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India 158 for 5 (Yuvraj 38) beat England 157 for 6 (Hales 56, Yuvraj 3-19) by five wickets
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Yuvraj Singh's decade-long attempt to secure a permanent spot in the Test team may have been thwarted once again this month, but in the first Twenty20 against England he once again showed why he is indispensable in limited-overs formats. First, his spell of left-arm spin upended England's innings and then his burst of hitting smoothened India's path to a comprehensive victory.
In the first international match at the Subrata Roy Stadium in Pune, Alex Hales and Luke Wright had muscled 68 in seven overs for the second wicket as England rattled along at more than 10 an over. Hales began with two powerful pulls for four in the first over, and then showed off his straight-hitting to sprint to a 26-ball half-century, his fourth for England. Unlike Hales, Wright hadn't spent time in India with the England Performance Programme squad but he too played a fluent boundary-filled innings, not flustered by the change in conditions from the Big Bash League in Australia.
Yuvraj's introduction in the ninth over transformed the game. He was the seventh bowler MS Dhoni turned to as India desperately searched for ways to stall the runs, and he immediately delivered. Five of the previous six overs had been punished for 10 runs or more, but Yuvraj in his first gave away just five singles. In his next, he had Luke Wright caught at long-off. In his third, Hales was dropped by Dhoni, then bowled before England captain Eoin Morgan gave long-on a catch. The triple-blow sucked out the momentum from the innings, and by the end of his spell the run-rate was down to around seven-and-a-half.
Ashok Dinda, leading India's pace attack though he himself is fairly new to international cricket, delivered the perfect penultimate over, taking two wickets and giving away only two runs. Either side of that though, Dhoni's go-to bowler in Twenty20s, R Ashwin, and debutant fast bowler Parvinder Awana were hit for two sixes in an over each as Jos Buttler's unbeaten 33 lifted England to 157.
That was a score India looked happy to concede on a good track in a stadium with short boundaries. Their task was made easier by the poor line of England's new-ball bowlers, who gifted plenty of runs down the leg side. Ajinkya Rahane, a near-permanent fixture on the India bench, finally got a chance in the middle, and he jumpstarted the chase with a couple of straight sixes.
Though Tim Bresnan got his first international wickets since September by removing both Rahane and Gautam Gambhir in the fifth over, Yuvraj kept the large crowd cheering with a 21-ball 38. That included an onslaught on left-arm spinner Danny Briggs, who was taken for 18 in his only over of the game. Soon after, Yuvraj top-edged a pull off Luke Wright for six and though he connected solidly on the next delivery as well, it soared too high and didn't clear the rope, falling in the hands of Stuart Meaker.
India were already 93 for 3 in the 10th over by the time Yuvraj was dismissed, and Suresh Raina and Dhoni weren't unduly troubled as India knocked off the runs required to confirm victory in the 18th over.


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MUSTANG HOOFPRINTS: Congratulations to SMSU fall teams, coaches
Hello Mustang Fans!
I would like to start off by congratulating both the SMSU football and volleyball teams for great seasons and providing our Mustang fans with an exciting fall for all of us to support.
Both programs ended their seasons on a high note with Mustang football making an appearance in the Mineral Water Bowl and Mustang volleyball earning their 10th consecutive showing in the NCAA Volleyball Central Region Tournament.
Thank you to our coaches and student-athletes for all their hard work.
The Mustang women's soccer program was nationally ranked for six weeks this fall by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Continental Tire National College Top 25. SMSU, in the last ranking of the year announced Tuesday, capped off an amazing year by ending the season ranked 18th in the country.
We are very proud of the hard work and success of our fall sports teams.
Mustang football head coach Cory Sauter will be featured on Mike Max's television show "Life to the Max" on WCCO-TV (Channel 4, Minneapolis) on Saturday evening. It is great to see one of our own in the sports spotlight of the news in the Twin Cities.
Mark your calendars! The 11th annual Gold Rush Raffle, hosted by the Mustang Booster Club, will be held Feb. 14 in the Conference Center Ballroom, beginning with a social at 6 p.m. Gold Rush Raffle tickets will be available toward the end of December.
For all the latest information on the Mustang Gold Rush Raffle and SMSU Athletics go to SMSUmustangs.com.
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Men's Basketball
The SMSU men's basketball team (4-4 overall, 2-1 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) beat both Augustana College and Wayne State College last weekend to kickoff the NSIC home schedule.
The Mustangs travel to Fayette, Iowa, to battle Upper Iowa University (3-6, 1-2 NSIC), and first year head coach Brooks McKowen on Friday with tip-off scheduled for 8 p.m.
Then, SMSU travels to play Winona State University (7-2, 3-0 NSIC) on Saturday. The Mustangs return home next week for a couple of home contests versus Wisconsin-LaCrosse (non-conference) on Dec. 19 and Sioux Falls (NSIC game) on Dec. 21.
Women's Basketball
The SMSU women's basketball team (2-5, NSIC 0-3) is coming off a pair of losses to Augustana College and Wayne State College, both nationally ranked teams.
The Mustangs head south to play Upper Iowa University (2-5, 1-2 NSIC) on Friday with a 6 p.m. start time in Fayette, Iowa. On Saturday, SMSU will play at Winona State (4-3, 0-3 NSIC) in the second contest of the NSIC road trip. The next contest for the Mustangs will be at home in an NSIC match-up against Sioux Falls on Dec. 21.
The SMSU wrestling team went 2-1 last weekend at the Wisconsin-Lacrosse Duals, beating Waldorf College 27-15 before losing to the host school Wisconsin-Lacrosse 15-25. The Mustangs finished the day off with a 33-10 win over Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
SMSU is 2-2 in dual matches heading into Friday's contest with St. John's in Collegeville, Minn., starting at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Southwest Minnesota State wrestlers compete in the St. Cloud State Open at 9 a.m. This will be the last competition for the Mustangs until Jan. 11, when they host Minot State at P.E. Gym at 4 p.m.
Wheelchair Basketball
The SMSU wheelchair basketball team showed great improvement last week at the University of Missouri Tournament, but still weren't able to pick up their first win of the season.
The Mustangs are 0-8 this year, heading to Lincoln, Neb., this Saturday and Sunday to compete against four very good club teams.
On Saturday, SMSU takes on the Madonna Magic at 12 p.m. before battling Sioux Falls at 1:30 p.m. On Sunday, the Mustangs will play the Timberwolves at 8:30 a.m. and Iowa at 11:30 a.m.
I would like to wish all of our teams the best of luck this weekend!
Go Mustangs!
Trivia Contest
No one was able to provide the correct answer to last week's Mustang Hoofprint's Trivia Question: John Sterner, Leon Bullerman and Link Steffen all earned a national championship as members of the SMSU wrestling program. SMSU has also had three individuals who took second place in the national championships, can you name the three Mustang Wrestlers?
Scott Dubbledee (1984), Bill McDonald (1988) and Troy Mentzer (1993) all placed second in the NAIA National Championships and earned All-America status at their respective weight classes for SMSU.
Trivia Question
What SMSU Women's Basketball player was an All-American two different years during her career?
The first person to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com with the correct answer to this question will receive an SMSU T-shirt.


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From the State House to Capitol Hill
It's no secret that state leaders make good national leaders. Numerous presidents and members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have served in governor's offices and state legislatures, as well as other executive branch offices, before moving on to Capitol Hill. Three former state leaders—all of whom are alumni of The Council of State Governments' Henry Toll Fellowship Program and who are completing their freshmen terms in Congress—share lessons they took with them from their service in state capitols and what they are learning in the halls of the U.S. Capitol.
Lessons from the Statehouse Bipartisanship Has to Start Somewhere
U.S. Rep. John Carney
Delaware | Former Delaware Lieutenant Governor | 2002 Toll Fellow
In Delaware, we have a tradition called Return Day. The Democratic and Republican candidates for statewide office—the winners and the losers—gather together on the Thursday after Election Day. They ride together in carriages through the streets of Georgetown, Del., and at the end of the day, officially end the campaign season by literally burying a hatchet in the sand.
Delaware's Democrats and Republicans have their different points of view and often disagree about how to address the challenges facing the state. But Return Day signifies that it's time to move on from the campaigns and continue with the business of serving Delawareans.
Having spent most of my career in state and local government, including two terms as Delaware's lieutenant governor, this model of bipartisanship and cooperation is how I learned to conduct business.
This approach was also the foundation of my campaign in 2010 to become Delaware's lone member of the U.S. House of Representatives. I campaigned hard on the issues and promised Delawareans I would represent them by working in a bipartisan way to strengthen the economy, create jobs and put the country back on the right track.
