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Executive Summary
Thematic Strands
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES (NCSS) defines social studies as:
…the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics, and natural sciences. The primary purpose of social studies is to help young people make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world. 1
The aim of social studies is the promotion of civic competence—the knowledge, intellectual processes, and democratic dispositions required of students to be active and engaged participants in public life. By making civic competence a central aim, NCSS emphasizes the importance of educating students who are committed to the ideas and values of democracy. Civic competence rests on this commitment to democratic values, and requires that citizens have the ability to use their knowledge about their community, nation, and world; to apply inquiry processes; and to employ skills of data collection and analysis, collaboration, decision-making, and problem-solving. Young people who are knowledgeable, skillful, and committed to democracy are necessary to sustaining and improving our democratic way of life, and participating as members of a global community.
The curriculum standards for social studies provide a framework for professional deliberation and planning about what should occur in a social studies program in grades pre-K through 12. National Council for the Social Studies first published national curriculum standards in 1994. Since then, the social studies standards have been widely and successfully used as a framework for teachers, schools, districts, states, and other nations as a tool for curriculum alignment and development. However, much has changed in the world and in education since the original curriculum standards were published. These revised standards reflect a desire to continue and build upon the expectations established in the original standards for effective social studies in the grades from pre-K through 12. This revision incorporates current research and suggestions for improvement from many experienced practitioners.
The revised standards continue to be focused on ten themes, like the original standards. These themes are outlined in Chapter 2. They represent a way of categorizing knowledge about the human experience, and they constitute the organizing strands that should thread through a social studies program, from grades pre-K through 12, as appropriate at each level.
The ten themes are:
Through the study of culture and cultural diversity, learners understand how human beings create, learn, share, and adapt to culture, and appreciate the role of culture in shaping their lives and society, as well the lives and societies of others. In schools, this theme typically appears in units and courses dealing with geography, history, sociology, and anthropology, as well as multicultural topics across the curriculum.
Through the study of the past and its legacy, learners examine the institutions, values, and beliefs of people in the past, acquire skills in historical inquiry and interpretation, and gain an understanding of how important historical events and developments have shaped the modern world. This theme appears in courses in history, as well as in other social studies courses for which knowledge of the past is important.
This theme helps learners to develop their spatial views and perspectives of the world, to understand where people, places, and resources are located and why they are there, and to explore the relationship between human beings and the environment. In schools, this theme typically appears in courses dealing with geography and area studies, but it is also important for the study of the geographical dimension of other social studies subjects.
Personal identity is shaped by family, peers, culture, and institutional influences. Through this theme, students examine the factors that influence an individual's personal identity, development, and actions. This theme typically appears in courses and units dealing with psychology, anthropology, and sociology.
Institutions such as families and civic, educational, governmental, and religious organizations, exert a major influence on people's lives. This theme allows students to understand how institutions are formed, maintained, and changed, and to examine their influence. In schools, this theme typically appears in units and courses dealing with sociology, anthropology, psychology, political science, and history.
One essential component of education for citizenship is an understanding of the historical development and contemporary forms of power, authority, and governance. Through this theme, learners become familiar with the purposes and functions of government, the scope and limits of authority, and the differences between democratic and non-democratic political systems. In schools, this theme typically appears in units and courses dealing with government, history, civics, law, politics, and other social sciences.
This theme provides for the study of how people organize for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, and prepares students for the study of domestic and global economic issues. In schools, this theme typically appears in units and courses dealing with economic concepts and issues, though it is also important for the study of the economic dimension of other social studies subjects.
By exploring the relationships among science, technology, and society, students develop an understanding of past and present advances in science and technology and their impact. This theme appears in a variety of social studies courses, including history, geography, economics, civics, and government.
The realities of global interdependence require an understanding of the increasingly important and diverse global connections among world societies. This theme prepares students to study issues arising from globalization. It typically appears in units or courses dealing with geography, culture, economics, history, political science, government, and technology.
An understanding of civic ideals and practices is critical to full participation in society and is an essential component of education for citizenship. This theme enables students to learn about the rights and responsibilities of citizens of a democracy, and to appreciate the importance of active citizenship. In schools, the theme typically appears in units or courses dealing with civics, history, political science, cultural anthropology, and fields such as global studies, law-related education, and the humanities.
The themes are interrelated, and a school course in a social studies discipline is likely to touch on more than one theme. For example, the use of the NCSS standards might support a plan to teach about the topic of the U.S. Civil War by drawing on three different themes: Theme 2 (TIME, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE); Theme 3 (PEOPLE, PLACES, AND ENVIRONMENTS); and Theme 10 (CIVIC IDEALS AND PRACTICES).
Since standards have been developed both in social studies and in many of the individual disciplines that are integral to social studies, the question arises: What is the relationship among these various sets of standards? The answer is that the social studies standards address overall curriculum design and comprehensive student learning expectations, while state standards and the national content standards for individual disciplines (e.g., history, civics and government, geography, economics, and psychology) provide a range of specific content through which student learning expectations can be accomplished. The NCSS curriculum standards offer a set of principles by which content can be selected and organized to build a viable, valid, and defensible social studies curriculum for grades from pre-K through 12. They provide the necessary framework for the implementation of content standards. In the example above, which illustrates the use of the NCSS standards to teach about the U.S. Civil War, national history standards and state standards could be used to identify specific content related to the topic of the U.S. Civil War.
The revised standards offer a sharper focus than the original standards on:
Questions for Exploration
Knowledge: what learners need to understand
Processes: what learners will be capable of doing
Products: how learners demonstrate understanding
Chapter 3 outlines the revised framework at the different sets of grade levels—Early Grades (pre-K through 4); Middle Grades (5-8); and High School (9-12). The chapter presents the purposes of each of the ten themes, offers key questions for exploration that are related to the theme, and identifies what learners need to understand at the different levels. Students are expected to demonstrate the skills and intellectual processes associated with each theme, and to show their understanding through specific products that the teacher will assess.
The remaining chapters present learning expectations for each set of grade levels: Early Grades (Chapter 4), Middle Grades (Chapter 5), and High School Grades (Chapter 6). The foundation of each of these three chapters is the set of purposes, questions, knowledge, processes, and products outlined in Chapter 3 for each of the ten themes. Each chapter also contains snapshots of class activities for each theme at an appropriate grade level. These Snapshots of Practice provide educators with images of how the standards might look when enacted in classrooms. Typically, a Snapshot illustrates a particular theme and one or more learning expectations; however, the Snapshot may also touch on other related themes and learning expectations. For example, a lesson focused on the theme of TIME, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE in a world history class dealing with early river valley civilizations would certainly engage the theme of PEOPLE, PLACES, AND ENVIRONMENTS as well as that of TIME, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE. These Snapshots also suggest ways in which the learning expectations shape practice, emphasize skills and strategies, and provide examples of both ongoing and culminating assessment.
For social studies to perform its mission of promoting civic competence, students need both to learn a body of knowledge, and to be able to think flexibly and act responsibly to address civic issues in a diverse and interdependent world. The national curriculum standards for social studies represent educators' best thinking about the framework needed to educate young people for the challenges of citizenship.
- The definition was officially adopted by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in 1992. See National Council for the Social Studies, Expectations of Excellence: Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (Washington, D.C.: NCSS, 1994): 3.


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November 22, 2003-Tales From The Solomons
As it often does with us, inertia has set in. We'd planned to spend November cruising in the Solomon Islands, to Morovo Lagoon, or Choisol Island, two interesting cruising grounds, but instead, other than short trips around the area for snorkeling and exploring, WINGS has mostly remained anchored in Gizo.
Tonight is an exception. As I write this we are anchored in a small bay on Vella Lavella Island, about 25 miles from Gizo. This is just a weekend outing for us, we'll go back to Gizo on Wednesday and we are planning a Thanksgiving dinner with some other cruisers there on Thursday. But meanwhile we are in a very pretty bay with rain drenched and mist shrouded mountains on one side and a ring of islands on the other, and the local people sing as they paddle their canoes around. Their beautiful voices and a few tropical birds are all that break the stillness of the place.
