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Athletes rank right among the biggest musicians and movie stars when it comes to fame. Michael Jordan, perhaps the greatest NBA player of all time, is one of the most recognizable figures on the face of the earth. With that in mind, which players are the most popular? Using Google search volume data from the last 12 months (April 2013 – April 2014), the chart above illustrates the most searched-for athletes in each of the 50 States.
LeBron James dominates the competition, showing up as the most searched athlete in 23/50 states. Next in line is Peyton Manning who claims seven states, then Adrian Peterson and Tom Brady who tie for 3rd with four states. Andrew Wiggins (two states) and Johnny Manziel (one state) are the only athletes to win at least one state despite technically not having made the transition to professional sports yet. Tiger Woods (one state) is the only athlete on the map who doesn't play one of the "Big Four" North American sports. Below, the top ten most popular athletes overall.
The NFL is far and away the most popular league in the United States. In almost every state, the NBA was the second-most popular league, but the MLB and NHL did make a few appearances in the number two spot. New York is the only state in which the NBA is the most popular league. In Florida, Oklahoma and Oregon, the NBA and NFL tie for first. With the knowledge that NFL is the most popular sport in America, you might guess that the most popular sports position would be one from the NFL. You'd be right.
On to the NHL!
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This striking species is the largest and most colourful of all African antelope, immediately recognisable by its rich chestnut-red coat (3), conspicuously striped with 10 to 15 thin, white vertical lines on the torso and rump (2) (5). Equally impressive are the mammals's long, spiralling horns, which reach up to around a metre in length (3) (5). Although the sexes are similar in appearance, males are larger than females and their coat darkens with age, eventually becoming brownish-black, and females tend to possess longer, thinner and more parallel horns than males (2) (3). Both sexes possess a crest of hair that runs the length of the back and the legs are boldly patterned with chestnut, black, and white (2) (6). Other notable features include large ears, a conspicuous white chevron between the eyes, two large white spots on each cheek and a whitish collar at the base of the neck (2) (6). The eastern bongo is larger than its West African counterpart (6).
Bongos typically live in small family groups of up to eight females, their young, and a dominant male (5), although larger 'nursery' groups often aggregate after the calving period and mixed-sex groups of up to 50 have been observed (8). Surplus males are usually solitary, although they may be accompanied by a younger bull (8). Most active at dawn and dusk (8), these shy, reclusive animals forage within the bushes and shrubs of the forest during the day, and only come out to the salt licks during the night (3). The diet includes a range of grasses, herbs, leaves, flowers, twigs, thistles and cereals (3). Individuals use their long, prehensile tongue for grasping leaves and pulling up roots and grasses, while their broad horns are used for pulling and breaking high branches (3) (5).
Females typically give birth to a single calf after a nine month gestation period (5) (8). For a short period after birth calves are left alone, lying still in a sheltered spot to avoid detection by predators, with the mother periodically returning to nurse the calf (2). Young are weaned at six months, and become sexually mature at around 20 months of age (2) (7).
Found from West Africa and the Congo Basin to the Central African Republic and southern Sudan (6), with small isolated populations of the eastern or mountain mammals (T. e. isaaci) in Kenya. The mountain bongo used to occur in the Mau Forest and Mount Kenya National Park, but is now believed to be extinct in these areas. A few remain in the Aberdares Conservation Area (7).
The bongo predominantly inhabits lowland forests across most of its range, although it is found up to an altitude of 4,000 metres in the montane forest regions of East Africa, usually in tropical rainforest with dense undergrowth (2) (3) (6).
Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix III of CITES in Denmark (4). Subspecies: the western mammals (T. e. eurycerus) is classified as Near Threatened (NT), and the eastern bongo, or mountain bongo, (T. e. isaaci) as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List (1).
Poaching and illegal trapping for food and skins, combined with habitat destruction, have resulted in the decline of mammals populations (3) (8), and even their complete elimination in some areas (6). Large scale and unrestricted hunting with dogs and snares has had a particularly strong impact on the eastern bongo subspecies (6), which, together with lion predation and an outbreak of rinderpest in the 1980s, has decimated the wild population, leaving a mere 100 estimated individuals remaining (5) (8).
