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Thunderhead prong/SAMs creek?
Took my 7 year old daughter up tremont this morning. Ran into an old high school buddy I hadn't seen for 18 years at the trail head! Water was a little high but very manageable, but not with a 7 year old girl. We fished about an hour. Caught one small rainbow and then proceeded to turning over rocks. While doing that a family of otters came right down the creek at us. A momma and 2 young uns. They didn't notice us until they popped up on a rock about 10 feet from us. They saved the trip for my daughter. She wants to go again now.
I was looking on the trail map and can not find the trail we were on. I can't even find thunderhead creek labeled anymore. Why isn't that trail shown on the park map? We ran into 2 guys loaded down with gear for camping but a shelter isn't shown on the map. Maybe they were going all the way to the at and going to a shelter there but that would be a long, long hike. Plus climbing thunderhead mountain would likely kill them! Does anyone know of a map that shows that trail?
Russ, you were on the now unmaintained and therefore unidentified Defeat Ridge Trail. Its winding path to the AT can be seen on the Wear Cove and Thunderhead Mountain quadrangle maps available in print at Sugarlands Visitor Center and online as free downloads at http://store.usgs.gov/.
As is the case with the couple of hundred or so similarly sized streams, Thunderhead Prong is not, as you say, labeled on the Trail Map. A few more streams are labeled on the map on the back of the free Fishing Regulations brochurem but not TP. There are about 700 streams labeled on the many quad maps that cover the Park. Others still are indentified on the old historical maps.
Joe Fred Turner
Southern Appalachian Stream Maps
Formerly SmokyStreams.com
The trail isn't shown on the park map because for some reason they don't list the "quiet walkways" on the trail maps. The trail that you were on is maintained by the park until it crosses Thunderhead prong as a quiet walkway. If you look at my attached pic the area in grey shows this. There are not any shelters up this trail, but a handful of off-trail routes do exist such as Thunderhead manway, Defeat Ridge manway, Sam's creek manway going up to Starkey Gap or Sugar Cove, and The trail from the Caddy on Lynn Camp over Green Cove Gap down to Sam's. I would guess they were camping illegally or maybe did green cove gap, or just fished on way out camping somewhere else legally.
And Climbing up to Starkey Gap isn't nearly as hard as climbing up Bee Cove which was over 1000 feet in the last 1/4 mile
Brown line is old rail grade. One on bottom L goes up Defeat ridge. One bottom right goes up Sam's
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It was great seeing you today Russ!!! Awesome that you were there with your little girl. Mine just turned two and loves going for walks up Jake's Creek. We saw those guys you were talking about as well. My buddy Sig and I startled them when we came walking out of some rhodo on up the manway.
We had a good day and caught several fish. I'll contact you and will gladly accompany you whenever you can get some time to hit the water.
Duckypaddler: Is the offer still good for a trip sometime when your schedule permits?
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Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:04 pm
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Senior clone class is going to be one weight only, will we get suggestions later. If we keep the sportsman class ,it will also be one set weight.
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Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:46 pm
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I would love to have a gas animal unrestricted class that is 14 and up with a weight somewhere between the clone jr 2 and the heaviest class. I also think we could combine clone jr 1 and jr 2 or eliminate jr 1 and just have a clone jr class because the jr 1's and 2,s aren't that far off in times or skill.
P.S I would like to extend my thanks to Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lee along with everyone else who has helped me.
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Tony Smith
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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 6:35 pm
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I am for a Pro Gas Animal class.
I am all for "ONE" Sr. Clone Class.
Current WKA Rules except @ 365 lbs.
This accommodates All current Sr. level clone classes and also provides a working weight for rising Junior drivers.
To address the need for the Clone Sportsman class.
I remember the days when the class I ran had 30 plus Karts at EVERY RACE.
There was no entry level class for beginners.
You had to come to the track and MAKE the feature because they only started 20 Karts.
Large Kart counts drive racers to work harder to make the feature. Thus making them better racers.
That class strived for years.
Then they Changed the class structure by adding a Pro Gas class which allowed engine mods( Boring, Decking, Boring Carbs).
Class sizes shrunk significantly. Sparking what I believe was the falling away of competitive Karting for many years at Barnesville.
Also, Classes with 4- 7 karts are not going to convince most potential future karters to spend $4000 to come race with us.
Reducing the number of Sr. Clone Classes will:
1)Simplify our Class Structure
2)Make for more exciting racing not only for racers, but spectators and potential karters as well.
3)Make our drivers better and more competitive as a whole.
The most fun races I've ever had were the ones with 20 or more racers.
There is no need for an entry level class. This is it.
You don't get better by running with people the same speed as you. You get better by running against people who are faster than you.
See you at the Finish Line!
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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:00 pm
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Tony, Well Said.!!!!
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Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 8:51 pm
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Good discussion..
Tony-my response as a racer for 2014:
1.I am not fast. I could not compete in the Sr clone classes. Got lapped and discouraged when I returned to Barnesville in 2008. Then the sportsman class came along and I got a competitive kart. Still running in the middle of the pack but I feel competitive, and I am not getting lapped. Go for one class in Sportsman, 370 lbs, open clutch, big pipe. Same 3 win rule and move out. Maybe ad the winner of the feature one week would have to start in the rear of the next week heat race?
2.WKA has pro, 370lbs like WKA
3. Clone Senior? 370lbs, big pipe, open clutch, give Sportsman a place to move up to, keeping their same equipment and investment.
IMHO. c
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Tony Smith
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:51 pm
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Well. You have my opinion on the subject.
* Sr. Pro Gas per WKA rules.
* Sr. Clone per current WKA rules except @365 lbs. NO CLONE SPORTSMAN.
* Leave Clone Jr.! & 2 the way they are.
Guys please think hard about this before the board meets on this.
The classes were already confusing this year. There were many people signing up for the wrong class.
Lets Simplify our class structure and grow our club.
See you at the Finish Line!
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Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:32 pm
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Ironic that this thread points to having 1 Senior Clone class next year at a set weight. This is what our Board suggested for this year which was shot down, breaking it up into med and heavy.
I disagree with messing with or eliminating the Sportsman class as it has worked this year with winners coming from both the 360 and 400 pound weights. And there has not had to be a Board vote to move those that won 3 races up, they did it on their own.
As for Pro Gas, sounds good to begin with, but the cost will prevent many from considering this class. Talked with Steve and the initial cost for engine will be in the 1000 dollar range not counting needing an electric starter or disk clutch which is required for this engine. Putting the cost at or above 1600 dollars for this engine initial setup. In my opinion above what the average karter can afford to spend.
Just words for thought, glad I will not be on board next year.
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Xander Clements
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:36 am
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Whether we combine Sr. Med and Sr. WKA for points or not is up to the board, but my advice would be to run them together so we don't have such large opportunities for scoring errors like with Doug Austin last race. Which, has yet to be edited points-wise.
I say just run them together based on times - any classes that are run together should be able to be placed on times. If the board agrees that the classes are equal enough to be ran together, than just act as if it is one big group. Less scoring errors, and outside of a points battle in the last race, I don't see how it could conflict with a championship. Plus, it gives more opportunity for racing. A 35 pound difference between a small pipe and a large pipe seems to equal out lap times, so if you end up combining the classes, do it like Sportsman where you can run either or and be scored the same way.
I really do think that the Junior 2 class needs some kind of attention. Last year, it brought in multiple new racers, including myself, and kept its numbers up to the end of the season. However, this year, the only new driver has been David Lawrence, and many of the returning drivers did not run in the class. (Chris Newman, Brandon Lobner, and myself moved to Yamaha; Aiden Crean aged out; Alex Upchurch stopped racing altogether; and the Lloyd twins moved to TaG Jr.) The numbers have showed the downfall. The highest the class can get now will be 4 drivers in the last two races, because those are the only four left. Next year, Connor Tebbe and Austin Shultz may run more Rotax than clone, Tanner Lee has to move up, and that leaves only Haley and David.
I am not sure exactly what we should do to deal with these changes - but we shouldn't intend on keeping drivers in a 2 person class that has significantly lost its growth.
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:27 am
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To Xanders latest comments:
We do need to find a way to attract more junior drivers. Obviously, we don't have a lot of money to spend, but we do need to think of some marketing ideas.
Xander would know this better than I would, but how can we use Facebook to actually connect with potential junior drivers?
I am going to contact the local middle and high schools around me to see what it would take to advertise in their school newsletter.
Lets come up with cost effective ideas folks.
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I will work on building participation. Am open to ideas.
Note that WKA Pro Gas for 2014 is for 360 lbs accrding to the sheet Wiley Holcomb sent me.. I can email copes to anyone interested. Includes al 206 classes which are a variation on the 2056 engine. c
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That worked a treat. Thank-you!
Ryan - first off, thanks for all of your great advice that I've found all over the web. I seem to be doing something wrong with this tutorial though. I have pretty much this exact project/task scenario - only I'm working with projecttemplates and templatetasks (these are my tables). The problem I'm having is my projecttemplateID is not carrying over and posting to my templatetasks table to tie the task and project together. Both projecttemplate and templatetask are being saved to the database but I'm missing whatever it takes to get the id in the templatetask table....any help would be greatly appreciated - nikikelly
projecttemplate_controller.rb has the following code:
def new
@projecttemplate = Projecttemplate.new
@templatetask = Templatetask.new
def create
@projecttemplate = Projecttemplate.new(params[:projecttemplate])
@templatetask = @projecttemplate.templatetasks.build(params[:templatetask])
if @projecttemplate.save
flash[:notice] = 'Project template was successfully created.'
redirect_to :action => 'edit', :id => @projecttemplate
render :action => 'new'
Is the column called "projecttemplate_id" exactly? Try creating the two models in script/console and see if you get the same results.
oops - is that it? Actually, it's projecttemplateID - doh!
You really are incredible with your support of us newbies - really do appreciate it - can't believe you responded so quickly - you must be glued to this stuff! All fixed!
Can't get past this issue - I know it's another dumb question - but I have to ask....trying to delete the templatetask from the edit view of the projecttemplate and then return to the edit view of the projecttemplate (or never leave it)....
I keep getting this error:
Couldn't find Projecttemplate without an ID
in templatetask_controller.rb:
def destroy
redirect_to :controller => 'projecttemplate', :action => 'edit', :id => @projectID
in projecttemplate/view/edit.rhtml:
<%= link_to 'delete', { :controller => 'templatetask', :action => 'destroy', :id => templatetask, :projectID => @projecttemplate.id }, :confirm => 'Are you sure?' %>
Thanks in advance....
Try this:
# view
<%= link_to 'delete', { :controller => 'templatetask', :action => 'destroy', :id => templatetask }, :confirm => 'Are you sure?' %>
# controller
def destroy
@task = Templatetask.find(params[:id]).destroy
redirect_to :controller => 'projecttemplate', :action => 'edit', :id => @task.projecttemplate_id
Oh I really hate it when I ask dumb questions....thanks again ryanb.
Any experience working with the RoR sublist plugin for making these types of forms more live? Words of advice greatly appreciated...
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I'm having some issues with this and I can't figure out where I am going wrong.
I have an images model created using attachment_fu. I have a stone model that I want to create with an image. Here's what I have done.
I gave the images table a stone_id column. Stone has_one :image and Image belongs_to :stone.
I can create an image by itself and that works great. I've got the following in my StoneController.
def new
@stone = Stone.new
@image = Image.new
def create
@stone = Stone.new(params[:stone])
@image = @stone.build_image(params[:image])
if @stone.save
flash[:notice] = 'Stone was successfully created.'
redirect_to :action => 'index'
render :action => 'new'
<%= error_messages_for :stone, :image %>
<%= start_form_tag :action => 'create', :multipart => true %>
Name

