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Essay Writing Skills at AS Level
Posted 07 May 2003 - 12:23 AM
September. There they are. Your bright-eyed, bushy-tailed new AS Level set. Raring to go on their new course. Successful at GCSE, they have all the self-belief of the young. Within weeks they face their first proper essay and with it the first big hurdle of their course. You give the work back. The disappointment in their faces as they read their grade and your comments is very real.
If this strikes a chord with you, then I hope you will join in this discussion and contribute to a pooling of ideas and strategies for helping the AS candidate to learn how to write a good essay. It is not my intention to lay down a definite guide to the subject. I have no particular expertise and I certainly dont feel that I have all the answers. Nor, intentionally, is this a complete 'view from the classroom' for I hope that many others will contribute their ideas and experience to this discussion.
What is it exactly that the new AS student finds so difficult? For many it is understanding the demands of different types of questions. What exactly is meant by Assess the reasons for .., Consider the view that ., What best explains .?
What do we mean precisely when we demand that a student should be more analytical? Learning how to focus sharply on the question is possibly an even bigger hurdle. Others, particularly the weaker ones, find it incredibly difficult to structure an essay logically. Of course the traditional A Level candidate faced all these problems too, but there was then a longer period of time to build the art of writing a good essay. An AS candidate may well be facing the first Units exam after only four months teaching and so it becomes imperative that the problems are addressed early in the course.
As with the development of all the skills of the historian, the real solution to this problem is to begin developing essay writing skills during KS3. Essay writing frames, making big points supported by little points, the use of the beefburger analogy and so on all help to build the skills slowly. But what if your AS candidates have not experienced this gradual development of skills?
It helps to have a variety of strategies aimed at different learning styles. Card sorting activities which involve putting reasons into an order of importance (or Significance Stairway) help students to visualise relative importance and is effective in helping students to see how to structure an essay effectively. Similarly activities which involve sorting factual information according to given criteria seems to help those who find it hard to decide what support they can provide for their generalised assertions.
For those who find it hard to understand what is meant by focusing sharply on the question and who still fail to relate what they write directly to the question being addressed I have found it useful to provide both good and bad examples and to get them to highlight those sentences which link the point being made directly to the question. The absence of highlighting in the bad essay seems to drive the point home and the good example demonstrates how sharp focus can be achieved.
Many of us will be very familiar with the A good essay is like a good beefburger analogy. Whilst I think my own students probably think I am mildly mad to pursue the idea with sophisticated 16 and 17 year olds, it definitely works! If anything, it helps to drive home the importance of a good introduction and the need for an overall conclusion if the burger is not to fall apart. Encouraging them to think of each paragraph of their essay as a mini-burger which opens with a point linked directly to the question and ends with a concluding link has also proved effective.
A similar idea involves the idea of P.E.E.L.-ing each paragraph where P means make your Point, then Explain and back it up with Evidence. Finally Link your paragraph so that it flows logically on to the next one.
Where understanding the demands of particular types of questions are concerned I have found it helpful to use different coloured pens on the whiteboard to distinguish between the instruction and the topic of the question. Unpacking the question so that they learn to identify the sub-questions which need to be addressed in their answer also proves helpful, though there are some who never really seem to grasp this. When using a particular question wording for the first time (eg Assess the reasons for ) I found it helps to discuss this in the context of a more familiar situation first. Mine is an all boys school, mad about rugby, so that Assess the reasons for the first XVs victory/defeat last Saturday is something they all can relate to. From there it is easier for many of them to see how to tackle the History question.
I would stress again that I have no particular expertise in this field and I certainly dont feel I have all the answers. Indeed I am very much aware that I dont! What I should like to encourage is contributions from others with hands-on experience teaching AS Level students.
What problems do your students face when writing essays? How do you address their difficulties? What strategies have you found particularly helpful?
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Posted 07 May 2003 - 11:38 PM
I think Carole has focused on exactly the right point about finding a hook for students to develop on from. Much of the KS3 strategy is all about getting and keeping students' focus, and good practice is good practice whether with Year 7 or Year 12. The skills required to be successful in AS history are much more developed than with GCSE history. An essential grounding in effective essay techniques will help all Year 12s immensely.
I like the suggestions about PEEL-ing paragraphs. I must confess that most of my students have been PEE-ing their paragraphs, which always leaves me slightly uncomfortable. Your additional point about being able to understand the question is something I was working on today with my Year 12 class as they prepare for the exam. They know the information, but more than half the skill is in exam and essay 'literacy', understanding how to break the question down and structure an effective argument.
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Posted 08 May 2003 - 09:11 AM
This is a basic psychological response to a stressful situation and is a particular problem during examinations. When revising the student prepares for certain questions. When those questions are not there they convince themselves that they are.
This is also a problem when essays have to be produced in non-exam conditions. When questions are difficult the student tends to redraft the question to a form that he/she can answer.
When I was at university one of my tutors at university accused me of doing this and gave me some good advice that I have always passed on to my students. That is, reread the question every five minutes and ask yourself if you are really answering the question.
I have always encouraged my students to produce an outline of what they intend to say before starting the question. This helps them to produce a more structured answer. In exams it is advisable to do this before tackling any of the questions. In this way they can see if they have enough information to tackle the question. When a student discovers this while they are actually answering the question, they are rarely willing to abandon it and start on another one. This is usually the point when they start answering the question that they hoped they would be set.
I took this approach when preparing them for their exams. At the end of each topic I would get them to provide outline answers of questions from past papers. We would then discuss the question as a group and they would add information to their original outline. By the time of the examination they would have a large collection of outline answers to questions from past papers. This, rather than the textbook or my printed notes, was what they tended to use when revising for the exam.
In the classroom I always set questions that appeared in previous examination papers. Then you can then give them photocopies of the mark-scheme and the chief examiners report on the question. This gives them a good insight into the mind of the chief examiner and gives the student a good idea of what is expected of them.
Posted 08 May 2003 - 09:59 AM
Love the beefburger idea
I have found a key factor is students being unable to understand what can be regarded, by us, as basic vocab. Fond memories of an old A level question of about 6 years ago which referred to Napoleon as the "bogey" of the English....
My lists of key terms and concepts for the start of yr 12 seems to be getting more "basic" every year.
I haven't taught GCSE for a number of years (5) but my perception is that the requirement for extended writing, in the exam essay context, is less - I am more than happy to be corrected on this.
The issue of essay writing skills is a major topic in HE for two reasons -
1. They, too, feel that the standard has fallen - perception or reality?
2. The increased size of groups makes them look at other means of assessment.
Posted 08 May 2003 - 02:09 PM
The Mary Whitehouse experience a few years ago carried a sketch along these lines with an A level student sitting at his desk starting to write his answer 'If Macbeth had been Hamlet he would have .....'
One of the major problems concerning essay writing is that students answer the question they want to be asked rather than the one they have been asked.
Although I have not taught AS Level (but did teach A Level History and Politics for 7 years) it seems that the issue of essay writing has not particularly been helped by the changes introduced, as Carole suggests. I do feel however, that there is a responsibility on us to teach extended writing skills throughout secondary school and would not accept that essay writing at GCSE History has declined significantly as Paul wondered. Indeed History and English seem to be the only subjects at GCSE that still demand essay writing.
