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Survey shows Illinois teachers gearing up to teach new Illinois Learning Standards
Survey of 1,300 teachers shows implementation plans in place for new Math and English Language Learning StandardsÂ
SPRINGFIELD, IL — A survey of 1,300 teachers across the state revealed that 80 percent of respondents are working in school districts with implementation plans for the new Illinois Learning Standards, which are based on the Common Core, ensuring more students will be instructed under the more rigorous, internationally-benchmarked standards. The majority of those responding report components of the new standards for math and English Language Arts are already part of their current lessons or will become part of instruction next school year.
"This survey shows that Illinois administrators and teachers are working hard to implement these new learning standards so that students in our state can meet benchmarks set for their peers across the nation and in other countries,†said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "We know implementation varies but generally involves a school-wide commitment to collaboration and professional development that allows teachers to develop and hone new approaches and integrate core content into all subjects. When these standards are implemented properly, students are able to master and apply their knowledge on a much higher and deeper level than ever before.â€
Implementation varies from one school district to another because some districts are already using curriculum and practices that meet the new Illinois Learning Standards, while others are still establishing how they will transition to the new standards. Most implementation plans begin with establishing a school-based team that reviews the new standards, passed in 2010, and develops and executes an implementation plan.
The state-led movement to use common standards revolutionizes education in the United States because it's more likely that a student moving from one state to another will now face very similar content and expectations, and graduates will ultimately be better able to collaborate and compete with their peers in the global economy.
"We've always had learning standards in Illinois and other states,†Superintendent Koch explained. "Now as states, we're offering a similar roadmap with updated benchmarks to reflect the best current day research and practices. This survey shows that districts and teachers largely agree and are eager to develop the curricula and hone the instructional approaches that meet these higher standards.â€
Survey findings include:
- More than 70 percent of responding teachers reported there is a point-person or committee leading the implementation efforts in their school or district.
- Sixty-eight percent of respondents are using data to improve curricula and classroom instruction and another 23 percent plan to start doing so next year.
- Nearly 67 percent of respondents said they're 'somewhat prepared' to implement the Common Core Standards and 13.5 percent said they're "completely prepared†to implement standards.
- The majority of teachers said they're already implementing specific components or instructional shifts in English Language Arts and Math Common Core Standards.
Judi Herzog, an eighth-grade English Language Arts teacher in Belle Valley School District 119 in Belleville said the new Illinois Learning Standards require her students to not only provide the correct answers but articulate their comprehension of subject material, a skill that will serve them in the workforce and college.
"Before they could just give me the answer and it was good enough,†said Herzog, a teacher for 37 years. "Now they have to show me the text that supports their answer. It's not merely `here's my answer,' but this is my proof and reasoning for how I came to my answer. It makes students more accountable for their learning and keeps them more engaged.â€
Herzog and other teachers say they have implemented the new Illinois Learning Standards in their schools through a large amount of peer collaboration and cross-disciplinary committee work as the standards emphasize integration of key skills such as reading, writing and mathematical thinking in all subjects, not just English Language arts and Math.
"I think it's increasing both college and career readiness because it gives students, especially with the focus on informational text, more opportunities to apply what they're learning in real-world situations and various content areas,†said Christina Robinson, an English Language Arts teacher at Nashville Community High School in southwestern Illinois. "It's not only about writing in English class but writing is important in shop class, it's important in science class. It's a broader application of student learning.â€Â
While many teachers and administrators have attended ISBE-sponsored professional development on the new Illinois Learning Standards, the need for more ongoing professional development is recognized. Many educators attended sessions offered through their Regional Offices of Education and their own local districts. More seminars will be offered through the summer and upcoming school year but much of the work begins with a school-based committee.
Ryan Schaefer, a fifth-grade teacher at Tioga Elementary in Bensenville Elementary School District 2 where he has served on such a committee, has implemented lessons that meet the English Language Arts Standards this school year and will implement curriculum to meet the Math standards starting in August. He recently tested a new approach, based on the Common Core, during a lesson on fractions this school year and found that students responded enthusiastically and with greater confidence.
"Common Core emphasizes learning concepts to mastery; there are less areas to cover so we can really go deep with the curriculum,†Schaefer said. â€It was easier for me to teach the lesson and students picked it up much faster.â€
A teacher of seven years, Schaefer said the collaboration that has gone on between teachers and administrators as part of the planning process is a great way to build teacher leaders within schools and strengthen relationships among colleagues and administrators.
"It's sort of like when you jump into a pool,†Schaefer said of implementing the standards. "It's a little intimidating but once you jump in and really start examining the standards, it's not all that complicated.â€
The survey regarding implementation was available via the ISBE website mid- January through late February. To see the survey results, visit: http://www.isbe.net/common_core/pdf/ataglance.pdf
llinois was in the process of updating standards in English Language Arts and Math, which had not been updated since 1997, when our state joined an initiative spearheaded by governors and state education chiefs from across the nation to develop common standards. The standards were developed by teachers, principals, parents and education experts with lots of feedback from the general public. Illinois adopted the Common Core Standards in August 2010 and is among 45 states and the District of Columbia to voluntarily take on these more rigorous standards.
Illinois is a member of The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a consortium of 22 states plus the U.S. Virgin Islands working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math aligned to the Common Core Standards. These new K-12 assessments will build a pathway to college and career readiness by the end of high school, mark students' progress toward this goal from 3rd grade up, and provide teachers with timely information to inform instruction and provide student support. The PARCC assessments will be ready for states to administer during the 2014-15 school year.
Visit these Common Core web resources for additional information:
Illinois State Board of Education: http://www.isbe.net/common_core/default.htm
Advance Illinois Common Core webpage: http://commoncoreil.org/
Illinois PTA: http://www.illinoispta.org/ccss.html
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers: http://www.parcconline.org/


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Recently, after four years of expressing my thoughts in 140-sentence papers, I finally got a Twitter account. There were a couple reasons for this, none involving upping my Klout score. One was to keep up with the ever-eccentric tweets of Taki Inoue. The other involved making unsolicited car recommendations to people. Only one of these things has been successful in practice.
Sure, Twitter has its share of fun moments, mainly when Edmunds's Scott Oldham went after Ralph Gilles over a Viper test car, demonstrating that even full-fledged grown-ups can still argue about sharing toys.
Thankfully, my experiences with Twitter haven't come anywhere near that. Mainly because I have only 22 followers, which hasn't helped the Klout score. That and I can't figure out how to express things in under 140 characters after four years of being a history major.
Having a Twitter finally came in handy (or so I thought) a month-and-a-half ago when I asked certain car manufacturers what their advertising slogan was. I ended up tweeting at 35 car companies, asking what their slogan was or if it had changed. Only 12 responded within the next 24 hours, effectively a hit rate of a little over a third. Which I have to say is pitiful.
Up to that point, I had used Twitter for only two things: not finding Travis Okulski and Matt Hardigree during Pebble Beach weekend and giving Doug DeMuro an unsolicited car recommendation on what to replace the CTS-V wagon with. (For the record, I suggested a BRZ/FR-S. He promptly shot it down as "too common." His loss.)
But back to my paltry results. Maybe I'm naïve as a two-month-old Twitter user, but you would think that the person in charge of a company's Twitter feed would at least know their company's slogan. But the fact that more than half didn't respond or don't have a corporate tagline on their corporate website perhaps speaks volumes.
Some of the companies that did respond obviously had to go to their company's YouTube channel or find the latest print ad in order to determine for themselves. Such was the case withMitsubishi and the UK division of Skoda.
