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The BRAINS Act will compete in Congress with a similar bill expected soon in the House from Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith (of SOPA infamy). Smith's bill would provide up to the same number of green cards as Schumer's legislation, but foreign-born students who earn a doctorate degree in a STEM discipline will have first dibs. Students who receive master's degrees in eligible fields will have access to the remaining green cards.
While few lawmakers oppose the allocation of green cards for high-skilled immigrants, Smith's bill has come under fire from Congressional Democrats because it would eliminate the diversity visa program, which makes visas available to people from countries with low immigration rates to the U.S., according to The Hill. The BRAINS Act does not eliminate the diversity visa program. The House is expected to vote on Smith's bill next week.
Schumer will officially unveil the BRAINS Act at 3 p.m. ET today at the New York General Assembly in Manhattan.
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Anne Grigsby, 91, passed away after a brief illness on March 13, 2013, at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park. Her son and granddaughter with her at the time of her passing.
Anne was born near Viola on April 27, 1921, and spent her childhood there. She graduated from Southwestern College in 1943. She was married to Carle Dix of Winfield until his death in 1983. She was an elementary school teacher at Coats, Milton and Anson, and was a counselor at Winfield High School from 1959 until her retirement in 1986. She was married to Charles Gigsby of Cullison since June 1987.
Anne was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Marie Ewing, and her sister, Lois Ewing Cartmell.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Grigsby; her brother, Don Ewing and wife Georganna; her son, Michael Dix and wife Kris; grandchildren, Kendall and Caitlin Dix.
Other family members include nieces, Kathy Randolph and children, Brook, Lauren and Stewart; Julie Hanson, husband Rod and children Russelle and Isaac; nephew, John Ewing, wife Terry and children, Chase, Alex and Grant; and Charles Grigsby's daughter, Parthena Owens, husband Roger and son Cameron.
Anne was a kind, generous and loving wife and mother. She was genuinely concerned about other people and how they were doing. She enjoyed teaching, counseling, and valued her relationships with her students. She was a member of PEO and a strong supporter of Southwestern College, where she served on the Board of Trustees from 1990 through 2001. She will be dearly missed by her family and many friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. April 13 at Viola Baptist Church in Viola. A private family interment will follow at Viola Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Southwestern College, 100 College Street, Winfield, KS 67156.

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Project Overview
PL/Proxy is database partitioning system implemented as PL language. Main idea is that proxy function will be created with same signature as remote function to be called, so only destination info needs to be specified inside proxy function body.
Project Status
Stable, in production.
- PL/Proxy functions detect remote functions to be called from their own signature.
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Binary packages (may not be up-to-date)
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Community Support
- Discussion: https://gitter.im/plproxy/plproxy
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Quick Examples
Simple remote function call
Connect to database "users" on localhost and call SQL function there: SELECT * FROM get_user_email($1);
CREATE FUNCTION get_user_email(username text) RETURNS text AS $$ CONNECT 'dbname=users'; $$ LANGUAGE plproxy;
Partitioned remote function call
Users are spread over several databases, partition number is acquired by taking hashtext(username). This needs also configuring the cluster, described in documentation. After this is done, actual proxy function looks following:
CREATE FUNCTION get_user_email(username text) RETURNS text AS $$ CLUSTER 'userdb'; RUN ON hashtext(username); $$ LANGUAGE plproxy;


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Sunday, June 26, 2011
It Sounded Like a Good Idea
I figured it would be busy but I never anticipated how busy. When we got to the factory there was already a large line wrapping around the building. I thought no big deal, I'll just have my husband stand in line while we shop, problem solved. . .
I spent two hours pushing that tub of stickers in line, inching my way to a total of three registers. Actually they weren't even registers. They were manual credit card imprinters.
So what did I get after standing in line for two hours you ask? Pretty much what you see here. I got the kids some stickers but they have managed to use them already. I also bought a couple other things that I might use as gifts so I'm not showing them. I'm not really sure why I didn't get more stickers since I went through all that trouble. In my defense I was really sick but that also makes the whole thing sound even more crazy. Oh and I'm pretty sure everyone there thought I was crazy for taking pictures. Because really, there was nothing to take pictures of.
My son summed it up best when he told his dad this (when I wasn't around), "This is mom's second worst idea ever!". Hmm, wonder what my worst idea was?
Hope you all had a more peaceful weekend.
15 comments:
- Lindsay Conner said...
LOVE that line from your son. Too funny... Ah, we've all been there! The sale gone bad..
- June 26, 2011 at 9:42 PM
- *~kAy~* said...
wow! look at that line! O_o
those stickers are super special now :p
Hope you get well soon! ><
- June 26, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- Michelle said...