<%= text_field :stone, :name %>
Description

<%= text_area :stone, :description %>
Price Per m3

<%= text_field :stone, :price_per_m3 %>
<%= file_field :image, :uploaded_data %>
<%= submit_tag 'Create' %>
<%= end_form_tag %>
Hooray I've fixed my problem. In case anyone is wondering the following worked.
def create
@stone = Stone.new(params[:stone])
@image = @stone.build_image(params[:image])
if @stone.save
flash[:notice] = 'Stone was successfully created.'
redirect_to :action => 'index'
render :action => 'new'
<%= error_messages_for :stone, :image %>
<% form_for(:stone, @stone, :url => {:action => 'create'}, :html => { :multipart => true }) do |f| %>
Name

<%= f.text_field :name %>
Description

<%= f.text_area :description %>
Price Per m3

<%= f.text_field :price_per_m3 %>
<% fields_for(:image, @stone.image) do |i| %>
Upload An Image
<%= i.file_field :uploaded_data %>
<% end %>
<%= submit_tag 'Create'%>
<% end %>
This seems like a logical question for those of you who have implemented the two models in one form. I'm trying to duplicate the parent and the child(ren) - Project and associated Tasks. So, I have the project piece of it working....
In projecttemplate_controller.rb:
def duplicate
@copy_from_projecttemplate = Projecttemplate.find(@params[:id])
@newprojecttemplate = Projecttemplate.new(@copy_from_projecttemplate.attributes)
@newprojecttemplate.templateName = @newprojecttemplate.templateName + " copy"
if @newprojecttemplate.save
redirect_to :controller => 'templatetask', :action => 'duplicate', :id => @copy_from_projecttemplate.id
Any advice greatly appreciated....
Does using the "build" also handle foreign key building?
My primary table (i.e. Projects) record id is used as a foreign key in my child table (i.e. tasks). Does BUILD handle the generation and insertion of the foreign key?
yes. Thats the whole purpose of the build methods of associations
@task = @project.build_task(params[:task])
#this will insert the id of @project into the foreign key column of the new created task.
# it's the same as doing
@task = Task.new(params[:task]
@task.project_id = @project.id
Thanks for a great tutorial. I have a slight problem with my script. Everything works fine but I want to change the formatting of the error messages when validation catches something. Right now I have three models/databases being affected by 1 form. Users, Profiles, PersonalInfo. While PersonalInfo is not sending anything to the db I want it to create a field so Users can reference it by it's ID.
My problem is I get two seperate validation errors that looks like this.
3 errors prohibited this user from being saved
There were problems with the following fields:
* Profile is invalid
* User name can't be blank
* Password can't be blank
2 errors prohibited this profile from being saved
There were problems with the following fields:
* City can't be blank
* Full name can't be blank
Here is my code
def new
@user = User.new
@profile = Profile.new
def create
@user = User.new(params[:user])
@profile = @user.build_profile(params[:profile])
@personal_info = @user.build_personal_info()
@user.personal_info_id = @personal_info.id
@user.profile_id = @profile.id;
if @user.save && @profile.save && @personal_info.save
flash[:notice] = 'User was successfully created.'
redirect_to :action => 'welcome'
render :action => 'new'
class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
has_one :user
validates_presence_of :full_name, :city, :state
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :profile
belongs_to :personal_info
validates_associated :profile
validates_presence_of :user_name, :password
validates_uniqueness_of :user_name
<%= error_messages_for 'user' %>
<%= error_messages_for 'profile' %>

