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More than half of the 23 players who assembled Monday at StubHub Center for the annual January U.S. Men's National Team Camp will almost assuredly have their World Cup dreams dashed when the roster is announced in May ahead of this summer's tournament.
Many of the MLS-heavy contingent on hand know they are merely making up the numbers in the domestic off-season while first-team regulars are busy in Europe plying their trade for their club teams.
But one player could be forgiven for dreaming of being in Brazil a little more than most — former Galaxy midfielder Mike Magee.
Last year's MLS MVP was unexpectedly called into camp for the first time in nine years — former national team coach Bruce Arena issued the invite back then — and at age 29 has a shot at earning his first U.S. cap Feb. 1 in Carson against South Korea.
The potential presence of the locally popular player in the starting 11 could well goose the attendance for a game that has already seen 15,000 tickets sold for the 27,000-capacity venue.
Magee was a talismanic player for the Galaxy during his five years with the club, whether he was putting in a successful emergency stint in goal or leading the charge against the opposition's net.
Magee scored six goals in 10 MLS appearances for the Galaxy last season before being traded to the Chicago Fire, where he finished his most productive-ever season with 21 goals.
"I don't know why, at least, he doesn't get an opportunity," MLS coach Jason Kreis was quoted as saying four years ago, just before the last World Cup.
Kreis was talking about former Galaxy striker Edson Buddle at the time, who had scored a league-record seven goals in the opening four games of the season, but his words could just as well apply to Magee today.
Buddle went on to secure a spot at the 2010 World Cup, of course, seven years after making an 11-minute appearance for the U.S. in his only previous national team outing.
Former Galaxy striker Herculez Gomez took a similarly unlikely path to the World Cup that year, too. He had played a combined 67 national team minutes in two games three years earlier before his eye-catching scoring exploits in Mexico persuaded then-U.S. coach Bob Bradley to add him to his World Cup squad.
Whether that will be the case for Magee, too, remains to be seen, of course.
Perhaps former teammate Robbie Keane played a role in getting Magee his chance.
The Galaxy striker said recently in his homeland that Ireland may want to give an opportunity to the prolific Magee — who qualifies to play for the nation because of his Irish heritage — if U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann was going to continue ignoring the player.
But perhaps Klinsmann is also having second thoughts about the likely World Cup contributions from such other candidates as Jozy Altidore, who is having a goal-shy season on goal-averse EPL team Sunderland.
Magee may be a World Cup longshot, but he has the right attitude.
"I have a chance," he said. "I'm motivated to leave a footprint on this team."
The Galaxy learned Monday they will host Club Tijuana on March 12 in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, with the return date set for March 18 in Tijuana. … The Galaxy also confirmed Monday that Kenny Arena — Bruce's son — will rejoin the team as an assistant coach. Arena spent the last two years as head coach at Florida International University.
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I've been lengthening daily asana sessions (an hour or more without pranayama) and towards the end, (or from the mid point onwards?) my heart starts pounding. Is this the panic of ego-death?
Daniel Merkur (1998) uses the term to refer to the "death crisis" which may occur during a trip:[18]
[The] death-rebirth experience [is] also described in the literature as "ego death." It is sometimes termed "ego loss" [...] The death crisis takes various forms. The early examples in a series of death crises are usually attended by extreme panic
Should this panic be happening via mere asana? I was under the impression it was a pranayama thing.


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IBM missed earnings expectations for the first time in eight years, which helped drag down the Dow in Friday trading. Alexandra Scaggs reports on The News Hub. (Photo: Getty Images)
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I have decided not to make New Year's Resolutions this year…no lists of fluffy feel good things that I will more than likely fail to live up to. Instead, I am going streaking. Yes, you heard that correct. I am going streaking for the first time in my life. I just hope I can do Frank proud.
Specifically, I am going to attempt to start two different streaks on New Year's Day. The first is a streak to run every single day for the year of 2012. This is certainly going to be a difficult challenge for me as I have battled a knee injury since my collegiate triple jumping career. I am choosing to do this for a couple of reasons. First, is actually because of my wife who has recently committed to a run streak and at the time of this posting is sitting at 37 consecutive days of running at least one mile. Many of her runs have been in the double digits for miles and she is inspiring me with her dedication. The second reason is for my own personal goal setting and physical growth. I am the type of person that needs a goal in order to motivate myself. In the past, I would run if I was training for a race or some sort of competition. Hopefully, by taking this challenge and making it public on my blog I will stick with it…feel free to drop me a line on twitter ( @stumpteacher ) to make sure I stay honest!
The second streak I hope to start is nothing new and nothing that many of my readers have not already done. It is the 365 photo-a-day project. My goal is to take a picture a day and post it on my posterous site. I will be travelling a great deal as the Illinois Teacher of the Year in 2012, so I hope to share some of my travels and have a snap shot of my year.
So, maybe these two streaks are actually resolutions and I am just another hypocrite…but oh well. I am going to try to stick with these two things for as long as I can. What streaks do you want to start this year? Watch an episode of Seinfeld every day? Give a family member a hug every day? Take a walk every day? Take time to read every day?
In thinking about my two impending streaks, I am brainstorming how to bring this idea to my classroom. How can I incorporate streaks with my students? What streaks can I start with them? How can I help them create yearly challenges and then support them?


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Cisco this week said it would acquire privately held Composite Software, a provider of data virtualization software and services, for $180 million.
Composite's software makes data collected from across the network appear as if it's in one place. This logical representation is intended to speed and improve decision making, Cisco says.
Composite will play a key role in Cisco's plan to develop an IT simplification platform. This platform appears to also include Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) server and associated components, and technology from another recently acquired company, SolveDirect.
"Cisco's strategy is to create a next generation IT model that provides highly differentiated solutions to help solve our customers' most challenging business problems," said Gary Moore, Cisco president and COO, in a statement. "By combining our network expertise with the performance of Cisco's Unified Computing System and Composite's software, we will provide customers with instant access to data analysis for greater business intelligence."
Cisco also says a combination of Composite and SolveDirect's process integration platform will provide cross-domain data and workflow integration for real-time business operations.
Composite will join a Cisco services group that is led by both Mala Anand, senior vice president of Cisco Services Platforms Group, and Mike Flannagan, senior director and general manager of the Integration Brokerage Technology Group. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of Cisco's fiscal year 2014, which closes in late October
Jim Duffy has been covering technology for over 25 years, 21 at Network World. He also writes The Cisco Connection blog and can be reached on Twitter @Jim_Duffy.


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Prosecutor: Chicago gang member followed man before fatally shooting his 6-month-old daughter
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CHICAGO – A gang member followed a man he suspected of burglarizing his mother's home after spotting him driving in Chicago. Then he waited for the man to pull over, prosecutors alleged Tuesday, before opening fire — killing the man's 6-month-old daughter.
Prosecutors revealed new details about the moments surrounding the March 11 shooting as they successfully convinced a judge to deny bond to Koman Willis, a convicted felon arrested over the weekend in the death of Jonylah Watkins.
Willis, 33, is accused of fatally shooting the baby while targeting her father, Jonathan Watkins, who was shot and seriously wounded as he held up his daughter after changing her diaper. Police said Tuesday there was no indication that Willis knew the baby was in the vehicle.
Assistant State's Attorney Heather Kent told the judge that cellphone tower data put Willis in the immediate area at the time of the shooting. She also said surveillance videos showed his girlfriend's van, which he "regularly drove," was in the area before and after the shooting.
"The defendant admitted to parking his van in an alley, getting out of his van, and approaching the victim's fan and opening fire on the unsuspecting victims," Kent said.
But defense attorney Rob Fishers said Willis "is maintaining his innocence" and questioned the timing of the arrest. Willis, who didn't enter a plea during the hearing, turned himself in Saturday.
"It is two months later now, so I'm curious about the allegations that were made," Fishers said. "Now all of a sudden either new witnesses, according to the police spokesman, were discovered, or perhaps old witnesses who were making new stories."
Kent alleged that Willis had vowed to shoot those responsible for taking video games and other items from his mother's home about a month before the shooting. She said Willis was convinced Watkins took part.
Prosecutors allege Willis told people he retrieved a gun, then followed Watkins until he pulled over in Woodlawn neighborhood on the city's South Side.
Watkins, whom authorities said was holding up his daughter to kiss her after changing her diaper, was shot three times and seriously wounded. The girl was shot once in the left armpit, with the bullet piercing her torso. She died a short time later.
Willis is a documented gang member with 38 previous arrests and five felony convictions. One of those convictions was for aggravated assault on a police officer, for which he was sentenced to three years in prison.
The shooting came just weeks after the slaying of Hadiyah Pendelton, a 15-year-old drum majorette who was shot a mile from President Barack Obama's home just days after she performed at the president's inauguration in Washington, D.C. Police believe she was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity.