Oh, that is totally something I would have done (before my recent budget overhaul, I mean)! At least you're laughing about it, right?
And you have got to find out what your son thinks your worst idea was... And then you have to tell us!
- June 26, 2011 at 10:16 PM
- Ann said...
Ha ha! There's nothing like the promise of a bargain to get us ridiculously excited - no matter what's on sale! Must be in the human psyche.
- June 27, 2011 at 12:30 AM
- lisbonlioness said...
epic fail :D But you made me laugh, does that count for something? Poor kiddos, but hey, better than a day at the dentist. Maybe. And I guarantee that one of your best ideas ever would be to get them a huge bowl of ice cream each, just to make up for the lost time ;)
- June 27, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- Zakka Life said...
In my defense I did bring water bottles, juice boxes and snacks. We also met up with some other family members so the kids were entertained by them. We ended up going out for pizza afterwards. Not quite as good as ice cream but still good :)
- June 27, 2011 at 7:25 AM
- hiddenjade said...
Like Silhouette on Facebook. Wish me luck in the give-away!
- June 27, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- Lasso the Moon said...
Oh, kids really know how to say it, don't they? So funny.
- June 27, 2011 at 4:48 PM
- Michelle L. said...
This is too funny! Horrible idea - but not your worst, so that's a good thing!
- June 27, 2011 at 5:23 PM
- Caca said...
your post makes me LOL.
- June 27, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- justJENN said...
Man I hate days like that - that sound good until you're right in the middle of it. :(
- June 27, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- KJ@letsgoflyakite said...
Love this post!!! made me laugh.
- June 28, 2011 at 4:27 AM
- Leah said...
oh, I really wonder what your worst idea ever was! too funny!
- June 28, 2011 at 8:06 AM
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Great pictures :)
- June 30, 2011 at 8:07 AM
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Me too, I still have my mini collection of leftovers. Used to have loads of Mrs Grossman's heart stickers. Wow I cannot imagine standing inline that long to buy stickers...everyone's a big time fan!
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Concert of Sacred Music
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Bluffton's Black Women Pioneers honored
When: 4 p.m. Sunday, March 18
Where: First Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Bluffton
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Pet booksigning
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Community First Inc.
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Coast Guard Auxiliary
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Details: Call Marie James, MA, Tidewater Hospice, at 757-9388.
Old Town Dispensary
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Bluffton Relax-and-Create Meetup Group
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A hard-working truck with civilized manners.
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These are specialized trucks as well, trucks with long lists of options to do special jobs. Ford offers 28 different variations on the F-250 3/4-ton, and 44 more on the F-350 one-ton. Any one of them can pull everything from a horse trailer to an Airstream camper. They are all the truck most consumers will ever need. Ford also builds even bigger F-450, 550, 650, and 750 commercial-grade trucks.
F-250 and F-350 are available in regular-cab, extended-cab (SuperCab) and Crew Cab configurations. Crew Cab versions come with four full-sized doors, and are the most passenger-friendly models. Both two and four-wheel drive are offered, with three power choices: a 5.4-liter V8, 6.8-liter V10, and 7.3-liter turbodiesel V8. All models come with four-wheel-disc brakes and ABS, also standard. New for 2002 is a six-speed manual transmission, standard with the 5.4-liter and 6.8-liter engines.
Also new for 2002 is long list of interior upgrades, to make these trucks more comfortable and user-friendly than before.
Most domestic-branded pickups are offered in more configurations than any normal human can count.
All Ford F-250 models come with single rear wheels. F-350 models are available with single rear wheels (SRW) or dual rear wheels (DRW). The latter, often called 'duallies,' are good for towing as they offer higher tongue-weight ratings.
Ford Super Duty F-250 competes with the other heavyweights from Detroit: Dodge Ram 2500, Chevrolet Silverado 2500 and GMC Sierra 2500. F-350 dual rear wheel models compete with the 3500-series models from GM and Dodge.
Many trucks these days are used for work and personal duty. To address that, Ford now offers twice as many configurations as before.
Short-bed (6 3/4 feet) and long-bed (8 feet) versions are available. Three trim levels are offered: standard XL, mid-level XLT, and luxurious Lariat.
Wheelbase lengths include 137 inches (regular cab), 142 inches (SuperCab short-bed), 158 inches (SuperCab long-bed), 156 inches (Crew Cab short-bed) and 172 inches (Crew Cab long-bed).
