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Binghamton University's certificate program to help prepare educational leaders
The School of Education at Binghamton University, State University of New York, will launch a new graduate program in educational leadership this fall. The Certificate of Advanced Studies, or CAS, is a post-master's degree program designed to prepare educational leaders to serve in PreK-12 schools and school districts.
"The CAS offers experienced teachers new opportunities to extend impact beyond their classrooms and specialty areas," said Marilyn Tallerico, coordinator of the program and professor in the School of Education. "It engages a rigorous curriculum at a university recognized for its strong academic programs, distinguished faculty and affordable tuition."
Successful completion of the CAS and other state requirements will allow Binghamton University to recommend qualified students to the New York State Education Department for administrative certifications as school building leaders and/or school district leaders. State data indicate that 74 percent of principals plan to retire by the year 2011, and 63 percent of superintendents expect to retire by the year 2008.
"This program addresses critical needs to enhance the pool of high-quality candidates to fill anticipated vacancies in elementary and secondary school leadership roles," Tallerico said.
The CAS also complements existing strengths of the School of Education's teacher preparation programs and expands the University's reach to shape the quality of future administrators. Anchored in national and state standards, the eight-course, 32-credit program of study includes 20 hours that may be credited as electives toward a doctorate.
The CAS initiative capitalizes on an existing partnership among the Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services, and the Binghamton University's School of Management and the School of Education. For more than eight years, the three have coordinated the Southern Tier Leadership Academy, a non-credit program for promising teachers interested in exploring their leadership potential.
Funding from the Stewart W. and Willma C. Hoyt Foundation has contributed to research and curriculum development for the CAS in educational leadership, as well as to other regional leadership innovations.
For more information, visit the School of Education online at http://soe.binghamton.edu


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The key activities of the required Scope of Work (SOW) include (1) recruitment, training, and support to a minimum of ten qualifying churches within the association/alliance's network to implement the Body & Soul program and complementary activities to reach a minimum of 2,500 eligible African American adults, (2) technical assistance to participating congregations in developing community partnerships and educating and encouraging consumers to create positive changes in their communities, (3) identification of Champion Pastors to inspire and educate low-income African Americans to create healthy changes, (4) collaboration with the Regional Networks for a Healthy California, (5) promotion of the African American Campaign, Body & Soul, and their key health messages within the faith association/alliance's national, state, and community networks, (6) participation on the Network's statewide African American Advisory Council to provide direction and advice to the African American Campaign, and (7) administrative and fiscal management, including required documentation of activities, persons participating, and fiscal reporting.
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Of those 3000, I wonder how many are simply curious about the interiors and how many are serious about renting (and in a financial position to do so). Also, considering the fact that many of us signed up on the 341EPW site several months ago, some of those who'd originally expressed interest may have found homes elsewhere by now.Yes, you read correctly, they stated there are 3000 people who have expressed an interest in seeing one of the about 70 units.
My husband and I were just talking about the parade last night, wondering about those people who will move into 341EPW from other parts of NYC without reading or investigating much about the neighborhood. They're sure to experience something of a rude awakening come Labor Day weekend!Maybe those units are the ones with the balconies that allow one good views of the West Indian Day Parade?
If you were working in Manhattan for someplace like a bank (ie making about $180k), were young and just wanted a quick commute and some nightlife, such a units would work for you... Your partner (getting their MBA?) would have a place to study.
Thanks. I actually noticed this earlier today when I looked a little closer. And yes, the buildout looks pretty far along.Starbucks will be in space that opens onto Franklin, between Capital One and Pulp and Bean.


