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Versatility and HIV Vulnerability: Investigating the Proportion of Australian Gay Men Having Both Insertive and Receptive Anal IntercourseThe purpose of the current study was to investigate the extent to which gay men are versatile with regard to having insertive anal intercourse (IAI) and receptive anal intercourse (RAI). The authors noted that these data are needed to accurately... Read more »
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This paper provides a clear and complete explanation of the Black-Litterman model. Drawing from the key papers in the literature it provides a complete derivation of the Black-Litterman model from Theil's Mixed Estimation Model as described in Black and Litterman's original paper. We then show the derivation from Bayesian Theory for comparison. We discuss several of the key papers from the literature. For each paper we provide a complete derivation and explanation of the results, along with a worked example where possible. Where relevant we compare the results from the various papers. The parameters of the model are considered along with information on their computation or calibration. Several methods of measuring or calibrating the results of the model are also presented.
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Like the Obama for America campaign, which received the inaugural RISE award in this category in 2009 for its "unprecedented ability to utilize meetings and events to accomplish change," Washington, D.C.–based USGBC is breaking ground with its conferences. In addition to using meetings to educate the hospitality and building industry on green design and construction standards, its annual event, the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is setting new standards for a green exhibition industry.
As vice president of conferences and events at USGBC, Kimberly Lewis manages the direction of Greenbuild, a meeting that MPI describes as "one of the most impressive in the entire meetings industry because it is an event that shapes the direction of an entire movement [and] … creates a lasting legacy in the cities it visits." For Greenbuild's November 2010 conference in Chicago, Lewis and her team will be pushing even harder, with new minimum green standards for its exhibitors, something unheard of in the meetings industry.
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Greenbuild has grown from about 4,000 attendees and 200 exhibitors in 2002 to more than 27,000 attendees and 1,800 exhibitors in 2009. It has been honored as one of the greenest meetings in the country, and its dedication to the environment extends to every supplier and partner.
Greenbuild 2009, in Phoenix, was a great example, from the cleaning-services vendor that had employees dive into dumpsters to pull out recyclables that didn't belong, to the 33 tons of aluminum and plastic and 24 tons of cardboard that were recycled, to the chef who arranged for 41 percent of the food to be locally grown, to the convention center staff that developed a new composting program that delivered 12.3 tons of food waste from the show to a local farm.
But perhaps the most radical thing about the 2009 conference was the announcement regarding the 2010 conference: minimum green standards for exhibitors. While the convention centers and hotels USGBC works with must agree to green contract language, Lewis says exhibitors have never been held to a standard. The Greenbuild Mandatory Exhibition Green Guidelines—standards that must be met if exhibitors want to be in the show—was a bold step, but the long waiting list of exhibitors gave Lewis the leverage to push her vision through.
Shawna McKinley, project manager at MeetGreen, Portland, Ore., has not seen standards for exhibitors anywhere else. "It's quite revolutionary," says McKinley, whose company serves as a sustainable events consultant to Greenbuild.
The new standards go into effect this fall for the November 17–19 meeting in Chicago:
• Exhibitors must submit a report on the materials used in their booths.
• Signage must be created from sustainable elements (salvaged, recycled-content, or recyclable materials).
• Exhibitors must either eliminate print and promotional giveaways, limit the quantity of handouts to 5,000, or provide collateral made from sustainable materials.
• For shipping, exhibitors must do at least one of the following: avoid use of polystyrene; reuse padding material; consolidate shipments; use crates made from sustainable material; purchase carbon offsets; or use a logistics partner that participates in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay program or a similar program.
• Exhibits must use sustainable elements in exhibit flooring.
• To address indoor air quality, booths using new materials must use nontoxic paints, varnishes, and glues.
• Exhibits that use water must have a water reclamation process in place.
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Tardive dystonia is the result or an abnormal response to certain medications that have been taken and is characterised by involuntary movements. Certain drugs have been implicated in causing dystonic reactions or dystonia. This form of dystonia is referred to as drug-induced dystonia. Some drugs may not cause dystonia but may aggravate the pre-existing disorder.
Click here for an article on tardive dystonia which appeared in our newsletter Tardive dystonia supplement Autumn 08.
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Since the 1950s, certain strong drugs have been widely used to treat serious mental health conditions such as schizophrenia or psychosis, and in many cases have been found to have a positive effect. These drugs may also be used for the treatment of some movement disorders such as sever chorea and tics. This family of drugs are called 'dopamine receptor blocking' drugs, or DRBs. There are by far the most common drug indicated as a cause of tardive dystonia.
Concerningly, DRBs are also prescribed for common conditions such as depression and anxiety. DRBs such as metoclopramide and prochlorperazine are commonly prescribed for the treatment of nausea and vertigo. One study suggests that over 20% of patients have been prescribed DRBs for conditions where alternative treatments might have been appropriate. It is generally accepted now that there are much better and safer alternatives to treating chronic nausea, dizziness and anxiety than the use of DRBs.
Acute dystonic reactions
Acute dystonic reactions to DRBs usually take place within a few days of the drug's first being administered. Typically this dystonia affects the oromandibular (jaw area,) and may cause hyperextension of the spine, among other effects. Treatment in these cases is clinically urgent, as serious consequences may result. Fortunately the majority of these acute reactions can be successfully treated with injectable anticholinergic drugs which will usually terminate the attack.
If it is necessary for the patient to continue taking DRB drugs, then the physician would be expected to explore different types of DRB drugs, i.e. newer versions which will hopefully not cause further acute dystonic reactions; including anti-depressants of the type that inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, calcium antagonists (sometimes used to treat high clood pressure and angina,) some anaesthetic agents, anticonvulsants such as carbamazepine and phenytoin and even illicit drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy.
Tardive dystonia / tardive dyskinesia
Tardive dystonia is caused only by DRBs, and usually only after individuals have taken the drugs for several months, or even years. It is a more challenging condition as it can be a permanent manifestation.
DRBs can also cause another non-dystonic movement disorder known collectively as tardive dyskinesia. The movements associated with this condition tend to be of the mobile 'fidgety' type in the facial area, while tardive dystonia usually produces strong spasms in the axial (trunk and neck) muscles, as well as arm and leg muscles.
Patients can have a combination of both disorders. There appears to be a greater chance of tardive dystonia in younger people, while onset and an older age is usually more associated with tardive dyskinesia.
