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Board-certified orthopedic surgeons and sports-medicine specialists, Dr. Michael Domer and Dr. Shelden Martin of OrthoArizona – Arcadia, are now serving as team physicians to Arizona's top student and professional athletes.
Experienced in athletic sports injuries, Michael Domer, MD, is team physician for Shadow Mountain High School and the Arizona Rattlers and is skilled in all aspects of orthopedic care, specializing in sports-related injuries including minimally-invasive techniques.
"As a former athlete, I know an injury can be difficult to cope with," Dr. Domer said. "I'm here for my patients every step of the way, helping athletes with each aspect of an injury, including prevention, treatment and recovery."
Domer is affiliated with Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Gateway Surgery Center, St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center, OASIS Hospital and John C. Lincoln.
Shelden Martin, MD, also serves the Valley's youth athletes as team physician for Desert Vista High School and Veritas Preparatory Academy. In addition, Dr. Martin is head team physician for the Arizona Rattlers Arena Football League and team physician for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Arizona Coyotes. He is also team physician for the Chicago White Sox.
"Common sports injuries for athletes of any caliber include ACL tears and ACL sprains, runner's knee, shin splints and fractures" Dr. Martin said. "I treat these injuries every day and know each one deserves careful attention, thorough evaluation and proper treatment."
Martin has a Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and specializes in complex arthroscopic surgery including ligament reconstruction, cartilage transplants, shoulder and elbow joint replacements and reverse shoulder replacements.
For more information on OrthoArizona – Arcadia, please visit www.aoa.md or call (602) 631-3161. Find out more on Facebook at www.facebook.com/aoaatgateway and Twitter at www.twitter.com/aoaatgateway.
About OrthoArizona – Arcadia
OrthoArizona – Arcadia strives to improve the quality of life of its patients and their families through outstanding orthopedic care. OrthoArizona – Arcadia is committed to excellence by pledging to provide the highest quality of orthopedic care possible. Along with the treatment of immediate or chronic problems, top-rated and board-certified orthopedic surgeons strive to integrate the doctrine of prevention in all treatment plans as a way to alleviate possible future difficulties.


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Over the last decade, El Paso County has been on a real-estate binge, adding more than a million square feet of space at a cost approaching $200 million.
Now county officials say they need even more room, and have targeted a building at 101 W. Costilla St., owned by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department and formerly occupied by the Sheriff's Office. Asking price: $2.2 million.
County officials say the property, about two blocks from the Terry R. Harris Judicial Complex at 270 S. Tejon St., could be used for offices associated with the judicial system — despite projections a decade ago that no further judicial space would be needed for 30 years.
If the Costilla site comes under county ownership, it will add to facilities spending that's totaled at least $183.2 million in just over a decade, including:
• $38 million for a 864-bed Criminal Justice Center wing;
• $31.4 million to upgrade the existing courthouse, buy a building on Powers Boulevard for a Clerk and Recorder's branch office, and add to a parking garage on South Tejon Street;
• $45.5 million for an addition to the courthouse;
• $61 million on the 2010 "Strategic Moves Initiative," which included buying and renovating the 300,000-square-foot Intel building at 1675 Garden of the Gods Road into the Citizens Service Center, which consolidated many county offices, including Public Health, treasurer, assessor and the Department of Human Services, among others; also, remodeling of the County Administration Building, 27 E. Vermijo Ave., into a sheriff's headquarters, and remodeling of Centennial Hall at 200 S. Cascade Ave., for commissioners, attorneys, and the departments of budget, procurement and finance;
• and $7.3 million to buy and overhaul a property on Mark Dabling Boulevard for emergency operations.
During that time, the county has sold the former DHS building at 105 N. Spruce St., for $2.4 million. Officials plan this summer to sell the former Public Health buildings at 301 S. Union Blvd., for $3 million to the Thomas MacLaren School.
For many years, the 26,600-square-foot Costilla property housed the Regional Building Department. But in 2003, a building about three times that size was built at 2880 International Circle for Regional Building, as well as city and county development offices. RBD then leased the Costilla building to the county, and the Sheriff's Office moved in.
In 2011, the sheriff relocated to the five-story County Administration Building, which had been vacated when departments moved to Garden of the Gods. The Costilla property then was used by the county's emergency operations department — until that department relocated in October 2014 to Mark Dabling, county spokesman Dave Rose says via email. That left Costilla empty.
Now Regional Building wants to sell the property, says Building Official Henry Yankowski, who was to be appointed county administrator after the Indy's press deadline on Tuesday. He says via email that the county's lease expired some time ago, leaving it on a month-to-month arrangement at $125,000 in rent annually.
Yankowski says the county is the buyer and that "a contract is being work[ed] on by EPC attorneys."
But a slower timetable was described by outgoing County Administrator Jeff Greene, recently appointed as Mayor John Suthers' chief of staff. "If commissioners make a determination we'll purchase the building, we'll go through that process," Greene says in an interview. "We need to finish an assessment of needs of Judicial."
Those needs, he says, include room for probation offices, which Administrative Judge Gilbert Martinez echoes. "We are presently out of space for probation officers," Martinez writes via email, "thus the need for expansion."
Statistics from the Colorado Judicial Branch show that criminal case filings — those that can lead to probation arrangements — actually dropped by 18 percent from 2007 to 2013, the most recent available. Growth areas are civil lawsuits and divorce cases, which increased by 73 percent and 24 percent, respectively, in that six-year period, statistics show. Those cases could impact the judicial complex, but not probation services.
Told about the statistics, Martinez reasserts that "we have been out of space for a number of years and have had probation officers sharing rooms with cubicles for years."
But even before a spade of dirt was turned on the courthouse expansion in 2005, a fact sheet stated the project was "based on projections of space needs for court operations over the next 30 years" and would provide space for probation offices, the Sheriff's Office, Court Appointed Special Advocates and the public trustee, among others, many of which are not housed there today.
All that said, Rose maintains taxpayers have gotten a good deal, noting that a facilities study eight years ago tallied $385 million worth of space needs in the coming 30 years and that county spending since has satisfied most of the "immediate" needs "at a cost substantially lower" than $200 million, largely due to the Intel acquisition.
It's worth noting that the county's real-estate frenzy has been enabled mostly without a tax increase. Only the Mark Dabling building involved a tax hike — the sheriff's eight-year, .23-of-1-percent sales tax increase approved by voters in 2012.
But it's also worth noting the county doesn't actually own the courthouse, sheriff's office building, parking garage on South Tejon, or the 300,000-square-foot Citizens Service Center. All of those are owned by the El Paso County Public Facilities Corp., a nonprofit created in 1995 to buy and own property for the county without gaining voter permission to borrow, as required by the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights. That outfit leases the buildings to the county, which will pay $14.5 million this year and will continue paying until debts are retired in 2018, 2022, 2027, 2029 and 2036, Rose says.
Meantime, the Costilla property is bordered on three sides by property owned by the David Jenkins family, the region's largest developer and champion of lower downtown redevelopment, who donated the site for an Olympic Museum just two blocks away. Chris Jenkins didn't respond to questions about his family's interest in the property.
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My father-in-law lives in Fairburn, Georgia, just outside of Atlanta. When I told him that I'd be spending $350 for sushi, he burst out laughing at the outrageousness of the idea.
But he didn't get to experience what was hands down, the best sushi of my life.