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I unfortunately couldn't be there, but my neighbors went...They said it was LOUD! I heard the Governor scoffed......! UPSTATE New Yorkers are very angry! I asked my neighbors to yell out Goose's tag line......"We live in Cuba now, Castro...er Cuomo! (Sorry to steal that Goose, it just sooo fits). This morning on my way to work, several in my area had their "America VS Obama" signs back out in their yards and some new ones "Upstate VS Cuomo". I think this link is a pretty accurate accounting, although wished they would have paid more attention to the speakers names....
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Chemists at UCLA experiment with the reagents of the University of California. *badaboom*
one less paper cut
As a vi user who codes in a GNOME environment with sloppy keyboard habits (you'd think there wouldn't be that many of us, but... surprise!), I hate the GNOME default of having F1 bound to the help menu. I'm constantly hitting F1 when reaching for ESC, so I regularly get annoying help windows popping up.
For a long time, I assumed that it was the top-level GNOME help document -- you know, like "how to use GNOME." I'm still not sure if this was ever the case. But today, I noticed that it's actually showing me the help file for GNOME Terminal. I scoffed that I would actually care to read the help file for my terminal emulator.
The irony is that if I had read that annoying help file, I might have actually found the answer to my problem. You can disable it (and set a lot of other nice shortcuts) under Edit | Keyboard Shortcuts.
Principle of Least Responsibility
A lot of the code I write these days is for running experiments (or analyzing data from experiments). And I'm always trying to automate my testing more, in order to keep the system from being idle when there are more cases to test. So, given some experimental program E, and a set of inputs to test {1,2,3}, it's tempting to give E the power (through the magic of computer programming) to take in a list of tasks to work on -- so you can tell it "do {1,2,3}" instead of telling it "do 1", then telling it "do 2", and then "do 3".
But there's a problem here, especially if your tests take a long time to complete. If your code crashes (or a test fails) in the middle of "do {1,2,3}" it may not be obvious where in the test sequence the code failed. Or, even if it is obvious, it may not be easy to pick up the tasks from where things crashed.
Instead, it's more robust to write a simple wrapper W that, when given the inputs {1,2,3}, picks them off one at a time, calling E with the individual tasks. It may take a little extra work to do things this way, but it will pay dividends in the long run.
For example, another benefit is intelligent management of repetitions of experiments. Suppose you have tasks {1,2,3}, but you want to run each of them 3 times. A naive approach will run {1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3} but then you have potential ordering bias. And, if (say) tests {1,1,1} succeed, but the 2nd test 2 fails, what happens to your results?
Using a wrapper W, you can generate the list of experiments, randomize them, and write them to a file. W can track the success or failure of each test, keeping your experiments running but also separating the wheat from the chaff. This approach can also give you a good way to track progress through a set of experiments.
My "task log" usually looks like a shuffled file with one line for each task, or a directory of files with each file representing one task; this also allows you to modify the task set on the fly -- adding tests to the end of the task log. W doesn't remove a task until it's been completed successfully, but it moves on to subsequent tasks so it doesn't get stuck in a pathological case. (You could have it put failed tests in a separate list.) Anyway, all this allows for better recovery and progress tracking.
Anyway, I know there are lots of names for this general principle of abstraction or compartmentalization, but I'm calling it the "Principle of Least Responsibility" -- with the first working definition being "give a piece of code the least amount of responsibility that is practical". I say "practical", not "possible" because taking it to the extreme could be burdensome.
This is pretty similar to the UNIX philosophy of "Do one thing and do it well." In my case, it specifically means "don't make the code hold the state of a sequence of experiments because all it needs to be responsible for is the single experiment it is currently performing!"
In the moment, it may seem like a great idea to let your code do all the heavy lifting for you, but a little abstraction/functional decomposition can save you a lot of grief in the long run.
there IS a method to the madness...
The vim git syntax was driving me crazy. Turns out I'm not the only one, but there is a reason for the madness.
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Man, why use lame ego-stroking Roman names like these when we could be using names like these?
Storing Research Data -- SQLite vs. The Other Guys
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I generally have a real aversion to using a full-on SQL implementation like MySQL or Postgres when it's not really necessary... and I typically think it's unnecessary until something forces me to change my mind. When I started writing small projects in Perl, I used to use Berkeley DB key-value pairs — lately I've used Python Pickles for similar purposes. It's simple and quick, which is nice, but it basically forces you to roll your own code.
Lately, everyone's been getting on the SQLite bandwagon, and it's pretty awesome. I've moved to using SQLite as my first choice when storing anything beyond flat text data. It has nice portability characteristics (unlike your homemade solution), simple backup and export formats. And, being able to make queries on the data is great for me, since these days most of my data are experimental results, etc.
But another good reason for using an external, portable data sink became obvious when I started to visualize and analyze my data using R. R has the RSQLite package, which made importing data into R for plotting and analysis a breeze. (Or as much of a breeze as anything is in R.) The thing is, roll-your-own formats may be perfectly "good enough" for isolated projects, but the minute you start wanting to use a different tool to view the data, having it already be in a format that is easily accessible is a major win. And if you're like me, you won't always know that in two months you're going to want to use the data in some completely different way. So I feel like I got that capability for "free" just because I decided to store my data in a more structured and portable way.
But SQLite is targeted at a specific niche — projects that would benefit from SQL behaviors but don't need all the robustness and consistency guarantees of "enterprise" databases. While you get good performance (because SQLite works inside your code, rather than through RPCs), if you start wishing for read/write concurrency (say, importing new data and plotting other unrelated data at the same time) you may find yourself frustrated with SQLite's limitations. That's what happened to me. As I started to generate large numbers of plots, I wanted to be able to run multiple scripts (some of which generate plots, some of which update other tables) at the same time — SQLite can balk at this.
So, I switched to a more traditional SQL database, which itself was relatively painless because of the underlying SQL standard. (R has libraries for it as well — another good reason not to roll your own even if you don't need all that SQL provides.) And in turn, this highlighted another unexpected value for the more "enterprise" systems: caching. Re-running long queries just to tweak a plot is considerably quicker with the big server as opposed to SQLite.
None of this is new information — in fact, it's a pretty textbook tour of the hows and whys of data storage. But for me, it inspired a change of heart, thanks to the convenience factor. In the future, I'll probably start with a Big Dog SQL server for research projects (running on my personal laptop) because it avoids the papercuts encountered when my projects get to big for SQLite. But I'll stick to SQLite for simpler things, to avoid the dependencies created by the more enterprise approach.
The Process #1 -- The Symbolism Survey
Lately I've been really interested in the process that a craftsman goes through, intentionally or unintentionally, in the process of creation. I use the word craftsman because I'm interested not just in "art" per se, but also (not coincidentally) in things like academic writing, problem solving and engineering. This is a fascinating treasure trove, not just for the answers provided, but for who provided them...
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Codin' Chip
In the Boy Scouts, there is a thing called a "Totin' Chip". It is "both an award and contract in Boy Scouts of America that shows Scouts understand and agree to certain principles of using different tools with blades" (WP). To get the Totin' Chip, which is a paper card (like a library card or the like) scouts must demonstrate a certain amount of knowledge and responsibility. The Wikipedia page has more on it, of course. The main thing (besides the rules) is that violations of the Totin' Chip code result in one or more corners of the card being removed; when all the corners are gone, you lose your right to tote a blade.
Anyway, I think there should be a "Codin' Chip" -- maybe it's a card, maybe it's an actual chip. If it's a card you lose corners; if it's a chip, you lose pins. Anyway, when you lose em' all, you're done.
Violations can be large or small; for example, not commenting code meant for others to read falls into that category, as does using equality to test floating point numbers inappropriately. Using strcpy and the like is definitely in there.
What else should cause you to forfeit a pin off your Codin' Chip?
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It might also be good to do a "second chance" run-off for characters that seem to get a lot of votes but not win their respective rounds. Otherwise we could run into some messy spots, like the Cantina, Endor forest, or Outlander Club. I mean, in the Cantina, I'd probably vote for Dannik Jerriko, but I'd much prefer a Hem Dazon or Bom Vimdin to 99% of the characters from other scenes.
Also, any chance of doing this (though obviously without the full casts) for some of the major EU works?


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This is a dessert to remember: chocolaty cookie crust, creamy mascarpone filling, and a glistening cranberry topping.
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Great with Thanksgiving dinner. I had a beater malfunction that splattered cream and mascarpone around the kitchen so I added some cream cheese and more cream to make up for the loss and it set up well. Added nutmeg for flavor. Cranberries were too tart so added more sugar. Probably cranberries need adjusting after cooked due to differing tartness. Crust baked up very well. a keeper.
I made this last year for Thanksiving and this year for New Years. Both times, it was a big hit with all our guests. You can tell it is a hit when guests sneak back to the kitchen for a sliver more. This year, I skipped the extra candied ginger on top, and it was just as good. I'll make this guest-pleaser again.
Overall tasted good. However, the recipe had a few crucial flaws. I made the filling according to the recipe, beating it to stiff peaks, then refrigerating overnight before adding it to the shell. The filling became runny overnight, and could not hold up the rather heavy, stiff cranberry topping, so the cranberries essentially sank to the bottom. If I could do it over again, I would omit the gelatin from the cranberries but add it to the mascarpone filling to add more structure.
So easy and a real crowd pleaser.
Unique and strong flavors make for happy people in my family! (Most of 'em, anyway...) This tart is lovely. As an experiment, I made one tart with cream cheese and the other with marscarpone. I am usually one for the "fancier" ingredients, but I preferred the extra tang of the cream cheese. Hubby was the opposite. When asked (at the last minute) to make this again for a family gathering, I purchased an Oreo cookie crust and omitted the ginger on top...and it was still a huge hit. Plus, as an added bonus, this dessert is absolutely beautiful plated!
I made this for thanksgiving one year, and christmas the next. This is so easy to make, pretty and delicious. Cranberry juice cocktail is the way to go. The second time, I bought an all natural organic juice from Trader Joes which was really tart, and the topping wasn't as good. Tip: Add the ginger just before serving, otherwise it'll absorb the cranberry color and you won't be able to see it.
Ugh, what a horrible greasy mess was the crust! 5-6 T butter is way too much - all my other recipes call for 4 T with 1 1/2 cups cookie crumbs, and I should have followed that.
I made this tart for Thanksgiving this year, and it was a huge hit with my family. Instead of the lemon, I used orange zest and juice, still awesome! I didn't have any problems, I made everything the night before and put it together that morning and by that afternoon it was perfect.
Incredibly easy to make and quite pretty to look at. I only had an 11 inch tart pan and was dismayed that I hadn't taken the time to find a 9...it needs the extra cookie crust to balance it out. It went over well at Christmas dinner but was not a WOW like the Cranberry Chocolate Torte. Still, so easy and yummy.
This is a keeper recipe, but I've made changes. Instead of cranberries I used carmelized pears and everyone raves about it!


