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It wasn't until recently that I even knew these existed. I first saw them on You'll Thank Me One Day. Hers took several hours after adding them to water to plump up; the ones I bought were ready to go. You can find them in the floral section at your local craft store - I got these at Michael's with a 40% off coupon for around $3. The great thing about them is I can store them in the container they came in until next time. I think they will last for a while.
My daughter Lou was actually the one to talk me into getting them. She saw them on the shelf and was practically begging me to get them. I don't know if it was the colors she liked or if she actually knew what they were. I don't know how she would know, but she claimed she did.
They are awesome - completely squishy, slippery and bouncy {they are a polymer just like GAK}
After running her fingers through them few times, Lou decided to get out some tongs and play that way.
Well, one kitchen utensil turned into many...I actually had to draw the line because I didn't want to have to wash every kitchen utensil that we owned after they were done playing.
Maisy immediately wanted to add some marbles into the mix since they looked very similar to the water beads. Of course the marbles gave exactly the opposite sensory experience than the water beads - very hard vs. soft and squishy.
She had to try a bunch of different utensils as well.
I had to split up the water beads between the three girls - you can see here that Maisy has plenty to work with, but she really spent most of her time running after the strays that were bouncing around on the floor. She never could get quite enough. I wish she would have played with them more instead of worrying about what the others had - I guess that's part of the middle child syndrome.
Mina loved to stir her beads around. In fact all the girls love to toss their make-believe salad.
Since Maisy was adding marbles to her "salad", Mina decided she should add a Squinkie or two.
The problem I had with Mina and the beads was that she started to try and eat them. They are definitely not for consumption, I ended up taking hers away because she wouldn't stop putting them in her mouth. Needless to say, she was not happy about that.


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Lord knows the Porsche Panamera doesn't get raves for its exterior design. Leave it to German tuner ASMA to produce a Panamera that makes the unadorned original a model of restraint and elegance.
ASMA previous projects have not won a warm welcome 'round here. This does not bode well for breaking the trend.
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I have a high system load (> 1.5ish), but a low CPU load (> 80% idle), with the fan running on what sounds like overdrive.
The problem is that I can't figure out what is causing the computer to be dragged down because it is apparently an IO issue, not a CPU issue.
Any ideas? I'm running the latest version of lion. This happens fairly frequently as well.
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It's a boy!
Related blog: Coming Soon to Your Doctor's Examining Room by William Moore, CTO of CareCore National
"It's a boy!!!" my friend Kim told me just minutes after her 18 week ultrasound. Even though we were texting I could tell her excitement was restrained despite the exclamation points. Later that day she shared "he's healthy but…[big inhale]…he has a cleft lip [even bigger exhale]"
This unexpected information meant more tests for her and her unborn son, Mason. It meant a series of surgeries starting at 6 months until age 5. It brought a lot of anxiety to Kim's entire family.
In addition, the diagnosis raised a lot of questions such as, "Will Mason be okay? How will my family support him and cope with our baby having surgery? Will my insurance cover all that is needed to treat his cleft lip? Will his treatment be personalized? Will I…will he…be subjected to unnecessary tests? Will there be a lot of tests? Can I trust that his healthcare team is up to date on all the latest treatments? Will there be a team of healthcare experts to support us as Mason recovers from each surgery?"
Kim had a lot to prepare for and wanted to feel confident about Mason's healthcare team. She wanted to know that the most experienced doctors would provide the best care possible based on leading industry practices. What she wanted most was peace of mind that her son would be ok.
Improving the outcomes of patients like Mason while simultaneously alleviating the burden on physicians is no easy task. It takes a bold and innovative company to tackle such a challenge, one who is at the forefront of the healthcare industry and can envision improved care, better outcomes, and healthier people.
CareCore National is such a company. The company currently has contracts with more than 25 health plans working with 600,000 physicians providing care to 68.8 million people.
CareCore is committed to applying evidence-based medicine to improve healthcare service delivery. Using their network as the cornerstone for healthcare advances, the company's doctors and nurses conduct an average of 45,000 medical reviews each day, authorizing procedures based on their historical effectiveness for similar patients. In the process, CareCore continually increases the size and value of decision-support systems that correlate symptoms, treatment pathways, and outcomes.
"Physicians want to spend time seeing their patients. One of the things that CareCore does is force advances on the healthcare system by applying the latest technology to the actual care process out in the market" say Dr. Bartley Bryt, executive vice president of product & development, CareCore National.
So how do they do it? With a combination of highly rated professional and technical services, industry-leading products, and an ecosystem of partners delivered by Cisco.
Underpinning CareCore's ability to analyze very large data sets—8 billion new pieces of evidence in 2011 alone—is a next-generation data center platform. Made up of products from Cisco, VMware, and EMC, the data center has helped to reduce time to launch new lines of business from six months to two weeks. Furthermore, software engineers can now devote 80% of their time to development versus the 50% prior to the new data center.
"If you think of the data center as carpeting, we wanted wall-to-wall carpeting, not area rugs with gaps between," says William Moore, chief technology officer, CareCore.
Mapping technology investment to business objectives can be a challenge. CareCore looked to Cisco Services to help. "We are continually changing our technology, and Cisco Services provides continuity to make sure we don't have isolated solutions deployed in a fragmented manner," says Matt Cunningham, senior vice president of IT , CareCore.
Mason certainly didn't care about the technology infrastructure his healthcare team invested in. His mom, who works at Cisco and is entrenched in technology didn't care much about it either. But they are both grateful for the end result: a healthy 2 year old boy who is excited to turn 3 soon.
Hear directly from CareCore:
Related blog: Coming Soon to Your Doctor's Examining Room
Care Core National Advances Evidence-Based Medicine [video]
Care Core National Moves Business to the Cloud [video] | [written case study]
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I was not in the video, but I helped to build out the data center in SC and the NJ. CareCore is doing great things with Cisco.
Stories like this one always remind me how lucky we are to live in our era and in our countries where technologies allow such miracles.
Yes, I do feel somehow grateful for this kind of luck. Our grandparents didn't enjoy such marvels from science.


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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College and town officials are working on plans to create a legal entity able to field development offers for a 1.5-acre piece of property behind the Ilsley Library in downtown Middlebury.
The land in question is jointly owned by the town and college and has been identified as a logical spot for a mixed-use project that could draw more businesses and shoppers to the downtown area. A special committee was formed last year to oversee planning for the so-called Economic Development Initiative, also known as EDI.


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My maternal grandmother, born 15 January 1888 in Newchapel, Staffordshire. I remember her well, although in the days before motorways we only got to visit her once a year.
I don't know the date of this photo – round about the time of her marriage, I should think. She was a dressmaker, and still made most of her family's clothes after her marriage. My mother told me that when her elder brother was too exuberant, my grandmother would tie him to her sewing machine with a piece of thread. He could easily have broken it if he tried, but luckily he didn't realise that, so would sit quietly for a time until he calmed down and she released him.
