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Don't abandon that caffeine addiction you spent so much time and money cultivating over the winter just because the sun's out. Here are five cool and refreshing ways to get your daily coffee fix, without breaking a sweat.
Cold Press Coffee to Go
Downtown's Courier Coffee cold soaks its single-origin coffee in water for 24 hours before filtering it through a metal Swiss Gold filter and then a Filtron Pro coffee brewer—essentially a bucket with a felt filter in the bottom, which drips slowly for hours to create a concentrated brew. Several specialty coffee bars around town use a similar cold press method, but what sets Courier's apart is the presentation. Each coffee comes served over a large, perfectly square ice cube inside a Mason jar. It doesn't just look cool; it allows Courier's many cyclist customers to take their drink to go: "You can put a lid on it, put it in your bag and take it to work," says owner Joel Domreis. "People bring it back, and we change it for a cold one out of the fridge." Courier Coffee, 923 SW Oak St., 545-6444. 7 am-5 pm Monday-Friday. $3 (+$1 jar deposit).
Vietnamese Iced Coffee
Despite the abundance of Vietnamese restaurants in Portland, few make their iced coffee the traditional Vietnamese way—most opt for the ease and capacity of American-style auto-drips. But an authentic cup can be found at Belmont's Happy Sparrow Cafe. The cafe's Vietnamese-American owners Mary and Danny Quach make each cup to order, slowly brewing imported Vietnamese coffee in a metal phin drip filter over thick, sweetened condensed milk, before stirring the micture together and pouring it over ice.
"It was an opportunity to add something new and eclectic to the scene, since Portland loves coffee," Mary Quach says. Happy Sparrow Cafe, 3001 SE Belmont St., 445-0231. 7 am-3 pm weekdays, 9 am-2 pm Saturday. $3.25.
Cold Siphon Coffee
Case Study Coffee makes its cold coffee with a Yama cold-brew siphon—a 4-foot tower of twisting glass pipes and jars, which drips slowly for 13 to 16 hours to make a lighter concentrate that co-owner Christine Herman says retains more of the beans' original character than other cold-brew methods. "[Siphon brewers] are pretty to look at, but luckily they also make a superior product," Herman says. "Each coffee does have a unique flavor kind of like an alcohol aftertaste—like bourbon. And coffees that are heavily fruity, like Ethiopians, they can sometimes have cherry-cordial flavor." Case Study Coffee, 5347 NE Sandy Blvd., 477-8221. 6 am-6 pm weekdays, 7 am-6 pm Saturday, Sunday 8 am-6 pm. $2.50 for 12 ounces.
Espresso Stout
Oakshire Brewing's Overcast Espresso Stout is its biggest seller in the winter, but the Eugene-based brewery now makes and sells it year-round. Made from the signature blend of organic beans from Eugene roaster the Wandering Goat, each pint contains a full shot of espresso. "We brew an oatmeal stout; a rich, roasty, creamy, stout, with only about 5 percent alcohol so it's not too strong," explains production manager and head brewer Joe Jasper. "We grind beans and soak them overnight for 13 hours. It makes the espresso at triple strength. We only have to use a small amount to make a good coffee flavor…. It's just a really easy drinking stout." $4.99 at New Seasons Market
Coffee Ice Cream
Portland isn't short on coffee ice cream, but newcomer Salt & Straw is taking the form to new heights, offering seasonally changing creations highlighting Stumptown's single-origin beans. "One of the reasons that we are able to work with more complex coffees and that folks will be able to tell when we change flavors, is that the sweetness level in the cream base...is quite a bit lower than what most people are used to," says owner Kim Malek. "Combine the lower sweetness level with our 17 percent butterfat, and we have a nice canvas on which the flavors can really shine." Salt & Straw, Northeast 18th Avenue and Alberta Street. 1-10 pm daily. $3.75.
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Let's set our focus once again upon the only unidentified individual in Commission Exhibit 1381, where in a string of FBI statements no one claims the specific position where he stands on Friday, November 22, 1963 *before, *during and *after the ambush of a duly elected representative of the People.
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In his book "Man of a Million Fragments: The True Story of Clay Shaw, author Donald H. Carpenter discussed the Jim Garrison witness Thomas Breitner:
Breitner Is a little-known witness produced by the Jim Garrison investigation. He was an employee in the U of Cal-Berkeley Molecular Biology Lab, (hereinafter BMBL). Breitner told Garrison that on the day of the JFK assassination, Clay Shaw was in the above
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12:33PM: The wrongly accused is briefly challenged by Officer Baker in adownstairs storage room, but is vouched for as an employee by Roy Truly. Thank You!, Kent Biffle (RIP)
12:34PM: A minute later, Comes out of the downstairs storage room just in time to be seen by Occhus Campbell and a few others (taking into consideration Mr.Campbell's usage of plural form "We"
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I am finishing up the book Kampf Und Kanzleramt about Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard and their political careers. It is obvious to me that the Francis Gary Powers U-2 incident and the JFK assassination were closely related.
The U-2 incident derailed the summit of 1960 between Ike and Khrushchev.
Both of these were clandestine CIA operations designed to avoid either Ike or JFK from cutting a deal to re-unite Germany as a neutralized buffer state or buffer zone in central
Did he not hear the shots that rang out?
If so, What kind of training prepared him for such a chaotic scenario, where through sheer discipline he maintains a continuous view of a seemingly assigned area, where in two different photo intervals his eyes remained affixed upon the corner of Main Street & Elm.
25-30 secs before the late Jimmy Darnell (RIP) would also capture him in his photo lens, here he is in Dave Weigman's capture, looking towards Main Street &
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Aplomado Falcon Chicks Released at Mustang Island State Park
The colorful Aplomado Falcon is regaining a foothold in parts of Texas where they disappeared more than a half-century ago. On July 1, biologists began releasing captive-bred Aplomado Falcons to the wild for the first time at Mustang Island State Park to take advantage of additional habitat that the endangered birds of prey need to survive.
"We are delighted to have Mustang Island State Park as a partner in this recovery effort," said Bill Heinrich of The Peregrine Fund, an Idaho-based conservation organization focused on birds of prey. "The park helps fill in a gap in habitat between falcon populations that are already well-established and self-sustaining in South Texas."
Since 1984, The Peregrine Fund has released Aplomado Falcons in wide-open grassland areas that provide native food and shelter. They are raised in captivity at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.
When chicks are about a month old, they are flown to the release sites by LightHawk, a volunteer aviation group that donates flights for conservation projects. Fast flights on private aircraft are the best way to ensure that the chicks arrive with little stress and in good overall health, Heinrich said.