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Swiss precision can be seen and heard in DT Swiss rear hubs. The bearings run smooth and quiet behind contact-free seals while the famed Hugi internals freewheel with a distinctive and enjoyable whir. If you haven't been around cycling long enough to remember Hugi, ask your friends. When the hubs first hit the market, everyone wanted them because they were lighter, better sealed, and had a freehub with near-instant engagement -- better than pretty much anything on the market at the time. Hidden under that DT Swiss label and inside the forged aluminum shell, the hubs still have that sizzle. The DT Swiss 240s 135mm QR 6-Bolt Rear Hub is black with red DT logos. As it has a 135mm OLD and uses a conventional quick release to secure the rear wheel in the dropouts, it fits the majority of frames currently in the marketplace. Standard 6-bolt brake rotors will bolt right on. It runs on four separate stainless steel sealed cartridge bearings. The ratcheting freehub offers tool-free access for routine cleaning and lubrication, and the freehub body is made of aluminum to keep the package lightweight. It can be converted to use the DT Swiss RWS Thru-Bolt or the X12 Thru-Axle system by using the appropriate DT Swiss adapters. - $350.00


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A regular wheelchair would be useless over the rough terrain pictured above. But the wheelchair in the picture is no regular wheelchair. Called the "leveraged freedom chair," it was designed for use in developing countries, where the terrain may be too rough for a regular wheelchair to navigate.
Why It Matters
- At least 40 million people in developing nations need wheelchairs to move around but don't have them. Wheelchairs are too expensive to buy and maintain. They also aren't well suited for unpaved roads, mud, and other conditions typical in rural areas of the developing world. That's where the leveraged freedom chair comes in.
- Look at the picture above. Do you notice anything unusual about the wheelchair? The name of the wheelchair is a clue. It is leveraged, or operated by levers (the white-capped blue rods in the picture). Regular wheelchairs are operated by turning the wheels directly with the hands.
- What's the advantage of a lever-operated wheelchair? The main advantage is mechanical—mechanical advantage, that is.
- To learn more, watch this video about how and why the wheelchair was developed: http://www.ted.com/talks/amos_winter_the_cheap_all_terrain_wheelchair.html
What Do You Think?
Explore the Web site at the link below for more background on the leveraged freedom chair and its development. Be sure to check out the pictures and watch the videos. Then answer the following questions.
- What constraints guided the design of the leveraged freedom wheelchair?
- How do riders operate the freedom wheelchair? How do they operate a regular wheelchair?
- How do riders "shift gears" on the freedom wheelchair? Why does this make the wheelchair mechanically simple?
- Compare the mechanical advantage of the freedom chair with that of a regular wheelchair.
- How did developing country wheelchair users contribute to the design of the freedom chair?
- What do you think? How does the leveraged freedom wheelchair contribute to society in the developing world?


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By Ben Levisohn
American Express (AXP) has gained 43% during the past 12 months, but Morgan Stanley thinks the credit-card provider can keep on racking up the charges.
Morgan Stanley's Betsy Graseck and Manan Gosalia explain why they upgraded American Express to Overweight from Equal Weight:
Amex's US merchant penetration has been just 67% of [Visa (V)/MasterCard's (MA)]. Why? Small merchants perceive Amex as more expensive, more cumbersome with its independent account statements, and slower to pay. Lower card acceptance has limited [American Express'] share of both cardholders and cardholder wallet.
OptBlue will make it easier for merchants to accept Amex cards, boosting the company's wallet share: OptBlue addresses small merchants' concerns as third-party acquirers negotiate directly for a combined, single-grid contract for all networks. Amex will eliminate statement charges and provide next-day payment to small merchants. We believe this will significantly boost acceptance, enabling Amex to gain wallet share from existing cardholders. [Discover Financial (DFS)] is a compelling precedent as they increased merchant penetration from 75% to 90% in 2008/09 after signing on third-party acquirers.
We believe Amex can win over small merchants with its OptBlue program, boosting US acceptance closer to [Visa/MasterCard].
Shares of American Express have 1.6% to $88.41 at 11:30 a.m.–leaving 13% upside to Morgan Stanley's $100 price target–while Visa has ticked up 0.1% to $221.90, MasterCard has risen 0.2% to $76.49 and Discover Financial has advanced 0.2% to $55.38.


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"The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April."
"The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries."
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It'll be easy to round up your crew come dinnertime when this hearty casserole is on the table. Mix it up with the variation below and enjoy it your way.
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Spicy Taco Pasta Bake:
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Alaska: Across the Wildest State, Climate Change Threatens Many Species and Habitats
An Alaska polar bear keeps close to her young along the Beaufort Sea coast in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Melting sea ice has made the polar bear a symbol of climate change impact. Photo: Susanne Miller, USFWS. Download.
Audio: Interview with Alaska Native Elder Christina Westlake
With an area of more than 375 million acres extending 2,000 miles from east to west and 1,100 miles from north to south, Alaska dwarfs other states. The northernmost state is also unmatched in its range of climates and habitats — and nearly all are feeling impacts from climate change.
During the last half-century, Alaska has seen some of the most rapid warming on earth, with temperatures rising 1 to almost 4 degrees Fahrenheit across its climate regions and ecosystems. By the year 2100, the average annual temperature of Alaska's North Slope is projected to rise another 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
"One big difference between Alaska and the Lower 48 is that here we're dealing with impacts that have already occurred, not just forecasts of change," says John Morton, Supervisory Fish and Wildlife Biologist at Alaska's Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. "And because Alaska hasn't undergone widespread landscape change from non-climate stressors such as agriculture and development, the impacts of climate change aren't masked as they are elsewhere."


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UW Hospital buys hotel across the street
Best Western acquisition to help patients transition, avoid readmissions, hospital says
MADISON, Wis. - Out-of-town UW Hospital and Clinics patients will soon have a new, conveniently located lodging option.
UW Hospital and Clinics said Friday the facility purchased the hotel located across the street from the hospital campus: The Best Western InnTowner Hotel
The hospital said the newly acquired hotel will serve as a new patient- and family-centered resource for regional patients.
"Many of our regional patients need to be close to the hospital for some time," Donna Katen-Bahensky, hospital president and CEO, said Friday in a news release. "This is a perfect option."
Patients expected to use the service will include those arriving the day before procedures or treatment, those who need to be in close proximity for extended treatments and specialty patients who are ready to be discharged from inpatient care but need to remain in close proximity for post-discharge lab work and monitoring.
Fiore Cos. of Madison, the current owner of the hotel, will continue as the employer and will co-manage hotel operations through the third-party management company that currently manages the hotel.
According to the news release, a portion of the hotel will continue to serve non-hospital guests.
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Great looking dog, in a great picture with a story to go with it, what a gift!
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St. Thomas, the great doctor and theologian, warns about the proper use of animals, lest they appear at the final Judgment against us: and God himself will take vengeance on all who misuse his creatures.
Thanks for the compliments everyone, I will pass them on to my wife and boys. And hope you all have a very Happy New Year!
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Amaterasu wrote:Haven't been able to scrobble much outside of Spotify because I haven't had my hard drive with all of my music in over a month. I'll be scrobbling a much wider variety of music when i get it back.
Music you have in common includes My Bloody Valentine, Infected Mushroom, The Mountain Goats, Mastodon and of Montreal.