Since no other yachts have visited this bay for a few years, we are drawing quite a bit of attention. All afternoon there have been a cluster of canoes around us, with local people in them, just quietly looking at us. We talk with the few who come alongside, but mostly they don't have much to say, or can't speak English. After a few hours of this we retreated below to escape the stares
We are here to visit a volcanic area nearby to see some thermal eruptions, and our friends on Vellela and Caledonia may meet us here, plus we wanted to get out of Gizo to a place where there was clean water so we could swim and scrub the bottom of the boat, but it turns out that this is not one of those places. Why? Because of crocodiles! The first native to visit us who could speak good English is the Chief of the village, and he warned us against swimming, saying that there were plenty of crocodiles in the bay. That settled that.
But, while we've been hanging around Gizo, we've been enjoying life, taking it easy, with friends from the few other boats around. Actually there have been quite a few boats around and once last week there were ten here including four from Seattle (well, sort of). First it was us, then Garth and Wendy on Vellela, fellow CYC members from Seattle, arrived, and then Josh and Nelia on Caledonia, a nice Cal 40 home ported in Port Townsend, and John Sloboda's Joliga II. Although John hails from Sparks, Nevada, his boat, a Ranger 30, was made in Kent, Washington.
A sad story about John: He has been very ill and has been flown to Guam, and possibly on to Hawaii for treatment of a badly infected foot. First he went to the local hospital and they decided it needed an operation they didn't feel they could do, so John had to leave his boat and seek better medical facilities abroad. We've been looking after his boat and getting it ready for a long-term stay until he can come back
While we have been in Gizo we have had some serious computer problems and I have had my head down working on them, and maybe I've been doing a little too much of that. Yesterday morning a local wood carver named Simon stopped by to show us his carvings, (this is a frequent occurrence in the Solomons). I really didn't want any carvings but I came up on deck to be polite, meanwhile wishing that he would just go away so I could get back to my computer. Then I realized that maybe I had it all wrong: here I was, in a beautiful island setting, talking with a pleasant and articulate local artisan, and all I wanted to do is work on the computer. Probably I had my head in the wrong place. So I stayed on deck and offered Simon a cup of coffee and "storied" with him a while. He told me some of the cultural history behind the carvings and about his family and it was a good break. And…I bought a small carving.
After Thanksgiving, and the as soon as a new computer and some boat parts arrive, we'll finally break free of the inertia and set off back to Papua New Guinea, this time New Ireland Province, on our way to Palau.
Fred & Judy, SV WINGS, Solomon Islands
07 degrees 41.4 minutes South Latitude
156 degrees 45.3 minutes East Longditude
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Berkeley ponders Telegraph Ave. upgrades
Telegraph Avenue changes ahead
Telegraph Avenue, in all its scruffy 1960s revolutionary glory, is headed for a 21st century overhaul. And - hang on to your Mao hat - that probably means more chain stores.
Determined to clean up the iconic strip south of the UC campus, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates is embarking on a makeover of Telegraph Avenue, looking at everything from traffic laws to the retail mix.
The first step is a community gathering with neighbors, merchants, students, city staff and others to figure out what's wrong with Telegraph and how it can be saved.
"Students are not going there. It's not a regional draw. We need to make it a welcoming and comfortable and fun place for everyone to visit," Bates said. "This means we have to start looking at some sacred cows."
Telegraph Avenue, for decades the heart of UC Berkeley student life and a symbol of the city's radical past, lately has fallen from grace. While Berkeley's other commercial districts have thrived, even in the downturn, sales tax revenues on Telegraph have plummeted, and empty storefronts abound. The intersection of Haste and Telegraph is marred by two vacant lots, and the former Cody's bookstore - once a hub of intellectual life - has sat empty since 2006.
Haven for homeless
Meanwhile, homeless people and young runaways, often with dogs and marijuana, congregate on Telegraph, creating an environment not exactly welcoming to, say, alumni from Walnut Creek in town for a Cal football game or students looking to while away a sunny afternoon.
Among the ideas Bates and his staff are considering: altering Telegraph, Bancroft and Durant avenues from one-way to two-way streets to slow down traffic and encourage pedestrians; adding nightclubs, comedy venues and other attractions that appeal to students; and eliminating quotas on restaurants, chain stores and fast food.
The quotas, adopted in the 1980s as a way to curb gentrification, apply to everything from barbershops to the square footage of gift shops. Peet's Coffee ran afoul of the Telegraph quotas in 2006 when it tried to open a coffee shop at the corner of Dwight Way. The city decreed that Peet's is a fast-food outlet, and the area already met its fast-food quota. Peet's eventually won a variance by arguing that it was preserving a landmark building.
'Too grungy'
A Telegraph overhaul sounded good to most students this week, who say they'd spend time and money on the strip if it was cleaner and had stores they like.
"I know Berkeley's big into local businesses, but the fact is, they're overpriced," said Jael Cook, 23, a Chicago native who graduated last year and lives in the Telegraph neighborhood. "I hate to say it, but I'm a chain store girl. I like Target. That's what I'd like to see on Telegraph."
Her friend, Antonio Porter, 23, also a recent graduate, agreed.
"I'm from Virginia. Telegraph is too much for me," he said. "It's too grungy, and I don't like people badgering me for money."
Instead of shopping in Berkeley, they spend their money at Bay Street mall in Emeryville, they said.
Jackie Hwang, a junior music major, shops in San Francisco or her hometown of Palo Alto, she said. On weekends, instead of going to movies, drinking beer or eating out, she studies.
"I don't really like Telegraph," she said. "I'll go to Walgreens to buy shampoo sometimes, but otherwise I avoid it. It's just kind of dirty."
Her friend, Sean Yao, said it's not the grime that deters him from Telegraph. It's a lack of money. Every dime he has goes toward tuition, which has skyrocketed in recent years.
Looking for balance
Some students said they like Telegraph just fine as it is. Sristee Acharya, a sophomore molecular and cellular biology major, often dines and buys jewelry from street vendors, and she appreciates the street's liveliness.
"It could be cleaner, I guess, but overall I think it's fine," she said. "I walk here every day and I've never had a problem with the homeless. If you don't bother them, they don't bother you."
For merchants, the key is balancing the street's funky charm with certain retail realities: Namely, current students don't find used bookstores, marijuana pipe shops and tie-dye vendors as alluring as their predecessors did.
"The street has a vitality, and you don't want to lose that," said Marty Berg, owner of Bill's Men's Shop, which has been on Telegraph since 1961. "But it has to be inviting and safe for people to come."
Steps already taken
The city has already taken a few steps to spruce up the street, including adding police patrols and streetlights.
Perhaps no one has more perspective on Telegraph than Julia Vinograd, a.k.a. the Bubble Lady, a poet who has strolled the street in her trademark cap and cloak since she was a student at Cal in the early 1960s.
To spring back to life, Telegraph needs more bookshops, coffee houses and low-income housing for cash-strapped students, she said.
"Everything around here costs too much. Including tuition," she said. "Although, here's the best way to reinvigorate Telegraph: We all need to be younger."
The mayor's Telegraph Avenue brainstorming meeting will be held 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Willard Middle School, 2425 Stuart St., Berkeley.
Carolyn Jones is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Red-Skinned Potato Salad
Grainy Mustard Vinaigrette
Potato Salad
Preheat oven to 400º F. Toss potatoes with olive oil, herbs, garlic, salt, and pepper; mix well to coat thoroughly. Spread coated potatoes on a baking sheet and place in preheated oven until they are tender when pierced with the tip of a small knife, approximately 30 to 35 minutes.
Remove potatoes from the oven and toss with remaining salad ingredients and dressing while potatoes are still warm. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve warm, room temperature, or cold.
* Roasting Peppers: Char peppers over a gas flame on the stove, under the broiler, or using a stove top smoker, turning to ensure the skin blisters evenly. Place blistered peppers in a covered container or in a bowl covered with plastic wrap and cool. When cool enough to handle, peel off the dark skins and remove the seeds.