She had a hard life – when my grandfather returned from the first World War, he had lost a lot of his lungs, and couldn't go back to his job as a miner.
This photo shows her in her back garden with her dog, Rinty. You may be able to see the crosses and grave stones behind her – the garden backed onto Goldenhill church, St John's. As a child I used to wander through the waist-high grass to find my grandfather's grave, my fear being that I wouldn't be able to find my way back.
In her bathroom she still had her metal dolly tub, although I think she had a primitive washing machine by then. The village was on the edge of Stoke-on-Trent, and high – the winds whistled straight from Siberia I'm sure. I only remember one "summer" when it was warm enough to take off my cardigan.
My grandmother died on my birthday, 18 February 1970, aged 82.


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On December 10, 1955, CTA's State Council of Education adopted its first official policy for public education in California, describing the responsibilities of schools. The principles in "We Hold these Truths" were elaborated in a 1,300 word policy statement that became CTA's education platform. "We Hold These Truths" proved to be timely, as it was adopted shortly after a White House Conference on Education called the public's attention to the problems and objectives of America's schools in a post-war era.
When a milestone comes around as grand as this - the 150th anniversary of CTA's founding - it definitely deserves acclaim, applause and a huge shout out! We've gone all out to celebrate, and part of the celebration includes the creation of resources for your use to join in, a Facebook presence for you to send in your thoughts and photos, the filming of TV spots and radio announcements - and print ads like this one!
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"We, the present-day teachers, must be willing and ready to fight the battles of the future. The battle for such things as good salaries, security, tenure for the small school and health insurance for all. We must work towards a single salary plan, so those of our group who have spent a longer time in preparation and are better prepared for their life work than you and I, may receive recognition of it in the salary scale. We must be willing to fight for the rights of teacher in other states, by financial aid, if necessary, or by aid in the enactment of a Federal plan whereby there may be an equalization of opportunities."
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This website will keep growing and changing through the year but for now, we want to share our enthusiasm with you, and want to thank you for making CTA the organization it is.
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This year, CTA marks 150 years of advocacy for our profession, our students and our public schools. And we will be celebrating the entire year. Coincidentally, the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) turns 100 this year.
Over the next year, we will explore and celebrate our past via social media, our website, our publications, and our conferences. At the same time we will set the course for our future through a new Strategic Planning Process. It's an exciting year, especially just coming from a successful election in which Californians demonstrated their commitment to public education by approving the first statewide tax increase in 20 years.
We're celebrating all year and we'll be providing a variety of resources for your use, including:
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CTA was founded in 1863 as the California Educational Society by state schools superintendent John Swett with fewer than 100 members, all male. What a difference 150 years makes. With 325,000 members, CTA now is the most inclusive & most powerful voice of educators in the state.
John Swett: "Association in some form is the soul of modern progress… let us organize and work together. Let us make our influence felt in leading public opinion in school affairs."
At left: The CTA Headquarters building before it was refurbished due to seismic necessity.
CTA's long history is full of the sounds of school strikes and teachers chanting on picket lines, the shouts of victory on countless election nights, and the quiet conversations of educators waiting to speak out in crucial legislative hearings held over the decades in Sacramento. Read more.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. We take this opportunity to reflect on how the health and welfare of educators, our children, and the society at large, is, and has been, a CTA priority.
Whether they be health issues statistically linked to communities that are more affluent and more highly educated, or health issues that are connected to poverty and to populations with fewer options and opportunities, CTA is aware that a healthy community makes for happier and more productive and successful students.
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Each month, we'll share facts of our our involvement in the betterment of public education. For example:
1890 – CTA wins state Supreme Court ruling on "fair dismissal" law.
1863 – CTA is founded as California Educational Society by Superintendent of Public Instruction John Swett with fewer than 100 members, all male.
1866 – CTA's first legislative achievement establishes free public schools for all children in California—including schools that educate nonwhite students.
1890 – CTA wins state Supreme Court ruling on "fair dismissal" law.
1895 – CTA backs the first class-size reduction law, limiting the number of students in a class to 80.
1911 – CTA leads state funding fight to establish community colleges. At CTA's urging, free textbooks are printed and distributed at state expense.
1913 – California State Teachers' Retirement System is created by legislation after CTA State Council calls for a statewide teacher pension system in 1910.
1915 – CTA leads efforts to outlaw child labor and enact other legal protections for children.
1927 – CTA wins legal victory when state Supreme Court rules that a school board cannot fire a female teacher simply because she got married.
1940s – CTA is one of a few organizations in California to protest against internment of Japanese-Americans at the beginning of World War II.
1946 – CTA sponsors Proposition 3, which guarantees schools $120 per student in ADA from the state and a minimum teacher salary of $2,400.
1960 – CTA leads the successful campaign to preserve the then-100-year-old Columbia School in the historic Gold Rush town. Hundreds of thousands of school children give their pennies, nickels and dimes to the project, raising $40,000 altogether, while CTA contributes $30,000 to finish the job.
1967 – CTA establishes schools for children of migrant workers, and leads the authorization of bilingual instruction classes for English learners.
1975 – Legislature passes the CTA-sponsored Rodda Act, making K-14 school employees the first public employees in California to win collective bargaining rights.
1980 – Thousands of teachers receive layoff notices as a result of Prop. 13. Continuing program cuts lead to annual layoffs.
1983 – CTA leads passage of SB 813, which provides significant additional revenue for California schools through equalization of revenue limits and new categorical programs. This bill also provides more rigorous graduation requirements, longer school day and year, and higher beginning teachers' salaries. It also establishes statewide model curriculum standards.
1988 – CTA drafts and wins passage of Proposition 98, which guarantees a minimum portion of state money to fund K-14 education. The passage of Prop. 98 firmly establishes CTA as a political force to be reckoned with.
1993 – Thousands of teachers and citizens mobilize to defeat Proposition 174, a school voucher initiative.
1994 – CTA opposed Proposition 187, a ballot initiative designed to deny undocumented immigrants social services, health care, and public education. It would have put hundreds of thousands of our students on the streets.
1996 – CTA wins Class Size Reduction law for K-3 classrooms after massive media and lobby campaign.
1996 – CTA files lawsuit (CTA v. Gould ) against the state to protect Proposition 98 and wins largest settlement in the country against a state government, providing $540 million to schools in 1996-97 and more than $1 billion in succeeding years.
CTA membership reaches 270,000.
1998 – CTA leads defeat of an initiative that would have restricted how unions participate in political campaigns and silenced member voices. CTA wins passage of a $9.3 billion statewide school bond.
2000 – After a massive mobilization effort with more than 10,000 CTA members attending a rally in Sacramento, public schools receive $1.84 billion.
CTA members defeat a second voucher initiative, Proposition 38.