Despite this, it seems Twitter is not used for promoting a company's tagline. You would think the social media marketing gurus of all people would know or work up a company tagline, since they create numerous hashtags and other things that have to fit within 140 characters. But I have to venture that many of them probably don't due to the paucity of responses. As a result, they don't respond to a simple question of "What is your company's slogan?"
What apparently does warrant a response is when people tweet like this:
Drove the @VW Jetta to @Safeway with my @KennethCole watch, while watching @rushthemovie on my @NokiaUS@Symbian phone. #GonnaBeACrash#yolo
Meanwhile, my tweet,
@FerrariUSA Does Ferrari have an advertising slogan?
deserved no response. Instead they retweeted Maria Bartiromo promoting the Ferrari F12 on her CNBC show.
I can understand the logic behind that, since she probably has wealthy followers on Twitter. But would you seriously take car recommendations from Maria Bartiromo? Wall Street doesn't even take her investment advice.
Now, I've done a little bit of research of who does the corporate Twitter feeds, and it's usually not the company itself. They outsource the tedious work of updating a corporate Twitter to anoutside firm, who perhaps doesn't know the latest advertising campaign of the car company. Such was the case with Chrysler a few years back, right up until we saw tweets like these. It probably still is, and these social media marketers probably just don't know the slogans.
So I guess I wasn't dealing with The Man at the car companies like I thought before. Instead, I'm dealing with underpaid employees of social media marketing firms, who are seemingly contractually obligated to inform followers of sales promotions, corporate charity programs, and retweeting owners' tweets at the company praising the product. Which takes a lot away from my future adventures with Twitter.
In the end, I think I'll shy away from asking automakers' Twitter feeds questions like "How do you plan on meeting CAFE requirements?" or "What is the most popular color on your cars?" that'll make the people behind them actually work a bit to answer.
It turns out I'm perfectly content reading the out-there tweets of Taki Inoue and voluntarily providing car recommendations to people who didn't ask for them.
And I just discovered my Klout score went up to 30. Which makes Twitter all the more worth it.
This post originally appeared on my Kinja blog BecauseCAR.

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Vernon Brewer, the first graduate of Liberty University and the founder and president of World Help, spoke to students at Friday's convocation about the importance of having a vision and the defining moments in our lives.
"Jerry Falwell taught me that vision is seeing the invisible and making it visible," he said.
Brewer shared his testimony of being diagnosed with cancer and how he was healed after Dwayne Carson, Liberty's vice president of Spiritual Development and director of the Office of Student Leadership, conducted a 24-hour prayer chain with Liberty students on campus. He said during this defining moment he decided to live a life doing things that would outlive him.
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Washington upset the eighth-ranked Stanford Cardinal 17-13 last night in Seattle, leading to a field-rushing and a top moment in the still-evolving career of Steve Sarkisian. The defensive battle (neither team found the end zone until the second half) was, apparently, a point of pride for Huskies defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox, who could be seen at one point literally salivating over what he was seeing. [ESPN]
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"Had it not been for a chain sprocket failure during the endurance competition, they would have taken first place over Cornell University by over 20 points," said the LETU Baja faculty sponsor Richard Baney.
Besides the fifth place overall finish, LETU students won third place in overall dynamics, fifth place in acceleration, fifth place in suspension/traction, seventh place in maneuverability and eighth place in design. They placed 15th in endurance and 17th in cost.
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The 16 team member include: Travis Larson, senior mechanical engineering major from Isanti, Minn.; Hawk Harrison, senior mechanical engineering major from Brevard, N.C.; Paul Christophersen, senior mechanical engineering major from Fairfax Station, Va.; Daniel Hawk, senior mechanical engineering technology major from Holtville, Calif.; Janelle Lemke, senior electrical engineering major from Bonanza, Ore.; Michelle Phillips, senior materials joining technology major from New Braunfels, Texas; Ben Wolfgang, senior electrical engineering major from Gaylord, Mich.; Peter Cooke, senior mechanical engineering major from Tyler, Texas; Ryan Pickenpaugh, senior mechanical engineering technology major from Longview, Texas; Burton Rhodes, senior materials joining technology major from Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; Matthew Martin, senior electrical/mechanical engineering major from Sykesville, Penn.; Candice Nishimura, senior design technology major from San Mateo, Calif.; Andy Brady, senior mechanical engineering major from Tyler, Texas; Kyle Broda, senior materials joining technology major from Lynchburg, Va.; Yoni Severs, senior mechanical engineering major from Spring Lake Park, Minn.; and Kyle Stoltzfus, senior mechanical engineering major from Gap, Penn.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Pinterest - yet another social networking site?
So why did I sign up for Pinterest.com? Good question. Pinterest.com has been around for a couple of years (it came online officially in 2010) and is grabbing more and more media attention. My unvarnished opinion of the site is that it emulates one of those magazines I see in doctor's offices that I avoid reading. Initially, it is vastly different that Google+, which I feel is more focused and enables me to connect with genealogists rather than reading about what the cat threw up this morning.
Interestingly, one of my children (who will remain nameless) was on Pinterest.com and responded to me within 3 minutes of when I signed in. I should have picked up a clue to the nature of the site when I signed in and it asked me to sign in with my Facebook account. By the way, virtually none of my dear Facebook "friends" have migrated over to Google+ while the whole gang seem to be on Pinterest.com.
So far, I find a significant percentage of the content on Pinterest.com to be personally offensive. Unless I can find a way to filter out some of the junk, it appears that my sojourn there will be unproductive. The concept is interesting but it is sort of like walking through an mall. You might guess that I don't care for malls either besides the fact that I shop at very few of the stores that have mall locations. In fact, I probably haven't been in a mall for six months so why would I want one on my computer?
That brings up the next question, is there any possible way Pinterest.com can have valid and helpful genealogical content? And do I really want to collect pictures of cars and crafts? Well, I guess we shall see.
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I don't like malls either (which I know is odd for a woman). Perhaps that's why I've been reluctant to try Pinterest.ReplyDelete
Hum...I've never linked Pinterest and Family History! That would be an interesting mix. There is the potential for a good connection between the two--especially with photographs of people or places. It's quite a visually driven site.ReplyDelete
Yes, the basic "everything" on Pinterest is very like a mall or magazine--that's a good way to describe it. I like it for certain things--crafty ideas, recipe ideas, decorating, and things to do with kids. It's basically a pin board or way to visually organize ideas found online. I usually restrict my surfing for new ideas to looking at the things my friends have pinned--that keeps me away from objectionable content.
It is a good search tool--I can type in "Valentine's Day Craft for children" and instantly get lots of great ideas. It will be interesting to see if you find a genealogy related use for it--or maybe a way to post your 360 panoramas? I already post many of our recipes on Pinterest. :)
I use pinterest to save genealogy books that I want to buy or peruse someday as well as forms that I use alot. I call that board Genealogy Books and Forms. I find it easier to remember the form or book if I see the picture of it rather than the title. I find that I am visual when it comes to remembering books. I also see it as being useful to pin the covers of current books I own and that I can pull up on my phone or computer when shopping. Hopefully, that will help me to stop adding duplicates to my library. And as a result, if my friends know my library, they might be more inclined to ask for a look up. I usually don't 'go to the pinterest mall' but I do look at boards of others that are following me. Weeds out the mall aspect and lets me see other pins that are similar to my interests. Not a fanatic, just see some applications for visual genealogists.ReplyDelete
i am experimenting with using pinterest as a bookmarking tool. It's too early to say if that is practical.ReplyDelete
PS: Could you please turn off the robot checking thing? Most people won't try to posy if that is working.