Over the last three years, LightHawk volunteer pilots have transported more than 200 Aplomado Falcon chicks to support the reintroduction effort. This latest flight to Texas is being donated by Carl Mattson and Julie Boyd, of Denver, Colo., who will be piloting their Cessna 210 turbo.
When the chicks reach Mustang Island State Park, they will be placed at newly constructed "hack sites." Each site consists of a large wooden box atop a platform raised 10-12 feet off the ground for protection from predators. The birds will be fed while they become accustomed to their new surroundings. A few days later, the door will be opened and the birds will be able to fly freely. They will continue to be fed and monitored at the hack site for about two months while they hone their flying and hunting skills and are able to survive on their own.
Currently there are about 34 nesting pairs in South Texas, spread to the north and south of Mustang Island, including the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Complex and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. Aplomado Falcons were widespread in the American Southwest until the 1950s when their range was restricted to a few areas in Mexico, most likely due to the combined effects of habitat changes, pesticides and human persecution.
For the recovery effort, the falcons have been released on both private and public lands. The Peregrine Fund has enrolled more than 2 million acres of private Texas ranchland in the Safe Harbor Program, which was developed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reduce landowner concerns over endangered species on their property and to provide access to habitat for the falcon.
Aplomado Falcon recovery is a cooperative program with federal, state, and private partners, including The Peregrine Fund, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program.
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- Northern Aplomado Falcons were put on the U.S. Endangered Species List in 1986.
- Aplomado is a Spanish word for dark grey, the color of the bird's back. Adults have a long banded tail and a black cummerbund, contrasting with a white upper body. A distinguishing characteristic is a white dash above each eye. They are 15-17 inches in length and weigh 9-14 ounces.
- The falcons feed primarily on small birds and insects caught in the air. They require open grasslands and savannahs where tall cacti, yuccas and taller pines and oaks grow in open stands.
- Aplomado Falcons nest in old stick nests of hawks and other birds constructed in tall yuccas and lay usually two or three eggs.
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The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) should follow legislative rules and file a reconsideration motion if it is serious about maintaining Taiwan Power Co's (Taipower, 台電) budget, rather than asking committee staff to alter the proceedings, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) caucuses said yesterday morning after a meeting was suspended for party negotiations.
Members of the legislature's Economics Committee met yesterday to confirm the contents of the minutes of a committee meeting on Thursday last week, during which the DPP caucus proposed a motion to reject the state-owned utility's budget request for this year, amid growing public concern over nuclear energy, and immediately halt the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City's (新北市) Gongliao District (貢寮).
The extemporaneous motion, described by some KMT legislators as an "ambush," was passed without demurral in the Thursday meeting presided over by DPP Legislator Huang Wei-cher (黃偉哲) and packed with DPP lawmakers.
As the KMT caucus vowed to tender a reconsideration motion to counter the DPP proposal, yesterday's committee meeting was attended by heavyweights from both camps, including KMT caucus whip Lin Hung-chih (林鴻池), KMT caucus deputy whip Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆), DPP caucus convener Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) and DPP caucus whip Pan Men-an (潘孟安).
However, instead of tabling a reconsideration motion, KMT Legislator Liao Kuo-tung (廖國棟) just said the DPP-initiated proposal contained procedural flaws, a view seconded by KMT Legislator Huang Chao-shun (黃昭順), who presided over the meeting.
At Huang's request, Economics Committee secretary-general Lee Shui-tsu (李水足) said that because only the title of the DPP-proposed motion had been read out at Thursday's meeting and the motion did not enter the process of reporting and discussions, it was listed as an "other matter" instead of a "resolution," which would guarantee that it enter the legislature.
Accusing Lee of political bias, Huang Wei-cher said he realized that the DPP-proposed motion was falsely listed as an "other matter" when he was about to sign a draft of the meeting minutes and quickly changed it back to "resolution."
As the two caucuses were deadlocked over the status of the DPP-initiated motion, Huang Chao-shun announced a temporary recess at 9:30am for cross-party negotiations, which yielded few results and were followed by another round of negotiations at 10:20am.
Despite not being stipulated by law, Lin said it was standard practice that all motions proposed during meetings of legislative committees undergo a first reading and discussion before they can become resolutions.
"The KMT caucus will invite Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) to hold cross-party negotiations on the issue to avoid future squabbles [over the practice]," Lin said.
Lai said that if the DPP caucus wanted to establish new practices, it should gain approval first via cross-party negotiations.
The proceedings of the committee meeting on Thursday were legal and recorded on tape, and KMT lawmakers at the meeting did not voice any objections to the proceedings, Pan told a press conference later.
The committee staff members' unilateral alteration of the proceedings was unacceptable, Pan said, adding that the staff, who are supposed to be neutral had acted as tools for a political party if the change of the proceedings had been made at the KMT's request.


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For Seniors: How to Multitask on an iPad 2
Multitasking on your iPad 2 lets you easily switch from one app to another without closing the first one and returning to the Home screen.
You might multitask if you want to open the browser and look up something on the Internet, and then copy that information down in the Notes app, for example.
The easiest way to learn how to multitask on an iPad is to practice with a simple example.
2Double-tap the Home button.
The Multitasking Bar appears at the bottom of the screen, beneath the Dock. It displays a list of currently running or suspended apps.
3On the multitasking bar, flick to scroll to the left or right to locate a currently running app you want to display.
If you flick all the way to the left-end of the Multitasking Bar, you'll find the controls for volume and playback and a button to lock and unlock the screen rotation or mute sound (what you see depends on which feature you have set up for the side switch in the General Settings).
4Tap the app to open it.
The second application is displayed. To display the Multitasking Bar, double-tap the Home button again.


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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a somewhat defiant tone on Sunday when he made clear on the eve of an important trip to visit President Obama in Washington that he would not distinguish between building in Jerusalem – a source of strife in the United States-Israel relationship over the past two weeks – and building in the Israeli metropolis of Tel Aviv.
"Our policy on Jerusalem is the same policy followed by all Israeli governments for the last 42 years, and it has not changed. As far as we are concerned, building in Jerusalem is the same as building in Tel Aviv," Mr. Netanyahu told his cabinet at their weekly meeting Sunday.
Netanyahu was due to leave Israel Sunday night for Washington, where he will be the keynote speaker Monday at a conference put on by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). On Tuesday, he will meet with President Obama.
What has shifted since the height of the controversy, when the Israeli government announced March 9 that it was building new housing for Jews in East Jerusalem – a unexpected declaration made in the midst of a visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden – is that Netanyahu says he has made a commitment to better coordination with the White House.
The announcement of the Jerusalem housing units, Netanyahu said, took even him by surprise. Nonetheless, he reiterated Sunday that he will not curtail controversial building projects in East Jerusalem, dispelling media expectation that he might announce a hold on the projects.
