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Monday, September 21, 2009
My friend and apparent SuperHero, Robyn, made my girls a wonderful gift for their birthdays. And she manages to make this exquisite stuff all while caring for a new baby and two other kids PLUS home schooling. How does she do it?
I waited a bit to blog it so I wouldn't steal her thunder. Then we've had day after day of gloomy and rainy weather, so not very good photo conditions. Not complaining though, Georgia needs the rain so so badly. Thank you, Lord! Gloomy it is.
I mean come on. Can it get sweeter? Sent along with the WONDERFUL whimsical and humorous (of course) The Princess And The Pea book by Lauren Child as the perfect companion to the playset. We sat down to read it as soon as the ribbon came off the package.
We already had the princesses to go with it, two adorable dolls made by Robyn as a special gift for the girls a while back. For this playset she designed two pretty nightgowns for them so the dolls could take turns being bruised by the pea.
This is the pea and its little pocket in the bottom mattress.
I love all the fabrics stacked together for the little mattresses. It's a gift we will certainly all cherish, SuperRobyn. Thanks again!
(What we won't cherish is picking up H1N1, probably at DisneyWorld. Ick. It's too early for the stinkety flu! At least we'll have it over with, I guess. Bright side to everything I suppose. The girls are real sick with it right now, and they are both coughing germy germ clouds all over the house. I'm banking on Mother's Immunity. We are holed up in our house for the duration. Don't want to spread the piggy joy. Y'all take your vitamins and wash your hands!)
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- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2009 at 6:25 AM
hop[e ur girls feel better soon :)ReplyDelete
adorable gift! Hope your girls feel better soon.ReplyDelete
eeek! how cute is that! adorable!!ReplyDelete
I hope they did not get it from Mickey! That would be a terrible memory of the first trip. Looking for a doctor for Kimberlee. She may have it too. Praying Floopie is ok! Those are such precious princess dolls. You are so blessed to have such an awesome friend.ReplyDelete
I took my daughter to the dr last week for a cold/allergies. I ONLY took her in because she was running a bit of a fever and I've regretted it since! The dr told us "well, it's not the flu and that's good." I asked wasn't it too early and she replied, "I mean the swine flu, we've seen some cases in the office already."ReplyDelete
GAH! What?! Couldn't they have said that on the phone?! I would NOT have taken her in there. Pr at least I'd have watched her at home for a little longer before taking her in. Argh.
The gifts for your girls are awesome! Very neat!!
This idea of Robyn's was just wonderful! I saw it on her blog a little while back when she first posted and think it's so smart!ReplyDelete
I hope you guys are all feeling better soon!
Those are the sweetest little dollies! Hope the H1N1 is gone quickly...ugh. Hang in there!ReplyDelete
Cute gift! So sorry to hear about the girls!!! I tried to comment on FB last night, but for some reason it's not letting me. Anyway, I hope they get well soon and that you and Michael can avoid it. We'll be praying for you!ReplyDelete
OH NO! I am so sorry you guys caught the flu. Have Michael stop for a case of Lysol on his way home tonight. You're all in my prayers!ReplyDelete
And, hey, thanks so much for all of the sweet words about the girlie's gift! Craft Superhero I'm not...I defer to you for that distinction. I just hope they have fun with them!
That book looks fabulous! And what a cute gift idea. Love that felted pea! Kids with the flu is no fun though, especially when you catch it yourself! Sending out prayers for a swift recovery :).ReplyDelete
That's just beautiful!! I love the little pea hehe It's so clever! Hope your girls get better soon... I just recovered last week from the flu so I know how terrible they must feel!ReplyDelete
Wishing you and your family all the best, get well soon,ReplyDelete
kindest regards Nina
I hope your girls feel better soon. It's too early in the season to feel yucky!ReplyDelete
I am in love with the mattresses, they crack me up! Super cute.
H1N1? Yikes! I hope that you're all feeling better soon!ReplyDelete
The dolls are adorable!
Hey, everybody! thanks so much for your prayers and well wishes! I think it is working. The girls are MUCH better today! Yesterday was ugly! :-) Maybe we see the light at the end of the flu tunnel? God is good.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 22, 2009 at 12:23 PM
That has to be the sweetest thing I've seen in a long time! I love it! :)ReplyDelete
I hope the girls feel better soon!
Oh I LOVE Lauren Child :) I really hope the sickness leaves your home soon. I have to admit I am a little jealous of your Disney trip. It truly is the most Magical place on Earth! I don't think a smile left our faces the entire time we were there! I would love to be able to go again. I know Adler would Love it too!ReplyDelete
We lift your family in prayer for a speedy recovery :)
I tried to sent best wishes for your girls yesterday evening, but the internet conection "broke" before I could made it...I see today that other "conections" were working just great ;-) and that your girls are better...I also wonted to thank you for this post cos becouse of it I discovedred a great book (already on the way to our home) and a sublime toy idea...Wish you all the best!ReplyDelete
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Got this a few weeks ago, and thought i would post some pix.
First i will say that Midnight Studios was a pleasure to do business with, really great customer service!
I liked the mask and the paint was good, but a bit too white for me. So i stripped a little paint off and redid some areas to it, other then that it is still what they painted, (like the bone area). Any way i added some hair to it and cant wait for Halloween!


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Fish Sauce Recipes
Pan-Fried Banh Tet Recipe
Hoa Tâm, a family friend, came to visit a few days ago and she gave us a very useful tip on how to avoid bánh tét food waste after the Lunar New Year celebrations. What is bánh tét you ask? It's a Vietnamese savory rice cake (at times sweetened with bananas). It's made primarily from glutinous rice, which is rolled in a banana leaf into a thick, log-like cylindrical shape, with a mung bean or mung bean and meat center, then boiled. It's a must-have traditional food during Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year in Southern Vietnam. We've been given a lot of the logs this season; it's a way to demonstrate the importance of rice in the Vietnamese culture. I told Hoa Tâm my fear that we'd have a lot of leftovers and didn't want to waste all the food. She then give uswonderful trick; if you have a lot of these rice cakes as e do, look no further!
Simply slice them and pan-fry them. Once crispy, drizzle with nước mắm chay (if you're a vegetarian) or fish sauce. It's as simple as that. Thanks, dear Chi Hoa Tâm!
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Ca Bong Lau Kho To (Vietnamese Claypot Catfish)
This is probably one of the quickest and easiest Vietnamese fish dishes. The only requirement is to use flawless, very fresh catfish called "cá bông lau" in Vietnamese. Whenever I go to the Asian grocery stores, if I find fish with bright clear eyes and the skin looks shiny and clean, chances are I bring some seafood home. Also, most important, fresh fish should smell briny and pleasant.
The steps for preparing cá bông lau kho tộ are simple but crucial. First, soak the fish in vinegar; that way the fish texture will maintain a firm texture, even once it's cooked. Then, frying onions and the use of red chili powder covers the fish-y flavor and lastly, braising the fish in a combination of soy sauce (not fish sauce) and coconut sauce will bring wonderful, lightly sweet flavor to the seafood dish.
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Things I can't Live without: Fish Sauce Products
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Ca Kho Recipe: Vietnamese Braised Salmon in Caramel Sauce
Even though I live in a 9-person household, over the years baby Aria and I have become the only "omnivores". I don't know if her taste buds will change over time and she'll copy her father's vegetarian diet, but for now, Aria enjoys meat and seafood. Last evening, I prepared a typical Vietnamese meal for ourselves called "cá hồi kho nước dừa", which roughly translates to "braised salmon simmered in coconut water". As a cook and especially as a mom, I took such pleasure in watching her appreciate the meal I had prepared for her.
