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State of the Union
Policy Letters
Dropout Prevention
College Access Challenge Grants
Safe Schools/Healthy Students
Imagine Nation
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
State of the Union
Education was a major theme in the President's final State of the Union address (http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2008/). Below are some excerpts from the speech.
"Six years ago, we came together to pass the No Child Left Behind Act, and, today, no one can deny its results. In 2007, fourth- and eighth-graders achieved the highest math scores on record. Reading scores are on the rise. African-American and Hispanic students posted all-time highs. Now, we must work together to increase accountability, add flexibility for states and districts, reduce the number of high school dropouts, and provide extra help for struggling schools. Members of Congress: the No Child Left Behind Act is a bipartisan achievement. It is succeeding. And, we owe it to America's children, their parents, and their teachers to strengthen this good law."
"We must also do more to help children when their schools do not measure up. Thanks to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships you approved, more than 2,600 of the poorest children in our nation's capital have found new hope at a faith-based or other non-public school. Sadly, these schools are disappearing at an alarming rate in many of America's inner cities. So, I will convene a White House summit aimed at strengthening these lifelines of learning. And, to open the doors of these schools to more children, I ask you to support a new $300 million program called Pell Grants for Kids. We have seen Pell Grants help low-income college students realize their full potential. Together, we've expanded the size and reach of these grants. Let us apply that same spirit to help liberate poor children trapped in failing public schools."
Note: On Monday (February 4), Secretary Spellings will review the President's Fiscal Year 2009 budget request. The briefing will start promptly at 1:00 p.m. ET. All are welcome; reservations are not required. Materials will be available at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/ that morning.
Policy Letters
In separate letters to Chief State School Officers, the Secretary discussed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals involving to a lawsuit against No Child Left Behind and a decision by Congress to significantly cut funding for the Reading First program. In the first letter (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/080118.html), the Secretary said she strongly disagreed with the Sixth Circuit's decision and was "exploring all legal remedies to overturn the decision." "NCLB is not an unfunded mandate," she continued, "but rather a compact between a state and the federal government that asks the state and its school districtsin exchange for receiving substantial federal dollarsto demonstrate results.... In my view, the Sixth Circuit's decision undermines the efforts we have made under NCLB to improve the education of our nation's children, particularly those children most in need." As the court's jurisdiction is limited, the Secretary cautioned other courts "may reject its reasoning." Also, she noted, while the lawsuit is still pending, "No state or school district should regard the ruling as license to disregard NCLB's requirements." In the second letter (http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/080129.html), the Secretary encouraged states and districts to "support the implementation of Reading First," despite the 61% decrease in federal funds. "The Reading First program is demonstrating significant results, based on a variety of indicators," she said. "It is also critical to note the positive effect Reading First has on schools that are not directly participating in the program." The Secretary suggested a variety of options for using other federal funds to supplement Reading First or using flexibilities in the law.
Dropout Prevention
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (February 19, 8:00-9:00 ET) will highlight dropout prevention strategies that work, including adolescent reading interventions, intensive tutoring and remediation techniques, alternative high school programs, middle colleges, and community college dual enrollment programs. Under No Child Left Behind, there has been a strong investment in the improvement of public schools serving low-income students and a focus on strategies to help students stay in school and on pace for success. Along the way, the law recognizes that remediation must be integrated so that students can get back on track wherever they are in the K-12 continuum. When high school students fall behind, they are likely to drop out of school, and no reform can assist them if they are outside the classroom. The broadcast will feature a special video segment with Secretary Spellings. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/edtv/. (You can watch archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
Also: A new report from the National Council on Disability outlines the interplay between the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, finding "students with disabilities appear to be doing better academically and appear to be graduating... at higher rates than in prior years." However, there remains a concern about dropout levels. For more information, please go to http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/
College Access Challenge Grants
The Department's Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) recently announced the College Access Challenge Grant Program, a new formula grant program designed to help low-income students and families learn about, prepare for, and finance higher education. This initiative was created as part of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, and $66 million has been appropriated for Fiscal Year 2008. Funds can be used for:
- Providing information about college to students and their families, such as the benefits of going to college, opportunities, financing, and career preparation;
- Outreach activities for students at risk of not enrolling or completing postsecondary education;
- Need-based grants for college students;
- Student loan cancellation, repayment, or interest rate reduction for borrowers in high-need geographical areas or high-need professions; and
- Professional development for middle and high school guidance counselors, financial aid administrators, or college admissions counselors.
Grants will be awarded to states based on a formula that considers the relative number of people within certain age groups living below the poverty level. For FY 2008, the minimum award is $330,000. Application packages should be available in June. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/cacg/.
Also: Details on the agency's two negotiated rulemaking teams for Title IV of the Higher Education Act are posted online. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/
Safe Schools/Healthy Students
Applications are now available for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant competition. Safe Schools/ Healthy Students is a collaborative program supported by three federal agencies: Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice. Under the program, school districts partner with local law enforcement, juvenile justice, and mental health agencies to implement a comprehensive plan focused on five elements, including safe school environments, mental health treatment services, and early childhood emotional development programs. Successful applicants propose plans that take up these issues with a thoughtful, well-coordinated strategy that links all services in a more systematic and effective manner. The deadline for applications is March 14. For more information, please go to http://www.sshs.samhsa.gov/.
Also: The Department's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) has released the latest issue of "The Challenge" newsletter (http://www.thechallenge.org/), featuring articles on preventing school violence. And, the OSDFS-administered Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Center (http://rems.ed.gov/) continues to unveil new publications on school emergency management efforts.
Imagine Nation
The Arts Education Partnership, a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic, and government organizations (founded and supported by the U.S. Department of Education), has created a new web site, "The Imagine Nation," offering information and resources to support the arts in education. Among the resources are case studies from the states of Ohio and Oklahoma and the city of Dallas, where initiatives are engaging all levels of leadership and mobilizing public support for an education in and through the arts. The arts are a core academic subject under the No Child Left Behind Act. For more information, please go to http://www.theimaginenation.net/.
Quote to Note
"The actions of the 110th Congress will affect the security and prosperity of our nation long after this session has ended. In this election year, let us show our fellow Americans that we recognize our responsibilities and are determined to meet them. Let us show them that Democrats and Republicans can compete for votes and cooperate for results at the same time."
|President George W. Bush (1/28/08),
from his 2008 State of the Union address
Upcoming Events
DeHavilland Associates' inaugural Effective Education Partnerships Conference (July 10 and 11 in Fairfax, Virginia) is designed to bring together the various stakeholders in business-education partnerships, including businesspeople, leaders of business coalitions, educators, and others, to share case studies and practical tips on building and maintaining successful partnerships. The emphasis will be on the practical; attendees will leave the conference with a list of items to immediately apply to their local efforts. The Department's Tony Fowler, who directs the Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE), is among the presenters. For more information, please go to http://www.eepc2008.com/.
Over the next two weeks, the Department will be exhibiting at the National Association for Bilingual Education's Annual Conference in Tampa (February 6-9), the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's Annual Meeting in New Orleans (February 7-10), and the American Association of School Administrators' National Conference, also in Tampa (February 14-17). If you are attending any of these events, please stop by the Department's booth.
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Patch Tuesday
Microsoft's regular patch release cycle is a combination of information, process and automated tools that makes updates go more smoothly.
Published: 30 May 2005
Microsoft's regular patch release cycle is a combination of information, process and automated tools that makes updates go more smoothly.
