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By Tiernan Ray
I'm at Sharp's (6753JP) press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show at the Mandalay Bay.
Things kick off with veep Kazo Takahashi, who wants to talk about its IGZO technology, which stands for "Indium gallium zinc oxide."
A video plays that says "I am IGZO. I am a compound semiconductor that has just been invented. I can do things that no semiconductor today can do. What might that be? I can change your world."
This is a technology, you may recall, that has been rumored to be considered by Apple (AAPL) for the iPhone.
The display has the advantages of having electron mobility 20 to 30 times faster than conventional amorphous silicon. It can get 80% battery savings and can continue to display an image when the power is turned off.
IGZO is already being used in Sharp's "Aquos" line of smartphones and tablets. They can have battery life that's two to three days. It is also finding its way into Sharp TV sets that support the 4K "ultra high def" specification, in set sizes up to 32 inches.
Takahashi says the company has not done it alone: Corning (GLW) is an important partner. He welcomes on stage Corning Glass president James Clappin. Clappin says IGZO promises stunning color, ultra high resolution, and low power consumption. The glass used will be Corning's "Lotus Glass."
Takahashi welcomes to the stage John Herrington, president of Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America. He notes that 55-inch TVs were the primary LED TV model in 2010. Sharp then came out with its first 60-inch TV in the spring of that year. The company then went on to 80-inch and finally 90-inch sets, now the largest LED set I the world. Herrington says Sharp has become the fastest-growing name in LED TVs. The company will introduce 21 different models this year at 60 inches and above.
Herrington lets the curtain part to reveal the new 2013 line of LED TVs, up to 90 inches. He says models of 60 inches or larger will see 40% growth this year.
The company's "Smart Central" television sets this year will gain a "powerful dual-core processor." The sets will also gain HTML and flash playback capabilities and will offer remote control apps for iOS and Google's (GOOG) Android. There's also a new "split-screen" feature that lets you watch TV and surf the Web at the same time.
The company's 60-inch Ultra High Def TV will feature an image that's like "looking out of a window," the company says. There will also be a second model of UHD, under the Aquos brand.
The company is developing two new technologies, one called "Moth Eye," based on studying the biology of how moths see, and another that it calls the next generation of its "Quattron" technology that represents "the next generation of HD."
Update: In a note to clients this afternoon, Topeka Capital Markets's Brian White, who was at the presentation, opines that Apple will in time pick up the technology:
Sharp is the first company to mass produce IGZO. Sharp believes IGZO is the key to next generation OLED displays and there has been market speculation over the past year that Apple (AAPL-$522.76: Buy) will eventually use Sharp's IGZO solution as the display technology for the iPhone, while we expect this to also spread to other product categories over time. We believe it is only a matter of time before this plays out as Apple increasingly requires new innovative display technologies to compete with Samsung (005930 KSE- KRW1,520,000: NR), which could lessen the Apple's reliance on LG Display (LPL-$13.94: Sell) for certain product categories in the future. As we have previously indicated, we expect Apple to launch a full blown Apple TV over the next year or two, and we believe Sharp will be providing the panels with the LCD glass supplied by Corning.

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Through 3 quarters, South Elgin's girls basketball team struggled to do much of anything offensively and trailed Batavia, 40-29.
Then the Storm (16-10) finally found a hot hand in Nell Wentling.
The 5-7 senior guard hit 3 fourth-quarter 3-point baskets to help force overtime and added her career-best eighth 3-pointer of the game -- and 50th of the season -- during the extra session as South Elgin rallied to defeat Batavia 61-56 in Thursday night's Upstate Eight Conference crossover fourth-place game in South Elgin.
Wentling, who scored 15 of her game-high 27 points in the fourth quarter and 4-minute overtime, made a few lasting memories while playing in the final home game of her high school career.
"It was a fun game to go out with," said Wentling, who made 8 of her 12 3-point attempts. "I'm on top of the world right now. I think maybe five (3-pointers) was my high before."
South Elgin misfired on its first 6 shots and fell behind 10-0 in the first 5 minutes of the contest, as Batavia senior guard Miranda Grizaffi (10 points, 7 rebounds) connected on a pair of 3-pointers.
That was when Storm coach Tim Prendergast summoned Wentling off the bench, and she quickly contributed with three 3-pointers to trim the Bulldogs' first-quarter lead to 14-11.
"We were just cold but Nell got us back in it early," said Prendergast. "At halftime, I told the girls that 'we've got 18 points here and nine of them are from Nell's 3-pointers.' We were getting a lot of good looks in the first half but nobody was hitting."
Batavia (18-10), which led 25-18 at halftime, opened a 36-21 lead midway through the third quarter behind the efforts of 6-2 junior forward/center Erin Bayram (17 points, 7 rebounds), 6-1 freshman forward Hannah Frazier (12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 blocked shots), and senior guard Sami Villarreal (6 points, 6 rebounds).
"They started going to their bigs and we kept treading water," said Prendergast. "We couldn't gain any ground on them."
Batavia maintained its double-digit advantage after 3 quarters and appeared to be on its way to its sixth win in 7 games before being outscored 21-10 in the fourth period.
"I felt like we were kind of in control for three quarters and then it was almost like it wore us down a little bit," said Batavia coach Kevin Jensen, whose team played the majority of the way without the services of junior leading scorer Liza Fruendt (illness).
"We ran out of gas a little bit there," added Jensen, whose team opens Class 4A regional action Tuesday at St. Charles East.
Batavia led 47-39 with 3 minutes left in regulation before back-to-back 3-pointers by Delaney Kelleher (11 points) and Wentling made it 47-45 with 1:37 remaining.
Junior guard Savanah Uveges' 3-point play with 1:05 left gave South Elgin its first lead of the night, 48-47, but Frazier split a pair of free throws and Grizaffi buried a short jumper to put Batavia back on top, 50-48, with 41 seconds remaining.
Uveges (13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals) sent the game into overtime with her free throw with 8 seconds remaining.
Kelleher's 3-point play put the Storm in front for good during the first minute of overtime, and Wentling tallied the next 6 points for the victors.
"She couldn't miss," Jensen said of Wentling. "We tried to do some things to combat it but we just lost her too many times."
"The team with the momentum going into overtime usually wins the game," said Prendergast, whose second-seeded team faces the Elgin-Larkin winner Tuesday at the Streamwood regional. "What an exciting game and what a game to end the regular season with."


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A highly contagious virus that is deadly to dogs has appeared in western Queensland, with three animals infected in a week.
Cases of canine parvovirus reappeared at veterinary clinics in Mount Isa over the weekend, sparking calls for residents to take precautionary measure to protect their pets.
Paws, Hoofs and Claws Charity president Sue Carson admitted three dogs with the potentially fatal virus to the veterinary last week.
Bear, a four-month old collie cross and two newborn French-Boxer cross puppies were still recovering from the illness.
Mrs Carson said the highly contagious virus existed anywhere infected animals had been and could lay dormant in the ground for morethan a year.
"It's passed through bodily fluids like urine and faeces," she said.
"Its not just in backyards, it can affect parks and footpaths too."
Mrs Carson said people new to Mount Isa or thinking about purchasing a new pet needed to be wary of where they took their dogs.
"It's a timely warning for the residents of Mount Isa," she said.
"You really need to keep your pets vaccinated and must be aware of bringing puppies into new yards - you just don't know the history of the land."
Mrs Carson said the three vaccinations puppies required to ward off the virus were expensive, but watching pets struggle with the virus could be emotionally and financially taxing.
"It has been really upsetting seeing the animals go through this, especially because they are so tiny and weak," she said.
"Most of them have to go onto a drip for up to a week to try and keep their fluids up and some don't make it."
Len Fulham from Mount Isa Veterinary Clinic said there was awareness in the community about parvovirus, but cases were still coming in.
"We've had a burst of cases in the last fortnight but the virus usually affects more animals during spring and summer," he said.
"Mount Isa's large population turnover and large dog population help keep the virus going as well."
Dr Fulham said in many instances owners wouldn't be able to tell if their pet had the virus until it was too late.
"Overnight they may not be eating well and in the morning they will be very ill, possibly vomiting or suffering from diarrhoea."