Fortunately, there has been concerted conservation effort over recent decades to help protect the endangered eastern mammals subspecies. Remaining wild mammalss are currently fully protected by the Kenyan Wildlife Service, and in an attempt to protect the dwindling Aberdares population, the Park Service culled 200 lions from the Aberdares Conservation Area in April 2000 (5). A robust captive population of 526 individuals (as of December 2003) flourishes in over one hundred locations around the world, and captive stock have now begun to be used in a crucial and collaborative reintroduction project known as the Bongo Repatriation Program (5) (8). In January 2004, the first captive stock was moved from America to Mount Kenya Wildlife Conservancy, where the animals form a core breeding group, producing offspring that will eventually be released into the Mount Kenya World Heritage Site (5). In 2006, the entire herd at the Conservancy numbered 36, and three additional adult males were released on Mount Kenya (9). The success of the reintroduction of the above specimens into the wild is currently uncertain. However, while the future of the wild eastern bongo still remains uncertain, the healthy captive population is sure to play a key role in the fate of this subspecies, by providing a reservoir of animals that could be reintroduced into the wild, where they truly belong (5).
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Steve Garvey is selling everything! You want his MVP trophy?
Maybe I'm a sentimental person but I get sad every time I hear an ex player is selling all of their career achievements. Why are they doing this? Is it money problems? They just don't care about their MVP trophy? I know that I have a lot of crap but I just don't see myself selling anything in the future. I'll just pass it on to my son. If he sells it later on then that's his problem. Of course, I can't compare my stuff to something like a World Series trophy and Gold Gloves.
Remember when Kirk Gibson sold all his 1988 World Series items a few years ago? Why, why, why? I was at the press conference of that announcement. {linked here}
I say all this because another former Dodger is selling their big awards. The Steve Garvey Collection will be among the highlights in SCP Auctions' April catalog event.
Nine of his ten National League All-Star rings
1977 Los Angeles Dodgers National League Championship Ring
1978 Los Angeles Dodgers National League Championship Ring
1974 National League Gold Glove Award
Historic 1984 NLCS Game 4 Walk Off Home Run Bat Inscribed By Garvey (Voted Greatest Moment In San Diego Sports History)
1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Trophy
1982 Signed Last Los Angeles Dodgers Game Worn Warm-Up Jacket
I'm sure when it gets closer to the auction, I'll get more pictures.
6 comments:
- Romy S said...
This makes me sad too Roberto.
- February 7, 2013 at 7:08 AM
- Jill Davis said...
It's like he wants to cut all ties with the Dodgers - and the Padres too. I never much liked Steve Garvey and his superior attitude so I say "fine..we don't want you either."
- February 7, 2013 at 9:15 AM
- Michelle said...
I always wonder this too........
- February 7, 2013 at 10:16 AM
- Dodger18 said...
He's been at Dodger Stadium the last few years (Bark in The Park), and other events, so I believe he is still on good terms with the Dodgers. Maybe he needs the money or is not too sentimental. In any case, I support his decision. Now a collector or fan can enjoy the memories as well!!
- February 7, 2013 at 10:22 AM
- Hideo Nomo said...
I wish he'd pass this stuff on to his Sons.
- February 7, 2013 at 3:50 PM
- jonathan said...
i heard he had cash problems wich is sad. im pretty sure he's doing it for the money he does alot of signings he made bad investments in the past and he got fired from the dodgers organization
- February 7, 2013 at 4:43 PM


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Dendera released their debut EP 'WE MUST FIGHT' in October 2011. Full of explosive drums, massive riffs, truly epic vocals, and a keen sense of melody, Dendera have stamped their own authority on top of a classic metal vibe. The result is a fantastic EP that has been very well received by the likes of Terrorizer magazine, who featured the track 'Bridges Will Burn' on its December 2011 issue cover mount CD, and rightfully tipped Dendera as a band to watch in the next few years.
In 2013 Dendera released their debut full length album 'THE KILLING FLOOR', it received great praise from magazines such as Terrorizer, Powerplay and Fireworks.
2015 saw the release of the bands 2nd album 'Pillars Of Creation' to critical acclaim.
Dendera have toured with and supported acts such as... Saxon, UFO, Fozzy, Skindred, Firewind, Alestorm, Unearth, The Sword, Orange Goblin, Grand Magus, Ill Nino, POD, Gloryhammer, Soulfly, Kobra and the Lotus and many others....
2017 brings a two part E.P, with part one 'Blood Red Sky' set for a summer release. With this E.P being the groups strongest material to date, 2017 has a lot in store for Dendera.


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Expanded background checks for gun sales fails in Senate, delivering blow to Newtown families and Obama
WASHINGTON – Compromise legislation to expand mandatory background checks for gun sales — a key element of the federal response to the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. – failed Wednesday afternoon in the US Senate.
The inability of President Obama and Democratic leaders to round up the required 60 votes in favor of enhanced background checks dealt a striking defeat to a major initiative of the president's second term, falling short despite numerous pleas and trips to Washington by families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims, whose children were murdered five months ago by a lone gunman with a semi-automatic assault rifle.
