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|6th February 2009, 01:13 PM
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the amp sitting on the bench with no source or speakers is 100% stable. Haven't tried it with source but not connected to speakers. Will try that tonight too, although it won't be long till I run out of source resistors.
Gonna order more parts from mouser tonight.
more later.....
|6th February 2009, 02:06 PM
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Hmm, based on my limited under standing of the physical world, I think when driving a speaker, a higher amount of heat in AB may be generated to the amp. In my business, faulty connections fail when more stuff passes through it. So I assume that the speaker presents a different situation to the amp than running with no load.
I would think something as simple as a bad solder joint could be at play, or some other resistor failing causing a higher load to the amp. It works until limits are pushed.
|6th February 2009, 02:08 PM
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two further tests before you risk connecting your speakers.
test 1.) connect a music source and play quiet music with the output still open circuit. How long does it play before blowing the resistors?
test 2.) connect an 8r0 load to the speaker terminals. connect a source and play quiet music into the resistor load. How long till the resistors fail?
During your tests over several hours I suggest you measure the output offset and check the average AC voltage at the output (~0.5Vac to 2Vac).
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|6th February 2009, 03:04 PM
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fran-i had trouble with the pads and went with mica and grease--it's cheap and works--just my 2 cents-mark
|6th February 2009, 03:05 PM
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I'm not sure what you mean by dangling, perhaps because the resistor lead goes past the end of the board and is bent around it?
That is just temporary to keep it from flopping around. When the mosFets are in place and soldered on, the resistor lead will be soldered right at the mosFet giving only a couple of millimeters of lead.
I've read the suggestion in another thread on mosfet amps oscillating,
that splitting the resistance in half and putting one at the driver transistor on the board and the other at the mosfet. This was the suggested by a person that worked for a living designing (if I remember correctly) rf-equipement. That would be required when there is a wire from the pcb to a mounted mosfet.
A caveat is in order here this is a very wide band amplifier with a high input impedance. In order to prevent the output
voltage from bleeding back to the input at very high frequencies (thus making a fi ne power oscillator), keep the input and
output cables separate, and dont externally connect the speaker ground to the input ground. Good ground shielding on the
input cables is important, and caution is called for in using Litz and other specially low inductance / high capacitance cables.
I have not seen a specifi c example of a problem, but historically it is to be expected when an amplifi ers bandwidth exceeds
200 KHz. If the amp makes funny noises, runs extra hot, or blows fuses, this might be an indicator of such an issue.
|6th February 2009, 04:42 PM
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Hi all,
First to answer a few of the questions/comments:
1. Cviller: Gate stoppers are right on the gates short resistor leads just 2mm above the wide part of the mosfets leg.
2. Ichiban: ICs and speaker cables are kept well separated. Internally in the amp speaker grounds, PS ground are brought together at the speaker terminals. Input grounds go to the boards. circuit ground tied to chassis earth through back to back diodes paralleled with 0.01uF cap and 15R resistor. Summary: i think I have wired the amp correctly... but am open to correction!
3. AndrewT: partially answering your Q - I have monitored DC offset and it stays low throughout until the resistors go. Bias is a bit jumpy as music plays, might flick up and down by maybe 30mV, really quickly. Settles within a second or 2 of no music playing.
So jobs to do tonight:
1. Babowana: I will measure Vgs of the jfets
2. Fit new resistors and get the amp running again.
3. ZenmodLook at output on CRO, although I'm not sure what exactly to look for!
4. AndrewT Test for time amp is viable with no speaker connected and with resistor in place.
Lastly, I am very tempted to fit the fairchild mosfets and see if that sorts out this issue, although I would like to find out whats wrong.
If anyone has any other ideas, feel free to post them up here. I will also take some pics tonight and post them
Thank you all for your help and support!
|6th February 2009, 04:51 PM
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Re: Oscillations
A question on this then,
For the F4, I grounded the signal input ground and speaker output together on my jumper between the power supply output end.
For this amp, I should do otherwise?
Right now, with F5 -with my little FR speakers, with the signal, speaker and chassis ground all together in a clip lead composite, I have no problems. Nelson mentions externally grounded....So I don't think there is a problem if the grounds are stared together in the amp.
Am I wrong?
|6th February 2009, 04:58 PM
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Re: Oscillations
That's good, but I seriously doubt you'll get any benefit from mounting the gatestoppers like this. With normal placement you only have a centimeter or so to the resistor, which only becomes interesting way up in the MHz range. Good cabling on the input/output is more important with this amp.
|6th February 2009, 06:58 PM
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Babowana Vgs of Q1 (sk170) is 20.86V with R11/12 blown and trimmers left as they were. Vgs of Q2 2SJ74 is 20.68V
I fitted new R11 and R12 and one thing I did do thats maybe just a stab in the dark....
in my setup the mosfets are on short leads (30mm) with the stopper right on the pin. But I also populated the stopper on the PCB too, but had shorted it with some wire. So i cut that wire, so effectively now I have 2 x 47R in series for stoppers, one on the PCB and one on the gate.
So far amp is warming up but bias is behaving normally so far.
More later....
|6th February 2009, 07:18 PM
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Sounds like you have the wiring sorted out very well.
I was just throwing out a hint mainly reguarding the
possible cable inductances/capacitances. I'm not sure
about the electrostats.
I'll have to bow to those more knowledgeable on the grounding.
"With normal placement you only have a centimeter or so to the resistor, which only becomes interesting way up in the MHz range."
Just being careful. When I built the Borbely mosfet amps I recall warnings of oscillations in the
MHz range. Audio Amature had a number of fixes for that. It wasn,t until recently that I read
about using the stoppers at the drivers and outputs to mitigate the chance of oscillations due to
the inches of wire from board to output mosfets (inductance is the enemy).
Yes, the F5 boards make for a very compact layout helping enormously.
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Taking the skin off the backing paper reveals a crosshatch pattern on the adhesive section. This is what allows the Controltac to smooth out any bubble without having to reapply the skin. Let's see how it looks once it is applied.