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SOURCE: Magellan
January 03, 2013 09:00 ET
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - Jan 3, 2013) - CES 2013 -- Magellan, a leader of innovative GPS devices for vehicles, outdoor and mobile navigation, today announced the Magellan® RoadMate® Commercial 5370T-LMB, a new space-saving 5-inch GPS navigator especially designed with premium safety, accuracy and productivity features to assist professional drivers on and off the road. Magellan will display its new RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB at the CES Show (Booth MP25758).
The compliance-ready Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB GPS navigator is designed to maximize in-cab space requirements of trucks with a convenient 5-inch high-resolution touch screen display that adjusts color and contrast for the most optimal night visibility. Designed for the needs of professional drivers before, during and after their on-the-road trips, the RoadMate 5370T-LMB features Magellan's premium safety and convenience navigation suite, plus customizable truck-specific routing, hands-free communication, driver status log, and mileage reports.
"We recognize the challenges that professional drivers encounter and have designed the RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB with the features they need in a GPS to help make their trips safer and less stressful," said Stig Pedersen, Associate Vice President of Product Management for Magellan. "From trip planning to managing required log reporting after their trip, our commercial line of RoadMate navigators helps to improve productivity and reduces costs."
Professional drivers can use the Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB to set up customizable routes based on the vehicle's dimensions as well as applicable hazmat restrictions. Multi-destination routing allows drivers to plan their stops and optimize routes to be more efficient.
While on the road, the Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB helps drivers keep their eyes on the road with spoken street name guidance and audible turn-by-turn directions. The integrated Bluetooth® wireless technology enables professional drivers to safely talk hands-free when the GPS is paired with a compatible Bluetooth phone.
In addition to free lifetime map updates and free lifetime traffic alerts, the Magellan RoadMate 5370T-LMB GPS navigator includes Magellan's latest high-end features to make navigation safer and easier.
Continuing to enhance driver safety and peace-of-mind to see behind their truck, the Magellan RoadMate 5370T-LMB GPS is compatible with Magellan's award-winning Wireless Back-up Camera ($149.99 MSRP - http://www.magellangps.com/lp/back-up_camera/index.html). When the vehicle is in reverse-mode, the RoadMate 5370T-LMB will automatically switch from navigation mode to become a rear-view monitor that allows the driver to see what is behind the vehicle including children, pets and toys, or for assistance when parking into a tight parking space.
At the end of their trip, the Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB facilitates preparing required compliance reports including hours of service and state mileage for IFTA fuel records. A comprehensive log of trip information by each driver is retained in the Magellan GPS device for easy exporting into reports.
The Magellan RoadMate Commercial GPS family now includes three models -- the new 5-inch Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB ($299.99 MSRP), the 7-inch Magellan RoadMate Commercial 9270T-LM ($399.99 MSRP) and the 5-inch Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5190T with serial connectivity ($329.99 MSRP).
The Magellan RoadMate Commercial 5370T-LMB is scheduled for availability January 31, 2013 at truck stops and through Magellan's consumer electronics and online partners.
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Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, MiTAC Digital Corporation, manufacturer of the Magellan (www.magellangps.com) brand of portable GPS navigation consumer electronics devices, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MiTAC International Corporation. Recognized as an industry pioneer, Magellan globally markets its award-winning portable navigation devices including the Magellan® RoadMate® series for autos, RVs, fleet and commercial vehicles, the eXplorist® PRO for mobile GIS applications and field data collection, the eXplorist outdoor series for hunting, fishing, hiking and geocaching enthusiasts, Magellan Fitness Switch™ series of crossover GPS watches, and mobile apps and accessories for smartphones. Follow Magellan on Facebook (www.facebook.com/MagellanGPS), Twitter (@MagellanGPS) and YouTube (www.youtube.com/magellanvideo).
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Dublin Returns in Churchill's Iroquois Stakes
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas has entered Robert Baker and William Mack's highly-touted Dublin in the $100,000 Iroquois (gr. III) for juveniles at a mile on the main track. A field of 12 was drawn for the Churchill Downs fall meet opening day co-feature.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- When it comes to college savings, Americans are really counting on friends and family to meet their child's tuition needs.
In fact, 61% of Americans expect friends and family members to contribute to college funds for a son or daughter, according to Fidelity Investments.
In addition, 19% of parents want their closest friends and family members to forgo a traditional holiday gift this year and instead contribute to a college fund such as a college 529 plan.
Parents need the help, as only 34% of U.S. families are on track to cover their college savings costs. Cash gifts around the holidays could add some much-needed fuel to those college plans -- if families can convince their loved ones to pony up some cash come Christmas Day.
"Contributing to a child's college savings fund is easy to do, and a gift more valuable to their future than anything you can buy in a mall," says Keith Bernhardt, vice president of college planning at Fidelity. "With many families still far behind their savings goals, monetary gifts can add up over time and make a difference in the years to come."
Bernhardt says families with children of any age -- from newborns to those getting ready to head to campus -- can open a 529 in a child's name and manage how the savings are used for higher education expenses. "For parents making gifts to their own child's 529 account, direct deposit is a reliable way to help ensure savings are consistently contributed. Friends and family wanting to gift to a child's 529 account can give money to the parents, specifying it's for their college savings."
So what's in it for the gift giver? No doubt the feel of good will knowing that a college funding contribution will help the college student earn his or her diploma is a big factor.
Besides the "warm and fuzzy factor," Fidelity says, a college funding gift this holiday means one less trip to the mall and certainly no assembly or rush shipping.
Best of all, it's one gift unlikely to be returned.


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I'm trying to change the settings so that view Source Code opens in my text editor.
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How Easily Is Your Mind Controlled? [Video]
This video from New Scientist does an experiment to let you know how easily your mind can be controlled. I was amazed at the results because I would have never believed in such a thing. You may be surprised how easily your subconscious can be tricked.


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The Pipkins have been involved in the work of cancer awareness in the community and have given countless hours of their time and personal resources.
Fritz and Barbara have been responsible for information gathered to document cancer cases for the State of Utah Cancer Registry. They have solicited information from cancer victims and followed up with telephone calls and personal visits to get the data needed to document the evidence.
They have spent hours listening to stories and shed many tears with local residents and former residents that have been affected by cancer.
The Pipkins have assisted with fund raising by walking the street during the Pioneer Day celebration, contacting new people, and by telling the cancer stories to organizations, including the State of Utah, in order to gain assistance for victims.
They have spent time in Washington, DC, lobbying U.S. Senators and Congressman in an effort to get preventive screening programs for the citizens of Monticello.
They have walked the mill site trail many times in reverence and respect for the many affected people in the community.
They personally feel the anguish and trauma of the devastating disease as they are among the victims.
As the community of Monticello is full of excellent and deserving people for Citizen of the Year, the Pipkins stand out in their service, sacrifice and hard work to help enrich the lives of others in the community.
With their spirit and appreciation of life, they are a great example of the people in the community that care and are willing to help. We are proud to have Fritz and Barbara Pipkin represent the people of Monticello.


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Economic Thought and Economic Life in Byzantium
Date published:August 2013
Angeliki Laiou (1941-2008), one of the leading Byzantinists of her generation, broke new ground in the study of the social and economic history of the Byzantine Empire. Economic Thought and Economic Life in Byzantium, the last of three volumes to be published posthumously in the Variorum Collected Studies Series, brings together twelve articles that reflect her perennial concern with the relationship of theory and practice in historical contexts. Two of these are translated from Greek and German, respectively, and another is here published for the first time.


