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ML: "It was obviously a very disappointing loss for our fans yesterday, for our football team, for anybody associated. It was a great atmosphere created here, and you really want to capitalize on it, and we failed to really do that. As I told our players after the game, I take responsibility for it; trying to work it hard, getting them in position to make plays. We didn't get that done enough yesterday. When you're playing in the playoffs, each and every possession, each and every play, they have such a bearing on field position, the down and the distance, the possession of the football, and we didn't make enough of those plays yesterday. We had opportunities. When you don't capitalize on those, and make the most of those opportunities, it takes you away from having opportunity to win the scoring battle, and the field position battle. We did some wonderful things on defense, but we had an 86 and 80-yard TD drive given up, and some third-down conversions which were huge. We didn't create a turnover, we didn't tip a ball in the air. We had one sack on the opening drive.
"Obviously, offensively, we had two or three protections that we didn't get right and caused us to get behind in the down-and-distance count, and making third downs a little bit harder there a couple times, particularly in the second half, and then obviously the turnovers played a huge part. We missed a huge opportunity. That's yesterday. What we have to do is move forward. It hurts, but we've got to progress forward. A lot of positives occurred, and when the chance and opportunity rises, we'll get back on it. We'll put our head down, and go to work and be on a mission. We've got to earn our way back, and then we've got to go forward, and the only way to stop the chatter is to win."
Did you get a sense during the course of the game that Andy or anyone else was pressing a little bit?
ML: "I think all of our guys try hard. We try hard. That's part of us."
Given the talent level of the team and where you had them positioned this year, are there steps that you will take in the offseason to try to ensure that they are back in playoff position next year?
ML: "We'll coach better. That's all we can do."
You always say the only thing that's sure is change with a football team with roster or maybe even coaching staff. Are we at the part of the year now where you just wait and see what shakes down and make moves then:
ML: "Yeah we'll just have to do that. But we're not going to waste time talking about things that are nebulous. It's part of the NFL, it's part of the offseason. Most of this football team will be back and ready to go. We'll add to it, we'll be better at spots. We've got a lot of maturity at spots. We've had guys come on that we weren't sure could play. As we gain a lot of the injured guys back, hopefully we'll have a healthier football team as we go through 2014. We'll be that much better. Our experience will play. Our quarterback continues to take positive steps forward. Yesterday was not the outcome we wanted, and of course the quarterback gets the heat for it. He had another very good season. He's progressed well. We need to continue to do things to make his job just easier and easier to do, and make sure to continue to be repetitive with what we do for him, and continue to let the players around him continue to get better. Defensively, we missed some guys throughout, but I thought the guys stepped in and did a great job. I thought we did a great job this year in sudden-change defense. We continue to improve both sides of the football on third down. We've got to continue that way. We've begun a new development of core guys on special teams. We had kind of a changing of the guard and we've got another young, new group there. There's been a lot of experience and a lot of things that have occurred this year that we will continue to build upon."
Andy told us that you had said to him that you believe in him and he's the guy to get you over the hump. Can you just reiterate that and why you believe that is so?
ML: "I think I just said it."
How important is it that he hears that from you, or that he hears it from the coaches, that it is the message?
ML: "It's a consistent message."
What makes you believe that he's a big-game quarterback?
ML: "He's won big games for us, and he'll continue to win big games. We ask a lot out of him, there's no doubt about it. He just finished his third season of doing it. I believe in his abilities, I believe in his makeup, I believe in his maturity and I believe in his ability to let the last play go and move on to the next play. That's probably one of his best attributes, along with his abilities."
You talked about making things easier for him. What are some of those things?
ML: "We'll just have to make it easier as coaches. That's what we've got to do for everyone."
Andy has big peaks and valleys with his performances. As a coach, would you like to see that even out a little bit?
ML: "You'd like to be able to overcome having a negative play, which all quarterbacks do. Our team has to mature through that as well and be able to overcome those plays. People would say we did two weeks ago. We've just got to do it more often. Right now what's on everybody's mind was that yesterday we didn't overcome it, so that's what's fresh in your mind."
Is there anything you have to do to change?
ML: "Probably so."
For example:
ML: "If I tell you then it won't work right. I think we all have to get better. It's a constant. You're throw that question up there and I'm not going to answer it that any other way. I hope I gave you the answer you're looking for."
In 11 years you've accomplished a lot with this franchise. Do you believe you are the guy that can get it to the next level?
ML: "Yes, I believe so. Is there a better answer for that?"
What gives you faith you are that guy?
ML: "I'm the guy in the seat. So, we'll be fine. Today sucks. We'll be better. We'll be all right."
NFL coaching jobs are difficult to keep. What is it about here you think might be different, to progress and have more time? Is this a unique situation?
ML: "No, I don't think it's a unique situation. I think we've been in a unique area where we've continued to progress and do things. We continue to move forward. Yesterday we lost a playoff game we all thought we would win. We didn't win it. I don't think the situation is unique at all. I think if the other places were in the situation they were in, and lost the playoff game after winning the division, their head coach would be in place. Don't you?"
Going back to making the offense easier for Andy, Philip Rivers threw 16 times and they ran it 40 times. Is that what you are talking about?
ML: "I'm not making any comparison one way or the other. We ask Andy to do a lot. There's maybe ways we can just keep getting better at it. We are comparing him to guys that have been in the league for a long time and doing a lot. Some of them didn't play when he played. We're asking a lot. Some got to sit and watch others, but we want him to be better than they are. That's what we are asking him to do, and we want it done in short order. Each and every day. That's what I tell him all the time. He's got to do it, and continually do it the correct way. The most important thing this year is that as an offensive football team, we didn't do a good enough job all the way around of taking care of the football. That's why we sit here today not continuing to play. We didn't take of the ball well enough as an offensive football team this season. We have to have it be a point of emphasis moving forward."
You've been good at that in your tenure:.
ML: "That's right. And we didn't do good enough this year. We were careless with the football at times and it ended up getting us beat in the end."
Anything you can put your finger on?
ML: "We'll continue to look at it and get better at it."
Earlier today,
ML: "We all have a hand in losing, and he doesn't like the way it tastes any more than anybody else. So through his actions, he has led the football team, and the way he works and does things. But he can continue to reinforce it in other areas, which is good."
The Chargers worked yesterday to hold onto the football, and they didn't turn it over:
ML: "They were able to run the football because of the field position that was created. In each of the touchdown drives, they had two plays that were major portions of the drive in the passing game. The cross to the tight end on the first drive and the deep ball on the sideline in the second drive. Those were major parts of the drive, but they didn't put their quarterback at risk and were able to run the football. They didn't always gain the score that way, but continued to run it and we held them to field goals a few times. At the end of the game, the stats will be skewed because they had the lead and could run the football. I don't know their plan going in, but I don't think it was going to end up with (just) 16 (passes)."
You mentioned all year that the strength of your team was the guys up front on offense and defense. Do you think the Chargers kind of reversed what happened out in San Diego?
ML: "No, I thought we were physical up front and did a good job. We just weren't able to sustain it and have the lead throughout the fourth quarter, when it mattered, and continue to pound on it. We pounded the ball early, but we've got to continue to not get shied away. You get some of the pressure getting hit in the run game. It was feast or famine. We were getting eight or we were gaining two. We've got to let that continue to roll."


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BARRINGTON – There are just some years where teams get a talented group of players that come into their school and begin to become the heart of the team straight from their freshmen year. Barrington High School's boys' swimming team is like that with seven freshmen on their roster.
That youth, along with seniors Sebastian Piekarski and Sam Miseyka, helped the host Broncos on Saturday to a victory in the Mid-Suburban League Meet to score a repeat from last year. The day started promising for Barrington with a second-place finish in the 200-medley relay, losing by just .03 seconds. After not placing anyone in the top four in the 200 free-style or 200 IM, the seniors took over the 50 free-style.
Piekarski finished in 21.86 to win the event, while Miseyka finished second in a time of 22.16 to help the Broncos be in second place after five events counting the diving portion which took place on Friday night.
The team's youth took over in the 500 free-style where freshman Mitchell Gavars swam an amazing 4:55.78 to be the only swimmer to finish in less than five minutes. Fellow freshman Jeremy Kleinjan finished second in 5:00.10. The team then wen ton to win the 200 free-style relay led by Piekarski and Miseyka in 1:30.23. It was Piekarski's third win of the day including a victory in the 100 free-style with a time of 48.44. That allowed the Broncos to have the lead with just three events to go.
The Broncos didn't win any of the final three events but gota second-place finish from Colin O'Leary in the 100 backstroke, and a third-place finish from Miseyka in the 100 breaststroke. Barrington finished the day using four freshmen in the 400 free-style relay where they finishedfourth overall to finish on top with 250 points. Wheeling was second with 213 points where Fremd took third with 199. Barrington coach John Valentine said that it was a meet dominated overall by young swimmers, including his own.
"This is a young team, we got seven freshmen on varsity, and if you look at the meet, you see a lot of first and second-place finishes by freshmen," Valentine said. "Our 400 free relay which didn't win was all freshmen, so it really bodes well for the future of Barrington swimming."
Valentine added that while the team will lose two seniors,he has a group that could make some noise next year.
"Our relays are pretty solid, but we are going to lose Sebastian Piekarski and Sam Miseyka, our two fastest 50 free-style swimmers," Valentine added. "Right behind them though, we got a core of seven freshmen whocould individually qualify next year for state as well."
While the win increases confidence moving forward, this weekend's sectional meet at Stevenson in Lincolnshire is going to be a whole lot tougher especially, because of the host school but the competition in the Mid-Suburban has helped his team get ready for that.
"The MSL is a really tough division, but we are fortunate to have a deep squad, which is why we were able to come back from a 25-point deficit to win this meet," Valentine said. "Our tough competition is really against Stevenson. Every year, it comes down to see if we can step up against Stevenson."

