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Edwin Jackson gambled, and he won. The question for the Cubs is whether he and Carlos Villanueva will win too much next season?
I wouldn't worry about it if I was President Theo Epstein or general manager Jed Hoyer. They still should be sitting pretty in the 2014 draft, even with a surprisingly deep starting rotation entering next season.
Jackson and Villanueva, both 29-year-old right-handers, agreed to contracts with the Cubs on Thursday, getting the biggest deals of any free-agent pitchers since Epstein essentially replaced Jim Hendry. Jackson gets a reported $52 million over four years; Villanueva $10 million over two years.
Neither of them got no-trade clauses. That gives them the same lack of protection as Scott Baker and Scott Feldman, who were signed as free agents in November, and holdovers Matt Garza, Jeff Samardzija and Travis Wood.
Jackson, the former White Sox import who helped the Nationals win in 2012, is going to his eighth team. But he has become a much better pitcher than the frequency of his moves would suggest.
In fact, since he was traded to the Sox at the deadline in 2010, he essentially has matched the regular-season performance of Anibal Sanchez, who just landed a five-year, $80-million deal with the Tigers after rejecting the Cubs.
You could say this is damning with faint praise, as Sanchez is 48-51 with a 3.75 career earned-run average, but you have to say Jackson is, at the least, an unusually dependable and reasonably average pitcher. Does that make him worth $13 million per year for four years? In this escalating market, with Zack Greinke landing a deal for $147 million, it does.
Jackson's slider is about as good of a put-away pitch as anything Sanchez has, and he throws harder — a lot harder. According to the PitchFX information at Fangraphs.com, Jackson hit 100 on a radar gun as recently as 2010 and last year peaked at 97.6 mph with an average of 93.4 on his fastball (fourth best in the National League among qualifiers, behind Samardzija, Jordan Zimmermann and Edinson Volquez).
Jackson lacks pitchability and killer instinct. But he's more respected in the game than you might think, as many still remember he got to the big leagues at 19 and marvel at his professionalism amid such a chaotic career. He was 22 when he first was traded, and he would be traded four more times before reaching free agency.
He signed a one-year, $11-million deal with the Nats rather than take multi-year offers from the Pirates and Orioles, and now has parlayed that into $63 million over five years. Nice move.
When it was known that the Cubs were pursuing him, I emailed an executive who knows him well.
"Like him,'' he said. "Been on some good teams. Athletic. Competes well.''
As for his improvement the last two years, he wrote: "Command (is) better now that he has learned how to harness his fastball. Slider always (his) out pitch. Solid No. 3 (or) 4 starter.''
Villanueva, who moved between the bullpen and the rotation with the Brewers and Blue Jays, offers the potential to become a No. 4 or 5 starter on a good team. He wants to start and is expected to get a chance, as will the Cubs' other six starters.
The one cloud is that Epstein pretty much promised Feldman he would be used as a starter and now he may have to earn his spot. But teams rarely find themselves with too many starters when they begin playing games.
Baker, who had some excellent years for the Twins, missed 2012 after Tommy John surgery and might not be ready before Opening Day. Garza seems likely to be traded at midseason, if not before, and last year's midseason purge of Ryan Dempster and Paul Maholm shows Epstein and Hoyer won't be shy about dealing for younger talent.
Don't look for the four free agent starters to turn the Cubs into an instant contender. They still are looking to 2015 and beyond, although they could drop a few spots in the 2014 draft if Jackson & Co. make them a 71-win team rather than the 61-win mess from last season.
Given how well Dempster and Maholm pitched before they were traded, a 10-win improvement might seem unlikely. Dempster's WAR averaged 3.2 over the last five seasons. But if Baker regains his pre-surgery form, he could match that. And the Cubs' big improvement should come at the bottom of the rotation.
Some combination of Villanueva, Feldman and Baker should get innings that went to the likes of Chris Volstad, Justin Germano, Brooks Raley and Chris Rusin. Those guys had a -4.8 WAR in their 45 starts. By eliminating that deficit, the Cubs may have made themselves a 70-win team. They're moving forward, albeit with baby steps.
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Former lawmakers in Kuwait sentenced over insult
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Kuwait's top court on Sunday sentenced three former opposition lawmakers to 20 months in prison for insulting the Western-backed country's ruler, though they will be allowed to remain free on bail, their lawyer said.
Lawyer Yousif al-Hirbish said the decision overturned an earlier appeals court verdict acquitting the three parliamentarians — Falah al-Sawwagh, Bader al-Dahoum and Khaled al-Tahous. They will be able to avoid prison time by paying 2,000 dinars bail — some $7,000.
The sentence foreshadows what may be the return of political unrest in Kuwait after months of calm. Activist Musallam al-Barrack has called for an opposition rally Tuesday, claiming that he will reveal sensitive information about alleged government corruption.
Al-Hirbish said the three former lawmakers sentenced Sunday would continue to participate in political rallies, though a special committee has yet to decide whether they can run again for public office.
"They believe in their cause, and have announced their participation in a political protest this coming Tuesday," he said.
The three were arrested in 2013 after participating in rallies opposing changes to Kuwait's voting rules made by the ruling emir. The arrests came during a period of an escalating crackdown over perceived political dissent in the small, oil-rich country.
OPEC member Kuwait has the Gulf's most free-wheeling political system, but denouncing the emir is illegal.

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Chances are you're at the St. Francis Fountain for weekend brunch and you need a coffee, but looking around at the old-timey decor is making you crave a milkshake. Resolve this quandary by ordering the Espresso Shake ($5 small; $7 large).
The mixture of Mitchell's vanilla ice cream and a fresh shot of espresso made from Peerless beans boasts rich coffee flavor with just a hint of bitterness in the background. This isn't a treat for kids, and since they use real java, you still get your requisite hit of morning caffeine.