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November 30, 2008
"The gloom that has fallen over the book publishing industry is different from the mood in, say, home building."
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- Bissage said...
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- Bissage said...
If your house is old enough it was built without closets.
Every new house today has a spot for the refrigerator.
If you want built-in bookcases in your new house, you will have to pay extra, and they will go on either side of the wide-screen television, which is on the wall, just above the fake fireplace.
- Original George said...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on Monday suspended temporarily acquisitions of new manuscripts.
Like a bread company not buying flour or GM not buying steel.
"There is a freeze-lite," [a spokesman said] "There is a way in so it is not a hard freeze but for right now, there is a temporary — call it a freeze if you want."
He added, "Every new manuscript that comes in is going to be subjected to a higher degree of scrutiny and consideration than has previously been the case."
Translation: Unless you are a doctor with a proposal for a new diet book, a celebrity with an idea, a politician with a memoir whose influence we need, or someone with a track record of strong sales, don't waste your time. Put your stuff on the web. Give it away. Try to build a following on-line. Then talk to us.
I bet we'll start to see name-brand authors like Stephen King create fan clubs like rock bands and Rush Limbaugh. Pay $40 a year and, in return, get a T-shirt and extra crap direct you can't buy through traditional distribution mechanisms, because publishers are really little more than distributors.
- Bissage said...
Mrs. Bissage adds: And while you are touring the builder's model home, those bookcases will contain fake books; old spines glued to cardboard boxes.
- TheCrankyProfessor said...
GOSH that's depressing.
- MadisonMan said...
One of my facebook friends is an author who has just turned in book #2, and he's of the opinion that the acquisition freeze is happening so the company can spend all its energy on his forthcoming book.
My opinion is that books will continue to be published. Why? Because there's a market for them.
- rcocean said...
The article seems to be about the industry of book publishing. Who cares?
Frankly, I'm tired of a bunch of greed-heads trying to make money off peoples love of knowledge. Encyclopedia's can longer charge you extortionate amounts for basic facts. Boo Hoo.
- Original George said...
Ah, Madison--
That's the problem....the book publishers typically devote 90 percent of their marketing money on 10 percent of their books. If you're a new or what's called mid-list (so-so selling) author, there's no promotion. It's even worse....the book biz is like Hollywood: Of those 10 percent of new titles, some substantial percentage will be total bombs and never recoup the publishers' investments. The business model is broken. That's why the process is frozen. The next time oil prices shoot up sky-high, people will really stop buying books, because the cost to manufacture and distribute them will rise concomitantly, to use a big word.
- Trooper York said...
Online is the way to go. I enjoy military science fiction and alternative history and Baen books has a great webscription service. You can buy a set of five new titles for about $20. Or you can get an advanced readers copy before it is even published. They also have a free library of old titles that you can download at no cost. This is the future of publishing.
- Synova said...
If you've read many very old books something will become clear.
They suck.
Even most of the classics suck.
They suck because they were written in long hand on paper with a pen. There are boring sections and continuity errors and changes in tone and self-indulgent diversions.
It's a bit like certain folk or traditional music that doesn't have the concept of phrases or even an end, it's just a twiddle that goes on while the vikings dance until the musicians get tired of that one and just quit and start something else.
We expect more now.
And people deliver more now.
It doesn't take a lifetime of tweaking and editing to produce something as wonderful as the Lord of the Rings, because the writer has the benefit of technology also. He or she can make back-up copies, edit with ease and deliver stories that get to the point or take us on lengthy diversions through interesting places.
It's no longer the case that if you wrote something coherent and entertaining you could get it published with no editing at all. The physical process of producing that manuscript no longer keeps the majority of competition away.
- holdfast said...
Trooper - I'm a big fan of Baen too, but they still do paper publishing too. The publishers are resisting, but electronic distribution is the way of the future - you can present a book to the entire world with a lot less overhead - it is the bookstores that will really suffer - savvy publishers will be ok.
- Trooper York said...
Oh I know Holdfast; I am one of those idiots who have to hold a book in his hands. So I print out these books and have bunches of loose sheets floating around unbound held together with those big clamps you use in the office. It drives my wife crazy.
I end buying it online and then in the bookstore too! It is like the days when you would buy the vinyl record and then went and bought the cd.
I just like the subscription service like they do with the Grantville Gazette where you just pay and can log on and get new product. That's way cool.
- Synova said...
Baen seems to do pretty good with the revenue split on its e-books. I couldn't say what the big names get, but the numbers I heard were decent. OTOH, the numbers I've heard for the tiny e-book publishers that do print-on-demand as well as electronic, were pitiful, hardly more than royalties for paper books. And the hopeful authors don't know better. And they should. If they aren't getting near 50% of sales they're getting ripped off. Yes, the publisher has overhead, but nothing like printing and distributing. (Something like lulu is self-published POD so the author pays... that's different.)
- Matt Eckert said...
The Baen books are targeted at fans who know the authors or at least love the genre and are willing to give new authors a chance. It is an audience of regular people not snot nosed literary pretentious pussies.
There is a minimal audience for the pretentious drivel that is the output of most of these publishers.
That is why they fail. If they market to their audience and keep their costs down they should do fine. Of course those people are worthless scumbags who won't spend any money anyway. Just complain about the "lack of quality literature."
Phony douche bags the lot of them.
- Matt Eckert said...
I love Baen books and read them on the computer all the time. I love Honor Harrington. That is great reading.
- Theo Boehm said...
My wife is a book editor, who spent a dozen years at Houghton Mifflin as a senior development editor and a few years more with D.C. Heath and an obscure division of Thompson you probably never heard of.
She has gone freelance for the past 9 years because, well, the publishers essentially got rid of their in-house editorial staff. Why? They cost too much. They had to pay benefits, etc. Publishers can get the same work out of my wife at the kitchen table for half the cost of her in one of their cubicles.
The editors who are left in-house are essentially harried traffic cops, who wouldn't think of looking at copy, much less editing it. Editing? What's that? The dirty little secret is that most of the people left in-house don't have a clue about the subject matter they are responsible for, not to mention about how to efficiently produce a good book. The higher managers don't either, except they have the usual repertoire of B-school marketing and cost-cutting measures memorized and ready to deploy, like so many trained monkeys. Ah, yes, the 'business model.'
My wife does reference and textbooks, and she also does a fair bit of French editing of all kinds, so she doesn't have much to do with 'trade' books. But the issues are very similar, except trade is frothier and even crazier than textbooks, if such a thing is possible.
As others have mentioned upthread, the costs to publishers have increased substantially, mostly in printing and distribution. The response has been to get rid of competent editorial and production people, and keep the frisky ignoramuses and broken business models. Things will NOT be the same in 10 years. They won't be the same in 5, or maybe even next month.
Yes, a lot has moved to the internet, but, as both Trooper and the NYT article pointed out, people still want to have physical books in their hands. Printing them out yourself is one answer, but that always will be expensive and flaky, so I think the future both for trade and textbooks will be more print on demand, especially as that technology improves and POD books become better physical objects, able to compete with traditional printing and binding.
One little historical note: In the 18th century and before, printers would often sell the loose pages of a book, because the major expense was in the binding, and there were plenty of people like Trooper, but in tricorns and wigs, who wanted to read, but didn't want to deal with the expense of a bound volume. If you really liked the book and wanted to keep it, you could have it decently bound later.
In an odd way, publishing is returning to something like its 18th century past, with many small printer/publishers making many small runs of books and selling them themselves or through a low-cost network of small booksellers, and, of course now on the internet.
There may be no lack of people in this world, but the days of both the 'masses' and the mass market are over in many areas, publishing not the least of them.
- Trooper York said...
Hey Theo, can your wife get to work on some of those dirty French lady books like Anaïs Nin used to write? That was some good spanking material there.
Thank you, your friend Trooper.
- Theo Boehm said...
Sorry, Trooper. My wife doesn't do those kind of French books ;->
Anyway, it sounds like what you want are translations, and my wife resolutely refuses to do translations.
She just finished editing a French translation of some of the work of Mary Baker Eddy, however, if you want something in French written by a lady.
She says the people were absolutely lovely, and the work was engaging and interesting. She would gladly do more for the Christian Scientists if they need her.
Reminds me of the music publisher I once knew. Most of his work was hymnals and religious music. I asked him why, seeing as he was a jazz guy. He said that the work was steady and well-paid, and the people were super nice, unlike anywhere else in the music world.
I'm wondering if religious publishing is generally like this? I think you do have to be a Protestant, though. My wife has done work for the Catholic Church, and it was as harried and low-budget as anything in the commercial world. Although she could feel good about sharing her talents for the benefit of the Church, she is not above doing work for other denominations if they pay her and remain super nice, as they all have done so far.
My wife says she would work for 15% less if the people are super nice.
Being super nice is, as yet, a cost-cutting method untried by big publishers. The just don't teach that sort of thing in business school.
- Celia Hayes said...
Well... that is why other frustrated writers like me (I do historical novels about the American frontier) are turning increasingly to POD, to subsidy publishing - just to get our books out there. I helped found a writers' collective, the Independent Authors' Guild - sort of like indy movie makers, like indy musicians... we are indy authors. Most of us have books - some of them are terrific, many of them are at least adequate... but every one of our members has done the traditional publishing merry-go-round, or even the hopeless task of trying to get an agent who will (might-maybe-cross-your-fingers-and-hope) get a book in front of someone at a traditional publishing house. We all have given up those options as a waste of energy, done our books by forming our own publishing company, or going with a POD house and putting that energy into marketing our books on our own. The old publishing model is crumbling and falling - the new way is just starting to find a way...
Kind of like the way bloggers began to find a way around the old way of reporting news.
Check out www.independentauthorsguild.com . Not every book listed there is the next Ulysses, or even the next Gone With The Wind - but they are all written and promoted by writers who are looking ahead to the next paradigm.
- Freeman Hunt said...
Last time I printed out a free book, I didn't use my printer. I uploaded it to Kinkos and had it spiral bound between cardstock covers. Worked great and was pretty cheap.
- Celia Hayes said...
That's about there the future is going - if an experimental item like the Espresso Book Machine takes hold. (there's a nice youtube video about it going the rounds)
Basically, one can pick out an electronic file for a book that you like the looks of, and it can be printed and bound as a paperback book for you in minutes.
Indy authors have a lot of hopes for it because it bypasses one of the big hurdles for making our books available at a competitive price. So much of the cost of a book is taken up by the printing, warehousing, distribution and shipping costs - something like the Espresso, or even just taking a file to Kinkos - eliminates that obstacle right there.
All there is left is the reviewing and marketing - and most authors have to do that for themselves anyway.
- save_the_rustbelt said...
With the exception of some niches (detective and thriller, science fiction) most recent fiction is unreadable - good grief.
And do publishers still use editors? Thomas Friedman writes a great 200 page book in 400 pages. Same with Malcolm Gladwell.
Regrettably 98% of my reading is non-fiction and work related, so I dedicate my 2% to classics, or the occasional heaving bosom novel.
Want to seel books? Sell good books.
- Theo Boehm said...
Freeman: That's exactly what a lot of professors do with customized 'course packets,' essentially do-it-yourself textbooks. Those, of course, are one of the reasons my wife does less and less textbook work. But who can blame an enterprising professor trying to save his or her students money, when 4-color monstrosities of college textbooks can cost upwards of $100?
Printing at Kinko's and spiral binding is essentially low-rent POD, which is perfectly OK for course packets and materials you just want bound in a tolerably good way to keep and use yourself.
Obviously, not everyone is going to go to the expense of a Lulu-published book for material off the web, but there is something to be said for the experience of handling and reading a "real" book as opposed to a temporary binding. This technology is evolving, so it looks like even the current POD publishing strategies are changing quickly, so who knows where it all is going, as Celia Hayes says.
save_the_rustbelt: Publishers USED to have real, live in-house editors. Most of them currently support the antidepressant pharmaceutical industry. My wife still edits, but mostly reference and textbooks, where they just can't get rid of them completely, dammit.
BTW, best of luck to Celia Hayes. The Independent Authors' Guild is interesting, and I like what I've seen so far.
(No extra charge for the live link ;-)
- Theo Boehm said...
Also, did I mention the mob having gotten into the used textbook market?
Another reason for anyone connected with the traditional publishing industry to consider a career change to food service.
- Synova said...
but there is something to be said for the experience of handling and reading a "real" book as opposed to a temporary binding.
I'm optimistic about publishing the old fashioned way (or at least the Baen, new fashioned way) because for all the complaining there are new books bought from new authors all the time.
My main problem with this ambition is that I can't get through the middle and to the end (even if what I do get written is pretty good - and I have enough imput from published and talented writers to say this is not just the opinion of my mother!)
Still, being published is sort of an abstract, might-never-happen, event. It's hard to envision that end... after all, I can just "tell" my cool story and fun ending to my husband and friends if they're the only ones who will ever read it anyway. Right? So why write it all down?
I've decided to give myself a goal that doesn't depend on a slim chance of publication. I've decided that I'll get a book to hold and keep on my shelf, even if no one buys it. At the moment that's Lulu, and I think it's a good plan.
- Celia Hayes said...
Go with Lulu, Synova - or iUniverse, or Booklocker or any of the others, although Lulu's services probably fit best what your needs are.
Still and all, I think the next step for many of writers who have done a couple of rounds with a POD subsidy publisher is to set up as a publisher themselves, and contract the Lightning Source (the major printer for POD books in the US)- thereby cutting out the middle-man. Organize the editing (my upcoming release, "The Adelsverein Trilogy" was edited by a couple of IAG friends, in exchange for me doing feedback and editing for their books), get an ISBN, put the manuscript into the required format and design the cover. It's a bit of work, of course but there are all sorts of resources available that weren't there five years ago, never mind ten years ago. I would estimate that at least 10% of the IAG have created their own little micro-publisher to do their own books. Those of us who are planning to write more books in future will probably do the same, or club together with other indy authors.
Mainstream publishing has done it to themselves, by preferring to bank on sure things, celebrity authors and blockbusting best sellers that are just exactly like the last fifty block-busting best sellers. Admittedly, part of their problem is that there are a lot of hopeful writers out there these days, and the piles of manuscripts to go through are about as tall as the Alps. But there are plenty of excellent writers out there who have pretty much given up on mainstream publishing, who would have stuck it out trying for a deal ten years ago. They don't have to wait any more; now they can move on, and get their book out there, even if just to a small audience.
- Kirk Parker said...
"It doesn't take a lifetime of tweaking and editing to produce something as wonderful as the Lord of the Rings, because the writer has the benefit of technology ... "
Oh, yeah? Name one!
"Also, did I mention the mob having gotten into the used textbook market?"
Wow! Have you got a link to something on that?
- Theo Boehm said...
Kirk: Sorry not to have responded sooner. These threads die faster than the moths that showed up in my porch light the other night between spells of 25° weather. It warmed up again, so here I am.
Anyway, the story of the mob's involvement in the used textbook business is probably not on the web, so I can't give you a link. It was told to me by a vice-president in the college textbook division of one of the major publishers. Wild horses could not drag anything more out of me, except to say that the mob is in all sorts of unexpected businesses.
Think about that the next time you buy a part for your car or breathe particularly foul-smelling diesel fumes.