The Dystonia Society is committed to ensuring that everyone with dystonia has access to the treatments they need, which includes raising awareness about dystonia in all its various forms. The Society is a good source of support and information for those who suffer from dystonia and their friends and families. We offer helpline services and regional support groups, a website full of information and resources (including an active forum,) and support research into treatment and practical methods of coping.
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"He was a brilliant man," said Dr. John Morrow, who worked with Crabtree for many years at Anniston Radiology Group. "He was a great radiologist and a great contributor to the community."
Morrow said Crabtree tried to keep the state of radiology in Anniston at the cutting edge, calling him a "pioneer of nuclear medicine in Anniston."
Crabtree served in a number of leadership roles in the medical community and beyond including as founder and president of the Alabama chapter of the American College of Radiology, counselor to American College of Radiology, and president of the Calhoun County Radiological Society and the Eastern Radiological Society.
As chief of staff at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Crabtree worked to get an oncology department started, which finally happened as he retired in the mid-1980s, according to his family.
Crabtree graduated from the University of Alabama in 1941 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army, originally stationed at Wheeler Army Airfield in Honolulu. Crabtree told the Star in 1991 that he noticed the formation of strange aircraft above Schofield Barracks on Dec. 7, 1941. And when planes began strafing the barracks, he said, ''That's the first we knew…It was as complete a surprise as if we were bombed today in Anniston.''
Crabtree completed other tours in the Pacific, including Okinawa and Iwo Jima. After the end of World War II, he spent four years at the University of Alabama Medical School, graduating in 1950, and then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He moved to Anniston with his family in 1957 and joined what is now Anniston Radiology Group.
In addition to his professional and military exploits, Crabtree was a very loving husband, said those who knew him. His wife, Mary Matthews Crabtree, who had grown up in Anniston and was very prominent in the community, had Alzheimer's disease late in her life, according to Morrow. "And he took care of her in ways you would not believe," he said.
Crabtree's daughter Maxine Crabtree Sikes said her parents traveled everywhere together. With four daughters, Crabtree was outnumbered by women.
"He was always there for us…He supported us in developing our talents," she said.
A gentleman, Crabtree's personality made him a local favorite. Even in his later years when he had become less mobile, said Anniston Country Club general manager Chip Howell, Crabtree was able to come to supper club at least once a month. "People always enjoyed seeing him and being with him because he was quite a character," he said.
Howell, who also served two terms as mayor of Anniston, said Crabtree — his dad's golf buddy — was always supportive of him, whether about golf or governance.
"When I saw him, I always wanted his opinion and he was never short of giving it," Howell said. "He always had good advice and a piece of wisdom for me."
Crabtree is survived by his four daughters — Sikes and her husband Jeff, Margaret Crabtree Ritchie and husband Tommy, Susan Crabtree Burns and husband Avery and Mary Graves Crabtree — four grandchildren — Meeghan Callahan Sowinski, Suzy Burns Howerton, Samuel Crabtree Sikes and Christa Ferrel Sikes — three great-grandchildren — Henry Sowinski, Evatt Howerton and Avery Howerton — and caregivers Dorothy Wlison and Clara Sales.
Sikes said Crabtree was a fun dad, taking his family waterskiing, to the beach and other outings.
"He was always game for a good time," she said.
Ever the sportsman, Crabtree was himself an avid golfer, and according to his daughters, at 70, golfed his age.
And if the heavenly hunt exists, family friend Scott Andrews said, he believes that Crabtree has joined his old Anniston hunting buddies—Andrews' father Glenn Sr., Marcus Howze, Macon Hipp, Miller Sproull and Pete and Leonard Roberts — and "they are all sitting around right now planning the opening day quail hunt for Thanksgiving Day," he said Saturday. "That was their great love: quail and bird dogs. When I thought of that last night I smiled."
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Facilitated by a veteran NYC teacher, Smart Use of Your Interactive Whiteboard is designed to introduce educators to working with interactive whiteboard technology in a practical, classroom-based manner. Participants will learn integration of this technology in various subject areas, linking technology to classroom practice, while also addressing the specific needs of diverse learners and ELL students. As a culminating project, participants will learn how to design their own lesson, informed by assessment data, incorporating an interactive whiteboard as a curricular tool for student learning.
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For most of Election Day, Dr. Cheryl Whitaker nervously devoured an entire bag of Lay's potato chips while watching cable news.
By midnight, however, she had traded her living room for one of the cars in the presidential motorcade.
As the polls began to close, Chicago executives, major fundraisers and friends of President Barack Obama as well as Republican challenger Mitt Romney gathered at official venues for what they hoped would be a party, awaiting the outcome of a bruising race. In interviews Wednesday, they shared their memories of the night as well as of the campaign.
For Whitaker the celebration began to unfold about 7 p.m., when she, her husband, Dr. Eric Whitaker, and her two children drove to the Fairmont Chicago hotel, where they watched returns on two TVs from inside a small ballroom.
Elsewhere in the building were their friends of more than a decade — the president and first lady Michelle Obama. But even the Whitakers didn't get to see the president until after he knew he had clinched re-election.
"We got a chance to see him once things kind of settled down" at the Fairmont, Whitaker said. "He is always, and he was, pretty calm. ... We were all just relieved and happy. ... Everybody got a hug."
Joining the motorcade headed to McCormick Place, Whitaker recalled the celebration there as a blur. She remembers getting chills when the Obama family walked onstage. Sasha and Malia Obama, she said, "are growing up before the world." After Whitaker arrived home about 3 a.m., she stayed up two more hours watching the news and eating a dinner of broccoli and turkey.
"I couldn't eat (dinner) until I knew this was done," she said.
While Whitaker and her family prepared to head to the Fairmont, Penny Pritzker, national co-chair of Obama for America, arrived at McCormick Place, where she began doing interviews at 6:30 p.m.
"My favorite story from last night was, as I was watching the president give his (acceptance) speech, I realized there were two young children sitting on the floor, holding their flags, to one side of me, exhausted," she said Wednesday. "And there was a very successful hedge fund manager to my right. And there was a labor leader in front of me. And there were some good friends of mine who've been volunteering. ... Everybody was just there. There was no distinction. Everybody's just there for the same reason."
Pritzker, the chief executive of her own investment firm, PSP Capital Partners, also didn't go to bed after arriving home about 2 a.m.
"I sat up, and there were some people I wanted to communicate with," she said. "I wrote them and congratulated them or thanked them. I wanted to share the feeling of the moment. ... That personal touch, it matters."
In Boston, William Kunkler III and his wife, Susan Crown, both of whom raised money for Romney, did not wait to hear his concession speech at the Boston Convention Center. Exhausted from traveling, they left the party after Ohio was called. However, they did gather for brunch at the InterContinental Boston on Wednesday to hear Romney thank them and other fundraisers.
