text: Teacher of the Year Anne Marie Bettencourt: "Our students want to know that we care about them." Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Anne Marie Bettencourt shares her own experiences and challenges as she seeks to inspire her students to succeed. The day before her teaching practicum started, the fear was daunting. "Tomorrow, I will look straight into the eyes of 30 students knowing that I am responsible for each and every one of them," she wrote. So began the career of Anne Marie Bettencourt, as described in a journal entry to her advisor at Springfield College. How, she wondered, would she ever become any good? Seven years later, Bettencourt would be named the 2014 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. Surrounded by the media, her cheering colleagues and education officials in the library of Springfield Central High School, the ninth-grade English language arts teacher, clearly touched, looked out at the hundreds of students who had crowded into the room to capture the moment and sign a giant card. After that night of panic before she faced students for the first time, Bettencourt learned to survive — and then to thrive. The road to competence, she acknowledged, is bumpy and fraught with difficulties — with hurdles often self-imposed, having to do with self-confidence and self-questioning. But then there are the moments of true satisfaction, such as the night she received the call from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to tell her she was being named Teacher of the Year. "I think my jaw hit the floor," she told MTA Today. Bettencourt is the 52nd recipient of the award in the Commonwealth. At 31, she is among the youngest, and she credits her youth with helping her to engage with her students on a deep level. Bettencourt is also happy to share the credit that comes with the honor. During the ceremony, she praised everyone at Central High School. She called the award "a representation of all the people who do the work together with me in Springfield." She referred to "the old line that says, 'Kids don't care what you know until they know that you care.'" "I think that statement holds the most truth," she said, "especially in Springfield. Our students want to know that we care about them." Frank Brown, one of her students last year, put it succinctly. "She doesn't leave children behind," he said. For Bettencourt, that is more than just a statement. Bettencourt, who moved to Northampton High School at the start of the new school year and is teaching the same subject and grade level she did in Springfield, was a facilitator for Central's Ninth Grade Academy, begun about six years ago. The academy uses a team approach to bring a laser focus to ninth-grade students, who are considered to be at their most vulnerable moment of development, a time when many are at risk of dropping out. There are four ninth-grade teams, with 60 to 70 students on each. Last year, more than 90 percent of Bettencourt's team successfully completed the year and went on to 10th grade, compared to roughly 50 percent of ninth-graders across the district, according to the DESE. Bettencourt called the Ninth Grade Academy absolutely vital to the students' success. Of the students who are not promoted to 10th grade, Bettencourt said, about half drop out, never graduating from high school. Springfield School Superintendent Daniel J. Warwick called Bettencourt's work "truly remarkable." Her principal in Springfield, Thaddeus Tokarz, wrote in his letter of recommendation for the award that "teachers tend to love their subject, but Anne Marie lives hers." He said Bettencourt keeps her students engaged "in inquiry, striving for mastery themselves, and by leading and modeling civic engagement by participating in school-based events, coaching, and speaking out on issues of concern." Read 2013 Teacher of the Year Kathleen Turner's inspiring speech at the MTA Annual Meeting. One reason she was attracted to urban schools, Bettencourt said, was "to fight all the negativity" about them in the media and elsewhere. "I found that whenever you'd read any comments in the media, no one had anything good to say about urban schools," she said. The common perception, she added, "seems to be that teachers in urban education are just warm bodies with a pulse." "And that's just not true," she continued. "And so there are a lot of truly great teachers doing phenomenal work not only in Springfield, but everywhere. And no one notices them. I never see them in the news. Or their students. Or their work." Her passion translates to her students, who use words like "absolutely amazing" to describe her and "lucky" to describe themselves. Frank Brown, one of her students last year, put it succinctly. "She doesn't leave children behind," he said. Bettencourt grew up in New Bedford. As a writing teacher, she tells her students a lot about her life "because it gets them to share," but for another reason as well. "We're up here with the tie, a job … The students don't possibly think we've gone through what we've gone through." So she tells her own story, which includes growing up in difficult circumstances and the eventual divorce of her parents. Her mother, a receptionist and waitress, was "gone all the time" when Bettencourt was growing up so she could work to pay the family's bills. As a result, Bettencourt recalled, "I had all this freedom that I didn't know what to do with." "Nobody was telling me why I should be in school, that I had to be in school, and I took full advantage of that as a 15-year-old kid," she said. "I probably skipped about half the school year, just scraping by in ninth grade." In 10th grade, she said, she "met this fantastic English teacher." "He was really passionate about literature. He loved the way I wrote, and he told me so frequently on my papers. So I just loved to come to his class," Bettencourt said. All of a sudden, she said, "I had a reason to come to school." The experience turned her around, and now she feels lucky to be able to do the same thing for her students. She went to Syracuse University with plans to become a screenwriter, but discovered that might mean "getting someone's coffee." Combining her love of literature and children, she eventually decided that education was a much better fit. Like any busy teacher, she took on endless other duties at Central. She coached the girls' tennis team, advised the Gay Straight Alliance and worked on the Shakespeare productions that are put on by students every fall. She served as a mentor teacher at UMass Amherst and at Springfield College. Over the summer, she attended a Red Sox home game and was the featured "celebrity" during pre-game festivities to promote literacy as part of the MTA Red Sox Reading Game and Most Valuable Educator program. She even found time to get married to her sweetheart, Abe Osheyack, Smith College's sports information director, in July. Her marriage precipitated the move to Northampton. "I love Central and if the choice were only about me, I would teach there forever," Bettencourt said. "However, we are starting to think about a family in the next year. We plan to buy a house in this area, so it made sense to try to find a job as close to the area as possible." Bettencourt