I call it my re-education of sushi and the Japanese food aesthetic, for that's a more apt description of a dining experience at Sukiyabashi Jiro.
I enjoyed sushi before I went to the restaurant. I just didn't understand it like a real Japanese gourmand does.
The restaurant is named for its owner, 85-year-old Jiro Ono. He is a serious looking, bespectacled chef who wears hearing aids in both ears, a handicap he fears makes customers think he's aloof.
Rather, he's concentrating on molding the rice properly, melding it to the fish just so, and serving it at the optimum time for the customer to enjoy it. As I take my seat before Ono, who stands behind the bar through the entire meal, what strikes me is how clean everything is.
The fish must be lined up ready to go, somewhere, but it's out of clear sight of the customer. The counter is absolutely spotless; no wasabi, no utensils. You eat sushi the traditional way, with your hand, the way Ono has made it.
"Hai," says Ono, as he laid the first piece of karei, or flatfish, in front of me.
The rice, slightly warm and separating evenly on the tongue, tastes lightly of vinegar. It's aromatic, but not strong enough to detract from the fish. Cool, but not cold, and astoundingly not fishy. It softly separates.
Ono eyes me as I chew, smiling approvingly as I say "Mmm."
A universal sound -- no need for me to bust out my favorite Japanese word, ooishi (which means delicious).
As I finish that first piece of sushi, Ono is beginning to make the second, squid.
A pause, enough for me to enjoy my first bite, and then the squid is ready.
Our meal continues, with a back and forth banter of sushi chef and customer. In between, Ono explains temperature is critical, which is why he makes and serves the sushi depending on the eating pace of the customer.
He then explains why there's no wasabi or soy sauce for the customer to add.
"Done properly, this is very tasty," says Ono, talking about sushi as a collective whole. "But many sushi chefs just cut corners, so the flavor goes away."
Ono then bemoans the laziness of his fellow sushi chefs. I would take his comments seriously, except to look at how Ono lives his life, every other sushi chef must be considered lazy. Ono has been either training to be or been a sushi chef for more than 70 years, continuously studying the art of sushi.
Ono's hands are barely wrinkled or discolored, because 45 years ago, he decided to always wear gloves outside of his restaurant. He doesn't eat onion, garlic, smoke, drink alcohol or coffee.
The idea is that he must be a clean palette, because his hands touch the food that will go into his customer's mouth. Any imperfection in him is transferred to his sushi and interferes with his customer's culinary enjoyment.
Not that Ono has reached perfection, he quickly adds. "I'm always thinking of how to improve my sushi," he says.
Is that attainable, I ask.
"Not yet," he replies.
That personal dedication has won him accolades around the world, most notably from gourmet food guide, Michelin.
Sukiyabashi Jiro won the maximum three stars, the only basement restaurant to win so many stars.
Back at my re-education of sushi, I've come to my favorite piece so far: katsuo, or seared bonito. I'm truthfully not a fan of bonito, but Ono has seared the bonito, burning straw to create a smoky taste. Somehow, the fish is still cool in the center but barbequed on the fringes.
The American glutton in me wishes four more pieces would follow.
The tuna, as you'd expect, is melt-like-butter delicious. The uni, or sea urchin, something that usually ends up too fishy or bitter, is light and tasty.
But the surprise was the last piece, the tamago, or egg. Ono has baked it so it's slightly sweet, but still recognizable as egg. It's almost like an eggy-pound cake. It's an amazing finish to the meal.
"Gochisosama deshita," I say, the traditional Japanese phrase said by the customer after a delicious meal. "Arigato gozaimas," I add, for I am thankful and lucky.
Not just for experiencing Ono's delicious meal, but for understanding a little more about the beauty of Japan, found in the subtlety, diligence and patience of one of its finest chefs.


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Mesut Ozil had a rollercoaster of a night as Germany beat Italy on penalties to advance to the semi-final of Euro 2016.
The Arsenal midfielder gave Germany the lead with an instinctive finish in the second half but couldn't find the net from the penalty spot in the shootout.
It was his second penalty miss of the tournament - after his effort against Slovakia was saved - and Ozil was thankful for Manuel Neuer's heroics after the game finished 1-1.
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New Arsenal signing Granit Xhaka also missed a penalty at Euro 2016, the Switzerland midfielder missing the target against Poland.
So Arsene Wenger will be desperate his side avoid any penalty shootouts in cup competitions next season.
Ozil's goal and penalty miss
Here's how fans reacted to Ozil's miss.
Germany advance
Despite his miss, Ozil's night ended in ecstasy when Jonas Hector struck the winning penalty past Gianluigi Buffon after a marathon 18-penalty shootout.
Neuer saved from Leonardo Bonucci - who had equalised for Italy from the penalty spot - and Matteo Darmian, highlighting his status as the world's best goalkeeper.
Joachim Low's team, looking to win their second major tournament in three years following their success at the 2014 World Cup, will take on either France or Iceland in the semi-final.
Die Mannschaft look as imposing as ever, despite Thomas Muller failing to score in the tournament, and they proved once again last night that they are truly nerveless under pressure.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - An Australian cricket player has been approached by a bookmaker during the Ashes tour of England, the International Cricket Council said on Wednesday.
"I can confirm that the Australian team management have reported that their player was approached. It is being investigated by our ACSU (Anti-Corruption and Security Unit)," an ICC spokesman said by telephone.
"We are full of praise for the player and the team management for promptly reporting this matter."
The incident happened after the second test at Lord's in July, the spokesman said, but declined to give further details.
Cricket Australia declined to comment when contacted by Reuters.
"Any anti-corruption issue in cricket is a matter for the ICC," Cricket Australia spokesman Philip Pope said.
Australian media reported a player was approached in the bar of the team's London hotel.
The report comes after an ICC investigation cleared Pakistan players last week of coming in contact with bookmakers during their recent tour in Sri Lanka.
The Pakistan Cricket Board informed the ICC that it suspected bookmakers were staying on the same floor as their team hotel in Colombo after the tourists lost the test series 2-0 and had lost the first three games of their five-match one-day series.
The ICC spokesman said: "It would be naive to assume the issue has gone away and that is why we have the ACSU in place.
"But this is also an illustration of the effectiveness the ACSU's education programme and the culture of integrity that it promotes with the players."
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Doctoral Posters #25-28
Knowledge/IR Management
Purpose/Objective of study: Computer support helpdesks deal with many kinds of customer requests. While many requests are routine and procedural, there may be others that are novel and lead to sensemaking situations. Besides exploring the sensemaking and handoff practices in the field, this research also tried to answer the following questions raised by theory and past research:
Sample and Setting: Ten participants from two computer support helpdesk groups at a large midwestern university were interviewed for this study. The first group (G1) worked on the phone based helpline for anyone affiliated with the university. The second group G2 provided support to engineering school members through phone in, walk in and email.
Method (Qualitative, quantitative, historical, etc): Qualitative Methods were used.
Data collection technique(s) (Interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, etc): Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants at their workplace. The 1-2 hour long interviews were focused on learning the work habits and work culture of the participants, the sensemaking situations they faced. The participants were also asked if there were handoffs during the course of their work, if so what were the reasons for the handoffs, what were their handoff strategies, how they decided when to handoff and systems and tools they used for handoffs
Results: Successful handoffs required deliberate effort in creating high quality handoff material, which was an expected norm at one of the groups. Also, most handoffs occurred either very early or very late in the sensemaking process. The principle of least collaborative effort (Clark & Gibbs, 1986) can be used to explain the norms of creating handoff materials and the choice of handoff time.