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Truck owners spend a lot of time in their vehicles, so the designers at Ford paid a lot of attention to comfort and convenience. The interior features a fold-down armrest, a floor console that can accommodate a laptop, and a removable hanging bin for storage that can attach to the dash. Controls are big, easy to reach and manipulate. The only exception is the instrument panel dimmer, which is a bit hard to reach. Two large cupholders are provided. The standard cigar lighter is augmented with a second auxiliary power outlet.
A new instrument cluster for 2002 includes a transmission temperature gauge when an automatic transmission is ordered.
Also for 2002, Ford has added even more car-like luxury features, including six-way power for the passenger's seat on Lariat Crew Cab models. In fact, XLT and Lariat now feature entirely new seats with increased bolster height and shoulder width. An improved lumbar support provides a greater range of adjustment. Lariat now features a sunglasses bin and garage-door opener in its overhead console. Map pockets with integrated cup holders are now standard on SuperCab rear doors, and driver's-side grab handles are standard on all trim levels. Rear-passenger grab handles are now found in all Crew Cabs.
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The 5.4-liter V8 is rated 260 horsepower and 350 foot-pounds of torque. The 6.8-liter V10 is rated 310 horsepower and 425 foot-pounds of torque. Both engines employ overhead cams for valve control. Ford calls them Tritons.
The 7.3-liter Power Stroke turbodiesel received a horsepower boost last year, from 235 to 275 horsepower; torque also increased from 500 to 520 foot-pounds. (These figures are for models equipped with the manual transmission; mated to an automatic transmission the diesel makes 250 horsepower and 505 foot-pounds.)
All three engines may be ordered with a six-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic. (The five-speed manual offered last year is no longer available.) Four-wheel-drive models offer either manual-locking or shift-on-the-fly auto-locking hubs.
With the ability to tow up to 12,500 pounds (with the optional Class IV trailer package), the Super Duty F-250 offers the best towing capacity in its class.
The F-250 feels smaller than it is, almost like a big luxury car. Steering is precise. Handling by big truck standards is crisp. Body roll is noticeably limited in the corners. And the ride quality is reasonably good, thanks to a compliant suspension. The chassis is quite rigid, which allows Ford engineers to tune the suspension for more car-like ride and handling.
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Ford's Super Duty trucks are enormously popular among people who tow horses, boats, race cars, and collectibles. They are comfortable and secure feeling.
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After a significant and equivalent downside move in March, both indices have turned positive with an explosive move since middle of July. I speculate that the March downside move was a response to concerns over Obama's health care proposal and its impact on Medicare. However, upon further examination, the adjustments in Medicare rebates would translate to no more than a double digit change in revenues. Moreover, the biotech story is in large a product story where launch of a new product has a much higher impact on revenues than any adjustments in rebate system which can be overcome with cost and price adjustments and while keeping healthy profit margins.
The explosive returns in July are rather interesting and may be indicative of things to come. The divergence in the charts of two indices (35% return for BTK vs. 12% for NBI) underlying story of the biotech industry. This trend indicates a value disparity between mid-large cap biotechs and smaller companies. The BTK move can be contributed to recent earnings and product advancement reports coming out of Celgene (CELG), Gilead (GILD), Amgen (AMGN) and other pharma companies that highlight decent earnings growth despite a challenging environment in addition to value added product development successes.
The M&A activity over the last few quarters have just contributed positively to perceived value of these stocks as the recent acquisition of Medarex (MDRX) highlights a larger trend of big pharma acquiring biologics assets and capabilities. This has resulted in speculative run-ups in shares of other companies such as Elan(ELN) and Seattle Genetics (SGEN) who have biologic portfolios. This trend, however, could reverse as rapidly if no new deals are announced in the next few months.
The muted returns in the NBI index highlights the financing concerns that still remain for smaller companies which may cause a wave of consolidations, bankruptcies and asset sales at depressed values.
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De Camp has an annoying habit of throwing around unsupported opinions in almost everything he writes and I think that's why he has such a poor reputation as a biographer in some quarters. Prime example: He calls T.H. White—author of The Once and Future King—a "second-rate intellect" in Chapter 10, "Architect of Camelot." Which is rather humorous (except that it's not … ). To whit: White writes a book that absolutely dwarfs anything de Camp has ever done—in influence, art, and profundity—name the category—and somehow said work sprang from the mind of a "second-rate intellect." Maddening. He also describes White's homosexuality as "an abnormality" and "a deviation." Yeah, he doesn't exactly cover himself in glory in this chapter. That said, I did not know until I read Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers that White made some significant revisions to the four individual books that comprise The Once and Future King when it was released as a standalone novel in 1958, some of which lessened their original force. That much was interesting, at least.
