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Giving movie fans a reason to look forward to the fall, Open Road Films just dropped the preview trailer for "Bleed For This," starring Miles Teller.
The forthcoming boxing flick is slated to hit theaters on November 23rd and also features big names like Aaron Eckhart, Amanda Clayton and Katey Sagal.
He always seems to pick the most interesting films, and Tom Hanks' latest project "Sully" just came out with a brand new preview trailer.
The Clint Eastwood-directed flick is slated to hit theaters on September 9th, and also stars Aaron Eckhart and Laura Linney.
It's always exciting when a bunch of celebrities gather to one-up each other, and earlier tonight (January 12) Aaron Eckhart looked hot at the 71st Golden Globes.
The "Dark Knight" star got plenty of notices as he showed up outside the Beverly Hilton ahead of the momentous occasion.
Taking to the stage for an exciting event, Claire Danes and Aaron Eckhart hosted the 20th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on Wednesday (December 11).
The "Homeland" beauty donned a stunning floral gown as she and "The Dark Knight" hunk addressed the audience at the Oslo Spektrum in Norway.
Taking care of some media duties, a smattering of famous actors and musicians showed up for the 20th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert press conference in Oslo, Norway this morning (December 11).
After whetting fans appetites at Comic-Con earlier this year, a new trailer for "I, Frankenstein" hit the web on Saturday (October 5).
In the fantasy flick, Frankenstein's monster (200 years after his creation) finds himself in the middle of a war between two immortal clans.
Showing some love to their Italian fans, Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart showed up at a photocall for their new flick "Olympus Has Fallen" in Rome today (April 5).
The "Machine Gun Preacher" hunk looked Scottish and sexy in a leather jacket with a navy blue top and black jeans while his "No Reservations" costar actually wore pretty much the same thing.
Showing some love to his Russian fans, Gerard Butler showed up at a photocall/press conference for his new film "Olympus Has Fallen" in Moscow today (March 29).
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There has been a lot of discussion in the media regarding an additional signing day. Currently, there is only one and that always falls on the first Wednesday in February each year.
The SEC and ACC both have publicly laid out plans for what they would like to do, if they were allowed to add an earlier signing day. The ACC would like it in August. The SEC suggests it should be the week after Thanksgiving. There has always been a lot of talk of an additional signing period being in mid-December, which is the time where junior college standouts sign.
Honestly, it's a mess. If it were to happen, things would have to change and the recruiting calendar would certainly need to be altered. Any way you slice it, it's coming and coming sooner rather than later.
At Scout.com, I posed three questions regarding an additional signing period to our experienced national recruiting team. Here are their answers.
1) What's your initial reaction to a potential early signing period?
Greg Biggins, West Region
I've always thought it made sense. You have two signing periods for basketball for a five man class. Why only have one period for football to sign 25? I think the pluses would be the players that are 'truly' committed to a school can get their decision out of the way early, sign and not be bothered with recruiting the rest of the year. For the colleges, it's less players to have to babysit and continue to recruit during the season.
The more I think about it however, I'm not sure it is a great thing. I think a lot of top players who commit early probably won't sign, just to protect themselves. The players that do sign likely will be the mid level kids who want to lock in their spots but this could have a negative impact on them down the road if bigger programs want to come after them after a big senior year.
Brian Dohn, East Region
I think it would be a very good thing because it would take a lot of pressure off the kids, who commit and in some instances are recruited even harder than if they remained opened. But in order for it to happen, I think changes would have to take place in regards to spring contact with coaches, such as allowing coaches to call prospects, and head coaches should be allowed out to evaluate and meet prospects in the spring.
Brandon Huffman, West Region
I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I think for those that want to sign early, I see the benefit. For others, there is so much movement the last two months leading to signing day, often brought on by coaches, but also brought on by recruits' own feelings, that you may end up dealing with more guys wanting out of their signed national letter of intent's from the early signing period.
Scott Kennedy, Director of Recruiting
In what has been called the most one sided contract in sports, I hate and have always hated the idea of an early signing period. The Letter of Intent (LOI) locks the player to the school but not the school to the player. The school does not have to offer a player a scholarship even after he's signed the LOI, but the player must attend the school he signed the LOI with or forfeit eligibility. It's the single worst contract in sports.
Transfer rules are one sided. The coach is free to take another job, but the player has to lose a year of eligibility if circumstances change and he wants the change his mind. Even worse, if a player is cut from scholarship, he still has to sit out a year before being eligible to play.
In what other industry can you be fired for no cause and not be allowed to get another job? Being cut from a team is part of competitive sports, but usually you're allowed to go play for another team. not in the NCAA. In a multi-billion dollar industry, the only party beholden to a contract is the amateur. Coaches change jobs faster than you and we change our shirts.
While the archaic, punitive transfer rules are in place for football players, I'll continue to encourage them to not sign an LOI at all, let alone sign one early. They need a set time to make a decision before committing themselves to a coach and school, because that commitment only goes one way.
Jamie Newberg,Southeast Region
I would like to see it but I also want to see how it affects the entire process. For an early signing period to work the recruiting calendar would have to change. The NCAA would have to allow for official visits to happen prior to the fall of the prospect's senior season. Not every recruit has the means to make visits or the visits they truly want to make because of financial constraints.
Honestly, the entire thing needs to be blown up and re-written from the ground up. The entire process is spiraling out of control. Randomly adding an additional signing period without major thought, insight and significant changes to the rules and recruiting calendar would make this chaotic and out of control process more chaotic and out of control.
Greg Powers, Midlands Region
This is something that has been discussed often each off-season and as much as it is brought up it is likely only a matter of time before it is instituted. I think that there are going to be pros and cons to any system that is implemented, but would be in favor of more rules to protect the student athletes best interests. However I do believe that the contact rules would need to change significantly as the college coaches would deserve the opportunity to get to know the players it may potentially sign.
Allen Trieu, Midwest Region
I think it is something that definitely has to be discussed. My concern is that an early signing period is just added without any other changes though. I think, if you do it, you have to amend other rules because the way you recruit and the way recruits handle being recruited changes as a result.
Chad Simmons,Southeast Region
I think it is something that definitely has to be discussed. I am a fan of an early signing period, but I do have some hesitation still. I think it would be great for the kids. They are the most important piece of the puzzle here. They have a lot on their plate as a student-athlete and recruiting can be a little overwhelming for some. Many commit and want to end the process, but schools do not let up because nothing is official until the papers are signed. It works both ways though. With more kids committing early these days but still visiting other schools, it puts college coaches in limbo as well not knowing exactly where they stand with a commitment. There are definitely more positives than negatives for me, so I am in favor for it.
2) What are your concerns regarding an additional signing period, whether it's in August, November or mid-December?