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BALTIMORE -- Orioles rookie third baseman Manny Machado was a 4-year-old when Baltimore and the New York Yankees last met in the postseason. In case the kid needs a quick history lesson, left-hander David Wells won a game for Baltimore, Cecil Fielder and Darryl Strawberry homered for the Yankees, and a youngster named Jeffrey Maier stuck his glove in the middle of the whole thing.WHO HAS THE EDGE GRAPHIC
The 1996 AL Championship Series was a lifetime ago for many Orioles fans and a rather meaningless event in the development of Machado, now 20 and a key player in Baltimore's improbable, magnificent 2012 season. Sixteen years after the Yankees ousted the Orioles from the playoffs and advanced to the World Series, the teams resume their rivalry Sunday night in Game 1 of the AL Division Series. It will be Baltimore's first home postseason game since 1997. The Orioles spent much of the season chasing New York in the AL East, and now they have an opportunity to get the better of the Yankees in a far more significant scenario. After New York swept a three-game set in Baltimore in April, the Orioles rebounded to forge a split of the 18-game season series. "We've played those guys a lot this year. We know what they've got, they know what we've got," Orioles first baseman Mark Reynolds said. "It'll come down to a big pitch or a big at-bat." Or, the outcome could be influenced by a fan in pursuit of a souvenir. In the ninth inning of Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS, Maier stuck his glove over the right-field wall and appeared to rob Tony Tarasco of the chance to catch a deep fly hit by Derek Jeter. Umpire Rich Garcia called it a home run, and the Yankees won in extra innings en route to capturing the series 4-1. Jeter and Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte, who won the decisive fifth game of that series and is expected to start in Game 2 on Monday night, have been to many playoff series since. In this one, they enter as part of a team that went 14-4 down the stretch to finish with the AL's best record. And yet, the Yankees open the series on the road. "That's the topic of discussion right now but, you know, this is a one year thing and we're going to have to win some games on the road most likely anyway if we make it to the promised land," Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira said. "We're not going to complain about starting the first two on the road." And the Orioles? Well, they're delighted to be playing in front of their home fans, but really, they're just happy to be playing at this time of year -- period. After their abrupt exit from the postseason in 1996, the Orioles returned in 1997. Fourteen straight losing seasons followed before they put together an unimaginable 93-69 record this year under former Yankees manager Buck Showalter. For an encore, Baltimore beat the Texas Rangers and their best pitcher Yu Darvish 5-1 on Friday night in the one-game, win-or-go-home wild-card round. The Yankees' first-game starter will be ace CC Sabathia (15-6, 3.38 ERA). The big left-hander came into the season 16-2 lifetime versus the Orioles and 10-1 in Baltimore, but that was against the old Orioles. This year, he went 0-2 in three starts at Camden Yards. On Sept. 8, Sabathia yielded five runs and eight hits -- including three homers -- in 6 1-3 innings. That prompted questions about his health, and Sabathia insisted he was fine. He proved it in his final three starts of the regular season, going 2-0 while allowing four runs and 13 hits in 24 innings. New York comes in as the favorite, but that means nothing to the Orioles. Getting a fine start from August addition Joe Saunders, Baltimore knocked off the two-time defending AL champs on Friday night in Texas. "The Rangers were the consensus favorite to win the American League, and for us to come out of nowhere was pretty awesome," reliever Darren O'Day said. "We were picked to finish in the basement in the AL East. The only guys who believed in us were the guys in our clubhouse. We just kept playing." And so, the Orioles will keep playing well into October. "People thought we'd be making tee times right now," O'Day said.


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Bunco game has been going on for over half a century
In the late 1950s, some stay-at-home moms in the Mount Oliver area decided to find something fun to do without their children, but within walking distance of each another.
When one of the women suggested the dice game Bunco, a tradition was born that has surpassed the half-century mark.
Today, Miriam Bertha, 84, the only original member, is among eight South Hills women who meet monthly at members' homes to play Bunco -- and often wearing her "Bunco Babe" tee-shirt.
The host for a particular month serves lunch, and everyone brings a dessert. There is also an annual Christmas party.
"It is something I look forward to with the girls. It is the camaraderie.
"Some of the girls in Mount Oliver and Carrick I don't see as much as I used to. The game keeps our friendship going," said Mrs. Bertha, who lived in the same house on Anthony St. in Mount Oliver for 78 years before moving to Whitehall.
Three of the members still live in Mount Oliver.
To play, everyone pitches in $2. The women sit four to a table, and each has a partner.
Three dice are rolled over six rounds, with players aiming for the target number.
For instance, in Round 1, players want to roll a 1 on the dice, for which they receive points. The same goes for rolling a 2 in Round 2, and so on.
"We're not cut-throat.
"We talk so much sometimes we forget if we are trying to roll a two or three or something else," Mrs. Bertha said.
Whoever wins the most rounds is the winner.
The $16 is divided among the three highest scores and a couple of dollars for the lowest score.
As the game is all about luck with no decisions to be made, the women are free to socialize, which is fine with Alberta Sherman, 83.
"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what to do.
"So while we're playing we catch up on our families," she said.
The Jefferson Hills woman learned of Bunco 25 years ago when childhood friend Frances Cercone, of Mount Oliver, told her about the monthly get-togethers.
While the game -- and the pleasure the women derive from one another -- remains intact, time has left its mark.
Some players do not drive anymore, making getting a ride to a game difficult. In that case, subs are contacted
If there are no bannisters on staircases in a host's home, the game will often be moved to a restaurant.
The liquor which used to be served at lunches has been replaced with water or soft drinks due to health concerns or medications.
"Things change," Mrs. Bertha said.


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04 January 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
Lantheus Medical Imaging and Fujifilm RI Pharma (FRI) eneter 10-year deal to license and distribute Cardiolite and Neurolite in Japan
Singapore: Lantheus Medical Imaging, a global leader in developing, manufacturing and distributing innovative diagnostic imaging agents, has entered into a new agreement with Fujifilm RI Pharma (FRI) to license and distribute Cardiolite and Neurolite in Japan. While Cardiolite is a kit for the preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi for injection, Neurolite is a kit for the preparation of Technetium Tc99m Bicisate for injection.
Under the terms of the new 10-year agreement, which is effective January 1, 2013, and is in continuation with an earlier 10-year agreement with FRI, Lantheus will continue to supply FRI with Cardiolite and Neurolite in finished form as well as provide the raw materials to manufacture and sell the products in unit dose form. Cardiolite and Neurolite are technetium-based radiopharmaceutical imaging agents used in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
"We are pleased to continue our long-term collaborative relationship with FRI, which we've successfully developed over the past 10 years," said Mr Don Kiepert, president and chief executive officer, Lantheus Medical Imaging. "Japan represents one-of-the-largest markets for imaging agents worldwide. As such, we share a joint commitment with FRI to provide proven, reliable medical imaging technologies to healthcare providers and patients. This commitment includes ensuring continued access to Cardiolite and Neurolite for SPECT imaging."
"Lantheus is the ideal partner for FRI in the Japanese diagnostic imaging market as we have a shared view of the clinical value and benefits of radiopharmaceuticals in the diagnosis of disease," said Mr Yoshiro Kumano, president and chief executive officer, FRI. "Our customers are our top priority, and we will continue to meet their needs by offering Cardiolite and Neurolite for use in cardiovascular and brain imaging, respectively."


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Science highlight - Whirlpools at the Edge of Space
Earth's magnetosphere protects the planet from the electrically charged particles pouring from the Sun. However, it is only partially effective. Giant whirlpools of plasma can form along the flanks of our magnetic shield, boring into it. These whirlpools are generated by the solar wind sliding past Earth's magnetic field in roughly the same way as wind blows across the surface of an ocean.
