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But one can't do his job without the other, so we may as well try to be friends, right?
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To a seasoned PR pro, this information probably isn't anything new. But it's always helpful to keep these tips fresh in your mind.
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Seventy-four percent of journalists Google companies after they receive press releases.
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Did you use jargon? You lose.
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Santa knows that I really look forward to receiving unusual gardening tools as Christmas gifts. Every year, though, it's becoming more difficult for Santa to find ones that I don't already have.
By the way, even though I enjoy getting tools as gifts, my wife would probably show Santa the door, if he dared to gave her a tool or an appliance as a present. Except my wife isn't a gardener, and gardeners are different. In fact, I know several men and women who would jump for joy if they got gardening tools or gardening appliances as Christmas presents, especially ones that save time, money and muscles.
Gift ideas for gardeners
Most gardening enthusiasts already have a full set of basic gardening tools. Yet nowadays, there are plenty of new-and-improved, high-tech gardening tools available.
For example, today there are electronic gadgets that can instantly, accurately and reliably measure a soil's temperature, moisture content and pH. Incidentally, I monitor the temperature of our outdoor greenhouse from indoors — without ever stepping outside — because the greenhouse temperature is sent to an indoor receiver via a wireless transmitter. It was a $20 investment that's paid for itself over and over, due to the fact that Jack Frost now has a more difficult time sneaking up on me.
Gardening books also make good gardening gifts, and some of the digitized books are interesting. But please tell Santa that my gardening-book preferences are still old-school. In other words, I much prefer the old-fashion books — with paper pages — to the electronic books and CDs, because I can scribble notes in their margins.
In the meantime, if you're thinking about getting the gardener in your life a gardening-related gift, but aren't certain what to give, you might want to ask Santa to get them a gift card or a gift certificate that can be redeemed at the gardener's favorite garden center. The gardener will certainly appreciate the gesture. Plus, since you can better control how much you spend, giving gift cards and gift certificates will help you, as well as Santa, stick to your budgets.
This week in the garden
I was stockpiling firewood outdoors on wooden pallets. Since they eventually decomposed, though, I've started stacking the wood on "compressor pads." Compressor pads are 2-by-3-foot vinyl and rot-proof pallets designed to keep air-conditioning compressors 2 inches off the ground. These pads are ultraviolet safe and won't crack or collapse under heavy loads.

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Go Buy Now: Terry de Gunzburg's New Scent Collection
By Terry founder Terry de Gunzburg has made a career out of mixing beauty products. The French medical student-turned-makeup artist served as creative director for YSL Beauty—where she invented the beloved Touche Eclat ($40)—before starting her own company over a decade ago. "It took me three years to convince YSL to produce Touche Eclat," she says, a formula she recreated from her days as a makeup artist mixing rose water, moisturizer, and a dab of Clinique foundation to create a perfectly-radiant highlighter. It paid off for both her and YSL, and now she's working on a new challenge: getting you to combine your perfumes.
On Friday, de Gunzburg launched By Terry's first fragrances stateside, five luxurious scents that range from Flagrant Delice ($195), a lighter scent rooted in fig and almond milk, to her personal favorite, Ombre Mercure ($195), a slightly-spicy, rich blend of wood, iris, and vanilla. We'd happily wear each alone, but de Gunzburg would rather we layer, a trick she learned from her mother. We mixed different scents from the line this weekend with delightful results: a whole new take on a signature scent.
"I always wear the Ombre Mercure, but today I added in some gardenia (Reve Opulent)," she told us Friday. "It's like trying a new lip color, but you always wear the same foundation." Bonus? "You can't put certain notes in the same bottle because they would mix and smell awful, but when you layer it on your skin the scents captivate each other," she says. It might not be the most economical route to a signature scent, but certainly a cool idea. Here's to hoping for a holiday gift set of all five!


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Each of the factions listed here will have information about its size, political alignment, industrial capacity and other relevant data in its data file. However, for more details on their technology, consult the Star Wars Technology pages or the Star Trek Technology pages.
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So I just got a raceboard, but have been to nervous to ride it yet. Anyone know if someone gives lessons on riding a raceboard specifically? I am doing just fine on a twin tip and surfboard, plenty of experience there.
Perhaps I can just try it out, but I was afraid it would be so different. People have told me it's really hard to steer.


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Week 53 - Saturday
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I woke again feeling very tired and all around beat. This past week has been both tough and rewarding. We are now at around 25k a week and are also starting to mix in some race pace sets. Despite the tiredness I am feeling very good about where I am at this point in the season. Today we continued with the high intensity kicking, some decent aerobic swimming and some race based swims. Despite having to OW swim tomorrow I still did weights after practice.
1000 with snorkel
10x50 on 55 drill, I alternated catchup and finger drag.
Main set
5x100 best average kick on 1.45. This one continued the theme of Beat Stewart from yesterday with everyone else either using one or both fins.
200 easy
8x100 on 1.15 descend 1-4 and 5-8 with number 4 and number 8 no slower than 1min.
200 easy
6x50 on 1min holding desired pace for desired distance. I was told to focus on mile pace but found the send off unrealistic for this(too slow) and focused on last 100 of 200 instead.
Warm down
200 easy
Total 3700scy
I went 1.17,1.19,1.20,1.20,1.21 on the kicks; I hurt really bad. The descending 100s I descended from 1.05 to 1min. I felt ok on the first 4 but felt awful on the second 4; my times were the same on both descends. The 6x50s we swam to our feet(ended with a turn) and I went 28,28,27,27,26,26. I found the send off times too easy and actually felt stronger as we went further(another great sign).
We did the 10,8,6 by circuit on number of reps going from heavy, to max, to fail weights by machine with no rest between reps or circuits.
3x(bench press, inclined benc, military press, seated row hands inside, seated row hands outside, lat pull down hands inside, lat pull downs hands outside)
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"Keep Wild Animals Wild" education resources: Lesson plans, videos and worksheets for K-8
Our best hope
- IFAW's education programmes empower young people and communities to take positive action for animals.
- Our Animal Action education programme reaches more than 5,000,000 young people in 40+ countries.
- Aboard our floating classrooms, children learn to respect and appreciate whales and other endangered marine wildlife.
- We teach community-based companion animal welfare from South Africa to Navajo Nation.
- We help local communities in Africa and Asia learn to live in harmony with wild animals.