In terms of writing techniques the most effective strategies that I used at A Level were based around the mark schemes that are currently used at GCSE - giving the students the skills to move from simple statements, to developed statements to developed analysis to sustained analysis. One of the key areas for wrtiting a successful essay was highlighted by Caroles PEEL suggestion, particularly the final element Linking your points / paragraph to the question.
I was recently helping a student with some AS work on a topic that I knew very little about (I shall use the classic Historian's get out - it was not my period!) and yet I was able to give him a structure for his answer. Clearly we need to equip our students to be able to do the same. To a certain extent there are generic approaches to esay writing - make sure that your introduction addresses the key elements of the question and sets out how you are going to answer the question- each paragraph should focus on one clear element of the argument and be well supported by evidence. The final part / sentence should link back to the question - Students should write a BALANCED answer showing an understanding of both sides of the debate - the conclusion is an opportunity for a judgement to be made (however this is an area where there is some contention) and you tie up / summarise the main points of the debate.
Posted 08 May 2003 - 04:02 PM
I have been reflecting on the theme and am increasingly of the opinion that we cannot develop essay writing skills in isolation. The movement towards a more sophisticated approach in written work is interlinked with the growth of reading skills.
Issues of differentiation now raise themselves - as we become more inclusive at AS - strategies need to be developed to support the "borderline" candidate - I have candidates for whom the "Access to History" series is too difficult (at A2)
For those of us working exclusively in the Sixth Form sector it is easy to become divorced from the work being done in 11 - 16 schools to promote and develop read/writing skills.
Forum such as these are excellent but I wonder how many exclusively post 16 establishments have brought in 11 -16 specialists to work with us on issues such as this transition area? We haven't - I'm off to see the PD coordinator immediately after I've done this!
I would hope that the increasing emphasis on a 14 -19 perspective may contribute positively to this area. (How long before we have two types of school - one covering KS1 - KS3 and one KS4 and 5)
Further thoughts?
Posted 08 May 2003 - 04:12 PM
The answer is to develop extended writing skills in S1 - S4 and we often set extensions of such a nature to our standard tests. This also puts out the subtle message that History develops more demanding and rewarding skills!
Some of the techniques we use are ...
Writing frames / essay plans; clear mark schemes; chopping up an essay and getting the pupils to fit it together in the correct order; giving them three essays of varying quality (top, middle, bottom) and getting them to work out the grade and why.
At the start of a Higher course, I've also been known to get pupils to simply write anything at all for 40 minutes non stop. This makes the point of how little they can actually write under exam conditions and therefore the need to have good K&U and a structure already thought out in their head for most commonly set types of essays.
I always point out that essay writing is a skill. The more they do, the better they become. As with all skills, it is useful to look at other people's errors also and learn from them. Therefore I often return essays to the "wrong" students and encourage them to read each others' essays. "The only time you are on your own is when the exam starts next May. Until then, its US against the Scottish Qualification Authority." (Cue 3 Musketeers theme!!!)
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Posted 08 May 2003 - 06:26 PM
My pupils, like all good teenagers love to argue rather than discuss. So they always seem to perform far better on argumentative essays that on more descriptive ones.
After reading an article by one of the chief examiners I was presented with a brilliant solution to this problem; turn a descrpitive essay into an argumentative essay;
For example:
When describing the key reasons why/key events etc
Idenfity one key reason and present a 2 sided essay, illustrating the importance of this issue in comparison to the others you describe in the other half of your essay.
I was concerned that this sounded far to like the old 'pupils answer what they want to answer' syndrome. However once my students employed this in their essays it clearly had an impact: vastly improving their attainment. Their powers of description were significantly imporved by the need to concentrate their minds on arguing and justifying.
Combined with hamburgers, PEEing (indeed PEEEing on Unit 6) and the constant message drummed into them "at the end of each paragraph you should be closer to the answer to the question" my pupils' essays have come on leaps and bounds this year.
Posted 10 May 2003 - 01:32 PM
"The Student's Guide to Writing - grammar, punctuation and spelling" - Peck and Coyle, Palgreve Study Guides
"How to write beter essays" - Greetham, Palgreve Study Guides
both the above useful, although the essay book needs diluting!(bit theoretical)
"Study Writing" Hamp-Lyons and Heasley, Cambridge University Press
this was recommended on an inservice training day. The book is aimed at students who have English as a second language but are using it for "academic writing". Lots of ideas and exercises to use or cannibalise.
Love feedback from anybody who has used them
Posted 10 May 2003 - 05:01 PM
I've tried a couple of things with them - a self evaluation grid given out at the SHP conference a couple of years ago. This grid sets out a checklist for the essay as a whole, and for each section. e.g have you answered the question, is the point explained in this paragraph, is the evidence present, link etc. I use this at the start of year 12 and gradually remove the structure as the year progresses. Pupils have said they appreciate the guidance but the grid deliberately leaves out the content. Secondly the human essay format as a variety of the beefburger plan is popular and forces them to justify their decisions as well as providing a plan.
Email essays are another way of working - the question is divided up into sections and each pupil writes a paragraph they then email them to each other and edit into a full essay - this works well for developing the ability to link and to focus on the question. However, I only use it rarely to prevent them forgetting how to write a whole essay!
Posted 13 May 2003 - 07:12 AM
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Posted 13 May 2003 - 01:43 PM
This gives them a great foundation to develop their skills in AS. Our scheme of work builds in written assessments every year which certainly helps.
Posted 13 May 2003 - 03:41 PM
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Posted 13 May 2003 - 07:14 PM
I do think that one of the major problems is that, in my dept anyway, essays are not even attempted in KS3, or even KS4.
Although not good for my students in other ways, I am the only English speaking history teacher for about 200 miles in all directions. This means that I am now taking the same students through IB that were in Y9 when my school opened. This has a number of useful consequences. I routinely view all Y7-9 and IGCSE students as my future IB students. I inevitably look forwards, working on the skills I know the students will need later. It helps that my expectations are continually reinforced; we keep revisiting old skills, using the same techniques. I have found that language is important and often gets in the way of the transferability of skills. We recently did a cross-curricular, essay writing workshop in school and discovered that we use a range of different terms to describe the same skills and sometimes the same word to describe different skills. For example, what I mean by 'signpost' in an essay introduction, did not mean the same thing to the English teacher. If we do this as history teachers, it is hardly surprising that our students get confused and find it difficult to transfer their skills.
It also helps that I don't teach National Curriculum at KS3. I am not driven by content but by the need to do the skills effectively. I also use the 'Think Through History' series which (seriously) encourages extended writing amongst other things. Also the students word-process pretty much everything, which really 'scaffolds' the learning. Once you have gone through a series of structured steps, it is easy to cut and paste the earlier work together. I am also experimenting with a hypertext curriculum which links assignments to the same description of the core skills and previous examples of work, where students encountered those skills before.