Thanks to multi-point measurements taken by Cluster, the size of these vortices has been found to be huge: around 40 000 km across, nearly six times Earth's radius.
Computer simulations show that these whirlpools inject electrified gas into Earth's magnetic environment by forcing magnetic reconnection to take place. This opens passageways that allow the plasma to cross the usually impenetrable boundary.
This discovery has solved a long-running mystery about how the outer layer of Earth's magnetosphere can be constantly topped up with electrified gas, when it had been thought that it should be acting as a shield.


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Halbert, Maguire Shine at Inaugural Stockton-Half Mile
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (May 14, 2013) - For the first time in 2013, the fire breathing twin cylinder beasts of the AMA Pro Flat Track presented by J&P Cycles Championship made their way onto the race track. The Championship visited the brand new 99 Speedway located in Stockton, California at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. The new venue proved to be very racy as multiple lines afforded three and four wide racing all night long.
The twenty-five lap Grand National Main Event saw many lead changes as Washington neighbors Brad Baker and Sammy Halbert thrilled the crowd with their "no holds barred" battle.
"They had just watered the track which was great to see," said the South East Harley-Davidson backed Halbert. "They took some initiative to prep the track before we went out there for the main event so we could put on a better show. I bumped into him (Baker) one time and I was right beside him a couple times coming down the front straightaway. I was kind of going off the edge of the track and spinning my tire. I was fighting for that last piece of real estate. I think it made a great show for the fans to show that kind of aggression for the lead."
"It feels good. You can't complain about second as it's always a good finish," said Baker (Dodge Brothers Racing). "It has been pretty consistent with me right now. I've had three races and had three seconds. It is just a trend of leading about 20 laps and getting it taken away from me with about five to go."
"Sammy rode an awesome race. We had a good battle the whole time," added Baker. "We were close at the beginning. I felt myself gap him a little bit and I started feeling him there a little bit at the end."
After leading the first two laps, Halbert gave way to Baker, but continued to challenge as they raced back and forth. "Brad came by me and I know he was hungry for a win. I thought to myself, 'Let's see if I can steal another one from him.' He was right there and I didn't want to be the guy who gave him that first win so I had to dig deep," said Halbert. "I was getting tired and he was starting to pull away and I started thinking about that big Harley-Davidson contingency and I was like, 'I want that money. Let's go!'"
"I got on the gas, found a line on the outside there in turn three and four and made it happen. It took me awhile to get around Brad," said Halbert.
"He studied me the whole time and tested some things. He found something there on the last five laps and made it happen," said Baker. "It's pretty cool. He got to take it from me. It's just a Washington deal. I think it is cool that we get to race like that. I am hoping that when I finally get that first win that maybe Sammy will be there battling with me. I've had three seconds and am doing well in the points. It is a big goal of mine to stay consistent."
Halbert was able to finally secure the lead for good on lap twenty and pulled to nearly a one second lead on the last lap. That was the largest lead of the race. The win marked Halbert's return to racing action for the first time since suffering a knee injury over the winter that required surgery. "
"That was a pretty good way to come back to racing. It's been a while," said Halbert. "I haven't ridden a bike much. I've just been training and doing a lot of exercising. I've been really focused lately and working hard. I think it's paying off. I got the holeshot, which was awesome."
The leaders had gapped what turned into a great race over third. Jake Johnson (Zanotti Racing/Harley-Davidson), Rob Pearson (Weirbach Racing/Harley-Davidson), Henry Wiles (Lloyd Brothers Motorsports/Harley-Davidson) and Mikey Martin (Bonneville Performance/Triumph) were in tight formation until Johnson and Wiles were able to pull a small lead over Pearson.
Wiles was able to nail down the last podium spot on lap 22. "It was just that there were so many things that were kind of new. It was a bike that had never even hit the track before today," said Wiles. "That is how new everything was. To end up finishing third was a great night. You can't shake a stick at that. I think we might have been able to run the pace of those guys up front. I didn't even get in front of Jake until the five to go. Fourth even would have been a good night for us. Getting on the box makes it that much more for the team and everybody involved."
Johnson was able to hold on to fourth over Pearson, while AMA Pro Racing Grand National point leader Brandon Robinson (TJ Burnett/USC Kawasaki) clawed his way up to sixth. Harley-Davidson Motor Company's Kenny Coolbeth came all the way from last to a finish in a solid seventh place on his Harley-Davidson.
Doug Lawrence (R&J Racing/Harley-Davidson), fast qualifier Jeffrey Carver Jr. (Kiesow Racing/Harley-Davidson) and Martin rounded out the top ten.
The New 99 Speedway (a recently constructed 3/8 mile clay oval) sits inside the big mile oval at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds. Because the track uses no part of the mile, there are virtually no barriers around the racing surface. This played a big part in turning what potentially would have been a catastrophe into simply a very bad night of racing for defending Grand National Champion Jared Mees (Rogers Racing/Harley-Davidson) when he slid off the groove early on. "I got an ok start then I was coming into turn three and Wiles ran around on the outside," said Mees. "He got a little bit of a bike length on me and right as I was coming up underneath him, he spun it sideways bad, and when it came back in line I was right there. It was almost the hardest high side. I don't know how I didn't crash. If there would have been a wall there I would have been done. I went out on the mile straightaway and came back in. I was pretty shaken up about it really. That was really like having my life flash before my eyes kind of thing. It was really disappointing because we really felt like we were on a good roll. You just have pick yourself up and keep going forward."
Brandon Robinson continues to lead the AMA Pro Flat Track presented by J&P Cycles Championship points race, but Brad Baker is just seven back with Henry Wiles and Jake Johnson within ten points of the lead.
AMA Pro J&P Cycles Pro Singles
Crowd favorite Shayna Texter (Crosley Radio, Howerton Motorsports/Honda CRF450R) dove to the bottom of turn two on the first lap of the sixteen lap AMA Pro J&P Cycles Pro Singles main event and took the lead from Rodney Spencer Jr. (GP Sports, 831 Pinnit/Honda CRF450R), but yet another Washington hot shoe, Wyatt Maguire (Kirkland Racing, Pro1racingheads.com/Honda CRF450R) made quick work of both and took off.
With Maguire pulling to nearly a five second lead, all eyes were focused on the scramble that was going on just behind Texter. Spencer Jr., Bronson Bauman (Rod Lake, RGR, Hooper Motorsports/Honda CRF450R), Kyle Johnson (DAO Apparel, X-Trim/Kawasaki KX450F), Cole Frederickson (AXO Sport/Honda CRF450R) and Hunter Taylor (Hunter Manufacturing) were all trying to occupy the same real estate.