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Update (November 2017): I'm leaving this up as a snapshot of how I felt at the time. Since then a lot has changed in my life, I'm much less angry in general and I no longer give a shit what the toxic assholes think of me, which is pretty great!
[Content warning: depression, privilege, online activism]
This isn't a general account of my experiences with depression. Many people have written about that, and I don't have much to add. But there's one aspect that I don't hear about very often. It's something that bothers me a lot, and others have told me that it bothers them too.
The thing is, I'm not just a person with a mental illness. I'm also a well-off white guy, and I enjoy a whole set of unearned privileges from that. Every day people around the world are harassed, abused, and killed over things I never have to worry about. Even in mundane daily life, most everyone is playing on a higher difficulty setting than I ever will.
I've thought about this a lot over the past few years, and I'm trying to understand how I can help make the world more fair and less oppressive. So I give money and I volunteer a little and I speak up when it seems useful, but mostly I listen. I listen to the experiences of people who are different from me. I try to get some understanding of how they feel and why.
How is this related to depression? Because the reality of privilege and oppression is fucking depressing. Of course it's depressing to those who are directly harmed. That's a lot of what I read about, and some of the despair transfers to me. But my profiting from the suffering of others in a way that I mostly can't change is also depressing, at least if I make an attempt not to ignore it.
And my distress over my role in systems of oppression brings its own layer of guilt. People are actually suffering and I feel sorry for myself because I'm dimly aware of it? But this comes from the voice that has always taunted me about depression. "How can you be sad? Your life is great. If you had real problems you wouldn't be so pathetic. You're not really sick. You're just a whiner."
All of which is part of the disease. I need to own it and work on it every day. But it seems like every time I read an online discussion about social justice, I take a huge step backwards.
It's hard to shrug off the "men are horrible" comments when I spend so much effort trying to convince myself that I'm not horrible. When I hear people gloating about delicious white male tears, I think about all the times when I would come home from work and collapse in bed crying. Is this what they want my life to be?
I can't give myself permission to tune out, because the same people lecture constantly about my obligation to be a good ally, which mostly takes the form of "shut up and listen." And then when I'm upset by the things they say, the response is "This isn't for you! Why are you listening?"
A local group, one that had recently invited me to hang out as a guest, retweeted a member's declaration to would-be allies: "We're not friends. Fuck you." Can you see why it feels like they're trying to hurt me?
Let me be clear: I truly don't care if people in a room somewhere are talking about how men are the worst. I don't feel oppressed by it, and I have no desire to argue with it. But I can't handle direct exposure.
And don't tell me that I'm too stupid to understand why they say these things. I know intellectually that it's not about me. I understand the need to vent and the importance of building solidarity. None of that matters on the emotional level where these comments register like a punch to the gut. I do feel this way, even if I shouldn't and I wish I didn't.
I'm talking about mental health, triggers, and unintentionally hurtful speech. Does that sound familiar? One reason I was drawn to intersectional feminism is that it seemed to have a good set of ground rules for how to treat everyone decently. But now I feel like I'm excluded from protection. "Men are horrible" is apparently the one form of speech where intent is all that matters, and I'm a bad person if it triggers something. I've been told it's offensive that I would even try to describe my experience in those terms.
It hurts a whole lot to try and really feel someone's pain, and then realize they don't even slightly give a shit about me. It hurts even more when they'll bend over backwards for anyone except me.
Look, I get it. You argue all the time with trolls who claim that men have it just as bad as women and will shout "what about the men" as a way to disrupt any discussion. When you're engaged in meme warfare, you can't show them any human empathy. They certainly wouldn't return the favor. And if my voice sounds a little like theirs, that's just too bad for me.
I know that this article will serve as ammunition for some people with views I find disgusting. That sucks, but I'm done using political strategy as a reason to stay silent. I understand tone policing as a derailing tactic, and I understand the need to call it out. But at this point it seems there's no room for a sincere request for kindness, especially coming from someone who doesn't get much benefit of the doubt. (The Geek Feminism Wiki basically says that asking for kindness is tone policing if and only if you're a man.)
I'm not trying to silence anyone here. I'm not jumping in and derailing an existing conversation. I'm writing on my own blog, on my own schedule, about my own feelings. But I'm told that even this is crossing a line.
I know that I can't dictate how others feel about our fucked-up world. Does that mean I must absolutely suppress the way I feel? Even when we agree about the substance of what's wrong? I know that if I ask someone to share their life experiences, they have a right to express anger. When does expressing anger become sustained, deliberate cruelty?
"People are being oppressed and you're asking us to care about your feelings?" Yes, I am asking you to care. Just a little bit. I don't claim that my feelings should be a top priority. I hope it wouldn't come up very often. But according to the outspoken few who set the tone, I'm never allowed to bring it up. I don't deserve to ask them to be nice.
And that's why I can no longer have anything to do with this movement. It's really that simple. I guess it says something about my state of mind that I felt the need to attach 1,700 words of preemptive defenses.
The truth is, when I'm not allowed to say or even think "not all men," part of me hears "Yes, all men, especially you." And if I'm ever confused about whether I'm allowed to say "not all men," there are a dozen unprompted reminders every day. Little jokes, repeated constantly to set the climate about what will and won't be tolerated.
When you treat me like one of the trolls, I start to believe that I am one. Guys who say "I support feminism but sometimes they go too far" are usually trying to excuse sexist behavior. So what do I conclude about myself when I have the same thought?
I get that "ally" is not a label you self-apply, it's a thing you do, and the label comes from others. The problem is, if a hundred people say I'm a good ally, and one person says I'm a sexist asshole, who do you think I'm going to believe?
I'm not allowed to stand up for myself, because doing so is automatically an act of oppression. If a woman treats me like shit, and she's being "more feminist" than me, I conclude that I deserve to be treated like shit. That is the model I've learned of a good ally.
I'm not a good ally, or even a bad one. I'm collateral damage.
If the point of all this is to give me a tiny little taste of the invalidation that others experience on a regular basis, then congratulations, it worked. You've made your point. Now that you've broken me, how can I possibly help you, when it seems like I'm part of the problem just by existing? It feels like all I can do is engage in emotional self-harm to repay the debt of how I was born.
I can't just take a break "until I feel better." My depressive symptoms will always come and go, and some thoughts will reliably bring them back. I spent years reading about how the most important thing I can do, as a winner of the birth lottery, is to be an ally to marginalized people. And now I've realized that I'm too sick and weak to do it.
Even if I give up on being an ally, I can't avoid this subject. It affects a lot of my friends, and I feel even worse when I ask them not to talk about it around me. I don't want to silence anyone. At least I've mostly stopped using Twitter.
So this is how I feel, but I'm not sure anyone else can do anything about it. Really, most of the people I've talked to have been sympathetic. Maybe I need to learn not to let bullies get to me, even when they're bullying in service of a cause I support. They don't seem to get much pushback from the wider community, at any rate.
What gives me hope is, I recognize that my participation in the endless shouting online wasn't really useful to anyone. If I can let myself ignore all that, maybe I can recover some of my energy for other activities that actually help people.
That's all I have to say right now. Thank you for listening to me.


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Just wondering if anyone has info off the top of their head about cellphones from the US - I have a T-Mobile Nexus-S rooted and unlocked, can I purchase a SIM in Taipai and have voice and data?
My wife and I will be there next week and I need voice and data for work, whats the best option for me?
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I will continue to use the search function and read all I can but with limited amount of time I thought I would just ask.


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The 10th annual Toys For Christmas Toy Drive and Patrick Stott Memorial Bike Run will be taking place at The Beach Pub this Sunday, Nov. 21, with registration at 10 a.m. and the ride beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Lou Caleca, co-owner of the Beach Pub and avid biker, is sure to organize his run around distance, with about three stops, ensuring the riders have plenty of time to enjoy some wind in the hair.
"During the run, which is a 90-mile ride, we'll be heading out to the Corkscrew Country Store and the Buckingham Blues Bar," he said. "Since it's such a nice stretch, you'll be able to get some wind in your hair, so to speak."
Once returning to the Beach Pub around 2/2:30-ish, riders will walk into fresh music from local sensation Steve "the Lucky Dog"?Lutke, followed by Elijah, Joel and special guest performances by Patrick's little brother Paul Stott and Casey's Houserockers.
Also, that's when the cards will be pulled for the poker hands, which is just $10 per hand.
Plenty of 50/50s, raffles, prizes, food platters and refreshments will be served, as well as beer specials, great music as mentioned previously and so much more.
Fact Box
Beach Pub toy drive
& memorial bike run
When: Sunday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m.
What: 90-mile bike run and all-day toy drive at the Beach Pub
Cost to ride: $10 per poker hand
Music at the benefit: Steve Lutke, Elijah, Joel, Paul Stott and Casey's Houserockers
"Thanks to all of the local businesses, we're doing a raffle again this year, and we're just starting to receive some toys, but most come in the day of the benefit," Lou said.
All toys and funds raised are donated to the Fort Myers Beach Fire Department for proper dispersal to our local islanders, offering an extra ray of cheer during the holiday season.
Lou is sure to offer his personal assistance for those not able to make the benefit.
"If anybody on the island would like to donate but can't come to the party Sunday, just call the Beach Pub and I will pick up your donation personally," he said. "I'm always excited to hold this benefit, for all the good that it does for our community especially in these hard economic times I feel it's especially important to continue it right now."
For those not making it on the run, the party will be taking place at the Beach Pub from noon 'til the cows come home.
"Everybody I see every year, at the benefit and while raising funds and prizes for the benefit, they have all been so very generous," Lou proudly stated. "I want to give a big thank you to all participating."
For more information on the upcoming Toys for Christmas benefit and Patrick Stott Memorial Bike Run, call the Beach Pub at 765-6102.


