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The mission of Novare Science and Math is to transform the way science and math are taught by advocating a teaching philosophy based on the three core principles of Mastery, Integration and Kingdom Perspective.
Science and math education are in crisis nationwide. College freshmen increasingly need remedial classes before they can begin their college coursework. Educators usually take it for granted that students will not retain what they've learned more than a couple of weeks. Standardized tests govern the curriculum. And for years, the United States has been falling behind other nations in science and math.
There are many areas that need to be addressed to bring excellence back to science and math. Textbook design is one of them.
So what's wrong with textbooks today?
Several unfortunate trends in textbooks today are common to both religious and secular publishers. The first is sheer size. As student achievement has dropped over the past two generations, educators have responded by calling for textbooks to cover more and more material, as if cramming more material into books would solve the problem of students not learning what was there to begin with. It is a rare student indeed who can master the content of a typical secondary science textbook these days. Students carry around these back-breaking books, racing through the content, and the Cram‑Pass‑Forget cycle continues.
It is common today for textbooks to clamor for the students' attention with cluttered pages that imitate popular media. Commercial media are designed to distract and entertain, instead of encouraging people to read and engage. Many textbooks are flawed because of their attempt to shout to students using similar tactics. The result is books that are full of distractions, and that generally do not encourage students to concentrate on reading the text.
Similarly, many textbooks pander to youthful tastes with silly graphics, images of kids on skateboards, and childish attempts to seem 'cool' through style, fonts, and design. The irony here is that most students are aware of these pathetic efforts to get their attention, and they end up mocking their books and despising the educational system that does not consider them worthy of more mature curriculum material.
Some texts simply lack aesthetic sensitivity, apparent from their gaudy and overblown design. In other cases the ugliness is due to the use of primitive clipart or inelegant graphical features.
It is becoming increasingly common for the prose content to be written in English well below the appropriate grade level. Also, many texts bypass ideal opportunities to enhance and integrate content with the appropriate mathematics and historical study of the subject. Even more troubling is the case where chapter exercises do not call for analytical thinking or the kind of effort that effects real assimilation. Exercises that involve only simple matching, fill in the blank, or 'busy-work' worksheets end up teaching students to jump through hoops to get a daily grade rather than facilitating learning. To compound the problem, students may come to expect that this low level of effort is normal and be pleased with their skill at completing exercises that are hardly suitable for elementary school.
From the standpoint of a private, Christian school, textbooks from secular and religious publishers each have their unique deficiencies. The obvious deficiency of secular books is that they are secular. Faith-neutral textbooks may be necessary for public schools in a nonsectarian democracy, but they represent a huge missed opportunity for Christian educators, and the burden is on the Christian teachers to supplement. We never tire of talking about the ways the findings of science demonstrate God's glory, and we wish for all students to learn about God's world in an environment that affirms His work in creation. A well-designed textbook can be an important component in creating such an environment.
Science textbooks from Christian publishers tend to suffer from several common deficiencies. First, despite publishers' efforts to produce sound curriculum, the scientific material itself is frequently poorly presented or even erroneous. Second, the way scientific material is related to Christian faith is frequently cheesy or ham-fisted. It may sound harsh to say, but including lots of Bible verses or devotional material is not an effective way to bring a Kingdom perspective into science. Denigrating non-Christian or even non-Evangelical scientists does not foster mature Christian discipleship. And images of families looking up to the sky together makes the Christian faith journey look like a trip to a theme park. There are much more intelligent ways of realizing biblical faithfulness in the context of science textbooks.
Finally, virtually every Christian science textbook publisher is overtly committed to an agenda of rejecting mainstream scientific evidence pertaining to the age of the earth. For both Biblical and scientific reasons, we believe it is time to put this debate behind us. We find the literalistic model of an earth approximately 10,000 years old to be not only not necessitated by the soundest principles of Biblical exegesis, but to be in conflict with the "other book" of God's revelation: the creation itself. From Psalm 19 and other passages we believe the creation reveals the glory of the Lord. Since scripture and creation both come from the same God, they cannot be in conflict. And when both are rightly understood, they won't.
So what do NSM textbooks do to address these problems? The textbooks published by Novare Science and Math are all designed around our three focus principles which are explained in more depth on our Mastery, Integration, Kingdom page. But here are the specific ways that we implement those principles in our texts.
- Subject matter has been intentionally limited to the central and important material for each course. For both grade-level texts and accelerated or honors-level texts, the content has been carefully selected so that students can actually master the entire body of content in a normal academic year. The result is deeper learning of less material, but ultimately a superior science education.
- Specific learning objectives are presented at the beginning of each chapter so students know what they need to learn. Learning objectives are explicitly quantifiable (state, calculate, explain, compare, distinguish, define, describe, etc.)
- Basic skills (e.g., unit conversions, scientific notation) are embedded in exercises throughout the book so that students use the skills repeatedly, and thus master them.
- Answer keys to all computations are in the text so that students have immediate feedback about their success at solving problems.
- Each chapter includes numerous conceptual questions that students answer in complete sentences. By articulating the ways scientific principles apply to various cases, students' level of comprehension is deepened through practice at selecting proper terms and constructing coherent explanations. Review of answers to these exercises in class helps draw out weaknesses in student understanding.
- Clear, proven problem solving strategies are presented and incorporated into all example problems.
- Both application questions and computations regularly relate to concepts presented in earlier chapters.
History: Key historical content appears in the text (rather than being limited to sidebars), and specific historical objectives are listed in the learning objectives for particular chapters.
Mathematics: Age-appropriate mathematical components appear as often as possible, given text content.
Language: Each chapter includes numerous conceptual questions that students answer in complete sentences. These regular exercises in verbal expression allow students to develop skills in grammar, syntax, vocabulary, clarity, coherence, logical development and economy of expression.
Philosophy: Scientific epistemology (the nature of scientific knowledge) is expounded in every text, giving students a grounding in the distinction between biblical truth and scientific theories and facts, what sort of knowledge each is able to provide, and in the nature and purpose of scientific facts, theories, hypotheses, and experimental results.
Other fields: Connections to the humanities, works of art, architecture, technology, and literature are intentionally made to demonstrate the inter-relatedness of all knowledge.
Kingdom Perspective
- Our texts faithfully affirm God's creative design of the universe, and His intimate, ongoing involvement with His creation, as suggested by texts such as Psalm 104.
- Students are regularly invited to pause and consider the sophistication of design in nature, the regularity of natural law, the human ability to model nature mathematically, the fitness of earth as a dwelling place for mankind, and other telling aspects of creation. Students are encouraged to ponder the strong witness these provide to the "glory of God" (Psalm 19) and to God's "eternal power and divine nature" (Romans 1).
- We strive to take mainstream science seriously as we continue to study biblical interpretation and scientific findings. We consider this approach to be biblically faithful, as suggested by texts such as Genesis 2, Acts 17, and Colossians 3. (Note that this statement does not imply uncritical acceptance of the conjecture that there must be a naturalistic explanation for everything in nature.)
- Students are encouraged to think of nature in terms of conservation, stewardship and sustainability.
- References to God's design in nature are allowed to arise naturally in the context of physical laws and natural beauty.
- Students are encouraged to think of nature as a wonderful gift, for which we should give thanks and worship to God.
General Features
- The tone, style and graphics in each text are age appropriate, lucid and engaging, and are designed to draw students upward toward the adult world of scientific inquiry and study. Though we enjoy humor, we avoid the deliberate use of silliness as a tool for appealing to students.
- Texts are compact and easy to carry around. Page trim size for all texts is 6.5 inches x 9.5 inches. Actual chapter content comprises approximately 300-500 pages.
- Page design, fonts, color palettes and graphics are elegant and tasteful.
- We use only four-color offset printing, matte paper, smyth-sewn bindings, and heavy duty cover boards in our texts, resulting in very high printing quality and very durable covers and bindings.


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I started on the plane from New York to Delhi (via Dubai) with the story of India's birth, as told by Salman Rushdie through the eyes of one Kashmiri Saleem Sinai, who has psychic powers due to being born exactly at midnight on the eve of India's independence (and its partition). The dense and elaborate prose was a perfect reflection of India as I encountered Delhi's chaotic streets, the packed train, the throngs of pilgrims traversing Rishikesh–colorful woven fabrics resembled the litany of elegant words and plush dialogue, and the narrator of Midnight's Children was like a cultural historian, explaining to me the intricacies of each character I encountered: Shiva and Parvati, sadhus and beggars, Sikhs and Muslims, the Indian Middle Class.
Upon finishing the behemoth, I dwelled in the essence of contemporary Rishikesh, which was founded on the legacy of Swami Sivananda, a doctor who discovered Hatha yoga in this city on the Ganges and made it massively popular in the West, by reading B.K.S. Iyengar's Light on Life. Though I am not a practitioner of Iyengar yoga, he is exemplary as an author and as a proponent of the "householder" tradition of Hatha yoga, which allows a person to be at once fully committed to the dedicated lifestyle of a yogi and its ethical practices while also living a modern life, earning a living, and being a family member. Light on Life is organized according to the five koshas, the "sheaths" of existence: annamaya kosha (the outer/material/bodily layer), pranamaya kosha (breath and subtle body/chakras), manomaya kosha (the mind), vijnanamaya kosha (wisdom, intuitive intelligence), and anandamaya kosha (bliss, samadhi, the eternal Self). Using this form, Iyengar unfurls a beautiful and sophisticated treatise on approaching life through the lens of Hatha yoga, ethically and through asana practice, and through Patanjali's ultimate trilogy of tapas (dedication), svadiyaya (self-study), and isvara pranidhana (dedication to the God within oneself). I read this while at the Anand Prakash ashram, a wonderful place that offers serious yoga classes and sattvic (energetically-balanced) food to people from around the world (and sometimes even Indians who are curious about "this yoga thing"!).
