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Editor's note: This story is the first of an occasional Weekend feature on the more unusual aspects of local restaurants. To nominate a restaurant, send the details to firstname.lastname@example.com. By KAREN M. HARRIS for the Pocono Record
Editor's note: This story is the first of an occasional Weekend feature on the more unusual aspects of local restaurants. To nominate a restaurant, send the details to email@example.com.
Speciality: Following the restaurant's slogan of "Beer From Here, Food From Near," almost everything served is locally sourced, including the meats, veggies, cheeses and herbs, according to general manager Rob DeFalco. What is most notable is that all the beers are crafted in the brewery next door, which used to be a hockey rink.
The brainchild of Pete Kirkwood, son of restaurant owner Charlie Kirkwood, ShawneeCraft Brewery offers handcrafted, small-batch ales and lagers available both on tap and for takeout via growler (half-gallon glass jug).
Brewmaster Chris DeGasperis' menu consists of "Reliables" ranging from a light American Blonde Ale to a dark Session Porter. The "Intermittents" are different brews available depending on season or which ingredients are available. The last category, Heirlooms, are slow-crafted Old World staples.
Not sure which to try? How about a sampler of three 6-ounce beers presented on a piece of slate with the beer names written on it?
After you've sampled, take a tour of the brewery.
Side dishes: Locavore sourcing for the restaurant and brewery includes veggies, fruit, herbs and spices from Great Shawna Island Farm on the premises and honey from the apiary on the golf course at neighboring Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort.
The restaurant's name derives from the traditional English pub naming convention of combining two disparate words. The "Gem" comes from the golf course being called "The Gem of the East" and the "Keystone" is the plastic or wooden fitting the tap is put through on an ale cask.
A 10 percent discount is available to members of local community-based organizations, so bring your ID. Discounts if you show your ski lift ticket or golf scorecard, too.
Location: 1 River Road, Shawnee on Delaware
Information: 570-424-0990, gemandkeystone.com.
Speciality: Although a holdover from the original chef, the sushi pizza is a signature dish synonymous with the Hotel Fauch�re and its casual dining room, Bar Louis. The dish consists of a "crust" of sushi rice formed into a cake, tempura-style battered and fried. Spicy mayonnaise, green and red tobiko (flying fish roe), salmon and scallions are then layered on top.
Another proponent of the locavore tradition, Christopher Bates, general manager and executive chef, sources ingredients, including veggies, flowers and herbs, from the hotel's farm and others nearby. He also forages for local produce ranging from Japanese knotweed and milkweed to river cress.
Bar Louis caters to adventurous diners, offering housemade charcuterie (cured meats), cheeses and choucroute garni (sauerkraut, potatoes and pork). Bates has begun to dabble in probiotic fermentation, and many of his fruits and vegetables — from preserved Meyer lemons to beets and carrots — are included in dishes.
He said that the menu is unique and bright because the kitchen loves color, brightness and texture in its creations.
Side dishes: The Hotel Fauch�re was built by namesake Louis Fauch�re, a Swiss �migr� and master chef who worked at Delmonico's restaurant in New York. He was known around Milford as "the crazy Frenchman" because French was his native language.
The ultra-modern Bar Louis, on the ground floor of the 1880 Italianate-style hotel, was designed by New York architect William Reue to be "subtle, timeless and elegant." The d�cor includes an enormous Christopher Makos photograph of Andy Warhol and John Lennon and photography by the Hilton Brothers, a collaboration between Makos (a former Man Ray apprentice) and photographer Paul Solberg.
Location: 401 Broad St., Milford
Information: 570-409-1212, hotelfauchere.com/dining/barlouis/bar.php
Speciality: The interior of the chophouse, the second restaurant in the Frogtown family, lent itself to the creation of a private chef's table able to accommodate up to six diners.
The table is actually a small room off the main dining room. Originally used as a coat room and storage, Chef Lyman Winner immediately saw its potential, especially since he had already installed a chef's table in sister restaurant The Frogtown Inn & 6 Acres Restaurant in Canadensis.
Diners who book the table, which costs $25, will get personal attention, including a visit from Winner, who will discuss each dish ordered.
The chophouse has only been open since October, but in that time, a variety of patrons have booked the table. One couple brings their preschool daughter so that she can leave the table to explore, not bother other diners and still be contained within the room. Another patron booked it for a post-Valentine's Day proposal. Others have used it for business meetings.
Side dishes: The chophouse menu is unique in that it is a la carte. Diners pick a protein (meat), a vegetable, a starch (rice, potatoes), seasonings and sauces. That allows each diner in the party to order exactly what they wish. Vegetarians and those who are gluten-free have myriad choices.
Winner is also amenable to special requests, so long as he has a few days' notice. He has bought ducks for a patron who loved the dish on the previous restaurant's menu. His goal, he said, is for each patron to have a great dining experience with great atmosphere, awesome food and top-notch service.
Location: 472 Bush Road, Swiftwater
Information: 570-895-4460, thefrogtownchophouse.com
Speciality: After a long career in the food-service business, owner Dave Missey decided to open his own restaurant in 2010. He and his wife, Gina, wanted something different for the area, and since Dave had been smoking meats and wild game for more than 25 years in his backyard smoker, a wood-fired barbecue joint only seemed natural.
All the meats are smoked "low and slow" outdoors so 120 racks can be accommodated on two separate smoking units; only food prep is done indoors. Even some sides — beans, collard greens (both vegetarian) and potato salad — are smoked on a changing combination of hickory, oak, apple and cherry woods. Smoking is a long process, ranging from more than nine hours for beef brisket to more than six hours for chicken.
The Misseys use as many Pennsylvania products as they can, from Hatfield pork and local farm meats to Amoroso Bakery in Philly and Martin's Bakery in Chambersburg for rolls. Corn bread, rice and chocolate pudding are homemade by Gina.
Side dishes: The little restaurant has a few log-hewn tables inside and seating for 75 outside in warmer weather. There is free WiFi, and patrons can bring their own cooler of alcoholic beverages. Soda, water and tea are available for purchase.