Full name

<%= text_field 'profile', 'full_name' %>

Location

<%= text_field 'profile', 'city' %>, <%= state_select('profile', 'state', country='US', options = {}, html_options = {}) %>

User name

<%= text_field 'user', 'user_name' %>

Password

<%= password_field 'user', 'password' %>

This tutorial was very usefull to me too.
Thanks very much
Hi, this tutorial is helping me a lot.But i am developing a web application in ruby on rails.My application is as i have a signup page to enroll the user with stores the data in two tables one in user and one in contacts.Now i am not getting how to update the user profile after login can anybody suggest me.
can i give the id with different name .i have given but it is giving error as couldnt find without id.
Great tutorial; I've managed to get it to work, however,
It is difficult for me to understand how to add a second task to a project.
after adding a task I would have taks.id=1 and added task.id =2, iow two rows in 'tasks';
both of them should have project_id set to '1'.
Its probably quite easy once you know it, but I am having a really hard time to get the view and the controller right for this.
I greatly appreciate any help.
It is difficult for me to understand how to add a second task to a project.
This tutorial just shows how to create one task with the project. See the this other tutorial on creating many tasks with a project.
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ATI, graphics products group of Advanced Micro Devices, on Tuesday officially released the world's first graphics processors made using 40nm process technology. The new chips enable very high graphics performance at lower costs as well as with relatively low power consumption.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 and HD 4860 graphics solutions are based on the code-named M97/RV740 chip that features 640 stream processors, 32 texture units, 16 render back ends and 128-bit GDDR3/GDDR4/GDDR5 memory controller. The new graphics chips can operate at relatively high speeds without breaking thermal budget and deliver rather high performance. Functionality of the novelties is very similar compared to their desktop brethren, e.g., they support DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.0 feature-sets, hardware-accelerated high-definition video playback and so on.
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"It's not just 40nm process technology that makes these chips so potent, they are based on the same award-winning TeraScale engine of our ATI Radeon HD 4800 desktop series," Mr. Bergman claimed.
The new 40nm production process allows notebook manufacturers to deliver more graphics horsepower in a smaller ASIC die size, giving the end-user access to highly capable discrete graphics inside smaller notebooks. According to benchmarks carried out by AMD's graphics product group, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4850 noticeably by scoring 9302 in 3DMark06 compared to 8647 marks of the predecessor.
"AMD continues to push the envelope of graphics processor performance, energy efficiency, and leading features with the introduction of its 40nm graphics processors. TSMC and AMD have a long history of success bringing the first graphics processors to market on new process technologies, including 90nm, 80nm, 65nm, 55nm and now 40nm," said Mark Liu, senior vice president of advanced technology business at TSMC.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 graphics solution will be featured in the forthcoming Asus K notebook.
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Andrew Gary Madden
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. – Andrew Madden, of Port Washington, passed away suddenly in the evening hours of Friday, March 8, 2013. He was 21 years old.
Andrew was born in Menomonee Falls on May 26, 1991, son of Brent Madden and Kristie Grigg Noll. Andrew grew up in the Port Washington area, graduating from Port Washington High School in 2009. Andrew was very outgoing, and made friends wherever he went. He was a member of Open Door Bible Church and the Knellsville 4-H Club. Andrew loved music, and played the guitar, trumpet, piano and the spoons. He was very active in the Port High music program including band, choir and acting in musicals. Andrew also enjoyed traveling, softball, hunting, trap shooting and was an avid Packers and Brewers fan.
He is survived by his parents, Kristie (Randy) Noll of Port Washington and Brent (Kirsten) Madden of Sullivan; siblings Brandon, Ryan and Tyler Madden of Port Washington and Riley Madden of Sullivan. He is further survived by his grandparents, Jean Mahoney Grigg of Sussex, Gary and Connie Madden of Lake Tomahawk, Bob and Carol Noll of Port Washington and Dolores Leja of Myrtle Beach, S.C., aunts, uncles, cousins, other relatives and many, many friends.
He is preceded in death by grandpas Howard Grigg and John Leja. Funeral services for Andrew will be held on Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m. at Open Door Bible Church, 3420 County Road LL, Port Washington, with Pastor Sid Litke and Pastor Seth Meeks officiating.
Visitation will be held at the CHURCH on Thursday, March 14, from 3-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials suggested to the Ozaukee County 4-H Foundation or the Port Washington High School Music Boosters.
The Eernisse Funeral Home, Port Washington is honored to serve the family. Online condolences may be left at eernissefuneralhome.com.


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Death, right? The worst.
Young Jean Lee used to agree, particularly after her father died from a disease that probably would have been cured with an experimental drug. A drug he never received because of a lab error.
Then she did the last thing on earth she wanted to do. She wrote a play about death ("WE'RE GONNA DIE," which comes to the Wexner Friday and Saturday) and cast herself as the lead performer, singing the play's many songs, which she also wrote, because, well, the only thing more terrifying than death is public speaking. That's sort of the way Lee works, though, and she's become known for this approach.
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"Every show I make I want to do something to the audience, and with this show I wanted to comfort people," Lee said. "This was the most successful in that a lot of people were very moved by it and some were very traumatized by it. Some didn't want to think about the fact they were gonna die, period, especially people who hadn't experienced any amount of tragedy."
This emotional ride is made more palatable by the catchy, indie-pop songs that populate it (think Arcade Fire meets Broken Social Scene).
"In music, you can convey incredibly simple ideas and it works in a way it wouldn't in a play or novel," Lee explained.
These songs are interspersed with a series of monologues (read on the CD by the likes of David Byrne and the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz) about breakups, the masks we wear to hide pain and, of course, death. One story recounts Lee's father's death. Another describes a random missed phone call that led a friend to discover her husband's infidelity and (here's the kicker) ultimately led to, randomly, a scratched cornea the next morning while she was in the shower.
At this point, you're probably asking yourself why anyone would want to spend a Friday or Saturday night grappling with their own mortality, which, fair enough. Lee understands, and she'd probably counter that potential audience members should consider her approach to writing plays: Go against your natural inclination and you might find something life-affirming in the results.
When the play ends on its typical high note of a full audience shout-along to the refrain "We're gonna die," you, too, might find that accepting our end has never been so rewarding. You might even find yourself singing along, "I'm gonna die someday / then I'll be gone / and it'll be OK."
Lee will also premiere a new play, "Straight White Men," at the Wexner in spring 2014.