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Red Sox dismiss Valentine
Bobby Valentine lasted one season in Boston.
The Red Sox announced via Twitter that the beleaguered skipper won't return in 2013, one day after the team concluded a 93-loss season
"Our 2012 season was disappointing for many reasons," Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington said in a statement. "No single issue is the reason, and no single individual is to blame."
Valentine, 62, becomes the first scapegoat for a season that seemed doomed from the start. He was hired in December amid an organizational turnover that saw manager Terry Francona and general manager Theo Epstein not return.
Valentine quickly alienated the clubhouse, beginning in April when he said fan favorite Kevin Youkilis wasn't "as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some reason."
Later in the season, players went to ownership to lodge formal complaints.
On Wednesday, Valentine told reporters that he "had every opportunity to succeed and didn't. He also told Boston sports radio station WEEI that he felt he was undermined at times by some of his coaches.
"I had to work through it all," Valentine told WEEI. "Just another thing that's part and parcel with the job. Work though it and try to make it better. That's my job to make it all better, make it all functional."
Valentine leaves with one more season on his contract. The last-place Red Sox finished with more than 90 losses for the first time since 1966.
"This year's won-loss record reflects a season of agony," Red Sox president Larry Lucchino said. "It begs for changes, some of which have already transpired. More will come. We are determined to fix that which is broken and return the Red Sox to the level of success we have experienced over the past decade.
"Difficult as it is to judge a manager amid a season that had an epidemic of injuries; we feel we need to make changes. Bobby leaves the Red Sox manager's office with our respect, gratitude, and affection. I have no doubt that he will continue to contribute to the game he loves so much and knows so well."