Microsoft intended its monthly patch bundles to help enterprises organize their vulnerability management efforts. But if you ask security managers what really makes a difference, they'll tell you it's automating those tricky patch deployments.
"Patch Tuesday," the second Tuesday of every month, usually delivers a heavy dose of security fixes of varied criticality that can challenge even the heartiest IT staff.
"When I was writing scripts, it would take me two hours to write just one, because you have to do research on a patch, download it and deploy it to one machine, then monitor the logs for problems," says Keith Seavey, infrastructure analyst for BOC Edwards, a Wilmington, Mass.-based semiconductor manufacturer with 4,000 seats and 250 servers at 68 sites around the world.
"To patch the whole U.S. environment this way would take 40 hours--times-two for Europe and Asia. Now it takes five minutes," he adds. "We're far more likely to patch, when before we were putting on only critical patches that applied to our environment."
But is Patch Tuesday a blessing or a curse for enterprises? To find out, Information Security and SearchSecurity.com visited several organizations of various sizes on Patch Tuesday and the days that followed to see the benefits, challenges and shortcomings of the scheduled patch release cycle. What we found is that the combination of predictable patch release dates, better testing and automated patch management tools is paying real dividends.
|Scheduled Releases? No thanks.
Controlled Chaos
After a patch-free March, Microsoft released a mountain of patches in April to fix 18 security holes. This pushed many IT shops into overdrive.
But, for Ben Marshall and Bill Arrington, not even the ugliest patching cycle can compare to their daily grind of two years ago--before Microsoft went to a monthly patch release and rolled out Software Update Services (SUS), a free Web application for Windows XP/2000/2003 that manages the prioritization and deployment of security updates.
Back then, patches arrived without warning. Marshall, Arrington and the rest of the network support team at Children's Hospital Boston would work late into the night, scrambling to figure out which patches affected their 200-plus servers and 4,000 workstations spread across the seven-building campus. "Before SUS, we'd manually update every workstation," Marshall says. "There are nine of us to manage desktops and servers, and we'd start at night and go until we were done, going building to building. We were always behind."
"We're much closer to the 9-to-5 life these days," Arring- ton says. "Now, we can set our patching schedule ahead of time and have people in place to test the patches. And the process is a lot more automated."
From Microsoft's perspective, the thinking behind Patch Tuesday was that a monthly rollout would improve both the patching process and the quality of the security fixes.
"If a product team released a patch on a Wednesday afternoon, an hour after it came out of a QA lab, it was shipped in an ad hoc manner. The only rule was there would be no shipments on Fridays," says Eric Schultze, chief security architect with Shavlik Technologies, a patch management software vendor, and a former program manager with Microsoft's Security Response Center (MSRC). "From the customer's perspective, they never knew when a patch was coming out. We would always catch them off guard."
Before, and well into the era of Trustworthy Comput-ing, Microsoft's patches were buggy and often broke other applications. Bugs in patches would only be discovered shortly after release, resulting in one, two, three and sometimes four iterations of the same patch. The January 2003 Slammer worm exploited a SQL vulnerability for which four patches had been released over the preceding six months.
"There was no chance to sit on it and evaluate the patch," Schultze says.
Microsoft moved to weekly releases before settling on the monthly update in October 2003.
"Most of the feedback we heard from customers was around planning. They told us they needed predictability to plan ahead," says Stephen Toulouse, security program manager at MSRC. "When we released security updates as soon as they were released from the testing phase, we got strong feedback that it was just not manageable."
April 12 brought five critical Microsoft Windows, Inter- net Explorer, Exchange, MSN Messenger and Word fixes, as well as three patches rated important for Windows. Contrarians would say Microsoft sat on those critical fixes for at least a month, extending the time enterprises were exposed to potential exploits. However, Microsoft will immediately release critical patches if an exploit is discovered in the wild--the last was a cumulative fix for IE released December 2004.
The company has also begun a third-party beta testing program, giving patches to select enterprises and government agencies 30 days in advance to test for conflicts and problems.
"Moving to a monthly release cycle allows our product teams to rigorously test the patches, and, in the end, that results in quality updates," says Toulouse. "We measure success by the increase in customers deploying updates and the growth in use of Windows Update and automatic updates."
Automation Is Key
For companies like BOC Edwards, Patch Tuesday is convenient, but not necessary.
"Patch Tuesday makes it easier for us to focus on a specific date. It gives us time to review a patch and its impact on us. The benefit, though, is not huge," says Dick Stewart, BOC's director of information services. "It does make it more likely that we won't overlook a vulnerability, but the automation is far and away more important to us."
BOC Edwards deploys patches to servers and workstations--except for some finicky boxes that require a manual touch--via PatchLink's PATCHLINK UPDATE. The automation provided by the patch management software not only pushes patches after a few clicks, but facilitates their prioritization. Once a software vendor pushes patches to BOC, managers scroll through the fixes to determine their impact on the company's environment and how many workstations and servers will be affected. Then, managers push it to two separate test environments, Alpha and Beta.
Alpha is made up of 10 machines that replicate the company's baseline system images. Patches are applied to determine if there are compatibility issues. Once they are confident, Stewart's teams push the patches through Beta, which are live production systems used by the information management team.
There, patches are tested more rigorously before being installed on production machines.
Smaller sites are patched first and monitored closely before patches are added to the baseline system images. If that goes smoothly, 600 machines are patched every two hours. The entire BOC network is patched in one night.
"We aren't quick to throw it on," Stewart says. "We won't patch on Day 1, then find out we shot ourselves in the foot. It could be two weeks until we're finished testing, unless it's a critical vulnerability."
At Children's Hospital, automation alleviates the running from one workstation to the next trying to figure out which machines need patching and which applications those patches are breaking. Children's Mar-shall uses SUS to prioritize, approve and push patches to the test lab. If a problem patch is flagged, he can click a few buttons to hold it while deploying the rest of the updates throughout the hospital's infrastructure. Once compatibility issues are resolved, he can quickly program SUS to complete the updates.
Most server updates are automated as well. Children's Arrington uses Ecora's Ecora Patch Manager to push updates to 10 servers at a time. Other servers, including Microsoft Exchange, are updated manually.
|A Pitch for Patching
Unwelcome Surprises
Out-of-cycle patch releases can still plunge IT teams into chaos.
"When [Microsoft] issues an out-of-cycle patch, it's always critical," says Children's Arrington. "The department testers aren't in place, so emergency notification goes out to all hands.
"If it's a Friday, we have a meeting to figure out if it's something that can wait until Monday. If not, we make plans for who will have to do what," he adds.
The last surprise was December's cumulative fix for critical IE vulnerabilities. That time, the staff chose to act immediately.
"When something is released out of cycle, you know it's big," Arrington says. "Under the old system, when patches could come at any time, it was much harder to determine what was critical, important or moderate."
Problems can also develop within the normal cycle.
It took a week before Children's Marshall was able to deploy April's patches. The process started smoothly enough, but then the lab ran into trouble with MS05-023, a critical fix for flaws in Microsoft Word and Office that would allow an attacker to take over vulnerable machines.
"It turned out that machines running Office without SP1 weren't compatible," Marshall says. With exploit code floating around cyberspace and worms like Mytob in the wild, the team had to decide whether to hold back all the patches and isolate problem machines or just delay deploying the one patch. This time, they chose to isolate the 67 incompatible machines.