The fish is cooked in a caramel sauce called "nước màu" ("colored water"), which is a "savory" sauce made of caramel where the boiling point of sugar was reached to add a brown color and to impart a slightly bitter aroma. The sauce is balanced with spicy, fresh red Thai chili peppers, ginger, nước mắm (fish sauce), whole mint leaves and green onions. My favorite way to serve this "cá kho" dish is with steamed jasmine rice and blanched Vietnamese leafy greens. It's a healthy, nutritious and complete meal. Baby Aria loved it and I'm sure you will, too. If you'd like to start with a more inexpensive fish, you could prepare the same dish with catfish or mackerel.
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Vietnamese Shrimp in Caramel Sauce (Tom Kho Recipe)
This evening, I finished preparing dinner but realized everything was vegetarian. And if you think like me, vegetarian food is good but it's still lacking one thing. What's missing, you might ask? I looked at our dining table and I immediately knew what would make dinner complete: a dish of shrimp.
I had one pound of small shrimp begging to be cooked. So in less than 30 minutes, I whipped up some tôm kho, which is Vietnamese for shrimp in caramel sauce. The key is the amber-color sauce cooked with coconut soda (if you're lucky and have fresh coconut water, it would taste even better), onion, garlic and a hint of good quality nước mắm (fish sauce). Even though the most of my family are vegetarians, if cooked properly, the scent of this seafood dish doesn't bother them.
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Yesterday the homie Amir Shaw shared a piece he did for Rolling Out over the Twitternets. He was speaking on the relationship between Hip Hop and crack cocaine. I thought it was a pretty good read so I'm sharing it with you....
Crack cocaine and hip-hop changed black America. Both have been dominant forces in black communities across the nation since the 1980s. The style, bravado and expression of hip-hop music has often been influenced by the hardships and underground economy created by crack cocaine.
Public Enemy's "Night of the Living Baseheads," N.W.A.'s "Dopeman" and KRS-One's "Love's Gonna Get'cha," were keen examinations of the effects of crack on poor blacks in America. These songs provided listeners with an insider's view of what it meant to sell, use, and be torn apart from family members due to crack cocaine. The fact that each song lacked a hero or villain gave it credibility and a sense of truthfulness.
Soon, the dope dealer became a protagonist who could gain respect and sympathy from listeners. The Notorious B.I.G, Jay-Z and Scarface offered gritty stories of the highs and inescapable lows of being a part of the drug business. But by the late 1990s, other rap acts followed suit by taking on the persona of dope dealers. Records about crack dealing sold well and the record labels made sure that drug-related music stayed in rotation.
While rap was once used to examine the effects of crack on the inner city, it suddenly became an endorsement of it. The Clipse' "Keys Open Doors," Rick Ross' "Blow," Gucci Mane's "Trap House," and OJ Da Juiceman's "Make the Trap Say Aay," all fail to highlight the perils of drug dealing. Instead, the rappers promote the achievement of the American dream through the sale of cocaine.
These rappers also fail to point out the harsh prison sentences that are given to those who are convicted of selling crack cocaine. In a speech recently given at the U.S. Capitol, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed that drug offenders receive a minimum mandatory sentence of five years in prison for dealing five grams of crack and 10 years in prison for dealing 50 grams of crack. Moreover, nearly 82 percent of those jailed for crack offenses are black.
Drug use will never be eradicated. But rappers have the power to voice their views of what crack has done to their communities, so it's important for these artists to tell the truth about what crack really costs the community. –amir shaw
I remember interviewing Killer Mike at the height of the "coke rap" phase powered by the likes of Clipse and Young Jeezy. Mike had one of the more interesting takes on it...he said "since when has dope not been the shit to rap about?" By that he meant many people, including him, were introduced to Hip Hop the same time they were introduced to drugs, i.e. hearing your first rap song while riding in the car with your dope-dealing uncle. Amir's take on this subject reminded me of that conversation. It also reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw Paid In Full. The scene that stuck out to me the most was the ending, when Ace (Wood Harris) came back to the same block he used to hustle on and saw some young cats shootng a rap music video, emulating what they used to do in real life. Except now, with all the real drug dealers getting locked up and sent away, the new cats have space to slide in and simply rap about it and earn the same "money, power, respect" and attention from women without having to take the same type of risk.
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Sheryl Crow has broken her silence about her ex-fiancé Lance Armstrong's doping confession, insisting he made the right decision to come clean during a candid TV chat with Oprah Winfrey last week.
The singer split from the disgraced cyclist in 2006 after a three-year romance, but she recently confessed she still cares for her ex and admits she checked out "bits and pieces" of his interview with Oprah, during which he revealed he had lied about his past use of performance enhancing drugs.
Crow tells "Entertainment Tonight," "I think that honesty is always the best bet and that the truth will set you free. … To carry around a weight like that would be devastating in the long run."


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We're aware that most people know us as "that smelly soap shop". But did you know why our shops smell so strongly? It's because approximately 70% of our products are packaging-free.
There's no packaging between your nose and the essential oil blends in our naked products. We've invented ways to make them solid and sell them naked instead so that we don't have to use packaging.
Taking away the packaging allows us to focus all our money on using beautiful ingredients in our products, because we don't have to pay for any wrap. It also allows us to go without preservatives, which are most often needed in liquid products. And then there's the obvious reason, that packaging is wasteful and environmentally un-friendly. Our soap, Bath Bombs, Bubble Bar Slices, shampoo bars, massage bars, body butters, solid body tints and facial cleansers are solid alternatives and just as effective (if not more) than their liquid counterparts.
That being said, there are lovely liquid ingredients that are so wonderful for your skin and hair that we do use them in the other 30% of our products. In those cases, we use 100% post-consumer recycled plastic pots and bottles, and to encourage closed-loop recycling, we offer a free Fresh Face Mask with every 5 empty, clean black pots you bring back to a LUSH shop.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
1: Meaningful Interpretation
Examine the Topic
Now that you have read the research and viewed the video discussion on interpretive communication, you will examine the topic further by analyzing a sample interpretive task.
For this task, you will put yourself in the role of a student and interpret a Web page titled "Carnaval en la calle" (see Resources), or "Carnival in the street." This task might be part of a unit on holidays, a cultural unit on festivals, or a February activity. The Web page has been selected for high school students at an intermediate proficiency level. The same theme could be done with novice learners and younger learners, but a Web page with more visuals may be more suitable.
A. PreviewingPreviewing activities can serve several purposes: to motivate students, to tap into their background knowledge, to create anticipation for the information to come, and more. They are designed based on students' ages, interests, prior knowledge, and proficiency level. The following are two examples of previewing activities for this interpretive task:
Parades: floats, music, spectators
Costumes: colors, masks
Traditions: ties to Lent, fasting, religion
Practices: eating, drinking, partying
If the teacher and students live in a region where Carnaval, Mardi gras, or Fasching is celebrated, the activity could then be tied to local lore.
B. Skimming, Scanning, and InterpretingDuring skimming and scanning, students begin to work with the text itself. Skimming involves glancing through the text quickly to get the gist or main idea. Scanning involves searching the text for specific information. Some texts lend themselves to both processes, for example, a lengthy document or one with multiple sections. Other texts may be suitable for just one of these processes. For example, students don't need to skim an entire brochure to understand what it's about (publicizing an event or attraction), but students can scan it for specific information like time and place. In this Interactive Activity, skimming and scanning are combined into one phase of the process.
