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Efforts to revise the way Florida public school teachers are evaluated took a big step forward last week when a key legislative committee unanimously approved proposed changes.
Efforts to revise the way Florida public school teachers are evaluated took a big step forward when a key legislative committee unanimously approved proposed changes.
The Florida Senate Committee on Education last week approved Senate Bill 980, which "says that we are going to link teacher evaluations to the students that they actually teach," Sen. Anitere Flores said at the March 18 committee meeting.
"We just want to make sure that (evaluations are) done in a fair process — that's what this bill does," she said.
Herschel Lyons, deputy superintendent for Alachua County Public Schools, said legislators are headed in the right direction.
"It's wonderful that they have taken these steps," he said. "Teachers welcome accountability, but we want to make sure it's the students that they teach."
The measure has several more steps to go, including a vote in the full Senate, before the changes would become law.
The next vote will be scheduled in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, said Allison Aubuchon, deputy communications director for the Foundation for Florida's Future, an education policy nonprofit organization founded by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
Aubuchon said the House version passed its first committee, K-12 Subcommittee, Wednesday morning.
Teachers are currently evaluated based on three factors: an evaluation by a principal, which counts for 40 percent; a lesson study, which counts for 20 percent; and the student growth model, which counts for 40 percent.
The student growth model, also known as the value-added model, uses student test scores and is intended to determine whether a teacher added any value or knowledge to a student throughout the school year.
Before a student takes the FCAT, the state predicts the student's score based on his or her past FCAT scores.
"If a student meets or goes above, then the teacher added value," Lyons said. "If the student did not, then the teacher did not add value and will receive no points."
The Alachua County School District uses FCAT reading scores as its criteria, said local teachers union President Karen McCann.
Without the changes proposed in SB 980, the student growth portion of the appraisals for all teachers in the district will be based on those scores.
"It makes no sense whatsoever," she said. "Imagine if you're a PE teacher being held accountable for how students did on FCAT reading."
For most teachers in Alachua County, their evaluations are based on students they never taught, and by the 2014-15 school year, the evaluations will be tied to teacher pay schedules, McCann said.
"Seventy-five percent of our teachers in Alachua County are being evaluated on students who they don't teach at all or who they did teach, but not for what they're being tested on," she said. "Senate Bill 736 (which set up the current criteria) created a monster."
Bill Warren, legislative director for the Foundation for Florida's Future, echoed McCann's concerns and voiced the foundation's support of SB 980.
"It narrows (teachers') evaluations to only those students they teach," he said in a phone interview. "To hold a teacher accountable to a student he or she may not be teaching is not accurate."
Irby Elementary Teacher of the Year Kim Cook said legislators' initial decision to evaluate teachers based on students' growth in other classes is "shameful."
"It shows how little legislators know," the first-grade teacher said. "It wasn't thought through to begin with."
Cook, who in December took to Facebook to show her displeasure with the state's evaluation model, said she welcomes the idea of people looking at student growth in her classroom, but she worries about how it will work.
Lyons said under the proposed bill, school districts would be responsible for developing tests for courses that are not tested by the FCAT. He said this process would require a lot of time and money.
"Funding is already inadequate without having to develop tests for over 300 to 400 subjects," he said.
Another concern would be eliminating inconsistencies in the difficulty of the tests across the counties, Lyons said.
"No one is talking about making sure everyone across the state is on the same level," he said. "There is a flaw with developing a test for Alachua County when another district is developing a test that is not as rigorous and the test in Alachua is rigorous."
Although Lyons said he was happy to see legislators moving in the right direction, he said he does not believe the changes specified in SB 980 will make the evaluation process more effective.
"It would mean creating more tests for the purpose of evaluating teachers," he said, "and we're in the business of evaluating students."
Cook agreed.
"Where's the funding going to come from to make these hundreds and hundreds of tests?" she asked. "There are so many other things that could be done to help students besides testing them constantly."


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Day 169: Zucchini Pumpkin Bread ♥
Warm out of the oven? Disappointing.
But by the next day? Rave reviews.
- "Alanna, this is excellent!"
- "We warmed it up a little and oh, it tasted good."
This is a winner, a definite keeper.
"This Zucchini Pumpkin bread is amazing. So flavorful!" ~ Stephanie
"So moist, with a rich sweetness." ~ Darby
"I made these as muffins and you're right about the wow factor the next day." ~ Robin
"This is indeed better the next day! What a super moist bread!" ~ Daisy
RECIPE for ZUCCHINI PUMPKIN BREAD
Oven/cooling time: 90 minutes
Time to table: Overnight
Serves 16
Preheat oven to 350F.
1/2 cup vegetable oil (reduced from 3/4 cup)
1 cup sugar (reduced from 2 cups)
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups grated zucchini (increased from 1 1/2 cups, 2 cups was the yield from a 3/4-pound zucchini)
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
2 cups whole wheat flour (changed from all-purpose; next time try 50:50 whole wheat:all-purpose or perhaps whole wheat pastry flour)
1 tablespoon cinnamon (increased from 1 teaspoon, bumps up the flavor)
2 teaspoons nutmeg (an addition, adds nuttiness in the background)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt (increased from 1/4 teaspoon, again, heightens flavor)
Optional: toasted walnuts, currants or raisins, lemon zest
In a large bowl, combine the oil and sugar with an electric mixer. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until mixture turns lemony yellow and almost syrupy. Add the zucchini and pumpkin and beat until completely incorporated (that's because from here on, you want to mix only enough to incorporate the dry ingredients, if there's too much beating, the bread will develop holes).
Combine the remaining ingredients. (My dish-saving-not-exactly-standard-but-it-works-technique is to combine the dry ingredients on top of the batter, stirring them around with a spoon to combine quite well but without incorporating into the wet batter.) Combine dry ingredients into the wet batter, beating only until just combined. Stir in, preferably with a spoon so not to overbeat, nuts, currants, etc.
Transfer to a greased bread pan and bake for 1 hour. Insert a knife into the center, if it comes out clean the bread is done, if it doesn't, bake for another 5 minutes at a time until the knife does come out clean. With my oven, my pan, my ingredients -- versus yours -- 80 minutes of baking time was needed.
Let cool for 15 minutes. Turn onto a rack and let cool completely. Wrap in foil and let rest at room temperature for flavors to meld overnight or for about 8 hours.