Maguire's smooth ride propelled him to his first win in the Pro Singles class. "I won my first AMA Pro Singles race. It feels pretty good," said Maguire. "It was definitely tough getting through the field but we ended up changing gears and it helped a lot. It feels incredible to pull off my first ever victory here in Stockton. I need to thank my family and all of my sponsors, without them I would never have the opportunity to experience something like this."
Kyle Johnson backed up his Daytona win with another podium appearance, passing Spencer Jr. on lap 11 and leading the large swarm to the finish line. Johnson and Maguire are co-leaders in the AMA Pro J&P Cycles Pro Singles point standings.
Frederickson, Taylor, Bauman, Ryan Kearns (Stockton Moto/Honda CRF), Ryan Wells (Waters Auto Body/Honda CRF450R) and defending series champion Stephen Vanderkuur (Parkinson Brothers RacingHonda CRF450R) filled out the top ten.


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Some new polls out this week suggest that the GOP tax cuts aren't making much of difference to many Americans. Half the respondents in a Politico/Morning Consult poll conducted between March 1 and March 5 said they haven't seen an increase in their paychecks, while just 27 percent have. A Gallup poll conducted between February 26 and March 4 found that 64 percent of respondents haven't noticed a change in their take-home pay, while 32 percent have.
And support for the bill seems to be leveling off, with 46 percent of the Politico/Morning Consult respondents saying they support the bill and 36 percent saying they disapprove, basically unchanged from two weeks ago. While Gallup did detect an increase in support – 39 percent, up from 33 percent in January – a larger percentage disapprove at 48 percent.
It may be that the tax cuts are too small for the average wage earner to notice, much to the disappointment of Republicans who were counting on a political boost from the legislation.
A story in The New York Times Wednesday suggests that some voters, especially blue-collar workers, may just be a bit underwhelmed by the size of the cuts. A machine shop worker from Dayton, Ohio, told the Times he was seeing about $30 more a week in his paycheck, but made it clear that the money was relatively small potatoes: "It's just a little extra money I can count on. It's not going to change my life."


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Tennessee's Higher Ed Funding Plan Rewards Success
E-newsletter Issue #103 | October 25, 2012
Every five years, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission completes a master plan that provides guidance on what universities and colleges should be doing for the state.
There was just one problem with it.
"It wasn't paid much attention to by the institutions, I think, because there wasn't much linkage between the state goals and the funding," said David Wright, chief policy officer for the higher education commission. "The funding was based on (student) enrollment. The formula itself, even for all of its faults, had not been fully funded since the mid '90s. Nothing was driving institutional behavior other than their own institutional goals or institutional statistics."
Wright was a featured speaker at a recent CSG South webinar called "Higher Education Finance Reform: Lessons from Tennessee."
Wright said higher education in the Volunteer State was in a bad position. State appropriations were dropping, inflation was increasing and tuition continued to go up. In addition, the state's colleges and universities weren't producing enough graduates to meet the demands of businesses.
"This was not a sustainable situation," he said. "We could no longer afford to just write the next master plan for higher education and hope for things to change."
So in 2010, the Tennessee legislature passed the Complete College Tennessee Act. The legislation's goal is to have Tennessee meet the national average of the number of residents earning college degrees or certificates by 2025. That means the state needs an additional 210,000 degrees or certificates by 2025, which translates into a 4 percent increase each year.
One of the main policy levers the higher education commission is using to reach that goal is a completely revamped funding formula based solely on how well the institutions are serving their students.
"The question of, 'How does a state government go about making decisions to allocate taxpayer dollars to institutions?' for decades, every institution answered that question with enrollment," said Russ Deaton, associate executive director for Fiscal Policy and Administration at the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. "If you can count enrollment to do that (allocate funding), why can't you count something else?"
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Deaton said higher education institutions are measured based on student progression. University funding is based on things such as how many students have completed 24, 48 or 72 credit hours, earned degrees, the number earning degrees per 100 full-time equivalent students and the graduation rate. Community college performances are based on how many students have earned 12, 24 or 36 hours, earned associate degrees or succeeded in remedial education, and the amount of workforce training the school has done.
Deaton said each outcome is weighted based on the mission of that particular school. For instance, Austin Peay State University offers bachelor's degrees, but has few doctoral degrees and academic research. The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, however, has an extensive offering of doctoral degrees and a strong emphasis on research. Thirty percent of Austin Peay's outcomes are based on bachelor's degrees, compared to 15 percent at UT-Knoxville. None of Austin-Peay's performance is based on students earning doctoral or law degrees, while 10 percent of UT-Knoxville's is.
"We think a model like this works whether appropriations are stagnant, increasing or decreasing," Deaton said. "All state funding is back up for grabs every year. We've tried to attack the entitlement mentality for state funding. … We now take the view that all appropriations basically come back to a central location, if you will, and then we send them back out every year based on the new outcomes. Each institution essentially has to re-earn its funding every year."
Wright said in abstract, the idea of rewarding colleges and universities for their performance sounded like a great idea all institutions could support. When the details of the plan started coming together, the idea became a little bit of a harder sale. In the end, he said, the universities and colleges supported the change because of the wide range of outcomes that were going to be measured.
"The outcomes model included so many outcomes that for years, they've been pursuing and the state was largely ignoring from a funding perspective, like workforce development," Wright said. "It was an extraordinarily easy model to sell because of the things we were going to fund them for doing."
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- Supreme Court Cases of Interest to States
- Future of Transportation Funding Still a Concern
- Governor Touts Consensus on Energy Issues
- CSG to Unveil Transmission Line Siting Compact
- Living Out of Dreams, Not Fear


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Microsoft Corp., as part of its outreach to the open-source community, has released a new official Windows Media Player plug-in for Firefox 2.0 that resolves problems with the older one.
The plug-in enables Windows Media Player to work on Firefox for Windows Vista and resolves known issues with the old one, wrote Hank Janssen, the program manager for Port 25, Microsoft's software lab that works with open source, on a company blog Monday.
The plug-in, available on Firefox's add-on site, is compatible with the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the XP SP2 and Vista OSes.
The plug-in is backwards compatible with Windows Media Player version 6.4 and also adds support for Windows OCX scripting interfaces, which allows developers to add more functionality to applications.
Microsoft is working on another plug-in for Firefox, the main competitor to the company's latest Internet Explorer 7 browser. In November, the Port 25 lab said it was working with Mozilla Corp. to develop a plug-in for CardSpace, Microsoft's identity management technology.
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As it turns out, UFC president Dana White believes in second, or maybe third, chances.
Nine months after White gave Karo Parisyan (19-5 MMA, 9-3 UFC) his walking papers, the welterweight veteran is octagon bound once again for a meeting with Dennis Hallman (41-13-2 MMA, 1-4 UFC) at UFC 123.