"Red Fridays" offer 10 percent discounts to all active and retired military and police, firefighters and EMTs during their shifts. A portion of the proceeds of Red Fridays goes to Wounded Warriors and Operation Christmas Child nonprofits. The Misseys also donate meals through Pocono Community Church and are fixtures at local fairs.
Hunters can bring their dressed game to Dave, who will smoke it during off hours.
Location: 446 Route 196, Tobyhanna
Information: 570-894-5900, smokinvittles.com
Speciality: Want to be part of the cooking experience? At the Stone Bar, you will be if you reserve the chef's table, which is right smack dab in the kitchen. Nestled near the triple-windowed dessert station and the patio doors, diners get a first-hand look at everything that goes into their meals.
Chef/owner Andrew Moore will also let patrons behind the line to check out the evening's ingredients, making it possible to choose a meal literally from the fridge. The ambiance is soft jazz, disco ball, area rug and wood stove, more reminiscent of a family joke-filled home than an expletive-strewn episode of Gordon Ramsey's "Hell's Kitchen." Moore explains it as very zen, very quiet.
Those at the chef's table will get "surprises" throughout the meal to make the experience different from a front-of-house seating. The area can be configured to seat up to 16 patrons as a group or as smaller tables of separate parties. Kids are welcome. Those taking advantage range from a couple who are Broadway vets and enjoy belting out show tunes to foodies requesting specific tasting menus and boyfriends who want to pop the question with a ring hidden in the dessert.
Side dishes: For patrons who prefer more privacy, the Stone Bar also has private spaces, including a first-floor "library" room filled with books, and a downstairs room near the wine cellar that has exposed wooden beams, barn-board siding and a stone fireplace. It also has a screen that can be lowered for business meetings. Either can accommodate up to 18 to 20 people. Moore also hosts fundraisers for the United Way and Stroudsburg Rotary, including silent auctions and tasting menus.
The Stone Bar also offers half-portion entrees, light pub fare, vegetarian choices and Sunday brunch and carver dinner.
The restaurant is named for the massive river stone bar that fills one side of the main dining room and descends 16 feet through the cellar and into the building's foundation.
Location: 6180 Route 209, Stroudsburg
Information: 570-992-6634, stonebar.com


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The biggest threat facing America is not a faltering economy or a spate of books by famed atheists. Rather, the country meets new challenges due to the decline of traditional Christianity, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat suggests in Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics (Free Press). Douthat has taken his own personal tour of American Christianity: he was baptized Episcopalian, attended evangelical and Pentecostal churches as a child, and converted to Catholicism at age 17. He argues that prosperity preachers, self-esteem gurus, and politics operating as religion contribute to the contemporary decline of America. CT spoke with Douthat about America's decline from a vigorous faith, modern heretics, and why we need a revival of traditional Christianity.
What do you mean when you say we're facing the threat of heresy?
I try to use an ecumenical definition, starting with what I see as the theological common ground shared by my own Catholic Church and many Protestant denominations. Then I look at forms of American religion that are influenced by Christianity, but depart in some significant way from this consensus. It's a C. S. Lewisian, Mere Christianity definition of orthodoxy or heresy. I'm trying to look at the ways the American religion today departs from theological and moral premises that traditional Protestants and Catholics have in common.
How did America become a nation of heretics?
We've always been a nation of heretics. Heresy used to be constrained and balanced by institutional Christianity to a far greater extent than it is today. What's unique about our religious moment is not the movements and currents such as the "lost gospel" industry, the world of ...1


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ROCKFORD - Soccer enthusiast Donald Wedgbury, who developed a 2,000-seat stadium and Indoor Sports Center on Rockford's east side that became the foundation for the 124-acre Sportscore II soccer complex, died Friday.
He was 72.
Wedgbury, known as "Doc" in soccer circles, was a radiologist at SwedishAmerican Hospital. After watching a match in Brazil in the late 1970s, he was hooked on the sport and developing soccer in Rockford became his passion.
"There were 150,000 people there watching what was just an interleague game," Wedgbury said in a 2000 Register Star interview. "I said to myself, 'There is something about this game that I'm missing.' So I got involved in pushing recreational soccer here to a different level."
Tim Dimke, Rockford Park District director, said Wedgbury was a forerunner in getting soccer going here and around the country. Wedgbury backed amateur and professional teams - the Rockford Raptors and the Rockford Dactyls - here and he helped develop tournaments that attracted thousands of players and fans, helping the Rockford area become a sports tourism destination,
In 2001, Wedgbury sold 36 acres of land that included the 61,000-square-foot ISC to the Park District for $2.5 million - the remainder of his mortgage on the property - for Sportscore II.
It's now a 124-acre sports complex with the ISC, and 19 regulation soccer fields and 14 practice fields outdoors.
But his first venture, Rockford United soccer club that he founded with a small group of parents in 1995, was decidedly local and humble.
"Rockford United practiced in his horse pasture on Guilford Road," Dimke said.
Louis Mateus was a Rockford College soccer player 30 years ago when he met Wedgbury. For four years, he helped coach Rockford United as a volunteer.
"He wanted every kid to have an opportunity to play," said Mateus, now general manager of the Park District's Sportscore complexes, who describes Wedgbury as an "icon and a father figure to soccer, not only in Rockford but in Illinois."
Mateus coached in the Chicago area after leaving Rockford, but Wedgbury recruited him back in 1995 when the Indoor Sports Center opened near East Riverside Boulevard and Interstate 90.
Mateus said the idea behind the center was to provide local soccer players the opportunity to play and practice year-round.
"We look back now, 20 years since the ISC was built, we've had more than 10 kids play professionally," Mateus said.
Mateus said he visited Wedgbury two days before he died.
"I said I would keep his dream alive. And he smiled," Mateus said.
Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, 1860 S. Mulford Road, and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Friday at Holy Family Church, 4401 Highcrest Road, where a funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m.
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The ICC has offered its deep condolences on the sad demise of former England captain and celebrated commentator Tony Greig, who passed away after losing his battle with lung cancer in Sydney on Saturday.
ICC chief executive David Richardson expressed his sadness on hearing the news and said, "This is an extremely sad news for cricket and the ICC send their condolences to Tony's family and in particular his wife Vivian."