I went to Capitol Hill nearly two years ago to work with Democrats and Republicans on the important issues affecting our nation. I soon found out that the partisanship in Washington is overwhelming. Both parties speaking in talking points. Each side working only with themselves. Equating compromise with selling out.
After several frustrating months, I found colleagues from both parties who, like me, were interested in moving beyond politics to solve the tremendous challenges facing the nation. We began meeting over breakfast a few times a month, and we quickly learned that while we disagree on many issues, we agree on a host of others.
Over time, the group has grown to include 14 members divided equally between Democrats and Republicans. We hold regular meetings to catch up, talk policy and develop legislation. In the 112th Congress, the group has proposed bills that address issues critical to the nation's economic recovery—incentivizing domestic business expansion, getting people back to work, and finding a productive and responsible way to work through the housing crisis.
A group of 14 members out of 435 is small. But as I learned throughout my 20-year career of public service in Delaware, whether it's sitting down for a meeting with someone or riding in a parade with them, bipartisanship has to start somewhere.
Members of Congress can disagree on the issues. In fact, American greatness is rooted in the idea that disagreement is the foundation of a strong and robust political system. But at the end of the day, we must all agree that progress is more important than politics. It's time to bury the hatchet and come together as Americans to put forth smart solutions that move our nation forward.
Lessons on Legislative Skills What Works in State Senate Can
Work in Congress
U.S. Rep. Colleen Hanabusa
Hawaii | Former Hawaii Senate President | 2000 Toll Fellow
I was in my second year as a Hawaii state senator when I was selected to represent Hawaii as a Toll Fellow. Today, I am in my second year as a member of Congress representing Hawaii's First Congressional District.
During the intervening 10 years, I served as the vice president of the Hawaii State Senate, vice-chair of its Ways and Means Committee, chair of the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee, majority leader of the Senate and, for my last four years in state office, as president of the Senate. I was honored to be the first woman to lead either chamber of the Hawaii State Legislature and the first Asian-American woman in the nation to preside over a state legislative body.
Based on these experiences, I can say that I have found few significant differences between serving in the Hawaii State Capitol and the Halls of Congress.
The Congress of the United States is the ultimate legislature in the world. The issues we vote on and the policies we set impact everyone and everything. It is a daunting responsibility. Yet, it is the experience I gained as a state legislator that has been the foundation that prepared me for this task.
I believe it is up to each elected official to define what kind of legislator she or he becomes. How one studies, addresses and decides on issues is fundamental to each individual. As a former practicing attorney, the best analogy I can come up with is a law degree. I have told many young men and women considering legal careers that, in my opinion, the value of law school is that it does not claim to teach you all the answers; it teaches you how to think, how to analyze and how to discern the answers yourself.
Similarly, anyone who has been fortunate enough to have served as a state legislator—and has used that experience wisely—will have had the opportunity to develop a set of skills that will assist in analyzing the most complex of issues. Whether a member of Congress wishes to take on those complex issues in-depth, however, remains an individual choice.
This is not to imply that the issues a legislator faces on the state level are any less important than those we encounter in Congress. To our constituents, the final arbiters of our performance, it may be that the issues facing a state legislator are more relevant and more immediate. For most, local bread-and-butter issues are the most pressing.
The privilege of serving in the United States Congress has provided me with an opportunity to consider issues with worldwide consequences, but I never forget that I serve people in Hawaii, just as I did in the Hawaii State Senate. I must continually win their trust and earn the belief that I am truly representing them.
Being a good legislator should not depend on the body one is honored to serve in. It is instead the product of solid experience, good skills and effective service.
Lessons from A First Term in Congress Partisanship and Gridlock May be
What Founders Intended
U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita
Indiana | Former Indiana Secretary of State | 2005 Toll Fellow
When I was elected to Congress in 2010 after serving eight years as Indiana's secretary of state, I knew I was in for a big change. But I didn't realize how big that change would be. Here are a few observations I've made in my time here, and what I think these things mean for our republic:
As secretary of state, I was head of several executive branch agencies. Whenever we needed something done, it was easy to just direct people to act. Now, when I go to the House floor and persuade and cajole fellow members, someone else stands up right after me and does the same thing. It's a lot of theater, and consequently, not much gets done by direct order. Perhaps I'm observing no more than what the Founders intended when they established our different branches of government.
There is a great deal of partisanship and gridlock in Congress, which is frustrating to many Americans outside of Washington. In many ways, this is a reflection of the way our Founders intended our system to work—slowly and sloppily, with each member representing the concerns of his or her district. But it's also true that many people here are living for partisan fights, and not for the future of our republic. Ultimately, Congress reflects the American people, and we won't be able to reach meaningful compromise in Washington until we decide what we're going to be as a country.
Perhaps even more frightening than the $16 trillion debt we're passing on to our children and grandchildren is a federal government that has outgrown the limits our Founders intended. Through our Red Tape Rollback program, my office is working to help businesses and individuals fight back against harmful government regulations. I've learned every day just how exhausting it is to do battle with an army of bureaucrats. Too much lawmaking authority has been given to folks who have not been directly elected by the people.
In the past, statesmanship was defined as leaders from both parties agreeing to pass legislation that included both sides' preferred policies, and then passing the bill on to our kids. But we can no longer afford that old definition. Keeping the republic our Founders entrusted to us will require a new definition of what a statesman is—not someone who looks merely across the aisle, but across the generations.
Because of the year-to-year budgeting process, things move way too fast. The federal government simply isn't that important. We should slow things down by moving to a two-year budgeting system, with appropriations in the off years. When I was secretary of state, Indiana had a two-year cycle, and we were able to live within our means for two years at a time.
Capitol Hill really does seem like it's run by 26-year-olds, with so many young staffers in positions of influence. They bring a great deal of energy to the process and, for the most part, give me many reasons to be optimistic about the future of our republic.


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Tree City Growth Awards
Category A: Education and Public Relations
A1. Publications (2 points)
Materials for the public about tree planting and care, such as a listing of recommended street trees, were first published or significantly improved. (Please enclose a copy of the publication as documentation.)
A2. Literature Distribution (2 points)
A new method of public literature distribution (with utility bills, at garden centers, at public events, etc.) was developed and implemented successfully.
A3. Interpretive Program (3 points)
An interpretive program such as a walking tour of outstanding trees for community planting, an arboretum, a heritage tree program (largest, historic, etc.) or similar project was first made available to the public or was significantly improved.
A4. Local Awards Program (3 points)
A recognition program with awards to citizens, commercial enterprises, neighborhood associations, other citizen groups, etc. for such things as best landscaping, tree planting/care projects, etc. was initiated or significantly improved.
A5. Community-Wide Tree Event (4 points)
A special, community-wide tree event such as an Arborfest, Dogwood Festival, Oak Festival, etc. was initiated or significantly improved. (An Arbor Day celebration is a standard requirement to qualify for Tree City USA. Therefore, please report here only a community-wide, highly publicized Arbor Day celebration or festival in addition to Arbor Day.) Tree-related activities and/or exhibits must be part of the event. (Please include event name(s) and date(s) with documentation.)
A6. Publicity (5 points)
An ongoing publicity campaign for tree care and community forestry was initiated or significantly improved, for example a weekly newspaper column by the city forester or tree board, or a community-wide newsletter about trees.
A7. Youth Education (4 points)
The city initiated or significantly improved a formal, tree-education program for youth in the community. (such as "Project Learning Tree," assisting a school in being recognized as a Tree Campus K-12, etc.)
A8. Continuing Education for Tree Workers (6 points)
A training/continuing education program for the city's tree workers, both employees and contractors, was initiated or significantly improved. The training must be provided at least annually - either by the city or by other qualified organizations. (Please indicate who provided training, the type of training and approximate percentage of tree workers who received 8 hours or more of formal training and percentage who received 40 hours or more of formal training.)
A9. Tree-Worker Safety Program (5 points)
A comprehensive safety program for city tree workers was initiated or significantly improved that goes beyond formal training to include such methods as daily warm-up exercises, wellness programs, safety newsletter, etc.
A10. Continuing Education for Forestry Managers and Tree Board Members (6 points)
A continuing education program for forestry managers and tree board members was initiated or significantly improved. Examples include participation in tree-related workshops, conferences, correspondence courses, or other structured educational programs for those involved with managing community forests. (Please include approximate percentage who attended conferences, workshops, or other such events, and approximate percentage who earned credit or continuing education units (CEUs), with documentation.)