"I was amazed at how strong he was," Kunkler said. "Ann choked up a bit. She feels the country's loss, I will say that. ... He gave us an assessment of the race. I think it was honest. And there were things in his control, and things that weren't in his control."
Much has been made about the pivotal role Latinos played in this campaign as well as Obama's "ground game."
"(Romney) said this morning, with the Latino community, the No. 1 issue doesn't seem to be immigration right now," Kunkler said. "Their biggest concern, as far as what he understands, seems to be health care. And obviously the president addressed it with Obamacare. But I don't know how Obamacare is going to be financed, and we have not begun to really feel the effects (of it)."
As for the ground game, Whitaker participated, knocking on doors for three hours in Racine last weekend and in Milwaukee the weekend before.
"I don't think people realize how meticulous and well-done it is," she said. "We went out this last weekend, and there were a lot of names crossed out on the sheet because they had already contacted those people. Once they contact them, they cross them out. So that it's done, and you don't keep calling the same people. The list got smaller. They were much smaller that last weekend."
Understandably, Wisconsin's call for the president was among the highlights of the night.
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Common Core Big Idea 4: Map Backward From Intended ResultsDecember 6, 2012 | Jay McTighe
Editor's note: This is the fourth post in a five-part series which takes a look at five big ideas for implementation of the Common Core State Standards, authored by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
The key to avoiding an overly discrete and fragmented curriculum is to design backward from complex performances that require content. A return to the linguistic roots of "curriculum" reveals the wisdom in this outcome-focused view. The Latin meaning of the term is a "course to be run." This original connotation helpfully suggests that we should think of a curriculum as the pathway toward a destination. As mentioned above, our conception is that curriculum should be framed and developed in terms of worthy outputs; i.e., desired performances by the learner, not simply as a listing of content inputs.
This is not a new idea. Ralph Tyler made this very point more than 60 years ago (Tyler, 1949). He proposed a curriculum development method involving a matrix of content and process components that would guide teachers in meshing these two elements into effective performance-based learning. As Tyler points out, the "purpose of a statement of objectives is to indicate the kinds of changes in the student to be brought about… Hence it is clear that a statement of objectives in terms of content headings… is not a satisfactory basis for guiding the further development of the curriculum." pp. 45-6. Indeed, the Mathematics Standards recommend just such an approach:
"The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe ways in which developing student practitioners of the discipline of mathematics increasingly ought to engage with the subject matter as they grow in mathematical maturity and expertise throughout the elementary, middle and high school years. Designers of curricula, assessments, and professional development should all attend to the need to connect the mathematical practices to mathematical content in mathematics instruction." (p. 8)
Thus, the first question for curriculum writers is not: What will we teach and when should we teach it? Rather the initial question for curriculum development must be goal focused: Having learned key content, what will students be able to do with it?
Our long-standing contention applies unequivocally to the Common Core Standards as well as to other standards: The ultimate aim of a curriculum is independent transfer; i.e., for students to be able to employ their learning, autonomously and thoughtfully, to varied complex situations, inside and outside of school. Lacking the capacity to independently apply their learning, a student will be neither college nor workplace ready.
The ELA Standards make this point plainly in their characterization of the capacities of the literate individual:
"They demonstrate independence. Students can, without significant scaffolding, comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a range of types and disciplines, and they can construct effective arguments and convey intricate or multifaceted information… Students adapt their communication in relation to audience, task, purpose, and discipline. Likewise, students are able independently to discern a speaker's key points, request clarification, and ask relevant questions... Without prompting, they demonstrate command of standard English and acquire and use a wide-ranging vocabulary. More broadly, they become self-directed learners, effectively seeking out and using resources to assist them, including teachers, peers, and print and digital reference materials."
-- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
These points underscore a potential misunderstanding resulting from a superficial reading of the Standards documents (especially in Mathematics). One could simply parcel out lists of discrete grade-level standards and topics along a calendar while completely ignoring the long-term goal of transfer. A curriculum envisioned and enacted as a set of maps of content and skill coverage will simply not, by itself, develop a student's increasingly autonomous capacity to use learned content effectively to address complex tasks and problems. Such traditional scope-and-sequencing of curriculum reinforces a "coverage" mentality and reveals a misconception; i.e., that teaching bits of content in a logical and specified order will somehow add up to the desired achievements called for in the Standards.
A related misconception is evident when teachers assume that the CCSS prescribe the instructional sequence and pacing. Not so! To assume that the layout of the documents imply an instructional chronology is as flawed as thinking that since a dictionary is helpfully organized from A to Z, that vocabulary should therefore be taught in alphabetical order. While the grade-level standards are certainly not arbitrary and reflect natural long-term "learning progressions," a rigid sequence within each grade level was never intended. The authors of the Common Core Standards explicitly call attention to this misconception and warn against it:
"For example, just because topic A appears before topic B in the standards for a given grade, it does not necessarily mean that topic A must be taught before topic B. A teacher might prefer to teach topic B before topic A, or might choose to highlight connections by teaching topic A and topic B at the same time. Or, a teacher might prefer to teach a topic of his or her own choosing that leads, as a byproduct, to students reaching the standards for topics A and B." (p. 10)
The implications of these points are critical not only for curriculum mapping but for the very nature of instructional practice. Consider this advice from a non-academic source -- the United States Soccer Coaches Federation. In Best Practices for Coaching Soccer in The U.S., the Federation recommends a change in the soccer "curriculum" of practice:
"When conducting training sessions, there needs to be a greater reliance on game oriented training that is player centered and enables players to explore and arrive at solutions while they play. This is in contrast to the 'coach centered' training that has been the mainstay of coaching methodology over the years. 'Game centered training' implies that the primary training environment is the game as opposed to training players in 'drill' type environments. This is not to say that there is not a time for a more 'direct' approach to coaching. At times, players need more guidance and direction as they are developing. However, if the goal is to develop creative players who have the abilities to solve problems, and interpret game situations by themselves, a 'guided discovery' approach needs to be employed."
Best Practices for Coaching Soccer in The U.S. -- Appendix C pp. 62-64
We propose that this recommendation applies equally to teachers of academics as to coaches of soccer. In other words, if we want students to be able to apply their learning via autonomous performance, we need to design our curriculum backward from that goal. Metaphorically speaking, then, educators need to ask, what is the "game" we expect students to be able to play with skill and flexibility? In other words, we need clarity and consensus about the point of content learning -- independent transfer. Then, we can build the curriculum pathway backward with those worthy performances in mind.