"I believed it would be of great importance for these things not to remain in the context of commentary or speculation. I subsequently wrote a letter, at my own initiative, to the secretary of state [Hillary Clinton] so that things would be crystal clear," Netanyahu also said in the meeting.
An official in Netanyahu's office said that, to prevent further crisis like the one the US and Israel just endured, there will be a "mechanism set in place that will prevent surprises."
Heated rhetoric cools
The heated tenor of the US-Israel relationship, which some have characterized as being at its most intense in two decades, seems to have cooled off somewhat in recent days.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday called her last talk with Netanyahu "useful and productive," a shift from the previous week's airing of frustrations.
Part of this appears to be due to Netanyahu's new willingness to discuss more substantive issues in proximity talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials which George Mitchell, the US Middle East peace envoy, has been trying to launch for several months
"At the beginning, when the Americans proposed proximity talks, we were saying there can't be a discussion of core issues in such talks," explains Mark Regev, a spokesman for Mr. Netanyahu. "Now, we've accepted that core issues can be discussed in proximity talks on a preliminary basis."
Proximity talks
Proximity talks, in which a negotiator shuttles between parties at separate but nearby locations, have been used with some success in trying to resolve international conflicts.
While Netanyahu hasn't exhibited any flexibility in yielding to the demands of the Palestinian leadership, the Obama administration, and others in the international community that Israel stop building in East Jerusalem – which Israel occupied in the 1967 Middle East war and later annexed – the Israeli premier has offered that he would make other "confidence-building measures," including easing the blockade on the Gaza Strip.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, visiting the Gaza Strip on Sunday, condemned the "unacceptable, unsustainable conditions" in which Palestinian were living there.
Mr. Ban confirmed that the Israeli government had recently approved a UN request to continue its humanitarian projects in Gaza, but said the overall policy of blocking entrances to Gaza was counterproductive, preventing legitimate commerce and encouraging smuggling and extremism.
Violence continues
Although the diplomatic atmosphere between Jerusalem and Washington has begun to look less stormy than it did a week ago, tensions on the ground have not abated in equal measure.
Palestinian youths have continued to clash with Israeli soldiers in recent days, intifada-style.
In clashes over the weekend in the village near the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers on Saturday.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it tried to disperse a mob of stone throwers and that the soldiers used rubber bullets; Palestinians and human rights groups says live ammunition was used.
On Sunday, in the same area, two Palestinians were killed at a checkpoint.
The IDF said the two men tried to stab Israeli soldiers on duty with a pitchfork and a broken bottle.


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Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Helio Partners with Buzzd for Mobile Party Search
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Duncan Riley / Seeking Alpha: Google to Challenge Baidu in China With Free Music
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: Google Close To Launching Free Music Downloads JV in China; Universal On Board
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Google Giving Away Free Music-In China?
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
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Facebook featured on new iPhone ad — Tonight, Apple released two new iPhone commercials in the standard iPhone-esqe style — Facebook and Cars. In these two commercials, Apple expounds on features that have already been introduced in older commercials. This is the first time that Apple …
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Facebook Now Supports LinkedIn Style Friend Suggestions
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook: Apple's new Facebook iPhone ad
Michael / Apple Gazette: Apple releases two new iPhone Ads
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Brad Linder / Download Squad: eBay to eliminate negative feedback from sellers
Alan Patrick / broadstuff: EBAY GETS BAD KARMA FROM RATINGS
Jonathan Schlaffer / TECH.BLORGE.com: eBay blocks sellers from leaving negative feedback
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!: eBay: The Land of Shiny Happy People?
Austin Modine / The Register:
HP gives retooled low-end SAN boxes a virtual touch — Hewlett-Packard has reworked its low-end storage line to make some new systems more virtualization friendly for SMBs and remote offices. — The fresh StorageWorks MSA2000 SAN storage systems will be a direct replacement for the existing MSA1500cs and MSA1510i systems.
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Sharon Linsenbach / eWeek: HP Upgrades Entry-Level SAN for SMBs
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
Pictures: The Black Nokia N82 is official, finally! — Available only in the USA, $630. You can order it online here. — The 5 megapixel, xenon flash equipped, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA monster is finally looking a bit more respectable. — Update: After adding one into my shopping cart for purchase I was presented with this message:
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Nokia's N82 now in black — $629 unlocked
The Guru / Symbian-Guru.com: Black N82 Finally Official
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Krazykritter / Darla Mack: Black N82 On Its Way! — Thanks to Stefan at IntoMobile …
Andy J. S. / PalmAddicts: Nokia 82 goes sexy Black
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
The high cost of e-mail autocomplete — I've always been leery of Microsoft Outlook's autocomplete feature. That's the one that guesses who you want to send the e-mail to by looking at the first few letters you type. — It's right most of the time. — But with e-mail used to send everything …
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Lillys $1 Billion E-Mailstrom
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Paul McNamara / Network World: E-mail gaffe leads to billion-dollar news leak
Jonathan Berr / BloggingStocks: Eli Lilly lawyer sent important memo to The New York Times by mistake
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All eighteen seats in Northern Ireland have now been declared after a long night of counting in the 2015 general election.
The DUP came out on top with eight seats, Sinn Féin with four, three SDLP, two Ulster Unionists and one independent elected.
But the big story of the night was when Sinn Féin has lost the Fermanagh and South Tyrone seat to the Ulster Unionists, in what has been described as one of the biggest upsets.
Winning with a majority of 530 votes the UU's Tom Elliot said he was delighted to have taken the seat from Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew.
His constituency was one of four where there was a pact between the UUP and DUP, the two main unionist parties in Northern Ireland.
The first result came from Lagan Valley with Jeffrey Donaldson regaining his seat for the DUP with 19,055 votes. Ian Paisley, DUP, retained his North Antrim seat with 18,107 votes.
Despite increasing her vote to 16,978 Naomi Long of the Alliance failed to hold on to her seat in East Belfast losing out to the DUP's Gavin Robinson who polled 19,575. Ms Long described her term as MP as a "roller coaster".
In a shock result in South Antrim, Ulster Unionist Danny Kinahan ousted the long standing Willie McCrea of the DUP.
Mark Durkan, SDLP, topped the poll in Foyle with 17,725 votes and Pat Doherty, Sinn Féin, was returned in West Tyrone with 16,806 votes.
In East Derry, the DUP's Gregory Campbell regained his seat with 14, 663 votes.
In South Belfast, Alasdair McDonnell, SDLP, retained his seat with 9,560 votes. Francie Molloy held his seat for Sinn Féin in Mid Ulster, polling 19,935.
David Simpson, DUP, held his seat in Upper Bann, with 15, 430 votes, Jim Shannon, DUP, topped the poll in Strangford with 15,053 votes while Lady Sylvia Hermon, independent, retained her seat in North Down.