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Same as here in NY. School districts are bitching about the state withholding funds. In reality, they waste money on unnecessary crap like in TFA.
For a lot of places the "tech" funds are independent of their general budget. As you are likely aware you generally do not replace computers every year; however, if on the years you don't replace equipment you don't spend your tech money then you lose it for when you do need to buy new equipment.
To make the bitching even more egregious, most districts have plent
The logic of the bureaucracy is simply lunacy.
"Why are you blowing your full budget?"
"I do not want to have my budget cut for next year."
"But you didn't need it all this year."
"Yeah, but I want more next year."
That's what is happening in every government agency. If the idiots in charge were not all collectively doing this, then, for starters, there would be a rainy day fund when they really needed it. Agencies would actually be able to request bigger budgets when they really needed it, and, this is crazy, we'd actually have money to give them.
It should be criminal to blow a budget simply to try and get the same amount or more for the next budget cycle.
Because the USA, unlike the rest of the world, is immune to the idea that investing in education and infrastructure yields tangible benefits for society!
Private schools perform better because of selection bias. Parents who care about their child's education will go the extra mile, including spending extra money that doesn't always yield results. Stable families and finances are the determining factor in academic success, not the source of the funding for the school.
As someone who went to a private and a public high school, the only difference was that everyone at the private school never wanted for anything and most never had jobs other than school, while in public school a few miles away, they had night jobs just so they could make ends meet for their family. One major problem is that high schools in the US are treated like minimum security prisons for teenagers. Ending truancy laws once they turn 15 could solve the biggest problem of teachers being forced to control students who won't want to be there in the first place.
But really, your entire argument rests on the belief that anyone born poor or with learning disabilities does not deserve an education. That's a pretty low moral standard to aim for, and one you are strangely proud of.
Governments breed waste, inefficiency and tyranny and can never lead to a net gain for society when compared to a private institution.
Private institutions breed greed, cartels and perverse incentives and can never lead to a decision-making process which would choose a net gain for society over a greater gain for itself.
Yes, both of these sentences are moronic oversimplifications.
Governments breed waste, inefficiency and tyranny and can never lead to a net gain for society when compared to a private institution.
Never? Taking that at face value you must advocate the elimination of laws, courts, police, and military (all government institutions) to be replaced with the might makes right anarchy of every man for himself (the ultimate private institution). To me that sounds like a net loss for society.
No, you can't throw money at it, but at the same time, that's not necessarily what the GP is talking about.
Invest is a transitive verb--it's usually used to refer to money, but you also invest time and effort. In particular, investing in education and infrastructure is as much about allowing or encouraging people to invest their efforts as it is about the money--when you are investing in a non-established company, you are giving them money yes, but you are giving them an opportunity to try new things that
the idea that investing in education and infrastructure yields tangible benefits for society!
But it doesn't. You can't just throw money at a problem and find a solution...
I just want to point out that your response doesn't match what you're responding to. The idea was not "throwing money at the problem of education yields tangible benefits".
Or do you think that money spent on education is a waste? A society should not bother educating their citizenry? Is it all that simple, that investments in education are all simply waste?
Or would it be fair to say that education costs money, but an effective and efficient education system will ultimately be worth the resources direct
"Why is it that almost every single privately educated student is better educated than a public school educated student despite massive redistribution of wealth? With a private school, they have to make every dollar count."
That's, like, one of the dumbest and most disingenuous arguments I've ever seen. The actual answer is simply: Because private schools are rich and spend about twice as much money on average.
The secular private schools analyzed in the study spent $20,100 on each student in the 2007-08 school year vs. $10,100 in public schools. [Washington Post, "Per-Student Spending Gaps Wider Than Known", Aug-31, 2009]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/30/AR2009083002335.html [washingtonpost.com]
You also missed that private schools get to select students to avoid all the problem students that suck down lots and lots of resources in the public school system, so Private Schools can more efficiently use their resources.
Because the USA, unlike the rest of the world, is immune to the idea that investing in education and infrastructure yields tangible benefits for society!
But it doesn't.
Congratulations on just proving his point.
That's a ridiculous statement you make considering the US spends more per student, by far, than any other country on Earth. The small city where I live spends more than the next highest country which is in Northern Europe. And it's not a little more, it's thousands more they spend. The city has had budget problems for decades now. A significant portion of the population is low-income.
The problem is that too many schools in the city are still crap. But the money ends up going to garbage. If it's not a gimmi
No...Think of the environment!!! No costs must be spared to save the dozen or so trees that would have otherwise be converted into textbooks.
Collegiate textbooks cost around $100
And how much is the cost of that electronic textbook's license per student? Probably less than $100, but definitely not free. Plus that electronic license probably won't be recycled for 4-5 years like a paper book might be.
I looked at the numbers a few weeks ago for some textbooks for Grad school. My numbers came close without even the cost of an iPad (in my case a Kindle). I can't imagine it would be economical for 8th graders, who will probably not be extremely careful with those iPads.
And how much is the cost of that electronic textbook's license per student? Probably less than $100, but definitely not free.
Schwarzenegger launched a program in 2009 to create digital textbooks in math and science owned by the state board of education. At the end of 2009 they had ten texts, including math through Calc 1 and 2.
Between the cost of a textbook and the rate at which they become 'obsolete' for the state testing...
Are you asserting that books last less than three years? Because I'm relatively certain that there will be nearly no usable iPads in that same amount of time. They're simply not designed to outlive their replacement models.
There's been only 1 iPad out, what are you basing this assertion on?
Years and years of experience with consumer electronics.
Or is the iPad made of magical pixie dust and will therefore not be subject to industry norms? I can see Jobs now, "Profit be damned! There will be only one iPad, and no one will ever want to upgrade it, EVER!"
Yeah, no.
Well, someone still has to buy the textbook content (and other software) to put on the iPad. I'm not sure the expected lifespan for an iPad, but I'd argue that textbooks are more durable in the face of handling by a highschool (or younger) student who doesn't own it. Also consider that Apple designs its products to be used for a certain duration and then discarded (so you'll buy the new one).
The concept may have merit if the software adds value above and beyond what you get from a textbook. I cannot see
Personally, the idea of an impersonal video showing boring math material would be even worse than have an instructor do it, but perhaps this will allow the more "advanced" students to go at their own pace.
I did attend an "open classroom" for several years and in one of those years, I was allowed to race ahead and finished the english and math curriculum several months ahead of schedule so I could spend more time on that wonderful TI-99 4A [wikipedia.org] hooked up to the beautiful col
California is in the middle of a hiring freeze for the State, and a huge deficit. Where exactly are they getting the money for these iPad projects for these districts, let alone for the rest of the State if they decide to advance it?
This is a pilot program, Houghton Mifflin and/or Apple are probably subsidizing it.
A pilot program is designed to measure the effectiveness of the device and the costs. It is plausible that a reusable digital device loaded with numerous textbooks could be less expensive than the corresponding set of paper textbooks. Also keep in mind that today's $500 iPad will probably be around $250 in a couple of years. and those are retail prices not educational institution prices.
Much as I dislike them, why not a Kindle loaded with text books. That would be much much less than iPads and less likely to be used for other purposes (like watching YouTube during class).
1. Color is extensively used in modern textbooks.
2. Textbooks are incorporating more software and multimedia.
I had the opportunity to work with a textbook publisher regarding the software bundled with a chemistry textbook. This software included chemical diagramming (2D - for reports and such) and 3D model building and visualization. We also had a few movies illustrating some basic principles. All of this could easily be done on an iPad and be bundled with the textbook. Not so for today's Kindle. I
You want them to be useful for the other tasks, though. The revolution in education will not come from simply digitizing the old ways of educating, it will come from using computers to do things you couldn't do without them. Kindles won't permit that.
In fact, the studious inability for the education world to realize this and act on it is a significant part of the reason why they disgust me so.
This is a pilot program, Houghton Mifflin and/or Apple are probably subsidizing it.
This may be partly a reaction to California's Free Digital Textbook Initiative [bbc.co.uk]. I went to a symposium about the FDTI last summer (more about that symposium here [theassayer.org]. The people interested enough to come were an odd-bedfellows mixture of free-information enthusiasts, commercial textbook companies, and computer hardware companies. The ones with a really, really strong pecuniary motive for participating are the hardware companies.
From the money they hope to save in providing books on the long term I guess. At $50-150 (or more once you get to college) per book these costs really add up. I believe the current average textbook expenses in the US is somewhere near $1000/student/year and you have to take into account that in that number, many rent or buy second hand books and many more simply can't afford the books (like in my city school district where nobody has textbooks). Add to that the gigantic logistics cost of tons (literally) of
there are very few high school text books which are useless the next year.
in fact, per the local school district, they EXPECT to get at least 5 years per textbook of life span.
some are even longer.
and per the article, this is for a GRADE 8 CLASS. Meaning these aren't even high school students in most districts.
Isn't it obvious? The money will come from the parents who have so much spare cash to throw around. Supporting a family in this economy practically pays for itself, right?
400 students for a pilot program? That doesn't sound like too much money to prove (or more likely squelch) the theory that more computers = smarter students.
Also, I'd guess these are being provided either free or at-cost by Apple, with partner Hughton Mifflin bearing the brunt of other costs. By the wording of the article, they seem to be the ones having commissioned the study, not the other way around.
As a side note, why is it always that "something is going bad here, so we shouldn't do anything about anything else until that is fixed." I've heard that people are starving, so why send people into space. We're at war with Russia, why do we need a civilian network. This isn't an A or B choice. When the state is broke, you have to find ways to make basic research continue to happen. Maybe the study will prove that, as I suspect, throwing money at technology is less effective than throwing money at smaller class sizes. Maybe it will show that the extra expense is worth it, especially as it can be amortized over several classes. Students cost thousands of dollars per year anyway. Or maybe there will be a little bump, and California will jump in with India's $100 tablet effort.
Or maybe we need a giant K-12 edu-wiki, which can be drawn from by all teachers and students across the state, and across the country. Oh right, somebody stubbed a toe, so we should just go home until they feel better.
If it is, in fact, more effective at teaching students, it could potentially lead to larger class sizes, which could easily pay for the device. I am skeptical that it will be effective, but it could be - that's why they do pilot programs. I'm sure they will quickly begin to use it for other courses, too. I can see it being particularly useful for foreign languages (where being able to hear the text is important). I think the interactive textbook idea can also be really useful in science (especially at t
I've seen Android devices for a fraction of the price. When you consider how much text books are going for nowadays, the thought that a student or school can rent textbook access could be a major game changer. I had semesters in college where textbooks alone were $300+ and that was 15 years ago.
I should add that when I worked in the university's library, I was always told that the rapidly increasing costs for texts and periodicals was attributed to the cost for paper (just as for comics).
http://www.khanacademy.org/ [khanacademy.org] really does kick ass. I'm using some of his 5-10 minute videos to supplement my graduate level Linear Algebra stuff. Most of it's straight to the point and if I need clarification on a subject I don't have to turn to the book.
Now how this saves money. I won't know. Then again text books aren't cheap. What ever happened to the OpenSource textbook that I thought CA was assembling to be 'free'?
It just occurred to me they're probably not going to just replace the text books. Probably looking at replacing the Math teachers too.
Why pay someone with experience or an education when you can get a babysitter for minimum wage and force all the kids to watch Khan Academy on their iPads?
The key word here is "supplement". I can't count the number of times I've been frustrated by being made to watch a video after Googling around for a tutorial on something or a solution to some technical problem. Reading is simply faster and more efficient than watching videos (unless of course you're dyslexic), yet, "instant access to more than 400 videos" is the major selling point of this program.
I could maybe see the value of providing iPads to kids with learning disabilities...that is, if such a progr
Maybe I'm just a Luddite, but half the appeal of learning from a book (especially for a subject like math) was the ability to quickly flip between half a dozen pages to get to the right charts, reference sheets, and examples, and being able to scribble my illegible notes in the margins. I guess you could do it with an iPad with bookmarks and annotations, but I can't imagine it being anywhere near as natural or as easy as you can with a regular old textbook.
I don't know about in California, but when I was in 8th grade I would sure as hell have gotten in a lot of trouble for writing in my books.
Maybe I'm just a Luddite, but half the appeal of learning from a book (especially for a subject like math) was the ability to quickly flip between half a dozen pages to get to the right charts, reference sheets, and examples, and being able to scribble my illegible notes in the margins. I guess you could do it with an iPad with bookmarks and annotations, but I can't imagine it being anywhere near as natural or as easy as you can with a regular old textbook.
I'd rather have an electronic book with a notebook
quickly flip between half a dozen pages to get to the right charts, reference sheets, and examples
eBooks are searchable.
being able to scribble my illegible notes in the margins.
Good god no! Writing in books is evil.
The first line FTFA was what got me:
A pilot project in four California school districts will replace 400 students' eighth-grade algebra textbooks with Apple iPads in an attempt to prove the advantages of interactive digital technologies over traditional teaching methods.
Didn't we prove that computers have educational value back in the 80's? Then, wasn't it proved a hundred more times throughout the 90's? I guess sometimes you can never have quite enough proof.
online. Anyone with any reasonable device should be able to access it.
And who will pay for the lost, drowned or bashed Ipads? Eighth grade kids are rougher than boot camp at Paris Island!
you means "Oops, I lost it (i.e. I sold it for $400), please give me another..."
in these discussions, people are assuming that the digital textbooks are FREE, kinda like assuming that digital music (e.g. MP3) is free and that all the costs are in the CD media (in the book format itself)... WRONG...
all you're doing is trading $10 worth of a pretty rugged yet not very steal/lost-susceptible format with a 5+ year life (a book) for a $400, fragile, VERY steal/lost prone format (ipad) with an at-best 2 year life... the costs of the content is going to be similar.
For the ADD/ASD kids in class who
could not write down notes fast enough because their fine motor coordination was shot to hell and the idiot teacher didn't understand that their 8 x 11 piece of paper wasn't as wide as a 16ft whiteboard
couldn't follow said teacher half the time because the kids whispering behind them drowned out the teacher's loud voice
who were denied the copious examples they needed to understand how stuff worked due to the easy-odd-problems-with-answers-hard-even-problems-no-answers BS tha
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Watch a videosong by Pomplamoose and you'll be as equally charmed by Nataly Dawn's doe eyes and silky voice as you are with Jack Conte's mastery of instruments ranging from a xylophone to a toy piano. This is how the romantically-tied Stanford grads took off this fall, with a string of high-energy original songs and viral YouTube covers. We caught up with Nataly to find out more.
What is a videosong?
It's a medium that Jack came up with out of the desire to create authentic music and something he could quickly upload to YouTube. There are two rules. What you see is what you hear, so there's no dubbing. And then if you hear it, at some point you will see it—there are no hidden sounds.
With YouTube, iTunes and Twitter, is there a need for record labels anymore?
There'll always be Lady Gagas in the world that need the infrastructure of a major label to do what they do. But, if you're consistent and creative, there are so many outlets now to reach an audience without giving a company the rights to your music or releasing creative control.
Dream collaboration?
I'd love to have Mark Ronson produce a Pomplamoose album. I love his arrangements—the punchy horns and the beats are incredible.
What should I pack for my first business trip?
- Matt, OH
With nearly every airline imposing a baggage fee nowadays, if you can get away with flying with just a carry-on, do it.
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
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Government bets both sides on gambling
Mike Hlas
Cedar Rapids Gazette
It's always a treat when government tries to save us from ourselves.
So it was last week when the U.S. House of Representatives voted 317-93 to impose a ban on most Internet gambling. Credit card companies would be forbidden from collecting payments for Internet casinos, and financial institutions would be required to help law-enforcement agencies prevent money transfers to illegal gaming sites.
The bill was co-sponsored by Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, who has championed the cause for several years. It was supported in the House by majorities of both parties.
The ban doesn't include online wagering on horse racing and state lotteries. Go figure.
The bill's supporters rue that many people ruin their lives with Internet gambling, which is surely true. Apparently, people don't ruin their lives betting on horse racing on the Web.
Once Congress deep-sixes all the other ways people ruin their lives, the U.S. will consist of nothing but happy, safe and successful people. It'll be great.
Just a hunch, but those undisciplined and weak enough to blow large sums of money gambling on the Internet can probably find other ways to crash and burn.
In the meantime, some of us wait in line at convenience stores to buy gas or snacks while people are buying lottery or scratch-off tickets, with a cut going to the state.
Does it seem to you that those who are hungriest to snap up Powerball tickets have never sat down and done the math? They have better odds of being named in Warren Buffett's will.
You have a much better chance of getting hit by lightning than winning the Powerball jackpot. Why that isn't a depressing deterrent, I have no idea.
It's funny how gambling is more destructive if government isn't getting a slice. Many college students surely have been hurt by online wagering. Yet, Iowa green-lighted a casino in Riverside, just 15 miles from the University of Iowa. You think there won't be 21-year-old students in that joint losing money they can't afford to waste?
It's probably not just trying to be good corporate citizens that caused powerful U.S. casino operators like MGM Mirage and Harrah's to urge Congress to legalize and regulate online gambling.
This essay isn't advocating Internet betting. Nor is it supporting casino betting, smoking stogies, drinkin' rye whiskey, or repeatedly hitting yourself in the head with a ball-peen hammer.
It does, however, support stopping 16-year-olds from getting hold of credit cards and betting their families' houses away while sitting in front of their bedroom computers. If your 16-year-old has access to a credit card, the problem is you.
As for sports gambling itself, it's as much a part of American life as McDonald's, Disney and Oprah. Without the wagering on the game, the Super Bowl is the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Without betting and fantasy leagues, pro football is an American pastime instead of a passion.
The United Kingdom has long had legal sports and race betting shops. Ladbrokes has more than 2,000 locations itself. Sports leagues there haven't been corrupted because of them, and children aren't allowed in them.
England seems to have survived. The House of Commons spends more time worrying about, you know, war and stuff.
- Cool Hand Mike said...
If they(government) knew how to tax all gambling, they would have absolutely no problem with it.
- STICKYBOI - said...
I agree with the legislation which aims to ban credit cards as a payment method for online gambling of any sort... and i think it should be enforced worldwide – not just in America. In fact, gambling with a credit card should be banned full stop. Not just on the internet. It's a no brainer when you consider you are placing backing the outcome of an uncertain event with somebody else's money. Chance and credit do not mix well in my opinion, and continuing to allow it would only contribute further in negatively affecting the high levels of personal debt many citizens today find themselves in. I do however, think that the prohibition won't work; or at least it won't be received well amongst gamblers - I mean what's the point in banning a credit card payments made on an online poker game, for example, but not online sports betting? Slightly hypocritical no? I mean how can you allow someone to participate [with or without a credit card] in online horse racing betting, but not put any money on a hand of texas hold'em poker? both activities involve a large degree of chance, and neither are guaranteed to yield financial return.
What really infuriates me is that the minority of irresponsible gamblers [those paying with someone elses money!] have now ruined the fun of online betting for everyone else - those like me who pay with money they actually have in their bank!!
At least for the Americans there is always the free online poker games!
I realy feel for the gamblers in the US. I cant beleive your Congress banned all banks and credit card companies from accepting transactions from online gambling sites which makes you unable to play online poker. What a bunch of hypocrites your state government are. They have the largest gambling operations with lotto, keno, etc. If they truly believed their rhetoric about internet gambling they would cut out the state operations also. And now they are bringing in a law to legalise slot machines. Personally I would have a big grudge against any party that stopped me from playing on a online poker site. I think there must be some way for you guys to get around this problem. Must make you wonder if you are living in the land of the free when it seems the government has full control on what it will and wont let you do.