Although not officially announced by the promotion, UFC 123 is expected to take place Nov. 20 at Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Michigan.
Multiple sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that both fighters have agreed to the contest and are in the process of finalizing paperwork. The match-up was first reported by MMAFighting.com.
White said Parisyan would never again fight in the octagon when the Armenian-American fighter withdrew from a scheduled match-up with submission specialist Dustin Hazelett at UFC 106 this past November. It was the second last-minute withdrawal for Parisyan, who also bowed out of a fight against Yoshiyuki Yoshida at UFC 88 with a back injury.
But the Los Angeles native did not give up on a return. He campaigned publicly for another shot in the UFC following a second-round submission of Ben Mortimer at Impact FC: The Uprising" in Australia.
"I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and praying that they'll give me another chance and I can come back and redeem myself," he told MMAjunkie.com Radio.
And as it turns out, he got his wish.
In his most recent octagon appearance, Parisyan outpointed Dong Hyun Kim at UFC 91. But his win was changed to a no-contest when a post-fight drug test revealed the presence of prescription painkillers. He was subsequently fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and ordered to pay a fine of $32,000.
In the months before his UFC 106 bout, Parisyan cut a deal with Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer to use his UFC bout purses to pay off the fine in installments. It's unknown whether the purse from his Nov. 20 fight will serve as the first installment of his debt.
While there had undoubtedly been rocky times in their relationship, Parisyan said he and White remain on good terms.
"Dana and I are pretty good friends, and we were very close friends at the time (of the UFC 106 withdrawal)," Parisyan earlier said. "Dana felt kind of betrayed, and he felt really hurt that he did something for me and I just didn't pay (it) back.
"But it had nothing to do with Dana or the UFC. The last thing I wanted to do was anything toward them. I don't [expletive] where I eat."
Hallman, meanwhile, returns to action after a key victory over Ben Saunders at UFC 117. A significant underdog, the Northwest veteran used his significant advantage on the mat to cruise ahead on judges' scorecards for a unanimous decision.
The win likely saved his UFC job. After stints in the IFL and Strikeforce, Hallman returned to the octagon this past December and suffered a heartbreaking, last-minute loss to John Howard at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale. He subsequently mused about a move to the lightweight class, where he felt he would be more competitive, but he put the plans on the backburner with the Saunders booking.
For additional coverage of UFC 123, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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France is the largest electric vehicle market in Europe [fr]
France is the largest electric vehicle market in Europe
The implementation of an environmentally responsible public policy at the national and local leveland thesupplyof vehicles produced by French manufacturers have enabled France to become the largest electric vehicle market in Europe.
1) Public policy that promotes increased use of electric vehicles in France
The environmental policy and the measures to promote the energy transition encourage the purchase and sale of electric vehicles. The introduction of various incentives is part of this approach, with in particular the environmental bonus created in 2008 aimed at rewarding those who purchase new cars with the lowest CO2 emissions. The bonus currently amounts to €6,300, irrespective of the purchaser, company, community or individual.
The national plan to develop electric and hybrid vehicles was announced in October 2009.
In this context, measures have been taken with respect to developing recharging infrastructure for electric and hybrid vehicles: funding to develop this infrastructure will be provided by the Agency for the Environment and Energy Management (http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/getDoc?id=86235&p1=1). However, it's theCity of Tomorrow program implemented by the Caisse des Dépôts that will fund innovative and exemplary sustainable mobility projects. (http://www.caissedesdepots.fr/activite/domaines-daction/investissements-davenir/ville-de-demain-1000-meur.html)
2) Locally implemented measures
This success can be explained by the involvement of city councils and local authorities in the electromobility field.
Many French cities have introduced an electric vehicle sharing service (car sharing system), for example "Autolib" in Paris, introduced on the initiative of Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, and "l'Auto bleue" in Nice, "Sunmoove" in Lyon and "Bluecub" in Bordeaux, etc.
The "Electromobile City Trophy" is an award presented every year to regional and local authorities (cities, inter-municipal associations, etc.) that are especially committed to giving momentum to sustainable mobility, especially electric mobility, in their region. (http://www.france-mobilite-electrique.org/trophees-des-villes-electromobiles,106.html )
3) Innovative French manufacturers
The supply of vehicles produced by French manufacturers (Renault has played a pioneering role in this area) has helped France to achieve this top ranking. Indeed, Renault has sold the largest number of electric vehicles in Europe (6,000 cars during the first half of 2013), ahead of Nissan (5,500 cars) and Smart (1,500 cars).
4) Conclusive results
Europe has become the second largest market for electric vehicles behind the United States and ahead of Japan. 18,939 electric vehicles were registered in Europe during the first half of 2013 (compared with 15,503 during the first half of 2012), while the United States registered almost 30,000 electric cars and Japan less than 6,000.
France is consolidating its leading position within Europe. In 2013, the French market for electric and hybrid vehicles represented 3.1% of the global passenger car market in France. Compared to 2012, sales of electric vehicles (passenger cars and light commercial vehicles) increased by 50% and sales of hybrid vehicles increased by 60%. In total, 8,779 electric passenger cars were registered in France in 2013. Sales increased by more than 50% compared with the 5,663 vehicles registered in 2012. Sales volumes in France were twice as high as in Germany (3,000 cars) and Norway (2,500 cars).


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An ultra-marathon that honors the running traditions of a Mexican tribe will go on next year, even though its founder died last month in southwestern New Mexico.
Ultra-runner Micah True's body was found March 31 after he failed to return from a routine run. His agent, Scott Leese, says a foundation and memorial fund have been created to honor the 58-year-old.
Leese says the Caballo Blanco Foundation will focus on True's support for the indigenous Tarahumara of Mexico, their running traditions and the annual 50-mile-plus ultra-marathon through Copper Canyon. Nicknamed Caballo Blanco, True started the race in 2003 as a way to highlight the Tarahumara's extreme running prowess.
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Game Dogs: Episode 10: E3
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Nah i caught it.
This series looks pretty good for something made bay a
Wow so after sitting through the previous mediocre 9 episodes my persistence finally pays off with something utterly hilarious. That was one of the funniest escapist videos to date. And then the Jay and Silent Bob reference at the end was pretty damn awesome too. Good job I hope the rest are that funny.
Well one of the girls in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only was a tranny, or at least once a man so, who's to say there aren't some Booth Babes who are the same?
Also shame on those who don't know that that reference is actually of Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.
I think this is more furry now :P
Not as good as some of the previous episodes, the um... sniffing scene went on a lot longer than I would have liked but Mr. Yee was funny.
did not now the james bond part
I knew the reference was Silence of the lambs and then later on used in Clerks and now this
hope to god everyone watched until the end of the credits. that was fucking hilarious!!!!
brilliant russ,
Y'know some people would say you're intentionally trying to annoy/freak out the non-furry crowd.