However, despite this I still face the same problems as everyone else at A/IB level. I have learnt a lot from the contributions above and have already started applying some of the suggested techniques. I like the sound of the grid mentioned by Jo. I wonder if it might be available in electronic form anywhere? I devised my own about a year ago and it has made a difference but I am going to re-evaluate it in the summer. Basically I no longer write on student essays but fill in one page evaluation grid as I read the work. The sections include quality of introduction, coherence, historiography, referencing etc. The sections refer to targets identified at the beginning of the course and good examples of good practice. Again, I hope to produce a hypertext version of this in the summer. What I find useful is that it disciplines my marking according to the requirements of the exam board. I also keep copies of everything returned to the kids. This makes my target setting easier. It also gives the students a checklist as they plan essays and structured feedback sheet from which they can identify trends of strength and weakness.
In addition to hamburgers and PEELing, I'd like to add my own 'minefield' scenario, designed to demonstrate the importance of signposting, introductions and coherence. There is a tendency for students to write history essays like scientific experiments. I compare writing a history essay to leading a blindfolded man/woman across a minefield. I get the class to arrange a series of obstacles and blindfold a volunteer. Before we lead the blindfolded student across the minefield, we reassure the victim that we know the route by briefly describing what is going to happen to them. At every turn (paragraph) we outline how many steps are to come and in which direction they will be going. Having successfully completed the route we remove the blindfold to reveal the route that has been covered. I do it for the first time in Y7 and again in Y9. Usually, after that I only have to mention minefields for them to get the point. The only problem is that new students think that I'm insane.
One final thing. I use a couple of articles from the History Today- History Review website that gives good, sensible study skills advice to new A Level students. You used to be able to download copies of this for free but the link doesn't seem to work this evening. Perhaps it pay only now? If it still doesn't work tomorrow, I'll put them on my site.
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Posted 13 May 2003 - 07:41 PM
The History Review article 'How to write an essay under Exam conditions' is still available for free, but unfortunately the (in my view better) 'How to write an Essay' article by Gareth Affleck is no longer free and is only available to subscribers to the magazine or on a pay-for-view basis.
One final thing. I use a couple of articles from the History Today- History Review website that gives good, sensible study skills advice to new A Level students. You used to be able to download copies of this for free but the link doesn't seem to work this evening. Perhaps it pay only now? If it still doesn't work tomorrow, I'll put them on my site.
A bit 'off-topic', but the article on Tackling Source based questions at AS/A2 levels is still free as is How much historiography should be included in essays?
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Interactuar's first response actually had nothing to do with microcredit. Rather, acting as citizens of Colombia, the employees of Interactuar took up a collection of food and materials to donate to the victims and victims' families.
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First, all Interactuar loans carry insurance policies. All loans require a life insurance policy, which means that in the case of the death of the borrower, the loan debt is forgiven (i.e. not passed along to family members). All but the largest loans carry a second type of insurance as well, which covers any business loses—inventory, fixed assets, etc.—caused by disaster. It hardly need be said that in cases of extreme disaster—when entire families perish—there is no one to collect the insurance. Or, even if some family members survive, collecting insurance on is not at the top of the to-do list; it falls far below feeding loved ones and mourning loses. However, Interactuar is fighting on behalf of its clients whose homes fall just outside the immediate disaster zone. That is, since the home or business is technically still standing, the insurance company is arguing that there was no real damage and thus that the client cannot collect. However, Interactuar will counter that because these people cannot even enter their homes—much less sell anything—the insurance should cover 2 to 3 months of payments on the outstanding loan while the individual regroups. Further, the sad truth is that Interactuar can additionally argue that the insurance company is actually saving money since the individuals who died with their entire families will not be collecting.
Second, Interactuar is able to offer preferential loan terms and products to clients who lost their businesses in the mudslide, i.e. those right outside of the immediate danger zone. Clients can either get a refinanced loan with a grace period, or a short-term loan to cover costs while business gets back up and running. Interactuar is even considering offering zero percent interest loans to clients who qualify (pending board approval). However, decisions will be made by the loan officer and credit committee on a case-by-case basis, to ensure that the individuals who most need help are receiving it.
Finally, Interactuar can help by continuing to provide the long-term support to the community that it has become known for. This includes continued access to Interactuar's credit services, as well as its many education programs, nutrition lab and design center, and consulting services.
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Amityville Woman's Club held a meeting
The March 9 meeting of the Amityville Woman's Club was called to order by President Maryann Costa. Following opening exercises, First Vice President Barbara Lozier gave the benediction. Costa announced that the club collected the $47 for Haiti at the February meeting. It was sent to the Red Cross.
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Cruz believes NH crucial for GOP in coming electionsBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
April 26. 2014 8:39PM
Calling New Hampshire "ground zero" in the upcoming midterm elections, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said Saturday the state is fertile ground for Republicans to wrest away control of the Senate from Democrats.
"Republicans are poised to win control of the Senate with roughly a dozen seats in serious contention," Cruz said in a phone interview prior to appearances at two fundraising events in the state this weekend. "And that includes Jeanne Shaheen's seat here in New Hampshire."
Cruz, a conservative Republican mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2016, appeared Saturday at the Carroll County Republican Committee Lincoln dinner in Bartlett and will be in Rye today at a fundraising event for the conservative advocacy group Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire. The events marked Cruz's third trip to the state in the past 16 months.
"I want to encourage activists in New Hampshire about the challenges facing this country and the need to turn this country around," he said.
Shaheen, D-N.H., is being challenged by several Republicans, including former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, who moved to New Hampshire and recently announced his candidacy. He faces a primary election against former U.S. Sen. Bob Smith, former state Sen. Jim Rubens and activist and former gubernatorial candidate Karen Testerman.
Cruz said he has not endorsed any candidate in the Republican field and that he trusts "the grassroots voters in New Hampshire to make that determination."
Cruz has faced criticism in his home state for his travels to New Hampshire, site of the nation's first presidential primary, and other early presidential primary voting states. Early last week, the Associated Press noted that Cruz's visit on Monday to south Texas was just his second since taking office in January 2013. By contrast, in addition to his New Hampshire visits, he has been to Iowa, which hosts the nation's first primary caucus, four times and to South Carolina three times.
Cruz dismissed the report, saying it was "recycled" from leftist bloggers, and he noted that his travels in the last week also included trips to three cities in Texas, as well as stops in Oklahoma, Utah and Nebraska. He also didn't address any possible presidential aspirations, saying he is focused on 2014, not 2016.
"We're engaged in a national debate about the direction of this country," he said. "The only way to turn this country around is if the American people demand a different path.
"I certainly intend to continue traveling in Texas and traveling across the country making the case that the path we're on isn't working," he said.
Cruz attracted national attention and a horde of conservative fans after a 21-hour filibuster last September in a failed attempt to block funding for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. He also faced sharp rebuke from several GOP colleagues, most notably U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, who did not accompany Cruz on his visits Saturday.
"You're right that some in Washington criticized our efforts to stop this train wreck," Cruz said.
But, he said, the Affordable Care Act has "been a disaster" featuring a difficult rollout of its enrollment website, people being forced from full-time to part-time employment and people's health insurance being altered or canceled to comply with the law, despite President Barack Obama's pledge that if people liked their health care plans, they could keep them.
"I would suggest that the proof is in the pudding. We elevated the national debate," he said. "Many Democrats have publicly said they're sorry. Indeed, President Obama apologized for 28 times saying a flat-out falsehood.
