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The Blue Mountain Fish and Game Association in Walnutport was once again the venue for the 14th annual Day at the Lake event. Organizations, such as Dream Come True, Special Olympics, and Center for Vision Loss are invited, along with their parents, siblings, caregivers and teachers to enjoy a day of fishing, activities, music, food and fun.
The lake is stocked with 400 trout that ensures each attendee receives their three-limit catch.
For 6 1/2-year-old twins Benjamin and Elija Imler (Elija was participating through Dream Come True) and their young brother Riley, that's a lot of trout. The entire family was kept busy through most of the afternoon reeling in the bounty. The Imler boys' grandmother promised to cook any fish that they caught for dinner.
Seven-year-old Sean Miller loves the outdoors and attends the Day at the Lake event every year. Sean is also a Dream Kid, who had his dream come true in 2009, when he and his family went to Disney World. Sean was thrilled with the opportunity to meet Minnie and Mickey Mouse, but the highlight of his trip was when he received a kiss from Princess Belle, from Beauty and the Beast.
Organizer Christina Tomsic has been carrying on the tradition of the Day at the Lake since her father, Michael Kiss, passed away in 2008. She wants to ensure that her father's good work and his memory live on.
Although it's a lot of work to pull an event like this together, Tomsic receives support from the members of the Blue Mountain Fish and Game Association. Dennis Kressley and Bruce Benntinger, for example have been cleaning the caught fish for as many years as the event has been held.
The association's president, Herb Santee, and vice president, Nelson Angstadt, are also on hand to ensure the day goes smoothly.
Doug Yingling, executive director for the Center for Vision Loss attended with six clients. They all caught their limit and they were happy with a day out. The center provides social services, transportation, support groups (for clients and families) and provides an activity schedule.
Although Day at the Lake is an annual event, they also hold a fishing day for Intermediate Unit 21 as part of its school field trip, and this year, in October, the Day at the Lake will be held for Angel 34.

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Gram works with SWD in some collaborative Spring 2009 footwear. "These shoes became an ode to Skywards love for textures and gram's obsession with material. – "We have for the longest time been admirers of Annika Bergers work with Skyward so when given the chance to collaborate we didn't hesitate for a second. Her patterns are fantastic and it was exciting to see how they would transfer onto such a small surface area. Of course it all worked out beautifully". Alexis Holm, designer & co-founder, gram. " Four models will be available this Spring. Look for them soon.
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Celebrate Maya Rudolph's Birthday With These 20 Hysterical Videos And GIFS!
Happy Birthday Maya Rudolph! This ridiculous funny gal is celebrating her 40th birthday today! You may know her from her famous role in the Oscar-nominated movie Bridesmaids or maybe you can date back to her Saturday Night Live days. Though it doesn't matter when you started worshiping this comedic goddess because we all end up going crazy over her.
Maya has continuously proven that women are capable of competing with the boys in the comedic department! (take that Adam Carolla) Her ability to play about every ethnicity, all the while still being hysterical is just another reason why we love her! Not to mention, her singing. Even though she usually does it for laughs (The National Anthem skit), you can actually tell that she has a really nice voice!
Anyway, happy birthday Maya, we love you! And Now start celebrating with these hysterical videos and gifs!


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Grill them jalapenos up! OK, you can heat them directly over the stove flame until the skin blackens, but as you can see, I used my handy pepper griller on the stove. I just sliced the jalapeno down the middle and set the pieces on the griller. The key thing is to blacken the skin.
Add the blackened jalapeno peppers to a baggie for steaming. This will loosen the pepper skin and make it easier to peel.
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Link Ink: Batman & Superman's Class Differences, Bzzd's 'Green Lantern' Debut, Commissioner Gordon's New Story
Hollywood: Bzzd flies onto the "Green Lantern" set. [Comic Book Movie]
Characters: Grant Morrison explains a big difference between Batman and Superman – Bruce has a butler, and Clark has a boss. [Hero Complex]
Comics: In case you weren't already excited for Scott Snyder's upcoming "Detective Comics" run, the series will include a Commissioner Gordon co-feature by Francesco Francavilla. How's that for awesome? [The Source]
Toys: The first ever Kamandi action figure gets a highlight. [The Fwoosh]
Reviews: Nick Spencer's "Morning Glories" landed in comic book stores last week, and the critics have been (mostly) kind. [Robot 6]
Hollywood: Karl Urban is officially the man for "Judge Dredd." [Empire Online]
Toys: "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart is immortalized in plastic form with a Storm Trooper action figure. [Super Punch]
Documentary: Scott Cranford, the former official Superman of Metropolis, Illinois, documents his experiences in "Heroic Ambition," currently available on DVD. [Superhero Hype]
Hollywood: Manchester, England is turning into New York City for a car chase sequence in "Captain America." [Bleeding Cool]


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Sean McGaughey has tagged me with a meme he's kicked off this evening: The un-official Podcasters Across Borders Meme. Here are my responses.
Why are you coming to PAB?
The easy answer is that I co-organized the event. The easier answer is that it's going to be the best time anyone can have Podcasting and new-media.
A little homework now: Which PAB registrants would you like to meet? Why?
Basically, everyone who I haven't yet met. I guess the standouts are the people that I've been in contact with for a while and have never met. People like Daryl Cognito, Ajay and Ted Riecken.
Who is your 'dream interview' for your podcast? Why?
Haha. I have been a committed Police fan since I was 11. I would love to complete my holy grail series of interviews with members of The Police camp. Missing are Danny Quatrochi, Jeff Seitz, Andy Summers and Sting (I've already interviewed all three Copeland brothers).
Who would you like to interview at
podcamp Podcasters Across Borders?
I have no plans to interview anyone at PAB.
What is your, 'Can't miss it' session at
podcamp Podcasters Across Borders?
Well, I can't miss the audio production workshop since I'm co-presenting with Bob. I don't know if I can pick just one. If you're going to force the issue, I'll pick the Creative Commons presentation since the Canadian Podcasting Legal Guide will be released during that session.
What is your favorite podcast?
My current favourites are Inside Home Recording and Todbits. There must be something in the water out west.
What is your favorite web resource?
Who is your favorite podsafe musician? (eg. Sean McGaughey).
Robert Farrell.
Ginger or Maryanne?
Whoever registers for PAB first.
Bob, Mark, or Tod?
Bob — Tod's not an organizer.
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NEW YORK (Jul. 13)
A book just published here accuses Switzerland's Government bureaucracy of denying refuge to thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany before and during World War II in defiance of the wishes of the Swiss Parliament and people. The book, "The Lifeboat is Full," was written by Alfred A. Hasler, a Swiss, and published by Funk Wagnalls.
The author said he gathered his material from speeches, articles, editorials, letters and personal narratives which, he claims, show that thousands of Jews suffered and died because of "deeply entrenched but previously unrecognized forces of prejudice and self-interest" in a country that otherwise gave asylum to almost 300,000 refugees of all races and nationalities.
According to the author, Swiss officials began in 1933. when Hitler became Chancellor of the Reich, to prepare for the invasion of this "un-Christian, foreign-thinking element." meaning the Jews. Mr. Hasler wrote that Dr. Heinrich Rothmund, chief of the Swiss police, declared that since Switzerland was already heavily populated by foreigners and had a serious unemployment problem, it could only serve as a transit country for Jews. "As arrests and murders of Jews spread in Germany, the Swiss Government began tightening border controls on fugitives, imprisoning others in labor camps, and finally, in 1942 turning back all civilian refugees." the book alleges.
The author said that the final order prompted fierce opposition from the Swiss population and the press which arose too late. Mr. Hasler estimated that the Swiss Government knowingly returned to Germany 26,000 Jewish men, women and children who had fled.


