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Model S adaptor for Roadster charger
@ cejor - You are correct, you cannot charge the Model S using the Roadster HPC without an adaptor. Tesla has already developed the adaptor. We paid $650 for our adaptor. The adaptor was not delivered with our car. It was shipped to us a couple weeks later. We received the adaptor the beginning of August and have used it ever since to charge our Model S. I don't know if there currently is a backlog to get an adaptor.
I was told today that they initially are limiting sale of the adapter to those who own a Roadster. The reason is not because they want to be exclusive, but because they are essentially hand building these adapters rather than mass producing them. That is also why they are so expensive.
I was inquiring about the adapter in connection with a possible late configuration change to add the twin chargers. In Washington State, there are a number of private Roadster HPCs in places where they are not likely to have superchargers for a few years, if ever. Getting twin chargers + adapter would improve flexibility in driving to places I want to reach.
I was also told, however, that many of the public HPCs will likely be modified in the future to add compatibility with the Model S.
The chargers at the Houston Galleria (in the reserved parking spaces for the Tesla store) are Roadster chargers. I wonder if the chargers at the other store locations are the same? If so, it would make sense to make the adapter more widely available as the Model S becomes more numerous than the Roadster. Or convert the chargers to J1772 or something so that all flavors of Tesla can use them.
I suppose they could put an adapter at each Roadster HPC that's cable-locked to prevent theft.
He did not specify how they would do it, but yes, he clearly implied that these chargers would be upgraded so that both Roadsters and Model Ss could use them. Of course this was not a promise and he may have been talking through his hat, but he did check with his supervisor in connection with this information.
The price for the Model S UMC is reported to be $500 and it's certainly mass produced. At $650 the HPC adaptor isn't really all that much more expensive.
Yes, making it easy for Roadsters and Ses to use each others' chargers makes all kinda sense. Right now, the built-up Roadster units would be very convenient for the early S owners. Within a year, the # of Ses will overwhelm the Roadster #s, and the SuperCharger n/w will be much more built out, so making it available for Roadster use will "compensate".
The config specialist who gave me this information was mainly trying to explain why he couldn't sell me an adapter: TM built enough of them for the Roadster owners, but doesn't intend to make them generally available. I just inferred that the cost was higher because they were not mass produced.
What use would a Roadster have for an S→HPC adapter?
Obviously, it's for Roadster owners who also bought a Model S.
Correct. They may have made enough for SSL+R, but not more than that. I guess I could get one if one of those owners decided not to buy it.
Interesting news! And disconcerting. I'd asked some time this summer if there was one and was told that they were not compatible.
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There are many roadster HPC's installed as public chargers around the place, they are not only in Roadster owners garages, restricting these adapters to roadster owners only would be very short sighted, in the end if they can have them made and put a small profit margin on them why not sell them to anyone who wants one?
I'm planning a trip with my Model S on the I-5 thru Oregon and Northern California in the next month or so. Using the existing public network Roadster HPC would shorten the charging time considerably and make the trip much more enjoyable. I have not checked with TM as yet but I certainly hope the adapter will be available. Two or three less overnight hotel stops will easily pay for the adapter.
I did try, but was unable to purchase one. I was going to upgrade to twin chargers, which would have enabled the HPCs to charge at a faster rate. It is certainly possible that they will change their policy in the future, but as of a couple of weeks ago, they would only sell to Roadster owners. I decided not to get the twin chargers for that reason, and I suspect it is too late to upgrade now (#P983).
No, you can add the second charger; but it's probably a retro-fit, costing extra.
I'm looking for the adapter for the Sig Performance.
Same one they use with the Roadster HPC at the Fashion Island store to charge the Model S
@Brian H,
Right. I was talking about modifying my configuration so that the car would be delivered with twin chargers. That was possible a couple of weeks ago, but I suspect it is not possible now. At least I hope it's not possible now. ;)
So, you'd rather have the incomplete car sooner than the complete unit later? Tsk. A grasshopper indeed!
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Re: Constructio ad Sensum in the prologue of John
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To note, Barnes says that κατελαβεν in v. 5 should not be translated with the sense of "understand, comprehend" because it is not in the middle voice. Rather, it has a sense similar to its other Johannine usage in John 12:35, thus meaning "darkness did not overcome the light and eclipse it."John Brainard wrote:In John 1:5 φαινει is present tense therefore it seems to include a present idea. Also κατελαβεν seems to suggest a present apprehension or understanding from a present revelation.
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Third Sunday in Lent Lk 13/1-9
The parable of the fig tree as told today is one of Jesuss familiar parables of urgency. Dont waste your time. It is later than you think. Those whom Pilate killed thought they had more time. So did those people on whom the tower fell. So did those who died in the Oklahoma City bombing. So did those who were killed in that plane crash, flood, hurricane, earthquake. Seize the opportunity of the present while its there. Dont put it off. Live fully, that is faithfully, while you can. Its a familiar enough message and it makes a lot of sense, but still we try not to believe it, to pretend that it really isnt later than we think. This Lent would be a good time to change our minds.
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DEE'S DANCE TWIST… Denise Gurney, who goes by DJ Twisted Dee, is making a name for herself by going against the grain. She spins warm, fun, funky, sexy house with clear roots in disco, but she does it in a gay circuit scene known mostly of late for its tribal, dark, often oppressive vibe. Instead of just loading up on beats with a little melody and a little vocal shouting for color, Twisted Dee focuses on astutely mixing actual songs and true vocal anthems. Obviously then she has her work cut out for her in gaining recognition, but, as she shows on her appealing debut compilation, Addiction, that's not even the beginning of her trouble. Six minutes into the hour-plus set, she plays the Pussy Dub Foundation's rising "Stand Up," which calls on "Mr. DJ" to play the groove. Several songs later comes Robbie Rivera & Axwell, who repeat the conceit on the lovely "Burning," with singer Suzan Brittan telling "Mr. DJ" she's ready for the beat. Twisted Dee, you see, is a woman — and a lesbian at that — in a man's world: the DJ booth. Women are far and away the voice of dance music — there's not a male vocalist on this or most other compilations, for example — and ironically we have men largely to blame for that monopoly.
None of that should deter you from this set, or from checking out Twisted Dee, a "Cherry Grove" Fire Island favorite, when she spins again this Friday, August 27, at Apex. In fact, it should compel you to go, as much to support womanhood as to support fetching house. Addiction is a sweet, slight set — slight in the best sense of the word. With her frequent calls to love and be loved — and less about love gone wrong for a change — Twisted Dee reminds us that the dance floor isn't strictly for dancing.
We must take issue though with her lack of providing many details about the mostly unfamiliar songs here. As well as for including in the set "Superstar" by Love Corporation — a dance hit originally made famous by Love Inc. featuring Simone Denny. If it was too burdensome to get permission to use the original, she should have gone with something other than this completely photocopied coverÂ…
CHICAGO'S LASTING DANCE INFLUENCE… This Saturday, August 28, the city of Chicago has officially decreed Frankie Knuckles Day. Knuckles, the first recipient of the Remixer of the Year Grammy, back in 1997, was such a pioneer in creating the post-disco house sound, which sprung from his then-base — and hence, house music's base — of Chicago, the city has even named a street after him. (He now lives in his hometown of New York.) House music in Chicago started in the city's gay clubs, which first introduced the raw, gritty, stripped down track-heavy sound that still characterizes most house, and nearly all the dance music played in the gay club scene today, from deep house to tribal to dance-pop.
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Since the spring, the leading early Chicago house music label Trax Records has released one anniversary collection after another, to celebrate its 20 years of house happiness. But the earliest house hasn't aged very well. It was the electronic baroque soundtrack of the early 80s, when every DJ tried to outdo the next by experimenting with how many sound effects they could pile on their tracks. Sirens blared and discombobulated voices — usually male, proving things do change — stuttered and repeated inconsequential phrases like "jack the bass" and "house nation." Some of it had lasting appeal for sure, especially that most taken with updating the best sounds of disco. One of the more recent Trax retrospective releases, Queer Trax, proves this better than the others. Queer Trax was mixed by relatively new Chicago DJ and producer King D, too young to remember the earlier days, but still "a member of the church, natch," the press release points out — the church being the gay house scene. King D has thrown in several new house tracks from the rechristened Casablanca Trax label alongside the Trax classics. For example, you'll want to hear the galloping beat, campy rap-talk and double-entendre lyrics of "Fix My Sink" by The Platinum Orchestra again and again on the dancefloor. And Jere McAllister's "A Perfect Love" proves that some house remains timeless.