Education news
Sonny the street artist is currently painting murals around the world highlighting imperiled species. He has chosen the Read more »
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This World Wildlife Day, which this year has the theme of #ListentoYoungVoices, I want to encourage everyone to # Watch Video »
Our video team has been fortunate enough to chronicle so many of our successes over the years. Here is a rundown of our Watch Video »
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On World Wildlife Day, I am proud to announce an extraordinary group of 34 young people, ages 18-25, from around the world Watch Video »
A training workshop to equip enforcement officers stationed at One-Stop Border Posts (OSBP) in Kenya and Uganda with skills to detect and deter transnational wildlife trafficking began today in Kampala, Uganda. The training workshop hosted by the Uga Read more »
On this year's UN World Wildlife Day, United Nations Environment, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) launched the 'Protect Our Wildlife Star' campaign with young celebrities Jevon Wang, Jun Read more »
Boosting law enforcement skills of stakeholders is critical to detecting, managing and adjudicating over wildlife cases In spite of evidence showing wildlife crime is linked to other forms of serious offenses, most countries apply wildlife policies a Read more »
Animal heroes will tomorrow (Tuesday) receive prestigious awards for their outstanding work from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (www.ifaw.org). IFAW's annual Animal Action Awards ceremony will be hosted at the House of Lords by Baron Read more »
The University of Winchester has partnered with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to create a new generation of animal welfare experts and ensure that animal welfare is recognised and respected as an expert discipline in its own right. Read more »
Today marks World Rabies Day and reminds us that this disease, so rare in many places, still kills thousands of people every year. The large majority of the human deaths are children, and occur mostly in Africa and Asia. Official statistics list some Read more »
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Each year in Canada, tens of thousands of baby harp seals are killed for their pelts. Read more »
The Wildlife Interaction Plan enables municipalities to develop and implement practical community-based approaches for Read more »
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VITAS brings hospice care to a variety of patients and their families in Chicago, the suburbs, LaSalle, Peoria, and East St. Louis. Our hospice teams visit Illinois patients in their homes, nursing homes and assisted living communities every day.
In addition to bringing routine hospice care home, VITAS' Intensive Comfort Care teams work in shifts when a patient's symptoms need round-the-clock attention, thus keeping the patient comfortably at home. VITAS inpatient hospice units offer the benefits of home in a facility setting when home care is not enough, or when the family/caregiver must be away for several days and nights.
Because every patient, family and situation is unique, so is every plan of care, each reflecting the needs, choices and goals of the patient. VITAS offers specialty care for patients who are military veterans, those who speak another language or have strong ties to their culture or beliefs. We offer holistic services like massage, music therapy and Paw Pal® visits. Yes, hospice is about the end of life, but VITAS ensures that the last days, weeks and months of life are about quality of life—for patients and the people who love them.
A higher level of responsiveness to hospice patients and their families sets VITAS Healthcare apart from other hospice providers in Illinois. We have many systems in place to ensure that we will be there when you need us most.
We provide a full spectrum of hospice services in Illinois that allow people nearing the end of life to stay in their homes—whether home is a private residence, assisted living community, or skilled nursing facility. Our experience in controlling pain and reducing anxiety, as well as our commitment to providing spiritual and emotional support, help the people we care for live with comfort and dignity in their last months, weeks or days.
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Keysight customers are leaders in technology. They are the visionaries and innovators who have achieved breakthroughs that connect and secure the world.
To accelerate their innovation, Keysight must anticipate technology trends and be ready with leading-edge solutions ahead of market windows, forging deep relationships to provide them the insights to be first and best.
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At Keysight, no practice or process remains untouched. We have a relentless focus on operational excellence across all functions. From accelerating R&D by developing common technology platforms, to maximizing margins through cost reductions and supply chain optimization, to LEAN+ processes for continuous improvement, Keysight relies on its operational rigor to drive long-term competitive advantage.
Cost structure flexibility is at the core of Keysight's financial management philosophy. As we grow, we regulate fixed costs with a 50% outsourced supply chain, a network of channel partners to complement our direct sales force, and a portion of pay tied to company performance. This flexibility enables strong free cash flow and resiliency across economic cycles. Together with a favorable mix enabled by our shift to a software-centric company and continuous focus on eliminating waste, Keysight has delivered over $850M in free cash flow over the last 3 years.
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Electric Dome Triple Skin, Opaque with Wall Switch 70x70cm
£604.30£725.16 inc. VAT
Product Description
The complete package for the best price
When buying the electric polycarbonate dome, you're getting the whole package. The PVCu upstand and the dome with thickness of your choice. The only thing you need onsite is flashing and this is whatever your roof material is, be it GRP, felt or rubber for instance.
The ECO upstand
Made from extruded PVCu, the ECO upstand is the most thermally efficient, environmentally friendly rooflight upstand yet. Built with a strong nine-walled cellular structure, this thermally broken upstand also has a groove built into the upstand to allow for a smooth plasterboard finish. The ECO upstand has an overall U-value of 0.92W/m2K. Pre-finished white internally, it gives a perfectly finished design suitable for any interior.
- Density
- Dimensions
Thickness - 50mm
Height - 160mm
What is the best skin thickness for you?
- Single skin - Recommended to only be used in uninhabited areas such as a garage, corridor, storage room (U-value: 5.36 W/m2K)
- Double skin - Recommended to be used when replacing a dome, ie like for like replacement (U-value: 2.68 W/m2K)
- Triple skin - Must be used on new builds to comply with building regulations (Part L Thermal Performance) (U-value: 1.78 W/m2K)
- Quadruple skin - Recommended for best thermal performance (U-value: 1.24 W/m2K)
How secure are the roof domes?
Unique to our electric roof domes are the high-security screwbolts, supplied factory fitted as standard to all units. Once installed, the fixing cannot be removed using common tools. The screwbolt provides a high level of resistance to tampering or forced entry.
The fixing screw or bolt is sleeved within the body of the screwbolt which avoids pressure being exerted on the rooflight glazing as the fixing is tightened. This virtually eliminates the risk of stress fractures caused by over-tightening.
Keeping your rooms chilled
An opening flat roof dome offers more ventilation as well as natural daylight to your living space. You can also have a controllable trickle vent built into two sides of the upstand for even more ventilation. The roof domes will open up to 400mm for ventilation and the barrel bolt can be removed to allow the dome to open fully if you ever need to get onto the roof. The ventilation can provide 8000mm2 ventilation area which assists with Building Regulations compliance.
The manual spindle operation can be operated by a winding rod if the unit is out of reach.
Please note extra ventilation option is only suitable for manual opening roof domes.
Add that wow factor to your home
Any electric operated opening unit is going to add value to your home as well as real wow factor. Powered by a 230v electric actuator, it can be controlled by remote control or wall switch. The choice can be made above. The unit opens to 400mm and is perfect for installation into high ceilings where the manual operation is going to be out of the users reach.