Pendleton's death was one of more than 40 homicides in Chicago in January, a total that made it the deadliest January in the city in more than a decade. Last year, homicides in Chicago topped 500 for the first time since 2008.
However, homicides are down since then. Chicago had 109 homicides this year as of May 12, according to the latest Police Department crime statistics. That's a 39 percent drop compared with the same period last year.


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From: Ken Cantrell ([email protected])
Date: Mon Nov 13 2000 - 14:57:54 PST
RE: [SI-LIST] : deCoupling caps and there placementMark & Doug,
How do you interpret that?
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mark Gill
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 11:16 AM
To: 'Doug Brooks'; Thomas Jackson; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : deCoupling caps and there placement
Folks - Just a note on the UMR work. To quote a UMR sponsored paper for the
2000 EMC symposium, "Quantifying Decoupling Capacitor Location", the paper
"A more recently published study of decoupling capacitors and printed
circuit boards as ensembles concluded that for printed circuit boards with
both power and ground planes, all decoupling capacitors are shared in the
frequency range in which they are effective; hence, the location of the
decoupling capacitor on the board is unimportant [4]. This study considered
multi-layer boards with closely spaced layers and its conclusions may have
been extended beyond the region of validity of the study."
[4] T. Hubing, J. Drewniak, T. Van Doren, and D. Hockanson, "Power Bus
Decoupling on Multilayer Printed Circuit Boards," IEEE Transactions on
Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 155-166, May 1995.
Mark Gill, P.E.
EMC/Safety/NEBS Design & Compliance
C-MAC Engineering Design Services
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Brooks [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:23 PM
To: Thomas Jackson; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : deCoupling caps and there placement
But, I too would call your attention to an article that appeared in PC
Design Magazine in March, 1998 titled "An Interview With Todd Hubing" (a
reprint is available in the "articles" section of our web site at
http://www.ultracad.com). Todd qualified the comments in the article you
referenced as applying only to boards where the power planes were 10 mils
or less apart. For more conventional structures he commented that "closer
is better".
There has been a great deal of misinterpretation of what the results meant
in Todd's earlier article, and the Interview was an attempt to help clarify
some of the questions.
At 07:42 AM 11/13/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I would like to call you attention to:
>"Power Bus Decoupling on Multilayer Printed Circuit Boards" by Hubing,
>Drewniak, Van Doren and Hockanson, published in the May 1995 IEEE
>Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol. 37, No.2.
>Among their conclusions is that "on printed circuit boards that do have
>internal power and ground planes, all decoupling capacitors are shared in
>the frequency range in which they are effective (typically below 200-300
>MHz), and the location of a decoupling capacitor on the board is relatively
>It appears to be more important to have the shortest possible connections
>between the decoupling capacitors and the power and ground planes than
>they are on the board.
>Thomas L. Jackson, P.E.
>Staff Product Development Engineer
>Network Access Development
>Systems Solutions Group
>3545 North First Street
>San Jose, CA 95134-1804
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 6:41 AM
>To: [email protected]; [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [SI-LIST] : deCoupling caps and there placement
>My approach is to put bypass capacitors as close as possible to the power
>on a chip. Whether we are using a multilayer card with ground and power
>or a double-sided card with ground gridding, we will almost always have
>connections to and more copper for ground than for any one supply voltage.
>the path from a bypass capacitor to ground is usually shorter and wider
>path to a supply voltage. This results in:
>* Faster response by the capacitor, due to shorter transit time in the
>microstrip/stripline between the chip and the
> capacitor(s)--about 1/6 ns per inch for FR-4 boards.
>* More return-paths to the chip for the transient current, which reduces
>inductance, impedance, L * dI/dt drop, and
> maybe radiated emissions by the magnetic fields of the various paths
>partially cancelling one another.
>* Smaller loop area for the transient currents, ditto.
>Since transient currents are my major concern, I try to put the highest
>frequency-response capacitors (typically 220pF NPO ceramics for clock and
>phase-locked loops (PLL's)) right next to their corresponding power pins.
>I put lower frequency-response capacitors (typically a 100nF X7R ceramic
>each power pin or cluster of power pins) as close as possible to their
>corresponding power pins. Next I consider how to route traces/vias to
>power and ground to the power-pin/ground-pin/bypass capacitor cluster. If
>I will bring in power and ground right next to each other, but I don't
>much if the power and ground connections are on opposite sides of a
>Depending on the complexity and package size of the chip, I will also put 1
>to 4
>bulk ceramic capacitors (typically 2.2uF Y5V ceramics) on each supply
>within 1 inch of its power pins, trying to "surround" the chip. If I have
>bunch of small chips in a small area, I may use just one bulk ceramic
>for the entire clump.
>Finally I put bulk aluminum electrolytic or tantalum capacitors (10uF and
>* Near the power connector(s) to a card.
>* Near power connectors to other cards/devices.
>* Near the corners of the supply-voltage domain.
>* Near "power hog" components, trying to have one within 2 inches of every
>power pin on that supply voltage ("coffee
> cup" rule).
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Re: "Denver council gives initial OK to decriminalizing pot for ages 18-21," Dec. 17 news story.
We would like to applaud the recent efforts of Councilman Albus Brooks and the Denver City Council to decriminalize marijuana for those between the ages of 18-21. By replacing criminal penalties with civil fines, the council has made great effort to address the pervasive, extreme and disproportionate collateral consequences of a drug charge or arrest (not necessarily even a conviction).
The Drug Policy Alliance has long supported reality-based approaches to drug use issues, including efforts to reduce the impact of low-level drug offenses on a young person's life. Collateral consequences of a drug conviction can impact eligibility for federal student financial aid, public assistance, and school admissions. Additionally, it can bar entry into scores of licensing boards and professional associations, thereby limiting educational opportunity and employment options, creating lifelong ramifications disproportionate to the offense.
Efforts such as this speak to the intent of Amendment 64 and broader drug policy reform by redirecting drug use and misuse issues from punitive, ineffective and overly burdensome criminal justice responses to those focused on health, compassion and human rights.
Laura Pegram, Denver
The writer is a policy associate for the Drug Policy Alliance.
This letter was published in the Dec. 20 edition.
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False rape accusations may be statistically 'rare,' but they happen every day in the United States
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by Joy Pullmann
Advocates sell charter schools as a way to improve education, but evidence is mounting that charters eat into private school enrollment. This may damage opportunities for kids, as research consistently shows religious schools, which constitute most private institutions, educate children better than charter and traditional public schools.
This spring, the Census Bureau reported U.S. private school enrollment at a 55-year low, and attributed the slide largely to charter schools—experimental public schools free from some regulations. They sprouted in 1992. Other studies have concluded similarly: A 2006 study found that for every three students a charter school gains, private schools will lose one. Families that pick private and charter schools are similar, said study co-author Ron Zimmer: They typically have two parents and better-educated fathers. This suggests charters and private schools compete more against each other than against traditional public schools, he said.
"You hear [private schools] saying good times are not coming back," said Michael Horn, education director at the Clayton Christensen Institute. Horn believes competition will "take out the low end in the market of independent schools over the next several years." Suburban, city, and large private schools have been hardest hit by charter school competition, and especially inner-city Catholic schools, the Census Bureau found.
In 2011, Seacoast Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Fla., turned its K-5 classes into Seacoast Charter Academy, dropping its weekly chapel service. A number of Catholic schools have become charter schools, removing crucifixes from walls and ending daily recitations of the Lord's Prayer.
This shift may reduce the quality of school options families have, as students enrolled in religious schools are academically a year ahead of their charter and traditional public school peers, according to a 2012 analysis of 90 studies.
As some private schools have shed overtly religious elements in their attempt to keep students, others have begun to mimic charters by diving into technology and online learning.
Online teacher Dannie McKee has taught hundreds of children she has never seen. She gushes about her principal, whom she has also never met. "If she walked up to me I might not recognize her," McKee said, from her RV inside a Mississippi state park. "I would know her voice."
About three years ago, twice-retired McKee found her job upon interacting with her current boss over Facebook. She accepted the job teaching economics and computer skills for Sevenstar, one of the largest online Christian schools, during another RV trip home from El Paso, and teaches on and off frequent road trips with her husband, equipped with a cell phone, laptop, iPad, and mobile router.
McKee's students are equally mobile. They hail from the United States, China, Ecuador, Germany, Haiti, South Korea, and the Mercy Ships traveling hospital. Sevenstar signs students up individually and through private schools looking to offer extra classes—especially Advanced Placement, remediation, and foreign languages.
Many traditional schools incorporate computer instruction, in what's called "blended learning." Each week, online students at Oaks Christian Academy join a chat room "students cannot miss, wherever they are in the world," said Vicki Conway, the online school's director. On Oaks' campus north of Los Angeles, all students must take at least two classes online to graduate. Businesses expect employees to teleconference and work independently, and "universities are about 10 years ahead of K-12 education in implementing online learning," Conway noted.