also said she believes "very much in being a part of the community where I teach." "As a single person, that was very easy to do in Springfield," she said. "With kids and a 40-minute commute, it's a little harder to do." Bettencourt's continuing enthusiasm for Shakespeare was evident late last spring as she led her ninth-grade honors English class through "Romeo and Juliet." She displayed mastery of her subject, an ability to translate the poetry of the text into language relevant to today's ninth-graders, and the gift of extraordinary peripheral vision. As the students acted out the balcony scene, she used humor to deepen their understanding. Her ability to overhear an unrelated comment from a student at the other side of the room amazed the rest of the class. At other times, her way of explaining the text in terms appreciated by today's teenagers had the students dissolving in laughter. By the end of the class, every single student was asking questions, yelling out answers or taking on one role or another. With energy and enthusiasm, the students became comfortable with the symbolism of the scene — the meaning of the sun, the moon, the snowy dove and the rose. Of course, it wasn't always like this. Bettencourt said that in her first year of student teaching, "I was horrible!" On her second observation, her supervisor told her, "I wouldn't put my daughter in your class." That, she said, "crushed me." "My management was not good. I was trying too hard to be the students' friend," she said. "I had eight weeks at that point to get better. It was eight weeks between that point and my final observation, and I said, 'I'm not going to have that be his opinion of me when I leave.' "I think that's what a lot of first-year teachers go through. You want the kids to like you. The kids can love you, but they have to respect you — and you can have both." Bettencourt was so determined to become a good teacher that she poured her heart out as she wrote extensive journal e-mails to her Springfield College advisor, Daniel Zukergood, a veteran classroom teacher. The e-mails show her transformation from a struggling student teacher to an educator who found her voice and a level of confidence that allowed her to begin to change her students' lives. The e-mails eventually were published by Pearson Education in 2009 as "Teaching in the Real World: Strategies to Survive and Thrive." As Massachusetts Teacher of the Year, Bettencourt automatically becomes the state's choice for National Teacher of the Year. This school year, her voice will be heard at the State House and around the Commonwealth as she addresses officials, parents and students on the challenges and joys of teaching.


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A little entry way make over
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That looks perfect, love what white paint can do to things...ReplyDelete
Lovely greetings...
Pretty vignette!ReplyDelete
It looks lovely! Soft and fresh! I also love the pretty pitcher with the crown...and the pretty pink flowers.ReplyDelete
Glazing is a tricky thing. You did a great job on both the paint and glaze. Love the lantern from your friend. Sweet of them to give such thoughtful going away gifts. I hope your move to IL goes smoothly. I said goodbye to my two best friends in IL. I hate goodbyes, too. Good thing for computers and phones. Oh, and yes, love crazing. Beautiful vignette! Good luck with everything! :DReplyDelete
Oh, I agree that goodbyes are so hard, Lisa. I haven't moved, but two of my best friends moved away and it broke my heart. I still miss them but we do spend time together when we can and we also keep up in other ways. God binds hearts together no matter how far apart.ReplyDelete
Love your lantern...what a great gift. You have a beautiful entryway.
Your table looks lovely! I love that pitcher, it's adorable. Heck, I love it all.ReplyDelete
Suzy xxx
Such a wonderful change. good for you. DiannthaReplyDelete
I love both the before and the after!ReplyDelete
Looks great... love it white I got new paint today and it's the right color this time around...ReplyDelete
It's always hard to say goodbye, so don't. Say see you later.ReplyDelete
Love the little table and how you have decorated it.
That space looks so pretty lightened up! :)ReplyDelete
It's amazing what a little paint can do for a space. It now looks so bright and cheerful and as always your arrangment is so beautiful!ReplyDelete
It looks like a completely different table. You did a great job Lisa. I love your new lantern too :)ReplyDelete
Hi Lisa,ReplyDelete
Great make-over! It looks so fresh, that little crazed mug is gorgeous:-)
C'est magnifique!ReplyDelete
Love the finish on the table and the vignette you created is fabulous!!ReplyDelete
what a pretty little vignette - your table looks great! it's so hard to say good-bye but what wonderful friends you have and they'll still be there no matter how far away you are xoReplyDelete
What a great transformation!ReplyDelete
I love that table! It looks so pretty and is so unique! How sweet of your friends to buy you gifts:)ReplyDelete
I have some faux tiles coming that I'm going to be making a headboard out of, I want them to look rusty so I may try the paint/glaze thing and see how it goes!
Oh so pretty!!!ReplyDelete
Hope your week is wonderful.
what a gorgeous transformation!!! it's ever so lovely! happy 100th WW!ReplyDelete
What else did you get from the french chateau! LOL!ReplyDelete
The piece turned out so pretty. I love how you distressed it.
Lovely gifts from your friends too. I'm sure you will cherish them forever.
Love the table, it looks fabulous!!ReplyDelete
My what a lovely transformation! Love those flowers too! Happy WW!ReplyDelete
It looks so inviting. You did a great job transforming your entryway and the colors really look beautiful together.ReplyDelete
I'm completely jealous you have packers for your move. It's our dream to have packers if we ever move out of the state.
great makeover!ReplyDelete
You make me giggle....2 weeks away and you're still redecorating around the house! A girl after my own heart! We'll go down decorating till the very end! I love the new color on the table :)ReplyDelete
What a beautiful makeover, Lisa! Your table does indeed look straight from a French chateau! And the accessories are tres magnifique! I am loving the framed tote bag:)ReplyDelete
Your table is beautiful and the paint job you did is just perfect. It does look as though it was been rescued from a French chateau! The display on top is also so pretty. I have also been looking at your previous post on your kitchen. You have been very clever the way you've added character without making it look cluttered. Best of luck for your move. I bet its exciting and daunting all at the same time! x SharonReplyDelete
Love your entryway makeover, Lisa, and what a great transformation of that table! Love that framed tote, too, btw... beautiful!ReplyDelete
~ Jo
p.s. thanks for your input on my new header... much appreciated! :)
Your table is beautiful Lisa! I love its new look and your treasures are so pretty. What a very pretty entrance way. :)ReplyDelete
Good bye's do really stink and I am glad that you were able to have some fun with your friends.