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Tier 5: Rollercoaster rides (7) (AKA: The "Pete Rose" Tier.)
Scott Downs (co-first chair), Ernesto Frieri (co-first chair), Jordan Walden (third chair), Los Angeles AngelsBrian Fuentes (first chair), Ryan Cook (second chair), Oakland AthleticsTom Wilhelmsen (first chair), Lucas Luetge (second chair), Steve Delabar (third chair), Seattle MarinersDale Thayer (first chair), Andrew Cashner (second chair), Luke Gregerson (third chair), San Diego PadresTyler Clippard (first chair), Sean Burnett (second chair), Henry Rodriguez (third chair), Washington NationalsCasey Janssen (first chair), Francisco Cordero (second chair), Jason Frasor (third chair), Toronto Blue JaysShawn Camp (first chair), James Russell (second chair), Michael Bowden (third chair), Chicago Cubs
In 1982 Pete Rose got 720 plate appearances, the record for a man over 40. He hit .271 and scored 80 runs. But he was terrible in the field, didn't really show any power (three home runs that year), and generally hit like a middle infielder while playing first base. That's how you go to the plate 720 times and don't offer any value above a replacement player. In 1983, he came to the plate 555 times. This time he hit .245 without any power -- not a single home run -- and walked even less. That's how you go to the plate 555 times and cost your team more than a win and a half at the plate. Rose was probably the opposite of a graceful ager.
The Angels situation might be too close to call. Both Scott Downs and Ernesto Frieri can save any given game depending on the matchups at the end of the game. You can be tempted to check Tuesday night's box score and see that Frieri pitched in the ninth, and Downs in the eighth, but it was a five-run game and nobody got a save. Frieri is awesome and has an intense strikeout rate (43 in 23 2/3 innings). Downs hasn't given up a run this year. Frieri had a save on the 23rd and the 26th. Downs got the save on the 27th. This one is a tough one to suss, but both should be owned at all costs right now, and it looks like Frieri has the rates to take it.
Brian Fuentes blew a game last week, but Ryan Cook picked an interesting time to start showing his wildness again. He himself blew a save last week. And he has six walks against four strikeouts in his last six appearances. Cook has good stuff, but his control might keep the veteran in the job.
We knew Brandon League might lose his job eventually -- but we thought maybe the team would try to get him on track so they could trade him. But here we are, and League is out of the role. The manager says they will try many guys, but Tom Wilhelmsen is the get. The former prospect was out of baseball for a while, wandered about the country in a youthful state, and then found himself wondering what would have happened if he'd stuck with baseball. He tried out for the Mariners, they saw his gas and incredible hook, and looked past the inconsistent control. Of course, the control is still inconsistent, but he seems to have found the zone. He's the one with closers stuff in that pen. The rest are interesting, but they're either young (Steve Delabar), left-handed (Charlie Furbush), or both (Lucas Luetge). Go with the setup-man, since roles are often more important than skills.
It kinda looks like Tyler Clippard is the man in Washington right now, but Drew Storen is on his way back. I traded Henry Rodriguez twice before he lost his job, and that seems to be the way to go with Clippard, too.
Told you so. Rafael Dolis was the worst closer in the bigs, and now he's just a mediocre reliever. James Russell got one of the first post-Dolis saves, but he's got a wicked platoon split, and as a lefty was not the preferred option anyway. Shawn Camp might keep this all year. He's okay, and that's an achievement in that Cubs pen. Next on the list is probably a healthy Carlos Marmol, who just returned from his rehab assignment. He needs to recover some trade value, and organizational needs sometimes do factor into these things. He's a decent pickup, even if you keep him on the bench until he closes.
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Andrew Bailey (thumb), Boston Red SoxKyle Farnsworth (elbow), Tampa Bay RaysDrew Storen (elbow), Washington NationalsSergio Santos (shoulder), Toronto Blue JaysHuston Street (lat), San Diego Padres
Carlos Marmol is back, but the rest of this list is still pretty far away. Andrew Bailey is throwing, but not even long-tossing yet. Kyle Farnsworth threw fastballs off the mound and wants to return late in June. Drew Storen threw and is aiming to return by the All-Star break. It seems like Sergio Santos has had a setback, but it's not termed as such. So far, he's just not long-tossing yet. It might be another month-plus for him. Huston Street, on the other hand, is ready to start his rehab assignment any day.
The Deposed
Jordan Walden, Los Angeles AngelsCarlos Marmol, Chicago CubsHector Santiago, Chicago White Sox Grant Balfour, Oakland AthleticsJavy Guerra, Los Angeles DodgersSean Marshall, Cincinnati Reds Henry Rodriguez, Washington NationalsBrandon League, Seattle MarinersRafael Dolis, Chicago Cubs
Carlos Marmol has a chance to get up off this list. Jordan Walden has been better, but Ernesto Frieri and Scott Downs have been lights-out.
The Steals Department
Hey look who's healthy. Coco Crisp. He's not rocking the afro any more, but he's back. With the power he's been putting up in Oakland, and considering the 32-year-old is in the latter half of his career, it's probably not right to expect another year like last year. But take the batting average, shave a few stolen bases off, and you could expect a .260 average and 20+ steals the rest of the way. That's rosterable and useful. It's worth mentioning, though, that Michael Brantley is younger, playing well, and has a tiny bit more upside the rest of the way.
There's a pair of possible pickups in San Diego's middle infield, but both have limited upside. Alexi Amarista, freshly acquired from Anaheim of Los Angeles, is younger, but that doesn't mean he has a ton more ceiling to him. Right now, he's whiffing too much and showing too little power to have a nice batting average. He might whiff less, but he'll always lack power. He stole 38 bases in 2009, but he was caught 20 times and hasn't topped 25 in a season since. He also doesn't walk a ton. Best-case scenario, he hits around .260 and steals another ten to fifteen bases while playing second base for the Padres. Everth Cabrera, we've seen before. He had that one strong year when he hit .255 with 25 stolen bases, but even that came with a little batted ball luck. With his strikeout rate (and lack of power, again), he's probably good for a batting average at his career rate (.235) and another 15 to 20 steals. You'll pay dearly for your steals if you pick these guys up.
Jamie Moyer is still hanging on by a thread in the Rockies rotation. Roy Oswalt is coming back. Hideki Matsui is playing with the Rays. Manny Ramirez might be up any day. Barry Bonds was spotted in the Giants' broadcast booth. Are we having a little mid-life crisis here in baseball?
Going into this year, we thought we might see an elite season from a 40-something reliever, but then Mariano Rivera went down to injury. And, as often as it's physical decline that contributes to a player's age-related exit from the game, it's health that does the same. After all, since the free agency era begin in baseball, only seven players over 40 have managed to even rack up 600 plate appearances.
The odd ageless wonder still comes through in the end. So let's name our tiers after the men over 40 that provided strong numbers for their teams. The better the production, the better the closer.
Tier 1: Elite (4) (AKA: The "Randy Johnson" Tier.)
Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta BravesJonathan Papelbon, Philadelphia PhilliesJason Motte, St. Louis CardinalsJohn Axford, Milwaukee Brewers
In 2004, Randy Johnson put up the best season by a pitcher over 40, and it wasn't particularly close. He won 16 games, which is fine, had a 2.60 ERA, which is good, walked fewer than two per nine innings, which is great, and struck out 10.62 per nine, which is elite, and threw 245 2/3 innings… which is unbelievable. Then you scan down the leaderboard and see that he's in the top 25 four times, and you realize that he doesn't get enough credit for producing so late into his career.
Craig Kimbrel almost got a Kimbrel Tuesday night -- two strikeouts and no baserunners, so just a K short -- but he's been walking fewer guys recently, and that's the only flaw in his game. John Axford has the same flaw, but he's slowly pushing that ERA and WHIP to the elite territory where it belongs. Nine straight appearances without a walk for Jonathan Papelbon, and four on the year.
Tier 2: Rock Steady (5) (AKA: The "Nolan Ryan" Tier.)
Santiago Casilla, San Francisco GiantsJ.J. Putz, Arizona DiamondbacksJoe Nathan, Texas RangersJoel Hanrahan, Pittsburgh PiratesRafael Betancourt, Colorado RockiesKenley Jansen, Los Angeles Dodgers
By wins above replacement, Nolan Ryan had the second- and third-best seasons by a quadragenarian in league history. In 1989, he, like Randy Johnson, won 16 games and struck out batters at a double-digit rate. It's just that his ERA was over three and his walk rate was below average. Eh. He threw TWO no-hitters after turning 40. Maybe he should be first, but there's always that walk rate as an asterisk.
Speaking of asterisks, J.J. Putz has his age. Joe Nathan too, with recent surgery to boot. Joel Hanrahan has some walk issues from time to time. Rafael Betancourt still hasn't had a season with double-digit saves. There's really nothing wrong with Santiago Casilla, though. He doesn't have the strikeout rate of an elite closer, but he's got everything else right now.
And now Kenley Jansen, who does have the elite upside, based on his 13.5 strikeouts per nine. Now Jansen even has a league-average walk rate, which is quite an accomplishment for him. He did blow his last save, so the timing is a little curious, but just watch him once and you know he deserves this. Even when he 'blew up,' it was one walk and one hit against four outs. That's not the kind of blown save that costs you your job.
Tier 3: OK options (6) (AKA: The "Carlton Fisk" Tier.)
Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati RedsJim Johnson, Baltimore OriolesFernando Rodney, Tampa Bay RaysAddison Reed, Chicago White SoxRafael Soriano, New York YankeesJose Valverde, Detroit Tigers
It's time for the position players to get a little attention here. In 1990, Carlton Fisk had a season that may not have looked amazing on the surface. He only hit 18 home runs with a .285 batting average. Then again, he was 43, and he was a catcher. That position runs roughshod through a man's knees, and here was Fisk, hitting over 30% better than the league average at the time, at an incredibly important position. By wins above replacement, he had the best position player season over 40 in history, and it's only 'okay' because the counting numbers might not wow the layman.
Whether Fernando Rodney is enjoying the framing of his excellent defensive catcher, the new spot on the rubber, or just the crazy Rays clubhouse, something has changed. Prone to long stretches of control problems, Rodney hit a blip last week -- he 'blew up' with a walk and a home run and lost a game in Boston -- and then he just got back on the horse the next night with a clean slate against the same opponent. He might not have the old strikeout punch he used to have, and so he might not rise up the tiers too much, but he looks to have leash and a new lease on life, and kudos to those that picked him up.
As the White Sox pen settles into their roles (a little slower than a certain former White Sox catcher), people will begin to realize how good Addison Reed is. Dude has a 95 MPH fastball with great movement, a wicked slider, and a show-me change to keep lefties honest. He's had double-digit strikeout rates and only double-digit strikeout rates. Once his walk rate starts to dip below two like it did in the minors, he'll make people do spit-takes. He kinda looks like a right-handed Chris Sale even. Remember how wicked Sale is?
Since Rafael Soriano became the closer in New York, he's struck out six batters against no walks in five and a third. He's given up an earned run, just one, and there's a chance he holds on to the job all year. After all, when Dave Robertson returns in June, will they shake things up if Soriano is still dealing? History suggests no.
Tier 4: Question marks (8) (AKA: The "Jamie Moyer" Tier.)
Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red SoxChris Perez, Cleveland IndiansBrett Myers, Houston AstrosHeath Bell, Miami MarlinsFrank Francisco, New York MetsJonathan Broxton, Kansas City RoyalsMatt Capps, Minnesota Twins
Jamie Moyer is famous for pitching longevity -- he's 49 this year and has inspired more age jokes than anyone in baseball -- but the seasons have not all been excellent. Yes, there was 2003, when he won 21 games with a 3.27 ERA, but he only struck out about five and a half per nine innings that year and didn't really have a standout peripheral statistic. And that was his only season in the top 30 among 40+ year-olds, despite having another eight chances to pad his lead. His second-best season after 40, for example, was 2008, when he won 16 games with a 3.71 ERA. This was about being willing to go out there and throw the changeup, rack up high ERAs, and win some games at the back end of a competitive team. It was remarkable and admirable, but it was not elite.
Alfredo Aceves has been a little up and down, and in the last week he blew two games by allowing home runs. He's not really a fly ball guy, so this probably won't continue, but really his peripherals have been all over the map in his career so far. Because he's changed roles, it's hard to know what he is. This year, he's showing great strikeout ability. Last year, it was more about control. At times, he's been a ground-ball guy. The main thing is that the Red Sox don't really have competition for him now.
Heath Bell looked a little Moyer-esque for a while, but he's now saved two in a row, with two strikeouts in each appearance, and he might just keep the job all year. He has the salary to keep it, and for sure that must factor in on some level. His velocity drop wasn't that huge, and really it was about the curveball. If he can locate it and has confidence in it again, he'll be fine. Probably not worth $30 million, but that's another story.
Frank Francisco is labeled as a question mark, but he's not so much of a question mark as many in his tier. He now has five strikeouts against no walks in his last four appearances, and 24 strikeouts in 20 2/3 innings on the year. That's what you pay your closer to do. The walks were a problem for a while, but he's regressing back to his career levels now and though Jon Rauch is next in line, Jon Rauch is no Frank Francisco.
Glen Perkins hasn't been quite as dominant as he was last year, and he is left-handed, but he does have nine strikeouts in his last five innings, which shows the kind of strikeout punch he's found since moving to the pen. He's now at 27 in 21 innings on the year… and Matt Capps? He has 10 strikeouts in 19 innings, and blew a save last week. Perkins is a decent pickup if all the rest of the save speculators have picked your wire mostly clean.
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I didn't buy the Lavshuca Dual Eyes palettes when they first came out but bought a few recently in the Adambeauty.com sale – I am SO glad I did.
Despite looking quite dull they are highly wearable and gorgeous eyeshadows!
This one is the Pink Variation – a frosty pink and a chocolate brown duo. I like these in the week because it requires less thought for work:
On the eye:
So its not a normal nude, its got more shimmer in it but its still oh so pretty….Another pic. The long lashes are starting to tangle on me all the time…