I have found that Pinterest is a useful tool for keeping track of sewing, decorating, cooking, and organizing ideas that I want to try someday. This way I don't have to have a lot of bookmarks or try to remember websites, and I can look at the picture and remember what it was at the website that I wanted to try. I avoid spending much time on the website because I have other things I need to do. I also try to only pin things that I really do want to make or do. I'm interested to see if you find that Pinterest is helpful for genealogy.ReplyDelete
I use it like Tiffany does mostly. Except that most of my "pinning" comes from off of their site, not within it. They have a "Pin It" button that sits in my browser's toolbar and I can hit it on any webpage I might be viewing. Then the images from that page are available to add to one of my various pinboards. I can totally see a use for genealogy for images of places, people, events, or even various documents. Think how easy that could make it to collect census images in pinboards for different lines or the various family photos or...! I can easily see genealogy and Pintrest being compatible.ReplyDelete
As for questionable content - I do like Tiffany. I restrict my viewing on the site to pinboards of people with similar interests as me - and ones that I trust to not include lots of questionable material. Good luck deciding how or if you want to "Pin."
I use Pinterest for Family History Stories. There is a great APP that I use on my IPAD, called 'myMemoir'. It let's you pin a picture in the margin, and write anything you want about the picture. I have done the Main St of my home town in 1960, my first bicycle, my first car, ect. I do a GOOGLE search for the item and find a picture on-line. The picture helps bring back memories. I have set up a Family Story board on Pinterest. I invited family members to view the board and send me their stories about the pictures I post. I did a BLOG Post on the subject http://forgottenjourneys.blogspot.com/2012/02/recording-my-memories-stories-or.html.ReplyDelete


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DISTINGUISHED LEADERS: From left, HMS Dean Jeffrey Flier, MD; Slavin; Mathisen; Wright; and Keith Lillemoe, MD, MGH chief of Surgery
Cameron Wright, MD, associate chief of the MGH Division of Thoracic Surgery, was honored as the first incumbent of the Mathisen Family Professorship in Surgery in the Field of Thoracic Surgery during a May 9 ceremony at Harvard Medical School (HMS). The professorship is named in honor of Douglas Mathisen, MD, chief of the MGH Division of Thoracic Surgery and program director of Cardiothoracic Surgery, who has worked at the MGH for more three decades."The Mathisen Family Professorship is a wonderful tribute to Dr. Wright," said MGH President Peter L. Slavin, MD, who welcomed guests. "It will provide a close link between him and Dr. Mathisen – both outstanding thoracic surgeons."Mathisen has been chief of Thoracic Surgery since 1994. He previously served as chief of Cardiac Surgery from 2007 to 2011, and as the Cardiothoracic Surgery program director since 1995. Mathisen's leadership extends well beyond the MGH including as past director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, past president of the Thoracic Surgery Directors Association, past president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and current councilor of the European Association of Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Most recently, Mathisen was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons."As you near the end of your MGH career, you have a distinct impression of how fortunate you have been to work at the MGH and work with so many outstanding colleagues and residents," said Mathisen.Wright completed his internship and residency at the MGH. His clinical and research interests include pulmonary hypertension, airway surgery, thymic tumor surgery and minimally invasive lung cancer surgery. He has contributed to the MGH as a clinician, teacher and as director of Quality and Safety for the Department of Surgery. Wright also serves as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and has previously been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom."Doug Mathisen is a fitting surgeon to be honored with a named HMS professorship given his decades of dedication to his patients, our residents, the institution and his specialty," said Wright.The professorship was established through the support of Charles and Sara Fabrikant and two anonymous donors. Friends, family members and colleagues of Mathisen also contributed. Following Mathisen's retirement, the professorship will be renamed the Douglas Mathisen Professorship in Surgery in the Field of Thoracic Surgery.
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Still catching up from being a day behind. I'll get back to the more substantive stuff in a couple days.
As you may remember from a previous blog, I'm something of a movie buff—and recently I've embarked on a project to knock out all the movies on my "I want to see" list that I haven't gotten around to yet. Working chronologically, I'm almost all the way through the 1960s—so now I'm going back and making my definitive list of the best (read: my favorite) movies from each decade.
A couple weeks ago, I posted my countdown for the 1910s and 20s. And since I need to write two columns today to catch up to my promised blog-a-day pace, what better time than now to keep it going with:
Aaron's Probably Definitive, Entirely Subjective List Of The Ten Best Movies Of The 1930s, Or: Why B-Sides Are Sometimes Better Than A-Sides.
Without further ado:
10. A Night at the Opera. The earliest comedies of the talkie era didn't quite have their timing down yet: they were mostly transfers from the stage, so they still had 'stage' timing, which isn't quite the same. (Watch a few comedies from the early 30s: you'll see a lot of unnecessary pauses after jokes, as the actors wait for the unseen audience to stop laughing before moving on.)
The Marx Brothers were brilliant comedians and film pioneers—but being pioneers, they were also guinea pigs, so you can see the language of comedy movies still working itself out in their films. (Same for Laurel and Hardy, incidentally.) That working-out process keeps the Marx Brothers further down on my list than they otherwise might be—but their best movies still hold up pretty well, decades later.
Most people single out "Duck Soup" as their best—that's the A-side—but sadly I don't like it as much as I should: I know the anarchy is the point, but there's a level of anarchy beyond which I start to get turned off. (I also don't love "Blazing Saddles.") But "A Night at the Opera" is just as potent, just as funny, and just as gleefully skewering—what better place than an opera for Margaret Dumont?—while keeping its chaos in control. "A Day at the Races" is equally good, but I'll give the nod to "Opera" if only for the stateroom scene.
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Incidentally: the Marx Brothers were film greats, but the stage was their real element—so while it's rare these days, if you ever get a chance to see a Marx show on stage, don't pass it up. "A Night in the Ukraine" is a 1979 musical written in the Marx Brothers style; it's a knockoff, but it's still brilliant. I once saw "Ukraine" put on by a bunch of high schoolers in Michigan—still one of my favorite theater experiences to this day, and it was a high-school production.
9. Freaks. Tod Browning also made "Dracula," but this is his masterpiece. It's also one of the first movies ever to subvert the old notion that Ugly has to be Evil and Beautiful has to be Good. Here, the gorgeous blond and the strapping strongman are the scheming villains, and we end up rooting for a team of folks straight out of the uncanny valley. It works all the more effectively because "Freaks" really does sincerely care about and respect its characters—much more so than, say, "The Wizard of Oz" sincerely respects the Munchkins.
It's a bit more complex, too, because "Freaks" really goes beyond good and evil here. The 'freaks' are themselves a bit vicious as well: the famous "one of us" scene is pretty creepy, and the justice they exact on the bad guys is so sadistic (albeit poetic) that you can't be entirely comfortable with it and still feel good about yourself in the morning.
8. Gone With The Wind. Another colossal achievement that's tarnished by its utterly ridiculous treatment of pre- and post-war slavery, "Gone With The Wind" is still a damn fine melodrama that still has as much power to move today as it ever had. Scarlett O'Hara is a terrific character—we find ourselves pulling for her even as we recognize her spoiled selfishness—and the burning of Atlanta and its aftermath are among the most memorable sequences in movie history. The second act isn't as powerful—one tragedy follows another until it all becomes dull—but the first act is still a tremendous achievement.