"Tony played a significant part in shaping modern cricket as a player in the 1970s and then provided millions of cricket lovers with a unique insight as a thoughtful and knowledgeable commentator -- primarily for the Nine Network in Australia " Richardson added.
Richardson said that Greig's wise words will be missed by cricketers, administrators and spectators around the world.
"I met with him on several occasions during the recent ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lank where he was a senior commentator for our broadcast partner ESS.
"He was also a regular visitor to the ICC offices in Dubai when commentating for Ten Sports. I am sure that I will not be alone in saying that he and his wise words will be missed by cricketers, administrators and spectators around the world," he said.
The ICC CEO described Greig as one of the leading all-rounders of his generation. "His figures in Test matches show that he was one of the leading all-rounders of his generation with a batting average of above 40 and a bowling average around 32."
The 66-year-old Grieg breathed his last at a hospital here after being brought in a critical condition. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in October this year after undergoing treatment for what was initially thought to be bronchitis in May.
He underwent tests after the World Twenty20 Championships in Sri Lanka and it was revealed that there was a small lesion at the base of his right lung.
In his 58-match Test career, Greig scored 3,599 runs at an average of 40.43 and picked up 141 wickets. He slammed eight centuries during his Test career. In 22 ODIs that he played, Greig scored 269 runs and managed 19 wickets.


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Following a recent Department of Transportation (DOT) study, Community Board 5 sent a letter to residents living along 70th Street in Maspeth and Woodside, preparing them for conversion during the week of April 14.
"It's hard to argue with them," said CB5 district manager Gary Giordano. "If we thought we had a real good argument, we would have made it. We just couldn't come up with reasons why it shouldn't happen."
While the board released a letter to community members that the city plans to convert the route over "Spring Recess from school" in order to avoid major traffic problems, a representative of the DOT there are still no official plans to change the street.
"While the agency found the proposal feasible and notified the boards, discussions are ongoing and there are no plans to implement this project at this time," the DOT spokesperson said of the study, requested by, "CB2 and CB5 and other local stakeholders."
Confused by phrasing in the letter that suggests the conversion is still just a possibility, and the proposal for a start date during the week of April 14, Maspeth resident Jackie Abramaitis said she plans to request a copy of the study from CB5.
"CB5 sent a letter to 70th Street residents that insults our intelligence by stating the block is in proposal state, yet further down the letter it states the dates this change will occur," Abramaitis explained. "The residents had no knowledge of this proposal, nor who or why it was proposed."
She added that any changes would only disrupt the current traffic flow in the neighborhood.
"I do not want our quality of life changed," Abramaitis said. "We want the freedom to travel north or south."
Roe Daraio, president of the Communities of Maspeth and Elmhurst Together (COMET), said she turned in numerous complaints from residents along the street to the board, however she is aware there are two sides to the argument.
"Someone told me some kids almost got hit by a car at I.S. 73, someone up by the school said they were tired of getting their mirrors taken off by cars and someone on my block said there was too much traffic," Daraio said.
Ann Marie McGee, a resident of 70th Street, said she isn't convinced the change would reduce any problems along the street.
"I've been here 33 years, and we can't have it," McGee said. "Even if we make it a one-way, people are still going to double-park and mirrors are going to get chipped."
McGee suggested that without the southbound use of 70th Street, residents would then flood other residential roads, only causing more problems.
"The schools have been there for 100 years, and if you don't like it there, park somewhere else on the weekdays," she said. "What's not broken, don't fix it."
Giordano added that the board did suggest that the city consider installing a traffic signal at 69th Street and 52nd Drive, however they have not heard back on their request.
"We were told people would be using 52nd Drive a lot more," Giordano said.


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For many technology grads, opportunity is global
Monday, April 8, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
Jonathan Van Order is no stranger to traveling.
He was born in Syracuse, N.Y., where he lived until he was 15. Next was Mandeville, La. A few years later, it was Pittsburg, Kan., where he earned a bachelor's degree in technology, majoring in automotive technology and diesel and heavy equipment.
After graduating from Pittsburg State University in 1997, Van Order's travels became global. He lived and worked in Geneva, Switzerland, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands, before moving to Toronto, Ontario, where he now works for Caterpillar Global Mining as a parts and service sales representative.
"Working overseas has been a rewarding experience for me and my family," Van Order said. "Learning about different cultures, countries and people has opened my mind up in so many ways."
His story is a familiar one for PSU grads in the heavy and diesel equipment industry.
"More and more, we are seeing our graduates find employment around the world," said Tim Dell, PSU associate professor of automotive technology. "Our students are learning and attaining skills at PSU that are very attractive to a variety of companies, many of which have a global presence. Because of the experience and training that they receive at Pittsburg State, there really are no limits to where our graduates can go and how much they can succeed."
Parsons native Aaron Heady recently found out just how many doors can open for PSU grads. In 2008, he earned a bachelor of science degree in diesel and heavy equipment. A few years later, he accepted a position with John Deere at its Waterloo, Iowa, plant.
"After almost two years in this position," Heady said, "I was offered a new position in Mannheim, Germany, to help mentor the DTAC (Dealer Technical Assistance Center) reps located there. We have now lived here for a little over a year. It has been an experience of a lifetime so far. It has been very interesting to live here and see how another culture works in day-to-day life," Heady said. "Without Pitt State's many connections to the top companies in the industry and the structure of the program, there is no way I would be where I am today."
Ben Moore, a 2006 diesel and heavy equipment graduate of PSU, has lived in four countries in the past five years. His current post is as an equipment performance manager at Caterpillar Global's Mining Division in Mohammedia, Morocco. His coverage area includes Mauritania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and several other countries in North Africa.
Moore has also worked in Russia, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. He described the overseas experience as "life-changing."
"Living overseas has been a very humbling experience, one which has made me look at our world from a different perspective from most individuals," he said. "The basics of the work performed is very similar to that of working in the U.S., and that is where the similarities end.
"I don't really think that anyone could be fully prepared for what they experience that moment when their feet hit the ground in a different country," Moore said.
Like many of PSU grads working in the U.S. and around the world, Moore said it was the education he received at Pittsburg State that made possible his professional opportunities.