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For those hoping the Bruins would still upgrade their top six forwards between now and the Feb. 28 trade deadline, it appears one potentially attractive option is off the table.
ESPN's Pierre Lebrun reports that Colorado will not be moving veteran winger Milan Hejduk. Here's what Lebrun writes:
So what now for the Avalanche after their blockbuster trade with St. Louis? A lot of people are wondering about veteran winger Milan Hejduk because he's an UFA July 1. But GM Greg Sherman told ESPN.com Saturday that Hejduk is not moving.
"We're not trading Milan," Sherman said.
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli is already on record as saying that any deal he makes between now and the deadline will be of the "minor" variety. Depending on your opinion of Hejduk at his age and contract status, you might classify him as minor.
Nonetheless, the Avs — who have lost 10 in a row and made a couple head-scratcher deals over the last week — appear content to let Hejduk (17-28-45 in 52 games this season) play his way into unrestricted free agency this summer.


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STAWELL - Stawell and District Pre-School Association conducted a Father's Day Raffle to raise funds that will benefit both the Cooinda and Marrang Kindergartens.
Thanks to the donations of local businesses, Stawell Mitre 10, Fosters Mensland, Brian Hancock Stawell Amcal Pharmacy, Stall - Shop Market Style and Lyal Eales, the fundraising committee was able to create three fantastic prizes.
Dedicated parents raised just over $700.
With the money raised this year some of it has been put towards purchasing a walking bridge for children to use over a riverbed garden located at Cooinda. While a two seat sofa has been purchased to be used in the children's reading corner at Marrang.
The Stawell and District Pre-School Committee is made up of parents who are committed to raising funds in order to ensure that children are encouraged to develop to their full potential, in a stimulating and secure environment. Funds raised assist staff to deliver high quality education and care service through activities, excursions and learning materials.
Winners as follows, 1st prize Zahli Mellor, 2nd prize Rudy Riedl and 3rd prize Rosie Steele
Stawell and District Pre-School Association would like to thank its committee, staff, parents and the community for its ongoing support.


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Since the international retirement of John Terry in September 2012, England have struggled to maintain a strong centre-back partnership. However, they have found some stability in the Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka duo.
Terry made his senior England debut against Serbia & Montenegro in June 2003. He then went on to appear 78 times for England, scoring six goals in the process, including the first senior international goal at the new Wembley against Brazil in a 1-1 draw.
Terry has been named England captain on two occasions; in 2006 after David Beckham left the role, Terry was named as the successor by then-manager Steve McClaren.
He was stripped of the role following allegations regarding his private life, while Rio Ferdinand took over. He was then reinstated as captain by former manager Fabio Capello. In February 2012, with Terry due to stand trial due to allegations that he had racially abused Anton Ferdinand of Queens Park Rangers, the FA stripped Terry of the England captaincy for the second time.
The FA did this without Capello's consent, this led to the resignation of the Italian.
In Euro 2012, Terry played all four games that England were involved in. Terry played the first World Cup qualifying game against Moldova, but missed the game against Ukraine due to an injury. Terry announced on 23 September 2012 he had retired from international football.
Since then, England have not had a stand out centre-back, with many different partnerships starting since - Chelsea's Gary Cahill and Everton's Phil Jagielka being the favoured partnership.
But England's defence would be a whole lot stronger if Terry came out of international retirement. Former England midfielder Ray Wilkins thinks Terry should return to England due to his fine form this season for Chelsea.
England manager Roy Hodgson recently said: "I like John Terry, he did a fantastic job for me at the Euros, but it's not the moment to start resurrecting that."
With England being scarce on centre-backs, is the time right for an England return for Terry?
What do you think? Can you see Terry in an England shirt again? Will Hodgson recall him to the England squad? We will have to wait and see.
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Did Michael Jordan's Daughter Come Out As Lesbian?
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Apparently, the answer is yes, according to girlfriend Carmen Tyson-Thomas' Instagram. When asked if she and Jasmine Jordan were a couple now, Carmen responded by saying, "hell yeah we are!"
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While the world's eyes are on the basketball court waiting to see if Jason Collins can become the first current-playing openly-gay athlete in NBA history, much is happening off court in the public lifes of some of the sports brightest alums.
Jasmine Jordan, Michael Jordan's only daughter, may have joined Magic Johnson's son Earvin outside of the closet, though it seems she's taking a cue from Raven Simone and insisting on ambiguity. After posting intimate pics on Instagram showing her embracing with Syracuse University basketball star Carmen Tyson-Thomas, the Internet started to assume that Jasmine had officially come out as lesbian.
With the headlines flooding her social networks, Jasmine decided to issue a nebulous (but well-thought) response to the story.
"Until Love, Trust, Honesty, Respect, Loyalty, Commitment, Genuine Happiness and other characteristics or aspects I want in a relationship is defined by one gender then and only then will i discuss my sexual preference."
Though she hasn't explicitly stated her sexual orientation (does she need to?), she has implied that these are pics of her "boo" whom she "loves."
(Via Queerty; Instagram)


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KALETA ADDRESSES SUSPENSIONby Chris Ryndak / Buffalo Sabres
|Patrick Kaleta
Patrick Kaleta may not be able to play, but he's trying to make the most of his situation.
Kaleta, considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, is in the middle of serving a 10-game suspension handed down by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson on Oct. 10. Kaleta has appealed the suspension, but is still unable to play.
He's missed four games already and is eligible to return for the Buffalo Sabres' home game against the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 2. Right now, he's just going through the process.
"There's not much info I can give right now, but it gives me time to try to better my game, try to better myself and along the way, maybe help out some of the younger guys with some of the things I'm watching and seeing and seeing if I can help out in that aspect as well," he said after practice at First Niagara Center on Friday.
Critics have said that Kaleta must change the way he plays in order avoid future fines and suspensions. He's been fined and/or suspended four times in the past six seasons. Most recently, he was suspended five games for a hit he put on New York Rangers forward Brad Richards in March.
Kaleta says he's already been working on adjusting his style and continues to do so.
"I've been changing my game over the past little while. Everyone who's watched the Sabres and has paid close attention has seen it," he said. "Like I said, I just need to keep continuing to get better and do what's best for the team and try to be a positive influence on what's going on here."
Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cooke, who has a lengthy suspension history, reached out to Kaleta to offer advice on how to approach the game in a different way.
At first, Kaleta was surprised to hear from Cooke.
"It was kind of cool because as you guys know, I don't really expect to have a lot of friends on other teams and stuff like that," Kaleta said. "But it's interesting because I don't know his background or anything, but I'm assuming he's worked pretty hard to get to where he is.
"We're sort of in the same boat there so he kind of understands where I'm coming from and what I have to do to stay in the League and what I have to do to help out the team. It was cool in that aspect and I respect everything he said and hopefully I can use what he said and help myself and my game out."
He would also look to talk to Cooke again if he needed to.
"When you're on the ice together, you're competitors and you're going to battle, but if he can help me out in the same aspect and make me a better player for Buffalo then I'd be stupid not to use it," he said.
Kaleta practiced again this week in a full-face shield. He injured his face in the game against Columbus.
"It's good. I had a little surgery going on there, but if I could play, I'd be playing with it anyway," he said. "I'm not too worried about the way my face looks or any of that stuff, so I'm good to go."


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Obama ran on a redistribution of the wealth agenda? So, back when he was campaigning, and his opponents characterized things he said as meaning that he wanted to redistribute the wealth, and his supporters shouted that down as typical right-wing distortion, Obama was really laying the groundwork for claiming that he had won a mandate to redistribute the wealth? Incredible!
BUT: The redistribution will be $13 a week.
AND: David Weigel responds:
Err, yes. Sen. John McCain's campaign spent the last three weeks of the presidential race accusing Obama of "socialist" tendencies because Obama told Sam Wurzelbacher that "if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."
Obama didn't really back down on this — he mocked it: "By the end of the week, he'll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten." But he didn't deny that he planned to cut taxes for middle- and lower-income Americans while raising taxes on the rich.
If Republicans didn't want to give Obama a mandate for "spreading the wealth," they probably shouldn't have made that their message and then lost the election to him.
I think Obama's mockery was a denial of the accusation. If Obama had said, "I didn't just accidentally say 'spread the wealth around,' I really believe in the redistribution of the wealth, and I want you to vote for me because you do too," he would have lost.