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The college problems are one thing.
The recent failed test (and suspension) another.
I can even forgive that, I guess. But reports now that he's loafing it (a problem last year) and getting into verbal spats with the coaching staff? How's this kid not acting a boy scout after all his transgressions is beyond me.
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Omar's retiring at the end of the year. Figure he'll retire an Indian, right? Or will it be one of those stupid sign him for a day kind of things?
FWIW, Toronto does not come back to town this season.
Personally, I'd like to see them get him and give him the send-off he deserves from the fans in the final game of the season. Ideally, that game will mean something (v. CWS), so we don't really want him playing it if it does, but he's worthy of a nice, long standing ovation.
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A slice of Toast - 60 great seconds of Clark Terry 1/1/90
December 20, 2010. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: Clark Terry, Great Live Moments, Jazz Alive, Jazz Showcase Chicago, Red Holloway, toast of the nation
For over 30 years, WBGO has rung in the New Year with Toast of the Nation. As we gear up for this year's broadcast, Senior Producer Becca Pulliam is digging up some gems from the archives of past shows. Next up, Clark Terry:
20 years ago, we were in Chicago at the Jazz Showcase in the Blackstone Hotel. Fierce cold had frozen the lake and the city to a brittle snap. Here's how Clark Terry (tpt) and Red Holloway (sax) played through it - weaving around in traffic and coming to a sweet standstill at the end. One of my very favorites. Listen:
Click here for a "slice" of one of our previous toasts, featuring the late James Moody. And tune in for the broadcast next week!