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a_haworthroberts wrote:theignored wrote:Yeah, this is the guy who seeks to undermine a well-established theory in biology:"Except not every animal has males or females. Which Genesis neglects to mention. Why is that, Ray?" Cory Kent
Do you really think slugs and snails are "animals." They are not. They are what are termed "invertebrates," which means they lack a backbone. They belong to a large and highly diverse group of invertebrates known as the Phylum Mollusca. You had better read Genesis again.
Genesis 5 and a couple of New Testament verses mentioning God creating them male and female seem to refer specifically to human beings. Rather than to state that male and female occur in all species.
YECs frequently use Genesis 5:2, including (if I recall correctly) as an argument for instant creation and against evolution (including evolution of gender).
In fact THIS is what I was struggling to remember. How YECs regularly quote Mark 10:6 (one of two NT verses harking back to Genesis 5:2 but where the context was Jesus teaching against divorce) as an argument against MILLIONS OF YEARS and for SIX DAY CREATION. (In most translations it seems Matthew 19:4 does not fit the bill quite like Mark 10:6 does.)
http://www.godandscience.org/youngearth ... ation.html
Mark 10:6 (NIV): ""But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female'"".


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- Absolutely fantastic. We are going to the Super Bowl!!! Fantastic!!!!
- Sam Shields just played a Tramon Williamsesque game today. Really really quality. Second pick was really nice – he looked like a WR on that catch. I'm glad he didn't fumble!
- A complete effort in the first half won this game. We didn't show up in the second half, but fortunately we had essentially already won.
- Tim Masthay is phenomenal. Devin Hester tracking back having to make over the should catches near the sideline is nowhere near as effective as Hester catching the ball in the open field. Masthay was masterful today. 5 of his 8 punts landed inside the Bears' 20, and 2 of the other 3 outside the 20 (I believe) were 60+ yard kicks. He was just fantastic today.
- Rodgers did set the tone early. He really struggled in the 2nd half. But his first couple drives really set the tone and proved to be too much for the Bears to handle.
- Starks was good again. He had some nice holes to run through but he was also really good running after contact. His emergence has been huge.
- Jennings was great today. It makes sense to lean on your best player offensively and right now, Jennings is our best offensive weapon.
- Bishop was solid today despite one costly play when he didn't bring Forte down right away (and Forte got a first down).
- Raji's TD was awesome, simply awesome.
- Todd Collins is the worst player on any NFL team.
- Caleb Hanie was infinitely better than Cutler could have been had he not faked his injury.
- Mike Martz was had some good stuff dialed up in the second half, but made a critically bad 3rd and 3 play call on the reverse call to Bennett. That was really bad and Bishop lit him up.
- McCarthy was calling a great game early in the first half. Just very solid. Second half – totally different story.
- Capers was calling a great game early in the first half. Just very solid. Second half – totally different story.
- How we let Forte run wild I'll just never know. He's the only guy on that offense worth covering and we let him gash us for 160 yards. We focus on him (maybe just put Woodson on him) and Chicago has zero offense. Zero.
- Capers really fell off in the second half with his play calls. His one all out blitz (can't remember what point that was at exactly now), was a terrible call. Olsen got the first. We had been getting through no problem rushing just 4 – there was no need to bring the house there.
- McCarthy's play calling toward the end was very concerning. You can't argue he was trying to eat up clock time because Starks went out of bounds on one of those very very obvious running plays. At the very least, bring in some WRs to pull some DBs away from the line of scrimmage. The obvious run plays that yielded nothing were so worthless down the stretch.
- Chicago's quick drives with Hanie at the helm should be really concerning for us heading to the Super Bowl. (Still getting used to the sound of that – we're going to the SUPER BOWL!!!). I know we were totally exhausted out there on D and Capers was trying to rotate lots of guys in and out but man, that was WAY too easy for a 3rd string QB.
- Rodgers play was concerning. I seriously think he got a concussion on that one hit by Peppers (which was a massive penalty by the way – why the Bears complained there I have no idea). Rodgers was just off especially in the second half tonight.
- Our O-Line was weird. There were some unbelievably massive holes for Starks (and Jackson) tonight which looked like phenomenal blocking – then there would be nothing – absolutely nothing. Overall, getting Starks to 74 yards rushing, I'd have to say the O-Line did there job (though Starks gets some credit for breaking tackles).
- I would have liked to have seen some more screens tonight. I know it's tough to throw screens on a crappy field, but that would have been smart tonight in particular to Starks.
- Jackson had the best move of the night leaving Urlacher picking up his jock. That was a tremendous shake and a huge first down.
- Our tight ends are nonexistent. Rodgers should not have thrown that one key 3rd down to Quarless who was so uninvolved until that point – though Quarless should have caught that.
- Jordy Nelson really is big. He is reliable, gets open and I think he's a match-up nightmare for any #3 or #4 corner. Lining up to defend our multiple WR sets just has to suck for opposing defenses.
- Our short yardage plays were not good today. We need to just figure that out. I don't like the plays when it's completely obvious that we're running. We should at least have 1-2 WRs out there to keep defenses honest. If we had a massive O-Line that usually won line of scrimmage battles, I wouldn't mind. But we don't have that – so we shouldn't run totally obvious run plays.
- I still can't imagine what happened to Cutler short of a torn ACL or something that would have kept him out of the game.
- The better team won today – definitely. Our defense rendered Chicago's offense mostly worthless, especially in the first half, but our overall team proved today that we are much better.
- Can't wait for the Super Bowl now! We definitely deserve a trip to the Super Bowl – this is absolutely fantastic. And as concerned as I was/am about McCarthy's second half play calling – I have to give him a lot of credit for taking the team this far. He has done a whale of a job since the Detroit meltdown as a coach. He has made sure all the players have been ready to play in each game, he has brought good strategies to each game and he has, for the most part, managed games quite well. I'm really proud of McCarthy for helping to drag the team through the tough times this season. He and Capers (and the rest of the coaching staff) should get lots of credit for what this team has accomplished – and in particular, for bringing up to speed/developing guys who have come out of nowhere and contributed big time (Starks, Walden, Shields, Masthay, etc). When a team has so many injuries in one year yet still manages to make it to the Super Bowl, that is a clear indication that the rest of the guys have been coached up beautifully.
- TT also has done a great job of picking up key guys throughout the year off the scrap heap. I still think the Howard Green pick up was huge – literally.
- Just proud to be a Packer fan today. Great feeling.
Game Thoughts Packers/Bears
29 Responses to "Game Thoughts Packers/Bears"
Ron LC Says:
January 23, 2011 at 8:40 pm |
They are burning Cutler's jersey in the parking lot at Soldier's Field. I am so happy. I'm listening to the Score out of Chicago. They'll be crying for weeks.
Masthay has become a great placement punter. Plus one for Slocum. If the cover team knows where the punt is going they can cover ok. Not gret, ok!
Travis Says:
January 23, 2011 at 8:47 pm |
im thinking rodgers may of got a concussion too.. thats very concerning.. we got 2 weeks off, but 3 in one year would be so bad.. and bad for his career.. I'm crossing my fingers, this could be very bad.
Trav Says:
January 23, 2011 at 8:57 pm |
Cutler…what a quitter. Worked out for us, although I agree with everyone that the 3rd stringer played better than Cutler did (and better than Collins ever could in his life). I would watch the wire to find out when the surgery is for this horrific injury that kept him out of the biggest game of his career. This is going to be fun texting my Chicago friends from college. About as much as when I could tell them that the Colts voted Rex Grossman the MVP of their SUper Bowl win.
Super Bowl baby! Now finish the job!!!
Trav Says:
January 23, 2011 at 9:06 pm |
This is just awesome…the Bears and their fans now have 6 months to think about this. Going to the Super Bowl and throwing the Bears franchise into chaos. Perfect.
DaveK Says:
January 23, 2011 at 9:15 pm |
Wow. Masthay is a big reason the Packers won that game. He won the field position battle against Manard and was just outstanding.
So much more to comment on…..but….I just want to enjoy it. Time for discussion the next two weeks!
Cutler looked like he quit to me. Every Bear's fan I know is ready to run him out of town. The Bear's better play up that injury because if it turns out to be minor Bear's fans will never forgive him for quitting. They are used to bad QB's but not a guy that is willing to quit in the NFC championship game.