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By Floyd Ingram/Chickasaw Journal
He grew up in Chickasaw County but his music and his message are aimed at an audience that has grown to become the largest concert tour in the world each winter.
NewSong drummer Jack Pumphrey was raised in Houston and he will take the stage at Winter Jam in Tupelo tonight along with Toby Mack, Red, Matthew West and Sidewalk Prophets. The concert is expected to be a sell-out.
"It is awesome to see what God has done with Winter Jam," said Pumphrey. "It has grown to become something more than any of us ever dreamed."
Winter Jam began 18 years ago as a way for NewSong to play at neutral venues with a simple donation at the door. It has now grown into the largest annual music tour in the first quarter of the year – bar none. It is also a major launching pad for new Christian music artists.
"I've gotten to know some of the biggest names and hottest bands on the planet," said Pumphrey. "Touring and going on the road is a lot of work but I have grown to love Winter Jam because of the musician I get to know and the fans I get to meet."
Through Winter Jam, Pumphrey has developed relationships with the likes of Steven Curtis Chapman, Jeremy Camp, Newsboys, Anointed, MercyMe and Skillet.
But like himself, Pumphrey said Christian artists work very hard to be down-to-earth people, because it is part of their witness and rooted in their soul.
"They really are normal people just like me and you," said Pumphrey, who comes home to Chickasaw County to hunt each Christmas. "We've got personal problems, family problems, career problems just like everyone else."
And just like their fans, Pumphrey said he turns to music when life sends him a challenge.
NewSong has just released Swallow the Ocean, it's 18th CD.
Pumphrey said the CD is beginning to pick up a little momentum and he hopes the Winter Jam tour will get it in front of people who need it most.
"The whole concept is how big God's love is," said Pumphrey. "Think about the ocean as ink and the sky as your canvas. If you tried to write or paint on that canvas you would run out of ink before you finished depicting God's love."
Pumphrey said NewSong produced Swallow the Ocean the old fashioned way.
"Now days I can just show up and lay down the beat and with technology the rest of the guys come in and lay down their tracks," said Pumphrey. "We did Swallow the Ocean old-school. We all came in and looked each other in the eye as we put it together. It was a lot more personal and emotional to me. I truly think this CD has a different feel to it."
NewSong was founded in 1981 at Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Ga. They have eight Gospel Music Association Dove Award nominations and have also been nominated for a Grammy Award.
Winter Jam opens at the BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo Thursday evening. Tickets are $10 at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.


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The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) is the short title of United States (Pub.L. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, enacted 1990-07-26), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush. The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability. It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal. Disability is defined as "a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity."
On signing the measure, George H. W. Bush said:
"I know there may have been concerns that the ADA may be too vague or too costly, or may lead endlessly to litigation. But I want to reassure you right now that my administration and the United States Congress have carefully crafted this Act. We've all been determined to ensure that it gives flexibility, particularly in terms of the timetable of implementation; and we've been committed to containing the costs that may be incurred.... Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down."
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Oysters are the ocean's own raw bar. You slurp them, and their taste is wonderfully funky, as unique as any on the planet. As easy little food it doesn't get a lot better. But what to drink? You don't need to have wine as the perfect accompaniment. I like Allagash White Ale; its zesty flavor is a perfect foil with oysters. Gin is sublime with them, and vodka works remarkably well too. Perchance someone will come up with an oyster-flavored vodka. If you're looking for wines, here are a few solid suggestions.
DRY SHERRY Not the cooking stuff next to the faux Balsamic vinegar on the shelf, but real Spanish Fino Sherry. Domecq, Sandeman, and Gonzalez Byass are top producers. Jerez, the major sherry town, is surrounded by a chalky soil that grows the Palomino grape to perfection. Pull a bottle straight from the fridge and pour into small wine glasses — the alcohol content is high, and you want to still taste your oysters after a glass or two. Real Fino Sherry is what I affectionately refer to as "the anti-chardonnay." It can never be described as fruity and pineapply, and that is perfectly okay.
ALBARINO If you don't go out much to restaurants you may have missed this wine. The story is as good as the wine, and both are fantastic. German monks regularly came to Northern Spain 500 years ago as pilgrims and brought along a little plant cargo to Galicia, where the locals have drunk and admired it all by themselves — until now. There are longer versions of this story but the official regional name is Rias Baixas; the grape name is albarino. There is a mineral, peach-like quality that goes well with oysters. It goes just as well all by itself. They usually run a reasonable $10 to $15 a bottle.
AMERICAN BUBBLES Get several tall "flute" style glasses and rinse them out before you use them. Bubbly can be pulled straight from the fridge. Bubbles should surge from the bottom of the glass and not cling to the sides. Tiny explosive bubbles are the best to contain flavors. There are a variety of styles in sweetness for bubbles. You want brut or blanc de blancs. These are the driest and therefore tastiest with oysters. Domaine Ste. Michelle from Washington is always tasty and reliable with those ever-present tiny bubbles. At $12 a bottle it is a bargain. Scharffenberger is worth spelling correctly and seeking out. It has a citrus character that works with the oyster. It is from Mendocino County and runs around $19. Gloria Ferrer Brut Sonoma County will also do the trick. This is the American-outpost bubbly from one of Spain's great producers of sparklers, and costs $20.
FRENCH CHAMPAGNE This is the ultimate oyster wine treat. There are terrific values for the bottle out there right now. Charles Heidsieck, always a reliable source for Champagne, comes in at around $45 to $55 for a bottle of brut. That limestone-chalky acidity — just like an oyster bed — is unbelievable with a dozen of your favorites. Oysters showcase the flavors of where they are grown, and so do Champagne grapes.
It is funny that bubbly rises and falls with our expectations of stuff like oil prices, housing prices, and the economy in general. Its true strength is that it always goes well with oysters.
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Jul 08, 2011
In this podcast, Dan Emig and David M. Hamilton of Siemens Medical explain how the cloud can help healthcare providers significantly improve business performance by shifting allocation of their limited budget and human resources away from lower-value back-office operations in favor of higher-value clinical and patient-facing services.
The cloud does this by 1) allowing healthcare IT organizations to leverage the economies of scale offered by shared, on-demand infrastructure and 2) providing turnkey access to state-of-the-art applications delivered under a software-as-a-service model.
These benefits are especially compelling as healthcare providers face tight budgets, challenging regulatory mandates and stiff market competition.