A11. Tree-Care Workshops (4 points)
A workshop on some aspect of tree care was provided for the first time for homeowners, businesses and other members of the public. Or ongoing workshops were significantly improved or the public participation was significantly increased. (Please include date(s) and number attending with documentation.)
A12. Arborist Workshops (5 points)
Tree-care workshops were provided for the first time for private commercial arborists. Or ongoing workshops were significantly improved or participation was significantly increased. (Please include date(s) and number attending with documentation.)
A13. Publicity Event (3 points)
An activity specifically designed to gain publicity for the community forestry program was initiated or significantly improved.


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I never used those spray screen cleaners because you need a cleaning cloth for them to work. I would always lose those! The Monster CleanTouch Pen combines the screen-cleaning solution and cleaning cloth in one pen-sized nub.
It's the most convenient way to clean a touchscreen because all the tools are in one bottle. Dousing the screen with solution is as easy as drawing lines with a pen and the cleaning cloth is on the pen's body for quick and easy drying. If you're one of those obsessive types about clean screens, the CleanTouch gets your phone from grimey to gleaming the fastest. It feels good again! There's no spraying, no sticky fingers, no careful wax on, wax off motion - just swipey wipey fun. My iPhone and iPad look like they've regained their cherry sparkle.
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It claims to add a microthin coating on your screen to resist fingerprints but I didn't notice that at all. Also you have to ask yourself: what's the point? The moment you use your phone again it's going to get smudgey. As well as the CleanTouch pen works (and it does!), it's not gonna change the fact that we have icky oil on our fingers and our phones and pads have icky oil-loving glass.


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U.S. Captures Bin Laden Son-in-Law
A son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and longtime suspected member of al Qaeda has been captured by U.S. officials. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, shown here in an undated videotape broadcast in 2002 by the Dubai-based MBC, has been brought to New York to face charges. Photo: AFP/Getty Images.
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... I ... it's the Kmart seventy thousand thirteen Osama bin Laden's son in law captured by US officials here with the latest is Devlin Barrett in Washington D C get one ... thing to be here what are we know so far behind the circumstances of this capture ... well it's a little complicated he was originally arrested Turkey ... then flown to ... then deported to Jordan ... where U S counterterrorism agents grabbed him ... and he has since been taken to New York is in New York now I'm told by sources ... and in fact he's been talking to the FBI for the past several days ... ay ay I'm told to expect him to make his first court appearance later this week possibly Friday ... and ... it's it's he's he's a big name figure with in ... Corel I was left of coral time to ... tell us what we know more about him including his name and behind whatever the circumstances behind his capture the extent that you do know that ... well there's still a matter of who died ... I believe this transition and ... he is the son in law of Osama bin law and a son in law of Osama bin Laden ... and his longtime al Qaeda spokesman he first became prominent ... right after the nine eleven attacks when he did videos for al Qaeda ... saying that there would be retaliation in the US and Britain ... for the airstrikes on that on Afghanistan ... and ... basically what happened was it ... and in recent weeks he was arrested in Turkey ... but that did there was a really anything to charge him with their ... and so he was ultimately support it ... and ... sort of on that on the tail end of the deportation process is my understanding ... of federal U S agents um and and and doctors ... insurers and bringing him to New York why was that what was what was behind the decision to bring him here ... well there's a lot of ... outstanding cases against al Qaeda what what we think of now is coral Qaeda members ... I've that go back to even before nine eleven there were there was no major up at trial at the courthouse before nine eleven ... and they're ... there been other cases ... brought to the courthouse since then so it makes sense to service he came in at bats get him in ... the woods yet ... and so that's why bring to New York ... and ... as I said our understanding is that he has been talking with the FBI over period days ... until until this week ... in short of what this means going forward in the war on terror here in United States ... I how big of a capture how important ... is this that one ... I think it's pretty significant one from the family relationship he is one of the month son in law's ... two from their historical issue of of al Qaeda ... he does date back to the nine eleven conspiracy and he does date back to the fight between al Qaeda and the US immediately after those attacks ... so he's a pretty important figure overall doubt again he is considered a spokesman within the agents within the group ... but you know ... us counterterrism this'll say that's still a very important job and and he still was in the inner circle ... of the people who carried out those attacks are I Devlin Barrett in Washington D C will continue to follow this developing story on WS J ... dot com


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What's NEW in Children's Books and Creative, Powerful Strategies to Use Them in Your Program - 2019 -
Presented by Deborah Salyer
Totally NEW Seminar with All NEW Titles for the Year 2019
Designed for Grades K-6
- The very best, new books most recently published, matched with dozens of innovative, engaging strategies to use them in ALL areas of your program
- A lively, fast-paced presentation with a wealth of multi-format titles that will spark students' interest in standout stories and nonfiction they'll love to read
- Sample copies of many of the best new books will be on display for you to personally preview
- Receive an extensive, ALL NEW children's books resource handbook with comprehensive, annotated bibliographies, ready-to-use activities, and corresponding websites and apps that will make new books come alive for children in highly appealing ways!
Practical Ideas and Strategies
In this highly engaging seminar, award-winning media specialist and international presenter, Deborah B. Ford, will highlight the best, NEWLY published children's books, including picture books, chapter books, novels, graphic novels, folklore, poetry, nonfiction titles, and more! Deborah reads and evaluates each new children's book, then develops fresh, innovative ideas to use them in all areas of your curriculum. As a bonus, she also finds the best, new web tools and apps to pair with the books she shares.
Many of the ideas, apps and online resources are applicable to other books as well. This way, you can pick and choose the new books and activities that are best suited to your students and the priorities of your classroom or library. Throughout this fast-paced day, Deborah will model her passion for books as well as demonstrate successful skills for booktalking and reading aloud. You'll also learn ways to use technology to extend your interactions with students about books. Engage yourself in an energizing celebration of the best new books and powerful ways to use them with your students!
Join Deborah for a compelling day filled with engaging, ready-to-use ideas, highly appealing booklists, her comprehensive handbook, and unique teaching tips to introduce and fully extend learning based on the newest, most outstanding children's books.
Ten Key Benefits of Attending
- Preview the Best, New Children's Books!
Learn from an enthusiastic teacher and experienced school librarian about the BEST of the most recently published children's books … Many of the new books will be available for your personal review
- Explore the Bright, New World of Nonfiction Books
Publishers are aware of the current emphasis on informational books and are responding with some of the best new nonfiction books we've seen in years … Learn about the recent changes and discover some phenomenal new books
- See the Best, New Picture Books … For All Ages!
Nothing tells a story like a stunning picture book and Deborah will share the newest and best ones … Learn innovative ways to use them creatively throughout your curriculum with students of all ages
- Hear About the Best, New Read-Alouds
Entice your students with the latest and most engaging read-alouds … Deborah will refresh your collection of great read-alouds and share them with you in her lively, down-to-earth style
- Tap into the Best Technology to Get More From Great New Books
Learn strategies to use technology to help you get students excited about reading … From book trailers to curation tools, Deborah has done the work for you by evaluating the best web tools and apps to support your literacy program
- Discover Strategies to Link Great New Books with Reading and Writing
Explore terrific activities and practical strategies you can use immediately to entice your students to get involved in and stay excited about reading and writing … Ideas, tips and tools – all aligned with current state standards
- Use Outstanding New Books to Implement Your State Standards
Learn how to meet your state reading standards by introducing your students to outstanding new books, whether based in print or technology … Find out easy ways to match books to curriculum standards with supportive, ready-to-use lesson plans
- Catch Up on the Most Current Book Trends
Hear the latest news from the children's book publishing world … Learn about the new and developing trends so you can keep ahead of the game
- Tie the Newest Books to Your School and Library Curriculum
Here's how to integrate brand new books into your teaching in every subject area … Help your students build context for the stories and informational texts they read
- Books They Will Love to Read AND an Extensive Resource Handbook for You
Discover many NEW books that are sure to entice young readers and captivate their diverse interests … You'll receive an extensive resource handbook with annotated book lists and loaded with hundreds of engaging tips, tools and innovative ideas
Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately
- The best new books and dozens of highly engaging, practical strategies to fully involve kids in the books they'll love to read
- Proven ways to integrate the best, new books into your curriculum
- Highly-motivating websites, apps and online resources to pair with outstanding new books
- How to use outstanding new books that connect with your state standards
- Tips and demonstrations for filling your read-alouds with energy and enthusiasm
- How to connect to authors and illustrators with little or no budget
- Practical strategies for integrating technology into your literacy program
- Highly motivating ways to use the best new picture books in your teaching
- Hot new ways to use booktalks to sell a book
- Dozens of fundraising ideas to make the most your book budget
- Practical, exciting ideas to use new books to engage all students, regardless of ability
- Proven ways to instill a real love of literature in your students
- How to choose the best, new books even with the leanest budget
- Resources for discovering potentially sensitive areas in books
- Innovative ideas to update your classroom or library with alternative formats and genres of books to stimulate your readers
- A wealth of new books, ready-to-use tools and the best, new web resources to make reading instruction come alive
- Boundless ways to rediscover your love of children's books all over again!