Students then move on to interpreting and reacting to the text. To comprehend the author's message, they use contextual guessing, inferencing, background information, and associations with the language and content. After comprehending the text (i.e., reading/listening to the lines), they can begin to react to it (i.e., reading/listening between the lines) by considering the message in the context of their learning and experience.
Note: The Web page is written in Spanish. Although you should be able to follow along with this activity regardless of your knowledge of Spanish, an English-language translation (PDF, 82 K) is available for reference.
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Tribeca Film: "Pitch Black Heist"
Liam and Michael are on a mission to retrieve documents from a safe. The only catch for these two professional safe hackers is that the office safe is light sensitive, so they set off on a "pitch black heist."
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carbon tetrachloride
a clear, colorless, mobile liquid used as a solvent. The most common route of poisoning is by inhalation of its vapors; it can also be absorbed through the skin. Toxicity results from depression of central nervous system activity and degeneration of the liver and kidneys. Signs of acute poisoning include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, and in severe cases anuria that can be fatal. Since the toxic concentrations are below the odor threshold, carbon tetrachloride should always be used in a well-ventilated area.
car·bon tet·ra·chlo·ride
a colorless, mobile liquid having a characteristic ethereal odor resembling that of chloroform; it is used as a cleansing fluid and as a fire extinguisher, and has been used as an anthelmintic, especially against hookworm.
Synonym(s): tetrachloromethane
carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)
Etymology: L, carbo + Gk, tetra, four, chloros, greenish
a colorless, volatile toxic liquid used as a solvent. CCl4 is particularly toxic to the kidneys and liver; permanent damage to these organs may result from exposure.
carbon tetrachlorideA volatile liquid used as a solvent and cleaning agent (dry cleaning), and in fire extinguishers and refrigerants.
Toxic to the CNS, liver and kidneys; may cause coma or death.
carbon tetrachlorideCCl4 Toxicology A volatile liquid used in dry cleaning and fire extinguishers
car·bon tet·ra·chlo·ride(kahrbŏn tet-ră-klōrīd)
A colorless, mobile liquid having a characteristic ethereal odor resembling that of chloroform; used as a cleansing fluid and as a fire extinguisher.
Synonym(s): tetrachloromethane.
Synonym(s): tetrachloromethane.
carbon tetrachloride
a clear, colorless, mobile liquid; the inhalation of its vapors can depress central nervous system activity and cause degeneration of the liver and kidneys. It has now been replaced as a fasciolicide so that poisoning by it is not as common as it used to be. It is a potent hepatoxin especially in sheep, in which it can cause serious losses at dose rates which on most occasions are innocuous, and in cattle when it is administered by mouth instead of by injection.


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Lean approaches and cost effective machining of critical features
By Steve Dicke, Vice President of Marketing, Connecticut Spring & Stamping
"While I don't profess to have seen 2014 trends by gazing into a crystal ball, I do feel confident about naming a few developments that will affect the spring and stamping industry this year – and on into the foreseeable future. Here are the top five trends I see:
· Expanding assembly capabilities to support customers seeking to reduce their vendor base.
· Supplementing machining capabilities to be able to Swiss machine complicated small parts from bar stock at reduced costs.
· Moving towards providing clean room environments.
· Continuing lean initiatives to decrease waste and become even more efficient.
· Broadened apprenticeship programs to train skilled manufacturing workers to replace an aging workforce.
Customers looking for vendors to do more
In my experience, customers and prospects are looking to reduce their vendor base, improve the vendors' value, minimize account management, and increase their leverage. As part of this trend, we are getting more and more requests for diversified products, sub-assembly and assembly capabilities, in large part from medical device customers looking to increase their business while minimizing capital expenditures and limiting labor force growth.
Expanding machining capabilities
The need to expand machining capabilities is a big focus of spring and stamping companies looking to support their customers by reducing costs and logistical complexities. For example, CSS, which has been machining critical features into stamped parts for years, has significantly expanded in-house machining capabilities by adding Tsugami CNC machines where we fixture stampings and then machine critical surfaces, multi-axis CNC Swiss machining equipment, and fineblanking.
The Tsugami 5-axis CNC Swiss machining equipment is a bar-fed automatic lathe that uses single point tooling to produce intricate finished parts with virtually no requirements for grinding or other secondary operations. The parts drop off the machine complete. We have been focusing on parts that are 1-inch or smaller in diameter, but the machine can also be used for very long applications in medical devices.
Another example is triple-action fineblanking presses, which produce completely leveled parts with clean, right-angled cut surfaces and no torn or chipped edges. We see them as a great tool for economically producing highly complex, ready-to-install multifunctional parts in medical and firearms applications. They facilitate designs with improved functionality and great finishes that require only minimal secondary operations. What's more, they produce parts that are typically 30-40 percent cheaper than a part that is stamped and machined – with some parts as much as 75 percent cheaper, depending upon part configuration.
Quality management certifications
One more trend that is definitely on the near horizon for those producing parts for the medical device industry is the move towards adopting more stringent quality standards, like the ISO 13485 standard for quality management for design and manufacturing of medical devices.
Many in the industry have already participated in aerospace industry quality initiatives and our company made the decision to obtain the ISO 13485 certification to show our commitment to producing parts to the high quality standards required by the medical market.
After going through a rigorous 10-ten day on-site audit, CSS, we recently received ISO 13485 certification for the manufacture of spring, wire forms, stampings and tooling, as well as assembly of springs, stampings and purchased components for the medical device industry. I definitely see the certification for assembly functions as eventually leading to the need for clean rooms.
Lean manufacturing to reduce waste and increase production
Lean manufacturing is certainly not a new trend in 2014, but I have to say it is alive and well, as manufacturing firms continue to look for ways to reduce waste and increase production.
Lean implementation approaches abound, both top-down and bottom-up, and I think more and more manufacturers are trying different ways to make lean relevant to their operations. At CSS, we had been working on leaning our processes for years, but in 2010 we opted to move towards an approach known as self-directed work teams (SDWTs), to get an increased level of commitment to reduce internal wastes and costs. The SDWTs are continually developing ideas for wringing waste from manufacturing and other processes.
The groups are also deeply involved in redesigning floor plans and equipment layout to create the optimum production flow for a new manufacturing facility under construction. As the groups gain confidence and success, I think they will help keep the lean trend moving in a positive way.
Lack of skilled manufacturing workers
Last, but certainly not least, I would be remiss if I did not make mention of a troubling trend that has been around for a long time – the lack of skilled manufacturing workers and the failure of the vocational educational system to produce a crop of workers for the thriving US precision manufacturing sector.
Training for skilled manufacturing positions is extremely important to the future of manufacturing in the United States, yet in many states it has fallen by the wayside. Well-paid manufacturing jobs requiring manual skills are out there, and as the skilled workforce ages, it is becoming more and more difficult to fill critical positions with trained employees.
Largely due to the decline in state-supported manufacturing sciences programs at local colleges and technical schools to train technical workers, CSS had to replace formerly state-funded training with its own in-house apprenticeship program to be able to meet our capacity and continue to grow.
We developed a program tailored to the skill sets required for tool and die makers and spring coilers. A diverse group of eleven people are currently enrolled in the program, which recently graduated its first two fully qualified employees.
While a successful in-house program definitely offers a pipeline of skilled workers key to growth and expansion, and helps CSS attract and retain skilled employees, the 2014 trend I'd like to see is states going back to providing educational services, so companies can focus on what they do best – hiring and manufacturing."