Side note, since I look for films that make me think as well as feel: my friend Margot Morgan, a professor at Indiana University Southeast, reads "Gone With The Wind" as an examination of how people deal existentially with "great social transformation"—or, in other words, how you deal with the realization that your civilization or way of life is historically destined to be swept away. She's talking about Margaret Mitchell's novel there, not David O. Selznick's movie—Mitchell's novel actually includes a running discourse between Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler on the idea of the Gotterdammerung, the twilight of the gods—but it's worth watching the film with that idea in mind as well. (Neither Ashley, Rhett, or Scarlett come out looking too good.)
7. Pepe Le Moko. Never heard of it? Yeah, neither had I. (My grad school roommate was getting his doctorate in comparative literature, so I was able to see a lot of films I'd otherwise never have discovered.) "Pepe Le Moko" is a gem: set in the Casbah of Algiers, it's about a charming criminal on the run from the French police—who's perfectly safe as long as he never leaves the Casbah. He loves the place, but after a couple years he starts to get antsy…
It's worth seeing for so many reasons. For one thing, it's a ton of fun, and Jean Gabin—who plays Pepe—is one of the greatest French actors of all time. For the more politically minded, it's also a terrific lens into how the French understood their own colonialism—especially regarding Algeria, which France really thought of as more than just a colony. (It's fair to say they were a bit surprised when it turned out the Algerians felt rather differently.)
"Pepe Le Moko" also plays a surprisingly important role in film history. "Pepe" was so popular when it came out in 1937 that it got an American remake the following year, as a movie called "Algiers." And that was so popular that film studios started looking for similar projects to cash in on its success. They found one a few years later—it was called "Casablanca."
"De toutes les joints de gin en toutes les villes en tout le monde…"
Incidentally, speaking of Jean Gabin…
6. The Grand Illusion. Gabin stars in this one too, a French war movie often cited as one of the greatest ever made. I wouldn't go that far myself, but it's awful darn close…
Set in World War I, Gabin plays a working-class soldier who's captured by the Germans, along with a fellow soldier from an aristocratic background. What follows is a devastating takedown of war, nationhood, and class solidarity—and anti-Semitism too, for good measure.
Class means more than nationality: the French aristocrat shares more in common with his German-aristocrat captor than his own fellow soldiers. War itself is an exercise in futility—the "grand illusion" of the title. The aristocracy itself is doomed—about to be relegated to the dustbin of history, like the Old South in "Gone With The Wind." It's a thought-provoking movie, even if you already subscribe to its antiwar ideals. Gabin's presence is also a point in its favor, as well as the presence of Erich Von Stroheim ("Sunset Boulevard") as the unforgettable German aristocrat.


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Work related deaths have almost halved in 20 years
Deaths in England and Wales from injuries and diseases caused by work have almost halved in 20 years, indicates research published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
But there are still some jobs, such as being a publican, a coal miner, or a pilot in which the chances of a work related death remain relatively high.
The researchers analysed information on occupation and cause of death from the death certificates of some 2.7 million men aged 20-74 who died between 1979 and 2000.
The calculated annual excess of deaths attributable to occupation fell from 733 during 1979-90 to 471 during 1991-2000.
The main contributors to these excess deaths were lung disease in coal miners, mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos, and road traffic accidents in lorry drivers.
Although deaths from most hazards declined, there was no reduction in excess mortality from asbestos or from cancer of the nose and sinuses among woodworkers.
Between 1991 and 2000, the 'riskiest' jobs were publicans and bar workers—from cirrhosis and other diseases caused by alcohol; coal miners—from chronic bronchitis and emphysema, pneumoconiosis and injuries; and pilots—from air transport accidents.
In each of these occupations more than 4% of all deaths between the ages of 20 and 74 were attributable to work.
The overall substantial fall in work related deaths is likely to reflect a combination of safer working conditions and lower rates of employment in more hazardous jobs, conclude the authors.
"However, several hazards remain problematic, and are a priority for further preventive action. These include diseases caused by asbestos, sino-nasal cancer in woodworkers, and motor vehicle accidents in lorry drivers," they add.


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The results are in and more than 20,000 Children's Museum of Indianapolis online visitors and fans have voted for their favorite toys from the last century. It is all part of the "100 Toys (& their Stories) that Define Our Childhood" interactive in which the museum asked people to choose the top 20 toys to represent the last 100 years. This list of 20 iconic toys includes: G.I. Joe, Transformers, Lego Toys, Barbie, View-Master, Bicycle, Play-Doh, Crayons, Cabbage Patch Kids, Monopoly, Etch a Sketch, Spirograph, Hot Wheels, Candy Land, Lincoln Logs, Raggedy Ann, Little Golden Books, Mr. Potato Head, Roller Skates, and Silly Putty.
The public is once again invited to vote for their favorites among the top 20 to rank the toys, which will ultimately determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners.
Voting to determine the final order for the top 20 runs through Sept. 7, and results will be announced to the public on September 11. To view the top 20 list of toys, vote, and share your own toy story, visit The Children's Museum of Indianapolis online at www.childrensmuseum.org/100toys.
This post was originally written by Sierra McCleary-Harris and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.


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- Premier League
Anfield redevelopment plans on track
Liverpool's £150 million plans to redevelop their Anfield home are on target, managing director Ian Ayre has told Sports Illustrated.
Last October, the club announced that they would no longer be going ahead with plans to build a new stadium at neighbouring Stanley Park.
Principal owner John W Henry has made it a priority to keep Liverpool at Anfield, saying last year he felt it was a "myth" that the club needed to move to a new ground to improve their financial prospects.
The Anfield proposals are part of a local regeneration project run in partnership with Liverpool City Council and the housing association Your Housing, which owns many of the properties around the stadium.
Council officials are putting in place plans to demolish a number of homes near Anfield, using compulsory purchase orders where necessary, in order to create space to extend the stadium.
Liverpool plan to use that space to expand the main stand and Anfield Road end in order to increase capacity.
Ayre told Sports Illustrated that an announcement on the next stage of the redevelopment could come as soon as May.
"In order to extend Anfield, we need to acquire a bunch of privately-owned property around the stadium," he said. "We're making really good progress with that.
"We have a meeting coming up in the next few weeks with the city council and ourselves and stakeholders. We said some months back it would take several months to improve that property acquisition situation. We're definitely on target so far.
"The No. 1 priority is to stay at Anfield, but there are two or three hoops to go through. The first is property acquisition, the second will be planning and the third will be to build the thing. I would guess our next announcement on it will come sometime in May or June."
Liverpool had been pursuing a new stadium at Stanley Park since 2000, but estimates suggested that building it would have cost around twice as much as redeveloping their current home.
In addition, Henry and chairman Tom Werner were attracted to Anfield's atmosphere and history because it reminded them of the 1912-built Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, which they also own.
Ayre said: "We've always said the preference was to stay at Anfield. It's the heart of the football club.
"I remember the first time John and Tom came to look at Liverpool before they bought it. I was the person showing them around. When we went into Anfield, John said to me: 'This is like Fenway. It's the same feeling. Why would we want to build a new stadium?'"


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Rae Marine Education Building
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Description: The K.M. Rae Marine Education Building is available for classes or meetings in its 100-seat auditorium. A Poly Com 3000i videoconferencing system is available at the K.M. Rae Building for viewing classes or meetings at a distant location. The building is used in part for the work of the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Seward Marine Center.
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JUST three weeks after captaining the Wallabies, Ben Mowen is considering walking out of Australian rugby due to a payment dispute with the ARU.
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If Mowen walks, he will do so mid-next year and take up a lucrative deal in France.
It would be a massive blow to Super Rugby franchise the Brumbies, who are still reeling from the shock departure of coach Jake White last week, if their skipper left after the 2014 season.