Greg Biggins
Concerns would be a mass of players signing early and then wanting to get out of their letters of intent following the season if their coach gets fired or team has a poor season. Also curious what happens to those players who sign with mid level schools, have big senior years and then is offered late by a top 25 program. Will they stick with the school they signed with or try and get out of the letter. If there's an early signing period, they also have to allow players to take official visits earlier, something I've been in favor of for some time. If you have a late summer signing period, allow players to start taking official visits in the spring of their junior year.
Brian Dohn, East Region
My concern is if it is implemented, how long before college coaches find a way to manipulate that system and render it useless, or less of a factor? Every time something appears to be changed to benefit a prospect, coaches come up with a way around it.
Brandon Huffman, West Region
No real concerns, other than those guys who made early decisions maybe regretting them, and then saying as much and causing all kinds of charges of tampering. But again, I think there are a solid number of guys who know where they want to go, want to sign and be done with it. I say do it in August though. The other side of it is that kids who sign with a school in August now have to weather a coach or coaches leaving the schools they signed with. You see it happen all the time in basketball, a guy signs in November, then the coach leaves, and come April, he wants out. This is the risk factor with signing early, with coaches getting let go in December and January, and then you still have until February.
Jamie Newberg,Southeast Region
My main concern is that for all parties involved it has to be a fair system. I don't see much of a benefit for a late November/early December signing period, as the late national signing day is just a few weeks away (the firs Wednesday in February). I see a benefit to having one in late July or the first week in August, right before fall camp starts for both the recruits and the college coaches. But to do that, you have to drastically change the calendar, to open up official visits for the recruits. Maybe it's the spring. Maybe there's a window in the summer. But to be fair, you have to alter the recruiting calendar.
The same can be said for the coaches. They can't be on the recruiting clock 365 days out of the year. There would have to be more dead periods to give these guys a break. To be honest, recruiting in general needs more breaks and more dead periods.
There would also have to be language written into the new rules regarding what happens when you sign early and then there's a [head] coaching change? It's a volatile business and if there's an additional/early signing period, kids will sign with schools that have coaching changes. This would have to be addressed.
Greg Powers, Midlands Region
If I were a recruit who inked early and then my coach started popping up on the hot seat or sanctions were discovered and announced I would want to be able to have some flexibility to reopen my recruitment without losing a year of my eligibility. If I were a college I would be worried about making sure that the coaches are making solid early evaluations on talent and character. I think there are also some concerns by high school head coaches who prefer their players at times to not deal with recruiting in-season. The early signing period could influence or affect the way high schools deal with the process.
Allen Trieu, Midwest Region
My concern is that kids will be forced into signing before they're ready, just like some feel pressure to commit before they're ready. There are a lot of de-commitments these days, and an early signing period protects the schools, but kids could be stuck in situations they don't want to be in if position coaches and others they've built relationships with leave. Mostly, it will fall on the athlete and the people around them to make sure they don't sign until they are absolutely certain.
Chad Simmons,Southeast Region
To me, one in late November or early December is not that big of a deal. Sure, it helps, but it only takes off a month, two at the most. I like August better, but at the end of the day, my biggest concern is still there regardless of whether it is in August, November, or December. There are coaching changes each year and that is my biggest concern with an early signing period. You have quarterbacks that sign to play in a spread system, you have running backs that sign to play in an I-formation system, and you have many other different scenarios where prospects sign with a school because they see it as the best fit for them to excel, and to reach their goal, the NFL. Yes, coaches change places all the time, and it is part of the business - kids should know this, but the system these days are part of the equation when prospects commit.
3) What would you propose for an early signing period?
Greg Biggins
I'm really on the fence if we need one or not, like I said above. I think it's a good concept but also feel it would bring about some negative issues as well. Right now, I think it's definitely a win for the colleges. They can lock in their guys and the players who commit but don't sign, they can see who is really committed to them or not. For the players, I don't see as much upside. You're never in danger of losing your spot if you're a top 100 player and with as much turnover as there is in the college game, you're potentially locking yourself in to a school and staff that might not be the same one you committed to by the end of the season.
Brian Dohn, East Region
I propose an October 15 for an early signing period. It will allow prospects to make official visits during the season, give them a time to look around, and then be able to concentrate on the remainder of their senior seasons rather than have to go through recruiting even if they are committed. Now, if the NCAA wants to allow official visits during the spring of a prospects junior year, I would push for an Aug. 1 signing day.
Brandon Huffman, West Region
I think a signing period in August, which would allow for official visits beginning in June, rather than September, would be good for early enrollees and those who know where they want to go. But also make it easy for players to get out of their LOI's ONLY if there is a HEAD COACHING change at the school they sign with. Then the normal February signing period.
Jamie Newberg, Southeast Region
I would propose an early signing period for the last Wednesday in July, if and only if, certain things were adjusted in the recruiting calendar. Namely, the official visit window would have to open in the spring or summer before a prospect's senior year. Not every recruit has the financial means to make an unofficial visit to schools, especially ones far away. This would also make things more fair for programs like Stanford or Notre Dame, that do recruit players on a national scale.
Secondly, if there was a head coaching change, recruits who sign early would have to have the ability to opt out of their LOI.
Having an early signing period would certainly expedite an already accelerated process for all parties involved. The NCAA would have to build in more dead times and dead periods.Again, I am all for it, but it would have to make sense, the recruiting calendar would have to change so it's fair to all parties, and there would have to be a way these prospects could opt out of the LOI if there were a coaching change.
Greg Powers, Midlands Region
If it were too happen I would personally be more in favor of using the same timeline as junior colleges, although it seems like something that the colleges are not in favor of at all.
Allen Trieu, Midwest Region
My concern is that kids will be forced into signing before they're ready, just like some feel pressure to commit before they're ready. There are a lot of de-commitments these days, and an early signing period protects the schools, but kids could be stuck in situations they don't want to be in if position coaches and others they've built relationships with leave. Mostly, it will fall on the athlete and the people around them to make sure they don't sign until they are absolutely certain.
Chad Simmons,Southeast Region
I would propose the early signing period be in early to mid August before many of the student-athletes begin their senior year. With that, I would like to see the NCAA allow official visits in the spring and summer leading up to a prospect's senior year. This eliminates a lot to me. These kids get tired of the process, get tired of the phone calls, and they just want to be kids during their senior year. If they are ready to make a decision before their classes start as a senior, let them end it. It is time to break to tradition of official visits only allowed after September 1 and move that up, then add the early signing period before their first game as a senior kicks off.

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MSP Troopers Ride for Fallen Officers
They honor the cycle of life and death by enforcing their bond with fellow officers. This year, two local Maryland State Troopers will join this bond.
"You never want to forget the fallen police officers in the line of duty. So you could ride for the same people every year just to make sure they don't get forgotten," said Trooper First Class J R Bowers with Maryland State Police-Hagerstown.