The Senate voted Wednesday afternoon to block the first of nine amendments to Obama's gun control bill, a compromise forged between senators Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, and Pat Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania to expand background checks for gun buyers.
Despite the bipartisan negotiations, the amendment failed when only 54 senators voted to proceed, falling six votes short. All New England senators voted yes except for Senator Kelly Ayotte, a Republican from New Hampshire.
"Shame on you!'' a spectator in the gallery yelled out in the chamber, promptinga gavel for order.
Erica Lafferty, 27, the daughter of Dawn Hochsprung, principal of Sandy Hook who lost her life in the shooting, said she was disappointed by the vote "but the fact that it got to the floor is good.''
"I'm confident that it will be back, and I also know that I will be here when it does come back,'' Lafferty said. "We're not going away.''
Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, praised Manchin and Toomey for their efforts during the debate preceding the series of votes.
"You did the right thing,'' McCain said. "What they have tried to do today I think is an act that should be appreciated by those of us who many times avoid taking the tough decisions.''
Senator Christopher Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat in favor of gun control, spoke out against the outsized influence of the gun lobby.
"The longer that I've spent in this place, the more I'm convinced that there are people who actually do believe that we should just go back to the days of the wild, wild west,'' Murphy said, "that we should usher in a new era of gun control Darwinism in which the good guys have guns, the bad guns, and we just hope that the good guys shoot the bad guys.''
Because of senate procedural rules, a 60-vote threshhold was required for each of the nine amendments to proceed. The other amendments include an assault weapons ban and limits on high capacity magazines.
The gun debate has been marked by intense lobbying on both sides, big-spending influence campaigns targeting individual senators, and some vitriolic attacks, particularly by some groups opposed to firearms restrictions.
Groups beyond the National Rifle Association, the traditional representative of the gun lobby, have played a major role in the debate. The National Association for Gun Rights used email alerts, online videos, and a Facebook page to convey mocking imagery that targeted individual senators.
In a series of Facebook posts, the group showed Obama as a puppeteer, controlling the strings of Toomey. Stamped in red ink is, "Toomey Sold Out Your Gun Rights.''
The gun rights group similarly depicted all 16 Republicans who voted last week to prevent a GOP filibuster and move forward on the gun legislation debate. The 16 also are shown with their faces on sticks, tagged by Facebook users with unfriendly names. Senator Lamar Alexander, of Tennessee, is "Socialist.'' Senator Tom Coburn, of Oklahoma, is "communist #9.'' Senator John Hoeven, of South Dakota, is "Judas Bastard.''
Senator Kelly Ayotte, of New Hampshire, is "liberal [expletive] 1'' while Senator Susan Collins, of Maine, is "liberal [expletive] 2.''
Polls show that nearly 90 percent of Americans support a strong system of background checks for gun purchases. But the looming failure of gun-control legislation illustrates how vocal minorities are exerting strong influence on congressional debates by targeting individual senators with outside pressure, channeled through Internet organizing.
Some of that organizing directly targets senators who seek compromise.
"NO DEALS, NO GUN CONTROL,'' the National Association for Gun Rights blasts on its website.
Few have experienced as much heat as Collins, a Maine Republican who has built a reputation for being moderate and open to compromise. A host of groups in recent days have taken out ads in Maine trying to win her over, including groups supporting gun-control legislation.
Organizing for Action, an offshoot of President Obama's campaign network, ran an ad Friday on the Bangor Daily News website with this message: "Tell Senator Collins: It's time to close background check loopholes.'' That ad came a day after a full-page ad from the National Rifle Association that asked, "Will Obama's gun control proposals actually work? His own experts say, 'No.'''
The group on Monday posted a doctored and unflattering photo of Collins with her eyes bulging as if she were a zombie. Within an hour, 5,413 people liked it on Facebook and 490 people had commented on it.
Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, Wednesday morning criticized the president for using the Newtown, Conn., families "as props.''
At a breakfast with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, he said the legislation would not have prevented the Sandy Hook shootings, and he criticized the vote as being mostly for show.
"A lot of things in Washington are window dressing, it's a dog and pony show, it's a parade, it's theatrics, it's histrionics, all to show people that something bad happened — which it did. Something terribly tragic happened,'' he said.
But, he added, "None of the proposals really would have addressed the tragedy.''
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From the department of people using superheroes to be real heroes: A crew of window washers from American National Skyline dressed as superheroes while cleaning the windows at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., last week. As they scraped off the grime, they revealed the smiles of the young patients inside.
Head over to NBC News to see the window washers putting on their Spider-Man and Captain America duds.