Cruz said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act and have a system where people could purchase insurance plans offered in other states. He said such a scenario would broaden competition and drive down prices.
"We need to make plans personal," he said. "The way to do so is through more choices and lower costs."


text: In every way that matters to the people responsible, "Resident Evil: Afterlife" is a resounding success. Thanks to the extra '3D tax' on ticket prices, it had the strongest opening weekend and per-screen average in the history of Paul W. S. Anderson's franchise. Though "Afterlife," like 2007's "Extinction" before it, was touted as the last film in the series, planning on a fifth film is underway.


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Ed Murray, Mayor
SUBJECT: U.S. Supreme Court won't review Seattle Taser case
Kimberly Mills (206) 684-8602
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided against weighing in on the use of Tasers in a case where three Seattle police officers Tased a pregnant woman during a traffic stop in 2004.
"Fortunately the Court recognized this regrettable but unique case to be inappropriate as a basis for judicial guidance for using Tasers consistently with the Fourth Amendment," City Attorney Pete Holmes said Tuesday. "It is important to recognize that the Taser use under the circumstances in Brooks is no longer permitted under SPD policy."
Holmes had urged the justices to reject the appeal brought by the police officers who were dissatisfied with the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the use of the stun gun amounted to excessive force and that the woman, Malaika Brooks, could pursue her state law claim for damages. The officers sought review by the nation's high court against the wishes of Holmes and Police Chief John Diaz.
According to the friend-of-the-court brief filed by the City with the Supreme Court, "Petitioners misread the Ninth Circuit's decision. Rather than establishing a blanket prohibition on the use of pain compliance techniques, the decision only addressed the use of Tasers in drive-stun mode in the particular, atypical circumstances of this case. The Ninth Circuit's decision does not address whether other types of force would have been appropriate under the same circumstances, nor does it address the differences in pain levels or injury risk between Tasers in drive-stun mode and other types of force."
Brooks was Tased after she refused to get out of her car when she was stopped for speeding in a school zone; she also refused to sign the traffic ticket the officers gave her. Since then, SPD has changed its policy to no longer require drivers to sign tickets, in line with state law.


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Tiernan Leads Rams again at St. Joe's Invite
St. Joseph's College Invitational
@ Sunken Meadow State Park
Weather: Partly sunny, Breezy, 60 degrees
Men 5 miles - Women 5000m
Kings Park, N.Y. - Junior Sean Tiernan (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) led the men's team at this weekends cross country meet at Sunken Meadow State Park. The park is a nationally ranked cross country course. It is one of the hardest courses in the country and it has not changed since the 1970's. For this reason, Farmingdale State has been able to keep accurate records of the teams performances since 1978. Tiernan and senior Mary Orobona (Farmingdale, N.Y./Kellenberg) moved into the top 25 best performances by a Farmingdale runner at "the Meadow".
The men's competition had 22 teams and 139 Division II, III and JUCO runners. There were overall results and each division was also scored separatey. Sean Tiernan placed 4th overall and 1st in the division 3 scoring in the time of 27:38.8. This places Sean at #24 on the All-Time Farmingdale Sunken Meadow list. Three other Farmingdale runners set Sunken Meadow personal bests as the team placed 3rd overall and 2nd in Division III.
The women's competition had 19 teams and 158 runners. Mary Orobona placed 24th overall and 8th in Division III in a time of 22:58 to lead the women's team to a 9th place overall and 3rd in Division III. Mary's time moved her to 16th on the All-Time Farmingdale Sunken Meadow list. Four other girls ran Sunken Meadow personal bests.
Individual Results
Men Women
Sean Tiernan, 4th, 27:38.8 PB Mary Orobona, 29th, 22:58
Tim Flynn, 24th, 29:39.6 Jessica Josema, 48th, 23:55
Russell Darress, 26th, 29:45.6 PB Marjorie Diemicke, 77th, 25:19
Sean Daly, 35th, 30:03.4 Katherine Monti, 78th, 25:29 PB
Adam Sadler, 46th, 30:45.2 PB Lauren Neuwirth, 96th, 26:55
Ed Glidden, 53rd, 31:09.7 Estella Sanchez, 109th, 27:42 PB
Ben Vassallo, 63rd, 31:50.4 PB Angelica Medford, 110th, 27:51 PB
John Perry, 110th, 34:35.6 Nicole Zarek, 119th, 29:08 PB
PB=Personal Best
Team Scoring
Overall Top-10
Men Women
1. CW Post 44 1. St. Joseph's 60
2. St. Joseph's 85 2. CW Post 65
3. FARMINGDALE 136 3. Dowling 81
4. Glouchester CC 141 4. Nyack 118
6. Maritime 154 6. Mt. St. Mary 141
7. Trent McConnell 176 7. Suffolk CC 180
8. Dowling 202 8. Tent McConnell 241
9. Suffolk CC 238 9. FARMINGDALE 257
10. Nyack 255 10. FIT 261
Division III Top-3 Finishes
1. St. Joseph's 25 1. St. Joseph's 19
2. FARMINGDALE 50 2. Mt. St. Mary 48
3. Maritime 54 3. FARMINGDALE 99


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It isn't often anymore that Warren Cole hears the roar of the crowd, but 50 years later the man can still find an audience eager to revel in the success he shared as a member of the Oregon State football team.
It isn't often anymore that Warren Cole hears the roar of the crowd, but 50 years later the man can still find an audience eager to revel in the success he shared as a member of the Oregon State football team.
These days the 1960 Stagg High graduate is more accustomed to hearing the roar of the ocean outside his home in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, but he returned to Corvallis, Ore., for a special ceremony on the eve of Oregon State's recent game against Wisconsin. Cole was inducted into the school's sports hall of fame as a member of the 1962 Liberty Bowl team on Sept. 7, one day before the Beavers upset the 13th-ranked Badgers 10-7 in one of the biggest wins in school history.
Cole, 70, attended the Wisconsin game and watched another Stockton native, former Lincoln standout Brandin Cooks, catch a 20-yard touchdown pass to lift the Beavers over the Badgers.
"It was phenomenal," Cole said. "Everybody just had a terrific time."
Cole's Liberty Bowl team will be inducted into Oregon's state athletic hall of fame Nov. 13.
Oregon State went 9-2 in 1962, including a 40-6 victory over Pacific in the home opener. The Beavers capped their season with a 6-0 victory over Villanova in the Liberty Bowl at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia after quarterback Terry Baker, the Heisman Trophy winner that year, scored on a 99-yard run in the first quarter.
Cole, an offensive guard, played in place of injured captain George Gnoss and was named Most Outstanding Lineman of the Liberty Bowl.
"The only reason was that the first-string guy got hurt, and I happened to get into the game," said Cole, who recently came to California to visit friends in Stockton and Elk Grove.
Cole played for two of the best teams in school history at Stagg. Under coach Bill Gott, the Delta Kings went 10-0 in 1958 and 9-1 in 1959, achieving a No. 1 ranking in Northern California. The team featured quarterback Bob Garibaldi, who went on to play baseball at Santa Clara and with the San Francisco Giants. Cole, who was an all-league offensive lineman and linebacker, said 22 players from his high school team earned college scholarships.
