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68th Session of the General Assembly – Press Kit
English: http://www.un.org/en/ga/68/
French: http://www.un.org/fr/ga/68/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/ga/68/
The Department of Public Information's press kit for the forthcoming General Assembly is now available on the UN website in all six official languages. For the first time, in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint and be environmentally friendly, DPI is only publishing the kit electronically, both on the General Assembly website listed above, and via the print-on-demand PaperSmart portal, where the kit can also be viewed and downloaded on mobile devices: http://papersmart.unmeetings.org/ga68
High-level Forum: MDG Success - Accelerating Action, Partnering for Impact (23 September 2013)
On September 23, 2013, the Secretary-General will host a high-level forum to catalyze and accelerate further action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and enrich the deliberations of the General Assembly on 24 and 25 September, and beyond. The forum will focus on concrete examples of scaling up success and identifying further opportunities. The emphasis will be on the "how" – bringing together examples from partnerships across the spectrum of the MDGs and the Secretary-General's multi-stakeholder initiatives and movements, such as Every Woman Every Child, Sustainable Energy for All, Global Education First, Zero Hunger Challenge, the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement, and the Call to Action on Sanitation.
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (24 September 2013)
The first meeting of the newly established High-level Political Forum on sustainable development will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, 24 September. The new Forum gives a much higher profile to the sustainable development agenda than did the Commission on Sustainable Development. The HLPF will bring world leaders - heads of state and government - together every four years, under the auspices of the General Assembly, to promote the implementation of sustainable development and address new challenges. Their deliberations will translate into a negotiated declaration, which effectively raises the bar for action and results.
Special Event towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (25 September 2013)
High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (3-4 October 2013)
In its resolution 63/225 of 19 December 2008, the General Assembly decided to devote a high-level dialogue to international migration and development during its sixty-eighth session in 2013. The purpose of the High-level Dialogue is to identify concrete measures to strengthen coherence and cooperation at all levels, with a view to enhancing the benefits of international migration for migrants and countries alike and its important links to development, while reducing its negative implications.
MDG Gap Task Force Report 2013
Millennium Development Goal 8: The Global Partnership for Development - The Challenge We Face
The report shows that developing countries gained greater access to technologies, markets for their exports, some essential medicines and greater debt relief. Several important targets have been met as a result of collective efforts by the international community, governments, private sector, civil society and other stakeholders. However, the report calls for bolder action in areas such as pollution, child and maternal health, HIV prevention and basic education.
A Million Voices: The World We Want
English, French & Spanish: http://www.worldwewant2015.org/millionvoices
The voices of more than 1 million people all over the world were gathered to produce a United Nations report launched on 10 September 2013 that reflects their priorities concerning development issues, which will help Member States shape the post-2015 sustainability agenda. The report is the result of 88 national consultations, 11 thematic dialogues and an online global survey, which
were carried out over the past year. The report is meant to help Member States draft a successor framework to the antipoverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will expire in 2015.
UN Exhibits
UN Exhibits is the online gallery created to allow people worldwide who do not have the opportunity to see the exhibitions in New York to view them online, thus learning about important themes and issues on the UN agenda. This site includes current and previous.
United Nations System – Chief Executive Board for Coordination (CEB)
Welcome to the new CEB website: We have done our best to provide you with more information on the interests and activities of the CEB and its member organizations. Focus has been placed on accessibility and usability, in the hope you find it easier to find material of interest.
UN System Directory
This page categorizes and links to UN system and related organizations. It replaces the former site www.unsystem.org.
Report of the Hammarskjöld Commission
The Report of the Commission of Inquiry on whether the evidence now available would justify the United Nations in reopening its inquiry into the death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was presented in The Hague on 9 September 2013.
Frequently Asked Questions about the United Nations Mission to Investigate the Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic
Report of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic on the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Ghouta area of Damascus on 21 August 2013 (A/67/997–S/2013/553, 16 September 2013)
English, French, Spanish: http://undocs.org/S/2013/553
German: http://www.un.org/Depts/german/sr/sr_sonst/a67-997-s13-553_german.pdf
Factsheet summarizing the Report
English: https://s3.amazonaws.com/unoda-web/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FS_SG_CW_Bilingue.pdf
German: http://www.un.org/Depts/german/sr/sr_sonst/Factsheet%20DEU_update.pdf
Overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions (A/68/223)
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/A/68/223
Political missions deployed in volatile environments around the world are making a proven difference in defusing tensions, bringing countries back from the brink of conflict and building sustainable peace, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a comprehensive new report published on 18 September 2013 tracing the history and evolution of these missions and urging strong support to ensure their effectiveness. The UN currently has 37 special political missions, ranging from field-based offices in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, to travelling envoys working to mediate political agreements, to expert groups focused on monitoring sanctions of the Security Council.