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As a food lover and food editor of EatingWell Magazine, it's probably no surprise that I'm not a big fan of any diet where you have to give up a bunch of different foods. No bread or pasta? Forget it. Cabbage soup for two meals a day? No way. That's why I'm a big believer in the weight-loss and maintenance approach that EatingWell has taken both in the magazine and in our diet books, including EatingWell 500-Calorie Dinners, which I co-authored with Nicci Micco. The idea is that you can eat anything you want. That includes dessert or a glass of wine with dinner. One of the secrets to losing weight on this diet? Portion control, which can naturally help you limit the number of calories you eat each day, your ultimate goal. To find out how many calories you need to eat to lose a healthy 2 pounds a week, click here.
Here are a few tricks for making sure you're eating the right portions:
Make dinner in cute portion-controlled servings. Research has shown that when dieters ate two portion-controlled meals a day they lost about 5 pounds more than their counterparts who ate the same number of calories but had to portion out their own food. Cook frittatas in the oven in ramekins, bake mini meatloaves in muffin tins, stuff a bell pepper (each person gets one) or make packets of foil or parchment paper to bake with fish and veggies inside.
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Use your hands. If you're not near a measuring cup, scale or spoons, use your hands to estimate portions: 1 teaspoon equals the tip of your thumb, 1 tablespoon equals your whole thumb, 1 cup equals your fist and 3 ounces of meat (which is an appropriate serving size) is the size of the palm of your hand.
Know the size of your utensils and dishes at home. You use the same ladle every time you scoop out some soup, right? So why not measure that ladle (fill it with water, then pour that into a measuring cup) right now so that each time you serve yourself some soup you know exactly how much you're getting. Also try this with your bowls. If you're a cereal eater, know what size bowl you eat out of. Should you be using a smaller bowl to make it easier to stick to that 1-cup serving?
Memorize the calorie counts and serving sizes of foods you eat over and over. For example, I like to eat a piece of fruit midmorning. In the winter, it's often an orange and I know that one medium orange has 62 calories. A medium apple has 95.
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If you need a lot of food to feel satisfied, stack your plate with veggies. This is certainly a gross oversimplification, and you still want to keep portions in mind, but the bottom line is that most vegetables are less calorie dense than other types of food. For example, ½ cup of cooked pasta has 87 calories while ½ cup of cooked broccoli has just 22. So you can eat 2 cups of broccoli to get the same amount of calories that are in just ½ cup of pasta (and that is a puny amount of pasta!).
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Check out this video from me and Nicci to see how you can eat a whole lot more when you stack your plate with veggies.
Go for the power salad. Following up on my last trick, I would never suggest you just eat a ton of plain broccoli. The best way to put that veggies-have-fewer-calories maxim into action is to make big, satisfying power salads. That means tons of lettuce, other veggies and a little bit of protein to help keep you satisfied.
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Salad dressing on the side, please. That's something you hear all the time when you're out with someone who's dieting. And with good reason. While those salads I was just talking about tend to be less calorie dense than other foods, most dressings are the opposite. One teaspoon (the tip of your thumb) of oil has 42 calories. That's nearly the same as a whole cup of broccoli. So do control the amount of dressing you use, whether that means asking for it on the side at a restaurant or measuring the amount you use at home. Which salad dressing to use? I tend to be a homemade vinaigrette type of person. But when it comes to having a really tasty low-cal salad dressing, the very best way to do that is to make a homemade creamy dressing with ingredients like low-fat mayo, nonfat plain yogurt and low-fat buttermilk and skip the oil altogether. All these ingredients have a fraction of the calories of oil.
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Re: How should I start with mathematica?
On Feb 6, 7:23 am, Chengcheng <tntwc_... at yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> I'm new in mathematica, Is there any approach recommended to start with mathematica?
It depends on what you plan to use Mathematica for. If you would like
to understand the system well, and you are not in a hurry, take a look
at these notes: http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/1847/
They are terribly outdated, but still useful to learn the core
language, especially if you don't have much programming experience.
Some exercises are included, too.
And, as others said, read the included documentation! It is full of
good tutorials (suitable for beginners), though unfortunately it is a
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The pits are now owned by CML Metals, a new company based out of Hurricane. CML (named for the Comstock/Mountain Lion mine) is primarily owned by Luxor Capital Partners, LP, a New York-based company, but its president and CEO is Dale Gilbert, also of Gilbert Development.
Gilbert Development was contracted to do all the mining from 1985 to 1996, when the facility was owned by U.S. Steel and Geneva Steel. After nearly 15 years, the company will be mining it again.
Gilbert said he feels very positive about the future of the mining operations. He and others at Gilbert Development are very knowledgeable and experienced with the mines, and in addition to their work in the '80s and '90s they were heavily involved in getting it all set up with the previous owner, Palladon Ventures.
There have been a lot of upgrades to the mine and everything has been made current to the newest Mine Safety Health Administration regulations, Gilbert said. A lot of pre-stripping has been done in the Comstock pit to expose the ore.
Since March 2009, when operations ceased and the equipment was pulled from the mines, 114 railcars have been sitting on the property full of iron ore. Gilbert said they are not the type of cars needed to ship the ore and they began unloading them last week. They expect to be loading the correct cars and shipping within the next few weeks.
In addition to the ore that was in the railcars there is more ore waiting to be loaded. Total, there is about 160,000 tons of ore stockpiled and ready to ship, Gilbert said. They expect to send two or three trains a week out of the facility through the end of the year.
In addition to shipping the ore that is already stockpiled, mining operations are expected to begin within the next couple months, once all the equipment is back in place. All necessary equipment is in Gilbert Development's control and none needs to be purchased.
The contracts are all in place for the ore to be taken to the Port of Richmond, near the San Francisco Bay area in California. From there it will be shipped to China, Gilbert said.
The company's ore will be sent overseas for now, and for the next couple years at least, but they plan to complete construction of a concentrate plant in about two years. Engineering work is currently underway for the plant.
A concentrate plant will convert the mid- to low-grade iron ore to a high grade ore. Having this capability will give the operation more security and open up more markets for the ore, Gilbert said.
At least until then, shipping it to China makes sense. Though it may seem like a very long distance to send it, the market in China is currently very strong and that makes it cost effective.
"We're in a world market that we're dealing with now," he said.
The ore being shipped is referred to as "run of mine" ore. The ore mined from the pit can range drastically in grade. The materials of an acceptable grade are crushed down and blended together for shipment. They are shipped in this raw, blended state.
