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NEW YORK -- Parents whose children attend small high schools are generally more satisfied with their public education experience than the parents of students enrolled in larger high schools. But high school teachers take a significantly dimmer view of the academic and social performance of schools regardless of size.
The results are contained in an indepth, nonpartisan survey of 801 parents of high schoolers nationwide regarding their personal experiences with large and small high schools that was released today by Public Agenda, a nonprofit organization. Parents of children in smaller high schools (500 or fewer students) report a better learning environment in many regards than those with children in schools with 1,500 or more students.
Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the study is believed to be the first nationwide survey to weigh the experiences of parents, teachers, and students regarding the performance of large and small high schools. In New York, Chicago, Seattle, Oakland and other cities, the creation of small high schools has become an element of education reform.
Of the three groups we surveyed, parents were most enthusiastic about the small high school experience, said Deborah Wadsworth, Public Agenda's president. Small school parents are considerably happier on issues ranging from academic performance to student alienation. High school teachers, however, did not in many instances share a similarly positive reaction.
The results from this study demonstrate the value of small schools, said Tom Vander Ark, executive director of education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Parents with students in small schools are more satisfied with their school's academic rigor and the support their children receive. Small schools create safer and more respectful environments in which parents and teachers work together to help all students achieve.
In describing their own experiences with their local high schools, the parents of students attending smaller schools were more satisfied in a number of areas:
Advocates of small high schools contend that smaller schools offer a more close-knit environment, enhancing communication between students and with teachers. The experience of parents in the survey lends supporting evidence.
A Different View from Teachers
The rosy view from small school parents, however, was not shared in many instances by teachers. In fact, regardless of school size, teachers generally rated conditions in their schools lower than parents.
For instance, while 80 percent of small school parents say their school spirit is strong, only 19 percent of teachers in small schools concur. In large schools, the gap between parents and teachers is 59-18 percent.
The view of 64 percent of small high school parents that students learn to speak and write well was shared by only 19 percent of teachers in small high schools; a 47-21 percent parent-teacher gap emerged in large high schools. In high schools large and small, only 24 percent of teachers said their students score high on achievement tests.
On the social front, just 22 percent of teachers in small high schools and 16 percent in large schools said students are respectful towards one another.
Students in the survey made few distinctions between small and large high schools, and most made clear they were happy with the existing size of their schools.
Parents and students were generally more upbeat about their schools and academic expectations, especially the parents with youngsters in small high schools, said Wadsworth. Teachers, on the other hand, were far more critical regarding the academic performance of their charges, and some of their complaints are quite unsettling given the drive to improve standards in our schools is now entering a second decade.
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The survey results suggest that, for now, neither teachers nor parents see reducing school size as a top priority. Other reforms, such as reducing class size, instilling better discipline and increasing teacher pay, are equally valid and promising to both groups. Seven of 10 teachers surveyed said small classes are more important than small schools. Among parents, 47 percent said smaller classes are more important, while 43 percent said class and school size are equally important.
Public Agenda's research suggests that very few people outside the circle of reformers have yet to be really exposed to this idea, said Wadsworth. Small indeed may be attractive both intuitively and in actual experience. But neither parents nor teachers in this study have yet to identify large schools as their most serious concern.
Such a blank slate on this issue, however, can offer an opportunity for sober discussion at the local level for incorporating small schools as part of a menu for school reform, she added.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, more than 70 percent of high school students attend schools with more than 1,000 students. Numerous cities have been actively pursuing initiatives to reverse the trend towards large high schools and the federal government has offered financial support to schools in 39 states through the Smaller Learning Communities Program.
The Public Agenda survey, which did not focus on model small schools, was conducted last year of parents, teachers and students selected randomly from across the country. Most of the respondents for smaller high schools reside in rural areas; most in large high schools come from cities or the suburbs.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supports the development of new, small focused high schools and the transformation of large struggling schools into smaller, personalized learning communities. Public Agenda, a nonprofit organization with a 25-year history of conducting nonpartisan public opinion research, takes no position on the small schools issue and exercised complete discretion in undertaking its research. Public Agenda takes full responsibility for the study results.
Public Agenda's Web site (www.publicagenda.org) includes a summary of the findings, data charts and other information related to the report. A complete copy of the report can be downloaded from the site at no charge until March 13, 2002. A print copy of the report is also available from Public Agenda for $10, plus $2 shipping and handling.
Sizing Things Up: What Parents, Teachers and Students Think about Large and Small High Schools, by Jean Johnson, Ann Duffett, Steve Farkas and Kathleen Collins, is based on three nationwide surveys with 801 parents of children in public high schools, 920 public high school teachers and 1,008 public high school students. The surveys of parents and teachers were conducted in spring 2001, and the survey of students was conducted in fall 2001. In preparation for the fielding of the surveys, Public Agenda conducted 11 focus groups, a thorough literature review and a series of in-depth interviews with education experts. The margin of error for each of the parent, teacher and student samples was plus or minus three percentage points.
Public Agenda is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research organization, located in New York City, and is well respected for its influential public opinion polls and its balanced citizen education materials. Founded in 1975 by Cyrus R. Vance, the former U.S. secretary of state, and Daniel Yankelovich, the social scientist and author, its mission is to inform leaders about the public's views and to inform citizens about government policy.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people's lives by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community. Led by Bill Gates' father, William H. Gates, Sr., and Patty Stonesifer, the Seattle-based foundation has an asset base of $24.2 billion.


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Chick - Thanks for this post. I've been searching for someone else who has the "LF" fastener. I am trying to find out when this particular fastener was used/introduced which also brings up another important question; I think most of us know the "Pinch-Point" & "Dog-Point" fasteners were introduced for use early into the First Gen. run. The question I had was; "When was the "Roll-Point" Machine -Thread bolt developed for use. I found this thread over at TC that I hope John doesn't mind me posting. John actually developed the "Roll-Point" fastener in conjunction with Anchor for use beginning with the '68 run. Maybe this can shed some light on wether or not the "LF" screw is a legit factory fastener.6Th post...3rd paragraph; http://www.camaros.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-97516.html
I too am interested to know if anyone has come across a similar fastener...distinct and unusual finish . Can someone fill us in on the numbered head-marking? I have seen several. What does the number mean? Is it just one company who made these or were there several?
There were at least three suppliers for every fastener part number; I've never seen that headmark before, and have never seen a gold cad finish on an original fastener.
Quote from: JohnZ on February 13, 2012, 05:43:38 PMThere were at least three suppliers for every fastener part number; I've never seen that headmark before, and have never seen a gold cad finish on an original fastener.John - Here are a few more examples of numbered headmarks members have posted in this discussion..."36", "A-96", "O-98", "23" & "L8-86". Do you recall seeing any of these?Thanks!