2001 – CTA launches an effort to draw attention to the challenges facing lower-performing schools and to bring more resources to them with the Schools of Greatest Need Bus Tour across the state.
2002 – CTA wins passage of a $13 billion statewide school bond.
2003 – CTA wins passage of a $12.3 billion statewide school bond.
2004 – State budget deficit of more than $35 billion results in cuts of nearly $2 billion for schools.
2005 – CTA members lead a broad coalition effort with other public sector labor unions to defeat Governor Schwarzenegger's initiatives that would have cut school funding, destroyed teachers' due process rights and silenced the voices of public employees. Efforts include two major rallies at the State Capitol and Pershing Square in Los Angeles that draw over 30,000 people. CTA files a lawsuit against the state to get back all money owed to schools under Proposition 98.
2006 – CTA's Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) passes into law in 2006 and is helping schools that are serving a higher percentage of low income, minority and English learners to close the achievement gap. CTA wins passage of a $10.4 billion statewide school bond.
2007 – CTA members successfully mobilize to stop the harmful Miller-Pelosi reauthorization proposal for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (the so-called No Child Left Behind Act). The proposal would have placed more emphasis on test scores, created new sanctions for struggling schools, and eroded employee rights.
2008 – Nearly 11,000 CTA members receive pink slips in March. In April, the CTA officers embark on a six-week statewide "Cuts Hurt" bus tour to focus attention on the governor's proposed cuts. The tour culminates in a CTA Lobby Day at the State Capitol in early May. CTA's actions reduce layoffs to 5,000.
2009 – As the state budget crisis unfolds, schools are hit with massive cuts. More than 27,000 educators receive pink slips. CTA stages Statewide Day of Action on "Pink Friday," March 13, and launches the "Stand Up for Schools" website. With CTA's help, the number of layoffs is reduced to 17,000. In late July, due to CTA's efforts, the Legislature reaches a budget agreement that will restore $11 billion of Prop. 98 funding in future years.
2011 – With CTA's support, the Legislature approved and the governor signed the California DREAM Act, which allowed undocumented students who were brought to the United States under the age of 16 to apply for private scholarships and state-funded Cal Grants in order to make college affordable.
2012 – CTA leads fight to pass the governor's Proposition 30. It stops billions in new education cuts and will generate $42 billion for public schools and local services over seven years. CTA also defeats Prop. 32, another attempt to silence our political voices.
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Secretary Locke Wraps up Fourth Annual Americas Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta
Locke announces 2011 Forum in the Dominican Republic
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke concluded the Fourth Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) in Atlanta today, wrapping up two days of discussions with public and private sector leaders from 34 Western Hemisphere nations. The Forum was concluded with the announcement that the Fifth Annual ACF will be held in the Dominican Republic in October 2011.
"As our economy continues to grow, events like the ACF provide excellent opportunities for the business community to showcase new ideas and technologies, explore new markets, and uncover future opportunities for economic growth and job creation," Locke said. "We hope that the hundreds of public and private sector leaders here will leave with new ideas to foster programs, policies, and partnerships that will improve the economic prosperity of our individual countries and ensure a brighter future for all the people of the region."
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On this day – Texas' governor wades into the battle over public sector unions in Wisconsin; the Legislature continues to attempt to grapple with the state's massive budget shortfall; the Census data illustrates the tale of how one Texas ideal is dying while another is thriving; and a New York Times columnist takes the state to task for proposing cuts that would gut public education instead of raising taxes.
*Perry Backs Walker's Bid to Bust Public Unions*
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the Republican Governor's Association endorsed a bid by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's to bust the state's public employee unions. This really isn't all that surprising considering union bashing has been a mainstay of Republican politics for the better part of the last century, just as bashing banks and other large corporations has been a mainstay of Democratic politics.
Walker has said that the retirement and benefits promised to public employees are bankrupting the state, and he holds public employee unions responsible for demanding those overly generous benefits. The unions and Democratic legislators pointed out (before the latter pulled a Texas and fled to Illinois) that the state's budget office shows that the state actually has a budget surplus (PDF).
Furthermore, the unions did offer up substantial concessions to Walker, which he rejected this weekend. Walker continues to insist that the bill needs to be passed as currently written: including provisions that ban collection of union dues, an end to collective bargaining on wages and work conditions, mandating yearly union recertification, and a host of other policies that don't really save any money. But if passed, they would break the public employee unions and severely harm Wisconsin's Democratic Party.
*Budget, Budget on the Wall*
Both the Senate and House budget committees and respective subcommittees continue hearings on the budget and what sort of impact the current proposed budget cuts will have on state programs. The state continues to grapple with a budget shortfall that could be as much as $27 billion and the proposed cuts that have been generating significant political backlash.
Neighborhoods are up in arms about proposed school closures; the state risks another lawsuit over its Medicaid program with the proposed cuts to services for children; and then there's the looming lawsuit over school finance, if the proposed budget were enacted, the state would be $10 billion short of the amount of money mandated under funding formulas.
How is the state going to solve this spending crisis? Well, the governor, lieutenant governor, and house speaker have all promised it will be without raising taxes. Perry has gone so far as to say that he wants the budget balanced without spending any money from the Rainy Day Fund. But, even some Republican lawmakers have started question the wisdom of assembling a budget that doesn't include new revenues.
*The Lonely Texas Tumbleweed*
The headline numbers were stunning, insofar as they confirmed what everyone already suspected — Texas is becoming less white, more Hispanic and the cities are booming. The flip side of that coin is that rural areas are not growing anywhere nearly as quickly as the cities. The counties that lost population during the last decade were almost all rural and predominately in West Texas; the Texas Observer's Abby Rapoport reports:
But for a whole lot of counties, the Census figures were news of a different sort. In rural Texas, counties are dying, the Census shows. Fast. The region that produced two House Speakers will soon wield little power in state politics. Everyone knew it was coming–but the maps offer a particularly dramatic telling.
Of the 254 Texas counties, 78 actually lost population. The vast majority of those are west of I-35. Within the Panhandle, things are especially dramatic. Only one county in the entire region–Randall–kept up with the state's 20 percent overall growth.
That sort of regional population loss is compounded by the incredible growth around cities like Austin and and Fort Worth. Travis County and Tarrant County both grew over 25 percent since 2000. People are indeed coming to Texas and staying here, but few are going west.
*Texas v. New York Times Op-Ed Page (Again)*
Gov. Rick Perry claims that Texas is in great shape financially throughout the campaign. During his State of the State address, even after the extent of the state's budget shortfall was known, Perry went so far as to attack the media for advocating a "budget Armageddon." I can't remember anyone in the press corps describing it as "Armageddon," but "as bad as, if not worse than, California" certainly has been a refrain.
Paul Krugman did a column about it, which was followed by a straight news story in the LA Times that certainly cast a light on the negative aspects of the 'Texas Miracle;' lots of the jobs created are minimum wage, the high school dropout rate is atrocious, allegations of cronyism in the Governor's Office, and whether or not the Texas Enterprise Fund is actually effective.