But perhaps I had saturated myself just a bit too much with the wisdom and well-being associated with yoga, because I could not help but ignore all the spiritual books at the shop in Rishikesh and instead purchase Nabokov's Lolita. Was it a bit incongruous, in a culturally-conservative country such as India with an ancient tradition of restraining or even dissolving all desires, to be delving into this artistic commentary on lust, perversion, seduction, and illicit fantasies? Maybe so, but oh the joys of such jaw-dropping prose, sentences so lofty as to make you forget entirely what country or culture you're in and only think of the world of scuzzy American motels and 1950s society, bursting at the seams with its own hidden sins. In Pondicherry, after a short flight to the South and a bus ride from Chennai, I nursed an upset tummy and luxuriated in Nabokov's prose and his protagonist's strange obsessions while staring out at the Indian Ocean in between the stunning pages.
From there, my reading only strayed further from the golden path of spirituality. Not only that, but I added about a brick's weight to my luggage by purchasing a copy of Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs. Why, you ask, would I do such a ridiculous thing? Well, I was actually reaching for Salman Rushdie's recently-published memoir (equally as weighty, anyway), when the Jobs book caught my eye. How funny, I thought, that I'm traveling through India worshipping its antiquity while its urban centers are plunging ahead into a technological future. Maybe I thought that the Jobs book was actually a story about more than American culture–it was a story about where the entire world was headed. And when I flipped the book open, I discovered that Apple's founder had, in his early twenties, wandered through India for seven months, barefoot, meditating and subsisting on very little food and pondering the nature of the mind. At one point he declares to the biographer that meditation is hard, but with practice the mind does eventually settle down. So, that settled it–I purchased the book and tore through it in about one week, and by the end I not only wanted to purchase an iPhone, but I also felt somewhat comforted by the fact that Jobs had been such a nonconformist and so dogmatic about his spiritual beliefs, even while starting up the company that became Apple. Could it be that, in a deep sense, the values and practices of Indian and Buddhist culture are actually an integral part of the one company that is arguably the backbone of American and perhaps Western culture today? Is the iPhone just another addition to a long history of American intellectuals and innovators borrowing inspiration from Eastern cultures–an example that, as the globalization adage goes, we are more interconnected than we even know?
Finally, of late, at the Western-aimed cafe called The Dreaming Tree where I often sip tea and eat salad when I am tired of having dosa and curd rice at roadside restaurants or ashrams in Tiruvannamalai, I rummaged through the communal basket for new material and came up with For Whom the Bell Tolls. Reading Hemingway's account of the guerrilla perspective in the Spanish Civil War while lounging among American and European ex-pats who have stayed in India to live a low-cost spiritual lifestyle, I cannot help but reflect upon how lucky the current generations are to have the opportunity and the ability–due to money and the Internet, which allows people to work remotely and stay in touch with loved ones anywhere–to enjoy such a safe, comfortable, peaceful existence. Now our wars are, for the most part and sadly, fought by the underprivileged of society, while those who can afford to ignore them usually do. And I myself am so lucky to be able to enjoy this time in India, learning about yoga (in its many varieties) and the cultures here, reading and meditating and taking walks around the sacred mountain Arunachala. Or perhaps these words of Hemingway say all of this and more, so nicely:
"But in the meantime all the life you have or ever will have is today, tonight, tomorrow, today, tonight, tomorrow, over and over again (I hope), he thought and so you had better take what time there is and be very thankful for it . . . So if your life trades its seventy years for seventy hours I have that value now and I am lucky enough to know it. And if there is not any such thing as a long time, nor the rest of your lives, nor from now on, but there is only now, why then now is the thing to praise and I am very happy with it."


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opening tip... Sunday's game between Mount St. Mary's and American marks the 14th meeting in the all-time series dating back to the 1978-79 season.
• The Eagles have won the last five meetings to take an 8-5 advantage in the series.
• American downed the Mountaineers 77-62 last season in the nation's capitol while the Mount's last win in the series was a 63-56 decision on Dec. 31, 2005.
about the eagles... American comes into the contest 6-5 after defeating Drexel 58-52 on Friday.
• Junior G Alexis Dobbs paced the Eagles with 17 points against the Dragons. The junior has posted double figures in seven of her last eight games, including 18 points in an 85-57 win against UMBC on Nov. 27. Dobbs ranks second on the team with 12.2 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
• Sophomore G Jen Dumiak added 12 points against Drexel. Dumiak has registered double digits in nine of the 11 games this season and has three 20-point performances to her credit. Her last 20-point games was when she scored 21 points against the Retrievers. The sophomore paces the squad with 14.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
• Redshirt junior G Geleisha George is third on the team with 8.4 points and 2.9 rebounds per game. George has reached double digit in points on three occasions in 2012-13, including 13 points against Maryland on Nov. 21.
last time we met... American defeated Mount St. Mary's 77-62 on Nov. 18, 2011. Sydney Henderson paced the Mount with 18 points. Sandra Andresson added 13 points and Rachel Mathews notched 10 points. Selina Mann notched her third career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Ashley Christie hauled in a career-high 10 boards in the loss. Lisa Strack paced the Eagles with 24 points. Ti'Aisha McGeorge added 15 points and Tori Halvorsen chipped in 11 points.
a patriot league schedule... Mount St. Mary's is playing four of the eight teams in the Patriot League.
• The Mount concludes its non-conference slate at home against Patriot League members American on Sunday and Lehigh on Wednesday.
• The Mountaineers defeated the two-time Patriot League Tournament champion and preseason favorite Navy 53-45 on Dec. 8 and fell 55-43 at Bucknell on Nov. 28.
• American finished second in the Patriot League preseason poll to the Midshipmen.
• The Mount will be playing Lehigh for the first time since a thrilling 86-83 loss at the hands of the Mountain Hawks on Dec. 31, 2004.
• After the game against Lehigh, head coach Bryan Whitten will have faced six of the eight teams in the Patriot League. Whitten is 5-5 all-time against the league. Army and Holy Cross are the only two teams from the league the Mount has not faced under Whitten.
• The Mountaineers are 39-25 all-time against the Patriot League.
quick hits on the pittsburgh game... Pittsburgh defeated Mount St. Mary's 67-49 on Dec. 20.
• Junior Jessie Kaufman paced the Mount with 11 points and six rebounds. The junior has scored double figures in five of her last seven games and is averaging 11.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in that stretch.
• Redshirt sophomore Jacqueline Brewer added nine points. Brewer has started the last four games and is averaging 10.3 points and 3.3 rebounds in that stretch. The Mount is 3-1 with Brewer in the starting lineup.
• Senior Selina Mann recorded eight points against the Panthers. Mann, who is averaging 10.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in her last four games, needs two steals to move fourth place on the program's all-time career steal list (279).
• Freshman Jayla Leftwich made her collegiate debut with 57 seconds left and notched her first career points on a layup with 33 seconds remaining in the contest.
next on tap... Sunday's game against American starts a four-game homestand.
• The Mountaineers will conclude non-conference play on Wednesday against Lehigh.
• The Mount opens NEC play at home versus Fairleigh Dickinson on Jan. 5 Monmouth on Jan. 7.
• After playing four of its first five on the road, the Mount is in the midst of six of their next eight at home.
sunday's may not be just for football anymore... Mount St. Mary's will be playing on Sunday for the second time this season and the first since defeating Seton Hall 74-64 on Dec. 16 for the squad's first-ever win against the Big East and a BCS program.
• Prior to the win against the Pirates, the Mountaineers were 0-7 on Sunday under head coach Bryan Whitten.
• In the contest against Seton Hall, the Mount tied a program record with 13 made 3-pointers in the game.
• The Mountaineers shot 48.9 percent from the floor after going 23-for-47 against the Pirates. It was the best shooting performance as a team since shooting 50.9 percent against Quinnipiac on Jan. 30, 2010.
nice hometown moment... Freshman Jayla Leftwich had missed the first eight games of the season due to an injury, but was able to make her collegiate debut in her hometown of Pittsburgh on Dec. 20.
• Leftwich entered in the final minute and made a nice move off a screen for her first collegiate points on a layup with 33 seconds left.
in the league... Mount St. Mary's leads the Northeast Conference in free throw percentage (.800).
• The Mount is also in the top half of the statistics for assist-to-turnover ratio (3rd, 0.72), 3-point field goals made (3rd, 6.00), turnover margin (4th, +0.67) and 3-point field goal percentage (4th, .312).
• Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson leads the NEC in minutes played (38.78) while ranking third in 3-point field goals made (2.22), sixth in defensive rebounds (5.11), sixth in free throw percentage (.788), eighth in scoring (15.0 ppg.) and ninth in rebounding (6.9).
• Senior Selina Mann is fourth in the circuit in free throw percentage (.848), fifth in steals (3.22), sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.03), ninth in assists (3.33) and ninth in minutes played (33.67).
• Junior Jessie Kaufman is sixth in the NEC in blocks (1.00), sixth in 3-point field goals made (2.00) and ninth in 3-point field goal percentage (.383).
at the knott... Junior Jessie Kaufman leads the team with 13.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in three games at Knott Arena.