Information Systems and Technology
Purpose/Objective of study: We know much about how to help people make use of objective information, but use of subjective information has received far less attention. In part, this reflects the nature of our information sources, which in the print era were strongly filtered on cost-benefit grounds. The recent explosion of unfiltered sources such as blogs, coupled with expanded access to online news reports that characterize the attitudes of specific individuals, provides a new window into characterizing subjectivity. We are now faced with the challenge of abundance rather than scarcity – how will we help users make sense of this cacophony? Our goal is to explore the design of tools to help with that task. This involves two coupled challenges: focus and characterization. We achieve focus by using information retrieval techniques to obtain a set of documents on a topic that is of interest and then allowing the user to designate parts of those documents to serve as exemplars for aspects that they wish to see characterized. A novel feature of our work is that we allow the exemplars to be drawn from documents in two languages (English and Chinese), thus supporting exploration of multilingual collections. Segmentation and classification techniques are then used to automatically assemble a large set of document segments on those same aspects. Techniques recently developed by others (for English) are then used to characterize the "semantic orientation" (attitude, opinion, sentiment, affect, emotion) of each segment on two scales (degree of positive, degree of negative); research from psychology indicates that both can be active simultaneously. Development of comparable capabilities for Chinese is the final research goal of this project.
Sample and Setting: Intellectual property rights considerations make it advantageous to conduct initial experiments with news sources. For aspect classification, we used English and Chinese news articles from the Topic Detection and Tracking collection, which includes pre-annotated topics. For Chinese attitude classification, we obtained the newly available Chinese opinion analysis test collection by participating in the 2007 NTCIR Chinese Opinion Analysis Pilot Task organized by Japan's National Institute of Informatics.
Method (Qualitative, quantitative, historical, etc): Model-based quantitative evaluation methods are used. For aspect classification, accuracy, precision, recall, and F-measure are reported. Precision, recall, and F-measure are also used to assess the utility of sentence polarity classifiers for Chinese.
Data collection technique(s) (Interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, etc): For aspect classification, we hired 2 information professionals to annotate document segments for aspects of selected topics in test collections from the 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 "topic tracking" task.
Results: For Chinese attitude classification, we have strong results for detection of opinionated sentences and sentence-level polarity classification (when compared with other NTCIR participants). Experiments on aspect classification are still underway now and expected to be completed in November.
27. Ying-Hsang Liu
Purpose/Objective of Study: The purpose of this study is to provide answers to a fundamental question: how useful are displayed query terms for different kinds of users? More specifically, this study addresses the research questions: 1) how does the performance of users with different levels of domain expertise and search experience differ? 2) What is the relationship between the searcher's perceived usefulness of displayed query terms and the search outcome?
Sample and Setting: We observed four different kinds of information seekers using an experimental information retrieval system based on a 10-year subset of MEDLINE: 1) search novices; 2) domain experts; 3) search experts and 4) medical librarians. The information needs were a subset of the relatively difficult topics originally created for the TREC (TextREtrieval Conference) 2004 Genomics Track. The study was conducted in a laboratory setting within academic research environment.
Method (Qualitative, quantitative, historical, etc): The experiment was a 422 factorial design with four types of searchers, use of an experimental system with/without the aid of MeSH terms and control of search topic pairs. The order of the two versions of a system, searcher types and search topic pairs were controlled by a Graeco-Latin squared balanced design. Participants searched either using a version of the system in which MeSH terms were displayed or another version (Non-MeSH) in which they had to formulate their own terms. Based on the experimental design 32 subjects (8 for each searcher type) were recruited. Each participant searched 8 topics in total (4 for each version of the system) from a pool of 10 carefully selected search topic pairs.
Data collection technique(s) (Interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, etc): This study employed user-oriented evaluation methods for information retrieval systems. The participants filled out a searcher background questionnaire before the search assignment. After a brief training session, they were assigned to one of the arranged experimental conditions. They completed a search perception questionnaire and were asked to indicate the relevance of two pre-judged documents after each search. A brief interview was conducted when they finished all search tasks. Search logs with search terms and ranked retrieved documents were recorded. Effectiveness and efficiency of retrieval were based on the relevance judgments provided by TREC and the time spent.
Results: The important findings are 1) displayed MeSH terms are most useful for domain experts in terms of precision measure; 2) the two versions of the experimental system can produce comparable search results; 3) there is a significant interaction effect between versions of a system and searcher's level of search experience in terms of precision; 4) perceived usefulness of displayed MeSH terms does not correlate with the search outcome, while terms in the Non-MeSH version do; 5) user perceptions of search task difficulty positively correlate with the time spent. The results advance our understanding of the usefulness of displayed terms and the relationship between user perception and search outcome in interactive information retrieval systems.
Information Visualization
The importance of narrative as a method of communication has been extensively discussed in social linguistics. Researchers believe that narrative allows people to create rich mental images and transcend the meanings of their experiences. Recently, narrative and visual tools have come up in the work of researchers in online interface design, who suggest that narrative allows the effect of social context inherent in it to provide qualitative learning experience, and they believe that visual tools also positively affect the mental activities of the individual. Though these have important implications to instructional design, the inquiry of narrative, its relation with imagery, as well as the effects of using visual tools have been limited. Especially, the objects and the methods of investigation of the relationships between narrative and imagery are unclear in the current literature. In addition, the case-by-case style of narrative study has also been criticized as being more art than research. With this situation, seeking "a logical construction that accounts for narrative's difference from other text-types" is expected. The main objectives of the dissertation study are: 1) to examine the functions of narrative and mental imagery in cognition for the purpose of discovering the inner relationships among them; 2) to examine how they could be interpreted when different sign systems (semiotic resources) and internal and external representations are concerned with the construction of meaning. The former objective is critical to the empirical investigation of narrative, whereas the understanding of visual representation has important implications for context design, automatic graphics generation and image retrieval. This study, using a general cognitive method, attains the objectives also by proposing a framework interpreting the functions of linguistic and visual resources and empirically verifying the established objects through a contrast between an online course in narration and in expository text. Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, the empirical studies collected data from questionnaires, observation, test scores and open-ended essay questions with a sample of more than 150 library professionals. This poster will focus on presenting the established objects of investigation and some key findings from the ongoing data analysis.


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As soon as you decide to enter any competition, time itself seems to accelerate and the laws of physics no longer apply.
This most definitely applies to the UKBC as it seems only a few days ago we entered, and having now competed it's a bit of a blur. In reality
For the uninitiated the experience is incredible and for the coffee lover it's almost a must. Watching people pour drinks and get points sounds a little plain but the atmosphere can be electric and this is just the heats. I decided for my own reasons that if I entered this year that we would shut the shop for the day under the guise of staff training and allow all those who wished to attend the ability to do so.
The feedback from the team was that while they were expecting to enjoy the day, they were unprepared for how tense and exciting the whole experience would be.
Better than paint balling for a team building experience that's for sure.
With the effort I put in I was expecting not to bring shame to my little empire and confidence has never been a downfall of mine but I was a little stunned to Win, and I did not have a clue especially as I had seen only glimpses of the other performances.