As for the classics, Knuckles' "Bad Boy" shines as the cream of the crop, with its explicit gay sensibility; "Well you might call me a queer, well you might call me a freak/But when you're looking for pleasure, it's me you want to meet."Â Not to mention its explicit ode to Donna Summer and "Bad Girls," right down to its "beep-beep" heartÂ…Â
XTINA & MISSSY'S DISCO WASHÂ… Three years after they made sweet marmalade together, Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott are back. This time, they'll cover the disco great "Car Wash." Of course, Elliott was mostly behind the scenes last time, on the all-star remake of the Labelle disco hit "Lady Marmalade," as featured on the "Moulin Rouge" soundtrack. This time out, Aguilera and Elliott have freed their ladies Pink, Lil' Kim and Maya to remake, just the two of them, one-hit-wonder Rose Royce's 1977 No. 1 hit for the animated film Shark Tale. Based on an early preview, the remake doesn't sound very promising. Aguilera plows her vocal vehicle throw the wash, stripping it of much camp value and then polishing it with too much earnest wax. Who taught Aguilera to buff and shine?
Other covers will appear on the soundtrack, due Sept. 28, a couple days before the movie, including Mary J. Blige, covering the soaring "To Be Real" disco classic, originally sung by Cheryl Lynn; and Ziggy Marley and Sean Paul, collaborating on a cover of Ziggy's father Bob's "3 Little Birds"Â…
WILL & GRACE & CARLY, TOOÂ… A cover or two will also factor in another soundtrack set for an upcoming release. But the main focus of Will & Grace: Let the Music Out! will be on the stars, both regulars and guests, of NBC's most-popular sitcom. Eric McCormack, who plays Will, joins Barry Manilow on the song "Living with Grace," which in fact was co-written by McCormack and Manilow for the compilation. Megan Mullally will team with Carly Simon on Simon's past hit "The Right Thing to Do." Sean Hayes and Debra Messing will be featured with the other two on "He's Hot!," a specially prepared club mix of memorable lines taken from the show. And then there are songs from notable guest stars, including Cher ("Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves"), Elton John ("The Bitch is Back") and Jennifer Lopez ("Waiting for Tonight"). Madonna appears to be a no-show, however. The press release touts a "special edition" of "Footloose," recorded by "the Bacon Brothers." (Kevin, is that you?) The compilation will be in stores September 14, two days before the seventh season premiere of the showÂ…
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COVER ME, SMOTHER MEÂ… As you'll notice, we're smothered in covers right now. Of the worst kind: tepid patchworks of songs from the '80s. They mar several recent dance compilations. The practice for years has been DJ Julian Marsh's stock in spin, and now his m.o. seems to be spreading across Centaur Records' ever-growing circuit DJ roster. Obviously there's a market for this. Marsh's Pride 04 is his first such compilation in several years that's at least tolerable — at least its first half — but it's still a bit much to take, with hardly any thought given to actually mixing tracks, and as little thought given to the tracks themselves, more than half of which are uninspiring covers of decades-old hits. This includes White Spaces featuring Jim Kerr's "Alive & Kickin." It's a strange piece of work, a nearly note-for-note, beat-for-beat reworking — complete with unfortunate, showy electric guitar — of the appealing Simple Minds' hit of yore, sung by former Minds lead singer Kerr. Not quite a cover then, but certainly not the original. And why not the original, if that's all you got?
Centaur's GayDays 2004 compilation, mixed by new Centaurian Randy Bettis, is better, in no small part because Bettis doesn't overdo the cover craze. I'd venture to guess that, as the newbie, he was asked to include a couple covers. To one-up that request, he ingeniously includes a couple unobjectionable covers of songs made popular by giants like Donna Summer and Elton John. Then, a song or two later, he adds recently released songs from those same artists, which sound better.
And then there's David Knapp's Soakin' Wet. It's the best compilation I can remember from veteran DJ Knapp, and that's saying something: Knapp is an always-reliable compilation mixer. He features one newly christened Billboard Club Play Top 10 hit after another — notably Debby Holiday's "Drive" and Jahkey B's "Heart Attack." But just when you're ready to proclaim it the best compilation from Centaur so far in 2004, and maybe even one of the best from any label this year, Knapp somersaults right out of bounds, ending his set with not one but two awful covers. The worst is "Chains of Love." That Erasure hit, in true fashion, was dramatically over the top, and every cover of it should be over the top. But not Up With People over the top. Few songs should be Up With People over the top. Liquid 360 is so happy, singing what should be a last-gasp tribute to dying love, that they don't even seem to sense the weight of the lyrics. ("We used to talk about the weather/Making plans together/Days would last forever.") So, sing it with me, back to them: don't give up, don't give up nowÂ…
POP'S SWINGING POLITICSÂ… As recently as April, it seemed that save for a couple hip-hop impresarios it would be the usual four-year counterculture rumbling: an indie-pop band like Le Tigre here, an alt-country folkie like Steve Earle there, and of course Yoko Ono. Otherwise, political agitation among pop musicians seemed as if it would be fleeting at most. Once Nightline entered the picture though, with an entire episode last week devoted to pop culture politics and lead agitator Bruce Springsteen, it seemed I sorely underestimated the beat Bush brigades' bona fides. Here's an accounting:
Making his first real move into partisan politics, Springsteen is the lead performer on the Vote for Change Tour, put on by the liberal MoveOn.org and America Coming Together. The tour will visit 28 cities in nine presidential election battleground states. Pennsylvania is the closest they'll get to us, and six separate concerts are scheduled on the same day, Oct. 1, around the state. Springsteen and his E Street Band will perform in Philadelphia alongside R.E.M., John Fogerty and Bright Eyes. Pearl Jam and Death Cab for Cutie will perform together that day in Reading, Pa. Among those performing further afield: Dave Matthews Band in State College, Pa.; John Mellencamp and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Dixie Chicks and James Taylor in Pittsburgh; and Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in Williamsport, Pa. Tickets go on sale Aug. 21. Visit http://www.moveonpac.org/vfc/ on the web.
Springsteen may be getting most of the press at the moment, but R.E.M. is gearing up to be the loudest voice for change. In addition to participating in the Vote for Change Tour, R.E.M. will release its next album Around the Sun on Oct. 5, and it will tour all that month in support of the album in a get-out-the-vote way. This includes a stop at DAR Constitution Hall Nov. 1 — Election 2004 Eve, certainly no coincidence. In addition, R.E.M. contributed a song to the compilation Future Soundtrack of America, due out next Tuesday, Aug. 17. The CD benefits MoveOn.org and Music for America, among other groups. R.E.M.'s offering is a "MoveOn Mix" of its new anti-war song "Final Straw." Other artists contributing to the compilation include Blink-182, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fountains of Wayne, Sleater-Kinney, will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas and OK Go. The compilation — visit http://www.barsuk.com/web.cgi?fsfa — was organized by They Might Be Giants principal John Flansburgh.
Until we can confirm that Le Tigre will release its next politically motivated album and tour this fall, as previously announced, Ani DiFranco will serve as our indie-music political princess. DiFranco has announced details of her swing-state Vote Dammit tour, in conjunction with the Feminist Majority Foundation's "Get Out Her Vote." Comedian Margaret Cho will join DiFranco on her stops in Minneapolis and Madison, Wis., though not on her Sept. 11 stop in Baltimore or her Sept. 12 stop in Richmond, Va. No, Maryland and Virginia are not generally considered swing states. But keep it quiet, will ya? It's a good excuse for DiFranco to get close to what must be some of her best fans: she is expected to release a concert DVD this fall from her two D.C. stops last May.
This year's dance-music-oriented United Beats for Peace tour will stop in "Waynesboro, D.C." — I think they mean our town — over Labor Day. D.C.-native BT will headline this Earthdance Foundation concert with Dan "The Automator" Nakamura and Particle. Clearly inspired by last decade's rave culture, the concert aims for a community feel, with speakers, a voter registration drive, and information on "green edge" companies and local nonprofits. The event will be at Nation on Sunday, Sept. 5. More information is available at http://www.earthdance.org/. Maybe drop organizers an email while you're there, to let them know our town's real name.
Finally, a weekly email newsletter has just been launched to keep track of all the arts-related political events happening this year. The Involver newsletter is focused on events in New York (where it's based) as well as what it calls this year's 20 swing states, Pennsylvania and West Virginia being the two closest to us. Visit http://www.involver04.org/ on the web.