Mowen is understood to be frustrated because he is not receiving a top-up contract from the ARU despite being a regular starter in the team - and the national captain against Argentina in Perth.
Mowen agreed to terms with the Brumbies until 2015, on the proviso he also gets an ARU top-up, which is not forthcoming.
The cash-strapped ARU is limiting top-ups to players.
They have introduced a policy where players will only get top-up payments if they have played for more than two years with the Wallabies.
In that scenario, Mowen would have to wait until 2015 for a top-up to his Brumbies salary, because he only made his Test debut this year at the age of 28.
But a frustration among players is that the ARU makes concessions for code-hoppers, such as current Wallabies fullback Israel Folau.
The ARU paid Folau a top-up to reject league and play rugby after he left the AFL, and he received a significant upgrade when he renegotiated his contract in late August, having played just five Tests.
They did the same with ex-leaguies Lote Tuqiri, Wendell Sailor and Mat Rogers.
Mowen confirmed he had no deal with the ARU but referred the matter to his manager David Shand, who confirmed his client's predicament.
"He signed with the Brumbies, who have been good, now we're trying to get the ARU part of the deal done," Shand said.
Asked if Mowen has been approached by European clubs, Shand replied: "Of course, for the player the calibre of Ben who has captained his country".
In the absence of injured regular skipper James Horwill, Mowen took the honour of becoming Australia's 80th Test captain since 1899 when he led the Wallabies to a 14-13 win over Argentina on September 14.
But he was leading a dressing room of players earning significantly more.
Mowen still retains the vice-captaincy in the team and has developed his leadership credentials in the past two years by dragging the Brumbies from the tale of the Super Rugby ladder to grand finalists within two years.
White appointed Mowen skipper in 2012 even though he had been flicked from the Waratahs in favour of Rocky Elsom.
Mowen is not considered worthy of a top-up from the national body despite long-running talks.
The ARU believes that most Test players and aptly compensated by match payments, which are set at $14,000 per Test.
If a player was to feature in all 14 Tests this year, they will earn $196,000 in match payments alone, separate from their Super Rugby deals.
But the top-up element has been a crucial part of negotiations in past deals, and is guaranteed payment that is a safety net for players who miss Tests due to injury or non-selection.
Mowen was going to attempt to talk White out of his decision to quit the Brumbies last week when the pair met in Cape Town during the Wallabies preparations for the Springboks.
Mowen said he did not bother once White told him the decision was based on family, and the desire to be closer to his South African-based sons.
Mowen, a father, must now also weigh up what is best for his young family.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 8, 2011 – Seven-time champions Russia and top world-ranked Argentina advanced on Sunday to the semifinal phase of the 2011 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship as winners of Pools E and F respectively.
The other two sides that completed the round of the four finalists, and the battle for the medals, are United States and Serbia, the second place finishers in the second round.
Russia, the only unbeaten team after six outings, edged United States with a coming from behind victory 3-2 (19-25, 27-29, 25-21, 25-17, 15-13) in the contest for the first place of Pool E. Argentina earned its seventh point of the second round via a 3-2 (24-26, 25-18, 20-25, 25-10, 15-9) loss to Serbia.
Serbia then qualified courtesy of a 3-2 (36-34, 22-25, 21-25, 25-17, 16-14) victory of India over hosts Brazil in the last match of Sunday.
Live scoring, results, news and photos on FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship Brazil 2011.
In Tuesday's semifinals, Russia will be pitted with Serbia while Argentina will face United States. In the round for the 5-8 positions, Brazil will be paired with Spain and India will challenge Iran.
In the semifinal matches for 9-12 positions, Canada meets Germany while Japan goes against Belgium.
In the semifinal matches for 13-16 positions, Tunisia faces Puerto Rico and Egypt entertains Bulgaria
Pool E –Second Round- 1-8 Places
Iran 3, Spain 0
Iran achieved its first win in the second round to finish third placed in the Pool E of the tournament as the Asian squad overcame Spain in straight sets (26-24, 25-20, 25-23). In the next phase they will meet the fourth positioned team in Pool F.
Iranian opposite Amir Ghafour scored 18 points, teammate Pourya Fayazi contributed 14 points while Dehnavi Sajad chipped in with 10. Spanish opposite Andres Villena led all scorers with 21 points while Francisco Ruiz added 12.
Russia 3, United States 2
Russia came from behind to remain as the only unbeaten team so far by outdueling the United States 3-2 (19-25, 27-29, 25-21, 25-17, 15-13) in the last match of Pool E of the second round. The win enabled Russia to finish atop of the Pool. Second placed United States will face Argentina, which won Pool F.
Russian outside hitter Leonid Sshchadilov scored impressive 24 points to be the top scorer of the match. He was helped by Bogdan Glivenko, who scored 14, and Igor Filippov who contributed 12. Most of American points were split between Taylor Sander (20), Taylor Crabb (19), Maurice Torres (17) and Dylan Davis (11).
Pool F –Second Round- 1-8 Places
Serbia 3, Argentina 2
Argentina qualified as the first placed team of Pool F as the team got the extra point needed in the loss to Serbia 3-2 win (24-26, 25-18, 20-25, 25-10, 15-9). The South American side accounted for 7 unreachable points.
Aleksandar Atanasijevic and Vuk Milutinovic were essential in Serbian win scoring 25 and 19 points respectively. Three other Serbians scored in double figures with Uros Kovacevic registering 17 points and Srecko Lisinac and Lazar Koprivica chipping in 13 and 10. Argentinean Ivan Castellani charted 18 in the losing cause.
India 3, Brazil 2
India played the role of spoiler by upsetting two-defending champions Brazil in a nail-biting five-set thriller that left the home team out of the contention for the medals. The Asian team prevailed in the marathon match by score of 36-34, 22-25, 21-25, 25-17, 16-14. The outcome earned Serbia the second place in Pool F and a spot in the semifinals.
Indian outside hitter Christopher John topped the scorers with 23 points, with Katariya Lavmeet and Dhanabalan Selvaprabhu scoring 13 and 11. In the Brazilian side, Lucas Loh (20), Rafael Martins (18) and Ricardo Lucarelli (16) were the most effective players.
Pool G –Second Round- 9-16 Places
Canada 3, Tunisia 1
Canada secured their place in the semifinals after defeating Tunisia with a 3–1 (25-20, 25-21, 21-25, 25-23). The North Americans have a 3-0 record in Pool G and will play in the ninth-place semifinals on August 9. Tunisia (1-2) will play in the quarterfinals on August 8.
Looking recovered from the injury he suffered Saturday, Canada's Tommy Belisle led all scorers with 26 points. Bradley Kufske added 14 points and Braden Mclean had a match-high six blocks for Canada. Amin Ben Bey was the best player for Tunisia, scoring 15 points.
Japan 3, Egypt 2
Japan defeated Egypt, 3-2 (25-18, 15-25, 20-25, 25-21, 16-14) in the final match of round two of the competition for 9-16 positions. With its victory, Japan (2-1) finishes second in Pool G and advances to play Pool H winner Belgium.
Japan's Takashi Dekita led all scorers with 23 points. Egypt's captain Moustafa Idris led his team with 19 points. The tie-breaking fifth set came down to the final points. Tied at 14-14, Japan reached match point thanks to a block, then won the match when Egypt hit the ball out of bounds.
Pool H -Second Round- 9-16 Places
Belgium 3, Puerto Rico 0
Belgium defeated Puerto Rico, 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-21) in a very balanced match where both sides showed their best skills. Belgium (3-0) was already qualified for the August 9 semifinals.