Nick Says:
January 23, 2011 at 9:47 pm |
Where is that troll bears fan? I thought we had no chance??
Kai Says:
January 23, 2011 at 9:48 pm |
Anyone headed down here for the game? I told my wife that if the Pack goes, and the game is here in Dallas….it's God's way of saying I need to be there. Tickets are crazy expensive alreadey ($3000 – $12000) but Jerry is selling $200 passes to watch it on the outside jumbotrons. May be worth it to watch amongst the Packer Nation!
CindyV Says:
January 23, 2011 at 9:59 pm |
I have a question about the refs calls. On one play the Bears punt to the Packer. There is an illegal man downfield against the Bears. The ball was caught by the Packers. The bears were penalized 5 yards with the extra yards going to the PAckers. On the end of that seies, the PAckers punt. Same call: illegal man downfield. This time, the packers are penalized 5 yards and the punt is rekicked. Why two different penalities for the same exact infraction?
mark Says:
January 23, 2011 at 11:50 pm |
its the choice of the team to take which option they want.
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Scott W Says:
January 23, 2011 at 10:07 pm |
The troll you are referring to is Bill. He said 24 Bears, 13 Packers and to book it. Uh huh. Whatever dude. Your quarterback is a quitter.
PackerBelle Says:
January 23, 2011 at 10:16 pm |
The second half was brutal. I think Chicago's D made some adjustments and really stepped it up, but the Pack also didn't play well either. It was like two different teams played. I wonder if our defense had issues once Cutler went out. Our CBs all seem to put in lots of study time and I wonder if not having been able to study Haine limited their effectiveness.
They absolutely have to play better in the Super Bowl.
That said – THE PACKERS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!
Sam Shields is amazing and we got lucky to sign him. Raji is a beast (although some needs to point out that we don't hold the ball like that until after we're a few feet into the end zone). And after all the injuries this year the fact that we are going to the Super Bowl is amazing. Hopefully this will be a kick in the pants that they can't take anything for granted and MM and Dom Capers will get out of the funk they were in for the second half.
Kai Says:
January 23, 2011 at 10:27 pm |
Anyone wondering what Favre must be thinking now?
CindyV Says:
January 23, 2011 at 10:48 pm |
The Bears Still Suck!
Campbell Says:
January 24, 2011 at 5:56 am |
At a "magical" Packer moment when they narrowly avoid being embarassed by a 3rd string QB and the defense wins an important game with Rodgers standing on the sidelines and contributing nothing for most of the contest, you were wondering what Favre is thinking?
We already know his thinking. He expressed very positive comments re his former team.
Thinks they're the "best"
Kai Says:
January 24, 2011 at 9:36 am
"Contributing nothing"? Did you miss the first half? The Favre question was rhetorical.
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Nick Says:
January 23, 2011 at 11:48 pm |
I'll be down in Dallas. Will be a great time………
jman0war Says:
January 24, 2011 at 7:35 am |
I believe Dom Capers answered why he didn't blitz the 3rd string QB.
He was an unknown, nobody knew the guy's mobility. So they stuck with a 3 man rush and let our secondary make a play.
Bend But Don't Break
It worked.
(although i think they could have put Woodson on Forte)
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RayMidge Says:
January 24, 2011 at 12:07 pm |
I think the Urlacher INT was a bigger factor on Rodgers' play than the hit to the helmet. I got the feeling that having so badly misread that coverage and throwing the ball right to Urlacher Rodgers never again truly trusted what he was seeing. He seemed hesitant the rest of the way, reminded me of Brady vs the Jets last week. Also, with Cutler out I think he realized that playing conservatively was probably going to be enough and that the D would hold them. All in all it was a typical division game- no worrying about style points just score 1 more point than they do!
I think the move to warmer weather for the SB and having the game on a neutral field will really benefit the Pack in 2 weeks.
Cullen Jenkins also deserves some recognition. He played great especially early, very disruptive. This defense is so much fun to watch (except for that 4 play drive after the Raji INT).
Kozak Says:
January 24, 2011 at 12:20 pm |
No matter what happens this team has showed tremendous heart. For 5 straight weeks the last 3 on the road in the Playoffs they have been in a win and or go home game and have done what it takes, sometimes dominating but always getting it done. They've learned what it takes to close out games. McCarthy deserves a lot of credit for taking them to the next level. Maybe Detroit did the Packers a favor in that last meeting…..
56coop Says:
January 24, 2011 at 2:28 pm |
Well, as one who was extremely critical of MM/TT I'll have to say this crow tastes pretty good. Dallas bound. If McCarthy can pull off a gameplan say similar to the one at the Pats or Falcons & the team puts in a full 60 minutes GB can win this game. He;s got 2 weeks to do it so I am looking forward to see what he comes up with.
Was wondering how in the world Rodgers could not be concussed after that hit from Peppers. I feel sure he was at least a bit "dazed" for a few series. I also agree with Ray–after the Urlacher pick Aaaron looked very cautious. I think the Packers just decised to let the defense win it after Cutler went out. Almost cost them but alomost only counts in horseshoes & hand grenades.
Nick Says:
January 24, 2011 at 2:50 pm |
This Cutler thing is blowing up. I dont know if he could have kept playing or not, but it seems crazy that this many people/players are calling him out.
And to see fans burning his jersey in the parking lot after the game? Crazy, but what can you expect from Bear fans.
PackerBelle Says:
January 24, 2011 at 3:40 pm |
It is being reported that Cutler has an MCL tear. My view is that if an injury is bad enough to keep you out of a championship game then you shouldn't be standing on the sidelines – you should either be in the locker room getting treated or on crutches to prevent making the injury worse.
Cutler may very well have been injured badly enough to prevent him playing, But the way he and the team treated it doesn't seem to tell that story. I do think burning his jersey is overreacting. I understand being pissed off (the NCFGG against the Giants anyone?) but nice jerseys are expensive and Cutler likely will be around for awhile so why waste a perfectly good jersey?
Joe Says:
January 24, 2011 at 4:08 pm
MCL tears are not your normal injury. You can usually walk around just fine – it is when you try to plant you foot that you will notice it.
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Rusty Says:
January 24, 2011 at 3:49 pm |
We can say he should have kept playing, but diabetes and serious injuries are not a good combination. I think its important to remember his diabetes when we question his toughness. Playing with the diseases requires toughness in of itself. The piling on is probably driven by the popular image of Cutler (that is one of a sulking, pouting whiner).
PackerBelle Says:
January 24, 2011 at 4:27 pm
I agree diabetes and serious injuries are not a good combination as diabetes can affect circulation. However, to me that seems like you would want to be eve more careful with the injury than not. If there is a chance to avoid surgery you would want to do it.
I don't think playing with diabetes is that big of a deal. Diabetes is a very managable condition and as long as you take care of yourself it odesn't need to be a big deal. Cutler isn't the first, nor will he be the last, NFL player with that condition.
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DaveK Says:
January 24, 2011 at 4:08 pm |
Lovie just said it was a 'sprain' and not a 'tear'. Usually a sprain does not require surgery. There have been a bunch of players finish games with sprained MCL's. (Brees this year is one I can think of) Maybe Cutler's sprain was very severe but you have to think that Bear fans are not going to drag him out from under the bus because of a sprain. He probably wouldn't be under that bus if Cutler was willing to even try and build up any amount of good will among fans and the media. His problem is that they all pretty much can't stand him as a person and it is pretty easy to thrown a guy under the bus you really don't like.
I would guess Cutler isn't the type of guy that is going to forget how Chicago fans or the media turned on him so quickly. Not sure it is possible but Cutler may actually become a bigger jerk after this. This isn't going to end well for the Bears or Cutler and somewhere on a warm sunny island sipping a cocktail Josh McDaniels is smiling.
Paul Says:
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Has Peppers been fined yet for his illegal hit on Rodgers?


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- TRACE 700 Version 6.2.10 Now Available
- New Version of TOPSS Available
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- FAQ: How do I renew TRACE 700?