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Men's All-City Golf Tournament Saturday
An shoots even par, remains leader
MADISON - Friday, golfers in the Men's All-City Golf Tournament had to deal with the rain. Saturday at Odana Hills, players had to cope with the chilly weather. For those at the top of the leaderboard, it didn't matter.
Jason An came into Saturday with a seven shot lead. He was steady in his efforts Saturday. Careful not to make a mistake, An shot an even par 72 and stayed at -6 for the tournament.
Peter Webb was third coming in, and he shot a blistering -3 (69) to climb into a second place tie with Zach Gaugert. Gaugert also played well, shooting -2. Webb and Gaugert both ended the day at -1.
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The Cruelty Behind Muslim Ritual Slaughter
I'm going to be frank—after a minute and a half of GAIA's latest undercover video footage from a halal slaughterhouse in Belgium, I had to stop watching.
But while I was able to hit a pause button, the more than 250,000 cows, sheep, and goats who are slaughtered while they are still conscious must endure prolonged torment. Animals killed halal (according to Islamic law) cannot be stunned before their throats are cut, which means that many animals—including the cow shown in this video—fight and gasp for their last breath, struggling to stand while the blood drains from their necks.
Belgium forbids slaughter without prior stunning, but the law does not apply to ritual slaughter practices, even though much of the halal meat produced in the country is distributed both to religious and nonreligious markets. Islamic teachings encourage kindness and compassion toward all creatures, which is why many Muslims make the humane decision to go vegan. Visit IslamicConcern.com to learn more about cruelty-free alternatives to halal meat.
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Why no outcry about the selling of Halal Meat in California? Opening this weekend in Milpitas, "Jakes " Wayback Burgers. Disgusting, vile practices. Even omnivores should be outraged! We strive for humane farming practices, but turn a blind eye to cruel ritual slaughter excused because of "religious sensibilities ". Boycott Wayback Burgers, Milpitas!
Please stop this I could not finish watching it as my mind could not grasps the truthfulness of this barbaric behaviour!!!!! These needs to stop this must stop must stop !!!!!! How the hell is this allowed….. Barbaric and these images are now in my head how the hell can this be..! It has to be stopped . Never have I seen something so un humane im discusted
Please stop it
I could not watch it longer than 2:14 minutes. How can one say mankind is the most superior creature of all? I am ashamed of being born as a human. Stop this cult. STOP IT NOW.
I want to know how this can be stopped. It is cruel and is happening all over North America!
That just wrong.It must end includes the kind of torture
For all the people discussing 'methods' of slaughter and arguing about the best/kindest/most compassionate/*insert any word that makes you sound like a saint* method to slaughter an animal – How can u use slaughter and any of those words in the same sentence? Slaughter = taking the life of the animal = what gives us the @#$&!#$ right to?. So does the @$&!$# method matter at all?!?
I dont know what to say on this matter. I desided to stop eating Halal food due to being an Atheist and not wanting to eat meat that had been preyed over in a language i dont understand and to a god i dont believe in. I Live in a highly muslim populated area and felt like my option to eat meat that was not Halal, was clearly not an option to me via local takeaways. This strengthens my case as there is no way on this earth that those poor animals are dead and thats just reflexes…. For goodness sake when that goat is being hung and convayered up in the first feew minutes, hes still bleeting and moving about.It is an old third world tradition brought into the 21st century westernised world.
DB: I stopped purchasing Kelloggs products several years ago after seeing the minute halal logo (halal food authority or the like) beside the "V' for veggie symbol, and you could not pay me enough to make eat them now… The kids piped up but there's no meat in cornfalkes, BUT i corrected them by saying "Any company who submissively bends the knee and kow-tows to a barbaric form of animal abuse that is alien to all that British people believe in (except for the spineless politicians and law-makers) will not get another penny of my money. Thought I would struggle BUT there are plenty alternatives out there…
NEVER support Animal Abuse of the worst kind!!!
We have strict welfare laws in this Country that should be across the board. I have seen a video of this barbaric way of slaughter and it is no way humane and should be banned. When in Rome and all that.
The video shows some un-Islamic practices indeed but the spasms of the animal and gushing of blood are reflex actions. The animal in unconscious. Is Islamic slaughter cruel? The question of how an animal should be slaughtered to avoid cruelty is a different one. It is true that when the blood flows from the throat of an animal it looks violent, but just because meat is now bought neatly and hygienically packaged on supermarket shelves does not mean the animal didn't have to die? Non-Islamic slaughter methods dictate that the animal should be rendered unconscious before slaughter. This is usually achieved by stunning or electrocution. Is it less painful to shoot a bolt into a sheep's brain or to ring a chicken's neck than to slit its throat? To watch the procedure does not objectively tell us what the animal feels. The scientific facts A team at the university of Hannover in Germany examined these claims through the use of EEG and ECG records during slaughter. Several electrodes were surgically implanted at various points of the skull of all the animals used in the experiment and they were then allowed to recover for several weeks. Some of the animals were subsequently slaughtered the halal way by making a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the neck, cutting the jugular veins and carotid arteries of both sides together with the trachea and esophagus but leaving the spinal cord intact. The remainder were stunned before slaughter using a captive bolt pistol method as is customary in Western slaughterhouses. The EEG and ECG recordings allowed to monitor the condition of the brain and heart throughout. The Halal method With the halal method of slaughter, there was not change in the EEG graph for the first three seconds after the incision was made, indicating that the animal did not feel any pain from the cut itself. This is not surprising. Often, if we cut ourselves with a sharp implement, we do not notice until some time later. The following three seconds were characterised by a condition of deep sleep-like unconciousness brought about by the draining of large quantities of blood from the body. Thereafter the EEG recorded a zero reading, indicating no pain at all, yet at that time the heart was still beating and the body convulsing vigorously as a reflex reaction of the spinal cord. It is this phase which is most unpleasant to onlookers who are falsely convinced that the animal suffers whilst its brain does actually no longer record any sensual messages. The Western method Using the Western method, the animals were apparently unconscious after stunning, and this method of dispatch would appear to be much more peaceful for the onlooker. However, the EEG readings indicated severe pain immediately after stunning. Whereas in the first example, the animal ceases to feel pain due to the brain starvation of blood and oxygen – a brain death, to put it in laymen's terms – the second example first causes a stoppage of the heart whilst the animal still feels pain. However, there are no unsightly convulsions, which not only means that there is more blood retention in the meat, but also that this method lends itself much more conveniently to the efficiency demands of modern mass slaughter procedures. It is so much easier to dispatch an animal on the conveyor belt, if it does not move. Not all is what it seems, then. Those who want to outlaw Islamic slaughter, arguing for a humane method of killing animals for food, are actually more concerned about the feelings of people than those of the animals on whose behalf they appear to speak. The stunning method makes mass butchery easier and looks more palatable for the consumer who can deceive himself that the animal did not feel any pain when he goes to buy his cleanly wrapped parcel of meat from the supermarket. Islamic slaughter, on the other hand, does not try to deny that meat consumption means that animals have to die, but is designed to ensure that their loss of life is achieved with a minimum amount of pain.
god has given such a sharp brain to the man that he misuses it very cleverly to hide all his inhumane acts of cruelity. Had you used your mind power with kindness you would have been a farishta but you chose the negative cruel way so such arguments have been presented.
Killing is cruel; can not be justified for any reason; pl ask that poor animal which way it would like to be slaughtered:
It is shame on mankind which despite having so much options to fill his stomach is brutally killing animals;