A Message From Your Seminar Leader
Dear Colleague:
My mother tells people I write book reports for a living. It's true—I get paid to read books for kids. There are worse jobs! Every year I read hundreds of new books, whittling down to the best books that you can use in your curriculum and your readers will most enjoy. I work with publishers, authors, and illustrators to make sure I find the very best of the best. There is a wealth of new literature this year, with new authors, new illustrators and new titles that will grab your imagination and send you back to your classroom or library eager to share what you've learned with your readers!
My NEW seminar offers hundreds of titles for all ages, reading levels and interests. Keeping diversity in mind, I've looked for titles that your readers will be able to identify with. In this seminar I will reveal some of the back stories of the hottest books of the year—providing you with more hooks for your readers. From wordless books to chapter books, this year's selections feature incredible debut authors and illustrators. Breaking the norm, some strong debuts feature solo dads. Some of your favorite authors like Gordon Korman and Peter Brown are also back. This year's nonfiction is better than ever. Classroom and content area teachers – you will easily be able to incorporate them into your curricula. No matter your teaching role, you'll learn about ready-to-use resources that will help you teach the books or discuss them in a book club. In many cases, the lesson plans are already written for you!
Technology continues to blend with literacy programs. From publishers' sophisticated book trailers for marketing purposes to actually having your readers create their own, free websites and apps make the integration easier. In our seminar we will investigate the best apps for multiple devices. We will talk about ways to better utilize eBooks and audiobooks—getting more bang for our buck. We will explore free online resources that enrich the books, while connecting them to state standards. Do you have sensitivity issues? We will look at ways to make sure you aren't buying books out of your comfort zone. The most expensive book is one that's never used.
The worst outcome of a day like this is funding. So many books … show me the money. We will address this ever-pressing issue by looking at easy ways to find money for these books you won't want to be without. Beyond the book fair, I've got a dozen ways to raise funds and save money!
I look forward to meeting you at this fast-paced, exciting seminar in which we will immerse ourselves in the amazing world of the best of new children's literature!
Deborah B. Ford
P.S. Come ready to enjoy a fast-paced day full of outstanding new books—plus powerful tools and innovative activities to use with them.
Who Should Attend
K-6 Classroom Teachers, Media Specialists, Librarians, Children's Librarians in Public Libraries, Library Aides, Reading Specialists, Resource Teachers, Special Education Staff, and Administrators
Special Benefits of Attending
Extensive Children's Books Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive resource handbook with a wealth of information specifically designed for this seminar. Included in the handbook are:
- A wealth of NEW titles of the best books recently published
- Exciting and creative ways to utilize the books in your classroom or program
- Numerous practical activities and resources that extend the effectiveness of the new books Deborah shares
- Valuable lists of websites and tools to use with devices that will add interest and value to your lessons
- Highly engaging techniques to inspire students to fall in love with reading!
Meet and Share
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to meet and share ideas with other educators interested in enhancing their literacy programs.
Consultation Available
Deborah Ford will be available at the seminar for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.
On-Site Training Guarantee
BER is not a booking agency that just finds a presenter who presents on the topic you requested. Rather, we only recommend highly experienced BER presenters who have consistently received outstanding evaluations from educators attending their trainings.
Consequently, we provide a strong program guarantee.
We guarantee you'll be fully satisfied or you'll owe us nothing after your on-site training event.


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What's the best way to groom youth members into fully engaged credit union members?
When its "junior partner" youth members turn 18, the $2 billion asset Redwood Credit Union in Santa Rosa, Calif., transitions them to regular membership.
After two years, about 80% of those former youth members have retained their regular memberships. Currently, the credit union has 25,000 members between the ages of 18 and 29. It has total membership of about 225,000.
The growing comfort with, and demand for, remote financial services make it possible to hold on to young members who relocate away from the Bay Area for college or jobs, according to Robin McKenzie, senior vice president of marketing and communication.
But products and services are only part of the equation. She also attributes the credit union's success to its extensive financial education outreach to children and their families. "We want people to think of us as a resource for financial information and education, and not just products and services," she says.
To that end, the credit union organizes the financial planning content on its website by both product and life stage, so members can take either route to find what they need.
Redwood partners with the Santa Rosa School District to offer the Banking and Finance Academy—an accredited 16-hour financial literacy program for high school juniors and seniors.
Offered during spring break and summer, the program routinely fills up early. The credit union is currently planning online programming to extend the reach of the academy and other financial literacy training, she adds.
"It's empowering to learn how to manage money," McKenzie says. "If this recession taught us anything, it's that a lot of people lack the education they need to make the right decisions about their finances and their futures."
Underlying all of the efforts is the familiar notion of building trust: If members find the information and education they need from Redwood, they're more likely to turn to Redwood for the products and services, too.
That's good for the credit union, but it's also good for the members who won't fall prey to financial institutions that, unlike Redwood, don't have members' best interests at heart.
"Start educating young people early about credit unions and financial matters," McKenzie says. "It's a great equation for success."


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A two-year grassroots effort led by a Palo Alto father and his two young children to bring a 35-foot-tall interactive light sculpture to the city will come to fruition this weekend when it is unveiled in City Hall's King Plaza on Saturday, Nov. 16.
The sculpture, called Aurora, is an enormous metal tree adorned with 4,200 handmade copper leaves that hang from 200 branches, all lit by 40,000 LED lights. Anyone with a web-enabled device, tablet or smartphone can log into a website that allows them to interact with the tree, controlling it via sliders that regulate elements such as color, brightness, sparkle and pulse.
The tree was originally designed for Burning Man, the annual art and music festival held in Nevada, by San Francisco artist Charles Gadeken. It will reside in King Plaza for a year.
Though in a sense, the project, which started as two elementary children gathering petition signatures from their classmates, is approaching the finish line with this weekend's unveiling, it's still tens of thousands of dollars short of the total funds needed.
"This is entirely grassroots funded," said Harry Hirschman, whose children Sam, 11, and Julia, 9, decided they wanted to bring Aurora to Palo Alto two years ago after seeing pictures of the sculpture their father took at Burning Man in 2011. "Nickels and dimes in a jar; (the kids have) collected money on the street; they've gone into board meetings for art foundations."
The project has raised only approximately $35,000 of a total $100,000 needed to cover installation costs and extensive redesign of the sculpture.
"A lot of people keep saying, 'Why do you need money if it's already made?'" Gadeken said. "… One, there's a big difference between putting something on sidewalk for a year and staging it for a two-day festival. So trying to make things that are weatherproof and publicly safe has just been very expensive."
Other costs have arisen, including buying all new light bulbs, replacing all the electronic connectors with waterproof ones, redesigning the software that allows onlookers to interact with the tree, and renting a crane and other items necessary for installation of the piece, which will take place this week.
"It adds up really fast," Gadeken said. He has personally shouldered much of Aurora's financial burden, putting in $15,000 to install the piece, he said.
"Essentially, the artist is going into debt to finish the installation on schedule and to deliver everything that was envisioned," Hirschman said.
Though the City of Palo Alto expects that public art placed temporarily on city property be independently funded, the Public Art Commission occasionally decides to back a project, which it did with Aurora.
Commissioner Trish Collins, whose two children also eventually became involved with Aurora, said the commission got on board despite initial reservations because it was a community-driven project.
The commission approved the project last December, allocating $1,200 to pay for permit and insurance costs. It was expected that any remaining funds would be raised by Hirschman and Gadeken.
"The Commission approved the installation so that they could move forward with fundraising, and offered to offset the permit and insurance costs," Elise DeMarzo, public art manager for the city, wrote in an email. "Mr. Hirshman and Mr. Gadeken have decided to move forward with the installation before the completion of their fundraising which is highly unusual."
The project recently launched a last-stretch Kickstarter campaign, aiming to raise another $35,000 by Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Two weeks out, the campaign has raised $4,711 from 71 backers. But because of the way the crowdsourced fundraising website works, if the project doesn't raise the full amount, it does not get any of the funds.