Late this last week, The New York Times' Gail Collins took the Lone Star State to the woodshed over the massive proposed cuts education and the support state leadership offers for abstinence-only sex education:
Which brings us to choice two. Besides reducing services to children, Texas is doing as little as possible to help women — especially young women — avoid unwanted pregnancy.
For one thing, it's extremely tough for teenagers to get contraceptives in Texas. "If you are a kid, even in college, if it's state-funded you have to have parental consent," said Susan Tortolero, director of the Prevention Research Center at the University of Texas in Houston.
Plus, the Perry government is a huge fan of the deeply ineffective abstinence-only sex education. Texas gobbles up more federal funds than any other state for the purpose of teaching kids that the only way to avoid unwanted pregnancies is to avoid sex entirely. (Who knew that the health care reform bill included $250 million for abstinence-only sex ed? Thank you, Senator Orrin Hatch!) But the state refused to accept federal money for more expansive, "evidence-based" programs.
"Abstinence works," said Governor Perry during a televised interview with Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune.
"But we have the third highest teen pregnancy rate among all states in the country," Smith responded.
"It works," insisted Perry.
"Can you give me a statistic suggesting it works?" asked Smith.
"I'm just going to tell you from my own personal life. Abstinence works," said Perry, doggedly.
*The Sked*
– The Texas House Appropriations Committee meets at 7 a.m.
– The Appropriation Subcommittee on Articles II, III and V will meet following the adjournment of the House Appropriation Committee meeting.
– The Appropriation Committee's Subcommittee on Articles I, IV and V will meet at 9 a.m. (or upon adjournment of the House Appropriations Committee meeting, whichever happens later)
– The Senate Finance Subcommittees will meet at 9 a.m.
– The Senate Finance Committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. (or after the Senate has adjourned, whichever happens later)
– The House Judiciary, Land Management and Ways and Means are all scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. (or after the House adjourns, whichever happens later)
– The Appropriations Subcommittee on Articles I, IV, V will again meet at 3 p.m.


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That means a gift of $20 - matched dollar-for-dollar - will enroll 40 kids in India in a Children's Bible Club in their own community.
India's Christians are passionate about sharing the Gospel — and boys and girls in India are especially receptive to the message of the Gospel!
Mission India works with our network of indigenous ministry partners to provide the training and resources to volunteer Bible Club leaders. These dedicated men and women are ministering in their own communities. They know the local languages and customs, and can share the Gospel in places where Western missionaries couldn't step foot!
Children's Bible Clubs are introduced in a community through a 10-day program. In the clubs, children:
At the end of the Children's Bible Club, our ministry partners report back to us on the results. Many boys and girls in Children's Bible Clubs make a decision to follow Jesus. And these children are bringing their parents to Christ! Every year, new churches grow out of Children's Bible Clubs.
Each $1 you give will introduce an Indian boy or girl to Jesus through a Children's Bible Club!
My Passport to India is an exciting 5-week program brought to you by Mission India and Pacific Southwest District School Ministries. Participants will explore the nation of India and how God is transforming lives through the efforts of local believers through a series of online videos and related educational content.
My Passport to India is being offered as part of the final phase of your school's Hearts for Jesus campaign. Registration is free and there is no cost or obligation to participate in the program.
When you register your classroom for this exciting program, you will receive a special passport and suitcase bank for each student. During the project, your students will be encouraged to collect loose change in their suitcase banks for Children's Bible Clubs in India. Each $1 raised will enroll another Indian boy or girl in a Children's Bible Club!
Beginning March 15, 2011, the first in the series of 10 videos will be released at www.mypassporttoindia.org. The videos are 4-6 minutes long, and are accessible to all age levels. You will receive an email at the beginning of each week, linking you to the newly released videos. Once a video is released, you can watch it at anytime.
Along with the videos, the website includes related educational material that you can adapt for use in your classroom. The material includes photos, devotionals, information about India, and resources you can send home to engage your students' families in what they are learning.
You can choose to use/adapt the bonus educational content in a way that works best for your students' age levels and your classroom schedule. This bonus content will also be available online for you to access at anytime.


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|Find the best surf spots
Sunday July 10 2011 04:51:03 PM
Surf spot: Sewers, United States of America
Session's Rate:
Wind direction: No wind
Wind Strength: Glassy
Nb waves ridden: 8
Length of the surf session: >2 min
Surfboard ridden: Fish
Fins: Future V123 w/ Hatchet
Weather and water temp: Sunny / 55 deg water
Waves height: 1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Waves Quality:
- Ledgey
- Powerful
- Fast
Waves Shape:
- Walls
- One peak
- Multipeaks
- Bowl
Surfed this place several times. Only breaks on a decent swell. Very few take-off points, so gets crowded/competitive. Main peak is tricky and usually breaks farther out than appears it will. It's really a local's spot (I'm fairly local and even I rarely ride here)... but if you insist, it's quite an intense paddle. If you're a beginner or out of shape, you'll just be an obstacle and won't get a wave. Go way down south of pismo pier and build up you muscles.
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San Francisco mayor Newsom and members of the board of supervisors introduce the 34th America's Cup Host City agreement
[Source: City of San Francisco] Mayor Gavin Newsom, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi and other members of the Board of Supervisors today introduced San Francisco's Host City Agreement, a final step in the consideration process to host the 34th America's Cup. The Host City Agreement sets forth essential terms and conditions agreed upon by the America's Cup Committee of the Golden Gate Yacht Club and the City of San Francisco in accordance with the Protocol for the 34th America's Cup and the Term Sheet adopted by the Board of Supervisors by a vote of 9-2 on October 5, 2010.
"There is no better place and no better partner for the America's Cup than San Francisco," said Mayor Newsom. "With this agreement, San Francisco is making its commitment to the America's Cup in return for the Team's commitment to bring the world's oldest international sailing competition and all the jobs and long-term economic benefits that come with it to San Francisco. This is the opportunity of a lifetime we must not let pass."
In addition to Mayor Newsom, Board of Supervisors President Chiu and Supervisor Mirkarimi, the Host City Agreement was also initially co-sponsored by Supervisors Michela Alioto-Pier, Carmen Chu, Bevan Dufty, and Sophie Maxwell. The San Francisco America's Cup Organizing Committee is also a party to the Agreement.
Hosting the America's Cup in San Francisco would bring a beautiful backdrop, predictable winds, world-class visitor amenities and enormous spectatorship opportunities that the natural marine amphitheater of the San Francisco Bay offers. In order to provide the Team with the highest level of certainty possible regarding a number of important issues, including the venue plan, key financial terms, sponsorship opportunities, schedule and event logistics, City staff have negotiated host city agreement with the team for endorsement by the Board of Supervisors.