All remote control units come complete with rain sensor, control panel and remote control.
All wall switch control units come with a retractive switch, but no rain sensor.
When installed, the electric domes are expected to exceed the life of the roof covering and will not rust or be affected by atmospheric pollution. They are maintenance free once installed. The domes are guaranteed against the effects of defective design, materials or construction for 10 years, subject to certain conditions.
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There are 2 upcoming shopping experiences being offered in the Waupaca County area, one for shoppers who are looking to turn "one person's discarded item is another one's treasure", as well as those looking for something that they can be the first to claim it as their own! Shop, Skip and a Jump event is Friday, May 6, 2011 at participating Waupaca and Chain O' Lakes Businesses, individual shops will offer special events, deals, entertainment – and a flower for your own bouquet! 32 shops open til 8:00 p.m. On Saturday May 7th, you can rummage through New London during their annual City Wide Rummage in search of all manner of bargains. Either way you can find those must have items that you just can't live without any longer.
Shopping…where everything old is new again
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Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL) is located at North Campus of University at Buffalo.
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Crest of Hyrule
May the Triforce Be With You
Although not as versatile as a Kokiri Tunic, this Crest of Hyrule t-shirt will camouflage you better if you enter the Twilight Realm, although it's not guaranteed to fit if you turn into a wolf.
It's good to be a Hylian. You've got a benevolent monarchy that rules over a land formed by goddesses. You've got diverse landscape for all types -- woods, swamps, deserts, mountains. You have lakes and waterfalls for vacations. Temples for the religiously inclined. And a gorgeous castle. Yeah, it's good to be a Hylian. Except for the whole Imprisoning War bit. And the Twilit Invasion. And the flooding. But that's what you have a hero for. You wouldn't need a hero if everything was perfect.
Be a card-carrying denizen of Hyrule (er, well, shirt-carrying) with this Crest of Hyrule tee. The crest is printed in yellow on the green shirt (distressed, as if you have been busy defending the kingdom in your spare time) and in white on the black 100% cotton t-shirt.


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The Complexity Of The Q-Jet That Makes It Such A Great Fuel Mixer May Deter Folks From Blueprinting Them For Performance
Quadra-junk, Quadra-bogyouve heard them all before. Why do so many gearheads love to hate the Rochester Quadrajet? Because its arguably the most intricate, precise carburetor design ever produced? Because its small primary bores allow stingier fuel economy than most two-barrel carbs? Because its vacuum-operated secondary circuit ensures your engine is never over-carbureted? Because even the smallest Q-jets flow a respectable 750 cfm?
Nope, we think these name-calling skeptics just dont understand how Quadrajets work, and more importantly, how to tune them. Most of you can probably rebuild a Holley blindfolded, but the added complexity of the Q-jet that makes it such a great fuel mixer certainly deters folks from blueprinting them for performance applications.
We recently came across a factory 66 Buick 425ci Q-jet carb/intake assembly and thought it would make a great induction upgrade for our Carter-AFB-equipped 401ci Buick. We werent too happy with the 401s current 10-11 mpg, and we felt the AFBs 585-cfm capacity wasnt supplying enough air to keep the big nailhead sufficiently fueled. The Q-jets design seemed to solve both problems; its small primaries should give us a few more miles between gas stops, and its 750-cfm capacity ought to strengthen the 401s pathetically weak top-end charge. Even better, the induction combo would remain stock-appearing (the Q-jet was part of a rare 340hp engine upgrade for the 66 GS). We called up JET Performance, which specializes in rebuilding and tuning the venerable Quadrajet to suit virtually any application. We took notes as JETs resident fuel-systems guru Sean Murphy revived our tired carbcosmetically as well as functionally.
In true Car Craft tradition, we concluded the project by installing and testing the new induction system on our GS. Not dragstrip testing, mind you, but real-world testing, by driving our beast 2000-plus miles from Milwaukee to Los Angeles. The Q-jet performed flawlessly and gave us great fuel economy and more than enough newfound passing power for the arrow-straight two-lane roads of middle America. It just may be the next best thing to EFI.


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A Few Thoughts on the Commerce Clause Analysis
Like Gerard, I'm struggling to see how the Chief Justice's Commerce Clause analysis (what Justice Ginsburg calls his "essay") is anything but dicta. It's entirely likely that I'm missing something, but I've repeatedly read the sentence "[i]t is only because the Commerce Clause does not authorize such a command that it is necessary to reach the taxing power question," and I just don't understand it. Since the taxing power is enough to uphold the ACA, the question should be whether it's necessary to reach the Commerce Clause question, not the other way around.
As part of his explanation for the extended Commerce Clause analysis, the Chief Justice says that the law "reads more naturally as a command to buy insurance than a tax." There are at least a few ways to understand this. One is that the government primarily defended the law on Commerce Clause grounds, and so those must be addressed first. But that isn't a very satisfying explanation. If a party presents two independently sufficient arguments, apparently relying more heavily on one than the other, the Court doesn't have to reject the first before reaching the second. To take just one recent example, in McDonald v. Chicago the petitioners argued "primarily" that the Second Amendment should be incorporated through the Privileges or Immunities Clause, and only "[a]s a secondary argument" that the Due Process Clause was sufficient to do the work. (slip op. at 5) The Court nevertheless saw "no need to reconsider" the Slaughterhouse Cases' gutting of Privileges or Immunities, (slip op. at 10) and rested its decision on Due Process instead.
Another reading is that the Court must address the most "naturally" appearing constitutional issues before turning to other, more unnatural, questions. But that doesn't seem to sit well with most canons of constitutional interpretation or statutory construction, not to mention the basic idea of judicial minimalism. I suppose constitutional avoidance works differently in cases where multiple constitutional issues are presented than in cases where constitutional and non-constitutional grounds for decision are apparent. See Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Auth., 297 U.S. 288, 347 (1936) (Brandeis, J., concurring) ("The Court will not pass upon a constitutional question although properly presented by the record, if there is also present some other ground upon which the case may be disposed of.") But isn't the basic idea behind the avoidance canons to … well, avoid deciding constitutional issues?
As far as I can make out, the heart of the Chief Justice's rationale is that the order in which he decided the issues was necessary, and that the taxing power analysis somehow draws some substantive support from the failure of the Commerce Clause argument. As he says: "Without deciding the Commerce Clause question, I would find no basis to adopt such a saving construction." So the taxing power analysis wouldn't have stood on its own, had the government not made the Commerce Clause argument as well? Perhaps I've just been staring at this opinion for too long, but I'm genuinely confused.