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The world's biggest rock bands on one stage - rock'n'roll doesn't get any bigger than this!
KISS and Mötley Crüe. On the same stage. On the same night.
It's the news Australian fans have been waiting for with the spectacle of all spectacles announced today, KISS with very special guests Mötley Crüe will tour Australia in March 2013.
Presented by McManus Entertainment, the summer's biggest, baddest rock tour will hit Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Mackay and Adelaide with guests Irish rockers Thin Lizzy along for the ride (except in Adelaide).
KISS and Mötley Crüe's 45 show US summer tour has already gone down as one helluva rock'n'roll extravaganza and now, finally, its Australia's turn! Not only has it been five long years since KISS last toured Australia, but 2013 marks a very special milestone for this great band – their 40th anniversary. In all their bombastic and unstoppable glory, KISS will perform fan favorites from their treasure-trove of hits along with tracks from their just–released 20th studio album 'Monster', which debuted at #7 on the ARIA Charts. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, with longtime members guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer, are at the top of their game on 'Monster', which embodies all that is KISS and the music that first inspired them to pick up their guitars and flame-throwers and don makeup to entertain millions.
Mötley Crüe last toured here last year, but let's face it, we can't get enough of the Crue! They've recently become the first rock band in history to play an epic sold-out Las Vegas residency at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The band is best known for continuing to reinvent not only their live show (with mind blowing elements such as Tommy Lee's 360 drum roller coaster) and music (brand new song due out soon), but remain on the cutting edge via social media interaction. Mötley Crüe's New York Times bestselling book The Dirt is currently being adapted into a major motion picture.
With combined album sales of almost 200 million, KISS and Mötley Crüe are more than just iconic; they remain at the height of their popularity, the dominant powerhouses of rock music tallying 30+ chart-topping hits, countless sold out tours and awards and accolades from around the world. Known for their elaborate and spectacular stage shows, each band plans to give fans the ultimate concert experience with the most impressive lighting and sound production ever and their signature over-the-top pyrotechnics.
And if that wasn't enough, classic Irish rockers Thin Lizzy will be back in town with the line-up that has been winning over fans and critics alike for the past two years. Along with Scott Gorham, Brian Downey and Darren Wharton, the additions of vocalist Ricky Warwick, guitarist Damon Johnson and bass player Marco Mendoza, Thin Lizzy have been re-introducing their music to a whole new generation of fans to overwhelming success and now it's Australia's turn.
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Turtle is ten when her mama gets a job cleaning house for a lady who can't tolerate children. So she's shipped off to Key West to live with a family of Currys she's never met, in a place her dreamy mother calls "paradise." Turtle knows better, even before she arrives on the steamy island courtesy of a traveling salesman who owes her mama's current boyfriend money. One looong free ride with Smokey the cat and a chatty hair tonic entrepreneur and a quick introduction to her bratty cousins and surprised Aunt Minerva and she is stashed in a tiny bedroom on Curry Avenue, named for all the Curry clan who have lived there since before anybody can remember. It's 1935. Shirley Temple is the reigning queen of cinema. Jobs are hard to come by and kids are forced to grow up pretty fast.
Jennifer L. Holm writes a spunky, clear-eyed preteen realist of a kid in Turtle in Paradise, a Newbery Honor book. Turtle knows mama will always believe in silver linings and better days just around the corner. But Turtle squints at what she sees, takes its measure and accepts no guff or fancy promises from anyone. She tags along with her ragamuffin cousins as the boys drag babies around in their Diaper Gang business. She isn't allowed in the gang so she gets none of the candy they are paid for babysitting and curing diaper rash with their magic formula. But she cons the guy in the ice cream truck out of a scoop with no trouble at all and puts a little fear of the lord—actually fear of Turtle—into those bad boys from Day One.
Life in hot, poor, crowded, neighborly Key West softens Turtle's tough shell and she acclimates to a new reality with Cuban food, a surprise—and crotchety—grandmother, grown-ups who look out for kids and a few who are too worn down by them to be anything but exasperated. She learns how to go barefoot after her prized shoes are stolen, talks herself into a job sponging and nearly drowns, discovers a possible key to buried treasure and survives a hurricane, stranded on a tiny barrier island. The real treasure has nothing to do with pirate gold and everything to do with open hearts. Turtle finds a bounty of those and knits herself into the fabric of a family like a bright silver thread.
Turtle in Paradise gives children a colorful glimpse of history, a legendary island community, and a young survivor wise beyond her years and sassy enough to brighten economic hardship and displacement with razor-sharp humor.
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For the final month of the season, I'll be posting a slightly different set of trade retrospectives. In 1997, the Marlins, under owner Wayne Huizenga, won the whole thing, taking the World Series in 7 games in a walk-off victory over the Cleveland Indians. The team had assembled quite a collection of talented players, with Edgar Renteria, Bobby Bonilla, Moises Alou and Gary Sheffield anchoring the lineup and Kevin Brown, Al Leiter, Livan Hernandez, and Robb Nen anchoring the pitching staff. However, the team was for sale, and had been prior to the championship. From Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun, on the morning after the victory:
The Marlins are in danger of being dismantled. Owner H. Wayne Huizenga put the club up for sale last summer and — even though the Marlins reached the World Series — figures to decrease the payroll this winter.
Well, it didn't take all that long, and the pieces started falling pretty quickly. These posts will not be just surrounding 1 trade, but rather the whole of the work related to this firesale. You can find Part 1 of the series here, and this part covers the trades made through the start of Spring Training (approximately February 1st, 1998)
The Trades
December 15, 1997 – The Marlins acquired 1B Derrek Lee, P Rafael Medina and Steve Hoff from the Padres for SP Kevin Brown.
December 18, 1997 – The Marlins acquired Fletcher Bates and Scott Comer from the Mets for RP Dennis Cook
December 19, 1997 – The Marlins acquired P Eric Ludwick from the Athletics for IF Kurt Abbott
The Moving Pieces
In San Diego, Kevin Brown was slotted into the top of the starting rotation for the Padres.
In New York, Dennis Cook was moved into the back end of the bullpen for the Mets.
In Oakland, Kurt Abbott was slotted into a bench role for the Athletics.
In Florida, 1B Derrek Lee was immediately slotted in as the starting 1B for the Marlins. P Rafael Medina made the starting rotation out of Spring Training as well. Steve Hoff was sent to the Marlins High-A affiliate in Brevard County. OF Fletcher Bates was sent to AA Portland to start there.
What Happened Next
In San Diego, Kevin Brown immediately helped to stabilize the starting rotation of the Padres, and had another great season for the team.
In New York, Dennis Cook went 8-4 with a 2.38 ERA in 73 relief appearances for the Mets in 1998.
In Florida, Rafael Medina struggled in the rotation, going 2-6 in 12 starts with a 6.01 ERA, and split time between AAA and Miami in 1998. Steve Hoff was traded after posting a 5-8 record with High-A Brevard County. Derrek Lee was an average rookie 1B, hitting .233 with 17 homeruns for the Fish in 1998. P Scott Comer was sent to Single-A Kane County to be in their starting rotation. P Eric Ludwick was also slotted into the Major League rotation at the start of the 1998 season.
The Net Moves
San Diego – First Level
- Kevin Brown helped lead the Padres to their most recent World Series appearance on the strength of an 18-7 campaign with a 2.38 ERA. He finished 3rd in the NL Cy Young award voting, and left via free agency after the 1998 season. The signing netted the Padres two compensation picks, which were used to select Vince Faison and Casey Burns. Neither player made the Majors.
NY Mets – First Level
- Dennis Cook would spend the next 3 1/2 seasons in New York, posting a 25-13 record out of the bullpen with a 3.86 ERA. On July 27, 2001, he was traded with Turk Wendell to the Phillies in exchange for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker
Oakland – First Level
- Kurt Abbott played in a whopping 35 games for the Athletics before being traded to the Rockies for a player to be named later. That player ended up being minor leaguer Ara Petrosian.
Florida – First Level
- Rafael Medina spent 2 seasons in Florida, splitting time between AAA and the Majors. He posted a 3-7 record with a 5.96 ERA over 90 2/3 innings. He was claimed off of waivers by the Braves on December 6, 1999
- Steve Hoff spent part of the 1998 season with the Marlins' High-A affiliate, posting a 5-8 record in 15 starts with a 4.11 ERA. He was traded to the Cubs on July 31, 1998 along with Felix Heredia for Justin Speier, Kevin Orie, and Todd Noel.
- Derrek Lee spent 6 seasons in Florida, posting a .264 batting average with 129 home runs. He was traded on November 25, 2003 to the Cubs for 1B Hee Seop Choi and Mike Nannini
- Fletcher Bates never played in the Majors, spending 2 seasons in the Marlins organization (both at AA). His better season was 1998, when he hit .274 with 11 homeruns and 19 stolen bases.
- Scott Comer never played in the Majors either, spending 3 seasons in the Marlins organization and reaching AA at his highest point. It appears he was out of organized baseball at the age of 23.
- Eric Ludwick went 1-4 with a 7.44 ERA in 13 appearances for the Fish in 1998, and was drafted by the Tigers in the minor league portion of the rule 5 draft on 12/14/98.
NY Mets – Second Level
- Bruce Chen spent parts of 2 seasons with the Mets, posting a 3-2 record with a 4.62 ERA in 12 games (11 starts). On April 5, 2002, he was traded with Luis Figueroa and Dicky Gonzalez to the Expos for Phil Seibel, Scott Strickland and Matt Watson.
- Adam Walker never played in the Majors, and was with the Mets organization until his retirement in 2003. He only appeared in 13 games for the Mets' minor league teams.
Florida – Second Level
- Hee Seop Choi was widely considered to be a bust, playing in just 95 games for the Marlins before being traded to the Dodgers with Brad Penny and Bill Murphy for Juan Encarnacion, Paul LoDuca, and Guillermo Mota on 7/30/2004.
- Mike Nannini spent 2004 with the Marlins AAA affiliate, posting a 9-10 record with a 5.29 ERA. He spent the following 4 seasons bouncing around the minors, never pitching in the Major leagues.
- Justin Speier pitched in 18 forgettable games for the Marlins in the 1998 season, and was traded to the Braves on April 1, 1999 for Matthew Targac.
- Kevin Orie appeared in 125 games over 2 seasons with the Marlins through 1999, hitting .258 with 12 homers. On November 12, 1999 he was sent to the Dodgers as a part of a conditional deal which appeared to return nothing.
- Todd Noel went 2-2 with a 5.30 ERA in 1998, and was with the Yankees following the 1998 season. He never appeared in the Majors either.
Florida – Third Level
- Paul LoDuca appeared in 182 games in parts of 2 seasons in that stint with the Marlins. He his .283 in 1999 with 6 homeruns and 57 runs batted in. On 12/5/2005, he was traded to the Mets for minor leaguers Gaby Hernandez and Dante Brinkley.
- Guillermo Mota was included in the trade which sent Josh Beckett to the Red Sox.
- Juan Encarnacion was in Florida through the end of the 2005 season, and hit .287 with 16 homeruns in 2005 for the team. After the season, he left via free agency, and it appears that the Marlins received no compensation.
Overall Reactions
There were some productive players that the team received, and definitely got some solid years out of 1B Derrek Lee, the prize of the trade that moved Kevin Brown. That said, almost without fail, the rest of the players they received were not particularly good for the Marlins. Paul LoDuca and Juan Encarnacion are the only ones who stand out as being remotely useful to the team, and Guillermo Mota's best use for the Marlins was including him to acquire Hanley Ramirez for the current team.
To me, the winners out of this group had to be the Padres, simply because Brown was the piece that helped to get them over the top in the National League and win the pennant in 1998. Unfortunately for them, they ran into the buzzsaw that was the 114 win New York Yankees.
The next post in this series will be up next Saturday, and will cover the rest of the trades made prior to the start of the 1998 season.