Paul Maskey regained his seat for Sinn Féin in West Belfast. Sammy Wilson of the DUP topped the poll in East Antrim and Nigel Dodds held the North Belfast seat for the DUP with 19,096 votes.
The SDLP's Margaret Ritchie was relected in South Down with 18,077 votes.
The last result declared was Mickey Brady who won Newry and Armagh for Sinn Féin with 20,488 votes.
There were a total of 138 candidates in Northern Ireland and 1.2m people were eligible to vote.


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While John Elway and Joe Ellis are somewhere in Houston courting Gary Kubiak, the rest of the nation has been fixated on the NFL's two conference championship games Sunday: first Green Bay at Seattle, then Indianapolis at New England.
And with good reason.
What started as a dud for the Seahawks turned into an absolute thriller in Seattle. Here were some of the highlights from their victory, as well as the Patriots' blow-out win over the Colts.
It all started with Cleatgate:
Marshawn Lynch was planning to wear gold cleats today. The NFL said not so fast: http://t.co/JprVtlGx0k pic.twitter.com/Es6MX2BBGK
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The EPA took the average of the range at 80% and 100%, and put that on the sticker. 11/12 Leafs are rated at 73 miles, 13 at 75 miles, and 14+ at 84 miles. The battery didn't change in 2014. Nissan just removed the option to charge to 80%. Voila! The sticker range jumped from 75 miles to 84 miles!
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BLACKSBURG, Va. — The most emotionally powerful minute of Joe Biden's two-day swing through rural Virginia almost didn't happen.
After the vice president paid a solemn visit Wednesday to the memorial honoring the victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting here, reporters asked him about his feelings upon seeing the site.
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As Biden began to answer, his aides intervened, yelling "Let's go," and trying to shoo reporters back to the motorcade.
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Only when it became clear that the vice president wanted to express himself did his entourage stop interrupting to let the candidate speak.
When he did, Biden recalled his own family tragedy — losing his young wife and daughter in a 1972 car accident — and paused repeatedly to keep his composure.
It was the side of Biden — comfortable with his emotions, and with a gift for human connection — that makes him appealing to many voters. And the moment never would've taken place if he had not effectively overruled his would-be handlers.
It was a vivid illustration of a phenomenon that pervades the 2012 campaign: The consuming effort by operatives to stamp the spontaneity and life out of modern politics.
( Also on POLITICO: Ryan: Biden is 'desperate')
Of course, Biden's two-day swing through small-town Virginia also offered a perfect example of why this brand of control-freak politics has emerged. His unrehearsed comment to a mixed-race audience in Danville that the Republicans and their Wall Street allies want to put people " back in chains" made national news as an example of rhetorical excess.
In an era of Twitter and saturation news coverage — when one stray remark can upend a day's news cycle and campaigns struggle to shape their preferred message — politicians and their aides are increasingly intent on restricting the media's interaction with candidates. Barack Obama or Mitt Romney both shun the sort of freewheeling news conferences that used to be a staple of campaigns. And when reporters do seek to engage the candidates, the staff minders attempt to shut it down with ham-handed aggressiveness.
All candidates live with the contradiction — a media culture that implores politicians to seem authentic but is ready to punish them when they really are — but the challenge is especially exquisite in Biden's case.
( Also on POLITICO: Axelrod: 'Chains' not racial comment)
He is an irrepressible, garrulous and emotive politician, who's flourished and fumbled through 40 years in national office by practicing politics the old-fashioned way — from the gut and without much script. He's as fine a one-on-one politician of any officeholder of his generation, a talent especially prized because it is not a particular gift of Obama's.
But his penchant for off-message moments regularly sends aides in the West Wing and at Chicago reelection headquarters into orbit.


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Assalamualaikum wbt..
Today, I want to talk about the action made by France President, Nicolas Sarkozy on banning of 'niqab' in France.Above is the video which is a talk between British political commentator, Imogen Lloyd Webber and the US news journalist.
It is actually a laughable matter when a non muslim talk about Islam because the person acted like a know-it-all.It makes me angry when they said things that they do not know much for example in this case they claim that veil is a cultural matter and it is not a religious matter. Islam is our way of life so from what we wear to how we do things are actually islam in making.Their perspective is that veil itself is some sort of a garment worn for cultural purpose is totally wrong because wearing 'hijab' is one of the things that is asked by Allah the Almighty.It is true some of us muslim do not prefer to wear hijab but it does not mean it is a cultural thing.We were asked to cover ourselves and yet they made it sound like we are against the law of life.It is like we are totally breaking the nature of living by having our modest lifestyle and choosing to wear hijab.
Women are prohibit to wear 'niqab' or 'burqah' because the west think we are going to uphold negative atmosphere.They think that when we stay among ourselves,we are actually building up an underground army to protest and one day may lead to terrorism just because we,muslimah prefer to keep ourselves low and choose to hide our faces behind our veils.They seem to think that we have our own agenda by wearing 'niqab'.If today they prohibit us wearing 'niqab', it will not be a strange thing if one day they will prohibit also the wearing of veils to cover our head.Islam is not just a religion, if they criticize about our style of garments ,about what we are wearing to protect ourselves, they are criticizing Islam itself.We as muslim should feel something when they talk about our sisters like that.
France thinks that this law does not discriminate people at all, whereas British think it is indeed against the human right to express themselves.Actually whatever their opinion are,this is all a propaganda from the west to keep worsen the situation and putting in the mind of people that we, muslim are to be estranged among the world population because we are to their mind different.
Actually, when they said we are different there are so many people out there that proclaimed themselves different as well.People in Britain are given freedom to express themselves.They do not judge each other by the way they look. Instead they treat people in equality because they believe in human right in freedom of expression. So the british see this is as a sort of infringement to human rights itself.
This is indeed a big issue that is made by the west to actually cause disagreement and chaos among the muslim society. They want to provoke us and promote a debate that is not going to benefit us but going to cause us to be mortified and feel oppressed. Alhamdulillah our sisters are very strong there. They do a protest to show that they do not agree with the government. This is one of the examples of our sisters there.
Kenza Drider wearing niqab on her arrival at Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, France on 11 April 2011 from Avignon for a protest. Franc officially banned women from wearing full-face veils in public places on 11 April 2011. Kenza Drider who repeatedly insists on appearing veiled in public can be fined 150 euros and ordered to attend re-education classes.
If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your kindred, the wealth that you have gained, the commerce in which you fear a decline, and the dwellings in which you delight are dearer to you than Allâh and His Messenger, and striving hard and fighting in His Cause, then wait until Allâh brings about His Decision (torment).