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Inventory of the Low Cost Shore Protection and Erosion Control Collection, 1965-1980
Inventory of the Low Cost Shore Protection and Erosion Control Collection, 1965-1980
Collection number: MS 81/1Water Resources Collections and Archives
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California
- Water Resources Collections and Archives
- Orbach Science Library, Room 118
- PO Box 5900
- University of California, Riverside
- Riverside, CA 92517-5900
- Phone: (951) 827-2934
- Fax: (951) 827-6378
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- URL: http://library.ucr.edu/wrca
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- Water Resources Collections and Archives staff
- Date Completed:
- February 1984
Shore protection devices and methods prepared for the Shoreline Erosion Advisory Panel. CERC. Nodate.
The Longard method of sand filled tubes [circa 1976].
Control de erosion, S.A. ODS technology for shore erosion control. [circa 1975].
Coastal dune vegetation by Robert M. Craig. Reprint from v. 87 of Proceedings of the Florida STate Horticultural Society, 1974.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. 1974.
Fabric bags for erosion control, prepared for the consideration of the Shoreline Erosion Advisory Panel. 1976.
Research conducted into filter materials - gobimats. Department of Soil Exploration and Hydrogeology. 1974.
Long range plant materials program, Florida. Soil Conservation Service. 1974.
Surgebreaker sea wall system. Great Lakes Environmental Marine Ltd. 1976.
Filter handbook. Carthage Mills, Erosion Control Division.
Shore defence constructions, Bos Kalis Westminster Group. Hydronamic B.V. Port & Waterway Engineers; Zinkcon B.V., Contractor for bottom and slope protections. 1976.
Artificial seaweed; coastal and submarine-pipeline protection studies with stretched polypropylene foam strands. Koninklijke/Shell Plastics Laboratorium Delft.
Nicolon, artificial seaweed protects the seabed, estuaries and submerged pipelines.
Introducing Dura-Gard, the new generation of precast concrete revetment systems. Atlas Building Systems.
Recent applications of artificial seaweed in the Netherlands, by Henk G. H. ten Hoopen.
Low cost shore protection. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1981.
Stuart-Jensen Beach Causeways, Martin County, Florida. U. S. Corps of Engineers. 1977.
Acrylic sand pillows: a new approach to erosion control. Monsanto.
Terrafix. Kenross-Naue Inc., Erosion - Control Division.
Wave-maze floating breakwater for low cost shoreline erosion protection, Dames and Moore. 1976.
Tire Helix Versatility (THV), by Soll Roehner. 1980.
Z-Wall. Fanwall Corporation.
Fanwall advanced barrier systems for environmental control problems. Photo album of installations.
Restoring beaches. by Ir. R. de Groot, IHC HOLLAND.
Landglas erosion control materials, Owens Corning Fiberglas.
The Shorprotector and the Virginia Beach test, 1975. Shoreline Erosion Control Corp.
Textile forms slash cost of coastal zone structures, by Mauricio Porraz. 1976.
A laboratory study of the stability of snad-filled nylong bag breakwater structures, by Robert Ray. 1977.
Scrap tire revetment for prevention of shore line erosion. Carroll Engineering Inc., 1977.
Rubber tire erosion control device. Jerry Kosmach. 1976.
Artificial reef. Vanguard Corp. 1976.
Beach protector. Wade Stiles. 1976.
Erosion control devices and methods: Fabriform process.
Fabricast process. 1975.
Holtripod [in Japanese].
Guidelines for monitoring shore protection structures in the Great Lakes. Coastal Engineering Research Center. 1975.
Wave tests of revetment using machine-produced interlocking blocks. U. S. Corps of Engineers. 1967.
Erosion control with Lok-gard. Coastal Research Corp. [1965?]
The Conquik system of shoreline erosion control.
Control de erosion. ODS Tech: bolsaroca, bolsacreto, colchacreto.
Operational designs, systems technology of the developing countries.
Erosion Control Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida.
Sandgrabber Inc. stops shoreline erosion immediately. 1975.
ShorProtector. Shoreline ERosion Control Corp., Virginia Beach, Virginia.
BIDIM. Engineering fabric for soil stabilization and drainage.
HoldGro Erosion Control Systems.
New revetment products being developed by Revetment Products Limited.
Bekaert Gabions.
A partial summary on Soil Conservation Serive plant materials activities for Shoreline Erosion Control. Soil Conservation Service. 1975.
Grass Pavers Limited. 1977. Royal Oak, Michigan.
Innovative perched cobble beach
Giggawattz wave energy power plant and erosion reversal plant.


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I recently upgraded the OS on my blackberry storm, and I no longer have Cequint City ID. It came with a previous version of the OS I was running (version .230).
Anyone have the cod files they could post so I can get it back? Or a link to the app?
Thanks in advance.
PS I know it costs $1.99 per month, but I called verizon today and they told me the only blackberry listed is Storm 2. BUT, I had it on my Storm 1. Any ideas?


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I think the reason you sound different on tape then to yourself is because when we speak and hear ourselves, the sound goes through our own head. From the tape you hear your voice as it sounds through air. Your head is not made from air and deforms sound differently. Think of how sound sounds different when played underwater.
ETA - I feel so much better I'm not the only one who's self-conscious about her own voice.
The same happens when you mirror someone's mirror image- so that they can see how other people see them. The difference is smaller, but enough to freak some people out. (this trick can be done with crossed mirrors).
there's some timbre in my voice that just makes people unhappy
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military agreed to a U.N.-brokered five-hour ''humanitarian'' pause starting Thursday in its strikes on the Gaza Strip to allow Palestinians to restock food, water and other necessities, hours after an attack by an Israeli naval vessel killed four Palestinian boys playing on the beach.
In response to a call by the U.N., the military said in a statement Wednesday that it would hold its fire for five hours starting at 10:00 a.m. (0900 GMT, 5 a.m. EDT.) but warned it will retaliate ''firmly and decisively'' if Hamas or other militant groups launch attacks on Israel during that time. It also said residents of three Gaza neighborhoods asked Wednesday to evacuate their homes should be out by the time the pause expires.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Robert Serry, the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, made the appeal for a ''unilateral humanitarian pause'' after talks with Israel's Coordination Office for Government Affairs in the (Palestinian) Territories.
The announcement came after a day of Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian militant rocket attacks as Hamas formally rejected a cease-fire proposal that had been accepted by Israel to end the 9-day-old conflict that officials say has left at least 213 Palestinians and one Israeli dead.
The four boys, who were cousins and ages 9 to 11, were killed Wednesday while playing on a beach off a coastal road west of Gaza City, said Ashraf al-Kidra, a Palestinian health official. Seven others — adults and children — were wounded in the strike, which Palestinian human rights activist Khalil Abu Shamala said came from an Israeli naval vessel operating offshore.
On the beach, a witness, who identified himself only as Abu Ahmed, said the boys were scavenging for scrap metal when a first shell hit a shipping container used in the past by the Hamas security forces.
He said the boys fled. The second rocket ''hit all of them,'' he said.
Mobile phone video circulated on Facebook showed the small bloodied bodies lying in the sand. One tiny corpse, lying face down, was twisted, with the legs at sharp angle to the torso.
The boys' uncle, Abdel Kareem Baker, 41, raged at Israel after the attack.
''It's a cold-blooded massacre,'' he said. ''It's a shame who come they didn't identify them as kids with all of the advanced technology they claim they're using.''
The Israeli military said it was looking into the incident.
Hamas fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Wednesday and vowed to reject a cease-fire until its demands are met, including the easing of border closures and the release of former Hamas prisoners released by Israel in a 2011 prisoner exchange and rearrested by Israel last month in the West Bank.
Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said Wednesday in press conference that Hamas feels ''alone in the field'' with little support from the Arab world.
He called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, of the rival Fatah faction in the West Bank, to support Hamas' refusal of an Egyptian cease-fire deal.
The Gaza Interior Ministry's website said Israel warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes Wednesday, targeting 30 houses, including those of senior Hamas leaders Mahmoud Zahar, Jamila Shanti, Fathi Hamas and Ismail Ashkar.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strikes.
Zahar was a key figure in Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza in 2007, while the other three were members of the Palestinian parliament elected in 2006. Many Hamas leaders have gone into hiding since the beginning of the Israeli offensive.
The Egyptian proposal had called for a halt in hostilities by Tuesday night to be followed by talks on the terms of a longer-term cease-fire, including easing Gaza's 7-year-old border blockade by Israel and Egypt.
The militant group views a significant easing of the Israeli blockade as key to its survival, but does not believe Egypt's current rulers — who deposed a Hamas-friendly government in Cairo last year — can be fair brokers.
As Cairo's effort collapsed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas will pay a high price for rejecting the truce offer.
Alongside the airstrikes, Israel also told tens of thousands of residents of the northern town of Beit Lahiya and the Zeitoun and Shijaiyah neighborhoods of Gaza City, all near the border with Israel, to evacuate their homes by 8 a.m. Wednesday. The warnings were delivered in automated phone calls, text messages and leaflets dropped from planes.
The Israeli military said in its message that large numbers of rockets were launched from these areas and that Israel plans to bomb these locations.
''Whoever disregards these instructions and fails to evacuate immediately, endangers their own lives, as well as those of their families,'' the message said.
On Wednesday morning, hundreds of residents of Zeitoun and Shijaiyah were seen walking in the streets, carrying small bags with belongings.
The Wafa Rehabilitation Center in Shijaiyah, which cares for 15 disabled and elderly patients, received several calls demanding the patients evacuate, said its director, Basman Ashi.
He said an Israel shell hit near the building, causing damage to the second floor, but no injuries. Ashi said he won't evacuate because his elderly patients have nowhere to go.
Four foreign volunteers — from England, the U.S., France and Sweden — have set up camp at the rehabilitation center to deter the military from targeting it.
English volunteer Rina Andolini, 32, said the patients range in age from 12 to over 70 and none can walk or move without assistance. She said there are also 17 Palestinian staff members.
Andolini said the patients are living in a constant state of fear, intensified by the Israeli tank shelling from across the border.
When asked about the situation at the rehabilitation center, the office of the Israeli military spokesman said its residents ''have been asked repeatedly to leave.''
''There is a rocket launching site in the area,'' the military said, adding that Gaza militants use the center to hide ''behind civilians.''
Only one Israeli has so far died in the conflict — a civilian distributing food to soldiers in southern Israel on Tuesday evening — largely because of the effectiveness of Israel's Iron Dome air defense system in downing incoming rockets.