Cole chose to attend Oregon State. He said he missed the 1963 season because of a calcium deposit on his right thigh but returned in 1964 to help the Beavers reach the Rose Bowl, where they suffered a 34-7 loss to Michigan on Jan. 1, 1965.
Cole said his Rose Bowl experience was even more memorable than winning the Liberty Bowl. He said he'll never forget the words of Los Angeles Rams running back and receiver Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, who spoke to the players before the game.
"He said, 'You know, of all the honors I've had, of all the places I've been, the thing I remember the most is playing in the Rose Bowl,' " Cole said. "He said, 'Believe me, as you get to be older men, you will remember this with as much pride as anything you ever do,' and I think he was right."
Cooks, a sophomore wide receiver, had six catches for a career-high 175 yards in a 27-20 victory over UCLA on Saturday, helping the Beavers jump into the Associated Press Top 25 at No. 18. It was the first time Cooks has surpassed the 100-yard mark in his career.
Former St. Mary's standout Josh Harper also had the first 100-yard game of his career for Fresno State on Saturday, catching seven passes for 115 yards and one touchdown in a 27-26 loss to Tulsa.
Tokay graduate and Toronto Blue Jays first baseman David Cooper is expected to miss the rest of the season with a back injury. He has been on the disabled list since late August. Cooper hit .300 in 45 games for the Blue Jays this season.
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8283 or email@example.com.


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Amy Ruppel's State Animal Series
Amy Ruppel, a Portland based artist, recently released a new series of state animals paintings. We previously posted about her State Birds Series. Quite a few of her paintings have sold already, but there are still some available. Each one of her wax paintings measures 7.25" by 7.25". If you missed the one of your state or one of your favorites, she also has prints available at much more affordable prices.
You can check out all the paintings that are still available on her website. She also ships world wide.
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colorful shopping trip
Our latest trip to the market looked like this. You can see the cheese puffs bag had been opened in the car, someone could not wait until he got home. I didn't realize how color coordinated I was until I got home. Yellows & oranges, purple & greens and blue and whites. The mini cream puff was too pretty not to have its own little plate.
Now to do some cooking...
I find that I am more likely to eat lots of vegetables if they're colorful, the cauliflower for example.


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Joyce P. Lopez
Biography: Selected exhibitions include the Martha Schneider Gallery in Chicago, the Chicago Project-Catherine Edelman Gallery, Fotoweek DC, The Julia Margaret Cameron International exhibition in Buenos Aires, AR, Malaga, Spain; China, and Latvia, etc. She has received a number of awards including The Black & White Spider Awards, The Julia Margaret Cameron awards, Photography Masters Cup International, International Photography Awards, Color Awards,and her work has appeared in numerous publications. She also received a Ragdale Residency Award and is in various collections.
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November 23, 2012 14:11 ET
VAUGHAN, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 23, 2012) -
Editors note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
R.Ferri Motorsport and AIM Autosport RACING WITH FERRARI (the 2012 Grand Am Rolex GT Series Champions), have confirmed that the newly formed team will be in attendance at a special media engagement scheduled to take place on November 26th, 2013 at Ferrari Of Ontario, located in Vaughan, Ontario.
The engagement will include an official announcement, hosted by Ferrari of Ontario/Alberta President Remo Ferri, of R. Ferri Motorsport and AIM Motorsport's new plans for the 2013 Rolex GT Sports Car Series, which will begin with the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, scheduled for January 26-27, 2013. In addition, visitors and media will obtain an up-close look at a brand new Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am GT car prepared for competition, which will be on display at the Ferrari of Ontario showroom.
The engagement is set to attract a number of high profile names from Ferrari and Grand Am Road Racing. The list of confirmed guests of honour include Mr. Marco Mattiacci, President & CEO of Ferrari North America; Mr. James C. France, Vice Chairman & Executive Vice President of NASCAR; and D.C. Williams, Grand Am Road Racing. Drivers will be announced on Monday November 26th, 2012 at 3pm.
Owner and President of Ferrari of Ontario/Alberta and R. Ferri Motorsport Remo Ferri said, "We're very pleased to run in the Grand AM Rolex GT Series with Ferrari, this entry marks a strong return for R. Ferri Motorsports and Ferrari of Ontario/Alberta and we are very excited to participate in a prestigious series with the finest brand in the world, Ferrari."
Ferri continued, "This series presents us with a unique opportunity to raise our profile among Canadians who appreciate Ferrari's tradition in world class racing, said Ferri. We are proud to represent Canada and through our support from Ferrari and our partnership with AIM Motorsport, we will have a competitive car and expect to contend for the podium in every race."
"This is a great occasion for Ferrari, Ferrari of Ontario/Alberta and AIM Autosport, as we have so much to celebrate with our recent 2012 Grand Am Championship title," said Andrew Bordin, Director of Motorsport and AIM Autosport co-owner.
"We're excited to announce our next steps with Ferrari of Ontario/Alberta, bringing the R.Ferri Motorsport brand to Grand Am as AIM Autosport's partner with the No. 61 Ferrari 458 Italia Grand Am GT car," said Bordin.
Guests and media will have an exclusive opportunity to meet the team members of R.Ferri Motosport and AIM Autosport RACING WITH FERRARI and its driver line-up for the 2013 racing season.
The exclusive engagement is set to take place at Ferrari of Ontario, on November 26, 2012, at 3pm.
R. Ferri Motorsport is a professional racing team organized by Remo Ferri, the owner and president of Ferrari of Ontario/Alberta and the Remo Ferri Group of Automobiles. Founded in 1991, Ferrari of Ontario is the only factory authorized full sales and service dealership for Ferrari in Ontario. Ferrari of Ontario and Alberta also provides technical, racing, and logistical support for selected clients who take part in the North American Ferrari Challenge and exclusive customer track events.
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TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of countries meeting Friday to discuss sanctions on the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad condemned the deteriorating humanitarian situation there but also began looking ahead to ways to help the nation recover once Assad is no longer in power.
The "Friends of the Syrian People" coalition's working group on sanctions concluded the one-day meeting with a call for increased pressure on Assad to stop the violence in his country. Activists say the fighting has claimed more than 40,000 lives and escalated into a full-blown civil war.
The coalition of nearly 70 countries, including the U.S., the European Union and Arab League, last met in September. It was established after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a resolution condemning the Syrian regime, due to opposition from Russia and China. This was the fifth time they have met.
"The group condemned in the strongest terms the incessant killings, bombings of residential areas, and destruction, as well as the systematic and gross violation of human rights in Syria," it said in a closing statement.
Host Japan said the talks were intended to give participating countries a forum to review the effectiveness of sanctions already in place and consider new measures to keep them from being circumvented.
Current sanctions include a freeze on the assets of Assad and other Syrian government leaders, along with an embargo on oil and arms trade. No new sanctions were announced at the meeting.
Officials said the delegates discussed how the international community can help Syria recover and rebuild after its post-Assad transition has begun. They did not release details of what such measures might include.
"We are ready to start looking into the future," said Francesco Fini, the deputy head of sanctions policy for the EU's European External Action Service.