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TRACE 700™ Version 6.2.10 Now Available
TRACE 700, Load Design, Load Express, and Chiller Plant Analyzer updates are now available. The newest version, 6.2.10, includes the following updates:
The TRACE 700 single-zone VAV (SZVAV) control strategy has been updated to mirror field performance. The previous strategy used an algorithm that was overly conservative in the control deadband. The new control strategy uses a more aggressive supply air temperature reset that is commonly applied to SZVAV systems (Figure 1).
Figure 1. SZVAV control with variable-speed fan
Figure 1 depicts an example control sequence for a single-zone VAV
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sensible cooling load (right-hand side of the chart), this system
delivers maximum supply airflow at the design supply-air temperature
(SAT) for cooling (e.g., 55°F). As the zone cooling load decreases,
supply airflow is reduced as needed to maintain the desired
temperature in the zone. Eventually, the zone sensible cooling load
decreases to the point where supply airflow reaches a minimum limit.
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airflow, but now the SAT setpoint is gradually reset upward to avoid
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When the zone eventually requires heating (that is, when the zone temperature drops to the heating setpoint), the fan continues to operate at minimum airflow and the SAT setpoint is reset even further upward. Heating capacity is staged or modulated to maintain this supply-air temperature.
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In general, this control strategy should decrease the heating usage when compared to its predecessor.
Additional resources on single-zone VAV systems
ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 PRM Fan Power Calculation
The ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 Performance Rating Method (PRM) fan
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the standard is based on the design airflow through each applicable
device. According to Appendix G, there are four applicable PRM fan
types: supply, return, exhaust, and relief.
To account for the 90.1 static pressure adjustment of each fan, the 90.1 SP Adjust column has been added to the Fans tab of Create Systems (Figure 2). Previously, TRACE only accounted for the static pressure adjustment of the primary fan.
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Figure 2. Fans tab on Create Systems
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The additional static pressure adjustment inputs in TRACE 700 directly affect the calculation of the "A" value, which is used in Table G22.214.171.124 of ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007. According to the standard:
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CFMD is the design cfm through each applicable device
The new 90.1 static pressure adjustment inputs enable TRACE to
calculate the adjustments for each fan, instead of the primary fan
only. The "A" value is then used in the calculation for brake
horsepower in baseline systems 3 through 8.
Note: When you update to TRACE version 6.2.10, any previous static pressure adjustments entered for the primary fan will now display in the Primary row of the 90.1 SP Adjust column.
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How do I model room-to-room air transfer in TRACE 700?
The Room-to-Room Air Transfer (RTR) feature allows users to transfer
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The room exhaust can exceed the sum of the ventilation and infiltration as long as an adjacent space has been selected and has sufficient ventilation plus infiltration to provide transferable air. TRACE calculates the available transfer airflow using the following steps:
Step 1: The program calculates the amount of incoming air to the specified space (ventilation + infiltration).
Step 2: TRACE subtracts room exhaust from that value.
Step 3: If the value is negative, the program will bring in enough air from the adjacent space at the adjacent space's air condition (if enough outside air is available in the adjacent space) to make the sum of ventilation + infiltration equal to room exhaust. If there isn't enough outside air supplied to the adjacent space to meet the demands of the specified room, then TRACE will calculate the amount available and provide that to the space. If multiple spaces draw airflow from a single adjacent space and the ventilation plus infiltration in that space is not enough to balance the room exhaust, the program will prorate the room transfer airflow in equal proportions to the airflow requested.
To review the RTR airflows, preview the Cooling/Heating Airflow Balance report on the Detailed Reports tab. This report shows each room, zone, and system with corresponding airflows entering and leaving each space, as well as the balanced airflow totals.
For examples and more information about modeling RTR, refer to "Room-to-room Air Transfer in TRACE 700" [PDF].
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Diverticulosis is a condition that
develops when pouches (diverticula) form in the wall of the colon (large intestine). These pouches are usually very small (5 to 10 millimeters) in diameter but can be larger.
In diverticulosis, the pouches in the colon wall do not
cause symptoms. Diverticulosis may not be discovered unless symptoms occur,
such as in painful diverticular disease or in
diverticulitis. As many as 80 out of 100 people who have
diverticulosis never get diverticulitis.1 In many
cases, diverticulosis is discovered only when tests are done to find the cause
of a different medical problem or during a screening exam.
The reason pouches
(diverticula) form in the colon wall is not completely understood. Doctors
think diverticula form when high pressure inside the colon pushes against weak
spots in the colon wall.
Normally, a diet with adequate fiber
(also called roughage) produces stool that is bulky and can move easily through
the colon. If a diet is low in fiber, the colon must exert more pressure than
usual to move small, hard stool. A low-fiber diet also can increase the time
stool remains in the bowel, adding to the high pressure.
may form when the high pressure pushes against weak spots in the colon where
blood vessels pass through the muscle layer of the bowel wall to supply blood
to the inner wall.
Most people don't have
symptoms. You may have had diverticulosis for years
by the time symptoms occur (if they do). Over time, some people get an
infection in the pouches (diverticulitis). For more information, see the topic
Your doctor may use the term painful diverticular disease. It's likely that painful diverticular disease is caused by irritable bowel syndrome
(IBS). Symptoms include diarrhea and cramping abdominal (belly) pain, with no fever or other
sign of an infection. For information on the symptoms of IBS, see the topic
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
In many cases,
diverticulosis is discovered only when tests, such as a
barium enema X-ray or a
colonoscopy, are done to find the cause of a different
medical problem or during a screening exam.
The best way to treat diverticulosis is to avoid constipation. Here are some ideas:
This treatment may help reduce the formation of new pouches
(diverticula) and lower the risk for diverticulitis.
Treatment for painful diverticular disease involves adding fiber to the diet and not eating foods that
cause gas, pain, or other symptoms. Treatment is the same as that for irritable
bowel syndrome (IBS), because many people who have this condition also have
IBS. For information on the treatment of IBS, see the topic Irritable Bowel
Syndrome (IBS).
Eating a
high-fiber diet, getting plenty of fluid, and exercising regularly may help
prevent diverticulosis.
The American College of Gastroenterology is an organization of digestive disease specialists. The website contains information about common gastrointestinal problems.
The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons is the leading
professional society representing more than 1,000 board-certified colon and
rectal surgeons and other surgeons dedicated to treating people with diseases
and disorders affecting the colon, rectum, and anus.
This clearinghouse is a service of the U.S. National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the
U.S. National Institutes of Health. The clearinghouse answers questions;
develops, reviews, and sends out publications; and coordinates information
resources about digestive diseases. Publications produced by the clearinghouse
are reviewed carefully for scientific accuracy, content, and readability.
CitationsDavis BR, Matthews JB (2006). Diverticular disease of the colon. In M Wolfe et al., eds., Therapy of Digestive Disorders, 2nd ed., pp. 855–859. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.Other Works ConsultedTravis AC, Blumberg RS (2012). Diverticular disease of the colon. In NJ Greenberger et al., eds., Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, 2nd ed., pp. 259–272. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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I'm so glad that red is my favorite color - and that shades of green can be found all around my house. Why? Because for the first few weeks of December, that was all that decorated my house. Touches of red and green with one half-lit Christmas tree standing halfway between the family room and the dining room.
It's been such a crazy busy summer, fall, and now winter that I barely had time to clean my house let alone decorate for Christmas. And decorating for Christmas is something I love to do. I managed to find about 20 minutes a day for a whole week and finally got some decorations set out around the house.
Like I said before, the red and green colors I already had in our home really came in handy - all I had to do was add to it.
Ready for a tour before I have to take everything down this weekend?
Here is the front porch. My son found the old firetruck and refurbished it. It is perfect to hold some greenery and a package.
The foyer china hutch is the perfect place to hold my collection of snow globes. You can see a glimpse of the card holder in the hallway.
An antique mirror helps to reflect light in the dark hallway.
I always hang our stockings on the railing because we use our fireplace a lot and it's too much of a pain to have to remove the stockings every time we light a fire.
A just added a little touch of sparkle with glittered starfish ornaments in the powder room.