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A chapter on Fletcher Pratt was scant but has inspired me to begin The Well of the Unicorn.
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What do Michael Jackson, Bill Moyers, Louis Auchincloss, Carly Simon, and Nobel Prizewinner Naguib Mahfouz have in common?
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was their editor.
In fact, as Greg Lawrence points out in his new book, Jackie as Editor, Onassis spent longer as an editor than she did married to either President Kennedy or millionaire Aristotle Onassis. However, in most of the many biographies written about the iconic former first lady, her professional life is frequently reduced to a paragraph or two.
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To give a fuller picture of her as a working woman, Lawrence interviewed more than 125 writers and editors who worked with Onassis during her 19 years at first Viking Press – which she left after a contretemps over a Jeffrey Archer novel featuring an assassination of a fictional Ted Kennedy – and Doubleday, where she remained until her death in 1994. (In some cases, the people interviewed in the book spoke on the record about her for the first time.)
While another book examining Onassis's editing career also came out this month, Lawrence provides an insider's view: In addition to being her biographer, he also belongs on the list of Jackie's writers.
He spoke with the Monitor by phone earlier this month.
1. What was the genesis for your project? What made you want to examine Onassis through the books she edited? And how much can you learn about a person from those choices?
I began the project when I ran across letters and manuscripts which [his coauthor, ballerina] Gelsey Kirkland and I had received back from Jackie, since she was our editor for three books over 10 years.
And in rereading these letters, I realized, "Oh my God, she was so brilliant." She was so able to put together praise and criticism, and her praise could be quite effusive. There was such an eloquence in her writing. I realized that this was a very special editor, and someone who could be exemplary for people still working in publishing today.
After interviewing many of her authors … I realized the experience I had with Jackie was in no way unique. She really knew how to cultivate authors and nurture them, support them.
There was a kind of conspiracy, if you will: You felt like she was taking you under wing and that she was on your side against the corporate hierarchy.
She would call at night, sometimes, when we were running low on money, and say with that whispery voice of hers, "Don't worry, Greg. I'm going to get you more money. Just don't tell anyone!"
That's the way she made you feel.
And her notes of praise: We would turn in our books one chapter at a time, and she would always write a note on her powder-blue stationary. And she had this beautiful calligraphy handwriting. And she would just make you feel like what you were doing was really important, might even be historically important.
I think that was her motivation over the years.... She loved the idea that these books were part of a cultural discourse. She was able to invest her ideas and her ideals that traced all the way back to Camelot days, and she was able to instill that in the books she edited, because she chose very carefully who the authors were going to be and what the subject was going to be.
With her, there was always a commitment to the author, it didn't matter if your first or second book was commercially successful, she was going to continue to work with this particular stable of authors that she had recruited.
2. Would that even be possible today?
Probably not. It's interesting. The world of publishing changed so much during her 19 years.... When Gelsey and I started in 1984 at Doubleday, it was Nelson Doubleday's company. … Even though it was a very large company, there was a familial atmosphere, a collegial atmosphere.
Just when our book, "Dancing on my Grave," was published in 1986, the big German octopus Bertelsmann bought Doubleday out. Everything changed after that. It became much more focused on the bottom line. The marketing department sort of took over and the editors were sort of on the bottom rung. So that change in atmosphere was something that Jackie had to adjust to. And she still managed to get a lot of projects off the ground, but she was turned down a lot, too.
There were a number of projects during the last couple of years of her life –especially '93, '94 – where she just didn't have the ability to prevail on the powers that be at Doubleday. She even considered going to another house or starting her own imprint, and finally decided against it, probably because she realized it would be such a disruption in her life. I think she was also afraid of the publicity that would be generated if she left Doubleday in a stink.
She was in that tradition of editors from earlier in the century, like Maxwell Perkins, where they established a certain kind of relationship with their authors that went beyond the commerce. They developed lifelong friendships.
Jackie was always interested, not just in the book and the work that was under way, she was interested in what was going on in your life. There were a number of authors who went through crises in their lives – divorces and challenges like that -- and Jackie would spend hours on the phone with them, consoling them, advising them.
It was a different kind of relationship than, for instance, the relationships I've had with editors since. There is not that kind of rapport. And these are very good editors. I'm not complaining. I'm just pointing out that the world of publishing changed.
3. Now, you talk about her praise. But she made you cut that first book in half.
Right. That's what I mean. She knew how to lead you along. As we turned in each chapter, there was all of this praise. She would quibble with this and that, but it was all very positive.
By the time we had this 600-page manuscript, it came back to us and it was really cut almost in half. There were all these suggestions, and she emphasized that these were only suggestions.