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To read certain conservative bloggers and listen to certain conservative commentators, you would think that John McCain's prospects have taken an appreciable turn for the better recently and that the underlying dynamic of the election may have been altered. It's possible that this has happened, but I don't see any evidence of it. More likely, it seems to me, some conservatives are confusing their mounting negativity towards Obama with a meaningful shift in the electorate's view of the relative merits of the two candidates. It's not diffiicult to do.
But let's look at some numbers. The four most recent non-tracking polls have Obama up by five to seven percertage points. The two tracking polls (Rasmussen and Gallup) both have Obama very slightly ahead. Both are essentially where they were throughout most of July. The most one can say, I think, is that Obama's brief bounce from his trip has been lost. But he's still ahead, and by about the same three point margin that I've been estimating for some time.
There are, of course, several ways to spin this. On the one hand, Obama's high-profile effort to pull away from McCain was a failure. On the other hand, McCain seems to have put Obama on the defensive and taken some of the bloom off the rose; yet Obama maintains roughly his normal lead.
For me the key points are (1) Obama, though an under-performing candidate, has the edge and (2) the underlying dynamic of the race probably won't change much until the Democratic convention, if then.
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The "Kiteboarders Who Work in High Tech" Thread
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Zip ties are good advice Nick. Old timers like me grew up in the days when bailing wire and chewing gum were all you needed to quick-fix anything mechanical, but zip ties, duct tape and super glue are the new standards (and can even be helpful for minor first aid).
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Software engineer, which I kite to forget.
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Sorry to hear that. One of the reasons for posting this thread was so that we could network a little and maybe one result would be that folks like you might find something they enjoy more.
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I'm a mechanical Engineer who has worked at all of the big computer companies. Currently at Apple enjoying the 17 minute drive to kite.
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i'm also a mechanical engineer, designing opposed piston engines as part of a small team in san carlos... my whole life is engines too. track cars. track bikes. i just built a dirt bike. Life is racing, everything else is just waiting ; | Kiting has had a tough time being secondary yet i still go out 3+ times a week... there's a wife too somewhere in between. (lol jk)
Very much enjoying the 15min drive to 3rd!
kiting tip: constant progression will keep u from getting bored. applies to everything.
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Low-tech worker here. I like the whole idea of talking about jumping:
I have been working on my soft landings, nail most of them except for the monster ones. One of the things that has worked for me is sending the kite in the direction I am going once I have reached the apex of the jump and started descending. Sometimes I have soft landings after a huge jump, and I have absolutely no idea what I did to make that happen.
I noticed in super strong winds it doesn't take much sending of the kite to get lofted and the intense wind actually continues to give you additional vertical boost as you go up.
I particularly find jumping useful when going out in big surf, as a way to get over a wall of water that would normally bury you. Once airborne you must be able to land and sail away immediately or else you will be caught dead in the impact zone.
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There's only one reason you have a soft landing--your kite is directly overhead, or close to it. The goal should always be to have the kite overhead as you start to come down. The more you oversend the kite, the harder this is to do.
You don't want to send it forward too soon after reaching the apex because by the time you reach the water it might be losing the "parachute" effect. The less "parachute-y," the harder your landing. I try to get my kite overhead as I'm starting to come down, and then send it forward just enough before landing to give me some momentum when I hit the water. It's all a timing thing. Of course, this all depends on the height of your jump--shorter jump, things happen more quickly.
I love being a little overpowered for jumping! Ironically, you can have better landings in stronger winds with bigger jumps because you barely have to send the kite. Just a little twitch from 11 to 12 o'clock and you're zooming. Keep the kite at 12 and on the way down you have your parachute.
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Mgmt consultant in Energy and Tech Industries, heading back for my MBA. The rest @ LinkedIn.com/forquer
Pro Tip: Get a surfboard- any surfboard. My $20 Craigslist board got me first out and last in privileges many times, and is wayyyy more cost effective than a monster kite.
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LANSharks Consulting - my 20th year of providing Apple, Network, Mac and iOS support, installation and diagnostics for home and small to medium businesses. I designed and built the network Sunset Magazine (Menlo Park) is published on. From cabling, installation & configuration of their mail and file servers, internet connectivity, training their internet IT staff... the whole shebang.
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Pocono residents will have an opportunity to address state officials Thursday about the widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy. The meeting will be held 4 to 7 p.m. in the Edwardian Room of Fernwood Hotel and Convention Center, Bushkill.
Pocono residents will have an opportunity to address state officials Thursday about the widespread power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The meeting will be held 4 to 7 p.m. in the Edwardian Room of Fernwood Hotel and Convention Center, Bushkill.
Chairman Robert Powelson and other representatives of the state Public Utility Commission, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and electric utilities will hear concerns and suggested improvements.
State Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, who organized the meeting, said there have been numerous complaints about the difficulties in getting power restored. Many expressed frustration with the disruptions and added costs they encountered while the power was off, and the uncertainty of not knowing when it would return.
"The purpose is to have as broad an exchange of information as possible," she said. "We've heard a lot of specific suggestions from across the community on how the process can be improved. It is important to give those affected a chance to talk to the individuals who have the power and the responsibility to make things better in the future."
There will be separate opportunities for officials and area residents to explain the challenges they faced during the storm and offer recommendations.
State officials will first hear from county and municipal officials, followed by emergency management and response personnel around 5 p.m., and business leaders and community associations at 5:30. Comments from the public will be heard beginning at 6 p.m.
"It appears that some of the changes implemented since last year helped, but there is much more to be done," said Rep. Rosemary Brown, R-189.
"The companies need to hear about the challenges faced during the storm and our recommendations for improvements," added Rep. Mario Scavello, R-176. "The PUC has asked the utilities to come back with a better plan, and community input will be critical as they conduct their evaluations."
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Information booths will be set up by the PUC, PEMA and the utility companies to provide an overview of the storm event and restoration efforts, to share an update on recent activities, and to answer questions.
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TORONTO -- With over 20 million installations, Fedora is among the most world's popular Linux distributions. While that kind of success has been due to a rapid base of supporters, the distro originally launched by Red Hat as a community Linux project is having to bridge the divide between targeting a mass audience and keeping hardcore enthusiasts in the fold.
"I'm not interested in a shotgun approach where we reach every single person on the planet, though that wouldn't be a bad thing," Frields said during a session at the FUDCon Fedora conference here this weekend. "At Fedora, we're not interested in 'fanboy'-ism. What we're interested in is people that want to contribute."
Speaking before an a standing-room-only audience of users and developers, Frields described his vision of what the Fedora project is and what it isn't. And to Frields, it's not about cultivating a purely fanatical following.
Instead, the distro relies on what he described as a sustainable community -- as much about code as about collaboration. And it needs to continue being that sort of community to keep growing, he added.
To spread the message of sustainability and grow its community, Frields said that Fedora needs more participation from outside of its usual target who spends their days on IRC and developer mailing lists.
"We want to make opportunities in the project more seamless for people," Frields said. "From the time you first visit our site, we want people to know that being a part of this community is just a s--tload of fun."