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To manually set a processor to a specific frequency the userspace governor is used. For example, to set core 0 to 2.50Ghz and core 1 to 800Mhz:
To manually set a processor to a specific frequency the userspace governor is used. For example, to set core 0 to 2.50Ghz and core 1 to 800Mhz:
# cpufreq-set -c 0
# cpufreq-set -c 0 -f 2.50Ghz
# cpufreq-set -c 1
# cpufreq-set -c 1 -f 800Mhz
Run {{ic|cpufreq-set --help}} or {{ic|man cpufreq-set}} for more information.
Run {{ic|cpufreq-set --help}} or {{ic|man cpufreq-set}} for more information.
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cpufreq refers to the kernel infrastructure that implements CPU frequency scaling. This technology enables the operating system to scale the CPU speed up or down in order to save power. CPU frequencies can be scaled automatically depending on the system load, in response to ACPI events, or manually by userspace programs.
At a minimum, the needed kernel modules have to be loaded and then a governor has to be set. More advanced configurations might include some combination of #cpufrequtils, acpid, laptop-mode-tools, and GUI tools provided for your desktop environment.
- 1 cpufrequtils
- 2 cpupower
- 3 Configuration
- 3.1 CPU frequency driver
- 3.2 Scaling governors
- 3.3 Daemon
- 3.4 Privilege Granting Under GNOME
- 3.5 Laptop Mode Tools
- 4 Troubleshooting
cpufrequtils is a set of userspace utilities designed to assist with CPU frequency scaling. The package is not required to use scaling, but is highly recommended because it provides useful command-line utilities and a daemon script to set the governor at boot (see #Daemon below).
The cpufrequtils package is available in the official repositories.
cpupower is based on cpufrequtils and it extends some features. The configuration is pretty much the same as with cpufrequtils. More information on: http://lwn.net/Articles/433002/
/etc/conf.d/cpupower and set the governor/frequencies you desire before starting cpupower daemon
Configuring CPU scaling is a 3-part process:
- Load appropriate CPU frequency driver
- Load desired scaling governor(s)
- Select a method to manage switching and tuning governor(s):
- manually via
/sysinterface or
cpufreq-set(from cpufrequtils),
- the cpufrequtils #Daemon,
- Laptop Mode Tools,
- acpid events,
- desktop enviroment tools/applets,
- or some combination of the above.
- manually via
CPU frequency driver
In order for frequency scaling to work properly, the operating system must first know the limits of the CPU(s). To accomplish this, a kernel module is loaded that can read and manage the specifications of the CPU(s). Note that these modules may need related features enabled in BIOS which may be labeled as: Speedstep, Cool and Quiet, PowerNow!, or ACPI.
If you have a 64-bit processor, you will very likely want either
acpi-cpufreq for Intel processors or
powernow-k8 for AMD K8/K10 processors (Athlon 64, Opteron, and Phenom). These modules are built for both 32 and 64-bit kernels so even if you run a 32-bit kernel on your 64-bit hardware they are probably still the ones you want.
To see a full list of available drivers, run the following:
$ ls /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/cpufreq/
The following table is a partial list of available frequency drivers (Adapted from kernel source file
<kernel source>/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/Kconfig).
|CPUFreq driver which utilizes the ACPI Processor Performance States. This driver also supports Intel Enhanced Speedstep (previously supported by the deprecated speedstep-centrino module).
|CPUFreq driver for certain mobile Intel Pentium III (Coppermine), all mobile Intel Pentium III-M (Tualatin) and all mobile Intel Pentium 4 P4-M on systems which have an Intel ICH2, ICH3 or ICH4 southbridge.
|CPUFreq driver for certain mobile Intel Pentium III (Coppermine), all mobile Intel Pentium III-M (Tualatin) on systems which have an Intel 440BX/ZX/MX southbridge.
|CPUFreq driver for K8/K10 Athlon64/Opteron/Phenom processors.
|CPUFreq driver for mobile AMD K7 mobile processors.
|CPUFreq driver for FSB changing on nVidia nForce2 platforms. (AMD K7, Socket A)
|This driver supports Processor Clocking Control interface by Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft Corporation which is useful on some Proliant servers.
|CPUFreq driver for Intel Pentium 4 / Xeon / Celeron processors. When enabled it will lower CPU temperature by skipping clocks.
You probably want to use a Speedstep driver instead.
To load the CPU frequency driver manually:
# modprobe acpi-cpufreq
Note that if you attempt to load the wrong module you will get get an error such as
FATAL: Error inserting acpi_cpufreq ([...]/acpi-cpufreq.ko): No such device
Once the appropriate cpufreq driver is loaded, detailed information about the CPU(s) can be displayed by running:
$ cpufreq-info
analyzing CPU 0: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 1 hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.00 GHz available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz available cpufreq governors: ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 2.00 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 2.00 GHz. analyzing CPU 1: driver: acpi-cpufreq CPUs which need to switch frequency at the same time: 0 1 hardware limits: 1000 MHz - 2.00 GHz available frequency steps: 2.00 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1.33 GHz, 1000 MHz available cpufreq governors: ondemand, performance current policy: frequency should be within 1000 MHz and 2.00 GHz. The governor "performance" may decide which speed to use within this range. current CPU frequency is 2.00 GHz.
To load the driver automatically at startup, add the appropriate driver to the
MODULES array in
/etc/rc.conf. For example:
Scaling governors
Governors can be thought of as pre-configured power schemes for the CPU. Some of the governors must be loaded as kernel modules in order to be seen by user space programs. One may load as many governors as desired (only one will be active on a CPU at any given time).
Available governors:
cpufreq_ondemand(default and recommended)
- Dynamically switches between the CPU(s) available clock speeds based on system load
- The performance governor runs the CPU(s) at maximum clock speed
- Similar to
ondemand, but the CPU(s) clock speed switches gradually through all its available frequencies based on system load
- Runs the CPU(s) at minimum speed
- Manually configured clock speeds by user
For Desktops and most systems, the ondemand governor can provide the best compromise between heat emission, power consumption, performance, and manageability. Since it is the default and built into the kernel, loading the CPU frequency driver should be sufficient to activate it. For Laptops or other mobile systems, the conservative governor can possibly provide significant savings in power consumption.
The governors
ondemand and
performance are built into the kernel and do not need to be loaded as modules. If you want to use one of the other governors, you have to load them with
modprobe. For example:
# modprobe cpufreq_powersave # modprobe cpufreq_userspace
Or, add the desired governor(s) to the MODULES array in
/etc/rc.conf and reboot.
MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_userspace)
To see which governors have been loaded:
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
To see which frequencies are supported:
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies
Manually set the governor by running the
cpufreq-set command (as root). For example:
# cpufreq-set -c 0 -g ondemand
Note that the previous command only sets the governor for the first processor! Multicore or multiprocessor systems require the
-c flag to set the governor for a specific core and to repeat for each remaining. Numbering starts from 0 not 1!
For a quad core chip:
# for i in 0 1 2 3; do cpufreq-set -c $i -g ondemand; done
For a dual core chip:
# for i in 0 1; do cpufreq-set -c $i -g ondemand; done
Or use
-r flag to set governor for all related cores
# cpufreq-set -r -g ondemand
Additional options such as upper and lower frequency bounds used by the governor can optionally be set by using the
-u and
-d options. A processors valid frequencies can be seen by calling cpufreq-info. For example, to set the second core's upper frequency bound as 2.00GHz and its lower bound as 1.00 GHz:
# cpufreq-set -c 1 -g ondemand -u 2.00Ghz -d 1.00Ghz
To manually set a processor to a specific frequency the userspace governor is used. For example, to set core 0 to 2.50Ghz and core 1 to 800Mhz:
# cpufreq-set -c 0 -f 2.50Ghz # cpufreq-set -c 1 -f 800Mhz
cpufreq-set --help or
man cpufreq-set for more information.