Will all this fire in the pop belly be no more than just, as Ted Koppel put it, preaching to the choir, those already planning to vote Democratic? Or will it do much more and backfire, earning the Prez some sympathy votes — incomprehensible as that sounds — from swing-state political fence-sitters with much disdain for Hollywood do-gooders? It's cause for pause, and for hope that organizers of these events will work to limit damaging media sound bitesÂ…
SHINY HAPPY IRONYÂ… "I went with a group of friends and they all jumped up and screamed, 'Oh my god, you're in the movie!'" That's Kate Pierson of the B-52's, telling Soundwaves about her thoughts on Michael Moore's use of the R.E.M. song "Shiny Happy People" in his anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 911. Pierson, who shared vocals with R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe on the 1991 song, had no idea going into the theater that the song would be featured, since R.E.M. owns the copyright. But she wholeheartedly approved of its use. Turns out she's voting for change, too. "The song was meant to be sort of ironic," she says. "And it was perfectly used." The song is played over shots of smiling Bush Administration leaders as they lead up to war in IraqÂ…
THE CURE AND MODERN-DAY REMEDIESÂ… The Cure may be the headliner — the chief reason most people would consider going, and more to the point the chief reason why all the other opening bands exist. But when the eight-band Curiosa Festival stops by Columbia's Merriweather Post Pavilion this Friday, Aug. 6, I'll be paying closest attention to several of those sharing the bill: Interpol, The Rapture and Mogwai. The tour is basically a vanity project, demonstrating The Cure's three-decades-long influence on many of today's best and brightest retro-rock revivalists. It's too easy to dismiss Interpol and the Rapture for plying the tried and true, offering little in the way of the truly new. But these two bands earn their contemporary relevance for the manner in which they cull from their forebears.
And in fact, both bands, to my biased ears, hark back to the tightly wound nervous energy of early U2 as much as, if not more than, The Cure's unraveling heartbreak. I can only take so much of the heartbreak. Which is why The Rapture's dance-rock debut, Echoes, was so hard to warm to last fall: it opens with clear Cure-inspired murkiness, the ex's lament "Olio." It's an underdeveloped tune with few notes and one phrase, "over and over again," repeated over and over again — in lead singer Luke Jenner's yelping, shrill voice. It's an acquired taste of a voice, and it works better on some tracks than others, especially those where he keeps it from shattering. "I Need Your Love," the band's second single, is a magical dance-rock gem, with a Prince-worthy funk bass line. The best argument for the band, though, is bassist and sometime keyboardist, Mattie Safer. Originally from D.C., Safer does the town proud as one of rock's best bassists.
The four smarties in Joy Division-loving Interpol — formed while attending New York University — run a tight musical ship of methodically swelling guitars: three of them, strumming in magnificent harmony. Their strong, conceptual debut, Turn on the Bright Lights, featured several masterful songs, including the enigmatic "Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Going Down," and one song after another making a case for rock composition as a high art form. Their sophomore album, Antics, is due next month, and it is said to be lighter and more dance-oriented. It might not work: Daniel Kessler's anxiety-wracked voice was wholly unsuited to their most sunny-sounding song to date, the guitar stomper "Say Hello to the Angels." They'll reportedly play a couple of the new tracks on the Curiosa stage, so we can get an early glimpse to see if they've improved on this.
Mogwai is said to be captivating live, though you don't sense that from the Scottish instrumental rock group's most recent album, the sarcastically named Happy Songs for Happy People. The most interesting thing about the album is the song titles — most tracks come and go before you even notice them, and those that do display passion display too much of it, in blustery heavy-metal style. Here's hoping the band finds a live-performance middle ground along the lines of the crescendo-laden, cinematic tune "I Know You Are But What Am I"Â…
ERASURE'S BELL TOLLSÂ… Speaking of '80s Britpop, Erasure's fey frontman Andy Bell is currently putting together his first solo album. Billboard reports that Bell is working with London DJs Philip Larsen, who co-produced Kylie Minogue's Grammy-winning dance-popper "Come Into My World," and Chris Smith. The two, as Manhattan Clique, remixed several songs from Erasure's last album, Other People's Songs. Billboard quoted Larsen saying Bell's debut is an electic mix that will "encompass styles that people may not have heard Andy sing before." The album will drop early next year, but it doesn't mark the end of Erasure; the duo of Bell and Vince Clark will release a next set prior to Bell's soloÂ…
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MTV'S NON-TOXIC DANCE VIDEOSÂ… They're almost inconsequential, the awards given out at the MTV Video Music Awards, which this year will air live Aug. 29 from Miami. The VMAs are all about spectacle. And anyway the nominees are always drawn from the same small pool of artists — hip hop and R&B, almost exclusively — who could get video exposure on MTV (if, you know, MTV played videos). We feel the need to draw your attention to the half-assed nominees for Best Dance Video. Half-assed not because the videos or the artists themselves are half-assed, though Usher ("Yeah") and the Black Eyed Peas ("Hey Mama") are seriously overexposed these days. Half-assed, we say, because every video here (also including Missy Elliott's "I'm Really Hot, Beyonce's "Naughty Girl" and Britney Spears' "Toxic") is nominated in at least one other of the nineteen categories.
You could argue that this means MTV only primarily plays dance videos (or they would if they played videos). But what it really means is that MTV's a little clueless about dance music today, only considering those videos with choreography as dance videos. The obvious intent of the award is to honor dance music, but four of the five nominees are also nominated in the best choreography category. And the only one nominated for best dance video and not best choreography? The only one that comes closest to what I thought was a commonly held conception of dance music, "Toxic." Obviously it's the one that should winÂ…


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Business Opportunity Expo 2009
The Business Opportunity Expo is considered New York City's top conference on outsourcing to minority businesses.
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Things are rough so the timing couldn't have been better.
Strategies for minority business owners to win corporate contracts in the current economy will be explored at the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council's Business Opportunity Expo 2009 on Tuesday, June 16 at the New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway in New York City.
At the expo, the State of New Jersey will sign a Memo of Understanding with The Council that permits Council-certified minority businesses to bid on state contracts. There are similar agreements with New York State and New York City.
"This is a win-win situation for New Jersey and minority businesses," said Lynda Ireland, president and CEO of The Council. "New Jersey receives a pool of accomplished businesses and minority businesses gain growth opportunities."
The Business Opportunity Expo is considered New York City's top conference on outsourcing to minority businesses.
This year's theme is "Staying in the Game: Winning in the New Economy" and is packed with a breakfast, luncheon, evening reception, a chief procurement officer workshop, seminars and the popular trade fair.
Attendees will network with some of the nation's leading supplier diversity executives and minority business owners.
"This year, The Council has witnessed some of our major corporate members dissolving, merging and restructuring. Still, our corporate members have remained committed to supplier diversity," said Ireland.
"Even in this challenging economy, several of our minority business owners have reported business expansions. This has led to job growth in communities."
Speakers include Harvard MBA Kwame Jackson, founder of the neckwear line Krimson by Kwame and star of "The Apprentice" and former NBA player Walter Bond, president of Walter Bond Worldwide and a national franchise owner,
who discusses using sports techniques to achieve business success.
The expo will also feature The Council's official corporate video, produced by RoaDDoggZ Productions, which won the "Award of Excellence in Direct Marketing" from the Communicator Awards.
John E. Lane, executive vice president, general services and corporate real estate sector, The Bank of New York Mellon is the corporate co-chair.
This year marks The Bank of New York Mellon's 225th anniversary. The MBE co-chair Karen Martinez is founder and president of New Jersey-based Bravo! Building Services, Inc., one of the largest Hispanic and women-owned businesses in the nation.
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How to Sell Jewelry Online: Tips on Making Money From Handmade Beaded Jewelry
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to earn money doing something you love, like making beaded jewelry? A home-based jewelry business is a great way to bring in extra income, and you don't even need to own a gallery or a shop to sell your handmade jewelry, but where to start? Learn how to sell jewelry online the right way with this FREE guide.
I can't speak for everyone, but I know that when I sell my jewelry at craft shows and through galleries, I take great pride in knowing that my jewelry-making skills are appreciated by my customers. I've worked hard to perfect my craft, and so have you!
Learn expert jewelry selling tips from successful craft business owners. You can learn how to sell jewelry at jewelry shows and improve your home-based Etsy business with this free eBook; full of manageable ideas to get a plan of action in place for a truly successful jewelry-making business. Regardless of whether your ultimate goal is to have a catalog, sales reps, your own gallery, or be a private stylist to movie stars—it's important to consider participating in some bead and jewelry shows. Jewelry craft shows can prepare you for any other direction you decide to take your craft business. At jewelry craft shows, you can learn to make money selling jewelry by gaining exposure and experience with the public, as well as networking with other business owners who sell handcrafted jewelry.