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In more proof that Donald Sterling has perhaps got his PR person tied up and gagged somewhere, the disgraced former L.A. Clippers owner took to CNN to tell his side of the story.
Sterling got a lifetime ban from the NBA two weeks ago after making racist comments to his so-called girlfriend V. Stiviano that were recorded on tape.
In an excerpt of an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper that aired Monday night, Sterling had this to say:
"When I listen to that tape, I don't even know how I can say words like that…I don't know why the girl had me say those things," he says, going onto say that he was a "foolish" old man who was "baited" by someone who he thought liked and cared for him.
"I mean, that's not the way I talk. I don't talk about people for one thing, ever. I talk about ideas and other things. I don't talk about people."
He told Cooper he's been "emotionally distraught" and made a "terrible, terrible mistake." And the reason he took so long to apologize was due to the fact he wasn't sure how to fix his mistake. "Am I entitled to one mistake, am I after 35 years?" he said in the interview. Sterling reportedly told DuJour magazine last week that he wished he had just "paid off" V. Stiviano.
But then comes the Magic Johnson part and the 80-year old lawyer and billionaire's stumble right into #sorrynotsorry territory. In the original tape, Sterling asked Stiviano to stop posing online with African-Americans such as Johnson. Sterling said he's spoken twice with the basketball legend, but seemed to skirt Cooper's question about whether or not he actually apologized to the former NBA star:
"If I said anything wrong, I'm sorry. He's a good person. I mean, what am I going to say? Has he done everything he can to help minorities? I don't think so. But I'll say it, he's great. But I don't think he's a good example for the children of Los Angeles," Sterling said.
The rest of that interview, went something like this:
"What kind of guy goes to every city, has sex with every girl, then he catches HIV? Is that someone we want to respect and tell our kids about?" Sterling asked. "I think he should be ashamed of himself. I think he should go into the background. But what does he do for the black people? He doesn't do anything."
Then he kept digging that hole:
"That's one problem I have. Jews, when they get successful they will help their people, and some of the African-Americans — maybe I'll get in trouble again — they don't want to help nobody," said Sterling, who later added that "they all want to play golf with me. Everybody wants to be with me. I'm easy. I'm fun."
TMZ, which originally posted the 10-minute audio recording that started it all, on Monday claimed Sterling has been rejected by at least eight law firms in his bid to sue the NBA because they all think he's toxic.
Meanwhile, Sterling's estranged wife, who has apparently been in the process of divorcing her husband for 20 years, told Barbara Walters on Sunday that she will fighting to keep her share of the team. NBA spokesman Mike Bass said Sunday that if a controlling owners interest are terminated by a three-quarter vote, all other owners' interests will automatically terminate as well.
"I will fight that decision. To be honest with you, I'm wondering if a wife of one of the owners, and there's 30 owners, did something like that, said those racial slurs, would they oust the husband? Or would they leave the husband in?" Shelly Sterling told Walters.
She also said she didn't think her husband was a racist, but rather that he seems to have early signs of dementia.
— Barbara Kollmeyer writes for MarketWatch. Follow her @bkollmeyer
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Sacramento, Seattle groups present to NBA owners
Decision could come as soon as April 18
Wed., April 3, 2013, 9:43 p.m.
The future home of the Kings may not be settled this month after all.
With owners facing a difficult choice between a move to Seattle or the team staying put in Sacramento, NBA Commissioner David Stern said Wednesday the expected vote in two weeks may be delayed.
"We've never had a situation like this," Stern said.
"And the seriousness of purpose to me is really incredible, because (owners) know that there's a lot at stake here for two communities and the NBA."
A Seattle group led by investor Chris Hansen and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has a pending agreement with the Maloof family to buy 65 percent of the team and move it back to the city the SuperSonics left in 2008. Sacramento has put together its own group to make a competing bid.
Both sides made presentations to a committee of owners on Wednesday — with George Maloof making clear during Seattle's that his family wanted to deal with them — that left enough questions that Stern says he doesn't know when a decision will be made.
A vote was expected during the April 18-19 board of governors meeting. But Stern said questions remain about real estate and arena construction timelines, and owners may need more time to sort through them.
It couldn't go much past that date, because a 2013-14 schedule has to be made and tickets have to be sold.
"I wouldn't expect it if it does to slide by a lot, because there's a combined interest in having some clarity come to this situation," Stern said.
The Seattle group went first, touting the financial strength of its city and the passion of its fans. Sacramento followed, stressing the support it's shown for the Kings, even during their many losing seasons, and the city's plans for a new arena that would revitalize its downtown.
"Think about it for a second. The NBA does not want to move a team from one market to another, period," Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said. "We already know that. They normally move a team from one market to another when the fans don't support it or you can't build a building. That's not the case in Sacramento."
Eight owners made up the committee Wednesday. Sacramento's group, consisting of Silicon Valley software tycoon Vivek Ranadive, 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov, billionaire investor Ron Burkle and Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs, seemed loose afterward, laughing and joking through a press conference.
Seattle's were more guarded, with Hansen revealing little about what was said during the meeting.
"I believe Chris did a very thorough job of outlining the deal and what the ownership team was looking at it," Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn said. "I think Steve Ballmer did a very good job of expressing the kind of the enthusiasm for Seattle, and now's a good moment for us, and George Maloof closed by expressing his desire to close the deal with Chris Hansen. So collectively, I think the team did a very good job."
A group of Sacramento fans wearing Kings jerseys gathered in front of the New York hotel where the meetings were held to greet their contingent, led by Johnson. He's confident his city has done everything asked to show its commitment to keeping the Kings in Sacramento and building a new arena.
The Kings were thought to be on their way out two years ago, when the Maloofs were prepared to move them to Anaheim, Calif. Johnson came to New York to lobby owners to give his city more time, and the plan to relocate fell through.
Sacramento fell into deeper jeopardy of losing its team in January when the Hansen-Ballmer group signed a deal with the Maloofs for $341 million — a figure reached from a total franchise valuation of $525 million, an NBA record.
The city has fought back again, recently approving an arena financing plan and lining up an ownership group that can compete with the powerful Seattle one. Though no terms of Sacramento's bid were given, Stern said as he was leaving that the dollars were not an issue after previously saying Seattle's bid was much higher.
But Sacramento still must overcome the wishes of the Maloofs to deal with Seattle.
"They did express strong support for moving forward with the deal that they've made with Chris Hansen," McGinn said, "and of course in the nature of the presentation it was important to Chris Hansen to point out the advantages to Seattle as a marketplace and as a destination for the NBA."
A sale would have to be approved by three-fourths of owners. A simple majority is needed to approve a relocation.