"The faculty at the College of Technology in their own accord is the best asset between the walls of that building," he said. "Sitting in classes taught by those who have worked in similar industry and know individuals from the many levels within the companies really says something for those of us sitting on the other side of the table."
Van Order, now more than 15 years removed from campus, said he always thinks of PSU when new career opportunities arise.
"I can honestly say without the education I earned at PSU I would not be where I am today," he said.


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One stroke at a time for 5A contenders
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It's all part of the oregonsports.com commitment to promote Oregon athletics across the state and the online world.
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For almost 10 miles, it seemed Japanese scholar Shinji Nakadai, 34, was running alone in the fourth annual Oakland Running Festival, sprinting well ahead of second-place finisher Rob Nachtwey, of Berkeley, and Osamu Tada, of Sacramento, who finished third.
Nakadai, a Japanese visiting scholar researching computer science at UC Berkeley, won the 26.2-mile marathon in a hair over two hours and 37 minutes.
For at least the last five miles of the race, the others couldn't be seen by the lead car. It was Nakadai's race.
The festival's marathon event started off with what could have been a disastrous hiccup. A little more than five minutes into the race, when runners were still near downtown Oakland, a motorist blocked a street on a course turn off San Pablo Avenue, forcing the lead truck and runners to detour in an area with moving traffic.
No one was injured, and the change did not seem to affect runners, including Nakadai, a 100-kilometer world champion, who often runs 62.14 miles at a time.
"The course seems short for me," he said while munching a post-race orange. "It was a great run, a bit hilly. It was especially beautiful around the lake and the hills had a lot of nature."
Nakadai wasn't the only male marathoner who spent much of his time running alone. After the first mile or so, last year's winner, Chris Mocko, of San Francisco, put himself way ahead of the pack and solidly stayed there for at least eight miles.
It wasn't until right before mile nine around Monterey Boulevard did Tada close in on Mocko. He was at Mocko's back at the 10-mile mark near Montclair Golf Course and pulled ahead of Mocko at mile 14.
While Nakadai closed in on the pair at mile 15, Mocko abruptly stopped running and started walking the course, caring for a gluteus maximums muscle injury.
"I was just in damage control at that point," Mocko said. "You think you're invincible and then you go through those hills and then you realize you're not."
Mocko, 27, still finished sixth.
The marathon started at 7:30 a.m. with 1,500 men and women joining the competition that meandered through downtown Oakland, up Broadway Terrace, along International Boulevard, through West Oakland and around Lake Merritt.
Before the race, Alamo's Sharon Yamauchi, 33, stretched and hopped to get her blood pumping.
"This is my first marathon after having a baby seven months ago," the eighth-place finisher in the women's competition said. "I love this local race. It supports the community and you get to run through all of Oakland's neighborhoods."
Just minutes into the race, the motorist blocking a street near downtown Oakland would not move her car, despite being blared at by the Oakland police cruiser at the lead of the route. That caused a detour up San Pablo Avenue and a right turn down West Grand Avenue. Traffic had not been stopped in the area and marathoners were running alongside motorists.
Crowds were light in most parts of Oakland for the first racers. Some people wandered out of their homes along the course still in their robes and with coffee in hand cheering as the first runners passed by.
The largest number of fans gathered near Rockridge BART on College Avenue and near Brown Sugar Kitchen on Mandela Parkway.
Raiders fans painted in black and silver, including a pirate, cheered on runners at 30th and Telegraph and a dozen Raiderettes welcomed runners at the finish line.
Cynthia Almlie, 35, was the fifth-place runner in the women's marathon division. She came to Oakland from Reno, Nev., to try the course for the first time.
"It was a great run. It was hilly and winding but a great course," she said. "I saw a ton of the city."
The Oakland Running Festival was not exclusively about marathoners. The festival also hosted a half-marathon, a 5k run, a team relay and a Kids Fun Run. More than 9,100 people ran in Oakland on Sunday.
Tiffany Perry, 38, ran the women's relay and was the team member who challenged the steep hills. The Pleasanton resident said she ran the course a couple of times before the official race just to scope it out.
"It was really pretty," she said. "Tough, but pretty."
Dave Gell, director of communications for the festival, said there was double the amount of 5k racers this year over last year, and the total of registered runners was 10 percent higher than last year.
"We're growing, we are getting bigger and better than ever and Mother Nature could not have been more kind to us than she was today," he said.
1. Shinji Nakadai, 34, Berkeley, 2:37:29
2. Rob Nachtwey, 35, Berkeley, 2:40:14
3. Osamu Tada, 32, Sacramento, 2:42:56
4. Luke Peel, 26, Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia, 2:52:07
5. Scott Dunlap, 43, Woodside, 2:53:42
1. Devon Yanko, 30, San Anselmo, 2:47:24
2. Caitlin Smith, 32, Oakland, 2:56:14
3. Andra Enoiu, 20, Berkeley, 3:13:45
4. Penelope Macphail, 45, San Anselmo, 3:16:17
5. Cynthia Almlie, 35, Reno, Nev., 3:17:12
For full results, go to www.oaklandmarathon.com


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Enrollment Growth
Student enrollment trends are the primary driver of instructional space needs of any school district. The chart below provides a longitudinal overview of student enrollment for students at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
For the purposes of this space needs review we have not included those student programs that do not directly impact instructional space needs at a school site. These programs include Wisconsin Connections Academy, Appleton Community 4K students, and Appleton eSchool.
Student Program Growth
Providing effective instructional space for student learning and teacher work/office space is essential to the delivery of the Appleton Area School District (AASD) curriculum. While the overwhelming majority of classroom space is utilized for instructional space to meet the learning needs of all students there are also program specific classroom spaces needs. These include:
Potential Residential Development
The AASD stays connected to the municipalities that have property within school district boundaries. As a result, we better understand areas within the AASD with the most potential and most likely to be developed for residential use in the future based on existing and proposed land use and zoning.
An additional factor influencing the population in any given attendance area is housing turnover. A consistent turnover generally indicates a consistent student population. Any fluctuation is usually reflected in the student population.
Approximate Number of Housing Units Sold Per Year Per Attendance Area
Annually school principals work with central office leadership and members of the Facilities and Operations Department to determine space needs for the coming year and develop strategies to address those space needs.