Not that that episode was weird or anything, not at all.
Well, you learn something new every day.
Pandering to the furries now?
not funny. it just felt awquard. there was no jokes what so ever. it was bad
Well, I found a clip. But seriously, I'm pretty sure that oposting this kind of YouTube video violates a rule in this forum!
That was a funny ep. I was wondering just how long Mr.Yee was going to the the butt smelling thing and then the "buffalo bill tuck dance" at the end was just priceless.
Pretty good, but still not as good as apocalypse lane or Doralius.
If that was Jon St. John, +10 epic
if not, a damn good faux voice.
...and I'm only on my first cup of coffee. :P
Oh, and I loved the cross-dressing booth bitch (was I the only one who noticed her Adam's apple when she first appeared?), added some uncomfortably hilarious moments. I had to look up the song that plays at the end. I remembered it from Clerks II and before that Silence of the Lambs. Thankfully, good ol' YouTube came to the rescue.
"Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus (1988/1991)
Aww, poor Bob.
Great show, guys!
haha, Pedo Bear cameo was worth an extra chuckle :p was a funny in a very awkward way, episode. But i loved the parody throughout it. haha, thats why i could never work on a Panel at E3 or anything like that, i'd just want to go off and see other peoples fun stuff XD
Okay, THAT was actually pretty frakin' funny. :) I don't normally give Game Dogs much of a chance these days, but something told me to watch this one. THAT was pretty damn funny. :)
That was so awkward! xD
Haha, this episode was epic! Love Bob's expression at the end! Keep things this good and I might take back my jumping the shark comment!
Oh come on, I'm a furry and even I thought that ending was awkward. Still a pretty good show though. Dunno why people are saying this is a show meant for furries. It could be about friggin stick figures and I wouldnt feel much different. :D
Ha, I loved that "Booth Bitch" moment, that was actually hilariously clever. Technicalities FTW!
The butt sniffing thing sort of wore out it's stay, it just got disturbing after a little bit. If it went on a bit shorter the punchline would probably have a bigger impact (With the booth bitch not really being a bitch at all! Still find that funny).
Overall, a good episode, still interested in seeing more.
Poor Bob, his simple innocence has been roughly shaken thanks to Rogers computer. FINALLY I get my wish granted and at least see a trailer so hopefully some gameplay footage next time.
Hahahahahah, I love the Buffalo Bill and Office Space references at the end XD
It sounds like a bitchin idea. I always wanted a game where you kill penguins and work for Satan at the same time. Great episode and make this game! SATAN COMMANDS IT!
Run, Pedobear, run!
I haven't watched an episode in three weeks. Decided to give this one a try.
This one just goes to show how desperate you guys are. The jokes are completely random and awkward. They make no sense what-so-ever with implied internet memes. Also it is very obvious you are trying to cater to furries now.
I think it is too late to continue to sell this on "potential." This series should be axed as soon as possible.
The morons who think random old internet memes are funny, people who lack a sense of humor and furries are the only thing keeping this horrible series alive.
Lets count to see how many people under 14 will get the end joke
The final bit after the credits was amazing...ly creepy. Hilarious!
I will say that I found this funnier than usual, but seriously guys...nearly 60 seconds of the same joke? I thought the Mr. Yee sniffing thing was funny for about 15 seconds...then I realized it was still going...then I was bored...then I decided that you guys discovered that you had run out of material for this episode and stretched a 10 second joke WAAAY too long as filler. It's kinda shameful, and kinda sad since this episode had potential to be perfect.
I'll keep watching 'cause you guys do have a few strong points and I'm starting to love Roger (not so much Chet and Beth though...)
No, I saw him too. I lol'd.
Well, this episode seems to have had the most sexual content to date. Plus traps, which was a big leap forward. I believe we are slowly but surely working our way towards yiff.
Not that I want to see that.
I WANT SATAN'S RETRIEVER'S TO BE MADE WHEN THEY SAY IT COMES OUT! They can make Gay Unicorns and Killer Polar Bears on Adult Swim, you guys can make a descent Satanic Goat Dog with a Halo here!
EPIC! Though... No more Dog Butt Sniffing please...
...Oh, wow... Sniffing butts. That's a high-brow humor right there. Even better than Pratchett.
South Park did "fart sniffing" joke years ago and even they made it look fun.
Other than that, the only thing funny in this episode was Bob. Too bad I had to fast-forward the furry scene...
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Care to guess how many people attended E3 2014?
E3 2014 is basically over, but the news will continue to trickle out of the internet, like a thin stew dribbling down the beard of some weary old man. It may surprise you to learn that more people attended the show than last year, but it wasn't all good news.
Michael Gallagher headlines
Video game researcher "cautiously optimistic" over Biden meeting
Members of the video game industry met with US VP Joe Biden yesterday at the White House to discuss how or if violent video games contribute to gun violence in the US.
E3 2012 sees 45,700 attendees, next venue to be announced "soon"
Michael D. Gallagher, president and CEO of the ESA, organizers of E3, has said the year's event brought 45,700 industry professionals to LA.
ESA - E3 2013 may not be held in LA due to proposed stadium construction
ESA president Michael Gallagher has told the LA Times E3 may leave Los Angeles in 2013 if certain issues are not resolved. According to Gallagher, the trade body is prepared to "go elsewhere" should discussions with officials – which are ongoing – fall through. The issue at hand is the construction of the proposed Farmers […]
ESA seeking $1.1m payout from California after Supreme Court ruling
After losing its bid to impose a law that would make the sale of mature-rated games to minors illegal, the state of California has been asked to reimburse the Electronic Software Association for the industry body's role in the lobbying.
ESA: 45,000 attendees, 200 companies expected to be at E3
ESA boss Michael Gallagher has said that 45,000 people are expected to attend E3 this week, with 200 companies set to exhibit at the show.
NPD December 2010 - Xbox 360 sees YoY increase with 1.86 million units, Black Ops is software winner
NPD figures for the month of December 2010, released last night, showed that Xbox 360 enjoyed year-on-year increase for the month – the only console to do so – with 1.9 million sales in the US.Call of Duty: Black Ops topped the December charts, and was also named the biggest-selling American game of 2010.
Report - US economy recipient of $5B in 2009 from game industry
A study conducted on behalf of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), has found the US economy was the lucky recipient of $5 billion in 2009 thanks to the gaming industry.
ESA: Industry needs its own weekly top ten sales chart
Michael Gallagher, president of the Entertainment Software Association, has said that the games industry needs its own form of top ten sales chart just like film and music.