The lessons and experience you gain from selling beaded jewelry at jewelry craft shows is priceless, but shows can also be very profitable. A successful jewelry making business tends to grow from word of mouth, and gaining and maintaining a loyal customer base. Learn how to sell your jewelry and make a profit selling at jewelry shows today with these exclusive tips.
So you know that you want to start selling your jewelry or you want to start a home based jewelry business, but you don't know where to begin. You'll need jewelry display ideas and information about how to set up and sell at jewelry craft shows. We've assembled a great collection of basic how-to articles and blogs to get you started selling your handmade beaded jewelry!
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How I Learned to Sell My Jewelry at Craft Shows During Tough Times
By Denise Peck
There are so many fun things about doing jewelry craft shows: getting outdoors, meeting new people, developing relationships with customers and other artists, and of course being able to make money selling craft! Doing bead and jewelry shows can also be very hard work and there's been lots written on how to assure success at shows. You've probably heard a lot of it. Make eye contact, don't sit all day, and encourage people to come into your booth. Learn easy and fun steps to successful jewelry selling at your next jewelry craft show with tips from this free eBook.
Essential Tips for Selling Jewelry in Shops
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Jean Campbell shares her experience and advice for selling handmade jewelry at a shop. Her experience highlights everything she learned in her first experience of trying to expand her home business to shops and galleries – perhaps everything she wished she had known beforehand. "Shops and galleries are not the only places to sell my jewelry. One of the most successful beadwork sellers I know throws one huge pre-holiday sale in her home every year." You can also sell jewelry successfully at beauty shops, online, clothing shops, church bazaars, fundraisers, and bead society sales. Expand what you know about a successful home based jewelry business with more helpful insight from this free eBook!
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How to Sell Jewelry Online
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If you're ready to expand your jewelry business and start selling your handmade jewelry online, you're in luck: there are more options for selling jewelry online now than there were just a few years ago. If you don't want to go through the hassle and expense of setting up your own website for selling jewelry online, you can find lots of options for setting up an online presence, including selling on Etsy. Before you jump in with both feet, however, read the five key questions for choosing an online marketplace in this free eBook.
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Corticosteroid injections help diagnose or treat
rotator cuff disorders. Your doctor may
give you an injection of corticosteroid mixed with
anesthetic (often lidocaine) or may give you a shot of
anesthetic before a shot of corticosteroid.
Corticosteroids decrease inflammation. This can help reduce pain and allow more movement in the shoulder.
Your doctor may inject a shot of anesthetic into your
shoulder (subacromial space injection) to help find out whether the limited
movement is caused by pain or weakness. If the anesthetic relieves the pain and
allows you to move your shoulder normally, the diagnosis is most likely some
form of rotator cuff disease. Your doctor may then inject
corticosteroids into the area to reduce
inflammation. But if your shoulder is still weak after
the injection of anesthetic, the problem is probably a rotator cuff tear.
Corticosteroid injections may help relieve pain and inflammation in the
shoulder due to
tendinitis or
bursitis in or around the rotator cuff. They usually
are used after other treatment (such as rest, ice or heat,
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and
physical therapy) has failed to improve the
problem. Corticosteroids may be used to relieve acute pain so other treatment such as exercise can be tried.
After the anesthetic wears off (usually 4 to 6 hours after the
shot), you are likely to have discomfort for a few days. The
corticosteroid will take effect and begin to relieve inflammation and pain
after 1 to 2 days.
Corticosteroids may help relieve pain for a short time, but it's not clear that they work better than other treatments.1
If pain is not relieved by the corticosteroid injection, the pain may be
caused by another problem.
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
One common side effect of this medicine is pain and swelling the first day or two after the
injection. It may help to apply ice at home for 15 to 20 minutes.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference
is not available in all systems.)
The standard of
practice is that steroid injections should be given only 3 or 4 times a year in
a single joint area.
Injection of any
substance into a joint or tendon has a very small risk of harm, including
damage to a tendon, ligament, or nerve; bleeding into the tissue; or infection.
Although these rarely happen, your doctor will likely mention these risks to you before you get an injection into a joint.
Nobody likes needles. But experienced surgeons can usually do the injection in under 30 seconds. It does hurt, but it's quick.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsCoombes BK, et al. (2010). Efficacy and safety of corticosteroid injections and other injections for management of tendinopathy: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Lancet, 376(9754): 1751–1767.
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Gaddafi may be gone, but his legacy remains, says an anonymous Libyan writing in the Guardian - while the Huffington Post reports the reprisals he fears may already be happening, as 53 bodies of pro-Gaddafi fighters are found in Sirte.
The Huffington Post and Daily Beast are also discussing whether America's Latinos can ever be persuaded to vote Republican.
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Six posters for the video game adaptation film "DOA: Dead or Alive" have now been released. They feature the 5 main stars and their nicknames, along side their weapons of choice. The whole idea behind the video game, was to have hot chicks in bikinis, and now that brilliant concept made it's way to the big screen. In the film, the 5 young ladies are invited to an exotic island to compete in a deadly fighting tournament, but who's going to see this movie for the fighting? Check out the posters and make sure to
check out the clip
that we wrote about earlier, that will give you an idea of where the movie makers are going with this.
"DOA" has some familiar faces, plus the director,
Corey Yuen
, co-directed the action flick "The Transporter". All of his work pretty much revolves around Chinese fighting movies, which is good news, since "DOA" will probably have some fighting in it.
Two of the known actresses in the film are
Devon Aoki
Sin City 2
) and
Jaime Pressly
("My Name is Earl"). This movie is really shaping up to be an average "B" movie, and I believe the studio knew this. Why else would
Eric Roberts
be in it?
Dimension Films
is planning to release "DOA: Dead or Alive" on
October 20th, 2006
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Shoulder Instability
UW Health's Sports Medicine doctors treat a wide range of common athletic injuries.
Shoulder instability refers to a variety of disorders that result in dislocation, subluxation (partial dislocation) or a general lack of stability of the glenohumeral (ball and socket) joint. Individuals may experience shoulder instability because of trauma or congenital laxity (extra movement you inherit) of shoulder structures, or because of weakness and improper biomechanics (poor movement patterns). Medical professionals classify shoulder instability according to the degree of extra movement, how often instability occurs, the tissues affected and the direction in which the shoulder becomes unstable.
Signs and Symptoms
Anterior Instability is the most common type of shoulder instability. Approximately 90% of all shoulder dislocations occur in this direction. Active populations that find themselves in an externally rotated (hand away from the body) and abducted (arm away from body) position are the most vulnerable (Figure 1).
Posterior Instability is much less common than anterior instability. Athletes or patients sustaining traumatic forces may sustain posterior instability. However, the most common mechanism for posterior instability is dramatic involuntary muscle contraction by the shoulder. Examples of this include seizure or electric shock.
Multi-directional Instability is most commonly associated with congenital shoulder laxity or the development of laxity because specific shoulder muscles (rotator cuff) are weak or not functioning appropriately. Athletes and patients who have multidirectional instability are often involved in, and have the most symptoms with, repetitive, overhead activities.
Management and Treatment
Immediate Treatment of Acute Dislocation
Immediate treatment involves "reducing" or putting the shoulder back in place as soon as possible. The longer your shoulder is out of place the more difficult it may be to reduce it. This is because of muscle spasm and pain. It is often necessary to administer sedation (relaxation) medication to allow for an appropriate reduction. X-rays will usually be performed before and after reduction to confirm that there are no accompanying fractures and to document an appropriate reduction.
Your shoulder will be placed in a sling for a period of time to allow for healing and comfort. Researchers are currently looking into the optimal position of immobilization to assist healing tissues. More physicians are beginning to use slings that keep your shoulder in a neutral or subtly externally rotated position.
Long Term Treatment Options
Treatment for shoulder instability involves identifying how and when your shoulder becomes unstable. Your age and activity level will often play a large role in determining whether your physician will recommend conservative management (therapy) vs. a surgical intervention. The extent of the tissues injured will also be crucial in determining a direction for care. You will need to identify whether your shoulder is unstable during high demand activities or whether simple activities of daily living contribute to your condition. You will also need to identify whether modifications in activities are reasonable/acceptable to your quality of life. Factoring in this information, your physician will be able to more accurately estimate what probability exists for continued episodes of instability.