Trooper Bowers will be riding in honor of Smithsburg Police Officer Christopher Nicholson who was shot and killed while responding a violent domestic disturbance in December 2007. A constant reminder that even smaller police departments suffer major loses.
"You have the larger police departments where more police officers are killed in the line of duty," said Trooper Bowers. "It happens all across the county even to the smallest police department. They lose lives every day in this type of work."
Trooper Talbert understands those loses. His own father died from complications after being hit by a drunk driver. He has felt the support of fellow officers who presented him with a memorial bracelet two years ago after they rode in the event.
This year, he will return this gesture of support to another family who lost a loved one. He's riding in honor of Deputy Chad Key from
"It's just very emotional for me but you can feel the sense of appreciate not only from family but also from people who knew deputy key," said Trooper First Class William Talbert with Maryland State Police-Hagerstown.
Every riders has raised at least $1750 and trained for months for the multiple day bike ride. But they said it's 280 mile ride worth traveling to honor the sacrifices of those no longer with us. Something these officers hope to continue each year.
"So my personal goal is to ride every year as many times as I can in honor of a police officer that was struck and killed by a drunk driver," said Trooper Talbert. "I'm very passionate about DUI enforcement here in the state of
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Geoff Carter (Cary Grant) is the head of a crumbling air freight service in desperate need of a replacement pilot. He is forced to hire a descredited aviator (Richard Barthelmess) who arrives with his wife (Rita Hayworth), Carter's ex-lover. Meanwhile, traveler Bonnie Lee (Jean Arthur) tries to get close to the emotionally closed-off Carter. The film received two Academy Award nominations.Starring: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Sig Ruman
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At around -35 degrees our main goal was to get warm feet again. Our snowboard boots were entirely frozen so we tried to thaw and dry them over our gasoline stove. After putting on dry socks and cutting some old thrown away foam mattresses in pieces we wrapped our feet with thermopads. 4 for each foot. Then we would wrap our feet in the slices of foam and closed it all up with duct tape.
With our feet getting warmer everything went better again. We melted the frozen soup out of the pots we found in the hut an started preparing drinking water and food. After around 5 hours of melting snow and drying our shoes we curled up in our sleeping bags. Early the next morning at around 5am our procedure of melting snow started again. Our feet were still comfy and warm. But they had to get back into the frozen boots.
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As Jackie Bradley Jr. tries to rebuild his swing at Triple A Pawtucket, Xander Bogaerts is hitting .224 and is hitless in his last 19 at-bats. But general manager Ben Cherington asserted that the 21-year-old shortstop is not going anywhere.
"In our minds this is where he needs to be. We want him to be at shortstop for the rest of this season and allow him to work through what he's working through," Cherington said.
"Every player has different circumstances. This is where Xander needs to be right now."
Bogaerts played only shortstop in spring training and for the first two months of the season. He was then shifted to third base following the team's ill-fated decision to sign Stephen Drew. Bogaerts then returned to shortstop on Aug. 1 following the trade of Drew to the Yankees.
Manager John Farrell has dismissed the idea that those changes affected Bogaerts at the plate. But Cherington isn't quite as certain of that.
"I don't know if that has contributed to it," he said. "I'd just be speculating. All I know is that there have been challenges for him offensively. We know that he's going to be a really good offensive player and we're trying to help him towards that."
Finally deciding what position Bogaerts will play might be helpful.
"Certainly we want to commit to a position," Cherington said. "Perhaps there's more questions externally about what his position was than we were asking internally. We never felt like he couldn't play shortstop . . . There's certainly a feeling within the organization that he can play shortstop."
Since June 5, Bogaerts is hitting .149 with 10 walks and 60 strikeouts in 238 plate appearances.
"It's not uncommon for a really talented young player like Xander to go through struggles. Frankly we did not expect him to go through struggles to this extent because we've seen him be so good including at the major league level," Cherington said.
"But sure enough it's happened. He's battling through that and we're trying to help him in any way we can. It hasn't changed at all what we think of him and what we feel he's going to be."
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Third baseman Will Middlebrooks left the game in the fourth inning with what the team said was "tightness" in his right hamstring after reaching on an infield hit.
"Don't know the extent of it. Certainly he's day to day at this point," Farrell said.
Middlebrooks was on the DL earlier this season with a right calf strain and then with a fractured right index finger. He was on the disabled list in 2013 with a lower back injury and in 2012 with a fractured right wrist.
Kelly Johnson replaced Middlebrooks and was 0 for 2. He is 2 for 15 with the Sox.
Confidence in Bradley
Cherington said the organization has not lost faith in Bradley, who was hitting .216 when he was demoted and replaced by Mookie Betts.
"With Jackie, I think we've gone through several phases to the year. It looked like before the All-Star break there were some things that were starting to take hold and some momentum. We hoped and expected that might continue," Cherington said.
"After the All-Star break he started to struggle again and I think as we got past the [trade] deadline and the direction of the team changed, we started to think about how do we give him the best chance to build some momentum going into the offseason knowing he's a real important guy for us going forward."
Cherington said Bradley would return "at some point" in September. The goal is for him to come up with a pregame routine and approach that best suits him.
Waiting on Castillo
Cherington acknowledged the Red Sox are one of the teams in contention for free agent Cuban outfielder Rusney Castillo. The Tigers, Giants, Cubs, and Phillies also have been linked to Castillo. "There's obviously been attention on this. He's a player that we've seen and have talked to, but we're just one of several teams that have done that," Cherington said. "There's nothing more I can say than that." Within the industry, the expectation is that Castillo will announce a decision by the weekend . . . Farrell said the Red Sox would activate catcher David Ross off the disabled list on Wednesday. He has been out since Aug. 2 with plantar fasciitis in his right foot . . . Ross went through an extensive pregame workout that included running the bases. Ross was essentially splitting the catching duties with Christian Vazquez before his injury. Farrell said Vazquez would continue to get the bulk of the starts until Ross gets settled in. Rookie catcher Dan Butler was optioned to Pawtucket after the game to clear a spot on the roster for Ross . . . Allen Craig was 0 for 2 with a walk as the designated hitter for Triple A Pawtucket on Monday. He was back at Fenway Park on Tuesday and took batting practice. Craig is scheduled to play right field for Pawtucket on Wednesday . . . Angels infielder John McDonald, who played six games for the Red Sox last season, said he will consider retirement after the season. McDonald, who turns 40 in September, has played parts of 16 seasons with eight teams. The Connecticut native and Scituate resident will be in demand for a position as a coach or within the front office . . . The Angels have won six of seven . . . Outfielder Corey Brown, who was designated for assignment last week, cleared waivers and accepted an outright assignment to Pawtucket . . . Brock Holt, 0 for 3 with a sacrifice fly and a sacrifice bunt, had a 12-game hit streak snapped.Peter Abraham can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe.