Students play Pictionary, hold student assemblies, videoconference with teachers, and watch daily chapel services online. Classes blend reading, homework, quizzes and tests, video lectures, and Q&A with teachers. "There is no replacement for the plays and the football games," Conway tells students. "If you can afford our tuition, you should definitely be with a teacher in a small class. But … if you can't be here, then it's a good way to go to school."
Full-time online students must have what Conway calls "a compelling reason." Some care for disabled siblings. For others, a job took the family to Barbados or the United Arab Emirates. Some are junior Olympic athletes or have acting careers, like Supernatural star Colin Ford.
Conway only accepts self-directed students who can handle extra freedom: "You can't force a student to work online. Nothing is passive. You must click, and decide what you will study next, choose how to organize your day, [and] say, 'I didn't learn that very well, I'm going to go back and study that again.'"
For this reason, most online learning programs target and enroll high-school students. Fewer enroll middle-schoolers, and just a few aim for elementary children. But some schools "flip the classroom," as teachers record lectures for students to watch at home, then use class time for guided homework.
Oaks math teacher Wendi Klaiber has been teaching for 23 years, but began exploring blended learning two years ago: "I had no idea what a wiki was. Web 2.0? No idea." Then she joined an online book club and started following techie teacher blogs: "At first there was a resistance, but people are starting to ask a lot more questions now."
Klaiber flips her classroom when she feels the material warrants it. For example, she used to spend class time after tests reviewing wrong answers. Now she videos herself working through wrong answers and emails the link to her students: "That way I maximize my classroom time." She also holds virtual office hours, where students work through problems with her remotely, while screen sharing: "Some students can take notes and go refresh them, but for the auditory students videos are a great way to relearn the things they didn't get in class the first time," Klaiber said.
Oaks started its online program from scratch, and Conway cautions schools not to underestimate the technology and personnel costs. Sevenstar licenses software and content, and each course costs about $300,000 to develop, said marketing director John Rotheray. Besides only selecting students who will thrive online, Conway also recommends explicit instruction in "character traits" and skills such as persistence, meeting deadlines, and how to upload assignments.
Online education's "big promise" is allowing the best teachers to reach more students, Horn says, although most schools currently use online education as an add-on. This possibility worries some, Conway noted: "What happens to a teacher's position if students are [instead] taking classes from the best Christian calculus teacher in the U.S.?"
Six years ago, when she was asked to teach online after 10 years in the classroom, "I came a little bit kicking and screaming," Conway said—but she soon "fell in love with how close you can become with the students." So did McKee, who keeps in touch with former students, just as when she taught in public schools. Now, though, she can pray with students and send them encouraging Bible verses: "You form these bonds."
—Joy Pullmann is managing editor of School Reform News
by Kaitlyn Speer
Domenic Johansson and his parents Christer (a Swede) and Annie (a native of India) were on a plane to leave Sweden in 2009 when Swedish authorities suddenly grabbed the 7-year-old boy from his parents and took him away. The custody battle that followed made headlines across the world, but ended with Swedish courts terminating the Johanssons' parental rights on the grounds that they had not given Domenic proper physical care (he had two cavities in his baby teeth and hadn't been immunized) and proper emotional care: They were homeschooling him.
Domenic is now living in a foster home, and Michael Donnelly of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) acknowledges that the Johanssons "have no appeals left … virtually no hope … very little we can do." Theirs is an extreme case, but homeschoolers in Germany face similar pressure. Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich outlawed homeschooling in Germany in 1938, and it is still illegal there. The Romeike family fled Germany in 2008 and is seeking asylum in the United States against the wishes of the Obama administration (see "Schools of thought," April 19).
Some 400 homeschooling families remain in Germany, with almost all operating underground or fighting in court. Joerg Grosseluemern of Netzwerk Bildungsfreiheit (a German homeschool organization and support group) says in most cases homeschooling families receive fines equivalent to $260 to $2,600: "We observe in Europe and even worldwide the tendency to take the responsibility of education as a whole—not only school education—away from the parents to the government." The government can jail parents who don't pay.
As some western European governments curtail freedom, families in some formerly Communist countries have new hope. HSLDA estimates that Russia now has 70,000 homeschoolers, and Pavel Parfentiev, who chairs the Russian NGO "For Family Rights," calls Russia a "champion in homeschooling freedom in continental Europe." He notes more work to do: "In practice, there are two problems—the legally recognized right to home educate is not always known and followed by the local authorities at the school level—so the families sometimes face sort of troubles and persecution. The other problem is that in practice, homeschoolers in Russia are bound to the school where they should pass the tests at least yearly."
In Romania, it is legal to enroll children in a school outside Romania and teach according to a foreign method, if that method is a legal one in that foreign country. Some 200 Romanian homeschooling families follow that process, Romanian Homeschooling Association president Gabriel Curcubet told me: "The single problem with enrolling children in schools outside Romania is that children must learn in English and parents need to know English in order to teach their children. The majority of Romanian families are not speaking English at all, some other are not speaking well enough to teach their children. We would like to legalize homeschooling to help the Romanian families to homeschool their children legally and in Romanian language."
Elsewhere in the world, the homeschooling movement is growing and governments are grappling with it. Godfrey Kyazze, a curriculum coordinator with his wife Olga at New Hope Uganda, said homeschooling is becoming more popular in his country: "The law in the land requires every school-going child to be in 'school' and that's it. However there is a steadily growing movement of home educators and we are trying to mobilize ourselves into a legal entity."
Kyazze notes Africans are debating how well parents are equipped for homeschooling: "If we are looking at education as teaching children calculus, physics, and things of the like, yes, it will take some training of those families to do so or some extra help. But if we look at education as giving life to children or passing on what you know to the next generation, then every family is doing it for good and for worse already."
—Kaitlyn Speer is a World Journalism Institute graduate
by Michael Reneau
In 2008, during his last year at Gutenberg College, a small Oregon institution that emphasizes classical Christian education, James Simas spent hours swinging pendulums in laboratories. His task: Study Galileo's theories on pendulums and build your own experiments to prove or disprove them.
A few months and a bachelor's degree later, though, Simas found himself swinging hammers while repairing rusted roofs of Oregon farm buildings, and then chopping wood. With no promising career prospects in sight, he had "a crisis of self-definition for a while. I had to work through, 'Who am I?'"
In 2009, though, a temporary customer service job at Symantec, a computer software company with a nearby call center, turned into a full-time position in Symantac customer service and technical support. Simas now works with software engineers and other technical support specialists to help solve tech problems for Symantec's commercial customers. His gray cubicle is not a book-lined study, but he plans to stay: "My ability to pick things up quickly is what allowed me to excel here."
Well-known universities like Baylor and Biola also offer honors programs that have students reading classic texts of the Western canon and spending hours discussing them and their ideas with groups of classmates—but students like Anthony Kemp also gain some specialized skills and experiences. Kemp read great books at Biola's Torrey Honors Institute but also studied screenwriting and landed an internship at a film production company. After graduation in 2010 he was able to gain an internship and then a job at Pixar, where he has worked on the films Cars 2 and the recently released Monsters University.
Danielle Hitchen, another Biola and Torrey graduate, moved to Washington, D.C., after graduating in 2010. She landed a public relations job thanks to a personal connection. But 14-hour days spent with phone in hand pitching stories to journalists wore her down: She hardly ate a home-cooked meal, couldn't attend church regularly, and "felt like I had to dumb down my ability to think about things." She quit her job but spent months applying to more than 20 jobs before the National Review Institute—founded by William Buckley—hired her last year.
Aspiring filmmaker Sydney Alford applied to 60 Hollywood jobs when she finished at Biola in 2008, and learned that "nobody cares where you went to school." A friend got her a job at a small company where she worked as a producer's assistant for two-and-a-half years to gain experience in film logistics, which included everything from keeping filming crews on schedule to managing parking. Two years ago Alford became one of 12 trainees at the Directors Guild of America, the top union for directors and their staffs in Hollywood. She has worked on TV shows like NBC's The Office and ABC's The Neighbors, among others, and will be a member of the Guild in a few more months—something that usually takes several years.
Administrators say many students—about one-fourth of Gutenberg's, half of Great Texts Program majors at Baylor, and 70 percent of students at St. John's College, a non-Christian classical education school in Annapolis, Md.—pursue graduate degrees. Maggie Heim graduated from St. John's in 2008 and then worked for a year at Fannie Mae, the federally backed mortgage security company that regularly brings in classically educated students to work in data analysis. Heim then went to Northwestern's law school and just began work as a public defender in Mount Vernon, Ill.