Frields added that he wants to expose that fun to others and get out the message that Fedora is about sustainability, in line with such large efforts as Habitat for Humanity, the nonprofit organization that builds affordable, sustainable housing for those in need.
Similarly, he sees encouraging contribution and collaboration in Fedora's community as crucial to keeping the effort alive and well, but also about fostering the idea of sustainability in a larger sense.
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The New Year began early for the Lipscomb Bisons basketball team.
Friday morning they were up and dressed by 9:30 for their final day of preparation for Saturday's Atlantic Sun game with Stetson at approximately 3:15 at Allen Arena. The Bisons are 4-7, 1-1 in the conference. Stetson is 3-7, 1-1 in the conference, 0-6 on the road.
"We got up early, watched some film and practiced at 10," said Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson. "I don't like them sleeping in all day. We have had seven or eight good practices and zoned in on some things.
"We have really worked on our focus defensively. We have played very offensively pretty much all year long, but there are going to be nights when we don't play well. We aren't trying to beat a dead horse, but we just trying to get them to understand that sense of urgency in defending."
The game with Stetson is the first of four straight home games. It is also the start of an 18-game run of Atlantic Sun games leading into the conference tournament.
"We are in league play," Sanderson said. "People know your strengths and weaknesses better than the non-conference teams do. They are going to try to take our strengths away. We have to be prepared for those types of things.
"We have a history with all of the teams in the league. The first several days of practice we worked on trying to get ourselves better. The last couple of days we have worked on Stetson."
Stetson is led by senior guard A.J. Smith with 14.2 points, freshman guard Tyshawn Patterson with 11.9 points and redshirt freshman forward Ridge Graham with 10.1 points and a team-high 5.9 rebounds per game.
The Hatters are coming off a 72-64 win over Florida Gulf Coast Tuesday night.
"They are very quick," Sanderson said. "A.J. is a very, very quick guard.
"They have always been an extremely physical team. It will be a big challenge for us."
The Bisons are led by junior center Adnan Hodzic with 22.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game. Junior point guard Josh Slater is averaging 14.8 points followed by junior forward Brandon Brown with 12.5 and sophomore guard Jordan Burgason with 10.
The Bisons have not played since Dec. 21 when they fell 83-82 in overtime at Arizona. Despite the loss, Sanderson hopes that his team will repeat many aspects of that performance against Stetson.
"In the Arizona game we played at a very high level on both ends," Sanderson said. "We were very good executing offensively, and we played pretty good defensively. We played well with a lead. We got behind in front of 13,000 people and still executed our game plan.
"If we can take that performance, that energy and focus into the rest of our games I like our chances. We are hoping that the non-conference schedule is going to realty benefit us in the league play in January and February."
The Bisons will be back on the court Monday night at 7:30 when Florida Gulf Coast visits.Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations


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Chemistry Connect in SMA Labschool , JakartaActivity by Mustafal Bakri | added on Jul 27, 2011 | Indonesia
Sponsor(s): OEF ( Oracle Education Foundation) - Labschool Jakarta
Theme " Chemistry : Our life, our future" , this interactive session is to take place on July 28, 2011. These activitie is to connect teachers of chemistry / science, students, scientists in Auditorium SMA LAbschool Jakarta Indonesia make a forum Chemistry Connect the ThinkQuest website as a forum for sharing among them.
Theme: Chemistry at the Boundary". The contents of the intersection of chemistry with the fields of science to another, as well as areas of applied, but ultimately aimed at improving the learning of Chemistry in secondary schools, as well as the ideas of "small projects" that can enrich learning.
Speaker in Jakarta: Arif Rahman, M.Sc. A lecturer in the field of synthesis of inorganic materials and researcher for synthesis nanoparticle and nanocomposite base on Indonesian natural clay and zeolite at Universitas Negeri Jakarta (UNJ).
Theme: Artificial photosynthesis: "Mimicking nature for the welfare and sustainability of life "
* The introduction of the process of photosynthesis in nature and attempts to imitate artificially
* Biomolecules as harvesters photons to the photovoltaic
* The design of natural photosynthetic antenna systems
* Mimicking photosynthesis in bacteria
* Photos of hydrogen production
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* The use of nanoparticles in fotokatalisis
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For local residents, any solution to cutting the criminal delinquents out of the picture is a welcoming thought.
When Jessica Glorieux takes her daily walk through the park with her two children, she often sees trashcans knocked over or charred after having been lit on fire the night before.
She even remembers getting a call from one of her good friends after being "hounded" on a walk home with her son.
"It's hard to know what to do and what's going to work, so were just going to have to play with it and see what happens," said Glorieux, co-chair of the Friends of McGolrick Park. "My feeling with cameras is that unless they're in every part of the park, they (vandals) would just move to parts of the park where there are no cameras."
Cameras are one option being discussed for the park, located between Nassau and Driggs Avenues at Monitor and Russell Streets in Greenpoint, with other ideas being discussed.
Glorieux said they have been in talks with the local precinct and even tossed around the idea of bringing in social workers to talk to kids and teenagers in the park.
"Something has to happen," she said. "We've even talked about adding a basketball court or a skate ramp to give a place to have the kids do their tricks instead of off the 100-year-old landmark pavilion."
Councilman Stephen Levin has been on the case since he started receiving complaints from the community.
"The vandalism at McGolrick Park is completely unacceptable and a blight on a neighborhood that we all love and are proud to call home," Levin said. "Together with members of the community, the Parks Department and the NYPD, we are looking at a number of options to prevent further vandalism."
Levin said he has considered the possibility of a community block watch, increased police patrols, an earlier closing time and security cameras.
"I personally don't think there is anything to do at the park until 1 a.m.," Glorieux said of the current park hours. "I think curfew with additional patrol would help. Even I know the dog people tend to be there till late, so the dog park could run late and the rest of the park would close at 10 p.m."
The Department of Parks and Recreation said they are willing to do what it takes to provide a safe environment for the community.
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The Classic Tradition
The Classic is New Orleans' (and the region's) premier 10k road race, and one of the oldest 10k races in the nation. For 40 years, it has combined world class competition, amateur participation and great fun for all participants. Starting in 1979 with 902 participants, the Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic has grown to become the preeminent fitness event in Louisiana. This Easter Weekend Tradition is now, along with Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest, one of New Orleans signature events.
Each year, over 20,000 people gather in Downtown New Orleans for an event that attracts everyone from international Elite Athletes to those who walk the entire route carrying cocktails or wearing bunny suits. Young, old, fit and not so, the Crescent City Classic was the first 10k to be televised nationally, and is, to this day, perhaps the most fun you can have over 6.2 miles. The Classic has been praised in every major running publication as "one of America's fastest 10k's", "the originator of the party race", "an Easter Weekend tradition that should never be missed" and "a great race, on a beautiful course in America's most unique city".
The Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Classic also includes a two-day Expo preceding the race and an amazing post-race festival on Easter Saturday. The Expo is where most participants come to pick up their race number and t-shirt, but has grown to become much more than just a place to stop by. You can rub shoulders with a world record holder, get free food and drinks, get free handouts from area businesses, enjoy center stage presentations from great local chefs, watch training and fitness tips from guest speakers, find the best prices on running shoes and apparel you will EVER find, ask elite athletes about their training habits, buy a commemorative poster and much more. Our Expo is as vibrant, fun and ever-changing as the city in which it is held.
Like almost everything in New Orleans, historic City Park can boast an interesting history. The park itself is America's 2nd largest public park and was the last one to see legal duels in America. Tad Gormley Stadium has hosted the US Olympic Trials, a Beatles Concert and countless memorable sporting and concert events. On Easter Saturday each year, the park becomes the host to one of New Orleans greatest parties (and that is saying something). With two bands, tons of free food and beverages, a VIP Tent, Private Party Tents and more than 30,000 people eating, drinking, dancing, and in some cases, bragging, the Michelob Ultra RaceFest is a great time for everyone.
Today, the CCC Brand has expanded to include four more races:
- The Allstate Sugar Bowl St. Patrick's Day Classic, a 2-mile run down Metairie Road before their annual parade,
- the Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent Connection Bridge Run, a 4-mile race across the Mississippi River,
- the Allstate Sugar Bowl Crescent City Fall Classic, a 5k qualifier for the Classic, and
- the Allstate Sugar Bowl Celebration in the Oaks Run/Walk, a unique 2-mile run through the Christmas light show in City Park.
All CCC events are produced by the Crescent City Fitness Foundation, a not-for-profit entity whose sole purpose is to promote health, fitness, and a better lifestyle for the people of the New Orleans metropolitan area.


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My research interests have included a variety of quantum optical phenomena in atomic and solid state physics, ranging from slowing and stopping light in atomic ensembles to studying electrons confined to a nanoscale region of a semiconductor. Most recently, I have become intrigued by experiments studying single electronic and nuclear spins in diamond.
Using quantum-optical properties of a certain defect center in diamond, the nitrogen-acancy center, it is possible to prepare, manipulate, and measure single spins in a solid, in effect accomplishing single-spin ESR (electron spin resonance) or NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance). I am building a table-top experiment to explore in greater detail how this system works, with the goal of improving the control we have over these spins to a level that may be relevant for applications in quantum information science or metrology.
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Wabash College will host internationally famous astronomer, Sidney C. Wolff. She will give a talk on "Images of the Universe: From the Big Bang to the Planets" at 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, in Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Wolff received her B.A. from Carleton College in 1962, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. She then accepted a position at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii. In 1984, she was named director of Kitt Peak National Observatory, becoming the first woman to direct a major U.S. observatory. In 1987 she was appointed director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO). She was elected president of both the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the American Astronomical Society and serves on the Board of Trustees of her alma mater, Carleton College. After stepping down as director of NOAO in 2001, she launched The Astronomy Education Review, a refereed electronic journal focused on research about effective methods of teaching astronomy and space science. She has published nearly 100 research papers and several books, including introductory college texts.
Wolff played a leadership role in the development of Mauna Kea, now the premier astronomical site in the northern hemisphere, and in several other large telescope projects. Most significantly, she was the first director of the international project that built the two state-of-the-art Gemini telescopes, one in Hawaii and the other in the foothills of the Andes in Chile. Currently, she is president of the LSST Corporation, where she is working on development of a telescope to survey the visible sky every week; the data will constrain models of dark energy and dark matter and will also discover essentially all the asteroids with diameters larger than 200 meters that might impact the earth. Her research is focused on the study of changes in rotation with time in newly formed stars as a clue to the evolution of the disks of gas and dust surrounding young stars—disks in which planet formation takes place.
Her talk is free and open to the public.
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Child's Play 2011: Exciting Announcements!
The Child's Play 2011 Holiday Season officially launches today, and we have a lot of exciting news to share! You may have already noticed that our website has been redesigned. If you're new to Child's Play, read up on what we're all about. Our Donate page includes a brand new hospital map, complete with wish lists updated for the 2011 season. You can also head over to the Events page to view our event calendar, submit your own event for the calendar, or get more information about running a Child's Play fundraiser.
Speaking of fundraisers, we are proud to announce that the annual Child's Play charity auction will take place on Thursday, December 8th 2011 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, WA. Tickets are on sale now, with both individual and group tickets avaliable. Passes are $145 per person and $5,000 for table of 10. If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.
If you have an item that you would like to donate, we are currently open to submissions for the auction. Whether it's rare or unique game memorabilia, great geeky art or even something for the non-gamers in the crowd, we would greatly appreciate your donation. Please get in touch with Jamie for more information regarding auction item donations. We are asking that all items are in our hands by December 1st.
This year we are honored to welcome new facilities to our hospital network.
- Diamond Children's Medical Center in Tuscon, AZ
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- Georgia Health Sciences Children's Medical Center in Augusta, GA
- All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL
- The Children's Hospital in Sheffield, UK
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we can continue to grow and assist more children in hospitals worldwide!
Thank you to our generous sponsors and incredible community for all of your support. You show us again and again that when gamers give back, it makes a difference!


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If you had to build a team around one player for the next 10 years, who would it be? #MLBFC pic.twitter.com/oQdjXUrYhE- MLB Fan Cave (@MLBFanCave) June 19, 2013
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Danny Farris: Took me 0.01 seconds to think about this one. Michael Trout. At 21 years old, the kid is a beast on the field and has had zero off the field troubles. Sign me up.
Marcus Hall: Clayton Kershaw. If you're building your franchise around one player, it should be an ace. Clayton's arguably the best pitcher in baseball, and he's only 25 years old. I don't need to say much else.
Travis Miller: I've got to cop out on choosing between Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler by picking Mike Trout. A five-tool player who can play anywhere in the outfield and hit anywhere atop the lineup, there's a lot of leeway when building around him.
Mina Park: Buster Posey. He has the track record to prove he's the real deal. He's only 26 and already has two World Series rings, a Silver Slugger award and an NL MVP Award. What more could you really ask for?
Aaron Roberts: Call me a homer if you'd like, but I have to go with the best pitcher in baseball, 25-year-old southpaw Clayton Kershaw. Pitching is so vital to a good ball club and having a guy who will consistently keep you in every fifth game is invaluable.
April Whitzman: While there are many incredible young phenoms in the game, I'd build my team around third baseman Manny Machado. The 20-year-old has done nothing but impress defensively and offensively. In fact, thus far in 2013, Machado leads the league in hits and doubles - an impressive feat for one of the youngest in the game. Expect him to continue to put up similar numbers throughout his career.