This year's E3 to be "biggest and best ever", says Riccitello
It's officially five weeks to E3 today. How are those bunkers coming along?
E3 registration now open, Take Two exhibitor again
The ESA's now officially opened up registration for this year's E3.
ESRB looking to rate App Store games
App Store games are not currently rated, but the ESRB is hoping that will change."We've been down this road before," said CEO Michael Gallagher. "We know how this goes and it's wise for [Apple] to make steps in that direction so that this is addressed up front and there is an environment that is hospitable […]
ESA: "Our best, brightest, and boldest days lie ahead"
Entertainment Software Association (ESA) president Michael Gallagher has said during his E3 keynote speech that the gaming industry's "best, brightest, and boldest days lie ahead."Gallagher recognised the recent decline in sales in the US, but insisted that compared with other media industries, gaming is performing admirably. He went on to say that families offered the […]
Mike Gallagher: "E3 has never been a consumer show"
The ESA's Michael Gallagher has said that E3 has "never been a consumer show" and that to offer public days during the event would be a "pretty significant change"."E3 has never been a consumer show, so that would be a pretty significant change," Gallagher told IGN. "Obviously, from this year's format we look at a […]
USTR puts Canada on Priority Watch List for piracy
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk has placed Canada on the Priority Watch List for piracy alongside Algeria, Argentina, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, and Venezuela.This is the first time Canada has been put on such a list by the US government, and after complaining to the country for some time now over […]
ESA head excited about Into The Pixel art exhibit, says games are art
SXSW may not be the best for games news, but at least the Texan festival's got some pretty pictures to look at.ESA's Michael Gallagher has said he's excited about the Into The Pixel art exhibit his organization and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences co-curate at the event."We're excited to bring Into the Pixel […]
Natsume joins ESA
Natsume's joined the ESA, the publisher's confirmed."Natsume is a respected video game publisher and a welcome addition to the ESA," said ESA boss Michael Gallagher."We are pleased to represent them and look forward to working with Natsume's talented leadership and employees as they lead the way in developing creative new gaming experiences for families."Natsume does […]
Southpeak joins ESA
Southpeak's joined ESA, making a nice change from companies leaving the US trade body."We welcome Southpeak Interactive to the ESA, and look forward to experiencing first-hand the array of creative products for which it is known," said Michael Gallagher, CEO of the ESA."We are proud to represent the entire videogame industry and look forward to […]
ESA to revisit membership charges
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Outside of this blog, I don't do a lot of talking about diabetes. When I'm at the beach with my daughter and my friends, or hanging out with my husband, it's not diabetes-talk all the time. It's not:
"Yeah, let's definitely check out that movie! My blood sugar is 93 mg/dL."
"Do you want to go to dinner at 7.30 or 8? I put a new pump site in today."
"Hey Sparl – we need to remember to get more cat food when we go to the store. I checked my feet this morning to make sure I didn't have any blisters or wounds. Oh, and we need bananas."
Nope. Most of my diabetes musings take place on my blog, because it's where I can stash all of my diabetes-related thoughts and issues for safe-keeping, letting me empty out my brain and go about the rest of my day without tilting to one side due to diabetes overload of the frontal lobe. (I imagine my brain with a kangaroo pocket on the front, and that's where all the diabetes crap lives. None of this is medically accurate.)
Lately, I haven't had much time to empty out the pocket. Blood sugars have been unsettled the last two weeks (despite insulin) and the work/life balance is off kilter at the moment, as I've been dedicating a lot of time to a side project (due this afternoon – thank goodness!) and spending as much time as possible with Birdy before heading out to AADE this week. Time to sit down and shake out my brain has been tough to come by. I need to regroup asap, as diabetes thoughts are starting to spill out awkwardly.
"Hey Siah! Do you want to come in? A waffle has 18 grams of carbs, you silly kitty."
"A meow doesn't have any carbs."
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Ideas and Activities for Celebrating National Teacher Day
Recognizing and celebrating the important roles and contributions of educators can take many forms. Below are some ideas to get you started in your community.
In the Community
- Run congratulatory messages on electronic signs outside banks or other businesses, or on billboards, banners or storefront signs.
- Offer teachers discounts on purchases made on Teacher Day.
- Invite all teachers to a reception in their honor, hosted by the mayor, school board, school administrators, Chamber of Commerce or other group.
- Invite teachers to a before-school "coffee, juice and pastries" salute at a local grocery store or other business - or even in a school parking lot (think tailgate party!).
In School
Consider the following actions that may be taken up by a school volunteer organization:
- Hang a sign on each classroom door saluting, by name, the teacher within.
- Have National Honor Society, Student Council or other student groups furnish punch and cookies for the teacher's lounge on Teacher Day.
- Give teachers candy, apples or other food gifts with appropriate notes attached (e.g., fortune cookies with a note about how fortunate the school is to have a teacher of such high caliber).
- Provide balloon bouquets and flowers for every teachers' lounge.
- Set up a lunchtime "Relaxation and Rejuvenation Spa" on Teacher Day, where teachers are treated to hand, foot, back and neck massages, perhaps while being serenaded by a student or parent playing a mellow cello.
Local Education Association Activities
The local association affiliate may consider the following items for action among the many ways to celebrate this day:
- Wear a button proclaiming your work and your membership in your local, state and national affiliate.
- Check out the artwork on the National Teacher Day Web site. Download and use as appropriate.
- Sponsor an essay contest on "A Teacher to Remember," where students write about the special teacher who's made the biggest impact on their life. On Teacher Day, award savings bonds to the students and plaques to the teachers commemorated.
- Give each teacher a small gift from the Association (perhaps a mug or notepad featuring the Teacher Day logo, or a bumper sticker with an appropriate slogan).
- If you host a banquet for retiring teachers, or a Teacher of the Year celebration or some other happy event each spring, consider rescheduling it for National Teacher Day.
- For each school library, buy books portraying teachers in a positive light. Inside each, place a bookplate noting that the book was a National Teacher Day gift from the Association.
- Make Teacher Day a community service day, identifying one project on which all members can target their energies.
- Use Teacher Day as the occasion to say thank you to those in the community who have made teachers' jobs a little easier by volunteering, donating equipment or otherwise helping schools work. Invite them to the classroom or school for recognition.
Media Outreach
Consider the following to bring the day to the attention of the local media:
- Invite a local newspaper reporter or editorial writer, or a local TV news personality, to spend a day as a guest teacher or classroom observer, and then to publish or air his or her observations on what being a teacher is like today.
- Suggest that local media outlets either publish or broadcast quick interviews where local citizens - both well-known and not - answer one question: What teacher had the greatest influence on your life? This can also make a great topic for a call-in radio show on Teacher Day.