To design a 12-K curriculum backward from the goal of autonomous transfer requires a deliberate and transparent plan for helping the student rely less and less on teacher hand-holding and scaffolds. After all, transfer is about independent performance in context. You can only be said to have fully understood and applied your learning if you can do it without someone telling you what to do. In the real world, no teacher is there to direct and remind you about which lesson to plug in here or what strategy fits there; transfer is about intelligently and effectively drawing from your repertoire, independently, to handle new situations on your own. Accordingly, we should see an increase, by design, in problem- and project-based learning, small-group inquiries, Socratic Seminars, and independent studies as learners progress through the curriculum across the grades.
Our point here is straightforward: if a curriculum simply marches through lists of content knowledge and skills without attending to the concomitant goal of cultivating independent performance, high-schoolers will remain as dependent on teacher directions and step-by-step guidance as fourth graders currently are. The resulting graduates will be unprepared for the demands of college and the workplace.
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Government - Business, and the big difference is ?
Neither one has Education as a primary purpose. The first's goal is to take money via taxes and then send it back to the public minus a substantial fee. The second is to attempt to make money and somehow keep the first group from taking it.
The prime problem with the "common core" standards is they drive the school districts to use "boxed" curriculum sets. This year our 5th grade and 2nd grade teachers are being forced to use 4 new boxed curriculums - Mandated by Government [ I view State Departments of Educations as government ] these are sold by business. If you look at these Math Curriculums - they are so awful, but hey, they "align with the Common Core" so they must be great.
Well, just maybe, the standards from the "core" are actually flawed and we are again following the herd of bureaucrats and visionaries who "know what's best". One thing for sure - The pressure has been applied and all children will be learning exactly the same "items", excepting the private school students who will as always learn concepts, deal with knowledge, writing and get into the better colleges. Teachers now are going 4 years of Education courses to find out they are to read the scripted lessons from the boxes curriculums. Might as well get bums from the street to read the lessons. Ooops, shouldn't have made that suggestion! ROFL
Next year we are going to TEST to death all the students again, but this time the children are going to have to type all the essays. So, the Common Core won't actually be tested but rather the typing abilities of 2nd - 5th graders. It will be easier for the government to grade the tests.
Randy and Dwayne - are you fellows IN the schools or working at something else? Maybe Government or Business ? I know you are experts.... Just wondering at what?
Common Core
Thanks Dwayne for the reply. Thank goodness someone is thinking. Here is where the core leads an educator. I WAS teaching a text based programming language, with great interest and success to 3-5th graders. Parents loved it. Aided in keyboarding, critical thinking, organized thought.
But then it became clear - That is not in the standards !! You can't teach that !!
I was teaching 1st and 2nd graders how to tie their shoes. Spatial intelligence, a practical life long skill that also builds self esteem. The administrators saw it in my lesson plans and guess what - Right, that is not in the standards.
I guess the business leaders don't think programing computers or tying your shoes in the morning has value. However, I don't see too many adults wearing velcro shoes, but hey, its only a matter of time.
Maybe this doesn't fit your definition of a solid data set, but are you a teacher? I actually teach 700 students once every 8 calendar days.
Stop, Breathe, Look Closer
Hey, When will teachers actually question the great wisdom of the government workers that create this "CORE"? Its amazing how smart, educated teachers with advanced degrees go lock step with anything that the experts dictate, question NOTHING and then blindly teach to the test, that we create as a benchmark. WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY !! LOL!!
These standards truly are fundamentally different from any that have come before. Many of the differences are, I think, positive. If you look more closely, you will see what Jay McTighe is getting at.
Another reader has already pointed out your error about "government" involvement in the process. But the question we all should be asking is whether we want business to continue to drive educational outcomes.
In the past, we had the factory system of education thrust on us by factory owners who wanted workers trained on the public dime to come labor in industry after graduation. That led to the "one size fits no one" system that we use to this day, in which we try to make sure that each child meets the "standard" for education.
Now what we should saying is that the best outcomes for our children are not driven by what kind of job they will have, but rather by what it takes to be a citizen of the 21st Century world. We don't specify which facts they know, but we clarify the kind of thinking they need to be able to do with the facts they do have. We show, by example and guidance, how to learn and --- even more importantly --- how to remain in learning mode all our lives.
This will definitely help everyone be better, more productive workers. But the purpose of public education should not be to feed business the raw materials for their profit-making, but to prepare children to be the best people they can be.
Bruce, It wasn't government
It wasn't government workers that wrote the common core. It was authored by a large group of business leaders across the nation. They used the standard sets from all 50 states to determine the most rigorous demands currently in use and started with those, in other words, their jumping off point was the best of what was available. After the initial authoring it has been farmed out to teacher groups, schools, districts and volunteers across the nation for vetting, revision and feedback purposes for years (I think 3, but don't quote me there). Over that time the structure of the standards, the language of the standards and a lot of the meat of the core was revamped and rewritten dozens of times. From all of that came what we now have. In reality, it is the great wisdom (and great reserach) of those business leaders and those thousands of teachers and educators that put together the common core. I don't see why anyone would want to question such wisdom, or at least not so without a solid data set that disproves the effectiveness of the wisdom. But maybe I am missing something...
Technology Educator
Hey, When will teachers actually question the great wisdom of the government workers that create this "CORE"? Its amazing how smart, educated teachers with advanced degrees go lock step with anything that the experts dictate, question NOTHING and then blindly teach to the test, that we create as a benchmark. WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY !! LOL!!
Yes, many are not backwards
Yes, many are not backwards mapping and relying heavily on pacing guides. I understand the independent transfer, project based learning and inquiry, but what would be a first step for grade levels/single subjects to begin? Especially, those who rely heavily on pacing guides and multiple choice tests?
Some of us have been doing
Some of us have been doing this all along. I think this is just plain good advice, Common Core or not.
(Then again, I just noticed this post was by Jay McTighe, who provided guidance, assistance, and advice as I was working as a curriculum developer for middle school computer classes at MCPS about 7-8 years ago. So no surprises here! Jay, are some people STILL not backwards-mapping??!)


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Three suspects arrested in BU armed robberies
BOSTON (WHDH) -- Police arrested a third person in the recent string of armed robberies near Boston University.
The third suspect turned himself in to police just hours after the second arrest.
One 15-year-old suspect turned himself in Thursday night. Brookline police said the second suspect, a 17-year-old male, was arrested Friday afternoon.