Anything that is too low quality is set aside to be used when the concentrate plant is built.
Gilbert said the work at the mines may seem to the public to move slowly, but he wants to make sure things are done right and a long-term operation is built. Initially they will be doing very little hiring, and are hoping to start by bringing back some of the local people who were laid off. It is important to them to "do right by the community," he said.
However, they have some ambitious plans for the future and several options they are looking at, even beyond the concentrate plant, he said. He could not disclose specifics at this time, though.
CML is an aggressive company that is very invested in the mines and is dedicated to making them successful, Gilbert said.
"We are not in this halfway," he said.
He said he feels confident with Luxor as CML's primary owner.
"We certainly have a strong owner with Luxor," he said.
They have a great attitude about moving the project forward, he added.


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I am celebrating another Gotcha Day today! Meow!
Mom told me that she was talking about us with a couple of friends during a retirement pawty today. Gessh, she pawties and gets paid for it? I want her job.
Anyway, one of the friends had just seen our pages for the first time yesterday. The first question she asked Mom was why one of her cats was climbing the window. Mom knew she was talking about me. MOL!
Mom told her she really had no idea except that I probably thought it was a good idea at the time.
If you've read Riley's diary, you'll already know that he and Huey won a photo contest. We're looking forward to finding out what their hard work bought us. A special shipment is coming on Monday!
Thanks to everybuddy for stopping by to honor my Gotcha Day today! It's always nice to hear from you!
Love, Pixie
We're having some new pictures taken today, so I was in the computer room with Mom while it was Enzo's turn. One of the shutters to the window behind Mom were open and I was getting bored so I decided to make some noise!
Mom turned around to find me trying to climb up to the wood valance above the window like a crazy cat! I was too high up for Mom to grab me and I was unsuccessfully trying to climb to the top of the valance over and over.
All Mom could do was hold the shutter still and encouraged me to carefully jump down but I was being stubborn. She captured a few photos of me until I finally gave up, carefully climbed back onto the top of the shutter and then jumped all the way down to this little cat tree and sat in it.
I still have it in me!
Even though Mom added a new main photo of me yesterday, she forgot that today was going to be my birthday. What do you think the punishment should be?
Thank you to my wonderful friends for leaving me presents and messages! It's hard to believe I'm four years old already, but I'm still the baby of the family. Huey doesn't count!
After a few rainy days, this weekend has been filled with sunshine, so we're all having a good time sitting by the open windows and finding those nice sunspots. Ahhhhhh.......
The motion-activated camera we have on the front porch has been recording interesting visitors, aside from the people who drop off packages at our front door. We've seen spiders spinning webs, birds, a raccoon, and a few different cats! They don't get invited into the house because we all know they'd get beat up. MOL
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Agreed, except for the conclusion "Placing the NCAA's logo or any other college's logo on your recruiting service website gives the public the impression that you are in some sort of relationship with the NCAA/college or that it is endorsing your services."
We cannot know that for sure without knowing the details of the use. If there is a prominent disclaimer there may be no such impression. The use of the logo presents copyright infringement problems since the use is commercial and unlikely to be deemed fair use since use of the logo is more than the minimum necessary to identify the school.
Thank you Sarvey and Bruce. Would a prominent disclaimer stating there is no agreement between my service and the use of the schools log be permissible? Also, can I mention college names in the text body? i.e. "Our recruiting service will communicate with any college of university, such as USC, Duke, Stanford, etc."


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Picture Frame Receives Live Photos To Your Grandparents' Living Room [Video]
Instantly view photos and videos from friends and family across the web without using a social networking site.
Have you seen the Esurance commercial with Beatrice, the off-line over sharer? She's an elderly woman having a few (also elderly) friends over, to show them her vacation photos on her 'wall.' When they're all seated, she points out printed photos that are literally posted to her living room wall with tape. When one friend mentions that 'it doesn't work like that,' Beatrice says 'I unfriend you.'
We all know a person like Beatrice. They really want to be a part of what is going on in our lives, but they just don't know how. Lucky for all of us, a new product from Famatic is designed to get the older generation more 'in the know.'
Famatic is the world's first social photo frame. It allows the owner to see photos and videos streamed from social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram without having to join. Like ordinary digital photo frames, it allows viewers to switch photos with the swipe of a finger, but it also allows them to 'like' photos, or type in comments that are then transferred to the site the pictures were on.
When you buy the Famatic frame, you can set it up online prior to gifting your grandparents. You simply connect to your social media sites, then set up email sharing and you're ready to upload from anywhere. You can even code the frame to only share photos will special hashtags or from a certain album, so no one winds up seeing the photos you'd rather keep private. In addition, you can connect multiple accounts, so grandma and grandpa can see pics from all their children and grandchildren.
Famatic was co-founder by Thijs Suijtencomes and Peter Rimmelzwaan. Suijtencomes came up with the idea after becoming tired of lugging his laptop with him every time he went to visit his parents. He wanted them to feel connected to the family, and see photos of their grandchildren, but knew they were not familiar with social media. He thought there should be an easier way to share photos with them, so he created one.
When the Famatic was designed, the founders had the future in mind. The device comes with a built in speaker, microphone, and cameras, so when future updates are made, a new frame doesn't have to be purchased.


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This week we debate the pros and cons of streetcar expansion in Kansas City just ahead of Tuesday's election.
In 2012, voters approved, in a restrictive, mail-in election, a two mile starter line from the River Market to Union Station. Now, voters are being asked whether to approve a larger streetcar expansion for a route that would extend as far south as UMKC. Additional routes would run along Independence Avenue and Linwood Boulevard and a MAX rapid bus service would connect Prospect Avenue.
Being decided Tuesday is whether to set up a special transportation district. If you say yes, a second election will be held in November that would go through the nuts and bolts of how to pay for the streetcar expansion project.
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Cindy Circo, Mayor Pro Tem,
Marcus Leach, Political Consultant
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Patrick Ishmael, Economist
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If you live in Missouri, you may be spending quite a lot of time at your local polling station with five constitutional amendments, from expanding the lottery to a right to farm. We review the issues at stake and take a closer look at some of the Kansas races up for grabs from Kansas Insurance Commissioner to Kansas Secretary of State with political watcher Jim McLean, executive editor of the KHI News Service in Topeka.