He said that once the fighting is over, Syria will need help with its reconstruction, and added: "We hope this day will come as soon as possible."
Fini said sanctions so far have been an effective tool for putting pressure on Assad but cannot work without increased political and diplomatic pressure.


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BALTIMORE -- The Orioles had hoped to use a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox as a measuring stick to see if they could compete with a powerfully built team that relies on solid pitching, clutch hitting and strong defense. Three games into the assessment, there are numerous unanswered questions, certainly more than manager Dave Trembley would prefer to be facing.
Needing a deep start to protect an overworked bullpen, the Orioles instead got only four ineffective innings from Brian Burres on Sunday and lost, 9-4, to the Red Sox.
By dropping their fourth straight game and falling three games under .500 for the first time this season, the Orioles are putting themselves in a precarious situation entering the final game of the weekend wraparound series. After the Red Sox and their vociferous fans depart, Baltimore embarks on a stretch of 18 of 24 games on the road.
"We lost three games. It happens," second baseman Brian Roberts said. "Certainly, today didn't go as well as we'd have liked. ... They played good for three days. We didn't play that bad the first night, and we didn't play that bad last night."
Sunday? The Red Sox were head and shoulders above the O's at every turn. On Monday, Boston will try to complete its first four-game sweep in Baltimore since Sept. 20-23, 2002.
"The three things we were looking for, Boston got," Trembley lamented. "They got a very good start out of [Bartolo] Colon. They got outstanding defense. They made every play. And they got timely hitting. That was the story of the game."
Colon (3-0) is unbeaten in three starts since being recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket on May 21. He went six-plus innings, giving up four runs on seven hits, walking two and fanning five.
"He had the two-seamer going and he hit his spots," Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said. "He had good defense behind him and he basically pounded the zone."
Burres (4-5), by contrast, allowed seven runs on 12 hits, walked one and struck out two. It was the second consecutive rough outing for the left-hander, who got a no-decision when he gave up eight runs and 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings against the New York Yankees on Tuesday. He has one victory in his past seven starts.
"Unfortunately, our expectation was that Burres was going to give us a better start," Trembley said. "It didn't happen. They look like they're really in a groove swinging the bat, and obviously they were helped by great defense in the field."
After a three-run Red Sox third put the Orioles in a 4-1 hole, Burres surrendered consecutive home runs to Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell to make it 7-1 in the fourth. Ramirez followed Kevin Youkilis' fielder's choice grounder with the 501st homer of his career, a drive to right-center field, and Lowell hit a solo shot inside the left-field foul pole.
"I really just pitched behind a lot and didn't locate down. I got a lot of balls up and they swung it pretty well," Burres said. "When I did make a bad pitch, they didn't miss it. Even a couple of good pitches got hit. It was just one of those days I have to try to learn from."
Added Trembley: "[Burres] didn't pitch down, is what he didn't do. Everything was up. He looked like, on his changeup, he was really slowing down; they had an awful lot of deep counts. Heck, he had 75 pitches in the third inning. Obviously, they were seeing it really good, fighting it off, fighting it off, fighting it off."
The Orioles, handcuffed by Colon, did benefit from Luke Scott's seventh homer of the year, a two-run blast off the top of the right-field scoreboard, cutting the deficit to 7-3 in the fourth. Otherwise, it was a struggle, as the Red Sox continued pour it on.
J.D. Drew also homered for Boston, connecting in the seventh off Steve Trachsel, who was making only the second relief appearance of his 16-year Major League career and the first since June 6, 1995, with the Chicago Cubs. Later in the inning, Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-out RBI single for a 9-3 lead.
Trachsel, whose relief appearance took him out of contention for a Tuesday start in Minnesota, had not pitched since May 24. Although the right-hander lowered his ERA from 8.82 to 8.15, he didn't know if he would remain a bullpen option.
"I don't. I really don't. If it's [relieving], as long as I know, because I'm all about preparation," Trachsel said. "If I can prepare and know what to prepare for, I don't see any reason why I can't be successful at doing whatever role they want."
While Trachsel's effort took some pressure of the bullpen, the Orioles' bats didn't come alive, as Trembley had hoped. Time and again, Boston's defense stiffened. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia made several nice stops up the middle and right fielder J.D. Drew made a fully extended grab of Scott's sinking liner in right-center to end a two-on, two-out threat in the seventh.
"You're probably going to win games if you play defense half that well," said Roberts. "It's one of those days. I don't know -- if any team makes those plays, the other team's probably going to lose. You tip your hat and you move on."
"You hit a bump in the road and you keep plugging along," Roberts added. "Every team hits them at some point. There's still a long ways to go and you keep battling."
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BALTIMORE -- The Orioles had hoped to use a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox as a measuring stick to see if they could compete with a powerfully built team that relies on solid pitching, clutch hitting and strong defense. Three games into the assessment, there are numerous unanswered questions, certainly more than manager Dave Trembley would prefer to be facing.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Wall Street was set to open with stinging losses on Friday, with investors set to pick up selling where they left off from Thursday's bruising session. Worries about China, Latin America and company earnings ganged up on investors and sent futures tumbling.
There are no data reports to distract investors, though shares of Microsoft Corp. and Starbucks Corp. could gain on the heels of their results posted late Thursday. Several heavyweights reported before the opening bell Friday, including Honeywell International Inc., Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Procter & Gamble Co.
Recouping some of the earlier losses, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average US:DJH4 were down 71 points, or 0.5%, to 16,080, while those for the Standard & Poor's 500 index US:SPH4 were 8.6 points, or 0.5%, lower to 1,815.50. Futures for the Nasdaq-100 index US:NDH4 lost 15.25 points, or 0.4%, to 3,598.50.
"Let's hope anyone who set up for a Friday rally today did so in a way that caps their losses," said Stephen Guilfolye, chief economist at Sarge986.com, in emailed comments. "This way you can make up the lost ground by day trading equity-index futures.
"I think long-term investors may want to let the market open, see which way the wind blows, and maybe decide where to go discount shopping, and where to take some profits from purchases made last year. I think we may see some of both," said Guilfoyle.
The day before, the S&P 500 SPX, -0.43% lost 0.9%, while the Dow industrials DJIA, -0.50% sank to the lowest level in five weeks, dropping 1.1%. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.26% fell 0.6%. All were hit by a surprise contraction in China's manufacturing sector, which came on top of worries about the country's financial sector and fed concerns about a possible spillover to the rest of the global economy.
Guilfoyle also mentioned that traders were keeping a nervous eye on the growing crisis in Ukraine, where protestors reportedly are holed up in government buildings on Friday.
Emerging markets took a major hit on Thursday, with the Argentine peso diving, and that left stocks gasping in Spain, a country closely tied to Latin America, with a drop of more than 3% for the IBEX 35 index IBEX, -0.96% The Argentine peso suffered its biggest fall since 2002 on Thursday after the central bank reportedly ran out of reserves to support its currency, capping a selloff that has taken place over the bulk of this week.
Earnings are also presenting worries for investors, as most of the big names that reported this week missed Wall Street expectations, said Naeem Aslam, chief market analyst at AvaTrade, in a note. "This alone is not only rattling traders' nerves," he said. "The Federal Reserve meeting, during which the handcuffs around quantitative easing could be tightened further, is also a concern."