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The first new Captain Underpants book in six years has finally hit bookstore shelves! The Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers takes readers on a journey back in time with their heroes Harold and George. In the story, the two boys are about to start kindergarten, where they meet a horrible bully named Kipper Krupp. Kipper is the son of Mr. Krupp, the school principal. Since Captain Underpants will not be invented until George and Harold reach 4th grade, they have to use their own creativity to put an end to Kipper's evil ways. TFK Kid Reporter Rylan J. Daniels chatted with Dav Pilkey in Los Angeles, California, about the author's experiences in elementary school and how they became the source of his Captain Underpants stories.
TFK: In the Captain Underpants series, books 1 through 8, the characters who are mean to George and Harold are mostly adults. But in book 9 it's other kids who are the bullies. Why did you decide to make that change?
PILKEY: That's a good question. I had this story about George and Harold being bullied in the back of my mind for a long long time. But I didn't want George and Harold to be able to snap their fingers and get Mr. Krupp to turn into Captain Underpants and help them out. I wanted them to have to use their own imaginations. So I knew it had to happen before they created Captain Underpants, which is why they go back in time. I think the best answer to your question is I don't know why I did it. I know a lot of kids do deal with bullies. So I thought that might be a good thing to write about.
TFK: October is National Bullying Prevention Month and this is a topic that is being discussed in schools across the country. In The Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers George and Harold are victims of bullying, but they fight back by secretly playing pranks on the bullies. Is there anything you would like TFK readers to learn about bullying from this book?
PILKEY: The book doesn't discuss bullying in a practical manner. It's more like a funny story that happens to deal with bullying. So I don't think there are any answers for kids who are victims of bullying. However, I was bullied a bit when I was a kid. It might be helpful to some kids to know they are not alone.
TFK: One of the most memorable things about the Captain Underpants series is the costume of the superhero. Why would a superhero wear underpants?
PILKEY: Well, it looks like superheroes are wearing underwear anyway. Underpants was a powerful word when I was a kid. I remember being in second grade and my teacher used the word underwear in class and everybody laughed. She got really mad and said, "Boys and girls, underwear is not funny." We all laughed even harder. I decided underwear is a powerful word, so it makes a good theme for a superhero story.
TFK: Every other superhero knows their alternative identity. Why did you decide to portray Mr. Krupp as not knowing he is Captain Underpants and vice versa?
PILKEY: I wanted the kids, George and Harold, to have power in these books. I know that Captain Underpants is very powerful too. But I like the fact that they can turn him on and off with a snap of their fingers. That gives them power too. Maybe in some ways it's a nice fantasy for kids to feel as though they are in charge.
TFK: Are the characters in the book based on people from your life? Did you know someone like Kipper the bully when you were a kid?
PILKEY: Yes, I had some Kippers in my life. I had bullies in my neighborhood who are all rolled up into Kipper. George and Harold are based on me. They are different sides of my personality.
TFK: At the end of the story, the bullies are shocked by Tippy's trip back in time. They believe he is the Haunted Pants of Wedgie Magee. Why do they go crazy and get admitted to the Piqua Home for the Reality Challenged?
PILKEY: It all builds up to that. I wanted to take power away from the bullies and give it to George and Harold again.
TFK: The drawings in Captain Underpants are amazing. Why did you decide to use illustrations in your books?
PILKEY: When I was a kid, I was not a big fan of reading. I loved picture books. I really liked how the words and the pictures worked together. But when you get older, you can't read picture books anymore. You have to move on to chapter books where there aren't too many pictures. So I didn't like reading as much when I got older. When I became a writer, I wanted to bring pictures to chapter books. I wanted to have pictures on every page because that's what I always liked. It kept me interested. I'm writing for the kid I used to be.
TFK: When you make the books, do you first draw or write?
PILKEY: I usually start with the title. Then I draw while I'm thinking of ideas. I'll spend a few months walking around and thinking of ideas. I'll also sit up in my office and draw. After that process, comes the writing. The final illustrations come last.
TFK: What advice do you have for kids who want to write or draw?
PILKEY: Write and draw as much as you can. That's how you get really good at things. If you want to play the piano, you practice over and over again. The same thing applies to writing and drawing. The more you do it, the better you get.
TFK: Have you ever considered creating any video games or maybe a Lego construction based on Captain Underpants?
PILKEY: Wow, I would love that! Do you play the Lego video games? I haven't really considered doing that. But there's a movie coming out in a few years based on the Captain Underpants series. I have a feeling that when the movie comes out, there will also be some video games and, I hope, a Lego version. That would be fun.
TFK: Will there be any new scenes or characters in the movie?
PILKEY: There will be a lot of surprises for the viewers and probably for me too. Writers are working on the screenplay right now. They are making everything bigger and more exciting, so it's going to be fun.


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After several radio commentators have called him on the agenda he has listed on his web site @ http://change.gov/agenda/urbanpolicy/ the Obama transition team has pulled the full details of his agenda off his web site.
The web page now shows "The page you requested is not available right now.", but if you want to see what he really has planned for us you can see the original page here: www.tinyurl.com/5gznwl .
A few of his plans are to reinstate and make permanent the Clinton weapons ban and to increase the weapons included in the ban, to completely ban all forms of "racial" profiling (and any of us that have true profiling experience know this is an important investigative tool when used correctly and racial profiling is just one element of "profiling" criminals and criminal activity) and to spend an enormous amount of money on special programs, "tax credits", etc.
If he is so committed to these causes, why did his team pull them from the web site? If he can't take the heat of the American people and press, how will he ever stand up to communist and marxist dictators around the world?


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Exams suck. They really really suck.
Anyway, I've removed all of the Qt1-based ports from the FreeBSD tree today in preparation to accept the 66 or so new ports that will be required to support the core set of Qt/KDE v3 ports. Unfortunately, since that will require repository copies which can only be performed by firstname.lastname@example.com, I'll probably have to wait until tomorrow to commit the new v3 ports. Oh well.
Ok, and now, breaking my usual trend, I'm going to bed before midnight. 8)