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Springfield, Ohio – Wittenberg University's Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Civic & Urban Engagement will host a Community Alliance for Youth conference, "Creating a Safe & Caring Community, Youth Violence Prevention Symposium," from 10 a.m.—2 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in room 105 Joseph C. Shouvlin Center for Lifelong Learning.
Youth in Project Jericho will open the conference with "Louder Than the Violence," a MY SONG presentation in collaboration with Not In Our Town, a project that guides, supports and inspires communities to work together to stop hate and build safe, inclusive environments. The youth auditioned for the opportunity to write, record and perform original songs in a one-week songwriting intensive with guitar virtuoso and Project Jericho lead artist Michael Kelsey.
The keynote speaker is Clark County Prosecutor Andy Wilson, who oversees four divisions, including the juvenile division and will discuss juvenile justice trends in Clark County. He will speak about his concerns for local youth and the scheduled launch of a new community-based model that focuses on geographic areas of high crime.
"Preventing youth violence is a timely topic for our nation and one that concerns all of us here in Clark County," Wilson said. "We are glad that so many members of the community are coming together on May 7 to learn what they can do and that the prosecutor's office has the opportunity to share information about strategies we have developed to help reduce violence. We will also present data on local juvenile justice trends."
Panel presentations on local prevention training include Springfield Peace Camp 2013 with Ruth Romaker, assistant director of the Springfield Peace Center, a non-profit located on the campus of Wittenberg University. In its 27th year, the Peace Center is well known for its annual free one-week Peace Camp, which teaches children throughout the community how to handle conflicts in non-violent ways.
Thinking for a Change (T4C) features Patricia Johnson from Opportunities for Individual Change (OIC) of Clark County. T4C is based on the understanding that thinking drives behavior more than external factors, and it addresses three major components: socialization, cognitive self-change and problem solving.
Positive Behavior Supports will be presented by Carmella Friz of the Miami Valley Regional Center. The Miami Valley Regional Center Region 10 is part of a statewide initiative established to enhance service delivery to children with special needs, their families and those who serve them.
A Speak Up! Responding to Everyday Bigotry Workshop will follow the symposium from 2:15-3:30 p.m. Space is limited to 25 participants, and facilitators include Winkie Mitchell from the Rocking Horse Center, a comprehensive community healthcare provider, and Lydia Young from Wittenberg's Upward Bound program. Participants will develop and practice ways to respond to everyday bigotry. Each participant will receive a Speak Up! handbook published by the Southern Poverty Law Center with materials specific for situations including being with family, friends, at work, at school and in public.
"This appears to be the largest Community Alliance for Youth conference to date with nearly 100 participants registered," said Trish Garrison, project coordinator for the Hagen Center. "We are also pleased with the broad based support that we are receiving from the community."
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Kerala CEE 2013 Application Form
1. Kerala CEE Prospectus and Online Application form will be available from Third week of August, 2013 onwards on the website www.cee.kerala.gov.in.
2. Kerala CEE Application forms are common for all candidates and Application Fee is 800/- ( Rupees Eight Hundred Only ).
3. Candidates seeking admission to the courses can apply in the online application form provided on the website www.cee.kerala.gov.in of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations and then remit the required fee at any State Bank of Travancore Branch using the Bank Chalan which is available with the printout of the online application.
4. Candidates residing outside Kerala state can remit the application fee by way of Demand Draft drawn from any nationalized bank in favour of the "Commissioner for Entrance Examinations", payable at Thiruvananthapuram.
5. Kerala CEE Application forms will not be sold from the office of the CEE or office of the DME. Kerala CEE Application Fee once remitted will not be refunded under any circumstances.
6. In the case of Service candidates, application fee should be remitted in the Treasury under the Head of Account "0210-03-105-99" and the chalan receipt should be attached with the Kerala MPharm application form.
Last date and time for receipt of printout of Kerala CEE Application Forms :
1. The Kerala Common Entrance Examination online application form will be available in the website up to 5:00 P.M. on Last week of August, 2013.
2. Candidates applying for Kerala Common Entrance Examination should take a printout of the application form, affix passport size photograph duly attested by the candidate in the space provided and forward their completed application with all the required documents mentioned in clause XIII of the prospectus including original Bank Chalan / DD, to the following address :
The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations,
Vth Floor, Housing Board Buildings,
Santhinagar, Thiruvananthapuram,
Kerala – 695 001.
Kerala CEE Application Form either by Registered Post / Speed Post / Hand Delivery so as to reach him before on Last week of August, 2013 5:00 P.M.
3. Applicants to Service quota seats / Sponsored seats should complete all the procedures mentioned in clause XI of the Kerala CEE Prospectus. However, instead of forwarding the printout of the Kerala MPharm Application Form to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, they are required to forward the completed application form along with copies of all required documents and original chalan receipt from the treasury to the given address :
The Director of Medical Education,
Medical College Campus,
Thiruvananthapuram – 695 011,
4. Candidates who apply for both the Entrance Examination and Service Quota seats need to submit the original application to the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations and a photocopy of the application form to the DME, but separate fees should be remitted for the purpose, as applicable.
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1. The Kerala CEE admit card for candidates appearing for the Entrance Examination for admission to Post Graduate Degree Courses in Pharmacy 2013, Kerala to be held at Government Girls HSS, Cotton Hill, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram on Last week of September, 2013 ( Sunday ) can be downloaded from the Official website of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations www.cee.kerala.gov.in from First week of September, 2013 onwards.
2. The list of candidates with name, application number and address is published in the website for information. The candidates are advised to enter their Application Number and the Date of Birth as already given in the application form on the web page for downloading the admit card.
3. The candidates may take the printout of the Kerala CEE admit Card which can be used for identification of the candidate in the examination hall.
4. Belated, incomplete, defective and wrongly addressed applications will be summarily rejected and no correspondence will be undertaken in this regard. Candidates will be allowed neither to include any information in the application form nor to submit any certificates / documents claiming reservation or any other benefits, after the submission of the application.
5. Candidates must note that they have to obtain the required certificates in the respective format given in the application form itself. The certificates, which are not in the format specified in the application form, will not be considered.
6. The CEE will conduct the Kerala Common Entrance Examination 2013, publish the Rank list of candidates based on merit as assessed in the Kerala Entrance Examination and forward the same to Director of Medical Education for allotment and admission.
7. Candidates may go through the details given in the Prospectus for admission to the Post graduate degree courses in Pharmacy ( M.Pharm 2013 ), approved by the Government of Kerala, available on the Kerala Commissioner for Entrance Exam website at www.cee-kerala.org before filling in the Kerala MPharm Application Form 2013.