Recurrence Rates
Recurrent episodes of instability have been extensively documented. Active individuals less than twenty years of age have on average, a 90% chance of recurrent instability. These percentages drop as we age mainly because we are not as active or provocative on our shoulders.
Conservative Management Strategies
Non-surgical interventions will emphasize recovering range of motion (ROM), strength and normal mechanics to your shoulder. Below is a common progression used in the rehabilitation of shoulder instability (Table 1).
Surgical Intervention
If conservative management has failed or you have been identified as a high risk to have further instability, your physician may recommend a surgical intervention. Surgical procedures will address injured or loose tissues in an attempt to give the shoulder anatomical stability. Procedures include arthroscopy, open surgery and radiofrequency capsular tightening. All of these procedures will be considered based on your specific situation. This will enable your physician to choose the most effective procedure possible.
Conservative Management Strategies
- Phase 1: Rest and immobilization, pain control, reduce secondary injury (relative rest)
- Phase 2: ROM-adduction and flexion emphasis, early isometric srengthening, early isotonic strengthening
- Phase 3: Strength evolution, goal of reaching 90% strength in the injured shoulder when compared to the uninjured, endurance emphasis
- Phase 4: Pain-free provocative position rehabilitation, increase and emulate sport or job specific demand, return to sport or job activities


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Playing the Performance Encore! (ダブルバトル!VSプラスル・マイナン!! Double Battle! VS Plusle & Minun!!) is the 5th episode of Pokémon: DP Sinnoh League Victors.
Episode Plot
Jessilina and Ursula have the Contest battle. Seviper starts with Haze and Yanmega with SonicBoom. Plusle and Minun combine their powers, using Spark to negate the attack. Yanmega lifts Seviper in air, while Minun and Plusle use Helping Hand to boost each other. Yanmega uses Silver Wind, which gets ion contact with Poison Tail and the missiles are launched to the duo. Plusle and Minun use Spark and negate another attack. Yanmega releases Seviper, but Plusle and Minun hit them both, making an amazing display of fireworks. Time is up and Ursula wins, as she lost less points.
Dawn is amazed by Ursula's combos, while Jessie is depressed. After some battles, Dawn's Cyndaquil and Mamoswine battle an opponent's Mightyena and Houndoom. Cyndaquil uses Flame Wheel and gets in contact with Ice Shard. However, the ice is melted away, but Cyndaquil manages to hit Houndoom and Mightyena. Time is up and Dawn wins, as her opponent lost more points. Before she has another battle, she attempts to master the Flame Ice combo, but fails. Brock advises Dawn to work on a different combo before something happens. Ursula heard this and goes away, pleased. As they progressed, Ursula and Dawn will have their final battle.
In the preparation room, Dawn and Ursula argue, as Ursula calls Dawn "Dee-Dee". Dawn calms herself down, ready to fight Ursula. Dawn sends Mamoswine and Cyndaquil, while Ursula her Plusle and Minun. Mamoswine starts with Ice Shard and Cyndaquil lits it to have a crimson glow. Mamoswine swallows Ice Shard to power itself up. Cyndaquil uses Swift, which circle around Mamoswine. With Cyndaquil on the top lighting itself, Mamoswine charges with Take Down, but Plusle and Minun jump to dodge. Plusle and Minun use Encore, causing Mamoswine and Cyndaquil to have a strange aura.
As Minun and Plusle are to attack, Dawn orders Mamoswine to use Hidden Power and Cyndaquil Flame Wheel. However, Mamoswine uses Take Down and Cyndaquil Swift; Encore's effect causes the Pokémon to use only the moves they used before it took effect. Plusle and Minun use Helping Hand to boost themselves and follow with Charge Beam, which hits Mamoswine and Cyndaquil. Plusle and Minun use Spark, which causes more damage to Dawn's Pokémon. Cyndaquil uses Swift and Mamoswine Take Down, but receive more damage from Ursula's Pokémon. With another Spark, Dawn, Cyndaquil and Mamoswine have their hair and fur glittered. Dawn is embarrassed, but with a call from Cyndaquil and Mamoswine, has an idea and fixes her hair.
She orders Mamoswine to use Take Down on Cyndaquil and Cyndaquil to use Swift on Mamoswine. As they have done this, Mamoswine and Cyndaquil's Encore effect wears off. While Ursula is also impressed, her Plusle and Minun use Charge Beam, but miss. Mamoswine uses Ice Shard on Cyndaquil, who uses Flame Wheel. The Flame Ice is mastered; as Plusle and Minun get hit. The duo uses Spark, but Cyndaquil uses SmokeScreen to cancel the attack. With Hidden Power and Swift, Plusle and Minun take more damage. Before Ursula's Pokémon attack, time is out. Despite the odds, Dawn made a comeback and won the battle.
Dawn admits she does not care anymore if called Dee-Dee. Ursula sees again that Dawn had time on her side, making her not very impressed. Dawn receive's her final ribbon. Ursula comes and tells Dawn she won't be lucky at the Grand Festival, though Jessilina enters the room and argues with Ursula. Ash and Brock congratulate on Dawn's victory. Dawn reminds Ash of Sunyshore City and Ash responds that the badge is waiting there for him.
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Unown
- This episode marks the first time that the main Coordinator of the anime won her fifth Ribbon in a Contest that isn't the final Contest before the Grand Festival.
- This episode marks the only appearance of a Togetic in the anime other than the one that belonged to Misty.
- This episode is similar to Another One Gabites the Dust!, where:
- Dawn, Ursula, and Jessie were the featured Coordinators.
- Ursula beats Jessie prior to battling Dawn in the finals.
- Dawn defeats Ursula just before time runs out.
- Music from Pokémon Heroes, Destiny Deoxys, Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, and The Rise of Darkrai are played in this episode. By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ was also used as background music as the battle between Dawn and Ursula was about to end.
- While Dawn is watching Ursula's battle against Jessilina, a male Coordinator next to her wears the same clothing that Giovanni is seen wearing prior to the Best Wishes series: an orange tuxedo and a light tan shirt under. The only difference is that the Coordinator is wearing a differently colored tie.
- This episode is similar to A Cacturne for the Worse in that both episodes feature the main Coordinator's unfriendly rival taking advantage of a childhood story to embarrass her in the middle of a performance. Both stories earned the character her nickname, though May received hers from Harley as a result of the story, whereas Dawn had had hers since childhood.
- Team Rocket doesn't blast off or recite their motto in this episode.
- Togetic was hit by Shadow Ball despite being a Normal-type, an example of anime physics.
- Mamoswine was hit by Spark and Charge Beam despite being a part Ground-type.
- Marian says that "Flamethrower makes the Ice Shard glow with a striking crimson", though Dawn's Cyndaquil did not know Flamethrower at the time.
- Cyndaquil's SmokeScreen appeared to cause damage when it should only lower the target's accuracy. This could be that because Plusle and Minun could not see each other their combination failed and they fell to the ground, therefore taking damage.
- Before Flame Ice, Mamoswine's blue mask is a lighter blue than usual.
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The 19th Annual Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo starts Friday and goes through Sunday at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver, and once again it promises to be a bargain extravaganza — get 40-75 percent off the retail prices of last year's equipment, including clothing and accessories.
It's fine people-watching, to boot, especially because this year has a new biergarten sponsored by Paulaner HP USA, with Oktoberfest-style entertainment and, of course, beer. There will be fashion shows, prize giveaways, and the Keystone Flying Ace All Star trampoline athletes will entertain, among others.
Not to mention, all of the Colorado resorts will be on site selling season passes and lift tickets, and the mountain lodgings will try to entice you with their deals.
Entry costs $12 (adults) or $10 with a discount coupon available at any Colorado Ski & Golf store or purchased in advance online at OnTheSnow.com (kids 12 and under are free). Hours are noon-10 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday.
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DOHA, Qatar, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Li Na led a parade of WTA Top 10 players into the third round of the Qatar Total Open 2014 with a three-set win Wednesday.
Li, No. 3 in the rankings and seeded first this week, defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. She was 5-for-5 in saving break points in the first and third sets but 6-of-9 in losing the second.
Still Li won 60 percent of the points on serve and 50 percent off Rybarikova's serve in gaining a spot in the third round. It was her first match since she won the Australian Open.
The top eight seeds for the Qatar Open were given first-round byes. That group includes seven Top 10-ranked players and all won Wednesday.
The only top seed who failed to advance was No. 8 Caroline Wozniacki, who is 11th in the rankings. Yanina Wickmayer topped Wozniacki 6-4, 7-5 with six breaks in Wozniacki's 11 games serving. The loss dropped Wozniacki to 3-3 on the year.