Classical education advocates say students walk away from those programs as better learners, which prepares them for a rapidly changing economy. St. John's Alumni Relations Director Leo Pickens says 10 percent of graduates go on to practice law and 20 percent go into business. About 19 percent work in education, 15 percent become journalists, media professionals, or artists, and 9 percent work in medicine.
—Michael Reneau is a World Journalism Institute mid-career course graduate
Also see Warren Cole Smith's "Advancing Liberty: A Christian college's growth may tempt regulators."
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"Didn't I send him off purty quick that day, captain!" said Paul to Captain Walters when, the bustle of departure bemg over, and the Mersey cleared, that gentleman had time to attend to private matters. " I'm thinkin' I soon cleared the stairs of him."
"You're a brick, Paul!" said the captain with a goodhumored smile; "my wife, who overheard all that passed, has a high, opinion of you ever since."
"0h me, your honor !" said Paul with becoming modesty, "why the lady is very good to think of me at all -- it's what I couldn t expect."
"But tell me this, Paul, if it be a fair question: what hold have you on this individual -- my wife says you seem to have him entirely under control."
"Well ! the question is fair enough, your honor," said Paul assuming a very innocent look, "but I'd rather not answer it at this time, for a little reason I have. No offense I hope, captain!"
"Oh! not the slightest, my good fellow! on second thoughts, I'm better pleased not to hear it. Secrets are heavy loads to carry, and I have no notion of troubling myself with other people's burdens. Only mind you keep a sharp look-out, as I will myself, and I think the two of us will certainly be a match for your friend's cunning!"
"There's another on the watch now, captain, so the deuce is in it if Herbert plays any pranks here."
"Who is the other, pray?"
" Oh bedad, a man that ought to be able to clear a fair any day, if his courage is equal to his size. Ite's the biggest man on board, your honor, and a blood relation of the little colleen's."
Hearing this the captain laughed heartily. "Truly," said he, " the little colleen, as you call her, has no lack of protection. Seeing that I have the Garrick and a dainty little wife to look after, I think r may safely leave Bess to yourself and the biggest man on board -- the least and the greatest, ha! ha! ha!"
" 'Deed you may, captain, 'deed you may, sir ! I'll do the business, Ned an' -- that's Ned Finigan, sir !"
It was wearing on towards evening, and a clear, bright evenlng, too. The cabin passengers were nearly all on the promenade deck enjoying the beauty of sky and sea, some pacing to and fro in solitary musing, others arm in arm with friends or acquaintances in lively and familiar conversation. Some were lounging idly and listlessly on the freshly-painted settees placed in a double row midway along the deck. One was leaning over the taffrail looking moodily down on the green waves as they rolled along in crested majesty towards the fast receding shores of England. Of what was he thinking, that lonely man, young and handsome, and of gentlemanly bearing? Why did he keep himself thus aloof from his fellow-passengers at the time when all were impelled to break down at once the icy barriers of reserve and make the acquaintance of those with whom they were bound to associate for some weeks at least? Was it sorrow for leaving home, and t friends, and native land? or was it anxious fears and doubts regarding his success in the New World? was the shadow that hung over him from the future or from the past?
None could tell what was passing in the young man's mind, except it might be Paul Brannigan whose large head and elfln eyes were visible at one end of the deck where he stood
on the companion-ladder eyeing the solitary watcher with a Inn half humorous half malicious. It was like a cat watching a mouse of whose final capture she was sufficiently certain. After gazing a few moments with that sort of basilisk expres sion which must have fascinated the other had he turned towards him, the head disappeared, its owner being doubtless satisfied with his observation.
But still the young man stirred not. His eyes were fixed in deep thought, and gradually a darker expression overspread hie features, and his brows contracted with an wary frown.
" What a fool they take me for!" he said within himself, " to think that I -- I -- Henry Herbert -- am leaving friends and country to follow a smooth-faced country girl across the ocean ! Her own conceit led her into that notion when she saw me on board, and, of course, I didn t put her off the scent. Well ! I believe I have a fancy for the girl, but nothinglike what she and others seem to suppose. But then that abominable hunchback -- to think of him starting up as if the Old Boy sent him on purpose to torment me, just when I thought I was rid of him anyhow. He haunts me like a ghost -- go where I will I cannot shake him of. Is it fate -- or -- or what ? But why does he follow me in this way? what vain would my exposure be to him? No matter how it is, I must only put a bold face on the matter, and keep him of the track the best way I can -- ha! ha! let him follow his cursed nose and that will do for the present ! raise your head now. Henrv Herbert, like a man ! and drive dull care away -- sorrow 's time enough when it comes, my boy !"
By the time Herbert had reached this conclusion the weather had undergone a remarkable change. Dark masses of clouds were gathering around the setting sun, and the billows were heaving with sudden and strong commotion. All at once the seamen were observed moving hither and thither with in creased activity, and the deep voices of the officers were heard fore and aft giving orders:
"Reef the top -- sail ther!" -- "Haul in the lanyards!"
The passengers on deck were all more or less alarmed by the sudden change in the weather and the corresponding movements amongst the crew. Captain Walters came himself, too, and spoke in nautical phrase to the man at the wheel, a sturdy mariner of mature years.
" Tack about," said he, " and keep to windward -- look out for the Irish coast !"
"Ay, ay, sir!" The seaman's heavy features were stirred by no emotion, but hard and fast he turned the wheel, as beneath his guiding hand the vessel slowly turned her head, and she reeled like a drunken man as the rising breeze shook her shrouds and bent her taper spars. The helmsman looked up at the darkening sky whence the sun had long since vanished, and he smiled grimly at the captain who was watching his face.
"No sleep tonight, Bill!" said the captain in a lower voice.
"Mayhap more than we bargain for," was the curt and gloomy reply. The captain nodded and turned away quickly. He was instantly beset by an anxious crowd of the passengers, chiefly of the gentler sex.
" GIood heavens, Captain Walters ! is there any danger?"
" Dear me, captain ! are we going to have a storm?"
" Only a squall, madam ! only a squall."
" But ts there any danger ?"
" I hope not -- be so good as to let me pass, ladies!"
" But what are we to do?"
" Keep quiet -- that is all."
Captain Walters was a good-natured man and a gentleman, moreover, but to be thus hemmed in at such a moment and besieged with what he considered idle questions was more than flesh and blood could bear. So he began to elbow one out of his way here and another there, and at last succeeded In making his retreat to the companion-ladder, muttering between his teeth:
"Those good old monks were about right after all. Plague on them for women!"
When the captain had done all that he could to provide for the safety of the vessel, the storm beginning to rage with great violence, he stole for a moment from his arduous duties to see how his wife was affected by the threatening aspect of affairs. He found her pale, calm and collected, sitting, or trying to sit, by a table in their little cabin, whilst Bessy Conway knelt in a corner saying her beads aloud and with great fervor
"Well, Addie, my dear!" said the captain with a forced smile, as he took his wife's hand and pressed it between his own, "this is rather a stiff breeze we've got -- all of a sudden, too. I hope you're not frightened !"
"Well no, not exactly frightened, William, but -- but a storm is always awful."
"Yes, yes, but my little wife has seen the Garrick weather worse storms than this is -- yet. If we can only keep clear of that dreary Irish coast till the gale has spent its fury, I have no fears for the rest. The Carrie is strong enough for any breeze, if she have but sea-room. Keep up your heart, my precious one ! for as yet there is no immediate danger."
" I will, dear, I wills" said the wife in a low tone, " but oh t William, if I could only pray -- if I could -- but I cannot. "
" Why, I think you have no need to trouble yourself, Addie," said the captain with a poor attempt at laughing. "If praying will do, this girl of yours appears to be praying enough for both. Goodbye ! sweetheart, I will come aaain as soon as I can."
"For God's sake, do, William! I am not afraid, but oh ! it is a fearful storm !"
"Can't you go join the other ladies for company ?"
"Oh no ! no ! I am better alone -- their company would but make me worse ! -- but go, William, go ! let me not detain you a moment. Oh God ! what a tempest !" she cried, as the door slammed after her husband and the ship plunged down into the ocean depths.
"Say your prayers, ma'am dear !" said Bessy, whose pale cheek and quivering lip testified her emotion though she tried to appear composed; " say your prayers -- God will hear them!" Mrs. Walters involuntarily sank on her knees and buried her face in her hands
The ladies' cabin was by this time a scene of wild confusion. Some were crying and wringing their hands, some fainting away with terror, others endeavoring to console and encourage others, like Bessy Conway, kneeling in fervent supplication to the throne of Mercy. Husbands and fathers and brothers were there, some of them trying to keep up the failing spirits of their female relatives, others moodily pondering on the probable termination of the scene.