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One way to control document collaboration is to require check-out of files, especially when multiple users have access to the library. If a library checkout is required, other people cannot overwrite it. However, you run the risk of preventing other people from seeing the latest changes or making changes themselves. If others need to work on the document it is important that files are checked back in quickly.
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Target: Barbara Gregory (Ethical Sourcing, Walmart)
Goal: To enforce fire safety regulations for overseas factories
In the last decade, there reportedly have been several factory fires in Bangladesh that have killed hundreds of people. These factories supply to most major retailers, such as H&M, Gap, and Walmart, and hold no fire drills, safety equipment, or fire safety programs. Please demand that these companies implement safety plans and exercises.
It's well-documented that most companies in developed countries, such as the United States, get cheap labor from overseas nations like Bangladesh. Most of these factories in Bangladesh hire children for manual labor, which is an issue all in itself. Lovely, a Bangladesh native, who was 11 years old at the time she worked in a sock factory, was trapped in a factory fire on February 23, 2006. As the fire spread, workers tried to escape; however, management had locked the exits. In the end, 63 died and 150 were injured. Now, Lovely is inflicted with lifelong wounds that will not allow her to work for the rest of her life. She was never compensated for her accident. Since she, like most factory workers in that country, comes from a poor family, she cannot seek medical help for the pain that still persists.
In 2010, there were three major fires in Bangladesh from factories that supplied major retailers like H&M, Gap, and Walmart. In these fires, hundreds of people died. These deaths could have been prevented with safety regulations. This is a prime example of the modern exploitation and slavery that is happening throughout the world. To these companies, these poor workers are seen as nothing more than disposable labor. Insist that these companies implement safety guidelines and fire drills for these deathtrap factories.
Dear Barbara Gregory,
There is truly something unethical about sourcing labor from developing countries. Even more so, it is truly disgusting that we source cheap labor from children of these countries. Furthermore, it is truly repulsive that companies likes yours do not enforce any safety regulations, especially after an almost worldwide epidemic of preventable factory fires that killed hundreds of workers. These workers struggle to put even a single meal on their table. If this isn't a prime example of modern exploitation and slavery, then I'm not quite what is.
Since 2005, there have been approximately 700 deaths from factory fires. It has been reported that these factories lock exits, hold no fire drills, nor implement safety rules for the benefit of these hardworking people – many of whom are children. And for those who survived the fire, there are many cases where these workers can no longer work for the rest of their lives because of the severe injuries that have been inflicted on them. Most of these workers are from poor families so they can barely put food on the table let alone seek medical attention when the pain gets too great. Though our world is becoming more and more industrialized, I surely cannot agree that we have become more "civilized." Please create safety regulations for these deathtrap factories.
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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Following a record July, eBay ( EBAY) and Amazon ( AMZN) had slower sales growth last month. ChannelAdvisor, which is partially owned by eBay, showed the San Jose, Calif.-based online auction company had same-store sales growth of 23.9% in August, down from July's 28.2%. After the auctions business stabilized in July, falling just 1% year-over-year, the segment continued to experience double-digit declines, dropping 12.2%. The report noted some of the reasons could be attributed to "auction supply, search-engine/bestmatch auction mix, consumer's lack of bidding on the format." The company's fixed-price and Motors segments continued to post strong growth, though down from July. The fixed-price growth was 29.1% year-over-year, down from 33.1% in July. The Motors segment jumped 34.8% in August, slightly under July's 36%. Amazon's number also declined in August, dropping from 44% growth to 40.7% year-over-year. The report noted that despite the slowdown, Amazon continued to experience "their greater than two times growth rate compared to Comscore's reported e-commerce growth rate (15% in Q2)." Shares of eBay fell 0.7% to $48.88, while Amazon shares gave up 0.5%, recently trading at $257.85. Interested in more on Amazon? See TheStreet Ratings' report card for this stock. -- Written by Chris Ciaccia in New York >Contact by Email. Follow @Commodity_Bull


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A terror alert was issued on Sunday July 1st at 2:26pm to me personally by AlertsUSA with the following details:
British Intel warns of Al Qaeda plan to bomb U.S. passenger jet in run up to Olympics. Norwegian convert is person of interest. Increased international vigilance urged #
I can tell you from experience these alerts are not an everyday occurrence. AlertsUSA only issues warnings when the situation warrants them. The alert caused me to investigate the matter further and this is my report:
LONDON ENGLAND – British intelligence has confirmed that Al Qaeda is suspected of plotting to blow up an American airliner during the activities leading up to this months London Olympics. The plot supposedly involves using a Norwegian Muslim convert in an attempt to evade airport security, according to UK media reports from The Sunday Times(UK).
According to the intelligence source:
"The Norwegian recruit goes by the name of Muslim Abu Abdurrahman. He's understood to be in his mid-thirties and has a 'clean jacket'(no previous criminal record). He converted to Islam in 2008 and quickly became radicalized. He later traveled to Yemen, where he has spent several months, to complete his training."
Yemen is quickly becoming a hotbed of terrorist activity, most of which belongs exclusively to Al Qaeda. The United States continuously sends money to Yemen labeled "get rid of Al Qaeda" money, and has even offered to send troops but the Yemen government refuses the manpower, while asking for increases in the American cash.
In this latest development Al Qaeda is understood to have already selected a target, believed to be a US passenger jet.
This plot, along with numerous failed terror attempts in the past few months, including the botched "underwear explosives" plot on a flight to Detroit, MI in May of this year, has U.S. as well as world wide intelligence agencies facing fears that Al Qaeda is intensifying it's recruitment of westerners and Caucasians in particular, in an attempt to evade airport security abroad.


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Many a catchy tune has been inspired by the season of sun and fun. This summer inspire song and so much more at Congressional Camp at the Holy Spirit School campus in Annandale, Virginia!
Every summer since 1940, campers of all ages have flocked to "Congo Camp". Back by popular demand this year is Congressional Camp's Summer Academic Day Camp for rising 1st through 6th graders on the grounds of the beautiful, 12-acre campus of Holy Spirt School.
This summer, a jam-packed six weeks of learning and fun awaits! Congressional Camp's Summer Academic Day Camp will offer campers the opportunity to delve deeper into areas of interest, work through any academic challenges and enrich their learning with hands-on experience in a variety of disciplines.