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Walker Zanger tiles climb up the walls of a master bath in a Washington, D.C., house by designer Barry Dixon, giving it "almost the effect of a walled garden." The window treatment is Scalamandré's Salome curtains — "practically a stainproof linen" — with Calvin's Brussels Gauze sheers.
In a Sonoma country house, designer Jay Jeffers boldly used "an abundance of glass tiles" from Waterworks covering the entire floor and the wall behind a pair of Waterworks sinks. Deco mirrors from Pottery Barn.
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In the 4-Tab Lockscreen, what does the "EDT" do? It just freezes my phone at a black screen with the soft buttons illuminated to full brightness. I have to pull the battery in order to restart.
Also, my Wifi Hotspot/Tethering automatically disables itself after a few minutes of inactivity, is there any way to stop this from happening? It never did this on the ICS rom i was using before.
hey, i just flashed weapong2x last night and im loving it so far!
coming from using the cm7 nightlies almost the past year its much better improvement!
Couldnt last a whole day without having to charge my phone a couple of times. So far with this rom, ive used my phone off the charger the past couple of hours and it still at/almost 96+ percent!
What i dev love about it is that i got my LG cam app back!!... I had almost forgotten how good my camera really was b4 i got rid of the stock rom.
But 1 thing that kinda annoys me. How do you change the dock icons? I use handcent and want to get rid of the stock messaging app, same with contacts.
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Arsenal chairman plays down Wenger-Pards spat
Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood maintains Arsene Wenger's touchline bust-up with West Ham boss Alan Pardew was 'a very minor incident'.
The pair has to be separated following Marlon Harewood's late winner for the home side at Upton Park on Sunday, following celebrations by Pardew.
French coach Wenger refused to shake his rival's hand at the end of the match, and left without speaking to the press.
Pardew has since apologised, with the League Managers' Association set to attempt mediation while the Football Association are currently reviewing TV footage before deciding whether to take any action against either man.
Hill-Wood, however, has been quick to play the whole incident down.
'I think it is a very minor incident,' he said.
'It was a brief little piece of passion and I really do not think it is a serious thing at all.'
Hill-Wood told The Daily Star: 'It was a little flurry and, quite honestly, it is a game played with great passion and people are passionate about it. So I am very relaxed.
'I have not said anything to Arsene about it and I do not intend to say anything to him about it.'
Hill-Wood watched the match from his home, and reflected: 'I think Arsene was pretty upset but I am sure he will talk next time there is a press conference.
'I do not think this incident is comparable and, quite frankly, it should be passed over as it really is not serious.'
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Unless Howard talks straight with Bush, Australia could be barbecued at the ranch, writes Mark Riley.
John Howard and George Bush have become good mates. Over the next couple of days, we will see them laughing and chatting together, riding with their wives on Air Force One, barbecueing steaks on the veranda of Bush's Texas dude ranch and fanging about the property in the President's pick-up truck.
Just a couple of world leaders letting off a bit of steam after blasting an evil dictator from office. But there is also a deal of immensely serious business to be done when Akubra meets Stetson at the Wild West Wing of the White House this weekend.
Bush may have declared the "major combat" in Iraq to be over, but the war rages on in so many regards.
The future of Iraq, who rebuilds it, who protects it, who pays and who stays all have to be decided with some urgency or else the "liberation" will quickly dissolve into abomination.
Howard, Bush and Tony Blair have repeatedly stated their determination that the Iraqis are to decide their future and determine what style of democratic government they would like to replace Saddam's tyrannical regime.
The US does not want to remain in Iraq interminably. It does not believe it has a responsibility to do so. Bush's most effective foreign policy line during the 2000 presidential election campaign was that "America is not into nation-building".
Since assuming the presidency, and particularly since the events of September 11, 2001, Bush has shown that his America is into nation-bombing when it believes such an action is justified, but remains unenthused about the nation-building part.
Howard and Bush would argue that the campaign in Iraq was not just about bombing Saddam Hussein into oblivion, but also about bombing the country into democracy. They wouldn't necessarily use that construction of words, of course, but that's the gist of it.
The burning question is whether the Iraqi people will truly get the style of democracy they want.
The serious complication in all this is that if the basic democratic tenet of "one person, one vote" is applied in an open ballot of self-determination, the Iraqis may well select a style of rule unacceptable to the neo-conservatives who rule the Bush White House.
It is highly possible the dominant Shia community would follow their mullahs and vote for an Islamic theocracy to take control of their country.
That would be the worst possible outcome for Bush and Howard and Blair. They would have spent billions of dollars at the cost of thousands of lives, military and civilian, to wrest control of Iraq from an evil dictator only to effectively deliver it to a fundamentalist regime.
The US does not want the country to become another mullahcracy, like its neighbour, Iran. It wants a Bushocracy - a new Middle Eastern template of US values and market ideals to "awaken" the Arab world to the qualities of freedom, liberty and the American way.
Some hope.
The campaign in Iraq, and the diplomatic processes that preceded it, erased any doubt that we live in a unipolar world. It is a world dominated by a sole superpower of awesome military might that favours unilateralism over international consensus and is now set on proselytising its version of democracy to unilaterally convert a unipolar world to a unipolitical one.
It would be difficult to over-dramatise the profundity of the issues at stake. This is a truly existential moment in international affairs. The future geopolitical complexion of the world hinges on decisions that will be made over coming months by Bush and Blair, with input from Howard and others.
That is why the events of the next few days are much more than simply a joyride on the presidential jet and a day of playing cowpokes on the ranch.
It is a rare and crucial opportunity for Australia, through its Prime Minister, to articulate its candid views on the US blueprint for a new world order. It is a time to exercise the special relationship Australia has developed with the US to speak frankly about the inherent risks in the new US doctrine of pre-emption, its trashing of multilateral institutions and its assumption of an inviolable right to effectively colonise Iraq and reshape its political and economic character in a way that best suits America's strategic objectives.
And while there is widespread agreement about the effectiveness of the US-led military campaign in pulverising Saddam's under-armed and under-motivated army, there are still enormous questions about the international legitimacy of the invasion.
Those questions are coupled with more about the consistency of the principles being applied as North Korea continues its high-risk game of nuclear brinksmanship.
Howard and Bush will talk about their options on North Korea this weekend. The increasing possibility is that Pyongyang will again extract generous economic and diplomatic concessions from the US to get back into its box.
The other main topic they will chew over with their marbled Texan steaks is their much-vaunted efforts to secure a free-trade agreement. Howard has been eager to dispel any nexus between his support for the Iraq war and the trade pact. He does not want to create the impression that Australia went into battle simply to curry favour for a preferential deal on trade.
It is unlikely that any significant decision will arise from the discussions for that reason, although it appears the chief negotiators are edging inexorably closer to doing the deal.
What Howard must make clear to Bush is that Australia will not wear the US push to open up the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, or remove foreign investment safeguards from US corporations or neuter our quarantine laws.
And any trade deal between the countries must include unfettered access for Australian farmers, particularly our sugar and dairy exporters.
Good friends and allies can and should talk frankly about all these issues, whether on a plane, standing around the barbie or sitting hat-to-hat in the front of a pick-up truck. That is what good friends do.
Mark Riley is the Herald's federal political correspondent.
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The Nation Is Not Secular – Obama Lied
So, last week the president deigned to tell all the religions of the world their place. And this week we learn that, according to the wise and all knowing Obama, climate change is a bigger concern than terrorism. No slip this rather astonishing utterance, his press secretary doubled down. It has taken me a while to digest all of this. Even if one buys all the climate change hype (which no serious, reasonable person does), how to you make a case that problems out in the future are a bigger deal than people burning people to death or beheading them, recording the dastardly act and sending it out for all to see? Again, assuming you think like Al Gore (which only Al Gore does), how do you think that societal upheaval in the future is bigger deal that the murder of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands RIGHT NOW through acts of violence?
For starters one has to be terribly cold-hearted. Just imagine watching the recent video of the burning of the Jordanian pilot and being able to think that a white paper on your desk with a bunch of mathematical models about the climate is a bigger deal. That requires an almost total ability to shut out the pain that you witness in another before your very eyes. It is a lack of compassion on an epic scale. Such a response requires such a high level of calculation as to be more mechanical than human. It's like the worn out scifi plot where the sentient computer decides that humanity is the problem as sets out to destroy it.
As I digested all of this an ugly screed began to form in my mind. I was on the verge of berating the state of a nation that selected Obama over Romney. I was concluding there was something fundamentally and dangerously wrong with a nation that would select such an inhuman automaton over a a decent man that holds a religion somewhat out of the mainstream. Had we taken complete leave of all moral reason and compassion?
Thanks goodness, Scott Johnson at Powerline is watching coverage of David Axelrod's memoirs. Johnson writes under the title "The Lebron James of BS": (foul language warning)
Barack Obama is not just a BS artist of the first rank; he is the gold standard in BS. He's not so good that anyone who knows what Obama is talking about would fall for his act, but we must give credit where credit is due. When it comes to BS, he never lets his guard down. Thus he told political adviser David Axelrod after an event where he stated his opposition to same-sex marriage: "I'm just not very good at bullshitting." BS!
Time picks up on the account lifted from Axelrod's memoir in Zeke Miller's "Axelrod: Obama misled nation when he opposed gay marriage in 2008." Hey, Obama's misrepresentation of his views on gay marriage are the least of it. Any fool could see through that. Axelrod provides an Obama man's modified limited hangout.
Obama's attribution of his retrograde views to his own religious faith, though, took it to the next level. Recall how Obama explained his alleged view in 2008 on the nature of marriage as a union of man and woman: "I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman," he told Rick Warren. "Now, for me as a Christian — for me — for me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union. God's in the mix."
Only in his second term would Obama counsel Christians to stay off their high horse and recall the Crusades. Only in his second term would Obama instruct us that Christians have a lot to answer for.
We were lied to people, plain and simple.
And thus this morning I can breathe a bit easier. The nation is gullible and inattentive but it has not lost all moral reason and compassion. That's still a lot to work on, but it is in the category of fixable.
By his own admission, Barack Obama is full of, well, you-know-what. We just have to get the nation to see it.
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Jim James Sheds Light on Plans for Monsters of Folk, My Morning Jacket
Published Jan 22, 2013
Starting with Monsters of Folk, the project James formed with Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Mike Mogis, the outfit are apparently already a few songs deep into writing the follow-up to their self-titled 2009 debut. Details are still developing, but it looks like they hope to tie the LP to an upcoming film project.
"Yes MOF we are alive and well and hiding out in a valley on the southernmost point tip of mexico," James wrote. "We have worked on 5 new songs and also are developing a screenplay to be turned into a full length major motion picture. Currently we are looking for a studio to take on the picture and also the album."
Though the specifics are relatively slim at this point, this should be welcome news to Monster of Folk fans who may have felt duped after a phony twitter account for Conor Oberst delivered news of an LP back in 2010.
As for My Morning Jacket, they may not have released an LP since 2011's Circuital, but bandleader James assured that the Lousiville troupe "plan on working this summer and fall to get another one cookin.'"
You can check out the rest of the Q&A session, which includes James' tips on how to care for a "manly mane of hair" and some insight on Regions of Light and Sound of God, over here.