Beyond the Kickstarter campaign, the project will have to rely on private contributions.
If Aurora doesn't manage to raise the remaining funds, Gadeken is on the hook. He acknowledged that moving forward with the installation is a gamble, but said that "I do feel we'll be able to get that money back."
Collins said the city has enough funds in reserve for dismantling Aurora.
Sam, Julia and the other Palo Alto children who got on board with Aurora have become old hands at pitching their project to local companies and art foundations to bring in private funding. They also hosted a Maker Faire in May to raise money, during which participants created more than 200 copper leaves that will hang from the tree.
The Aurora children will also be at King Plaza this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after school, hosting leaf-making workshops.
"People can give $20 and make a leaf themselves, stamp their initials on it and we'll get it on the tree," Hirschman said. These people's names will also be listed on the Aurora website.
"It was presented to the art commission that it's going to be community driven," Collins said. "It's just going to take a lot of community members to donate what they feel comfortable donating and once they see it's a community driven project, they'll want to be a part of the community and project."
Aurora -- as a sustainable, interactive public art project brought to Palo Alto by a group of children -- "fits really well with the city's overall goals and objectives," Hirschman said.
Though at first glance, a life-size metal tree lit by 40,000 light bulbs, running for 365 days straight might seem wasteful, but the efficient LED bulbs will use less than half the energy of a typical house, Hirschman said.
At Saturday's event, the Palo Alto Utilities Department will be launching its LED rebate program. City residents should receive a coupon in the mail this week, which they can redeem on Saturday to get LED bulbs at a net cost 50 percent less than retail. After the Aurora event, residents can go to one of three participating retail stores to get their bulbs (while supplies last).
Aurora's installation also prompted the city to conserve water in King Plaza, replacing non-native plants in the planter where Aurora will stand with native grasses and a more water-efficient drip irrigation system.
The city also stepped in to enable interaction with the tree, outfitting King Plaza with wireless Internet access. The software driving this interactivity is open source, and Hirschman said he hopes to plan future hackathons during which local techies -- or children -- can redesign or add to the software.
"It's accessibility as well as interactivity," Hirschman said. "Make it so anybody with a finger and web access can be an artist, can draw (in) light and use Aurora as the canvas. Anybody that can program, you can be an artist too."
This aspect not only aligns with Palo Alto as the "cradle" of technology, but also the city's commitment to youth well-being, Hirschman said.
"They're walking the walk when they say they're interested in the youth in the community having a voice. And then when that voice walks up to them and says we'd like to do something … they find a way to do it."
Hirschman said the project helped the kids involved become more confident and comfortable speaking to adults.
"I learned how to speak in front of people and how to be confident in myself," said Julia, who was 7 years old when the project first started.
Gadeken, who originally designed the sculpture with his 3-year-old daughter in mind ("the ultimate fairy tree," as he described it), said he's enjoyed working with the kids, teaching them how to work with metal to create the copper leaves that hang from the tree.
Sam Hirschman and friend Henry Gish, 12, said the part they most enjoyed was working in Gadeken's workshop.
"It's super empowering for these kids to take this from, 'I want to do something,' to 'look it's actually happening.'" Gadeken said.
The Nov. 16 event will begin at 3 p.m. at 250 Hamilton Ave., and the tree will be lit for the general public at approximately 5:30 p.m.


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Harvey Nichols Contain Your Excitement
Harvey Nichols is promoting the 2012 Summer Sale with "Over Excitement", a controversial print advertising campaign playing with the colloquial phrase 'I was so excited, I nearly wet myself!' Harvey Nichols is famous for its fantastic and exciting Sale, when customers can pick up the most exclusive pieces at much reduced prices. The tongue-in-cheek campaign, illustrated through four different executions, features models striking poses dressed in items from the current Harvey Nichols Spring Summer 2012 collections alongside a line that reads "The Harvey Nichols Sale. Try to contain your excitement". Tell-tale wet patches on the models' outfits suggest that they have struggled to do just that.
The Harvey Nichols Over Excitement campaign plays on the infamous line muttered by Julie Roberts in 'Pretty Woman' – "It was so good, I almost peed my pants!". Jeremy Craigen at DDB UK commented: "I wet myself when I saw this idea. That says it all really."
Julia Bowe, Group Press and Marketing Director at Harvey Nichols said: "We wanted a campaign that not only promoted our Summer Sale, but which was also something we could have fun with and entertain our customers in a light hearted way. The creative has uniquely captured the excitement associated with our Summer Sale in a playful, humorous way that stands out from the crowd and projects the Harvey Nichols sense of fun."
The Harvey Nichols Contain Your Excitement campaign was developed at DDB UK, London, by executive creative director Jeremy Craigen, creative director Peter Heyes, creative team Nikki Lindman and Toby Brewer, business director Paul Billingsley, account director Charlotte Evans, group press and marketing director Julia Bowe, marketing manager Anna Davidson, senior marketing executives Alexa Mullane and Valerie Forde, planner Elisabeth Jamot, project manager Kirsty Petrie, retouching team Jamie May and Andrew Walsh, art buyer Daniel Moorey, photographer Alan Clarke via Olga Prilipko, stylist Katie Felstead, and media planner Joe Finden at Rocket.
Filed under: Harvey Nichols, Print
Tagged: Adam&EveDDB, Alan Clarke, DDB, DDB UK, Jeremy Craigen, Nikki Lindman, Peter Heyes, Toby Brewer
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How many of us have a guilty food pleasure? Let me rephrase that: How many of us don't?
I wholeheartedly admit that one of my favorite guilty pleasures when it comes to food is a blooming onion. Deep fried in a crunchy spiced coating, with tender pieces of onion, which is without a doubt my favorite vegetable (maybe even my favorite food!). Anyone who knows me knows that I order any sandwich "extra, extra onion" because just one "extra" just isn't enough, lol. Topped off with a spicy little sauce for dipping, a blooming onion is perfection in all its greasy glory.
It's a good thing treats like that don't come around often. But I wish they did.
Actually, what I wish is that they did, but in healthier form, which is exactly what Alyssa from Everyday Maven has done with her cauliflower. How is that for brilliance?…


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Hi everyone,
Hope you can help me out here. My fine like botton is stuck to left.
I've tried to move it to right og centere, but no. It keeps being stuck at left. :/
Now that I am here, do you know if you have a share botton(s) as well. If you have it didn't worked.
Hope to hear from you
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To win the Democratic nomination for President, Barack Obama still needs the same thing he has needed all along for voters to see him as ready to be commander in chief by January 2009. So now the question is: Will appearing at weekend campaign rallies with Oprah Winfrey help him achieve that goal?
Mark me down as more than a bit skeptical.
Winfrey's endorsement and her announcement that she will appear with Obama at campaign events in Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire on December 8 and 9 helps bring the following four things to Obama: campaign cash, celebrity, excitement and big crowds.
The four things that Obama has on his own in great abundance without Winfrey's help are campaign cash, celebrity, excitement and big crowds.
It might seem that the support and upcoming appearances of Winfrey are surely a net plus for Obama. His campaign manager David Plouffe tells TIME that she is a "transcendent figure," who has avoided sullying herself in politics before and, thus, will provide "a newness and freshness" in appealing to the female and older voters whom Obama is trying to reach.
Without question, Winfrey's foray onto the campaign trail will get Obama more publicity and a chance to convert her fans into Obama supporters.
But a more important event for his chances of winning might actually be taking place on Tuesday of this week, when he appears in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with some of his top foreign policy advisers for a forum with local residents. Joining Obama will be Bill Clinton's former national security adviser Tony Lake, along with Richard Danzig, Susan Rice, Samantha Power (a TIME contributor), and Sarah Sewall, as well as some prominent New Hampshire retired military officials. It was just this kind of event that Bill Clinton used effectively in his 1992 campaign to convince voters that he was ready to be commander in chief.
None of these Obama supporters are, of course, as famous as Oprah Winfrey or particularly famous at all. But their validation that Obama's brand of experience and his foreign policy vision make him qualified to lead America's military and protect the nation's national security could well do more for Obama than anything a talk show host (even a talk show host as powerful as Winfrey) can do.
In polls and focus groups, voters continue to express doubts about Obama's readiness for the presidency, particularly when compared with Clinton. Some analysts have taken to saying that "experience" is a threshold question that Obama does not need to be seen as more ready than Clinton, just ready enough to do the job. That might be true (or it might not), but the evidence suggests that many voters still have reservations about the Illinois Senator. And the Clinton campaign plainly intends to do what it can to undermine her rival on this very point between now and January.