Belgium captain Sam Deroo led his team with 16 points on 13 spikes and three blocks. Puerto Rico's Ricardo Archilla led all scorers with 17 points on 14 attacks, two blocks and one service ace. Belgium scored 30 points on Puerto Rico errors while only giving up 20.
Germany 3, Bulgaria 0
Germany advanced to the semifinals for ninth place after defeating Bulgaria, 3-0 (25-23, 29-27, 26-24) in the last Pool H match and will play Canada, the winner of Pool G. Germany finished second in Pool H with a 2-1 record.
Bjoern Hohne and Tom Strohbach each finished with 15 points for Germany. Ventsislav Trifonov led Bulgaria with 11 points on seven spikes and fou blocks. Ilyan Bozhkov added 10 points on nine attacks and one block. Germany led Bulgaria in attacks (14-9), blocks (15-0) and service aces (2-1).
Highest Scorer by Day
Day 1 (August 1): 31 points by Simon Hirsch (Germany) in the 3-1 loss to India
Day 2 (August 2): 47 points by Takashi Dekita (Japan) in the 3-2 victory over Bulgaria
Day 3 (August 3) 27 points by Steven Morales (Puerto Rico) in the 3-2 victory over Tunisia
Day 4 (August 5) 21 points by Racem Siala (Tunisia) in the 3-1 victory over Egypt
Day 5 (August 6) 30 points by Selvaprabhu Dhanabaln (India) in the 3-1 loss to Serbia
Day 6 (August 7) 26 points by Tommy Belisle (Canada) in the 3-1 victory over Tunisia
Top Scoring Performances
47 – Takashi Dekita (Japan) in the 3-2 victory over Bulgaria on August 2
38 – Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Serbia) in the 3-2 victory over Iran on August 2
31 – Simon Hirsch (Germany) in the 3-1 loss to India on August 1
30 – Selvaprabhu Dhanabaln (India) in the 3-1 loss to Serbia on August 6
29 – Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Serbia) in the 3-1 victory over India on August 6
Top Blocking Performances
11- Mohamed El Askolany (Egypt) in the 3-1 victory over Germany on August 2
9 – G.R. Vaishnav (India) in the 3-1 loss to Serbia on August 6
8 – Lucas Van Berkel (Canada) in the 3-2 loss to Serbia on August 3
7 – Ventsislav Ragin (Bulgaria) in the 3-2 loss to Japan on August 2
7 – Igor Filippov (Russia) in the 3-0 victory over Spain on August 5
7 – Igor Filippov (Russia) in the 3-0 victory over Iran on August 6
7 – Ivan Castellani (Argentina) in the 3-2 loss to Serbia on August 7
Top Service Ace Performances
4 – Andrey Kolesnik (Russia) in the 3-0 victory over India on August 2
4 – Uros Kovacevic (Serbia) in the 3-2 victory over Iran on August 2
4 – Paul Sprung (Germany) in the 3-1 victory over Puerto Rico on August 5
3 – Andrey Kolesnik (Russia) in the 3-0 victory over Egypt on August 1
3 – Jorge Lopez (Puerto Rico) in the 3-1 loss to Argentina on August 1
3 – Hatem Obba (Tunisia) in the 3-1 loss to Spain on August 1
3 – Yamato Fushimi (Japan) in the 3-2 victory over Brazil on August 1
3 – Steve Morales (Puerto Rico) in the 3-2 victory over Tunisia on August 3
3 – Hatem Obba (Tunisia) in the 3-2 loss to Puerto Rico on August 3
3 – Dmitry Kovalev (Russia) in the 3-0 victory over Iran on August 6
3 - Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Serbia) in the victory over India on August 6
3– Nicholas Hoag (Canada) in the victory over Egypt on August 6
3 –Ivan Castellani (Argentina) in the victory over Brazil on August 7
Highest Set Score
36-34 (India versus Brazil) in second round on August 7 in Rio de Janeiro
34-32 (Puerto Rico versus Germany) in second round on August 5 in Niteroi
33-31 (Japan versus Bulgaria) in first round on August 2 in Rio de Janeiro
30-28 (Serbia versus Iran) in first round on August 2 in Niteroi
30-28 (Spain versus United States) in second round August 6 in Rio de Janeiro
29-27 (United States versus Russia) in second round August 7 in Rio de Janeiro
29-27 (Germany versus Bulgaria) in second round August 7 in Niteroi
Highest Scoring Matches
235 – India def. Brazil 36-34, 22-25, 21-25, 25-17, 16-14 in second round on August 7 in Rio de Janeiro
225 - United States def. Spain 25-21, 20-25, 26-24, 28-30, 15-11 in second round on August 6 in Rio de Janeiro
224 –Serbia def. Iran 23-25, 22-25, 30-28, 25-18, 15-13 in first round on August 2 in Niteroi
223 – Japan def. Bulgaria 20-25, 20-25, 33-31, 25-18, 15-11 in first round on August 2 in Rio de Janeiro
218 – Belgium def. Germany 23-25, 25-20, 28-26, 21-25, 15-10 in second round on August 6 in Niteroi
216 - Japan def. Brazil 21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 22-25, 18-16 in first round on August 1 in Rio de Janeiro
216 –Russia def. United States 19-25, 27-29, 25-21, 25-17, 15-13 in second round on August 7 in Rio de Janeiro
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Russia collect eighth gold medal in men's junior event
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10, 2011 – Russia added another gem to its long collection of gold medals in the FIVB Men's Junior World Championship f... More...
10.08.2011 23:57:47
Sergey Shlyapnikov: "The key for our win was quickly recovering from our psychological problems"
Press Conference - Russia versus Argentina... More...
10.08.2011 23:37:17
Russia overcomes top ranked Argentina to win its eighth gold medal
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10, 2011 – Volleyball powerhouse Russia improved its supremacy in FIVB Men's Junior World Championship by winning its e... More...
10.08.2011 21:21:49
Aleksandar Atanasijevic: "We came to Brazil with the goal of earning a medal and the bronze is just great"
10.08.2011 20:55:55
Serbia defeats the United States to earn its first ever medal
10.08.2011 19:06:58
Otavio Pinto: "It was our final"
10.08.2011 18:48:01
Host Brazil finishes 5th after win over Iran
10.08.2011 18:39:35
Steven Vanmedegael: "I'm happy we got our fifth victory in a row"
10.08.2011 18:30:01
Belgium wins Niteroi championship with 9th place
10.08.2011 16:25:25
Francisco Hervás: "I could not be more proud of my players"
10.08.2011 16:06:30
Spain reacts over India to finish 7th in Rio de Janeiro
10.08.2011 15:42:07
Georges Laplante: "We picked it up"
10.08.2011 15:27:56
Canada secures 11th position
10.08.2011 13:48:16
The final battle for the medals is set in Rio
10.08.2011 01:46:36
Russia and Argentina under the spotlight in Rio
10.08.2011 01:41:10
Leonardo Carvalho: "The best we can do now is be fifth placed, so we will try to make it"
10.08.2011 01:16:39
Host Brazil against Iran for fifth place
10.08.2011 01:01:49
Germany's strong ties are a weapon against opponents
10.08.2011 00:47:35
Bulgaria beat Tunisia for 13th place
09.08.2011 23:02:09
Dmitry Kovalev: "Our block worked very well and that was the difference to our side"
09.08.2011 23:01:47
Moustafa Idris: "I'm satisfied with the result"
09.08.2011 22:50:18
Egypt finishes in 15th place
09.08.2011 22:43:03
Russia to play Argentina after an eighth gold medal
09.08.2011 19:50:22
Juan Ignacio Finoli: "We practiced hard for the last five months to play this gold medal match"
09.08.2011 19:23:42
Argentina defeats USA and clinches first spot in the gold medal match
09.08.2011 18:56:39
Belgium is second finalist for ninth place in Niterói
09.08.2011 17:08:31
Stewart Bernard: "Our team strength made a difference in the end"
09.08.2011 16:55:11
Germany to play for ninth place
09.08.2011 16:47:13
Pinto is a natural leader for Brazil
09.08.2011 16:40:25
Farhad Salafzoon: "We will do our best to finish in the fifth position, but this is not our place"
09.08.2011 16:15:37
Iran advances to 5th place match after three-set win over India
09.08.2011 14:27:04
Medal round set to begin in Rio de Janeiro
09.08.2011 01:44:38
Nikolay Jeliazkov:"We want to finish this competition with a victory".