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Leake Career against SF.
5 games, 4 games started.
3-0 with a 4.18 ERA. Given up 38 hits in 28 innings pitched. 14 runs have scored (13 ER) and given up 6 home runs.
Other than his 2 outings against Philly, he has been really solid since start of August.
Mike had two HORRIBLE start against SF back on 2010... Lasted 1/3rd of an inning giving up 6 hits, 6 ER and 2 HR.
Other than that start against SF, the rest have been high hit total games, but good defense.


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To the Editor,
This letter concerns the negative tone that the political race for the House District 72 race has taken, It has come to my attention that Dean Fisher is sending out negative campaign fliers that claim that Nathan Wrage supports legislation that was considered at the legislature upwards of five years ago. It needs to be mentioned here, that there is no incumbent in this race, thusly, no one can take credit or blame for past legislation. It has always been my feeling that, we the people, need to take a stand against negative campaigning, that is why I will be voting for Nathan Wrage for House District 72, incumbent Bruce Braley for Congress, and incumbent Steve Sodders for State Senator. Vote with me to send a message to politicians like Dean Fisher, that we will no longer put up with negative campaigning, please vote. Thank you, respectfully,
Richard Arp


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King admits his side have disappointed at times this season but says recent results are an indication of what his side are capable of.
Last weekend's cup win over Swansea was the latest in a series of improved performances and King says his side deserve praise for their attitude throughout the season.
"This season was always going to be transitional," said King.
"We lost the likes of Will Taylor who now plays for Wasps and Morgan Allen who is now a full regional player for the Ospreys.
"But the guys who have come in have worked well all year and we've been competitive all the way through. They deserve enormous credit and we've seen a few results go our way recently."
With Jamie Davies passing 4,000 points for the Wizards in the win over Swansea, confidence amongst the squad is building. The club are just one step away from a Millennium Stadium final but for now, they are focusing solely on Sunday's league game.
King added: "We are working very hard and although we know we haven't had the best of seasons, the Premiership is improving year on year.
"I know from my experiences we are not far away from the top. It's a great rivalry against Neath - it's two traditional clubs going head to head.
"We've got a competitive squad and a lot of people will get their opportunity to stake their claims to start in the semi-final."
Neath meanwhile have a man who is more than capable of bringing Aberavon down to earth.
Wing Kevin James has scored well over 100 tries for the Welsh All Blacks and has contributed to a number of wins over Aberavon in the past. His hat-trick of tries saw Neath to a 39-19 win over the Wizards in Easter 2007.
"We're approaching it the same as any other game," James said.
"We want to get the bragging rights as it's a local derby. It's always a good fixture and a good battle against Aberavon and I'm looking forward to it.
"It's ironic we've been drawn against Aberavon in the cup as we were in a similar situation last month when we drew Cross Keys and faced them a week after our league match. We're looking to win both games and we'd love to get to a Millennium Stadium final but we want to climb up the league rankings too.
"It's a huge game this weekend and hopefully we can get a good crowd behind us."


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The county of Mendocino has hired a San Francisco attorney to help respond to federal subpoenas for records the county keeps on its medical marijuana ordinance, Chapter 9.31 of the Mendocino County Code.
The board announced after a closed-door meeting with County Counsel Tom Parker Tuesday that the county "has retained the legal services of William Osterhoudt of San Francisco to assist the county in representation regarding the subpoenas," according to a statement from the board clerk's office.
Osterhoudt graduated from the University of Washington and Hastings Collegeof the Law in 1968 and started his career with the Legal Aid Society of San Francisco, representing indigent people charged with federal crimes, before and as the federal defender program began, according to his biographical information on OsterhoudtLaw.com.
During his 40 years in practice, Osterhoudt has handled cases at the federal, state and local levels, ranging from "white-collar" matters to gang-related homicide, international extraditions and narcotics matters, according to his bio, including expderience as "lead counsel in post-conviction habeas corpus proceedings in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and in the state courts of California and Nevada." He has also handled federal appeals in the Second, Ninth and Eleventh circuits.
Osterhoudt's bio also describes him as "experienced in federal grand jury practice."
The subpoenas were issued Oct. 23 by the U.S. Attorney's Northern District Office, and were delivered to Auditor-Controller Meredith Ford, Sheriff Tom Allman, Sheriff's Office Financial Manager Norman Thurston, Sheriff's Capt. Randy Johnson -- who oversaw the county's erstwhile medical marijuana garden inspection program -- and the "custodian of records."
The subpoenas ask for "any and all records" for the county's medical marijuana cultivation ordinance from Jan. 1, 2010 to the present, including all types of communication regarding 9.31, including with third-party garden inspectors and Mendocino County Board of Supervisors.
County officials, including Allman, others who have been reluctant to speak on the record, and Parker in a carefully-worded public statement last week, have said that the U.S. Attorney's Office hasn't made it clear why it wants the information.
Starting in June 2010 and ending in March of this year, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office issued permits to medical marijuana collectives that wanted to grow up to 99 plants, an exemption from the county's limit of 25 plants per parcel.
The county permitted 91 collectives in 2011 alone, Allman said previously.
Growers can still buy zip ties from the MCSO for $25 apiece to affix to plants to show they are grown in compliance with state law.
Proceeds from the popular permitting program, along with zip-tie sales and other marijuana-related revenue had mounted to more than $1 million by January of this year, when the U.S. Attorney's Office threatened to file an injunction against the county's medical marijuana cultivation ordinance and seek legal action against county officials who supported it.
In response, the county in March stopped issuing permits for collectives to grow up to 99 plants under 9.31.
The federal subpoena also demands "any and all financial institution account numbers and addresses" used by the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, Mendocino County District Attorney's Office and Mendocino County; records of inspections, applications, communications with 9.31 permit applicants, permit holders and inspectors; and all records regarding the county's zip-tie program including account numbers for "funds received through the program," according to the subpoena, released last week pursuant to a Public Records Act request made by the Daily Journal.
The records, including information on meetings having to do with 9.31, were due Nov. 8, but the county has until Jan. 8 to respond under an extension.
Tiffany Revelle can be reached at email@example.com, on Twitter @TiffanyRevelle or at 468-3523.