Kerala CEE Seats 2013
Reservation of seats
1. M.Pharm
i) Seats are reserved for Lecturers in Pharmacy in Medical Education Service in the following specialities :
|Group-I :
|9th & 11th November, 2012
|Group-II :
|16th & 18th November, 2012
ii) One seat is reserved for B.Pharm Degree holders in the Drugs Control Department. In the absence of qualified hands from the Drugs Control department, this seat will be filled by the staff ( Technicians and Pharmacists on rotation basis ) of Directorate of Medical Education and Directorate of Health Services on rotation basis.
ii) In the absence of B.Pharm holders from the Medical Education Services and Health Services Department, the seat will be filled by B.Pharm holders from Employees State Insurance Department. For the academic year 2013, this seat is reserved in the subject Pharmacy Practice.
Community Reservation
Community reservation distributed equally among all the subjects is as follows :
- Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes – 10¥ seats.
- Socially and Educationally Backward Classes – 9 seats.
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With Reacher, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child has created "a series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers" (The Washington Post).
Everything starts somewhere. . . .
For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup.
A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington.
Reacher is ordered undercover—to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. Reacher is a good soldier. But when he gets to Carter Crossing, he finds layers no one saw coming, and the investigation spins out of control.
Local sheriff Elizabeth Deveraux has a thirst for justice—and an appetite for secrets. Uncertain they can trust one another, Reacher and Deveraux reluctantly join forces. Reacher works to uncover the truth, while others try to bury it forever. The conspiracy threatens to shatter his faith in his mission, and turn him into a man to be feared.
A novel of unrelenting suspense that could only come from the pen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, The Affair is the start of the Reacher saga, a thriller that takes Reacher—and his readers—right to the edge . . . and beyond.
About the Author
Lee Child is one of the world's leading thriller writers. His novels consistently achieve the number one slot in hardback and paperback on bestsellers lists on both sides of the Atlantic, and are translated into over forty languages.Born in Coventry, he now lives in America.
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Excellent read. I determined myself to read all the Jack Reached books in order, and I'm certainly glad not to have missed this one.
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another great book by Lee Child, the character is fantastic , thebooks also move at a fast pace and i always get disappointed when i finish the book.
"A veritable tour de force . . . brilliantly constructed, flawlessly executed and deliciously plotted.""--The Washington Times"
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"A series that stands in the front rank of modern thrillers."--"The Washington Post"
"Jack Reacher is the coolest continuing series character now on offer."--Stephen King
"Child makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it's strange that nobody has managed it so well."--"Evening Standard"
Series: Jack Reacher Novels
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 590
Published: 27th March 2012
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Country of Publication: US
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2010 Custom X First Thoughts
Board: 2010 Custom X 158
Bindings: 2010 Cartel (3D with adapter plate)
Boots: 2010 Ion
I got my Custom X on Saturday and I got up on Verbier with it on Wednesday. We did 30 miles and 18 thousand feet of vertical on a combination of Reds (US Blue equivalent but usually more challenging), blacks, ungroomed blacks, and off piste blacks. The snow conditions were varied as it was fairly crap at the bottom but up a 9 thousand feet it was nice powder although not very deep. The visibility was bad which made it a bit more challenging for the day.
I had already hot waxed the board so I never used the factory wax on it.
The first couple of warm up runs went well and I had no issue with the stiffness of the board even though I was coming of a 56 Guru. In fact, I really didn't notice too much difference on the easy runs we started off on. After the warm up we decide to go hit a 6 mile off piste run with significant moguls. Here the stiffness was really apparent and any misdirection which lead to going over rather than around a mogul would end in flight and if I am honest a couple spectacular wipeouts. I would have to say that a flexible board might be nicer for moguls but I'll give it a few more shots before I can make that decision.
Over the day I only noticed a few things about the board. As you would expect, it is super super stable at high speeds. I never got it to chatter and it goes rail to rail much more efficiently and cleanly than my Guru. In fact, it handles the speed so well that you can forget that you are traveling at a decent clip and catch an edge on a path (happened once toeside and hurt badly). The main difference aside from the stability and edge to edge responsiveness was the fact that you cannot make this board turn on groomers without having your weight forward. That little tidbit lead to an epic fall near the end of the day when I went straight while trying to initiate a turn and then initiated the turn while airborne resulting in a large amount of pain and laughter from friends.
Later in the day we hit Tortin which is considered one of the scariest runs in the world. The board performed absolutely flawlessly. I think it was helped a lit by the fact that there had been decent snowfall so the moguls were considerably shorter than normal. It handled the 40-45 degree start perfectly and the 30 degree ungroomed run down to the bottom admirably.
Now let me dispel some myths. When I was looking to buy this board I almost didn't because of the following things I read:
It's for Advanced riders only: BS. It is for riders who know how to carve and don't use their back foot to turn.
It accelerate very quickly: Never noticed this on steeps but on flat land it can keep up with or even beat skiers.
it will take many days to adjust to this board: Not in my case so I wouldn't buy into it being the same for everyone.
It needs to have the front and back edges detuned. I didn't and I was fine except for when I screwed up and then it ate me alive like any other board would.
It's only been one day but so far it is the best board I have been on. It is predictable, fast, stable, very easy to rock edge to edge, and looks great. The wax job was gone by the end of the day but after 30 miles I guess I shouldn't complain. I would say the only thing to be careful with is to make sure, even as you get tired later in the day, that you keep your weight forward to allow the board to turn. Other than that, it works like any other board but just seems to feel sharper and much crisper but will catch air easily if you hit a bump.
Hope this helps. If you have any questions let me know.
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Published April 26th, 2014
TALLAHASSEE - Big-box pharmacies would be allowed to use as many technicians as they need under a bill approved by the Florida House.
The bill (HB 323) passed 85-33 Friday.
Current law requires approval from the state's board of pharmacy for anything over a ratio of three technicians to one pharmacist.
Proponents, including Walgreens and the Florida Retail Federation, say the law would allow the large pharmacies to bring down drug prices. Opponents contend the higher technician ratio would create a scenario for more errors.
Florida is among 18 states allowing a maximum of three technicians to one pharmacist.
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Victoria will soon get a boost into the heart of China's booming economy with two new direct air links between Melbourne and Shanghai, Premier Steve Bracks announced in Shanghai yesterday.
The weekly flights by China Eastern, one of the country's three biggest carriers, will bring more than 500 tourists on Airbus A340 or Boeing 747 aircraft to Melbourne, in addition to the three weekly flights started last year.
"It's a good outcome," Mr Bracks said, after earlier promoting Victoria's tourist attractions at a party for Shanghai travel agents. "It will assist with tourism and assist with the long-term business-to-business connections we are trying to make."
Mr Bracks has announced that the State Government will set up a business office in Shanghai by the end of the year, in addition to an office in Hong Kong and a state representative in Nanjing.
"We want to make sure Victoria is positioned well to get a good share of what is a remarkable growth economy," he said.