"Those 67 users won't know the difference, and once their computers are updated to include SP1, we can put them back on the SUS system," Marshall says.
Size Matters
Small companies don't have the resources of BOC Edwards or Children's Hospital. Some have to rely on Microsoft for automation via Windows Update Services (WUS) to patch workstations, while often manually patching servers; others isolate machines from the Inter-net and patch as time allows.
"If a patch is very critical, it's scary for a company like ours because of the testing involved," says the VP of information services of a small Pennsylvania manufacturer. "If there's a SQL 2000 patch, do I want to put that patch on an enterprise server? It has gotten so big and complex that we have gone more on faith. We test what we can, but we just don't have the resources, time, money or software to do total software testing."
The VP, who didn't want his name or company published, tests patches on his home systems for application compatibility. If all goes well, he begins deployment.
"I don't think we are that uncommon at all," he says of 120-workstation, 13-server shop. "The nature of business cycles up and down. The amount of money I spend is based on business rather than need. We're a smaller shop with no resources. There are too many different versions of everything, including hardware."
Another small shop, a manufacturer in Washington, runs its mission-critical Oracle applications on Solaris and Red Hat, running other apps on 11 Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 servers. Critical patches are also pulled off WUS for 175 desktops, but downtime is scheduled for Sunday afternoons following Patch Tuesday for manual patching of enterprise servers.
"We apply it to production and trust Microsoft," says an administrator who also wished to remain anonymous. "It's different with Oracle; we have test boxes, and we test every patch. We install it, launch all the features and functions, test it out, and then put it into production. The same with Linux; we put patches into test boxes, test them, and then put them into production.
"We have enough confidence with Microsoft," he says. "It costs a fortune to have mirrors of every box with custom apps."

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Guidelines for REDD+ Reference Levels: Principles and Recommendations
Deforestation accounts for about 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions—larger than the entire global transportation sector. The Government of Norway has made the inclusion of a mechanism for REDD+ in a post-2012 climate regime a policy priority in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. To achieve this, sufficient fact-based analysis of options on how to effectively reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (and the role of conservation of forest carbon stocks, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks) and impacts of an agreed mechanism will be crucial. The Guidelines for REDD+ Reference Levels: Principles and Recommendations report and the preceding report, Modalities for REDD+ Reference Levels: Technical and Procedural Issues, both of which can be downloaded from this site are two important contributions in that regard.
Meridian Institute, a nonprofit NGO internationally recognized for convening and facilitating neutral and independent dialogues and assessments, facilitated this process. Meridian recently assembled a high-quality, diverse, and independent group of experts to provide pragmatic, fact-based analysis of technical and procedural issues, associated with reference level modalities as well as guidelines for the preparation of reference levels under the UNFCCC framework.
The Guidelines for REDD+ Reference Levels: Principles and Recommendations report identifies principles that should be adhered to, the steps that must be taken, the data that will be required, and shows how the data can be analyzed to produce scientifically credible estimates of historic GHG emissions and removals from forests, which can then be used to project reference levels. This analysis is undertaken to inform the Government of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative and other key stakeholders and government negotiators in the run up to COP-17.
There have been electronic and in person consultations as part of this ef fort—with governments, civil society, indigenous peoples' representatives, and other key stakeholders—to ensure that diverse perspectives are considered. However, the intent of this process has not been to reach or form consensus, but rather to provide an analysis to help inform governments, and other key stakeholders on these important issues.
For more information, please contact: Michael Lesnick at
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The Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies at Western Michigan University has been preparing vision professionals since 1961. That experience goes to work for individuals choosing to pursue graduate degrees in the growing fields of rehabilitation teaching, counseling, teaching children with visual impairments, and orientation and mobility for persons with blindness and low vision.
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Track Stocks with Free Bloomberg iPhone App
If you want to watch your stocks but don't have an E*Trade or other online brokerage account, you may want to consider Bloomberg, the self-titled app from the Bloomberg wire service. This cost-free app offers stock quotes, market information, and financial news.
Bloomberg offers the news in a number of different ways. Of course, you can get company-specific news when you view a stock, but in the News tab, you can get a list of news headlines and filter it in more than a score of ways.
For instance, when you first fire up the app, you only see Worldwide and Exclusive categories. However, you can also list news according to most read, bonds, commodities, currencies, the economy, emerging markets, energy, funds, health care, insurance, municipal bonds, politics, opinions, and more. You can filter by 13 different countries. You can even get audio news right in the app.
There's also a tab for Markets. The app includes the six exchanges and indices, as well as another 40 or so markets and indices from around the world. You can toggle through options to view "%" Chg (percent change) in terms of points and the time at which the numbers in the "Last" column were registered. If you tap an individual listing, say DOW JONES, the app opens up to a stock page.
The stock page offers you just about everything you might want to know about the stock's performance for the day, as well as a short paragraph explaining what it is you're looking at —handy for those who don't know.
With the Bloomberg app you can put together a list of stocks you want to watch. When you choose the stocks, you can enter how many shares you own and the price at which you bought them. To see the value of your holdings, tap the orange triangles at the top of the columns for some additional options.
Even with its easy-to-read, simple-to-use features, the Bloomberg app is not the best app for monitoring the value of your portfolio. It is, however, a great way to monitor your portfolio's day-to-day performance and to get general interest financial news and news relating to your stocks.


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In 2014 South Korea became, on a per capita basis, the highest-attending film territory in the world, overtaking tiny Iceland. Like its economy, the story of its film industry is a miracle. In 1998 there were 500 single screen cinemas and the industry sold 50 million tickets, just a quarter of them to domestically-produced films. By 2017, more than 2,700 multiplex screens had opened and more than half of the 220 million tickets sold were to Korean movies. This report tracks the industry's journey and the considerable international ambitions of South Korean exhibitors.
With comprehensive data covering issues like top films, national market shares, market shares in film distribution and exhibitor screen counts, this report reveals an intriguing industry which is playing a leading role in the continuing evolution of the film business in Asia. Forecasts included in the report run up to 2021.
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Best Of :: People & Places
Most people assume the only place a person can grab a beer in Dallas while playing an arcade game (read: not Golden Tee or one of those touch-screen mini-machines) is Dave & Buster's, but Exposition Park's Bar of Soap gives drinking gamers a shot at some fine cabinets without forcing them to wear khaki shorts. Racing, shooting, pinball, Pac-Man and air hockey are on tap in the bar's laundry room, so whether you want to kill time while finishing a load of whites or kill terrorists on the Gunblade: New York machine, electronic diversions are only a quarter slot away at the BoS. Even better, there's no Dance Dance Revolution cabinet--that's the last game you want to play after a few rounds, anyway.
Edie Brickell is still shooting at the stars
She was just 14 years old when the very first issues of the Dallas Observer showed up in the lobby of her favorite movie theater. Back then, Edie Brickell was still a couple of years away from enrolling at the Booker T. Washington School for Performing and Visual Arts, where she had planned to study painting and drawing. At the time, her circle of friends was relatively small. "I was too shy to interact with people at the time, and visual art was really the best way for me to express myself," she explains.
Her teenage years were spent delivering pizza ("Gosh, what was that place at Mockingbird and Greenville around the corner from Campisi's? I can't even remember the name of it now."), working the box office at the Granada Theater (where she returned to headline a solo show last year) and waiting tables at the Dixie House in Lakewood. She erupts in laughter as she remembers that the latter proved to be the most dangerous. "I had to quit 'cause I was gettin' a big ol' butt from standin' around on break eatin' all those delicious dinner rolls."