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TEL AVIV (Dec. 10)
William W. Scranton. President-elect Richard M. Nixon's personal fact-finding envoy to the Middle East, said at a press conference in the United States Embassy here today, "I now believe more in the possibility of finding a peaceful solution to the Middle East conflict than when I came to this region….because everyone with whom I talked expressed a desire for peace." Mr. Scranton, who had separate two-hour conferences yesterday with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and Foreign Minister Abba Eban, met again with Mr. Eban today at the latter's request and also conferred with Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.
In reply to questions from newsmen, he said he believed Mr. Nixon would follow the policy enunciated In President Johnson's five-point Middle East program of June 19,1967. He said he had no knowledge of any possible impending change in United States policy toward Israel when the Nixon Administration takes office Jan. 20, adding that he had no talks on that subject prior to leaving on his Middle East mission.
Mr. Scranton sought to clarify a statement he made in several Arab capitals–and repeated on his arrival in Israel yesterday–that the Nixon Administration would pursue a "more even-handed" policy in the Middle East and would not favor one nation over any other. That remark aroused considerable interest here and some concern that it might presage a change in U.S. Middle East policy to the detriment of Israel. Mr. Scranton explained that he meant that some statements made in the U.S. gave the impression that the U.S. was siding with one of the parties in the Middle East conflict. There was a need for a clear and direct explanation–which the new Administration will try to make to all parties–that American policy is balanced, he said. Asked if Mr. Nixon would stick to his campaign statement that Israel required a margin of military superiority over its Arab neighbors to deter " aggression, Mr. Scranton replied that Mr. Nixon's statement contained the proviso, "If and as long as there is a direct and imminent threat to Israel."
Mr. Scranton sidestepped questions relating to his conclusions or the recommendations he will make to Mr, Nixon as a result of his Middle East mission. He said that he would report his impressions and will make his recommendations to the President-elect when he returns home. Asked what he considered the main obstacles to peace in the Middle East, the former Pennsylvania Governor said they were "ancient, aged and some modern animosities and distrust." He said he carried no peace plan but that it was Mr. Nixon's conviction that the mission of the United Nations special envoy Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring was the right path to a peaceful solution of the deadlock.
( The U N announced today that Ambassador Jarring left his Nicosia. Cyprus headquarters yesterday for Sweden and Moscow. During his temporary absence to resume his post as Sweden's Ambassador to the Soviet Union, his headquarters will continue to be in Nicosia.)
Mr. Scranton disclosed that Israel's security borders was one of the main subjects of his talks with Its leaders. He said, "we went into great detail on this subject" including "territorial" matters. Mr. Scranton's talks with Mr. Eshkol yesterday were described In Jerusalem as "a very frankly exchange" In a "friendly and free atmosphere." Mr. Eban reportedly emphasized Israel's argument that it must be supplied with sufficient military strength to deter aggression. He also reportedly said that support of Israel by other countries did not worsen their relations with the Arabs. Mr. Eshkol Is reported to have told Mr. Scranton that Israel would oppose any proposed settlement of Its dispute with the Arabs that fell short of a signed peace treaty. He also reportedly repeated Israel's opposition to stationing of U N troops at the Strait of Tiran or on the Suez Canal as a means of ensuring free passage of all ships. He outlined the events leading up to the June. 1967 war which, he said, was the result of 19 years of unrelieved Arab hostility, Israel, he reportedly said, will under no circumstances allow events to follow the same course as they did prior to the 1967 war. He also informed Mr. Scranton of various views under discussion in the Cabinet concerning future relations with the Arab countries.
Deputy Prime Minister Allon reportedly explained to Mr. Scranton his plan to partition the West Bank between an Arab enclave and a chain of Israeli security settlements along the banks of the Jordan River with a corridor linking the Arab areas to Jordan. He reportedly said the basis of his plan was Israel's view that the Jordan River must remain Its security border, and that his view was shared by most Cabinet members.
Sheikh Mohammed All Jaabari, Mayor of Hebron, conferred for 20 minutes today with Mr. Scranton. The Arab leader reportedly presented no concrete plan but asked that the U.S. take the Palestinians' interests into account when It advocates or proposes any form of settlement of the Arab-Israel conflict. Mayor Jaabari, who has advocated the establishment of a separate Palestinian entity on the West Bank, was the only West Bank leader to meet with Mr. Scranton. although two others had requested an interview. Mayor Hamdi Kanaan of Nablus and Mayor Nadim Zaro of Ramallah failed to show up when they learned that they would be received with the Hebron Mayor. Both are strongly opposed to Mayor Jaabari's views and consider themselves Jordanians. They reportedly feared that the disunity in Palestine Arab ranks might have been exposed to Mr. Scranton if they attended a meeting Jointly with Mayor Jaabari.