And Allâh guides not the people who are Al-Fâsiqûn (the rebellious, disobedient to Allâh) (At-Taubah [9:24])
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OMAHA, Neb. - Kent State scored four unearned runs and another on a wild pitch, then held off Florida's comeback bid in the ninth to eliminate the top-seeded Gators from the College World Series with a 5-4 victory Monday.
The Gators loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against shaky relievers Michael Clark and Josh Pierce.
Pierce fought back from a 3-0 count to strike out Casey Turgeon when Turgeon couldn't check his swing and got called out on an appeal to the third-base umpire. Justin Shafer flew out to right to end the game, with Pierce pumping his right fist once the ball landed in right fielder T.J. Sutton's glove.
The Gators (47-20), who reached the CWS finals last year, committed five errors in two games after coming to Omaha seventh in the nation in fielding.
Florida's Hudson Randall (9-3) left after the first inning because of heat-related symptoms. Ryan Bores (10-3) got the win for Kent State (47-19), making its first CWS appearance. Pierce earned his third save.
Kent State had 12 hits against four pitchers, but it was Florida's continuing problems in the field that allowed the Flashes to build a 5-1 lead.
George Roberts drove in runs each of the first two innings after shortstop Nolan Fontana and third baseman Josh Tobias committed errors.
Florida scored in the sixth and added two more runs in the seventh to make it 5-4.
Three outs away from a pulling the upset, Clark walked Preston Tucker on four straight pitches to start the ninth. He was 2-0 against Mike Zunino when Kent State coach Scott Stricklin called on Pierce, who also struggled with his control and put Zunino on.
After pinch hitter Cody Dent moved over the runners with a sacrifice, Pierce hit Daniel Pigott in the shoulder to load the bases.
Pierce fell behind 3-0 to Turgeon before throwing a strike. It looked like Turgeon would walk -- TV replays indicated strike two was outside -- but he couldn't hold back on his check swing on the next pitch and third base umpire Jeff Henrichs called him out.
Shafer put a good swing on Pierce's next pitch, but Sutton was able to chase down the fly to end the game.
It was 95 degrees at the start of the game, making it the warmest first pitch at the CWS since June 11, 2001. Before Monday, Kent State hadn't played a game in weather warmer than 82 degrees all season.
It was Florida's Hudson who was bothered by the heat and humidity. At one point in the first inning, Gators coach Kevin O'Sullivan made a mound visit and athletic trainers brought water to Hudson.
Hudson finished the inning with one unearned run scored against him. O'Sullivan wouldn't let him come out for the second because it was apparent he was ill.
Bores, a 27th-round draft pick of the Texas Rangers, turned in a third straight strong performance in the NCAA tournament. He worked six innings and allowed two runs on six hits.
Kent State elminates Florida
OMAHA, Neb. - Kent State scored four unearned runs and another on a wild pitch, then held off Florida's comeback bid in the ninth to eliminate the top-seeded Gators from the College World Series with a 5-4 victory Monday.


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Legends of Hockey wrote:The first thing everyone thinks about when the name Paul Coffey is mentioned is his skating ability. Wearing skates several sizes too small, this guy was simply amazing. In a couple of strides he was able to glide through the neutral and offensive zones faster than those dogged checkers chasing him. He was every bit as silky smooth as he was lightning quick.
Legends of Hockey wrote:...was a brilliant passer, often triggering transition offense with amazing and instinctive breakout passes. While everyone will remember him for his skating and his puck rushing, Coffey may have been the best first-pass defender in league history.
The Pittsburgh Press - Apr. 16, 1991 wrote:Coffey was about as good as any defenseman can be. He threw the first of several hard checks on his first shift, rushed the puck with his usual vigor and scored the fourth goal.
"I can honestly say that's one of the best games I've ever seen him play," left winger XXXX XXXXX said. "He played great," XXXXXXX said. "He was taking the body, playing great defensively. He was playing both ends of the ice, probably one of the best games I've seen him play. And he's only got 1 1/2 eyes."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Jan. 10, 1988 wrote:Coffey, the league's best rushing defenseman, is like a nuclear weapon.
Sports Illustrated - Dec. 14, 1987 wrote:Calgary general manager Cliff Fletcher, obviously delighted to see Coffey out of his division, says, "There are three impact players in this league, and now Pittsburgh has two of them." Washington G.M. David Poile, obviously not delighted to see Coffey in his division, watched the Penguins beat and tie his Caps in the week following the trade. "Every time they had a power play," Poile said, "the puck seemed to be with either Coffey or Lemieux. They're two of the most exciting players in the league. It'll solidify the franchise in Pittsburgh."
New York Times - Dec. 12, 1987 wrote:"It takes a lot of pressure off me," Lemieux said of Coffey's presence. "A player like him can do so much."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Dec. 23, 1987 wrote:"A guy like Coff opens up so much ice for the other guys; I found that out in the Canada Cup," Lemieux says, "What you try to do is find the open ice, get the pass from him, give it back to him - a lot of give and gos. It's pretty easy playing with a guy like that. And on the power play he makes a big difference. You don't have to go back, get the puck, bring it up and make the play. You can divide what you have to do."
Philadelphia Daily News - Nov. 20, 1987 wrote:If the Flyers can put together the right package of players and draft choices to satisfy Edmonton general manager-coach Glen Sather, the money Paul Coffey wants will not be a problem. "You're ******* right we'd sign Paul Coffey," Flyers president Jay Snider told the Daily News. "Paul Coffey is in the top echelon of players in the league. We'd love to have him. Money would be no object at all..."
The Pittsburgh Press - Jan. 21, 1990 wrote:Bourque, who might be the best all-round defenseman, finished second to Coffey, the Penguins' All-Star defenseman, as the best offensive defenseman.
His skating style is as fluid as Dorothy Hamill's, as electric as Brian Boitano's. Not since Bobby Orr has a hockey player exhitbited such speed, such fluidity. Paul Coffey might never win any awards for defense, but his skating and offensive abilities are unmatched in the NHL. All those players who have watched Coffey go flying by agree: He is the best skater in the league.
Coffey gathered 53 votes to easily beat Messier (25) and Savard (8) who might be the trickiest skater in the league.
And, for best offensive defenseman, only Bourque (21) could manage to get within shouting distance of Coffey, who had 68 votes. Even Buffalo's Phil Housley, who has also been used as a forward, managed just 9 votes.
Hockey Scouting Report 1990-91 wrote:Skating is unquestionably the best of Coffey's skills just as Coffey is unquestionably among the NHL's top skaters. He could be no worse than second or third in terms of pure skating. His offensive ability is based on his skating, and upon his ability to handle the puck while a top speed, which is a skill almost as impressive as his skating., Taking chances and challenging where no other player could succeed… Coffey is a leader for the Pens because of his Stanley cups and international experience… He knows how to win in the playoffs, and ups his game appropriately.