May God almighty shows the right path to the human beings.
An Intelligent and informative response! Thank you!
cmon!!how inhuman ca we get in the name of religion!! oh gosh! this is sooo barbaric & inhuman..!!
Islam is the religion of peace. try it in http://www.TheReligionOfPeace.com
Hope PETA brings hope!
To my fellow brothers and sisters, That is not the Islamic way of slaughter! Research before you judge! In Islam the slaughter must be done with your own hand and you cut a vein to kill the animal instantly without pain! You must also do it in the name of Allah. The Animal must also be well fed and if it is raising a young calf let it raise the young if you had to kill it. The process is suppose to be clean so this video defies the Islamic way of slaughter! I just want for all this hate towards Islam to end.
The day mankind stop killing other creatures, it will also stop the killing among men. When men kill each other, they have a choice for peace, and they don't follow it; When men kill other creatures, these creatures don't have a choice, because they are depraved of that right. I am sorry to say I don't feel sorry for humans we are the only stupid creature, so greedy for everything such as eating other living beings. As for religion I don't give a crap about it since all religions are as corrupted as all governments. "Every animal has certain fundamental rights. And the very basic fundamental right of every animal is the right to live. For you cannot take away what you cannot give. And since you cannot give life to a dead creature, you have no right to take the life of a living one".
As a Muslim i can say that i hate all this kind of cruetly agains animals , its not about just sheeps and cows and cammels, we should all fight against animal abusing , skining alive , rape, fur, etc…. Stop stop stop , enough enough enough
stop animall cruetley
I could never ever imagine the horrible smell! Actually man was NEVER meant to eat meat ever! It is so unhealthy for us to consume read. Predator's were to eat meat with their big teeth Where the hell is your respect for these animals? "God why is this allowed"? So much pain and suffering here why???????????? I vomited and never even watched the whole thing
In the name of Allah, torture, abuse, hurt, devour and laugh? With practices like this, who needs the Devil?
I am completely sickened by the attitude of supposed human being treat animals before slaughter.I no longer buy Butterball turkeys and only buy meat from places where I know animals are treated in humane way. People are degenerating to levels of pre-stone age man and not only treat animals this way, but treat other human being much the same. There's nothing civilized in modern civilization at all.
those jerks lieing to you that this is the best way to kill..and pain free… you are so full of it! you are telling me the cow is dead after one second? this is simply not true, and even scientifically proven false. Halal is in fact painful torture!!! the death occurs about 20-40 seconds later. The brain registers pain on British tests…refute science you scum.
How disgusting. This is animal cruelty, plain and simple. And before you cry "Islamophobia!!!!!" in my face, why should religions be given special privileges for the sake of not offending them? Animal cruelty is animal cruelty, religious or not.
If there are Muslims who are against halal, then why aren't they loudly protesting against it? Being vegetarian is simply not good enough. I know. I think these Muslim vegetarians are scared of Muslims who eat meat, and that's why they're silent about it.
But it is O.K. for our governments to order the inhumane slaughter of our own young? Your moral priorities need realignment.
Peta pse correct Sarah (above) and Mark Baker's ignorant comments. Educate them so they can see the truth. Wish people would stop using god and religion to justify cruelty. Statements such as 'But being a Christian myself I wanted to correct that statement cause cause God would NOT be happier if you didn't eat meat.Trust me when I say God would be happier if we as humans would just be kindcompassionate in all our doings and treat all how you would want to be treated.' are so conflicted I just wonder how the author is unable to see the confliction…treat as want to be treated…..let me kill you and eat you then Mark, but it wouldn't be me, I'm a veggie and won't participate in it. Ignorance is not bliss for these animals – Peta you have so much more work to do with our species unfortunately….
@ Erik you are right Halal slaughting is pure animal cruelty. Ive seen it many times when i lived in Qatar. When you are discussing it with a muslim they will scream they are insulted. While they insulting us also but thats normal.This ridiculous slaughtings are an ideology. Many muslims has to begin by their selve. And by the way if its for the poor,why muslims dont collect like zakat/money and give it to the poor. Money seldom expired meat is a very sensitive product. But really halal slaughting is horroric and a bloody ashame if your hands are contaminated you ve to ashame yourself. Islam is peace hahahahaha far from peace. im happy with PETA and with most of the reactions here but really this is soo sick ASHAME YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS FIGHT TO BAN THIS 4 EVER
islam is shit and Europe is weak to allow this level of cruelty in their own land.
As a civilized society we must ensure that the slaughter of animals for food in as humane possible. As technology increases the pain and trauma should be reduced. Religion should have nothing to do with it. I'd like to see a United Nations provision outlining minimum standards for animal slaughter.
This is unwatchable. Halal slaughter is torture to these animals. Of course Muslims do this to humans too. Beheading is their thing. As much as I like "kabobs" I think I am changing my menu.
when muslims cut the blood vessels of the neck the blood supply going to the nerve which is responsible for pain is severed so the animal doesn't feel pain. it dies instantly. it only kicks because it's muscles contract and release because of the sudden flow of blood leaving the body. nonetheless even though i am a muslim in most places animals are kept in horrible conditions as we all know and still called halal. we have to show love and respect to the animal until its last breath so even if its slaughtered correctly that meat should be deemed haram. but yeah. i'm trying to go vegetarian. its better for everyone.
You are wrong. Your explanation is quite simply anatomically incorrect. The animal suffers MIGHTILY, and would be SCREAMING bloody murder if the air could reach its vocal chords.
GUYS all of the animal when it already slaughter they already dead in a second did you still asking why they keep moving and make sounds?? because the arteri still moving after death their soul already gone but the arteries keep moving the muscle and produce voiceit always happen with mamals and chicken. believe me
I'll admit I didn't start being a vegetarian because of the cruelty I started to become healthier. Now it's much more then that such as animals having to suffer in so many different ways and the effects of farming animals on the environment. I'm not vegan yet but I'm trying. Meat and eggs are easy to give up dairy is harder for me but it's more and more making it's way out of my diet as I find alternatives not soy though it doesn't taste great and it's not really good for you or outright keep some things out of my diet. I hope to be completely vegan by the end of the year. I hope someday people will realize our bodies were made to live just on plants and compassionate people don't hurt animals just so we can taste them. How did these people get to the point in their lives that they could slit an animal's throat and feel no remorse or sympathy?! Maybe if they needed a job but I don't think I could do the job even if I did need the money.
nordin what was that? gentle slaughter? WHAT!? what a pathetic way of trying to defend your religion's slaughtering technique.
As a muslim i think it's religeously bias to say that halal slaughering is cruel as it does it quickly with the sharpest knife and cuts through jugular vein and the carotid artery which will cause the animal to "go" quickly rather than just slitting the throat. I respect other religous values but for one to say that islamichalal slaughtering is cruelty is just unacceptable because it is our religeon. who are you to say that which religeous slaughtering is the best?? Vegan is a choice and i respect that. But as muslims kindness to animals is a must so by the way we do it it is the most gentle slaughter for the animal.
WHY? this is so absolutely horrifying. I cannot watch it. people in this world are so vile i am ashamed to be part of it. i hate watching the videos becuase all i do is sob for the next hour. i can't wait until i am old enough to volunteer and really make a difference. Why are people so cruel? what did the animals ever do to them? if only we knew.
Excuse me Logan this is not Muslim slaughter there are strict laws related to animal slaughter none of which were adhered to in this video making it NOT halal. For one thing animals are never to be slaughtered in front of one another and the animal is never supposed to see the knife. I am disgusted with these practices it is inhumane and barbaric do not call it halal there's nothing halal about it.