They announce the top 3 in reverse order and I was reliably informed that Duncan had also done well and scored into the top 6 …… he was beaming and happy , given he had not even seen a heat before I think he did amazing. On a daily basis in the shop he turns out quality stuff with pride and is the most motivated quality driven guy I have ever seen when it comes to coffee.
Winning the heat has been wonderful and what was once a desire just not to be embarrassed has now turned into a realisation that with hard work and lots of practise the actual title itself may even now be possible if the gods are willing and all that.
I still have not worked out if it's a blessing or a curse to be honest ……….. Guess the motto of the story is if you poke your head above the parapet; don't be surprised if you get shot at.
The event is incredible and for the warmth and spirit of coffee based kinship the venue is a must if you just enjoy coffee never mind visit websites about it. See you next yearJ.
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Online exhibits / Makah Culture / Seasonal Activities / Summer / Wood Technology
Makah Cultural and Research Center Online Museum
As they knew the ways of animal life and the products available from the hunt, so Makahs knew the precise characteristics of all the woods of the forest. Redcedar was particularly valuable, but it was far from the only tree they relied upon. Other woods such as spruce, hemlock, yew, and alder are present among the Ozette artifacts. There also are lance heads of fool's huckleberry, gaming discs and children's bows of salmonberry, float plugs of redberry elder, combs of salal and cascara and dogwood. At Hoko River there even are fishhook shanks of devils club!
Selection never was random. Woodworkers picked what they needed, secure in the knowledge of what each wood offered.
Cedar had many advantages. Because it splits easily and straight, Makahs had dimension lumber. This is unusual anywhere in the world without saws. Furthermore, cedar doesn't warp badly, important for boxes made of single boards bent to form the sides, then fitted with a bottom piece pegged or sewn in place. Toxic substances within the wood resist rot and insect attack. Lightness let arrowshafts fly true, and massive objects remain maneuverable: canoes were buoyant and paddled well, roof supports and wall planks could readily be raised into position and secured in place. Cedar also offered better insulation than any other wood. Cell walls are thin, spaces between cells large.
Yew wood is just the opposite. It is dense and heavy, therefore ideal for harpoon shafts and clubs. It would also serve well for wedges, but ninety percent of the Ozette wedges are not yew, but spruce. They aren't made from ordinary spruce, however, but from the dense wood that forms on the underside of branches and in gnarled trunks subject to heavy wind. This spruce has the heaviness typical of yew; normal spruce, on the other hand, is famed for its lightweight in proportion to strength.
Western hemlock is stiff enough to hold shape well, and the prehistoric Ozette halibut hooks are hemlock. They were made by thinning and smoothing a pencil-like rod, then steaming and bending it in a kelp bulb set into fire-heated sand. Within historic time, Makahs made the hooks from spruce knots.
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Farms & Cider Mills
Craving a farm-fresh taste – and experience?
Michigan farms and cider mills conjure the crisp bite of apples, perfectly ripe blueberries and the joy of juicy cherries. If you're seeking a taste of fresh, seasonal, local food, you won't be disappointed in Michigan.
Fresh produce isn't the only thing on the menu – you will also find fields of lavender and tulips, gallons of cider straight from the mill and fragrant Christmas trees all across the state. From early spring through December, Michigan farms deliver a vast array of agricultural products as well as farm amusements and seasonal celebrations. From hay rides and corn mazes to U-picks and petting zoos a visit to a Michigan is the perfect ways to create family memories while connecting with local heritage and food traditions.
Wherever you stop, the souvenir potential is always in season. Take a snack for the road or feast on a farm-to-table meal for the ages. Homemade pies, jams, jellies, bread, cheeses and more will have you coming back for seconds while creating memories you will savor long after you have returned home. Craving a farm-fresh taste and experience in Michigan? Start your taste buds tingling right here.


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It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden death of Morgan James GOODWILL on Wednesday, October 10, 2007. Only 35 years of age, Morgan was the beloved husband and best friend of Kim (CARKNER) and proud Daddy of Connor and Ella. Cherished son of David and Angela GOODWILL, much loved brother of Alasdair (Helena) and Daniel (Lisa;) adored grand_son of Philip and Beryl SKEENS and the late Joseph and Isabel GOODWILL; as well as the dear son-in-law of Donald and Norma CARKNER. Morgan had a wonderful sense of fun and had an amazing talent for making those around him feel good about themselves. Professionally, he was a widely respected key member of the Corporate Real Estate team at BMO Financial Group. He will be dearly missed by many, many people. The family will receive Friends at the McEachnie Funeral Home, 28 Old Kingston Road, Pickering Village (Ajax) 905-428-8488 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday. Memorial service at Claremont United Church (5052 Old Brock Rd., Claremont) on Wednesday October 17, 2007 at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, a trust fund for Connor and Ella has been established with BMO Financial Group. Contributions can be made at any Bank of Montreal branch with the following account details. Account Name: Kim GOODWILL in trust for Connor and Ella Transit: 0389
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SKELLY, Vlasta
Beloved mother of Andrei SULZENKO, generous and loving grandmother of Alexa and Ben SULZENKO, glorious mother-in-law of JoAnne SULZENKO, Tracy PATTERSON and Joseph SKELLY, Michael SKELLY, Sylvia BUXTON and their children, Sebastian and Jocelyn, and sister of Boris KERSTING. Died peacefully in Toronto at Perram House early on Sunday, November 25, 2007 after a struggle with cancer.
Vlasta was an astute consumer credit manager, an award-winning bridge player, a fine cook and baker, an avid reader of fiction and "The Economist", and a tennis aficionado. She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph (Zefi) SKELLY, and by his sister, Zina PRISTER.
The family thanks Elizabeth TANASKOVIC, Tracy PATTERSON and Felix KREICHMAN for their Friendship and support. The family is grateful to Perram House and Toronto Western Hospital for their compassionate care. Donations in Vlasta's name to Perram House, 4 Wellesley Place, Toronto, M4Y 2K4, are welcome. At her request, there will be no service, and cremation will take place. A celebration of Vlasta's life will be held at a later date.
Vlasta was a beautiful, sweet woman, who made few demands on life, and whose petite shoes will be impossible to fill.
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McARTHUR, June (née SKELLY.)
Died peacefully at home, as was her wish, on December 1, 2007. June lived in The Beach for over 50 years and had many family, neighbours, Friends, and colleagues there. Predeceased by her husband Harry. Proud mother of Ruth GERMANN and her husband John, Peter, and Paul. Loving Nana to Jennifer, Ella, Jamie, Jesse, Duncan and Colin. Sadly missed by Peni PATRICK and Louise. Sister to Bill (Gail) and Jim (Pat). Our deepest thanks to the Temmy Latner Palliative Team: Doctor Kevin BEZANSON, Nurses Ann DUFFY and Anne COLLINS. Your compassion knows no bounds. Our mother was larger than life, please remember her today if only for a moment. Friends will be received at the Sherrin Funeral Home, 873 Kingston Rd (West of Victoria Park) on Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. A funeral service will be held in the chapel on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 1: 30 p.m. Interment Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Memorial donations to the Temmy Latner Palliative Team or the Toronto East General Hospital.