At the time, Brickell had no idea that popular music would become her profession. She developed a distinctive style of painting at a young age; close friends would anxiously await her delicately drawn personalized birthday cards every year, and her funky sense of aesthetic would later drive the art direction for the New Bohemians album cover artwork.
By now, most have heard the story of how she downed a shot of Jack Daniel's at the old 500 Café and then climbed onstage with a bunch of schoolmates for an improvised jam session. She had never been behind a microphone, had never been onstage, never even held aspirations of being a professional musician. But there she was, in front of an outdoor patio filled with her closest friends, stepping into a storybook future that would eventually find her opening for Bob Dylan, appearing in Oliver Stone's film Born on the Fourth of July, collaborating musically with artists such as Jerry Garcia, Barry White and Dr. John and, most important, starting a family with Paul Simon.
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians had two major label releases during the early '90s--the platinum Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars and its introspective follow-up, Ghost of a Dog. The group had a top 10 hit ("What I Am"), appeared on Saturday Night Live (where she met Simon) and toured the world before she ultimately chose spending time with her children over making music full time.
Still, she has never set her music aside for good. Her first solo album, Picture Perfect Morning, which was produced by Simon and Roy Halee, was released in 1994. Longtime New Bohemians fans were caught a little off guard by the succinct arrangements and polished sound, but the record seemed to connect with a more mature "adult contemporary" audience. Because of her commitment to her family, she didn't tour extensively to promote the album, and Geffen Records seemed at a loss on how best to promote the work. After eventually severing ties with the label, she continued writing songs and studying the guitar but chose not to solicit another major label record deal in the meantime.
In 1999, Brickell invited the original members of New Bohemians and local producer/engineer David Castell up to Montauk, Long Island, to try to recapture some of that original improvisational magic. The result was the self-released The Live Montauk Sessions, which included an early version of "Rush Around," a song that would later be the first single from her 2003 solo album Volcano. The Montauk album satisfied the loyal fans who had been with Brickell and the band since the beginning but never reached the vast audience that had embraced the first two New Bo's albums. Still, the group continued to perform on occasion, including a number of benefit shows and a handful of amazing "reunion" shows in Deep Ellum.
Amazingly, given all the twists and turns of her "accidental" career, Brickell has always maintained her humility and sharp sense of humor. Creatively, she also seems to have shifted into overdrive once again, with three different projects moving forward at once. Brickell has written and recorded a follow-up to Volcano, with Charlie Sexton producing and local musicians Carter Albrecht and David Monsey contributing. This new solo record, however, might have to wait, as she has also been writing and recording with the original members of New Bohemians once again, this time in Brooklyn with Pavement's Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain producer Bryce Goggin. She sounds excited as she explains how this all came about.
"Well, first of all, I met Bryce through Paul's son Harper, who I have been collaborating with, too. Harper's great. He's got Paul's ear, you know, so he hears everything. He really understands melody and harmony and texture. And Harper introduced me to Bryce, who has worked with Phish and Pavement and a few other jam bands...and a light just went off. I just knew that after all these years, this was the guy who could really capture what the New Bohemians are all about. I really wanted to re-create that old sound that we had live during the early days. So I've been working with Bryce on both projects, this new thing with Harper and the next New Bohemians record."
The next solo record with Charlie Sexton might have to simmer on the back burner for a few more months. "I love working with Charlie, and we recorded quite a bit of stuff with the band from my last tour, but the first time we actually sat down and listened to it, it hadn't been mixed, it was kinda rough. I really like the songs, but it just hadn't really been produced. Then not too long ago Charlie went in and did some new mixes, and now it sounds great. But I'm just so excited about this stuff the New Bohemians just did with Bryce that the solo stuff might have to wait for just a little while."
Her family is still top priority, of course. Shortly after 9/11, they moved from a tense and fractured Manhattan to the Connecticut countryside, where the kids can play on a Slip-n-Slide during the summer, and everybody can make as much noise as they want. These days, Brickell is also becoming an exceptional jazz-influenced guitarist. She has been studying the piano and is reading far more than she ever had before.
It is rather hard to imagine how a shy kid from East Dallas went from delivering pizza in an old yellow pick-up truck to living a life that few of us could dream of. Even harder to imagine is how a gifted artist like Edie Brickell could do all of this without becoming a pretentious diva or a blatant parody of herself. She's still grounded, she can still pass for a 25-year-old and is so well-adjusted mentally that you have to wonder how she does it. To borrow the simple theme from her biggest hit single, what she is is what she is. --Jeff Liles
Medici is, as every uptown scenester knows, just exclusive enough to be called exclusive, but not exclusive enough that a pretty big rack or a pretty big wallet won't get you in. We know because, well, we've been there, and we are not classy broads, despite what you may have been led to believe. This didn't seem to matter to the sea of middle-aged advertising execs, building contractors and PR guys who practically lined up to buy us very dirty martinis. By the end of the night, we were grinding with Uncle John over in the VIP section, the velvet rope disappearing before our very eyes. Bleary-eyed and hungover, we woke up the next morning with several business cards stuffed in our purse and the number of an Indiana Pacer point guard added to our cell. And we haven't had to pay for dinner since.
Some jazz clubs in Dallas offer live music on the weekends; most of the better ones serve it up every night. But New Amsterdam, a coffee house in Exposition Park, beats the competition even though it hosts live jazz only on Mondays. Still, there's more than a quality-to-quantity ratio involved in this one. To us, jazz isn't about pristine tablecloths, expensive martinis and a bunch of old farts sitting around and ignoring the music. The best jazz is the stuff made in dark, casual clubs like New Amsterdam, where local players as hot as Shelley Carroll and (on occasion) Earl Harvin set up on the floor in front of the bathrooms and improvise some of the best bop-era jazz in town. On occasion, the tunes get rough--after all, the floor is open to all brass-wielders--but cheap martinis, lounge seating and a chill atmosphere make up for the occasional weak sax solo. Readers' Pick
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We're about to make a disclosure that has nearly cost us a few friendships. When it comes to beer, we love a good bottle of Grolsch. We truly enjoy Stella Artois from the tap. Occasionally, we'll go with some breed of Chimay. We heart Boddingtons. Cheers to Harp and Fat Tire. Dear, sweet Pyramid Apricot. Good ol' Guinness. Give us a Snakebite, and we'll show you strength through the inevitable hangover because, well, it was probably worth it. They are very tasty. Priest's Collars, Black Velvets, even Car Bombs. Point is, we've been told that one person shouldn't enjoy all of these varying types of beer. Arguments have ensued. "You can't love Grolsch and Boddingtons! Who loves Grolsch anyway?" But whatever. We do, and thankfully we have a haven when we walk through the doors of the Old Monk. The Monk's beer list reads like an international who's who with prices from budget to scandalous. Luckily, no matter which personality of ours is drinking on any given evening, the Monk keeps our pint glass full with draught or bottle brews from Belgium, Germany, Holland, Great Britain, the States, Canada, Czech Republic, Jamaica and Mexico. Pair a pint with some frites or Guinness beef stew and the experience is nothing short of world-class.
