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Bree Lambert didn't take running very seriously when she was young, but she did discover a certain satisfaction in winning.
"I always beat the fastest boy in my class," she said. "I'd figure out who he was and make it my goal to outrun him."
That motivation seems to have stuck. At the Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Run on July 16-17, Lambert won the 100-mile women's title and beat all but eight of the male competitors. At age 43, she also showed many younger runners that age is just a number.
This is the second time the Cambrian Park resident and elite ultra runner has come out ahead in this grueling event. At her first attempt at Tahoe Trail Rim in 2009, Lambert finished in first place for women, with her closest competitor more than 30 minutes behind her.
The 100-mile length of the course means many participants are running for a full, 24-hour day or more. Lambert crossed the finish line after a mere 23 hours, seven minutes and 43 seconds, beating her previous time by nearly half an hour.
And as if the time and distance alone weren't enough, the runners are faced with varying temperatures, high altitude and unpredictable terrain.
"All the ultras I compete in are mountain races," Lambert said. "In this case we had everything: We had snow and water because of the run off, we had to cross creeks that were just under our knees, we had high winds, cold, cold temperatures at night and heat during the day."
But none of that stops Lambert from achieving victory. To date, she has competed in four 100-mile ultra races and finished first in three of them.
Along with breezing through ultra races, Lambert runs her own business as a performance coach and fitness trainer while caring for her 10-year-old daughter. But her path to success has been almost as winding as the trails she now blazes.
Lambert moved from southern California to the Bay Area at age 19 to finish her college degree. While attending San Jose State University, she first began to consider putting effort into running and completed some 5k and 10k races.
From there, she was turned on to triathlons, completing her first one at age 20. Lambert began with sprint distance events, which generally include a half-mile swim, a 15-mile bike ride and a 5k run, and eventually progressed to Olympic distance triathlons.
She also decided to jump into mountain bike triathlons and qualified twice to the national championship level. Unfortunately, she then hit a roadblock that put all of her races on hold for a while.
In 2003, while mountain biking in Los Gatos with a friend, Lambert lost control and took a very bad fall from her bike. She had to be airlifted to Valley Medical Center where doctors informed her that she had fractured her pelvis and broken her collarbone.
One doctor also told her she would never participate in ultra racing again, but Lambert wasn't about to let that stop her. After her injuries healed, she was skittish about getting back into mountain biking and instead picked up where she left off in regular road triathlons.
She eventually completed a half ironman, which includes 1.2 miles of swimming, 56 miles of biking and a half marathon of running. But again, life took a bit of unexpected turn for Lambert in her early 30s.
She went through a divorce and became a single parent, and while those things might take some people out of the running, Lambert pushed through.
"Eight months after I gave birth to my daughter I was in Lake Tahoe racing the national championships," she said. "It was pretty exciting."
She also realized at that point what she really wanted to do with her life.
"I said to myself, 'I know I'm good at fitness and I have a passion for it, but how am I going to provide for my daughter?' " Lambert said.
She went back to school and earned a master's degree in kinesiology and started her own business. The name of her company, Live Well Finish Strong, represents the theme Lambert lives by.
"I get to be a role model for my clients," she said. "They've been my cheerleaders and I inspire them to push their limits. You should be able to model what you teach, so I push them and show them that I push my own limits."
What's next for the ambitious ultra runner? She said she would like to find a way to use her original college degree in broadcast journalism.
"I'd love to take my broadcasting experience to my work," Lambert said. "That would be awesome."
To keep up with Bree Lambert, visit www.livewellfinishstrong.com.


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Just seeing the Ipecac label on the back of Trevor Dunn's new album is enough of an indication that this isn't exactly one of those jazz records an upscale couple puts on for background music at dinner parties. While Dunn has a strong background in Jazz, it's been in other, much more experimental bands where the bassist has been able to showcase his prowess, such as Mr. Bungle and the fabulously demented Fantomas (Dunn's performance on the Delirium Cordia is just plain brilliant). Quickly recorded in three days this past February, Sister Phantom Owl Fish is the second album by Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant, and the 11 instrumental tracks, featuring Dunn on acoustic bass, guitarist Mary Halvorson, and drummer Ches Smith, veer wildly from smooth, warm jazz tones, to crashing, cacophonous blasts of distorted hardcore noise, to wonderful, idiosyncratic arrangements that bring to mind Primus and Frank Zappa, to all-out improvisation. Loose, but tight is the best description for this album, as Halvorson's incredibly dexterous, varied guitar tones weave around Dunn's smooth, steady basslines, while Smith holds everything together, punctuating songs with snare fills that will make you dizzy. While the album's noisier moments are fascinating, it's during the cover of Andre Previn's "I'm Sick" and the absolutely gorgeous rendition of Duke Ellington's "The Single Petal of the Rose" where you wish the highly talented trio would tackle an entire album's worth of jazz covers. In the meantime, though, this unsettling, yet lovely little gem will do just fine.
Adrien Begrand
The Bon Mots, Le Main Drag (Mellifluid)
The Bon Mots certainly live up to their name on their debut album Le Main Drag. Mixing witty lyrics and sly nods to the likes of Elvis Costello and Pavement, their musical chemistry crosses the borders of '90s indie and '80s pop with a smarty-pants attitude that reflects the brass-buttons bluster of a well-schooled frog (by the by, a bon mots is a pun in French). Simple, bouncy tunes are fueled by sophisticated musical orchestrations with expansive harmonies, generous percussive fills and guitar strumming galore. Melodies vacillate between catchy and vaguely patronizing, however, and the lyrics suffer from the band's egg-head opacity. The group is at their best when they are serving up sweet shimmery pop, and at their worst the other half of the time when a bleak seriousness creeps in and the vocalist's heart seems to drop perilously close to his sleeve transforming him instantly into a corny crooner. There is unfulfilled promise, but one might do well to wait for a follow-up.
Katie Zerwas
Blueprint, Chamber Music (Weightless Recordings)
Blueprint's made his mark as half of Soul Position (along with stellar producer RJD2), and his new, mostly-instrumental album gives him a chance to step out on his own. Chamber Music takes a while to get going, with about two minutes of pointless introduction. Once the beats take over, though, it's worth the wait as Blueprint starts in with an Indian-inflected groove. His production style's reminiscent of RJD2's, but with less emphasis on the rock and dance sound and more on the hip-hop side. The first half of Chamber Music has a great flow, but Blueprint kills it with a track composed of stand-up material about sex and an essentially pornographic breathing track over a weak beat. It's neither sexy nor funny, and it kills the album's rhythm. The disc never recovers, and we're left with a disappointing CD that merely hints at the skill we've heard from Blueprint in the past.
Justin Cober-Lake
Buckfast, Buckfast (self-released)
"I'm waiting for the summer to show up in my mind." Dude. Have I become too jaded for chuggy power chords, emotive vocals, and lead singers with names like Riddler? Or is it these particular chords, these particular vocals, and this particular, well, I guess the only lead singer out there named Riddler? "Corporit" is serviceable, radio-friendly west-coast rock, but at five minutes, it's two minutes too long and five minutes too repetitive. "Satellite" invokes the ghost of Bono (sniff, wink, sniff) and Bends-era Radiohead (who also invoked Bono) but for what? Because we haven't heard it all before? Because damn it, we have. Maybe I should be thankful that it's not another Alice In Chains knockoff because there's a lot more of them on the radio. But I can't be thankful for a band exerting so much energy, skill, and time on something that sounds simply passable.
Michael Metivier
Charmparticles, Sit Down for Staying (Childstar)
Having a style that brings to mind a lightweight Manic Street Preachers circa This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, Charmparticles are big on big, sweeping and majestic arrangements, especially on the grandiose "Sixty-Four". Here lead singer and guitarist Adam Wayne trades off licks with Sarah FitzGerald while delivering angelic harmonies. It continues on the stronger "Stand Up for Leaving" with the guitars driving the tune along before a dreamy and fluid chorus comes in. The group knows what they do best and thus they do it often as "A/O" begins with a heavy instrumental portion before shifting gears into a tamer and sweet nugget with Pamela Rooney on lead vocals. It's this tune that is definitely the watermark as the ethereal delivery soars to near U2 anthem-like heights in tandem with the guitars. The second half of this near half-hour tryst is just as lovely as "Gas Gauge" has some Starsailor-ish qualities embedded within. The lone straightforward alt.rocker is a promising "Solvent" that jangles along prior to an ear-candy guitar propelled bridge a la Primal Scream. A hushed "Phone and Finder" recalls Yo La Tengo before tension slowly builds. Overall a fine EP!