No. 2-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska controlled the second set against Sorana Cirstea for a 7-5, 6-0 win. After a first set in which the points were split 36-36, Radwanska won 70 percent (26-of-37) of the points in the second.
Third-seeded Petra Kvitova edged Venus Williams 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (9-7) while No. 4-seed Sara Errani was a 6-0, 6-4 winner over Hsieh Su-Wei and fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic won two-thirds of the points in a 6-0, 6-2 rout of Karin Knapp.
No. 6-seeded Angelique Kerber beat Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 and seventh-seeded Simona Halep just got by Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).
A pair of second-tier seeds were ousted, with Klara Zakopalova eliminating ninth-seeded Ana Ivanovic 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 and Jana Cepelova outlasting 12th-seeded Samantha Stosur 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.


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Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce?
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Creativity ranks among the top five skills that U.S. employers believe to be of increasing importance. Both the school superintendents who educate future workers and the employers who hire them agree on its importance. But that seems to be where the commitment to creativity ends. Arts programs are optional, and employers who say they want to hire creative people rarely go beyond subjective judgment to assess interviewees' creativity. Even the definition of creativity is different for educators and employers. Educators say "problem solving" best demonstrates creativity, while employers say "problem identification or articulation" is the best evidence of creativity.


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The inspiration for Amy's Cookies came from combining three essential ingredients: a love of baking, a craving for all things sweet, and a desire to create beautiful, aesthetically pleasing cookies. Add to this a BFA from Pratt Institute School of Fine Art and a family history of bakers going back to her great grandfather, inspiration was bound to become reality. Owner Amy Berg uses her talents to create jewel-like cookies whose petite stature belies their bright flavors and complex textures. These cookies are sure to please even the most discerning palate.
Amy's Cookies can be found at many fine food establishments throughout NYC including Dean & DeLuca, Grace's Marketplace, Butterfield Market, Blue Apron, Greene Grape, and Tazza. Amy's Cookies can also be purchased on her website and shipped nationwide.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
A video library for grades 3-5 teachers; 9 twenty-minute video programs, library guide, and Web site
This series was discontinued on June 25, 2019.
1. Signposts
This program introduces the principles that form the backbone of this video library — effective practices for engaging in literature. Dr. Judith Langer explains the characteristics that decades of research have shown to be most effective in building classrooms where students are active learners, building and sharing their individual and richly involved understandings of works of literature — what she calls envisionments. These characteristics are shown in action through introductory visits to the classrooms of the eight teachers who appear in this video library. Go to this unit.
2. Voices in the Conversation
A visit to Katherine Bomer's fifth-grade class showcases techniques for involving all students in a classroom read-aloud and the ensuing discussion that follows. Ms. Bomer respectfully models, supports, and encourages conversations among students on the text The Color of My Words by Lynn Joseph. Go to this unit.
3. Starting Out
Jonathan Holden begins exploring poetry with his fourth-grade class. He carefully guides them as they create and explore individual and rich envisionments of the text through discussion and writing. The class explores poems from Baseball, Snakes, and Summer Squash by Donald H. Graves and Hey You! C'Mere: A Poetry Slam by Elizabeth Swados. Go to this unit.
4. Responding to Literature
Rich Thompson works with a small student group as they explore the text Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. Mr. Thompson becomes an active participant in their discussion, modeling ways in which students can take more active roles in classroom discussion through preparation, turn-taking, receptiveness to alternate views, posing (and trying to answer) authentic questions, and a willingness to accept ambiguity. Go to this unit.
5. Sharing the Text
BJ Namba's third-grade class works in book groups to connect with characters and perspectives offered by texts that portray unfamiliar situations. Ms. Namba interacts with the groups, demonstrating when to step in to the conversation and when to stand back and observe the group's work. Texts include The Pinballs by Betsy Byars, Just Juice by Karen Hesse, The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson, War With Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith, and Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Go to this unit.
6. Building Community
A combined class of fourth and fifth graders works in small groups to explore historical fiction. Latosha Rowley models an engaged role for the teacher as she circulates among the groups, asking questions to help take their discussions to another level. Texts include I Have a Dream: The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Margaret Davidson, Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story About Sojourner Truth by Jeri Ferris, Which Way Freedom by Joyce Hansen, A Family Apart by Joan Lowery Nixon, and Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan. Go to this unit.
7. Book Buddies
Tim O'Keefe and his third graders meet with their Book Buddies, fifth graders in Julie Waugh's class, in this classroom visit. The two classes have chosen to talk together about Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco. Over two days, the Book Buddies read and discuss the assigned section of the book, then meet as a group to discuss their reading and their responses. Mr. O'Keefe and Ms. Waugh explain the process as it unfolds, and clearly demonstrate their roles in supporting the ongoing discussion. Go to this unit.
8. Finding Common Ground
Bileni Teklu works one-on-one with her fifth graders as she encourages them to interact with literature through careful conversation. Ms. Teklu encourages her students to think about what they enjoyed about their reading experience, and ways in which what they read has some resonance in their own lives. Texts include Martin Luther King by Ed Clayton, Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, The Green Mile by Stephen King, and The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis. Go to this unit.
9. Discussion Strategies
Barry Hoonan and his fifth- and sixth-grade cluster explore ways in which individual readers can help themselves enter the story world of a text. The group explores two different methods — using sticky notes in several different ways and mapping — which lead its members directly into the text. The text they have chosen for their attention, Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman, features a 14-year-old protagonist who suffers from cerebral palsy. Go to this unit.
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GOP attack on Sen. Morse over-the-top
Colorado's Senate Republicans fired off a withering press release today calling for Democrats to "tell us which workers they think should be fired so companies can afford to pay higher taxes."
The bare-knuckled attack singled out Sen. John Morse, a Democrat from a swing district in Colorado Springs. The logic is that his vote was the deciding vote in erasing tax exemptions applied to energy used by manufacturers, candy and soda and several others.
It's an old trick that is disingenuous. The senators voted in alphabetical order. With a vote of 18-16 on the energy-exemption repeal, you could pick any Democrat as the deciding vote.
(If it had been me wanting to stick a Dem in hot water, I might've picked Pueblo's Sen. Abel Tapia, as repealing the energy tax exemption will hit the Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel mill there the hardest.)
"The tax hikes Sen. Morse and others supported this week are going to kill jobs," Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch, said. "So let's hear some specifics — which Evraz and Pepsi employees does Senator Morse think ought to be fired or take pay cuts?"


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Criticism & critics: How to Receive Criticism: 3 Ways to Avoid Feeling Attacked by Criticism
"You're bound to face criticism of some form. The question is: how will you deal with it?"
Christianity, Democrats, identity in Christ, kingdom, nationalism, partisan politics, political parties & Republicans: * In Christ: Neither Democrat Nor Republican [essential reading]; * The Politics of Worship: Who Do You Serve?
* "… Christians would do much better to identify themselves from the point of their baptism rather than some political reality that belongs to the old dying world (or anything else belonging to this dying world)."
* "American Christians thus assume that capitalism, democracy, individualism, wealth, freedom and opportunity are Christian virtues passed down by Jesus himself. But the Gospel of Christ refuses this marriage of empire and Kingdom, realizing the Christian 'we' and the American 'we' are not synonymous."
Contribution, giving, offering & money: Five Reasons to Keep Bringing Up Money
"… some reasons why the church should talk about money and ask for it consistently."
Ministry: Nine Secrets Your Pastor's Wife Wishes You Knew
"What if we just asked our pastor's wife to candidly, honestly, even anonymously share some of their secrets? What if we invited them to share their hearts and tell us what they wished the church knew?"
Poor & poverty: Who are the Poor?
"What follows is not to be read as a listing of stereotypes. Rather, these descriptions get at characteristics that various low-income persons exhibit. I've encountered thousands of people over the last two decades here in Dallas who come to mind as I lay out this list."
Rape & violence: The Bible's Attitude to Rape [77 min. video]
"To give away the plot, Athas argues that: Rape is not condoned. Rape is equated with murder. The perpetrator is held responsible. The victim should not be blamed. The welfare of the victim is of the utmost importance. … this is one of the best OT presentations I've seen."


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Monday, December 20, 2010
Metty Christmas!
I'm going to miss Jerry. I have to be honest, Terry Collins is not an easy face to draw.
But I should be ready by spring training.
Have a Happy Holiday!