"We as a City are coming together to put into place the commitments necessary to host the 34th America's Cup in our Bay waters," said Board of Supervisors President David Chiu. "The economy of the entire San Francisco Bay Area will benefit exponentially from hosting the America's Cup in 2013, and we are preparing to bring this world class sailing race to our world class waterfront."
"San Francisco is the only location for this event," said Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi. "Having been exposed during my youth to sailing and the America's Cup, I know we have everything race organizers need, including the expertise and will, to host the 'World Cup' of sailing and make this event a historic success. I look forward to the Budget and Finance Committee hearing on the Agreement on December 1st, where we will hear concrete answers to the questions of how the America's Cup will benefit the people of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area."The Host City Agreement envisions the use of piers along the southern waterfront and leaves open the possibility of exploring and studying other sites if there are opportunities to deliver the facilities more quickly, using fewer resources on both sides, and further enhancing the America's Cup experience in San Francisco. The possible alternatives are part of the Fiscal Feasibility study and will be included in the project's California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review.
Hosting the Event in San Francisco would generate significant public benefits for the City, including providing a catalyst for the repair, improvement and productive reuse of City piers along the City's central and southern waterfront that are currently in a such state of grave disrepair that there is no other viable plan to pay for the improvements. Hosting the America's Cup would also generate an enormous amount of economic development in a very short period of time, including over 9,000 jobs and more than $1.4 billion of new economic activity.
There are additional terms in the Host City Agreement that expand upon the concepts in the Term Sheet including a number of suggestions made by members of the Board of Supervisors and the public during the prior hearings, and they include:
• Ensuring that the Event Authority receives future development opportunities commensurate with the infrastructure improvements necessary to build world class America's Cup Village facilities on San Francisco's public waterfront.
• As the specific plans for the 34th America's Cup have not been finalized, the parties anticipate certain changes may be made by mutual agreement prior to the execution of the Venue Leases, the Development and Disposition Agreements for the Legacy Leases and/or the Transfer Agreement.
• Ensuring the highest environmental standards and sustainability programs are used for the America's Cup event as well as the infrastructure improvements as well as using local labor and workforce for the infrastructure improvements undertaken by the Event Authority.
• Securing MOUs from key third parties, specifically federal and state agencies with oversight and are key parties to a successful hosting of the America's Cup in San Francisco These include: the Coast Guard, FAA, FCC, GGNRA, Homeland Security, BCDC, to name a few.
• Affirmatively stating that the Board of Supervisors and/or the Port of San Francisco will have future discretionary approvals for the execution of the Venue Leases, Development and Disposition Agreements, Legacy Leases and Transfer Agreement, as well as any potential CEQA appeals.
Labels: 34th America's Cup, Larry Ellison, San Francisco


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Summary Report for:
25-1072.00 - Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Sample of reported job titles: Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Associate Professor, Clinical Nursing Instructor, Faculty Member, Instructor, Nursing Faculty, Nursing Instructor, Nursing Professor, Professor
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
- Demonstrate patient care in clinical units of hospitals.
- Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
- Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
- Assess clinical education needs and patient and client teaching needs using a variety of methods.
- Mentor junior and adjunct faculty members.
- Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
- Maintain a clinical practice.
- Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
- Coordinate training programs with area universities, clinics, hospitals, health agencies, or vocational schools.
- Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
- Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
- Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
- Participate in campus and community events.
- Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
Technology Skills
- Calendar and scheduling software
- Computer based training software — Blackboard Learn; Learning management system LMS; Moodle; Sakai CLE (see all 6 examples)
- Data base user interface and query software — Blackboard; Data entry software
- Electronic mail software — Email software; Microsoft Outlook
- Information retrieval or search software — DOC Cop; iParadigms Turnitin
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Medical software — MEDITECH software
- Multi-media educational software — Interactive learning software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Optical character reader OCR or scanning software — Image scanning software
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint ; Presentation graphics software
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Web page creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Macromedia Shockwave Player
- Word processing software — Collaborative editing software; Google Docs ; Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Anatomical human mannequins for medical education or training — Anatomical models; Intravenous simulation arms; Pelvic exam simulators
- Angioplasty balloon catheter — Angioplasty balloon catheters
- Apnea monitors or accessories — Apnea monitors
- Arterial blood gas monitors or accessories — Arterial blood gas kits
- Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles — Automated external defibrillators AED
- Bedpans for general use — Patient bedpans
- Blanket frames or lifters — Foot cradles
- Blood pressure cuff kits — Sphygmomanometers
- Blood pressure recording units — Noninvasive automatic blood pressure machines
- Blood transfusion administration kits — Auto transfusion systems
- Canes or cane accessories — Walking canes
- Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories — Cardiac monitors; Hemodynamic monitors
- Cardiac pacemaker generator or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker CRT-P — Transvenous pacemakers
- Cardio pulmonary resuscitation CPR boards
- Chest tube — Chest tube drainage systems
- Clinical trapeze bars — Bed trapezes
- Compact disk players or recorders — Compact disk CD players
- Computerized medication dispensing cabinet — Automated medicine dispensing machines
- Continuous passive motion CPM devices or accessories — Continuous passive motion CPM machines
- Crutches or crutch accessories — Crutches
- Desktop computers
- Dial calibrated intravenous flowmeters or regulators — Infusion control devices
- Digital camcorders or video cameras — Digital video cameras
- Digital cameras — Compact digital cameras
- Digital video disk players or recorders — Digital video disk DVD players
- Electrocardiography EKG transmitter or telemetry or accessories — Telemetry monitors
- Emergency or resuscitation carts — Crash carts
- Enteral feeding infusion pumps — Patient feeding pumps
- Epidiascopes — Opaque projectors
- Extremity restraints — Patient leg restraints
- Facial shields — Protective face shields
- Floor grade forceps or hemostats — Straight hemostats
- Floor grade scissors — Medical scissors
- Flow sensors or regulators or components — Oxygen flow meters
- Geriatric chairs or accessories — Geriatric chairs
- Glucose monitors or meters — Blood glucose monitors
- Goggles — Protective goggles
- Handheld thermometer — Digital thermometers
- Hydrometers — Urometers
- Infusion pump kits or accessories — Insulin pumps
- Inkjet printers — Poster printers
- Intraaortic balloon pump and accessories — Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
- Intracranial pressure ICP monitoring units or accessories — Intracranial pressure ICP monitors
- Intravenous or arterial catheter tray — Catheter trays; Irrigation trays
- Intravenous or arterial fluid warmers or accessories — Blood warmers
- Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits — Intravenous tubing
- Lancets — Lancet needles
- Laser fax machine — Laser facsimile machines
- Laser printers — Computer laser printers
- Liquid crystal display projector — Liquid crystal display LCD projectors
- Medical acoustic stethoscope or accessory — Mechanical stethoscopes
- Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes — Bulb syringes
- Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves — Protective medical gloves
- Medical exam or procedure tables for general use — Medical examination tables
- Medical incision drain accessories — Drainage tubes
- Medical oxygen masks or parts — Oxygen masks
- Medical staff isolation or cover gown — Chemotherapy protective wear
- Medical staple or clip removers — Medical staple removers
- Medical tape measures
- Medical ultrasound or doppler or echo monitors — Bladder ultrasound equipment
- Mercury blood pressure units — Manual blood pressure cuffs
- Microphone stand — Microphone podiums
- Microphones — Handheld microphones; Wireless microphones