For those who would like a GUI for setting governors or frequency there is trayfreq, a GTK+ application that sits in the system tray.
The monitoring of CPU clock in real-time is accomplished by running:
$ watch grep \"cpu MHz\" /proc/cpuinfo
or (as root, so not nearly as useful)
# watch -n.5 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq
# watch -n.5 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
Improving on-demand performance
With the out-of-the-box configuration, the ondemand governor will result in a slight but measurable and noticeable loss of performance. It will not clock up the CPU when it is at lower than 95% usage, and will sample the usage at the fastest possible frequency when at full clock speeds in order to clock back down as soon as possible.
Tuning the governor for your needs can reduce the performance loss to the point where it is negligible/non-existent if you are willing to lose a lot of the power savings. If you just want to save power while idle, lowering the up_threshold to 11% and raising the sample_down_factor by an order of magnitude can accomplish this.
Tunables are available in
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/ once the governor is loaded and selected and can be preserved at reboot using
Starting the cpufreq daemon in the background (i.e. with an
@ in
/etc/rc.conf) will likely cause
/etc/rc.local to be processed before the cpufreq daemon has a chance to change the governor. Make sure that the cpufreq daemon script will have finished running before the tunables are set. Example:
(sleep 10 && echo -n 25 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold) &
Changing the on-demand governor's threshold
To change when the
ondemand governor switches to a higher multiplier, one can manipulate
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold. Determine the current setting by issuing the following command as root:
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
The value returned should be
95, the default setting as of kernel version 3.0. This means that the
ondemand governor currently increases the clock rate if a core reaches 95% utilization. This can be changed, for example:
# echo -n 15 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/up_threshold
On-demand governor sampling_down_factor
sampling_down_factor is another global ondemand global tunable.
sampling_down_factor set to
1 makes no changes from existing behavior, but having
sampling_down_factor set to a value greater than 1 (e.g. 100) causes it to act as a multiplier for the scheduling interval for re-evaluating load when the CPU is at its highest clock frequency due to high load. This improves performance by reducing the overhead of load evaluation and helping the CPU stay at its highest clock frequency when it is truly busy, rather than shifting back and forth in speed. This tunable has no effect on behavior at lower frequencies/lower CPU loads.
Read the value (default: 1):
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_down_factor
Set the value:
# echo -n 10 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_down_factor
Tuning conservative governor
While the conservative governor switches smoothly and utilizes all of the available frequencies, users may want to tune it further. Out-of-the-box it will clock the CPU up when load reaches 75% and clock down when load drops to 20%. As with the on-demand governor, decreasing the
up_threshold may improve performance and responsiveness.
Tunables are available in
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/conservative/. Refer to the #Improving ondemand performance section for important advice regarding making this changes permanent, and potential daemon loading issues.
Changing the conservative governor's thresholds
Determine the current
up_threshold setting by issuing the following command as root:
# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/conservative/up_threshold
The value returned should be
75, the default setting as of kernel version 3.0. This means that the
conservative governor currently increases the clock rate to the next highest speed if a core reaches 75% utilization. The can be changed, for example:
# echo -n 40 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/conservative/up_threshold
down_threshold; entering a value under that results in the error, "bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument"
Similarly the
down_threshold value can be read and modified via
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/conservative/down_threshold. The default value should be
20 as of kernel version 3.0. This means that the
conservative governor decreases the clock rate to the next lowest speed if a core falls to 20% utilization, which is a sensible default.
While the down sampling rate can also be adjusted for the
conservative governor, increasing it may only help with occasional low usage CPU spikes during high usage applications, as the
down_threshold is a much more direct control for down scaling which does not exist on the
ondemand governor.
Be aware that setting
down_threshold too close to
up_threshold may result in constant CPU switching, which might be something desirable for certain users and not for others. Setting
down_threshold or
up_threshold too low may result in the CPU being clocked higher than it needs sacrificing power saving for performance, and setting
up_threshold too high may result in decreased performance, but reduced power consumption. Experiment to find the optimal values for your system and your needs.
Interaction with ACPI events
Users may configure scaling governors to switch automatically based on different ACPI events such as connecting the AC adapter or closing a laptop lid. A quick example is given below, however it may be worth reading full article on acpid.
Events are defined in
/etc/acpi/handler.sh. If the acpid package is installed, the file should already exist and be executable. For example, to change the scaling governor from
performance to
conservative when the AC adapter is disconnected and change it back if reconnected:
[...] ac_adapter) case "$2" in AC*) case "$4" in 00000000) echo "conservative" >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo -n $minspeed >$setspeed #/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start ;; 00000001) echo "performance" >/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor echo -n $maxspeed >$setspeed #/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop ;; esac ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;; esac ;; [...]
cpufrequtils includes a daemon which allows users to set the desired scaling governor and min/max clock speeds for all processor cores at boot-time.
Before starting the daemon, edit
/etc/conf.d/cpufreq as root, selecting the desired governor and setting the min/max speed for your CPU(s), for example:
#configuration for cpufreq control # valid governors: # ondemand, performance, powersave, # conservative, userspace governor="ondemand" # valid suffixes: Hz, kHz (default), MHz, GHz, THz min_freq="1GHz" max_freq="2GHz"
cpufreq-info after loading the CPU driver (e.g.
modprobe acpi-cpufreq). However, these values are optional. Users may omit them entirely by deleting or commenting out the min/max_freq lines; scaling will work automatically.
With the appropriate configuration, start the daemon with the following command:
# rc.d start cpufreq
To start the daemon automatically at startup, add
cpufreq to the
DAEMONS array in
/etc/rc.conf, for example:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng networkmanager @alsa @crond @cupsd @cpufreq)
Privilege Granting Under GNOME
GNOME has a nice applet to change the governor on the fly. To use it without the need to enter the root password, simply create
/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/org.gnome.cpufreqselector.pkla and populate it with the following:
[org.gnome.cpufreqselector] Identity=unix-user:USER Action=org.gnome.cpufreqselector ResultAny=no ResultInactive=no ResultActive=yes
Where the word
USER is replaced with the username of interest.
The desktop-privilegesAUR package in the AUR contains a similar
.pkla file for authorizing all users of the
power group to change the governor.
Laptop Mode Tools
If you are already using or plan to use Laptop Mode Tools for other power saving solutions, then you may want to let it also manage CPU frequency scaling. To do so, you just have to insert the appropriate frequency driver to the
MODULES array in
/etc/rc.conf (see #CPU frequency driver above) and then go through the
/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/cpufreq.conf file to define governors, frequencies and policies. You will not need to load other modules and daemons or to set up scaling governors and interaction with ACPI events. Please refer to Laptop Mode Tools for more details.
- Some applications, like ntop, do not respond well to automatic frequency scaling. In the case of ntop it can result in segmentation faults and lots of lost information as even the
on-demandgovernor cannot change the frequency quickly enough when a lot of packets suddenly arrive at the monitored network interface that cannot be handled by the current processor speed.
- Some CPU's may suffer from poor performance with the default settings of the
on-demandgovernor (e.g. flash videos not playing smoothly or stuttering window animations). Instead of completely disabling frequency scaling to resolve these issues, the aggressiveness of frequency scaling can be increased by lowering the up_threshold sysctl variable for each CPU. See #Changing the on-demand governor's threshold.
- Sometimes the on-demand governor may not throttle to the maximum frequency but one step below. This can be solved by setting max_freq value slightly higher than the real maximum. For example, if frequency range of the CPU is from 2.00 GHz to 3.00 GHz, setting max_freq to 3.01 GHz can be a good idea.