With China already the biggest export market for Victoria, the state is looking at expanding joint ventures for its 150 car component firms and getting Chinese companies to tap into its knowledge base.
It also seeking opportunities to help China's urban design studios work on the development of new cities needed to cope with the influx of millions of people from rural areas expected over the next 50 years.
One example came this week when the newly listed Melbourne biotech firm Avexa signed an agreement with the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry to work on new approaches to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B.
Mr Bracks is well aware that with Australia's main manufacturing industry base and with little prospect of big resource deals, Victoria could suffer the most employment effects from China's emergence as a global factory.
"We can't put our heads in the sand and think somehow its not going to be an issue," he said.
The Premier is in the middle of an eight-day tour of China and Hong Kong to promote Victoria.
Today he starts a two-day visit to Nanjing partly to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Victoria's sister relationship with Jiangsu province.


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On each of six long metal skewers. place tomato, meat and zucchini, ending with a cube of meat. Brush prepared barbecue grill with olive oil. Grill over high heat, 4 inches from heat source, turning and brushing with marinade, until done, 6-8 minutes for medium-rare and 8-10 minutes for medium. Kabob can also be broiled for same amount of time.
Makes 6 servings.
Alternate the ingredients on each of six skewers.
Follow same directions for marinating and grilling kabob in the master recipe.
Cook until chicken is done about 8 minutes.
Alternate the ingredients on each of the six skewers.
Follow same directions for marinating and grilling kabob in the master recipe.
Cook about 5-7 minutes.
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Running shoes have no side-to-side stability that is helpful if you are doing aerobics. However, my ankles are fine and I don't too crazy side-to-side motion that often, so I buy running shoes. I make the store people help me pick them out. Personally I like "a flexible shoe with some arch support".
I would suggest just going to the store (Sports Authority is fine) and asking an experienced sales person (i.e. not the 16 year olds they hired for the summer) what kind of shoe to suggest for what you will be doing.
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Syllabus and Course Outline for English 10
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By: Creighton King
Syllabus and Course Outline for English 10
Instructor: Mr. King
Overall Objectives:
This course emphasizes close reading, clear and incisive writing, attentive listening, and articulate public speaking.
Since reading constitutes much of the homework for this course, you need to devote careful attention to what you read while on your own. Annotate each reading assignment carefully by noting motifs, themes, and key passages, especially those passages that may pose problems for interpretation or understanding. In class, your margin notes and underlined or highlighted passages become your primary source for leading class discussions. I may call on you at any time to lead a discussion, so you should always be prepared with specific ideas and questions linked with specific textual passages for each assigned reading.
During the year your analytical writing undergoes a shift from the analytical paragraphs and multi-paragraph essays you learned as a freshman to longer essays that develop more complex ideas in support of an original thesis. To improve the form and style of your writing, you need to advance your knowledge of grammar, syntax, mechanics, usage, technique, proper documentation, and vocabulary; and, to improve the content of your writing, you need to develop greater rigor and depth in your analysis, interpretation, use of logic, and use of textual evidence. Since improvement in any endeavor requires practice and discipline, expect to correct, rework, edit, and revise every formal writing assignment at least once. Here are some additional guidelines:
Formal writing assignments must be word-processed in strict accordance to the format shown in "The Wright Way" handout.
Edit and proofread your work carefully.
Be prepared to submit a hard-copy of each writing assignment at the beginning of the period on the due date.
Cite all textual evidence (see "The Wright Way" for correct MLA format).
all drafts
throughout the year.
Plagiarism will be treated as a form of theft (of another's intellectual property) and, like theft, could be grounds for immediate expulsion.
You need to pass a grammar examination at the end of the year as a condition of acceptance into Junior English (see Grammar Syllabus).
Class Discussion:
With occasional exceptions, we conduct class discussions in a seminar style. Whenever your homework is reading, prepare for the next class as if you were responsible for leading a ten to fifteen minute discussion. Expect me to call on you at random. If you pass when I call on you, you lose points for class participation (see "Homework and Grading," below).
Outside Reading:
You must read at least five hundred pages of outside reading per quarter. You are responsible to schedule book talks with me before or after school, during lunch, or during my free periods, which are B and C Blocks. Please be aware that books written for a sixth grade level or below, in spite of their often laudable literary merit (Harry Potter novels, for example), earn half credit. Books read for another class also earn half credit. If you are uncertain, please feel free to seek approval for your selections beforehand.
Required Texts:
A Raisin in the Sun
(Summer Reading)
A Separate Peace
(Summer Reading)
(Short Story Anthology)
Sophocles' Theban Plays (
Oedipus the King
Oedipus at Colonus
, and
Selected Poems (handouts)
The New St. Martin's Handbook
Required Materials:
One three-ring binder for English class only
One floppy disk or RCD for English class only
Loose-leaf paper (for taking notes and for in-class writing assignments)
Pens (blue or black ink only)
VHS cassette or blank DVD disk (for making a personal video-recording of your scene from
Homework and Grading:
Except for absences that are both excused
and unexpected
(illness, injury, flood, blizzard, family crisis), you can receive full credit for an assignment only by having it ready for submission at the beginning of class on its due date. For each day an assignment is late (including weekends and holidays), you lose a third of a letter grade (e.g., a paper earning a B would earn a B- after one day, C+ after two, C after three, and so on). When you have a scheduled event that makes it impossible for you to attend class, you are responsible to submit assignments and collect assignments before the class or classes you have to miss.
Similarly, if you elect to pass when your name comes up for class discussion, each pass reduces by a third your class participation grade for that day (you receive a grade for class participation every day). Since you need to be to class on time in order to participate fully, each unexcused tardy also reduces your class participation grade for that day by a third. Obviously, each unexcused absence registers an F for class participation.
Weighting for Graded Categories:
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Ellsbury propels Yanks over Sox
Carlos Beltran homered and drove in two while Derek Jeter added two RBIs for the Yankees, who improved to 4-1 against the Red Sox this season. Masahiro Tanaka (3-0) struck out seven and allowed two runs on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings for New York.Jon Lester (2-3) was reached for eight runs (three earned) on 11 hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings for Boston. David Ortiz and Mike Napoli hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning, and Xander Bogaerts doubled in a run in the ninth to provide all the offense for the Red Sox.Ellsbury drew a mixed response from the crowd when he was announced before driving Lester's third pitch to the deepest part of the ball park, where a fan reached over the wall and deflected it back on the field. Ellsbury was awarded a triple on the play and scored on Jeter's RBI single before an error pushed Jeter to third and Beltran's single made it a 2-0 game.The Yankees tacked on two more runs on three straight doubles in the third before the Red Sox finally got on the board when Ortiz sent a drive out to right-center and Napoli followed with a blast down the line in left. Another defensive blunder opened the gates for New York's four-run fifth, which was highlighted by Ellsbury's two-run double to left-center that chased Lester.GAME NOTEBOOK: Jeter's RBI single in the first inning extended his hitting streak to 11 games. ... Lester had issued a total of four walks in his first four starts before granting the Yankees four free passes. ... Red Sox OF Shane Victorino (hamstring), who has been on the 15-day DL since late in spring training, is expected to be activated today.