Our fireplace is difficult to decorate because the mantle is really high and the ceiling is low. I just used some garland and metal stars. I added some battery operated lights that I got at Costco but they don't work very well - bummer.
I had to doctor up our "pre-lit" tree since half of it decided to give up the ghost. I love the size and texture of this tree, so I guess I'm stuck with putting lights on it like we used to. It's not that big of a tree, so I don't think it will be too much of a problem.
I use each of my children's baby shoes as ornaments on the tree. I wrote their names and birthdates on the sole of the shoes. Sweet memories!
I love the shelves that Hubs made for me last Christmas from old barn wood. I also set out our grandchildren's nativity set on a tray on the coffee table. Sometimes there are also green army men, matchbox cars, or a pink binky nestled in with Baby Jesus.
Some simple greenery picks and berry picks soften the rustic shelves and I wrote "Joy to the World" on my grandpa's old slate from grade school.
Hubs found this old vintage tractor in a barn at an estate sale. I found a small tree at Michael's to stand next to it. Hubs is slightly obsessed with Farmall tractors right now and so this is a nod to his interest in them.
The dining room table is our only table to eat at, so the decor must be easy to remove. A few lanterns and a small bird keep it interesting.
I added an old metal truck and some bottle brush trees (from our train set) to a small greenhouse and then sprinkled Epsom salt in for snow.
A little snowy scene. This might be all of the snow we see this winter!
I had a fun time decorating my new kitchen (just finished this past May). I mainly added some wreaths to the window, my Coca-Cola crate, and a Christmas plate. The green stool and red dish cloths were already in the kitchen.
A small pitcher and plate with pine cones was added to the glass cabinet .
A star bowl holds candy and Hub's Nana's corn pudding mold holds mixed nuts with a nutcracker.
I guess you could say that I have a collection of angels since I have 3 now. Two came from students and the one with a gardening shovel came from my dear mother-in-law.
My kidney donor surprised me with a "sisters" figurine this year. We call each other "kidney sisters" because a part of her is now a part of me and we are also sisters in Christ. I am so, so blessed.
I put this little vignette in the kitchen window every Christmas. Hubs gave me the wheelbarrow ornament and I made the greenhouse out of another ornament, a milk glass urn, and a glass coaster. I made the nest in the ornament from twine and buttons.
When the sun starts to go down, and the chickens are heading into the hen house, there's nothing like coming back into the house with all of the lights are on and enjoying the warmth of home and family.
May you and your family have a blessed Christmas and a happy and healthy 2014.


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David O. Russell has directed a great incest comedy, a brilliant war comedy and one of the best sports movies ever, so who are we to say he can't make a romcom?
"The Silver Linings Playbook," which Russell adapted and directed, stars Bradley Cooper as a man fresh out of a mental hospital and living with his parents while he tries to get his life back together. His plan to win back his estranged wife is derailed when he meets an unstable young widow, played by Jennifer Lawrence.
Both Lawrence and Cooper are easy on the eyes, and Cooper is more talented than he's given credit for, together the two establish a great rhythm, snapping off quick dialog with ease. And their experience was so mutually positive that they've already filmed another movie together, "Serena," a Depression Era tale about a wealthy couple who discover the wife cannot bear children.
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Surrounding Lawrence and Cooper is the likes of Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver as his parents, John Ortiz and Julia Stiles, and most improbably, Chris Tucker as Cooper's therapist.
Does it look schmaltzy? Oh yeah--but when we heard Russell was making an underdog sports movie--"The Fighter"--we wrote it off. We won't make that mistake again.
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CNN's John King was the first to report incorrectly on Wednesday that authorities had identified a suspect in Monday's bloody terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon. King claimed authorities were looking for a "dark skinned male."
"I want to be very careful about this, because people get very sensitive when you say these things. I was told by one of these sources who is a law enforcement official that this is a dark-skinned male. I'm making a personal judgment—forgive me, I think it's the right judgment—not to try to inflame tensions. They say it's a dark-skinned male."
The suspect description and claims of an arrest were later found to be false. "CNN [incorrectly] reported an arrest and the Associated Press stated that a suspect was taken into custody and was expected at a Boston courthouse," adds CBS News.
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WELCOME TO the Tuesday blog. Tuesdays mean Steve Collett, focussing mainly on match fishing but also delving into his styles of pleasure fishing and specialist angling.
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LAST WEEKEND at the Tackle and Guns show I bumped into an old friend who I consider to be one of the finest matchmen this country has ever seen.
It left me wondering if he would have been "THE" finest had he continued to fish full time.
You see, this guy had a wonderful family, a young family who had other interests, horse riding along with other hobbies. He decided to spend time with his growing kids; a very admirable quality, especially seeing that he was at the top of his game at the time – Kamasan points galore, sponsorships, teams desperate to have him in their side.
He chose his family, and the tackle went in the loft, then as they have grown up, he has started to slowly ease himself back in.
And his class soon started to show, as in his first year back, he qualified for Fish O Mania, won numerous Opens, and became a threat on any Midlands Open. But only once a week, he doesn't have time to practice, he only goes once a weekend.
An amazing feat in my book. I won't name him as he is also a very nice bloke and would probably be embarrassed if I did…
It was Simon Christian!
But it did leave me wondering – if you can be a top flight angler, and a family man holding down a 9 til 5?
Only this weekend I saw a familiar and heart-warming sight that I am sure some of you will relate to, Mr Joff Wodgett, captain of Leicester Sensas, on a pretty big match the Soar Champs – and he had something with him in his bag. A daughter.
I'm sure Joff would forgive me for not knowing how old Izzy is, but for instance say 7 to 12, but can you imagine having to fish a match, and watch a youngster. I take my hat off to you, and I am sure many of you have done it.
I have seen young Emma Pickering and her daughter on matches, and even though she was as good as gold, and probably enjoyed every minute of it, it's still a tough ask. Again, I applaud you.
Of course there will be exceptions to the rule, Les Thompson to name one, but I am sure that is down to family support. I suppose the kids would be proud as punch to see daddy or mommy in the magazines each week.
Another "family" angler springs to mind – Samantha Sim, three kids, lives in the bottom of the country where it's hard to fish certain matches, but somehow managed a Fish O Mania title, secured an England place, and continues to win section after section in her local leagues.
I know for a fact that she doesn't fish on Saturdays, that's the family day, so how do they do it?
I can't say myself as I don't have kids, but I think a lot of it has to do with support from the other halves. I know Sam Sim's long suffering old man, Jason Kirk, immerses himself into Sam's fishing career, and being good angler himself, he has had to sacrifice his fishing a little bit. That's a very admirable thing to do, especially with so much fishing talk going on around the dinner table.
A real tough subject this, and I am sure the successful family anglers need 100 percent support from the husband or wife, otherwise you're on a losing peg before you have drawn it !
So next time you're on a commercial and Mr X wins his section or the match, after finishing a 50-hour week and a Friday night of Dora the explorer, doff your cap. It's a damn good achievement holding down a job, kids and fishing. I'm off down the vasectomy clinic…!
This week's goes to a guy who I don't know that well, but he has been around that long he has drew next to Izaak Walton twice. He has achieved a mammoth feat in winning a major championship three times in a row and four times throughout his career, the Soar champs.
I am of course talking about Roger Marlow (Leicester Sensas) who won this weekend's Soar big 'un with 2 kilos 550g on a river that fished very hard. I even had to resort to the good ol Daddy Ruffe and a rogue chub for a section win.
A very hard day, so well done Mr Roger Marlow a superb run of results. Take a bow.
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Taco Bell Employee Quits in Best Way Possible
Is there anything more gratifying than quitting a crappy job in dramatic, bridge-incinerating fashion? I don't think there is! But maybe we could ask Adam, former Taco Bell shift manager, since he seems to have some experience in that department. Adam submitted his sign-based resignation ("I QUIT - ADAM/FUCK YOU :)") on Thursday night; apparently he was upset that he was denied time off on July 4, despite having worked 22 days in a row. [WIVB via Fark]


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A trip west from Tallahassee, Florida across Interstate 10 has unexpectedly presented itself. This drive through the Mississippi delta has been something I've wanted to do for years, taking in Pensacola, Mobile, Biloxi, Gulfport, and New Orleans. Then it's up through Jackson and Memphis. As a result, there will be a lag in posts after today. Probably not much more than the week it usually takes me to post anyway, but possibly 10 days or so. We'll see. In any case, I'll bring my camera and hopefully some shots will eventually (who knows when) make it to City of Dust.