During the second semester of the 2016-17 school year, the Facilities and Operations Department Leadership worked with Hoffman Corporation to review the use of all instructional spaces in all elementary schools across the district. The data from this study is being compiled.
Acquisition of donated facilities
Rental of space
Grade level relocation
As we look to the 18-19 school year we are in a good position to address projected enrollments at all current school facilities. Looking to the future our greatest area for instructional space needs is at the elementary school level.
Our 5k-6th-grade enrollment is the largest in our district's history. While elementary enrollment growth is projected to be modest the district does need to think towards the future.
During the 18-19 school year, the district will be working to pull together a future space needs study committee composed of school district stakeholders to better study and understand space needs that exist at school levels and within geographic regions of the district.


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Is this a train photo with a rose in it, or a flower photo with a geep in it?
At the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn
Tulip Tango
Golden 'lips7
Stand By Thee
The tulip looks...elderly
Amongst Brothers
Lonely Tulip
Tulip Ridge
Tulip Trio
An Interruption of Yellow
Purple Wyoming
A bit of color near the base of Devil's Tower in Wyoming
Old Town, Portland
Along Portland's waterfront in the springtime
Cherry Blossoms in Portland
Morning Paper
Sprung Color
Cherry Spring
Sunrise and Pink Steel
Pink cherry blossoms and the pink of sunrise reflecting on the Steel Bridge at Portland, Oregon
Hey Bud
Selective depth of field on a bouquet
Pink and Purple and oh yes, Green
at the farmer's market
Pondering Petals
Up close with a flower in a display at the MGM Grand
Trailside Distraction
A bright flower breaks the green alongside the trail to Bridal Veil Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
Lone Pink
Along the trail to Bridal Veil Falls, Oregon.
Expert Photographer
How do I know this is an expert photographer? Because he's outstanding in the field!
Golden 'lips
Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, Woodburn, Oregon
That Tulip Scene
A Tulip or Two Thousand
It's bloom time at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.
Lakeside Stand
A colorful pink fuzzy flowering plant along Silver Lake in Washington
Morning Tulip
Down on a dewy tulip
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Meet the myth
Half-fish and half-lion, the iconic Merlion resides at the waterfront Merlion Park.
Half-fish and half-lion, the iconic Merlion resides at the waterfront Merlion Park.
You've probably seen images of Singapore's national icon, the mythical Merlion with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.
The body symbolises Singapore's humble beginnings as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, meaning 'sea town' in Old Javanese.
Its head represents Singapore's original name, Singapura, or 'lion city' in Malay.
Today, you can glimpse this legend at Merlion Park. Spouting water from its mouth, the Merlion statue stands tall at 8.6 metres and weighs 70 tonnes.
This icon is a 'must-see' for tourists visiting Singapore, similar to other significant landmarks around the world.
Built by local craftsman Lim Nang Seng, it was unveiled on 15 September 1972 by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the mouth of the Singapore River, to welcome all visitors to Singapore.
But with the completion of Esplanade Bridge in 1997, the statue could no longer be viewed clearly from the waterfront.
So in 2002, the Merlion was relocated 120 metres away from the original position to where it stands in Merlion Park today, in front of Fullerton Hotel and overlooking Marina Bay.
The park also houses a smaller Merlion statue. Known as the 'Merlion cub', it stands at 2 metres tall and weighs three tonnes.
The original sculpture and its cub are the most well-known among the seven approved Merlion statues in Singapore.
See if you can spot the rest on your trip here: there's a giant version on Sentosa, one at Tourism Court near Grange Road and another at Mount Faber.
Take a picture with both Merlion statues—the 'cub' and its 'parent'—at the Merlion Park for a memorable keepsake.
The sweeping views from the Merlion Park across the expansive Marina Bay area are unmissable. Marvel at the collection of architectural icons that dot the impressive skyline.
From the Merlion Park, take a river cruise on a restored bumboat and explore the other famous attractions—such as Boat Quay and Clarke Quay—along the Singapore River.
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Glenwood Community School District Superintendent Devin Embray said he supports establishing a protocol that would allow off-duty law enforcement officers to carry firearms on school district property.
The Glenwood Community School District Board of Directors has tabbed HSR Associated, Inc. to design and spec the district's proposed $3.5 million gymnasium and locker room addition to the high school.
At last Monday's regularly-scheduled school board meeting, the board voted 3-2 to retain the La Crosse, Wisc. architectural, engineering and interior design firm from a group of applicants that made their pitch to be the district's architect at a Jan. 10 special board meeting.
A proposed auxiliary gymnasium at Glenwood Community High School took two steps closer to coming to fruition at last Monday's Glenwood Community District Board of Education meeting.
The board voted 4-1 to proceed with the design and financing phase for the new gym, which would be on the north side of the building and would house a new locker room and allow for an expanded weight room and wrestling room.
A unique undertaking by her environmental science class students has earned a Glenwood Community High School teacher statewide recognition and her school $20,000 in technology.
Betsy Maryott is one of five winners from Iowa in the 2014 Samsung Solve For Tomorrow contest, a national competition created to promote innovative ways to teach science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As a state winner in the contest, Maryott and GCHS automatically become eligible to compete for a larger technology prize of $35,000-$140,000.
A 66-year-old Glenwood man, armed with a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, was arrested without incident Monday afternoon, Dec. 2, near the Glenwood Middle School.
A $3.5 - $4 million auxiliary gymnasium being proposed for Glenwood Community High School was the focus of lengthy discussion at last Monday's regular meeting of the Glenwood School Board following a power-point presentation by GCHS activities director Jeff Bissen.
Bissen's presentation included diagrams and schedules showing current usage of gymnasiums throughout the district and how adding a second competition-size gym at the high school would benefit student athletes and their families.
A collaborative effort between Glenwood Community High School students and a crocheting group that meets regularly at Trinity Lutheran Church, will keep nearly 23,000 plastic grocery bags out of the landfill and roadside ditches while providing some winter warmth and comfort to more than a dozen homeless people in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area.
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"Success breeds success" is the motto of Marrianne Driml.