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Egypt
html version: http://archive.unric.org/en/unric-library/28650
pdf version: http://archive.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/egypt.pdf
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Fact Sheet: 31 July 2013 (DPI/1634/Rev.147, August 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/bnote0713.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/es/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/factsheet.shtml
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions – Fact Sheet: 31 July 2013 (DPI/2166/Rev.121, August 2013)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents/ppbm.pdf
French: https://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/documents/ppbmf.pdf
Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources (FAO)
The waste of some 1.3 billion tons of food each year is causing economic losses of $750 billion and significant damage to the environment, according to report launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 11 September 2013. The report is the first study to analyze the impacts of global food wastage from an environmental perspective, looking specifically at its consequences for the climate, water and land use, and biodiversity. One of the key findings of the report is that food that is produced but not eaten each year guzzles up a volume of water equivalent to the annual flow of Russia's Volga River and is responsible for adding 3.3 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases to the planet's atmosphere. Similarly, 1.4 billion hectares of land – 28 per cent of the world's agricultural area – is used annually to produce food that is lost or wasted. Beyond the environmental impacts, food wastage costs some $750 billion annually to food producers.
Global Corporate Sustainability Report 2013 (United Nations Global Compact)
The flagship report is based on survey responses from nearly 2,000 companies across 113 countries and provides a snapshot of the actions taken by business to embed responsible practices into their strategies, operations and culture. Findings show that companies committed to the UN Global Compact are moving from good intentions to significant actions, addressing sustainability issues – from human rights, labour, environment and anticorruption, to broader societal goals such as education, poverty and health.
Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2013; Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF / WHO / World Bank / UN)
In 2012, approximately 6.6 million children worldwide – 18,000 children per day – died before reaching their fifth birthday, according to a new report released on 13 September 2013 by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Group and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division. This is roughly half the number of under-fives who died in 1990, when more than 12 million children died.
Office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth – UNiting for Youth
English: http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/
French: http://www.un.org/youthenvoy/fr/
The Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth launched on 5 September 2013 a new online platform to bring the Organization's initiatives closer to young people and engage with them, regardless of their location. This website will not just provide news about UN agencies' work for and with youth, but it will also be a platform for youth-led organizations and youth activists to learn about opportunities to work with the Organization's various entities.
Breaking the Silence on Violence against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A call to action based on an overview of existing evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America (UNICEF / UN Women / UNFPA / ILO / OSRSG/VAC)
The study assesses the interface between the historical, political, economic, social and cultural contexts of indigenous peoples, and examines the types of violence they face.
Implementing the Roadmap for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016: Training guide for policy makers (ILO)
Training guide: http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Informationresources/WCMS_202336/lang--en/index.htm
Facilitators' Guide: http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Informationresources/WCMS_211784/lang--en/index.htm
The International Labour Office (ILO) has launched a new tool to guide efforts towards the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labour by 2016. This tool will support worldwide efforts to tackle the issue, head on. It defines the worst forms of child labour, presents key strategies for their elimination, outlines recommended actions for governments, employers', workers' and other civil society organizations and addresses monitoring and evaluation as an essential feature of successful action plans. Complementing the training guide is a Facilitators' Guide that can assist those who wish to facilitate or support training workshops and national consultations. Spanish and French versions of the Training Guide will be released later in 2013.
OHCHR's Database on practical means to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has launched a new anti-discrimination database compiling materials on measures, practices and legal precedents for use in countering racial discrimination and xenophobia. It currently contains over 1500 documents with contributions from over 90 countries. English is used throughout the database; where available, documents are also in other languages, including French, Arabic, Russian and Spanish.
Why Teach about the Holocaust? (UNESCO)
English: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002186/218631E.pdf
French: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002186/218631F.pdf
Spanish: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002186/218631S.pdf
The Holocaust was a turning point in human history. Understanding its significance, remains of great importance today: it can help students engage in a critical reflection about the root causes of genocide and foster their commitment to nurture peace and human rights as a means to prevent the recurrence of such atrocities.
Why Do Some Men Use Violence against Women and How Can We Prevent It? Quantitative Findings from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific
An unprecedented UN study of 10,000 men in Asia and the Pacific found that half of those interviewed reported using physical and/or sexual violence against a female partner, ranging from 26 per cent to 80 per cent across nine sites studied in six countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papua New Guinea). Nearly a quarter of the men interviewed reported raping a woman or girl. The study was conducted by Partners for Prevention, a regional joint programme of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Women and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Asia and the Pacific. It asked men about their use and experiences of violence, gendered attitudes and practices, childhood, sexuality, family life and health.
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006)
English: http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/maritime-labour-convention/lang--en/index.htm
French: http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/maritime-labour-convention/lang--fr/index.htm
Spanish: http://www.ilo.org/global/standards/maritime-labour-convention/lang--es/index.htm
Text of the Convention in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:91:0::NO::P91_INSTRUMENT_ID:312331
The International Labour Organization's "Maritime Labour Convention (MLC, 2006)" came into force on 20 August 2013, inaugurating a new era of decent work for seafarers and fair competition for shipowners in the global shipping industry.
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Maroon VIPs ensure that all guests of Mississippi State University enjoy a warm and hospitable welcome to Starkville, Mississippi's beautiful campus. Composed solely of student volunteers, Maroon VIPs conduct tours to visitors of campus, host football recruits, and assist the Welcome Center, the Office of the President, and other university departments with information, tours and event assistance.

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The Bulletin of Record
A degree seeking student must meet the liberal studies requirements as published in the Bulletin in effect at the time of enrollment. The student will be subject to these liberal studies requirements so long as he/she remains enrolled with no more than a two-year interruption of studies.
A degree-seeking student can request to change his/her Bulletin of Record for the liberal studies to a subsequent edition of the Bulletin. A written request to change the Bulletin of record must be submitted to his/her advisor for approval and forwarded to the Office of the University Registrar.