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Bike Summit Aims to Make Tulsa Roads Safer
It's no secret that there's a lot of tension between drivers and bicycle riders in this area.
There have been deaths and felony charges after collisions. So a lot of effort is being made to resolve that conflict.
The Oklahoma Bike Summit will be held this Friday and Saturday, at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. It will to look for answers to some difficult questions in hopes that riders and drivers can coexist in the future.
Committee member, Joy Hancock, says a lot needs to be done to educate people and change attitudes. On a recent ride, her husband was deliberately run off the road by a driver who didn't want a bike on the highway.
But at the same time, she's quick to acknowledge that riders share the blame.
She says they could do a lot to ease the tensions ,by being courteous and obeying the rules of the road.
In her mind "Share the road" goes both ways.
It's clear that there will be more cars and bikes competing for space in the future, so a plan must be worked out to ease the conflict.
The big debate is over more trails or bike lanes, but many people support expanding both.
Bob McKenzie is a Tulsa rider who simply wants to be safe.
He worries about drivers who are drinking or texting.
But he likes being on the streets because even the trails are becoming more crowded and dangerous.
He had a bad collision with a walker who suddenly turned around without looking to see if anyone was coming.
McKenzie hopes that in time, riders and drivers will be at ease with each other.
"If we as riders do a better job of paying attention to the law, maybe they won't get as aggravated with us."
Hancock ads that in the end, more bikes on the streets could benefit everyone.
Studies show that the areas with more bikes have fewer accidents.
Apparently when there's more bike traffic, both riders and drivers pay more attention.
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Today's Idol Appearances
- The winners of Dancing With The Stars appear on Live with Jimmy Kimmel ABC
- Kimberley Locke performs at 36th annual Gracie Awards Gala, Beverly Hilton Hotel, sponsored by the Alliance for Women In Media (AWM).
- David Cook performs "Don't You Forget About Me" live on tonight's Idol final 8 pm FOX. The Glee finale follows at 9 pm. And on NBC, it's The Voice at 10 pm (So much TV, so little time…)
- Fifteen former Idols have partnered with AT&T for an Idol reunion outside of the Nokia Theater where they will perform a special concert and do meet and greets before the final show. 1 pm PST
@IdolsNow: Matt Rogers will be reporting from SCOTTY McCREERY's hometown of Garner NC on the "American Idol" finale Wednesday night. (Mikalah Gordon will be hosting Lauren's hometown party in Chattanooga)
David Cook Confirms the New Album is in the Can!
David Cook tells Houston Mix that he approved the final mastering of his upcoming album this morning. The record is in the can!
James Durbin From American Idol Talks Smack On Adam Lambert
Bubba and Melanie are at the season finale of American Idol in Los Angeles. James Durbin, who many people thought was going to win this thing stopped by. People have compared him to Adam Lambert, don't think after listening to this interview James really likes that comparison.
Allstars Reunite For Hollywood Reporter Epic Idol Photo Shoot
The average American has a better chance of being struck by lightning than making it onto "American Idol." This is a statistical fact. No wonder the few, the proud, who have appeared on the show share such a special bond–even if they competed on different seasons (or even competed against each other!). So when The Hollywood Reporter's Shirley Halperin organized an "Idol Allstars" photo shoot in Los Angeles this month for the magazine's big "Idol" finale issue, it was a total lovefest, a giant family reunion.
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Red Carpet Hosts: Didi & Brandon
Before Wednesday night's Season Finale, the celebrities, Top 2, Season 10 finalists, and Idol alumni will make their way down the red carpet on their way into the Nokia Theatre. AmericanIdol.com is bringing you live 360° videos from the red carpet, and Season 9's Didi Benami and Season 6's Brandon Rogers will be your hosts.
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Hollywood Bowl Hairspray to Feature Harvey Fierstein, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Drew Carey, Darlene Love, Nick Jonas
Casting has been announced for the Hollywood Bowl's summer production of the Tony-winning musical Hairspray.
Tony winners Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur, who created the roles of, respectively, mother Edna Turnblad and daughter Tracy Turnblad in the original Broadway company, will reunite for the upcoming production, which will be directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell.
Fierstein and Winokur will be joined by Corbin Bleu (Seaweed), Drew Carey (Wilbur Turnblad), Diana DeGarmo (Penny Pingleton), Mo Gaffney (Prudy Pingleton, the Gym Teacher, the Matron), Nick Jonas (Link Larkin), Darlene Love (Motormouth Maybelle), Tara Macri (Amber) and John Stamos (Corny Collins).
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Idoloonies: Hoping for Surprises in a Haley-Free, Lauren Vs. Scotty Finale
It'll be an all-country, teen-vs.-teen showdown when American Idol kicks off the first half of its two-night Season 10 finale in a few short hours. And somewhere backstage at the Nokia, I'm guessing Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe is rubbing his hands together with glee that it's come down to a pair of fresh-scrubbed kids who've been prominently featured on the show since the audition rounds kicked off in January.
Season 7 finalist Carly Smithson and I enter the Idoloonies arena this week and brainstorm ways to infuse Season 10?s swan song with a sense of the unexpected. We talk about one creative move we'd like to see from Scotty, ponder the fashion choices that might help Lauren have a tiny chance at an upset victory, and wax philosophical about the risk-taking awesomeness of recent evictee Haley Reinhart. All that, plus an update on Carly's latest adventures, and some thoughts on what Scotty and Lauren can learn from this year's third- and fourth-place finishers.
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Tom Hanks on 'Ellen': 'I voted for ['Idol's] Haley Reinhart'
Tom Hanks is bummed that Haley Reinhart was voted off "American Idol" last week ahead of this week's finale. He's also sort of bummed that he's caught up in watching the show in the first place and blames wife Rita Wilson for getting him hooked.
On Tuesday (May 24) Hanks visits "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and, among other things, talks "Idol" with the former show judge. Hanks admits he voted for Reinhart twice, but adds that he hasn't succumbed to phoning in "Dancing with the Stars" votes yet. And, since the show's finale is also this week, he won't get his chance this season.
Read more at Zap2it
'Idol' winner will be country-singing teen
Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery, Idol's youngest finale pairing, will each perform three songs: their favorite from the season, a new single chosen by producers and a song picked by their idols (Carrie Underwood and George Strait, respectively). USA TODAY's Bill Keveney sizes up the competition, with insights from music producer Tricky Stewart, who has worked with both, and Idol executive producer Ken Warwick.
Read more at USA Today
Lauren, Scotty bring country to "American Idol" finale
But whichever contestant prevails when the votes are announced on Wednesday — and predictions as usual are for a close race — country music may end up the real winner, some experts say.
"Either way they have two people who could do very well in country music. If you look at some of the biggest sellers of the past couple of years they have been Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert, " said Yahoo! Music managing editor Lyndsey Parker.
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Commentary: 'Idol' a little bit country with Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina
Yes, it's a country music year for "Idol" — just what producer Nigel Lythgoe wanted when he tagged Alaina early on as this season's Chosen One. (The show's producers have also pushed McCreery, who is now likely to win, since the beginning; he's had a signature song — Josh Turner's "Your Man" — ever since his audition.) With Carrie Underwood now the official top-earning "Idol" alum and Nashville holding up better than any other corner of the conventional recording industry, no one can be surprised that "Idol" has found new life, in part, by assertively reconnecting with this heartland.
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With 'Idol' Finale A Day Away, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery Meet the Press
On competing against each other:
Scotty: "We're friends. This isn't a competition, we're just singing our hearts out. We're both going in full steam ahead."
Lauren: "I think whatever is meant to happen will happen. I think if Scotty wins, I'll be happy for him because he's one of my best friends."
On living the American Idol dream:
Lauren: "I've dreamed of being the next American idol since I was 6. Either way, I feel like I'm going to win, even if Scotty wins."
Scotty : "She's too nice."
Lauren: "I'm not too nice."
Read more at Hollywood Reporter
Scotty McCreery on American Idol Finale: "This Isn't a Competition"
"It's tough for us because we're both from small towns and nowhere around L.A., " Scotty laughed. "This is all new for us. We just try to stay true to ourselves and stay in our boots. That's what I always tell myself. To stay grounded and just take it one day at a time. We'll see where it leads us."
Lauren added, "You know this place is completely different from where I'm from. I went home and realized how small the buildings are and how everything is like a little dollhouse compared to here. It's such a great experience and I'm so glad to be here."
Read more at EOnline
Idol finalist Alaina is a 'country girl' at heart
ATLANTA (AP) – Every Wednesday night since she was 12, Lauren Alaina Suddeth belted out a two-hour set at a restaurant just across the Tennessee border from her hometown of Rossville, Ga.
She'd roll through "Midnight Train to Georgia" and "Big Girls Don't Cry, " but her big number was Miranda Lambert's "Famous in a Small Town." That song doesn't describe the 16-year-old "American Idol" finalist anymore after she charmed viewers with her bright smile and powerful voice.
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Bookies Like 'American Idol's' Chances Vs. 'X Factor'
NEW YORK — American Idol is much more likely to be the highest-rated TV show next season than Simon Cowell's new Fox singing competition show X Factor, according to bookies.
The team of oddsmakers at Bookmaker.com have calculated the odds for each of the two shows getting the highest ratings in 2011. While X Factor has a 28.6% chance, Idol has a 90.9% likelihood, according to the firm.
Read more at the Hollywood Reporter
Randy Jackson: Ryan Seacrest's House Is Decorated Like an Old Lady's?!
Yo, yo, yo dawg…Randy Jackson is in the Chelsea Lately house!
The American Idol judge chatted away with Chelsea Handler tonight, and the two bonded by playfully snarking on their mutual coworker Ryan Seacrest.
Randy confesses that the interior of Ryan home freaks him out a little: "This decor this weird, gaudy, older-woman kind of a thing…I walk in and I'm like, 'Dawg, where are the doilies?' "
See the video at EOnline
Nigel Lythgoe Discusses 'SYTYCD' Season 8
That was at least my impression when I attended the recent "SYTYCD" Season 8 Las Vegas callbacks, which took place at the Planet Hollywood hotel. The dancers there were incredible–and when they're finally whittled down to the top 10 and matched with allstars (whose names are TBA, though I did suggest Brandon Bryant and Robert Roldan to Nigel), it's going to make for fantastic television.
See Nigel discuss Alex Wong's possible return, injury prevention, allstars, and Season 8 format changes below, and get ready for the big "SYTYCD" premiere on May 26!
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EGG HARBOR CITY - The fifth time Gary Melton touched the football Saturday afternoon, he ran into the defensive line and was stopped for a 1-yard loss.
In any other game, it would have been a routine stop. But on this day, fans and media looked at each other and wondered what went wrong.
That's because the first four times the Cedar Creek High School running back touched the ball he scored.
Melton's fast start propelled the undefeated Pirates to a 55-6 win over Lower Cape May Regional in a Cape-Atlantic League National Conference game.
"It's one of those things that just happens," said Melton, who finished the game with four touchdowns. "It all came together for me. The offensive line was blocking. The wide receivers were blocking, and I was using my speed."
Cedar Creek (8-0) is tied for the conference lead with St. Augustine Prep. The Pirates will be at least the No. 2 seed when the South Jersey Group II playoffs begin Nov. 15-16.
Melton (eight carries for 151 yards) runs the 40-yard dash in 4.3 seconds. The 5-foot-11, 182-pound senior simply outsprinted the Lower defenders to the end zone.
"When the coaches give me the carries, I try to give them a reason to give me (the ball) again," Melton said.
Melton did just that in the first quarter.
On his first carry, he scored on a 45-yard run with 10 minutes, 28 seconds left in the first quarter.
Melton then ran 58 yards for a touchdown on his second carry with 5:38 left in the quarter.
On his third carry, Melton scored on a 37-yard run with 4:33 left in the first quarter.
The fourth time he touched the ball, Melton caught a pass in the flat and ran 43 yards for a score with 1:40 left in the first quarter. When the first quarter was over, Cedar Creek led 35-0.
After a slow start, Melton has emerged as one of the CAL's top running backs the past three weeks. He has scored 10 touchdowns in the past three games.
Cedar Creek coach Tim Watson said Melton is running with more patience now than earlier in the season. The coach said Melton also is running better between the tackles. Defenses can't focus only on stopping him from getting to the outside.
"His interior running is the best that it's been," Watson said.
And Melton is just one of Cedar Creek's talented skill-position players.
Quarterback Damon Mitchell (4-of-9 for 90 yards) has committed verbally to attend Georgia Tech. He ran for two touchdowns and threw for two scores Saturday.
Tight end Dazayn McFadden caught a touchdown pass and wide receiver Caleb Graves returned a kickoff 75 yards for a score.
The Cedar Creek defense was equally as impressive as the offense.
Defensive back Lasana Toure intercepted two passes. Defensive lineman Ralph Collazo recovered a fumble and linebacker Jalil Burrell made a tackle for a loss.
Saturday's game was one of two local high school football games played this weekend. Hurricane Sandy caused all other games to be postponed to next week.
The Pirates will use the upcoming week to prepare for big games to come. In addition to the playoffs, Cedar Creek plays at St. Augustine Prep on Thanksgiving in a contest that will decide the CAL National Conference title.
"We have our sights set pretty high," Watson said. "We think we have a chance to make a run at this thing."
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Defusing the Banks' Financial Time Bomb
Too Big to Save?
How to Fix the U.S. Financial System
By Robert Pozen
John Wiley & Sons; $29.95
Here's an offer: Invest a lot of money in a faltering project, and if things go well, you'll get your money back and maybe a little upside; but if it all goes south, you'll bear the entire loss. Not exactly the sort of terms to which anyone of sound mind would agree.
But this, says Robert Pozen, is exactly what the government signed on for in 2008—and more than just once—as the financial world swayed on the brink of collapse. In Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System, Pozen, an eminent money manager and authority on financial regulation, rails against the waste and poor judgment that characterize many of the bailout deals of that year. His term for it is "one-way capitalism"—since only the banks were in line for real gains. And readers won't be able to mistake his disgust that the players who had taken the most foolish risks found themselves in the most advantageous spots.
Government officials who would never have put their own money into deals such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program or the massive, sequential rescue of AIG (AIG) had little difficulty placing taxpayer funds in jeopardy. Pozen thinks the government should have taken common stock in bailed-out firms so that it could fully participate in the upside.
While he applauds the government for having stepped up aggressively to avert a mass panic, he takes issue with its lack of forethought—and not only about those potential returns. The Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., he says, simply forgot about the issue of moral hazard. As a result, their interventions practically guarantee excessive risk-taking.
Unless some drastic steps are taken, Pozen sees the future as a very dangerous place. His list of recommendations—corralled in the last of the book's four sections and summarized in blocks of bold text (perhaps for busy politicians)—is long. And he pleads his case well, in a thorough but digestible fashion. He'd like to see FDIC coverage on bank deposits lowered to $100,000 from $250,000 to reduce risk to the agency and keep its protection focused on those who need it most. He favors creating a standard operating procedure for liquidating "systemically significant institutions," including mega-hedge funds, when they fail. One reform he opposes: the reinstatement of Glass-Steagall. Pozen says independent investment banks are more likely to stumble than integrated "universal banks."
Perhaps most interesting, original, and controversial are his recommendations for the governance of financial behemoths. The prevailing model of a large board—10 to 18 directors, few with experience in financial matters—just isn't working. As a result, Pozen says, compensation practices are out of whack, bonuses are outlandish, and control of risk-taking is virtually absent. He thinks these bloated boards should be replaced by a small number of "superdirectors" who have the time, experience, and financial incentives to act as effective watchdogs over complex institutions. A sound idea—and one CEOs would surely oppose.
Although mismanagement and moral hazard may be unavoidable, Pozen's prescriptions offer a navigable route to minimizing them. But since the ambitious reforms he calls for seem to be more than Congress can muster, reducing our national risk may be more than we can hope for.