"We are in a scenario where good news is bad news. The economic data released yesterday in the U.S. also confirmed that the strong growth story is intact, and this has raised the odds for possible action by the Fed during their next meeting," said Aslam.
The Federal Reserve meets Jan. 28-29, and influential Fed watcher Jon Hilsenrath of The Wall Street Journal recently predicted officials would use that meeting to taper bond-buying again.
European stocks were off 1.6% after a mostly crushing session for Asia stocks. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, +4.09% managed to buck a trend that saw the Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.37% slide nearly 2% and the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index HSI, +2.32% lose 1.2%. The dollar traded choppy, while gold and oil eased off.
Weighing on techs, shares of Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.61% were pointing lower in thin premarket trade. Rival Samsung Electronics Co. 005930, -0.80% forecast a weak first half after fourth-quarter earnings showed a sharp slowdown in growth. See Will Samsung outlook spook or rally Apple investors?
Shares of Internet-related stocks were all suffering losses in premarket trading, with Twitter Inc. TWTR, +1.21% , Yahoo Inc. US:YHOO and Facebook Inc. FB, +0.47% all sagging.
Shares of Microsoft MSFT, +0.89% MSFT, +0.89% bucked a weaker tech tone, up 3.2% in premarket after the company beat Wall Street estimates with fourth-quarter results.
Shares of Starbucks SBUX, +0.41% were up 1.2% in premarket. The coffee giant posted a 25% rise in profit, though sales missed Wall Street's targets.
Reporting early, Kimberly Clark Corp. KMB, -3.47% posted fourth-quarter earnings per share of $1.40 against expectations for $1.39 a share. Shares rose 1.7% in premarket.
Procter & Gamble PG, -0.80% saw its second-quarter sales miss views and posted earnings of $1.39 a share for the fiscal second quarter. Core earnings came in at $1.21 a share. The company was expected to report earnings of $1.20 a share. Shares in Procter & Gamble rose 1% in premarket.
Honeywell HON, -0.56% shares eased slightly in premarket. The company reported earnings per share of $1.19 and $1.24 on an adjusted basis. The company was forecast to post earnings of $1.22 a share in the fourth quarter.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY, -6.30% is seen posting earnings of 43 cents a share for the fourth quarter.
EBay Inc. EBAY, -0.90% eased under 1% in premarket. Carl Icahn said he is ready for a proxy fight to win two seats on the board of the online auctioneer, with the intent of pushing eBay to spin off PayPal.
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Bethune Cookman professor accused of trying to have sex with minor
Bethune Cookman professor accused of trying to have sex with minor
Brian Jansen wanted sex with 14-year-old, police say
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —
A Bethune Cookman University professor has been suspended after he was accused of trying to have sex with a minor.
Brian Jansen, 44, of Holly Hill, thought he was communicating with a 14-year-old online, police said, but it was actually an undercover police officer.
He is charged with using a computer to seduce, solicit or lure a child, traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a child and using a two-way communication device to commit a felony.
Jansen told police he is an athletics professor at the school. He is listed as an instructor on the school's website.
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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern cross country team finished in seventh place out of nine teams at the Second Annual GSW Remembrance Run held on Saturday. Lisa Espino led the Lady Hurricanes for the second-consecutive meet, finishing the 5K course in 22:11 for 25th place out of 70 competitors.
Freshman Micah Bucher followed for GSW in 29th place with a 22:30 time and Kelsey Baker took 39th at 23:29.
Mollie McGowan crossed the line 46th. Leady Cuellar and Lauren Brown finished in order, 52nd and 53rd, respectively. Katy York took 61st.
With 50 points, Columbus State finished ahead of Clayton State (56) for the team title.
Brittney Skiles, an unattached runner, crossed the finish line first with a time of 19:20.
The Lady Hurricanes return to action on Oct. 1 when they head to Albany for the Darton Invitational.
GSW Remembrance Run
Americus, Ga.
Sept. 10, 2011
GSW Individual Results
25. Lisa Espino, 22:11
29. Micah Bucher, 22:30
39. Kelsey Baker, 23:29
46. Mollie McGowan, 24:13
51. Leady Cuellar, 24:45
52. Lauren Brown, 24:46
61. Katy York, 27:06
Team Results
1. Columbus State (50 pts)
2. Clayton State (56)
3. Mercer "B" (65)
4. Valdosta State (95)
5. Young Harris (115)
6. Darton (120)
8. Wesleyan (254)
9. Tuskegee (282)


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CNN has recently chatted on Skype with a Syrian couple who just got married in this sad war. And we couldn't but share this couple's story on marriage, revolution, and war.
Ayat Al-Qassab carefully slipped the beaded satin wedding gown over her small frame. She peered at herself in the rusted mirror and cautiously smiled.
For a moment, her war torn world was transformed and she was a beautiful bride, free, safe and happy. Boom!
A mortar shell exploded somewhere near her Syrian home in Homs, waking her from a daydream.
She quickly wrapped a white headscarf tightly around her hair and prepared to leave for her wedding.
Only a week earlier,Ayat Al-Qassab met her husband-to-be, Mohammad Jumbaz. Their families had coordinated the introduction.
He was a pastry chef and part-time fighter for the rebel Free Syrian Army which wants to oust President Bashar al-Assad. She was 18 and from a family who didn't like the al-Assad government.
They took no lingering looks across the room, and time didn't stand still when their eyes met. They simply chatted as Syria's nearly 20-month-old civil war rumbled in the background.
"I had a feeling in my heart," Mohammad Jumbaz said, recalling that day. "I cannot describe it to you." During the interview, a shell boomed in the distance. "In a time when we are under siege and there are sounds like this, I told my mother I decided to fulfill half my religion and to get married," he said, "and without ever even seeing my bride, everything went perfect."
"We saw each other and we liked each other," she said, "and in just one week we were married to each other."
Homs has borne the brunt of the Syrian military's wrath since violence broke out nearly 2 years ago in the nation.
Many who live in the city consider it to be the unbowed guardian of the Syrian revolt. A massacre in the spring killed scores of women and children.
In Syria even marriage is an act of revolution!
"We must get married. Our lives must continue," Mohammad Jumbaz said defiantly. "We have not surrendered, and we will not surrender. This is a promise. A promise we will keep, God willing."
Out of respect for the dead, the couple held a small ceremony in the family apartment rather than a traditional large and noisy Syrian wedding.
"It was not appropriate to dance and play music," Mohammad Jumbaz said. "We recently received the body of my martyred brother, and many other families have martyrs as well. So it was a small family affair."
Speaking via Skype, the couple seems to have little interest in chatting about romance or the frivolities of weddings.
Instead, both are enthralled with their love for revolution and an ancient country that appears lost to war and strife.
"I wore a white dress, but we did not have a traditional wedding because of this animal in power," Ayat Al-Qassab said.
"We hope once the regime falls we can have a wedding, because our happiness is the end of this government."
The couple spent their honeymoon at home, struggling to survive as al-Assad's forces relentlessly shelled Homs.
"Here, we have our pride and we are defending our nation," she said. "I would prefer my honeymoon to be here amid the bombs and shells then for me to abandon my nation."