This comes after police released surveillance video Wednesday of the suspects in at least two of the armed robberies. Police say the suspects stole cellphones, backpacks and wallets. One female student told police a suspect put a gun to her face and threatened to shoot her.
Students are pleased about the arrests and surprised at the young age of the suspects.
"It definitely feels a little bit better that they may have apprehended all three of them," said Matt Acosta, a student.
"I think it's great. I've been a little concerned walking home recently. So now I can walk home feeling more secure," said a BU student, Kathleen Blank.
"I was surprised. At the beginning they were saying 13 to 20. So I was hearing it might be about a gang initiation. I don't know, but it is scary that the kids are so young," said another student, Meredith Connor.
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Sherrell Lynn Pedron, 83, of Benton passed away Thursday, Oct. 18, at Saline Memorial Hospital. He was born March 31, 1929 in Camden to the late Julius Andrew Pedron and Lora Bell (Rogers) Pedron. Pedron was a U.S. Navy Veteran of both WWII and the Korean War, a member of New Hope United Methodist Church in Benton, and retiree from Alcoa, where he was an industrial mechanic.Â
Patricia Ann Franklin, 55, of Conway died Thursday, Oct. 18, in Conway. She was born June 5, 1957, in Little Rock. Patricia was a Baptist.
She is survived by her mother, Doris Franklin, and father, Ralph Franklin, both of Benton; brother, Charles Christian, of Benton; sister and brother-in-law, Becky Wells and Randy, of Texas; niece, Sheryl Howerton, of Texas; nephew, Ryan Wells, of Texas; their families; and her extended family at Conway Human Development Center.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m., Monday, Oct. 22, at Ashby Funeral Home in Benton.
Robbie Dewell Burleson, 74, resident of Mesa, Ariz., entered into eternal life on Oct. 21. She was Born Oct. 1, 1938 to James Wilbourn and Carmon Mae Burleson in Benton.
After graduation from Chula Vista High School in California, Rob dutifully served his country in the Air Force for the next eight years including assignments in Turkey and Libya. He was a devout Christian and a devoted husband.
Above all, he cherished his role as a loving father, Papa and Great Papa. He enjoyed fishing and all things aviation. He had a passion for the Sun Devils and Razorback football.
Nita Fogleman Stephens, 88, of Little Rock, died Oct. 23, at Four Seasons in Benton. She was born in Kaufman County, Texas, on Oct. 13, 1924, to the late Marvin and Katy Baker Fogleman. She was a member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church.
She was predeceased by her husband, the Rev. Bryan Stephens; and sisters, Mildred Flanders of Longview, Texas, and Mary Kay Copeland of Garland, Texas.
Delbert C. "Babo" Ballentine Jr., 49, of Saline County passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 19.
He was born April 26, 1963, in Little Rock, to the late Delbert C. "Big Bo" Ballentine and Phyllis Townsend Ballentine.
Babo enjoyed Nascar races, the St. Louis Cardinals, listening to rock 'n' roll and spending time with family and friends.
He is survived by his daughter, Ashley Ballentine and husband Brad Hubbard; a son, Anthony Ballentine; a grandson, Ashton Hubbard, who was his pride and joy; two sisters, Darla Massey and Angelia Mayfield; and many nieces and nephews.
Geraldine Willis, 92, of Searcy, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 22. She was born Aug. 13, 1920, in Bauxite to John G. and Arkie Belle Rowland.
Geraldine was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Willis; her parents; four sisters, Marie, Tincy, Whickett and Biddy; and three brothers, John B., Ed and Bobby.
Julius "Sunny" Peter-Herman Breckling, 83, of Hot Springs passed away Monday, Oct. 22. He was born March 7, 1929 to the late Martha Weigle Breckling and Julius Breckling Sr. in Hot Springs.
Julius graduated from Lakeside High School and Oklahoma State University in 1951. He was the parks and recreation director in Little Rock. When he retired, the city dedicated River Front Park to him in honor of the work he did for the parks and zoo.
Edna L. Caldwell, 94, of Bryant passed away Monday, Oct. 22.Â
She was born Sept. 13, 1918, in Calico Rock to the late Henry and Susan Harriet Guthrie Benbrook. Edna was of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Earnest N. Smith and Max Caldwell; brothers, Howard and James Benbrook; sisters, Alma Hart, Hazel Bean and Lorene Lester; grandchildren, Lawana Kay Hardin and Melissa Ann Hardin.
James Eldred Davenport, 87, of Benton, passed away quietly in his sleep Saturday, Oct. 20.Â
He was born April 27, 1925, in Grant County, to the late William Harrison "Harry" and Essie Pearl (Barnes) Davenport, the fifth of eight children, and grew up on his grandfather's farm outside Sheridan after his dad passed away when he was 8. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II and earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his service in Europe during the war, including D-Day at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, followed by campaigns through Belgium, Holland, and Germany.
Bobby D. Erwin of Hot Springs went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 20. He was 78.
Born March 23, 1934, in Benton, Bob was a local artist and a Vietnam War veteran. He was a loving husband, father and true patriot. During the course of 25 years, he served in three branches of service – the Army, Navy and Air Force from which he retired in 1977 with the rank of captain. Between services he graduated from Arkansas State University and was in hotel management with Holiday Inns of America in Dallas, Texas.


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Series 2 Episode 1
The Smile
An asset from Carrie's former life comes in from the cold.
In the wake of Israeli air strikes against Iran, the Middle East threatens to erupt in fresh violence. In Beirut, flags bearing the Star of David, and the Red, White, and Blue, burn in the streets.
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An asset from Carrie's former life comes in from the cold.
Carrie becomes involved in an operation that may rid the world of Abu Nazir
Brody learns that the Gettysburg bomb maker is on a terrorist watch list.
Brody runs into Carrie at Langley.
Brody finds himself prisoner again, but this time it's on American soil.
Dana visits the hospital and is shocked by what she sees there.
Reeling from the recent ambush, Carrie and team struggle to regain control.
Brody is heading for a serious meltdown.
Saul teams up with Virgil and Max to dig up some information on one of their own
Saul catches up with an old friend.
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A new Census Bureau report on fertility shows that 20 percent of women 40 to 44 were childless in 2006, twice as high as the level 30 years earlier. Among other highlights, the report, Fertility of American Women: 2006, found:
The report is the first from the Census Bureau on this topic to use data from the American Community Survey, resulting in state-by-state comparisons of fertility characteristics. Data from the Current Population Survey are also included in the report, permitting historical comparisons of levels of childlessness and births.