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'Deadpool', X-Men, Harry Potter & Bond: The Traumatic List Of Movies You'll Never See On Netflix
There may be a lot of great movies on Netflix, but there are a whole lot more that aren't — and if you're a fan of Deadpool, Harry Potter, Marvel, James Bond or Jeff Goldblum, this really isn't your day.
Sadly for those with a Netflix subscription, FX is basically stockpiling all the good movies to hit theaters this year (and some of the bad). The cable channel just announced that they have bought the exclusive rights to Jason Bourne, Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, Neighbors 2, Ghostbusters, The Secret Life of Pets, Now You See Me 2, The Purge: Election Year and more.
What that means is none of those movies will be available to stream on Netflix any time soon. It's not all doom and gloom — FX may only have the rights to some of those flicks for a limited amount of time — but it is symptomatic of a wider problem for Netflix, which frequently fields criticism over its inability to put together a library full of big, recent, audience-pleasing blockbusters.
Some European subscribers currently have access to movies like Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but the US and Canada don't. A lot of the biggest movies on Netflix are at least a few years old, the streaming site instead opting to buy indies like this year's The Fundamentals of Caring from Sundance Festival. That's good news for those who like low-key, talky films, but less so if you're into action, superheroes or questionable CGI.
Other movies you won't be watching on Netflix any time soon include the Harry Potter franchise, the James Bond series and Star Wars, three of the biggest five movie franchises of all time. On Monday, NBCUniversal announced it had bought the exclusive rights to all eight Harry Potter movies plus the upcoming Fantastic Beasts trilogy, in a deal which will last until 2025. That's a slap in the face if you ever dreamed of Netflix and chillin' with Professor McGonagall.
Wait… Could This Be A Good Thing?
Well, that depends on your perspective and your prerogative to play the optimist, but here's why it might be: Netflix is a great service which has changed how we watch television, but the fact that it won't be easy to watch Skyfall, Deathly Hallows or X-Men: Apocalypse on-demand means people still have an incentive to go to the theater and see those big blockbusters in the environment they were meant to be seen in.
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The knowledge that everything will hit Netflix within six months would threaten the entire experience of feeling psyched to go to the theater with your mates and see a movie in 3D or IMAX. That's not something Netflix can hope to replicate any time soon, and it's one of the reasons why the movie industry hasn't changed in the same way the process of making television shows has.
And let's not forget that Netflix isn't exactly short-changing you with its movie library — it has a pretty vast collection spanning everything from horror to action to foreign cinema. If you find yourself watching a French lesbian drama instead of Captain America: Civil War, that might not be the worst thing in the world. Play it safe at theaters by all means, but allow Netflix to broaden your horizons a little.
In time, I imagine Netflix will start acquiring more big blockbusters. Having titles like The Force Awakens available at the click of a button will bring millions of new customers to the service, and that will justify whatever outer-galactical figure they have to pay for the rights. But until then, let's not mourn the fact that Netflix hasn't completely monopolized our lives just yet.