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Pac-12 Morning Five: 11.14.11 EditionPosted by AMurawa on November 14th, 2011
- The biggest result of the opening weekend was clearly UCLA's upset loss to Loyola Marymount on Friday evening, a game in which UCLA looked awful, showing an inability to get their talented bigs involved offensively as a result of poor guard play and non-threatening perimeter shooting. Former Bruin and current Fox Sports analyst Marques Johnson broke down the loss frankly with the Los Angeles Times, perhaps summing it up by saying, "if you have good big guys and average to adequate guard play, you're going to struggle." Luckily for Bruin fans, next year's big recruit, Kyle Anderson, didn't overreact to the loss, reaffirming his commitment to the school, but one has to wonder how the loss affected UCLA's chances at its other big recruiting target, Shabazz Muhammad. And then there was Josh Smith's unfortunate reaction to the loss on Twitter afterwards, making those coaches who ban their players from tweeting seem like they're on to something.
- Just before Washington's 17-point opening win over Georgia State on Saturday, freshman forward Jernard Jarreau decided that he would be joining fellow freshman Andrew Andrews in taking a redshirt season this year. With five other players on the roster 6'7" or taller, head coach Lorenzo Romar agreed with his decision, noting that the year off would allow the 6'10", 195-pound forward to add strength and likely earn playing time next year. As for the opener itself, the Huskies were led by five three-pointers from junior wing C.J. Wilcox (one of only three players to redshirt for Romar prior to this season) on the way to a game-high 22 points. Freshman guard Tony Wroten, Jr., also impressed in his debut with 18 points, seven rebounds and three assists in 26 minutes off the bench.
- There was some great news on the court this weekend for Pac-12 fans as Arizona junior wing Kevin Parrom returned to practice for the first time on Friday since being shot on September 24. Then, he surprised fans by returning to game action on Sunday in the Wildcats' 73-63 victory over Ball State, entering the game off the bench to a standing ovation and playing 18 minutes, hitting a crucial three, taking a charge and grabbing four rebounds to go with six points. Teammate Alex Jacobson, a senior center, also participated in the full practice on Friday after having missed most other preseason practices due to a back injury, but still has yet to appear in a game this season. Also of note in the Ball State game was the absence of freshman point guard Josiah Turner from the box score. Head coach Sean Miller indicated after the game that his DNP was not a suspension, but was some sort of punishment for off the court actions.
- Colorado kicked off its first season as a Pac-12 member with a 28-point domination of Division II Fort Lewis, and sophomore forward Andre Roberson began his charge for potential All-Pac-12 honors, leading the way with a 13-point and 15-rebound performance. Roberson had 13 points and nine rebounds at the half before a relatively quiet second half in the blowout. Senior forward Austin Dufault also added a double-double for CU (18/10), but the Buffaloes will get a much stiffer test in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off this week, starting with Wichita State on Thursday. The Pac-12's other new institution, Utah, gets its season underway tonight with a visit from San Diego Christan College.
- Finally, we wanted to check in with USC and Dewayne Dedmon's debut for the Trojans on Friday night. The 7'0" sophomore center who didn't begin playing basketball until his senior year in high school backed up head coach Kevin O'Neill's glowing offseason comments about Dedmon's potential by scoring 16 points (for the record, that's 14 points more than he scored in his entire high school career) on 7-8 shooting, grabbing eight rebounds, and blocking three shots despite being limited to 25 minutes by leg cramps in SC's seven-point victory over CS Northridge. However, it was sophomore point guard Maurice Jones who saved the day for the Trojans, leading them back from a four-point deficit with under five minutes to play by scoring eight of the final 12 points for USC on his way to 16 points, despite hitting just two of 13 field goal attempts. Dedmon, however, was back on the court making plays at the end of the game as well, slamming home one of his three dunks on the night and grabbing a couple of rebounds in the final 24 seconds. Iowa-transfer Aaron Fuller was also big in his USC debut, as he was the third Trojan to score 16 points in the game, also grabbing nine rebounds.