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The Landing looks like a rec room from the 1970s; think of the basement in That '70s Show or any scene from Freaks and Geeks where people drank, got high or made out. There are a few tables, a handful of booths, one couch, a pool table, Golden Tee, a jukebox and a long bar in a narrow space. On the weekends, it's crowded like a high school party in a John Hughes movie. And that makes the Landing the best place to go after work. On early weekdays, you can hold court at one of the big round tables, feed dollar after dollar into the jukebox (it's one of the best in town with everything from Etta James to the Clash, the Old 97's to Elvis Costello), order a burger or some loaded cheese fries (also some of the best in town) and actually hear people talk while sharing a pitcher of Shiner.
On a good day at the dog park, you'll meet dozens of dogs of various breeds and, sometimes, dozens of breeds in one dog. Not a dog owner? White Rock Lake Dog Park is a great place to "window shop" for your next pal; you can see how spectacularly tall (and drooly) a great Dane is or how mind-numbingly adorable a 4-month-old basset hound puppy can be. Good-weather Saturday afternoons seem to be the time to encounter the highest volume of canines, especially since this summer's renovation.
At Fair Park in the building and area where the botanical society used to be, Texas Discovery Gardens is a year-round medley of all-organic garden themes, including a butterfly habitat (especially worth seeing during the State Fair), wildlife pond, scent garden, shade garden and heirloom garden. The Dallas Arboretum is more fancy-schmancy, of course, but unlike the Arboretum, the Discovery Gardens is a place where you can see what you can grow without excoriating the earth with 50-pound bags of toxins in the process. Of course, they do manage to achieve those really unearthly hues at the Arboretum, but at least here you can peruse the posies and not need a Hazmat suit.
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You just want an inexpensive faux hairpiece. That's all. Not so much to ask. Your girlfriend wants a fake Louis Vuitton wallet. Easy. Or so you thought. The logical destination is, of course, the Sam Moon Trading Company off LBJ Freeway and...hey, the new location even has one big-assed parking lot. Unfortunately, that means more room for minivans, which means more obnoxious screaming children and their clueless, inattentive parents. We don't know how many toddlers we've crushed on our way to the sparkly, dangly earring wall, but to be honest, we don't really care. Breeding licenses, anyone? Anyone?
You're decked out in your chucks, with your low-slung ass-huggers and wife beater, and your eyeliner is absolutely perfect. You really, really need to listen to some Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or Johnny Cash and you crave a Hefeweizen, but for Pete's sake, you're in Tarrant-freaking-County. It's a scary feeling. What's a hipster to do? Haul ass down to Division Street, the bail bond/pay-per-hour motel capital of Arlington and cram your car into the gravel pit of a parking lot at Caves Lounge. You'll be greeted by an extensive import beer menu, a jukebox stocked with all your favorite indie rock hits and at least one really hot emo kid drinking a Lone Star alone in the corner, just begging to get his or her heart broken. With nary a frat boy in sight, you'll be able to pretend you're in Brooklyn--just don't drink too much, cause you won't be able to take the L train back home.
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Dear Sinead,
I am super sorry things are hard for you now. I don't know what to say exactly but I want to say something. I guess I want to say thank you for your wonderful music and just for being who you are. I always loved you from the moment I heard you and saw you and you made me feel like I existed and like I mattered and that it was okay and actually very glamorous and proper and righteous to be angry about things and that's a nice lesson that you taught a whole generation of girls who are now women who when we are mad about stuff will get all up in peoples face about it and that is really down to you and your legacy and what you said and did. Thanks for that.
It's a lot more than most people ever do or ever have done. You gave us a voice and a right to an opinion and permission to cause a big fuss and kick everybody right in the ass and not apologize or spin it or give in or give up. I listen to all your records and I will always because you are talented beyond measure but I think that being as good as you are comes with a heavy tariff of trouble and I am not saying that as a judge I am saying that as a fan of great art and I know great artists have always had it rough. It's not easy to be the bearer of these gifts as the world never appreciates them right away or in the right way and you never fully recoup all that you have invested which I can tell when I hear you sing is all of you.
I think about the video for Nothing Compares 2 u and really nothing does compare to your beauty which is still true today. Who among any star could just stare into the lens and sing and that alone is enough? Nothing compares.
When you ripped up the pope's picture I thought it was so cool and amazing and daring, and you started this idea of questioning and cross-examining authority and institutions and what was regarded as sacred you wanted to show was actually profane and you revealed the depraved and helped the deprived and I think you were ahead of your time because this is what happens now. We question and cross-examine everything now. nothing is sacred and I think that is better because we can't just blindly trust. Blind trust leads to taken advantage of. I am pretty sure you started that idea, in case you didn't know. I am pretty sure.
I am not in the know of particulars or facts, and I don't know what is happening with you or to you. People talk online about things, and that will always be the case. People talk. I don't care. I just know that I love you, and that I always will, and that I would shave my head and have shaved my head in solidarity with you and you built a mighty castle with your legacy and your words and your songs and we, the young girls of the world who are now grown but young in our heart, live in it still and the view, well, it's astonishing.
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Not sure where it began, but there seemed to be a lot of people who were under the impression the Saints-Raiders game would be televised live in its local market.
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U.S. manufacturing activity hit a five-month high in August as hiring picked up and new orders increased at their fastest pace since January, an industry report showed on Thursday.
Financial data firm Markit said its "flash," or preliminary, U.S. Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose to 53.9, its best showing since March, and just below economists' forecast of 54.0. The index stood at 53.7 in July. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
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Overall output, however, declined to 53.4 from 54.8, its slowest rate of growth in three months, suggesting the pace of overall U.S. economic expansion remains "disappointingly sluggish," said Markit chief economist Chris Williamson.
"Hopefully the faster growth of new orders seen during August will translate into increasingly strong production gains in coming months, and also boost hiring," he added.
New orders rose to 56.5, a seven-month high, from 55.5 in July, and firms took on new workers at their fastest pace in four months. But Williamson said the manufacturing sector "is still barely contributing to nonfarm payroll growth."
U.S. employers slowed their pace of hiring last month but the jobless rate declined. Global investors, however, still expect the Federal Reserve will start winding down its massive stimulus program this year, with many betting the central bank could slow its monthly bond purchases as soon as September.
Markit's "flash" reading is based on replies from about 85 percent of the U.S. manufacturers surveyed. A final reading will be released on the first business day of the following month.


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On December 4, 2014, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy Board approved the SNFCI Action Plan. This plan was created in collaboration with the SNFCI Council and will serve as a roadmap for restoring forest health in the Sierra Nevada Region.
Sierra Nevada forests are one of the primary sources for California's rich biodiversity, the source of most of California's water and a premier recreational destination for people around the world. However, large, damaging wildfires threaten this resource and put at risk the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Region's many contributions to all of California. Overgrown forests in much of the Sierra increases California's risk for catastrophic wildfires that can result in serious statewide consequences. While periodic fire is part of a healthy ecosystem, the current condition of many of our forests makes these beneficial fires less likely and when the larger, more intense fires occur, these positive benefits are not realized. Sierra Nevada forests and watersheds are a savings account the State of California relies on for a variety of needs critical to life. We need thoughtful management, active collaboration and continued investment to ensure that this important Region will remain a jewel in the crown of the state's treasured natural resources, beautiful natural wonders, and important community-sustaining working landscapes.
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Moroccans voted Friday in a referendum on constitutional reforms, amid deep disagreement over whether it represented a new path for reform in a troubled region or another autocrat's hollow bid to diffuse popular discontent.