Jason MacNeil
Phil Angotti, Juliette Foster Soundtrack (Jam)
Although labeled an "original soundtrack", the latest album by the Idea's Phil Angotti is instead a tribute to the classic pop-rock soundtracks of the '70s (think The Graduate or Harold & Maude). Thankfully not a concept album, there is no tacked-on storyline to follow, Juliette Foster Soundtrack instead aims to create a coherent Sunday afternoon mood that could conceivably serve as a soundtrack to a melancholy, offbeat indie film (which is left to the listener's imagination). The "soundtrack" tag also allows Angotti to avoid the expectations of "proper" albums, allowing him to mix fully fleshed songs like "No Way to Be" and "Trying to Find Out About Something" with charming song fragments and pleasant instrumentals. This casual format perfectly suits Angotti's low-key appeal. Angotti does not produce any heart stopping classics on this new disc, he is a little too subtle for his own good, but his gorgeous tenor and forceful strumming recall Emitt Rhodes during his most melancholy moods or Nick Drake in his happiest ones.
Hunter Felt
Burrito Deluxe, The Whole Enchilada (Luna Chica)
Sometimes the best music arrives when you're least expecting it. I opened my mail the other day to find a curious disc -- unsolicited from Luna Chica Records -- by a band called Burrito Deluxe. The 13-track The Whole Enchilada is a potent brew of country and rock, well-crafted and honest, by turns bouncy, burning and sweet. That the collection should offer such a tasty listen (yes, that was an intended pun) should not be a surprise -- Burrito Deluxe brings together some of country and rock's greatest musicians. The five-man band features Garth Hudson of The Band on organ, country singer Carlton Moody, who also plays lead guitar, pedal-steel player Sneaky Pete Kleinow and the muscular rhythm section of Jeff "Stick" Davis on bass and Rick Lonow on drums. Kleinow -- late of The Flying Burrito Brothers (the band takes its name from the Burritos' second album) and seemingly
hundreds of sessions with everyone from the Eagles to Jackson Browne -- offers a star turn on the instrumental "Sister," while Hudson's atmospheric playing undergirds the entire disc. And Moody'' vocals are thick with smoke and as easy as an old pair of work boots. Comfortable and powerful and surprising -- that's Burrito Deluxe.
Hank Kalet
Tussle, Don't Stop (Trouble Man Unlimited)
Tussle's "Don't Stop" is a decent dance groove propelled by -- what else -- a monotonous bass line, some real percussion and drums, and trippy quasi-surf guitar lines. The b-side is "Windmill" which continues the organic bass and drums workout with touches of the ghostly guitar once again. It would all be much groovier if it didn't get so damn old by the time the first minute of each tune clocks in. Also included on the EO are superfluous remixes of both of these songs, the "Soft Pink Truth Disco Hijack" of "Windmill" that adds more of a techno buzz to the mix with some sawtooth synths, and the "Stuart Argabright Remix" of "Don't Stop", which manages to make the title track a little more trance-like, which really wasn't very necessary. Then there's also a version of "Eye Contact", simply subtitled "Version." Bongos and hand claps abound. Tussle's big problem is that they don't have many ideas, and instead squash what little they do know into variations of the same theme and call them different "songs." Whatever. There are better dance tracks out there to be heard, and no one really needs to waste their ears on anything contained in this release.
Jason Thompson
Ex-centric Sound System, West Nile Funk (EXS)
Having played bass for the great and the good (amongst them Lou Reed and Me'Shell Ndegocello), Yossi Fine supplies the massive low end for this collective's second record; a project bringing together modern production, live grooves and sampled Ghanaian songs in their entirety, in order to emulate the seismic impact and festival vibes of the Trinidad Carnival trucks whilst retaining a strong African feel. This blending of the old and new works especially well on "The Original Ragga", which matches the astoundingly contemporary-sounding call-and-response of a Hutu wedding song to powerful dancehall stabs; all the kinetic joy and simplicity without the violent homophobia or sexual crudity! If you're looking for music that channels the emotional vibrancy of "that original jungle beat" whilst physically vibrating your dancing frame, look no further. Massive.
Stefan Braidwood
Morning 40 Federation, Morning 40 Federation (M80 Music)
Morning 40 Federation sounds like little else that's out there. A big, brassy blues band that sounds like a vicious update of Dr. John with a hardened punk edge, the band's self-titled disc climbs out on the ledge and refuses to get down, crafting music that gets right in the listener's face and dares it to back away. The disc swings from blues into nearly experimental noise -- "Gotta Nickle" certainly contains blues elements, but they are undercut by a pained-scream vocal style that would not sound out of place coming from Nirvana. "Headlamp" is a rave-up with a nasty saxophone line running throughout, a distorted bit of early '60s-style rock that just keeps pushing ahead. Morning 40 Federation is worth a listen, but make sure you fasten your seatbelts and prepare yourself for what will be a bumpy ride.
Hank Kalet
Barbez, Barbez (Important)
Barbez is an acquired taste, don't let anybody tell you otherwise. This group ties various cultures and genres into an album that is part rock, part "what the #[email protected]~!" From the initial "Sacrifice Poles", it's as if you went to a Jewish wedding with Evanescence conforming to the special occasion. There is some tension, but it is so bloody mellow that at times it's hypnotic and annoying all at once. The happy stroll of "The Defiant Bicycle" is a departure but works better for some strange reason. Lead singer Ksenia Vidyakina is the centerpiece often, yet the quirky instruments and Waits-ish arrangements makes it an enjoyable ride. This is exemplified on "Tango Ballade" that is part Parisian, part Ute Lemper German cabaret and part David Bryne with terrific, loony results. The humor in the album is its greatest asset, particularly on "Pirate Jenny" which builds and builds while a maid or housewife tells her tragic story as a black freighter "shoots guns from the bow". Barbez keeps you intrigued though with another stellar tango-esque flavored "See the Insect". Another pleasing ditty is the rambling swaying folk of "The Relationship Between Man and Bird". The music box-esque "The Ultimate Disaster" turns on its head and sounds like folk nu-metal. Overall Barbez has created a truly bizarre album that never grows tired or stale.
Jason MacNeil
Christiansen, Stylish Nihilists (Revelation)
As emo and hardcore continue to infiltrate the safe and docile pop markets, more and more musical acts begin competing for the proverbial spotlight. And, despite the fact that Christiansen have been active in the now overrun scene for many years and through many releases, Stylish Nihilists sounds like a tepid, halfhearted, stereotypical survey of emocore terrain. With this album Christiansen seem to be vying for a larger, more commercial audience. This is their most pop-inflected affair to date, replete with stadium rock guitars and big, anthemic choruses. Unfortunately, Christiansen also have also sacrificed the ability to write a quality rock song, as many of the 11 tracks on Stylish Nihilists seem unrealized and lacking in both emotion and scope.
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Wasting US ResearchWednesday, October 5th, 2016
There is something wrong in the US.
We do the research, but the results are often implemented in other countries, with enviable outcomes, but ignored here.
It was adoption of the work of American Edwards Deming by Japanese industry, especially automobiles, that changed "made in Japan" from a symbol of shoddy work to one of world-class quality—decades before the US moved in that direction.
Despite being honored in Japan in 1951 with the establishment of the Deming Prize, he was only just beginning to win widespread recognition in the U.S. at the time of his death in 1993.
When it comes to education, it's Finland.
Year after year, Finland is ranked as one of the world leaders in education while America lags far behind.
But it's not that Finland knows more about how to build effective schools than the US does.
Almost all education research takes place in the US, and American schools can't seem to learn from any of it — and yet Finnish people do.
Over time, the ideas have helped shape the Finnish education system as one that prizes autonomy, peer learning, collaboration, and varied forms of assessment. These were all ideas developed at one time or another by American theorists, yet modern American classrooms — noted for their heavy reliance on tests and teacher-guided lectures — bear little resemblance to those up north.
Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect of Two World Trade Center, Google North Bayshore and many others, made a telling comment that the US would do well to take to heart.
"The education of our youth is one of the best investments any society can make. In that sense, not investing in our future is simply the worst place to cut corners."
It took the US 40 years to embrace quality and we're still playing catch-up.
We don't have 40 years when it comes to education.
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Briston road blocked after lorry and motorbike crash
PUBLISHED: 16:37 18 September 2012 | UPDATED: 17:02 18 September 2012
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The B1354 in Briston is currently blocked after a motorbike ended up underneath a lorry this afternoon (Tuesday).
A black Suzuki and green DAF truck were involved in the crash which happened just after 3.10pm on Tithe Barn Lane.
The East Anglian Air Ambulance, firefighters from Holt, paramedics and police officers were called.
An East of England Ambulance Service spokesman said the two people on the motorbike received minor injuries.
The rider suffered shoulder and wrist injuries and the passenger received chest injuries.
Both were taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital by land ambulance, but the air ambulance crew helped at the scene.
A Norfolk police spokesman said the lorry driver was not injured.
The firefighters used granules to absorb a petrol leak from the motorbike.
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Last friday I stopped in San Bruno to grab a bite for dinner along San Mateo Avenue. My first stop was Ming's. I had handpulled noodles on the brain, but when my waitress said the cook who makes them didn't come in that day, I said "good-bye" and headed to Innya Lake down the street. It has been some time since my last visit here, and I've taken note of the various downhill reports. Yet, I still held out hope that the ono kauk soi (chicken coconut curry noodle soup) might have survived.
Sadly, I have to say that this was just above mediocre. The soup itself was on the bland side with little curry flavor or chicken-y intensity. The boneless chicken meat chunks were fine, but the soup based lacked that special something. The presentation with the noodles and other additions on the side was a nice touch, giving the impression that the ingredients are freshly cooked and just waiting for you to put them together at the table. Unfortunately, the boiled noodles were completely limp and the fried ones tasted of stale oil and had a tough, chewy texture. The fried onions were oil-soaked and tasted like the inside of a refrigerator. And, as the photo shows, the kitchen doesn't even know how to cook an egg properly.
So sad. What's worse is that this was still better than Green Elephant's or T-28's version.
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Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force has been a hell of a thing. A team conceived as a clandestine wetworks squad ending threats before they manifest could have been a "mindless blood-soaked kill crew," as the writer puts it in his parting words at the end of Uncanny X-Force #35, the last issue of this volume of the series, but it's been unendingly bleak emotional trauma and murky morality questions for everybody involved. They faced the consequences of murdering a child they believed to be evil, they lost a lover and friend to that same evil, they suffered betrayals and lost another lover and friend to a whole different sort of evil. It's been trucking through a lot of ugly places.
Two new X-Force books are succeeding it – the already-begun Cable and X-Force, and the upcoming relaunch of Uncanny X-Force, focusing on the continuing adventures of Psylocke and Lady Fantomex and… wait, what happened there?
UXF #35 is what happened. After all that gut-churning drama, Remender's last issue with artist Phil Noto is appropriately entitled "Rainbows, Puppy Dogs & Sunshine," despite opening with Wolverine mourning the loss of his own twisted son Daken – a son he had to put down himself. At least he's making some kind of peace with his eternal curse – and the rest of the team makes good with the bridges they'd feared burned as well.
Psylocke makes amends with her brother Captain Britain, who in turn reveals he understands why she betrayed him for a strange, conceptually ambiguous man like Fantomex. In fact, Cap explains that he was actually impressed that Fantomex had as much of a moral fiber as he did, considering he was created with three different brains, one of which was a mutant-hunting Sentinel. That part was news to me, but that might be because every time I ask somebody to explain Fantomex to me, they always say "um… well… it's Grant Morrison, dude." The more I actually learn, the more I understand that response.
Even Deadpool gets a bonding moment with Evan, the regrown Kid Apocalypse that Fantomex tried to raise properly to make amends for the aforementioned evil Kid Apocalypse that he felt compelled to kill (likely due to that Sentinel brain). Daken's new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants tried to re-evil-ize Evan, but the kid had enough of a conscience to avoid that, and oddly enough, Deadpool was a big reason why. So Wade Freakin' Wilson is now some kind of surrogate father figure for Evan, which is fraught with its own crazy problems – as evidenced by his taking away the meditation book Logan gave Evan and leaving a bunch of porno mags in their stead. The kid IS a teenager, after all.
Then there's the matter of Fantomex, everybody's favorite character in Remender's saga, who has been dead for several issues now, and here, we see him brought back to life, thanks to.. well, we'll chalk it up to weird science. The kicker is that each of those three 'Mex brains has their own body now. And one of them's a chick. "Fantomsexy," Wade calls her, but likely that won't stick. The name 'Jean-Phillippe' is claimed by the black-clad evil version, so we're left wondering what the deal will be with the other two – and that deal will be furthered by the NOW version of Uncanny X-Force, which will also include mohawked Storm and Puck. That alone makes it worth checking out when it rolls around – and Remender tells us that some of the plot threads from this series will be picked up in his Uncanny Avengers. So'z ya knowz.
Uncanny X-Force #35 is a great final chapter in a truly epic (in the legit sense of the word, and not the everyday erosion of the meaning of the word now used to describe fails and socks) saga. Remender, much like Jonathan Hickman, is a guy who writes big and ends well. I'll miss this book, and I'm as surprised as anyone that we went out on a happy note.


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North Korean Heir Tries to Look Like Grandpa
K. Mathews on 1 Jul 2011 at 10:00am
While Kim Jong-il is still the Supreme Leader of North Korea, his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, is being groomed to become his successor. And I mean "groomed" in the most extreme way: Kim Jong-un is said to have undergone plastic surgery six times in order to better resemble his father and late grandfather, Kim Il-sung.
When genetics did not provide Kim Jong-un with enough of a familial resemblance to his patriarchs, Kim Jong-un turned to cosmetic enhancements. Although rumors of Kim Jong-un's procedures have been circulating for a while now, a reporter quoting top North Korean officials has essentially confirmed the claims.
Plenty of people turn to plastic surgery to look more youthful, but it's a rare case when someone gets work done to look more like his/her grandparent. Then again, we're talking about the leaders of a country with one of the shiftiest nuclear weapons policies, so I guess we can't expect them to follow the status quo.
While critics of plastic surgery generally consider it an act of vanity, it's hard to dispute that true vanity is a man who asks his son to alter his appearance to look more like his father and grandfather. But what do you expect from a man with an ego as inflated as Kim Jong-il? The North Korean dictator claims that he was born supernaturally, invented hamburgers, and got five holes-in-one the first time he played a round of golf.
I think it's safe to speculate that having plastic surgery to look like Kim Il-sung is an isolated incident rather than a trend as it is with Angelina Jolie, although I wouldn't put it past Kim Jong-il to start demanding it of his people.
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Holding on to Parent Voices
Under No Child Left Behind, the federal government requires school districts to use 1 percent of Title I money to fund programs that involve parents in the schools and provides another $39 million annually for 62 Parental Information and Resource Centers (PIRCs) that provide training and information for both parents and district personnel to bolster family engagement in schools.
Under the Obama Administration's "Blueprint for Reform," which lays out general principles for reauthorizing NCLB, the amount of Title I funding for parental involvement would be doubled to 2 percent. But the Blueprint leaves uncertain the future of the PIRCs, designed to help parents improve student academic achievement and communicate better with school personnel, because PIRCs would compete for funding with other programs. This troubles parent advocacy groups as Secretary Arne Duncan pushes forward with Chicago-style reforms that likely will include shutting down underperforming schools, firing principals, and changing staff.
"Parents are the primary stakeholders in education," says Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE ), which advocates for parents in Chicago Public Schools. "Parents are mostly concerned not with when the PTA meeting is, but what strategies are being used in the school to improve performance, and whether the school is getting the support it needs."
As written, the Blueprint, which will be considered when Congress takes up reauthorization legislation, doesn't reflect that reality, Woestehoff says. "There are so many objections to the strategies in the Blueprint that directly impact our children's opportunities," she says. "It just seems like nobody up there is listening."