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Dusty said in an interview today that Corey will be the starting CFer and Bruce will be traded because he's too young to play in the major leagues.
Dusty scares the crud out of me though.
Dusty said in an interview today that Corey will be the starting CFer and Bruce will be traded because he's too young to play in the major leagues.
Dusty scares the crud out of me though.
Who's on first?
I know they signed Andy Phillips to be the opening day 1st baseman
Dusty is all talk. He talks the talk when it comes to giving younger guys an equal shot, but he already knows what the lineup will be come opening day.
You could tell by the way he described Bruce's "injury" that he had no plans of having Jay on the team, and this was his way of justifying it.
Dusty had to be the one that made the Patterson/Hairston signings happen.
I hear Dusty is trying to be a Jim Bowden and turn this team into the Cincinnati Cubs.
Who's on first?
I've compared Dickerson to Patterson before and I don't see much difference. Both are above average CF on defense and would help the team in defense. You can't argue either of these guys dont help a lot in defense. Both are speedy toolsy guys. Patterson might steal more, but Dickerson gets on base more. Both will K a lot although Patterson has improved. Both have pop in their bat, although Patterson's 8HR last year is a concern. What separates these two players? Is it just the name recognition?
Griffey is not blocking Bruce. Bruce came as a CF and has actually said he feels the most comfortable in CF. Bruce is not bad defensively, and people don't understand this. Bruce is average, and that's good. The reason why people say he's a RF is because he has a great arm and he's not "fast". But this assuming his speed declines later on. Right now he's not bad and would not hurt the team defensively. He would be a better CF than Freel, and probably Hopper.
One of my biggest problems with Dusty Baker is his arrogant insistence on Patterson at the top of the order, especially with Patterson himself stating on a number of occasions how uncomfortable he was in a leadoff role.
I spent the 2005 season as a Cub fan fantasizing about replacing Corey Patterson with Ryan Freel. I had to settle for the "poor man's Freel"(!) -- Jerry Hairston Jr.
And it actually was an improvement. That's how bad Patterson is. And he will make the team, and bat leadoff, probably platooning with Hopper. That's how bad Dusty Baker is. Those who are saying wait and see? No, you wait and see. I've already seen.
FIRE DUSTY Never mind. The man is clearly a genius.
I actually would agree with Patterson in a leadoff role if he would get on base more. His steal percentage is pretty darn good (80%.
Who's on first?
If Dickerson keeps it up, i'd honestly rather see him out there than Patterson.
Can't complain though, yet. After all, it was only a minor league deal.
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Maybe I'm naive (and anyone feel free to say so) but is the "formula" of speed at the top of the lineup really THAT important? I just want the leadoff man to get on base and the following hitters to move him around.
(And now I see the Linupology thread. Looks like I may not be naive after all.)
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All i know is Dusty Baker can't be worse than Knight, Bob Boone, Narron, etc. that we've been seeing year after year, so i wish everyone would just quit hating on him, and give him a chance. He has a history of winning, so get off his back, and lets see what happens.
It may not be the worst thing in the world if bruce has a little more time to develop, i remember last year everyone was going absolutely bonkers because they wouldn't bring homer bailey up, (who i still think will be good btw) and now he's off of everyones radar, because he didn't pitch like johan santana. people just need to calm down, and let things play out instead of being so quick to rip dusty before he's even won or lost a game.
I can't believe anybody here is surprised by these moves. They are Baker driven, these must be the guys we were told he would attract because he's a "player's" manager. If you think he's changing now concerning preference for veterans and not caring about OBP you are mistaken. Below are 2 BP mentions that I've copied from the ORG, concerning our 2 newest out machines. I really, really wish I could believe that Patterson was honestly being brought in to compete for a job and will not be taking AB's from younger players with higher ceilings but this is exactly the kind of player that Dusty dreams about at the top of his lineup. With a .298 career OBP, he won't be clogging up the bases, I never thought I would long for Norris Hopper.
Patterson was in the Cubs`--and especially Dusty Baker`s--doghouse after a disastrous 2005, which meant the Orioles were able buy low, for a change, picking him up for two players (Nate Spears and Carlos Perez) who turned in awful seasons for the Cubs` High-A team in Daytona. Patterson is a former favorite of scouts and statheads alike, but he turned out to be one of those players who, at age 20, was about as good as he was ever going to be. The idea that the average player improves through his twenties to age 27 is mistaken, as that trend really only applies to the average major leaguer. What distinguishes a typical major leaguer from a typical minor leaguer is the ability to learn and improve. Patterson doesn`t have that talent, but his basic skills are good enough to keep him in the majors for years to come. Just keep him away from left-handed pitchers"
"Acquired from the Cubs in the Phil Nevin bake sale, Hairston batted .206/.270/.253 between the two clubs. With his production plummeting like an elevator with a snapped cable, a career of similar longevity to his pop`s, Jerry Sr., seems increasingly unlikely. No speed, no power, no patience, no batting average, no defense, no point. Hairston was released after the season ended in order to make room for Mike Wood, an excellent indication of his current perceived value. Texas gave him a one-year contract to come back and try again"
More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
by the way, I'm not worked up and not ready to jump off a building because of 2 minor league signings......that happened when the manager was signed
More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
Here's my thinking (and know this, I'm firmly against either of these guys making the Opening Day roster): this is nothing but more competition. Yeah, it's weird to me that they brought in two "veterans" after the ST season has started, but still, if this makes a Jay Bruce, or Ryan Freel, or Jeff Keppinger, or whoever else work that much harder to make the team, what's the big deal?
Then again, if Patterson and/or Hairston hits .800 and "earns" a spot, damn these signings!! Straight to hades!!!!
Originally Posted by Natty Redlocks
I'm taking wagers, all comers, all stakes. All you have to do to win is NOT have Corey Patterson batting lead-off the first game of the Reds regular season. ANYONE want to bet?
I think that in a year or two, one of these guys - Frazier, Dorn, Valaika, Cumberland, Stubbs - will be ready to replace Dunn. They won't hit as many home runs as Dunn, but they should have similar OPS. - 757690, July 22, 2008
Alonso will be playing 1B for the REDS and batting 4th one year from today. - Kingspoint, July 9, 2009
Patterson now becomes the Lefty side of the platoon with whomever makes the team out of Freel/Hopper(my money is on Hopper). Funny thing about patterson is is home Road splits,
Home .351 .474 .319 (OBP, SLG, AVG)
Away .257 .297 .218
Like instead of L/R platoon in center we need H/A Platoon. Either way Patterson making the team mean either Hopper or Freel is off the 25 man roster, which is a good thing. It doesn't mean anything for Bruce.
Bruce by far has the highest ceiling, but b/c he needs to bat everyday and the Reds must consider leadoff situation and last years lefty heavy line-up that means Bruce will start in AAA. He will likely stay down there until Griffey is hurt, Dunn is traded, a power RH bat is picked up, or a RH leadoff hitter is found to platoon with Votto.
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BOSTON, MA - Massachusetts Maritime Academy men's soccer junior defender Jon White (Lynnfield, MA) scored with 9:20 left in regulation to knot the score at 1-1 with host University of Massachusetts Boston. The score held as the teams ended their respective seasons with a tie this afternoon at the Clark Athletic Center field on the UMass Boston campus.
The Beacons finish their season with a 4-11-2 mark, while the Buccaneers stand at 7-8-2. The match was a make-up from the originally scheduled match of October 28, which was postponed due to inclement weather.
Freshman midfielder Tim McDonough (Framingham, MA) sent a flip throw-in from the sideline that was headed into the left corner of the back of the net by White at the 80:40 mark of regulation for his third goal of the season for Massachusetts Maritime.
UMass Boston got on the board first when freshman midfielder Ian Ferrari (Mashpee, MA) sent a through ball from the midfield that found senior midfielder Rich Stone (Quincy, MA), who finished with a low shot into the back of the left corner for his first goal of the year at 68:06 to snap a scoreless tie and give the Beacons a 1-0 lead.
The Buccaneers had an excellent opportunity to score in the second overtime when senior defender Matt McDonnell (Marshfield, MA) sent a shot into the right side of the net, but UMass Boston freshman forward Luis Saquich (Marlborough, MA) was there to block it for the home team.
Senior keeper Domenick Persuitte (West Barnstable, MA) made eight saves for the Beacons, while freshman goalie Patrick Slaney (Northbridge, MA) stopped 16 shots for Massachusetts Maritime, which was outshot, 25-14 on the day.