In the mornings, campers will choose from some awe-inspiring academic offerings such as: Lego Robotics, Music & Movement, Math Lab, Photography & Digital Art, Engineering is Elementary, Writing & Publishing, Intro to Technology, and Geology & Gems. Afternoons are filled with speciality camps emphasizing arts, athletics, science, math and technology.
With new worlds to explore, friendships to be formed and the hallmark of "Congo Camp" - endless summer memories - your Happy Campers will be singing your praises for sending them to Congressional Camp in summer 2013.
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During this two-week intensive study of Shakespeare, older campers investigate the artistry and process of classic theatre in performance. Students analyze and interpret Shakespeare's text, learn the tools to create characters utilizing their bodies, voices and imaginations, and explore the art of stage combat. A typical day of camp will include reading, acting, theatre games, film, history, and even prop design!
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PRP 3880 - Graduate Course Repeat
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3, 1991. Presented as information item to University Forum April 24, 1991. Revised at BUCC February 12, 1997. Presented to University Forum April 2, 1997.
A maximum of one course in which a grade less than C (Q.P.less than 2.0) has been recorded or a maximum of two courses in which a grade less than "B" and greater than C-has been recorded may be repeated upon application to the Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research. The application shall be approved upon request in writing by the studenfs graduate program coordinator and department chairperson. The initial grade remains on the transcript as part of the student's permanent record. The grade of the repeated course is part of the permanent record and is used to calculate the student's quality grade point average. A course may be repeated only once. A course taken at Bloomsburg University in which a grade of less than C (Q.P. less than 2.0) has been earned must be repeated at Bloomsburg University. Individual departments or graduate programs may implement more stringent requirements than those shown above.


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If you are planning an Australian holiday, then you should consider visiting Broadbeach in the center of Queensland's fabulous Gold Coast region. The Gold Coast lies in the states south east region and is one of Australia's most popular international tourist destinations. Broadbeach is just south of Surfers Paradise and is the heart of the holiday strip that follows the beautiful beaches and high rise accommodation resorts that make this region so popular with the tourists. The commercial center of Broadbeach is the Niecon Plaza region, and here you will find a shopping mall full of great boutiques and supermarkets that surround an alfresco café and restaurant precinct. Holiday makers and locals alike flock here to experience the great café lifestyle.
The beach here is just one of many great Gold Coast beaches that would be a national treasure were it to be located in any other country. Broadbeach beach is walking distance from dozens of quality resorts, hotels and holiday apartments that the region is so famous for. It is also home to the Gold Coasts entertainment center and the world famous "Jupiters" Casino. The beach is always patrolled by Australian lifeguards and is a safe place to go surfing or swimming and experience the greatest natural attraction that the Gold Coast has to offer.
If you holiday on the Gold Coast there are many other attractions in the nearby regions that you will want to experience while you are in the area. Tours are available to take you into the rainforests and mountains of the Gold coast hinterland. The Gold Coast's theme parks are the first destination that your children will want to visit and you should allow at least one day for each of them. Seaworld, Dreamworld, Movie World and Wet n Wild Waterpark are all of world standard and shuttle bus services are available to take you direct from your chosen local holiday lodgings. Along the coast and around the Southport Broadwater there are also many great cruises to go on so a fishing charter or a whale watching trip might be something you would like to participate in. If there is a surf carnival on during your stay, be sure not to miss it. Come and watch the spectacular surf boat races and the iron man events that are an icon on the Australian sporting scene.
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A Minute With: Holly Hunter on angels and "Saving Grace"
By Jill Jacobs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - She's been a TV news producer, a mute piano playing bride and a Texas cheerleader-murdering mom.
But for the last three years, Holly Hunter, 52, has played a gutsy, Oklahoma cop with a last chance angel on cable network TNT's drama series, "Saving Grace", which begins its final season on March 29th.
Hunter's acclaimed performance as Detective Grace Hanadarko has earned her two Emmy nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Reuters spoke to the Oscar-winning actress of 1993 movie "The Piano" about the TV show's final episodes, life after Grace and guardian angels.
Q: "Saving Grace" creator, Nancy Miller, has promised that the final nine episodes of the show will be "a wild and exciting ride." Without spilling the beans, what's in store for fans this season?
A: "I think it's great for the writers and actors to know this is the final season. It offers an opportunity to bring the show to a conclusion and it helps with how you're going to get there. The worst would have been to have the plug pulled and told to pack your stuff and get out...We had five episodes to really hone how we wanted the show to end and I think it's going to be exciting and unpredictable for viewers."
Q: How did you prepare to play an intense, fearless, cynical, sexy cop? Is Detective Grace Hanadarko based on anyone in particular?
A: "I think Grace is part of the imagination. The fact that she is a cop is perfect. She's there to serve. I think the best police officers are there to serve. That's their main initiative in wanting to be a police officer and that's certainly true with Grace. Continued...


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I had my first scan after resection (June 15) and I have 5 new tumors. Gem/Cisplatin are not working. Exploring embolization. Any advice?
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I had my first scan after resection (June 15) and I have 5 new tumors. Gem/Cisplatin are not working. Exploring embolization. Any advice?
I have had a auto immune disease called Mixed Connective Tissue Disease which has caused wide spread inflamation for te past 17 years. I definately feel that this may be a contributing factor.
I have a connnective tissue disease (MCTD) and am trying to see if there s any relation to my CC diagnoisis. Does anyone have a secondary connective tissue disease or immune disorder? Also, any women with CC from Western North Carolina out there?
God Bless! Sissy
What an inspiration you are!! I know that God is the great physician. Please join me in praying for healing. I need all the prayer warriors willing to pray. God is so awesome, and you just gave me my faith back when doubt was slipping in. Thank You!
I read your post earlier and now I cannot find it. I would like to know what you contribute your survivorship to. Thank You! Sissy
Thank you all so much for your input. All-Star, you have apparently done your research. How interesting that your diagnoisis was the same as mine. You should know that I am going to badger you for information. Believe me, the Lord Jesus Christ is the only thing (along with my very supportive family) that has gotten me to this point. Thanks!!