Students who complete a degree and wish to pursue an additional degree without interruption will have the option of selecting requirements for the additional degree in effect at the time of either initial enrollment or of declaration of the second degree. To be eligible to pre-register for the semester following completion of the first degree, the student must attach a letter of intent to the Application for Degree form. (Please see section on Subsequent Degrees for additional information.)
A student who changes his/her major must meet the major requirements as published in the most recent Bulletin. The Major Change Form must be obtained from the Office of the University Registrar and must be returned with all necessary approval signatures.
A student who changes from non-degree status to degree-seeking status must meet the requirements as published in the Bulletin in effect at the time the student becomes degree-seeking.
A student pursuing a curriculum leading to certification or licensure must meet the curriculum requirements in effect at the time he/she graduates.


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Clickers and Classroom Dynamics
Classroom response systems create new opportunities for managing student discussions and assessing student learning.
What Are Clickers?
Clickers, or classroom or audience response systems, are instructional technologies that enable teachers to rapidly collect and analyze student responses to questions during class. The following sequence is a typical use of such a system.
1. A teacher poses a multiple-choice question to his or her students via an overhead or computer projector.
2. Each student submits an answer to the question using a handheld transmitter that beams a radio frequency signal to a receiver attached to the teacher's computer.
3. Software on the teacher's computer collects the students' answers and produces a bar chart showing how many students chose each of the answer choices.
4. The teacher makes instructional choices "on the fly" in response to the bar chart by, for example, leading students in a discussion of the merits of each response or asking students to discuss the answer in small groups.
A number of classroom response systems are on the market, and the particular functions of each system vary. See Barber and Njus (2007) for a comparison of some leading vendors.
Teaching with Clickers
Instructors can use clickers for a variety of classroom activities. Straightforward uses include taking attendance and administering in-class quizzes. These methods increase efficiency, but other uses can dramatically change the classroom dynamic.
For instance, clickers can be used for warming up the class prior to a discussion. Asking students to submit their answers to a question individually—without talking about it with their neighbor—allows all students time to think about the question and commit to an answer before a class-wide discussion. Compared with taking the first hand that is raised after a question is asked, this approach sets the stage for greater participation and engagement.
In "peer instruction," a strategy popularized by Harvard University physics professor Eric Mazur (1997), the teacher poses a question, students answer individually, and the bar chart showing their responses is displayed. If a significant number of students choose the wrong answer, students are asked to discuss the question with those sitting nearby. After a few minutes of discussion, the students submit their answers again. Often, but not always, the students converge on the correct answer as a result of the peer instruction. This technique can lead to a lecture hall buzzing with hundreds of students discussing the topic.
Clickers also enable what is called "contingent teaching" by Draper and Brown (2004) and "agile teaching" by Beatty, Gerace, Leonard, and Dufresne (2006). Since clickers can be used to gauge what students do and do not understand during class, instructors can use the results of clicker questions to change the course of their lessons "on the fly." If the results show that most students understand a concept, then the instructor moves on. If the results indicate that many students are still confused, then the teacher can spend more time on that topic via lecture, class discussion, or even another clicker question.
Clicker Questions
Many instructors begin using clickers by asking straight-forward, factual questions. These instructors are often happily surprised to hear about other types of clicker questions that do more to engage their students and reveal more about their students learning.
For instance, Mazur asks his students the following conceptual question (which he calls a "ConcepTest."): "Imagine holding two identical bricks under water. Brick A is just beneath the surface of the water, while brick B is at a greater depth. Is the force needed to hold brick B in place larger than, the same as, or smaller than the force required to hold brick A in place?" Although Mazur could ask a computational question focusing on the same principle, he uses this question to assess his students' conceptual understanding independent of their computational skills. This is useful because he finds that many students can solve computational problems without developing accurate conceptual understanding.
Clicker questions can also focus on critical thinking skills. For example, professor Mike Dorsher, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, uses clickers in his course on mass media ethics to engage students in discussions of the following ethical dilemma.
In the 1990s, the Unabomber sent a manifesto to the editors of certain large newspapers, demanding that they publish it. If they did not, he said he would continue his mail bombing campaign. Dorsher first uses clickers to have his students vote on the most important values and loyalties involved in the ethical dilemma these editors faced. Then he asks them to determine which of several classical ethical philosophies would be consistent with those values and loyalties. By having his students use the peer technique described above, Dorsher helps them develop critical thinking skills important in the field of ethics.
Questions can also connect abstract theory with students' personal experiences. In a class on attachment theory, Vanderbilt University professor Robert Innes asks his students, "Have you ever personally followed someone around or conspired to run into them?" and "If you did follow someone or conspire to meet them, did you do that alone or with a close friend?" Innes has his male and female students answer these questions separately. As students see how their peers respond to these questions, they see the relevance of the theory to their "real life" experiences and are more engaged with the conceptual material of the lesson. Since the clickers allow for anonymous responses, students can respond more honestly than they would without the technology.
Instructors can ask a variety of other questions with clickers—computational questions, opinion questions, questions asking students to predict the outcome of an in-class experiment, and more.
Why Use Clickers?
Clickers promote active participation, engagement, and discussion among all students, even those who might not participate in typical class-wide discussions. Clickers can also be assessment tools, providing students with useful and motivational feedback on their own learning, and providing instructors with information about student learning that helps them respond to immediate student learning needs.