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Dr. Crandall is Director of the Diabetes Clinical Trials Unit and co-director of the DRTC Clinical Research Facilitation Core. She is an experienced clinical investigator with a joint appointments in the Divisions of Endocrinology and Geriatrics. Dr. Crandall is principal investigator for the Einstein sites of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) and the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study. She is project leader for Heart Risk in Older Adults with Diabetes (HeartROADS), a component of the Program Project, the Metabolic Syndrome of Aging (N. Barzilai, PI). This study is evaluating the relationship between typical age-related changes in glucose metabolism (post-challenge hyperglycemia) and changes in cardiovascular risk markers, including endothelial function. As director of the Clinical Core for the Program Project, The Role of Genes in Exceptional Longevity (N. Barzilai, PI), she is responsible for recruitment, phenotyping and follow-up of a large cohort of elderly subjects with parental longevity. Dr. Crandall is also active in teaching and is the Course Director for the Endocrine Systems course for 2nd year medical students.
1. Schmidt AM, Hori O, Chen JX, Li JF, Crandall J, Zhang J, Cao R, Yan SD, Brett J, Stern D. Advanced glycation end-products interacting with their endothelial receptor induces expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in cultured human endothelial cells and in mice. A potential mechansim for the accelerated vasculopathy of diabetes. J Clin Invest 1995;96:1395-403.
2. Schmidt AM, Crandall J, Hori O, Cao R, Lakatta E. Elevated plasma levels of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in diabetic patients with microalbuminuria: a marker of vascular dysfunction and progressive vascular disease. British J Haematology 1996;92:747-50.
3. Engel S, Crandall J, Basch C, Zybert P, Wylie-Rosset J. Computer-assisted nutrition education increases knowledge and self-efficacy of medical students. The Diabetes Educator 1997;23:545-49.
4. The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. The Diabetes Prevention Program: Design and methods for a clinical trial in the prevention of Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 1999; 22:623-34.
5. Rauch U, Crandall J, Osende J, Fallon J, Cheseboro J, Fuster V, Badimon J. Increased thrombus formation relates to ambient blood glucose and leukocyte count in diabetes mellitus Type 2. Amer J Cardiol 2000;86:246-249.
6. The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Baseline characteristics of the randomized cohort. Diabetes Care 23:1619-29, 2000.
7. Osende J, Badimon J, Fuster V, Herson P, Rabito P, Vidhun R, Zaman A, Rodriguez O, Lev E, Rauch U, Helft G, Fallon J, Crandall J. Blood thrombogenicity in type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with glycemic control. J Am Coll Cardiol 38:1307-12, 2001.
8. The Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group. Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin. N Engl J Med 346:393-403, 2002
9. Vlassara H, Cai W, Crandall J, Goldberg T, Oberstein R, Dardaine V, Peppa M, Rayfield E. Inflammatory mediators are induced by dietary glycotoxins, a major risk factor for diabetic angiopathy. PNAS 99:15596-15601, 2002.
10. Sambola A, Osende J, Hathcock J, Degen M, Nemerson Y, Fuster V, Crandall J, Badimon J. Role of risk factors in the modulation of tissue factor activity and blood thrombogenicity. Circulation 107:973-77, 2003.
11. The DPP Research Group. Hypertension, Insulin and Proinsulin in Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: The Diabetes Prevention Program Hypertension 40:679-686, 2002
12. The DPP Research Group. The Diabetes Prevention Program: Description of the Lifestyle Intervention. Diabetes Care 25:2165-2171, 2002
13. The DPP Research Group. Effects of Acute Withdrawal From Metformin on the Development of Diabetes in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Diabetes Care 26:977-85, 2003.
14. The DPP Research Group. Prevention of Type 2 diabetes with troglitazone in the Diabetes Prevention program. Diabetes 2005;54:1150-56.
15. The DPP Research Group. Strategies to identify adults at high risk for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2005; 28:138-44.
16. The DPP Research Group. Success in achieving the weight and activity goals in lifestyle participants in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Obesity Research 2004;12:1426-34.
17. The DPP Research Group. Impact of intensive lifestyle and metformin therapy on cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors in the Diabetes Prevention Program. Diabetes Care 2005;28:888-94.
18. Crandall J, Schade D, Ma Y, Fujimoto w, Barrett-Connor E, Fowler S, Dagogo-Jack S, Andres R for the DPP Research Group. The influence of age on the effects of lifestyle modification and metformin in prevention of diabetes. J Gerontology 2006;61:1075-81.
19. Walker E, Molitch M, Kramer K, Kahn S, Ma Y, Edelstein S, Smtih K, Johnson M, Kitabchi A, Crandall J, for the DPP Research Group. Adherence to preventive medication: predictors and outcomes in the Diabetes prevention program. Diabetes Care 2006;29:1997-2002.
20. Cohen HW, Crandall JP, Hailpern SM, Billett HH. Aspirin resistance associated with HbA1c and obesity in diabetic patients. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications 2007, in press.
Books & Chapters
1.Crandall J and Tuck C. Rational In-patient Management of Diabetes Division of Endocrinology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. 1994 (1st edition), 2001 (2nd edition)
2. Smith D and Crandall J. Exercise training in special populations: Diabetes; in Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Twenty-First Century. Wenger, Smith, Ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York 1999.
3. Crandall J and Shamoon H. Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes; in Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders, Fourth Edition. American Diabetes Association, 2004.
4.Crandall J and Barzilai N. Diabetes Mellitus; in Merck Manual of Health and Aging. Beers M., Ed. Merck Research Laboratories, 2004.
5. Crandall J. Diabetes Mellitus and other disorders of carbohydrate metabolism; in The Merck Manual (18th edition). Merck Research Laboratories, New Jersey, 2005.
6. Crandall J. Type 2 Diabetes: Geriatric Considerations.; in Type 2 Diabetes: Principles and Practice (2nd edition), Goldstein & Muller-Wielnad, editors. (in press).
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SARANAC LAKE – It wasn't just the school district that drew her in. Diane Fox says the opportunity to live in a community like Saranac Lake played a big part in her decision to apply for the Saranac Lake Central School District's pending superintendent vacancy.
Fox, who was appointed to the job last week by the Saranac Lake school board, said this is the only superintendent position she applied for.
"There was a position open elsewhere, and people were saying, 'Oh, Diane, are you going to apply?'" said Fox, who is currently principal at Beekmantown High School. "I did some soul searching and said, 'OK, if I really am interested in being a superintendent, where do I want to be?'
"I've worked in buildings that were all closely connected to a community, and I knew that's what I wanted when I looked for a superintendency. I like being able to go someplace for a cup of coffee on Saturday morning. I want to be in a community and know the people around me. I was lucky that as I began that search, Saranac Lake was there, calling to me."
Fox was one of four finalists for the position, including an internal candidate, who were interviewed by the school board, a committee of school employees and a group of community residents. A total of 16 people had applied for the position.
She will take over for Gerald Goldman, who is retiring, on July 1. Details of her contract are still being negotiated.
The Enterprise posed the following questions to Fox in a telephone interview on March 22. Some of her responses have been edited for length.
What brought you to the North Country?
When it was time to go to college, I knew I had to go to a SUNY school. Financially, that's what we were going to do. I wanted to spread my wings as far away from home as I could to be independent. So I came to Plattsburgh sight unseen, and I've been here ever since.
How did you get into teaching?
I graduated from Plattsburgh with an undergraduate degree in business, and I worked for a long time in retail. I had my daughter and decided (retail) was not what I wanted to do in life. I really soul-searched for what I wanted, and I went back to school for teaching.
My first job was at Assumption of Mary in Redford, and I taught first grade. There's nothing that teaches you more about education than being in a private school. You're chief cook and bottle washer, and really ingrained in the community and the school. I did that for two years.
I decided if I was going to make it in a public school job, I was going to have to be in a public school so people knew me. I subbed for a year in Plattsburgh and Saranac, and at the end of the year I was hired in Saranac for a half-time sixth-grade position. I did that for two years. Then there was an opening in the building, and I was hired as a kindergarten teacher. I then taught second grade for a year and fifth grade for at least four.
How did you become a school principal?
We had a change in administration at Saranac. They knew they would be closing the two small elementary schools, Dannemora and Cadyville, so I was approached by the superintendent and asked if I would be interested in being the administrator (of both schools) that year. It was a one-year deal because we knew they would be closing, but it was great because I had the opportunity to try it on. I decided I loved it and wanted to see if I could do that. I applied for different openings and was hired at Beekmantown for their Cumberland Head (Elementary School) building. I was there until last year when I moved up to the high school.
What do you know about the Saranac Lake school district's reputation?
I don't live that far away, so Saranac Lake, both the school and the community, their reputations are intertwined, and they precede them. Now, after I've been hired, everyone I meet says 'Saranac Lake? You are so lucky,' and they have some little story about coming to Saranac Lake for some event or they know something about the school. Just the whole vibe connected with the area is so positive. When I met with the board for my first round of interviews, then with the community and the staff, it just solidified what everybody was saying about Saranac Lake.
What do you see as your primary responsibility in being superintendent here?
My overreaching job is to provide high-quality, well-rounded education for our students, and to be a really good steward of the community's resources. I see a supportive school and community, and connectedness already in place. My goal is to help continue that, to foster that.
How can the school district preserve its educational programs given the ongoing fiscal constraints it's facing?
It's certainly something that Beekmantown is talking about all the time, so I'm not new to that discussion in any way. I was impressed with the listening tour that went on here, and the results of that. There's strong support in the community for some of those fundamental pieces of what the school does as far as their music program, their sports program. I think we have to start with an understanding of what the core value is in the community and the school, and keep that in mind as we look at decreasing some of the things that we do.