Becky, It is completely normal. It is apparent how much you love your Mom. I understand because I love my Mom the same and it would be devasting to me as well. Let me try to explain how your Mom is feeling. I too was recently diagnoised with the same cancer. I am 46 with two adult children but the fear of leaving them is just as great as if they were small children. Your Mother is feeling the same way. Share your emotions with her. That will give her the freedom to do the same with you. The two of you can lean on each other during this time and PRAY, PRAY and PRAY. Christ is the only person that can really get you through this. Pray with your Mother and ask God for healing. If you pray giving thanks of all that God has already provided you with, he will deliver healing and peace. Read James 5: 13-18. There is power and peace in prayer. Love in Christ, Sissy
Hi, I had a resection on June 15th at Duke Medical Center by Dr. Brian Clary. He was a wonderful doctor who took a chance and saved my life. My entire left lobe was removed and a couple of spots on the right side. A clear margin was not obtained on the left lobe. He got as much of the cancer as the human eye cold see but not a clear margin. Therefore I start chemo next week. I am a 46 year old female that is in excellent health other than Mixed Connective Tissue Disease which I have had for 17 years. I feel that my connective tissue disease is the culprit of this cancer. I have taken a lot of prednisone over the years which probably a contributor as well. I am fearful of the future. I have wonderful husband and two children and a loving family that I am not ready to leave yet. Has anyone had any experience in stem cell treatments? Your friend in Christ, Sissy
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The Green Deal
The Green Deal was a government scheme that provided loans for energy-efficient home improvements. But you can still get a Green Deal loan, so find out more.
The Green Deal has changed since it launched in 2013. Find out more about the changes, including whether it affects you if you have an existing Green Deal loan, and how you can pay for home improvements.
The Green Deal was a government scheme that provided loans to households to finance energy-efficient home improvements. The loan aimed to be paid back through the savings made on energy bills.
Although the government stopped supporting the Green Deal Finance Company in July 2015, you can still get a Green Deal loan from private companies that are registered to deliver these loans.
Read on to find out if you can pay a Green Deal loan back early and if Green Deal home improvements are under warranty. Plus, what to do if you're selling your home and have a Green Deal, and how to switch energy supplier.
There are simple and cheap things you can do to save money and energy at home. Start with a water-saving shower head or keep track of your heating with a smart thermostat.
Green Deal loans
The aim of the original Green Deal loan from the Green Deal Finance Company was to help spread payments for the upfront cost of energy-efficiency measures, such as solid wall insulation, boilers and double glazing.
It worked differently to a loan from a bank or other credit provider:
- You repaid the Green Deal loan through your electricity bill payments.
- The golden rule of the Green Deal was that loan repayments should never exceed the savings you made on your energy bills.
- However, this golden rule was not a guarantee that your bill savings matched your loan repayments. It was based on estimates of a typical household's energy usage and savings, and didn't take into account energy price rises.
- The loan is attached to the property you live in, not you. If you sell your home, it passes to the new owner.
- According to the Green Deal Finance Company, there was a one-off loan fee of £63 and a £20 annual finance charge for every loan that was taken out. Green Deal providers had the option of absorbing this cost, or passing it on to you.
- The Green Deal Finance Company loans had interest rates ranging from 7.9% APR to 10.3% APR and lasted between 10 and 25 years.
The National Audit Office conducted an independent audit of the Green Deal scheme. Its findings were published in April 2016 and found that, during its life span, the Green Deal loan scheme only funded 1% of energy efficient measures installed through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Green Loans scheme combined. It also found that the scheme saved only negligible amounts of CO2 and that households did not see these loans as an attractive proposition.
The scheme saved only negligible amounts of CO2 and households didn't see the loans as attractive.
If you want a Green Deal loan now, then you need to find a registered Green Deal provider - search on the government's gov.uk website. Before you sign up to a loan, make sure you carefully research interest rates, as well as the terms and conditions of the loan, to make sure they suit your needs. This scheme isn't available in Northern Ireland.
However, there are other ways you can finance home improvements, if you'd rather not get a Green Deal loan.
Alternatives to the Green Deal
If you're looking for financial support to make energy efficiency improvements to your home, a scheme called the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) provides support to low-income and vulnerable households for energy-efficiency home improvements.
There are other ways to pay for improvements to your home and make it more energy efficient:
- Use your savings You benefit from energy savings straight away as there are no repayments. Paying this way, however, may restrict you to cheaper home improvements.
- Use an unsecured loan You may get a better interest rate than with one of the old Green Deal loans. But the loan is attached to you, not your property, and likely to be shorter term with higher repayments.
- Increase your mortgage You may be able to get a better interest rate. However, there are no guarantees that the costs will be met by an equivalent increase in the value of your property.
- Use a credit card You can take advantage of 0% interest deals and then transfer your balance over to a different credit card once the deal has expired, plus your installations will be covered by Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act. Bear in mind that if you don't pay off your balance in full or transfer in time, interest rates can be steep.
If you have an existing loan from the Green Deal Finance Company
Paying off a Green Deal early
As a result of Which? campaigning, in May 2014 the Green Deal Finance Company announced it was removing any early repayment fees for its future Green Deal loans.
If you took out a Green Deal loan before this date, you can still pay it off early but may incur a fee. If you took out a Green Deal loan for less than £8,000 over 15 years or less, there are no early repayment charges.
For some providers, early repayment fees will be small when the Green Deal plan duration is 15 years or less and more than £8,000 (up to a max of 1% of the loan). But for Green Deals longer than 15 years, there is a maximum charge of £6 for each year left on the loan for every £1,000 you want to repay early.
Are Green Deal measures protected by warranties?
Most Green Deal measures came with a minimum five-year warranty and an extended 10-year guarantee to cover any building damage sustained as a result of the measures being installed. For solid wall insulation and cavity wall insulation, Green Deal providers must have guarantees for both the improvements and consequential building damage for 25 years.
Should you have a problem with a product after the warranty has expired, you will still be paying for a non-functioning product and will have no protection.
If you sell your home
The existence of the Green Deal must be disclosed to the buyer. If the buyer of your home does not feel comfortable taking over the Green Deal loan, they might want to renegotiate the terms of sale or you could consider repaying the Green Deal off early as part of your conveyance. However, we haven't yet come across any cases of buyers being put off - if this does happen to you, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you have just moved into a house with a Green Deal attached to it, the person who pays the electricity bill pays the money back. So if you're a tenant in a rented property, you'll be paying back the costs - not the landlord. This is because the tenant can expect to benefit from lower energy costs.