Research on classroom response systems indicates that when used with active learning techniques such as peer instruction, clickers can improve student learning in measurable ways (Crouch and Mazur, 2001). Furthermore, students appreciate the anonymity of clicker systems, as well as the opportunity to test their understanding against their peers. See Caldwell (2007) for a recent review of the literature./p>
Clickers also have a certain novelty factor that appeals to both students and teachers, at least initially. Even when the novelty wears off, there is still the sense of anticipation that builds just before the bar chart showing the students responses is revealed. For these and other reasons, many instructors who start using clickers find them such an enjoyable and effective instructional tool that they cannot imagine teaching without them.
References & Resources
Barber, M., & Njus, D. (2007). Clicker Evolution: Seeking Intelligent Design. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 6(1), 1-8.
Beatty, I., Gerace, W., Leonard, W., & Dufresne, R. (2006). Designing Effective Questions for Classroom Response System Teaching. American Journal of Physics, 74(1), 31-39.
Caldwell, J. (2007). Clickers in the Large Classroom: Current Research and Best-Practice Tips. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 6(1), 9-20.
Case, S., & Swanson, D. (2002). Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences. Philadelphia: National Board of Medical Examiners.
Crouch, C., & Mazur, E. (2001). Peer Instruction: Ten Years of Experience and Results. American Journal of Physics, 69(9), 970-977.
Draper, S., & Brown, M. (2004). Increasing Interactivity in Lectures Using an Electronic Voting System. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20(2), 81-94.
Mazur, E. (1997). Peer Instruction: A User's Manual. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
For more on teaching with clickers, visit the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching resource page on clickers. It features more types of clicker questions and activities, as well as an extensive bibliography arranged by discipline.


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We're entering a really interesting and challenging time when it comes to meaningful use. We've often wrote about the inverse relationship between incentive and requirements that exists with meaningful use. As meaningful use stage 2 is now becoming a reality for many organizations and EHR vendors, the backlash against it is really starting to heat up.
If you don't think this is the case, this slide from the HIT Policy Committee presentation says it a lot when it comes to organizations' view of meaningful use stage 2.
For those that can't believe what they're reading, you're reading it right. 4 hospitals have attested to meaningful use stage 2 and 50 providers as of May 1st. Certainly it's still relatively early for meaningful use stage 2, but these numbers provide a stark contrast when you think about the early rush to get EHR incentive money during meaningful use stage 1.
This article by Healthcare IT News goes into many of the strains that were seen in the HIT Policy Committee. Sounded like the healthcare IT version of Real Housewives. However, the point they're discussing are really important and people on both sides have some really strong opinions.
My favorite quote is this one in reply to the idea that we don't need EHR certification at this point: "Deputy national coordinator Jacob Reider, MD, disagreed. Ongoing certification is required to give physicians and hospitals the security they need when purchasing products."
Looks like he stole that line from CCHIT (see also this one). What security and assurance does EHR Certification provide the end user? The idea is just so terribly flawed. The only assurance and security someone feels buying a certified EHR is that they can get the EHR ID number off the ONC-CHPL when they apply for the EHR incentive money. The EHR certification can't even certify EHR to a standard so that they can share health data. EHR Certification should go away.
I'm also a huge fan of the movement in that committee to simplify and strip out the complexity of meaningful use. I wish they'd strip it down to just interoperability. Then, the numbers above would change dramatically. Although, I've learned that the legislation won't let them go that simple. For example, the legislation requires that they include quality measures.
No matter which way they go, I think meaningful use is in a tenuous situation. It's indeed on the ropes. It hasn't quite fallen to the mat yet, but it might soon if something dramatic doesn't happen to simplify it.


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Finally…Cycling the Line Photos!
I know, I know. It has take absolutely ages. But after approx 4 months, the photos from cycling the line are finally on-line. You can see some of the photos we took on my flickr page. I havent got round to putting a title on them all yet (that will take another 4 months probably) but hopefully you will get the jist.
All of these were taken by Steve – he was the man with the cam (era). And some of them are really rather good. So, sit back, relax and enjoy. Pls feel free to comment!
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BERLIN- The Berlin Dolphins cadet football team outlasted the visiting Salisbury Tarheels last Saturday, 13-12, in torrential downpours to inch closer to a playoff berth in Salvation Army Youth Football League action.
The Berlin Dolphins cadet team (ages 7-10) and the Salisbury Tarheels faced off in an important game at Buckingham Elementary last Saturday in front of a big home crowd despite the rainy conditions and muddy field. Berlin, with a record of 5-2, and Salisbury at 4-3, are each vying for a playoff berth as the regular season winds down.
Both teams had early opportunities but neither could score until Berlin went on a long, methodical drive with a mixture of runs and passes resulting in a touchdown and a 7-0 lead. The score remained 7-0 in favor of the Dolphins until late in the first half when the Tarheels scored a touchdown with 35 seconds left. The extra point failed, however, and Berlin took a 7-6 lead into the half.
Conditions continued to deteriorate in the second half as the rain poured down and each team committed several turnovers. With 5:12 left in the game, Salisbury scored a touchdown on a big play to take the lead, but the Berlin defense stopped the extra point and the Tarheels led 12-7 with time running out.