The sea was raging mountains high, and the hatches were nailed down by the captain's orders to protect all below from the ravages of the angry waters which ever and anon came sweeping over the deck with resistless fury. Amid the wild roar of the hurricane and the sound of rushing billows came dolefully from below the cries of the steerage and second cabin passenvers, terrified by the convulsive motions of the laboring vessel whose stout ribs cracked and quivered in the fierce blast
It was a dismal chorus, raging winds, storm-tossed waves and the voice of human anguish. And the scene which met the eye was no less dreary, whether one looked up to the pitchy sky or down to the boiling ocean or forward to the dickering lights which marked the rocky coast of Ireland. It would seem at first that the promenade deck, so lately crowded with well-dressed men and women, was now left to the wild solitude of the waters, and the motionless form of Bill, who was still at his post, "lashed to the helm." Not so, there was another there, another silent spectral-looking figure leaning against the capstan with folded arms, as though unconscious or at least regardless of the elemental war around him and the imminent danger to which he thus exposed himself.
Was it the demon of the stonn contemplating his own work and exulting in its ravages? No such thing, it was Henry Herbert who, sick of the scene in the cabin, had managed to make his way back thither, where he could at least see the extent of the danger. Seeing him there, the helmsman could at first hardly believe his eyes, and when once convinced of the reality of the vision, he supposed him one of those supernatural beings who figure so oft in the seaman's tales of wonder, and with great sang froid settled it in his own mind that it was Davy Jones himself come to look after the Garrick. In truth he was a wild unearthly figure, as he stood there in the black starless night, his uncovered head exposed to the fury of the elements, and his Hch brown hair dripping with the briny spray. His face was pale as a sheeted corpse, and his eyes were wild and haggard, as the fast-flashing lightning shone on his unsheltered form. His thoughts were of death -- death and judgment, but not of repentance. Fear and despair were in his soul, for he thought the hour of ven˘eance was at hand and the arm of (pod raised to smite him. He had heard of eternal perdition, and he had laughed many a time at that "cock and bull story" -- now he felt its dread reality and began to feel what it was to fall into the hands of an angry God.
Hark ! was that an echo from within or without ? was that voice from heaven, or earth, or hells Again it spoke and Herbert's heart sank within him, and the blood in his veins ran cold as ice, and the hair on his head bristled up as if instinct with horror.
" Henry Herbert !" said the voice at his elbow, " does this night put you in mind of anything ? ha! ha! ha!" the laugh sounded dreary and sepulchral to Henry's ear, and he trembled from head to foot.
" Ho ! ho ! ho !" said the voice again, lowly and slowly, but fearfully distinct, "that was a brave stirring night in the place you know, when the winds, and the thunder, and the lightning were at work, and the sperits were peepin' in at the windows where they daren't put their noses -- eh. Henry ! wasn't it great fun entirely?"
"H ! it is you, then, misbegotten fiend ! I know you now, ' and turning with the fury of a maniac, Herbert clutched the thick bushy hair of the hunchback and held him fast.
" Ho ! ho ! ho ! do you mean to kill me!"
" I'll throw you overboard, I will by the " "Don't for your life swear an oath," said the little man stoutly, " you've brought this on us all -- don't make matters worse by your curses ! I know you're not hardened enough for murder, an' I don't want to expose you --
" You don't?" said Herbert scoffingly.
" No, I don't -- if I did it isn't there you'd be but out in the say, for if I only gave the sailors a hint of the thing you sailors, all the captains livin' wouldn't save you, for they'd think it was you brought the storm on us -- an', God knows, but may be it is! you raised it that other night as sure as death is death ! "
" What brought you here?" shrieked Herbert, but he let go his grasp.
" What brought yourself here?" screamed the hunchback, elevating his shrill voice to the highest, and he chuckled at the thought of how nicely he had tricked the sailors when they drove all the rest down below and nailed the hatches on them, the creature !
"There they go," said the man at the wheel, "Lord ha' mercy! two of our poor fellows washed overboard! Down! down for your lives !"
Herbert flung himself down and wound his arms around the capstan; well for him he did, for the next moment a heavy sea washed the deck and surged over his prostrate head -- as it retired and left him in the same position. At the same moment a fearful crash was heard, and again the helmsman spoke:
"There ! the main mast's gone !"
"I hope to the Lord he's gone, to !" said Herbert to himself
as he scrambled to his feet. Little affected by the wonderful escape he had had, or even by the fatal event which had just taken place, lessening so fearfully their chance of ultimate safety, he thought only of the possibility that the waves had rid him once for all of the troublesome little hunchbaek. Another flash of lightning convinced him of his error, for within a few feet of him, kneeling close to the bulwark was the crouching form of Paul Brannigan, his hands clasped iu prayer, and his eyes raised through the awful depths of darkness overhead to the throne of the God of mercy.
The curse that rose to Herbert's lips was choked in his mouth by another fearful billow rolling over him, and stunned by the overwhelming force of the waters he lost all consciousness. The last sound that reached his ear as he sank on the deck was the halfsmothered voice of the helmsman answering a call from some of the of sailors. " Great God of heaven ! we are drifting on the rocks!" was Herbert's last thought. He heard or saw no more.
During all this time Bessy Conway was kneeling beside her mistress, now powerless with terror, now praying all the Court of Heaven to be propitious. At times she grew quite eloquent in urging her petition, addressing in particular the Blessed Mother of Christians.
" Oh ! dear Mother Mary !" she said with fervor, " you know you are called the Star of the Sea! -- all is dark with us now and we have no other star to give us light ! -- you're the Help of Christians, too, oh Blessed Mother ! Help us now, then, in our sore, sore need ! -- don't let us perish here on this dreadful ocean where we'd never get Christian burial -- I know, I know there's many a poor creature in this ship on their knees to you at this time -- hear our prayers, then, and don't desert your own poor children in the hour of need !"
Mrs. Walters listened half amused, half edified, and when Be.ssy was again silent she said to her with a dreary smile:
" I only wish your ' dear mother,' as you eall her, coxed hear your prayer and do something for us !"
" She can do it, Mrs. Walters, dear ! she can, and she will!"
The lady shook her head with a sad smile, and groaned in anguish as the shrieks and cries came louder from the adjoining cabin. Just then the fall of the mainmast made the ship's timbers quiver.
" Oh, Bessy, Bessy !" said the horror-stricken mistress, there's our mainmast gone ! -- there is little chance now ! -- oh ! my husband ! my dear husband ! why -- why does he not come to me?" And the lady wrung her white hands in anguish.
The sight of her despair made Bessy forget her own share in the danger. Keep up your heart, my dear mistress !" she said with tearful eyes, "my mother told me comin' away to remember always that ' God never deserts them that don't desert Him' -- now you'll sec what He'll do for us -- oh ! Blessed Mother ! what's that?"
The huge vessel gave a roll and a plunge and appeared to settle on one side.
"Oh God! oh God! she's going down!" Mrs.Walters cried in mortal terror.
" No, she isn't, ma'am dear ! she'll not go down!" answered Bessy. Back with another plunge went the ship to her former position, and at the same moment Captain Walters burst into the room, his face radiant with joy.
" Joy, Addie ! joy !" he cried catching his wife in his arms, " the wind has suddenly tacked about and is bearing us off the land -- the weather is calmer, too, than it was !"
His wife could not answer from excess of joy, but Bessy jumped to her feet and clapped her hands. " I knew it," she cried, " I knew it -- didn't I tell you, ma'am, that God and the Blessed Virgin would befriend us ? ha ! ha ! ha ! sure I knew it vell enough!" And the excited girl burst into a fit of hysterical laughter, which at any other time would have startled and amazed the hearers. But for them they heeded her not
at all, being far too much absorbed in their own happiness to pay any attention to their little servant girl.
" Well, Lord bless me !" said Bessy to herself to be such good people as they are, isn't it curious how little thought of plod they have !"
" Do you think we're safe now, William q" asked Mrs. Walters.
" I'd fain hope so, my dear ! '
" And no one lost ?"
" I wish I could say yes," replied the captain, and his conntenance fell.
" Why who -- who is missing ?"
" Two of the crewŃSam Jones and Hal Herrick !"
" Dear ! dear ! how did that happen?"
" Washed overboard ! Goodbye, Addie ! I must go see the cabin passengers and relieve their fears !"
" And the steerage, sir?" said Bessy in a timid voice
" Oh ! they're all right, my girl," said the good-natured captain, "they're safe under the hatches, but we must keep them there till the danger is entirely over!" He had opiate i the door to go out, but started back with an exclamation of surprise:
" Why, who the mischief have we here?"
" It's only me, captain dear !" squeaked a shrill voice from the midst of a dripping bundle of clothes as it seemed at first then throwing back the cape of an oldfashioned "biff coat" in which he was enveloped, the ungainly form of the hunchback stood revealed.
" For the love of God let me in!" cried Paul in piteous acoents, whilst the captain stared at him in blank surprise.