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Like so many area football players, Palm Harbor University senior Ja'Tyuan Landing is playing the waiting game right now. A 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior who played QB, RB, WR and DB for the Hurricanes and claims to have a 42-inch vertical leap, Landing is getting looks from colleges, but hasn't yet landed an offer (sound familiar?). A Week-1 ankle injury sidelined the speedy and shifty Landing for a few games last fall which didn't help, but he returned to be a solid contributor on both sides of the ball. Here are some of his highlights:
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Abuja - International medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday that 1 500 children in a mining village in northwest Nigeria have suffered lead-poisoning and are not receiving care.
"Around 1 500 children are currently lead-poisoned but are not receiving treatment because it is impossible to deliver effective treatment while they still live in contaminated homes," said Ivan Gayton, the group's head of mission in Nigeria.
Those children that need treatment are mostly in Bajega village in Zamfara state, he said.
"There are 4 000 children who have been exposed... 2 500 are under treatment because their villages have been remediated," he told reporters in Abuja at the end of a two-day international conference on ending the lead poisoning epidemic.
Geneva-based Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) spends over $5-million yearly to treat people affected by lead poisoning, which has killed more than 400 children in northern Nigeria since 2010, Gayton earlier told reporters.
The Abuja conference was jointly organised by the medical aid group, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the health ministry.
"The expertise that is here today has shown that it is possible to do the medical treatment. It is possible to do the environmental remediation and it is possible to do safer mining," said Gayton.
"We need not die in search of livelihood. It can be done safely."
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement that lead poisoning in Zamfara was one of the "worst such crises in modern history".
The deaths, affecting children working in artisanal gold mines and those living in surrounding communities, arose from an unusually high concentration of lead in the region's soil, HRW said.
Lead has been dispersed in the villages by the processing of ore for gold extraction. Illicit gold mining is more lucrative than agriculture for the impoverished farming communities. - Sapa-AFP


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• The title for Global Fashion Capital has returned to its rightful owner, with New York City taking back the accolade after London's two-year stint as the industry's most fashionable city. Paris almost took the prize, and was only .5 percent away from a tie with NYC. Rounding out the top five is Los Angeles and Barcelona. (Global Language Monitor)
• Soon New Yorkers won't have to trek all the way to SoHo to get their hands on Topshop's trendy high-street wares. The British retailer has announced plans to open up a new, 40,000 square foot store on Fifth Avenue and 49th street. There will be a Topman department in the new location, as well as new stores cropping up in D.C., Houston, Atlanta, and San Deigo, all of which (save for D.C.) will have Topman sections. This expansion is all part and parcel of owner Sir Phillip Green's plan to make strides in the American market. There might even be a Topshop collaboration with an American designer coming int he future. "Who knows," Green said. "I wouldn't rule out stocking a collection by a young American designer." In the meantime, Topshop fans can look forward to the return of the store's famed Kate Moss collaboration, which will drop in stores and online May 1st. (WWD)
• Taylor Tomasi Hill's snagged herself a new gig! The fashionable red head is now a contributing editor for Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP website, for which she will be covering New York Fashion Week. (WWD)
• Balenciaga v. Nicolas Ghesquière will definitely be a court case the fashion world will closely follow, and fortunately, we will have time to do so as the court date, set for July 1st, falls between the Paris Men's shows and Couture week. To refresh your memories, Balenciaga filed suit against Ghesquière for an interview he gave to System magazine in which he says that he "began to feel as though [he] was being sucked dry, like they wanted to steal [his] identity while trying to homogenise things." Balenciaga wants $9.4 million in damages for Ghesquière's criticisms. (WWD)
• Michael Kors is now worth a billion dollars, according to Bloomberg. Since going public in 2011, the designer's label is worth $81.91 per share. Well, werq! (Bloomberg)