Berlin started on its own 20-yard-line after the ensuing kickoff and pounded the ball up the middle to reach the Salisbury 29-yard-line. With 2:12 remaining in the game, Berlin quarterback Gus Esham kept the ball on a naked bootleg and scampered 29 yards for the go-ahead score. The extra point failed and Berlin led 13-12 with time running out.
There was no quit in Salisbury, however. The Tarheels nearly returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown before Berlin's Matthew LeCompte made a great tackle at the 45-yard-line. Salisbury then broke another big run that appeared to be heading to the end zone, but Berlin defensive end Noah Metzger made a game saving tackle at the 16-yard line. Salisbury advanced the ball to eight yard line but ran out of time and Berlin prevailed 13-12.
Berlin Head Coach Ron Bireley called the contest one of the greatest games he had ever been involved in during his 30 years of coaching youth football. "Both teams gave it their all and left it out on the field," he said. "That has been the character of this team all year- to never give up."
The win moved Berlin closer to a playoff spot in the Salvation Army league, but the team won't learn its post-season fate until the final regular season games are completed this weekend. Meanwhile, the Berlin Dolphins Junior Division team (ages 11-15) fell to Snow Hill in another great game last weekend. The Eagles led 6-0 at the half and broke the game open with three big plays in the second half to beat Berlin 26-0.


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In response to the BGS Strategy (2009–2014) we are addressing complex environmental challenges such as carbon capture and storage, climate change impacts, environmental protection, natural hazards, radioactive waste management and resource security and sustainability.
In the future, science that 'makes a difference' is likely to be delivered by multidisciplinary and international collaborations, underpinned by dynamic and fully attributed 3D process models that consider whole earth system science as well as demographic and socio-economic inputs.
Four major interdisciplinary projects that will take forward the survey, measurement and monitoring of crucial geoscience parameters and integrate these data in geological and environmental models to help understand processes and make predictions; designed to encourage and facilitate cross-discipline collaboration between BGS research teams and the wider environmental community, decision makers and stakeholders.
This holistic approach to research, knowledge exchange and modelling will allow complex challenges such as climate change and natural resources to be addressed in a more informed manner and enable more sustainable development for the future.
DREAM is developing an environmental modelling platform designed to gain a more complete understanding of the environment and the processes that occur within it, with the aim of supporting predictions and decision making.
FutureThames is bringing together wide ranging research and knowledge together with fully attributed 3D geological models to enable more informed decision making and sustainable planning within the Thames basin.
Supporting regeneration and other key development issues in the Glasgow area by using shallow-earth 3D models in partnership with Glasgow City Council, and others, aiming to make geoscience information more accessible and relevant.
Characterising and understanding the 3D distribution of pore space, permeability in strategic formations for hydrocarbons, aquifers, gas storage and carbon capture and sequestration.


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In Xanten in North Rhine-Westphalia, on the site of the former Roman settlement of Colonia Ulpia Traiana, you can go on a journey back in time at Germany's biggest open-air archaeology museum.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Dozens of schools across Kentucky will receive help in a project to provide elementary school students with fresh produce.
The Kentucky Education Department says the state received $2.78 million in funding for the program for the coming school year. Each of the 134 schools participating will receive operating funds based on about $50 per student enrolled as of last October.
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I love when the game gets to this point when friends turn on each other, lol!!
I love when the game gets to this point when friends turn on each other, lol!!
I think Hayleigh was thinking "oh, poor misunderstood Bayleigh..." until the Bayleigh turned striaght up insane! She's really some strange mix bc clearly she lacks the ability to modulate her emotions but the way she exited like she was mom/queen bidding farewell to her subjects " u can all give me hugs now" So much cray to dissect... In her favor she is bold and blind to her real world self...but those are attributes in the realm of tvland...loool!! So, who to root for?? IHayleigh scored points this week both with her risking game to clear Bayleigh's name; then correctly voting Bay out and then she wins HOH and sets Fessy straight! WHEW!! Good stuff. I still like Sam but you are 100% she is kissing Tyler ass and begging to go home!!! Damned recruit...just play the game!!! Angela is the devil!! Cant say enough bad things about her!!! And rockstar...poor girl...she needs a whole post to herself! A disaster!
Am i wrong or are we due for a double eviction???
btw---the hive is clueless .... but nice
cant wait to see who goes up on the block this week but the way things have been going for the hive, they will lose another one of their own .... they are in a death spiral...
R U flipping kidding me?!?!?
Note to Fessy Fkhead!! You cannot just eliminate every man Hayleigh flirts with this is not The Bachelor! Im done with these losers!!
This BB20 is amazing! Glad its all newbies cuz the game play is so lopsided and I can see the whole evolution. The lost ones are those who forget its a real life strategy GAME that I is played on 2 levels. Brett and Angelia got no jury management skills. JC is playing the hell out of the game...ducking and diving ...putting up road blocks. Tyler is too bc hes got peeps trying to save him. Casey hasnt drawn too much heat either. The remaing 3 Will be gone soon. I think its Tyler in the top two unless he gets backdoored and Angela is the devil so she will be sitting at his side (insert evil laugh!)