" Where did you come from?" he asked with a strone temphtion to laugh.
" From the deck overheads your honor ! -- sure I hid myself for fear of bein' nailed down below, -- an' I wish I hadn't -- if I had only taken my chance with the rest, it's better of I'd be now."
" Let the poor fellow in," said Mrs. Walters. The hunchback tumbled in accordingly, while the captain laughed and passed on.
"God's blessin' be about you, ma'am," said Paul, " I hope you'll never want a shelter. Sure I wouldn't know where on earth to go to only I saw the light in your little windows here. There's another poor devil amost dead up above. I don't know but he's clean gone by this time "
" And who is that?" said Mrs. Walters compassionately.
" Well ! it's only an unlucky good-for-nothing of the name of Herbert !" said Paul with a stealthy glance at Bessy. " He's one of the cabin passengers whatever kept him on deckŃ"
"Did you say he vas lost?" asked Bessy in avoice that trembled in spite of her.
"Well ! he's not lost, a colleen, so long as a body know where he is ! But I'm not sure that the life is in him, for all he's sittin' propped up on the deck. I tried hard to do what I could for him, but it wasn't muchŃhe had no sense or feelin' in him when I left him."
" Dear me ! is there no one there to look after him?" said Mrs. Walters anxiously. " Why, he should be seen to at once. I wish the captain had known."
" If only knew where it was, ma'am, I'd try and make him out,"'said Bessy with a blushing cheek; " it's hard to leave a Christian there at the mercy of the waves and the wind. Maybe he is dead by this time, as the decent man says."
" But how can thee help him, Bessy? -- it would be as much as your life or mine would be worth to venture out on the quarter-deck now !Ńremember the storm is not all over yet and the waves are washing the deck every few moments. '
" The more need to try and save him, ma'am -- oh think -- think of his poor soul! -- I'll go, Mrs. Walters, in God's name -- you'll see I'll save him."
"The girl's right,ma'am,"said the hunchback gathering himself up; " bad as he is, it wouldn't do to leave him where
(48) he is -- come along, Bessy ! I'll show you the way, and help you what I can."
"Well if you must go -- go!" said Mrs. Walters; "I do feel a little anxious myself. If you find him, bring him here!
"If we find him !" repeated Bessy in a low voices as she followed the hunchback, "Oh God forbid we didn't! Only for me he wouldn't be here," she said within herself, "and it will go hard with me or I'll save him!"
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Would You Vote for 'UFO Phil' for President?
If what 'UFO Phil' says is true, then it won't matter who you vote for in the 2012 presidential election. According to this self-described "ambassador to the aliens," whose real name is Phil Hill, he'll soon take over the United States presidency via secret scrolls written by beings from another planet. All hail our alien rulers!
A composer, comedy songwriter and documentary filmmaker, Hill said he plans to establish a "Senate for Terrestrial Alien Relations," replace military war machines with flying discs and release all top secret government UFO files on both DVD and Blu-Ray.
As if that wasn't enough, Hill also wants to build giant stone pyramids near the Hollywood sign, Pikes Peak and Alcatraz Island. The Statue of Liberty will need to be replaced too. But don't worry, says Hill, a nifty monument to Zaxon, who he describes as "the leader of the good aliens," will go in its place. Got all that? Good. Now if you'll excuse us, we need to go work on our tinfoil hats.
Would you vote for UFO Phil? Is he any crazier than fellow candidate, self-proclaimed "friendly fascist"/wizard Vermin Supreme?


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In 2009 Massey introduced Stream, a new online learning environment designed to make the transfer of knowledge and ideas more accessible and relevant to modern learners. It's just one of the creative innovations made possible by new digital technologies designed to build communities of learners wherever they are.
The world is now more digitally connected than ever. New high-tech, high-touch learning environments make it possible for Massey to extend our commitment to the provision of a high-quality university education to a geographically dispersed and culturally diverse population. We have the opportunity to contribute to innovation and knowledge transfer on a global scale. Our use of contemporary technology is leading edge as we seek to prepare graduates to be work-ready. Scenario-based learning is among these innovative teaching initiatives, using technology to create situations in a real context where there are real consequences for the students' chosen courses of action.
Our virtual veterinary clinic is a further creative solution in which students are confronted with diagnosing, treating and caring for scenario-based animals. Ethics and budgetary considerations are factored in. This process takes learning out of the textbook, from a purely scientific context to one that is social, with very real implications and consequences for the decisions students make.
Learning doesn't stop at graduation. At Massey we understand that education is a life-long and life-wide process. That's why we offer courses and qualifications directed towards students of all ages and cultures and at all stages of their learning pathways, in this country as well as students from overseas.
Massey's Institute of Education has pioneered a programme of inquiry-based and interdisciplinary learning for primary-level teaching. This creativity-centred approach to learning covers the full range of New Zealand curriculum subjects, including dance, drama, music and the visual arts. A fundamental requirement of the programme is for teachers to draw on a range of their own experiences to help inform their teaching.
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In this episode of Simply Ming, Chef goes on the road to Canada to visit one of the best public markets on the continent, Granville Market. There, along with local Chef Nick Hipperson, our two chefs explore Canada's fresh produce and wonderful salmon. Back in the kitchen, they cook up a feast using ingredients that are found within 100 miles.
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Select one of the symptoms below to find possible causes and common solutions for your MTD log splitter.
Possible Causes
Corrective Actions
1Spark plug wire disconnected
Connect wire to spark plug
Fuel tank empty or stale fuel
Fill tank with clean, fresh gasoline
Choke, if equipped, not in CHOKE position
Move choke to CHOKE position
Faulty spark plug
Clean, adjust gap, or replace
Blocked fuel line
Clean fuel line
Engine (if equipped with a primer) not primed properly
Prime Engine
Throttle control lever not in a correct starting position
Move throttle lever to FAST position
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Two teen boys face numerous assault, robbery and weapons charges in connection with a string of stabbings on Monday.
Three males, one aged 14 and two aged 17, were attacked in separate incidents in Winnipeg's North End while walking in the 400 block of Boyd Avenue, the 200 block of Powers Street and near the intersection at Redwood Avenue and Andrews Street.
They were robbed, assaulted and stabbed, police said. All three were wounded in their upper bodies and transported to the hospital.
Police officers responding to the incidents were in the area of Powers Street and Alfred Avenue when they saw the suspects run away.
The officers gave chase and caught both the teens, aged 15 and 16.
They face three counts of robbery with a weapon, two counts of assault with a weapon, possession of weapon for a dangerous purpose and aggravated assault.
The 15-year-old is also facing charges of failing to comply with conditions of a previous sentence order as well as an outstanding warrant.
Both remain in custody at the Manitoba Youth Centre.


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The Arya Samaj was founded on April 7th, 1875 at Bombay, India, by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati. He was a renouncer who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. The purpose was to move the Hindu Dharma away from all the fictitious beliefs, and go back to the teachings of Vedas. Arya Samaj rejects all forms of ritualistic superstition such as idolatry, ancestor worship, pilgrimage and animal sacrifice, as well as all forms of social oppression such as the caste system, untouchability and child labor. It proclaims equal entitlement under the law between men and women, strives to reduce poverty and to protect the weak and the disadvantaged, denounces the consumption of meat as well as the use of intoxicants and recreational drugs, and promotes healthy community, family and private life in tune with the cycles of nature.
The Arya Samaj stresses the universal and comprehensive nature of Vedic Knowledge and it's capacity to rejuvenate and redeem a troubled and wearied humanity. This capacity rests above all else in it's emphasis upon the correct understanding and worship of the one true God, who is the Supreme personification of Existence, Intelligence and Bliss.Dayananda advocated the doctrine of karma and reincarnation, and emphasized the ideals of brahmacharya (chastity) and sanyasa (renunciation).
Ten Principles of Arya Samaj
When Maharishi Dayanand founded the Arya Samaj, he laid down the Ten Principles that govern Arya Samaj and which should be followed by every Arya Samajist in belief and practice.
The Ten Principles are:
- God is the origin and fountain head of all the truth and material knowledge prevalent in this world.
- God is truth-being and bliss, formless, all powerful, just, merciful, birth less, infinite, without a beginning, incomparable, base for everything, spread everywhere, all knowing, deathless, disease less, fearless, sacred and creator of the universe. Our devotion is due only to Him.
- The Veda is the book of all true knowledge. To read and understand the Veda is the supreme duty of all the Aryas.
- One should always be ready to accept what is truth and reject what is untruth.
- One should always act according to Dharma, that is, after deliberating over the truth or untruth of an act.
- The aim of Arya Samaj is to work for the well being of the whole word, physical, spiritual and social.
- One should treat everybody with love, respect and Dharma.
- One should work for the eradication of non-knowledge (Avidya) and spread of knowledge (Vidya).