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There is an interplanetary internet, and there may exist an internet between civilizations running at tachyonic speed. This time I ventured into
Another Internet
It starts with configuring the DNS servers with ones published at the OpenNIC project. You need to configure both primary and secondary DNS. Configuring only the primary DNS does not work, as the algorithm always chooses the DNS entry with lower network latency. After configuration, you still are able to surf on the usual Internet, but you also opened a little door to domains like .geek, .bbs and .telnet.
On the wiki of OpenNiC there are very few links, and in the beginning I was disappointed of such few links. Then I learnt of the specular search engine http://grep.geek. By searching for keywords like Blog or Chat you get to view some of the most accurate blogs and interesting chatrooms, especially for people who like to code.
Pioneer Anomaly solved with heat model
Pioneer space probes are the farthest human made objects from the Earth. In a previous post I explained how to connect to the JPL server via telnet and get their current distance from Earth.
Pioneer space probes feel an additional force towards the sun in the order of magnitude of about a_pioneer ~= H*c, which is also the one predicted by Modified Newton Dynamics theories to empirically explain the flat shape of radial velocity curves observed in galaxies. Currently, the the best theories to explain the galactic radial velocity anomaly are ones that look at the Universe at as inhomogeneous sponge. I hope the dark matters theories will be then finally wiped out, as to me they look as a revival of the theories on ether used before Einstein to explain the Michelson-Morley experiment. Also to have so much dark and heavy things passing through my body without interfering with it does not make me feel confortable at all. Springtime is time to give a compete cleanup to the Universe, it's needed once in a while :-)
The GPU project was looking for a solution of the Pioneer Anomaly. It ported source code from the Orsa Project made by Pasquale Tricarico from C to Delphi and experimented a bit with special physics without further success. It was not possible to replicate the linear shift of the signal received from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory dued to the pioneer anomalous acceleration towards the sun.
There is now an article here, that explains how the anomaly can be explained with 1970s computer graphics (basically a more advanced heat model as the one presented in the original Anderson et al. paper about the anomaly). The paper with the heat model explanation is on Arxiv and awaits confirmation from other scientific teams.
How seismic waves tell us about the inner Earth core
The GPU project was also experimenting with seismic sensors. Nanobit built one (picture) and I also built one with a 3D accelerometer on top of a coil. This series of 6 videos on seismic waves by Khan Academy explain very well the types of seismic waves, why Secondary waves travel only into solids (and in pudding :-), the curved path of refracted waves due to the density differences, the S-Wave shadow zone beginning from 105 degrees, and the P-Wave shadow zones. The seismic waves indirectly tell us how the inner Earth core is made, even if none of us digged that deep. Humankind only scratched the surface of Earth!
Learning the periodic table of the elements
The Fukushima accident made me courious of chemistry, and I sorted out an old periodic table of the chemical elements I was using in school. It has a list of the radioctive elements and their half decay time. I then realized that I did not understand anymore why the table was organized in this way. To be honest, I never understood it! I then took time to watch the introductory course on Chemistry by Khan Academy. The first ten videos explained me much more in detail how the periodic table works. In particular, I can do electronic configurations which was never taught in my chemistry course, and I understand a bit why metals are placed in the 'd' configuration. Metals and salts I already knew from before. And the f configuration at the bottom is for the heavier elements, which in principle should be moved between earth alcali and transitive metals, for the electronic configuration process.
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I use on Gentoo weechat-curses as IRC chat terminal (emerge -av weechat-curses to install it).
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- Connecting to an IRC server without certificate: /connect pari.para.net:9999 -ssl -ssl_verify=false -password=****
- List available chat channels: /msg ChatServ list *
- Join a channel: /join Debian
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- Change nickname: /nick dangermouse
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An Illinois school may have the most pairs of twins in one grade
Eleven-year-old twins Luke and Ryan Novosel of Wilmette, Illinois, had a goal. The fifth-graders wanted to set a Guinness world record. Some of their friends had already tried to jump on a pogo stick longer than anyone else. One even attempted to produce the loudest burp. But none of them came close.
Then Luke and Ryan realized that there were lots of other twins in their grade at Highcrest Middle School. They did a full count, and were amazed to discover 24 sets of twins in all. Most of them are fraternal, or non-identical. Of those 24 sets, three are boy-boy, 11 are girl-girl, and 10 are boy-girl. There are only two pairs of identical twins—all girls.
"We were absolutely shocked," Luke and Ryan's mother, Nancy Fendley, told the Associated Press. The boys figured they now had their Guinness record: most pairs of twins in one grade. The current record is 16 pairs, and is shared by Valley Southwoods Freshman High School in Iowa, Staples High School in Connecticut, and Maine South High School in Illinois.
Proving the Point
Earlier this year, Luke and Ryan—with help from their parents—sent an application to Guinness. They added birth certificates, photos, and proof that all of the sets of twins attend Highcrest Middle School. They expect to hear back in several weeks on whether they actually set a new world record.
"The whole school thinks it's the greatest thing," Fendley said. "It's been such a fun, creative experience."
Twins on the Rise
Since 1980, twin birth rates have more than doubled in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The age of mothers has gone up over the years, and women in their 30s are more likely to give birth to twins. In 2009, one in every 30 infants was born a twin, compared with one in 53 infants in 1980.
For Highcrest Middle School, that rise in twin births could be a ticket into the record books.
Dave Palzet, the school's principal, said he is proud of his students' effort. "I think it is wonderful that [they] have taken it on themselves to research and work with the world record officials to obtain this great honor for Highcrest Middle School," he wrote in an email to TFK.


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In 1973, 26-year-old director Steven Spielberg was hired by producers at Universal Studios to make a movie out of what they described as "the most exciting thing that they had ever read," Peter Benchley's novel, Jaws. The film's production would eventually cost more than double the original budget and go 100 days over schedule, with a malfunctioning mechanical shark and a director who later admitted, "I was pretty naive about mother nature." Nevertheless, Spielberg's instincts for cinematic storytelling and shrewd editing, along with composer John Williams's haunting two-note theme (a tuba playing the notes E, F, E, F), came together to create what is considered the first summer blockbuster, breaking all domestic box-office records at the time.
Spielberg told reporters, "I shot the movie to both entertain and to be fearful," thereby both terrifying and fascinating Americans about sharks. Jaws was selected as the second-most thrilling movie of all time, behind Psycho, on the American Film Institute's "100 Years…100 Thrills" list. But not everyone has been thrilled about what Jawsspawned. As a shark biologist noted, "It perpetuated the myths about sharks as man-eaters and bloodthirsty killers." Movies such as Jawsand the annual summer sensational media coverage of sharks swimming near public beaches or snatching the catch of panicked fishermen have helped create what mental-health professionals call a "specific phobia" -- a "marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable, cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation."


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Phillip and I got the opportunity to teach inner city kids the game of hockey on Thursday at Kirkpatrick Community Center in Nashville. It was my first time going and it really was a great experience. The kids were truly fantastic.
From the moment we brought out all of the equipment, the kids were fired up and ready to play. We taught them what a breakaway was, how to shoot and pass, and really just had fun with them. The kids had a blast. They were running around playing with each other, and warmed up to us like we were a part of their family.
We did have one injury on the day(Phillip got hit in the shin with a plastic puck and whined like a little girl) but it was all worth it. Pretty soon, the kids wanted to play a game. So, we proceeded to split them up and started playing a game. I'll tell you, some of them have some game. They were running around and deking and shooting and really just having the time of their lives.
The thing that stood out to me was the heart these kids have. No matter what they do, they just try to enjoy themselves. Everywhere you looked, their were smiles on the faces of the children. At the end of the day, that's really what it's all about. The heart of a child is truly a wonderful thing. They're willing to be friendly with anyone and they want to have as much fun and joy as they can. I originally went their intending to teach them a game, but I left with something that I didn't bank on happening. The kids really put things in perspective for me. Life really is about having fun and doing things that make you, and other people, happy. I think that's a lesson all of us can learn. No matter how old you are, you can always make a positive impact on somebody's life.
We can learn from these kids. We can all show the same care and compassion to each other as the kids show to everyone. We can all have more fun in our lives and do things for other people. Bringing other people joy will bring you more joy than maybe you had previously even thought possible. Learn from these kids. They're not under the best of circumstances. None of them have some of the luxuries that I have, or that most of us have. But all they want to do is have fun. Hockey provides them with that. Hockey is a game for all people and all ages, and what I saw Thursday proved that.