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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's reformist-backed presidential candidate surged to a wide lead in early vote counting today, a top official said, suggesting a flurry of late support could have swayed a race that once appeared solidly in the hands of Tehran's ruling clerics.
The strong margin for former nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani may be enough to give him an outright victory and avoid a two-person runoff next Friday.
Rowhani had just over 50 percent of the nearly 17 million votes tallied, the Interior Ministry reported, well ahead of Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf with about 15.3 percent. Conservative Mohsen Rezaei was third with about 12.6 percent.
Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said the final result would be announced by late today. Iran has more than 50 million eligible voters, and turnout in Friday's election was believed to be high.
Many reform-minded Iranians who have faced years of crackdowns looked to Rowhani's rising fortunes as a chance to claw back a bit of ground.
While Iran's presidential elections offer a window into the political pecking orders and security grip inside the country — particularly since the chaos from a disputed outcome in 2009 — they lack the drama of truly high stakes as the country's ruling clerics and their military guardians remain the ultimate powers.
Election officials began the ballot count after voters waited for hours in wilting heat at some polling stations in downtown Tehran and other cities, while others cast ballots across the country from desert outposts to Gulf seaports and nomad pastures. Voting was extended by five hours to meet demand, but also as possible political stagecraft to showcase participation.
The apparent strong turnout — estimated at 75 percent by the hardline newspaper Kayhan — suggested liberals and others abandoned a planned boycott as the election was transformed into a showdown across the Islamic Republic's political divide.
On one side were hard-liners looking to cement their control behind candidates such as Jalili, who says he is "100 percent" against detente with Iran's foes, or Qalibaf.
Opposing them were reformists and others rallying behind the "purple wave" campaign of Rowhani, the lone relative moderate left in the race.
The Interior Ministry said Rowhani had 8,439,530 million votes from the 16,716,937 counted so far. Qalibaf trailed with than 2,560,383, and Rezaei had 2,101,330. The other three candidates were further back.
Officials did not say in which parts of the country the ballots were counted. Counts tend to come in first from provincial towns, and Rowhani is thought to be particularly strong in the capital, giving him the prospect of surging further ahead later in the day.
But even if the last-moment surge around Rowhani brings him to the presidency, it would be more of a limited victory than a deep shake-up. Iran's establishment — a tight alliance of the ruling clerics and the ultra-powerful Revolutionary Guard — still holds all the effective power and sets the agenda on all major decisions such as Iran's nuclear program and its dealings with the West.
Security forces also are in firm control after waves of arrests and relentless pressures since the last presidential election in 2009, which unleashed massive protests over claims the outcome was rigged to keep the combative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power for a second and final term. He is barred from seeking a third consecutive run.
The greater comfort level by the theocracy and Revolutionary Guard sets a different tone this time. Opposition groups appear too intimidated and fragmented to revive street demonstrations, and even a win by Rowhani — the only cleric in the race — would not likely be perceived as a threat to the ruling structure.
Rowhani led the influential Supreme National Security Council and was given the highly sensitive nuclear envoy role in 2003, a year after Iran's 20-year-old atomic program was revealed.
"Rowhani is not an outsider and any gains by him do not mean the system is weak or that there are serious cracks," said Rasool Nafisi, an Iranian affairs analyst at Strayer University in Virginia. "The ruling system has made sure that no one on the ballot is going to shake things up."
Yet a Rowhani victory would not be entirely without significance either. It would make room for more moderate voices in Iranian political dialogue and display their resilience. It also would bring onto the world stage an Iranian president who has publicly endorsed more outreach rather than bombast toward the West.
The last campaign events for Rowhani carried chants that had been bottled up for years.
Some supporters called for the release of political prisoners including opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, both candidates in 2009 and now under house arrest. "Long live reforms," some cried at Rowhani's last rally. The rally was awash in purple banners and scarves — the campaign's signature hue in a nod to the single-color identity of Mousavi's now-crushed Green Movement.
"My mother and I both voted for Rowhani," said Saeed Joorabchi, a university student in geography, after casting ballots at a mosque in west Tehran.
In the Persian Gulf city of Bandar Abbas, local journalist Ali Reza Khorshidzadeh said many polling stations had significant lines and many voters appeared to back Rowhani.
Iran has no credible political polling to serve as harder metrics for the street buzz around candidates, who need more than 50 percent of the vote to seal victory and avoid a runoff. Journalists face limits on reporting such as requiring permission to travel around the country. Iran does not allow outside election observers.


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I have a 10 ft wide flower bed infront of the house. The lawn right in front of the flower bed is the lowest point of the fron yard. Water accumulates there. The house has concrete basement, and the front is brick. I am not sure if it is a true brick wall or brick veneer. The house sits lower than our neighbors. I am planning to regrade the front yard to get rid of the puddle. Looking at the front wall, there is a layer of tar paper between the bricks. can I add soil up to where the layer of tar paper is? can I go over it? Thanks very much for your help.
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I couldn't paste the pictures. They are attached. Can I add topsoil above the tar paper? I also saw black paint (?) on the wall below the mulch. Should I paint the section that is going to be buries for the new grading? Thanks.
The black paint may be tar based waterproofing paste. If you want to add some soil and slope it I would dig down to where that black is visible, clean off the brick face, and put more tar paste up just above to where your dirt will be.
Do you think I can go over the tar paper between the bricks with soil, after the additional paste on the wall? Thanks very much.
Are you underestimating the slope to the house? Sloping at what degree and over what distance in what directions? Wouldn't you be better off reversing or cross cutting the correct slope away from the house rather than trying to build up enough against the house to reverse it?
Is an hour consult with a civil engineer in your future to do this right the first time? In changing grade you have a responsibility to neighboring properties too.
No. MY front yard is the flatest and lowest in the neighborhood.
I can't take out any high spot in my front yard to get better grading. My yard will be below the side walk. The only way to go is to raise the area near the house.
My immidiete neighbor's house sits very close to the property line and is already draining onto my side yard and down to my backyard. The area I am looking to fill out will not affect them at all. Thanks,
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Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says a Labour Party allegation about a conflict of interest involving a government appointee is reckless, cowardly and wrong.
New Zealand's 23% share of the company was sold recently to Singapore company Sofrana.
In Parliament on Wednesday, foreign affairs spokesperson Phil Goff questioned Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully about Aucklander Peter Kiely, a director of Pacific Forum Line and lawyer.