You are amazing Lisa! I really like what you did to that table, but if I was moving and had packers on their way, I would be so stressed out, I wouldn't be painting anything, but I am a crazy worrier like that anyhow. LOL! Sounds like you had fun with your friends, good byes are hard, & you will miss them, but remember that old grey masonry wall in your backyard and you won't be sad anymore! LOL Wishing you the best...ReplyDelete
It's look perfect i like it.ReplyDelete
Those pretty pink flower is so beautiful.


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Emirates Stadium plays host to its first football match on Saturday when Dennis Bergkamp's testimonial takes place at Arsenal's new home.
So how much do you know about Emirates Stadium? Over the past two days we've been revealing a host of stats about this state-of-the-art venue, from the size of the pitch area to the identity of the film used to test the big screens.
The famous Highbury clock will be located on the back of the
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The size of pitch area has increased from 105m x 70m (Highbury) to 113m x 76m. This is an increase of 16.8 per cent.
It took 30 men 16 weeks to fix the 60,000 seats. Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby fitted the first seat on March 13, 2006. If placed side by side, the seats would stretch from Emirates Stadium to the training ground near St Albans! The seat base is 460mm wide x 400mm deep. Its back is 460mm wide x 410mm high.
The Club's catering company, Delaware North, will be expecting to cater for over 100,000 food and drink orders. These will be served from 250 different outlets. The total length of counters at the stadium will be 280m.
The special beer pipes provide enough pressure to provide (on average) with four pints every five seconds. This equates to 2,400 pints per minute in the entire stadium.
The energy rating for the stadium is sufficient to the simultaneous boiling of 6,300 electric kettles.
The two giant screens within the stadium are provided by Mitsubishi. They measure 72 m² as opposed to the Jumbotrons (38 m²) at Highbury.
Viewing angles have also increased - 140 degrees, rather than 120 - making the screens easier to see from either side of the stadium.
The two screens were tested with the film 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'. The speakers were tested with the song 'Encore Une Fois' by Sash.
Emirates is the first High Definition capable stadium in Europe.
At its peak over 1,400 construction workers were on site.
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Over 6,000,000 hours were spent working on the stadium. If one man were to work on the site, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, then it would have taken him 685 years to complete the construction. Working normal hours it would have taken him 2,000 years.
In total, since construction began there have been over 6,000 visitors to the stadium.
Emirates Stadium will create over 1,800 new jobs.
The total load on the roof is 5,100 tonnes
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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Phoenix (2-4) was right in all three sets, but the hosts from North Dakota (3-2) earned the 3-0 sweep (25-23, 25-21, 25-21) Saturday afternoon in Green Bay's second match of the UND Classic at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center.
The Phoenix drops to 1-1 in the UND Classic following Friday's 3-2 win over Stephen F. Austin, while UND improves to 2-0 in its home tournament after defeating South Dakota 3-0 yesterday. Green Bay will play its final contest of the tournament today at 5 p.m. CT against South Dakota.
A block by junior Monica Anderson (Cottage Grove, Wis.) gave the Phoenix a 23-21 advantage in the opening set, but UND rallied to take the final four points - capped off by two of Emily Asche's team-high 11 kills - and steal the 1-0 lead.
Green Bay led again late in set two, holding a 19-18 edge following a UND service error, but that's when the home team went on a 4-0 run to move ahead 22-19. Freshman Taylor Kasal (Downers Grove, Ill.) had a pair of late kills to get it to 23-21, but back-to-back points by UND closed out the second set 25-21.
The Phoenix battled back from a 21-11 deficit in set three to get it to 22-20 after kills by Lyndsay Zabkowicz (Oak Creek, Wis.) and Leah Van Zeeland (Kaukauna, Wis.), but Ronni Munkeby added two kills of her own to give UND a match point opportunity at 24-20. A Phoenix service error ended the set (25-21) and the match.
Anderson and Zabkowicz had 12 kills apiece to lead all players. Brittany Groth (Oak Creek, Wis.) posted another high dig total with a match-high 25, while Leah Poel (Jenison, Mich.) had a double-double with 32 assists and 12 digs on her 20th birthday.
UND out-hit the Phoenix .233 to .174 on the day and held a 45-40 advantage in kills. North Dakota also edged Green Bay in assists (42-40) and blocks (6-3), while the Phoenix bested the home team in digs (70-66).
Following the UND Classic, the Phoenix returns to action next weekend at the South Dakota State Jackrabbit Invitational in Brookings, S.D. The Phoenix will face the host Jackrabbits on Friday at 7 p.m. and wrap things up on Saturday against Bradley at 1 p.m.
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An extraordinary collection of street photography will open to the public at the Museum of London from tomorrow.
Showcasing snaps dating from 1860 right up to the present day, the collection captures ordinary people going about their daily lives in the street.
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Images of police intervening in tension between the National Front and Brick Lane's Bangladeshi community in the 1970s (above) are juxtaposed with racial integration, and relationships, in Portobello Road's 'Piss House Pub' – the local name for the pub on the corner of Blenheim Crescent – in 1968.
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|Damaged tire and rim with grease splattered when bearing protectors hit the road.
Ever had your boat trailer break down on the highway? Such an event can get ugly really quick — even make the local papers. I've been reassessing my own trailer maintenance program after a friend recently had one of his trailer tires fly loose at highway speed.