"I voted yes because this new constitution introduces good changes in the society, without the use of violence," said Marwan Akroum, a company manager who had just emerged from a polling station in the popular Rabat neighborhood of Yacoub Mansour. "I believe this reform is a unique model in the Muslim Arab world."
The proposed changes give more executive power to the prime minister, strengthen the judiciary, stress the importance of gender equality, and recognize Berber as a national language. Yet, critics point out, the changes fall far short of transforming Morocco into a European-style constitutional monarchy, as the opposition wanted.
"This reform is partial," says Elabadila Chbihna, one of the coordinators of the February 20 protest movement, which boycotted the referendum. "We are not at the vegetable market, negotiating prices. The king cannot propose an 80 percent democracy."
With the new constitution, King Mohammed VI – whose family has reigned for three centuries – looses his "sacred" status. Yet he remains the Amir al Mu'minin, the Commander of the Faithful, thus maintaining power over the religious establishment. He also retains control over the defense and security forces. He can still impose emergency laws. While the prime minister can appoint all ministers, the king has veto power on those appointments and all new laws need to be confirmed by him.
"The power remains concentrated in the hands of the monarch," says Othmane Baqa, member of the Conference democratique du Travail, a workers' union with the February 20 movement. He supported the boycott, he said, because the king did not take into consideration proposals submitted by the opposition.
"The reforms were imposed by the monarchy, there was not a constitutional assembly composed by members of the civil society," he said, sitting in the headquarters of the union in central Rabat.
Praise for king's 'clear commitment to democracy'
King Mohammed VI announced the reforms, meant to curb the power of the 300-year-old dynasty, in an historic March 9 speech as protests were sweeping his country and the broader Arab world.
Some see the proposed reforms as opening a new chapter of the Arab Spring in which the regime, with no bullets or teargas, introduces changes itself.
The European Union said the reform initiative "signals a clear commitment to democracy." Prominent Western analysts have hailed the changes as a new beginning.
"What's so important about what the Moroccan king has done is that he is forging a different model of change in the Arab world," wrote Kenneth M. Pollack recently for the Washington-based Brookings Institution, where he is the director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy.
Mohammed Ziane, the founder of the Moroccan Liberal Party, supported the reforms with enthusiasm, linking the changes in Morocco with regional events. "This is a beginning," he says on the phone from Casablanca. "Moroccans and the populations of the region finally started thinking about democracy, asking to have more control on their governments."
Why some opposition leaders boycotted the vote
But some opposition leaders were not impressed by the proposed changes, and urged the population to boycott Friday's vote.
Those calling for a boycott came together under the umbrella of the February 20 movement - named for the day of the first anti-regime demonstration.
Similar to the loose-knit coalitions that have led protests in other Arab countries, the movement is made up of young Moroccans, bloggers, Internet activists, small labor unions, some ultra-leftist groups and the Justice and Spirituality Organization, an illegal but tolerated Islamist movement. It has been campaigning against the referendum and organizing protests.
The efforts of the opposition parties were out-muscled though by the campaign for a "yes" vote, which were more organized and widespread.
In every Rabat neighborhood, big posters urged voters to go to the polls; in popular markets banners declared shopkeepers' support for the king; imams in the mosques last Friday urged devotees to go to the polls and the king's smiling face was on the front page of every national magazine. Opposition activists claimed that local and regional associations, under pressure from the government, shuttled people by bus to attend pro-referendum demonstrations in many cities.
There is little doubt in Morocco about the outcome of the referendum: most analysts expect a resounding "yes," thanks at least partly to the monarch's long history of coopting political rivals into alliances with the regime.
So the success of the king's move will be measured not by the result but by voter turnout. The national press agency, MAP, said on Friday afternoon that 60 percent of 13 million registered voters cast ballots, a percentage difficult to confirm independently.
Implementation will be key
The real challenge for king Mohammed VI starts with the closing of the ballot stations.
"This constitution has potential, it strips the king of a lot of power," said Maati Monjib, a professor of politcal history at Rabat University. "The changes introduced in 1996 in a previous constitutional referendum were never implemented. The future of the reform depends now on the pressure the street can still exert."
The opposition of February 20 has announced it will hold demonstrations every Sunday in the main Moroccan cities.


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OK guys, this isn't much I know but a report is coming! And maybe some photos if I can find them. Mersey Valley Tour was last weekend and the VIS girls gave it a nudge. I was 3rd on GC and teammate Jo Hogan 4th. Both of us were pretty sick and under the weather so very happy with the result. Teamies Sarah Roy and Kendelle Hodges did awesome domestique work, and I owe Roy a beer for making her sick too. Sorry Roy. I will let you in on a little secret... I almost didn't start stage 3 on Sunday because I was feeling so terrible, but Davo put a pack of throat lozenges on the finish line so I had to complete the race to get to them. In the end it worked out well. I got in a breakaway that stuck (the best kind of breakaway) and we got enough of a gap to propel me to 3rd on GC. Final results: 1st: Tarryn Heather (the woman to beat right now!); 2nd: Grace Sulzberger (also QOM); 3rd: moi.
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NCLB Update
Adult Literacy
Grants Update
Competitiveness Summit
Notable Reports
Barney Cam IV
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
This week (December 14), at Guilford Elementary School in Columbia, Maryland, Secretary Spellings announced proposed regulations on the testing of students with disabilities. Already, the Department permits states to test one percent of studentsthose with the most significant cognitive disabilitiesat their instruction level (versus their grade level) and count their "proficient" scores in Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) determinations. Then, in April, the Secretary announced a new policy to permit states to test an additional two percent of studentsthose who are able to reach grade level, although not at the same speed as their peersusing modified assessments and count their "proficient" scores in AYP determinations; 31 states used interim measures to adjust their test scores for the 2004-05 school year. The proposed regulations spell out a process for all states to develop modified academic standards and assessments aligned to those standards for the long-term. Meanwhile, to cover the period of time when the public is commenting on the proposed rule and the agency is issuing a final version, the Secretary stated she would extend interim measures for the 2005-06 school year. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/12/
12142005a.html. (Note: A toolkit of technical assistance materials, including the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, is available at http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/speced/toolkit/.)
The Department's Office of Innovation and Improvement has released a new brochure on public school choice. "School Choice for Student Success," written specifically for parents, addresses student eligibility, transportation, and how to get more information. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/schools/success/. (Note: Free copies, in English and Spanish, may be ordered from ED PUBS at http://www.edpubs.org/.)
Idaho and South Dakota have now joined the list of states (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia) that have received feedback on their standards and assessments under the No Child Left Behind Act. (Reviewers do not look at the standards and assessments themselves, but at documents showing that they meet the law's mandates.) For comparison, their review letters are posted online. It is expected each state will receive more than one review letter over the next year or so. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbfinalassess/.
Adult Literacy
Yesterday (December 15), the Department's National Center for Education Statistics unveiled initial findings from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL), the first national findings on adult literacy since 1992. The quantitative literacy of adults (the ability to identify and perform computations using numbers in text, such as comparing the cost per ounce of food items) has improved, with those scoring "basic" or above rising from 75 to 79 percent. However, neither prose literacy (the ability to understand continuous text, such as newspapers) nor document literacy (the ability to understand non-continuous text, such as prescription drug labels) has changed from 1992. Also, while African-American and Asian adults showed considerable improvement across all three literacy scales, closing the "literacy gap" with their white peers, literacy among Hispanic adults has declined sharply as the nation has become more diverse. For more information, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/naal/.