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At Central Place in Owen Sound on December 13, 2007. Kathleen PRUDOM (née CURTIN.) Dear mother of Marie and her husband Gavin HALL of Sarnia, Joan and her husband David SKELTON of Owen Sound and James and his wife Rhonda of Waterloo. Sadly missed by six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her husband Milton Gilbert PRUDOM, and infant daughter Carol Elizabeth, one brother and one sister. A memorial service for Kathleen PRUDOM will be conducted at a later date. Interment, Lakeview Cemetery, Sarnia. Memorial donations to the G.B.R.H.C. Foundation or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated and may be made through the Tannahill Funeral Home 519-376-3710.
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SKELTON, Mora
Peacefully on Wednesday December 26, 2007 at Kingsway Retirement Residence in her 91st year. Loving sister of Eleanor Mary, Henry Eby (Harry) and David Charles. A special thank you to the staff at Kingsway for their care of Mora over the years. A Memorial Service will be held in the chapel of the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Rd. (North of Lawrence Avenue) Weston on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 2 p.m. Private family interment.
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Of Wiarton passed away at Gateway Haven Nursing Home on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 in his 82nd year. Beloved husband of Harriet and cherished father of Judy (Harold) IRVINE of Owen Sound, Geri (Gerry) BLACK of Nova Scotia, John (Linda) SKENE of Colpoy's Bay, Jackie SKENE of Owen Sound, Jim SKENE (Barry Crackle) of Owen Sound and Jill SKENE of Wiarton. Sadly missed by stepchildren Brenda LIHOU of Oliphant, Diana (Derek) POCOCK of Oliphant, Brian LIHOU of Wiarton and Paul (Lee-Anne) LIHOU of Parkhead, brother Earl SKENE of Wiarton, sisters Helen (Bob) PORTER of Lake Charles, Marjorie SMITH of Wiarton and Fairy (Gordon) BUCHANAN of Oliphant, 11 Grandchildren and 5 Great-Grandchildren. Bud was predeceased by his first wife Wilma and his parents Lydia (HEPBURN) and Albert SKENE, 3 brothers and 5 sisters. At Bud's request, there will be no funeral home visitation or service. Cremation has taken place. Interment Balsam Grove Cemetery, Oliphant. Arrangements entrusted to the George Funeral Home, Wiarton. Donations made to the Friends of Gateway Residence Council or Salvation Army Food Bank, Wiarton would be appreciated by the family as expressions of sympathy. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.georgefuneralhome.com
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PROSSER, Lorne
It is with great sadness that the family of Lorne PROSSER is announcing his passing, on Monday, June 11, 2007, at the age of eighty-four. He will be missed by his loving wife Phyliss, and his children, Eric (Kathy) of Calgary, Keith (Chris) of Sioux Lookout, and Janice (Bill SKENE) of Dryden. He is also sadly missed by his grandchildren, Eric L. PROSSER, Darlene PROSSER, Jeremy PROSSER, David SKENE, Elizabeth SKENE, and Sara PROSSER, as well as his great-grandchildren Jennifer PROSSER, Kirstin PROSSER, Sofia WEBBER, and Aidan PROSSER, and family Friends Heidi Harder and Smilja Milanovic. Lorne was born in Windsor, New Brunswick, on February 10, 1923. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War 2. In 1943, he met and married the love of his life. Lorne and Phyliss shared 64 years of love and devotion. A long term resident of Montreal and Toronto, he worked for Maple Leaf Mills, The Globe and Mail, and Lake Simcoe Ice as an accountant. He retired from Lake Simcoe Ice as General Manager in 1984. Lorne was an avid bridge player and gardener, and was an active member of the church. He loved to read, especially the Globe and Mail reading it everyday for 50 years. He also enjoyed watching sports and he loved to see the Blue Jays win. Lorne and Phyliss moved to Dryden fourteen years ago to be near their family. He enjoyed the warm and friendly atmosphere of Dryden, and the chance to spend his last years surrounded by the love of his children and grand children. He will always be remembered for his kind and gentle nature. Lorne was a gentleman in the truest sense of the word. A memorial service for Loren PROSSER will be held on Friday June 15 at 2: 00 p.m. in the Stevens Funeral Homes 'Moffat Chapel' with Pastor Doug WIGHTMAN officiating. Interment in the Dryden Cemetery will follow the service. If Friends so desire donations may be made to the Dryden Regional Health Centre Palliative Care Fund through the Stevens Funeral Homes 'Moffat Chapel' P.O. Box 412 Dryden, Ontario P8N 2Z1. Condolences may be emailed to email@example.com subject line: Lorne
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The 2005 LPI Prize for Health Research was awarded on May 18, 2005, at the 3rd Diet and Optimum Health Conference to Paul Talalay, M.D., who is the John Jacob Abel Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Born and raised in England, Dr. Talalay earned a B.S. in Biophysics from MIT and an M.D. from Yale. He worked at the University of Chicago with Nobel Laureate Dr. Charles Huggins before joining Johns Hopkins in 1963. Dr. Talalay was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1987 and serves as Associate Editor of Cancer Research. He has published over 200 scientific papers.
As the Director of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Johns Hopkins from 1963 to 1974, Dr. Talalay was instrumental in developing its world-renowned reputation. Stimulated by Huggins's work on hormone-responsive tumors, Dr. Talalay worked initially on steroid metabolism and found that one steroid-metabolizing enzyme on which he had been working was glutathione transferase, which helps protect the body from carcinogens and oxidant damage. In the late 1970s, Dr. Talalay demonstrated that the anticancer effect of the antioxidant food additives BHA and BHT was due to their induction of phase 2 enzymes in the liver that block carcinogenesis. This led to the search for naturally occurring inducers of phase 2 enzymes.
In a 1992 paper, Dr. Talalay reported that a phytochemical called sulforaphane, which is an isothiocyanate especially abundant in the cruciferous vegetable broccoli, is a potent inducer of phase 2 enzymes in cultured cells and mice. Sulforaphane and other isothiocyanates have also been found to inhibit chemically-induced carcinogenesis in animals. Sulforaphane induces enzymes, including quinone reductase and the antioxidant glutathione S-transferase, that can detoxify carcinogens and prevent toxic electrophiles from damaging DNA. Dr. Talalay developed a novel quantitative assay to screen for natural inducers of quinone reductase, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA in 1992 and has been widely applied. In fact, this assay was used to identify sulforaphane as a putative anticancer phytochemical. Additionally, Dr. Talalay showed for the first time how many inducers of phase 2 enzymes also induce endogenous antioxidant defenses. Dr. Talalay found that the amount of sulforaphane in broccoli is quite variable, which led him to focus on broccoli sprouts as a reproducibly high source.
Several nomination letters noted a parallel between Dr. Talalay's research and that of Linus Pauling, both of whom "spent early years in basic molecular studies and later brought the rigor and insight from this experience to bear on larger problems of health and nutrition." Dr. Talalay was saluted for his pragmatic research strategies, the practical application of his work to public health, and for helping us to understand what phytochemicals may be partly responsible for the cancer chemoprotection afforded by a regular intake of vegetables, as demonstrated by epidemiological studies, and how these substances work. Nominators also cited Dr. Talalay's devotion to young scientists and sustained mentorship. Dr. Talalay continues to work on the complicated molecular mechanisms involved in cancer chemoprotection by sulforaphane and related substances and has recently reported the antibiotic effect of sulforaphane against H. pylori, the bacterium associated with gastric ulcers and cancer.


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Dear Supporter, September 25, 2012
Please Help Save Them from Slaughter!