• Kaufman notched a season-high 24 points against Campbell on Nov. 19 and a career-high 10 rebounds against Navy on Dec. 8. The junior has recorded double figures in points in two of three games and also has eight or more rebounds in two home games this year.
• Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson ranks second on the team at home with 9.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. Henderson has recorded double figures in points in her last two tilts and has grabbed six rebounds in all three games at Knott Arena, including tallying 13 points and 12 rebounds versus UMES on Dec. 5.
• Senior Selina Mann is averaging 9.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game at Knott Arena. Mann registered 20 points and nine rebounds against UMES.
• The Mount has won its last two games at Knott Arena and is 2-1 at home this season. The squad is averaging 54.3 points per game and shooting .356 at home this season while allowing 52.3 points per game to the opponents with a .352 shooting percentage at home.
in the last five... Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson is averaging 14.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in her last five games.
• Henderson has reached double-figures in four of her last five games, including 27 points at Seton Hall on Dec. 16. The junior has also hauled in at least six rebounds in three of her last five games, including two double-digit rebound games in that stretch.
• Junior Jessie Kaufman ranks second with 9.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game in that span. Kaufman has three 10+ games in her last five games, including 16 points at Seton Hall.
• The Mount is 3-2 in its last five games, including two wins at Knott Arena.
henderson does it again... Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson was named the Northeast Conference/Choice Hotels Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 10-16.
• Henderson was instrumental in the Mount's 74-64 victory against Seton Hall after tallying 27 points and 10 rebounds against the Big East program on Sunday. The redshirt junior went 8-for-11 from the floor, 6 of 7 from behind the arc and 5 of 7 from the free throw line in the victory. It was her second double-double of the season and the third of her career.
• It marked the first time a Mount player has won the award twice in the same season since Kia Williams in 2000-01.
iron women... Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson has played in 349 of the team's 360 minutes this season.
• Henderson has played all 40 minutes six times this season and has played 318 of the last 320 minutes.
• The redshirt junior sat for nine minutes against Maryland in the season opener on Nov. 9 and one minute against Howard on Nov. 25 and one minute against Pittsburgh on Dec. 20.
• Henderson has played 40 minutes nine times in her career.
• Senior Selina Mann has played 40 minutes once this season and at least 35 minutes six times this season.
• Mann has played 40 minutes in a game 18 times in her career.
realignment schedule... Mount St. Mary's now has five opponents on its schedule that will be switching conferences in the near future thanks to the conference realignment shakeup.
• Current Atlantic Coast Conference member Maryland will be headed to the Big Ten while the Big East's Pittsburgh will be going to the ACC.
• Seton Hall recently announced that it will be leaving the Big East with the Catholic Seven and Northeast Conference members Monmouth and Quinnipiac are set to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference next season.
guard up... Mount St. Mary's has been led by its guard play on the boards for the last two seasons.
• Senior Selina Mann paced the Mount with 5.0 rebounds per game last season and is second on the team in caroms with 4.8 rebounds per game this season.
• Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson leads the team with 6.9 rebounds per game and has grabbed at least seven rebounds five times this season.
• The duo has combined for seven double-doubles in their career and are the only players on the roster to notch the trick.
• The last time a forward had a double-double on the team was Mary Dunn (18 points, 12 rebounds) against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Jan. 10, 2011.
ain't the brew cold... Redshirt sophomore Jacqueline Brewer was averaging 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in 49 minutes in the first five games of the season.
• Brewer entered the starting lineup for the last four games and is averaging 10.3 points, 33 rebounds per game in that stretch.
• Brewer has scored at least eight points in all four starts, including a career-high 16 points against Navy on Dec. 8.
• Brewer, a transfer from Virginia Commonwealth, sat out last season due to NCAA Division I transfer regulations, but has surpassed her Rams career highs in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks in her last two games.
barclays history... The Mount's game at LIU Brooklyn has been moved to the brand new Barclays Center on Jan. 12. The game has been moved to a 12 p.m. start time.
• It will be the first women's basketball game ever played at the NBA home of the Brooklyn Nets.
looking to a lead at the break... Mount St. Mary's has only held the lead or gone into halftime tied twice this season and has trailed at the break in the other seven contests.
• The only game the Mount held the advantage going into the locker room was a 37-30 edge against Seton Hall on Dec. 16.
• The squad was even against UMES on Dec. 5.
• Mount St. Mary's is 2-0 when it is either tied or has the lead at halftime and 2-5 this season when it trails at the break.
• The Mountaineers trailed by three points against Navy on Dec. 8 and by six points or more in the other six contests.
• Mount St. Mary's is 40-16 when it leads at halftime, 14-78 when it trails at the break and 4-3 when the teams go into the locker room tied.
the board story... Mount St. Mary's is 2-0 this season when it has the advantage in rebounds and is 2-5 when the opponent has held the edge.
• The Mount is 24-19 when it holds the advantage off the glass, but 32-74 when the opponents have more rebounds and 2-5 when the teams end tied in boards.
the first time henderson was honored... Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson was named the Northeast Conference Choice Hotels Co-Player of the Week for the week of Nov. 12-18. It is the redshirt junior's first conference honor.
• Henderson posted a career-high 30 points and scored the game-winning basket with 42 seconds left to lift the Mount past Rider 70-67 on Nov. 16. The redshirt junior shot 9-for-15 from the floor, 6 of 8 from behind the arc and 6 of 7 from the foul line for her 30 points. She stuffed the stat sheet by adding eight rebounds, four steals and three assists in 40 minutes on her way to career highs in points, field goals, 3-point field goals, free throws, steals and minutes played. Henderson scored nine of the Mount's final 16 points to help the Mountaineers to their first win of the season.
first to 30 for henderson... Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson notched her first career 30-point performance against Rider on Nov. 16.
• It was the third time under head coach Bryan Whitten a Mount player has posted 30 points in a game. The squad is 3-0 when a player hits 30 points in a contest.
• Henderson became the first Mount player to post 30 points in a game since current assistant coach Brianna Gauthier scored 32 points against Bryant on Mar. 2, 2009. It was also the first time a Mount player scored 30 points on the road since Dominique Mazzuchi had 30 points against Central Connecticut State on Jan. 12, 2008.
• It also marked the first 30-point performance in non-conference play since Myriam Baccouche had 36 points against Radford on Nov. 21, 2003.
• It is the 29th time in Mount Division I history a Mount player scored 30 points in a game and the 13th different player to accomplish the feat.
a career night... Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson posted a career-high 30 points against Rider on Nov. 16. She established a new career best 10 months to the day after she had a career-high 25 points against Central Connecticut State last season.
• Sophomore Jenn Carney scored a career-high eight points against Campbell on Nov. 16.
• Redshirt sophomore Jacqueline Brewer recorded a career-best 16 points against Navy on Dec. 8.
preseason poll… The Mount St. Mary's women's basketball team has been picked seventh in the Northeast Conference (NEC) Preseason Coaches Poll. Quinnipiac picked up seven of the 12 first-place votes to be tabbed as the preseason favorite. The defending NEC regular season and tournament champions Sacred Heart Pioneers nabbed four first-place votes to finish second in the poll while Monmouth secured the final first-place nod to finish third in the poll. Saint Francis (Pa.), Robert Morris, LIU Brooklyn, the Mount, Central Connecticut State, Bryant, Fairleigh Dickinson, St. Francis Brooklyn and Wagner round out the 12-team poll. Bryant, who just completed its five-year transition to Division I, will be eligible for the NEC Tournament for the first time in 2012-13.
in the non-conference slate... Mount St. Mary's is 83-126 in non-conference games since joining the Northeast Conference in 1989-90.
aye, aye captain… Senior Selina Mann, redshirt junior Sydney Henderson and junior Ashley Christie have been named team captains for the 2012-13 season.
• Mann was also a team captain last season.
man oh mann, selina... Mount St. Mary's can pretty much count on getting five from senior Selina Mann every game. The only question is will it be five points, five rebounds, five assists or five steals?
• Mann has posted a five spot in one of those categories in 73 of the 93 games.
• The senior has posted a five spot in two of those categories 24 times; 12 times in three categories and eight times in four different categories.
• She has scored five points 50 times in her career, including 18 two-digit performances and a pair of 20-point performances.
• The 5-4 guard has posted five rebounds 34 times in her career, including four 10-board performances.
• Mann has dished out five assists 32 times in her career including a career-high 10 assists against Wagner on Feb. 11, 2012.
• The senior has registered five steals in a game 18 times in her career, including establishing a new program record with 11 steals against Fairleigh Dickinson on Feb. 18, 2012.
• Mann leads the team with four double-doubles. She has two points-rebounds tricks, one points-steals and one rebounds-assists double-double. She is only the third player in Mount Division I history with a double-double that includes steals. The junior recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds against American on Nov. 18.
• The senior is only the second player in team history to record a 10 spot in points, rebounds, assists or steals in a game in her career. Kim Rhock is the only other player to accomplish this feat.
mann making a move in the record book… Senior Selina Mann is making a move in the Mount's career record book.
• The senior ranks fifth in career steals with 277 thefts. She needs two steals to move into fourth place on the all-time list.
• Mann has moved up two spots since the start of the season in assists and now sits in eighth place with 350 helpers. She can jump to seventh with 13 helpers.
• She will also have a chance to break the Top-10 in career games played. She comes into the contest with 93 games played and needs 10 games played to crack the Top-10.
sydney on the rise and not down under... Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson has scored double figures in 21 of her last 37 games.