- Some CPU/BIOS configurations may have difficulties to scale to the maximum frequencies or scale to higher frequencies at all. Sadly there is only a workaround right now. Add "processor.ignore_ppc=1" to your kernel boot line and/or edit the value in
/sys/module/processor/parameters/ignore_ppcfrom 0 to 1.
- It seems to be fixed at least since kernel 3.0, for Toshiba NB-100.
- But this still seems not to be true for my fresh Thinkpad X60 Setup. The 32bit Intel Core Duo T2400 is still usually fixed at 1GHz with kernel 3.2.6-2 while only with the ignore_ppc option set (as described above) it's able to scale up to 1.83GHz like expected.
- Some combinations of ALSA drivers and sound chips may cause audio skipping as the governor changes between frequencies, switching back to a non-changing governor seems to stop the audio skipping.


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Sharing one of the most popular items I have posted
This particular post from a few years ago has received a lot of hits since I started blogging- it really resonates with folks so I like to re-run it once a year- so here you go (and thanks to Sir Rick Bjella, who now teaches at Texas Tech). As I read through this post again, I also like the fact that Larry Doebler was a contributor to this. I met Larry two years ago when he commissioned me for a piece for the yearly Ithaca College Choral Festival- what a brilliant conductor, teacher, and man.
Over the last four years I have combined elements of these suggestions (with Rick's permission) plus my own experiences teaching at the North Carolina Governor's School as the basic material for choral conference interest sessions I have presented in Hong Kong, South Korea, Nebraska ACDA, North Central division ACDA, and Iowa and Tennessee MEA with great success. There is so much rich material here to ponder.
Enjoy the read and the great ideas:
The three I's that don't include me: involvement, investment, (through inside-out rehearsing), independence...leading to integrity
(compiled by Rick Bjella-- contributing: Randal Swiggum, Nick Page, Larry Doebler, Lucy Thayer, Tim Bruneau, Patty O'Toole)
Reprinted by permission of Rick Bjella.
Who or what is at the center of your rehearsals?
Whose opinions are valued most?
Around whom do your structure your strategies for the daily rehearsal?
Whose opinions are valued most?
Around whom do your structure your strategies for the daily rehearsal?
Student involvement:
- foster a safe environment ("well, that was creative", "basses I love you dearly...", "I love the way you truly listen to each other and honor what was said")
- share affirmations with the ensemble
- provide a more accurate, personalized, positive reflection on student efforts in rehearsal. (i.e. "Glenn you are particularly good at dramatic reading of texts, that is a real gift that you have, that is a contribution that you make in a way that is particularly stunning")
- give the students only the title of the piece ask them "how do you think it will sound?"
- give short writing moments (in journals, portfolios, 3 x 5 cards, board work, post-it notes
- have student led warm ups prescribed by the teacher
- have an improvisation on one note-(the drone has been a powerful musical force throughout the ages-explore different vowels)
- ask YOU questions (addressed directly to students relevant to personal experiences meant to evoke personal opinions "Have you ever ______? How did it feel? Did you ____?)
- develop listening squads: students sit out and listen to rehearsal, offering critical comments
- giving students many opportunities to evaluate both rehearsals and performances (written comments, group discussions, etc.)
- allow the individual person to react with free movement that reflects the phrasing-start simply and then work towards more subtlety
- switching parts so that the student is understanding all of the choral parts
- sing the instrumental accompaniment for understanding of the entire phrase
- move to the pulse of the music- developing body memory
- learn parts through solfege (movable or fixed do depending on the piece) Assists pitch memory and independence
- have singers in positions to be compassionate. (Sing at a nursing home, a soup kitchen, hospital, or funeral, etc.)
- have student compositions based on one phrase or one word
- listening with intent (give them a puzzle, a problem, or a chance to share their opinion of something technically challenging - i.e. This Little Babe).
- fellowship game - sit or stand in a community interview circle (this can also be done in smaller groups as well): a. interview a person in the middle - ask three questions student has a right to 'pass' on any question. b. model the activity by being in the center as well.
Student investment and ownership:
- have students develop their own text interpretations
- use story telling (composers, personal experiences relating to the text, communing with nature, growing-up, losing loved ones, stories by other artist, authors, poets, visual artist)
- believe in your story
- have the students read a letter (that you or they create) from the composer about her intentions for the piece.
- have the students teach a spiritual, or folk song by rote to the class before passing out the arrangement
- invite student opinions on an artistic decision (e.g. where exactly the crescendo should begin, which vowel color suits the mood of a particular word best, etc.)
- have student-led sectionals
- memorization squads: if the group is having trouble with individuals not memorizing their parts, have a team sit out and check the memorization of individuals in the group
- have students come up with their own warm ups
- have them listen to tapes from their own recording sessions and evaluate the relative quality
- have an anger moment where they allow it to all come out in their singing
- try student grading of each other and themselves (set up a careful list of criteria - they see much more than you do)
- have a choir council or officers to meet and discuss issues from the students' perspective, to act as spokes people, and to plan social events and group-bonding activities
- use dalcroze activities led by students based upon the music that is being rehearsed
- moving to the pulse of the note values- freeing the eyes from the score
- sing silently - owning the score without singing it/ showing it completely through the eyes-check the memory at a predetermined spot.
- find ways to actively involve them in the drama of the music.
- have student invested towards nuts and bolt needs (library maintenance, attendance)
- have touring planned by students- discussing at the ground level objectives and
- discuss the etymology of words, showing links between one language and another.
- have a student committee set clear goals regarding students able to sing their part alone with musicianship and understanding
- have students write reflections concerning a concert
- consider having student program notes
- have an open forum -- pose a question on curriculum (i.e. "What makes this a good piece of music?", "What makes an exciting choir rehearsal?, If you had one wish for this choir it would be..) ask a follow-up question/ journal entries
- develop abstract expressions - break the choir into six groups, provide them with markers, crayons, finger paints -- ask the them to illustrate a concept you have been working on such as dotted rhythms open vowels, binary form, the heart of the music.
- run rehearsals of difficult passages in circles (basses, tenors, altos, sopranos) while running the passage have the leader in the middle make suggestions for improvements -- set strict time lines -- change leadership in the middle constantly. (use movement within the circle to solidify different learning styles)
- have a no limits day -- suggest that they can sing in any manner they think is appropriate and the only thing off limits is the 'can't' word.
- student independence:
(knowledge=Independence (K=I) and complete imagination)
- shoot for depicting the text in a synergetic manner not as a result of what the conductor might impose
- show the score through physical movement reflecting dynamic, dramatic, linear and harmonic elements with complete physical understanding
- sing one part and reflect physically another part.
- interact with others through discussion with people not in the choir
- have students understand the integration of all study with the music that is being performed
Developing Student Integrity [IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DREAM]:
Start small. Just as it is difficult to know what to do with a blank page, it is difficult for some students to know what to do with authority. Don't expect overnight change.
- model the behavior you wish to emphasize.
- model them before the rehearsal
- model them during the rehearsal
- model them after the rehearsal
- never stop modeling them
Slowly lead students to independence (i.e. ask students to troubleshoot for a solution to a musical problem instead of volunteering one yourself). This will get them thinking for themselves and eventually, they will think independently all the time and take more responsibility for musical excellence. Know your own musical and emotional interior. If you are not comfortable with the things you are asking students to share, then the students will not respond well.
Constantly invite student input and then LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT THEY SAY. Students have insights into what is going on in the music (or in the group) that you will never have.