I knew she was going to return a phone call after we had gone over all this and were traumatized. And I was all ready to argue with her, and say, "Oh no, we have to keep that scene in and that scene in!"
But when you heard that voice, it was so disarming. I just said, "Good, we'll do it your way, Jackie."
One of her writers – he was also her step-cousin – Louis Auchincloss, when I told him that story, said, "Yes, we all learned very early that you don't argue with a former first lady."
4. From Michael Jackson to Louis Auchincloss is quite a wide spectrum. Which books most interested her?
Her favorite projects were the very lavish illustrated books. They were very expensive. But she managed to do quite a few of them. She did five of those books with Tiffany's ... Peter Sis did a very elaborate illustrated children's book called "The Three Golden Keys," that was enormously successful.
She did her share of novels. Some of them are quite noteworthy. After Naguib Mafouz won the Nobel Prize, she immediately got on the track of having him published in English.
She kept up with everything being published in France, because she spoke so fluently. That's how she found Edvard Radzinsky, "The Last Tsar." That was in Russian, translated into French. That book became an enormous bestseller.
Michael Jackson, I think, was a project she undertook to please the people at Doubleday – even though a number of them didn't know who Michael Jackson was, including Sam Vaughan, who was editor-in-chief at the time. He said he was fortunate he wasn't fired.
5. You point out that she was an editor far longer than she was first lady, or longer than she was married to Aristotle Onassis, but it's not something that gets much attention in other biographies.
One reason – Bill Moyers pointed it out to me – she was very private, not only about her personal life, but about her professional life, her editing. After her initiation at Viking Press in 1975, '76, she was never photographed in her office. She didn't give interviews. So her work life, her professional life, was something that most people didn't know about. Most of her books, her name doesn't appear. So, it was kind of a sanctuary for her, that, I think, that enabled her to balance her personal life, somehow survive the incredible public scrutiny that was always ongoing with her.
6. The people working with her were very protective of her. In fact, some won't talk about her even today.
There are a handful, like Shaye Areheart is one. She started as Jackie's assistant and became a real colleague and partner. She took a vow of silence. I think there were several others who did that.
Most everyone now, because we're this many years later, were willing to talk and some talked for the first time. Like Vartan Gregorian, the former head of the New York Public Library. He was very emotional about it. He just adored her. She would spend hours in the stacks of the New York Public Library looking for ideas. He and Jackie became very close. He never spoke until just this past year.
7. How do you think she inspired that loyalty?
Well, you know, in part, she was that iconic figure. Everyone fell in love with her after the assassination and the great dignity with which she comported herself. Upon meeting her the first time, everybody was stunned by, you know, you're meeting this historical figure. She developed a talent for putting people at ease and making them realize she's here in a professional capacity and a creative capacity. She was all about the work. That, in itself, was very disarming.
With editorial colleagues, she got it across to them very early: Everything with her was to be held in confidence. If you betrayed her confidence, you were going to be thrown out of the castle. I think people were somewhat intimidated, too. She was not like any other editor, because of the history she brought with her.
8. Is there anything you'd like to add?
I think one of the most telling anecdotes in the book was given to me by Joe Armstrong, founder of Rolling Stone. Over the last five, six years, he really was one of Jackie's closest friends.… He says, "I remember being with her at the Vineyard the last summer she was there, and she had just turned 64. I remember being in her living room. She had all these books and she said, 'These are my other best friends.' "
That's the way she felt about books and language and literature. She would like nothing more than being in her library reading a new manuscript and plotting how to get it accepted. That was a part of her life that was very precious to her.…
Here's a quote that's not in the book: I initially had entitled the book, "Under That Pillbox Hat." The reason was, in 1993, Carl Anthony did a book on first ladies. His editor showed Jackie the book, and she said, "Oh, great. Now maybe people will know there WAS something under that pillbox hat."
I think she wanted to be recognized for the intellectual qualities that she possessed and not just that historical persona and the first lady persona or the wife of a Greek tycoon.… As a working mother, this was all very important to her.
Yvonne Zipp regularly reviews books for the Monitor.


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Board of Trustees Appoint Suzanne Keck to Principal of Del Obispo Elementary School
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA – The Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees has appointed Suzanne Keck Principal of Del Obispo Elementary School, effective July 24, 2017.
Ms. Keck was appointed to the lead position to fulfill a vacancy created upon the retirement of the school's current principal, Kathy Parker. Keck served in the Monrovia High School District for over 20 years, beginning her career as a teacher before climbing the ranks to Elementary School Principal, a position she has held for the past six years.