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Series 1: Correspondence. circa 1920-1986
A, miscellaneous to Chapman, circa 1920-1982
Chapman to Feather River Inn, circa 1920-1982
Feather River Pine Mills to Hall, S.J., circa 1920-1982
Hall, W. to K miscellaneous., circa 1920-1982
Kahman to Marshall, E., circa 1920-1982
Marshall, W. to Schriver, circa 1920-1982
Schmitz to Van Huizen circa 1920-1982
Vaux to Yusk, circa 1920-1982
Series 2: University of California. circa 1900-1976
Series 3: Consulting and industry case files. circa 1936-1978
Miscellaneous cases, undated
Arcata Redwood Company, 1955-1965
J.H. Baxter and Company (wood preserving, termite control, and Chemonite), 1954-1963
Burney Chamber of Commerce, Burney Basin Sustained Yield Study, 1949
Caspar Lumber Company, 1945-1947
Chandler vs Hibbard. Study of Cuyama Valley Oak trees, undated
Coastal Plywood and Timber Company, H.W. Cole, 1954
Dickinson Lumber Company, 1955-1963
Fibreboard Products, Incorporated. Eucalyptus for Pulpwood in California, 1955
Freight Rate Case. Oregon to California, Berol and Silver, Attns., 1958
Gazos Creek Property Volume Inventory Report, San Mateo County, 1951
T.J. Goff. An Examination of Corner Posts of Mohawk Mining Claims, 1966
Hammond Cut-Over Lands. Report on Little River Lands, 1941
Neils Iverson Property Timber Estimate Report. Mendocino County, 1952
Jordan International Company, 1959-1961
Paul B. Kelly Timper Company (fire damage), 1960
Ladders, undated
Lane Book Company, 1960
Lev Property near Occidental, 1964-1966
Julio C. Locatelli Property, 1972
Mendocino County, 1956
Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Use of Trees as Determinants of Floods, 1960
Willets Watershed, 1955
Pallets, undated
Pioneer Grove. San Mateo County, 1948
Bale Grist Mill Historic Park. Redwood Floor Joists, 1978
State Parks. Humboldt County Master Plan Appraisal (Speckert, Crothers and Huggins properties and Adams and Crothers Properties), 1952
State Parks. Appraisal of Pacific Lumber Company Property along Redwood Highway, 1953
Tahoe Tavern, Tahoe City, 1965
Ben Taylor vs. Sierra Pine et al, 1956
Western Pacific Railroad. Inspection of Oakland and Sacramento Lumber Yards, 1952
Farquhar Property, Placer County, 1971
University of Michigan. Properties in Mendocino County, 1946-1952
Walter Wilson. Delaminated Plywood Floor, 1973
Timber property maps and plans (Humboltdt and Mendocino Counties), circa 1940-1960
Chemonite and the National Wood Treating Corporation, circa 1936-1961
Foundation for American Resource Management (FARM), circa 1951-1968
Series 4: Forestry organizations and associations. circa 1920-1980
American Forest Products Industries, 1944-1967
American Forestry Association, circa 1921-1972
American Pulpwood Association, circa 1957-1968
Forest Industries Council, 1961-1968
Forest Products Research Society, 1964
Hoo Hoo International, circa 1924-1946
Institute of Professional Foresters, 1933-1935
International Wood Collectors Society, 1949-1972
National Association of Manufacturers Conservation Committee, 1950
National Forest Products Association (formerly National Lumber Manufacturer's Association), 1965-1976
National Lumber Manufacturer's Association, 1935-1962
Redwood Empire Association, 1957-1977
Society of American Foresters
General files, circa 1924-1979
Council correspondence, circa 1934-1936
Journal of Forestry general, circa 1930-1937
Journal of Forestry editorial board correspondence and other materials, circa 1922-1953
Journal of Forestry general editorial correspondence, circa 1930-1933
Western Forestry and Conservation Association, 1957-1979
Western Pine Association, 1961
Forest History Society, 1961
Scope and Content Note
California Redwood Association, 1936-1969
Series 5: Civic and conservation organizations. circa 1930-1980
Bohemian Club, 1948-1978
Commonwealth Club, 1956-1979
The Nature Conservancy, undated
Save San Francisco Bay Association, undated
Sierra Club, undated
Series 6: Redwood National Park. circa 1946-1982
Series 7: Forestry law and policy. circa 1925-1980
Subseries 7.1: Federal policy. circa 1925-1960
Department of Agriculture. Earl J. Coke, Secretary, 1953-1954
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1962
Joint Congressional Committee on Forestry, circa 1938
Forest Practice Committee, 1940-1943
Federal forestry reorganization, 1937-1953
Federal conservation reorganization, 1937-1938
Taxation of federal lands, circa 1939-1944
Forest Service controversy over recreational use of forest lands, 1925
Bankhead Omnibus Bill on forestry, 1941
Douglas Bill and Anderson proposal, 1946-1949
Miscellaneous letters and other material regarding Emergency Conservation Work and Civilian Conservation Corps, circa 1933-1940
Lumber Code Authority files, circa 1933-1936
Rationing during World War II in lumber camps, circa 1943
Office of Price Administration wartime lumber prices, 1943-1946
Sustained Yield Unit Law (PL 273 of 1944), circa 1942-1960
Wilderness Bill, circa 1956
Federal Trade Commission. Lumber Trade Practices Committee. Tree Nomenclature (various files), circa 1903-1952
Subseries 7.2: California state policy, circa 1930-1980
California. State Board of Forestry correspondence and announcements, 1944-1982
Preliminary Report on Proposed State Forest Purchase Units by Fred M. Dunow, 1942
Biggar Committee, circa 1944-1948
A.B. 2022: Reforestation Study Bill, 1957
Reforestation Advisory Committee, circa 1958-1978
California Division of Forestry (correspondence), 1941-1979
California Division of Beaches and Parks, 1949-1976
California Department of Natural Resources, 1951, 1964
State Interim Committee on Economic Development of Cut-OVer Timber Areas and Brush Lands (Senator Stanley Arnold's Committee), 1957-1958
North Coast Land Use and Resource Development Committee (Clausen Committee), 1964
State Parks, correspondence regarding, circa 1928-1955
Proposed bill for acquiring state forests, circa 1942-1944
Proposed state forest system, 1942-1944
Proposed state forests of cut-over lands,, 1941-1943
State forests, circa 1942-1946
California State Reconstruction and Reemployment Commission, 1944-1946
Natural Resources Roads in California, 1952-1954
Constitutional amendment regarding State Board of Forestry, 1941-1942
Oregon and California lands, 1944-1946
California Reforestation Law of 1926 and other materials, 1938-1943
Van Duzen Fulmer Act, 1937
Subseries 7.3: Counties and local, 1929-1969
East Bay Regional Parks (first steps towards their realization), 1929
Regional Parks Association, Alameda County (correspondence), 1949-1952
Humboldt County Forestry Committee and other Humboldt County materials, circa 1952-1969
Series 8: Writings and speeches. circa 1910-1974
Subseries 8.1: Published writings, circa 1910-1970
Bibliography, undated
Published articles, circa 1910-1970, undated
The Mountain Lookout Watchman, 1917
Forest Education, 1934
Sustained Yield Therapeutic, 1940
The Pot Calls the Kettle Black, 1944
The 1945 Fire Season and Lessons, 1945
A Proposal for Merging all Federal Timber Owning Departments, 1946
Suggestions for Employment of Forestry Graduates, 1946
H.R. 6201, Helen Gahegan Douglas, Redwood Forest Bill, 1946
Federal Regulation Imperials National Strength, 1946
The Training of Young Men for Private Forestry, 1946
Willis Linn Jepson, 1947
Wood Losses in Redwood Logging, 1948
Hope Bill 1948, 1948
The Future of the Redwoods, 1950
Redwood Forest and Permanent Lumber Supplies, 1950
Spotwise Seeding, 1950
On Unification, 1950
Winning the Battle of Timber and other Fortune Magazine article, 1945-1950
Timber and Men: What is the Future of Western Private Forests?, 1950
Chain Saws for Ripping Logs, 1950
Some Characteristics of the American Lumber Industry, 1951
Some Principles Governing the Growing of Redwood Crops, 1951
Just What is Conservation?, 1952
Save-the-Redwoods League, 1952
Forest Taxation, 1952
Change Wrought in Redwood Logging and Forestry Directed Toward Permanence, 1952
The Operation of the Forest Practice Act, 1952
Statement about State Park Policy, 1953
Better Forest Apprenticeship, 1953
Tree Growing by California Redwood Industry, 1954
Sawmills in the Redwood Region, 1955
California and the Southwest, 1956
Where Do We Go From Here?, 1957
The Life and Habits of Redwood the Extraordinary, 1957
Do We Have Enough Commercial Forest Land?, 1959
Timber Sale Contracts, 1960
The Development of Industrial Forestry in California, 1960
Recollections of Forest Fire Detection of Fifty Years Ago, 1962
Establish New Winema National Forest as Pilot Plant Unit, 1962
Redwood article for National Geographic, 1964
The Last Redwood, 1964
The Story Told by a Fallen Redwood, 1965
Statement of Redwood Region Logging Conference about the Proposed Redwood National Park, 1965
Some Aesthetic and Horticultural Aspects of the California Redwoods, 1966
The Redwoods of California: Largest of Economic Plants, 1967
Redwood Reforestation Problems, 1967
Redwood Park Proposals, 1967
Coast Redwood Young Growth: Its Relation to Future Timber Supplies, 1967
Know Your Redwoods. Articles on Redwood for the Humboldt Standard, 1939-1942
Review of The Destruction of California, 1966
Subseries 8.2: Speeches and unpublished writings, circa 1900-1970
Chronological set of speeches and unpublished writings, circa 1900-1970
Autobiography of a Tree, circa 1916-1939
Report on Forest Track at Soo Nipi Park, New London, New Hampshire,
Richardson Grove Redwood, 1933
Forest Land Situation in the California Redwood Region, 1939
Redwood Forestry Series, 1954
American Lumber Industry, 1957
Redwood National Park Controversy, 1967