Trailer maintenance isn't so exciting, so let's get to the exciting part first. His tire and rim came loose on a quiet, straight, divided highway with only occasional passing big trucks. The tire took some crazy bounces, sometimes 12 feet in the air, before catching up with my friend's decelerating truck and boat. After all, the boat trailer was leaning far over and riding on a little steel wheel hub. Instead of crashing through their truck's back window, a fortunate low bounce took the tire under the trailer. The steel hub ran over its own tire and rim, damaging the steel rim in five places. Then the tire ejected sideways — not in a lethal manner across the highway, but off into dark woods.
As it turned out, his four new 2-inch lug nuts, recently painted to avoid corrosion, had somehow vanished — most likely with a little help from some joker at an isolated country boat ramp, where the locals seem to have issues with out-of-towners fishing their spots. A cursory check at the boat ramp would have prevented the entire episode: loose lug nuts could have been tightened. Those missing could have been borrowed from the other tire, or from a box of spare trailer parts.
A bigger, top-heavy boat might have flipped while leaning that far over, especially on a curve in the road. But their johnboat was small and light on a straight highway. The two anglers were actually able to lift boat and trailer a foot high and barely slide a handy milk crate under the trailer, allowing room for a car jack to operate properly. The tire was changed, but the buddy bearing had impacted the highway and vanished, splattering grease against the boat. Without a spare cap and no duct tape, they wrapped a Ziploc sandwich bag over the open, still-greasy bearings, and eased into the next town without loosing more grease. An auto parts store was open late that carried bearing protectors and spare lug nuts.
This was a wake-up call that boat owners should carry spare equipment with them. Even a well-maintained trailer can come apart if someone vandalizes it. My friend hadn't lost a lug nut in 30 years of boating, with nothing but good luck pulling boats up and down the highway. However, former luck won't stop a fiasco tomorrow. All you can do is employ regular trailer maintenance, cursory checks of the trailer before getting on the road, both at home and boat ramps, and carry a box of spare trailer parts.
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|Wheel hub that carries the bearings. Road surface still ground into the hub after tired and rim departed at highway speed.
You can bet that pro tournament anglers carry plenty of spare parts for their boat trailers. These guys log more highway time in a season than some fishermen ever see.
Florida pro angler Ron Klys competes in bass tournaments around the Southeast, pulling his rig up and down many an Interstate and country back road.
"I even carry a complete extra wheel hub, with greased bearings inside," says Klys. "Also a quality spare tire, 4-way jack, duct tape, extra bearing protectors, grease gun and extra grease, and a hammer to tap or pry. Also a few road flares and a flashlight, since we pull up and down many a dark road. (It should be noted that flares would have slowed passing traffic during my friend's recent mishap. Instead, cars were zipping by only five feet away without even changing lanes, while he changed the tire).
"Always carry extra fuses and light bulbs for the truck and trailer," continues Klys. "If the truck lights don't work, the trailer's won't either. If you run a tandem trailer axle, bring heavy duty tie straps to tie the second axle up, if all else fails. Give the wheel bearings a quick shot of grease before making a trip. When filling the truck with gas, I walk around and look for obvious dangers, and feel the trailer hubs for signs of heat. If anything is going to happen, those bearings will heat up first."
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Keep in mind that many trailer boat rigs weigh tons. If the trailer sags far over, it may take a scissor jack to get underneath.
After a day of fishing, make sure those lug nuts look tight. When you return to the ramp, count your lug nuts and give the tire a push with your foot, watching for a loose tire. Check your trailer ball and hitch for looseness, as well as the safety chains.
As a hot tip, when parking, make sure your tow vehicle and trailer don't cross the line, giving local law enforcement a chance to tow your vehicle. There are horror stories coming out of Texas these days, of tow vehicles and their trailers removed from Galveston Bay ramps and also North Padre Island. Average cost to reclaim each rig is reportedly $2,500. Even in this era of local communities bending rules to the breaking point to raise cash, having a fisherman pay thousands for a towed vehicle is a serious shakedown. Out-of-state vehicles may be especially targeted. Some tournament anglers today would rather pay the occasional fine for a "lost license plate" than have their vehicle targeted for towing -- or vandalized, for that matter.
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|Keep a spare hub kit tucked away in your truck or boat for use in a pinch.
There are many facets to boat trailer maintenance, many of them neglected in our efforts to reach the fish before the Saturday crowd arrives. Neglect and a wrong turn of events could be dangerous — even deadly.
Here's a very basic checklist before getting on the road:
- Cross your trailer's safety chains when connecting to the vehicle.
- Is your trailer tongue jack all the way up, or folded and locked? You don't want to hit a neighborhood safety bump with the wheel down -- trust me on this.
- Is every lug nut tight? They should be torqued to about 85 pound.
- Have a secure tie-down strap for the back of the boat, or a pair of transom straps for a bigger boat?
- Boat trailer tires carry higher pressure than cars; inflate to 50 PSI and watch for signs of wear.
- Test your trailer brakes (if you have them) by bumping the brakes near your house, not on the intrastate.
- Are those trailer lights working, even the turn signals?
- Make sure your trailer ball fits the trailer, seats snugly without debris inside the hitch, and the fastener pin to the truck hitch is secure.
The short checklist above can save a world of pain on the highway. Proper trailer maintenance is a lengthier subject, of course.
If you constantly fish saltwater, corrosion is a constant enemy of your trailer. Spraying down with a hose is common sense. I prefer a solid dunking, however. Returning from the coast, I've found a handy lake ramp offering sweet water that buries my salty trailer. (I also run the motor for three minutes while doing so).
Trailers are notorious for carrying non-galvanized parts — such as U-bolts, nuts, the winch gear and leaf springs. They should all be sprayed with a rust inhibitor. If you get the chance, it won't hurt to double-paint some or all of those trailer parts — they last years longer.