• Henderson is averaging 13.9 points per game in that stretch and has registered 18 points or more nine times in that span.
• She has four 20-point games and a 30-point performance in that stretch.
• Henderson posted a career-high 30 points against Rider on Nov. 16.
• The redshirt junior has three career double-doubles, including 13 points and 12 rebounds against UMES on Dec. 5 and 27 points and 10 rebounds against Seton Hall on Dec. 16.. She now has four 10+ rebounds games to her credit.
• Henderson has posted double figures 29 times in her career, including four 20-point performances and one 30-point game.
no cough for kaufman... Junior Jessie Kaufman has started the last 18 of the last 19 games and is averaging 11.7 points per game in that stretch.
• Kaufman registered at least nine points in 14 of those games, including 12 double-digit performances in that stretch.
• Kaufman notched a career-high 25 points against Fairleigh Dickinson on Feb 18, 2012.
• She has posted double figures 19 times in her career, including two 20-point performances.
• Kaufman recorded a career-best 10 rebounds against Navy on Dec. 8.
all-conference returning… Senior Selina Mann was named to the All-Northeast Conference second team as a junior.
• Mann paced the Mount in rebounding (4.9 rpg.), assists (139) and steals (114) while averaging 6.0 points per game.
• In league play, she ranked second in steals (3.93 spg.), third in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.60), fourth in assists (4.79 apg.), 10th in minute played (32.72) and 12th in free throw percentage (.761) in the NEC. In addition, Mann ranks third in the nation in steals.
in the league... The Mount is 256-150 in Northeast Conference play, including 147-60 at Knott Arena and 109-90 on the road.
home sweet home... In its 26th season at Knott Arena, Mount St. Mary's has posted a 220-108 overall mark, including 76-46 in non-conference play and 144-62 in league play since moving across Route 15 from Memorial Gym.
in the month... Mount St. Mary's is 112-93 in the month of December in program history. The Mount is 55-26 at home, 45-50 on the road and 12-17 at a neutral site in the month.
• The Mountaineers are 58-83 in December since switching to Division I in 1988-89. The team is 28-22 at Knott Arena, 21-46 on the road and 9-15 at a neutral site.
• Under head coach Bryan Whitten, the Mount is 12-23 overall, 6-6 at home, 6-15 on the road and 0-1 at a neutral site in the month.
• Mount St. Mary's played its first-ever contest in program history in the month of December, falling to Loyola 60-31 on Dec. 4, 1974.
hearing your name called at the start... Head coach Bryan Whitten has only had 21 players start in his six-year tenure at the Mount.
• Senior Selina Mann has started 67 of the 93 games that she has played, but has been in the starting lineup for 65 of the last 66 games.
• Redshirt junior Sydney Henderson started 48 of the 65 games she has played.
• Junior Ashley Christie has started 55 of 58 games in her collegiate career.
• Junior Rachel Mathews has started 28 games in her career while fellow junior Jessie Kaufman has been in the starting lineup 28times.
• Senior Tara Lonergan has started 20 games in her career.
• Junior Kayla Grossett has started nine games in her career and sophomore Jenn Carney earned her first career start against Maryland in the season opener on Nov. 9 and started the first three games this season.
• Redshirt sophomore Jacqueline Brewer was the latest to join the starting lineup when she started against UMES on Dec. 5 and has started the last four games.
let's play to 60 points... Mount St. Mary's is most successful under head coach Bryan Whitten when it scores 60 points in a game or holds the opponent under that total.
• The Mount is 35-25 when it scores 60 points in a game, but 23-73 when it does not reach 60 points.
• Defensively, the Mountaineers are 42-31 when the opponents are held under 60 points and 15-67 when the opponent reaches 60 points.
three keys to whitten success... The Mount is most successful under head coach Bryan Whitten when the squad leads at halftime, in rebounding or keeps the opponent under 60 points.
• The Mount is 40-16 when he holds the lead at halftime, 4-3 when the game is tied, but just 14-79 when trailing at the break.
• The squad is 24-19 when it holds a rebounding edge in a game, but just 32-74 when the opponent has the advantage and 2-5 when the two teams have equal boards.
• Mount St. Mary's is 42-31 when it holds opponents under 60 points.
hitting 20 points in a game... Senior Selina Mann, redshirt junior Sydney Henderson and juniors Ashley Christie, Kayla Grossett and Jessie Kaufman have each recorded a 20-point game in their career.
• Henderson has six 20-point performances and a 30-point game in her career, including a career-high 30 points against Rider on Nov. 16, 2012. The redshirt junior has recorded 20 or more points three times this season.
• Kaufman has a pair of 20-point games in her career, including 24 points this season against Campbell on Nov. 19. She notched a career-high 25 against Fairleigh Dickinson on Feb. 18, 2012.
• Mann has scored 20 points twice in her career, including 20 points against UMES on Dec. 5.
• Grossett registered a career-best 21 points against Quinnipiac on Jan. 30, 2012.
• Christie posted a career-high 21 points against Fairleigh Dickinson on Feb. 5, 2011.
• The Mount has registered 28 20-point performances and three 30-point games under head coach Bryan Whitten. The squad is 15-13 when a player reaches 20 points and 3-0 when a player scores 30 in a contest.
new to the mountain... Head coach Bryan Whitten added two players to his 2012-13 team. Freshmen Jody Chickey and Jayla Leftwich joined the team this season.
• In addition, after sitting out last season red shirt sophomore Jacqueline Brewer will be eligible to play this year. Brewer played at Virginia Commonwealth in 2010-11 as a freshman.
northeast conference history... Mount St. Mary's has made the Northeast Conference Tournament in 21 of the 23 years since the Mount joined the circuit.
• Mount St. Mary's is 17-18 in the NEC Tournament.
• The Mountaineers have not won a tournament game since a 50-45 win against Sacred Heart on Mar. 4, 2001.
• Mount St. Mary's won tournaments in 1992-93, 1993-94 and 1994-95, including earning the league's first two NCAA Division I bids.
the underlining whit... Head coach Bryan Whitten is in his sixth season at the Mount. The Mount is 58-98 overall under Whitten. He is 278-201 in 18 seasons at a head coach at King's College and the Mount.
• The Mount is 30-40 overall at Knott Arena and 21-25 in NEC play under Whitten.
• The Mountaineers on the road are 28-58 overall mark away from Emmitsburg and 14-30 in league play.
• Whitten picked up his first Mount win with a 55-51 decision at Lafayette on Nov. 17, 2007 and earned his 25th career in at Lafayette on Nov. 30, 2009.
• Whitten earned his 250th win of his career against Quinnipiac on Jan. 30, 2010.
foreign flavor... Mount St. Mary's has one international players on the roster in 2012-13.
• Junior Kayla Grossett (Canada) is the fifth international player at the Mount.
• Grossett follows Katie Walton (Canada, 1998-02), Dita Krumberga (Latvia, 2004-07), Leah Westbrooks (Ireland, 2007-11) and Sandra Andresson (Estonia, 2008-12).
new additions to the coaching staff... Head coach Bryan Whitten added Josh Keys and Brian Martin to his coaching staff for the 2012-13 season.
• Keys, a 2007 graduate of Liberty, comes to the Mount after spending one season at Stetson last season.
• Martin, a 1994 graduate of West Virginia, begins his first season as Director of Basketball Operations after serving as an assistant coach at Hood College last season.


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The Taliban thought bullets would silence Malala Yousafzai.
But instead they made her voice stronger, and today the teenager from
Pakistan is known worldwide as a transformative advocate who embodies
the power of education for girls.
Her book, "I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban," is the latest selection for Go Big Read, UW-Madison's common-reading program.
Go Big Read organizers encouraged the campus community to suggest
titles that fit into a theme of service. Chancellor Rebecca Blank chose
"I Am Malala" from the short list that a selection committee culled from
nearly 200 nominated titles.
"Malala's story offers our students and campus community a firsthand
account from a part of the world that is continuously in the news,"
Blank says. "Readers will connect with these experiences through her
convincing description of how she became a voice of protest against the
social restrictions she faced. Her story will lead our students to
reflect on the opportunities they have to use their own voice in the
Yousafzai begins the book, co-written with British journalist
Christina Lamb, by recounting the moment she was shot in the head in
October 2012 on her way home from school in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The
rest of the book retraces the events that led up to that moment in a
region that is one of the world's hotspots.
"It is difficult to imagine a chronicle of a war more moving, apart
from perhaps the diary of Anne Frank," said a review in The Washington
Post. Time Out New York said Yousafzai's touching story, "will not only
inform you of changing conditions in Pakistan, but inspire your
rebellious spirit."
Yousafzai was 11 when she began writing a blog anonymously for the
BBC, describing life under Taliban rule from her hometown of Mingora, in
the northwest region of Pakistan.
She was awarded the country's National Peace Award in 2012, which has
since been renamed the National Malala Peace Prize.She was nominated
for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013 and was recently named by TIME
magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She and
her family now live in England, where she continues to go to school.
"Let us pick up our books and our pens," the now 16-year-old told
young leaders from 100 countries at the United Nations Youth Assembly in
New York last year. "They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one
teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. Education is the
only solution."
Patrick McBride, associate dean for students at the UW School of
Medicine and Public Health and a member of the selection committee, said
the story will remind readers why they can't take their right to an
education for granted.
"The rights of women, and the values of freedom, family, and
education are championed by this remarkable family," McBride says.
"While the title sounds simple, when we read in the introduction
of where those words are spoken, it will bring chills to the reader and
become a cry for freedom around the world."