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High-energy dogs with obsessive personalities can be difficult pets, and these animals often end up at shelters where they're candidates for euthanasia. But these lively pups are ideal for a special type of conservation work: tracking endangered species.
Founded in 1997 at the University of Washington's Center for Conservation Biology, the Conservation Canines program trains such energetic, single-minded dogs to track certain animals' scat scents. These fecal samples have provided researchers with information on threatened and endangered species worldwide.
Dogs like Frehley, an 8-year-old border collie rescued from the Seattle Animal Shelter in 2005, (pictured right) are helping conservationists gather information about animals like the Jemez Mountains salamander.
Last year the Nature Conservancy provided Conservation Canines with salamander scat and part of a broken-off salamander tail, and these items were used to train the dogs to recognize both sexes of the Jemez Mountains salamander. The animal is on New Mexico's endangered species list and is a candidate for federal protection. Although the species has lived in the mountains for thousands of years, it's sensitive to changes in temperature and moisture, so Frehley and other dogs are helping scientists estimate how many of the amphibians have survived a regional drought.
"Anything that has an odor you can train a dog to find," Heath Smith, the program's manager, told the New York Times.
Why scat? Feces is the most abundant and accessible wildlife product in nature, according to the Center for Conservation Biology, and it contains genetic, physiological and dietary information about an animal that can be tied to environmental change.
Finding scat among miles of forest can be difficult at times, but it's a whole other challenge in the ocean. Some of the Conservation Canines' dogs are also trained to sniff our orca scat, which can sink or disperse in just 30 minutes.
Dogs like Sadie, a 10-year-old Labrador pointer mix (pictured right), board boats and lead scientists toward the whales' scat. By leaning a certain direction or twitching their ears, these dogs serve as the research vessels' four-legged navigators.
Whenever a sample is found — whether on land or sea — researchers carry it to the dog and then substitute it with a favorite toy at the last second, reinforcing the connection between work and reward. It's this obsession with a single item and an insatiable urge to play that makes these dogs so efficient at tracking wildlife.
In fact, Sadie was donated to the program by her owner because she couldn't tolerate the dog's ball fixation. Her former owner once placed Sadie's ball on top of the fridge, and when she returned eight hours later, Sadie was still staring up at her toy.
"When the owner told me that story, my immediate response was, 'We'll take her,' " said professor Samuel K. Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology and the orca scat research project.
According to the Conservation Canines website, these dogs are "happy to work all day traversing plains, climbing up mountains, clambering over rocks and trekking through snow, all with the expectation of reward — playing with their ball — after successfully locating wildlife scat. We rescue these dogs and offer them a satisfying career traveling the world to help save numerous other species."
Once overlooked at animal shelters, these dogs got a second lease on life and now work to save the lives of species worldwide.
More rescue dog stories on MNN:
- Baseball team adopts blind dog
- Shelter dog becomes a movie star
- Blind dog living in trash pile is rescued, has vision restored
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I might be the only one who watches "Eureka" but I don't care, Colin Ferguson is a dream boat and someday he's going to marry me. More proof of his dreaminess can be found in these news clips from "Lake Placid 3", by far the most awe inspiring clips of the entire "Lake Placid" series to date.
Remember those "Witchboard" movies from the 80's? The only reason anyone watched them was in hope that you might get to see Tawny Kitaen naked. Spoiler alert, you didn't. "Ouija Board" apparently has nothing to do with those films but word has it Pierre Morel, who directed "Taken" will also take the helm of this one. That tied in nicely, didn't it?
I'm pretty sure at this point every women in Hollywood has been rumored to be taking the lead in the "Alien" prequel and today it's Anne Hathaway. I think the producers are just getting drunk and looking at their DVD collection and randomly screaming out names. "'The Princess Diaries'! That movie changed my life, get me that girl. Oh god I just messed myself"
I don't even know how to explain this one so I'm just going to toss out some words. Man, panties, camera, military, creepy. You've been warned.
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Kelsy threw herself across the narrow dorm-sized bed with a happy shriek.
She bounced, lightly.
It felt good.
Quiet trickled in and she felt the first inklings of relaxation creeping in past her frazzled student brain.
It also felt good.
Mac time!
Kelsy reached under her bed to retrieve her Macbook out from the knapsack stowed beneath. Lying on her stomach, grabbed the laptop and the notebook under it, rolling over and sitting up. Opening the laptop, she waited impatiently to log into her digital world.
The silence of the tiny dorm was welcome in a thousand ways.
Her roommate had for the holiday and gifted a bag of holiday chocolate before reluctantly joining the departure crowd of students in the hallway.
Kelsy had cheerfully waved her off.
Now, she flexed her fingers in anticipation.
The Macbook chimed, alerting her to new emails and friends on her messenger list. With a pillow for a padded backrest, Kelsy positioned the laptop carefully on her lap, and the gifted chocolates to the left of her knee as she settled in. Unwrapping a green-foiled specimen, she popped the shape in her mouth and chewed slowly, enjoying the taste of milk chocolate sliding down her throat.
Updates day 1, updates day 2, updates day 3…penpal reply, coupons for the mall, oh joys, credit card confirmation for—oh, nice, update day 23?
Having skimmed the subject lines in her priority inbox, Kelsy clicked on the top and began to read, one hand already reaching into the chocolate bag for another treat. She nibbled on this next chunk as a smile came to her face.
It's the first day, Kels! The FIRST! Can you believe it??? I'm very excited!!! I can't wait to get started. I think I'll start right at midnight, maybe. I have to work tomorrow, don't think the ol' boss would like my sleepyheaded self. Cheers, kiddo!
Kelsy grinned, clicking on the next one.
Well, I'd say it was the second day, but you know that already, don't ya Kels? I didn't stay up after all. I wanted to, boy did I want to. Work was lousy, but you know that already too. Got started, a nicer opening than last year, I think it's a solid five-hundred words. I'm doing myself right proud. Cheers, kiddo!
A giggle threatened to escape.
Kelsy, Kelsy, Kelsy. I think I'm about t' die. This is only day three. ONLY DAY THREE!!!!! I wouldn't be screaming like u say, but I cant believe this!!! I really can't. I'm behind on my word count and it's only the first week!!! This happened last year, remember? It happened last YEAR!? I can't let it happen again. No way, no say. Cheers, kiddo.
Kelsy winced. The sheer number of exclamation marks had her editor's fingers twitching in anticipation. She hurriedly clicked to the next update email.
It's day nine, Kels. I'm doing fine. Just fine. Really fine. Better than fine, I think. I was busy for a couple of days, but busy is good, right? Guess what? My word count with up, uppity up! I feel so proud. I hope your grades are doing the same. Cheers, kiddo.
Another chunk of chocolate went in her mouth.
DAY TWENTY-THREEEEE!!!! I'm flying, Kel-bels! I really am! Lookit my word count, just take a look at it! I did all of that. All by myself. 🙂 (btw—sure gonna miss u for thanksgiving. Hugs n' kisses!)
It was too good to leave untouched.
Snatching her Iphone off the nightstand, Kelsy sent a quick text before she hit the speed-dial. The text was warning enough, because the phone didn't ring more than twice before a warm voice came through from the other end.
"Happy thanksgiving! How's *NaNo going?"
"You called to ask that?"
"Word count's lookin' good!"
"It is, isn't it?"
"Yep. I'm cheerin' for ya. Can't wait to get my hands on it."
"Your hands or your red pen?"
The laughter was shared and the conversation danced along several other topics before the clock on the nightstand blinked at them, announcing a bedtime hour.
"Yeah. It's late. No, it was fun. I'm good. I'll do some homework or something. You—write! Get those words in, okay?" Kelsy smiled. "And Mom? Stop writing in character. I miss your regular emails—and yeah, I'll be home for Christmas. Hugs n' kisses!"
*NaNo=National Novel Writing Month—writing 50k words in 30 days
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"I appreciate that an internship experience was part of my BBA because after completing the AST, I feel more prepared to enter the workforce."
My name is Katie Palzer, and I am a Business Administration major graduating after Fall 2013. I completed my internship at UIS during the summer of 2013. My internship was at University Student Financial Services and Cashier Operations (USFSCO). A simple name would be student accounts, and I learned that is has an integral role at the University.
Before my internship, I worked at USFSCO answering phone calls and e-mails. My internship required a new learning experience with college level work that emphasized applying what I had learned as a BBA student. My internship allowed me to focus on the cashier side of USFSCO. Part of my internship also involved interaction with freshman and transfer students at orientation – I gave a speech and answered questions about how to set up direct deposit and authorize payers.
Working on the cashier side of USFSCO, I learned:
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- How to process parking meter coins and where to log information
- The process involved in opening and closing registers, including forms to be filled out to close the register for the day
- How to set up scheduling for cashiers including breaks
For the new student/transfer orientation I had these learning experiences:
- Developed flyers for parents and students
- Organized information and then gave a speech on how to sign up for direct deposit
- Communicated with students at orientation and discussed what an Authorize Payer is and how to sign one up
I entered UIS as a transfer student, and at my previous college an internship was not required although it was highly recommended. I appreciate that an internship experience was part of my BBA at UIS because after completing the AST, I feel more prepared to enter the workforce. I was able to learn a completely different side of the business operation that I would not have experienced if I had not pursued this opportunity.


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Beattie, Vivien and Jones, Mike (1992) The communication of information using graphs in corporate annual reports. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, London.
Beattie, Vivien and Jones, Mike (1992) The use and abuse of graphs in annual reports:a theoretical framework and an empirical study. Accounting and Business Research, 22 (88). pp. 291-303. ISSN 0001-4788
Beattie, Vivien and Searle, S. Hannah (1992) Bond ratings and inter-rater agreement:a cross-sectional analysis. Journal of International Securities Markets, 6. pp. 167-172.
Beattie, Vivien and Searle, S. Hannah (1992) Credit-rating agencies:the relationship between rater agreement and issuer/rater characteristics. Journal of International Securities Markets, 6. pp. 371-375.
Conyon, Martin (1992) Income Distribution, Efficient Bargaining and Market Structure. Economics Letters, 40 (2). pp. 181-185. ISSN 0165-1765
Poon, S and Yaansah, R A and O'Hanlon, J F (1992) Market recognition of differences in earnings persistence: UK evidence. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 19 (4). pp. 625-639. ISSN 1468-5957
Pope, P F and Yadav, P K (1992) Intraweek and intraday seasonalities in stock market risk premia: cash vs futures. Journal of Banking and Finance, 16 (1). pp. 233-270. ISSN 0378-4266
Thomas, V and O'Hanlon, J F (1992) Stock market over-reaction and price reversals: the UK evidence. Greek Economic Review. pp. 149-162.