Driml certainly breeds success herself. She taught English, world literature and communications at Glenwood Community High School for 38 years, retiring in 2008. She coached the high school speech team for 31 years and still volunteers to help speech students.
"I know I've coached 100 to 150 people," Driml said.
The Glenwood Community School District will proceed with hiring an interim director of student services following the recent resignation of Joseph Giangreco.
Giangreco's resignation was accepted by the board of education Sept. 9, just six days after he received his second ticket in 11 days for driving with a suspended license.
Glenwood Superintendent Devin Embray said the district posted for the director of student services position Sept. 12 and will begin looking immediately for an interim replacement for Giangreco.
- Alegent/Creighton Clinic homecoming celebration at 1203 S. Locust St. Games, hot dogs and other treats.
- Glenwood Senior Center Homecoming Lunch (open to the public) served from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Roast beef and turkey, baked beans, cole slaw and pies. $8.
- Glenwood Homecoming Parade, 1:30 p.m., on Town Square.
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You know when you sit on a chair without even thinking? Or what about when a father is teaching his child how to ride a bike? It's all so scary at first, and the child wants the father right there with her to watch her every move. But then, it becomes second nature, and the child no longer needs her father's guidance. How about a baby bird that is just learning to leave the nest? Or a person who keeps digging for gold even though he knows it might not be there? Trust. So much wrapped up in five little letters put together.
What happens when you completely trust something or someone and then that something or someone does something that makes you have to rebuild that trust all over again? What happens when your heart feels so torn and betrayed? When who you treasure the most feels like they've turned their back on you? And it hurts. So much. You'd just rather die. What if that someone was God? And you wonder how He could possibly allow that much pain to be inflicted upon you? Then you realize...
That He hasn't abandoned you. That the pain is only temporary. That you will smile and trust Him completely again. That all that searing pain brought you through a cleansing fire and mad you purer than gold. And that your relationship with the Savior only grew stronger and more beautiful as you realize the pain that He went through was ten times worse than yours, and that He understands so dearly. The lessons are long and hard, but the peace of the Father's hand slowly molding you is comforting in the fullest.
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ARRA Outreach (Race To The Top)
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ARRA Outreach (Race To The Top)
On March 29, Secretary Duncan announced that Delaware and Tennessee had won grants in Phase 1 of the Race to the Top competition. "We received many strong proposals from states all across America, but two applications stood out above all others," he explained. "Both states have statewide buy-in for comprehensive plans to reform their schools. They have written laws to support their policies. And, they have demonstrated the courage, capacity, and commitment to turn their ideas into practices that can improve outcomes for students." As with any federal grant program, budgets will be finalized after discussions between the grantees and the Department, and the money will be distributed over time as the grantees meet benchmarks. Delaware will receive approximately $100 million, and Tennessee will receive approximately $500 million. That means the Department will have about $3.4 billion available for Phase 2 of the Race to the Top competition.
Forty states and the District of Columbia submitted applications for Phase 1. Fifteen states and D.C. were selected to present their proposals to panels of peer reviewers last month. They awarded Delaware and Tennessee the top scores. Both states earned high marks for the commitment to reform from key stakeholders, including elected officials, teacher union leaders, and business leaders. Moreover, in both states, 100% of school districts committed to implementing Race to the Top reforms. Plus, Delaware and Tennessee have aggressive plans to improve teacher and principal evaluation, use data to inform instructional decisions, and turn around their lowest-performing schools.
Applications for Phase 2 are due on June 1. To help states as they prepare their proposals and to continue the nationwide dialogue on education reform, the Department has made all Phase 1 applications, reviewers' comments, and scores available online. Videos of states' presentations will be posted shortly. Be advised: the Department is making one change to the rules for Phase 2. To fund as many high-quality applications as possible, the Department is requiring states' budgets to be within the ranges that were suggested in the original notice. (Note: A technical assistance workshop for Phase 2 applicants has been scheduled for April 21 in Minneapolis.)
ARRA Outreach (School Improvement Grants)
Five more states (Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, and Washington) have received funding under the $3.5 billion School Improvement Grants (SIG) program. These funds are distributed by formula to the state and then competed out by the state to districts. For a district to apply for funding, it must have a state-identified "persistently lowest achieving" school or a so-called Tier III school (which has failed to make adequate progress for two years but is not identified as a persistently lowest achieving school). Also, in response to numerous inquiries from districts about the program, the Department has added to the resources Frequently Asked Questions for LEAs. The order in which these questions and answers are presented reflects the frequency with which the Department has received inquiries about the issues addressed.
NAEP 2009: Reading Assessment
The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009 details the achievement of fourth- and eighth-grade students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), administered by the Department last year. The report compares national and state results in 2009 with every prior assessment year back to 1992. Fourth-graders showed no overall increase at the national level since 2007, though scores were significantly higher in 2009 than 1992. Among eighth-graders, scores were higher when compared to both 1992 and 2007. These nationwide patterns held for most student subgroups, and none of the achievement gaps in either grade narrowed from 2007 to 2009. Furthermore, compared to 2007, scores in just one state increased in both grades, scores in two states increased in grade 4 only, and scores in eight states increased in grade 8 only. Scores decreased in four states in grade 4. No states showed declines in grade 8.
Higher Education Legislation
Last month, Congress took an important step toward achieving President Obama's 2020 goal of having a greater percentage of college graduates than any country in the world. Passage of the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), which was included as part of the health care reconciliation bill, will make college more accessible and affordable for millions of Americans. Specifically, the legislation eliminates generous subsidies for financial institutions under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL), converting all new federal student lending to the Direct Loan program, and redirects those savings in a number of ways:
- investing $36 billion over 10 years to increase Pell Grants for low-income students, increasing the maximum award to $5,975 by 2017 and adjusting the maximum award annually to match rising costs of living;
- investing $750 million over five years to bolster college access support for students;
- making federal loans more affordable for borrowers to repay by strengthening the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) program, allowing borrowers to cap monthly payments at 10% (down from 15%) of discretionary income and shortening the repayment period to 20 years (down from 25 years);
- investing $2.55 billion over 10 years in Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, tribal colleges, and other minority-serving institutions; and
- investing $2 billion in a competitive grant program for community colleges to develop and improve both educational and career training initiatives.