Jesus christ lol man what a trainwreck. Worst alliance in history. Like honestly it makes me so angry how stupid they are. Im ready for level 6 to to nominate haleigh and fess. Just get it over with. Kill this alliance for good
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Anyway, Tagliabue was honored Monday night by PFLAG (for the record, we're glad "lesbians" are included, if just for acronym purposes) for his support to the cause. Tagliabue has given "sizable" donations to PFLAG and has been a driving force behind the Stay Close campaign — his son Drew is a co-founder of the campaign — which features celebrities and their gay relatives. Tagliabue has not yet been featured in one of the ads, but PFLAG says they're trying to recruit athletes to be in the ads with their relatives.
OutSports cautions people to read too much into Tagliabue's support of the cause; the NFL is hardly the most progressive league on earth in these matters. But the commissioner of the biggest, most powerful professional sports league in the country being honored at a gay event and even speaking at the event ... don't remember seeing that before.
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On the one hand, the new Obama Administration has proclaimed its intention to work with educators in the trenches to make great public schools—and seems to mean it.
On the other hand, tens of thousands of educators are getting pink slips, undoing years of work to improve staffing and cut class size.
It was in this best-of-times, worst-of-times environment that the 88th NEA Representative Assembly met in San Diego over the Fourth of July weekend.
And the delegates took on both the opportunities and the challenges, even before President Dennis Van Roekel formally opened the RA on July 3. On July 2, thousands of RA delegates crowded a "town hall" session to exchange ideas with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, leader of the Administration's school reform efforts and also the man in control of unprecedented billions of dollars in Economic Recovery Act funds intended to save public schools from the crisis-driven plunge in state and local tax revenue.
Duncan and the delegates held a frank exchange of views on pay-for-performance and other controversial issues. "I don't have all the answers," Duncan told Anita Vanegas, a Fremont, California, teacher who spoke of the damage caused by the current extreme focus on test scores. "I hope we can come up with them collectively," he added.
Duncan was invited by Van Roekel, who has been building a relationship with the secretary. In his keynote address the next day, Van Roekel told delegates that "building a good relationship does not mean we will agree on everything. That's already clear. And frankly, I didn't expect to."
But he said that "this Administration has shown a willingness to listen, to remain open, to hear directly from educators." Van Roekel called on delegates not to limit themselves to playing defense against budget cuts, but to seize the initiative in turning around low-performing schools and reaching for NEA's goal of a great public school for every student.
"What drives me each day is the class of 2020. I imagine them all in a giant stadium—America's future. And then the reality hits me hard: I can tell with pinpoint accuracy what will happen to them by 2020. Within two percentage points, I can tell you how many will drop out, how many will be incarcerated, how many will commit suicide, how many will be teen parents—if nothing changes.
"We cannot allow that. And we can't wait until 2010 or 2015 to begin. We must begin today!"
Later in the RA, Van Roekel conferred NEA's Friend of Education Award on Stanford University Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, a strong advocate for teacher-led reform. Darling-Hammond called for a "Marshall Plan" for educators, pointing out that other countries invest far more in quality pre-school and universal health care for children than does the United States.
The RA also heard from National Teacher of the Year Anthony Mullen, ESP of the year Kathie Axtell, and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who was chosen as America's Greatest Education Governor.
During the four days of the RA, delegates and guests signed more than 10,000 postcards to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, calling on him to stop his efforts to slash school spending. California Teachers Association delegates delivered the mountain of cards to the governor's San Diego office.
The delegates also took time on the last day for a tribute to retiring long-time NEA General Counsel Bob Chanin, who told them in a farewell address: "NEA and its affiliates must never lose sight of the fact that they are unions. And what unions do, first and foremost, is represent their members. If we do that, and if we do it well, the rest will fall into place."
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
when mothers fail on picture day.
i wanted to document this and say, layne's face is perfection. he doesn't take a bad picture. i found some way to sabotage his cuteness. it's a gift, really. you're welcome.
at 6 am, in the dark, half asleep, i thought you really looked good, buddy.
i must really like that shirt because you wore it for last year's pictures too. this will make a great side by side progression of pictures. layne will say, look how baggy that shirt was on me in kindergarten! i really filled it out in the first grade. can you believe how resourceful my mother is that she would save that shirt until i was busting out of it in second grade?!
i'm not sure how the tie didn't get in your actually collar. did you take your tie off on the bus because you were embarrassed? why? i don't understand.
the giant tie crinkle at the bottom is my fault. i did kind of notice it but thought it would just "fall out" throughout the day. minor oversight.
a belt would have been a welcomed addition to the outfit. belts generally say things like, i'm profesh. i know where i'm going in life! my mom is not on drugs!
sure, getting your hair cut would have been nice, but when i combed it over in the morning with a splash of water, i thought you looked like sort of an asian rockstar. but when the water dried, it just became a hair helmet. this was definitely "my bad".
one day, you can do this to your children. until then, i'm going to spend some time making an appointment for a haircut and start planning your outfit for the next year. i'll even get you a belt.