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Blighty's public sector IT bean counters face a bewildering mess of overlapping tech purchasing bureaucracy, channel sources have warned.
Three wide-reaching frameworks that direct government tech spending will end up running in parallel into next spring, potentially confusing purse holders.
Of the three schemes, one is the £4bn IT Hardware & Solutions (ITH&S) framework, led by the Government Procurement Service (GPS), which put out an Invitation To Tender on 31 January. Businesses will be told at the start of next month whether they have made it onto the list of approved suppliers, and the two-year pan-government framework will commence on 1 June.
In a Q&A document accompanying the tender, sent to El Reg by a bidder, GPS confirmed that ITH&S will directly replace ESPO Contract 113, an IT purchasing framework that served local councils and occasionally veered into education. The ESPO contract is set to expire on 1 June following a three-month extension from March.
However, a second framework, the Commoditised IT Hardware and Software (CITHS) deal - which covers nearly all corners of public life with specific focus on health, local authorities and some central government organisations - will continue until April 2013 when its future will be reviewed.
And a third framework, Sprint ii, will also run in parallel until April next year. This is a HMRC agreement run by GPS that provides kit to central government but controversially had made inroads into police authorities - a move that is being reviewed amid potential plans to set up a police procurement organ.
"It will be very messy," said one firm bidding for place on the ITH&S list. "Customers will inevitably be confused about which framework they should be using."
ITH&S has been crafted to serve most parts of public sector too, playing to Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude's agenda of pulling together government purchasing power. The deal could be extended by another year on two further occasions, and covers 12 lots, ten of which are geared toward Cabinet Office tech gear specifications and two for non-standard desktop and networking kit.
Only three suppliers will be certified on seven of the lots and vendors have already warned that reseller involvement in ITH&S may be limited as the cut-throat pricing restricts available margins.
The first ten lots will also be subject to e-auctions that should drive further margin erosion in the race to base level pricing.
The Coalition wants to spend up to one quarter of government budgets with SMEs by 2015 but ITH&S covers the supply of commodity kit, and the small biz sector will struggle to provide any innovation.
The pre-requisites of the deal also preclude SME participation - resellers need to demonstrate they've sold 56,500 desktops and 14,800 laptops in the last twelve-month period.
GPS no longer has a press office - it was shed in a round of cuts - but was endeavouring to respond to questions at the time of writing. ®
The ITH&S lots out for tender
- Lot One - client device hardware and services - three suppliers expected
- Lot Two - laptop - four suppliers expected
- Lot Three - tablet/slate - five suppliers expected
- Lot Four - monitor - three suppliers expected
- Lot Five - thin client - three suppliers expected
- Lot Six - servers - three suppliers expected
- Lot Seven - storage - three suppliers expected
- Lot Eight - switches - three suppliers expected
- Lot Nine - printers - five suppliers expected
- Lot Ten - standard peripherals - three suppliers expected
- Lot Eleven - non-standard desktop - five suppliers expected
- Lot Twelve - non standard infrastructure - eight suppliers expected
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The Oscars are over, but that doesn't mean you've seen the last of this year's nominees.
The Oscars are over, but that doesn't mean you've seen the last of this year's nominees. George Clooney goes from a lawyer grind to the gridiron in the period-piece sports comedy "Leatherheads." Fresh off her "Juno" nomination, Ellen Page plays daughter to a dinged-up Dennis Quaid in "Smart People." And John Cho reprises his Academy Award-winning role as Harold, an ambitiously hungry young man who struggles through many prejudices en route to White Castle. Just having a laugh on the last one. But the clock strikes 4:20 again for Harold and Kumar, while Jackie Chan, Jodie Foster, Martin Lawrence, Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves, Kevin Spacey and Owen Wilson all are in films coming this spring. Here's a look at the films of March and April. Release dates are subject to change. MARCH 7 "10,000 B.C.": D'leh is the name of this film's prehistoric hero, but delay is the story behind Roland Emmerich's ("Independence Day") latest blockbuster. Slated for summer, then winter, of 2007, it's now settled in "300's" spot from last spring. D'leh (Steven Strait) is a hunter-gatherer trying to get an Upper Paleolithic hand on a warlord who's kidnapped his woman (Camilla Belle). "The Bank Job": A real-life bank robbery with no arrests or recovered money? Sounds like a boring heist. Anything but in this blend of "The Hoax" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." After a 1971 London swipe turns up incriminating photos of the British monarchy, the mob, police, government and a hapless hold-up gang are entwined in a massive cover-up. Jason Statham stars. "College Road Trip": Unlike Tony Soprano, James Porter (Martin Lawrence) won't be killing anyone while showing his daughter higher-learning campuses. First off, he's a dutiful policeman. Second, he's Martin Lawrence in — ready yourself — a G-rated Disney movie. He's the overprotective dad to a coed-in-training (Raven Symone), whom he drives nuts on a long road trip. MARCH 14 "Doomsday": Contrary to "Saturday Night Live," if it ain't Scottish, it's good. That's because Scotland was walled off after the Reaper virus all but wiped it out. When Reaper surfaces in another country 25 years later, commandoes (led by buffed-up Rhona Mitra) scale the wall to seek a cure. They find a sick, twisted society in director Neil Marshall's ("The Descent") homage to "Mad Max." "Horton Hears a Who": Finally, a full-length Dr. Seuss movie as it should be — animated. Voicing the title elephant, Jim Carrey might atone for his live-action "Grinch" abomination. When Horton hears shouts from a speck of dust, he learns the teeny, tiny Whos and their city of Whoville live on it. With the help of Whoville's mayor (Steve Carell), Horton must save the Whos from harm. "Never Back Down": A mixed martial arts film from … the co-writer of "Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco"? Hey, what were you doing 12 years ago? Djimon Hounsou plays mentor to a new kid in town (Sean Faris) seeking retaliation against a brute (Cam Gigandet) that beat him. MARCH 21 "Drillbit Taylor": Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen ("Knocked Up," "Superbad") try to extend their collaborative hot streak beyond the third trimester as producer and co-writer of Owen Wilson's latest. Wilson is Drillbit Taylor, a bodyguard for those on a budget of pooled milk money. When recruited by three picked-on pre-teens, Drillbit poses as a teacher to help them out. "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns": Madea and Uncle Joe return in the latest from black-drama impresario Tyler Perry. Adapted from Perry's play, it tracks Brenda (Angela Bassett), a down-on-her-luck single mother who finds solace and sass when meeting a Georgia family she never knew. "Shutter": Wasn't digital photography supposed to end red eye and inexplicable, ghostly blobs opening windows to the afterlife? The film remakes a Thai horror show and the trailer mimics that for "White Noise," down to the grim intonation about real-life phenomena. Joshua Jackson stars. MARCH 28 "21": An adaptation of "Bringing Down the House," a nonfiction book about MIT students counting Vegas's cards and money, that's whitewashed. There are only two Asian-American actors starring in a tale inspired by a mostly Asian-American sextet. Jim Sturgess ("Across the Universe") and Kate Bosworth are the lead students, with Kevin Spacey as a mastermind with ulterior motives. "Run, Fat Boy, Run": David Schwimmer directed, Simon Pegg ("Hot Fuzz") starred and co-wrote and Michael Ian Black ("The State") co-wrote this comedy. Commit-o-phobe Dennis (Pegg) walked out years ago on pregnant fiancée Libby (Thandie Newton). When Dennis learns her new beau (Hank Azaria) is running a marathon, he starts training to win Libby's heart, if not the race. "Stop Loss": Nine years after "Boys Don't Cry," writer-director Kimberly Peirce returns with a long-delayed movie whose title, like "Rendition," references government policy. Ryan Phillippe is a decorated hero of the current Iraq war who tries to adjust to civilian life in his Texas town. When the title's clause (involuntary extension of an enlistment contract) is invoked, it tests his mettle. "Superhero Movie": Veteran parody man David Zucker produced this self-explanatory spoof written and directed by Craig Mazin (co-writer of "Scary Movies 3 and 4"). After being stung, nerdy Rick Riker (Drake Bell) becomes a stumbling superhero named Dragonfly. Leslie Nielsen co-stars. APRIL 4 "Leatherheads": Director-producer-star George Clooney called an audible, moving this 1920s football comedy from winter 2007. He's "Dodge" Connelly, a gridiron hero leading his team's big-time bid. Connelly recruits Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), a World War I hero whose squeaky-clean story is scrutinized by Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), a reporter for whom both men fall. "Nim's Island": Jodie Foster softens her action persona in a kid-friendly combination of "Cloak and Dagger" and "Secondhand Lions." She's adventure novelist Alex Rover, ironically afraid to leave her home. When fan Nim (Abigail Breslin) seeks her help after her father goes missing, Alex calls upon her fictional hero's (Gerard Butler) spirit to help save the island Nim calls home. "The Ruins": Ben Stiller produced, but expect next to no laughter during the relentless horror of a tale adapted by Scott B. Smith ("A Simple Plan") from his own novel. Four Americans (Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore and Laura Ramsey), a German (Joe Anderson) and a Greek (Dimitri Baveas) encounter unspeakable terror while trapped in a Mexican jungle. "Shine a Light": Mick Jagger clashing egos with Martin Scorsese could make this concert documentary more interesting in its subtext than on its surface. Scorsese's cameras captured a Beacon Theater club-date break from the Rolling Stones' tour in 2006. A seven-strong supergroup of Oscar- and Emmy-nominated cinematographers collaborated to capture the show on film. APRIL 11 "College": Drake Bell either has 2008's boys-behaving-badly hit on his hands or just another superbad teenage comedy. He's one of three high-school pals (along with Andrew Caldwell and Kevin Covais) who, after being dumped by their ladies, hit a nearby college for fun, beer and sex. "Prom Night": The evening will be a scream for all the wrong reasons in this remake of the 1980 film. Brittany Snow ("Hairspray") is Donna, a damsel in distress stalked at her prom by an obsessive, murderous man. Scott Porter ("Friday Night Lights") and Idris Elba ("The Wire") co-star. "Smart People": In Ellen Page's follow-up to "Juno," she's Vanessa, daughter of Lawrence (Dennis Quaid), a depressed college professor who needs a driver after suffering head trauma. Enter his ne'er-do-well adopted brother (Thomas Haden Church), who becomes a questionable influence on Vanessa. Sarah Jessica Parker co-stars as Lawrence's doctor in this Sundance comedy. "Street Kings": Noir expert James Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential") buries the past for a script he co-wrote. Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is an L.A. cop set up in the death of his former partner. Teaming with a young detective (Chris Evans), he tracks down the real killers while avoiding the watchful eyes of his captain (Forest Whitaker) and a dogged internal affairs officer (Hugh Laurie). APRIL 18 "88 Minutes": If Al Pacino is a forensic psychiatrist with only 88 minutes to live, do you think he'll scream at any point during that time? Does a bear do its business in the woods? Framed for murder and told by a mysterious caller he's not long for this world, Dr. Jack Gramm (Pacino) scrambles to uncover who's behind the conspiracy. Amy Brenneman and Leelee Sobieski co-star. "The Forbidden Kingdom": For the first time, Jackie Chan and Jet Li share the screen, in a martial-arts spin on "The Neverending Story." A teen (Michael Angarano) obsessed with kung fu is transported back in time by holding the legendary weapon of the Monkey King (Li). Once there, he teams with Lu Yan (Chan) to save the king from capture. Rob Minkoff ("The Lion King") directs. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall": The Judd Apatow machine's next breakout star could be Jason Segel. The "Knocked Up" bit player stars in a comedy he also wrote. Peter's (Segal) girlfriend Sarah (Kirsten Bell) has just dumped him. On an island vacation to forget her, he instead runs into her and her new boyfriend. Mila Kunis is Peter's new paramour and Bill Hader plays his best friend. "The Rocker": Yes, the Writers Guild of America strike has forcibly, painfully deprived people of Dwight Schrute. It's time to throw up the rock horns. Rainn Wilson is Robert "Fish" Fishman, a drummer for a hair-metal band who's mercilessly booted from the group. Two decades later, when his nephew's band needs someone at the trap set, Fish volunteers. Christina Applegate co-stars. APRIL 25 "Baby Mama": Likewise, the WGA strike has ripped "30 Rock" from the airwaves. Tina Fey and likeminded comedienne Amy Poehler star in a comedy from writer-director Michael McCullers (the "Austin Powers" films). Kate (Fey) badly wants a baby, but can neither adopt nor conceive, so she turns to Angie (Poehler), an ill-mannered surrogate mother who moves into Kate's apartment. "Big Stan": Rob Schneider — actor, Roger Ebert's irritant and now director. Schneider makes his behind-the-camera debut for a comedy in which he also plays Stan, a mensch convicted of fraud. After tutelage from a kung fu master (David Carradine), the dweeb brings peace to a prison. "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay": The biggest mystery of the spring-movie slate might be just what the heck Neil Patrick Harris is doing on a unicorn in ads for this stoner-comedy sequel. John Cho and Kal Penn reunite, seeking not sliders but sanctuary after their bong is mistaken for a terrorist bomb and they're sent to the infamous detention camp in Cuba. "The List": In the season's oddest screenwriter pairing, the scribes of "Live Free or Die Hard" and "Closer" team up for a psychosexual thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor. Jonathan (McGregor) is an accountant introduced to a mysterious sex club by his lawyer friend Wyatt (Jackman). Soon, Jonathan is a prime suspect in a woman's disappearance and a huge heist. Nick Rogers can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read his blog at blogs.sj-r.com/unpaintedhuffhines.