Ben Wietmarschen: I'd build it around Matt Harvey because an ace who's gonna keep your team in the game for nine innings every five days is so much more valuable than any position player. Dude has gone into New York freakin City and dominated over 15 starts with very little run support and a big fat buttload of pressure and expectations. He's shown more at this point than any of the other top contenders for this.
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When one gives up living and using his soul, he can't only lose the soul but can also devote it to death... Before souls completely die they stick in The Void - an odd space between life and death. There is an outside chance to survive in The Void and even to come back from it. This chance is The Color - the only food of a dying soul wandering through the mournful realms of The Void, governed by monstrous Brothers and malicious Sisters, who are desperately struggling for the last drops of it. The Color is not only the sense of life of these mysterious creatures but also gives power and vital force to the whole Void. The Color gives you power to do almost everything even to get out of death clutches if you gain enough Color, but there is a great lack of it in the arid deserts of The Void. There is Color only for one. Be the one, get your lost soul back!
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The Life of Gampopa
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"Here is the first complete life story of Gampopa, foremost disciple of Milarepa and a forefather of the Kagyu lineages. Compiled from numerous Tibetan biographies, this comprehensive and inspiring rendition highlights the extraordinary details of Gampopa's meditative experiences and presents direct insights into the practice and realization of Mahamudra. A history of the Kagyu order by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa augments Gampopa's biography, illustrating this revered teacher's central role in the development of the Tibetan Kagyu lineages. A concluding essay on Mahamudra introduces Vajrayana Buddhism to beginners while simultaneously supporting advanced practitioners with fresh insights. Jampa Stewart's biography of the remarkable being most responsible for the rapid growth of his guru Milarepa's glorious Kagyu tradition is both informative and inspiring and will be a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in the profound ways in which the spiritual realizations of a single individual con impact the lives of countless beings in many different cultures over the centuries. I highly recommend it." —Jonathan Landaw, author of Buddhism for Dummies
"An excellent job. Comprehensible and educative." —The Middle Way
"This comprehensive and inspiring rendition highlights the extraordinary details of Gampopa's meditative experiences and presents direct insights into the practices and realisation of Mahamudra." —Buddhism Now
"Dharma Lord Gampopa was a crown jewel of Buddhist history particularly in Tibet. He was an enlightened master both in scholarship and realization. He combined the two most famous lineages of Atisha and Milarepa. Many great masters followed his example of practicing the three vows without any contradiction. This life story will give explicit insight into the meaning of 'great Dharma master'—one who keeps his own precepts and leads other sentient beings toward enlightenment. So I urge everyone to read this book and understand it thoroughly. Jampa Stewart has been a Buddhist practitioner for many years. He is well-versed in Buddhist philosophy and especially in Buddhist history. I admire his dedicating his whole life to the Dharma and to helping others." —Khenchen Konchog Gyeltshen Rinpoche


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Stand up sit down fight fight fight
Prompted by a question from my good friend Kevin Berridge about agile team stand-up meetings, I quickly came up with a long list of do's and don'ts but nothing substantial. Nothing immediately profound. Any quick google search can give you tips, tricks and pitfalls. I wanted something more. To try and ignite my thoughts I began writing down words that came to mind when I thought about a good daily standup meeting …
When daily standups go well, the team has a clear understanding of how they go to where they are today, where they are trying to go, and the route they are going to follow.
When daily standups go bad, individuals get frustrated, time is wasted, problems reoccur, and the meeting ends up being a means to justify paychecks and appease management.
Whether you focus your meeting on what each individual did yesterday/is doing today/is blocked by or on how the story board changed from yesterday, the real goal should be focusing the team toward a common short term goal, and making any impediments very visible. The meeting should be for the team, by the team and to the team.
Often I see standups where everyone ends up telling the PM/Scrum Master/Team Lead what they worked on yesterday and an excuse about not yet knowing what they were going to do today. Have the team talk to the team. If what you are sharing doesn't have value to the rest of the team, don't share it right now. If a detailed discussion starts between on some members of the team, wait until the standup is over. If the meeting stops providing value at 5 minutes, stop the meeting. If the meeting is going past 10-15 minutes, stop and have the team decide if it should continue or be broken up in favor of smaller discussions.
Daily standups are great way to get everyone on the same page, re-focus the team on the highest priority items, and lay out a quick plan of attack. Like time-outs in the middle of a big game, they need to help bring everyone together and formulate a short term plan to victory. Especially when King James shows up.
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Top dollar: Library pays $75,000 for Grisham
Library administrators "gulped'' at the fee, but they ultimately decided that author John Grisham was worth the $75,000 he's charging to speak at the final night of the Novello Festival of Reading in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Rita Rouse, spokeswoman for the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg, said the library concluded that Grisham would draw a big crowd and strengthen the festival.
"He's been one of our most requested authors,'' she said. "We have tried to get him for not quite as long as Novello's been around, but close to it. He's always declined until this year.''
The library is paying the fee charged by Grisham's agency, Keppler Associates of Keppler, Virginia.
Grisham rarely makes public appearances these days. His Novello event at the 2,100-seat Belk Theater quickly sold out. Rouse said she hasn't gotten a report yet on gross receipts (tickets range from $15 to $35), but they won't cover his fee.
Still, Rouse said, an author as popular as Grisham attracts corporate sponsors and raises the profile of Novello, which in recent years has drawn about 40,000 people to writer appearances, writing workshops, and other events scattered over roughly a month.
"This is the kind of thing corporate sponsors and the community want to be a part of,'' she said of the Grisham event.
Grisham will attend an event Monday afternoon for Novello sponsors and major donors to the library. His event at Belk Theater begins at 7:30pm, and he will leave Charlotte immediately afterward.
Unlike nearly every Novello speaker, he will not autograph books for fans. The size of the crowd for his event would have made that difficult and tiring for Grisham, Rouse said.
Grisham, 48, began writing fiction in whatever spare time he could find as a young lawyer-legislator in Mississippi.
His first novel, A Time to Kill, was published in 1989 and sold modestly. But his second, The Firm, was the best-selling novel of 1991 and became a popular movie.
Grisham, who now lives in Covesville, has written several more best-selling legal thrillers that have been made into movies, including The Pelican Brief and The Runaway Jury.
His latest novel, Bleachers, is about a reunion of former high school football players prompted by their coach's imminent death.
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Exercise Advice Needed
Hi there,
I am a 47 year old female and am trying to lose weight as I am very obese and need to lose this weight so that I can have surgery. I have gone through 3 surgerys in the past 18 months and now have a colostomy and a large hernia in my stomach.
The plan is that I will be able to have the colostomy reversed and hernia repaired once I lose 50 pounds. I have already lost 20 pounds of that since October but I don`t feel like it`s coming off fast enough.
I am doing at least 30 minutes of cardio exercise daily and have cut my food intake back to 1500 calories a day. I am trying to get some of the fat off my stomach but am limited as to what I can do because of the hernia and colostomy. What I`m looking for is some suggestions of what additional I can do to help me lose weight but more importantly help me lose some of the fat off my stomach.
Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated
Based on the information you have provided, it seems that you are losing approximately one pound per week, which is well within the healthy range of .5 â 2lbs per week. Without knowing more information, I canât directly address your caloric needs but I am going to assume that your physician or a Registered Dietitian (if you donât have one, I highly recommend seeing one) assigned that calorie budget to you and it is correct. So the remainder of my email will solely address your weight loss from a fitness standpoint, rather than the nutrition standpoint. If you are currently doing 30 minutes of cardio/day and feel like your weight loss is at a plateau, here are a few suggestions to shock your body back into weight-loss mode and get the most out of your fitness routine:
- Mix it up! Donât do the same type of cardio each day. Walk one day, do the elliptical or arc trainer the next day. Try a group fitness class like spinning or kickboxing to recruit different muscle fibers into action and keep your body guessing. Your body will adapt and be less stimulated by repetitive activities, thus generating less results over time.
- Add in strength training. Yes, it is a myth that females will âbulk upâ from strength training. This will only happen if you are ingesting high doses of testosterone. Strength training increases the lean body tissue (muscle) which is responsible for burning calories throughout the day, whether you are being active or not. The more calorie-burning machines you have in your body (muscles) the more efficient your metabolism/daily caloric burn is. This will ensure that your body fat percentage is lowering along with your body weight and it will help you fight off osteoporosis in the future as well.
- Stay in the zone! Everyone has a âzoneâ of intensity that they should maintain during physical activity. This range/zone varies from individual to individual but can easily be calculated and measured. This zone is measured by your heart rate. Take 220 â your age = your MAX HEART RATE. You want to keep you heart rate below this number. For example, 220-47=173. To calculate the range of intensity (intensity is measured by your heart rate) you should maintain while doing cardio and strength training, take your max heart rate and multiply by .65 and .85. This will give you 65%-85% of your max heart rate. Example: 173 x .65 = 112 and 173 x .85 = 147. Your TARGET HEART RATE RANGE is 112 â 147 beats per minute. If you stay within that zone, the higher the more intense = more calorie burn = more weight loss during your workout, then you will definitely increase your rate of weight loss and should knock yourself right off of that plateau.
- To measure this, you can use the sensors on the cardio equipment to take your heart rate during your workout, stop and take an exercise heart rate every 10 minutes during your workout, OR invest in a reliable heart rate monitor. Quality heart rate monitors can range anywhere from $30 – $300, depending on your needs. The higher end will include calorie burn tracking and online GPS tracking, mostly designed for distance walkers and runners. Monitoring your heart rate and utilizing it as a training tool can be one of the best things for you to ensure that you are challenging your body at the proper intensity. You may notice a difference in the way you feel training at that level but I assure you, it will all be worth it.
- Itâs in the genes/jeans. Unfortunately, you cannot spot reduce. I would definitely suggest incorporating abdominal exercises at the end of your cardio workout and as a part of your strength training. However, cardio must be done to burn the fat off of those stubborn abdominal muscles. This, unfortunately, is determined by your genes and body type. By now, you probably know from which area of your body fat disappears first and sadly, last. If your stomach happens to be the last place to blast fat, just remain patient and follow the above steps. Once you kick your workout into overdrive by training yourself using your target heart rate and cross training by incorporating different types of cardio, classes, or strength training, (or better yet, invest in a personal trainer that will do all of this for you if it seems overwhelming) your stomach will have no choice but to slim down.
- Keep in mind, 2lbs of weight loss/week is the maximum amount recommended, so donât stress too much about losing 1lb/week. Stress can get in the way of your weight loss goal and so can negative self-talk. 20lbs is something to celebrate! Stay positive and focused and you will be a success!
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Beautifully crafted with soft, plush material and an elegant wood back cover, this chair looks great in any home. Utilizing a simple concept designed by NASA, this hybrid chair reclines to a zero gravity position to reduce pressure on your spine, allowing for back relief and better circulation. The chair is equipped with several other features to further provide relief for tense, overworked muscles. There are 7 airbags (2 for the neck, 2 for the back, and 3 in the seat) with 3 automatic programs and intensity levels. Eight vibration motors provide stimulation for your lower body, with 2 motors devoted to each section, including your buttocks, thighs, calves, and feet. Choose from four vibration programs and let the rhythmic and pulsating sensations relieve and invigorate you. You can even select an area of concentration for more targeted relief.
Additionally, the chair features heat therapy at the touch of a button. Heaters are located throughout the chair for soothing comfort to relieve aches, reduce swelling, and enhance blood flow. A mechanical roller located in the back cushion provides gentle kneading and rolling action to the lumbar area to loosen up tension in your lower back. The control panel is conveniently located in the armrest so you can set and adjust programs quickly and easily.
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Where To Trick-Or-Treat Indoors In West Michigan – Halloween 2013
The weather forecast may be the scariest thing we've seen so far this Halloween.
As of right now, things aren't looking good for trick-or-treating on Halloween night in West Michigan.
Check out a few indoor trick-or-treating options for Halloween night in West Michigan.
Byron Center Bible Church. 5:30pm - 8:00pm. Candy, hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and more. Learn more.
Calvin College/Knollcrest East Apartments. 19th annual "Light in the Night" celebration. 6:00pm - 8:00pm. Children 2-12 may collect candy and play carnival games. Free, but a canned good donation is asked for. See maps, where to register, and more.
Woodland Mall. Treats from 3:00pm - 5:00pm.
Resurrection Life Church. 6:00pm - 8:10pm. Games, candy, music, and more for ages 14 and under. Free. Learn more.
Deanna's Playhouse. 10:00am - 3:00pm. $5. Learn more.
Westshore Mall. Trick-or-treating from 5:00pm - 6:00pm.
First Baptist Church. 6:00pm - 8:00pm. Bounce houses, candy, games, prizes. Learn more.
Wayland High School. 5:00pm - 7:00pm. Ages birth - 8th grade. There will be a haunted house, a pumpkin carving contest, trick-or-treating, a costume contest, and a hot dog dinner will be available for purchase. Learn more.
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Each year the IET awards a prize to the authors of the best paper published within the last two years in each of the IET's journals. The winners of recent Electronics Letters Premium Awards are listed below and the 2018 winning paper is free to access on the IET Digital Library until August 2019.