Consider the difference between student-centered and student-directed. Is it enough to plan activities around student interest and input? For more adventure, try moving toward student directed activities. Students have many things to teach each other (and you).
Consider these four elements of all rehearsals:
- time
- structure of the ensemble, rehearsal room / form of the rehearsal
- how things are learned and percieved
- pedagogy: who teaches whom? why?
What can you and your students learn as a result of 'tinkering' with one of the above elements?
Moving towards a more student-centered rehearsal (like a new idea) can be messy and not always productive on the short run. HOWEVER, investing in a well thought-out process that encourages students to take charge of their own education will be motivating and exciting for them, and for YOU.
Special thanks to Randal Swiggum, Nick Page, Larry Doebler, Lucy Thayer, Tim Bruneau, Patty O'Toole for their insights into this document.


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When Thomas R. Paskert led the executive team at Millwood Inc. through a rigorous long-range planning process in 2004, the maker of pallets and other industrial packaging systems had sales of $60 million a year, and one customer accounted for nearly 65% of those sales. Now, after four acquisitions, sales are on target to hit $200 million in 2012, spread across a much broader customer base. Ron Ringness, a partner and executive vice president of sales, marketing and technology, lauds the work of Mr. Paskert, the company's CFO and executive vice president. "Our controls and systems prepared us for the ups and downs of the economy," said Mr. Ringness in the nomination. "In the last few years, our reserves and access to credit have allowed us to make opportunistic buys of raw materials, to close on acquisitions and to handle the extended terms required by our growing portfolio of national accounts." Now, the goal is to double current sales by 2015 and Mr. Paskert, CFO and executive vice president, is playing a key role. The nomination said the financial reporting systems Mr. Paskert installed have given Millwood's division managers access to accurate and timely information about the performance of sales regions, product segments and sales programs, such as a program that targets national accounts with Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. With the company's growth — in the past year, it acquired a pallet manufacturing plant in Kentucky and a New Jersey distributor of packaging machinery and supplies and now has 26 locations in 12 states — Mr. Paskert standardized the financials of each of the business units. As a result, the company can make the best case possible to its banking partners as it seeks the capital it will need to continue to grow. "Tom is able to effectively put together the financial information that a lender needs to fully understand how a transaction will impact sales, cash flow and debt service capabilities," said David Dobstaff, a senior vice president at First National Bank in Youngstown, in the nomination. Mr. Paskert launched his business career in the aerospace and automotive divisions of TRW Inc. While at TRW, Mr. Paskert served on the President's Commission on Executive Exchange during the Reagan administration. With the commission, he worked on the voluntary agreement that limited the number of Japanese autos imported into the United States. Mr. Paskert has volunteered his time and organizational skills to the American Red Cross, Hattie Larlham Foundation and the Northeast Ohio Adoption Services. He has been a member of the Kent State University College of Business Alumni Council.
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Perez offered a second plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, excluding responsibility. Attorney David Tyson Smith says his client is schizophrenic and had not taken prescribed medication.
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Our format of one-to-one conversations lasts for 15 minutes, half in French, half in English and gives you the chance to practise your conversation skills with multiple native speakers.
FRANGLISH is not a course: it is a social event where you improve a foreign language and explore another culture.
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Each session lasts 15 minutes. The organizers are here to help you and guide you if needed. You choose what you want to talk about. If you don't know how to start, we'll help you with some topic suggestions.
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You're on Medicare? For you, Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 means open enrollment. For scammers, it means prime time to try to steal your money and identity.
Although Medicare scams occur year-round, they dramatically spike in the weeks leading up to and through the annual window for participants to make changes to their health and prescription coverage.
So in coming weeks, remember the absolutely easiest step to avoid a Medicare scam: Never reveal your card number — it's the same as your Social Security number — or other personal health and financial information to anyone who's not a bona fide member of your health care team.
And keep an eye out for these dirtiest half-dozen open enrollment scams.
1. New card cons. In phone calls and occasionally emails or front-door visits, you're told that Medicare is issuing new cards, and to get yours, you need to provide identifying information such as your Medicare number, birth date or even financial account numbers. Identity theft is the real goal.
What to know: Medicare isn't issuing new cards and its employees don't contact participants through unsolicited calls, emails or visits. They won't ask for personal identifiers unless you contact the agency yourself.
2. Refund rip-offs. Scammers claim you're entitled to money back because of "changes" or "enhancements" by Medicare or private insurers, or because of purported lawsuits or actions by government agencies. In these schemes, the goal is to get not only your Medicare number, but your bank account information for a supposed direct deposit.
What to know: If you're really entitled to a refund, a check will be sent directly to you. You won't have to "prove" or provide anything. If you get Social Security, Uncle Sam already has your direct-deposit account on file, so Medicare wouldn't ask for it.
3. Posers galore. In seeking your personal information, crooks may also claim to be from state or local health agencies, doctor's offices or hospitals, or an official-sounding but phony organization such as the National Medical Office. And they may try to trick you by manipulating your caller ID screen.
What to know: Never trust caller ID. Scammers can easily make it display whatever identity and phone number they choose, thanks to "spoofing" products for sale on the Internet. Also, don't be taken in if callers have personal info about you: Fraudsters have been known to contact Medicare patients and accurately give the names and addresses of their doctors. It's unclear how they got the information.
If you think a call may be genuine, hang up, look up the agency's number yourself and call it back. For Medicare, it's 800-633-4227 (for TTY callers, dial 877-486-2048 toll-free).
4. False freebies. You get a call offering you free medical supplies or a health checkup. The caller may even know something about your medical condition. Or you're invited to go somewhere for a complimentary checkup.
What to know: Assume that an unsolicited call promising supplies for diabetes or other medical conditions is another attempt to collect your Medicare/Social Security number. Or to soften you up for pitches for overpriced goods later. Plus, you may be told your credit card is needed for "shipping charges."
Complimentary checkups — offered by traveling clinics or temporary storefronts — can also be just an effort to get you to reveal personal identifiers. There are legitimate ones too, of course, so if you're thinking of going, first check out the organization that's offering it.
5. Supplemental swindles. Open enrollment is prime time for insurance salespeople to pitch supplemental policies that they promise will save you thousands in out-of-pocket costs. While there are many legitimate policies on the market, some bearing the AARP logo, not all make sense for everyone. And it's not unknown for salespeople to push this kind of insurance with scare tactics, free lunch seminars and false claims of being with a government agency.
What to know: Before signing anything, compare medigap policies at this Medicare website or call your local AARP chapter. As with investment scams, "free lunch seminar" is often a high-pressure pitch for insurance that may be wrong for you but right for the salesman. And know that private companies — not the government — sell Medicare Advantage and medigap plans.
6. Billing bilking. Told that something isn't "usually" covered by Medicare, but there's a way around the rule? Or that you can get a kickback for providing your Medicare number or undergoing unnecessary treatment? You may get this kind of offer if you go to a "free" medical checkup offered by a shady group.
What to know: No matter how it's said, it spells fraud — and possible criminal charges against both you and the other person. Medicare fraud is a huge problem, costing taxpayers about $60 billion a year. When in doubt, check with Medicare or your supplemental insurance provider. You should only sign a release form allowing others to make Medicare decisions on your behalf if the form's been carefully reviewed by you, a trusted family member or friend, or an attorney.
Sid Kirchheimer is the author of Scam-Proof Your Life, published by AARP Books/Sterling.