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Curriculum Update
The Sound of America
The hills (and valleys and highways and byways) are alive with the sounds of music and more. But the National Geographic Society is betting that students can learn to listen for those distinctive noises that define a community, with or without an Austrian governess around.
The society's Geography Action 2004 program, Cultures: The Sound of Place, explores the sounds of America through one- to three-minute sound portraits of communities across the country. To capture an area's place in time, students might portray anything from seaside locals haggling at a fish market to construction equipment breaking ground on a new subdivision in a growing area. The project can help "kids to start opening their ears and thinking about place in a very different way," says Program Manager Ian Signer. "So many things presented to students are static bits of information. You're reading things that somebody has written somewhere about a culture. This is one of those rare opportunities for students to create their own primary source."
The project, which is aligned to several national geography standards, involves 32 geography action coordinators representing different states. The teachers have partnered with each other and trained with National Public Radio production professionals to use mini disc recorders, microphones and audio software used to exchange sounds remotely. This year, their classes will brainstorm to come up with the most distinctive sound representing their geographical area. Beyond the physical boundaries (delineated by zip code), students and teachers are being given broad license to decide where and what to capture, says Barbara Chow, vice president for education programs at NGS.
The portraits will be available on the Geography Action Web site in the spring. The site currently includes lesson plans on culture and can help classrooms anywhere to get started in recording and sharing their own sounds of place.
Reading Coaches Take on Leadership Role
Just what is a "reading coach"? That's hard to say, as the title can refer to anyone from a volunteer working with students to a state-certified reading specialist offering professional development for teachers.
The International Reading Association's new position statement, The Role and Qualifications of the Reading Coach in the United States, defines a reading coach as someone who provides professional development and support for teachers to implement programs or methods. Duties have shifted away from direct teaching and toward leadership roles.
Responsibilities fall under three categories. Level one tasks are low risk and informal tasks, such as developing curriculum with colleagues and helping to assess students, while Level two and three tasks include analyzing student work, modeling lessons and providing teacher feedback.
In hiring coaches, the IRA says districts should seek those who:
Are successful teachers at the level they wish to coach
Know reading processes, acquisition, assessment and instruction
Have experience working with teachers to improve methods
Are effective, experienced presenters
Are able to master the complexities of observing and modeling in classrooms.
The statement recommends coaches be supervised and receive continuous professional development. Principals should be trained to understand their relationships with coaches.
--Michelle Lawler
Opening a Blind Eye
Reaching the smallest minority groups is no easy educational task.
So it's not surprising that visually impaired students, who tend to make up a tiny fraction of a district's population, often don't get their needs met in schools.
Eugene McMahon, executive director of the New York Institute for Special Education, used to wonder why educators tend to write poor Individual Education Plans for students with blindness and visual impairment. Since joining the corps of trainers for a two-day seminar that's now been held in 25 different states, McMahon says he's had his premise validated; these educators simply don't have the right information.
The seminar, called Improving Educational Services for Students with Visual Impairment: What Every Stakeholder Needs to Know, is reaching state and district administrators of special education who have no particular expertise in blindness. It's based on a book of educational service guidelines for blind and visually impaired students co-created by The National Association of State Directors of Special Education.
"A big piece [of the training] deals with ... making sure children have the same materials as their sighted peers in an appropriate, accessible format at the same time. And that happens nowhere," McMahon says. "Visually impaired kids should have access to the general curriculum." Besides the NASDSE guidelines, attendees receive resource information on assessment for these students and other topics. Strategic planning issues, such as how to get materials in Braille or large print to children on time, are also covered.
McMahon's hope that training will be replicated for others is seeing the light of day in some states. Shortly after Ohio's state training session, one of the special education directors for a regional unit of school districts included a piece on visually impaired student education as part of the region's regular staff development.
Scientists Gain Celebrity Status
Entertainers and sports heroes inspire kids to go for the platinum and gold. But scientists have that same superstar quality, and U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham wants to make sure students see it. "It's time we start putting our science leaders on the same footing as other celebrities," he announced at a recent event launching a new Department of Energy initiative, Scientists Teaching and Reaching Students. The effort includes:
Each of the department's 17 national labs inviting 1,000 fifth graders and 1,000 eighth graders to its sites annually for math and science appreciation days
A new Office of Department of Energy Science Education
Upgrades to and promotion of the Ask a Scientist Web resource
A summer program bringing K-12 teachers to seven national labs for extensive training with scientists and engineers
Sending scientists from the labs out to local schools, especially at-risk middle schools, to provide hands-on experience in science classes and to discuss career opportunities in the field
Crafting ways to draw better attention to the accomplishments of scientific leaders
Hosting an annual "What's Next?" expo to highlight new areas of science and technology research.
What Works in Middle School Math
With the steady stream of new studies on programs, products, practices and policies, how is an educator to know what research is a catch? The U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse, established to help differentiate between weaker research/promotional claims and high-quality research, has begun releasing its first topic reports.
Middle School Math Criteria is the initial report on interventions for increasing K-12 math achievement. Of the 70 studies found on this topic, the WWC determined, as of mid-July, that one study (Expert Mathematician, a constructivist math education program) meets the evaluators' evidence standards and another study (on I CAN Learn algebra and pre-algebra software) meets the standards with reservations. Twenty studies are still under review, and the remaining 48 were screened out for relevance and validity reasons. The report will be updated, and additional reports on elementary and high school math curricula are in the works.


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Things To Do In Dallas Tonight: Thanksgiving Edition
By Liz Johnstone Published in FrontBurner November 22, 2012 9:00 am
Stuff your faces. Don't accidentally or "accidentally" butcher any relatives while you're trying to butcher this poor guy on the left. There's that big Thanksgiving parade on TV. And ugh, I guess, watch football. If you must.
As always, we are thankful for you guys, our Frontburnervians. Thanks for reading.


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Overheard: Jason Garrett is 'the fire' and a 'hard butt'
In their words: members of the Cowboys organization and some of their sound bytes on new Cowboys coach Jason Garrett.
"I do not have a won-loss type percentage in my mind or a number of wins that impact what I do in the future. I think we all know what the challenge is. It is a huge challenge for our team and of course a huge challenge for Jason.
"If he can meet this challenge head on, if he can pull his nose up, if he can do things that you see in that direction, then that's going to be impressive.
"Very few people have ever come into a coaching position with any more of a challenge."
-- Owner Jerry Jones the day Garrett was named interim head coach.
"I think the personality of this group going forward will have my stamp on it a little more than it has in the past."
-- Jason Garrett the day he was named interim.
"There is zero gray area there. It is black and white. Very direct and to the point. No misunderstanding.
"I've been hit in the head a lot, but I could understand what he is saying when he stood up there and communicated to our football team. I believe in anybody like that."
-- Linebacker Keith Brooking.
"I don't know if I can say it. Hard ass. Hard butt. And I like it."
-- Receiver Roy Williams describing what Garrett is like as a coach.
"The way he's responded, I think he was born to be a head coach.
"Jason Garrett is the fire. He has that fire in his belly and he motivates us, man. He really does. I'll be honest with you. He gives you something to think about and guys respond."
-- Linebacker Bradie James after overtime win against Indianapolis.


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Whatever joy the Red Bulls felt about moving into a first-place tie with Sporting KC was overshadowed by the opportunity they missed in their scoreless tie against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night at Red Bull Arena.
The Red Bulls found little satisfaction in a game dominated by strong midfield defense and outstanding goalkeeping from the their own Luis Robles and Philadelphia's Zac MacMath. With bodies moving up and clogging the middle third of the field, space for passing and solid scoring chances came at a premium.
For some, like Red Bulls midfielders Dax McCarty and Tim Cahill, the outcome felt more like failure than advancement for their 11-8-6 team, which hasn't scored in two games.
"Tonight, I feel like we dropped two points," said McCarty, whose bullet-like header in the final seconds of stoppage time found MacMath's abdomen just inches from the Union goal line. "It doesn't feel like we got a point."
Cahill added that the Red Bulls' pace was too slow, that they played into Philadelphia's hands even though they controlled the ball for 65 percent of the game.
"To feel the way we feel, it's a bit mixed," Cahill said. "It shows us where we are as a club. We were too slow, 100 percent. In a game like that, somebody has to do something to change it. We played at 70 percent and still couldn't win."
The Red Bulls went into the game looking for three points against a rival who has yet to beat them at home. The Union are 0-5-1 lifetime in Red Bull Arena, so avoiding a loss and remaining in third place with 38 points, a point behind the Red Bulls and KC, was sufficient for coach John Hackworth.
"The atmosphere tonight was fantastic," Hackworth said. "It had the feel of a playoff game. We were trying to come in here and get our first point. With the playoffs coming, there's great implications to that."
Philadelphia, 10-7-8, came close to giving up a winning goal in the 63rd minute, but was bailed out when MacMath leaped out in front of Peguy Luyindula and grabbed Cahill's header near the goalmouth. MacMath had a strong game from the beginning, as the MLS co-leader with nine clean sheets contributed two huge saves in the first half.
Sebastian LeToux nearly put the Union on the board in the 73rd minute when the midfielder blasted a shot off the crossbar. He also had a point-blank chance in the 80th minute that Robles stopped dead with a fingertip save.
Red Bulls midfielder Jonny Steele nearly scored in the 79th minute with a shot that went inches wide of the right post.
The Red Bulls had the best chance of the opening half in the 34th minute on Fabian Espindola's header off a feed from Steele. But MacMath got his hand on it and lifted it over the crossbar.
MacMath saved the Union in the 29th minute, too, when he came out in front of Thierry Henry to grab McCarty's cross, thwarting what would have been an easy header for the Red Bulls' captain and scoring leader.
Still, the Red Bulls wound up with a share of first place, even only till Sunday night when Sporting plays struggling San Jose.
"I'm happy about first place," Red Bulls coach Mike Petke said. "I'm not happy about the game. But it's a point and we'll take it and move on."
Premier League
Two spectacular goals from Robin van Persie helped Manchester United begin its Premier League title defense with a 4-1 win at Swansea.
David Moyes' first league match in charge of United couldn't have gone any better, with Van Persie matching Danny Welbeck's brace with two brilliant goals of his own.
There is already an air of discontent at Arsenal, however, after a 3-1 home loss to Aston Villa. In other games, Liverpool relied on Daniel Sturridge's first-half goal and a late penalty save by debutant Simon Mignolet to clinch a 1-0 victory against Stoke, while West Ham, Southampton and Fulham also opened an eagerly anticipated campaign with wins. Norwich drew 2-2 with Everton.
RailHawks 3, Cosmos 0
In Cary, N.C., the Carolina RailHawks handed the Cosmos their first defeat of the season.