In total, the switch to the less-costly Direct Loan program will save taxpayers an estimated $61 billion over the next 10 years, reducing the federal budget deficit by at least $10 billion in that time. Meanwhile, there will still be a role for private companies and, importantly, for their workers in the U.S. They will service the loans the Department makes to students under contracts.
Student Financial Assistance
Regarding financial aid, Secretary Duncan and Deputy Undersecretary Bob Shireman recently visited Northern Virginia Community College's (NOVA) Annandale campus to highlight financial assistance options available to college students and their families, particularly through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Nearly all the students attending an event roundtable would not have been able to enroll in college without federal grants, loans, and other financial assistance programs. For example, Jason Odum, a student who served in the U.S. Air Force, reported that the Post-9/11 GI Bill has been instrumental in enabling him to earn his degree. Under the ARRA, more students and families struggling to pay for college are able to find relief with the American Opportunity Tax Credit. This tax credit makes the cost of tuition and fees, at community colleges like NOVA, virtually free for a great many students. The credit covers up to $2,500 of college expenses and, for the first time, a portion of the credit is available to families who currently do not have income tax liability.
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On March 30, Secretary Duncan announced 12 new five-year Teacher Quality Partnership grants, totaling $99.8 million, that aim to raise student achievement by improving instruction in the nation's schools. These grants, funded by the ARRA, will be used to reform traditional university teacher preparation programs and create teacher residency programs for professionals from other fields entering the teaching profession. The partnerships are comprised of high-need school districts and their high-need schools, and institutions of higher education and their schools of education and arts and sciences.
According to a new analysis by the Center on Reinventing Public Education, in paying for more than 342,000 jobsor 5.5% of total teaching jobs nationallyARRA money "mitigated what might otherwise have been a much steeper job decline."
The ninth-edition of "Beating the Odds," from the Council of the Great City Schools, examines the academic progress of 65 urban school systems in 37 states and the District of Columbia, with measurable gains from 2006 to 2009 in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math on state assessments.
Last week, Secretary Duncan visited J. O. Wilson Elementary School to announce the distribution of 3,000 Easter Egg Roll tickets to public school students across the metropolitan area, including districts in Maryland and Virginia. The theme of the 2010 Easter Egg Roll is "Ready, Set, Go!" This event is tied to the First Lady's "Let's Move!" initiativea national campaign to combat childhood obesity by promoting health and wellness.
"Alternative Schools and Programs for Public School Students," a report from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), part of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), presents data from a recent survey about alternative schools and programs available to students during the 2007-08 year.
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"So far, the Race to the Top has been an extraordinary success. It's been little more than a year since Race to the Top was created in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Since then, this historic program has been a catalyst for education reform across this country, prompting states to think deeply about how to improve the way we prepare our students for success in a competitive, 21st century economy and workplace. We now have two states that will blaze the path for the future of education reform. I fully expect all 48 states to be refining and improving their ideas, vying to join them as the leaders for reform in the decades to come. We look forward to supporting that hard work in Phase 2 and beyond. President Obama has proposed an additional $1.35 billion for Race to the Top in fiscal 2011 so we can continue to support more states in moving reform forward."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (3/29/10), announcing Phase 1 Race to the Top grantees
Upcoming Events
National Library Week is April 11-17. This year's theme is "Communities thrive @ your library." To prepare for the celebration, the American Library Association has a wide range of programming and publicity materials.
April 11-17 is also National Environmental Education Week, inspiring environmental learning and stewardship among students the week before Earth Day. The theme is "Be Water and Energy Wise!" Registered partners gain access to a variety of free resources.
Over the next two weeks, the Department will exhibit at the National Catholic Educational Association's Annual Convention in Minneapolis (April 6-8), the Coalition for Community Schools' National Forum in Philadelphia (April 7-9), the National Association of Elementary School Principals' Annual Convention in Houston (April 8-11), the National School Boards Association's Annual Conference in Chicago (April 10-13), and National Art Education Association's Annual Conference in Baltimore (April 14-18). If you are attending any of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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Which is how Sophie B. Hawkins got back on my radar. Perhaps best known for "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" and its provocativly Sapphic (for a Midwestern Catholic girl in 1991) lyrics, Ms. Hawkins is a pioneer when it comes to the sincere use of the word "Shucks!" in relatively modern pop music.
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For Dennis Crowley, life has always been a game that should be played with friends. Few people could turn that mentality into a $600 million business.
Dennis Crowley sold his first startup to Google. His second, Foursquare, has nearly 100 employees, 16 million users, and it is creeping towards a billion-dollar valuation.
Crowley is the poster child for New York's burgeoning tech scene, but his success didn't happen overnight.
It was a series of failures and disappointments.
Crowley chronicled the experience on a personal blog, Teendrama. We've read through that archive and spoken to Crowley, his family and his friends to learn how the party-prone teenager became one of the youngest, most successful entrepreneurs in the world.
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Crowley grew up in a close-knit family that made everything playful. When they were in church, they'd create competitions to see how many hands each could shake during Peace Be With You.
"We'd flash the number to each other and be like 'Oh I got 6!' The family record is 15 or something," says Crowley.
It wasn't long before these kinds of social games turned into a social business.
As an upperclassman at Syracuse University, Crowley and his friends threw parties for freshmen. Freshmen were unable to get into bars and they were desperate for alcohol. Crowley charged a cover at the door. One party alone made him $1,600.
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Networking 101: Internet Cookies
Internet cookies seem to have the best name with a somewhat negative perception. Its really not the cookie thats to blame. Most geeks will laugh that we even would consider this topic for a video but the fact remains, too many people misunderstand the value and besides, its part of the Networking 101 series..its supposed to be basic!
The negative reputation seems to have started back in 2000 as the never ending privacy debates were reaching a fever pitch. And just like people who love to blame powerpoint for their crummy presentations, the fact is, the cookie is not to blame..its a tool that frankly adds a lot of value to our web experience.
Lots of misinformation has fed this debate over the years, much of it led by false information that stated cookie are programs.