Palo Alto Tree, 1974
Subseries 8.3: Drafts, notes, and manuscripts of books, circa 1931-1958
Papers relating to "Lumber Manufacturing: A Practical Textbook" by Walter G. Collins and Emanuel Fritz, 1947-1950
Papers relating to "The Redwood Region," 1951
Papers relating to "The Lumber Industry," 1958
Papers relating to "Modern Lumber Production," 1958
Papers relating to "Bohemian Grove," undated
Papers relating to "Redwood Book," undated
Papers relating to "Redwood Forest Practice Manual," 1947
Papers relating to "Status of American Forestry," 1931-1950
Papers relating to "Building Up the States," 1948
Series 9: Project files. circa 1919-1957
Redwood Forests. Report of the College of Agriculture and the Agricultural Experiment Station. A plan for a research program in redwood forests in California, 1919-1920
A Survey of the Wastes Resulting From the Logging and Milling of California Redwood and Associated Species. Agricultural Experiment Station Project 651, 1920
Properties and Uses of Second Growth Redwood. Agricultural Experiment Station Project 688, 1923
Big River Cutting Area-Stem Analysis Curves. Big River and Freshwater, undated
Logging and Milling of Redwood Study, 1928
Mill Scale Study. Pacific Lumber Company, 1929
Logging of Old Growth Timber, Final Report, 1928-1933
Redwood Volume Table Data, 1939
1928 Redwood Tree and Log Data. Copied from original tree and log field sheets by Ed Fielden, 1952
Proposal to Study Financial Aspects of Holding Cut-Over Lands for Timber Growing, 1957
Holbrook Grove Trees. Ability of Redwood to Withstand Partial Burial (#1511 and 1536), undated
Table of Height Growth of Redwood on University of California Campus (#1631), 1940-1942
Redwood Forest Composition, "Stand Table," (#1670) 1940
Mather Grove Permanent Plot. Second Growth (#1664), undated
Redwood Highway at Myers (#1675), 1940
Partial Burial of Redwood Butts, Redwood Highway at Myers (#1675), 1940
Redwood Second Growth Volumes (#1681A-B), undated
Redwood Compression Study (#1701), undated
Large trees, tall trees, big trees, etc., 1931-1957
Large redwoods. Diameter, height, 1925-1953
Large trees other than Coast Redwood, circa 1931-1956
Trial data for 50 year old young growth in Humboldt County. Made for Emanuel Fritz, Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia, by Willis Corbit, circa 1923
Timber Crop Report, USFS. Bringing Capper Report up to date, 1922
Mendocino Lumber Company. Log Study, 1938
High Rock Tree (#1546), undated
Richardson Grove Windfall, 1933
Ability of Large Trees to withstand Deep Highway Fills, 1933
Flat Iron Tree on Bull Creek Flat (#1673) and Cross Section (#1686), undated
Selective Logging Permanent Plot Flanagan Creek (#1676), undated
Roots, undated
Direct seeding experiments, 1934-1945
Planting costs, 1944
Redwood seeding areas, 1935-1939
Hammond seeding experiment, 1940
Seed spots, Maple Creek, 1941
Seeding experiments, miscellaneous, circa 1940
Planting and seeding in Joy Woods,
Salmon Creek Plots, 1944-1949
Dunlop Creek, 1935
Seed spot experiment, Jordan Creek, 1945
Direct Seeding of Redwood (mss), 1946-1949
Paint tests on Sugar Pine, 1927-1936
Union Lumber Company Survey and other materials, circa 1947
Relative durability of various pines and of redwood cut from old and second growth, circa 1922-1946
Relative durability of various pines and of redwood cut from old and second growth, circa 1922-1946
Utilization of California grown Blue Gum, circa 1924
A survey of the wastes resulting from the logging, circa 1924
Wonder plot, circa 1923-1973
Project 688: Stem analysis of 130 65 year old second growth coast redwoods, circa 1923
Measurement strips for various redwood trees, circa 1933-1934
Redwood Bibliography files (including abstracts), circa 1955
Historical redwood, general, circa 1929-1950
University of California Redwood Timberlands, Humboldt County, 1928-1944
State forests, 1944-1957
Preservation of Redwood stands, 1926-1944
Redwood region. Guides, groves, 1924-1951
Miscellaneous clippings, 1931-1946
Grove areas, costs, descriptions, 1935-1949
Private and Chamber of Commerce brochures and guides, circa 1930-1950
Save-the-Redwoods League Dyerville-Scotia area and correspondence about leaflets, 1933-1939
East Bay Redwoods, undated
Redwood parks and groves correspondence, 1935-1950
Richardson Grove signs, 1933-1954
Redwood region tours, 1950
Redwoods of the Past, 1934-1936
Dawn "Redwood", 1948, 1975, 1977
Redwood artists, undated
Age of Redwoods, 1928-1949
Redwood clippings, 1921-1936
Sequoia sempervirens, miscellaneous, 1920-1950
Miscellaneous talks and articles on redwoods, circa 1928-1949
Redwood poetry, undated
Rockport Redwood Company, 1939
Indian tree names, 1931-1944
Little River, Mendocino County, undated
Bark, 1921-1954
Wood properties, 1921-1954
Forestry, 1935-1952
Silviculture, 1930-1955
Mensuration, 1915-1950
Products, 1923-1955
Lumbering, 1905-1951
Milling, 1907-1960
Economics, 1912-1956
Botany, 1886-1956
Sequoia gigantea, 1926-1951
Conservation correspondence and notes, 1954-1961
Dendrography, undated
El Tule Tree, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1949-1965
Floods, 1955-1964
Management of national forests, 1953
Multiple use, undated
Population control, undated
Franklin D. Roosevelt and forestry, circa 1933
Redwood, general correspondence, notes and miscellany, circa 1929-1980
Reforestation, undated
Sawmilling, circa 1946-1960
Second growth management correspondence, notes, and research materials, circa 1946-1960
Timber theft and trespass, undated
Timber sale contracts (correspondence and research materials), undated
Wonder Plot, undated
Series 11: General forestry reference files. circa 1915-1965
Decimal system of classification of forestry literature (Metcalf and Fritz), undated
Forestry education (0.2), circa 1910-1953
Profession of forestry (0.5), circa 1912-1940
Fire (3.1), circa 1912-1940
Insects (3.2), circa 1915-1960
General and physical properties of wood (5.1), circa 1915-1960
Mechanical properties and chemistry of wood (5.1), circa 1915-1960
Fuel value of wood (5.15), circa 1915-1960
Properties and uses of individual and groups of woods (5.16), circa 1915-1960
Lumber industry, regions (5.203), circa 1915-1960
Lumber industry, econonics, in general (5.204), circa 1915-1960
Lumber industry and national defense, circa 1915-1960
Manufacturing plant layouts and descriptions (5.211), circa 1915-1960
Log storage (5.212), circa 1915-1960
Sawmill (5.213), circa 1915-1960
Grades and grading (5.25), circa 1915-1960
Markets and marketing (5.26), circa 1915-1960
Trade practices, codes of ethics (5.264), circa 1915-1960
Transportation (5.267), circa 1915-1960
Scope and Content Note
Governmental, public and trade relations (5.28), circa 1915-1960
Scope and Content Note
Trade associations (5.283), circa 1915-1960
National Committee on Wood Utilization (5.284), circa 1925-1933
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Wood Industries Division, circa 1932
Wood and forestry products other than timber (5.3), circa 1915-1960
Special wood manufacturers; wood using industries (5.5), circa 1915-1960
Wooden structures (5.6), circa 1915-1960
Wood distillation, ethyl alchohol, charcoal, tannin, rubber, miscellaneous oils (5.73-5.79), circa 1915-1960
Miscellaneous forest products, circa 1915-1960
Forest administration (7.5), circa 1915-1960
Forest legislation and policy (7.7), circa 1915-1960
History of United States forestry (7.812), circa 1915-1960
Unsorted forestry miscellany, circa 1915-1960
Series 13: Personal. circa 1902-1988
Biographical, circa 1940-1970
Oral history transcript, circa 1972
Transcript of interview with Fritz following Stone Report, circa 1965
Obituaries and death certificate, circa 1972
Biographical sketches of foresters, 1921-1950
Accolades and awards, circa 1928-1988
Gifts of books, papers, etcetera, to libraries, 1988
Oral history interview with Ronald Sperry of the California Redwood Sawmill History Project, 1981
Correspondence about oral history interview with the Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, 1965-1974
Cornell University correspondence, 1954-1975
Yale University correspondence, 1948-1984
639th Aero Squadron (World War I) history, correspondence, and other materials, circa 1919-1972
Personal correspondence, circa 1940-1984
Sabbatical year, 1927
University of California correspondence and status, 1917-1938
Cornell exchange of professors, 1928-1930
Correspondence regarding jobs, circa 1930-1939
Michigan State College offer, 1931
Idaho School of Forestry deanship, 1934
Bohemian Club information, circa 1986-1988
California Forester and Class of '48, circa 1956-1984
Gifford Pinchot, circa 1955
J.A. Edman correspondence and other materials, circa 1902-1907
Frank C. Fraser oral history materials, circa 1955-1956
Barbara Fritz's file on her father,
Assorted personal miscellany, circa 1930-1988
Personal account book, 1905-1911
Reminiscences of Fort Valley, 1916-1917, 1958
Diaries, 1939-1979
Transcriptions of diaries (many abridged and transcribed by Fred Landenberger), 1939-1979
Notebooks, appointment books, 1965-1981
Biographical essays and materials by Fred Landenberger, circa 1990
Catalog of Fritz Collection at the College of the Redwoods, circa 2003
Books and contents of office in basement, undated
Bibliography (chronological), undated
Assorted biographical and personal materials, undated
Testimonial Dinner, 80th birthday, 1966
Personal scrapbook, circa 1904-1910,
Certificates, circa 1950-1980
Assorted realia (mostly medals, awards, and plaques), circa 1950-1980
Assorted realia (including tree core samples), circa 1950-1980