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this is a serious question. there is a ton of talk about what we shouldn't do. what should we do instead?
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30th October 2012 09:42 PM #1
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What's happening?
My son got a failing grade on his exam. So as punishment, I told that for this two days, he cannot play games in the computer. When he heard that, he got so angry. This is the first time that I saw him like that. When I tried talking to him after he calmed down, he wouldn't tell me what's wrong. How can I get my son to talk to me about what's bothering him?
4th November 2012 03:20 AM #2
Hi Patty,
I believe that the situation describe shows two different areas that need to be addressed.
1. Failing grade on your 8 year old son's exam. Your son is only 8 and my guess is that your son may need you to sit with him each day so you can go over his homework and make sure he understands what he needs to do. After he is done, tell him to bring his work to you so you can check it.
This will do two things. It will let him know that you want to help him (you're willing to go over the schoolwork with him) and it will also give him confidence in knowing that if you review the work, you can catch problems before he turns it in.
If you know he understands the material, then you can be confident that he should have no problem at all on quizzes and tests. However, if you are not involved at all in overseeing his homework you could be setting him up for failure.
2. In addressing his angry response to being taken off of computer games... my guess is that he has become addicted to his computer games and he has not been trained to know that computer games come second to everything else. Computer time is a privilege, not a right. But because you've let him play a lot and probably just about anytime he wants, to, he now things he has a right to it. If you take it away, he will naturally have a strong negative response.
However, if you teach him that computer time is special, and also that when he's on the computer, that he needs to stop immediately when called, and respond with a positive attitude, you will see that his view of computer time will change to an understanding that it is a privilege - a special time, and not something he can do anytime he wants, or even throughout the day.
The way to change this is by taking it away completely for a week. You will need to be prepared to have other things ready for him to do, as you break his addiction. Have books for him to read, plan to take walks to the park, have play dough for him to create with, have craft time each day where you sit down with your 4 year old and your 8 year old together, and you create a craft together.
Training children takes time and dedication, and often when children are left to watch TV and/or play computer games a lot it's because mum is busy with other things and she uses those things to entertain the children.
There are times when I take the children completely off of TV and computer. Sometimes it's for a day or two, sometimes it's for a week. But I always notice that when I do this, they find other things to do. They play more board games together, or they read more on their own. Sometimes they'll get creative on their own with paper and scissors.
An other thing we do is most of what the children watch on TV is educational, and I'm not talking about cartoons. I'm talking about programs like Reading Rainbow and Mister Rogers where they take field trips and show real life experiences.
When a child "has" to be entertained, you know it's time to make a change. They should always know how to entertain themselves without computer or TV and if you say "no computer" they should accept it and realize that they will receive that special time again when they have earned it.
At 8 years of age your son may not be able to articulate exactly "why" he is feeling angry other than you took something away that he wanted so I wouldn't expect him to talk about it. Take a position of authority, letting him know lovingly that you are there to help him, and then give him some extra time to display this.
Let me know if this is helpful or if you think I'm totally off base, and I'll give other suggestions.
Warm Regards,
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Your insight is very helpful. Thanks so much
18th November 2012 04:37 AM #4
Hi Patty,
Did you try making some changes with our son? How did he respond? Do you feel like you're on the right track or not?
Warm Regards,
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Hi Kate,
We are slowly making progress. The chore chart was very helpful. Thanks so much.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A number of Ole Miss players participated in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes breakfast at the Sheraton on Wednesday morning.
Former Alabama linebacker Rich Wingo, who played with Green Bay in the NFL, was a dynamic presence as the keynote speaker, challenging players and others attending to be leaders and to give their best effort each day.
Ole Miss linebacker Joel Kight shared his testimony.
"I was more nervous around all these people than I was before a regular game," said Kight, a senior from Lithonia, Ga, "but it's always and honor to get to talk about God and to talk about your faith."
Kight says when players share their faith with one another it helps bring the team closer together.
He told a crowded ballroom about his personal journey and a middle school coach who impacted him along the way.
Freeze's faith is visible through his messages on Twitter. He says sharing his faith with his team and others is about a lifestyle.
"I'm not a preachy guy to people. I'll be the first to say I'm the greatest struggler of them all, but I know where my forgiveness lies. I hope it's just through the lifestyle and the way they see me interact with them through difficult times," Freeze said.
"They may see that this guy has great joy and ask, 'Where does that joy come from?' I hope my sharing is more of a lifestyle than just me saying something."
Gaining experience
Ole Miss lists seven true or redshirt freshmen and two first-year junior college transfers on its defensive two-deep roster.
That's been by necessity more than design.
"I wish we were in a position where we could have redshirted some of those guys and held them off, but we're not, and we probably won't be next year either," defensive coordinator Dave Wommack said.
That aside, Wommack is also excited by the experience his guys have gotten this season. Wommack and the defensive coaches are looking forward to spring drills and an off-season in which they're not teaching from Square One.
"I think we can go faster. We were talking about that as a defensive staff the other day. It will be nice going in and everything is A, B, C. They will know what you're talking about. In the off-season when they're doing their pass scales they're going to know what you want," Wommack said.
"Over the years, the teams you see that have continuity with their coaching staffs and their programs are the teams that are successful."
Wallace's arm
Freeze doesn't believe the long layoff between games – 42 days – and even being careful with Bo Wallace in practice will make a noticeable difference in how Wallace's shoulder feels when the BBVA Compass Bowl kicks off at noon Saturday.
Wallace has played through the pain of a shoulder injury sustained Sept. 22 at Tulane.
"I think it's about the same. I think you'll see the same guy you saw against State. He's not 100 percent, but he's battled through 10 games," Freeze said. "He's a great competitor, and he'll get ready. The training staff does a great job of strengthening it throughout the week. Hopefully he'll have a solid game."


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Now we have spend a lot of time discussing how to tell original weapons and accessories from the repos, but how about the clothing. Capes, cloaks, coats, belts, helms, ect. So do you guys have any tips, tricks, or other advice on how to tell the difference.
What I'm doing now is comparing items to ones known be original (i.e. to the figures I had as a kid and personal removed from the card). If the two have enough similarities then the item in question is real. But in case where I don't have anything to compare to I just have to hope for the best. Any help would be much appreciated.