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I laughed soooo hard at this post. i'm one of eight children and I can remember my mom on picture day frantically finding unwrinkled clothes and trying to get us to look picture worthy. It was always a hot mess. I remember my mom doing my hair and I knew it was going to look awful but she'd insist that it was perfection.ReplyDelete
I am sorry. But hahahaha! I am actually taking the time to comment because this so funny! I thought I was the only one! I have done this. I have also forgotten the money and order form and received a speeding ticket as I run to the bank which is closer to school than my home. I have also just not had the picture taken at two years old and not really noticed the baby is a baby still when everyone else is progressing...she is three now. I just bought a new outfit...all other clothes are stained evidently? I will get an appt to have that photo actually taken...sometime. ;)ReplyDelete
wow. this post is hilarious. I can't wait for motherhood....:-)ReplyDelete
HA!! He is stinkin adorableReplyDelete
I couldn't help but laugh out loud. i can so relate. thanks!ReplyDelete
this post made my day. thank you. very much.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousThursday, January 10, 2013
Jami this is so funny. He looks adorable. I totally look the other way at wrinkly clothes all the time. I always believe they will 'fall out'ReplyDelete
LOL! But, he is so cute, the picture works anyway!!!ReplyDelete
This made me laugh. I love your sense of humor.ReplyDelete
You make me laugh. Love your sense of humor and blatant honesty.ReplyDelete
This made me laugh. Totally. I have looked at pictures of my kids and wondered what people must think of me. You should keep the shirt until next year.=) And then reuse it for the next kid.=)ReplyDelete
(my son looks like this allthedingdangtime.
i am glad i'm not alone.)
can't wait to see next year's belted version.
he is such a cutie patootie!
all my school pictures involved BIG plastic(usually brown) glasses and a fresh poodle perm.
add red and hair and freckles and you have picture perfection!
oh, and retakes EVERY.SINGLE.TIME because of the large umbrellas reflecting in my glasses.
hmmmmm...i have some serious questions for my mom now. :)
Best post EVER. I have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard!ReplyDelete
I think they should schedule picture day for that first day or week of school, when everyone is looking their best. Just seems cruel to save it for the dead of winter or whatever. Still, he looks totally cute, and I personally love the tie, in or out of the collar.ReplyDelete
oh, you made me chuckle with that one. poor layne. i'm sure he'll look back at this memory fondly......someday.ReplyDelete
Lol. I have soooo been there a few times! He is still a cutie, though!!!!ReplyDelete
girl, you make me laugh! he is so handsome :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely hilarious...period.ReplyDelete
Um you make me laugh every freaking post. Your kid is cute despite the fact that it looked like a blind one armed crack addict got him ready for school.;)ReplyDelete
Only one word comes to mind: awesome.ReplyDelete
I'm a long time blog lurker and I have to say this post was hilarious! I can't believe I'm the first commenter either. Hilarious!! Mainly because even with only a 2 year old, I know this is me in a few years. My favorite: "the giant tie crinkle at the bottom is my fault. i did kind of notice it but thought it would just "fall out" throughout the day. minor oversight." Love it!ReplyDelete
This is your best post EVER!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, January 11, 2013
Oh my gosh! I laughed so hard at your play by play. :) It's a good thing they don't give us grades on being mothers...based on how our kids perform or look in public. I always say God has an ingenious way of humbling me when we're in the grocery store or at a pediatrician's office.ReplyDelete
Dying. For real.ReplyDelete
I wish I could have seen your reaction when you first saw this. You still rock.
Love it! My 8 year old nephew found some 70s tinted old man glasses at a garage sale two weeks before picture day. My SIL had no clue he snuck them into his bag (he bought them) until the pictures came out and there they were on his face in his school picture. Those crazy backgrounds they add didnt help either. I love that picture stillReplyDelete
this post is hilarious! Laughed all the way through.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, January 11, 2013
Too funny!ReplyDelete
My Brent wore the same shirt 2 years in a row and I never realized until the photos came back home and I went to put it in the frame. He looks identical and I knew the relatives were thinking, "Crazy Melissa, giving us the same school photo 2 years in a row--WTF?"
man, you are freakin' hilarious.ReplyDelete
I almost peed my pants laughing. So funny.ReplyDelete
the picture just cracks.me.up! i'm sure i'll probably do this someday too. i'd like to think that the best moms do.ReplyDelete
what a stud.ReplyDelete
I love it! you should do another "link up" contest for best school pictures-either ones of our kids or ourselves. I have some doosies. :)ReplyDelete
So funny!... My mom always thought it would be a great idea to put curlers in my very thick hair the night before. So in the morning I would look like a completely different person. My classmates hardly recognized me.ReplyDelete
Seriously...you are so funny! I just read this to my husband and we were both cracking up! :)ReplyDelete
Love it!
my penelope just snort laughed while nursing because she apparantly was laughing at me who was laughing at you. the world is built on such love and mockery. :) he is rumpled.. but the swagger is all there. and psshhh.. he knows french. who needs a belt?? :)ReplyDelete
omg. cracking up. Just read the majority of this post to my husband while laughing the entire way... He didn't care much as he's watching the football game but whatevs. ha Great! We've all got some rough looking school pictures out there... maybe that'll be my next "baby shower advice book" tip... "plan for picture day" or "take one picture day off so you'll have something to look back at and laugh at" :)ReplyDelete
I wrecked many a photo day for my mom. She would work so hard and lecture so much and by 9:15 I had PB & J in my hair, untucked shirt and a really strange smile.ReplyDelete
Best of luck next year!
OH I SO SO SO SO needed this laugh right now. Yes, you majorly missed the mark. And I thank you.ReplyDelete


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Bottle-Feeding Urged for U.S. Moms with HIV
This recommendation differs from World Health Organization recommendations for poor regions of the world, where infant formula feeding typically isn't feasible and malnutrition and infectious disease are bigger threats.