If you move into a property with a Green Deal, the landlord or seller must show you a copy of the Energy Performance Certificate - this will explain what improvements have been made and how much you'll need to repay.
In most cases you can still switch energy suppliers if you have taken out a Green Deal, as all of the big providers (British Gas, EDF, Eon, Npower, Scottish Power and SSE) are part of the scheme. There are a handful of small energy suppliers that you can't switch to if you have a Green Deal, so check before switching.
If you're thinking of switching, find out who are the best and worst energy companies.


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Quick summary: Hard water minerals bond to hair in the same way that conditioner does. It also finds its way beneath the surface layers. The more damaged the hair (heat, highlighting, permanent color, relaxer, permanent wave, mechanical damage in very long hair), the more minerals will bond to it, but minerals bond to little-damaged hair too. Hard water minerals can create stiffness, inflexibility, brittleness and breakage, dullness and friction in hair. For low-porosity hair, hard water can exacerbate the low porosity behavior and make hair even more intolerant of conditioners and oils.
- More-damaged hair binds up the most minerals, having lost it's water-and-cation-repelling 18-methyleicosanoic acid (18-MEA) layer, revealing an ideal surface full of negative charges to bond with the positively charged mineral cations.
- Lightly damaged and virgin (chemically untreated) hair also takes up mineral cations from hard water, but somewhat less than more-damaged hair.
- The harder the water, the more minerals bonded with all hair - more damaged hair still takes up more mineral cations.
Chelating ingredients
- Disodium EDTA (Ethylamine Diamine Tetraacetic Acid)
- Tetrasodium EDTA at 0.5% to 1% - you'll find Disodium and Tetrasodium EDTA around where preservatives are listed, near the end of the ingredient list. Just because a product contains EDTA doesn't mean it is a chelating product - better to choose from products made for hard water or that say "chelating" or "removes minerals" which contains EDTA.
- Pentasoidum Pentetate - similar to EDTA
- Sodium gluconate - a more "natural" chelating ingredient, which may be effective at concentrations similar to EDTA.
- Sodium phytate, phytic acid (these may work, but not as well as EDTA)
Note: I've listed "Sulfate-free" products. Sulfate free does not mean the product is non-drying, read reviews online and buy samples whenever possible if you are concerned about over-drying your hair.
- Ion Hard Water Shampoo (Sulfate free - but check the bottle)
- Ion Crystal Clarifying Treatment (Sulfate free)
- Malibu Wellness Hard Water Shampoo (Sulfate free)
- Malibu Quick Fix Wellness Remedy - for using prior to coloring hair as well as mineral removal (Sulfate-free)
- Malibu Wellness Hard Water Weekly Demineralizer (Sulfate free)
- Malibu C Curl Partner - De-mineralizer to use prior to permanent waves or for curly hair.
- Malibu C Relaxer - De-mineralizer to use before (and/or after) using chemical relaxer. (Sulfate free)
- Kenra Clarifying Shampoo (More ingredients here)
- Organic Root Stimulator (ORS) Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo
- Ouidad Color Sense Color Preserving Shampoo (Sulfate-free)
- Ouidad Superfruit Renewal Clarifying Cream Shampoo (Sulfate free)
- Paul Mitchell Clarifying Shampoo Three
Redken Pre Art (Powerful chelating treatment, NOT a shampoo)Discontinued?
- Redken Hair Cleansing Cream Shampoo
- Ultra Swim Shampoo more ingredients here One of the more drying shampoos I have ever used. :)
- TriSwim Shampoo
- Elucence Volume Clarifying Shampoo
Detergents: In really hard water, most detergents won't create foam. I say most detergents - anionic detergents in particular. The anionic (negatively charged) end of the detergent interacts with the positively charged minerals to prevent formation of foam. It also means that the combination of detergent + minerals may form "scum" on your shower - and your hair. Soap (real soap - fats reacted with a strong base like lye) is the worst offender because of the fats in the soap. But it's worth trying other shampoos to see if they alter your hair's mineral "load."
The non-ionic detergents and cationic (or amphoteric/zwitterionic) detergents are less affected by hard water. So if your shampoo contained only non-ionic surfactants like Decyl glucoside (and/or Lauryl glucoside), at least the shampoo would not be contributing to the accumulation of minerals nor be rendered less effective by them. Amphoteric/zwitterionic detergents like Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Disodium Lauroamphodiacetate, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate (a.k.a. Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate) won't interact with minerals in water either.


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Canonization of Pope
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The canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II April 27 will mark a historic moment for the Catholic Church. To explore the meaning of the lives of these modern-day spiritual heroes, the U.S. Bishops Office for Media Relations asked several persons to reflect on their contributions. Writers include scholars and theologians – Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish – and media personnel involved in coverage of the much travelled John Paul II. Each could have written a book, but we limited them to the brief reflections presented here.
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Watch Wild at Heart OnlineTag: putlocker Wild at Heart, watch Wild at Heart, putlocker Wild at Heart TV series links
Wild at Heart is a British show about Danny Trevanion (Stephen Tompkinson), a Bristol-based veterinarian and his family as they relocate to South Africa to set up a game park. Danny's wife Sarah (Amanda Holden) and her two children Evan (Luke Ward-Wilkinson) and Olivia (Rafaella Hutchinson) joined Danny's child Rosie (Lucy Jo-Hudson) who met Anders Du Plessis (Deon Stewardson) who was already at the park before the Tevanion's bought it.
Release Date: January 29, 2006 (US)
Genre: Drama
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I wrote the following piece earlier this week for the lectionary blog of the Ekklesia Project. Thought I'd re-post it here as gratitude is a key virtue of a Slow Church, and because the text will be one used tomorrow in many churches that follow the Revised Common Lectionary.(Also, the Ekklesia Project's annual gathering next summer in Chicago --dates in early July, TBA soon -- is on the theme of "Slow Church: Abiding Together in the Patient Work of God." More info will be available soon...) Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost Psalm 107:1-7, 33-37 "O give thanks to the Lord, for he is … [Read more...]