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Peer pressure on social media may be the best way to increase voter turnout in this year's election, according to a study by researchers at the University of California–San Diego.
The large-scale experiment conducted during the 2010 elections found that Facebook users were more likely to look up their polling place and vote when they saw an Election Day "I voted" message on their news feed with pictures of other Facebook users who reported voting.
Researchers estimated that about 60,000 Facebook users turned out to vote after seeing the "I voted" button. An additional 280,000 voted when they saw several of their friends had also voted. The message below is what those voters saw.
But the biggest impact on voter turnout in the study was when the participants saw their close friends had voted.
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"Social influence made all the difference in political mobilization," said lead author of the study James Fowler in a statement. "It's not the 'I Voted' button, or the lapel sticker we've all seen, that gets out the vote. It's the person attached to it."
Fowler led the team of researchers in collaboration with Facebook. The team published their results in the science journal Nature.
About 4 percent of the people who said they voted didn't actually vote, the study found. Real-world results were found using publicly available voting records.
The findings may help increase voter turnout in areas such as San Diego, where only about 35 percent of registered voters turned out for the primary election.
"The main driver of behavior change is not the message – it's the vast social network," Fowler said. "Whether we want to get out the vote or improve public health, we should not only focus on the direct effect of an intervention, but also on the indirect effect as it spreads from person to person to person."
For more on the findings of the study, read about it on Nature's website.