This is Sandy. Wild horse advocates in northern Nevada have watched Sandy since before she was born, living peacefully with her family in the foothills outside of Reno. Now Sandy and her herd mates face the cruelest of fates after being captured by the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDOA) and dumped at the Fallon Livestock Exchange.
Tomorrow, Sandy and 24 other wild Nevada mustangs will be put up for auction. If local wild horse advocates do not raise the funds necessary to purchase the horses and locate temporary housing for them, they will be sold to kill buyers. Unless rescued, Sandy and her family will be crammed into trailers and trucked on an arduous journey across the border of Canada or Mexico, where they will face an unspeakably horrible and cruel death on the slaughterhouse floor.
Will You Help Save Sandy and Her Mustang Friends?
► If you or know anyone you know can offer a temporary home to some of these horses, please contact us immediately by clicking here.
►If you can contribute to the fund to purchase and feed the horses, please donate as generously as possible by clicking here. Every dollar you donate will be sent to the local rescue groups in Nevada who are mobilizing as we speak to save Sandy and her friends.
Just last week, Nevada wild horse advocates rescued 23 wild Nevada mustangs from the same slaughter auction. Their resources are stretched; please help today!
►Call Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (775-684-5670 or 702-486-2500) to protest -- politiely but in the strongest of terms - his Nevada Department of Agriculture's (NDOA) continued dumping of wild Nevada mustangs at livestock auctions to be sold for slaughter. Tell him to direct the NDOA to work with local wild horse groups to place captured horses and to implement management programs aimed at keeping the Virginia Range horses in the wild, where they belong.
Because Sandy and her family made their home on state, not federal, public lands, they are not protected by federal law. YOU ARE THE ONLY PROTECTION THEY HAVE.
Please click here to see more photos of the wild horses who will be put up for bid tomorrow.
We apologize for sending two emails to you in one day, but we felt that the urgent and developing nature of this situation required us to bring this update to your attention without delay.
The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign (AWHPC) is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage. Supported by a coalition of over 50 organizations, its grassroots campaign seeks:
* A suspension of roundups in all but verifiable emergency situations while the entire BLM wild horse and burro program undergoes fiscal and scientific reform;
* Higher Appropriate Management Levels (AML) for wild horses and burros on those rangelands designated for them based on a fairer allocation of resources on our public lands;
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BIG BEAR, CA - WBA/IBO Middleweight World Champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin is in the snow covered mountains of Big Bear, California preparing to defend his titles on Saturday, JANUARY 19 against world ranked challenger "KING" Gabriel Rosado LIVE on HBO Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 9:45 p.m. ET/PT, from The Theatre at Madison Square Garden, 'The Mecca of Boxing."
Arriving four weeks ago and training under the watchful eye of Abel Sanchez at The Summit Boxing Gym, Golovkin will remain on a steady schedule leading up to his departure to New York City for fight week.
"Gennady came into camp in great shape, he was at 168 when he came in the door" said Sanchez. "We started sparring last Friday, just six rounds to begin with and after Christmas we'll increase the rounds with multiple sparring partners."
Evident when they faced off at the media lunch in New York City earlier this month, Rosado is a couple of inches taller and with a much greater reach than Golovkin.
'"For this fight Gennady agreed to come down from the middleweight limit to accommodate Rosado at a catch weight" said Tom Loeffler, Managing Director of K2 Promotions, "This is unheard for a champion, that's how much respect Gennady has for Gabriel."
Continued Sanchez, "We'll have Gennady at 158 before we leave for New York City for fight week. He's on a great schedule now, he runs between 3.5 and five miles per day, sparring on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with weight training on Tuesday and Thursday. "
"He works so hard and is very disciplined so he eats what he wants, just no soft drinks. We watched a few rounds of Rosado's fight with Charles Whitaker but with Gennady as with all of my fighters we don't spend a lot of time watching tapes. It's more important that we're 100% ready in our preparation and make them adapt to what we do."
"Gennady is excited to be fighting on HBO again and to realize his dream of fighting at Madison Square Garden. "


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Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) stock falls 20% on Tuesday after the company has reported quarterly earnings below analyst's expectations due to declining sales in large flagship locations.
The retailer recorded a loss of 25 cent a share, a bigger loss than the average of 20 cents projected by analysts.
The company has explained the decline in sales by a slowdown in tourism, as tourists are major contributors in large cities where the flagship stores of retailers are located.
Other retailers, like Tiffany (NYSE: TIF) and Michael Kors Holdings (NYSE: KORS) have also expressed concerned regarding smaller amount of travelers. Tourist are likely discouraged from visiting the United States because of the strong dollar making traveling and prices in general more expansive for people abroad.


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For five years, neighbours could ignore the fact that an unassuming red brick house in Old Toronto was harbouring a sex club. But Ontario's smoking laws changed this year, and Oasis Aqualounge's customers can no longer indulge in post-coital cigarettes on the club's private pool deck. They have to leave the building to light up, and neighbours have complained about seeing too many alfresco birthday suits.
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada legalized sex clubs, but money can't be exchanged and the venues can't be open to the public. So when you walk into Oasis, you first have to sign a waiver, to ensure "people understand they will see naked people, they will see people having sex, and if they're uncomfortable with that, they shouldn't come in…" says Richard, Oasis's majority owner (who asked for his surname to be withheld). "From a legal standpoint, the important thing is they know they're coming into a sex club."
After returning inside from lighting up, Oasis customers can dance on the ground floor where pornography plays on the wall-mounted TV. They can head upstairs to play in a public dungeon, watch others through well-positioned windows or get busy themselves in a private locked room. And they're allowed to have sex anywhere in the club except for the hot tub.
Go to your average pickup bar or nightclub, you don't know if you might be going home with Mr. or Ms. Rapist. Since people visit sex clubs for, well, sex, the clubs are less likely to be full of belligerent Bay Street bros pounding back Jagerbombs who won't take no for an answer. "They're not here to drink," says Richard. "It's not going to help them."
Aurora Benzion, co-owner of the Toronto sex club Wicked, hasn't seen any cases of date rape at her club, and at both businesses, staff members are ready to intervene if there's ever a consent issue.
"Some businesses push limits because they need to be viable," says Richard. "We're pushing the limits by allowing sex. So pretty much everything else is by the book. It's a lot less risky an environment than people would think."
Nightclub patrons, on the other hand, often pre-drink, so a security team that screens patrons at the door is key. "As soon as you let them into your establishment, they become your problem," says Zena Nucifora, a senior underwriter at the South Western Group. But it's essential that bouncers have their own insurance. If a security staff member starts throwing punches, the club may not avoid a lawsuit, but they can at least share the legal costs and potential payout with the security company's insurer.
There are creative security options beyond bullnecked beefcakes barring the door, Nucifora points out.
"If you put a very nice, sexy woman at the front door, and she walks up and down the line and chats these guys up, they don't care if they ever get in," says Nucifora. She could chat with men waiting in line, distract them from the hour-long wait and subtly check to see if they're already inebriated. When the men finally enter the club, "they're calmer. They're not stressed out thinking, 'I've been waiting here forever to get in.'"
After motor vehicle accidents and being assaulted by a bouncer, the most common nightclub claim is a slip-and-fall, says Paul Clarke, national underwriting manager at Burns & Wilcox Canada. Many nightclubs have switched to all-plastic cups in order to minimize accidents.