In the Middle East, where arranged marriages are common, there is an Arabic word for love after marriage: "ashra." It means the love from living life together. It is emotion based on mutual respect, understanding and a need for a partner to survive all life's struggles.
"I am not upset that I got married under these circumstances," Ayat Al-Qassab said. "The opposite. I am proud that I married one of the revolutionaries, and I am proud to be here in old Homs defending my nation and my dignity."
Now, after more than a year and a half of violence, living life amid the constant killing and dying is the greatest form of rebellion for the couple. "I took this step, because I am a man who has faith in God and destiny," Mohammad Jumbaz said.
"The days that passed were very hard on us. I still thank God for everything, but I felt something was missing in my life. I do not know how to describe it." "Every day was a struggle, but something was missing."
Before the Syrian civil war turned Homs into a conflict zone, Mohammad Jumbaz owned a baked-sweets business, selling cakes and candy to the mainly pro-government Allawi and Christian districts near his native neighborhood in Homs' Old District.
"When my brother was killed, I decided to return to my community and support my people, because what was happening was unjust," he said. "Seventy percent of my friends have been killed in this and that massacre. This is an unbearable level of injustice." "
There are enough Free Syrian Army troops to protect us now, but I noticed how difficult the situation is around us," he said. Now, Mohammad Jumbaz spends his days kneading rations of flour and bits of butter into dough, creating sweet, creamy Syrian desserts.
"The kids wanted sweets and many of the women were craving desserts, so I am trying to bake sweets again," he said. Ayat said she visits her parents and relatives every day to help with household duties, and she checks on the well-being of her neighbors until the evening, when her new husband returns home. "
I am not afraid of anything happening to him, and I thank God. We are all willing to sacrifice our lives for Syria," Ayat Al-Qassad said. "I thank God above all else."
Another single loud explosion thundered in the background as they spoke. The couple didn't even flinch.
"I pray no one is hurt" Jumbaz calmly said. He turned to his wife, who wore a faded purple coat and tight black headscarf. "Please, go ahead," he said, kindly signaling her to speak.
"We will not surrender, God willing," she said. "We are walking along the righteous path. My cousins, my neighbors, the children of my neighbors all died, and many more have lost their lives. But I am not sad. We will be victorious in this life and the afterlife."
Ayat Al-Qassab looks older than her 18 years, and she speaks with impenetrable courage and bravery that generally masks any semblance of a giggling blushing bride only a few weeks into her marriage.
"We were married September 13, 2011," she said before finally cracking a smile and beginning to laugh. "I mean 2012." She turns to her husband, blushing and embarrassed. He looks down to hide that he is laughing, too, instead mumbling to correct her: "2012."
Nothing it seems but sheer faith in God moves the newlyweds and inspires them to love, and to fight and resist forces in Syria they feel must end.
After nearly every sentence, they defiantly say "Alhamdulillah," a common Muslim phrase meaning "I thank God."
"My only hope is that this monster will be removed from power so we can live in peace and our children can live in peace," Al-Qassab starts.
"And if not our kids, then the children of our community even if we die," her husband adds. "Alhamdulillah."


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Been reading various tutorials and articles on STL and am now looking to buy a good book on it. Has anyone read any book on C++ STL, if so which one and do you recomend it?
Iv'e read some reviews, and am concidering buying Stl Tutorial & Reference Guide considering that C++ Programmer's Guide to the Standard Template Library seems to be out of print and might be hard for me to find.
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Restaurant Review
You'll salivate
It's no accident that the newly opened Salathai already has the feeling of a well-worn sarong. It's a reincarnation of Thai Ginger—on south San Mateo and now called Thai House—which Pitak Titakkan and his brother sold in 2007. Titakkan is back in the saddle with Salathai, on Copper and Carlisle, and he's picking up where he left off.
You pass through a fragrant cloud of steam by the open kitchen door en route from the parking lot to the entrance, and if you peek inside you might get waved at. The labyrinthine dining area starts small, but opens up as you round a corner. It ends at a private room in the back that boasts a full-wall mural of a boat plying the Chao Phraya River in front of Bangkok's Wat Arun temple. Asian pop music helps buffer the space between closely packed tables.
A sign outside advertises vegetarian specialties, and perhaps the most special of them all is the eggplant delight. It's like a Thai version of ratatouille, with purple eggplant, onions, garlic, basil, and red and green pepper. It has a fullness that the most hardened carnivores would find a soft spot for, and even the red gravy that remains after the veggies are gone would make a good meal if poured over a bowl of rice—Grade A jasmine rice, as the menu points out.
The menu is strong from end to end, but the seafood dishes are the strongest, especially the fish dishes, in which every detail seems like a calculated response to the qualities of each fish. A sweet piece of tilapia is batter-fried to a light-brown crisp and smothered in a floral green curry, while the salmon filet is blackened, its charred flavor balancing a relatively pungent and spicy panang curry.
The mussels and herbs, a simple bowl of comfort, delivers the distilled essence of mussels and the ocean. Supported by a light touch of lemongrass and a hint of tomato, the mussels are meaty and clean tasting. They float in a soothing broth that has an aroma somewhere between artichoke and chamomile.
I'm always a little scared of catfish. Though it can be delicious, at other times it bears the muddy flavor of freshwater pond scum. In this case, the deep-fried filet has no hint of muck. Decadently greasy, it gracefully absorbs the piled-on salad of mango, cabbage, carrot and ginger in a sweet, tangy sauce.
Supported by a light touch of lemongrass and a hint of tomato, the mussels are meaty and clean tasting. They float in a soothing broth that has an aroma somewhere between artichoke and chamomile.
Three ingredients in the thom kha talay, a coconut seafood soup, remain after the bowl is drained. Woody and ginger-flavored galanga, stiff and aromatic Kaffir lime leaves, and lemongrass cut into twirled ribbons team up to create a fragrant context for mussels, juicy scallops and spongy pieces of textured squid carved into helices. The airtight fresh rolls contain a busy rendezvous of rice noodles, crisp and crinkly lettuce, shrimp, tofu, cucumber, sprouts, and basil, with an equally complex nutty and garlicky dipping sauce.
Pork slices floating in the jungle curry are tender as clouds, and they float among peanuts, carrots and potatoes in a light red sauce. Like all of the Salathai curries I tried, this one benefits from the quality of the jasmine rice it's paired with.
The thom yum, or hot and sour soup, is usually my barometer of Thai restaurant quality, but at Salathai it falls short—the shrimp have little company in the salty broth. The beef with broccoli and oyster sauce is similarly unspectacular relative to the joys elsewhere on the menu.
A note on the menu warns that everything is cooked to order and might take a little while. This is not a ploy to get you to drink more Thai iced tea, which disappears faster than an August puddle—it's just the truth. The food can take about a half-hour on a busy night, but it's worth the wait. Not many Thai restaurants in this town could thrive if transplanted to the streets of Bangkok, but I think this one could.
Green curry tilapia
Catfish salad
Eggplant delight
Mussels and herbs
Thom kha talay
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Hours: 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday through Saturday; 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday
Range: $4.25 (fresh rolls) to $11.50 ( panang curry salmon)
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