The law requires that PIRCs, authorized in 1994 as part of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, provide "comprehensive training, information and support" to parents, schools and other education-related agencies. NCLB states that at least half of funds must serve "areas with high concentrations of low-income families," with an eye toward serving limited-English-proficient children, and to "serve both urban and rural areas." Grant funds should help parents improve student academic achievement, communicate more effectively with school personnel, and learn more about resources available to them.
Each state has at least one PIRC, and larger states have two. Some operate out of a single location, usually at a nonprofit organization or community center, while others have several locations that operate out of the school districts they serve. They primarily work with families to enhance parents' advocacy skills but also train principals and teachers on how they can create more welcoming environments.
The PIRCs mostly serve urban and rural districts that receive Title I funding, which are specified in grant applications, but other nearby districts can access the resources and training they have. Data compiled in a 2008-2009 report show PIRCs served 73 percent of Title I districts. "The fact that we're authorized to do this work by the federal government is significant—and, I think, essential," says Vito Borrello, president of Every Person Influences Children (EPIC), one of two PIRCs in New York. That authorization proves the federal government agrees that "families' involvement is significant in support of closing the achievement gap."
The Blueprint starts from the standpoint that under current law, funding isn't always targeted to the most effective practices. Duncan expanded on this theme in a speech to Congress last May. "In order to drive innovation, we will allow states to use another 1 percent of Title I dollars— about $145 million—for grant programs that support, incentivize, and help expand district-level, evidence-based parental involvement practices," he stated. "We want districts to think big about family engagement—to propose new strategies and hone in on best practices that raise student achievement."
He added that PIRCs can compete with school districts, community-based organizations, and other nonprofit organizations for the funds. Sandra Abrevaya, the Department of Education press secretary, confirms that PIRCs can compete for a variety of funds but will not have a dedicated funding stream. "We believe this will give greater flexibility to states, districts and nonprofits, and will recognize, reward and scale up programs that are getting results," Abrevaya says.
Borrello and others hope the reauthorization includes some version of a bill introduced this term in the House of Representatives called the Family Engagement and Education Act. It would include the statewide PIRCs as a centerpiece (renamed Statewide Family Engagement Centers) and add a local tier of them. "PIRCs have been doing capacitybuilding," he says. "This says, let's do it in a bigger way."
Future of PIRCs
But the administration's tone to date concerns activists like Sue Ferguson, chair of the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education. "There's plenty of research around family engagement that supports what PIRCs are doing," she says, citing the 2008-2009 PIRC summary report which, in turn, cites research in part from the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago and National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools.
"If we lose them, I feel like we're going backward. Having the PIRCs is the beginning of getting the support on the state level to the families and schools that need it," Ferguson says. "They help to create a level of advocacy without making schools and families enemies. You have no idea how many families don't know how to negotiate the system."
A 2008-2009 data book compiled by the PIRCs shows widespread and deep satisfaction with their services—but doesn't establish direct links with student achievement, which would be very difficult to measure given that they're involved to widely varying degrees in different places, and that achievement is impacted by so many variables, Ferguson adds. "We don't have the data yet to support that," she says. "It's one of those ambiguous things. ? It's not as concrete as you and I would like. Do they want to look at that? I would say yes."
Anne Henderson, author of Beyond the Bake Sale and other books and research reviews on parent involvement in schools, says the administration paints with a broad brush in deeming the PIRCs no longer worthy of dedicated support. "The strong PIRCs have been very, very good and have strengthened capacity at the state and local level," she says.
Strong PIRCs stand out for their ability to form partnerships with state and local education agencies, tackle issues that affect a wide variety of districts rather than narrowly targeted issues, and have targeted school personnel and parents, Henderson says. For example, Nevada's PIRC collaborated with the United Way to address the dropout rate, and Indiana's PIRC built a strong working relationship with the Indianapolis Public Schools for the same issue.
In Middlesex County, Conn., where Henderson says schools stand out for their aggressive and thoughtful parental involvement, the state's PIRC has helped parents garner facts to make their cases to administrators, says Donna Marino, partnership coordinator for the county's Parent Leadership Training Institute. The institute is one of 12 in the state, based locally at Middlesex Public Schools, which is the administrative agency.
The institute conducts training and brings in experts like Henderson, sometimes with help from the state PIRC, to give parents background on the big picture of how schools work within the context of city and state government. They learn how to marshal facts and figures to go along with their emotions and passion, which are needed to gain the respect and serious attention of administrators, Marino says.
For example, a parent concerned about class size in her child's school who appears before the school board to simply vent about it might have little impact, she says, while one who arrives armed with data on class sizes in comparable districts and how that issue impacts the school budget "are on the same playing field."
Title 1 x 2?
The proposal to double the Title I funding doesn't necessarily make Ferguson of the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education feel better about the Blueprint. "I have not a clue as to how that might translate [in terms of programming]," Marino says. "What frightens me about this administration—and I'm an ardent Democrat—is that [parent advocates] are just going to get passed over."
Ferguson says her fear is based on the lack of specifics to date about how that extra money should be spent, beyond saying the money will go to the states, and on what she characterized as a lack of monitoring in the past. "Two percent without any regulations means nothing, if you're not going to monitor it," she says.
"And believe me, nothing is in writing." Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters and a founding member of the national network Parents Across America, agrees that New York City Public Schools and others don't necessarily follow the rules when it comes to Title I, for example, failing to hold meetings with parents about how that money will be spent. "If you ask Title I parents if they have any say in how that money will be spent, they will say no," she says.
San Diego Unified School District, which Henderson cites as a model Title I district, wants to see the money doubled, but it still wouldn't be enough, says Bea Fernandez, program manager for parent outreach and engagement. Her office runs special parent engagement programs for Somali, Lao and Burmese refugees on Saturdays; Family Fridays, in which parents are invited to read in the classroom for 30 minutes; and Parents on the GO, a family wellness program, among many others.
It's all done under the rubric of San Diego Parent University (funded through $135,000 in Title I money), which provides workshops on everything from how to help your child with reading skills, to social and emotional development, to understanding the school system. The latter is especially stressed for new arrivals to the country (see sidebar). "Resource centers [like PIRCs] are very important because they have the opportunity to be innovative and creative and connect with communities and nonprofits," Fernandez says. "We're lucky in this district that they have my office."
Parents in Turnarounds
As the administration formulates plans for its "turnaround" scenarios for failing schools—where the principal, staff or curriculum might be replaced—parents and community members should be given substantive roles, says Henderson, also a senior consultant with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a board member for Parents for Public Schools, and an adviser to Communities for Excellent Public Schools. "Parents need to be involved in deciding, 'Is this school so unredeemable that it has to be closed?'" Henderson says. "Parents and community members should be involved in suggesting criteria for who stays and who goes." "It's not that what the reformers suggest is all wrong," she adds, but "parents suggest different things. They're filling in missing pieces."
Woestehoff would like to see an earlier Chicago-style reform be implemented: the Local School Councils that were born in the late 1980s and adopted around the country. Elected parent and community representatives on LSCs have the power to hire principals and gain input on budgets more so than anywhere in the country, she says. "We think the LSCs are working well in Chicago," she says. "You have an actual role. You have actual, legal powers and duties."
Parents absolutely should have a voice as the Obama administration considers nationalizing policies that have led to shutting down neighborhood schools or turning them into charter schools, says Haimson, who notes that New York has a similar structure to LSCs, called School Leadership Teams, although they have less power. She says that the administration has taken the turnaround strategies practiced in Chicago and New York and is imposing them more vigorously on the rest of the country, creating a need for parent and community counterweight.
Henderson urges parent activists to keep making their voices heard. "The Blueprint is a just a blueprint," she says. "We don't know what the administration is going to do if they send draft legislation up to the Hill. They acknowledge that the original Blueprint was weak in this area [parent involvement]. They're asking for ideas."
Borrello believes the administration's thinking is evolving—and he hopes PIRCs are strengthened rather than undermined in the eventual legislation. "There's not a complete understanding of the significant role that PIRCs play in family engagement in states," Borello concludes. "We're starting to see the fruits of all that investment."
Ed Finkel is a freelance writer based in Evanston, Ill.


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Arab securities markets explained
Although Algeria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan and Syria may have some limited forms of equity markets, due to near complete state monopoly over the economy, a meaningful role for the private sector has so far been excluded. Yet these countries are attempting at liberalizing their economies and reforming underlying corporate legislation.