Your trailer runs on tiny ball bearings, and they do require grease. Consider using sturdy marine grease that won't break down when exposed to salt water. Prevent any water intrusion by using bearing protectors that can stay sealed for up to six months, with new grease added by grease gun through a small center nipple. Go easy when adding new grease; too much will pop out the back seal behind the tire, allowing water intrusion — and spraying grease on the tire at highway speeds. That small outer nipple should be covered by a bearing protector cover.
In Florida where the sun is bad, spray the outer sides of your tires with Armor All. A tire dealer explained to me that he sees far more tires ruined by dry rot on the sidewalls than worn out tread. The sun dries and cracks those outer tire walls. When sitting up for a long period, the ground itself will rot your trailer tires, so consider elevating your trailer by putting them up on blocks. (This might even prevent trailer theft.)
If you have a self-braking trailer, watch your brake fluid level in the reservoir. Use a quality Dot-3 brake fluid. Brake lines on a boat trailer are thin, hypodermic steel that carries the fluid. They can easily rust, causing a leak that will drain the reservoir and cause brake failure. When replacing brake lines for our 25-foot trailer, I painted the new lines with three coats of paint before they went on the trailer, starting with a good primer. Guess what? No more rust for a few years, even in salt water.
There are weight considerations for towing a trailer. What is the weight rating for your trailer? Should you exceed it? For instance, why fill up your boat tanks with fuel and/or the water reservoir and live wells when you still have highway driving ahead? Before leaving, be sure to pull the drain plugs or hit the bilge pump for unwanted water. Just 70 early gallons of fuel is like having several football players riding in your boat, mashing down on your trailer on the highway. That serves no purpose whatsoever. Just be sure you have a quality gas station in mind near your destination. Arriving on the water, with the nearest gas station 50 miles behind you, is no joke.


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Hess-Olesen will play top-seeded Alex Domijan of Virginia in the opening round of singles Thursday at 5 p.m.
The only championship to showcase elite players from every level of collegiate sports, the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships serves as the culmination of the fall season. Hosted by Columbia University, this prestigious event features a 32-player singles draw and a 20-team doubles draw for men and women.
Gaining automatic entry into the tournament are champions from the USTA/ITA Division I Regional Championships held across the country in October, winners of the USTA/ITA National Small College Super Bowl, and the consolation champions, doubles finalists and singles quarterfinalists from the ITA Men's and ITA/Riviera Women's All-American Championships.
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This is the third year for the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships to be held at the home of the US Open. In an effort to draw more awareness to the event, this year's Championships was pushed back a week to not conflict with the annual New York City Marathon. That decision proved to be a wise one with Hurricane Sandy hitting the East Coast early last week.
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The next generation of HIV prevention for women may be on the way: an intravaginal ring that delivers the antiretroviral drug tenofovir, or other drugs, for up to 90 days.
While the ring may not totally replace condoms, it does offer women and couples more choices for disease prevention, and could be a sweet alternative to begging a partner to wear a condom.
"We're just trying to give women more options to protect themselves," Patrick Kiser, associate professor of bioengineering at the University of Utah, told TakePart. Kiser is leading the development of one of the new rings, and one of the project's main missions is to reduce the rate of HIV infection globally, not just in the U.S.
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Kiser presented findings on the new device this week at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists annual meeting in Chicago. Collaborating on the project is CONRAD, a Virginia-based reproductive health research organization.
The ring is similar to existing contraceptive vaginal rings, which provide long-lasting birth control, and to rings that deliver estrogen replacement therapy to post-menopausal women.
The ring itself is made up in part of plastic tubing that absorbs water when it's in the body, necessary for delivering water-soluble drugs such as tenofovir, Kiser says. Tenofovir is one of the medications found in the combination medicine Truvada, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for HIV prevention.
So far Kiser's ring has only been tested in sheep, but intravaginal rings for HIV prevention are also being studied by others, including the National Institutes of Health and the Population Council.
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The NIH's new study, ASPIRE (A Study to Prevent Infection with a Ring for Extended Use), was launched earlier this year. Researchers hope to enroll nearly 3,500 women in five countries to test the device.
NIH researchers will compare a silicone ring with the drug dapivirine, another antiretroviral medicine, to a ring with placebo and test how well the dapivirine works to reduce HIV transmission.
Kiser expects that human studies of the new ring he's helping to develop will begin in less than a year, but right now it's not known for sure how effective the new rings will prove in humans. Studies by the Population Council done in animals found a similar ring was more than 80 percent effective in preventing virus transmission.
Costs for the devices have not yet been estimated, although Kiser says the rings are inexpensive to make. "We expect it to be highly affordable," he says, adding that the rings can be washed and reused and can't be detected by a male partner.
The rings may be especially helpful to couples in which one is HIV-positive, to help avoid infection of the still-healthy partner, he says. "In principle it would reduce the need for condom use in some people. We would still promote condom use if folks don't know their HIV status."
At the end of 2009, more than one million people age 13 and older in the U.S. were living with HIV infection, according to the CDC. Globally, about 34 million children and adults are infected, according to the World Health Organization.
While much emphasis has been placed on developing drugs to cure HIV, prevention has been a focus of research as well, especially in countries where HIV rates are high.
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Greg McMillan and Stan Weiner, PE bring their wits and more than 66 years of process control experience to bear on your questions, comments, and problems. Write to them at email@example.com/01/2007
Outsourcing to the Rescue?