They are not programs at all. They are simply text stored as name/value pairs. That text can be placed on the users hard drive with the intention of serving as a unique ID that benefits the site that placed it. At its most basic, this becomes helpful for when I want a site to know who I am when I arrive so that they can customize my experience. This capability emerged so that web sites could approximate 'state' information. Since web surfing is a stateless experience, its potentially ground hog day every time we hit enter and submit data…even to a site that we have been on for the past hour.
Cookies are not as useful for those of us who use multiple machines or log in from a shared computer once in awhile. This is one reason why we are often asked to register at a site – this way cookies can be updated for the machine we are on.
So what are the negatives? Well, the obvious one is that any site I use regularly can continue to build richer information about me that I may think is valuable for when I engage with them, but its also very valuable to others. This is where reputation and privacy policies become real important.
Another risk is what is is sometimes called tracking cookies. This is where information is tracked across multiple sites then collected and correlated. As you are hopefully aware, this type of tracking can build an extremely rich profile of you quite quickly. Cookies are technically site specific but when we visit a website…we are technically visiting multiple sites with every page – much of it of course could be ads. These ads may be centrally administered and thus have cookies that can track in many more places.
There is more information and details than what I am sharing here of course. Watch Jimmy Ray's Networking 101 to get his advice and make sure you know what you are doing!
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Major Asian stock markets ended mostly higher Monday as investors reacted to better-than-expected U.S. employment figures and upbeat data over the weekend on the Chinese economy, with Shanghai-listed shares leading the way.
The Shanghai Composite Index 000001, +2.17% jumped 1.1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.55% gained 0.3%, while Japan's Nikkei Stock Average NIK, +0.37% and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index XJO, +0.20% each inched up 0.1%.
South Korea's Kospi 180721, -0.09% ended little changed, while Taiwan's Taiex XX:Y9999 fell 0.4%.
Broadly, investors were picking up on higher-than-anticipated U.S. employment figures for November, out Friday, and a slew of stronger Chinese data released Sunday — including industrial production and retail sales figures. Read: China's economy strengthens in November.
That data fed into optimism that world economies can grow at moderate levels next year "if confidence can be maintained by a reasonable outcome on the U.S. fiscal policy negotiations," said Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.
"The political situation in Italy may temper this confidence, though. The prospect of an election next year being fought on the issue of fiscal policy will be unsettling for bond and equity markets," Spooner said, referring to news that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti may step down. Read: Italy's Monti plans to resign by year's end.
Chinese trade data out Monday caused a brief wobble, as the country's exports slowed to 2.9% year-on-year in November, well below the 11.6% increase in October and the 9.6% rise tipped in a Dow Jones Newswires survey of economists. Read: China trade surplus, exports growth disappoint.
Chinese property and resource stocks posted strong gains in Hong Kong, with China Resources Land Ltd. 1109, -0.61% CRBJF, -5.37% climbing 2.1% and Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. ACH, +0.13% 2600, +1.29% climbing 1.5%.
Oil major Cnooc Ltd. 883, -0.70% CEO, -1.21% climbed 1.1% after Canadian authorities on Friday approved its $15.1 billion proposed buyout of Canada's Nexen Inc. US:NXY CA:NXY Read: Cnooc-Nexen deal may spur more China energy M&A.
Iron-ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. FMG, +2.58% FSUMF, -2.77% FSUMF, -2.77% rallied 6.9% in Sydney after the firm said it's in talks to sell a part of its shareholding in the Nullagine iron-ore mine to joint-venture partner BC Iron Ltd. BCI, -2.70%.
Trade in shares of BC Iron was on a temporary halt in Sydney. Read: Fortescue talks with BC Iron on Nullagine JV sale.
Economic data out Monday showed Japan's current-account surplus widened in October. Final data also showed the country's gross domestic product contracted 0.9% in the third quarter, unrevised from an initial estimate. The GDP data implies Japan is in a so-called technical recession. Read: Japan leaves July-Sept. GDP unrevised at 0.9% drop.
The data saw the yen extend a recent bout of weakness, with the dollar USDJPY, +0.18% reaching 82.32 yen.
Among the notable gainers in Tokyo, Advantest Corp. 6857, -0.60% ADTTF, +37.18% gained 3.9%, with the firm expecting that its sales may rise 20% this quarter from the previous quarter, according to a Bloomberg report.
Citizen Holdings Co. 7762, -0.61% CHCLY, +0.00% rose 0.5%, and chip maker Renesas Electronics Corp. 6723, +1.45% RNECY, -5.76% climbed 3%.
Panasonic Corp. 6752, -0.15% US:PC fell 0.7% amid reports it planned to sell off some of its real-estate assets, including a Kyodo News account that its Panasonic Tokyo Shiodome office tower may be for sale.
Sharp Corp. 6753, +1.20% SHCAF, -0.95% pared its December gains to 18.6%, as it fell 5.6% Monday.
Amid concerns about Europe, financials lost ground, with Nomura Holdings Inc. 8604, +1.36% NMR, +2.13% dropping 2.3% and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 8306, +0.52% US:MTU losing 1%.
Financials also edged lower in South Korea, where KB Financial Group Inc. 105560, -0.64% KB, -1.47% lost 0.6% and Hana Financial Group Inc. 086790, +1.26% dropped 0.9%.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor Co. 005380, +1.61% HYMTF, -6.67% advanced 0.7%, and heavyweight technology major Samsung Electronics Co. 005930, -0.23% SSNLF, +0.00% rose 0.7%.


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So I've been reading a few threads about passes. I don't know many varients of the pass. Few passes taught by Jason England, the invisible pass taught by Brad Christian, and a few more passes that I forgot the names of, but there are two passes that I use that I "came up" with, but I'm not sure if they already exist or not.
The first is basically a pass that goes from the middle to the bottom (using the invisible pass method), and the second (that is fun to do but kinda impractical with some, if not most, routines - and also unsing the invisible pass method) is a pass that goes from the middle to second to the bottom.
I play around with those two just for the sake of playing around with them. I don't exactly use them in routines. I sometimes do my bottom pass in case I need the card to be in the bottom in order to palm them, or whatever. Otherwise, I don't use them mainly because they make too much noise when I execute the pass.
Which is basically why I want to know if those two passes exist - to see if I can learn a little more on the subtleties.
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