For example the fact that Syria does not have an official stock exchange has not prohibited it from establishing an active gilt securities market to finance domestic public borrowing. Syria has also given positive signals that it is keen on reforming its corporate legislation in terms of diversifying the types of its companies. In late 1997 for example, draft Article 337 of the Syrian Commerce Code was debated in order to introduce holding companies on par with Articles 232-236 of the 1989 Jordanian Companies Act or the Lebanese legislative degree No. 45 of 24 of June 1983 on holding companies.
In a similar vein, Yemen has also undergone recent changes in its investment legislation in order to reduce bureaucratic barriers and widen the areas in which foreigners can invest. Changes made on Yemen's Foreign Investments Law took place in late 1999. In this context it is estimated that Yemen attracted an estimated RY6.4 billion ($1=0,0063RY) in 1999 in foreign investment, compared to and RY4.8 billion in 1998. It is also contemplating establishing an official securities market.
For its part, Iraq has opened a limited stock exchange in 1992, regulated by the Baghdad Stock Exchange Law No. 24 of 1991. In January 1997, new listing and admission regulations were promulgated (in accordance with Art 26 of Law No. 24 of 1991). As to revamping underlying corporate legislation, Iraq in September 1997 promulgated the new Companies Law No. 21 of 1997. The new law identifies four types of business associations: public, private (limited liability), partnership and sole trading. It came into effect on Dec. 28, 1998.
As was mentioned in the previous article, Arab countries were divided into four groups. The third group consists of the Gulf Cooperation Council. These are Saudi Arabia (it has no formal bourse. Informal share trading dates to 1935 and its informal capital markets are the largest in the Arab world in terms of their capitalization), Kuwait (Amiri Decree Regulating the Kuwait Stock Exchange Market, 1983. Promulgated in the Official Gazette No. 1492, dated Aug. 14, 1983) Bahrain (Royal Decree No. 4 for the year 1987 established the Bahrain Stock Exchange. It officially began trading in June 1989), Qatar (in 1995, Qatar promulgated a law establishing the Doha Stock Exchange which started operating two years later in May 1997), United Arab Emirate (on Feb. 1, 2000 the UAE promulgated a securities law establishing two official exchanges in Dubai and Abu Dhabi) and Oman (Art. 3 of the Royal Decree Promulgating the Capital Market Law repeals all conflicting provisions with the 1998 Capital Market Law).
These capital-surplus Arab countries enjoy operational (albeit occasionally limited) securities markets, stable economies and freely convertible currencies. The fact that equity trading takes place in the GCC countries does not however mean that all these countries have official bourses regulated by specialized securities acts. For example, as has been mentioned above while the United Arab Emirate has promulgated its first ever securities act on Feb. 1, 2000, Saudi Arabia until today still does not have a securities act, despite having the largest `unofficial' Arab securities market, which by the second quarter of 1999 was capitalized at $44.2 billion. — (Jordan Times)
By Lu'ayy Minwer Al Rimawi
The writer is an author and researcher on Arab capital markets regulation at the London School of Economics.
© 2000 Mena Report (www.menareport.com)


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The Detroit Lions have plenty of holes to fill this offseason and free agency is one way to improve the roster after last year's disappointing 4-12 record.
General Manager Martin Mayhew is focused on re-signing nine of the team's own 23 unrestricted free agents, but Detroit will likely need to fill several roster spots in free agency, which begins on March 12.
MLive.com writers Anwar Richardson and Justin Rogers will analyze Detroit's free agency possibilities until the NFL's version of March Madness begins.
POSITION: Receivers
UNDER CONTRACT: Calvin Johnson, Nate Burleson, Ryan Broyles, Kris Durham, Brian Robiskie, Devin Thomas, Mike Thomas, Troy Burrell, Patrick Edwards.
TEAM'S FREE AGENTS: Kassim Osgood, Stefan Logan.
TOP NFL FREE AGENTS: RFA Victor Cruz (New York Giants), Mike Wallace (Pittsburgh Steelers), Greg Jennings (Green Bay), Wes Welker (New England), Danny Amendola (St. Louis).
KEEP YOUR EYE ON: Micheal Spurlock (San Diego), Donnie Avery (Colts), Brandon Gibson (St. Louis), Josh Cribbs (Cleveland), Ramses Barden (N.Y. Giants), Sammie Stroughter (Tampa Bay), Ted Ginn Jr. (San Francisco), Michael Jenkins (Minnesota).
BREAKDOWN: Let us review a few obvious facts for one moment.
Fire is hot. Water is wet. Four out of five dentists recommend everything advertised on television. Warren Sapp dislikes Ndamukong Suh. Oh, and one more thing.
Mayhew loves receivers (insert Matt Millen comparison here).
For once, Mayhew actually has a good reason to pursue a receiver during free agency. Lions receivers Ryan Broyles (knee) and Nate Burleson (leg) are recovering from season-ending injuries sustained in 2012, Detroit is trying to forget the name Titus Young Sr., leaving the Lions to search for someone to take pressure off Johnson this season.
Last year, Mayhew believed running back Jahvid Best would be ready for the 2012 season. He may have learned the importance of not overestimating the health of an injured player after Best was never cleared to play.
Detroit does not have a ton of money to spend in free agency, so scratch guys like Wallace, Jennings and Welker off the wish list. Wallace is a deep threat, but will likely be outside of Detroit's price range.
Spurlock and Ginn Jr. make sense because of their return abilities. Ginn Jr. visited the Lions facility last year during free agency, so the team is familiar with him. Cribbs would be an instant upgrade at returner, but might be out of Detroit's price range.
If Detroit is unable to find a quality receiver through free agency, Mayhew may shift his attention to the NFL draft, or hope Edwards is healthy and ready to step up.


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MAKOplasty® Enables New Level of Accuracy for Partial Knee and Total Hip Replacement
LAFAYETTE – Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) is the first hospital in Acadiana, and only the third in Louisiana, to offer MAKOplasty®, a minimally invasive treatment for adults suffering from early to mid-stage osteoarthritis. Using a highly advanced, surgeon-controlled robotic system, MAKO enables ultra-precise alignment and placement of implants in partial knee and total hip replacement procedures. The Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System (RIO) makes it less invasive than traditional surgery, which helps improve outcomes.
The RIO System uses CT scans of each patient's hip or knee to assist surgeons in pre-planning their surgery. During surgery, a robotic arm uses computer-guided mapping software, similar to GPS, integrated into the surgical instruments to ensure exactness, within 0.2 mm accuracy. This gives each patient a surgery tailored to his or her individual physical makeup.
MAKO partial resurfacing is a vital option for younger adults suffering from knee pain, whose doctors often discourage full replacement. Other types of partial knee replacements have shown to be ineffective or problematic. The MAKO procedure gives patients a quick-recovery alternative that can eliminate years of prolonged pain until full replacement surgery becomes necessary.
The assistance of this machine allows a surgeon to be so meticulous that the replacement lasts much longer than before. The implant experiences less wear and friction. This makes partial replacement viable for people of younger ages, and makes fewer replacements necessary for elderly patients. Ultimately, it means more pain-free living for patients of all ages.
"We are proud to be the only hospital in Acadiana to use this innovative technology," says Patrick Gandy, Jr., CEO of LGMC. "This technology is a proven success, with over 37,000 partial knee and 5,500 hip surgeries performed nationwide to date, with tremendous outcomes."
MAKOplasty potentially offers the following benefits as compared to traditional knee surgery:
· Reduced pain
· Minimal hospitalization
· More rapid recovery
· Less implant wear and loosening
· Smaller scar
· Better motion and a more natural feeling knee
"The MAKO instrument increases precision and accuracy. We now have unparalleled CT-guided imaging that allows for exact planning with the robot," says Scott Yerger, M.D., orthopedic surgeon at LGMC. Dr. Yerger performed the first two procedures using MAKO earlier this week. "This is revolutionary technology. It's the best orthopedic breakthrough in the last 25 years. The end result is less pain, less invasive surgery and shorter recovery time," he says. "The patient is back to normal activity quicker."