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Bao, B.C., Xu, Q., Bao, H., Chen, M.: 'Extreme multistability in a memristive circuit', Electronics Letters, 2016, 52, (12), pp. 1008–1010
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Konczykowska, A., Jorge, F., Dupuy, J-Y., Riet, M., Nodjiadjim, V., Aubry, H., Adamiecki, A.: ' 84 GBd (168 Gbit/s) PAM-4 3.7 Vpp power DAC in InP DHBT for short reach and long haul optical networks ', Electronics Letters, 2015, 51, (20), pp. 1591–1593
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To: Francis Gibson, Lowry Snow, Patrice Arent, Richard Cunningham, Steve Eliason, Greg Hughes, Brad Last, David Lifferth, Daniel McCay, Carol Moss, Jim Nielson, Val Peterson, Marie Poulson, Kraig Powell, Dean Sanpei, Keven John Stratton,
Subject: Oppose HB 96
Date: Thu Feb 06 06:44:22 MST 2014
Reasons to Oppose:
1) The bill calls for schools to collect longitudinal data on children which fits perfectly into the Common Core P20W database Utah has created. (P20W is preschool through grade 20 and into the workforce for tracking everyone)
84 (4) "Eligible LEA" means an LEA that has a data system capacity to collect
85 longitudinal academic outcome data, including special education use by student, by identifying
86 each student with a statewide unique student identifier.
2) I totally oppose all preschool bills on a matter of principle since we operate under a compulsory education system. Establishing a preschool program for one class (disadvantaged children) will inevitably lead to mandates for other children and additional funding needs.
3) Head Start, the comprehensive preschool program started in 1965, went 45 years and spent $166 billion and was proven a complete failure. Lets not repeat history.
4) The Obama administration plan is to start educating children at birth. This is the first step on that path.
"The Obama administration has proposed new investments that will establish a continuum of high-quality early learning for children beginning at birth and continuing to age five."
5) The feds are incentivizing data collection and testing for small children and invasive home visits.
6) The Institute of Marriage and Family has shown that early education does NOT benefit children and they should actually begin school later rather than earlier.
Our children deserve to be just that... children. Please do not contribute to early indoctrination. PLEASE oppose HB 96!
Thank you!


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Morning MarketBeat: Bullishness Bubbling Everywhere
Pre-Market Brief:
MARKET SNAP: At 5:40 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures up 0.3%. Treasury yields unchanged. Nymex up at $96.43; gold lower at $1.673.83. In Europe, FTSE 100 up 0.3%, DAX down 0.1% and CAC 40 up 0.4%. In Asia, Nikkei 225 down 1.9% and Hang Seng down 2.3%.
Overnight action: U.S. sues S&P over ratings; Barclays ups provision for mis-sold products; Dell nears $23-billion deal to go private.
Watch for: ICSC-Goldman Sachs chain store sales index (7:45 a.m. Eastern Time). Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke speaks about community banking in Duluth, Ga. (8:30). Johnson Redbook retail sales index (8:55). January ISM non-manufacturing PMI (10:00): seen: 55.0; last: 56.1. January global services PMI (11:00).
Earnings: Walt Disney, Aflac, Allergan, Arch Coal, ADM, ADP, Becton Dickinson, Cardinal Health, Chipolte, CME, Eaton, Estee Lauder, Expedia, Kellogg, NYSE, Panera, Sirius XM, Take-Two, Toyota, Zynga
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The Breakfast Briefing
Evidence is piling up that mom-and-pop investors are coming back to stocks.
The "smart money" is also getting pretty bullish.
A survey last week showed investment managers were not only long stocks, but they were leveraging their portfolios to take on even more risk at a rate last seen in January 2007, according to the National Association of Active Investment Managers.
"The bears of the group have given up," Will Hepburn, president at Hepburn Capital Management and originator of the survey, said in a chat with MarketBeat.
The average investment manager polled was holding a net long position of 104%, the second highest mark since the survey began in July 2006, according to NAAIM, which measures the equity exposure of its roughly 160 members that manage about $20 billion in assets.
Such confidence in the market coincided with the Dow's rally to 14000 last week, the first time the blue chips have touched the big, round number since October 2007. The Dow fell 129 points on Monday, the biggest drop of the year.
Yet some market participants are interpreting the latest round of bubbly bullishness with a hint of skepticism.
"There's little doubt that these folks are sharp and savvy investors," Jason Goepfert, founder of Sundial Capital Research, wrote last week. "But when — as a group — they position themselves aggressively in one direction, the market tends to go the other way. This is a negative for stocks."
NAAIM's weekly reports combined with sentiment data from both the American Association of Intelligent Investors and Investors Intelligence point to individual investors and financial advisers getting more bullish on stocks. Stock buyers have also started making a comeback this year: Stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds kicked off the year by taking in $34.2 billion, the biggest four-week inflow of cash since 1996, according to Lipper Inc.
While the S&P 500 rose 5% in January, its best start to a year since 1997, many investors say the recent gains have made the market ripe for a pullback.
"Overdue is an understatement," Randy Frederick, managing director of trading and derivatives at brokerage Charles Schwab Corp., told MarketBeat. "We're absolutely overdue. The market has basically been going straight up since the beginning of the year. I suspect we'll see some kind of pullback."
Frederick foresees a scenario in which the S&P 500 embarks on a "healthy pullback" to 1465 before it resumes its climb higher. The index closed Monday at 1495.
If his forecast plays out, he'd recommend investors using the drop as a buying opportunity.
"We're absolutely in a market where buying the dips makes sense right now," he said.
Morning MarketBeat Daily Factoid: On this day in 1997, Morgan Stanley announced a $10 billion merger with brokerage and securities firm Dean Witter.
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Stocks to Watch
Walt Disney is expected to report first-quarter earnings of 76 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet.
NYSE Euronext is projected to post fourth-quarter earnings of 38 cents a share.
Chipotle Mexican Grill is forecast to earn $1.97 a share in the fourth quarter.
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Heard on the Street: Putting Rating Firms on Negative Watch: "Investors in credit-rating companies thought they had put the financial crisis well behind them. That may have been wishful thinking."
Buffett Back in Muni-Bond Insurance — For Now: "Warren Buffett is back in the bond-insurance game—for the moment, at least. Mr. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is reviving its dormant bond-insurance arm as it backs municipal bonds tied to a massive mixed-use development in Texas, according to bond-offering documents."
Ahead of the Tape: TV Carries the Ball at Disney These Days: "The big money for media companies like Walt Disney remains on the field, not off."
Bridgewater to Launch New Fund: "Bridgewater Associates told its investors that it will launch a new hedge fund this year, and had sold another minority equity stake in the firm to an unidentified buyer to help ensure its long-term viability."
SEC Expands Probe on Executive Trades: "The Securities and Exchange Commission, expanding a high-profile investigation, is gathering data on a broad number of trades by corporate executives in shares of their own companies, according to people familiar with the probe."
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Excellent color and noise results with great motion and sharpness in 60p.
Great image quality in most conditions.
Has a 700x digital zoom, which is the highest of any of the HDV camcorders we looked at.
'Comprehensive enthusiast features.'
'Input/output terminals.'
'Images were really smooth with very few jagged edges and no visible pixellation.'
'huge zoom and superb image stabilisation'
'Lots of internal recording space - a whopping 220GB. '
'intuitive all-touch screen interface'
'It fits snugly into the hand and is nicely balanced.'