This report shows a great deal of variation among states in the characteristics of mothers who had given birth in the previous year. Such mothers, for instance, in the District of Columbia, Mississippi and North Carolina were the most likely to have never married. In addition, recent mothers in California were the most apt to be foreign-born, while those in Mississippi were the likeliest to be poor.
The report also finds that the national birth rate for women age 15 to 50 receiving public assistance in 2006 was about three times of those not receiving public assistance. A decade after the passage of welfare reform in 1996, data show that women in this age range receiving public assistance had a birth rate of 155 births per 1,000 women, compared with 53 births per 1,000 women not receiving it.


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The Official Aaron Williams - Giant Man 3 World Heavyweight Championship Thread, Can a Giant Man finally win the Heavyweight Title?
The Official Aaron Williams - Giant Man 3 World Heavyweight Championship Thread, Can a Giant Man finally win the Heavyweight Title?
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Harold "Harry" Angus has been training seriously for the first time in months as speculation mounts that he will indeed challenge Giant Man III on Sunday. An insider at Krumbsnatcher today revealed, "Harry hasn't sparred since before his revenge fight with Lanky Gawn, so to see him in the ring today gave me a strong feeling that he is about to sign for the Giant Man III bout. He has been running 8 miles every morning, twice what he usually does, and has also kept his training behind closed doors....something he only ever did in big fight build ups. I'm convinced he will sign for the fight."
Angus left Krumbsnatcher via the fire escape this afternoon but our reporter was there waiting. Harold said, "There will be an announcement at 3pm UK time tomorrow afternoon. I have nothing further to say."
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If Angus backs out, Red Death would be ready to move up to HW and take a shot at the title.
Dec 9 2008, 06:57 PM
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Giant Man III has said if a Champion like Red Death's caliber wants a fight with him for the World Heavyweight Title then he can get it.
However, Giant Man and Harold Angus is a done deal. Larry Holmes might have next so Red Death can get a shot after those 2. Or Red Death can slide in at Holmes's spot if Holmes backs out.
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I think Angus will be knocked out, too. Hes too small to take Giant Mans shots.
But for sure he has a better chance than Williams because Williams really doesnt have a good chin. I can admit that, I think hes gonna rule Cruiserweight anyway (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Phillies Cole Hamels, Jonathan Papelbon and Carlos Ruiz will suit up for the National League in this year's All-Star Game, to be played at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, July 10. Carlos Ruiz, elected as a reserve at catcher, is a first-time All-Star and is currently leading the NL in batting average (.358). Hamels (10-4, 3.08 ERA) is going to his third All-Star Game and Papelbon (18 saves) his fifth.
I feel it's a travesty that our fans couldn't get Chooch into the game as the starter. If we had spent a little less time complaining and instead of voting, Chooch would have been behind the dish to start the game.
I'm just glad he's going, as he really deserved it.
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DEISA Symposium Paris, May 9 - 10, 2005
1st DEISA Symposium: Perspectives in High Performance Computing
The first DEISA Symposium was held in Paris, France on May 9 - 10, 2005. This Symposium was the first of a series that will take place every year in April - May in different locations in Europe. The purpose is to maintain an annual DEISA event dedicated to the discussion of the scientific and strategic challenges in the area of High Performance Computing, and to assess the impact of the DEISA research infrastructure on computational science in Europe.
- Frontier simulations for the climate of the 21st century (PDF, 3.2 MB), J.C. ANDRE
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- Simulating confined high temperature plasmas (PDF, 6.0 MB), Karl LACKNER
- Technology trends in high performance computing (PDF, 8.4 MB), Michael LEVINE
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- DEISA: towards cooperative extreme computing in Europe (PDF, 1.5 MB), Victor ALESSANDRINI
- TeraGrid: successes and functionalities from a user's perspective (PDF, 1.5 MB), Ralph ROSKIES
- Computing the Universe (PDF 14.5 MB), Carlos FRENK
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Independence Beach - Sihanoukville, Cambodia
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Pretty Independence beach is so named for the seven-storey Independence Hotel that sits atop the headland. Locals refer to the hotel as the seven-storey hotel and street signs refer to it as "7-Chann Beach".
For years the only available accommodation available was the moderately priced Sea Breeze Guesthouse, as the Independence Hotel was abandoned and there was nothing else on the beach. More recently the Independence Hotel had a makeover (unfortunately losing some glorious retro features in the process) and more recently still a large portion of the beach was "sold" to a wealthy Khmer with, you guessed it, connections in the local government.
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I've been eating out a little more frequently the last couple of weeks. We used to eat out quite a lot before we had kids... Those were the spendy vegan days! Anywho, since those relatively quiet, non-busy, carefree days have passed into lively, exciting familydom, the first raw food restaurants in Australia opened - among them fRom eArth and Water - and it's one of our favourite vegan places to eat out now. Pretty darn impressive! Our friend Angela took us out for lunch and I took a few photos of the fancy noms...
In the middle: a green smoothie and strawberry ginger smoothie.
From left, clockwise: soft corn tortillas with almond feta & salsa & lime aioli,
courgette/zucchini and aged cashew cheese ravioli,
shaved fennel & almond cheese & leek & lentil salad,
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ePayments Week: Financial Times bets on its web app
Financial Times goes all-in on its web app, Flickr puts up fences, and daily deal fatigue sets in.
The Financial Times says subscriber data trumps Apple's reach, Flickr introduces geofencing to keep things private, and the cracks in the daily deal world start to show.
ePayments Week: The rise of location-triggered offers
Very local deals, iPhone users ready to spend, and Androids attract crapware
Placecast offers merchants a geofence to corral customers. Also, UK researcher YouGov says iPhone users are more willing to buy with their phones, and telecoms bury Androids with crapware.


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I was watching a Columbo episode today and was thinking Peter Falk was cast perfectly for that role. I can't think of anyone who would have done a better job. That got me thinking of movie and tv roles that have been cast so perfectly, you can't picture anyone else in that role.
Peter Falk- columbo
bob denver- gilligan
alan hale- skipper
don rickles- CPO Sharkey
johnathan hillerman- higgins on Magnum PI
telly savalas- kojack
jack lord- hawaii 5-0
darrin mcgavin- kolchak
stallone- rocky and rambo
johnathan harris- dr smith in lost in space
gene wilder- willie wonka
raquell welch- one million bc
gary burghof- radar o'reilly
julia roberts- pretty woman
jack nicholson- batman
jim carey- ace ventura
walter mathau- grumpy old men
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50 million footprints play havoc with the grass on the Washington Mall
The grass that covers the Washington Mall, the most visited national park in the United States, is in bad shape. The footprints of 25 million visitors are part of the reason why.