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MADISON, Wis. - The Badger football team practiced in 90-degree temperatures Tuesday afternoon and it's good they're getting used to it.
Wisconsin plays at Arizona State at 9:30 pm Saturday night. The forecast high temperature in Tempe Saturday is 102.
Wide receiver Jared Abbrederis says, "we've got some nice weather to get ready for Arizona so that's good to have and I'm getting kind of tired, but you've got to push through that and get ready."
Running back Melvin Gordon says hot weather in Wisconsin in late summer isn't anything new. We went through this during camp. I remember it was 100 some degrees out here so it's not like we don't get hot weather out here either, so it's been rough, but we're strong enough, strong minded enough to push through it."Badger football ready for desert heat


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All over the world, people love sports. Whether it's going out to watch a game or to play one, sport is a common uniting force. After a trying week of work or school, we all love to enjoy a good sporting event. We yell and scream, laugh and cry when our favorite teams or players do what they do best. ABC Sports put it well delivering the end-line no one has forgotten, we all suffer the "thrill of victory and the agony of defeat" every time we watch our favorite sports event.
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In Canada, the official winter sport is hockey. For the Canadians, success has been golden. As competitors in the Winter Olympics, they have shown their finesse and won since 1920.
Lacrosse, "the Creator's Game"
Lacrosse is the Canuck country's official summer sport. Lacrosse, meaning the stick, has deep spiritual roots among First Nations tribes across North America. Originally, the Iroquois, Choctaw and First Nations people organized lacrosse games with 100 to 1,000 men. They played on the field that stretched upwards of 500 to a thousand meters long for 2-3 days. The intent of the game was to bring honor to the Creator and the warriors.
Today, lacrosse reflects the changes William George Beers made in 1855 when he founded the Montreal Lacrosse Club. Beers codified the game, shortening the time the game is played and reducing the number of players.
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Looking for a football team to love? In the UK, you can make your choice from 100-plus teams. Twenty premier teams stand in the spotlight; the most notoriously famous league is the Manchester United; also popular are the Liverpool and Arsenal. Throughout the year, Union Jack fans eagerly await the FA Cup and the Capitol One Cup.
Not so keen on football? If you live in the UK, you can go with cricket, badminton, tennis or swimming. Wimbledon, once a croquet and lawn tennis tourney, now a world famous tennis competition, originated in the UK.
Aussies Playing "Footy"
Now let's travel over-the-water to Australia. "Footy" is a nickname for the four beloved football related leagues in Australia, the Rugby, Australian football, and Rugby Union soccer league. Footy is not the only sporting event Aussies enjoy.
A Game for World Peace
Coreeda, a World Martial Arts Union sport, originates with the native aborigine tribes of Australia. Similar to Capoeira and Sumo, players use the traditional kangaroo dance as part of the warm-up. The Coreeda style of wrestling is becoming quite popular, interest in new clubs is spreading across the country, the Coreeda Association hopes to host a First Nations Coreeda Championship and play for "world peace."


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Mindy Lockard, aka The Gracious Girl, can't remember a time when she wasn't interested in etiquette. The former finishing school graduate began spreading the gracious gospel professionally nine years ago, pontificating on everything from dinner party manners to interview poise. Here, she speaks to us about her college pen pal, e-mail formality and why she's always touchy-feely with her paper.
How did you end up teaching etiquette?
It was just after I had my first daughter, Elle. A friend — who knew I had gone to finishing school as a child — asked if I would teach her daughter. At first I declined, but then after I thought about the life lessons I wanted to give my own child — confidence and kindness — I knew that spreading the word about manners was exactly where I wanted to focus my attention.
Why do you enjoy correspondence?
Handwritten correspondence is a timeless treasure and a way to connect with others… not to mention I LOVE receiving mail.
What is your favorite step in the process of written correspondence?
Aside from the feel of when my pen first hits the paper, I LOVE putting on a stamp! There is such a feeling of accomplishment and history in the process.
If you could be pen pals with anyone in history, to whom would you write and what would you say?
I'd have to say Julia Child. I adore her sense of humor and relationship with what she loved: food.
To whom do you most often write?
My closest friends. I have some of the most amazing women in my life and so much to be thankful (in writing) for.
Can you describe the most memorable letter or postcard you have ever received?
My grandmother wrote to me weekly in college. I always loved going to the mailbox in my dorm to find her handwritten words on a handmade card. I treasure those notes now that she is no longer with us.
What makes a particular letter stand out from a stack of cards?
Quality paper. I'm like princess and the pea when it comes to nice paper… I can feel it.
Do you have a favorite stamp or stamp series?
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What makes your correspondence distinct?
I try to write conversationally. I think less about what I should say and more about what I really want to say.
Which etiquette rule will you never break?
Leave an element of formality to email. Although it's quick and easy, I like to always open correspondence with a greeting and a closing. I just think it's respectful.
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Got my SP!!
1. There are 2400 miles between us.
2. Does not like chocolate.
3. Likes to read.
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Got my SP!!
1. There are 2400 miles between us.
2. Does not like chocolate.
3. Likes to read.
Happy guessing :)
Ok lets see how many do I have...... ummmm
My MAIN (big) ironing board** is the Martha Stewart "professional" wide (got for my b-day MANY years ago)
2 table top that has folding legs**
Another table top that is two-sided two smaller sections on one side and a larger section on the flip side.
And the newest one to my collection I got last week at Goodwill for $5 is an old table top sleeve board.
I also have a table top "mat"** that I seldom use (mostly because I folded, put away and lost now).
Lets not forget the little Omni cutting/ironing pad that looking like a portfolio type note pad.
The last one is a "Quilter's Cut & Press II" (cutting on one side ironing on the other).
So that is 8 in all, but one of the table tops with folding legs needs to go to the ironing board heaven
as that sucker is so bowed in the center that I am surprised it hasn't snapped in half. What do you expect
for $5 right?
The last 3 listed above I can't really make a new cover for, but all the others I can.
The 3 with the ** have covers that are made from the same fabric that firefighters suits are made
from. They don't burn, or scorch, but I have discovered that constant "rubbing" my arm/wrist on
this stuff has irritated my skin to the point that it feels like fiberglass in on my arm which is why I
want to make another cover for my big board.
Here are pictures of what some of them looks like although these are NOT mine.
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This is very similar to mine except mine is MUCH wider and the legs are different,
but it has the sturdy iron shelf on back end and the shelf underneath like in the pic.
My husband bought the Martha Stewart board at KMart about 11 years ago.
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This is what my two sided board looks like I LOVE this board. Got it a few years ago
at Costco $25 (I think).
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Of course this is the small "take to class" that I bought thinking I would take it to
class/sewing gatherings (which never seem to have taken place).
My package is almost complete???
Wow Krystyna I hope that doesn't make you think of me! LOL! I agree scary!
DH went to pick up Chinese Food we live too far out for delivery, I'm home on the computer and trying to decide what to make for my SP as she has been sewing far longer than my over 2 yrs. Hard to decide, maybe a tote or mugrug?
Both Sweetwater Quilter and I have been under the weather this past week, guess I really got it bad as I am just starting to feel human...
I did manage to get my name in for February SP and got my name last night...
#1 SP lives in a state with a " M " in it
#2 any Chocolate.
#3 Color purple
Last month my SP guessed who I was.. LOL My clues may be to easy...
Olive Garden was wonderful. We like it as much as Ruby Tuesday because we fill up on salad and bread as a meal and then bring the entree home! We did not bring the rabbit. We were afraid that my SP might show up and that would not be good. Plus he would have eaten all the salad. I'm making him stay outside tonight and hoping he runs away.
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