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The Hays High baseball team's bid for a third straight trip to the 5A state tournament comes up short as the Indians fall 3-2 to Goddard-Eisenhower in the first-round of the Great Bend 5A Regional. The Indians end their season 15-6.
Eisenhower broke a scoreless tie with three in the top of the fourth. The first two runs scored on a Bryce Minor triple.
The Indians answered with a run in the bottom of the inning on a Zach Legleiter two-out double.
Daniel Bittel's two-out single scored Marcus Altman with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Hayden Hutchison followed with a single to left to put runners at the corners, but Chandler Rule flied out the center to end the game.
Hutchison takes the loss, allowing three runs on seven hits striking out three. It was the first earned runs allowed by the senior this season.


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Remember a few posts back when I showed you the drinking lid for a mason jar and all the inventive uses for mason jars these days? Well I decided to look up some ideas for using the jars to serve and store food. I think these would be perfect for weekday lunches and summertime picnics.
|Rainbow Cake In a Jar
|Margaritas in a Jar
|Refrigerator Oatmeal
|Cornbread Topped Chili In a Jar
|Salad In a Jar
|S'more Cake In a Jar
|Blueberry Pie In a Jar


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Structural Analysis of the Formal and Informal Jobs in the Brazilian Economy
The reorganization of the Brazilian economy, in the globalization process, has brought out changes in its productive structure, and, consequently, changes in the job market. These changes had impact on the employment at the sectoral level, with great concerns related to the labor relations and to the growing unemployment rates. In the 1990s, the change in the focus of the development strategy, from a closed protected economy to an open economy with monetary control, has originated deep changes in the labor market. The number of employed persons in the primary and secondary sector was reduced, while in the tertiary sector there was an increase in the number of jobs, but not enough to absorb all the employees released from the previous two sectors. Besides the reduction in the capability of the economy to create new jobs, the last decade of the previous century has also showed an increase in the number of informal jobs. The share of informal jobs in the Brazilian economy was around 52% in 2003. In this way, the question of employment generated by the economic sectors, in number and quality, has become a crucial issue. The goal of this work is to study the characteristics and the evolution of the occupied persons, and to relate it with the formal and informal job market, as well as the economy productive structure, using for that input-output matrices constructed for the Brazilian economy. The main results show that there was a reduction in the capacity of the economy to generate employment for every million of Reais produced in a given sector. The data also shows that despite the ratio of informal workers in the economy being superior to the workers in the formality, the formal sector was responsible for about 60% of the jobs generated in the period of analysis.
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- Guilhoto, J. J. M. & Sesso Filho, U. A., 2005.
"Estimação da Matriz Insumo-Produto a Partir De Dados Preliminares das Contas Nacionais
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This summer was a bit odd in that we didn't have SUMMER until July 28th. Not summer, like summer weather. No, we had that. More so than us rusty Washingtonians are used too. What I mean is we had to be around every Monday and Tuesday because of drivers ed. You miss more than three of those suckers and you start over. I was not about to to do that.
The final test was July 28th at 8 am. It was scheduled to be over at 9:00. We figured we would get the car packed and head out to pick our daughter up at 9:00 and we'd go from there.
Until she called us at 8:06 to say she was finished with her test. Um, what? A six minute test. To pass drivers ed? Well. Not sure what to say about that.
Regardless, turned the car around after not even taking the keys out of the ignition and drove the six minutes back to get her.
We locked the front door at 9:15 and headed down the driveway.
Onward to Montana.
Well, Sandpoint, Idaho first.
The fifteen year old took the first driving shift. I was fully prepared with a total lack of sleep the previous night, an ipod shuffle and the backseat. I closed my eyes and faded out. Tylenol PM might have helped some, but I did okay (unlike the last trip). That disaster can be read about here: Teenage Driving.
As usual, it takes far (far, far, far) longer than google maps or mapquest says it does to get to any of our destinations. This was no different. Not because the teenager was driving (hardly), but because we stop EVERYWHERE.
We knew Highway 2 was closed at Coles Corner near Leavenworth for a fire. This led to a little used back road. A really windy, curvy, ledgy, backroad. That the teenager was driving. 35 mph does not mean 35 mph around a hairpin turn, dear.
|The actual map of this little back road that the kid terrorized
us with.
We hit a lakeside park (that happened to have a potty - hmmm, wonder who figured that one out, yeah, me, Miss Little Bladder.
|Because EVERYBODY needs a photo like this.
|Seeing as how we are in Eastern Washington, it is HOT.
Time to cool off (well, except the metal was hot).
The kid in my teenager (and the total lack of fear) had her catching the wildlife.
|She saw something move
|He's a wee bit cranky.
See, not kidding about the HOT! And the fan speed of the A/C!
Onward and upward - er, eastward.


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Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers
Festivals shine in area towns
Celebrations such as Lake George's Blueberry Festival and Blackduck's Woodcarvers Festival let small towns draw tourists and show off their prime features. Although Lake George has lost some businesses in the last year, the town's spirit remains optimistic. Blackduck continues as a firm foundation with manufacturing, American Legion, retail hub and a Department of Natural Resources headquarters. Annual festivals bring everyone together and let visitors enjoy the regional ambiance.
Special Olympics
Bemidji is often the site for regional Special Olympics tournaments. Last week, Special Olympics gave athletes the opportunity to compete in bocce ball, a lawn target sport. All participants showed the true spirit of the games, trying their hardest and encouraging their competitors.
Shameful act
Someone last week, in some strange fit of anger, took spray paint in hand and vandalized a 10 Commandments monument erected by a private landowner on his own property on the south side of U.S. Highway 2 near the intersection of state Highway 89. Statements in the graffiti such as "not sheep" in following age-old laws that pertain to many cultures make no sense. Who can argue with tenets such as "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not covet?" Whoever defaced the monument should be totally ashamed for violating a private person's property and for slamming statements that keep all cultures focused on what's best for all.
Welcome trend
Gardens at Bemidji State University are segueing from petunias and other annual flowers to perennial gardens that renew themselves and increase production every year. The savings in buying plants, the focus on native species, the lessened need for fertilizer and watering and other enhancements all make sense. This is a trend that should spread throughout the community.
Radio honors
Paul Bunyan Broadcasting has been nominated for two Marconi Awards, one in a competition throughout the entire nation and one for small markets. The nominations show that local media can command national attention.


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Jex, A.R.; Lim, Y.A.L.; Bethony, J.; Hotez, P.J.; Young, N.D.; Gasser, R.B. (2011) Soil-transmitted helminths of humans in Southeast Asia towards integrated control. Advances in Parasitology, 74. p. 231. ISSN 0065-308X