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Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.
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The Buddha-born as Prince Siddhartha in Kapilavastu, in today's Nepal, gained enlightenment after witnessing the illnesses and distresses in the world and leaving the royal life for a life of penance, eventually founder of Buddhism.
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Cherokee UMC Women to hold annual quilt show
"Hands to Service, Hearts to God," the annual quilt show sponsored by the Cherokee United Methodist Women, will be held Friday and Saturday, April 5-6.
The quilt show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
This exhibition is a major fund raiser for local mission projects which include Good Samaritan Ministries, Coalition for Kids, The Melting Pot, Meals on Wheels, Buffalo Mountain Camp Scholarships, Cherokee Christian Learning Center, CUMC Youth Group and local schools.
This annual event features a marvelous display of family heirlooms and works of art in the medium of needlework from quilters and crafters throughout the area.
The Merchants Mall will include Cross Stitch & Crafts, Burd Art, Pampered Chef, Home Interior, Kelli G. Barnett Designs, Handmade Baskets, Dragon Fly Dreams, Sonshine Crafts, Mountainview Milk Soaps, Tomboy Tools, Cherokee Knit/Crochet Group and various other crafts.
Live music will be provided by the Renaissance Strings and other talented musicians throughout the day.
Quilting demonstrations will be presented by members of the Erwin Piece Makers.
Blood pressure checking and health information will be available.
A short devotion will be offered in the sanctuary on both days at 10:45 a.m.
Miss Bonnie's Tea Room Friday and Saturday will be open from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Enjoy wonderful Southern style hospitality with a delicious lunch of homemade chicken salad on a flaky croissant, broccoli cheese soup, chips, orange salad, bread-n-butter pickles and Miss Bonnie's renowned Tea Punch — all for just $9.
Reservations may be made for parties of 8 or more. This is a great idea for an office gathering or a group of friends!
Orders for this special meal will be taken only on Thursday, April 4. Orders for five or more lunches will be delivered to your office for $9.50 each. For lunch reservations or take-out orders, call 928-4786 or 926-7467.
If you are interested in displaying quilted pieces, there is no fee. Ribbons will be awarded for Best Machine Quilting, Best Hand Quilting, Judges Choice, Best of Show and Viewers Choice. Protective gloves will be used for handling all display items and 24-hour security to protect your treasures will be provided.
For more details, visit www.cherokeechurch.com or call Judith Robertson at 431-8822 or Nancy Hathaway at 773-8574.


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The pool hot tube and sauna area.
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McCall, Idaho Hotel's Guests Love This Mountain Lodge Picture perfect mountains, a pristine glacial lake and meadows of wildflowers frame the charming town of McCall, Idaho. The hotel's guests enjoy this west central Idaho paradise for a family vacation or a corporate retreat when they stay at the Holiday Inn Express McCall - The Hunt Lodge hotel. Ponderosa...
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the desk clerks refused to look up my IHG rewards number so I could accrue points for my stay. They were not busy at all. I probably will not be back. The clerk even checked me out of the room a day early and felt it was no big deal. Whats wrong here?... more
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Very nice hotel in beautiful Boise, ID. The staff and manager really treated us well. Will definitely stay again when traveling to McCall. ... more
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My family and I spent a week here in the fall and had a wonderful visit! Great food, beautiful scenery - close to town, but still gave us the wonderful rustic feel. The hosts were wonderful and made us feel like family and like we were at home. We are definitely going back and maybe trying out different seasons to get the full experience! ... more
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Situated on the sandy shores of scenic Payette Lake in the Central Idaho town of McCall approximately 100 miles north of Boise, Shore Lodge is an idyllic mountain retreat that offers guests comfortable accommodation, a host of amenities and activities designed for fun and relaxation, and warm hospitality all in a setting of spectacular natural beauty. Estab...
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PAGE 1 My Dad was a union organizer and worked with a team. Maybe my knack for teamwork came from him? Ever since I went to college I've been working with a team. First with architecture and interior design and then glass. My studying in Murano in 1967 and 1968 taught me how a team in glass really functions but I had already been working with a small team in graduate school. Glassblowing is not an easy craft to do by yourself—it's much easier with an assistant or a team.
PAGE 2 My first assistant or partner was Fritz Dreisbach when I was a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. I was trying to blow a form that I couldn't make by myself and I asked Fritz to pick up a blowpipe and blow another piece for me and then add it to my piece. After that experiment went well I started designing sculptures that need[ed] two parts blown separately. This happened a month or two after I arrived at Harvey Littleton's glass program
PAGE 3 in Madison. From that time on I did mostly sculptures and lost interest in functional work. My best friends in Madison were graduate students from the painting department—Michael Lawson, Andy Krance and Abe Rothblatt—we were kind of a team—helping each other with our art works. I wanted to be around more artists so next year I went to the Rhode Island School of Design. They didn't have a glass program
PAGE 4 but they had almost everything else. I applied for a Fulbright grant for the next year. I wrote to all 200 glass factories in Italy asking if I could study with them if I got the grant. Only one factory, the famous Venini, probably the most progressive of the Italian factories, sent a reply saying I could visit for three weeks. When I arrived at Venini I met the Director Ludovico de Santillana. We became good friends
PAGE 5 and Ludovico was like a Father to me. He had me make models for the factory out of glass, plastic, and neon. I had the full run of the factory and access to the glassblowing teams to make whatever I needed for the models. The teams were made up of anywhere from three to six glassblowers. The more complicated the glass piece, the more men on the team. I learned to understand this very well, and over the years I had as many as eighteen
PAGE 6 glassblowers on one team. The more skilled you were, the higher up you were on the team. The hierarchy was not a question of your age or how long you'd been blowing glass—it was strictly a matter of expertise. You could be as young as sixteen or eighteen and be master or head of the team if you had the talent. Sometimes it seemed like they were born with the knowledge. Up until the 20th century you couldn't be a master unless your father was a master. Lino Tagliapietra and Pino
PAGE 7 Signoretto are two examples of masters who were put in charge of a team at a young age. Before I returned to the States I was asked to build a glass program for the Rhode Island School of Design. During the early part of my teaching career there were three great artists that I collaborated with—Jamie Carpenter, Seaver Leslie, and Italo Scanga. We all became close friends and supported and helped each other for years. Italo became a mentor and my best friend till he died in 2001. In 1971 friends and I started the Pilchuck
PAGE 8 Glass School in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. By this time there were several schools teaching glassblowing, but only Pilchuck taught students to work in teams. It opened many more possibilities for everyone. We soon started inviting visiting faculty, artists, and master glassblowers from the great glass centers of the world. Of course they all worked in teams and the teams would be made up from students or faculty from Pilchuck.