Expecting lengthy debate and a difficult decision, Stern set up Wednesday's meeting so owners would be able to get a jump on the issue before their season-ending meetings. He said the committee will meet again before the board meeting.
Johnson stressed the strength of the Sacramento market and of his potential ownership group, which he called a "dream team." He said they avoided saying anything negative about Seattle.
"But what we did do is compare Sacramento's market with Seattle, which I think is a fair comparison," the former NBA star said. "And when you look at a 23-year period where both of us have had NBA teams, Sacramento's market outdrew Seattle's market 20 of 23 seasons, despite Seattle having a better record. Those were the kinds of things that we said in there."
Stern again ruled out expansion at this time, meaning only one of the cities will have an NBA team next season.
"There's no question that Seattle is a vibrant and thriving market with plans for a great building, and Sacramento has been a great and supportive market of the NBA with plans for a new building," Stern said. "And so we need to flesh out for the owners, every owner seems to have a different question, but we've got a fair amount of work to do."
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The Limits of Protest
This is an excellent article and I would like to quote parts for emphasis:
Why Politicians Ignore the Protests
Politicians, especially those in high offices like the U.S. House of Representatives and above, have the ability to know who votes, who does not vote, who always votes Democrat, who always votes Republican, who always votes Third Party/write-in, and who is in the tiny minority "in play"–those whose swing vote might actually decide an election. It's not an exact science, but the politicians can buy pretty good lists, they can develop the lists and make them better, and they can turn to other market research for even more information. Politicians respond only to the demands of key swing voters, and know that swing voters don't go to mass demonstrations.
The anti-war demonstrations failed and continue to fail because every politician knows that among the anti-war demonstrators there are no votes in play. The marches are full of non-voters, third-party voters, and reliable Democrats. Nobody in any of those masses was going to vote Republican if their Democrat leaders didn't do more to stop the war, and vice-versa for the anti-war conservatives: no libertarian was going to vote for Obama to stop McCain. Knowing that nobody would be sent home for voting for the latest $106 billion war supplemental, every Democrat did.
The politicians knew that none of the demonstrators' votes were in play. Entirely for that reason, the politicians knew that they could ignore the demonstrators with impunity. And so they did.
The reaction to the new wave of demonstrations from the new minority will mirror what we saw four years ago. Knowing that nobody in these anti-tax, anti-Obama, anti-socialism demonstrations is going to vote Democrat to punish a Republican member of Congress for, say, voting for a new farm regulation, no politician will see the demonstrations as a political threat and feel compelled to react.
The Value of Demonstrations
When demonstrations appear successful by turnout but to no effect, demonstrators become alienated from the political process, and abandon standard grassroots politics for radical methods. Notice how Richard dismisses lobbying Congress out of hand, as if it's no different from staging demonstrations? That error is the product of cynicism bred from failed effort.
This is not to say that demonstrations by themselves are always without value. At the state and local level, they can be great places to meet and interact with other activists. This is difficult to do with DC rallies, where even finding people in your state amongst the crowd can be difficult.
The political outcome will be the same whether or not you attend. The media coverage and punditry will be what they will be. Republican politicians will sympathize with the noble demonstrators; Democrats will label it a "right-wing" attack to firm up their opposition. The Washington March is a scripted event. The outcome is practically pre-determined; your presence is just one more tick on a tally. It may be a herd of cats, but it's still a herd.
Is it all worth it? Maybe if you live nearby, but if you're planning a trip, think how much energy is required. Say one coach bus, 55 people, spend two full days on a demonstration. 55 people with two full days could un-seat a mayor in a city of 100,000 if they spent that time canvassing their wards. In the sort of long, determined day you experience trekking to a demonstration, you work enough that for the effort you could have canvassed your entire precinct.
The Fruits of Local Effort
And for your work, you would have developed your voter list and your contact list for next time. More than a passing sense of achievement, but an asset you can put to use again and again. Instead of being a part of a herd, seen by all spectators as just another extra in the movie that is our political system, you would have made substantial progress in becoming a grassroots leader. You would have met people, in your very precinct, who feel the way you do. You would make friends, and you would be able to rally them to do join you in pressuring your politicians.
It's engaging the middle margins that politicians fear. We deserve better than the political fate of the anti-war demonstrators, worked up into a mob and dispersed for later partisan assimilation. We can avoid this fate by rooting ourselves in our precincts and becoming grassroots leaders.
Unless you live in Maryland or Virginia, it may make more sense to dedicate yourselves to more local activism. If you can become a grassroots leader, and we as leaders work in a coordinated fashion, we will be able to manipulate our representatives in government. It does not matter if our representatives are not sincerely committed to Liberty–we can force them to vote for Liberty by making it the path of least resistance. That requires mobilization of voters, and the only way this essential task will be completed is if we start now.
The Revolution begins at home, and arrives in DC, not the other way around. You don't need to travel to DC to make your voice heard. If you want to really upset the political establishment, become a grassroots leader.
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This summer, All Things Considered has asked listeners and guests to share a personal memory of one song discovered through their parents' record collection.
NPR listener Mel Fisher Ostrowski wrote in to tell us about how Don McLean's "American Pie" helped her "bridge a gap between my long-deceased father and baby boy." Hear the radio version at the audio link above — and read a lightly edited version of Ostrowski's original letter to NPR below.
My mom and dad split for good reasons when I was very young. I never really knew who he was. My dad's record collection was left behind in a paper box.
As a girl, I would regularly thumb through the albums, feeling as though it were a conversation between the two of us. Don McLean's American Pie was my favorite. My dad's name was printed on the cover above McLean's patriotically painted "thumbs up" on a black strip, embossed from a label maker. I played that record until I learned every word. It was a way for me to connect to him. I still know all of the words, and I am just down from my son's room, where I rocked him back to sleep softly singing "American Pie" in his ear. I realize that this is a way for my own father to pass something on to my son. I am not sure I would have put these ideas together without your segment triggering the memories. Thank you for helping me find some peace.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Melissa Block. I thought we were done with our summer series, Mom and Dad's Record Collection, where artists and listeners shared stories about their parents music and one song that stayed with them. I thought we were done until I read an email that came in this week from Mel Fisher Ostrowski, a listener from Cincinnati, Ohio. And we invited her to tell us her story about one song from an album she discovered as a kid. It was in a cardboard box under her parent's record player.
DON MCLEAN: (Singing) A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.