- MP3 players or recorders — MP3 digital voice recorders
- Multimedia projectors — Computer projectors; Multimedia projection equipment
- Multiparameter vital sign unit or accessories — Transport cardiac monitors
- Nasogastric tubes
- Nebulizer or accessories — Handheld nebulizers
- Non invasive bi level machines — Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
- Non invasive continuous positive air pressure machines — Mechanical ventilators
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets — Otoscopes
- Orthopedic traction hardware or weights — Traction weights
- Ostomy appliances — Ostomy equipment
- Overhead projectors — Overhead data projectors
- Patient bed or table scales for general use — Patient bed scales
- Patient chairs — Cardiac chairs
- Patient controlled analgesia infusion pumps — Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
- Patient floor scales — Medical scales
- Patient lifts or accessories — Hoyer lifts; Mechanical patient lifts
- Patient shifting boards or accessories — Patient transfer boards
- Perfusion oxygen or hematocrit saturation monitors or accessories — Venous oxygen saturation SVO2 monitors
- Pericardiocentesis needles or kits or accessories — Pericardiocentesis kits
- Peripheral intravenous catheters for general use — Peripherally inserted central catheters PICC
- Peritoneal dialysis administration or catheterization sets — Permacaths
- Photocopiers — Photocopying equipment
- Pill crushers or splitters for the physically challenged — Pill crushers
- Portable data input terminals — Interactive whiteboard controllers; Student response systems
- Projection screens or displays — Projector screens
- Resuscitation masks or accessories — Ambu bags
- Scanners — Computer data input scanners
- Scientific calculator — Digital calculators
- Shower or bath chairs or seats for the physically challenged — Shower chairs
- Sitz baths for the physically challenged — Portable sitz baths
- Slide projectors — Carousel slide projectors
- Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
- Specimen collection container — Specimen collection containers
- Spill kits — Chemotherapy spill kits
- Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies — Incentive spirometers
- Stethoscope headsets
- Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories — Occlusion clamps
- Suture removal kits or trays or packs or sets — Suture removal kits
- Tablet computers
- Teleconference equipment — Conference telephones
- Televisions — Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
- Therapeutic heating or cooling blankets or drapes — Therapeutic cooling blankets
- Thoracentesis set or tray — Thoracentesis trays
- Touch screen monitors — Interactive whiteboards
- Tourniquets
- Tracheotomy surgical instrument sets — Tracheotomy kits
- Urethral urinary catheters — Foley catheters
- Urinalysis analyzer accessories or supplies — Urine strainers
- Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers — Vacutainers
- Vascular or compression apparel or support — Pneumatic boots
- Ventricular assist devices — Ventricular assist devices VAD
- Videoconferencing systems — Videoconferencing equipment
- Walkers or rollators — Walkers
- Web cameras — Webcams
- Whirlpool tub — Portable whirlpools
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Medicine and Dentistry — Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
- Therapy and Counseling — Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
- Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Chemistry — Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
- Philosophy and Theology — Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
- Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Memorization — The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Speed of Closure — The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.
Work Activities
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
- Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Detailed Work Activities
- Supervise student research or internship work.
- Supervise laboratory work.
- Evaluate student work.
- Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
- Develop instructional objectives.
- Evaluate effectiveness of educational programs.
- Stay informed about current developments in field of specialization.
- Teach physical science or mathematics courses at the college level.
- Develop instructional materials.
- Guide class discussions.
- Advise students on academic or career matters.
- Maintain student records.
- Administer tests to assess educational needs or progress.
- Prepare tests.
- Research topics in area of expertise.
- Advise educators on curricula, instructional methods, or policies.
- Assess educational needs of students.
- Order instructional or library materials or equipment.
- Select educational materials or equipment.
- Collaborate with other agencies and institutions to coordinate educational matters.
- Direct department activities.
- Serve on institutional or departmental committees.
- Perform student enrollment or registration activities.
- Promote educational institutions or programs.
- Compile specialized bibliographies or lists of materials.
- Write articles, books or other original materials in area of expertise.
- Write grant proposals.
- Plan community programs or activities for the general public.
Find occupations related to multiple detailed work activities
Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 96% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 79% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 81% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 80% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 73% responded "Extremely important."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 87% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 56% responded "Every day."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 74% responded "Extremely important."
- Contact With Others — 60% responded "Contact with others most of the time."
- Deal With External Customers — 64% responded "Extremely important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 50% responded "Very important results."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 45% responded "Extremely important."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 63% responded "More than 40 hours."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 44% responded "Every day."
- Public Speaking — 69% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Consequence of Error — 42% responded "Extremely serious."
- Letters and Memos — 36% responded "Every day."
- Physical Proximity — 43% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
- Exposed to Disease or Infections — 50% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 38% responded "Moderate responsibility."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 57% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Time Pressure — 40% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 33% responded "About half the time."
- Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People — 60% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 26% responded "Limited responsibility."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
|Related Experience
|Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
|Job Training
|Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include librarians, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, surgeons, and veterinarians.
|SVP Range
|(8.0 and above)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Master's degree
|Doctoral degree
|Associate's degree
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- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Making Meaning in Literature:
A Video Library, Grades 6-8
Individual Clip Descriptions
1. Introducing the Envisionment-Building Classroom
2. Building a Literary Community
3. Asking Questions
4. Facilitating Discussion
5. Seminar Discussion
6. Dramatic Tableaux
7. Readers as Individuals
8. The Teachers Role in a Literary Community
9. Whole Group Discussions
Fondren Middle School
Location: Houston, Texas
No. of Students in School: 1,000
Teacher: Joe Bernhart
No. of Years Teaching: 6
Grade: 7th
Subject: Language arts
No. of Students in the Classroom: 32
Middle School in Houston, Texas, is an urban magnet school
for math and science. Tracking divides students into a magnet
(or honors) program, a pre-AP program, and a general program.
While most students in the general track can walk to school,
many magnet and pre-AP children are bused from outside the
immediate area. The majority of children are either African
American (60 to 65 percent) or Latino (20 to 30 percent),
with a range of other ethnicities, including Asian, accounting
for the rest of the student body. The school has only a small
percentage of Anglo students. Although Fondren's enrollment
has decreased in the last few years, it stands at more than
1,000 students, packed into a building designed for 800. All
the lockers have been bolted shut, and the school uses portable
T buildings to house some classes.
size ranges from 30 to 35 students, creating a challenge for
teachers like Joe Bernhart who employ collaborative learning
strategies in their classrooms. Nevertheless, the set-up of
Mr. Bernhart's room emphasizes the importance of students
working together. Depending on the activity, students sit
either at pairs of desks facing each other or in groups of
four to five desks pushed together. Because the school uses
90-minute periods on an A/B schedule, Mr. Bernhart has ample
time for student-centered activities. He draws on a mix of
informal and authentic assessments to gauge children's progress.