During MAKOplasty Total Hip Replacement surgery, RIO provides visualization of the joint and biomechanical data to guide the bone preparation and implant positioning to match the pre-surgical plan. After first preparing the femur or thighbone, the surgeon uses the robotic arm to accurately ream and shape the acetabulum socket in the hip, and then implant the cup at the correct depth and orientation. The surgeon then implants the femoral implant. MAKOplasty offers the confidence of more accurate cup placement and accurate leg length restoration, which significantly reduces the likelihood of hip dislocation.
These advancements could help bolster LGMC's already prestigious standing in the orthopedics field. LGMC scores in the top 1% in the country for patient satisfaction in orthopedics. The hospital is also certified by The Joint Commission for Disease-Specific Care for Joint Replacement of the Hip and Knee, and was recently named among America's Best Hospitals in Orthopedics by WomenCertified®. Joint replacement patient stays at LGMC are already shorter than the national average of 3.5 days, with fewer complications.
For more information, visit LafayetteGeneral.com/MAKO.
PHOTO CUTLINE: Orthopedic Surgeon Scott Yerger (right), M.D., works with Colleen Roarty (left) of Stryker Corp. on Lafayette General Medical Center's new MAKO robotic arm, a minimally invasive instrument for orthopedic surgery.
About Lafayette General Medical Center
Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) staffs a total of 377 beds and is the largest full-service, acute-care medical center in the nine-parish area of Acadiana. LGMC provides families with comprehensive medical services at every level of care.
Lafayette General has the busiest emergency department in Acadiana and handles the highest level of trauma in the region. The hospital's 32-bed adult intensive care unit (ICU) is staffed 24/7 by intensivists (physicians specializing in critical care), while the 25-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) boasts benchmark status in Key Performance Indicators by the Vermont Oxford Network.
The Medical Center evolved from Lafayette Sanitarium, a six-bed facility that opened in 1911, and has been a leader in health care throughout its existence. Over the years, LGMC has expanded its services and facilities to meet the community's growing needs, including Center of Excellence status in Minimally Invasive Gynecology and Neuroscience, as well as the distinction as an Accredited Cancer Program, Advanced Certified Primary Stroke Center, Disease-Specific Care Certification for Joint Replacement Hip and Knee and Accredited Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. A leader in technology, LGMC was the first to bring the da Vinci® (a robotic surgical system), CyberKnife® (a stereotactic radiosurgery system) and Medtronic O-Arm (a surgical imaging system) to Acadiana.
Lafayette General Medical Center is recognized by federal and state tax laws as a 501c(3) not-for-profit corporation. As a community-owned and managed hospital, all decisions are made locally by an experienced administrative team and a volunteer Membership Corporation and Board of Trustees. For more information about LGMC and its affiliates, visit LafayetteGeneral.com.


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NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Texas A&M knocks off pesky UND
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Yes, UND players were glad to be here, competing in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament for the first time in the program's history.
Truth be told, Texas A&M was probably glad to see UND leave Reed Arena on Sunday night, where the Aggies – as expected – downed North Dakota 70-55 in the first round of the tournament.
UND's initial game on the national stage was impressive. As a No. 14 seed, UND wasn't expected to push A&M, a No. 3 seed.
But UND trailed only 30-26 at halftime, a surprise to most of the 6,075 fans on hand. And UND didn't fold after the Aggies gained control.
In the end, however, it was A&M's superior height, athleticism and quickness that helped the Aggies to a blistering second-half start. A&M outscored UND 16-2 in the first four-plus minutes of the second half, a spurt that decided the game and advanced the Aggies to Tuesday night's second-round game against James Madison.
"What you saw here today was a basketball team that came out of transition from Division II to Division I that plays with a lot of heart," said UND coach Travis Brewster. "There was about a four-minute span to start the second half where A&M made their run at us. They got into transition. We tried to match that, but that's not our game.
"We're not the type of people that relish any type of moral victory, either. We had every intent of going out and trying to have some success. Today, we just ran into a team that's better than us.
"It hasn't happened a lot this year for us but at the same time I'm very proud of this season and the way we played."
UND led once, 3-2 on a Mia Loyd 3-pointer, and stayed with the Aggies for the first 20 minutes. North Dakota's strong zone defense and ability to withstand A&M's pressure kept UND in contention.
With the game tied at 26, A&M's Courtney Walker scored twice in the final 37 seconds of the first half.
It was the liftoff A&M used to start the second half as the Aggies turned up the defensive pressure and scored in transition.
Walker (19 points) and Tori Scott (14) did the most damage in the run as the two athletic guards were a handful for UND.
"At halftime, we said, 'All right, we're right in this,' " said UND junior Emily Evers. "But we came out a little flat to start the second half."
UND did steady its play after A&M's burst.
Madi Buck, playing her last game at UND, finished with a game-high 22 points.
Largely due to Buck's persistence, UND dug itself out of a 25-point second-half deficit and cut the A&M lead to 10 late.
UND had only six turnovers in the first half, but had 10 in the second. Most came in the early stages of the second half.
"Credit them," said Brewster. "They cranked it up and used all of their strengths to their advantage."
Against A&M's length and quickness, UND struggled to get good shots. As a result, UND shot only 31 percent (17-for-55). And they were outrebounded 49-36.
But a 15-point loss against a team from the Southeastern Conference and ranked No. 15 in the final women's national poll served as some consolation for UND.
"We came into the season with this being our ultimate goal," said Buck. "At times, it seemed like it would never get here but we've accomplished something that's never been done at UND. We had nothing to lose."
UND left Reed Arena in a pretty good mood.
"People had a lot of doubts with us coming in," said Loyd. "I think we did surprise a lot of people, and the country does know that North Dakota is out there. We did make a name for ourselves playing against Texas A&M."


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Years ago, our friend the late Price Leblanc and I would wager as to when the last freeze of the season would occur. I would select a date in mid- to late March and Price would occasionally pick days after the first of April.
Price monitored the weather closely for his cattle and his swimming regimen and would call our Weather Center for verifications. Needless to say, he always won the bet.
This season, we recorded seven freeze episodes with another event possible this morning. On Dec. 13, Dec. 14, Dec. 22 and Dec. 30, we recorded readings at or below the 32-degree mark.
The temperature didn't bottom to 32 degrees in January, once in February and twice in March. Since recordkeeping in 1965, 24 freezes have been registered for March. Fastcast: Chilly.


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Through an international effort known as SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consrotium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) a number of key journals in high energy/particle physics are moving towards open access. Journals in this group include Physical Review C and D, Physics Letters B, Nuclear Physics B, and several others. CERN, which is overseeing the process, announced on July 17th that the tendering process was complete. The University of Iowa Libraries has supported SCOAP3 since its earliest days.
Open Access Category
UK announces open access requirement for articles based on gov't funded research
On July 16th the British government announced that it would require articles published on the basis of publicly funded research to be published in open access form. Portions of the announcement follow. An article in the Guardian describes the plan in more detail and reports some reactions.
"The government has announced that it will make publicly funded scientific research available for anyone to read for free, accepting recommendations in a report on open access by Dame Janet Finch.
This will likely see a major increase in the number of taxpayer-funded research papers freely available to the public.
Science Minister David Willetts said:
"Removing paywalls that surround taxpayer funded research will have real economic and social benefits. It will allow academics and businesses to develop and commercialise their research more easily and herald a new era of academic discovery."
Among the recommendations that have been accepted by the Government are:
- Moving to deliver open access through a 'gold' model, where article processing-charges are paid upfront to cover the cost of publication.
- Walk-in rights for the general public, so they can have free access to global research publications owned by members of the UK Publishers' Association, via public libraries.
- Extending the licensing of access enjoyed by universities to high technology businesses for a modest charge."
University Presses
Ever since the University of Missouri announced on May 24 that it was closing its Press, university presses have been generating quite a bit of discussion. In the last few days several items of interest have appeared.
On July 6, The Iowa City Press-Citizen interviewed Jim McCoy, the director of The University of Iowa Press, about the future of the UI Press ("University presses seek out new roles and new markets"). McCoy said "we have an incredibly supportive administration who understands that we fill a necessary function. … We bridge the gap between research and teaching." He also noted that they are very small in terms of people but publish a far higher number of books per staff member each year than other presses. He emphasized the value of working with the UI Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, Prairie Lights and The UI Libraries.