Hockey Scouting Report 1991-92 wrote:Whenever scouts start describing the young offensive defenseman, the prospect is usually painted as some shade of the next Paul Coffey. That alone should indicate in what high regard coffey'soffensive skills are held throughout the hockey world.… He can tie opposing skaters into pretzels when they try to pursue him. He is just plain fast. His hand skills and his brain operate at the same high tempo as his skates. He can do an amazing variety of things at a quick pace. Coffey sees the ice very well and seldom are as outlet passes picked off. He has a featherlight touch with pass. Coffey can score from anywhere on the ice and with any kind of shot. He has the confidence and skills to penetrate deep and commands such respect that he has a lot of room to operate.
Coffey takes a lot of heat for not being an involved player, but you don't get a Stanley Cup ring for each finger by being a perimeter player. Sure Coffey is a finesse player during the regular season and may take some nights off, but when the money is on the line, Coffey is throwing his body and blocking shots. He played through most of the playoffs with an eye injury and a broken jaw. His courage is unquestioned.
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I read it on the internet. They can't put things on the internet if they aren't true.
Mr. Colby wrote:If it's not too late, I'll slide in to the 7 spot. PM me if it's possible.
Legends of Hockey wrote:In Pittsburgh he played behind Mario Lemieux and a young Jaromir Jagr, but he took his game to another level. He became not only a goal scorer but one of the best passing centers and two-way players in the league. Pittsburgh won back-to-back Cup titles in 1991 and 1992, and Francis twice reached the 100-point plateau. He was equally consistent in the playoffs as in the regular season, and for 1994-95 he was named Penguins captain while Mario Lemieux recovered from injuries and missed the year. At the start of the next season, though, the captaincy was given back to Mario, and Francis just kept on leading by example. His sportsmanship paid off, for when Lemieux retired in 1997, the captaincy was once again sewn onto his sweater.
Greatest Hockey Legends wrote:Francis, like Gretzky, thought the game better than most. He somehow exceeded the sum of his parts. He was a choppy skater, deceptively quick but not pretty to watch. He had good size and used it effectively, but was anything but imposing. He was never a dazzling or charismatic player, just a greatly efficient one.
...Ron immediately had an impact in Pittsburgh. Francis played a huge part in helping the Penguins win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships, in 1991 and 1992. While continuing to be a top defensive center man, Ron enjoyed his finest scoring season in Pittsburgh. In 1995-96 he was often moved on to left wing with Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr. Francis would score 27 goals and lead the league with 92 assists for 119 points.
Francis became the glue of a very talented Pittsburgh Penguins team. Playing in the huge shadows of scoring sensations Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr, it was Francis' defensive contributions and quiet offensive genius that was the missing ingredient in Pittsburgh. The Pens' two Stanley Cup victories were largely, but typically quietly, due to Ron Francis.
Ultimate Hockey wrote:Before Francis arrived, the Penguins were an offensive juggernaut with a tendency to strain under the tight checking required in the playoffs. Francis changed the complexion of the team almost overnight, bringing aboard leadership and a two-way conscience... As a Penguin, the big man played inspired hockey.
Penguin Profiles wrote:The Penguins veteran comes close to perfection. he reminds one of athletes from a bygone era with his refreshing approach and appeal... He is dedicated to succeed... was admired by teammates, management, and fans alike... Francis says "I was brought up that if I spoke to much 'me' and 'I' stuff, I got a real tongue lashing. I was taught to be team-oriented and to be family-oriented. I was told to do whatever I was doing as well as I could do it, but to share the credit."... Francis was a fantastic #2 center in Pittsburgh, a two-way player who contributed in so many ways, on the ice, in the clubhouse, outside the rink... He is an accomplished penalty killer and can play defense like a man who truly cares. "I don't know where we'd be without him", said a former coach.
Hockey Scouting Report 1992-93 wrote:Francis is a player of fine two-way skills, which is why he always seems to be there when danger is to be created offensively or averted defensively... he is an excellent defensive player who is depended upon to win the key defensive zone faceoffs - especially the first draw in penalty killing situations. Francis has a nice touch on the draws, and good hands also enable him to feather a pass to a breaking teammate. He also has a long reach, and he uses it.
Francis is strong on his feet, which helps him keep his legs going in the scrums. Good balance enables him to tie up his opponent, then kick the puck to a teammate... He is a responsible player who is as dilligent in front of his net as he is in the attacking zone. He has above average drive and determination, and will not hesitate to dive toward a puck - to block a shot, to sweep the puck from the goal mouth, to chop it away from an opponent... He sees the ice well, distributes well and takes the hits to spring a teammate with the puck.
Francis does not shy away from the painful places on the ice, the places where you get bruises. He goes in front of the net for deflections and rebounds, uses his strength and balance to gain position, keeps plugging away... He doesn't bury people. But he uses strength in the faceoff battles, does his best to lock up his man on offensive zone draws, fights hard to get to his point those rare times he loses a draw in the defensive zone.
Francis inspires a sense of confidence in his teammates because he is such a dependable player. And he was an absolute tower of strength in the playoffs last spring, stepping into the gap and playing a huge leadership role when Mario Lemieux was injured... Francis may not seem to show much emotion on the ice, but he has tremendous desire to win and is an extremely gritty competitor. He may not be much for the spotlight, but his persistence and contribution to victory are laudatory.
mikey287 wrote:Mr. Colby wrote:If it's not too late, I'll slide in to the 7 spot. PM me if it's possible.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that we have enough players to accomodate 7 teams. Feel free to contribute to the conversation among already-drafteds or if any other GMs are looking for a co-GM perhaps or simply be on the standby in case Rylan gets his gloves removed again...
Thanks for the interest! Hopefully you'll want to participate in the discussion as things move along.
It's not like this can't ever be done again either, certainly.
Gaucho wrote:Good choice.
Legends of Hockey wrote:Jean Pronovost was the eleventh of 12 children. His older brother, Marcel, had already hit the road to a successful career in pro hockey by the time young Jean laced up a set of blades.
Having an all-star defenseman for a brother convinced the younger Pronovost that playing a well-rounded brand of hockey with defense as a foundation was the best way to insure success.
In 1968, however, the Bruins committed a serious error when they sold Pronovost to the Pittsburgh Penguins. With the Pens, his full potential came to the surface. Over the next ten seasons, he was a pillar of consistency, cruising his lane with speed and determination, defending against foes, digging into corners, making smart passes, and picking up the big goals.
The Calgary Herald - Mar. 26, 1969 wrote:Marcel Pronovost's career is just about over, but his younger brother Jean could represent the family in the National Hockey League for many years yet.