Students can demonstrate mastery through such alternatives
as skits, talk shows, scrapbooks, acrostics, and movie recommendations
to a character.
district mandates certain skills that teachers must cover,
but does not require the use of particular texts, leaving
teachers free to select the books they will use in their classrooms.
With his seventh-grade magnet and pre-AP students, Mr. Bernhart
tries to introduce engaging young adult literature, often
with a Latino or African American protagonist. Although students
must pass the high-stakes Texas Assessment of Academic Skills
(TAAS), Mr. Bernhart does not teach directly to the test,
believing that he addresses the necessary skills through his
regular curriculum.
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What better way to celebrate Charles Darwin's 203rd birthday than by reading the famed naturalist's scientific works in his own handwriting? You can do just that on Sunday, February, 12—also known as "Darwin Day"—and every day after on the Darwin Manuscripts Project website.
Free and available to all online, the Darwin Manuscripts Project is the most comprehensive catalogue of Darwin's scientific manuscripts ever compiled. The project is based at the American Museum of Natural History and developed in close collaboration with Cambridge University Library, whose physical collection is the foundation of the new database, and the Biodiversity Heritage Library—represented by the Natural History Museum in London. This new tool will also include holdings from all other library—based Darwin collections globally.
The database at the project's core—DARBASE (Darwin Union Manuscripts Catalogue)—includes some 45,000 Darwin documents, including writing from Darwin's time aboard the HMS Beagle, early drafts of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection and the Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, as well as his notebooks and botanical books.
Already, the database includes 15,125 high-resolution digital images of the original manuscript pages with annotated transcriptions. In addition, more than 7,400 manuscript pages have been transcribed and are presented in an accessible format.
Particularly innovative are the notes featured on many of the manuscript pages, which make Darwin's writing accessible to casual readers and scholars alike. For example, scholars can see a transcription of Darwin's famous first attempt, in 1842, to sketch out an essay about evolution that eventually became On The Origin of Species. It is possible to follow every crossed-out line, every edited sentence, and every transposed block of text, in essence looking over Darwin's shoulder as he composed his revolutionary first draft of evolutionary history. Alternatively, the site allows more casual readers to view the complete transcription without edits or annotations. This functionality offers clear, highly readable manuscripts without sacrificing drafts that represent important stages in the preparation of published texts.
For more information, see the Museum press release.


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The police union and opposition have questioned Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay's plan to restructure the force's crime-fighting system.
A radical overhaul that would reduce the number of frontline police in favour of specialist crime taskforces will prepare Victoria Police for the challenges of the next decade, the state's police chief says.
But the police union and Victorian opposition have questioned whether Chief Commissioner Ken Lay's plans will properly equip the force to fight crime.
Mr Lay says the Victoria Police blue paper examines the need to reduce the number of police on the beat and increasingly use specially assembled taskforces as a major crime-fighting tool.
"At its heart is the need for police to modernise. We need to build greater flexibility into the way we deploy our resources," Mr Lay said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Challenges such as organised crime, family violence and the destructive prevalence of ice in the community are not going to be solved by putting all our resources into police stations and uniformed patrols."
Mr Lay said the blue paper was almost finished, with further details to be released in the next few weeks.
Fairfax on Tuesday reported Mr Lay used a recent Rotary Club function in Wangaratta to "road test" parts of the blue paper, saying Wangaratta residents could expect to see 30 officers instead of the present 60, with taskforces including lawyers, chemists and financial analysts tackling crime.
The Police Association secretary Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles said while he had yet to read the blue paper, he insisted more frontline officers would be needed to meet population increases.
"We need probably anywhere between 1500 and 2000 additional frontline police in the next term of government," he said.
The union last week held a protest in Geelong about the shrinking number of frontline officers in the city's stations.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said the plan would break the government's 2010 election commitment for 1700 new frontline officers.
"The back office is not the front line, and every Victorian has a right to expect that Denis Napthine will deliver on his commitment, and these police will not be squirrelled away in some office," he said.
Police Minister Kim Wells said Mr Lay was responsible for operational decisions but the 1700 new officers would fight crime.
"If you put on 1700 extra police, there are more police out there fighting crime," he told reporters.
Mr Wells backed the creation of more task forces targeting crimes such as family violence and organised crime, but disputed that this would result in fewer frontline police.
"When people say there's going to be less police out on the frontline, that's completely and utterly wrong," he said.
"This is about putting more police out on the frontline dealing with crimes such as family violence."


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Taylor Swift Reveals Who Is Her Favorite, Low Maintenance Travel Companion
Taylor Swift's lifestyle is chaotic, seeing as she's one of the most famous country and crossover stars in the world. Her schedule requires lots of back and forth and travel for things like tour dates, photo shoots, awards shows, commercials, assorted promotions, meet and greets and much more. Through it all, she has a steady and low maintenance travel companion.
Her travel BFF is her fur baby and beloved kitty Meredith.
As it turns out, Meredith is laid back and happy to be along for the ride, wherever it takes her or her human mom.
"I have a cat who goes on the road with me when I'm in America," Swift said about her Scottish Fold feline (quote via Big Machine).
She also confessed that Meredith is usually unfazed by whatever situation she finds herself thrust into.
Swift said, "She really doesn't care where she is. She's like, 'Oh, I guess I'm on a plane now. Oh I guess I'm in a dressing room now. Oh I guess I'm in a hotel room now; don't care.'"
Meredith sure is living the dream. She will be on the road with Swift on the North American leg of the Red Tour through Sept. 21.


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Apparently the entire world is missing out on the amazingness of 100 Grand candy bars! And when I say the whole world….I may be talking about a total of 6 people…but to me that is the ENTIRE WORLD! I was checking out at the grocery store with my 4 packages of 100 Grand fun size candy bars (stop judging, they were buy one get one free), and the check out guy asked me what they were. Well I informed him that they are only the best candy bar ever! These are what made Halloween for me. Well, these and Kit Kat bars…but we won't get into that now. Every Halloween I would hope and pray for these. And when I got older, I would raid my sisters candy for these brightly colored packages. Not only is the packing red (my favorite color), but they are worth 100 Grand! They are delicious milk chocolate, with the crunchy little nuggets inside like a Nestle Crunch…except they are also filled with delicious caramel! So being the kind, wonderful girl that I am, after checking out I opened one of the packages and gave the cashier one of these little babies to try.
