necessary to establish what our ore potentialities were. It was therefore necessary to secure a great deal of additional capital and, to this end, the Steep Rock Company was formed in February 1938, capitalized at five million shares, eventually increased to ten million shares. The assets of the Steerola Company were absorbed into the Company on a stock exchange basis.
The success attending the exploration and mining development of the Steep Rock Company is well recorded and documented and need not further be elaborated here.
I might add here, that had we been successful in sinking the casing pipe to bed rock in the preliminary exploration work mentioned before, we would have found only the hanging wall greenstone and ash rock, as we discovered, when the lake was drained and the overburden removed. The casing was within only a few feet of bed rock when it broke. The remainder of the pipe was still standing when the water was pumped out of the lake some years later. Had we been successful in driving the casing to bed rock and found no ore, but only greenstone in the locality where we expected to find ore if any did exist, it would have discouraged any further interest in the project as far as I was concerned, and the history of the Steep Rock iron ore discovery as we know it today would have been entirely different, or non-existant.
Eventually, of course, the ore would have been discovered, as there was too much evidence indicated by the float that such existed, but the discovery might have been some time in the future, perhaps years. This is anybody's guess.


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