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It is encouraging that people from all walks of life on Saturday participated in the biggest anti-nuclear rally in the nation's history, in the latest attempt to push the government to abolish nuclear power after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster in Japan two years ago.
Protesters called on the government to suspend the last phase of construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市), and to phase out the nation's three operational nuclear plants as soon as possible.
It is clear that the public wants a clean and sustainable source of energy, so nuclear power is not an option. The government should cater to the public's wants, rather than continue to make empty promises.
Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) said yesterday that Taiwan Power Co will prioritize safety when building and operating nuclear power plants. Jiang added that the government will not approve the NT$11.7 billion (US$394 million) in extra funds needed to continue the plant's construction if it does not pass a safety inspection and that a national referendum later this year would determine if the project should be suspended.
These measures are insufficient and it is irresponsible of the government to carry on billing nuclear power as the nation's sole source of energy because it is relatively low-cost and produces almost zero carbon dioxide emissions, while excluding alternative sources of energy. The government should devise a clear and comprehensive energy policy to provide a stable supply of power, encourage the use and development of alternative energy sources, and boost efficiency at coal and natural gas power plants. Responsible energy use is also essential to reduce reliance on nuclear power.
"Green" energy is not out of reach for Taiwan — LED and solar technology offer viable, important solutions. Based on market researcher TrendForce Corp's calculations, the nation could reduce energy consumption by 2.56 percent if the LED usage rate rose to 20 percent. If the usage reached 100 percent, the power saved would be equal to the rated capacity of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant.
This calculation is based on lighting devices comprising about 18 percent of the nation's overall power consumption.
Taiwan may not be able to install an extensive system of solar panels like Germany and Spain, because of the typhoons that hit the country. However, solar panels or solar farms could be set up in Greater Kaohsiung and Pingtung and Taitung counties, because those areas have extended periods of peak sunlight. Solar energy could significantly supplement the nation's power supply.
The government is failing to promote solar cell installation. Up to now, solar panels generating a total of only 10 megawatts have been installed, meaning less than 1 percent of the power generated in Taiwan comes from the sun.
The government should also boost efficiency at gas-fueled power plants, or try new methods of energy production. It should shift to the US to obtain its natural gas, because it is less expensive than buying it from Indonesia, which is currently Taiwan's primary natural gas supplier.
There are many ways in which the nation could save energy and generate power at lower cost and in a safer way than nuclear power.
The government is responsible for exploring all the options for generating electricity and reducing the nation's reliance on nuclear power, and the first is to devise an energy policy that reflects the public's concerns. However, there is no sign that the government intends to change its existing policy of seeing nuclear power as the solution to the nation's energy needs.