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It is almost a year since the waves of death pounded the Indian coastline on December 26, 2004. Over 10,500 people were killed, over 5,000 are still missing -- presumed dead -- thousands others were rendered homeless. To mark one year of one of the biggest tragedies mankind has ever witnessed, we revisit the places hardest hit by nature's fury, to see firsthand how India has coped. This is the second of a two-part special on Kanyakumari, the district in Tamil Nadu that is the southernmost tip of mainland India.
Don't miss: The tsunami-hit, a year later
Numbers tell a tragedy. But, sometimes, there is tragedy in the numbers too.
For nine months since the tsunami struck Kanyakumari, the official figures said the waves of death left 19 children orphaned in the district. Sixty-six children were rendered 'semi-orphans' they lost one parent each.
Then, the officials added T Kavita, of Puthalam, to the orphans' list. The girl, who is living with her brother, did not register herself as an orphan till last month.
At a recent meeting where a non-governmental organisation disbursed money to some of the tsunami 'semi-orphans', the number of orphans mentioned was 183. But District Social Welfare Officer Uma Maheshwari sticks to the original figures of 20 and 66.
However, the 183 figure was verified and found true by District Revenue Officer Jyothi Nirmala. The collector assures us the right figure is 183 and that the authorities have photographs of every child.
"The orphans are living either in the government orphanages or with their relatives. We are helping with their education if they approach us," says Maheswhari. "There is a Rs 300,000 bond for the semi-orphans and Rs 500,000 bond for the orphans. Both these bonds are ready with our directorate in Chennai. They will be given to the children by the chief minister personally."
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District Collector Sunil Paliwal recently announced a bank deposit of Rs 51,000 as an education fund for each orphan and a grant of Rs 300 per month to the 'semi-orphans' from the Prime Minister's Relief Fund.
When you enter the Manakudi temporary shelter for the tsunami-affected, you can't help but notice most of the women are either pregnant or have a small baby in their arms.
"When you are depressed, you go overboard on sex and food. They provide a temporary relief from the sorrow that is engulfing you," says Dr James Premkumar.
Two babies have been surrendered at the Jeyasekharan Hospital in the district. Last week a woman ran away, abandoning her baby, which was a 'blue baby' child born with a heart condition.
The doctors managed to save the baby, which the social welfare department later handed over to the NGO Saranlayam.
These are the new orphans of tsunami, and the numbers will grow.
In the beginning, both the tsunami orphanages in Kanyakumari -- one for young men and women and one for children -- were overflowing. There were two reasons for this.
One was that the relatives were in camps and thought the kids would be better of in the government homes. The other was that the social welfare department officials had told the kids they would get the government compensation only if they were in the orphanage.
Later on, C V Sankar, IAS officer on special duty, tsunami relief, had assured rediff.com that "the orphans will get what the government promised irrespective of where they stay."
Now, the orphanages are empty.
India to develop tsunami warning system in 2 years
The one for youngsters has 11 boys and girls, out of which only two are tsunami orphans or 'semi-orphans'. The one for children has five kids, of which two are tsunami orphans.
Jesurani, a cheerful girl who lost her mother to the sea, is in the adolescent home. She had lost her dad long ago. She is studying desktop publishing at a local computer institute, and is engaged to marry when she finishes her course in April next year.
Antony Mary is Jesurani's younger sister. She is in the 12th standard and thus in the orphanage for kids. It is her birthday the day after, and a family friend has taken her shopping.
When she comes back, she has clothes, shoes, cake and sweets. "If mother was alive I don't think she would have spent so much money on me," says Mary.
The tears in her eyes tell a different story altogether.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2014
Between my years heading social media strategy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and time spent building a boatload of blogs for Philly.com and other organizations, I've put in a lot of hours teaching first-time bloggers how to write compelling content.
Researchers. Lawyers. Professors. Patients. Doctors. Lots of doctors. Recruiting them is one challenge. Helping them to deliver content that actually gets read is a whole different ballgame.
With that in mind, I collected my tips and advice in one blog entry that appears on Ragan's Health Care Communication News today. Read the rest of this entry »
I'm back
Posted in Uncategorized on December 12, 2012
So, it has been nearly a year since I shared with you that I was taking a full-time position building an ambitious health portal for Philly.com. It has been a great journey.
We launched a blog for parents with contributors from hospitals all over the Philadelphia region. We created a sports medicine/fitness blog with an expert panel that included the team doctors from the Phillies, Sixers, Eagles and Flyers, among others. We added eight in-depth health topic pages. We built an aggressive social media presence on Facebook and Twitter and tackled some crowd sourcing efforts. We told stories through pictures and data, and provided extensive coverage of fitness-related events like the Philadelphia Marathon. We more than doubled traffic and revenue. The channel is poised for great things.
Now, my contract is up, and I am in search of the next challenge.
As usual, I'm not sure what the future will bring. I'm open to consulting work, contract projects, full-time offers. Anything that has to do with Web, social media and content development and strategy. And I'm looking forward to reconnecting with all of you. It's good to be back.
Fork in the Road
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2011
Almost two years ago, I shared with you on this blog that I was leaving the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation after nine years to go out on my own, helping organizations with Web and social media strategy. It has been a great couple of years. I made a host of new friends, had a chance to speak all over the country, tackled several challenging projects, and learned more than I can say. Now, a new adventure has come up to meet me.
I was happily chugging along in my consulting world about a month ago, when an executive recruiter called. It was the second call from a recruiter that day, and one of many over the past several months. This recruiter outlined an opportunity to provide the Philadelphia Media Network, owners of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Daily News and their joint Web site, philly.com, with a vision and strategy for health. They wanted someone who could help build an ambitious portal on everything health in Philadelphia. I told the recruiter that sounded interesting. The next thing I knew I was interviewing and listening to the company's vision. A few days after that, I accepted their offer. As a Philly boy, born and raised, whose first job was as a paperboy delivering the Philadelphia Bulletin, who still has ink in his veins from his early days as a newspaper reporter, how could I not?
Two years ago, heading out on my own, I said that I was nervous and excited at the same time, as I moved into the world of consulting. This time I'm just flat out excited. And once again it feels right.
I'm not sure what will become of this blog, as I dig in on my new position. What I am sure of is that I appreciate all of the help I have received from you, my friends and colleagues. Going forward, you can reach me at my new email address (firstname.lastname@example.com). You can still follow me on Twitter at @lblumenthal. I hope we can stay in touch.
Roll-Up-Your-Sleeves Philanthropy
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2011
Few family-based foundations tackle social problems in quite the same way as the Hunt Alternatives Fund, which prides itself on its collaborative, roll-up-your-sleeves, grassroots approach to philanthropy.
In the latest installment of our podcast series for the Philanthropy News Digest, co-host Bill Silberg and I talked to Swanee Hunt, founder and chairman of the fund, about her focus on advocacy and transparency.
A former ambassador to Austria during the Clinton administration, Hunt also chairs the Institute for Inclusive Security, which works to integrate women into peace processes around the globe, and is the Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She is, in addition, the founder of the Women and Public Policy Program at KSG, on the faculty at the school's Center for Public Leadership, and a senior advisor to the working group on modern-day slavery at the Carr Center for Human Rights.
You can listen to the podcast here. Feel free to share your thoughts on the Ambassador's approach to philanthropy in the comments section.
Evaluating Foundation Evaluations
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2011
A recent survey by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) uncovered two facts that shed a bright light on the current state of performance assessment by foundations.
On the one hand, more than 90 percent of foundation executives put a high priority on measuring the success of their work. On the other hand, well over half say gaining any meaningful insight from performance assessments is a challenge.
In the latest installment of our podcast series for the Foundation Center's Philanthropy News Digest, co-host Bill Silberg and I talked to Phil Buchanan, CEP's president, to get to the root of the situation. Buchanan explained how assessment has changed over the past 10 years, what lies ahead, and even tackled the issue of whether foundations are emphasizing evaluations to the detriment of innovation. Read the rest of this entry »
Lighten Up, Francis
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2011
As they move into the less-buttoned-down world of social media, staff at many organizations face an interesting challenge.
Success with social media tools requires that you loosen up a bit, let a little of your personality peek through—even offer a little self-deprecating humor. These are not things that most people are comfortable indulging in as part of their role at work.
I'm here to tell you that it can be done. Foundations and nonprofits can provide a little glimpse behind the scenes, offer some humor, some light-heartedness, even admit they don't have all the answers, without letting go of their serious missions to make the world a better place.
In a piece for the Communications Network blog, I offered five relatively small steps that can help organizations let their personalities shine through and get more notice in the free-wheeling world of social media. Read the rest of this entry »
Creating a Community from Thin Air and Potential
Posted in Uncategorized on September 12, 2011
When a major, private foundation asked me early this year to help launch an online community, a bunch of questions swirled in my head. Why would this group—over 900 current scholars and fellows from 18 different programs—want to participate in this community? What is the value for them? Do they think of themselves already as a community? If not, how do we alter that mindset? Can we move a group that typically sticks to its program silos to connect across disciplines?
We are eight months into this effort, and don't have all the answers, but I have a few lessons to share from the work, so far, for anyone looking to build a similar community. Read the rest of this entry »