Excellent video quality
Shoots two whole Full HD frames in 3D mode
Excellent set of features
Stunning 2D and 3D image quality
'The clever bit with the SDT750 is a bolt-on attachment for the lens.'
'The 35-420mm range is a good one and more than enough for all-around use. '
'bizarre and eye-catching appearance'
'This protruding front-end lends the HDC-SDT750 a bizarre and eye-catching appearance. '
Videos are sharp and vibrant
Intelligent Auto and menus are both user-friendly
'No accessory shoe'
'Manual features.'
'Missing external mic input, HDMI cable. '
Well designed touch-screen interface
'It's similarly comfortable to hold, especially with the slight upward curve toward the back that makes the zoom switch and photo button easy to reach.'
'Colours were bright and accurate, while the 35mm wide-angle lens did a good job of keeping everything in shot.'
'The zoom switch has a nice feel and it's pretty easy to maintain a steady rate with it.'
'Huge 240GB hard disk'
The sub-HD resolution sensor produces merely satisfactory video
Large built-in memory capacity
Still pictures can be taken while recording video
'Touch screen not responsive enough..'
'Audio capture was decent--more than adequate for casual shooters, but in the middle of the pack among the camcorders we tested.'
'no specific progressive mode'
'Audio capture was decent; more than adequate for casual shooters, but in the middle of the pack among the camcorders we tested.'
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My Father Crushed my Hand – A Father's Day Post
It happened when I was about seven. Thanksgiving Day. I remember clearly.
We were out in the garage mashing aluminum cans because as an enterprising young whipper-snapper I'd noticed that the junk man's aluminum price had recently sky-rocketed. I was preparing the final batch in what would be my most epic aluminum can delivery. Sure to break world records. Guaranteed to bring me enough money for the Cornsilk Cabbage Patch Kid of my day dreams.
Cornsilk Cabbage Kids had *real* hair, not this yarn crap that you saw everywhere. I would not settle for yarn. I'd been collecting cans for months.
Here's how can mashing went: I set down a couple dozen in a long row and Dad would follow with feet that we liked to call "clod-hoppers". They were size 13 and, when stuffed into the appropriate boots, they turned Diet Coke cans into tiny slivers of aluminum, about the size of a large coin.
It was a thing to behold.
Papa and I established a nice rhythm and we were really flying. I could smell the turkey and stuffing in the kitchen and I knew that my sister was probably making some mean mashed potatoes. We were nearly done when I came to the V8 can. It was hard and compact and heavy. I wagered that it was not made of aluminum. I suspected tin. I did not know what to do.
I hesitated, not wanting my father to hurt his foot on an uncrushable V8 can. As I put my seven-year-old hand down to retract the can, my father's annihilator descended. He saw me just in time to slow the acceleration a bit, but not in time to avoid mashing the soft flesh of my palm into the tiny circle of metal.
I grabbed him and he swooped me up. I had my hand behind him, hugging as hard as I could. I didn't want to see it. I was sure my fingers would be dangling by little ligaments. I think my father feared the same.
We stayed frozen like that for a few seconds while I wailed and pressed my face into his chest to cover my eyes. My hand had been stamped by the clod-hopper!
"You have to show me." he said. And though I didn't want to face what was surely permanent disfigurement, I brought the hand into view.
Five fingers intact. A perfect circle of blood.
"Look! They're all there!" he said.
About that time, Mom appeared in the doorway holding a spatula. "What's going on?"
"Dad tried to cut off all my fingers!" I was sobbing through a smile, having realized that I would not have to learn how to play first base with a stump in my glove.
"Oh, Geez." he said. I could see the guilt in his face. "I mashed her little hand. I'll take her to urgent care."
While we sat in the waiting room he showed me his big, calloused hand and told me the story of every crooked finger and permanently swollen knuckle. This one broken in a farm accident, this one mashed in a doorway, that one… that one he can't remember exactly. Every digit had been broken at least once. He never bothered with doctors for such trivial injuries, so they'd grown back at jaggedy, gruesome angles. His palms were thick and rough.
Waiting there with pain shooting up my arm I felt an unexpected feeling creep in. A tinge of pride. A sense of belonging.
I belonged to this crazy man with gigantic, scarred hands and twisted fingers. This was my fate. These were my people.
This was my father.
And if, during my lifetime, my hands became only half as beautiful and maligned as his were, I should consider myself lucky.
I looked down at my bloody circle and smiled through stupid tears.
"I can do better than this." I thought.
And I have.
Happy Father's Day, Dad! May your feet always be big and your fingers misshapen! I love you more than cyclocross and fancy beer!
10 Responses to "My Father Crushed my Hand – A Father's Day Post"
A nice story.
That was nicely written and beautifully put, Heidi. Thanks.
Very cute. Happy Father's Day, Kermit
Great Post. Wonderfully written. A tribute any Dad would be glad to have. Thanks for sharing.
I remember reading this story years ago on your previous blog. What an awesome tribute. He sounds like a great guy.
What was going thru my mind was I had crushed all the bones in my little piano players hand. No more fur elise (or however you spell that) NOT the pinacle of dad hood.
but hey, it would have worked out OK. How many hand bones do you need to ride a bike?
I love you my wonderful weird kid!
wait a minute! cycle cross and fancy beer!? REALLY?
this was a line from "Nausicaa, Valley of the Wind"…
[...] My father is a big man with a heart of gold and a sometimes unquiet mind. [...]
hey, just ran into this today. thanxs for this really great. sending my love to you and sally!!


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I stumbled across a news article this morning listed in Google news. Here is a an extract from the article.
I just want to understand whether Linux really lags so much in terms of Graphics standards and whether it significantly impacts the graphics experience of user, especially gaming. Also, want to know it is because of lack of support from card manufacturers. I dont want to be misguided by the news article. Keen to hear your views.This should be an embarrassment for all parties concerned; we (by which I mean, the community of Linux users, developers and enthusiasts; I am not a developer or distributor) are still shipping on modern systems a graphics API that is now six years old, and that was superseded four years ago. I had to check Wikipedia for my chronology; GL2.1 was 2006, and 3.0 was 2008. GL4.3 is the current standard. And yet, on the shiney, new Fedora 18 install I set up a few days ago, I get GL2.1, in spite of my somewhat-recent Radeon 6650.


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Nearly 100 pupils at Westmoor Junior School were the first to benefit from Thornhill Community Academy's new first aid campaign.
Thornhill's welfare officer Amanda Griffiths visited year five pupils at the school to teach them basic first aid skills, including how to put on a sling and deal with a nosebleed.
Year five teacher Fazila Patel said: "They learnt a lot from the sessions. It's very useful for the children to learn about." The Reporter Series is backing the first aid campaign, which will also offer discounted sessions at the academy for anyone who wants to learn life-saving skills.