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Henrico's Top Teachers – Andrew Baker
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor (Photo by Robert Thomas for the Henrico Citizen) 02/16/12
When Andrew Baker got married a year ago, he and his wife were showered with lavish gifts from their large Greek families. But it was a wedding gift from a student that won a place of honor in Baker's home.
A transfer from South Korea, the student rarely spoke in class, and although Baker did all he could to make her comfortable, he says he was never sure if she liked school or his class because she was so quiet.
"My wedding was over winter break," he recalls, "and when I came back I was met with an amazing note and two wooden duck figures on my desk."
The note revealed that Baker had had a tremendous impact on his Korean student, who admitted that she was quiet only because she was embarrassed about her accent. Baker learned from the note not only that she liked history, but that she appreciated (as he put it) "my horrible attempts at learning some Korean language and trying to make her feel welcome."
The ducks were from Korea, she told Baker, where they are traditional gifts given to a bride and groom for good luck.
"I don't imagine," says Baker, "those two ducks leaving their spot on my dresser for as long as I live."
Another student – one of several who wrote to nominate Baker as a top teacher – said that Baker excels at making all students feel welcome and cared for, no matter what their differences. As a high school freshman, the student wrote, Baker "made me feel accepted, because he talked about how everyone is equal and that nobody should act better than anybody else."
A parent nominator also praised Baker's "compassionate" way of teaching and of making each student feel important.
"I have a 'C' student who is excelling in his class," wrote the parent. "My daughter is willing to study harder for this class [and participate] to make a better grade. This is something she has never done before."
Students say that Baker keeps them engaged by planning fun activities, making students act out skits that help the material "stick," and using analogies and examples that teens can relate to and understand.
For example, Baker described Louis XIV to his students as "that person you all know that always has the right outfit and can start trends easily," said one student. "He once told us," said another, "that World War I was boy fighting and the Cold War was [like high school] girl fighting."
Baker credits a number of educators with cultivating his drive to become a teacher, including professors at Hampden-Sydney College and his "incredible" teachers at Godwin High School (where he was close to then-principal John McGinty).
"After such a great career as a student, I don't know how I could have contained the desire to pass that love of learning on to others," says Baker.
From as far back as he can remember, says Baker, he has been an enthusiastic learner. The drive to share what he learns frequently prompts Baker, as a world history and psychology teacher, to push his students beyond the bounds of curriculum and broaden their understanding of other cultures.
"Most high school students in America," he says, "have a fairly narrow view of how people live worldwide. Challenging this idea isn't easy when confined by the four walls of the classroom. I try to incorporate digital learning and online exploration . . . to show students scenes of everyday life in other countries, so that their worldview really grows while taking my class."
Despite having rough days now and then, Baker calls being a teacher the best job he can imagine. "We are given a chance to be as creative as we want, interact with future generations and hopefully leave some sort of intellectual legacy that will make the community a better place."
"The best part," he adds, "is even if a year doesn't go well, you get to hit the reset button each September and start fresh."
More than one member of those "future generations" wrote to attest that Baker has left his mark on their lives. One student nominator, in fact, said that taking Baker's world history class completely turned her life around.
"[Before joining his class]," the student wrote, "I did not like history, or school for that matter, and I wasn't a very moralistic kid. I was kind of a punk. But after going through Mr. Baker's class, I realized how important (and cool) knowledge is. I love to read and learn now."
Admitting that she had often cheated on her homework in other classes ("and did not think twice about it because 'everyone was doing it'"), the student changed her ways after Baker helped her become passionate about learning and see the value in challenging herself.
It was because of Baker, she wrote, that she not only stopped cheating, but stopped using drugs and drinking. She acquired an interest in Russia, began teaching herself the language and began dreaming of traveling the world.
"He made us laugh, and think, and love to learn," she said of Baker. "He was an incredible role model.
"Because of this man, I want to become a world history teacher . . . I want to do for other kids what he has done for me."
New GRASP scholarships to aide winners with college debt and costs
Citizen Staff Reports 06/28/2017 EducationGeneral News
Fifteen Henrico County Public Schools students recently received a "2+2" scholarship from the non-profit organization GRASP (GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc.). In total, the newly created scholarships will help 71 students receive their baccalaureate degrees from a Virginia college or university with lower costs and less student debt.
The scholarship awards each winner $1,000 for his or her first year at a community college to cover the costs not covered by financial aid, such as books and computers. > Read more.
Long & Foster's Innsbrook, Short Pump offices participate in community service day event
Citizen Staff Reports 06/28/2017 BusinessGeneral News
Thousands of real estate agents and employees with Long & Foster Real Estate, including those at the Innsbrook and Short Pump offices in Glen Allen, Virginia, took part in the company's 20th annual Community Service Day June 7.
The Innsbrook and Short Pump offices chose to volunteer with Housing Families First on June 7. The organization's mission provides families experiencing homelessness with what they need to move to a stable housing situation. > Read more.
Network of Enterprising Women to award scholarships to local HS grads
Citizen Staff Reports 06/28/2017 BusinessEducationGeneral News
Three recent Henrico County high school graduates are among the 10 local students who will receive scholarships from the Network of Enterprising Women during the organization's monthly luncheon July 6. > Read more.
Crime Stoppers' Crime of the Week – June 26, 2017
Citizen Staff Reports 06/26/2017 General NewsPublic SafetyCrime of the Week
Richmond detectives need the public's help to identify the vehicle and suspects in the shooting incident of a 7-year-old boy and an adult male. Can you help Crime Stoppers solve this latest shooting?
The shooting occurred in the 1500 block of North 22nd Street in the Fairmount neighborhood of the city. Officers arrived and found the two victims near a bus stop. > Read more.
Richmond Montessori School earns VAIS reaccreditation
Citizen Staff Reports 06/26/2017 EducationGeneral News
Richmond Montessori School, an independent Montessori school for children ages 2 to 14, recently earned reaccreditation from the Virginia Association of Independent Schools. The VAIS accreditation program is one of only a few recognized at the national level through the National Association of Independent School's Commission on Accreditation and is also recognized and approved by the Virginia Board of Education through the Virginia Council for Private Education. > Read more.
Richmond Montessori School earns VAIS reaccreditation
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