Over the course of her career, Keck developed program initiatives, optimized the learning atmosphere and created opportunities for each student to reach their full potential. Her accomplishments include: implementing a Mandarin Dual Immersion program, guest speaking in China at a teaching conference, implementing Code to the Future Computer Science Immersion, and bringing transitional kindergarten and spring kindergarten to her school.
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The Prompt for Week 2 is Your birth
Do you have any baby photos?
I have a few baby photos, some appear to have been taken in the street by street photographers and some are candid shots taken on a camera like a box Brownie. I don't think anyone in my family owned camera so I imagine that photos were taken whenever camera owner appeared on the scene.
|A street photo - probably the first photo taken of me. That's Mum on the left and Dad holding the precious bundle
|From the look of the pretty dress I think this may have been taken at my baptism. I wonder what happened to that dress.
Where were you born?
|Birth notice from Sydney Morning Herald
Who was present at your birth?
Mum, a nurse and Dr Walter McGrath. Dr McGrath was our family doctor for quite a time. He has a library named after him.
Mum told me I was 6lb 6oz. I was probably short as I still am.
What day was it? Time?
I was born on a Thursday. Mum is a bit forgetful now so I can't get any further information. My dad was a bowerbird so I have the hospital bill for Mum's confinement.
Did you have hair? Eye colour
I had a mop of dark hair. My eyes ended up being blue. I don't know what they were like when I was born.
Are you a twin?
I was the one and only.


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Due to the wide range of habitat, Sculthorpe Moor and its environs are home to over 500 species of moth. Although most are common there are a number that are hard to find. Amongst these are willow ermine (yponomeuta rorrella) and cnephasia genitalana which are proposed red data book endangerd species. Other notable species are: yrochoreutis sehestediana, cosmopterix lienigiella, phalonidia manniana, calamotropha paludella, nascia cilialis,cream-bordered green pea (arias clorana)marsh oblique-barred, (hypenode humidalis) and dotted fan-foot (macrochilo cribrumalis). In summer 2010 bactra robustana was discoverd during a moth trapping event. This was most unexpected as its normal habitat is coastal where the larvae feed n the stems of sea club rush. Thanks must go to Jon Clifton and the Norfolk Moth Group who have been mostly responsible for trapping and collecting the data for the reserve. To download the full species list as a pdf click here.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Everyone wants a timetable, because nothing in our current sports culture is as important as what's next, but there isn't one. This game, next game? This week, next week? This year, next year? "I don't think it's about time," Kansas center Joel Embiid says. "It's just about me."
He understands now this is not about "if" but "when." Although he now is 7 feet tall, graceful as an Olympic skater and unreasonably skilled, it wasn't always that certain. When Embiid began seriously playing the game of basketball — seriously meaning moving to the United States, leaving his home and family 6,300 miles behind — he found the physical demands so challenging "I couldn't even breathe. I almost threw up."
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On an AAU team where future Florida Gators Chris Walker and Kasey Hill consumed all the attention and most of the action with the ball, Embiid was praised by Scout.com for having, unlike many who come to the game in their late teens, "some idea of how to play."
When Embiid arrived at Kansas, not long after a performance in the Nike Hoop Summit that suggested there might be more to it, coach Bill Self began whispering that forward Andrew Wiggins was not the only freshman in his class with the potential to be a No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft. Which means that in the space of a year, in Self's words, Embiid had advanced from a player he thought had a chance to be "pretty good," to one he thought might be "real good" to the player who now stands before you with the potential to completely overturn every expectation about how the current college basketball season will develop and what might occur in the game in the months beyond.
"He's very, very, very bright, but I don't think he's caught up with what the world says," Self said after Embiid wrecked Oklahoma State last Saturday with a near triple-double. "I told Joel as soon as he stepped foot on campus: You're going to be the No. 1 pick. Now, I'm not saying it will be this year. I don't think it should be a surprise to him, because he's been told all along he is capable of doing this."
But you want it all now, do you?
"It's experience," Embiid told Sporting News. "Even in high school, I wasn't consistent. I would have games where I'd have 20 and 15, and the next game I'd have 5 and 5. I need to get that consistency. I think I'll be good after that. I'm working. I think over the past couple games, I've been good overall, but some good halves of basketball and other ones that are bad. "I think it's just me. When I come to the game, I have to have the mindset: I want to do this. I've got to block that many shots, get that many steals. In my mind, I've got to be like, 'No one can stop me.' "
The process began with a simple DVD. No, that's not right. It began with all the basketball hoops that lined the walls of the gymnasium in Cameroon where Embiid regularly practiced volleyball. OK, that's not really it, either. It began with him standing 6-foot-9 — and growing — by the age of 15, with remarkable athleticism and coordination for a young man so tall.