Also unexpected, perhaps, are these photos. It sure ain't the Central Savannah River Area. In my absence, I'm going to hold a contest.
If you'd like more entertainment in the meantime, I highly recommend checking out Found Magazine, a magazine (and book) composed entirely of things people found. Photos, love notes, diary entries, threats... It's amazing how poignant many of the pieces are, little snippets of other people's lives devoid of any context. It'll pique your curiosity, that's for sure. From the intro to the book: "I ask folks to name their finds, just as they'd name a painting or a song or a story they'd written. Picking a note up from the ground - something that everyone else has walked past and seen as trash - seems to me an equally noble act of creation." Now that's a philosophy I can get behind! Just look at most of the photos on this site. Make sure you check out Found's "find of the week!" Next time, downtown Augusta, GA. Really.


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2007 Lexus LS 600h L Launch Edition
In celebration of Neiman Marcus' 100th anniversary in October, Lexus is making available 100 specially equipped LS 600h L Launch Edition models to be offered through the retailer to its InCircle® members—customers belonging to the luxury retailer's customer recognition program.
The InCircle program has a long history of established partnerships with select companies dedicated to excellence. To that end, Neiman Marcus this year offers this exclusively designed vehicle from Lexus directly to its InCircle members.
Offered to Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman customers, the InCircle program provides members the opportunity to earn points on an annual basis. These points may be redeemed at any time throughout the year once the customer has accumulated enough for the gift of their choice.
"Since its inception nearly 25 years ago, InCircle has been known for serving individuals who demand the finest and are committed to luxury as a constant in their lives," said Jeffrey Netzer, vice president of Neiman Marcus Customer Programs. He continued, "InCircle is proud to announce Lexus as our newest automotive partner to participate in our renowned customer recognition program. We are pleased to extend this exclusive purchase offer with one of the most prestigious automotive brands to our members."
The LS 600h L is the world's first luxury full hybrid V8 vehicle, available to the public mid-2007. But for the fortunate few, 100 specially-equipped Limited Edition models of Lexus' most inspired and innovative vehicle will be available for purchase by InCircle members.
"Lexus is proud to offer this revolutionary car to Neiman Marcus' most loyal and discerning customers," said Deborah Meyer, vice president of marketing for Lexus. "They will not be disappointed—the LS 600h L stands alone in its class as the world's foremost hybrid vehicle in performance, style, safety and luxury."
Each of the 100 LS 600h L Launch Edition models will feature a special exterior color, Truffle Mica, a sophisticated four-coat color with a lustrous clear coat highlighting the fluid, sculpted lines of the LS. The interior will feature a luxurious Alabaster color, with interior badging that marks the LS 600h L as a Launch Edition vehicle. Exclusive 19-inch chrome alloy wheels have been created for this edition LS. In addition, owners will receive a specially crafted Italian leather luggage set that will match the unique interior color scheme.
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'Yes' to Tar Sands, 'No' to Coal: Obama Confounds Climate Community
With one eye on the polls and the other on energy goals, Obama appears conflicted and confounded by greenhouse gas emissions.
WASHINGTON—Those expecting a consistent climate change message from the White House are having trouble squaring two recent energy initiatives.
President Obama avoided any climate-related language [1] when he stood in Cushing, Okla. on March 22 to encourage construction of the southern leg of the fiercely debated Keystone XL oil pipeline. Then, just five days later—when Obama was attending a nuclear security summit in South Korea—the Environmental Protection Agency modestly rolled out its first-ever carbon pollution standard for future power plants [2].
How, puzzled critics asked, could the Obama administration endorse a tar sands pipeline project that's been labeled the "fuse to the biggest carbon bomb on the planet [3]" while simultaneously laying the groundwork for kicking coal to the curb as an electricity generator?
The short answer is that he has one eye on the polls and the other on his long-term energy goals.
Frank O'Donnell, president of the nonpartisan advocacy group Clean Air Watch [4], told InsideClimate News that the two announcements raise this fundamental question: "Is the Obama administration more focused on the electoral map rather than where the carbon comes from as its guiding principle when it comes to putting caps on carbon dioxide?"
Obama is well aware that presidents can do virtually nothing about gas prices in the near term, O'Donnell said. But touting Keystone XL as relief for an oil bottleneck in the Midwest was a symbolic move to show Obama is not anti-pipeline when the public is grousing about pain at the pump.
And while the rule to curb carbon pollution from future power plants is a significant environmental victory, O'Donnell said, it won't have an impact until existing plants are retired and replaced with cleaner fuels. No new coal-fired power plants are in the hopper, he added, so the rule is merely reinforcing a trend set by natural market forces and low natural gas prices.
Even though action on Keystone XL and new power plants might seem inconsistent, "it's not a question of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing," O'Donnell said about Obama's energy game plan. "Anyone from either party is going to make running for reelection the No. 1 priority. That's just the way it is."
Keystone Emissions Negating New Rule?
Opponents of Keystone XL are quick to point out that any gains made by the EPA's newest rule could be negated if the entire 1,702-mile pipeline is constructed between Alberta, Canada and refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
On Tuesday, when the EPA unveiled the draft version of its standard directed at upcoming electricity generators, it didn't include calculations on how many tons of heat-trapping gas emissions the new rule would prevent.
But Obama supporters stung by his decision to travel to the oil hub of Cushing point out that EPA arithmetic from several years ago predicted that annual carbon dioxide emissions for extracting and refining 900,000 barrels per day of tar sands crude for the Keystone XL would be 27 million metric tons greater than emissions from conventional crude. That's roughly equivalent to the annual emissions from seven coal-fired power plants, according to agency figures. Since then, TransCanada, the company that would build and operate Keystone XL, has reduced the pipeline's proposed daily flow to 830,000 barrels.
Never mind, critics say, that those emissions numbers would likely grow as more tar sands pipelines become part of the North American landscape. Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. said [5] last week that it would invest $4 billion to expand two pipeline systems that would dramatically increase the flow of oil sands crude to the Gulf Coast—the Flanagan South Pipeline from Flanagan, Ill. to Cushing, Okla. and the Seaway Pipeline from Cushing to Houston.
Robert Walther, a senior energy adviser with the centrist think tank Third Way [6], said those fixated on potential carbon emissions from Keystone XL aren't being realistic. Weaning the country of fossil fuels with a cold turkey approach isn't pragmatic, he added.
"When you talk about the environmental concerns of Keystone XL, it's nothing compared to [EPA's announcement] and what this president has done," Walther said. "You can't just cap everything or the public won't come along with you. Energy solutions need a balanced approach."
Power plants are this country's largest source of carbon pollution, accounting for one-third of the greenhouse gas emissions. Close to 1,500 power plants release about 2.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually.
That emissions figure would grow by around 25 percent if coal alone were used to satisfy the country's appetite for electricity through 2035, Walther said. Instead, new emissions will be dramatically reduced as EPA's newest rule prompts utilities to meet that need with natural gas, renewables and possibly nuclear.
"With this rule the EPA has essentially said that no matter what happens with natural gas prices, you will not see more coal plants come on line," Walther said. "Coal was already falling away as an option. It can't compete in the marketplace."
Third Way takes credit for naming the "all of the above" energy strategy that Obama has touted since unveiling it during his 2011 State of the Union address.
Keystone XL opponents are wrong to call the president pro-oil when his administration has championed a gamut of transportation fuels, including biofuels, electricity and natural gas, Walther said. Obama also spearheaded an initiative to slash reliance on petroleum by endorsing standards that require new cars and light trucks to average nearly 55 miles per gallon by 2025. That provision is expected to halve carbon emissions from vehicles.
Walther also lauded Obama for forging ahead with restrictions on coal instead of expecting Congress to do so.