MONDAY Jan. 28, 2013 (MedPage Today) — American women with HIV shouldn't breastfeed their babies, regardless of low levels of the virus and antiviral treatment, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) cautioned.
The only way to completely prevent HIV transmission through human milk is not to breastfeed, a policy statement from the group pointed out in the February issue of Pediatrics.
This guideline breaks from the strong AAP stance in favor of breastfeeding for women without HIV infection.
It also differs from World Health Organization recommendations for poor regions of the world, where infant formula feeding typically isn't feasible and malnutrition and infectious disease are bigger threats.
That guideline recommends exclusive breastfeeding through age 6 months, then breastfeeding with complimentary foods through 12 months, together with antiretroviral prophylaxis for mother or child to reduce HIV transmission risk.
Without prophylaxis, the risk of infection for the baby is around 1% per week in the first 4 to 6 weeks of life, then about 0.2% per week for the duration of breastfeeding, translating to a cumulative transmission risk of 14% in one study.
With 6 months of antiretroviral prophylaxis, the risk dropped to 1% to 5% in studies of African mothers.
Although a low risk, "transmission can occur despite undetectable maternal plasma RNA concentrations," noted Lynne Mofenson, MD, of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Rockville, Md., and colleagues in the AAP statement.
For families with access to clean water and affordable infant formula, any transmission risk outweighs the benefits of breastfeeding in this setting, it argued.
The transmission risk is higher with acute maternal infection, mastitis or other breast abnormalities; high viral load levels or low CD4 cell counts in the mother; and mixed formula and breast feeding.
Women suspected to have an acute HIV infection shouldn't breastfeed their child until HIV infection is ruled out. Pumping and discarding the milk meanwhile may help maintain its supply.
If an HIV-infected woman with repeatedly undetectable HIV viral loads on antiretroviral therapy chooses to breastfeed despite intensive counseling, she wouldn't automatically qualify for a referral to Child Protective Services.
In such a case, the document recommended that the pediatrician consult and coordinate with the mother's HIV specialist to carefully monitor her viral levels and treatment adherence.
Antimicrobal agents should be given promptly if the woman develops clinical mastitis. The baby should also be monitored for HIV status through 6 months after weaning.
Flash heating breast milk to pasteurize it doesn't eradicate HIV cells. Pre-chewing food for infants has also been associated with transmission of the infection in some cases.
If women are worried about affording infant formula, pediatricians should help them find financial support, such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
"In the United States, where there is access to clean water and affordable replacement feeding, the AAP continues to recommend complete avoidance of breastfeeding as the best and safest infant feeding option for HIV-infected mothers, regardless of maternal viral load and antiretroviral therapy," the statement concluded.


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So we went to Pacific City yesterday! I only have a couple of pics to share... we were too busy running down the beach to take pics :p My friend's horse nearly got stuck in the bay and my friend almost got his with my horse's shoe!
The beach and Bailey's head.
Cairo and I in the ocean.
Shawna and Bailey in the ocean.
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Born May 4 1958, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Died 1989, New York, .
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Haring achieved his first public attention with chalk drawings in the subways of New York. "The Radiant baby" became his symbol. His bold lines, vivid colors, and active figures carry strong messages of life and unity. Starting in 1980, he organized exhibitions in Club 57. He participated in the Times Square Exhibition and drew, for the first time, animals and human faces. In 1981 he sketched his first chalk drawings on black paper and painted plastic, metal and found objects.
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Keith Haring was driven by a fervent desire to communicate. His work—built from an iconic language of signature lines and symbols—continues to reach out to the broadest of audiences, dissolving the boundary between fine art and popular culture, between the gallery and the street…
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I have been drawing since I was four years old. I learned to draw from my father, who would entertain me by inventing cartoon animals. Although he never pursued an artistic career, he encouraged me to continue drawing throughout my school years…
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Haring's trademark pictographic imagery was developed during a childhood immersed in Disney cartoons and popular culture. As a boy he drew for hours next to his father, finding inspiration in comics and children's book illustrations. His child-like view of the world would never waver, and was further bolstered by his discovery of the writings and art of Jean Dubuffet and Paul Klee while an art student at Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Center. When he moved to New York City in 1978 to attend the School of Visual Arts, Haring plunged into the frenetic world of East Village night clubs, staged exhibits at alternative spaces, and brought his art directly to the street via his notorious subway drawings…
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Keith Haring conceived Acrobats one year after the first exhibition of his free-standing steel pieces at Leo Castelli Gallery in 1985. Depicting two figures balanced in a remarkable gravity-defying pose, Acrobats is a work of incredible simplicity and vitality. Haring, a quintessentially urban artist, always sought to engage the public directly, from his earliest chalk drawings in New York subway stations to his final mural in a maternity hospital in Monte Carlo. In its temporary home in Battery Park City, Acrobats continues Haring's enduring vision of inserting art into the environs of our everyday lives…
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Keith Harings 70 foot long mural painted in 1985 for the gym of the South of Market Childcare Center (SOMACC) in San Francisco. The mural is one of 16 public works painted at hospitals and childrens centers around the world during the artists lifetime. Painted in one day, the mural incorporates cartoon characters and animals insp..ired by the artists childhood drawings


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