So yes, expect loud, rousing rallies in all three early voting states when Oprah Winfrey comes to town with her friend Barack Obama in early December, with gobs of media attention, raucous crowds, emotion and great pictures. But don't expect those events to do anything productive to allow Obama to get over the biggest hurdle standing between him and the White House. American voters are not looking for a celebrity or talk show sidekick to lead them. Obama is an intelligent and thoughtful potential President, but Winfrey's imprimatur is unlikely to convey those traits to many undecided voters.
In that respect, Winfrey's events might even be dare it be said counterproductive.
With reporting by Karen Tumulty


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Moomba Boats @MoombaBoats owners Mike and Claudia Mandley were recently married and spent their honeymoon on their 2nd Moomba a 2013 Mojo 2.5. The Mandley's love using their Mojo for wakeboarding, wake surfing and hanging out together.
Mike and Claudia had their wedding reception in Phoenix with family. Then they spent a week on Lake Powell on a house boat with the Mojo they towed from their home in Oregon. It was a chance for them to spend time with nieces and nephews, that have never had the opportunity to spend time on a house boat or wake boat. They wanted to show their family why they have such a great passion for boating and surfing.
Mike tells us he has two things that he is truly passionate about. "The first is living life to its fullest. There is a thought that replays in my head all the time. When I'm old and retired siting on the porch in my chair thinking about my life, I don't want to look back thinking I should have done more, tried more, lived more. I want to know i had a great life. The other passion is boating/surfing. We stay involved in boating and surfing year around even though in OR boating is a short season - normally June through October. We go to all the big events in the area and stay in touch with hundreds of online friends, communities, forums, and other boating-related things"
What boating means to the Mandley family is time with friends and family and making memories. It is a way of bringing old friends, distant friends and family together out on the lake. "Nothing beats the smiles and laughter when watching someone learn to surf or wakeboard for the first time, they remember that day for a lifetime. Knowing I had a small part in that makes it all worth it" Mike even gained a true family friend named Steve that he now calls his little brother, through a thread on the wake board forum. Boating truly brings people together for a lifetime of memories.
"Skiers Choice, [manufacturer of Moomba Boats] as a company is truly devoted to its customers, I have met many of the people who make that company great such as Shane Stillman, Amy Mauzy and of course Rink Tinker, these people taking time out of their day to talk to the actual customers - That has a huge impact on how people think and fell about SC. This is one of the things I really love about this company and makes me want to keep buying their products".
Thank you Mike and Claudia for letting us share your special day, how you feel about wake boating on your Mojo and the company that builds Moomba Boats! Congratulations! We wish you a long and happy lake life together.
Check out more photos of Mike, Claudia, family and friends on Moomba Boats Flicker Photostream.


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Stellar season earns Scherzer AL Cy Young Award
Among leaders in several categories, righty eclipses Verlander as Tigers ace
DETROIT -- Call it a win for the Win if you want, but Max Scherzer had a case for the American League Cy Young Award well beyond his 21-3 record. In the end, voting members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America almost unanimously agreed.
Scherzer became the second Detroit pitcher in three years to win AL Cy Young Award honors, outpacing Texas' Yu Darvish and Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma in votes. It's the fourth major honor for Tigers players in three years; a second straight AL MVP Award for Miguel Cabrera could make it five when the results are announced on Thursday.
It's a fitting reward for Scherzer's historic season that was a few seasons in the making. Three years after Scherzer was optioned to Triple-A Toledo, and one year after he threw 119 pitches in a game without getting through the fifth inning, he was nearly unbeatable.
Ahhhhh!!! What a feeling!! Can't wait to get my hands on this trophy!!- Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) November 13, 2013
"To actually be named, it is unbelievable," Scherzer told MLB Network. "It vindicates everything I've done. I can't say thank you enough to all my teammates for busting their butts every single day and fighting on defense and getting extra runs for me. I think that really helped my candidacy."
In the end, the voting wasn't close. Scherzer drew 28 out of 30 first-place votes. Another went to his Tigers teammate, AL ERA leader Anibal Sanchez. The other went to White Sox lefty Chris Sale, who grew up near Detroit's Spring Training home in Lakeland, Fla.
It's the first time since 2009 that two starters on the same pitching staff garnered first-place votes in the same year. Cardinals teammates Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright finished second and third in National League Cy Young Award voting that year.
Scherzer was baseball's only 20-game winner this year, taking the momentum of a 13-0 start to post the best win-loss record by a Major League pitcher since Cliff Lee went 22-3 for the Indians in 2008. Scherzer, however, said all year he didn't want to be judged on wins and losses, calling it a fluky mark.
"I judge my season based on how I pitch," he kept saying.
On Wednesday, after looking back on his season, Scherzer admitted the win-loss record was special.
"Once I won 20 games, I really did appreciate that moment," Scherzer said on a conference call with reporters. "That's such a milestone that few pitchers ever get to. The ones that have gotten there are legends in the game. Now that the season's over, you have a chance to reflect on what you were able to actually do, because during the season, you're focused so much on winning that if you focus on yourself, it really takes away from what's really important."
Scherzer didn't have to lean on wins. With a .97 ratio of walks plus hits to innings pitched (WHIP), he was baseball's only starter to allow less than a baserunner per inning. Scherzer's 6.2 wins above replacement (WAR) led all AL pitchers, according to the Fangraphs formula, and trailed only Clayton Kershaw, who won his second NL Cy Young Award, among Major League hurlers.
While Scherzer's 240 strikeouts, 11.078 strikeouts per nine innings and 6.22 hits per nine innings trailed only Darvish, his 2.74 fielding independent pitching (FIP) -- a metric that takes defense out of the equation by weighing strikeouts, walks, home runs and hit by pitches -- ranked third behind Sanchez and Seattle's Felix Hernandez.
In other words, Scherzer's win total wasn't just about high run support. He had a lot of different ways to beat a team, and had a pretty good chance to find one on a given night. It was a continuation of his second half in 2012, when he went 8-2 with a 2.69 ERA.
Scherzer is 32-6 with a 2.77 ERA over his last 51 regular-season starts, striking out 383 batters over 331 2/3 innings.
"I think I ironed out a lot of my mechanics," he said, citing his work with pitching coach Jeff Jones. "I've smoothed everything out, I feel like I'm able to repeat it. And because of that, I'm able to pitch with all my pitches and pitch effectively and execute every pitch in every location. Because of that, I felt like I had more control. I cut my walks down even further -- something I always pride myself in. So I think because of that is why I was able to have a special 2013."
It was a sudden maturation for a pitcher who was long seen as a talented but mercurial hurler. Many figured Scherzer would eventually refine his stuff and add consistency to join baseball's best pitchers, but maybe not quite like this. He not only earned the starting assignment in the All-Star Game in July, he essentially supplanted former AL MVP Award winner Justin Verlander as the staff ace.
"He's always had great stuff," White Sox slugger Adam Dunn said in August, "but in the past, you would get one or two pitches to hit and you would capitalize. He doesn't walk guys like he used to, and his stuff is as good if not the best every game."
Jim Leyland watched that process go on for the last four years. The newly retired Tigers manager, who was at a fundraising dinner at the Yogi Berra Museum on Wednesday night, was ecstatic when he heard the results during a break.
"Good for him. I'm so thrilled," Leyland said. "I couldn't be happier for him."
Only Kansas City's James Shields (27) had more quality starts in the AL than Scherzer (25). In 14 of those outings, Scherzer lasted seven innings or more with two earned runs or fewer, tied for fourth in the league along with Iwakuma. Darvish had 10.
"I've been working so hard for all these years to keep getting better and better, and every single year I try to do something better than the [last]," Scherzer said.
Even Wednesday, with an award now his and rumors swirling about his future in Detroit and potential free agency looming next winter, Scherzer talked about how he could pitch better in 2014. That's how he works.
"It's a lot of small things, managing my pitch count so that I can pitch deep into the game, working on the curveball so that I be more consistent," Scherzer said.
Brad Ausmus, Scherzer's new manager, is certainly hoping he does that here.
"I'm hoping this time next year, we can say there were three Cy Young winners in the rotation," Ausmus told MLive.com.
At the same time, Scherzer also knows how to appreciate what he's got. He soaked in the All-Star festivities before his start in July, and he celebrated a third consecutive AL Central title this year like it was his first.
So as Scherzer awaited his conference call with reporters Wednesday, having learned of the results, he made a little side trip to make sure he could enjoy this with family and friends.
"I just got back from the grocery store, where I bought 10 bottles of champagne," he said. "So guess what's going to happen."