09.08.2011 01:40:19
Puerto Rico's rising star
09.08.2011 01:21:22
Bulgaria advances to 13th-place match
08.08.2011 23:50:34
Mohamed Mounir Gara: "The two teams play at the same level"
08.08.2011 23:28:33
Tunisia win five-set duel
08.08.2011 13:07:28
Action does not stop in Men's Junior event
08.08.2011 02:35:58
Leonardo Carvalho: "We lacked calm and capacity to win the match"
08.08.2011 02:16:52
India eliminates Brazil with five-set win in Rio de Janeiro
08.08.2011 01:54:00
Noriaki Sako: "It was very hard to win"
08.08.2011 01:38:17
Japan gets last spot for the Niterói semifinals
07.08.2011 23:51:22
Referee's youth doesn't temper his dreams
07.08.2011 23:30:07
Dmitry Kovalev: "We are happy for the result, but angry because of our performances"
07.08.2011 23:07:40
Russia remains as the only unbeaten team
07.08.2011 23:05:08
Björn Höhne: "It was our best match"
07.08.2011 22:45:47
Germany makes it to Niteroi semifinals
07.08.2011 20:47:00
Francisco Ruiz: The Flying Spaniard
07.08.2011 20:01:43
Aleksandar Atanasijevic: "We knew we needed a three-points-win to be in a good position to advance for the semifinals"
07.08.2011 19:38:32
Still alive, Serbia defeats leader and qualified Argentina in five sets
07.08.2011 19:12:42
Steven Vanmedegael: "I think Puerto Rico played its best game"
07.08.2011 19:03:08
Belgium goes undefeated in Pool H
07.08.2011 17:10:09
Georges Laplante: "We gave our best"
07.08.2011 16:56:15
Francisco Hervás: "It is difficult to play when you have no chances of qualifying"
07.08.2011 16:53:39
Canada wins a tough match over Tunisia
07.08.2011 16:27:26
Iran defeats Spain in straight sets to finish third in Pool E
07.08.2011 14:52:41
Four teams still with chances in Men's Junior Championship
07.08.2011 02:32:16
Russia and USA secure final-four spots
07.08.2011 02:11:44
Juan Ignacio Finoli: "If we keep playing like that, it will be tough for the rivals to beat us"
07.08.2011 01:46:04
Argentina beats host Brazil and takes the lead in Pool F
07.08.2011 01:04:04
Radoslav Arsov: "We were focused on this match"
07.08.2011 00:52:45
Bulgaria takes its first world championship win
07.08.2011 00:49:38
John Hawks IV: "I am one hundred percent pleased with my team"
06.08.2011 23:13:09
USA qualifies for semifinals after five-set-win over Spain
06.08.2011 22:39:11
Belgians overcome low age average
06.08.2011 22:21:43
Japan comes back with a win
06.08.2011 22:03:35
Following in his father's steps
06.08.2011 20:21:04
Mohamed Ellakany: "Canada played very well"
06.08.2011 20:08:21
Canada leads Pool G after second win
06.08.2011 19:36:08
Aleksandar Atanasijevic: "Now we can fight for our qualification against Argentina"
06.08.2011 19:16:28
Serbia reacts to win its first match in the second round
06.08.2011 17:38:19
Björn Höehne: "We lost the focus on the match"
06.08.2011 17:23:53
Belgium secures first place in Pool H
06.08.2011 16:43:36
Sergey Shlyapnikov: "I hope we can keep the same level in the final round"
06.08.2011 16:23:50
Russia stays unbeaten following 3-0 win over Iran
06.08.2011 14:48:37
Competition heats up at Men's Junior Championship
06.08.2011 14:41:08
Argentina, Russia, USA and Brazil on fast track
06.08.2011 01:51:09
Sam Deroo: " I hope we can play like this tomorrow again"
06.08.2011 01:34:15
Belgium gets another victory in Niterói
06.08.2011 01:18:56
Otavio Pinto: "When we play like this, it is very tough for the rivals to beat us"
06.08.2011 00:53:46
Brazil crushes Serbia to lead the Pool F
05.08.2011 23:31:29
Jovica Cvetkovic: "It was one of our worst matches in the last times"
05.08.2011 23:18:32
Björn Höhne: "I hope we can keep winning"
05.08.2011 23:03:48
Germany gains first tournament victory
05.08.2011 22:54:14
American block power smashes Iran in Maracanazinho
05.08.2011 19:57:10
Mohamed Ellakany: "It wasn´t a good day"
05.08.2011 19:51:19
Volleyball runs in Canadian's family
05.08.2011 19:50:35
Tunisia tops familiar foe for first victory
05.08.2011 19:06:46
Francisco Hervás: "Russia is an impressive team in the net"
05.08.2011 18:42:59
Russia starts ahead in Pool E of the second round
05.08.2011 17:09:42
Juan Ignacio Finoli: "We were aware of all their attack combinations"
05.08.2011 16:46:26
Argentina wins first match of the second round in Rio de Janeiro
05.08.2011 16:35:55
Georges Laplante: "The supporters helped us a lot"
05.08.2011 16:22:27
Russia's volleyball has a loyal follower
05.08.2011 16:18:56
Canada wins first match in the second round
05.08.2011 11:45:56
The battle is back as Men's Junior Championship resumes
05.08.2011 03:40:14
Japan's Dekita impresses with scoring ability
04.08.2011 13:56:05
German doctor flying the flag for women at Men's Juniors
04.08.2011 06:04:18
The Top-Eight Group is now completed in Men's Junior
04.08.2011 02:17:19
Leonardo Carvalho: "I believe our pool was the tougher of the first round"
04.08.2011 02:01:14
Tyler Sanders: "It was a very passionate game"
04.08.2011 01:53:21
Brazil wins second match and qualifies for the next round
04.08.2011 01:49:34
Serbia holds off challenge from Canada
03.08.2011 23:33:23
Jovica Cvetkovic: "It was a long and difficult match"
03.08.2011 23:17:02
Taylor Crabb: "We came here to fight for the gold medal"
03.08.2011 23:14:49
Iran secures a spot in Rio de Janeiro
03.08.2011 22:46:56
USA qualifies for next round with 3-1 win over Japan
03.08.2011 20:08:17
Mohamed Mounir Gara: "Puerto Rico was better than us"
03.08.2011 19:49:17
Sergey Shlyapnikov: "Matches in next round will be very hard and we need to prepare for them"
03.08.2011 19:38:20
Puerto Rico earns first win at worlds
03.08.2011 19:21:23
Russia wins European clash and finishes first in Pool C
03.08.2011 18:46:49
Argentina divides Brazilian fans
03.08.2011 17:12:00
Juan Manuel Cichelo: "We are going to the second round with great expectations"
03.08.2011 16:49:52
Argentina moves on to next round as Pool B winner
03.08.2011 16:44:12
Singh Navjit: "Ravikumar and Selvaprabhu played a great match and helped us a lot"
03.08.2011 16:17:00
India beats Egypt and advances for the second round
03.08.2011 14:07:21
Bulgaria's coach returns to Brazil for the first time
03.08.2011 08:04:17
Four spots are up for grabs at Men's Junior World Championship
03.08.2011 06:01:36
Four teams secure tickets to top-eight bracket
03.08.2011 02:38:28
Jovica Cvetkovic: "It was a difficult match for both sides"
03.08.2011 02:23:29
Otavio Pinto: "Our heart and our will of winning prevailed"
03.08.2011 02:10:05
Serbia defeat Iran in the longest match in Niterói
03.08.2011 01:56:58
Brazil achieve first win at home against the United States
03.08.2011 00:59:43
Canadians invade Niterói
02.08.2011 23:53:11
Noriaki Sako: "We bet in our defence and believed that we could win the match"
02.08.2011 23:21:57
Japan win new five-set battle against Bulgaria
02.08.2011 22:49:34
Tyler Sanders: "It wasn´t our moment"
02.08.2011 22:38:57
Belgium win a balanced match
02.08.2011 20:01:33
Limitations can't stop the dreams
02.08.2011 19:32:04
Juan Manuel Cichello: " We are happy to be on the next round"
02.08.2011 19:12:16
Dmitry Kovalev: "We can still be better for next round"
02.08.2011 19:06:31
Argentina looking for first place
02.08.2011 18:46:55
Russia defeats India and qualifies for the second round
02.08.2011 17:17:38
Stewart Bernard: "We fought, but it was too late"
02.08.2011 16:54:50
Francisco Hervás: "Our team stayed focused from the beginning".