MEL FISHER OSTROWSKI: When I was around four or five, my parents split up, and we didn't get to see a lot of my dad. So, anything that was his in our house was kind of a treasure. And I knew that record album, "American Pie." I can picture it in my head with the thumbs up and Don McLean on there. And in the top right hand corner there was my dad's name on one of those old-fashioned label makers where you could press the letters in with the white and it would come up in white raised letters.
BLOCK: Oh, on a plastic strip?
OSTROWSKI: Right. On a black plastic strip. And the album itself became a treasure to me.
BLOCK: Because this was something that your dad had left behind?
OSTROWSKI: Yes. And there weren't very many things. So when I was around 10, my dad passed away. And then it became, I guess, even more special.
MCLEAN: (Singing) Took it to the levy, but the levy was dry. And good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing this'll be the day that I die. This will be the day that die.
OSTROWSKI: We would listen to it as a family, me and my siblings or I would put it on and play it by myself. And it kind of became a conversation between me and my dad, a memory that never really happened because we didn't listen to it together - my father and I - I never saw him play it, I never heard him sing it, but I knew he liked it because he bought it.
MCLEAN: (Singing) I know that you're in love with him 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym. You both kicked off your shoes, man, I dig those rhythm and blues. I was a lonely, teenage broncin' buck with a pink carnation...
BLOCK: It's such a long song. It's something like - it's over eight minutes long and it's really complicated and people have spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the song means. I can't imagine as a five or six year-old what you might have been thinking.
OSTROWSKI: Oh, no. I just liked to dance to it.
BLOCK: Yeah.
MCLEAN: (Singing) Bye-bye, Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy...
OSTROWSKI: My sister and I still like to dance to it. We just did this summer. But as I got older I learned that there was a lot more to the song than just the way that it sounded. And one of my very first Internet searches was to find out the meaning of this song. I learned that it was really telling the story of the '60s, you know, beginning with the late-'50s and the airplane crash, the day the music died.
BLOCK: When Buddy Holly was killed and the Big Bopper.
OSTROWSKI: Right, when Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper and...
BLOCK: Richie Valens.
OSTROWSKI: Richie Valens, yeah. It wasn't just something that I liked to hear. It told a story and I love stories. So, I, of course, memorized every lyric, all eight minutes of it, and it just kind of became my anthem.
MCLEAN: (Singing) And we sang dirges in the dark, the day the music died.
BLOCK: Do you find yourself still singing this song now?
OSTROWSKI: Oh, yeah. If we fast forward to the present, I had a son 16 months ago named Owen.
BLOCK: Congratulations.
OSTROWSKI: Thank you. He's fabulous. But as many babies do, they get fussy in the evening and the only way that Owen could be soothed was by singing. And I went through the lullabies and they were just so fast and then I'd wait to try to think of the next lullaby, and when I stopped, he'd cry. So, I decided to sing the longest that I knew all of the lyrics to, which was "American Pie."
MCLEAN: (Singing) With the Jester on the sidelines in a cast.
BLOCK: Does it seem in some way, Mel, that this is kind of bridging the father who was pretty much absent from your life with the next generation?
OSTROWSKI: It is. My relationship and my memories about my father are complicated. So, it's really nice to have this happy, peaceful memory, this uncomplicated gift I can give my son and say, this is from me and it came from my father. And I still sing it to him all the time. I sang it to him on Saturday night.
BLOCK: All eight plus minutes of it.
OSTROWSKI: All eight plus minutes of it. Even if he falls asleep I still sing it. I finish it. 'Cause the ending is so soft and sweet and it's just the perfect way to wrap it up.
MCLEAN: (Singing) I met a girl who sang the blues. And I asked her for some happy news. But she just smiled and turned away. I went down to the down to the sacred store, where I'd heard the music years before, but the man there...
BLOCK: Keep going.
OSTROWSKI: Oh, gosh. Okay. (Singing) In the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried and the poets dreamed. But not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken. And the three men I admire the most, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, they caught the last train for the coast, the day the music died. And they were singing...
BLOCK: Oh, you're gonna make me cry.
OSTROWSKI: I'm sorry, Melissa. You've made me cry. We're even.
BLOCK: Okay. Okay. Fair enough. How does Owen like the song?
OSTROWSKI: Well, he can't tell me but by the fact that he stops crying and he kind of nuzzles into my chest, I think he loves it. And if he doesn't want it, he will soon.
MCLEAN: (Singing) Bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry. Them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing this'll be the day that I die.
OSTROWSKI: I can't help but sing it. I'm sorry.
BLOCK: You don't have to apologize.
OSTROWSKI: I can't help it.
BLOCK: Mel Fisher Ostrowski, thank you so much for talking to us.
OSTROWSKI: Thank you, Melissa.
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Tell yourself you'll try a new habit for "only five minutes." Your lizard brain will take care of the rest.
By Benjamin Spall Jan 21, 2015
When it comes to changing habits, I'm a big believer in the semi-famous "only five minutes" approach to getting things done. The logic here is if you tell yourself you're only going to exercise, write, wash the dishes, or clean your apartment for "only five minutes," your brain doesn't have much of a leg to stand on. Nobody can argue with five minutes, including your brain, so it lets you have it.
Of course, what then usually happens is at about the five-minute mark of your task, you start to get into it. You realize it isn't as hard as you had pegged it to be, and you start to get a taste for it, a taste which will then lead you to wanting to continue with the task.
BJ Fogg spoke of an extreme example of this when he brought up his practice of flossing just one tooth a day during his November 2012 TEDx Talk. Describing such an action as a "tiny habit," Fogg noted that "You don't need to train in flossing all your teeth, you need to train in making it automatic."
Fogg went on to explain how once one of your new "tiny habits" has become a full-blown habit, you can use this existing habit as a gateway to creating many others; effectively "stacking" one habit on top of another.
I had been flossing periodically for years, but I'd never been able to make the leap into it becoming a daily habit. Inspired by Fogg, I gave it a try. On the first day of my habit creation task I woke up, rolled out of bed, and made my way to the bathroom. I flossed one single tooth.
Rather pleased with myself (if fairly underwhelmed) I went on to brush my teeth (all of them; a habit I thankfully crafted in childhood), before looking down at the list of daily habits I wanted to bring into my morning routine in the coming months:
These are the habits I wanted to "stack." I immediately got started, first stretching like I'd never stretched before (which isn't too far from the truth), before jumping on the ground to do 10 push-ups. I could have done more, but I knew the only way I was going to have a fair shot at sticking to this habit was to allow myself to get a taste for it, a taste which would then lead me to wanting to continue with the task.
After each flossing, stretching, and push-ups session, I drank a glass of water and sat down for five minutes of silent meditation. Five minutes slowly became ten, which soon morphed into fifteen.