PAGE 9 So many of the skills we have in the States came from these great masters—they were willing and did show us everything they knew. I think in some ways it was easier to pass their secrets to us than to the young glassblowers of Murano. We wanted it more and appreciated every little trick they would show us.
I started the Blanket Cylinders in 1974 at Pilchuck and worked on them later at the Rhode Island School of Design. I couldn't afford to hire a team
PAGE 10 so I used five or six of my students as a team along with Kate Elliott to do the glass drawings and later Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick. I would meet the team at 4 am in the glass shop and we would work until 9 am, at which time I would turn the shop over to the students and they would work until midnight—later if the guards didn't kick them out. I don't know what kind of arrangement
PAGE 11Therman Statom had with the guards, but he could always work through the night. Because he worked hard, he became an excellent glassblower.
After the Blanket Cylinders I started the Pilchuck Baskets after discovering a wonderful stash of Northwest Coast baskets in the back of the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma, my hometown.
That summer I was picked up at the airport at midnight by Billy Morris. Billy had been hired by Pilchuck
PAGE 12 as a driver. He had a little glassblowing experience and started to ask me about teamwork. He knew I worked in a big team and hoped I might put him on somewhere. I told him I was starting at 4 am, 4 hours from then, and if he were there I'd put him on the team. He was there at 4 am and never missed a day on the pad for twelve years. Billy told me to never pay him, and that the first day I paid him would be the last day he worked for me.
PAGE 13 I never did pay Billy and in 1986 he went out on his own—he became one of the great glassblowers of the world. Some of the artists that I worked with at R.I.S.D. went on to have wonderful careers—Hank Adams, Harry Anderson, Jeffrey Beers, Howard Ben Tré, Martin Blank, Jamie Carpenter, Dan Dailey, Kate Elliott, Michael Glancy, James Harmon, Erik Hopkins, Roni Horn, Larry Jasse, Lee Koveleski, Seaver Leslie, Flora Mace, Mark McDonnell,
PAGE 14 Robbie Miller, Ben Moore, Pike Powers, Richard Royal, Ed Mcllvane, Chris Salmon, Michael Scheiner, Paul Seide, Therman Statom, Ann Wählstrom, Steve Weinberg, Toots Zynsky, Joey Kirkpatrick.
In 1980 the sales of my work matched my salary as a professor—$18,000. I quit teaching and moved back to Seattle to spend full time on my art work. In 1985 I could finally buy my own studio—the Buffalo Bldg.
PAGE 15 Soon after I built a hotshop down the street. Martin Blank played a very important role on the team. He was multitalented and I asked him to build the hotshop and run the team. It was a small shop and we had a team of five or six.
In 1988 I started the Venetian series with Lino in the little hotshop. Ben Moore played an important role on the Venetian team including translator.
PAGE 16 Pino Signoretto came to Pilchuck for the first time in 1989. I did a demo that summer and had Pino make some putti and attach them to large vases that Lino was blowing—that was the beginning of the Putti series. I've made about 15 series of work over the last 30 years with teams of two to eighteen. I want to thank each and every one of you for giving so much and making such great contributions to my work. None of it would have been possible without you.


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Consumers drive a hubbing mentality at VPS
Vision Airlines began as a charter company in 1994 and was primarily operating charter service from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon, a business that grew into a full-time charter gig flying all types of passengers, including politicians, sports teams, and celebrities.
Comments Bill Maloney, Vision director of business development, "We then started expanding our fleet with larger aircraft and flying for the U.S. government, some resorts and casinos … that business has grown, and last fall we began scheduled service."
The Northwest Florida Regional Airport (VPS), which serves the Florida Gulf Coast resort cities of Destin and Fort Walton Beach, has been a key partner in the Vision business strategy. The airline currently provides non-stop service to 18 cities from VPS and is near to surpassing Delta as the lead market-share carrier.
Says airport director Greg Donovan, "Vision is an established charter operator and a Part 121 carrier, but when it was considering going into the scheduled carrier business, we saw something with them pretty early on — that there was an agility that a smaller company has over some of the other mainline or legacy carriers. That agility is to go into not fully-defined markets in terms of origin and destination."
Maloney says the airline is trying to follow a lot of what Allegiant has done, which is to provide direct service to leisure destinations from underserved markets. "That's been our goal on the scheduled side … to really try and replicate what Allegiant has done in other markets ... whether it's Destin or some of these other Southwestern cities.
"Also, I think when we say leisure focus, because we go into most of these cities with less-than-daily service, it really is designed around a vacation experience."
Making the case
Vision wasn't necessarily interested in data that comes from statistical O&D factors of existing routes, says Donovan, "They wanted to find something entirely different," he explains.
"For us, we've had over the past four years a maturity in our relationship with the hotel industry, and understanding what the hotel and resort industry has known for a long time ... where people are coming from.
"The lack of service into our airport and the region as a whole kept a lot of the passengers from coming here as frequently as they potentially could.
"We put together data from our industries and shared that with the airline; we showed them markets that were strong from a driving standpoint ... from an air service standpoint, there is a lot of potential for development."
Says Vision's Maloney, "We allowed hubbing as far as connecting routes because people were doing it on their own; they were stacking us — allowing people to continue or make the transfer in Destin. This way, passengers didn't have to recheck a bag and come back in.
"So consumers primarily drove the hubbing mentality. One of the reasons we chose Destin is because it is such a great market that was underserved from an air service standpoint.
"I think you find in a lot of places, especially here in the Southeast ... these regional leisure destinations, and Destin has been one of those for many years. For us to help that grow was really important; that is why we chose Destin as our focus."
In May, 111,566 total passengers (enplanements and deplanements) came through VPS. "That's a 57 percent increase from May of 2010 and breaks a 54-year history here," comments Donovan.
"Sustaining that service long-term is a community effort, not just an airport responsibility. There is a lot of competition on the Gulf Coast between airports, and the key element for us is describing to the community outside of the aviation profession that taking market share from an adjacent airport really doesn't grow the economy.
"The key is opening up new markets and bringing people in that wouldn't normally come. The product that Vision is offering is distinctly different than what the other services offered in the region are."
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