- One should not be satisfied with one's own progress but regard everyone's progress as one's own.
- Individually, one is free to follow norms, which are beneficial to him or her. As a member of the society, one is bound by means of social and universal good.
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From eggs Benedict to liver and grits, breakfast in America is many things to many people. But there are a few common touchstones, an ABC News poll finds, including cold cereal and cold pizza.
Perhaps most surprising is that nearly four in 10 adults disregard their mothers' injunctions about the most important meal of the day and usually skip breakfast entirely. Among those who do partake of the morning meal, moreover, a third have to wolf it down -- rising to half of those under 45, who're more apt be juggling jobs and kids.
This poll supports "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast," a weeklong series on ABC's "Good Morning America" this week.
Click here for PDF version with full questionnaire and results.
Click here for more ABC News polls in our Poll Vault.
Cold cereal, it finds, tops the list of most common breakfast foods, cited by 31 percent of those who eat breakfast. About two in 10 usually eat eggs (with or without bacon or ham) and just over one in 10 usually have a bagel, toast, muffins or pastry.
Thirty-nine percent of Americans have, at some point, eaten cold pizza for breakfast, a phenomenon the singer Christine Lavin documented back in 1986:
"I want cold pizza for breakfast
And a pinch 'o cold spaghetti will do
But there's nothin' in the world that I like better than
Eatin' cold pizza with you."
|Sampling, data collection and tabulation for this poll were done by TNS.
Cold pizza even gets one mention as an "all-time favorite" breakfast (as does spaghetti, for that matter). Other mentions on this open-ended list range from the inspired to the downright bizarre. Among them:
Peanut butter and banana sandwich
Doughnut and Coca-Cola
Eggs and steak, medium rare
Apple turnovers
Eggs Benedict
Graham crackers and hot tea
Cap'n Crunch cereal (this is a poll of adults, remember)
Pancakes with gravy
Two waffles, mashed potatoes and some meat
Hard-boiled egg and an orange
Pork loin and cheese
Huevos rancheros con papas
Fresh shrimp, scrambled eggs
Cashew waffles
Cereal, Reese's Puffs, Cocoa Puffs, beer, eggs
4-5 cups of coffee
Liver and grits
Bacon, scrambled eggs with cheese, pancakes with syrup and potatoes O'Brien (Clearly, for the big eater.)
Around the Table
Eating breakfast is most common among older Americans, likely because they're more apt to have the time. Eighty-three percent of seniors usually eat breakfast, as do 71 percent of people age 55 to 64. But among those younger than 55 that falls off to just 54 percent.
Breakfast Eaters by Age
Similarly, younger adults are more likely to have to rush their breakfast -- as noted, half of people under 45 do; by contrast 95 percent of seniors take their time. People with children at home, focused on getting the kids off to school, also are more likely to have to rush their breakfasts.
Rushing breakfast, naturally, also is much more prevalent among people who work. Forty-nine percent of full-time workers rush; among people who are not working, 85 percent take their time.
What We Eat
In terms of their usual breakfast, women are eight points more likely than men to eat cold cereal (35 percent to 27 percent); men, in turn, are nine points more likely to have bacon and eggs (15 percent to 6 percent). But cold cereal is still the top choice for both sexes.
There are regional differences: Cold cereal is most popular in the Northeast (39 percent) and least popular in the South (25 percent); indeed more Southerners usually eat eggs, bacon and eggs, or ham and eggs (30 percent) than usually eat cold cereal. Also, 11 percent of Northeasterners eat bagels, more than anywhere else.
Older people are more likely than younger to eat hot cereal: Thirteen percent of people age 55 and older do, compared with 4 percent of people under 35.
Cold Pizza
Eating cold pizza for breakfast seems to be a fairly recent phenomenon: Just 16 percent of seniors have done it, compared with 48 percent of people under 45. It tops out at 45 percent of Westerners and Midwesterners, compared with 38 percent of Southerners and 30 percent of Northeasterners.
And compared with people who don't work, full-time workers are 23 points more likely to have eaten cold pizza for breakfast. Leftovers from the office party, perhaps.
This ABC News poll was conducted by telephone May 11-15 among a random national sample of 1,000 adults. The results have a three-point error margin. Sampling, data collection and tabulation were done by TNS of Horsham, Pa.
Click here for PDF version with full questionnaire and results.
You can find more ABC News polls in our Poll Vault.


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Her motto was " A thing of beauty is a joy forever!" and she certainly lived that to the fullest.
To honor her and her love of the photographic art form, we are requesting donations in lieu of flowers to The Joy of Giving Something a not-for profit organization which sponsors both junior and adult photographic talents.
Their website is www.jgsinc.org should you wish to view their work.
Checks are made payable to: Joy of Giving Something Inc.
Resolution Program
954 Lexington Ave. #146
New York, NY 10021
In your memo, kindly note the donation is toward the Resolutions Student Program in honor of Rita McCauley.
A note from the Joy of Giving Something organization:
We are sorrowed by the passing of Ms. McCauley. We send our regards to her family and friends and commit to honor her memory by supporting young artists branching into the photographic arts.
She is survived by her sons, Eugene and Brian McCauley and her favorite daughter-in-law, Bernadette.
Visitation will be Saturday June 2 and Sunday June 3 at N.F. Walker of Queens Funeral Home, 87-34 80th St., Woodhaven, NY 11421. Funeral mass to be celebrated Monday June 4th at St. Thomas the Apostle R.C. Church, Woodhaven, NY at 9:45am. Interment to follow at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY.


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Jason Wish necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 60 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
Wishwell Farms Produce
We own and operate a small produce Farm Market in Ohio. All our produce is sold at roadside stands and at Farmers' Markets in Columbus Ohio. A dairy farm for four generations, with a wishing well sign in the yard, is now a produce farm. We want to use this unique sign, because of our last name, to stand out from other farms, in all of our marketing material.
We want our customers to remember our wishing well logo when they are shopping at their local farmers' market. We are primarily selling to affluent neighborhoods in Columbus Ohio. At a lot of markets, produce is produce, but ours is a step above the rest. We want our customers to associate our great produce, and amazing service and displays with our wishing well, so they can pick us out from the crowd.
Logo must have a wishing well in it. I would prefer produce of some kind to be in the logo as well. Sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, green beans, strawberries and pumpkins are our most popular items, but all don't need to be in logo. The problem with lots of different produce, is that there is too many colors. Two or three total colors would be best. The tagline "experience freshness" can be changed if you can think of something better, however, this is what our customers have seen for two years now.
No cartoons, but not too elegant and fancy. Logo needs to be able to be put on shopping bags, t-shirts, signs, business cards, banners, and website. Check out our website wishwellfarms.com to see a pic of our current logo. I'm curious to what this would look like without clipart, but either way is fine. I've attached our current logo.
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USA - Culture - The Dallas Suscon Suspension Convention
USA - Culture - The Dallas Suscon Suspension Convention
L to R: Dr. Claw, (has a claw hand from self-inflicted accident).Member of Disgraceland Hook Squad in Brooklyn.I'm pretty much here to be the master of disaster."1st suspension was performed off a tree in a public park in NYC, watched over by Spliff. It actually didn't involve any rig, we were just doing flesh pulls. We lifted me up in the air, pulled the rope over, held it tight and I started fucking swingin'. At that point I had recently sliced up my hand up and fucked up my tattoo...
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OK. So sometimes I am guilty of telling a white lie or two. Like yesterday when I said I was taking a much needed break from exercise today. Well, after coaching a college meet this morning, Doug Martin showed up to do a timed 50 FR (since the touch pads and timing system was all set up), and asked me to provide some competition. As if I hadn't done enough 50 FRs from a dive in the past 12 hours!
100 swim 50 FR smooth/50 FR focusing on FAST breakouts
50 FR FAST from a dive (23.41)
Total: 250
Doug went a swift 24.32 (not bad for someone on the cusp of being 60 years young!). There is a video floating around somewhere of the race. I will post it when I can find what happened to it. But now, seriously, I am taking the rest of the day off!


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Calms agitated legs so you can rest
It's that creepy-crawly feeling, when your legs itch and you have a compulsion to move, them especially while lying down, sleeping, or sitting still for long periods. During times like these, you can feel really isolated and frustrated. Hyland's Restful Legs offers relief for the uncontrollable urge to move your legs,* made with natural, active ingredients and no aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen or naproxen. Our gentle, safe medicine has no known drug interactions. There's no need to suffer anymore!
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Linkin Park Choose Hong Kong for Ninth International Fan Summit
Linkin Park are one of the best in rock when it comes to breaking down that barrier between band and fan. The group has kept their LP Underground fan club thriving over the years with their frequent participation and dedication to building their fan base. One of the events that's helped foster that good will is the band's LPU summits, fan gatherings that take place all over the world with plenty of incentives for those in attendance. The group just revealed that the next one will take place in Hong Kong on Aug. 15.