Why did this work? During his TEDx Talk, Fogg claimed that there are three things that have to happen at the same moment to cause a new behavior. You have to have the motivation to do it, the ability to do it, and a trigger must occur to remind you to do it.
He explained that your trigger can be any existing habit or behavior; so long as you establish exactly what the new habit that follows the trigger will be (more on the science behind that here). We can use this effect to "stack" habits. It sounds silly, but the trigger for my flossing routine was waking up. The trigger for my stretching routine was flossing. And so on.
One habit on my original list that I didn't mention above was the wish to start reading Spanish fiction on a daily basis. I failed to create this habit, and I believe the reason I failed is because I didn't stack it into my morning routine, instead choosing to do it immediately before going to bed each night, thus not giving it the trigger it needed. You can have all the motivation in the world to form a new habit, and it can be well within your ability, but without that trigger it has nothing to hold on to.
If you've failed to bring certain habits into your morning routine in the past, try latching them onto your morning routine stack starting five minutes at a time, or as Fogg explains it, by forming a "tiny habit" wherein the existing habit is your new tiny behavior's trigger. Tell yourself:
After I [existing habit], I will [new tiny behavior].
How do you stick to your morning routine?
First habit, spending time with God reading the Bible! Through His Word He gives me strength, hope, courage and "wisdom" to face the day in alignment with His Will. Second habit is stretching and then a total body workout. Eat breakfast, pray with my wife and kids and now, I'm off to work feeling strong, empowered, blessed and happy.
Give me a break.
Over the last 20 years, more and more Americans have surrendered their weekends to the workplace—and technology keeps making it easier to do. The surprising news? It's not improving our work.
Mike Sager has spent the last 40 years plying his craft from his home office, working away on a 63-year-old desk that used to belong to his father. He reflects on what it's like to be responsible to, and responsible for, only himself in a place where the line between duty and pleasure is blurred.
By Mike Sager
These days it's hard to avoid the admonishments of self-titled productivity gurus that we should take more control over our lives, calendars, and in-boxes. But there are countless examples of creative and entrepreneurial minds soaring to their greatest heights through the exact opposite approach.
It takes effort to get good at something, and then it takes effort to apply that skill, to create. But determination isn't enough. You also need to apply yourself with focus. Here are three steps that you can take to increase your ability to persevere.
Complacency and comfort are poison pills for the creative mind.
By The 99U Team
The pros and cons of hyper-specialization.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Former Harvard assistant coach Mike Calise has rejoined the women's soccer staff in the same capacity, head coach Ray Leone recently announced. Calise previously served as an assistant coach in Cambridge during the 2005 and 2006 seasons and will be reunited with Leone, who Calise worked under at Arizona State from 2000-04.
"We are thrilled to work with Mike again," Leone said. "He was my assistant at Arizona State for five years and is one of the top recruiters and assistants in the country. He will do an outstanding job for the Crimson and we look forward to him joining us for our spring practices and helping us prepare for a challenging 2010 season."
Calise, who most recently was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Boston College, was the top assistant coach with the Crimson during his previous tenure at Harvard. During his time in Cambridge, he helped to organize a defense which finished the 2005 season as the ninth ranked defense in the nation (0.473 goals against per game) and was fifth in the nation in shutout percentage with a school record 11 shutouts in 16 matches.
Prior to Harvard, Calise spent four years at Arizona State, where he was elevated to associate head coach prior to the 2004 season. Calise brought two top-10 classes to the Sun Devils, including a school-best No.4 national ranking for the 2002 class by Soccer America and Soccer Buzz.
Calise's on and off the field performances have been noted nationally as he was selected as one of the nation's five women's soccer collegiate assistant coaches to be awarded the second annual AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year Award. The criteria is based on longevity, expertise, contributions to the school and community, and special achievements throughout their careers. In 2002, he was also selected to receive Nike/April Heinrichs Coaching Education Award.
Over his four-year tenure as an assistant coach under Leone in Tempe, the Sun Devils achieved an overall record of 43-29-8, and twice qualified for the NCAA Tournament. In 2003, Calise assisted the Sun Devils to the second-round of the NCAA Championship for the third time in the four years and recorded the highest winning percentage in school history (.690). The Sun Devils also set another school mark as they finished the season ranked in the top-25 by all four major polls.
Prior to Arizona State, Calise was at Princeton, where he helped build the Tigers into a nationally-prominent program, leading them to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1983 and their first Ivy League crown since 1982. Instrumental in the team's success, Calise assisted Princeton to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000.
Calise earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Boston College in 1997, where he was a four-year member of the men's soccer team. He was also a member of the Eagles' 1995 Big East championship team.
Calise Rejoins Womens Soccer Staff as Assistant Coach
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College lacrosse players Andy Campos and John Bretton have been named the South Atlantic Conference Men's Lacrosse Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, the league office announced today. Campos and Bretton are the first-ever Coker lacrosse award winners in the sport in conference history and the first Coker duo to sweep the SAC weekly awards in any sport since the school joined the conference in 2013.
In the season opener against Shorter University, Campos tallied six goals and five assists for 11 points, good enough to tie two Coker lacrosse single-game records. Campos' strong outing led the Cobras to a 22-15 victory.
On the season, Campos has six goals and five assists for a total of 11 points. His goals, assists and points are all good for first in the SAC statistical standings.
A senior from Los Angeles, Calif., Campos is a business administration major with a concentration in sport management. He is the son of Veronica Campos.
Bretton picked up three ground balls and scored a goal in Coker's victory at Shorter. The midfielder attempted seven shots and keyed the Cobras' defensive effort that limited Shorter to a .313 shot percentage.
Bretton, a junior, has one goal and three ground balls on the season.
Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Bretton is a physical education and sport studies major with a concentration in exercise science. He is the son of John and Michelle Bretton.
Release written by sports information graduate assistant Sharod Williams '13.


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Originally produced in support of the 2016 Earth Science Week theme of "Our Shared Geoheritage," this collection of articles and images from NASA's Earth Observatory looks at over 60 of America's National Parks. Learners can explore three... (View More) facets of our parks from the vantage point of space: geology, ecology and/or cultural history. Each of the three includes an introduction and guiding questions. The articles can be used to engage and generate student interest in a related phenomenon or topic at the beginning of lessons or units, or used throughout as supplemental activities. The "Educators" link at the top of each section provides additional strategies and suggestions for using the articles. (View Less)
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This resource highlights a few of the many women who have impacted STEM fields- through important explorations, discoveries and/or contributions. It includes first-hand stories, a resource guide, and downloadable posters and postcards.