But I didn't stick around to see how he liked it. I wish I could have, but I had places to go, people to see, and cupcakes to bake! So my next stop was to go buy myself a cupcake carrier because I have had way too many cupcakes meet an early death because of ill packaging. I went to Home Goods, I went to Kohls, I went to Target, and finally I went to Ross. And guess what I found there? A $6 double decker red (remember it's my favorite color) cupcake carrier! And while I have the subject of Ross brought up…if you are ever in the market for anything kitchen related, check their first! I can not even being to tell you how many kitchen utensils and what nots I have bought there! They are cheaper then any other place, including Target, and they are a much better brand! I have tons of Kitchen Aid spatulas that I have collected from there (at $2 a pop….instead of $8 at other stores).
After I bought my fancy new cupcake carrier, it was back to the house to whip up a batch of these. I made my first batch for my Mom and learned a couple mistakes from it. First, I followed the recipe for Snickers Cupcakes found on My Baking Addiction. I followed her recipe of dressing up a boxed cake mix…but the cupcakes never rose to make a pretty dome on top and thus ended up having to much icing on them because of that. Also I went against my better judgment and followed her recipe and added the shortening to the buttercream frosting. But the next time I made these, I got it just right! I used my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe and I added a little more salt to the icing…and skipped the shortening. And it all paid off! These cupcakes were nothing short of phenomenal. I took 24 cupcakes over to a get together of 6 people…and I came home with 3. So you know they were good…actually they were perfect!
Recipe Note: Make sure and follow the directions and freeze which ever candy bar you choose to place inside of the cupcake. If you do not freeze them, they will melt to quickly and fall to the bottom of the cupcakes. And these cupcakes do not need to refrigerated like some buttercreams. Butter of course can stay out and the caramel also does not need refrigeration.
Chocolate Cupcakes:
2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
8 frozen 100 Grand snack size candy bars, cut into thirds
Salted Caramel Frosting:
2 sticks unsalted butter; room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 pound confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup caramel topping; plus more for drizzling
1 teaspoon salt
Chocolate Cupcakes:
Heat oven to 350°F.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups.Fill cups 2/3 full with batter. Add in one piece of frozen 100 Grand bar. Add an additional tablespoon batter on top to ensure the candy bar is covered. Bake 22 to 25 minutes.
Salted Caramel Frosting:
Cream the butter in the bowl of an electric or stand mixer. Add the vanilla extract, salt and caramel syrup and combine well.
Begin adding in the sugar and mixing thoroughly after each addition. After all of the sugar has been added and mixed thoroughly, give it a taste and decide if you want to add in more caramel syrup. For thicker frosting you can gradually add in a little more sugar.
Garnish with chopped 100 Grand bars and a drizzle of caramel of caramel syrup.
Chocolate Cupcakes adapted from Hershey's
Salted Caramel Buttercream adapted from My Baking Addiction


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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Soup for One
While Jon's away, I haven't paid much attention to meals. But last night I got HUNGRY-FEED ME- and spotted the butternut squash. I googled some recipes, switched things around, and had a delicious soup. I'll post it here so I'll remember how I did it next time, which just might be tonight!
Split a butternut squash lengthwise, scoop out the seeds, give them to the chickens. Brush both halves with melted butter, and sprinkle garlic salt too. Roast at 400 degrees flat side down for around 1/2 hour, until soft.
Scoop out the insides into a pan without burning yourself. Add chicken broth-- my squash was small so I only used half a can. Add a TB or two of honey, and curry powder. Now our curry powder is rather old so I added 2 or 3 TBs. Stir it together, then dump in a blender or Cuisinart and hope it doesn't spit out the top (put a pot holder over it.) Add a little milk-- I'm sure cream would be even better, and reheat. It was most delicious, and easy.
I was sorry there wasn't more. I had a crispy La Brea roll with it. I don't like the bread they sell already baked because it's like playing tug with Molly, but their frozen rolls are quite tasty.
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Thanks for posting! Soup is all I want to eat this week. It's difficult chewing on one side of my mouth. Butternut squash is one of my absolute favorites. The hardest thing is slicing it (aggravates my "blackberry thumb" tendonitis). Our department secretary microwaves the halves for 7 minutes to speed things up.
- Feb 14, 2008, 5:49:00 AM
- Linda said...
The soup sounds pretty good, but it's the bread everybody but me knows about that I'm after. I googled it and I'm driving right to Whole Foods to get a loaf.
p.s. I'm worried about your eating rotten curry and remember when you said your rice was 4 years out of date? What if you get botulism?
- Feb 14, 2008, 9:31:00 AM
- Sally said...
Linda, I don't think curry powder goes bad, but it does lose its punch. I keep thinking about your friend whose wife died from mad cow. Was that in the US?
- Feb 14, 2008, 12:30:00 PM
- Linda said...
Yes--Well, they lived in TN but they traveled a lot, so no one was sure where she got it. I think there is little/no publicity about this disease, actually called bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
- Feb 14, 2008, 1:31:00 PM
Honey and curry powder appealed to me. That'a a good soup. I've made it before, but now it's better, with sweetness and warmth. Thanks --Katy
- Feb 20, 2008, 6:09:00 AM
- Sally said...
Katy, I'm glad. I think the little bit of heat with the honey really does change things.
- Feb 20, 2008, 8:01:00 AM


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STAMFORD, Conn. -- In a chaotic moment early Sunday that was captured on video, five people were shot near Columbus Park in downtown Stamford and one person was arrested, police said.
The video from the Stamford Police Department is above. The department warns that the video is graphic and not suitable for children. Police are seeking additional information about the incident.
Police were first alerted to shootings at 1:38 a.m. Sunday in the area of 84 West Park Place when officers heard numerous gunshots, police said in a statement.
Officers then encountered a chaotic scene in which five people had been shot, police said. They also discovered and secured several crime scenes, which stretched for two blocks, police said.
A suspect was was quickly detained by uniformed Officer Velez, Officer Costello and Officer Federline in the area of Atlantic Street and Bank Street.
The suspect was identified as 22-year-old Dayron Wills, of 300 Tresser Blvd., Apt 7E, Stamford.
Wills admitted to his involvement in the shooting and told the officers that he had discarded the weapon near Atlantic Street and Bank Street, police said. Officers found a loaded .40-caliber handgun in that location, police said.
Wills also said he had been involved in an altercation outside Tino's Nightclub at 84 West Park Place, police said. During the altercation, he pulled out the handgun and began shooting at the other person involved, police said.
The video evidence shows Wills indiscriminately firing his weapon into the crowded downtown area, striking five persons, police said.
All the victims were transported to Stamford Hospital for treatment, police said. Four males and one female were treated for gunshot wounds to their upper and lower extremities, and the injuries appear to be non-life-threatening, police said.
Wills has a valid pistol permit and was legally registered to carry the weapon, police said.
Officers also seized a small amount of marijuana from Wills' possession, police said.
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