Farming out parts of your operation can save time and money and fill necessary skills gaps, but it's not a cure-all.07/01/2007
Automation Minute
Control Editor in Chief Walt Boyes says suppliers who aren't thinking about new ways to work with their end users risk being steam rolled over by those that do.06/30/2007
Maintaining a competitive edge
WBF gives a leg up to manufacturers looking to take advantage of the automation/information nexus.06/29/2007
How to diffuse a demographic bomb
CONTROL Managing Editor Nancy Bartles tackles one of the biggest challenges the engineering field will face over the next few decades. The demographic bomb the process control industry is living with, with very few candidates in the pipeline to take the place of those contemplating retirement. Manufacturers need to take action to diffuse the bomb starting now -- earlier would be even better!06/27/2007
Users get an early look at WirelessHART
At the May 2007 SP100 meeting, Executive Director Ron Helson and Chief Engineer Wally Pratt of the HART Communication Foundation gave a detailed presentation to the committee on WirelessHART. For the first time in a completely public forum, we are pleased to provide this same presentation. This is the straight scoop, without any FUD, straight from the source.06/20/2007
Highlights from the 2007 HUG Symposium
Our E-Show Daily coverage of this year's event in Phoenix includes reports on the presentations, case studies and panel discussions given during the technical conference for industry professionals.06/14/2007
Dramatic efficiency, quality improvements for Canadian papermaker
This videocast from the Process Automation Media Network shows how Catalyst's Elk Falls integrated paper mill on Vancouver Island in British Columbia uses advanced control and optimization techniques to eke out multimillion savings while simultaneously improving product quality.06/13/2007
Cyber security interview with Kevin Staggs
Honeywell global security architect Kevin Staggs sits down with CONTROL Editor in Chief Walt Boyes to discuss the changing process control security landscape.06/13/2007
Edge protection a first layer of defense-in-depth security
Control system security expert Eric Byres presents defense-in-depth strategies for process control systems to some 150 attendees at the Honeywell Users' Group Americas 2007 Symposium in Phoenix.06/13/2007
Worsley Alumina designs luxury suite for control room operators
The management team at Worsley Alumina's refinery in Western Australia challenged its process control group with this task: Create an environment where process operators can perform optimally.06/13/2007
How Shell E&P assesses and addresses control system security risks
Dan McDougall of Shell Exploration and Production speaks about the companys drive to ensure security of its global assets at the Honeywell User Group Americas 2007 Symposium in Phoenix.06/13/2007
Shootout at the Wireless Corral
In this audio podcast for the Process Automation Media Network, Dave Kaufman of Honeywell and Jose Guittierez of Emerson put their guns on the table to talk wireless with CONTROL's Walt Boyes.06/12/2007
ALON USA boosts process safety, efficiency
This six-minute videocast shows how ALON USAs Big Springs refinery is taking advantage of the latest Honeywell technologiesincluding wireless, integrated safety, efficiency and asset reliability.06/12/2007
Creative thinking streamlines cut-over at Frontier refinery
Here at the annual gathering of the Honeywell User Group Americas, Leland Borgett, Jeff Strecker and Tom Clark explain how their five-person team successfully performed their covert DCS to DCS cut-over.06/12/2007
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Ted Dimm explains the scope of Honeywells new venture into high-performance Coriolis, ultrasonic, electromagnetic and vortex flowmeters at the 2007 Honeywell Users' Group Symposium in Phoenix.06/12/2007
Documentation key to power industrys latest cyber security standards
Barry Ingold, from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, presents a detailed look at the implications of the new cyber security standards from the North American Reliability Council.06/12/2007
Process safety on the plant floor
Executive Editor Jim Montague tackles the topic of process safety and found that, although everybody may want to operate safely, few if any people want to talk openly and specifically about it.06/12/2007
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A new report evaluating who pays a bigger share of their income in state and local taxes revealed that low-income Utahns give more than nine cents of every dollar to the government, compared to a nickel from the state's top one percent.
On Wednesday, the Washington-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released the fourth edition of Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States.
"The good news is that Utah is not among the most regressive states," Allison Rowland, budget and research director for Voices for Utah Children said in a statement. "The bad news is that Utah's lowest earners are still paying a much larger share of their incomes . . . than are the highest earners."
Rowland suggests Utah lawmakers, now in their first week of the state's 45-day legislative session, consider adopting a refundable state earned income tax credit for low and middle-wage earners.
According to Who Pays?, Utah's bottom 20 percent pay 9.4 percent of their income in state and local taxes including income, property, sales and excise taxes. The middle 20 percent pay 8.7 percent and the top one percent pay 5 percent.
Utah fares slightly better than the national average: the bottom 20 percent pay 11 percent, the middle 20 percent pay 9.4 percent and the top one percent pay 5.6 percent.
Low-wage earners fared the worst in the state of Washington, the report said, with the bottom 20 percent paying out 16.9 percent of their income in taxes. Wyoming's top one percent enjoyed the nation's lowest rate, paying only 1.6 percent of their income in state and local taxes.
ITEP aims to inform elected officials and the public about the effects of current and proposed tax policies, focusing primarily on tax fairness and sustainability.
"We know that several governors are promising to cut or eliminate taxes, but the question is who's going to pay for it," ITEP Executive Director Matthew Gardner said in a statement. "In too many states, low-income people will be asked to make up the revenues lost to income tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest taxpayers."
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|Took it apart again, removed the screw that held the formed metal which connected to the turn signal arm and checked this piece of metal to see it it was bent in any way. Seemed okay and replaced everything as it should be. Put the lock plate back on and now it works! Why, who knows? Have no idea what the problem was other than just saying that something was misaligned. Thanks to all that helped.
You have the lock plate clocked correctly? It only works right in one position.
It might be bent too.
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|Thanks for the reply. Took the wheel lock off and got at the switch and saw the two "mousetrap" springs and they are both fine. Cleaned them off, lubricated with a little grease and the switch started to work fine until I put the wheel lock back on and the "C" clip. Then it did the same thing.....wouldn't go into the right signal dedent. Took the lock off and tried the switch.....worked again until the lock was placed back on with the "C" clip. Something has got to be brushing against the switch, don't you think?
|Look at the turn signal switch on the right side of the column, at the detent. There should be two mousetrap looking springs on the top. If one is missing, it can cause your problem, or if the tab that holds the spring under tension is broken, same thing. You can replace a missing spring with one from a junker, but if the tab on the switch is broken, you will have to replace the switch.