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Invisible Mars is a Science on a Sphere (SOS) and planetarium program that examines the story of water on Mars. NASA's MAVEN mission (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) is providing new information about the atmosphere of Mars and its... (View More) probable role in the disappearance of Martian water. The module also provides information on past, present, and future Mars missions, In addition to the downloadable script and materials to run the program, the site also provides background information, docent/facilitator tips, and image sets comparing water features on Earth and Mars. (View Less)
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Using different perspectives- the unaided eye, a magnifying lens, and a satellite- provides different information. Children make observations of common objects- along with images of butterflies, the Mississippi River, a fire in the Colorado Black... (View More) Forest, and Mars- to learn how views from close up and views from far away change our understandings. This activity was designed for use in a library program. (View Less)
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Students analyze and interpret the accompanying large-format images of Mars taken by NASA's Mars Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera. The analysis involves identifying geologic features, calibrating the size of those features, and... (View More) determining surface history. The lesson culminates in students conducting in-depth research on questions generated during their analyses. The lesson is part of the Mars Education Program series; it models scientific inquiry using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. (View Less)
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Students use the research topic questions generated in the earlier lesson entitled, "Mars Image Analysis," to refine testable questions and develop hypotheses. The lesson is part of the Mars Education Program series; it models scientific inquiry... (View More) using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes and vocabulary. Next Generation Science Standards are listed. (View Less)
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Using an online interactive platform, learners will explore our solar system from the perspective of the Sun. They will observe the motion of different worlds to determine their location in the solar system. Then they will launch probes to search... (View More) these small worlds (bodies in the solar system not classified as a planet or a moon) for the caches hidden on them in order to collect the astrocoins inside. A 5E instructional lesson allows students to analyze a model to locate small worlds, define speed/distance relationships, and identify model limitations. Images, worksheets and a rubric are included. Instructional objectives and learning outcomes are aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS); the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education; Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; and A Framework for 21st Century Learning. This resource is part of the Infiniscope space exploration experiences. (View Less)
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This is a two-page lithograph featuring the Cepheid Variable Star RS Puppis, an example of a special class of bright pulsating stars whose light and energy outputs vary over a set period of time. The text on the lithograph explains the historic... (View More) importance of Cepheid variable stars as distance markers. The accompanying classroom activity In Search of … Cepheid Variable Stars is a curriculum support tool designed for use as an introductory inquiry activity. During the classroom activity, students use the images and text on this lithograph to generate questions about Cepheid variable stars. They will conduct research to answer their questions and will create a presentation to demonstrate their understanding of the material, providing supporting evidence from their research. (View Less)
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a panorama of turbulent star birth, located close enough to Earth that Hubble can resolve individual stars. The star factory resides 170,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small... (View More) satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Included are suggestions for using this in the classroom and an introductory activity in which students use the images and text on this lithograph to generate questions, and research answers, about star formation. (View Less)
This series of laboratory lessons and activities uses authentic solar imagery and data to introduce students to solar science. Students are asked to explore details in imagery, including how to deal with the issues of noise and resolution, and... (View More) understand scale. They are introduced to the concept of space weather and how that affects both observing instruments and the Earth. Students learn about spectra, how helium and coronium were discovered, and go on to explore real spectra from the Sun. Most activities are mathematically based, and targeted for grades 9-10. Imagery is included from NASA/ESA's SOHO mission, NASA's SDO mission, and Japan's Hinode satellite. (View Less)


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This is another eye-catching stone from Darlington Cemetery in Maryland. They are not my family members.
Appropriately oversized, to go with the name, this stone marks the final resting place for several members of the DiCasagrande family: Nicolo, Emanuele and Mirella. On the stone there even seems to be space for another member, if need be.
Under Emanuele's name is (Capt. "Lorenzo"). Whether he was a sea captain by profession or "Captain" was a nickname, I do not know. But with a lighthouse and an anchor etched into the marble, it seems clear that the sea played an important part in his and indeed all their lives.
This stone kind of took my breath away, for a number of reasons. First, it's just so big. It also has the little photos of the two men; these always catch my eye. There are beautiful shapely urns on each side. When I was there, they were filled with bright, fresh silk flowers. It's interesting the way the stone is elevated on a pedestal, you don't always see that.
What really attracted me to this stone, besides its size, is the highly polished surface. It's almost like a mirror. In the first photo above, you can see the cemetery grounds and several other stones reflected in it. It was not until I got home and double-checked my photos that I noticed the my own reflection in the three individual shots of each name.
Darlington Cemetery is old; it was founded in the late 1800s. Like any cemetery from this era, there is a very old section. There is also a new section. This stone is in the new section. But Darlington itself is a small town, much of it a farming community. So I found it interesting to find such a modern, beautiful headstone here, where I would usually expect a much more traditional stone. But I'm so glad that I did. As Ivy of Tracing the Ivy said in her genea-fun creation, "You can't judge a cemetery until you walk it."


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Consensus Report
Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences (2010)Board on Earth Sciences and Resources
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Earth's surface has been in constant flux throughout time, but in recent decades the pace and extent of human-induced changes has reached unprecedented levels. With Earth's population projected to peak at 8 to 12 billion people by 2050 and the additional stress of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand how and where these changes are occurring.Increasingly, innovation in the geographical sciences is advancing our knowledge of place-based environmental change, sustainability, and the impacts of a rapidly changing economy and society. Over the past few years, geographic information has become more accessible through dynamic maps and imagery of the Earth's surface, and geographic concepts have opened up new understandings of the evolution of places and landscapes, and the causes and consequences of geographic variations.
At the request of the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Geographic Society, and the Association of American Geographers, the National Academies established a committee to identify research initiatives that take advantage of recent technological advancements, inspire continued innovation in the geographical sciences, and advance understanding of the major issues facing Earth. In this report, eleven strategic directions are outlined to focus research and leverage new technologies to harness the potential that the geographical sciences offer.
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Prof. Dawn Wright Discusses the National Research Council Report, Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences
A recent interview of Dawn Wright, professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University, who served on the National Research Council's Committee on Strategic Direction for the Geographic Sciences in the Next Decade.
Key Messages
- A major theme in the geographical sciences will be how to understand and respond to environmental change and the human role in these changes
- Geographical research should follow eleven strategic directions in order to take advantage of recent technological advancements, inspire continued innovation, and advance understanding of the major issues facing Earth.
- Leveraging technological advances will allow scientists to better observe, analyze and visualize the changing world, leading to new insights for the betterment of society and environment
- The geographical sciences could help recognize and cope with the rapid reorganization of economy and society
- With Earth's population growing rapidly, the geographical sciences could help promote sustainability