Note: To better serve adult needs, the Department is convening a task force of experts, planning a national symposium of noteworthy policies and best practices, and resolving to coordinate adult education across multiple federal agencies. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/reading/adultliteracy.html.
Grants Update
Congress is still in the process of finalizing the Department's Fiscal Year 2006 budget (http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/news.html#06action), but, in anticipation of an agreement, the agency has updated (as of November 28) its popular "Forecast for Funding Opportunities," which lists virtually all programs and competitions under which it has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards and provides actual or estimated dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html.
And how about a grant opportunity? The Teaching American History Grant Programwhich requires e-Applicationsupports projects to raise student achievement by improving teachers' appreciation and understanding of traditional American history. Grant awards assist school districts, in partnership with entities that have extensive content expertise (such as colleges and universities, libraries, and museums), to design, implement, and demonstrate "effective, research-based professional development programs." A notice of intent to apply is due January 6. The application is due February 3. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/.
Competitiveness Summit
On December 6, Secretary Spellings and other Cabinet officials joined corporate CEOs, university presidents, and noted scientists from around the country to discuss bolstering research and development funding, improving science education, and reforming immigration laws to attract the world's most talented scientists and engineers. Among the recommendations for education: doubling the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to U.S. students in math, science, and engineering by 2015; increasing the number of those students who become K-12 teachers; and providing incentives for the creation of public-private partnerships to encourage U.S. students at all levels to pursue studies and/or careers in math, science, engineering, and technology. Just another report? "The purpose of this summit is not to produce another report," National Association of Manufacturers President John Engler informed the audience of 300, admitting America's competitive struggles are well documented in recent years. "It's to draw from those existing reports and focus on an action program." For more information, please go to http://www.usinnovation.org/.
Notable Reports
Speaking of reports, the previous month witnessed a number of insightful studies, far too many to properly summarize but many of which deserve mention. Among them:
- American Institutes for Research, "Reassessing U.S. International Math Performance: New Findings from the 2003 TIMSS and PISA" (http://www.air.org/news/documents/
TIMSS_PISA%20math%20study.pdf) and "Report on Elementary Comprehensive School Reform Models" (http://www.air.org/news/documents/
- Education Trust, "Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students" and "Power to Change: High Schools that Help All Students Achieve" (http://www2.edtrust.org/EdTrust/Press+Room/
- National Center for Education Statistics, "Student Achievement in Private Schools: Results from NAEP 2000-05" (http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006459)
- National Institute for Early Education Research, "The Effects of State Pre-Kindergarten on Young Children's School Readiness in Five States" (http://nieer.org/resources/research/multistate/
- Pre-K Now, "Votes Count: Legislative Action on Pre-K Fiscal Year 2006" (http://www.preknow.com/documents/Legislative
- RAND, "The Role of Districts in Fostering Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning" (http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9142/
- Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, various presentations and testimony (http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/
- Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, "The State of State Science Standards" (http://www.edexcellence.net/institute/
Barney Cam IV
Earlier this month, the White House unveiled "Barney Cam: A Very Beazley Christmas," the fourth installment of "Barney Cam," which features the President and First Lady's Scottish terriers touring the White House to provide viewers with a dog's eye view of the holiday decorations. This year, Barney is incensed by the tremendous popularity of his sister, Miss Beazley, and goes about hiding her Christmas presents. After a talk with the President (Miss Beazley is told to stop being a "media hound!"), the dogs unite for more traditional holiday fun. The video features cameos by Cabinet secretaries, senior White House officials, and Willie the cat. For more information, please go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/.
Quote to Note
"Special education is no longer a peripheral issue. IDEA and NCLB have put the needs of students with disabilities front and center. We've torn down the final barrier between general and special education. Now everyone in the system has a stake in ensuring students with disabilities achieve high standards. At the same time, we know not all students learn the same way. We want to give states the flexibility to design assessments that match the needs of their students. We're committed to using the best research to make sure students with disabilities are learning and taking tests that are meaningful to them."
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (12/14/05)
Upcoming Events
On January 12, the White House and several Cabinet agencies will host a conference in Kansas City, Missouri, to help faith-based and other community organizations learn more about the President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative. The conference is free, but pre-registration is required. Please register by January 6. For more information, please go to http://www.fbci.gov/.
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Faith in Vermont: Amazing Gracie
In mid-October, we got a dog. Specifically, we got Gracie, a 4-month-old, white-and-brown Labradoodle.
FULL DISCLOSURE: Gracie came from a breeder. In Kentucky. Which means that our dog has a higher carbon footprint this year than the rest of our family combined. Go ahead and judge; our friends back in Berkeley certainly are, in their own non-obviously-judgmental way. "Oooh," they croon, "did you think of looking at the local shelter? Or finding a Labradoodle rescue?"
To which the answers are: yes, and yes. Even before we moved to Vermont, once we knew we'd have enough space for a dog, I was regularly scanning the available pups on the Addison County Humane Society website. But we have three very young children, and my husband is allergic to everything. It proved difficult to find hypoallergenic shelter dogs that would do well with three overly affectionate little girls. Labradoodles are hypoallergenic, but that's conditional on their being multi-generational. We decided it was more responsible to go with a reputable breeder, rather than get a dog that our family couldn't tolerate.
So, we got Gracie: our family's first dog. In fact, since neither my husband nor I grew up with dogs, she's our first dog, ever.
And she's FANTASTIC. But I'm not going to bore you with stories about how cute and smart she is. Instead, I'm going to address the comment that we heard most in the days leading up to Gracie's arrival. "NOW you've done it!" people said, once they found out that we had an impending puppy. "It'll be just like having another child."
I'm not very far into the whole dog-ownership thing, but I can tell you this already: having a puppy is much, much easier than having another child. For Gracie's meals, I pour dry food into a bowl twice a day. If I could do that for my children, I'd be in business! Gracie follows me lovingly around the house without question; there's no emotional tug-of-war. And when Gracie is tired, she plops down and sleeps. She doesn't need a story, or a glass of water, or reassurance that there aren't witches in the closet. When I want Gracie to obey, all I have to do is cuddle her and give her a few treats while repeating a single command. If ONLY that worked with my kids.
Granted, dog ownership isn't all cuddles and treats. Gracie arrived already housebroken, but she's had a few accidents. (Then again, so do my children). She makes one recurring demand, which is to go outside several times each day for exercise and bodily functions. But that's really another plus: she gets me outside (unlike those housebound first months of new parenthood). And taking Gracie outside involves snapping on a leash, at most; there's no nagging to put on her shoes, no forcing her wriggling body into a coat.
I've found that the biggest overlap between having a dog and having children doesn't come from the dog; it comes from other people. Being first-time pet owners has thrust us into that familiar, uncomfortable territory of first-time parenthood: total cluelessness over how to best care for this being that's been entrusted to us. Apparently, everyone in Addison County has a dog, and EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION. As with parenting, there are roughly 67 million dog-rearing philosophies, and fellow dog owners are quick to offer their advice, solicited or not. The counsels we've heard so far have run the gamut from the "attachment parenting" school of dog rearing ("Take her with you everywhere you go.") to the "Crate her and let her bark it out" approach – and everything in between.