Inside Higher Ed published an opinion piece on July 9 by Marshall Poe of Iowa's history department ("What Can University Presses Do?"). Poe would like to see presses move towards open access publishing and new modes of outreach. This item generated quite a few comments from people familiar with university presses and is worth reading for the responses it has generated.
On July 10, The Chronicle of Higher Education included an interview with Patrick Alexander, the head of the Penn state University Press, by Adeline Koh ("Is Open Access a Moral or a Business Issue? A Conversation with The Pennsylvania State University Press"). This is the 3rd piece Koh has written in her series "Digital Challenges to Academic Publishing". This interview discusses differences between STEM publishing and humanities publishing
Predatory Publishers, or "Scaring the Children"
In a recent blog post Kevin Smith of Duke takes up the issue of open access publishers who have been labeled "predatory" for various reasons. Quoting from the post:
In an online age, criteria that are well-established in libraries for avoiding these predatory toll-access journals now must be shared more widely because researchers may unwittingly spend research funds on equally low-quality OA journals. But to call this an open access problem is to blind ourselves to its full scope and is, I fear, often motivated more by the desire to bring OA itself into disrepute, to "scare the children," as I like to call it, than it is by a desire to protect the entire system of scholarly communications. …The problem we should be addressing is predatory publications, OA and subscription-based, and publishing ethics across the board….
…So I repeat, we should make our decisions about quality on the basis of neutral criteria that can be applied to any business model and not allow the legitimate concern over predatory practices to become a weapon used against only a single publishing option.
Report calls for accelerating transition to open access publishing in UK
A government commissioned report titled "Accessibility, Sustainability, Excellence: How to Expand Access to Research Publications" calls for Britain "embrace and help accelerate the transition to the open-access publishing of research results." We called attention to this expected recommendation in a May 3rd posting. According to reporting in the Chronicle of Higher Education "[t]he report's main recommendation is that 'a clear policy direction should be set towards support for publication in open-access or hybrid journals as the main vehicle for the publication of research, especially when it is publicly funded.'"
White House petition reaches 25,000 signatures
The White House petition sponsored by Access2Research and calling for open access to all journal articles arising from federally-funded research reached the required 25,000 signature mark on June 3, well ahead of the June 19 deadline. As of June 11, 26,592 signatures had been received. White House petitions which reach 25,000 signatures within 30 days receive an official response from the Administration.
The petition calls for the published results of all taxpayer-funded research be posted freely on the internet. Currently, only articles resulting from research funded by the National Institutes of Health have this requirement. The NIH Public Access Policy requires that articles be posted to PubMed Central within 12 months of being published.
University of California, San Francisco, adopts open access "mandate"
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), faculty senate voted unanimously for an open access policy that requires articles published by its researchers in scholarly journals to be made publicly available in electronic form. UCSF thus joins Harvard, Duke, Kansas and a number of other institutions in mandating such access. See the article by Michael Kelley in Library Journal and the May 23rd statement from UCSF.
As reported in the UCSF statement: "Our primary motivation is to make our research available to anyone who is interested in it, whether they are members of the general public or scientists without costly subscriptions to journals," said Richard A. Schneider, PhD, chair of the UCSF Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication, who spearheaded the initiative at UCSF. "The decision is a huge step forward in eliminating barriers to scientific research," he said. "By opening the currently closed system, this policy will fuel innovation and discovery, and give the taxpaying public free access to oversee their investments in research."
White House petition calls for open access to federally funded research results
Under the sponsorship of Access2Research a White House petition has been initiated that calls for open access to journal articles published as a result of federally funded research. The Access2Research web site urges:
"Sign the petition to require free access over the Internet to journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research. This will require you to create an account at the White House petition website, confirm the account by clicking on a link in your email, and then sign the petition itself.
25,000 signatures in 30 days gets an official Administration response. We want to hit that number – blow it out of the water – to escalate this issue inside the White House. We believe the idea of requiring free access has support but is stuck. This could well be the event that gets it through."
British government announces plans to make publicly funded research reports open access
The British government announced on Wednesday that it would take steps to require open access publication of research based on government funding. The govenment spokesman, as reported by Jennifer Howard in the Chronicle of Higher Education, did not specify how the published research would be made available. Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, will be advising the government on standards and other matters. The article reports a response by a spokesman from Springer Verlag.
"Throwing its weight behind open access, the British government has declared it wants to make all research paid for with public money freely available online. If it succeeds, the move is likely to have significant consequences for publishers, and will boost the international momentum of the open-access movement. But the government won't share details about how it will make the plan a reality."
In reaction the Guardian in a May 9 article observes that a primary mode of financing open access publishing, with article fees paid by the author or author's institution, is discriminatory and favors those with "deep pockets." The article points out:
"A major problem with the APC model is that it effectively shifts the costs of academic publishing from the reader to the author and therefore discriminates against those without access to the funds needed to meet these costs. Among those excluded are academics in, for example, the humanities and the social sciences whose research funding typically does not include publication charges, and independent researchers whose only means of paying the APC is from their own pockets. Academics in developing countries in particular face discrimination under APC because of their often very limited access to research funds."
Harvard Faculty Advisory Council: "Major Periodical Subscriptions Cannot Be Sustained."
In a statement dated April 17th, Harvard's Faculty Advisory Council, in a memo to all faculty, stated:
We write to communicate an untenable situation facing the Harvard Library. Many large journal publishers have made the scholarly communication environment fiscally unsustainable and academically restrictive. This situation is exacerbated by efforts of certain publishers (called "providers") to acquire, bundle, and increase the pricing on journals.
For the full statement, see http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup143448
The memo goes on to point out that Harvard's costs for these publishers now approaches $3.75 million. Iowa's costs for the three largest publishers (presumably the same group, though precisely which are included in the Harvard figure is not clear) is expected to be around $3.2 million in FY2012. While the figure quoted is said to be around 10% of Harvard's total acquisitions budget, $3.2 million is over 20% of Iowa's total.
The memo concludes with a strong statement and list of suggested actions, worth quoting at length. Note that DASH is equivalent to our own Iowa Research Online, though unlike Harvard, Iowa does not have an open-access policy (aka "mandate").
It is untenable for contracts with at least two major providers to continue on the basis identical with past agreements. Costs are now prohibitive. Moreover, some providers bundle many journals as one subscription, with major, high-use journals bundled in with journals consulted far less frequently. Since the Library now must change its subscriptions and since faculty and graduate students are chief users, please consider the following options open to faculty and students (F) and the Library (L), state other options you think viable….
1. Make sure that all of your own papers are accessible by submitting them to DASH in accordance with the faculty-initiated open-access policies (F).
2. Consider submitting articles to open-access journals, or to ones that have reasonable, sustainable subscription costs; move prestige to open access (F).
3. If on the editorial board of a journal involved, determine if it can be published as open access material, or independently from publishers that practice pricing described above. If not, consider resigning (F).
4. Contact professional organizations to raise these issues (F).
5. Encourage professional associations to take control of scholarly literature in their field or shift the management of their e-journals to library-friendly organizations (F).
6. Encourage colleagues to consider and to discuss these or other options (F).
7. Sign contracts that unbundle subscriptions and concentrate on higher-use journals (L).
8. Move journals to a sustainable pay per use system, (L).
9. Insist on subscription contracts in which the terms can be made public (L).


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[20 March 2010]
dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip
The Logic of Chance
(Sunday Best)
Releasing: 30 March
Whip-smart and witty English hip-hop duo unleash their second major LP—not counting a few small limited run dealios earlier in their career—late this month. The first single is "Get Better" and it's hit #30 so far on the British charts.
01 Sick Tonight
02 Five Minutes
03 Cauliflower
05 Get Better
06 Inert Explosions
07 Stake a Claim
08 The Beat
09 Last Train Home
10 Snob
11 Cowboi
"Get Better" [MP3]
Published at: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/122671-dan-le-sac-vs-scroobius-pip-the-logic-of-chance-new-album-mp3-video/


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Benchmarks (Synthetic)
3DMark 11
At 720p resolution, we see the stock GTX 680 holding a 20% lead over the stock HD7970. When they are max overclocked (albeit different clocks), the difference narrows to 9% which shows that the HD 7970 could actually be faster if the clocks are normalized. All the other cards are just spectators in this battle at the top, falling almost 50% behind.