02.08.2011 16:54:44
Egypt conquers first win against Germany
02.08.2011 16:31:31
Spain wins their second match
02.08.2011 11:18:37
Crucial matches to decide fate of teams in Brazil
02.08.2011 04:28:42
Japan score major upset in opening day at Rio
02.08.2011 02:27:22
Leonardo Carvalho: "We made too many mistakes, especially in serving"
02.08.2011 01:56:35
Japan surprises defending champion Brazil in the close of the first day
02.08.2011 01:22:22
Serbia shows their force on the first day
02.08.2011 01:14:48
Sam Deroo: "Serbia was better than us"
01.08.2011 22:57:40
Georges Laplante: "We hope we can keep improving in every game"
01.08.2011 22:48:17
Taylor Crabb: "Our serve was tough and that helped us"
01.08.2011 22:35:45
Iran's strong attack stops Canada
01.08.2011 22:21:31
United States defeat Bulgaria in first Pool A match
01.08.2011 19:12:32
Mohammed Mounir Gara: "I promise we will try to get better"
01.08.2011 19:08:15
Sergey Shlyapnikov: "We can be better, even in blocking"
01.08.2011 18:45:14
Easy time for Spain in their premier match
01.08.2011 18:39:33
Russia defeat Egypt in straight sets in Rio de Janeiro
01.08.2011 17:32:10
Juan Manuel Cichello:"In the first match, the teams are always nervous"
01.08.2011 17:16:33
Argentina beats Puerto Rico in Niteroi opening match
01.08.2011 17:13:39
M. H. Kumara: "We knew that blocking was their best weapon and had to play very fast"
01.08.2011 16:44:35
India reacts over Germany to win the first match at Maracanazinho
01.08.2011 00:54:52
Zero Hour approaches at Men's Junior event in Brazil
30.07.2011 10:54:42
Emerging stars set for the challenge in Brazil
19.07.2011 16:46:10
Serbia's young guns continue building for World Championships
23.06.2011 12:26:46
Brazilian squads head to Europe for World Championship tune-ups
04.06.2011 20:24:34
Men's Junior World Championship drawing of lots held in Brazil
25.05.2011 14:05:05
Brazil and Argentina junior teams to clash
12.04.2011 16:42:28
Jovanov to continue working with Iran youngsters
09.03.2011 16:39:37
Canada reveal Junior World Champs plans
21.02.2011 14:18:07
Puerto Rico juniors seek Pan Am Cup warm-up
18.02.2011 17:15:49
De Carvalho: Brazil face double burden
14.02.2011 15:49:45
Brazil to defend men's junior crown at home
27.01.2011 18:36:21
CEV reveals qualifying path to Junior World Champs
11.10.2010 11:51:00
Tunisia edge Egypt to reclaim crown
10.10.2010 05:11:06
Japan, Iran and India qualify for Men's Junior World Championship
28.09.2010 14:35:03
Brazil regain South American crown
05.09.2010 23:27:38
Russia back on top of Europe
22.08.2010 10:44:29
USA win gold medal at NORCECA Men's Junior Championship


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A 40-year-old North Texas woman has been arrested on charges she seriously injured her 13-year-old son by lying about his medical history, resulting in unnecessary surgeries and unneeded medications.
Danita Tutt, of Cleburne, was arrested Friday. Her son, Colby, and a younger brother were removed from her custody in May.
Tutt allegedly lied to doctors about Colby's medical history, prompting the boy to undergo unnecessary surgeries, including the placement of a central line that later lead to a potentionally life-threatening blood infection, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Child Protective Services documents obtained by the Star-Telegram claim Tutt had been refusing to feed Colby and that she had already made funeral arrangements and purchased a cakset for the boy. Investigators feared she might end her older son's life and worried about the safety of the other child, the report shows.
The documents describe Tutt as "an attention-seeking type person" who enjoys attention she gets for having two medically fragile children.
Tutt's attorney, Christopher Cooke, said there's "no question" Colby is sick and continues to be sick and that he has documents from physicians who said Colby is terminally ill.


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Nokia must be gutted
They were far too early with their internet tablets (N700, N800 etc), weren't they? I had an N700 and it was a lovely bit of kit but too limited in what you could do with it. Great battery life and a top screen were let down by some "fun" maemo idiosyncrasies.


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Dr. Brock is a Research Physicist at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) in Boulder, Colorado. He joined the Laboratory in 2000 after working as an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Denver, where he studied the stratospheric aerosol. Dr. Brock's research interests are the physical, optical, and chemical properties of aerosol particles in the atmosphere, emphasizing the measurement and interpretation of atmospheric data as it relates to air quality and climate processes. His current research efforts include studying the emission, production, transport and transformation of atmospheric aerosol particles in a variety of locations, ranging from urban areas in the U.S. to the remote Arctic. Dr. Brock is actively involved in the development of new instruments for aerosol measurement and in their use on aircraft. He has participated in several NOAA ground-based and airborne field programs, and was co-Principal Investigator of NOAA's Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud Processes affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) project in spring 2008 in Alaska.
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We'd like to define the stages of our own lives by emotional and situational landmarks rather than our age (you know, moving out of your parent's home, finally feeling like you've got this, knowing that you're the wisest person in the room), but we're ultimately kind of beholden to the numbers game. To be fair, there is a big difference between you at 25 and you at 35 in terms of how you feel about yourself, how you feel about the world, and — since we are a fashion site — how you feel about your style.
Because fashion is as much a part of your life as a first pet, a new lover, or a much-deserved promotion, we'd like to present a little sartorial-milestone guide of sorts. Consider this the three investments we suggest you should be making in each decade (up to your 70s — after that, ladies, we think you have the wherewithal to make those choices on your own!). Here are the R29 rites of fashion — where do you fall on the timeline?