Mr Goff asked Mr McCully about his appointment of Mr Kiely to Pacific Forum Line in July 2009 and Mr Kiely's role in Sofrana.
"Was he aware that Mr Kiely was from November 2008 listed under the Companies Register as a shareholder in a competing shipping company, Sofrana, and that he held those shares right through until the 10th August 2012?"
Records from the Companies Office shows that Mr Kiely was a shareholder of Sofrana until August this year.
Mr McCully later released a statement saying Mr Kiely held the shares in Sofrana as a non-beneficial trustee for a Sofrana employee.
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This week, Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation for Education, released a statement offering ideas for a national strategy to rapidly train workers for new jobs; among these, prior learning assessment (PLA) was cited as one possible game-changer.
But beyond CLEP and the controversial challenge exam, how can enrollment managers and academic leaders assess prior learning effectively and with rigor? We asked Denise Hart, director of adult education and creator of the Success Program at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and author of a landmark study of prior learning assessment portfolios, for techniques that institutions should be thinking about.
The Prior Learning Portfolio
Hart recommends starting with portfolio assessment as your core option. But for this to work, you have to:
- Make sure the portfolio is evaluated by faculty experts who have a current knowledge of the specific course material
- Set very specific criteria for evaluation
- Prepare the student adequately
It is important to have the portfolio evaluated by faculty with specific and relevant expertise. "Don't have a History of Civil War expert evaluating a Vietnam War portfolio," Hart cautions. "Have someone who is au courant, who knows the material, is current with the material, and understands adult learners." The portfolio, after all, is intended to demonstrate that the student already has the specific knowledge he or she would have gained from the course.
Establish specific criteria for evaluation, not by course objective but by outcomes.
Denise Hart, Fairleigh Dickinson U
Prepare the student adequately via a workshop, seminar, or for-credit course. Make it clear to students that the portfolio is not a shortcut. "We do not award credit for life experience," Hart remarks. "There's no such thing. We award credit for knowledge gained through a life experience." The portfolio needs to be a rigorous process to evaluate that, and students need to approach it with the right expectations. Hart recommends ensuring your academic advisers are prepared to work with students to identify the right opportunities for prior learning assessment.
A good academic adviser needs to:
- Help the student "weed out" those areas of prior learning that are not college-level or are not complete
- Obtain syllabi from the academic departments, review course descriptions and outcomes, and topics on the syllabus, with the student to determine whether this material is familiar
- "Dig in" with the student in an earnest conversation about their prior learning -- "help them siphon through what their skills actually are"
Denise Hart, Fairleigh Dickinson U
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However, there may be many cases in which a student will wish to demonstrate prior learning but will not have documented evidence of knowledge and skills. For example, adult learners who have worked as engineers or information technology professionals and have extensive and specialized experience may not be able to share work samples that are proprietary. In this case a challenge exam will be the most appropriate method to assess prior learning.
At most campuses that use them, a challenge exam takes the form of a written proficiency test -- for instance, the final exam from a course. Hart suggests a better model.
Denise Hart, Fairleigh Dickinson U
Performance Assessment
In some cases, Hart advises, a performance assessment will be the only way to determine whether the student has the necessary prior learning. Use a performance assessment when you need to see a student perform or demonstrate a skill against a specific set of criteria. For example, a student challenging a course in dental hygiene will need to demonstrate that she can perform the work.
Hart also cites the example of public speaking. Suppose the student in question is a public official who speaks frequently, has a large portfolio of documented speeches (with both print copies and videorecordings), and even drafts of the speeches so that the faculty can see how the speeches were developed. Public speaking, however, is another course where a performance is necessary for evaluation. The best strategy to assess prior learning in this case is not to rely on the documentation alone but to have the student give a talk or a presentation. You will need to see that this student is a skilled speaker. Does he make eye contact with the audience? Does he talk with his hands?
Denise Hart, Fairleigh Dickinson U
Hart also advises offering a "menu" of assessment strategies. "Some students will do well in face-to-face meetings, some less so." If you provide multiple ways for adult learners to demonstrate and provide evidence of prior learning, then a student can work with the academic adviser to determine what strategy would work best for them.
Evaluating Local Training
Most institutions are familiar with ACE's recommendations for assigning credit to military and corporate training, based on a regular review conducted by faculty experts. Hart recommends not only making use of the ACE recommendations, but also applying a similar approach to local training in your area. Using a "mini" version of the ACE model, your institution can establish an in-house review to recommend credit to be assigned for training programs in local industry. This can be a time-saver and allow you to assess prior learning more quickly and efficiently.
Denise Hart, Fairleigh Dickinson U
For example, Hart cites the case of an institution that saw repeated requests by students who worked in law enforcement to have credit assigned for law enforcement training. "Rather than reinvent the process each time," Hart remarks, "work with faculty to evaluate what skills need to be demonstrated in order to pass the course, and what credit the faculty would assign for those skills -- 1 credit, 2 credits, 4 credits, etc." Establish a common recommendation, and then have faculty revisit and re-evaluate the training program every few years to account for changes in the training.
Don't Be Hesitant
Many institutions are hesitant to take a less restricted approach to PLA, either from fears about rigor or concerns over losing tuition revenue. (If you assign 30 credits for prior learning, have you just awarded one quarter of that student's degree for free?) However, citing CAEL research, Hart advises taking a big picture look at prior learning assessment. Revenue loss is likely offset by the fact that assigning credit for prior learning increases the odds of persistence and academic success.
Denise Hart, Fairleigh Dickinson U
The cautions Hart does offer are:
- Don't take on more than you can do all at once; try implementing one PLA strategy and check how well it is working before adding the next option
- Build buy-in with faculty and staff by including them in the planning process -- don't plan for PLA and then ask for information from them afterward; involve them from the start
- Stay focused on your students -- do your research, find out what types of prior learning your students are likely to bring to your institution, and what type of PLA they need
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Lumina Foundation Statement on Prior Learning Assessment and Other Key Initiatives
Prior Learning Assessment Portfolios: A Representative Collection (book)


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I've been trying new things with region ID events, and I had this idea about not allowing events to move to a tile that has a certain Region ID.
So the event will walk around on it's region ID by detecting the region ID of the next tile and if it is walkable he'll move to it, if not he'll turn around and go somewhere else.
Is this possible?
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My left breast is doing amazing. I think my right one is doing well too but I feel more uncomfortable in my right breast when I hit a bump or make any kind of sudden movement. There is still a slight purplish/brown bruise above the incision and under the nipple. I also have a little bit of redness around the nipple, not directly on the nipple but more like 1 inch above it. It is spotted redness that does not itch or hurt. Have anyone of you wise ladies experienced this? I am not in any pain. Should I be concerned or let it ride out? I tried to take picture but it is so light that you can even see it, which makes me think it is not that big of a deal.


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