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December 10, 2013
Illinois Learning Standards emphasize deep mastery of knowledge, critical thinking and real-world application
Organizations offer resources as schools implement learning standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics for K-12 students
SPRINGFIELD — Full implementation of the new Illinois Learning Standards is under way in schools across the state. From Chicago to Carbondale, Danville to Macomb, and everywhere in between, Illinois educators and students are working hard to meet the higher and more rigorous expectations of these new learning benchmarks.
"The new Illinois Learning Standards are meant to be challenging and rigorous as we all work together to better prepare students to compete and collaborate in a global economy," said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "Under these standards, students will be required to demonstrate and apply a greater depth of knowledge, concept mastery and critical-thinking skills — all of which students must have for life and the work force, today and tomorrow."
The Illinois Learning Standards for English Language Arts and Math, adopted in 2010 and based on the Common Core, establish clear, consistent and high expectations for what students should know in these two core subjects at each grade level, from kindergarten through grade 12, throughout Illinois, one of 45 states that has voluntarily adopted the standards.
Teachers and administrators at the local level are continuing to decide how best to teach their students and how to meet the unique needs of their classrooms but common state standards ensure that our students will meet the same expectations at each grade across the state and from one state to another. As families move for corporate or military jobs, for example, classroom expectations should not vary significantly.
The recently named Illinois Teacher of the Year, Pam Reilly, a second grade teacher in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430, conceded that she often found it difficult to teach to the previous Illinois Standards, adopted in 1997, but she said the new standards provide the clarity and depth necessary for her and her students to succeed.
"I am excited about the collaboration that I now have with teachers in our district as well as teachers across the nation because of our common language and goals through Common Core," Reilly said. "We will be able to have meaningful conversations about what is working and what isn't, and share our ideas for teaching to the Common Core with each other."
Because there are actually fewer standards, students may cover less material within a single grade, but delve deeper into the most important concepts. For younger students, covering less material will mean that they have a solid foundation in math and ELA before they move on to more advanced topics in middle and high school.
These standards are the result of a collaborative, state-led initiative to prepare students for college and career success. With its focus on critical thinking, analytical writing and real-world applications, students are engaging with material on a much deeper level than required under the state's former learning standards. Students are encouraged to explain how they arrived at the answer to math problems and reading comprehension questions, a challenge for even the brightest students.
Teachers note that the standards require students to answer questions drawing upon facts and evidence, and not just their personal experiences and opinions. It is important to remember, however, that the Common Core represents the baseline expectations for students to do well after high school graduation. Teachers still need to develop lessons that challenge gifted and talented students and schools need to continue to provide the necessary programs and staffing for faster-paced learners.
"These standards are poised to transform the entire landscape of P-20 education and align elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools so that these institutions work to support student success each step of the way," President Douglas D. Baker of Northern Illinois University said. "Under the Illinois Learning Standards, students will enter college capable of doing the work so that we can help them advance to the next stepping stone of career."
President Baker and other higher education officials and employers have indicated for some time high school graduates in Illinois and throughout the country need to be better prepared for college and the work force. Data from postsecondary institutions indicates that far too many students enter college needing to take remedial courses because of gaps in their knowledge. The Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) reported that 12.2 percent of students enrolled in public universities, community colleges and independent institutions in Illinois required at least one remedial course during the 2010-11 school year.
Furthermore, research shows that students who enroll in remediation their first year of college are less likely to make it to the second year of college than their peers who do not require remediation. Other research shows that many Illinois high school graduates fail to earn the secondary education required to work in so-called "middle-skill jobs," those jobs that typically require at least two years of college or training. These "middle-skill" jobs include police officers, firefighters, nurses, medical technicians, mechanics and electricians.
The Illinois Learning Standards are grounded in this research and other evidence pointing to the knowledge and skills that students need to succeed after high school.
The authors of the new standards studied the learning expectations of high achieving countries to ensure that American students are able to compete with students from across the globe. They used evidence from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science (TIMSS) study to inform the writing of the math standards and data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for the ELA standards. Parents have access to a wide range of support services from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the Illinois PTA and national PTA, and the non-profit education advocacy organization, Advance Illinois as well as the two state teacher associations, the Illinois Education Association and the Illinois Federation of Teachers.
§ ISBE provides information about the new learning standards and pending assessments aligned to those standards on its website. Updated information regarding the state's learning standards can be found at http://www.isbe.net/common_core/default.htm.
§ The Illinois Principals Association (IPA), being one of the state's largest providers of professional development, has an extensive catalogue of online & face-to-face offerings dedicated to the Common Core State Standards. The IPA's professional development library can be searched here: http://www.ilprincipals.org/professional-development/event_search_form. In addition, the IPA, in cooperation with 12 other principal's associations in 9 other states, has developed the online, on-demand content delivery system called the Ed Leaders Network. Offering schools their own learning management system, the Ed Leaders Network contains a range of content including Common Core. Learn more about the Ed Leaders Network at www.edleadersnetwork.org.
§ The Illinois Education Association offers a variety of resources for both parents and teachers: http://www.ieanea.org/resources/common-core-standards. IEA also has a link to the National Education Association's "Common Core State Standards Toolkit," which is a 53-page PDF broken down into these sections: overview of the standards, curriculum and instruction, professional development, assessment and reflection, English language learners, and students with disabilities. (http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/14047-CommonCore_Toolkit_14.pdf)
§ The Illinois Federation of Teachers/AFT provides numerous resources at http://www.aft.org/issues/standards/nationalstandards/classroomresources.cfm. The site includes a link to "Share My Lesson," a collaborative learning platform developed by teachers, for teachers that gives access to high-quality teaching resources and provides an online community where teachers can share ideas, lesson plans and more. Share My Lesson includes a Common Core State Standards Information Center at http://www.sharemylesson.com/article.aspx?storyCode=50000148, which provides a wealth of facts and statistics about the standards and offers CCSS aligned curricula and lesson plans, as well as the latest news on the Common Core and relevant videos and links. A Common Core Forum is also available for visitors to seek expert advice on the standards. The IFT will be launching a new online resources in the coming weeks as well, available at http://www.ift-aft.org/common-core.
§ Advance Illinois has led the effort to create a coalition of agencies, including ISBE, and organizations that support the more rigorous standards. Called the Core Coalition, this group of more than 40 Illinois organizations is working together on the "Real Learning for Real Life" campaign to share the impact of the Common Core. Resources for parents, including information about the need for better standards and parent tips for talking to teachers about the new standards, can be found at http://commoncoreil.org/resources-for-families/. The site, which will also be offered in Spanish after the new year, contains information in Spanish, Polish, Chinese, and Arabic at http://commoncoreil.org/letters-to-illinois-parents/.
§ The Illinois PTA also has resources for parents. "The Parents' Guide for Success" contains accessible information about what students learn in ELA and mathematics at each grade level, as well as tips for talking to teachers and how parents can facilitate further learning at home. The parent guides are available in both English and Spanish at http://www.illinoispta.org/ccss.html.
Additional resources from the national PTA can be found at http://www.pta.org/advocacy/content.cfm?ItemNumber=3552&RDtoken=31974&userID.
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Everybody has their own system for managing email, but some are definitely more efficient than others. Even if you only get a few messages a day, there are probably some simple things you can do to make it easier to get through your inbox and maybe even have a little fun along the way. We know time is valuable, so we asked lots of Googlers for their tips and tricks on how they make the most of Gmail, and we combined the best of these into a guide at www.gmail.com/tips, cheekily entitled "Become a Gmail Ninja." The tips are categorized into ninja belts (white, green, black and master ) based on how much mail you get each day.
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If you're already a Gmail ninja and have your own tips you'd like to share, let us know and we'll add the best ones to the online guide.
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