The Hong Kong LPU Summit will be the band's ninth such event, following summits in cities such as London, Sydney, Chicago, Hamburg, Tokyo, Camden, Cape Town and Auckland. Some of the past summit activities have included meet-and-greets with the band, an invitation to soundchecks before a show, backstage tours, the opportunity to walk across the stage, raffles to watch the show from the side of the stage or take photos in the photo pit and so much more. The band has also provided auctions at the summits, with fans getting to bid on rare and/or signed memorabilia.
Passes for LPU Summit members are available beginning June 1 at this location, but you must be a member to qualify. If you are not a member of the LP Underground fan club, but wish to join, you may do so here.
Additional details about what the Hong Kong Summit will entail will be revealed in the coming weeks.


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Determining how best to begin lifting Haitians out of the extreme poverty has vexed the world for years.
This weekend, representatives of some of the largest Catholic agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere will meet with Haitian church officials to better understand the challenges the Caribbean nation faces and begin to set a path for concrete action.
Father Juan Molina director of the Church in Latin America program at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, told CNS the "One Table, Many Partners" conference hosted by The Catholic University of America June 1-3 will bring together more than 350 people from the U.S., Haiti, Canada and France.
Billed as a conference on solidarity, the gathering will focus on discussing partnership efforts and the intense cooperation needed to improve access to clean water, health care, education and adequate housing — and more — as needed steps to overturn the two-century-long cycle of poverty in the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation.
Even though Haiti has fallen out of the daily headlines, the country has received increased attention from church agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere especially given the slow progress of recovery since the January 2010 earthquake claimed an estimated 300,000 lives. Hundreds of thousands of people remain homeless, living in squalid tent camps with little privacy, limited access to water and food and under threat of illness and disease.
Conference presenters include Bishop Chibly Langlois of Les Cayes, Haiti, president of the Haitian bishops' conference; Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami, who has an active ministry serving Haitians in Florida; Jesuit Father Allen Deck, who is on the faculty of Loyola Marymount University; and Carolyn Woo, CEO and president of Catholic Relief Services.
CNS will have a full report on the conference Monday.


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The battery powered window cleaner Nilfisk Clever does the job in no time without leaving any streaks.
Provides fast perfectly clean window, without leaving any ränderDen smart Windows cleaner sucks up the water from the box, after cleaning-without any dripping dirty water.
The smart, ergonomic design makes it easy to clean even in low lintels and compared with conventional methods, it significantly easier and faster.
Nilfisk battery-powered Smart is also very suitable for cleaning of tile and mirrors.
Thanks to the ergonomic design makes it easy to get into the window's bottom corner. The included belt clip, you can have the spray bottle or window cleaner with you in your belt, so you don't have to bend down, when you must change the device.
Nilfisk Smart is lightweight and can be used with one hand, very user-friendly.
With a 100 ml. dirt water reservoir, you don't have to drain the tank all of the time and work quickly completed.
Nilfisk Smart is supplied with a lithium battery that has a capacity of 25 minutes.-ergonomic design-light weight-100 ml dirt water reservoir-long battery life-belt
- Powerful universal air cooled 1400W motor and long life tough metal pump
- 110 bar pressure with 440 litres per hour water flow high cleaning power
- Lightweight and fully movable with wheels, handle and onboard storage
- Easy to use Click and Clean connectors with Quick and Swivel coupling
- 2 year warranty
Karcher K2.01+ Pressure Washer
Karcher K201+ Pressure Washer is a compact, lightweight and portable entry-level pressure washer ideal for those occasional outdoor domestic clean ups around the house, cleaning garden furniture, bicycles and cars. Ergonomically shaped carrying handle makes the unit easy and comfortable to carry. The unit has a maximum 100 bar pressure and 310 litres per hour is provided by the powerful 1300 watt universal motor.
The machine is fitted with a fine mesh water filter preventing dirt particles damaging the pump and comes complete with:
- 3 metres of High-Pressure hose
- ALow-Pressure detergent gun
- A Detergent Suction hose
- Dirtblaster lance which increases cleaning power by 50%.
Standard accessories:
- Detergent suction hose
- Low pressure detergent gun
- High pressure dirtblaster lance
- 3 metre high pressure hose
Karcher SE3001 Carpet Washer
This unit operates on the spray extraction principle for fibre-deep carpet cleaning. In addition, it can be used for deep-cleaning hard surfaces and vacuuming carpets. Removable freshwater tank enables it to be used as a wet and dry vacuum cleaner.
- Dimensions (L x W x H) (mm): 370 x 290 x 470
- Length of cord access. (m): 5
- Working width (mm): 230
- Air flow rate (l/s ): 74
- Vacuum mbar: 200
- Power rating, pump (W ): 40
- Spray rate (l/min ): 1
- Spray pressure : 1
- Tank (l ): 5 - 6
- Weight without access. (kg): 7
- Voltage (V ): 230 - 240
- Frequency (Hz ): 50 - 60
Karcher K2130 Power Washer
The Karcher K2.130 T50 Air-Cooled 1300W Pressure Washer is a small, lightweight, all-rounder for uses such as cleaning garden furniture, bicycles, cars and small areas around the house. It is lightweight and portable for ease of use. Its impact-resistant, recyclable plastic casing effectively prevents dirt particles from damaging the motor and pump, whilst a safety valve prevents pressure overload. A pressure switch turns the motor on and off when the ergonomically-designed trigger gun is pressed and released. It also features a detergent-injector system, which supplies detergent to the area being cleaned.
- 1300W electric motor
- Multi-power jet
- Safety valve prevents pressure overload
- Lightweight
- Height: 443cm
- Width: 176cm
- Depth: 28cm
- Weight: 7kg
Vax Powerwash 2000WBlast away dirt and grime with the performance of Vax PowerWash 1. Tools and accessories included to clean patios, decking, cars, bikes BBQ's and universal detergent to cut through built-up embedded dirt. Great general use pressure washer to make your outdoors look like new. 2000 watts – suitable for all household tasks. Pressure rated bar is 100, max pressure is 140.
- Depth: 285 MM
- Height: 660 MM
- Width: 290 MM
- Cable Length (in cm): 500
- Cordless: N
- Flow Rate (in ltr/hr): 430
- Fuel Type: Electric
- Hose Length (in Meter): 6
- Laser Guide: N
- Max Bar Pressure (in bar): 140
- Motor Type: Electric
- Corded
- Power Type: Mains
- Safety Catch: Y
- 2000 watt universal motor.
- Flow rate 430 litres/hour.
- Rated bar - 140.
- Suitable for medium to heavy tasks.
- 6m hose.
- 5m mains cable.
This durable entry range unit is ideal for small sized areas. The K2.38 can cope with a whole range of cleaning tasks including: Path, Walls and Garage doors, plus Vehicle Washing.
The unit also comes complete with one way spray lance for general washing & a detergent injector system which supplies detergent to the area being cleaned at low pressure.
The K2.38 features a high-quality N-Cor pump to reduce noise pollution and an impact-resistant, recyclable plastic casing effectively prevents dirt particles from damaging the motor and pump.
The Karcher K2.38 is undoubtedly one of the most efficient Karcher pressure washers available.
Features & Benefits
- A one way spray lance for general cleaning purposes
- Fine mesh water filter prevents dirt particles from damaging the pump
- Detergent injector system
- High pressure hose with protective rubber sleeve
- Large on/off switch
- On-board accessory storage
- Automatic motor stop
|Pack Size:
|Motor size:
|1400 Watt Universal
|230 Volts
|Cable Range:
|5 Metre Mains Cable
|Weight (kg):
|Integrated Fine Mesh Water Filter
|Solution Tank:
|Detergent Suction Hose
|Water Flow Rate:
|360 Litres Per Hour
|Max Water Temp:
|40 Degrees Max Input
|Pressure Bar:
|110 Bar
|Hose Length:
|4 Metre High Pressure Hose
|Tools Inc:
|High Pressure Hose, Handgun & One Way Spray Lance
|6 Months Standard , Can Be Upgraded To 12 Months
|Depth (mm):
|Height (mm):
|Width (mm):
- New water cooled motor for enhanced performance and longer life
- New detergent plug and clean for quick and convenient detergent changeovers with a variable detergent regulator
- Delta racer the first high-pressure jet powered brush for cleaning large surfaces such as car paintwork, garage doors, windows and conservatories
- Mobile unit with plenty of on board storage
- Fine mesh water filter prevents dirt particles from damaging the pump
Item Weight: 12.6 Kg
Package Dimensions: 59.4 x 44.4 x 39.2 cm
Power Source: Electrical
Plug Format: G - 3 pin British
Batteries Required? No
Weight: 12.6 Kilograms
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