Peace n Love
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Thanks for the great entertainment throughout the year! Every drawing was a highlight of my day, and I look forward to seeing what else you'll come up with for next season. Merry Christmas and Go Mets!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 22, 2010 at 8:12 AM
Jerry was great for a laugh in an otherwise gloomy season for the mets...ReplyDelete
He was...uh.. so..uh...Mockable....
He was an okay manager (did some questionable things sometimes, but hindsight is 20/20). I wish him the best.
You'll get Terry down no doubt - Your Amar'e on the knicks blog is incredible!
Happy Holidays/New Years!
Mr Petruccio,ReplyDelete
I'm an old Brooklyn native, and I take great pride (is that an odd thing to say?) in the art you do, representing the Mets and the Brooklyn spirit in sports and music (is that your intention or my superimposition?)
But to make a long story short I've only recently discovered your work, and your contribution to Mets history vis a vis the uni, and in honor of that, I've newly purchased a 1987 Mets jersey from Michell & Ness. Hey .... maybe you'll autograph it for me?
Hey Greg!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the kind words about my work. I do take pride in growing up a Mets fan and in Being a Brooklyn Native.
Wow! What a cool purchase. An '87 Jersey!
I'd love to autograph it for you. We should figure out how so shipping it back and forth doesn't cost more than the shirt. LOL
If you're ever in NYC, perhaps we could meet up one day.
Peace and Happy New Year
Mr. Petruccio,ReplyDelete
Please forgive me, I know this is a Mets' blog but I need you to hear me for a minute!
I have recently discovered your art by hitting auctions for the Hard Rock Park memorabilia. I've successfully compiled a complete set of your "Rocksie" art... framed with collectible pin. Kudos for your work... I would like to have seen more, if it weren't for the park's demise!
Would you please add those sketches to your homepage... under "Rock Angels?" And tell me how I could get a print of Led Zeppelin? (My #1 favorite band for over 30 years)
p.s. Don't hate-on-me 'cuz I'm from Houston. I'll pull for the Mets anytime... but never the Yankees!
Great stuff, gave me something to smile about during an otherwise gloomy season. I've been a Mets fan since my father took me to the Polo Grounds in "62. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2011 at 2:23 AM
Hey Joe,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the memories! Just two weeks away from Pitchers, Catchers and Artist reporting! Pencil us for a few good wins; and, with any luck we can erase those meddlesome Wilpons too - LOL!
- OriginalLadyMetMarch 20, 2011 at 5:30 PM
So much of last season was both a blur and a bother...but, as Met fans, we're conditioned to withstand anything. It was ALWAYS a JOY, though, even after many acrapola-fest to see your artistic interpretation of, well, crap!ReplyDelete
I printed out my favorites, hope no copywrite infringement: AUGUST 4th, 2010, in a sloppy 8-3 loss to the Braves @ Turner Field= MEET THE MESS...priceless. They are our mess, so we can say it with LOVE! Have agreat 2011 Season...for YOU & our Lads! Keep 'em comin'-hope you will need a lot of Happy Orange colors!
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I've joined as a fresher (trainee) a software company developing for Windows Store. I don't know much about C#. My company has started Windows Store development recently. They didn't do .Net development before, that's why my company got an Senior .Net employee to complete the project.
Whenever he completes the project he will leave the company. I will have to maintain the project after him. So I need to study the project flow and analyze the project to be able to maintain errors in future.
Can you suggest how to start to analyze the project and what to pay attention on?


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Colorado Springs Police are investigating a shooting that left two men in the hospital Monday night.
According to KXRM, police say three suspects broke into a home located on the 2400 block of E. St Vrain St. around 10 p.m. Monday. A male resident who was in the house at the time of the break in confronted the suspects, reached for a firearm and shot two of the three men.
All three suspects attempted to escape on foot. The two suspects suffering from gunshot wounds were only able to run one block before their injuries forced them to stop. Police then took them into custody and transported them to a nearby hospital.
Both were still receiving treatment Tuesday morning. One is in stable condition, and the second one remains in critical condition.
The third male suspect was able to escape. Police continue to search for him but they did not have a description as of Tuesday morning.


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Evidence of rapid dinosaur burial points to a catastrophic deluge
Not many are aware that observations in the rocks show billions of dinosaur tracks, nests, eggs, and scavenged bonebeds. Often touted as unanswerable challenges, Mike shows why they are rather evidence of live dinosaurs being buried alive and quickly, likely early in the great Flood of Noah's time.
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2003 Jones Family Vineyards Estate Cabernet
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2003 Jones Family Vineyards Estate Cabernet
"Deep garnet color leads you to fully ripe, very concentrated and deep aroma of black cherry, berry, spiciness and perfume. A big wine stuffed full of everything nice—a great richness, gobs of mountainside fruit, beautiful structure, integrated oak and tannin and amazing length. This is a wine built for the long-haul. The layers of flavors here range from intense berry to mineral. A very interesting, elegant wine to enjoy as the layers unfold."
- Heidi P. Barrett, June 2006 Winemaker, Jones Family Vineyards
- Vintage: 2003
- Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Appellation: Napa Valley
- Harvest Date: September 22, 2003 and September 26, 2003
- Sugar: 28.6
- Acid: 0.6
- Aging: 20 months
- Alcohol: 14.7%


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Tomás Rivera
Rivera was an avid reader and writer all his life, though his formal education was uneven until high school. Surmounting years of obstacles, he received a bachelor's degree in education, then went on to earn a master's in education and a Ph.D. in Spanish literature. During this time, he published extensively and wrote his classic novel. ...y no se lo tragó la tierra (...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him), for which he received the Quinto Sol Award in 1971. He is also the author of numerous short stories and poetry. Rivera served in a number of administrative posts at the university level, becoming chancellor of the University of California, Riverside in 1979. He died in 1984 after a life of public service. Rivera was instrumental in the formation of the Tomás Rivera Institute for Public Policy on Chicanos in Higher Education, at Pomona College. Posthumously, the board of regents of the University of Texas established the Tomás Rivera Professorship in Spanish Language and Literature, and the University of California, Riverside named a plaza in his honor.
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón is a writer, poet, and translator. She has written numerous books and, most notably for this workshop, she translated the late Tomás Rivera's classic novel, ...y no se lo tragó la tierra (...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him). Since 1982, she has taught courses in U.S. Hispanic literature at the University of Houston as adjunct lecturer in the English Department. She is also an experienced television journalist, currently working with ABC-KTRK TV in Houston. There, she serves as public affairs director; producer of Asian and Latino affairs programs; and host of a signature feature, "Latin Beat," spotlighting Latino entertainment and cultural diversity.
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Prime Tower Speaker
The Prime Tower speakers set the bar for sound quality and high-end appeal among tower speakers anywhere near the price. The reference-grade SVS floorstanding speaker is amazingly transparent, with a broad, stable soundstage and sharp imaging of voices and instruments, all punctuated by deep yet accurate low frequency extension.
Challenge the SVS Prime Tower Speakers with any dynamically charged music or movie soundtrack and it reveals new layers of sound and detail you never knew existed. With engineering and design cues taken from the acclaimed SVS Ultra Series speakers, the Prime Tower is a sonic achievement that stands up to the best speakers in the world.
Quick Specs
- Tweeter | 1"
- Midrange | 4.5"
- Woofer | Dual 6.5"
- Freq. Response | 30 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
- Dimension | 36.6" (H) 8" (W) 11.6" (D)
Every aspect of the Prime Tower speakers was designed for sonic excellence. From the premium grade drivers and sophisticated SoundMatch crossover to the extra-thick baffle, internal bracing, and FEA optimized tweeter diffuser, the Prime Tower speaker's design and engineering credentials place it among the best $1,000 tower speakers available.
Prime Driver & Tweeter Design
Thoughtfully designed for acoustic excellence, the 4.5-inch midrange driver is mounted in its own dedicated and completely sealed compartment to ensure a smooth, precise and clear midrange free from coloration. The cone material is extremely light and rigid and maintains a flat frequency response with excellent handling across the foundational mid-range frequencies.
Dual 6.5-inch woofers deliver effortlessly deep and articulate bass to set the mood and punctuate the low-end impact of instruments, basslines and movie sound effects. Each woofer has a separate internal compartment in the cabinet with its own custom port tuning frequency. The result is deep, powerful and accurate bass you hear and more importantly, feel.
The Prime Tower speaker's 1-inch aluminum dome tweeter is light, efficient, and rigid, and plays crystal clear at high volumes. The clarity offers a sense of utter transparency, while offering an 'airy' presentation and incredibly unveiled highs so female vocals and dialogue always sound crisp and smooth.