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I and others here have joined Roy on his tours and Ican highly recommend them to anyone who wants to explore the delights of Port, Oporto and the Douro.
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IRVING, Texas — Guan Tianlang was constantly tossing grass up in the air trying to get a feel for the swirling winds. He was often shaking his head.
The 14-year-old amateur from China had a tough day with a 7-over 77 during a windy second round Friday at the Byron Nelson Championship. He will miss the cut and not play the weekend rounds.
" I just think I learned a lot in these two rounds and just didn't play my best out there today, and I still learned a lot," Guan said. "Still have a lot more to learn."
Guan last month made the cut at the Masters and then again in New Orleans, becoming the youngest player ever to make the cut on the PGA Tour. But after an opening 70 at TPC Four Seasons, Guan struggled in the second round with two double bogeys, five bogeys and two birdies to match 77s he had in weekend rounds during his first two PGA Tour events.
"This is a good tour event, it won't be that easy and I won't make the cut every time," said Guan, who wore a white Augusta National cap Friday with his bright green pants. "But I think I learned more and still a lot more to learn that help me play better and better."
While never getting specific about what he learned, the eighth-grader said he was having "a little bit" of trouble gauging the wind.
"The wind sometimes was slowing, but the same to everybody," he said.
Guan said he "probably" would stay in the United States to play more golf. He would only say that he had "a couple of invites" but wasn't sure of his schedule.
There are U.S. Open sectional qualifiers on June 3. Among the qualifier sites are Dallas and Memphis, the latter where the PGA Tour plays that week.
After driving into the rough and then hitting into two bunkers for a double-bogey 6 at No. 12, his third hole Friday, Guan had a 19-foot birdie putt on the following par 3. He then had five consecutive bogeys.
Guan steadied himself on his second nine, with seven pars and a birdie before a finishing double bogey at the 427-yard ninth hole after hitting his drive into the water.
"I just hit in the right spot on the back nine and kept myself in a safe place," he said. "Last couple of holes on the first nine I think I didn't play bad, just got in the wind and I got some bad luck. But that's golf."
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IRVING, Texas — Guan Tianlang was constantly tossing grass up in the air trying to get a feel for the swirling winds. He was often shaking his head.


text: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 Researchers Identify Core Measures to Evaluate PCMHs A new policy brief from The Commonwealth Fund describes recommendations of more than 75 researchers who identified a core set of standardized measures to evaluate the patient-centered medical home (PCMH). The brief focuses on 2 domains of medical home outcomes—clinical quality and cost/utilization. The researchers broadly agreed about the importance of assessing changes in clinical quality as part of any medical home program. They expressed concerns that the variation in populations and local PCMH emphasis might make uniform minimum quality measure sets difficult to generalize. Therefore, they agreed to a core set of principles that all evaluators should follow when examining clinical quality. In particular, they call for select measures from each of the following core areas of primary care measurement—preventive care, chronic disease management, acute care, overuse, and safety. The majority of researchers recommend including emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions as the primary utilization indicators in the minimum measure set. According to the group's analysis, these indicators were both consistent with the logic model that attempted to capture how a medical home could affect utilization, cost, and efficiency and were supported by at least some empirical evidence. For cost measures, there was consensus that evaluations of PCMHs should always include analysis of total per-member per-month cost effects for high-risk patients, since the PCMH initiative will most likely be able to detect a measureable effect on this patient population.


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Trade Adjustment Assistance Bill Pulled
In the face of a likely loss, the House Republican leadership pulled a trade bill from consideration late yesterday afternoon rather than face yet another embarrassing defeat. CQ has the details [$].
The bill would have reauthorized the Andean Trade Preference Act, which gives specific tariff reductions on certain products from Andean countries, for a further six months. Hardly the sort of significant trade liberalization that would justify passing the other part of the bill — a $2.4 billion per year extention of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, about which I blogged on Friday. Stay tuned, because unfortunately I doubt we've heard the last of this program.


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NEWS- Glad dad: No contempt in 'bomb' case
The father of the 15-year-old student ensnared in Albemarle County's bomb conspiracy dragnet escaped his own possible stay behind bars September 19 when a judge agreed that the dad's actions weren't sufficient to warrant a conviction.
"Technically, I think you violated the court order," said Circuit Court Judge Paul Peatross. "I'm dismissing the contempt. End of case."
"We won," said the dad afterward on the courthouse steps. In court, the father, a financial planner, declared from the stand that his June 22 letter to the Albemarle School Board was clumsy but not contemptible. "He's a smart man," said his lawyer, "but he's not a lawyer."
Because of the boy's age, the boy and his father have not been identified by the Hook. No bombs or detailed plans for any assault were ever found, and some parents contended that their children were convicted for idle chatter.
The Albemarle Board had expelled the boy following his late March conviction in juvenile court on two conspiracy charges. The dad testified that he was thrice asked by school superintendent Pam Moran– once in writing and twice verbally– to notify the Board if his son's status with the justice system changed.
The son's legal status improved dramatically May 19 when in a plea agreement the boy dropped the appeal of his conviction in exchange for accepting the lesser deferred charge of "communicating a threat." With good behavior, the charge would never actually be lodged against him, and the records would eventually be expunged.
Virginia law says a court has 15 days to provide information of such a change of status to a school board, but notice was never forwarded to Moran. Albemarle Circuit Clerk Shelby Marshall is on vacation until next week, according to deputy clerks, and did not respond to requests for comment.
The father testified he grew frustrated when the court failed to send the notice and claimed he never imagined that his letter– mailed a month after his son's plea agreement was accepted-– would put him in legal jeopardy.
"I felt the ball was in my court," he testified. "I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to all this law stuff."
During Tuesday's hearing, prosecutor Darby Lowe acknowledged that she obtained the dad's letter from School Board attorney Mark Trank. Whether Trank offered the letter or merely produced it when asked was unclear at press time. However, the fact that the family once sued the county school system caused some court watchers to wonder if there might be an element of payback at work.
As for the accused "plotter," he seems tired of the home-schooling that's been his only educational option since his expulsion.
"I want to play football again," says the boy, who would have begun his junior year at Albemarle High School this fall. "They don't have football in home school," cracked the parent of another boy ensnared in the alleged conspiracy. (That boy, the only one to face a jury, won an acquittal in mid-August and has enrolled for his freshman year at Albemarle.)
Ironically, it was the family of the 15-year-old who sought the closed hearing that landed the father in trouble. "We were objecting to a lot of evidence that we saw as improper," explains the dad. "We fully intended it to go to a jury trial."
So why the plea? "They offered us this deal," he says, "to make it all go away."
The only adult charged in the "bomb" case was a dad who wrote too much.


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Three benefits you can expect from going digital - if you're in the public sector, that is.
We all know that we should be adopting a 'digital by default' approach.
In the second of our blogs from GovDelivery's Dave Worsell, we look at the top three gains public sector organisations stand to make from digital by default.
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Public sector communicators are facing the double impact of increased demand for services but with falling budgets, which look set to continue to be squeezed.
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Once again the indices danced around on comments from politicians about the fiscal cliff, but each time we've seen less and less of a reaction as market players come to realize it is all meaningless posturing. The market is optimistic that a deal will eventually be done, and it is smart enough to realize that the interim comments aren't indicative of the actual progress.
Nonetheless, there is little else driving the market right now, so we are going to see reactions to any and all news about the fiscal cliff. At this point it's probably best to not overreact, but it sure can mess up a trade if you are caught by the wrong news at the wrong time.
I'd like to provide some profound insight here, but it really is just a market for short-term trades and little else. The market is a bit technically extended, but the bulls have the momentum and small-caps are acting well. It is a good time to stay focused on individual stock-picking.
I'm looking for more speculative action in some of the lower priced "junk" stocks. China HGS Real Estate (HGSH), for example, has moved very nicely. I also have China Auto Logistics (CALI) on my radar here. Action in those sorts of stocks tends to occur when the big picture is muddled, and when traders are anxious for some action. I see little else to do, so I'll be looking for some trades in the junk names.


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The 2nd version of my RSP hack that I published in post#358 appears to fix Stunt Racer 64, too. Stunt Racer 64 has the same ucode, or at least very resembling one. Good news! 3D is much better this time. I haven't tested much but the game appears to be close to playability. Geometry is perfect, while textures get distorted, but not too often.
Use just the same settings and plugins (see post#358), but this time use Project 64 1.5 as an emulator. In fact it runs both in 1.4 and 1.5, but I still advise 1.5. In contrast to WDC, Stunt Racer won't boot in Project64 1.6 (even with interpreter CPU).
Don't use my RSP with games other than these two. This plugin contains game-specific hacks, and other games will probably crash, sooner or later. Also I strongly advise you to backup your previous RSP.DLL.
Arghh...Emutalk still refuses to attach. Maybe Emutalk is against game-specific hacks?


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