At that size, it was no surprise basketball would call to him. He would grab one of the volleyballs he was supposed to be spiking over the net and carry it over to the side, then toss it at the basketball goals that all but taunted him while he was polishing his volleyball skills. He was serious about that sport. He'd played for five or six years and expected he'd leave home at some point, with his father's endorsement, to eventually move to Europe to play professionally. Basketball killed those plans.
"When I was 15, that's when I had the thought that I wanted to play basketball," Embiid said, sitting on an end zone bleacher at Allen Fieldhouse. "My dad wasn't really — he was against it. But I had my uncle talk to him, and he finally convinced him to let me play basketball. And then I started playing.
"When I started playing basketball, my coach back in Cameroon the first day he gave me a video of Hakeem Olajuwon. He told me to watch it every day. After practice, after every practice, I'd watch every move he did — and I'd just keep doing that. I just fell in love with his game, his footwork, how he moves. I was so proud — I wanted to be like him, because he's African, moved from Nigeria to the U.S. I just felt if I had the chance to come here, I would try to do the same thing."
He attended a basketball camp and was spotted by Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, a starter for UCLA's Final Four teams under Ben Howland, a regular in the NBA and also a native of Embiid's hometown, Yaounde, the second-largest city in Cameroon. He told Embiid he had the chance to become a special player if he committed to basketball. That meant, most logically, moving to the United States and immersing himself in a culture that embraced the game.
Only 16, Embiid left his home and moved to Florida, where he enrolled at Montverde Academy. His coach was high school legend Kevin Boyle and his teammates included center Dakari Johnson, now at Kentucky, and Florida guard Michael Frazier.
"At the beginning it was kind of difficult for me, because it was so physical," Embiid said. "Back home, it wasn't the same. At Montverde, we had really good players like Dakari Johnson, we had so many guys. I think we had more than five pros on the team. I think that's how I got better, playing against them every day. But it was hard at the beginning.
"When I got here, I wasn't known, so I didn't have any offers. I was just like, 'If anybody recruits me, I'm just going to go there and try to get my degree.' And then in summer I played AAU, and I think I did pretty good. So I started having offers. I had a chance to have my mentor Luc, he was helping me a lot. I started watching NCAA games, and I liked Kansas. And even Luc liked it, because he played against them when he was at UCLA. He was like, 'Man, that school is for bigs,' that I'm going to develop over there, they get bigs to the NBA."
Kansas' interest in Embiid deepened when he transferred to The Rock, a Christian school in Gainesville where he'd have a better chance to play. KU assistant coach Norm Roberts had sent his son, Niko, to The Rock while serving on the staff at Florida, and he brought Self to see Embiid. It didn't take long for him to be convinced stardom was possible.
His belief only grew once Embiid arrived on campus this summer and began working out with the Jayhawks. Self saw flashes of intermittent brilliance mixed with moments when Embiid would drift through practices almost spectating.
"He's got it," Self told SN in July. "He just doesn't know how to do it yet."
Embiid is getting closer every day.
You could hear the groans when he took the shot. Some came from the Kansas fans who filled a few sections at the United Center in Chicago. Some came from right there on press row, behind the basket.
With 5:29 on the clock and Kansas leading Duke by a single point, Embiid found himself alone on the right wing. Nobody even in position to challenge the shot. There was a reason for this — who would think he'd shoot from there? But Embiid did, and some who saw it cringed.
He didn't make the shot. He didn't come close. And though it defied convention for a 7-0 freshman center to be shooting 3-pointers in a game that close, and maybe defied his coach's wishes as well, it was as important as any moment this season for the Kansas Jayhawks. It declared that Embiid was here to be a basketball player.
Was it so crazy that Embiid would shoot an open 3-pointer? He makes them in practice all the time, and hit one in a home game against Kansas State just a couple weeks back. This is what makes Embiid extraordinary: Though playing the game for only four years, he is comfortable shooting from the perimeter, playing with his back to the basket, putting the ball on the floor to create room to shoot and defending the rim like the most polished shot-blocker.
He had nine blocks in his first six games combined; he had eight on Saturday alone, including one ridiculous rejection that developed when Oklahoma State All-American Marcus Smart, noting Embiid's presence on the right side of the lane, switched his drive to a left-size reverse. That way, the rim would get in the way of a block attempt. But Embiid surged across the lane, reached to the Allen ceiling and got a piece of the ball, anyway.