Karen Crossley, associate director of operations for the Morgridge
Center for Public Service, also served on the selection committee and
says Yousafzai being close in age to most UW undergraduates will capture
the attention of students.
"Malala's commitment to composing a better world defines service in a highly personal way," Crossley says.
Planning is underway for how students, faculty and staff will use the
book in classrooms and for special events associated with "I Am
Yousafzai will be in her senior year of high school and therefore
unable to come to campus, but organizers are arranging for a speaker
connected to the book who will give a public talk this fall.
UW-Madison instructors interested in using the book can request a review copy here.
Copies of the book will be given to first-year students at the
Chancellor's Convocation for New Students and to students using the book
in their classes.
More information about the ongoing Go Big Read program and plans for this fall can be found here.
Jenny Price, UW-Madison University Communications


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I have supported the university in virtually everything it has advocated and undertaken, from coeducation to the college system, since my graduation. Never in the past have I lifted pen or activated electronic keyboard to criticize. But I am outraged that Cornel West has once again been hired by the university (Notebook, May 15). West is a racist rabble-rouser of the worst kind. Hes a megalomaniac and a petty whiner with the remarkable capacity to spout sociobabble for 60 minutes nonstop without saying a single thing of substance. Hasnt anyone at Princeton ever watched him on television?
Moreover, Princeton has managed to get itself caught, if not in the middle, at least on the margins of a demeaning public squabble between a respected university president and a sulking diva. Princeton is in the unseemly position of appearing to revel in the humiliation of Harvards president, Lawrence Summers, who is apparently being made to grovel for being insufficiently politically correct.
Howard M. Stoner 54
Upon receiving his appointment as the Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion, Cornel West proclaimed, I am excited to return to the greatest center for humanistic studies in the country, which leads one to question why he ever left Princeton for Harvard in the first place. Until recently, everything appeared to be going swimmingly for West at Harvard. He is a darling of the politically correct lecture circuit, a top adviser to Al Sharpton on his bid for the presidency, and the creative force behind the CD Sketches of My Culture, which, according to West himself, in all modesty, . . . constitutes a watershed moment in music history. In spite of this, Lawrence Summers had the audacity to question whether Wests activities were befitting Harvards scholarly tradition. West immediately squealed to the media that he had been disrespected.
Tilghman, Gutmann, and the trustees have allowed West once again to use Princeton as a tool. That Princeton and Harvard have been falling all over themselves to extend the type of respect that West demands is less demonstrative of their commitment to diversity and academic excellence than of their complicity in perpetuating what President Bush has eloquently referred to as the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Mark F. Rogers 92
I was disturbed to read a statement attributed to Cornel West that Larry Summers strikes me as the Ariel Sharon of higher education. Now, we might ask what Mr. West meant by this statement, but the meaning is all too clear. He has joined the list of black leaders and so-called intellectuals who think nothing of making anti-Semitic remarks when it is more than clear that no one will ask them to explain themselves or apologize for the racial hatred they are perpetuating. If anyone else had demonstrated such sentiment, the outrage would have been immediate and unrestrained.
Conrad Schuessler 73
Having once bid Cornel West goodbye it is sad and hard to believe that Princeton has not learned and is about to get him back again. Let us hope that President Tilghman can provide some little presumed insult so that the campus is not again a grandstand for the dudgeon of a brilliant, bombastic, bambooz-ling egomaniac.
Charles B. Doak, Jr. 33
A quote from Palestinian protest organizer Sharon Weiner in the April 10 issue (Notebook) states that Palestinians need to be treated with the same justice, respect, and self-determination that the citizens of Israel want for themselves. Supported, as this would be, by essentially all parties to the conflict, such a principle is merely rhetorical, and intentionally provocative. The supporters of such demonstrations are underpowered when it comes to a true understanding of the conflict. Democracy, or self-determination, depends on the ability and willingness of the populace to identify with those in power. Lacking that, the only route to stability for a nation-state is collusion between a powerful ruler and a clerical establishment in whom the populace can find identification. In the lands in question, the clerics do not compromise with any rulers other than clerical rulers, and therein lies the instability of their nation-states. Read Bernard Lewis, guys.
Joseph H. Abeles *82
Sharon Weiner apparently is in the business of organizing rallies to bring attention to the Israeli oppression (sic) of Palestinians. The goal of the rallies is simple propaganda, as it is common knowledge that the former Israeli government offered to retreat from the areas known as the West Bank and Gaza. If Sharon Weiner were truly interested in the well-being of individual Palestinians then she would be organizing rallies to express outrage at the Palestinian Authoritys misuse of American and European Union donor funds that have not been used to better Palestinians lives but to purchase suicide bombs and to enrich senior PA officials; to express outrage at Islamic leaders not denouncing suicide bombers who exclusively target civilians; and to express outrage at PA and other Arab countries encouraging the use of suicide bombers.
Steven Eli Posner *95
I was jolted by Sharon Weiners claim that by giving money to Israel, the U.S. enables the Israelis to perpetrate violence against the Palestinians. Perhaps she made the statement on April Fools Day. But in deference to Ms. Weiners employer, the Woodrow Wilson School, Id like to think that she was still tabulating at press time the exact amount of direct and indirect aid the Palestinian Liberation Organization receives from the U.S.
Rob Riley 85
I was pleased to read the article in the April 10 issue (Notebook) describing Brian Muegge 05s proposal for alcohol-free housing. In my experience at Princeton the majority of my friends and acquaintances did not participate in the binge-drinking culture that seemed to dominate the lives of a significant, and often destructive, minority of my peers. I quite purposely made housing arrangements that minimized my contact with the effects of such overindulgence, and would have appreciated a university housing policy supporting those efforts. One of the few things of which I am ashamed from my time at Princeton is the number of stories I heard about friends and cleaning staff having to deal with the aftermath of alcohol intake. I question the character of someone who would leave a drink container full of urine outside his or her door for someone else to dispose of, and I do not accept that being intoxicated is any excuse. My hope would be that the university community will be pleasantly surprised by the level of interest that students express in living in substance-free housing. I find it simply mind-boggling that bright, blessed people such as those fortunate and hardworking enough to be students at Princeton can tolerate and in fact encourage the kind of disrespect for their fellow human beings that the secondary binge effects described in the article represent. I applaud Mr. Muegge and hope that he is successful in his quest.
Erin Christensen 97
Perhaps this old (86) geezer may make a comment about the proposal for alcohol-free dormitories?
The purpose of college is education; no reason why this should not include alcohol. One can experience drinking, or not, as one prefers, but I do not think Big Brother should be telling us what we must do. Not make the others in the dormitory drink or abstain, either. Teach yourself!
Rem V. Myers 37
I enjoyed reading the article about Princetonians in Newark (cover story, April 10). I, too, am proudly living and working for a better Newark, as director of operations for Cory Bookers mayoral campaign against incumbent Sharpe James. I sincerely hope that more and more Princetonians who want to stay in the Northeast will find a reason to spend time in Newark. It is a city of great hope, wonderful ethnic diversity, and a storied history. Its infrastructure and location make it a perfect sister city to New York. Now all it needs is to move to the next level.
Raoul Bhavnani 93
In your article about the revival of Newark, Lawrence Goldman *69 *76, CEO of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), rightly boasts: Theres hardly a renowned artist in any field, jazz, dance, classical music, theater, who has not been through our theater or orchestra. Another Princetonian, William W. Lockwood 59, has been instrumental in making that happen. Lockwood joined NJPAC at the outset, as principal programming associate, and is responsible for much of the music, dance, and variety programming.
Margaret Keenan
I was particularly happy to see your article on Newarks renaissance. I have been practicing law in this city since 1980, and I have seen changes in the last few years that were literally unimaginable not so long ago. Its nice to see that so many Princetonians have helped make it happen. More and more law firms are setting up shop here. This includes my firm, Klett Rooney Lieber and Schorling, originally a Pittsburgh firm, for which I helped open an office here in 2001. (Were in the leftmost office tower pictured below.) Were happy to be a small (but, we think, not unimportant) part of Newarks new day.
Bob Stickles 70
Regarding your fine article on Princeton grads assisting in Renewing Newark, Princetons involvement with Newark aside from having students from Newark began as far back as the early 1970s, if not before. The Semester in the City program, loosely organized through the politics department, allowed about 10 undergraduates to work and live in Newark and experience aspects of the citys politics and life firsthand. Then as perhaps now, Newark was a troubled, fairly corrupt place politically, but it was also full of at least some dedicated citizens and politicians fighting the good fight.
David Sedgwick 73
In the picture of the baseball team (From the Archives, April 10): the player on the far right (whose face can be seen) has to be Tom (Toots) Barnicle 39, and the year is probably 1937.
Thanks for bringing up wonderful memories.
Bill Edmonstone 39
I am certain that the player standing in the front is John Paul Chubet III 37. Chube, as was his nickname, was an enthusiastic and outstanding athlete. I would guess that this picture was taken at the YalePrinceton game, which was the custom, following the P-rade in June 1937. Alas, Chube died in 1993.
Robert F. Clary 37
Sitting with the cap on the back of his head and with his back against the post is Ken Sandbach 37. The face pointed right at the camera between the seated number one and Sandbach is that of Bill Fallon, Jr. 38.
Edgar A. Spencer 36
Editors note: PAW also heard from Swagar Sherley, Jr. 37 and Hugh B. Lynn 36. For more on archives photos see PAW ONLINE.