We also have to look at other resources, things we haven't looked to before, like (North Country) Community College, Paul Smith's College. Are there resources they could bring to bear, things we could to together to continue to offer our kids opportunities but not bear the burden completely on the school district?
A big thing, certainly from the federal level and (Gov. Andrew) Cuomo tried to do it, is competitive grants. We need to make sure we're tuned into that grant environment. If you're not out actively searching for grants and other opportunities for funding, I'm afraid that will come back to haunt us.
What educational programs or services would you like to see expanded or introduced here?
I don't want to step on the high school's toes coming in new, but we've done a lot of discussion here about distance learning, about setting our kids up with quality courses so they will have transfer credits when they head off to college. I know they do that in Saranac Lake, and I had a great meeting with the principal and talked about their core courses and the things they offer.
One thing Saranac Lake has that we don't have and a lot of schools have given up is a good, strong technology department. I would like to see if we would have opportunities to expand that, look at our coursework we're offering, make connections with some other institutions, see what our kids' needs are and see how we might meet them.
Do you think consolidating with another school district like Lake Placid deserves a hard look?
I do. We'd be remiss as a school district not investigating every opportunity we have to make sure our students are supported while taking care of our taxpayers and making sure we're using their money judiciously. If consolidation could work for both, it would just be wrong of us not to really look at it. But even if we get to the end of the process and decide consolidation is not for us, it will require us to say, 'Are we delivering our services to our students in the best way possible and in the most financially prudent way?'
My background comes from closing two community schools (in Cadyville and Dannemora). I have lived through that experience of, we have a great community school, and now our community school is closing. What I learned from that is it's almost more difficult for the parents than it is for the students. The parents are the ones with the history. If you do it gently and give them time to adjust, kids are pretty resilient with all that. But there needs to be a real understanding that you are talking about tradition and people's memories, so that will all come into play as we talk about the costs of consolidation. Some of it is financial, but some of it is identity and community.
Is there too much emphasis on standardized testing in our schools?
I think good teachers are open to having their students evaluated, because good teachers celebrate student success. The problem isn't that we are evaluating our kids; the problem is what that has morphed into, and that a single snapshot on a single day or two of our whole purpose for being is now a test. With (Annual Professional Performance Review), our whole year comes down to a score that we get because of how our kids do on a two-day test, regardless of what has happened for the other 180 days of the year.
We as a teaching profession – and I'm speaking as a teacher and elementary administrator – as our test scores started decreasing, we spent more time with test practice, and I think that was a mistake, as we look back on it. We moved away from the real teaching in a classroom, where we developed students' interests in learning, and spent much more time teaching kids how to take a test question. It's gotten to the point where we see that's not working.
Lost in this conversation are the new (Common Core) standards, and the new standards are bringing us back around to doing some things in the classroom that have been squeezed out by the testing. They're talking about 21st-century skills, inquiry, hands-on activities and critical thinking skills – things that take time in a classroom that, the more you teach to the test, the more you squeeze out. Although the core curriculum is heavy, it still is asking you to put those things back into your classroom.
Will you move here?
We'd like to live in the village to begin. My husband teaches in Saranac. It will be a 40-45 minute commute for him, so we'd like to rent for a year and figure it out. Maybe we might want to move out toward Bloomingdale a little bit to cut his trip down. We're hoping to be there by July 1.
I think it's really important that when I stand in front of the community and ask them to support a budget, that I am also financially supporting that budget. I just think every superintendent should live in the district where they work.
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Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 8:34 am
Post subject: Sr Clone Open Wheel/ Tire rule for 2013?
Just wanted to open a discussion about next year's Senior Clone tire rule for the club board to consider. Would the club consider adding open 6 inch tires for next year? Many of us have several sets of 6 inch wheels that are otherwise going to become obsolete. If we have open 5 inch tire rule (instead of spec 5 inch) why not allow open 6's as well? Vega, Maxxis and Dunlop all make 6 inch tires that are readily available. My only consideration on this is to keep the clone class costs low. Thats all. Thoughts?
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Just to add to that thought, Hoosier paid the SEKA guys something like 10$ per entry if they made Hoosier the spec tire. Just a thought.
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Cmon Steve, you know better...
Open tires never saved anyone any money once they actually run out of what they already have. I've never seen a situation that didn't evolve into the quickest, shortest life tire becoming the tire that you had to run to be competitive.
WKA has already spec'ed a 5" Bridgestone YLC for Gold Cup, which I think was a great idea. Plenty of availability, reasonably priced, and fairly durable. Mike Sibley ran a set in the enduro; he might have some input as to their longevity. We ran a set on Chris and Skylar's kart in the enduro as well. It also would keep us on the same tire as Gold Cup, for whatever thats worth down the road. Its certainly an advantage for our local drivers running that series.
There were some issues with wheel sizes initially, but that should be resolved.
That would be my vote.
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Hey im all for spec YLC if thats the call. Just wanted to be able to use my existing wheels and wondered why the 5 inch guys were allowed open tires. I like the idea of following Gold Cup rules.
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I agree with Steve , there's no good reason our club can't swap the rule around that we had for the 5 " wheels when 6" we're the spec. Now that 5" are the spec why not have an open six inch ?? Just my 2 cents .
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I did run the new 5" tire in the enduro. It was the first time that I had them on this year (or ever). It was allot to get use to, the kart would not stay on the track at first. After allot of different tire pressure and kart changing during practice we did find the right combanation. The tires were better than I ever thought they would be when they did come in after about 20 laps ( we started with low pressure expecting them to gain pressure ) they were just like the Firestone. After the race is when they really were shocking. It looked as if we just ran a 10 lap practice, and remember that was after 3 practice 1 qualifing and 275 laps of racing. I have no complaints on the tire but will be reading what you guys have to say about them...
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Here is my views.
1. We had a 5" open tire rule to allow the older chassis' and Euro chassis' to be a bit more competitive to the Firestones. Now that most have newer chassis' this is not as important.
2. We should follow the WKA rules
3. The YLC's are great tires. They have a lot of grip provided you set the tires appropriately.
My recommendation for 2013 would be to have the YLC's be the spec tire for all Clone classes. 450 fronts, 710 rears for Sr classes.
If we are going to allow a 6" tire, I would recommend a spec tire, like Hoosier or Maxxis, but if we do allow this, then we should still allow open 5". Just my opinion.
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The YLC is indeed a great tire. Connor and Simon were running tires that had 3 race days on them in the Enduro and they were still clicking off 25.20's at the end of the race. Best of all they still probably have a race day left in them. Once you figure out the pressures they offer a great balance of grip and wear.
Best of all, there are a ton of 1 race used tires available from everyone running ManCup and Gold Cup. People practically give them away.
I think it's time for the 6" stuff to go away. No one is really making asphalt sprint specific tires anymore. The 6" Vegas work really well, but last 1-2 races tops. There is no cost savings there.
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I was wondering when this was going to come up.we all know we ran out of tires at the end of the season. So we had to start looking for another tire to run on and finish the season. Now don't get me wrong on this I was pretty happy with what we was using 6 inch wheel who to say that it won't happen with the 5 inch wheel over a period of time. I think we should get with the club members and take a vote on it. Be it 6 inch spec or open or 5 inch spec or open and decide which brand of tire is going be the best for the club cost wise and long lasting. Thanks that's my input. Edward 54
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"A gastropub concentrates on quality food. The name is a combination of pub and gastronomy and was coined in 1991 when David Eyre and Mike Belben took over The Eagle Pub in Clerkenwell, London. The concept of a restaurant in a pub reinvigorated both pub culture and British dining"
The Sly Fox Pub's opening signifies a new beginning in Chef/Owner Mark Elliott's career as he realizes his long time dream of capitalizing on the success of his opus, Elliott's on Linden in Pinehurst. For the past year, Mark (who is originally from England) and his staff, have worked relentlessly to faithfully create the perfect public house for the masses in the Sandhills and beyond.
We are proud to pay homage to the gastropub movement, allowing our food to be informed by influences from other gastronomically significant regions of Europe, notably France and the Mediterranean. The kitchen at The Sly Fox is dedicated to combining innovation, technique, and respect for the classics to bring you an unsurpassed pub dining experience.
Above all, we at The Sly Fox want our pub to be many things to many people. A perfect lunch spot on your break or on your day off. A place to gather for dinner with the whole family. A spot in the sun to enjoy the breeze and a lovely brew. No matter what brings you to The Sly Fox, we'll be looking forward to seeing you.