...Jean, a 23-year-old right winger, has been one of the few members of Pittsburgh Penguins to gain any recognition this season.
Edmonton Journal - Sep. 26, 1978 wrote:...Pittsburgh's ace winger Jean Pronovost
Beaver County Times - Feb. 27, 1975 wrote:Pittsburgh Penguin Super Star Jean Pronovost has been a bridesmaid 26 times in his seven-year career... You see, 26 times in the past he has scored two goals in a single game but could never quite come up with that elusive hat trick trio. His pure hat-trick finally came last night.
...broke a 0-0 tie in the second period on a nifty breakaway that completely fooled goaltender Michel Belhumeur.
And...he announced to the 11,059 screaming Pronovost lovers that he had ended his career-long drought.
The Lewiston Daily Sun - Mar. 4, 1975 wrote:Quick, who's the fourth leading goal-scorer in the National Hockey League? Well, er, uh, let's see. There's Phil Esposito and Guy Lafleur and Rick Martin and, er, uh...
Jean Pronovost. Jean Pronovost?
Surely you must be aware of Jean Pronovost, the Pittsburgh Penguins' high-scoring right wing. He is so well-known that a feature story about him a recent issue of "Goal," the NHL's program-magazine, was accompanied by a picture...of teammate XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX.
"The lack of publicity doesn't bother me," said the 29-year old native of Shawinigan Falls, Que.
"I'm not a flashy-type player," said Jean. "I just go up and down my wing and do my job."
He also was named the Penguins' most valuable player [last season].
"Maybe people do underrate him, but we'll gladly keep him," said Coach XXXX XXXXXXX. "Maybe he's not noticeable out there because he just goes about his job but you look at the statistics after each game and you'll see he's got a goal here, an assist there..."
"I think Pronie belongs in the Martin-Lafleur class as a scoring wing. But no one says anything about him. He's taken for granted. He deserves a little more recognition."
The calgary Herald - Apr. 2, 1978 wrote:Pronovost and Hickey have been the Canadians' No. 1 penalty-killing forward tandem, and Pronovost has been used on the power play...
Pronovost said he enjoys the heavy workload because he loves to skate and feels he's a good skater. "The style they play in Europe is my style. They give you more room to operate and you can do a lot of things - zigzag, come back - that's my game."
The Hour - Oct. 8, 1977 wrote:...expect a revitalized offense from such sharpshooters as XXXX, Jean Pronvost...
Observer-Reporter - Sep. 8, 1978 wrote:"That is not to say Jean Pronovost isn't a heck of a hockey player. But Jean has wanted out of Pittsburgh for a couple of years, so he finally has his wish." [Penguins coach XXXXXX XXXXXX]
The Montreal Gazette - Dec. 29, 1976 wrote:Pronovost is in a peculiar situation in Pittsburgh. He is a bona fide all-star and last year he became the first Penguin in history to chalk up a 50-goal season. ... Yet he has never been happy in Pittsburgh. He would love to play for Montreal and there was an attempt made last year to effect just such a move. But the Penguins' management wanted Larry Robinsonin return and that put an end to those talks.
Ottawa Citizen - Dec. 22, 1976 wrote:Jean Pronovost, a nine-yaer veteran with Pittsburgh Penguins, said Tuesday he wants to be traded to another National Hockey League team. Pronovost said the third-place Norris Division team is "too complacent, lacking in coaching discipline and is a totally frustrating situation. ... It has been the same old story for nine years," the 31-year-old right winger said. "I started with Pittsburgh and this was a loser and it's still a loser. ... I've done everything I could do to force a trade and nothing happens. ... I'm fed up here and I'd like a change to a competitive situation," he said. "There's no discipline, it's just like a country club. Things just aren't normal."
Pronovost said the whole Penguins organization is at fault.
"Everything to do with the Penguins organization has been affecting me," he said. "We should be a better team and I'm sorry to say we're not."
Pronovost signed a multi-year contract for an annual salary of more than $100,000 while he was training with Team Canada during the summer.
"Under a proper training situation, you would practice after losing back-to-back games on the weekend," Pronovost added. "Not us. Instead we have a Christmas party. This is what I mean about the country club atmosphere."
[Won't quit]
"Personally, I've got to live with myself so I will continue to put out," he said. "Even when we lose 10-1 I think I will be putting out, but at times I get frustrated."
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Teacher Tools
Whether you are a classroom or preservice teacher, teacher
educator, content leader, department chair, or administrator,
the materials below can assist you in implementing the practices
presented in the video clip.
Assessment and Evaluation: Some Useful Principles
The terms assessment and evaluation are often
used as synonyms. Distinguishing between them can be helpful
as you plan instruction. Assessment means looking at what
students can do in order to determine what they need to learn
to do next. That is, assessment, whether of individual students
or an entire group, occurs as students are engaged in the
act of learning in order to inform instruction. Typically
assessment is holistic, often recorded simply as "credit"
or "no credit."
Evaluation occurs after a concept or skill has been taught
and practiced and is typically scaled, indicating the level
of achievement or degree of competence a student has attained.
Responding Visually to Literature
Many language arts teachers have come intuitively to use
visual activities to support their literature instruction.
Non-verbal activities provide an opportunity for students
to develop and display their growing understanding and enjoyment
of the literature in informal ways as they develop visual
representations of their thinking.
In his preface to Phyllis Whitin's Sketching Stories,
Stretching Minds: Responding Visually to Literature (for
the complete citation, see "Additional Resources" in the
library guide), Jerome Harste reminds us that "literacy is
much more than reading and writing" (x). He tells us that
literacy is "the process by which we mediate the world" which
"means to create sign systems-mathematics, art, music, dance,
language"-which "act as lenses that permit us better to understand
ourselves and our world" (x).
When we take what we know from one sign system and represent
it in another-as when we take a written text and represent
it graphically-we are using transmediation, a process that
"is both natural and basic to literacy" (x). Such transmediation
has enormous value in the classroom. As students resee, they
rethink. Rethinking, they understand in fresh ways, and their
pleasure grows with their developing insights.
For less able readers, the very act of focusing on a brief
passage or scene and doing what more skilled readers seem
to do invisibly helps them develop the visualization powers
to process texts effectively. Not only are they developing
their understanding of a specific text, they are expanding
their skill as readers.
Sketch to Stretch
Based on ideas developed by Phyllis Whitin and presented
in her book Sketching Stories, Stretching Minds: Responding
Visually to Literature, the basic premise behind Sketch
to Stretch is that creating a visual based on a literary
work stretches student thinking, helping them to see the
text in new ways.
Written Conversations
Each student begins a conversation about the book by writing
a question and giving it to his or her Book Buddy who then
writes an answer. The papers are passed back and forth as
students explore their understandings of, and responses to,
the selection. The process continues until one of the partners
terminates the conversation.