Nucifora points out nightclubs must put together protocols for those situations. "So, you've got young girls wearing high, very uncomfortable shoes, and they can slip on a wet straw on the floor," she says. "They can hurt themselves. They take their shoes off halfway through the night, and they're dancing on the dance floor in their pantyhose or bare feet, and there's broken glass everywhere."
A version of this article originally appeared in the October 2015 issue of Canadian Insurance Top Broker.


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Tuesday, Oct 17, 2017 at 10:00am
Richard Boyd Art Gallery opens 'Scenes of Maine' an annual exhibition of visual arts depicting imagery of Maine on October 1 at 10:00 a.m. with a reception to follow on the 7th.
The exhibit showcases the diversity of subject matter in Maine which has long been a source of inspiration for artists. On display are paintings in a variety of mediums and styles depicting scenes from the interior, to the islands, coves, and working waterfronts in Maine. Each work is the artist's interpretation of a scene in Maine.
Scenes of Maine features original paintings by Patricia Chandler - oil, cold wax, and mixed media; Randy Eckard - watercolor; Wilson Stewart - acrylic; and Austin Stilphen - oil. You're invited to meet artists Patricia Chandler and Wilson Stewart at a reception at Richard Boyd Art Gallery Saturday, October 7 between the hours of 12:00 noon and 3:00 p.m. when they will be available to discuss their work.
Richard Boyd Art Gallery is located on Peaks Island in Portland, ME at the corner of Island Avenue and Epps Street. For more information about the exhibit or reception contact the gallery by phone at (207)-712-1097, via email at email@example.com or visit the gallery website at http://www.richardboydartgallery.com . Like the gallery on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RichardBoydArtGallery . The exhibit is open free of charge between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily through October 31, 2017.
Image: Randy Eckard ~ "Almsot October" ~ Watercolor on Paper 15" x 21"
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Guest of Cairo
This young woman (23) is a Fulbright scholar here in Cairo and she is researching into
"the role of women in political and civic leadership here in Egypt. Whether acting as judges, activists, NGO directors, MPs, or economic powerhouses, I am curious how Egyptian women influence their society."
Something I am very keen to do - and have been doing in a very minor way on a forum I post on is find positive strong images of Egyptian women. Well, this girl is doing it!
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Monday, 14 May 2012 08:10 PM
Greek President Karolos Papoulias will call a meeting of leaders of all parliamentary parties except for an ultra- nationalist party today to make the case for a government of prominent non-politicians. The 17-nation currency traded 0.1 percent from a three-month low against the yen before a report forecast to show Europe's economy contracted. Demand for the Australian dollar was limited before the central bank releases minutes of its last meeting when it cut interest rates by 50 basis points.
"The intense uncertainty in Greece is hard to see coming out well for risk appetite at this point," said Greg Gibbs, a currency strategist at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc in Sydney. "Looking at the fundamentals and at the developments in Europe, it's all very bearish for the euro."
The euro traded at $1.2831 as of 7:55 a.m. in Tokyo from $1.2823 at the close in New York, after earlier sliding to $1.2816, the weakest level since Jan. 18. The currency was little changed at 102.48 yen from 102.39 yesterday, when it reached 102.23, the lowest since Feb. 16. The yen was at 79.87 per dollar from 79.85.
Australia's dollar added 0.1 percent to 99.72 U.S. cents from 99.58 yesterday.
Greek Talks
Alexis Tsipras, who heads Greece's anti-bailout Syriza party and rejected a unity government following last week's inconclusive election, boycotted yesterday's meeting called by Papoulias. Tsipras will attend today's meeting, state-run NET TV reported. Greece may face new national elections unless a government is formed.
Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said only a "fully functioning" Greek government would be entitled to tinker with the conditions attached to 240 billion euros ($308 billion) of rescue aid. "The government would have to stand by the program," Juncker told reporters after chairing a meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Brussels late yesterday.
The euro-region's gross domestic product probably fell 0.2 percent in the first quarter from the previous three-month period when it contracted 0.3 percent, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before the European Commission releases data today.
Europe's shared currency dropped 4 percent in the past six months, the worst performance among 10 developed-nation currencies tracked by Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes. The dollar rose 1.9 percent, and the yen lost 2.1 percent.
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Principal Investigator(s): Meltem Alemdar
The federal Ed Tech initiative was developed in an effort to improve student academic achievement through the use of technology.
In Georgia, this goal was used as a platform in creating the Title IID "Engaging AP Students in Mobile Handheld Computing" grant, awarded to 66 schools across 50 school districts throughout Georgia in 2009. This three-year initiative aimed to improve the quality of Advanced Placement (AP) courses, increase enrollment in AP courses, and increase diversity in AP courses through the use of handheld technology. The grant made a variety of mobile handheld devices, such as iPods, netbooks, smart boards, projectors, and Wi-Fi servers available in AP classrooms in order to enhance classroom instruction. Selected by the GADOE as the external evaluators for the grant, the evaluation team at CEISMC has assessed the extent to which the Title IID Mobile Handheld Computing grant met its goals and objectives.
The designed evaluation plan for Title IID was summative in nature, focusing on the outcomes of the program. It emphasized multiple data collection methods and exploratory analyses. The key evaluation question was "to what extent has the program been successful in integrating technology in mathematics classrooms?" The evaluation utilized a mixed methods approach employing both qualitative and quantitative data sources to determine program outcomes and effectiveness. Data sources included:
- Surveys – Program administrators, participating teachers, participating students
- Focus Groups/Interviews – A sample of teachers and administrators were interviewed at each site visit location, separately.
- Classroom Observations – The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT) was used to measure the technology usage in classrooms.
- Student Achievement Data - Student achievement was measured using Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) scores for participating school AP courses
The sub-set of classroom observation data and interviews with teachers and administrators were used to supplement survey and student achievement data collected as a part of this program evaluation.
Selected Findings:
Teachers and students used the technology in the AP classrooms regularly and for a variety of purposes.
Evidence of the utilization of handheld mobile devices in the AP classrooms was apparent across data sources. Student and teacher surveys indicated that the iPod Touches were the most commonly used of the devices, followed by laptops. The frequency of technology reported by teachers and by students was almost identical: 60% of students and 61% of teachers indicating at least weekly utilization of the devices in the classroom. Furthermore, 14% of students and 13% of teachers indicated daily utilization of technology. This close similarity in response rates by teachers and students strengthens the conclusion that these devices were regularly used in the AP classroom. Teacher interviews also supported the conclusion that technology was utilized in the classroom at least once a week.
Indications of increased student engagement were consistent across data sources.
Responses provided by students and teachers through the surveys and by teachers and administrators through interviews supported the conclusion that students were more engaged in the AP courses as a result of the incorporation of the mobile handheld devices. Surveys showed that 75% of teachers indicated that they agreed or strongly agreed that students were more engaged, and 91% of students indicated that they were a little or a lot more engaged in their AP course as a result of the devices. Additionally, when asked to identify the greatest impact of the program upon students, 34% of teachers and 16% of administrators stated increased student engagement. Additionally, the observation of the AP classrooms showed that 83% of students were engaged throughout the entire observation period.


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Steve Saint drove the Maverick Sport flying car, complete with a 6-foot rear-mounted aircraft propeller, into the Pilot Travel Center on County Road 484 at I-75 Saturday to gas up -- causing a commotion at pump three.