- Remind the community that teachers make a difference--in the classroom and beyond--by running an ad in the local newspaper on Teacher Day, listing all the local organizations where teachers do volunteer work.
- Contact the advertising department of your local newspaper to suggest that they offer special classified ad rates for students and others in the community to "advertise" their appreciation of local teachers on Teacher Day. Ads can be directed to a specific teacher or a whole faculty. Local merchants may also want to purchase space on this special page or spread for a display ad saluting area teachers.
- Contact a popular local radio station about the possibility of airing public service announcements to get the word to the public about Teacher Day. Script the spots and offer to record them yourself or have students record them.
5 Easy Ways to Make a Difference in the Lives of Teachers
1. Urge your elected leaders to stand up for teachers and students by restoring funding for early childhood education, special ed, college work-study and more.
2. Petition your representative to issue a proclamation celebrating teachers and declaring Tuesday, May 5 National Teacher Day.
3. Support public education by making a donation to the NEA Foundation. Your investment will help educators close the achievement gaps, increase classroom innovations, provide professional development opportunities, and more.
4. Visit your local school and find out how you can help. Volunteer in the concession stand at a football game, donate supplies, or chaperone an event .


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Why not India? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Why not India? Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message AlobarJoined: 04 Apr 2003Posts: 28Location: USA Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 4:11 pm Post subject: Re: Why ? scot47 wrote: The easiest explanation that comes to mind is that I am a misanthrope. I pearticularly dislike those under the age of 40. Real loathing is however saved up for the Ken and Barbie know-nothings who backpack around the world masquerading as teachers. Damn. And earning your approval was the primary goal of my life! <kiss> Back to top Stephen JonesJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 4124 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject: Actually the organizsation "Liberty India" appears to be one of those right-wing think tanks that American corporations subsidize throughout the world in order to further their interests. Wouldn't surprise me to find out that the particlar village has been picked for use as a dam, logging camp, test for GM crops or whatever, and that the summer coamp forms part of the softening up process. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject: kiss ? Well I am pleased that I am safe here in Saudi Arabia where I will never have to eyeball you or your friends ! Back to top itslatedoorsJoined: 17 Feb 2003Posts: 97 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 7:01 am Post subject: Why not India? Why not India?Because you'll have the runs for a year ..that's why not.Ah methinks.. that might be good news for the Jon Candies of this world...(and half the female population of North America). Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:24 am Post subject: demean the naive speaker "Could you perhaps explain this crusade of yours to demean the native English speakers. Did one of these backpackers run off with your wife or something?" asked my friend Steve in Saudi. It was not my aim to demean the native speaker teacher of EFL. Rather to make us open our eyes to what can be done by those who are non-native speakers. I am horrified by the low educational level of many (including graduates) in this business. Often non-native speakers have a much better general education and degree of literacy. Back to top Stephen JonesJoined: 21 Feb 2003Posts: 4124 Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 10:23 pm Post subject: Non-native speakers do not have a much higher level of literacy and general education. You're comparing pears with oranges. A "non-native" univerrsity graduate and trained teacher will have a higher level of literacy and general education than a native-speaker backpacker who just scraped though High School, but that is an unfair comparison. And you must remember that the reason many punters ask for native speakers is that they have been burnt by incompent non-native "experts"; at least the backpacker knows his own langiuage. And if you could see some of the applicattions I get from lecturers at Pakistani universities and other tertiary insititutions you would be slightly more understanding. And I can tell you some horror stories about Spanish graduates in English I have taught too. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15343 Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 6:30 am Post subject: literacy among native speaker teachers of EFL Not just high school dropouts display poor command of written English. If you have a chance to look at recent graduates from the less prestigious institutions of "Our Sceptred Isle" you will be horrified. So do not make the assumption that native speaker is literate and the non-native speaker incompetent. That is all. 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FORT WORTH, Texas — What can the tea party learn from the modern feminist movement?
Before you react with incredulity, consider that both movements have come to be viewed as outside the mainstream and hostile to dissenters and society at large.
Were someone to ask if you are a feminist, you'd probably say "no," like the overwhelming majority of Americans, including more than 75 percent of women, who eschewed the characterization in a 2013 Huffington Post/YouGov poll.
Most Americans bear a similar aversion to today's tea party, of which only 30 percent held a favorable view in a Pew poll conducted in October.
What has relegated both movements to dwell in the dark corners of the public consciousness has little to do with what they actually stand for. (Raise your hand if you support equality and representative government!)
Instead, feminism, like the tea party, has failed to retain more mainstream support largely because vocal and often misguided members have co-opted the movement and perpetuated a fundamental misunderstanding of its long-held principles.
This has only served to misinform and undermine the movement's purposes, origins and ultimate goals.
Feminism, in particular, is laboring under self-inflicted misconceptions that provide valuable insight into how social movements can veer off course and how they can come back.
Tea partiers, take note.
Many contemporary self-identified feminists portray a movement that would be unrecognizable to its founders, but its failure to appeal to the majority of women is an even bigger problem.
Modern feminism presents the world as a zero-sum game: Men and women are battling for finite resources, seeking "not just equality but precise, numerical equivalence," as unabashedly confused feminist Kay S. Hymowitz put it.
That kind of "equality of outcomes" fails to resonate with many mainstream women because it gives no consideration to personal strengths and choices and the differences between the sexes that drive them.
Like the tea party, feminism's loudest defenders are motivated by highly divisive causes, propelled by a penchant for victimization and direct their ire toward the half of the population whose support they will eventually need – but only when they are not attacking each other. As writer Esther J. Cepeda points out, "There's been a fair amount of bashing – perpetrated by women themselves – when certain women have openly declared themselves as non-feminists."
Note to the tea party: Alienating potential members is usually a path to extinction.
Some members of the pundit class, like New York Times columnist Charles Blow, assert that "it's very important for everyone to be a feminist." But universal conversion is unlikely to happen while turbulence and confusion about the moniker and its underlying ethos persists.
So it's time to redefine the movement.
For Freedom Feminism author Christina Hoff Sommers, that means returning to its origins. She argues that a better understanding of the historical context in which the feminist movement developed might be its saving grace.
She explains that the two schools of feminist thought that evolved simultaneously – egalitarian feminism, which sought liberation by shedding traditional gender roles, and social or maternal feminism, which sought respect and influence by embracing femininity and gender roles– have served the interests of all women best when they were united in their goals and tactics.
Successful modern feminism should replicate this marriage of movements so that no woman feels left behind.
"Anyone who cares about improving the status of women around the world should be working to create a women's movement that resonates with women," Sommers says.
Fancy that.
The feminism that Sommers calls for would be true to its origins, inside the mainstream and welcoming to all – liberal, conservative, moderates and yes, even men. That's a recipe for success that would benefit any worthwhile movement – including the tea party.
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