Text Pairings
As you plan literature experiences for your students, consider
offering text pairings. Some teachers like to introduce students
to a number of books by the same author. Others try to find
books with similarities in theme or content. Books that have
received awards and appear to be developing into contemporary
classics are also favored choices. No list of suggestions
can be complete or can address every criterion. However,
the following list of some of Patricia Polacco's works may
help you choose titles to complement Chicken Sunday.
Babushka's Doll
Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom
The Butterfly
Christmas Tapestry
El Pollo De Los Domingos
Just Plain Fancy
The Keeping Quilt
Mr. Lincoln's Way
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
Pink and Say
Rechenka's Eggs
Some Birthday!
Thank You, Mr. Falker
Thunder Cake
When Lightening Comes in a Jar
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A thought occurred to me during my last playthrough; while ingame and selecting preps, there really is no good way of determining which items are "quest items" as opposed to "elite items." The codex doesn't specify either, and though the info is in the wiki, it isn't really self-contained per se. Would it be possible to either add an additional small icon to item descriptions that show if they are normal, elite, or quest items? Another alternative would be to change the color of the item text based on its "tier" (a la WoW, Diablo, Dungeon Siege, etc).
Just an idea. Getting really excited for this game to finally get released!


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Adam Lambert -- Big Queen ... Announcement
Adam Lambert Big Queen ... Announcement
He's paid his dues ... time after time ... and now Adam Lambert says he's been chosen to replace Freddie Mercury as the new lead singer of the legendary rock band Queen!!!! (Maybe not. See update below.)
Lambert KILLED IT with the band when he rocked out a rendition of "We Are The Champions" with the guys at the "American Idol" finale back in 2009 ... the first time he ever met the band.
30-year-old Lambert explained, "The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some f*cking great songs. It's to keep the music alive for the fans and give it an energy that Freddie would have been proud of.
So, we gotta ask ...
Lambert took to Twitter to say the reports of him taking over Queen weren't exactly true and his quotes were "taken out of context" and he hasn't confirmed any guest appearances. He went on to say, "That being said, I'm truly flattered by your jump to such glorious conclusions mr journalist!! :)"
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Tumult. Tragedies. Victory. Exultation. That was 2011 in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, where longstanding dictators were swept away by popular revolts that are still reshaping the Arab world.
"We started the revolution, but we're still completing it," says Ahmed Salah of Cairo, who quit his job at a stock exchange last year to help unite revolutionary forces.
Indeed, 2012 is the year of what comes next, of deep breaths after a furious sprint, of political strategizing, building on gains made, and repairing economies damaged by a year of almost unprecedented upheaval.
That is, for the three countries mentioned above. In the rest of the region, the popular calls for political change have stalled.
In Bahrain, state repression has shoved mass protests back into their box, and the jails remain filled with political prisoners.
In Syria, there's an increasingly entrenched and violent conflict. At least 5,600 have died in the yearlong revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, and while there's much international hand-wringing, a foreign military intervention like the one that helped turn the tide against Muammar Qaddafi in Libya at the moment appears very unlikely.
Moroccans keep calm
Elsewhere, public demands for change have been much less dramatic, though discontent continues to burble across the region. In mid-January, two unemployed Moroccan university graduates set themselves on fire, in a protest inspired by the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi, the Tunisian whose suicide started the uprising that swept Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali from power, electrifying the Arab world.
But the recent immolations (one of the men later died) has not inspired an uprising in Morocco against the constitutional monarchy of King Mohammed VI. That perhaps is a measure of the success of steps taken thus far to mollify protesters.
Last year, the king allowed constitutional reforms and called for early elections, which saw the Islamist Justice and Development Party take power in early January. But the king has also appointed a shadow cabinet of long-term loyalists that look set to be a check on, if not ultimately more powerful than, the new Parliament. The royal cabinet has occasionally vetoed actions of the elected government, and retains those powers going forward.
Jordanians speak out
In Jordan, another experiment of a king finding ways to bend, without breaking his regime, is under way.
There has been a steady drumbeat of democracy demonstrations in Jordan since early 2011. Leftists, communists, Islamists, and tribal leaders have all expressed their various demands. Western commentators have occasionally predicted that King Abdullah will go the way of ousted President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, but so far the protests have produced little beyond what Jordanian blogger Naseem Tarawnah calls "political theater."
In February, Abdullah sacked his prime minister in response to the first round of protests and installed a new one with orders to carry out a reform program. In August, with protests ongoing, he did the same again. Various committees were formed to address undemocratic aspects of the country's political system. The resulting reforms were decried as wholly inadequate by both the left and the Islamists, but they were accepted by the king in late August anyway – to little noticeable effect.
The government, as is typical throughout the region, has dismissed protesters as troublemakers and foreign infiltrators, deepening the divisions between East Bank Jordanians and those of Palestinian origin. Thugs have attacked protesters, which both Islamists and leftists accuse of being hired by the government.
But it hasn't all been one-way traffic. Many Jordanians say there's a new willingness to criticize the state and make political demands.
"I think the public movement has achieved some change in the political arena in Jordan – quite a lot of change actually – and I think it's for the better," says Nimer al-Assaf, the deputy general secretary of Jordan's Islamic Action Front, which has led many of the protests. "The people do not fear, now, to talk about how they feel and what they want."
Saudi Arabia, for its part, has managed internal calls for change much as it always has – with large dollops of cash.
In the months following Mr. Mubarak's ouster from Egypt, Abdullah announced more than $90 billion in new subsidies and social spending, and also dispatched troops and money to Bahrain to help his fellow monarch put down protests.
Al Qaeda concerns in Yemen
Finally, there is Yemen. Whether the recent departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh will do much to satisfy opponents of the region, who have been involved in a bloody struggle against Mr. Saleh for much of the past year, is uncertain.
In the south, which was only reunified with the north in 1990, the winds of secession are blowing.
The United States has been deeply involved in drone assassinations and efforts to rein in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen-based group that appears the most potent of the Al Qaeda franchises, leaving it balancing its security priorities against support for full democracy that could result in less cooperation from a new Yemeni government.
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Earlier I posted a dirty hack how to get the sound going again with flash on 64bits.
Now we have www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.1.53.64-r11 in the repositories with a cure for that.
If you did follow my previous post on how to get it working with mozilla-firefox, you should undo that (remove the libflashplayer.so from ~/.mozilla/plugins )
equo update && equo install www-plugins/adobe-flash-10.1.53.64-r11
Now you should check if you have /etc/asound.conf with the following contents:
pcm.!default {
type pulse
ctl.!default {
type pulse
Reboot and all should be fine again.