"Did we really think after cap and trade died that we could have this type of success?" he asked. "This sows the seeds for new regulations."
Existing Coal Plants Next?
Environmental groups were quick to lavish praise on Obama for EPA's new rule that the Sierra Club described [7] as "an important, historic step away from dirty energy." The Natural Resources Defense Council, which joined the Sierra Club in staunch opposition to the Keystone XL, was equally complimentary.
"We watch most closely what the administration does, more so than what is says," David Doniger, policy director for NRDC's climate program, wrote in an e-mail. "The standard for new power plants is a big step toward protecting our health and well-being from the carbon pollution that is driving dangerous climate change."
NRDC is one of the organizations that forced EPA to act on emissions from new and existing power plants by filing a lawsuit that led to a December 2010 settlement. In 2009, the agency determined that carbon pollution threatens Americans' health and the environment by leading to long-lasting changes in the climate. That finding followed a landmark Supreme Court decision in 2007 that authorized EPA to rein in planet-warming gases.
All along, environmentalists have been prodding EPA to issue a more aggressive rule aimed at existing power plants. However, they understand why today's anti-regulatory fervor means that regulation will be a post-November exercise—if Obama earns a second term.
"We are simply not prepared to make a statement on existing facilities at this time," Gina McCarthy, assistant administrator for the EPA Office of Air and radiation, said in a teleconference call Tuesday. "We can discuss the existing standards when there have been decisions made and it's more appropriate."
The draft regulation targeting future power plants comes on the heels of final standards EPA issued last year geared at slicing mercury, soot and smog pollution from old coal-fired plants.
This newest rule, issued under the umbrella of the Clean Air Act's New Source Performance Standards, limits carbon emissions to 1,000 pounds per megawatt hour. Coal-fired plants now average about 1,800 pounds, while natural gas facilities are significantly lower at between 800 and 850 pounds.
Currently, about 600 coal plants provide nearly 40 percent of the nation's power, compared to the 27 percent from natural gas-powered generators.
"We also recognize that coal continues to have a place," McCarthy said. "It's the largest source of electricity generation in the United States. We want to make sure it uses modern advanced technology."
To meet the standard, new coal plants would have to invest in expensive and advanced technologies such as carbon capture and sequestration. However, the rule does not apply to the dozen or so facilities that already have permits and will be breaking ground within the next year. Very few, if any, coal-fired plants are planned beyond then.
EPA's draft rule will be open to a 60-day public comment period as soon as it's published in the Federal Register. That's likely to happen within the next couple of months, McCarthy said.
New Plants: Beyond Natural Gas
Climate specialists at the World Resources Institute [8], a global environmental think tank, pointed out that a quarter of the nation's fossil fuel-based generation capacity is at least 40 years old and thus nearing retirement.
"Any plants built today would likely be standing in 2050 and beyond," said Kevin Kennedy, the institute's U.S. climate director. That makes "strong rules for new plants an important part of the picture."
His colleague Nicholas Bianco, a senior associate at the think tank, emphasized that today's projections on fuel availability and price don't always hold true for tomorrow. Even if the nation's current natural gas glut doesn't last, he said, EPA's newest rule provides certainty for the business sector by clamping down on dirty coal.
Coal-fired plants emit about twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas-powered ones.
In his commentary [7] last week, Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune said the EPA's newest carbon pollution protections won't amount to much on the overall climate front if the nation merely switches fossil fuels by trading coal for abundant and cheap natural gas.
"Ultimately, the only way to stop hurting ourselves will be to do everything we can, everywhere we can, to accelerate the development of clean, renewable energy like solar and wind," he said. "Call it a best of the above strategy, if you will."


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UAlbany's RNA Institute to Host Symposium on RNA Science and Its Applications, January 23
RNAi Workshop Will Also be Held January 22-24
RNAi Workshop Will Also be Held January 22-24
The RNA Institute is a national research resource which recently unveiled a new facility for RNA biomedical technology development and commercialization.
ALBANY, N.Y. (November 4, 2013) — The RNA Institute at the University at Albany, in partnership with St. Louis, Mo.-based Sigma-Aldrich, will bring together leading U.S. researchers to discuss state-of-the-art scientific and technological innovations at an RNA symposium on January 23, 2014.
The forum is designed for academic leaders in RNA research to exchange their findings on RNA science and applications for drug discovery. It will consist of a half day of scientific presentations followed by an evening poster session and reception. Lectures will feature in depth discussion on the fundamental science of RNA and its application to advanced screening solutions for drug discovery and target validation.
The symposium keynote speakers include:
- Rachel Green, president of the RNA Society, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and professor, department of molecular biology and genetics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Using primarily biochemical approaches, Green studies the mechanism of translation by the ribosome, and its regulation, in bacterial and eukaryotic systems.
- Michael Ibba, professor and chair, Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University. Ibba's research is directed toward understanding the mechanisms that determine how cells ensure the accurate translation of the genetic code, and how changes in the underlying processes impact cellular health and contribute to microbial pathogenesis and disease.
- Shawn Shafer, functional genomics market segment manager, Sigma Life Science. As a developmental biologist, Shafer identified the coordinated effects of the Wnt3a and TGFB1 signaling pathways in the phenotypic regulation of adult aortic stem cells.
- Henri Tiedge, professor of physiology and pharmacology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center. His research interests center upon brain cytoplasmic RNAs, a subtype of regulatory RNAs that control neuronal gene expression at the level of translation.
- Eckard Wimmer, virologist, distinguished professor, Stony Brook University. Wimmer is best known for his seminal work on the molecular biology of poliovirus and the first chemical synthesis of a viral genome capable of infection and subsequent production of live viruses. He received the 2012 Robert Koch Gold Medal, a prestigious international scientific award recognizing his lifetime achievements in infectious diseases, specifically his groundbreaking research on the poliovirus and as a pioneer in the new discipline of synthetic biology.
The symposium will also include a three-day workshop on synthetic and viral-based systems for gene silencing. As RNAi has emerged as an important mainstream tool for both basic and applied research, the hands-on workshop will demonstrate the use of the Institute's rare shRNA and siRNA libraries to advance the research of its affiliated faculty researchers. The RNA Institute announced in December 2012 that Sigma-Aldrich, one of the world's leading life science and high technology companies, gifted extensive collections of RNA molecules to the Institute, allowing researchers to target genes of high therapeutic value and identify disease-causing proteins.
Register for the RNA symposium here.
About The RNA Institute
Launched in June 2010, The RNA Institute conducts cutting-edge research for development and delivery of innovative medicines, vaccines and diagnostics. The national research resource recently unveiled its state-of-the-art facility for RNA biomedical technology development and commercialization. The new space utilizes an "open source" model where leading researchers from around the globe can collaborate on investigative efforts into designing RNA technologies and drug therapies for the treatment of such diseases as cancer, Alzheimer's, HIV/AIDS, and ALS.
The RNA Institute now boasts several research collaborations with institutions such as Albany Medical College and RPI, as well as public-private partnerships with global corporations, Albany Medical Research, Inc., Sigma-Aldrich and ThermoFisher Scientific. The Institute has established a network of research affiliates with more than 50 laboratories nationwide encompassing more than 350 researchers, as well as a scientific advisory board with Nobel Laureate and National Academy of Sciences members.
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A comprehensive public research university, the University at Albany offers more than 120 undergraduate majors and minors and 125 master's, doctoral, and graduate certificate programs. UAlbany is a leader among all New York State colleges and universities in such diverse fields as atmospheric and environmental sciences, business, criminal justice, emergency preparedness, engineering and applied sciences, informatics, public administration, social welfare, and sociology taught by an extensive roster of faculty experts. It also offers expanded academic and research opportunities for students through an affiliation with Albany Law School. With a curriculum enhanced by 600 study-abroad opportunities, UAlbany launches great careers.


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David Stone is a French comedian, writer, producer and multi-award winning magician specialising in close-up magic and coin magic. David is on a world wide lecture tour called "The eXperience" and says that "the tricks, explanations and entertaining surprises involving the audience will change the concept of a traditional lecture!"His achievements include:
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