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I have a early '70's Cadillac tilt, telescopic steering where the turn signal does not go into the right signal indent. I push the lever down to get the left signal indent, and it does, but when I push the lever up to go into the right signal indent, the lever runs out of room and hits the column hub before it will go into the indent. I've taken the wheel off and used a screwdriver to place it into the detent, thinking it was a bit of dirt, but when I try to repeat the process I still cannot get it to go into the signal position without using the screwdriver to coax it into position. Is there a quick fix for this or does the signal unit have to be replaced even though it functions as it should except going into the right signal position?
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Dead bees (including drones) litter the bottom board, the scattered brood lie either partially emerged or only partially intact, still in cells.:
- OR - hive had worker egg layers and that why they were confused. Somethimes queen disapear during copulating flight or what is the name.
How about deep freeze brood until ready to use. Then the bees will clean them out and won't get all moldy.
Bees are very good house cleaners,don't throw away a good frame because of a little dead brood or mold.As long as the hive did not die of foul brood,AFB or EFB.your safe to use them in the spring.Bees will clean out all dead brood and the queen will be laying in a matter of days.


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i'm posting this in jokes and humor --cause i hope this is a joke and the general section ain't opening up for me today--
anyway i heard from one of my pals that still in today , i was asking what their going to be doing at the base on the 4th as that was all ways a big thing there.
i asked "are the blue angels going to be there for the show?" -- he said no , "they got canned", --"how about the airshow? i asked-- he said "the airshow got cut --no more airshows for future dates either."
i asked "maybe next year?" he said "no airshow for the duration --the big "O" is going have to be out of office before that is even going to be considered!"
"how about fireworks" i asked -- he said "Obamma cut the fireworks show that we all-ways have for the 4th and kids are not even allowed to fire a few firecrackers on base -- is is a damn felony to even bring a firecracker on the base!"
i said "what are you going to have on the base for the 4th to celebrate?"
" a fricking gay-pride march -- along with a 4 hour long lecture on islam is the religion of peace!"
i said "well i won't be on the post for the 4th this year!"
he said "no shit! you know you can't get on the base anymore anyway-- you own their terror watch list now!":nono:
WTF is obamma going for the 4th? i asked --his reply " he is going to come back from vacation and celebrate the 4th in DC, then go back on vacation!"---:scared:


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BA French and Japanese / Overview
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By Joe Brewin
Thierry Henry is happy with his second spell at Arsenal - but the perfectionist inside him knows he can always do more.
The Club's record goalscorer has notched three times since returning to north London on a short-term deal from New York Red Bulls at the beginning of January, taking his all-time tally to 229.
Henry scored the winner against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, but admits it is simply in his nature to always want more from himself.
"You can always do more," he told Arsenal Player. "I was in the dressing room thinking I missed a chance against Aston Villa when I came on and should have put the ball in the back of the net.
"But if you had asked me if I would rather have scored against Villa or this one against Sunderland, I think I would have chosen this opportunity against Sunderland. You can always do better, that is always what I tell myself.
"We will see after the last game against Milan how it was for me."
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For the umpteenth time, do not buy these. Absolute garbage.
Cheaper than ever! They don't shave as close as other brands I've tried, though, but I use them to do the majority of the shave then touch up with something else.
Over 600 reviews (3.2 out of 5.0) over at Amazon
You should only buy these to shave your cat... If you hate your cat that is...
Oh look, it's these razors again!
And, do my eyes deceive me, or are they cheaper than before?
yonsonracing wrote:You should only buy these to shave your cat... If you hate your cat that is...
Don't talk about my g/f like that!
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Bought these a few wootoffs ago.. I have bought a lot of stuff from woot and these fall in the top ten worst products I have ever purchased here..
Sorry Remington..
These are GARBAGE! Don't buy!!
I was out of my Mach 5 blades and saw these and decided what the heck they are cheap and bought them. They are a terrible design, the razor falls off when rinsing the blade, they clog easily and are impossible to clean. It is not worth it don't do it buy anything else: Gillette, Schick a disposable. Don't buy these.
This is the worst razor I have ever used. This is the worst product I have ever bought from WOOT. This is probably the worst product I have ever bought on the inter nets!
It won't shave!
These razors are designed wrong on many levels. First of all they are hard to hold on to when your hands are wet/soapy. I shave in the shower and that makes it next to impossible. The design of the head makes it such that you have to push hard to get the blades to lay against your face. Makes me fear that I am going to push hard enough to start to cut flesh. Oh and good luck getting the head up under the area under your nose...will not get everything.
Thought my wife might find these useful for her legs and she also thought the razors were sub par. So for $6...not even worth it.
Uhhh... I dunno what you guys are doing wrong, but I bought these razors a couple months ago and they're excellent. Getting a new cartridge in is not as easy as, say, a Mach 5, but with a little shaving cream they work like great. Always use shaving cream; if you're gonna do something, do it like you mean it.
I consistently get ultra-close shaves, and the blades seem to last longer than my Mach 5 blades did. I'm on my 3rd cartridge now and would definitely buy these again (if I didn't have like 14 left still, heh).
Worst-case scenario, you're out like 6 bucks. Best-case scenario, you've got razor blades for a good long while. Worth the price of a Starbucks and a cookie, no?