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'I was a nobody until I killed the biggest somebody on Earth,' states Mark Chapman, a statement only slightly more repulsive than a bioflick that exploits our morbid fascination with the ex-Beatle's murder without credible justification.
Using Chapman's own words to create a drivelling narration (constant references to Taxi Driver do it no favours), writer/director Andrew Piddington claims his portrait is 'an uneasy balance of sympathy and revulsion', yet this fails to be either a humanising psychological study or a luridly enjoyable piece of celeb death titillation.
You never feel that the 25-year-old Chapman (unenlighteningly played by TV actor Jonas Ball) is anything other than a sad little weasel, whose regrettable mental delusions spring from nothing truly worth our pity.
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TechED 2014 Review
5:33 am in TechED by mikeresseler
Another TechED show is finished. Place to be this year was Houston for the annual IT Pro conference in North America. It was a show with high expectations for the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) fans out there since MMS got cancelled this year and Microsoft integrated it into TechED.
The question for many of us was: Will there be the same value in TechED as there was in MMS?
The answer isn't a simple yes or no.
Let's start with the keynote. Brad Anderson, corporate VP took stage (I'm not going to discuss the fact that Satya wasn't there while he was at build conference…) and presented about their mobile first, cloud first strategy. A few very interesting items passed the revue such as:
- Microsoft Azure files
- Microsoft Azure Expressroute
- Azure Managed Cache
- Azure Site Recovery
- Azure Anti-Malware Protection
- Windows Intune Updates
- Azure RemoteApp
A great write-up is done by Jeff James here: http://www.petri.co.il/teched-2014-microsoft-cloud-first-mobile-first-strategy.htm
A lot of the keynote kind of got lost on me… Brad talked a lot for the developer and BI side of the audience and that's where you loose a guy like me…
One of the feelings I had after the keynote, was that Microsoft isn't interested anymore in the IT Professional and only cares for developers. I know it isn't true (at all) and I wasn't the only one with that feeling. I was about to write how important the IT Pro is and remains in the future but Aidan Finn beat me lengthy to it and made a MUST READ blog post on it for every IT Pro: http://www.petri.co.il/it-pro-perspective-of-teched-2014.htm
But I the end, a keynote is nothing more than a keynote. While it might be a good start for a conference, certainly when they announce things, it is nothing more than that. The real value comes from sessions, networking, the expo floor and last but not least… the parties…
Let's start with the sessions
The MMS folks had high expectations for this show. After all, MMS is dead and it is merged in TechED. Will we have the same content of a MMS show or will it be more marketing sessions? Looking at the agenda in advance didn't promise much good (although Microsoft had promised lots of content). Not too many sessions about management… But I changed my mind during the week. Yes, there were not that much sessions on system management, but the quality and presenters delivering the sessions were good to outstanding. As a TechED veteran (lost counting how many times, I should count my bagpacks to know…) systems management sessions on TechED were normally rather weak and that is not abnormal considering there was MMS. Now there wasn't, and the level of sessions went up. I will keep pushing with Microsoft to have more sessions on these topics, but I was more than pleased to see that the level was good! And of course, the advantage of less sessions also meant that I learned a few other things that didn't had to do with Hyper-V or System Center…
Again a big difference between MMS and TechED. There are two reasons for that.
Reason 1: the venue
MMS was in Las Vegas (and I hate Las Vegas after 16 times being there…) but everything was in the same hotel. That means networking from 7 am in the morning till … somewhere in the night. Tiring, but pleasant. TechED is a larger conference, held in Houston this year with lots of hotels being far away (45 minute bus drive for some of us…). So the amount of networking went down in the evening and the atmosphere isn't the same
Reason 2: Different crowd
The MMS crowd is the MMS crowd. The TechED crowd is a mixture of diferent type of IT people. That means that I wasn't talking hypervisor and system management the entire time, but also discussed messaging tools, BI and much more. Is this a bad thing? Not really, I learned quite some things from talking to people and I honestly enjoyed it. It's true I spent less time with my system center circle, and that's less fun, but I came home with different views and opinions
Expo hall
Note: I work for a vendor that had a rather large booth out there, so my opinion might be a bit biased about the expo floor… Comparing it to MMS is not possible for me. This expo floor holds so many different vendors in different areas that it is impossible. But I did love this years expo floor since I saw a lot of MMS vendors come to TechED. I hope they had a great experience and that it continues. I took the time (which was easy since there was always a nice gap for lunch, allowing many people to take their time on the expo floor) and had a good time investigating new products, new versions and just discovering new companies. From our own booth, we saw large crowds (and not only for the swag) and our engineers working on the booth had long days of delivering demo's, which is of course, what we want
MMS was always known for his after-hours parties and TechED seems to be going the same direction. Every day you had the possibility to party. The only downside in my view is that most interesting parties were all at the same day. Maybe MSFT should contact all vendors upfront if they are going to host a party and make a better calendar. The only bad party in my vision was the closing party in the Minute Maid Park stadium which was as boring as it could get. But that might be just me as an European that kind of has a different vision on partying
TechED was this year a rather good experience for me. Yes, I needed to adapt to the fact that MMS doesn't exist anymore, and that the amount of sessions on hyper-v and system center will be lower, but as long as the quality is high, I'm good with that. Different way of networking also, and I believe it is in my advantage for knowledge and meeting new, interesting people. Parties enough, and while I am not a fan of some type of parties, sometimes sleeping a bit more during a conference is also good…
Can Microsoft change a few more things to make it better? Sure, and for that, they just need to grab the outreached hand of the community…Just talk to the guys from Hasmug about their 5th-day event: http://www.hasmug.com/te14d5/. This event was a good addition to TechED and needs to be continued…


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How about for the next Zombie Walk or for Halloween times with a rag Zombie costume.As freshly dug from the earth, and zerschließen zerfezt comes the long habit hooded rag zombie costume therefore.Disguise yourself as a sinister zombie monk when Gevater death or eerie phantom.
The black rags costume consists of a floor-length cassock with a hood and long sleeves, on the fine, disgusting brown verottete gauze are drawn.The Zombie habit of scraps Zombie costume is held by a rope and therefore fits up to a size of about90kg.Here's a tip: Beträufel the gauze with our Halloween fragrance oils! The musty odor smells after rotted earth, from which the undead has dug up again! Particularly disgusting and musty looks the costume, if this even with Decoration Moss 125g and small Black Plastic Spinning (144 St) is perfected!
- Size: One Size fits up to85 and 90 kg!
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On Sept. 9 - 11, Yuexiu Group, headed by Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing, attended the Ninth Summer Davos forum (Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum) in Dalian, which offered another opportunity to learn and communicate with a number of politicians and well-known enterprises from around the world. This forum, themed "Charting a New Course for Growth", brought together more than 1700 honored guests from over 90 different countries to discuss emerging problems and critical issues affecting China and world economic growth under the background of scientific and technological innovation.
On Sept. 9, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with domestic and foreign business representatives, and as a new leading business representative in China, Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing in the company of Secretary Ren Xuefeng attended the meeting. A total of more than 200 people, including managers from the Fortune Global 500 multinational corporations and business leaders, attended the meeting. State Councilor Yang Jing, who is also the Secretary-General of the State Council, and Zhou Xiaochuan, the President of the People's Bank of China, attended the meeting as well.
Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing Attended the Meeting between Premier Li Keqiang and Domestic and Foreign Business Representatives
Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing Attended the Meeting between Premier Li Keqiang and Domestic and Foreign Business Representatives
At the meeting, Premier Li Keqiang delivered viewpoints on hot topics such as China economic situation, financial reform, RMB internationalization, government debt, and so on. Premier Li said: Global economic growth remains sluggish. It is true that the Chinese economy has come under downward pressure. The "shape" of the economy is that there have been some ups and downs, but the underlying trend remains positive. The overall economic development is slow but stable. Talking about new drivers of economic growth, we are encouraging mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and China has the capability to maintain medium to high-speed growth.
Premier Li also said: China will press ahead with the financial reform, ease market access for private banks, and continue to develop a multi-tiered capital market in China and pursue a market-driven and law-based approach in this process. The purpose is to establish an open and transparent capital market of long-term, steady and healthy growth. When talking about RMB internationalization, Premier Li stressed that there was no basis for continued depreciation of RMB and the RMB exchange rate could stay basically stable at an adaptive and equilibrium level. When talking about unusual fluctuations on China' s capital market in June and July, Premier Li said: Relevant Chinese authorities took steps to stabilize the market to prevent any spread of risks. Now we can say that we have successfully forestalled potential systemic financial risks.
On Sept. 10, the opening ceremony of Summer Davos was held at a conference room in Dalian International Conference Center, and Premier Li Keqiang attended the ceremony and delivered an important speech. Zhang Zhaoxing, chairman of Yuexiu Group, was invited to attend the opening ceremony and listened to the speech given by the Premier. Premier Li gave viewpoints on focal topics such as China economy, foreign currency, financial system, reform and opening up, and so on. Premier Li said: the Chinese economy will not head for a "hard landing", and we are capable of meeting the main goals set for economic development this year. Despite the moderation in speed, the performance of the Chinese economy is stable and moving in a positive direction. Although difficulties remain, there are more opportunities than challenges. At the meeting, Premier Li also announced a series of new measures for reform and opening up, including promoting the opening of interbank foreign exchange market to foreign central banks, creating the China International Payment System by the end of the year, encouraging foreign investment into innovation and public service fields, and so on. He said: we will continue to ease restrictions on the access of private capital to the financial sector, and actively develop private banks, financing guarantee and financial leasing to better support the real economy.
Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing listened to the speech given by Premier Li Keqiang at the opening ceremony of Summer Davos Forum
In the afternoon on Sept. 10, Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing attended the meeting with Duan Chunhua, Member of the Standing Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of Tianjin, and discussed the situation of investment and development in Tianjin and the related investment opportunities. And in the evening, "Night of Guangzhou" was held at Summer Davos for the first time, aiming to display the essence of Lingnan culture, publicize the unique charm of Guangzhou City and promote the image of Guangzhou to the world. As one of the leading enterprises in Guangzhou, Yuexiu Group invited senior leaders of well-known international enterprises such as Nomura International, Development Bank of Singapore, HSBC Bank, PwC, Deloitte & Touche, BOC International, and so on to attend the Night of Guangzhou to experience the unique charm and economic achievements of Guangzhou.
Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing attended the meeting with Duan Chunhua, Member of the Standing Committee and Executive Vice Mayor of Tianjin
A photo of Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing and municipal leaders attending "Night of Guangzhou"
In just three days' time, Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing had attended conferences such as "China Reform Agenda", "Financial Sector Restructuring", "the Digital Revolution of Financial Sector", "Ambition of RMB Internationalization", "Global Economic Prospects", and so on, and further understood the current situation and development trend of global economy and finance; he met with several leaders of world renowned enterprises such as America Merrill Lynch, KPMG, Deloitte & Touche, BOC International, Deutsche Bank, Intercontinental Hotels Group and discussed strategic development and management of enterprise to further broaden the international vision; and he also attended featured activities held by the Organizing Committee of Davos Forum such as "Culture Banquet", "Night of China" and so on.
Chairman Zhang Zhaoxing discussed with Secretary Ren and other municipal leaders during the break
Thanks to the strong support from Ren Xuefeng, Guangzhou Municipal Party Secretary, and relevant municipal leaders, Yuexiu Group participated in the Summer Davos Forum this year and listened to the voice of global economical growth from a close distance, and learned and exchanged experiences with world-famous enterprises and discussed new ideas for cooperation to establish a new coordinate for achieving the "13th five-year" strategic development plan. During the Forum, Secretary Ren was deeply concerned about the reform and development of the Group and pointed out that Yuexiu should summarize the gains from the Forum and improve management level constantly to promote greater development. According to the instructions from Secretary Ren, Yuexiu Group will seek stable improvement ambitiously through more significant innovation and strive to become a more superior modern international business group with stronger market competitiveness.


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Ever since city marshals discovered the Alpha House for Men, a group home for recovering addicts, operating without a permit last summer, Gainesville city officials have continually faced the question of where to place group homes in the city.
In nearly every month since August, representatives from one group home after another have come before Gainesville's planning and appeals board, and ultimately to the City Council, seeking permits and zoning for their services.
And in nearly every month since August, the City Council has decided yea or nay on those requests.
Because of the deluge of requests from owners of these recovery houses, in November, then-Gainesville mayor Bob Hamrick asked that a study be conducted to find the best place, whether residential or general business, for group homes to locate within the city.
The city's Unified Land Development Code designates group homes to General Business zoning and to Residential-II districts. Those in Residential-II zones must obtain a special-use permit from the city before operating a group home. Depending on the outcome of the study, the city could change its land-use codes.
Gainesville City Manager Bryan Shuler said the study will involve looking at laws governing housing issues and how other cities with housing stock similar to Gainesville's deal with the issue.
Shuler said not all communities are faced with the situation Gainesville is, largely due to different housing situations. Most of the group homes in Gainesville have set up shop in residential neighborhoods with a lot of rental property, Shuler said.
"Not all communities are going to have that," Shuler said. "Newer communities may not have nearly as much rental property, or affordable rental property, to make a group home a viable economic venture as an older city with a diversity of housing types on the high and low end."
The city became aware of the range of the group home issue last summer after a marshal accidentally discovered Ricky Martin operating two group homes on Hillcrest Avenue and Riverside Terrace.
The marshal's office soon found out about more group homes operating illegally from a quick check of drug court lists — some group home residents have gone through drug court — and the Internet. Also, the owners of the homes who were cited told the marshal's office about the others, and so the city became aware of a phenomenon it had not yet dealt with, said Gainesville's Senior Deputy Marshal Debbie Jones.
"Once you find one, you find more, because they start identifying each other," Jones.
Shuler said the City Council is trying to come up with an approach to zoning and permits when it comes to group homes. But the philosophy is hard to develop when they deal with one after the other, he said.
"We still face monthly individual cases. It's hard to have that discussion when you're also trying to deal with a particular request," Shuler said.
Most recently, the City Council voted 4-1 to approve a request from Turning Point Residential Recovery to build a four-unit, apartment-style building on Erskin Avenue, a road surrounded by a mixture of land uses such as single-family and neighborhood business. The building will serve as living quarters for 24 men participating in Turning Point's recovery program.
In the cases of Martin and Harold Hinchman, owner of the Agora House for Men, the City Council did not approve their requests to continue running their group homes. Martin had two homes; Hinchman had one on Northside Drive and two on Ivey Terrace.
At the time, City Council members gave different reasons for the denial of Martin and Hinchman's request.
Councilman Danny Dunagan said the single-family residential neighborhood was no place for Martin's substance-abuse recovery house. Councilman George Wangemann said he voted against Hinchman, because he had not followed the city's laws to begin with and had begun operating his recovery home under the radar.
Shuler said the problem was that there were too many group homes in that particular neighborhood.
"Several were clustered in a certain part of town," Shuler said. "That raises issues with the residents."
Both Hinchman and Martin were issued cease and desist orders in November. Neither moved out by the time specified, according to Jones.
The two will be arraigned in State Superior Court at the end of this month on charges of operating without a business license and a certificate of occupancy.
There have been other requests for group homes, even another by Hinchman for a building in the Midtown district, that the City Council has faced. Yet, it has been hard to decipher Council's approach to the issue.
Shuler said the issue cannot be discussed generically, because even though all are group homes, they are all very different situations.
"It's very difficult to always match up comments on one and balance them on another, because the other may not be the same thing," Shuler said.
"Whenever you have discretionary decision-making like that you get different opinions, and you get different reasons why someone may or may not support a particular application," Shuler said. "That's just the nature of the beast."


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Businessman and family are pursued for €14.7m in loans
BUSINESSMAN Jeffrey Stokes, his wife and two sons are being pursued at the Commercial Court for €14.7m judgment orders arising from various loans and guarantees.
Dunbar Assets Ireland, formerly Zurich Bank, claims that some €14.7m is owed under the 'Consolidated Stokes Facility', created following a restructuring in 2011 of various loans advanced from 2007 and from guarantees on loans.
When the case came before Mr Justice Peter Kelly yesterday, Jeffrey Stokes of Mill House, Enniskerry Road, Kilternan, Co Dublin, was represented by Hugh O'Flaherty BL.
His son Simon Stokes (pictured), representing himself, asked for time to get a solicitor.
The judge heard that the proceedings had not yet been served on Jeffrey Stokes' wife Pia Bang Stokes, and on the other son, Christian Stokes, both of whom are out of the jurisdiction.
In those circumstances, the judge adjourned Dunbar's application to have its summary judgment application fast-tracked in the Commercial Court to allow it address service issues. It is also to allow Mr O'Flaherty take instructions from his client and to allow Simon Stokes to instruct lawyers.
Dunbar claims that some or all of the defendants and, in relation to one facility, Missford Ltd, a company of the defendants, entered into three different loan facilities with Zurich Bank from 2007.
They were initially secured against various properties, including the Unicorn Restaurant in Dublin, 'Mazemore' on Torquay Road, Foxrock, Dublin and the leasehold interest in the Residence Club, St Stephen's Green, Dublin.
The facilities included €9.02m advanced to Jeffrey and Pia Bang Stokes in May 2007 to refinance borrowings with Bank of Scotland Ireland. That facility was secured over a number of commercial properties and the freehold property of 'Mazemore', Dunbar said.
A second facility of May 2007 was entered into with all four defendants for some €3.36m for the purpose of purchasing the 'Mazemore' property as a residential investment, Dunbar claims.
The third facility was provided to Missford Ltd, a company of Simon and Christian Stokes, in connection with the Residence members' club operated by them prior to its being placed in receivership, Dunbar claims.
As part of a restructuring process, Dunbar claims it was agreed in March 2011 to advance or continue a facility in a €14.4m sum, made up of the three facilities as restructured.
The new Consolidated Stokes Facility altered the liability in that it provided that Christian and Simon Stokes would become borrowers in relation to the May 2007 loan advanced to their parents, while Pia Bang Stokes would become a borrower in relation to the liability previously undertaken by her husband and sons concerning Missford's liabilities.
Dunbar claims the consolidated facility was repayable on demand and by December 31, 2011.
There had been protracted engagement between the sides but, while it had appeared there would be a substantial commercial resolution in early 2014, it no longer believed there was any genuine prospect of engagement between the parties, Dunbar said. Letters of demand were served on June 27 last but no payment was received.