Steve Saint drove the Maverick Sport flying car, complete with a 6-foot rear-mounted aircraft propeller, into the Pilot Travel Center on County Road 484 at I-75 Saturday to gas up -- causing a commotion at pump three.
"That's pretty wild," said Russ Leisner of Philadelphia as he looked over the black, 15-foot-long vehicle that can be driven, flown or floated.
About 20 onlookers gathered around the vehicle, which Saint called the first true flying car that meets special light aircraft requirements.
The 987-pound machine - which bears aircraft tail number N91MV - has a 75-inch belt driven propeller on the rear that is used during flight.
Saint, founder of Dunnellon based i-Tec (The Indigenous People's Technology and Education Ministry Center), said the idea for a short takeoff and landing all-terrain car, plane and airboat sprang from his family's missionary work in remote areas in Ecuador.
Saint, 59, is the son of the late Missionary Aviation Fellowship pilot Nathaniel Saint, who was killed in Ecuador in 1956 along with four other missionaries, by the indigenous Waodani people. Saint forgave the Waodani people, including the man named Mincaye, who killed his father with a spear. In the 2005 movie, "End of the Spear," detailing the story, he flew a small yellow plane replicating his father's missonary travels.
Saint has led efforts to enrich the lives of native people in Ecuador, including establishment of i-Tec as a research and development center for technology such as a self-contained portable dental office.
He said he visualized an affordable and reliable way in and out of Ecuador's most inaccessible areas. In some countries, he said, you either fly or die due to rugged terrain and lack of roads.
The Maverick Sport is "primarily a car" certified as a special light sport aircraft that flies, Saint said. A set of pontoons can be fitted to convert the 2.2 liter Subaru engine powered multi-use vehicle into an airboat.
Saint expects the $80,000 Maverick Sport to get about 30 mpg on the road and about five gallons per hour in the air, or about two hours flying time per tank.
He said he has driven the Maverick Sport up to about 90 mph on the road.
The craft has a 14-gallon gas tank and can seat three adults comfortably, but only two when flying, per regulations.
The Maverick Sport flies at a fixed 40 mph using a 36-foot-wide ram wing, or wing shaped parachute deployed on a mast raised about 27 feet when in "flying" mode and stored on top of the car during road use.
The machine is "light but robust" and couldn't be crashed, even intentionally, Saint said, due to the parachute.
Flying it is similar to driving it - use the wheel to steer and press the accelerator to go up or let off to go down.
Saint said the flying car will not spin or stall and that the chute and mast arrangement can be deployed and ready for takeoff in five minutes.
The flying car can "take off in a football field and clear the goal post," Saint said.
The current model is the fourth prototype. Saint said a major difference between the Maverick and earlier flying cars was the wings had to be stored at an airport or otherwise dealt with, unlike the Maverick, which has the soft "wing" stored on top.
Maverick Sport test pilot Troy Townsend, 43, expects the vehicle to be a "workhorse" for search and rescue work, farmers, ranchers, dune buggy-style recreation and enjoyment as a novelty. Saint sees applications for checking items such as pipelines.
"It's fun to fly low, about 500 to 1,000 feet," Townsend said. "It's a fun car to drive - that really flies."
He said the vehicle has a portable air conditioning unit, iPod hook up and full aviation instrumentation.
Townsend said the Maverick design won the 2009 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award.
The intended use of the craft is "humanitarian in frontier areas of the world," but commercial development of the machine should help reduce the cost.
Miguel Morales was on his way Saturday to place his 1955 Ford Crown Victoria in a car show in The Villages when he saw the flying car.
"That's different," he said. "You would win first place every time at the car shows with it."
So how does Saint plan to get his flying car to the upcoming Oshkosk Fly-In in Wisconsin?
He's going to drive.
"It's so new the Federal Avaition Administration couldn't get all the necessary paperwork filed in time [to fly up]," he said.
The crew will depart today from Dunnellon. Saint plans to post a daily blog at www.mavericklsa.com so people can track his progress.


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FARMINGTON - Bruce Orvis' life was as large as the land. He founded Bear Valley ski resort at the crest of the Sierra. He acted to preserve his 2,500-acre ranch in the foothills near Farmington forever. And in the heart of the Central Valley, at Stockton's College of the Pacific, he played football with future NFL pro quarterback Eddie LeBaron.
FARMINGTON - Bruce Orvis' life was as large as the land. He founded Bear Valley ski resort at the crest of the Sierra. He acted to preserve his 2,500-acre ranch in the foothills near Farmington forever. And in the heart of the Central Valley, at Stockton's College of the Pacific, he played football with future NFL pro quarterback Eddie LeBaron.
Orvis died Saturday morning after a sudden illness. He was 83.
"Bruce created a community and a major Western resort area," said Eric Jung of Bear Valley, publisher of the Cub Reporter newspaper and author of a history of Bear Valley.
Those who knew him said Orvis never boasted of his achievements and never spoke ill of others.
"He was a prince of a guy," LeBaron said. "I had great admiration for him. He was like a big brother to me."
LeBaron said he was 12 and just starting his first year at Oakdale High School when he met Orvis. Orvis was one year ahead of LeBaron in school. Orvis served briefly in the Navy after high school in the final months of World War II. So it happened that LeBaron and Orvis entered college at the same time.
"He basically talked me to going to Pacific," LeBaron said.
There, LeBaron played quarterback, and Orvis was a running back on a team that went undefeated in 1949. LeBaron went on to professional football, playing seven years for the Redskins and four years for the newly formed Dallas Cowboys.
Orvis married his wife, Roma, in Morris Chapel on the Pacific campus in January 1949. After the couple graduated in 1950, they returned to the family ranch in Farmington to stay.
"He loved the ranch," Roma Orvis said. "He loved Bear Valley, too."
In the 1950s, Bruce Orvis and other members of his family bought land in what would someday be the town of Bear Valley. They already knew the area, because for generations they had summered cattle there.
LeBaron remembers a day in the early 1950s when Bruce Orvis invited him on a cross-country ski journey
"We looked at it. In fact, I'd gotten home from the Marine Corps. I'd been in Korea. And he said, 'I want to show you this Bear Valley,' " LeBaron said. "We had a friend of ours who had been at Squaw Valley, and we wanted to know what he thought of (Bear Valley) as a ski area. We decided it could be a great ski area. It was close to Stockton and those areas."
The ski resort opened the winter of 1967-68. The resulting ski boom employed hundreds of people in Bear Valley itself and triggered vacation-home building and business development all along Highway 4.
"Just the whole Highway 4 corridor really started to hum because we had the ski resort," said Mark Phillips, general manager of the Bear Valley Lodge and a resident of Bear Valley since 1974.
Not that Bruce Orvis profited from the boom.
"They almost went under," said Jung, the historian. "The Orvis empire was definitely on the line to keep Bear Valley afloat."
Orvis was also a leader in the cattle industry and had served as a director for the American Hereford Association. In 2006, he and his wife placed their 2,500-acre ranch near Farmington in a conservation easement to ensure it would remain productive ranchland and never be divided up for housing.
Friends say Orvis enjoyed his life to the end. In mid-July, Bear Valley hosted a barbecue for his birthday in the meadow where his family has taken cattle to graze for generations. And on Thanksgiving, he was with many family members at the home of his oldest son, Bill, in Pleasanton.
"We just had a wonderful day, and we felt so blessed," Roma Orvis said.
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I took a pic of my final score that says I am 15th in overall players (worldwide) :-)