Caveat: I'm a lady, so I use these to shave legs and underarms and generally less sensitive areas than
I've tried these, tried Dollar Shave Club, and I've ultimately decided that I prefer Dollar Shave Club (the $6/month value). But it's a narrow preference. I'd say they're of comparable quality; they hold an edge about the same amount of time, Remington gets a closer shave on my legs but has the above mentioned issues of stuck hairs which Dollar Shave does not. Both are slightly irritating in non-leg areas, and decent shaving cream/gel is recommended. As a lady, I have no issues with the weird Remington handle (but note I never use it on my face). I leave the Remington at my boyfriend's place. Considering buying another pack to stash there, but I have plenty.
Someone be sure to post an image of a plastic spoon, with the claim that you get a closer shave with the spoon.
That would be clever.
Every time this comes up, I want to buy it...it just seems like such a good deal...a shave kit with 15 blades for less than 10 bucks...
Today, its even cheaper, so I'm tempted to buy it...
But every time, after I read the comments and see what people are saying about it, it made me changed my mind...just like now...lol
I want to buy it, but if its really as bad as people say, then its probably still not worth it...even with this price.
I was tempted to try this until I read the comments. Think I will stay with my 30 year old Gillete Trac II. The blades are 5 for $1.00 at Dollar Tree.
I have to agree with most of the other wooters here. These aren't that great. They wear down quickly, don't get a great shave, and are difficult to clean. Certainly not the worst I've used, but there are better deals out there than this.
ooooo, I see why they're selling these. That way more people will likely buy what's on the main woot site tonight!
You will hear from a lot of people from both sides of the fence...some love them and others hate them. I happen to love them, they give a good close shave and they will NEVER draw blood!
At this price you can not go wrong! The only draw back that I can see is that they could be a little clunky. Nevertheless, while they are a minimum of 10 times less expensive the the big "G", the big "G" is NOT nearly 10 times better than the Remington. You be the judge, it won't cost you much.
acanarelli wrote:I happen to love them, they give a good close shave and they will NEVER draw blood
I beg to differ, based on personal experience...
They never draw blood because they clog so easily.
Like a few of the others here, I want to know what others are doing to not have this razor work. I bough a schick and it felt like it was tearing the hair out of my face and then my skin burned for hours afterwords. Machs are so expensive and they clog just as easily as this does. The last Mach razor I had liked to catch and pull a hair here and there. Just a tip for the clogging of any razor, rinse the blade more often or take the razor the opposite direction on your palm and all the hairs in it end up on your hand.
Horrible razors, the blades are to close together so the hair just gets stuck and won't come out. After 1 or 2 passes it shaves less and less. I have to use a new blade ever 1 or 2 times I shave. I shave every other day for work so I"m not saving anything with these.
I bought 2 sets of these on a woot off. Worst investment I've ever made. I loose sleep at night thinking about the hour of work that it took to buy those two sets. But it has So many blades, you say. How could it suck so much, you ask. Well, I think it's mabey the blades are too close together. Either that or they are just extreamly poor quality. Either way, I wish woot would just throw all their left overs in people's bags of crap. Because when they repost it (which is like once a week, btw) it brings up nothing but bad memories.
The ONLY razor on the last 20 years to leave my Adam's Apple intact! I was hoping I could buy more and I am!
I'm glad I bought them months ago, because of how well they worked I researched proper shaving. After that I bought a safety razor, and haven't looked back since.
Check out geofatboy on YouTube.
Look, if they're so terrible then shut up and let them sell out! Unless you want to see them in every woot-off for the rest your life, SHUT UP!!
They're in Sellout, so maybe that means there aren't many left. For this price they'd make a great white elephant gift at Christmas time, if you end up hating them.
There's a little black spot on the sun today....
Have to confirm...these are absolute garbage. I bought a few months ago thinking hey...these look decent. The design is horrible, I still have a lot of the blades left and have opted for the 12 pack push-button type my wife buys for like 3 bucks...much sharper...these are garbage, I can't say that enough.
staaby wrote:worst.
I got some, and agree completely.
Seems like a great deal, but after owning, I'm going back to my 3 blades in other brands.
Too difficult to use, have to shave over and over. not a good deal at 5.99 or 3.99. Crappy in every respect.
Design flaws make the razors ineffective on course beards. Weak rotation support, very bad precision means no razor burn, but no cutting any course hairs.
I ordered this, been thru 2 razors in 2 weeks, and am finding they're only good for 1-2 days, due to the design. The razors are too close, requiring frequent washing, and even using something to clean the razor between shaving strokes.
Do yourself a favor, vote no by not buying.
The woot field test video makes these razors look pretty good. I just can't believe these things are as bad as the reviews indicate. Is it possible that the bad reviews are posted by folks who just don't know how to shave properly? I'm tempted to buy these things, but I don't wanna pay $5 shipping. I'll have to look around for something else to buy first.
I think these are great! They are a little different to get used to as the angle and design is different. I've got a few years supply now. I'm tempted to slam them so no one buys them and I can have them all!! But, unfortunately that might make me the "King of Shaves", and I really don't want the title or throne, that would be silly...
I bought these the last time around. WORST! razors ever.
Ok, I'll be honest...it's become my dedicated razor for other...things...but only because I have enough cartridges to last 2 lifetimes.
Totally agree. These are terrible. I've used pretty much everything on the market and Shick Hydro's and anything Gilette are the only razors I'll buy.
I figured since they were Remington they'd be of quality, I guess they should stick to Electric Shavers.
I bought these from woot in the past 3 months or so, and so far I don't see where all the vitriol is coming from.
I don't have very coarse facial hair and I always shave in the shower with no soap, gel, or cream. Just water. It is a close shave every time, and I have yet to draw a drop of blood. I do find it difficult to get up under my nose, but I keep a crappy disposable razor (which costs more than this does) out by the mirror to do touch-up work (something that I needed to do before since I'm shaving without a mirror).
Bottom line, I say buy this. And if you don't like it, send me your unused blades.
Oh, and my fiance also likes this razor.


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