Innovative SoundMatch Crossover Design
Since premium drivers require an equally capable crossover, no expense was spared with the innovative SVS SoundMatch 3.5-way crossover. Its tapered array is designed so each woofer has its own discrete crossover to minimize the potential for beaming. This creates an expansive, yet focused and precise soundstage, with accurate frequency response at all listening positions in the room. The precise tuning of the SoundMatch Crossover also ensures pinpoint accuracy from sparkling highs down to palpable lows, while maintaining pristine signal purity.
Performance Driven Cabinet Design and Geometry
Tapered edges on the Prime Tower speaker's front baffle, known as chamfers, minimize edge diffraction for clear and precise soundstaging. The cabinet's presence is substantial but it does not take over a room visually and offers a modern industrial feel with acoustic enhancements like shorting rings and a tweeter diffuser. All of these advancements are packed into a sleek but commanding floor standing speaker cabinet available in stunning piano gloss black or premium black ash finish.
Frequency Response / Acoustic Data:
- Rated bandwidth: 30 Hz-25 kHz (±3 dB)
- Nominal impedance: 8 ohms.
- Sensitivity: 87 dB (2.83V @ 1 meter full-space, 300-3kHz)
- Recommended amplifier power: 20-250 watts.
Speaker Specs:
- Floor Standing Tower Loudspeaker
- Black ash and piano gloss black finish options
- Single set of 5-way binding posts
- Dual 1.7" wide-flared rear-firing ports
- Cloth grille with pin/cup retention system
- Elastomer stick-on bumper feet (adds 3mm to height)
- Spiked metal screw-in feet included - adjustable for level
- Cabinet Dimensions: 36" (H) X 8" (W) X 11.1" (D)
- Overall Dimensions: 36.6" (H) X 8" (W) X 11.6" (D) (includes grille and feet)
- Shipped Dimensions: 41.3" (H) X 14.1" (W) X 17.3" (D)
- Weight: 40.1 pounds
- Shipped Weight: 46.3 pounds
Driver Specs:
1" Aluminum Dome Tweeter:
- FEA-optimized diffuser for airy and unveiled presentation
- Aluminum dome for exceptional transient response
4.5" Midrange Driver:
- Polypropylene cone for excellent stiffness/mass ratio and pistonic behavior
- Aluminum shorting ring to reduce gap inductance, lower distortion, and enhance high frequency response
- Cast ABS-fiberglass composite basket ensures precision component alignment and excellent thermal transfer
- Vented voice coil former minimizes air compression artifacts
Dual 6.5" Woofers:
- Long stroke motor and suspension for high output
- Polypropylene cone for excellent stiffness/mass ratio and pistonic behavior
- Aluminum shorting ring to reduce gap inductance, lower distortion, and enhance high frequency response
- Cast ABS-fiberglass composite basket ensures precision component alignment and excellent thermal transfer
- Vented voice coil former minimizes air compression artifacts
Crossover & Cabinet Specs:
- 3.5-way crossover with premium-grade capacitors, air-core inductors and heavy-trace printed circuit boards.
- Tapered woofer array optimizes the transition to the midrange driver and reduces vertical axis lobing
- Midrange-to-tweeter crossover: 2.1 kHz (12 dB/octave slopes)
- Top woofer (Combined Woofer) to midrange crossover frequency: 350 Hz (12 dB/octave slopes).
- Bottom woofer low pass frequency: 165 Hz (customized filter Q and slope)
- Separate sealed midrange enclosure shifts standing waves beyond the driver pass band, improving sound quality
- Separate woofer enclosures with optimized port tuning frequencies for smooth and accurate bass response
- Acoustically transparent and FEA optimized grilles minimize diffraction
- Chamfered front baffle and flush-mounted drivers reduce edge diffraction and improved on-axis high frequency response
- FEA-optimized cabinet and bracing eliminates resonances
"Frequency response extends from 30 Hz to 25 kHz. Low distortion and superb off-axis frequency response ensure clean delivery, a wonderful soundstage and lifelike imaging. Through the Prime Towers, I bear witness to a new paradigm of speaker design in which the old rules and limits of cost/performance/flexibility are shattered, and the bar is raised for others to follow and compete with."
AV Nirvana Reviews the Prime Tower Loudspeaker
"A presentation that's finely revealing, harmonically rich and rhythmically tight. The longer I listen to the Prime Tower, the more I appreciate its ability to walk the line between resolving detail and embracing the bigger picture. It's a sound blueprint for long-term satisfaction."
Hi-Fi Choice Reviews the Prime Tower Loudspeaker
"Enveloping and immersive, bass response was exceptional, all without the use of a subwoofer. The Prime Towers shined with great clarity and resonance. A great value for any home theater enthusiast!"
HomeTheaterForum.com Reviews the Prime Tower Speaker
"The Prime Tower brings a big package to the $1k game…If you want to hear every note, foot tap and breath, this is a speaker for you."
Audiohead Reviews the Prime Tower
"Not only do they present outstanding center imaging and an unwillingness to compromise either punch or clarity, they also subtly seduce listeners to keep turning up the volume. With each notch on the dial even sweeter than the last, the only limits I found were with my ears and marital tolerance; mostly the latter."
The Missing Remote Reviews Prime Tower and Prime Tower 5.0 System
"It's amazing what $999.98 can buy. The SVS Prime Tower might make you wonder why you'd ever need to spend more!"
Sound Stage - Vince Hanada Reviews the Prime Tower
"I highly recommend the SVS Prime speakers for anyone looking to break into the first true threshold of fidelity-driven sound reproduction without breaking the bank. It's reassuring to know you have well-engineered loudspeakers that are built with quality components, from a company with unparalleled customer support and service."
Audioholics - Tarunvir Bains Reviews the Prime Tower and Prime Center Speakers
"So impressed… These are $1000 speakers? They sound seriously good…both powerful and detailed…Imaging is also terrific."
Reference Home Theater - Chris Heinonen Reviews the Prime Tower
"…sounded much bigger than their size, and projected quite an engaging soundstage…should be considered by anyone with $1000 to spend on a pair of speakers."
Home Theater Shack Reviews the Prime Tower
"They're one of the few speakers that do everything well…rare combination of good sound quality and affordability. Great treble response, smooth mid-range and deep accurate bass makes them a great choice for both movies and music."
AVTechReviews - Chris Murray Reviews the Prime Tower
CNET names the Prime Towers at the top of their best speakers under $1000 list!
"… have a surprisingly big sound… flawless in its performance…get a audiophile grade home theater system at a fraction of the cost."
AVTechReviews - Chris Murray Reviews the Prime Series Speakers
See why they ranked it as one of the top budget audiophile speakers available…
CNET reviews the Prime Tower Speaker
"When you listen to $100k systems all day, it's difficult to be really excited about $1k speakers. But let me tell you, these speakers, when listening in nearfield, are some of the best I've heard in the budget speaker category."
TheAbsoluteSound.com - Primer: Rocky Mountain Audio Fest 2014
"The flagship of the Prime line (shown here next to the larger Ultra Tower) is the Prime Tower, which costs $999/pair in matte black or $1199/pair in gloss black. It's a 3.5-way design; the bottom woofer is there only to help out with the low bass. In the demo it sounded incredibly smooth and neutral, especially for a $999/pair tower. Bookshelf models are also available."
SoundstageGlobal.com - RMAF 2014: Stereo Speakers
"With effortless performance, elegant design, and striking value, SVS' Prime Series hits the ultimate sweet spot in the audiophile segment."
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A Rustic Fall Rocky River Vineyards Wedding in Midland, North Carolina
When Megan, 26 and a research chemist, first met David, 30 and an accounting manager, during her freshman year of college at North Carolina State, their relationship didn't blossom. Four years later, the pair reconnected on Facebook when Megan moved to Charlotte after graduation and it took another three years before they were officially an item. David waited until December to propose and surprised Megan with an engagement ring after they finished decorating their Christmas tree. "He gave me a special ornament called a 'Wishing Ball' for us to write our wishes down each year and put them inside the ornament," says Megan. "When he opened up the ball for us to put the papers inside, there was the ring—I immediately screamed with joy and said yes—and then I said 'Oh wait, you're supposed to say something first?!'" Once it was official, Megan and David planned a Rocky River Vineyards celebration with an autumnal red and yellow color scheme. The couple swapped vows in front of a rustic green barn that was nestled in between rows of grapevines before inviting guests over to the open pavilion for a night of dancing and Southern fare. Seasonal arrangements of fresh flowers, made by the bride, decorated the DIY reception and burlap accents added to the rustic feel.