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SHERMAN, TX - Health care and Medicare costs are always on the minds of many senior citizens, and one Texoma agency is doing its best to help people sort through the sometimes complicated and expensive maze of Medicare.
Doctor's visits, hospital stays and prescription medicines are all rising in cost to the point that many senior citizens won't take care of their health just to save money. And with Medicare enrollment coming up, the Texoma Council of Governments wants senior citizens to know they're here to help.
Sherrian Lentz lives on a fixed income and said her Medicare is the only way she can afford health care, but even that isn't enough.
"You don't go to the doctor when you really ought to because of the money. The prescriptions are so high," Lentz said.
Sherrian said she only goes to the doctor or hospital if it's an emergency. She's even putting off an ear surgery because of the bills she knows she can't pay. She said most of her friends are the same way.
"Oh yeah, they don't go unless it's an emergency and they're bleeding," she said.
It's not just hospitals or surgery. The price of prescription drugs also plagues many people on Medicare.
"They say 'I'm sorry, I can't afford that, I have to make a choice between my medicines or eating'," said TCOG benefits counselor Rick Dickson.
So what can people like Sherrian do? Dickson said that's what he's here for.
"If we don't help these people, sometimes they don't get help," said Dickson.
Dickson helped 212 people last year find and set up a Medicare plan that fit within their fixed income budget. They can assist seniors with prescription drug costs, supplements and other insurance issues.
"It is so very important for people to come in and make sure that the plan they have is still the best one, cost-wise and coverage-wise for them," said Dickson.
Dickson said TCOG is filling up fast with appointments, so it's important to call and make an appointment to meet with a counselor. Appointments start November 15 and end December 31. Just call 211 to set up an appointment in Grayson, Cooke, or Fannin Counties.


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PopCap Games today revealed plans to bring its popular puzzler, Zuma's Revenge!, to Xbox Live Arcade. Previously available on other platforms like PC, DS, and 3DS, the upcoming Xbox 360 version will include a number of improvements and some extra bells and whistles that set it apart from previous iterations.
Players will still progress through the game by firing orbs of various hues to make like-colored chains for points, but a number of exclusive differences--such as high-definition graphics, achievements, and cosmetic avatar rewards--are being folded into the proceedings. (The PC version is shown in the image above.)
Two new game modes, called Boss Rush and Weekly Challenge, are also exclusive to the XBLA version of the game. Based on the announcement, it's not clear what Boss Rush mode will entail, but we assume that Weekly Challenge will be a series of some sort of specific competitive tasks that the community will be able to participate in.
In another (slightly cryptic) twist, this new version of the game will feature what PopCap is calling "updated 2012 gameplay," which somehow translates to "no more lives, no more checkpoints and no more game over."
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Hi I'm new to the group.
My son is turning six next month and is currently in kindergarten. The last conference they were suggesting that he just was not where some of the other class is with reading and writing. And that repeating next year would probably be best. He is a very easy, good mannered kid. Never in trouble, plays and listens well. But I think some things just are not clicking with him, we are looking at getting him a tutor for the remainder of the school year as well as the summer if it will help him catch up. I'm just not sure if the teacher is giving up, I asked a friend that is a Kindergarten teacher in a different district and she couldn't believe the conversation came up at this time of year.
I think it would be upsetting for him to repeat kindergarten, he is excited to be a first grader next year. But I don't want him to not be ready either. Anyone have experience with this? I need some help!
Can't believe all of your replies still working through reading them, truly appreciate all of your advice what a great group!
Side note, he is very good at math and unbelievable at problem solving, he also had two previous years of preschool. We thought we were doing everything we could to get him ready for this year. I think that is part of why this is so hard to grasp. Coming into school he was ahead of most kids as far as what they would like them to know.
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My son is currently in full day kindergarten. I will be setting him up with a tutor for the remainder of the year and over the summer. We still work with him at home but I think professional help is the best for him. He does get assistance at school during the day to work on the reading etc. and we are going to look into the possibility of dyslexia or other possible learning difficulties. This is my little man and I'm going to do everything I can for him and try to make the best decision for his next year of school.
Hmm no clue. DD is struggling right now in first grade due to the amount of actual writing that goes on. I think though he may be sad about it , if it helps to have him stay back then do it. Defintely look into tutoring and summer help, talk to the teachers/principal to see if that would help him to move forward.
March 22, 2013 at 10:02 PM
My son is 8 and needed to repeat the first grade at first i was not for it but then i put my pride aside and talked to my son about it and told him that its not because he was not good enough he just needed some extra time to learn a few things! He has done so much better with his school work this year then he did last year! Heck he is in the top of his class! It makes it better for them because they know what is going on and it gives him the time to practice what they don't understand complety! I think it will be okay if by the end of the year, if you notice he has not made any improvement to hold him back and put him in summer school it will really help him in the long run! Also talk to his teacher or someone at the school about getting him the extra help that he needs!
by silverdawn99March 22, 2013 at 10:22 PM
i would let him continue on to the first grade and also work with him during the summer
people expect way too much from kindergartners
March 23, 2013 at 12:12 AM
I would work with him over the summer and THEN if I felt he hadn't improved I'd think about holding him back...
by Pukalani79March 23, 2013 at 12:28 AM
Are you supplementing at home? Starfall is a great online resource. I'd work with him at home and through the summer and then go from there.
by ballerina18March 23, 2013 at 12:29 AM
Check out www.starfall.com
What exactly is he behind on? What did his teacher say?
by rmfanfgljfMarch 23, 2013 at 12:30 AM
My oldest dd was retained in Kinder last year. Her first kinder teacher didn't like her so my concerns over dd were put on the back burner..........she made me mad but it turned out for the better. My youngest dd will be retained in first grade this year, she can't read and can barley write, she isn't retaining information that is being given verbally, physically or visually, so her teacher is working up a case, and hopefully we can get her the help (non medicated) she needs before going into first grade again next year. Her teacher hasn't given up on her, and won't give up on her but see's my dd struggle every day, my dd tries her best but just doesn't "get it". If you feel it would also benefit him then I would do it.
March 23, 2013 at 12:42 AM
I was a K teacher for 20 yrs and this is the time you would discuss it with parents(leaving them back). I always found that children that repeated K did much better the following year. I never had a parent regret holding them back, but I did have parents regret pushing them ahead.K is the year to do it though, not when they are older. Children who are pushed ahead struggle and it gets worse as time goes on.
March 23, 2013 at 12:52 AM
My mom teaches kindergarten and this is the time of year that she discusses retention with parents. She has had to retain students before and she says that they are much better prepared,socially,emotionally,academically and mentally to go into first grade the next year...Personally,I would rather have him repeat kindergarten and have him better prepared for next year than to have this pop in a later grade when it would be harder on him to stay back, kwim?


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Over the past month, the state average has fallen 16 cents, AAA Southern New England added.
The current national average is $3.24 a gallon. A year ago at this time, the average price in Massachusetts was $3.21.
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