So, in my experience, having a puppy is like having a child -- and like most of life – mostly in that it's confusing and humbling. You don't know quite what to do for this dependent creature that you love. You worry that any misstep will cause permanent damage. You get lots of conflicting advice from others. And ultimately, you have to cobble together that advice with your instincts, and find your own way. Then you hope that grace – or Gracie -- fills in the gaps.
Faith Gong has worked as an elementary school teacher, a freelance photographer, and a nonprofit manager. Since moving to Addison County in 2011, her work has involved caring for a house in the woods, three young daughters, one adorable puppy — and writing for her blog,
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Congratulations to these two North Dakota legends.
From the Fargo Forum:
Leier, Manson picked for national honor
The Forum
Published Thursday, December 21, 2006
BISMARCK – Dwight Leier of Esmond and Gene Manson of Minot have been selected for induction into the 2007 National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Leier coached football and track for 35 years at Esmond-Maddock. He won 249 football games, including one 9-man state championship. His football teams qualified for the playoffs 17 times.[/align]
Manson, the Minot High basketball coach, has been coaching for 36 years at four different schools. He led the Magicians to a record 16 straight state tournament appearances, winning four Class A titles. He has a lifetime record of 594 wins and 257 losses.
The men will be honored in Milwaukee at the group's annual meeting in June.


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Thinking About Equations: A Practical Guide for Developing Mathematical Intuition in the Physical Sciences and Engineering
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Equations play a central role in problem solving across various fields of study. Understanding what an equation means is an essential step toward forming an effective strategy to solve it, and it also lays the foundation for a more successful and fulfilling work experience. Thinking About Equations provides an accessible guide to developing an intuitive understanding of mathematical methods and, at the same time, presents a number of practical mathematical tools for successfully solving problems that arise in engineering and the physical sciences.
Equations form the basis for nearly all numerical solutions, and the authors illustrate how a firm understanding of problem solving can lead to improved strategies for computational approaches. Eight succinct chapters provide thorough topical coverage, including:
- Approximation and estimation
- Isolating important variables
- Generalization and special cases
- Dimensional analysis and scaling
- Pictorial methods and graphical solutions
- Symmetry to simplify equations
Each chapter contains a general discussion that is integrated with worked-out problems from various fields of study, including physics, engineering, applied mathematics, and physical chemistry. These examples illustrate the mathematical concepts and techniques that are frequently encountered when solving problems. To accelerate learning, the worked example problems are grouped by the equation-related concepts that they illustrate as opposed to subfields within science and mathematics, as in conventional treatments. In addition, each problem is accompanied by a comprehensive solution, explanation, and commentary, and numerous exercises at the end of each chapter provide an opportunity to test comprehension.
Requiring only a working knowledge of basic calculus and introductory physics, Thinking About Equations is an excellent supplement for courses in engineering and the physical sciences at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also a valuable reference for researchers, practitioners, and educators in all branches of engineering, physics, chemistry, biophysics, and other related fields who encounter mathematical problems in their day-to-day work.
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William A. Friedman, PhD, is Emeritus Professor at the University of Wisconsin and Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington. A Fellow of the American Physical Society, Dr. Friedman has over forty years of academic experience and has authored more than one hundred journal articles in the field of nuclear physics.
Table of ContentsPreface.
List of Worked-Out Example Problems.
1 Equations Representing Physical Quantities.
1.1 Systems of Units.
1.2 Conversion of Units.
1.3 Dimensional Checks and the Use of Symbolic Parameters.
1.4 Arguments of Transcendental Functions.
1.5 Dimensional Checks to Generalize Equations.
1.6 Other Types of Units.
1.7 Simplifying Intermediate Calculations.
2 A Few Pitfalls and a Few Useful Tricks.
2.1 A Few Instructive Pitfalls.
2.2 A Few Useful Tricks.
2.3 A Few "Advanced" Tricks.
3 Limiting and Special Cases.
3.1 Special Cases to Simplify and Check Algebra.
3.2 Special Cases and Heuristic Arguments.
3.3 Limiting Cases of a Differential Equation.
3.4 Transition Points.
4 Diagrams, Graphs, and Symmetry.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Diagrams for Equations.
4.3 Graphical Solutions.
4.4 Symmetry to Simplify Equations.
5 Estimation and Approximation.
5.1 Powers of Two for Estimation.
5.2 Fermi Questions.
5.3 Estimates Based on Simple Physics.
5.4 Approximating Definite Integrals.
5.5 Perturbation Analysis.
5.6 Isolating Important Variables.
6 Introduction to Dimensional Analysis and Scaling.
6.1 Dimensional Analysis: An Introduction.
6.2 Dimensional Analysis: A Systematic Approach.
6.3 Introduction to Scaling.
7 Generalizing Equations.
7.1 Binomial Expressions.
7.2 Motivating a General Expression.
7.3 Recurring Themes.
7.4 General yet Simple: Euler's Identity.
7.5 When to Try to Generalize.
8 Several Instructive Examples.
8.1 Choice of Coordinate System.
8.2 Solution Has Unexpected Properties.
8.3 Solutions in Search of Problems.
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Bookworms' Paradise: Wooden Staircase Encompassed by Walls of Books
This house located in London was recently renovated by Platform 5 Architects, being a true bookworms' paradise. The client, a book lover with an extensive collection of books, was absolutely impressed with the results. Highlighting his passion for lecture, the architects designed a book tower at the heart of the house, a double-height library wrapped around a stair. Looks pretty much like a bookworms' paradise! Take a comfortable chair and encompass yourself with knowledge. In this environment you can spend hours and hours discovering, reading, learning and studying. On the upper-floor there's even a small office, where you can sit and overlook the room below while relaxing with a book in your hand.
Nothing compares with the smell of a book! Kindles may store hundreds of titles but that particular fragrance of hard covers, that 's something a gadget – sorry tech lovers – can't give you. Each shelf integrates a built-in spotlight. This way you get to see each title. The renewal of the house also implies a kitchen extension, basically doubling its size. The dining area (as part of the kitchen) boasts an exposed brick wall, to mirror, as the architects state, the city's character.


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Resistance band training for legs
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People with diabetes who perform resistance training strengthen their muscles. This results in a higher metabolism and more calories burnt, improving insulin sensitivity (glycemic control), helping with weight loss, and may reduce the amount of diabetes medications you take, according to Jacqueline Shahar, M.Ed., RCEP, CDE, a certified diabetes educator and manager of exercise physiology in the Joslin Clinic.
In this video, Jackie takes you through the steps of two exercises to strengthen different muscle groups in your legs. Do 2 sets of 15 reps two to three times per week.
Side-to-Side Steps
This exercise works the muscles on either side of your thighs, known as your adductors and abductors.
1. Wrap your resistance band around your hands
2. Step on band with both feet, knees slightly bent
3. Move left foot directly to the side then bring right foot in to join. Continue for 15 steps, then reverse.
a. You can increase resistance by making an "X" with the band in front of your body
4. Move slowly through the exercise while breathing throughout
Squat exercise
This exercise works the muscles at the back of your arm, known as your triceps
1. Wrap your resistance band around your hands
2. Step on band with both feet, and stretch your hands up , palms forward and elbows with the band behind you
3. Squat down like you are sitting in a chair, careful to not let your knees bend in front of your toes
4. Return to standing position
5. Move slowly through the exercise while breathing throughout
Exercises with bands can be done anywhere, any time. You can do these exercises in your living room in front of the TV, on your lunch break in your office, or part of your walking program in the park.
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