Irish Independent


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Fiscal Federalism and Political Decentralization
Lessons from Spain, Germany and Canada
Edited by Núria Bosch and José M. Durán
Chapter 7: Fiscal Equalization in Spain
Jesús Ruiz-Huerta Carbonell and Ana Herrero Alcalde
Jesús Ruiz-Huerta Carbonell and Ana Herrero Alcalde 1 INTRODUCTION Spain has undergone an intense devolution process during the last three decades. A new level of government – regional government, namely the Autonomous Community (AC) – was created after the 1978 Constitution was passed, and although the constitutional structure of the country is not a federal one, the current degree of decentralization in both taxes and public expenditure is similar to that existing in most federations. As a consequence, the main problems that had to be resolved during that devolution process are very similar to the ones existing in federal countries.1 The financing system of the ACs has gone through a deep process of change since its first implementation in the early 1980s, with a progressive enlargement of regional tax resources and a proportional reduction of central government transfers.2 However, there still is an important level of dependence on those transfers, basically on the Sufficiency Fund (Fondo de Suficiencia), which represents around one-third of ACs' total resources – approximately 24 000 million euros in 2004. This fund, which is aimed at resolving both vertical and horizontal imbalances, is the main equalization instrument of the Spanish regional financing system. Both the regional tax resources and central government transfers were subject to a strong revision in 2001, which was accepted by all its participants. The main characteristics of that reform were the increase of regional shares in personal income tax (PIT) (33 percent); the implementation of a tax-sharing system in consumption taxes (35...
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An NSA-CIA whistleblower has accused FBI Director James Comey of covering up a massive "wiretapping" program conducted by the Obama administration and targeted at Trump, his family, close aides, and several other top officials, politicians, and business figures in the country.
According to Dennis Montgomery, 63, and his attorney, FreedomWatch chairman Larry Klayman, Comey is sitting on damning evidence of an extensive illegal spying program under the Obama administration. The alleged evidence was obtained from 47 NSA and CIA hard drives that Montgomery claimed he turned over to the FBI. He obtained the drives while he worked as a contractor with the intelligence agencies.
Klayman claims that Comey has sat on the evidence for two years since Montgomery turned the files over to the FBI.
"Those documents have been buried in (FBI Director James) Comey's files for two years, now," Klayman told Radar Online. "He refuses to publicly acknowledge them."
Montgomery's relationship with the U.S. spy agencies began after the 9/11 attacks when the CIA approached him and asked him to develop a new software that is able to decipher signals that Osama bin Laden was sending to his men through Al Jazeera video broadcasts.
BREAKING : Whistleblower BLOWING THE LID OFF Obama's Corrupt Intelligence Network https://t.co/fWlyWYQvSb— WINNING IN AMERICA! (@TheTrumpLady) March 24, 2017
After working for some years with the CIA and the NSA, he walked out on the agencies, taking with him 47 hard drives containing 600 million-plus documents. Many of the files were classified documents.
He then tried to come forward legally as a whistleblower and present to appropriate U.S. agencies evidence contained in the hard drives that U.S. spy agencies had been involved for years in sinister "Orwellian" spy programs that allowed the government to collect information about citizens that could be used to blackmail them.
"It makes Watergate look like a warm-up act," said Klayman. "The point was to gather information to use for their own nefarious purposes. Blackmail. Coercion. Persuasion."
But when Montgomery found that he was unable to convince anyone to look at the evidence he had obtained, he approached Klayman, who helped him through the U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth to arrange meetings in 2015 with the FBI.
"Report: Whistleblower has proof of mass Obama spying, 156 judges and prominent businessmen!" #mustread #feedly https://t.co/ZwNOCBkTSC— TRUMP'S SWAMP HAMMER (@MOVEFORWARDHUGE) March 25, 2017
He met with FBI agents after Assistant U.S. Attorney Deborah Curtis granted him immunity from prosecution and turned over the 47 hard drives containing millions of pages of files, according to the blog Zero Hedge. He also attended a videotaped interview with special FBI agents, during which he supplied details of the alleged illegal surveillance program under the Obama administration.
Radar Online claims that it has seen the documents and that they support President Trump's claim that former President Barack Obama's spooks "wiretapped" Trump during the 2016 general election period. The documents prove that the FBI has been aware for at least two years of the existence of an extensive illegal surveillance program conducted by spy agencies under the Obama administration, according to Radar Online.
But when Comey testified before Nune's House Intelligence Committee on March 20, he refused to acknowledge it.
Montgomery and his attorney claim that besides Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, other people caught up in the illegal spying by the Obama administration include several top politicians, businessmen, and U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
The list of targets allegedly includes Chief Justice Roberts of the Supreme Court, along with other colleagues such Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and more than 150 other judges. Other alleged targets include Senator Rand Paul and several businessmen.
Data from NSA Whistleblower Dennis Montgomery Proves Barack Obama Administration Spied on Trump https://t.co/yeCQECguIY #maga #tcot— Clark Denson (@ClarkDenson) March 24, 2017
Major corporations allegedly targeted under the Obama administration include Target, Siemens, and YUM Brands, which owns Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Radar Online claimed that all the companies targeted under the illegal surveillance were Trump supporters and Republican donors. According to the website, the documents give proof of clandestine spy programs conducted on behalf of the Obama administration by the FBI's Comey, the NSA's Michel Rogers, the CIA's John Brennan, and finally James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence.
As part of efforts to expose the alleged cover-up of information about an illegal spying program under the Obama administration, on March 21, 2017, Klayman wrote a letter to the House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, requesting the committee to look at evidence that Montgomery submitted under oath to the FBI.
The letter also requested that Montgomery be allowed to testify before the House Intelligence Committee and present proof that the Obama administration indeed wiretapped Trump and his campaign during the 2016 presidential campaign and election period.
The letter requested further that Comey be questioned under oath to explain why the FBI has buried the evidence of a spy program under Obama.
However, according to Montgomery and his attorney Larry Klayman, the intelligence committee has done nothing to address the issue and it appears there is a deliberately orchestrated conspiracy of silence over the matter.
"And, that is where it stands today. The big question: will House Intelligence Committee Chairman Nunes do his job and hold FBI Director Comey's feet to the fire about the Montgomery investigation?"
The new allegations come after the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), said he saw intelligence reports which confirmed that Trump and his aides were swept up in surveillance conducted under the Obama administration.
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Volunteer CPR Blueprint to improve cardiac arrest survival rates ~
The City of Richmond is one of five cities that have been chosen by the American Heart Association and Cities of Service, a bi-partisan coalition of more than 180 mayors committed to using citizen service to address pressing local needs, to receive 500 CPR Anytime Kits (or Hands-Only™ CPR training kits) to help turn more residents into lifesavers. Last year's grant recipients trained nearly 17,000 people in lifesaving Hands-Only CPR skills with the kits they received.
The City of Richmond, by way of its Neighbor-to-Neighbor (N2N) Initiative, is partnering with the Richmond Ambulance Authority, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and the American Heart Association with the goal of training 250 low-income public housing residents and 250 low-income Latino residents with the grant – thus equipping 500 residents with this life-saving training. Each of the 500 trained volunteers will train a minimum of five additional people (2,500 people) in Hands-Only CPR for a total of 3,000 people trained. The outcome will be that these trained volunteers will act as first responders in cardiac arrest emergencies.
"I am excited about the power of this initiative and the impact this program will make in saving lives in the City of Richmond," said Mayor Dwight C. Jones. "The current rate of bystander-initiated CPR is 50% less likely in Richmond's low-income neighborhoods than in high-income neighborhoods. This grant increases the opportunity for us to work with our collaborative partners in an effort to raise this number to a standard equal to or better than the healthiest cities in the world."
This year's training kit grant winners also include the cities of Duluth, MN, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Phoenix, AZ, and Rock Hill, SC. The grants will support the implementation of the Cities of Service Volunteer CPR Blueprint, a high-impact service strategy in which each city's mayor's office partners with local medical professionals and emergency responders to train volunteers to use the lifesaving Hands-Only CPR technique. The Blueprint calls for the volunteers, who are trained by professionals, to teach CPR to at least five other residents, vastly improving a community's ability to respond to sudden cardiac emergencies.
The Volunteer CPR Blueprint is one of 11 customizable Blueprints from Cities of Service. These Blueprints
Nearly 400,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in the United States, and 89 percent of victims die because they don't receive immediate CPR from someone on the scene. Hands-Only CPR is a quick, easy way to save more lives. If you see a teen or adult suddenly collapse, (1) Call 9-1-1; and (2) Push hard and fast in the center of the chest. Doing these compressions at the proper beat can more than double a person's chances of survival; coincidentally, the proper beat matches the classic Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive."
Cities interested in the grant program or joining the Cities of Service coalition can email email@example.com to learn how to get involved.
For more information about Cities of Service, visit www.citiesofservice.org and to learn more about Hands-Only CPR, visit www.heart.org/handsonlycpr.
About the American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is devoted to saving people from heart disease and stroke – America's No. 1 and No. 4 killers. AHA teams with millions of volunteers to fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide lifesaving tools and information to prevent and treat these diseases. The Dallas-based association is the nation's oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. To learn more or to get involved, call 1-800-AHA-USA1, visit www.heart.org
About Cities of Service
Founded in September 2009 by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and 16 other mayors from across the nation, Cities of Service is a bipartisan coalition of mayors committed to addressing critical city needs through impact volunteering. American cities face serious challenges and many mayors want to take advantage of every resource available to them – including the time and energy of public-spirited residents – to address those challenges. But in cities across America today, citizen service is often an underutilized or inefficiently utilized strategy by municipal governments. By leveraging citizen service strategies, Cities of Service helps mayors address local needs and make government more effective. To learn more, visit www.citiesofservice.org or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CitiesOfService.