2013 AL Cy Young Award voting
|Player, Team
|Max Scherzer, Tigers
|Yu Darvish, Rangers
|Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners
|Anibal Sanchez, Tigers
|Chris Sale, White Sox
|Bartolo Colon, A's
|Koji Uehara, Red Sox
|Felix Hernandez, Mariners
|Matt Moore, Rays
|Greg Holland, Royals
|James Shields, Royals


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After several years of living in a home layered with heavy fabrics and dark finishes, Kim Holifield was ready to change things up. Good-bye heavy and formal; hello calm, clean, and clutter-free. "Kim originally hired me to update the kitchen and a bath," recalls Atlanta interior designer Tish Mills. "What she wanted was to push more light through the house."
As Mills planned those rooms, Kim and her husband, Mark, considered how the newly designed, modern-leaning kitchen would blend with existing formal rooms on the main floor. One room redo led to another, and the first level to the second. "You know the story, right?" Mills says. "By the time we were finished, we'd done the entire house. Things just kept rolling."
Photography: Emily Jenkins Followill
Produced by Lisa Mowry
Architect: Bill Harrison, Harrison Design, 3198 Cains Hill Place N.W., Atlanta, GA 30305; 404/365-7760, harrisondesign.com.
Interior designer: Tish Mills, Harmonious Living by Tish Mills Interiors, 349 Peachtree Hills Ave., Studio D1A, Atlanta, GA 30305; 404/814-3838, harmoniousliving.net.
Builder: Tony Reaves, Intown Builders Group Inc., 601 Magnolia St., Villa Rica, GA 30180; 770/459-9656, intownbuildersgroup.com.
Landscape designer: Patrick Hand, Integrated Land Design, 706/248-0914.
Traditional Home
Kim and Mark had moved to Atlanta for Mark's career several years ago from South Florida, where they had built a Spanish-Mediterranean-style home—"our dream home," Kim says. Atlanta was somewhat of a culture shock. "We're from Texas and built three houses in South Florida. We'd never had a traditional-style home like what you see here. It was really different for me," Kim says. But she and Mark found a lovely brick-and-stone house under construction and worked with Atlanta builder Tony Reaves to fine-tune the design.
Twin peaks flank the front portico of the symmetrical brick-and-stone Atlanta home.
Light, Bright Foyer
Kim furnished the house with layers of fabric and deep vibrant colors, similar to what was in her Florida home. "The interiors were much more in keeping with the Tuscan or Mediterranean feel when we did the house originally," Kim says. "However, after living here for seven years it was time to brighten things up and create a much more transitional feel." Plus, with two children and eight pets, the furnishings were starting to show their age.
A limestone floor in the foyer was replaced with reflective marble tiles installed so the graining creates a striped effect. Walls are painted a gloss white. "We thought about doing a mural, but once the floor was down we saw the walls needed to be quiet," Mills says. "The floor had a lot of life."
Colorful Cabinet
"Kim loves edgy fashion and happy colors," Mills says. "During our first conversation, I figured out she really wanted her house to reflect her fashion and style."
Turquoise and yellow are two of Kim's favorite colors, so Mills built a lively scheme around those hues, adding in pops of pink (another favorite), shots of chartreuse (to enliven the yellow), and to ground them all, doses of chocolate brown.
Vibrant Great Room
Mills was able to reuse many of the Holifields' existing furnishings but had them streamlined and re-covered for an updated look. Heavy wood bases and finials were replaced or removed, and layers of braids, trims, and tassels eliminated.
In the great room, an existing round ottoman (formerly with an exposed wood base and wrapped with braid trims) was rebuilt and reupholstered in a bold oversized floral with chartreuse and turquoise blooms on a brown background. A pair of bergères were reupholstered in blue velvet, and the once-gilded frames were simplified with a wood finish. The painting by Helen Durant above the mantel is from Pryor Fine Art.
Wall treatment (Venetian plaster): custom mix.
Mantel and overmantel ("The Toscane"/Scagliola Stone, Italianate Country Collection): Francois & Co., francoisandco.com.
Area rug (custom): Moattar, moattar.com.
Chairs by mantel: owner's collection.
Ottoman: custom.
Chair fabric ("Semper"/Pool #Z234/11, by Zinc Textile); ottoman fabric ("Tiku"/Peacock #1179/01, by Villa Nova, discontinued); drapery (discontinued): Romo, romo.com.
Art over mantel (by Helen Durant): Pryor Fine Art, pryorfineart.com.
Art by drapery (by Lun Tse): Deljou Art Group, deljouartgroup.com.
Gorgeous Great Room
Liberal swaths of color on fabrics, rather than small hits here and there, create a dramatic yet serene backdrop. "Even though we have lots of bright colors, the overall feel is very calm because we used such large amounts. It's not frenetic," the designer says. "The colors are so saturated and so bold that they come off as neutrals."
The camelback sofa was rebuilt and wood finials were replaced with acrylic on the sofa's ratchet-style arms. Modern art and a "Gilded Ring Table" from Interlude add a contemporary vibe.
Wall treatment (Venetian plaster): custom.
Area rug (custom): Moattar, moattar.com.
Sofa: owner's collection.
Sofa fabric ("Peron"/Azure #7319/05); red-and-white pillows ("Cybelle"/Jaipur Pink #7473/05); botanical-patterned pillows (discontinued); lumbar pillow ("Casca"/Wasabi #7285/04): Romo, romo.com.
Side chair: owner's collection.
Side-chair fabric ("Prism" #0086/014, discontinued): Donghia, donghia.com.
Coffee table ("Iron and Stone Oval Coffee Table" #9.91786): Global Views, globalviews.com.
Side table ("Mobius End Table" #125030): Interlude, interludehome.com.
Sconce ("Parker Pendant Sconce," #ROB-667, by Robert Abbey): Y Lighting, ylighting.com.
Cabinet behind sofa; table lamps: owner's collection.
Art, top left and by bottom right (by Deika Rae); art, top right and bottom left (by Martin Quen): Deljou Art Group, deljouartgroup.com.
Console Table
Colors were repeated throughout the home, but in each room one color takes the lead and others are secondary. "When you look through the house, you see the same colors, but they show up in different amounts so it keeps your interest high," Mills says.
A starburst mirror reflects colors from artwork in the keeping room.
Console ("Pablo Console"): Mr. Brown Home, mrbrownhome.com.
Table lamps ("Kaleigh Lamp" #12164-296): Arteriors, arteriorshome.com.
Mirror: owner's collection.
Ottomans (custom): Harmonious Living by Tish Mills Interiors, harmoniousliving.net.
Ottoman fabric ("Cantello"/Wasabi #7284/04, colorway discontinued, for similar, "Cantello"/Mineral #7284/06): Romo, romo.com.
Keeping Room
"The palette really grew organically out of the keeping room," Mills says. "Those fabrics were the first I pulled, and everything went from there." Dining chairs are upholstered in a striped fabric of turquoise, deep blue, brown, and cream. One of Mills's favorite features in the room is the window treatment: A see-through net fabric with a silver stripe is draped over solid blue satin curtains.
While Kim pushed for modern styling and incorporating the newest materials and techniques, Mills and Reaves were mindful of the house's classic architectural features. "We told Kim we really needed to honor the house and its setting," Mills says.
Dramatic interior features such as mahogany doors and windows, stone fireplaces, a coffered ceiling, and a brick barrel ceiling were balanced with lighter and, in some cases, glossier wall finishes.
Lee Industries chairs in a turquoise and chocolate stripe with a sliver of chartreuse jump-started the home's palette. The "Twig" pendant above the table is from Global Views.
Wall paint ("Intense White" #OC-51): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Ceiling: brick veneer.
Mantel: custom.
Silver over-drape ("Hennepin"/Silver #7580385): Casamance, casamance.fr.
Satin under-drapery ("Sosie"): Avant Garde/Master Fabrics, masterfabrics.com.
Chandelier ("Twig Pendant"/Brass on Brass with Bronze shade #9.91799): Global Views, globalviews.com.
Dining table (custom): Arte de Mexico, artedemexico.com.
Chairs ("Hostess Chair" #5967-01): Lee Industries, leeindustries.com.
Chair fabric ("Laguna" #3990311, discontinued): Casamance, casamance.fr.
Sofa: custom.
Sofa fabric ("Rowell"/Shingle #Z184/01, Zinc Textile): Romo, romo.com.
Area rug (custom): Moattar, moattar.com.
Table lamps by sofa ("Smoked Ice Smithe Lamp" #48572-701): Arteriors, arteriorshome.com.