At 1080p, the GTX 680's lead is narrowed to 13% at stock and just 4% overclock for overclock vs the HD 7970. Clearly the lack of memory bandwidth or shader efficiency is telling here, but the GTX 680 is leading nonetheless.
Unigine Heaven 3.0 (DX11)
With tesellation disabled, the extra memory bandwidth and better raw muscle probably helped HD 7970 to keep up with the GTX 680 in this notoriously fillrate heavy benchmark. Both the top dogs are head to head when overclocked while the rest are too asthmatic to keep up.
When tessellation is set to extreme, the GTX 680's superior algorithms puts distance between itself and the HD 7970. Notice the almost 50% drop here for the AMD cards with reference to the above diagram.
LuxMark 2.0
Either there is something wrong with NVIDIA's OpenCL driver implementation or the Kepler floating point units are bonked – the GTX 680 is even behind the old Fermi GTX 580! We see this happening on other OpenCL benchmarks that we've informally tested as well and will follow up with a separate piece on this.
We see a similar situation here with the compute mystery but this time with DirectX 11, and the results are significant here as they affect ambient occulsion performance in modern titles like DiRT 3 and Battlefield 3 (tested on the next page).
ShaderToyMark 0.20 (OpenGL Pixel Shader Test)
The GTX 680 regains the lead here but not by much. Once the cards are overclocked the HD 7970 surges in front.
SPECviewperf 11 (OpenGL Workstation Tests)
We threw in a workstation benchmark here (OpenGL heavy). No wins for the GTX 680 except in the catia test. Both vendors would pretty much like these type of users to buy Quadros and FireGLs, but not everybody can afford these thousand dollar cards that are essentially the same hardware as consumer grade boards.
Description of application tests (taken from SPEC.org):
The snx-01 viewset is based on traces of the Siemens NX 7 application. The traces represent very large models containing between 11- and 62-million vertices, which are rendered in modes available in Siemens NX 7.
The tcvis-02 viewset is based on traces of the Siemens Teamcenter Visualization Mockup application (also known as VisMockup) used for visual simulation. Models range from 10- to 22-million vertices and incorporate vertex arrays and fixed-function lighting.
The sw-03 viewset was created from traces of the graphics workload generated by the Solidworks 2009 SP2 application from Dassault Systemes.
The proe-05 viewset was created from traces of the graphics workload generated by the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire™ 5.0 application from PTC. Model sizes range from 7- to 13-million vertices.
The maya-03 viewset was created from traces of the graphics workload generated by the SPECapc for Maya 2009 benchmark.
The ensight-04 viewset represents engineering and scientific visualization workloads created from traces of CEI's EnSight 8.2 application.
The catia-03 viewset was created from traces of the graphics workload generated by the CATIA™ V5 R19 and CATIA V6 R2009 applications from Dassault Systemes.
The lightwave-01 viewset was created from traces of the graphics workloads generated by the SPECapc for Lightwave 9.6 benchmark.


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When I search for the occurrences (r-click, Lemma) of חֲצִי (Dan*9:27*WTT) in Dan 9:27, the Result Windows jumps to a listing of הַמָּשִׁיחַ (Lev*4:3*WTT) occurrences. Does that happen to anyone else?
In fact, the r-click doesn't even offer me a search on חֲצִ.
P.S. Restarting does not fix it. However, Lemma-izing another verb (no pun), then going back to חֲצִי and searching for its Lemma works.


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A federal judge has refused to halt investigations into Salinas Valley State Prison's mental health unit and other state hospital facilities in California prisons, despite objections from Gov. Jerry Brown's administration.
An order issued Tuesday allows a federal special master to continue investigating complaints of dangerously low staffing levels at the Department of State Hospitals' mental health unit inside the prison at Soledad.
On July 11, citing the "urgency of the issues at hand," U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton had ordered special master Matthew Lopes to investigate Salinas Valley's psychiatric unit and other state hospital facilities, saying California officials had "divorced themselves from reality" when they recently claimed mental health care is up to par in state prisons.
The state filed an appeal early this month and asked the court to hurry up and consider Brown's request for a stay. But on Tuesday, Karlton ordered the investigations to continue, at least until a scheduled hearing on the matter takes place Sept.6.
Brown's request to stop the investigations came one month after Karlton ordered them, and just days after the end of a weeklong visit to the Salinas Valley unit by the special master team.
But the state's attorneys argued the team's visit took so much time and resources from the unit's staff that special master Lopes should not continue with other investigations scheduled through October at the Vacaville Psychiatric Program, Atascadero State Hospital, Coalinga State Hospital and the newly opened California Health Care Facility in Stockton.
George Maynard, Salinas Valley Psychiatric Program's interim assistant executive director, said in a court declaration that the team's onsite monitoring included speaking to inmates and requesting inmate medical records and program manuals. He said the "executive team's regular workflow was significantly interrupted, and regularly scheduled executive meetings and weekly management meetings had to be deferred."
Maynard said Lopes' team plans to revisit Salinas Valley on Aug. 20-22, and that inmates' attorneys expect to attend. In a letter to Lopes, the state also objected to that request, Maynard said.
The onsite monitoring, Maynard argued, is too disruptive at a time when the department is trying to get its new mental health facility in Stockton up and running.
Continuing the investigations, he said, "will require executive staff and clinicians to devote significant time and resources to produce documents, prepare for the tour and participate in the tour. Accommodating onsite monitoring is likely to be disruptive."
But Karlton on Tuesday ruled the investigations would continue and that the state "shall comply with all requests from the special master in connection with his monitoring of inpatient hospital care."
There have been two inmate deaths in the past year at the Salinas Valley program, which was once the pride of the state's prison mental health system.
Employees at the unit say there is an ongoing shortage of soap and clean clothes and sheets, and that psychiatric and nursing staff levels remain dangerously low.
Attorneys representing inmates have until Aug. 28 to respond to Brown's request for a stay on the investigations, and a hearing is scheduled in Sacramento's federal courthouse for 10 a.m. Sept.6.
Julia Reynolds can be reached at 648-1187 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The lawsuit Jay Brown initiated against Union County has them (as described by rodeo lingo), "herded" into a very unsure legal position, one that shall become extremely difficult to defend due to lack of knowledge in agricultural law. I make this allegation because of reading statements made by Union County attorneys concerning the Jay Brown case. The statements are so far from being accurate based on NC law; there must be either a lack of comprehension concerning these laws, or possibly a hidden agenda only accessible by a select few. If Union County attorneys had understanding of laws pertaining to agriculture the taxpaying citizens would not be footing the bill to fight this frivolous lawsuit.
Taxpayer's money will fund this fight for the length of time citizens are willing to sit back and allow themselves to be pilfered by attorneys extracting their tax dollars. Attorneys are paid win or lose, would it not be wonderful if each of us could attain this level of job security. Attorneys are paid anywhere from $250 to over $400 per hr, I think this is somewhat more than the average person operating his own business can generate on a per hour basis. The wonderful thing about being an attorney is you can charge someone for every minute of each working day, and it is not necessarily a five-day, forty-hour workweek. They charge for each minute they speak with you in a phone conversation, they charge for each minute used in sending you an email, writing you a letter, driving back and forth to court, and whether you care to believe it or not, they can charge if a thought runs through their mind about your case, no matter when or where the thought takes place. This is the advantage of keeping your own time, they do not punch a time clock, they keep working time based entirely on whatever they care to write down. I'm not insinuating attorneys would pad their time when working on anyone's case, but would it not be wonderful to keep your own time card with no one monitoring your actions.
Attorneys run your county, your state, and your country. The belief that attorneys must decipher all law is far from true. To believe the fallacy of a judge or attorney always advising you accurately of the law is a threatening delusion. Their mistake ratio is higher than one may care to imagine, but they are very good at using legal jargon to correct their mistakes in the average persons mind.
A high-ranking county official told Mr. Thomas Marsh before he started legal action against Union County that he would need deep pockets, because the strongest power of government was to financially break anyone opposing them. I suppose this person thought he was intimidating Mr. Marsh when basically telling him, we will take your own money and defeat you, and if you can't supply enough, we will then call on your neighbors to help fund the fight.
Reid Phifer