"It wasn't always just him sitting there waiting on us," Cowboys coach Travis Ford said. "He came from nowhere a couple of times, which was impressive. Very impressive. Goodness, he's so talented."
Defense has come more rapidly for Embiid, but his promise as an offensive player is even greater. So many of the NBA's most prominent centers are relatively unpolished, even the Houston Rockets' Dwight Howard, but the lessons Embiid learned watching that Olajuwon video are hidden in the many aspects of his offensive skill set.
Only on occasion does he share them with us. For instance, the second half of KU's road game at Iowa State. The game was tied at the break, and Embiid had contributed only four points. Self challenged him during the intermission to play with passion, with power, with confidence.
"He challenged me because I didn't have a good first half. He challenged me, and in the second half I just had a different mindset," Embiid said. He scored 12 points as Kansas broke open the game in the final 20 minutes, and he finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocks.
He's had some trouble with understanding how to control his emotions against opponents attempting to unnerve him by roughing him up in the post. They have little choice; it's either that, or surrender. Embiid was charged with flagrant fouls in three consecutive games.
"I would say during the game, there's a lot of things that happen. If I did something, it means he probably did something," Embiid said. "But I just don't want people to see me as — I don't do that on purpose, but I don't want people to see me as like I'm weak or something like that. I just don't take anything from anybody."
This, too, is another sign Embiid is becoming the player Self needs him to be. Perhaps a bit too much of that player, but it's easier to convince a player to do a little less than a lot more.
It is so easy to forget that when Olajuwon was a freshman at Houston, in much the same situation Embiid is now, he averaged 18 minutes and 8.3 points per game. He had to learn the game, but more so to embrace what his physical gifts made possible in this sport.
"I think I'm so much better. I don't think — I don't even understand it," Embiid said. "When I came here, my coach back at Montverde was giving me advice: Just keep working, just work, just work. I did what he said. I kept working, kept getting better."
The final piece might be the most difficult, but it is the line between proficient and dominant. Kansas can accomplish wonderful things this season, and Embiid eventually can become quite wealthy if he settles for being productive. That is not his horizon, nor is it his desire.
"In my mind, I've just got to be like: No one can stop me," Embiid said. "That's what I did against Iowa State when he challenged me: No one can stop me, I'm going to go out there, get fouled, score the ball. "
When will we see this on a regular basis? When Joel Embiid believes it is his time, and not a moment before.


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Wakeskate Pi: Travel & $$
by Silas Thurman
This edition of Wakeskate PI is going to be about travel and money. We have not talked about this much and it really is a big part of a pro wakeskater's life. You can't plan on being pro with out planning on a ton of it. Most of the money for this travel is coming out of your own wallet (or in some of your cases your parents' wallets,) until the big wigs at these companies start picking up the tab.
If you don't like to travel or just don't like to fly than you better not take your wakeskating too serious. (Ask Aaron Reed what happens when you do, it involves a lot of Xanax.) Just have fun in your hometown and enjoy the innocence of a good sesh. If you do want to take it to the next level, get ready for a lot of travel and remember to become a pro your going to be poor first. And remember, there's always someone who wants your job.
I know all you guys and girls don't like to think about this as the business world, but guess what? It's more like it than you think. You're going to trade the luxuries of your own home for the un-luxurious middle seat on the airplane for upwards of 24 hours at a time. You're going to trade the fun times with your good friends at home that you grew up with, for your iPod that for some reason never gives back any conversations. (I recently downloaded French and Spanish apps just so it seemed like someone was talking to me.)
I know you all hear the talk about the "off-season" for riders, but honestly I've been around the industry for about seven years and am still waiting for the "off-season." If you're not riding in sunny Florida for the winter, you're at boat shows, trade shows, and working on product that probably won't come out for two years.
Now I don`t want to scare anyone away and you know most of my stuff is based on sarcasm and jokes, but this is the real deal. I left a job at a shop to be a poor pro wakeskater. I've been very lucky with the companies I've rode for and currently ride for, but don't think that life is going to be less hectic or easy if you get this job you've been dreaming of all your life. Just the last month for me has consisted of Florida, Portland, Florida, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Manilla, Camsur, Manilla, Los Angeles, Florida. Rest? Nope, Vermont, Quebec, Vermont, Quebec, and Finally back to Florida. OK so there's some snowboarding in there too and it's not all that bad. If any of you know me or at least are starting to pick up my humor than you know that half of what I say is in complete sarcasm. But there is truth too. Hopefully some of you will get to that pro status you dream of and hopefully when you do you find me and tell me if I'm right or not. I bet 90% of you will agree I am right, more right than you could imagine. Talk to you soon.


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