Coffee table ("Fluted Table #9.91102): Global Views, globalviews.com.
Painting over mantel (by Martin Quen); art on wall to left of mantel (by Lun Tse): Deljou Art Group, deljouartgroup.com.
Sculptures on mantel; figure on mantel: Asian artifacts.
Refreshing Kitchen
Dark wood-beam ceilings in the kitchen were updated with acrylic and other contemporary light fixtures and glass backsplash tiles. The island, which grounds the room, is an unusual wood veneer the cabinetmaker found in Ukraine.
"Kim really pushed us to use the latest products and use things in ways they hadn't been used before," Mills says. "She wanted to make sure the house looked fresh, not just now, but for years."
Kitchen cabinets were painted with several layers of a high-gloss, durable finish. The process required multiple applications and sandings to result in a surface that is as "hard as a rock," Mills says. "It's even shinier than a piano finish."
Wall tiles behind the range are glass backpainted with a double circle motif reminiscent of the Gucci logo. "I like how it complements the curve of the barrel ceiling," the designer says.
Cabinetry: Karpaty Cabinets, karpatycabinets.com.
Cabinet hardware ("Classic Ring Pull"/Polished Nickel; "Classic Bar Pull"/Polished Nickel): Matthew Quinn Collection, matthewquinncollection.com.
Countertop ("Manhattan Marble"): Marmi Natural Stone, marmistone.com.
Backsplash tile in sink area; backsplash tile behind range (custom): Renaissance Tile & Bath, renaissancetileandbath.com.
Main sink ("Shaw's Original Fireclay Apron Front Sink" #RC3618): Rohl, rohlhome.com.
Island sink (stone fabrication): custom.
Faucets ("Henry"): Waterworks, waterworks.com.
Microwave (Carousel): Sharp, sharpusa.com.
Range (by Wolf); refrigerator (by Sub-Zero): Sub-Zero/Wolf, subzero-wolf.com.
Oven hood ("Toulouse Kitchen Hood" with "Provence" stack and corbels/Scagliola Stone): Francois & Co., francoisandco.com.
Pendant lights over island ("Skio 9-Light Linear Pendant" by ET2): AllModern, allmodern.com.
Acrylic light over sink: custom.
Roman shades ("Sosie"): Avant Garde/Master Fabrics, masterfabrics.com.
Counter stools (#7001-51): Lee Industries, leeindustries.com.
Bold Dining Room
The dining room ceiling was papered with a silver-and-gold trellis wallcovering, and the windows draped with velvet fabric in turquoise, chartreuse, and brown. "It reminds me of peacock feathers," the designer says. "The entire design is very transitional with happy colors. Now the house is very much Kim's personality."
Ho-hum stained-wood chairs were stepped up with a glossy black lacquer finish.
Wall and trim paint ("Intense White" #OC-51): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Wallpaper on ceiling ("Modern Trellis"/Silver #5003282): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Drapery ("Cass"/Peacock #177172, colorway discontinued): Robert Allen, robertallendesign.com.
Chandelier; candleholders (green quartz) on table: Studio B5B Collection by Tish Mills, harmoniousliving.net.
Area rug: Shaw Floors, shawfloors.com.
Dining table (custom "King George Table" with a rest-on glass top, by Plexi-Craft): Smith Grubbs & Assoc., smithgrubbs.com.
Host chair: owner's collection.
Host-chair fabric ("Artio"/Peony #7486/02): Romo, romo.com.
Seat cushion on side-chairs ("Simply Velvet"/Peridot): Robert Allen, robertallendesign.com.
Side chairs (from Bolier, restyled): Harmonious Living by Tish Mills Interiors, harmoniousliving.net.
Console; sculpture on console; table lamps; spiny sphere on table: owner's collection.
Art (by Martin Quen): Deljou Art Group, deljouartgroup.com.
Lively Bedroom
A chest from GuildMaster and a "Marrakech" hanging lamp by Four Hands add touches of glamour. Venetian plaster over jute rope creates the vertical stripe effect on the walls.
Wall treatment (Venetian plaster): custom mix.
Bed: owner's collection.
Bed fabric ("Shimmer Solid"/Pearl): Robert Allen, robertallendesign.com.
Coverlet ("Pearl"/Almond): Matouk, matouk.com.
Pillow shams, back row ("Sesano"/Azure #7307/02, colorway discontinued): Romo, romo.com.
Pillow shams, middle row ("Ikat Pillow"/Peacock #9.92018): Global Views, globalviews.com.
Pillow sham, front: owner's collection.
Sofa ("Christie Sofa" #C735-85, Transitions Collection): The Charles Stewart Co., charlesstewartcompany.com.
Sofa fabric ("Morelli"/Cactus #7364/03): Romo, romo.com.
Occasional tables ("Ombre Side Table" #9.91817): Global Views, globalviews.com.
Area rug (custom): Moattar, moattar.com.
Drapery ("Sosie" #120); drapery trim: Avant Garde/Master Fabrics, masterfabrics.com.
Bedside chest ("Newport Three-Drawer Dresser" #643506): GuildMaster, guildmaster.com, through J. Douglas, jdouglas.com.
Hanging light over bedside chest ("Marrakech Small Drop Lamp," by Four Hands): Gilt, gilt.com.
Art behind bed (by Prescott); art on wall to left of bed (Jinous Kani): Deljou Art Group, deljouartgroup.com.
Bench at end of bed: discontinued.
Bench fabric ("Fargo FR"/Lagoon #K5048/02, Kirby Design): Romo, romo.com.
Master Suite
Matching custom rugs link the bedroom and the hall to the bathroom. Art by Martin Quen from Deljou Art Group pops above a console table, which designer Tish Mills had painted a glossy white.
Console table ("Link Console" #2462 with custom modifications): Global Views, globalviews.com.
Lamps on console: owner's collection.
Art over console (Martin Quen): Deljou Art Group, deljouartgroup.com.
Area rug (custom): Moattar, moattar.com.
Pristine Master Bath
A gorgeous signature tub is the focal point of the master bath. His and her vanities are on either side.
Tub (Origami Collection): BainUltra, bainultra.com.
Tub surround and shower ("Marseilles"); flooring (Calcutta Gold marble): Renaissance Tile & Bath, renaissancetileandbath.com.
Tub fixtures ("Monterey Roman Tub Trim Set" #TO-4608; "Traditional Handshower and Diverter" #9125.HS, discontinued); shower fixtures ("Monterey Style Therm 3/4-inch Thermostatic Trim Only" # TO-THCN-46; "Monterey Wall Handle Trim Only" #TO-46-W; "Deco Swirl Style Drain Set" #9175-3; "Wall Mounted Handshower Kit" #9125; "42 Jet Showerhead" #SH-43): Cal Faucets, calfaucets.com.
Window shades: Pindler & Pindler, pindler.com.
Chandelier ("Diallo"): Arteriors, arteriorshome.com.
Table beside tub ("Madrid Lacquer Side Table" #19-89916-13670): Waterworks, waterworks.com.
"Her" Vanity
His and her vanities were glazed with a subtle trellis motif that repeats the laser-cut, marble-and-glass design on the tub surround.
Cabinetry: Karpaty Cabinets, karpatycabinets.com.
Countertops: Calcutta Gold marble.
Hardware (Oval Pull/Chrome): Matthew Quinn Collection, matthewquinncollection.com.
Wallcovering ("Tuscany Leather"/Metallic Pewter #T6859): Thibaut, thibautdesign.com.
Sconces ("Chase 24-inch Bath Strip," by Robert Abbey): Y Lighting, ylighting.com.
Vanity fixtures ("Monterey 8-inch Widespread Lavatory Faucet/Lever Handle" #4602): Cal Faucets, calfaucets.com.
Art (by Helen Durant): Pryor Fine Art, pryorfineart.com.
Ottoman: custom.
Ottoman fabric ("Bombay"/Blue #10096-02): Donghia, donghia.com.
Back Yard
A screened porch off the keeping room steps down to the swimming pool and hot tub.
Furnishings and fabrics: owner's collection.
Pillow with circle pattern ("Super Paradise Print"/Punch #174321, by Trina Turk): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
The property is accented by garden art.
Family Portrait
Homeowners Kim and Mark Holifield with son River, 19, and niece Briana, 28.
Furnishings and fabrics: owner's collection.
Pillow on daybed ("Super Paradise Print"/Punch #174321, by Trina Turk): Schumacher, fschumacher.com.
Area rug ("Bahia"/Dark Ivory #CL18, Coastal Living Collection): Jaipur Rugs, jaipurrugs.com.


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