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Bishop Gerasim celebrates at Representation of the Serbian Church in Moscow
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On Sunday, 10 March 2013 , His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Representation of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Moscow. His Grace Bishop Antonije of Moravica concelebrated to Bishop Gerasim. Following the Liturgy Bishop Antonije held a welcome speech.
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Since November 1952, United Nations tour guides have conducted tours through the New York Headquarters for more than 40 million visitors and over these sixty years, the evolution of fashion was reflected in the uniforms of the tour guides.
The first uniform worn by the UN guides in the 1950's was a tailored suit with epaulettes, giving a strict, somewhat military look. Guides were provided with summer and winter uniforms, and it is the only time when a hat was part of the uniform. The conservative style remained into the sixties, but the epaulettes were discarded to get away from the military feeling.
In 1969, contacts with PanAmerican Airlines manufacturer Evan-Picone and designer Frank Smith led to a new look. The daring new uniform featured a royal blue miniskirt with a khaki vest. The khaki vest was replaced with royal blue in 1970.
Hemlines fell in 1977 when Hollywood designer Edith Head sought "a classic silhouette that would not be thought of as any particular country's fashion attitude," selecting sky blue as the basic colour with touches of navy for contracts. The same year Guided Tours recruited male tour guides for the first time. The newly accepted male guides wore navy blue blazer-type jacket with grey slacks, manufactured by Brooks Brothers.
The early 1980s' provided a return to conservatism with French designer Thibaut Bouet of Christian Dior, designing a navy blue sash-belted blazer and matching straight skirt, worn with a "white oxford cloth shirt, which is striped in pastel blue and grey and has a small round collar and matching string tie." The suit, in a fine, lightweight wool gabardine, was "designed for year-round wear." Yasushi Akashi, then Under-Secretary-General for Public Information, indicated that the design had required a great deal of versatility so as to suit an international staff.
In 1988 Benetton designed and donated new uniforms, a change from past styles. The uniforms were made from a light-weight wool fabric in a black and white houndstooth check pattern. A purple twin-sweater set completed the women's outfit, while the male guides wore their suit with a white button-down shirt, tie and purple V-neck sweater.
In 2001 new uniforms were designed and donated by the Italian Fashion house Mondrian. The tailored navy blue suits for women and men, light-blue blouses or shirts and a scarf or tie adorned with the United Nations emblem, are still used today. For the first time, a maternity outfit was included. In addition, the Italian footwear company Valleverde provided dark or light blue shoes.
2006 marked a revolution in the tour guides' dress code when it was decided that women were allowed to wear their own pants.
Throughout the years national costumes have been used as a colourful and exotic alternative to the uniforms by all who wished to wear them, or had access to one.
You can make your own fashion statement with a Guided Tour 60th anniversary pin or reusable shopping bag, now on sale in the UN Book Shop.
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Paul Revere Williams began designing homes and commercial buildings in the early 1920s. By the time he died in 1980, he had created some 2,500 buildings, most of them in and around Los Angeles, but also around the globe. And he did it as a pioneer: Paul Williams was African-American. He was the first black architect to become a member of the American Institute of Architects in 1923, and in 1957 he was inducted as the AIA's first black fellow.
His granddaughter, Karen E. Hudson, has been chronicling Williams' life and work for the past two decades. Her latest book, Paul R. Williams: Classic Hollywood Style, focuses on some of the homes of his celebrity clients. They feature many characteristics that were innovative when he used them in the 1920s through the '70s and are considered common practice now — like the patio as an extension of the house, and hidden, retractable screens.
When Paul Williams began his career, he could find no black architects to be his role models or mentors. Born in downtown Los Angeles in 1894, Williams became orphaned before he turned 4 when his parents, Chester and Lila, died of tuberculosis. A family friend raised him and told him he was so bright, he could do anything he wanted. And what he wanted was to design homes for families — perhaps because he lost his own so early in his life. Despite warnings from those who thought he was being impractical ("Your own people can't afford you, and white clients won't hire you," was one such warning), Williams became an architect.
His work has come to signify glamorous Southern California to the rest of the country — and to the world. One of his hallmarks — a luxuriantly curving staircase — has captivated many a potential owner. Retired financial services magnate Peter Mullin remembers how he felt when he saw his 1925 Colonial, the first one Williams built in L.A.'s posh Brentwood neighborhood.
"The first time I saw it, I didn't think I could afford the house, but if I could afford the staircase, I wanted to take it with me!" Mullin laughs. He bought the house — once inhabited by producer Ingwald Preminger, brother of director Otto — and has enjoyed it for 35 years.
"Every now and then, I think about leaving," Mullin admits. "Then I look around ... and I can't. I just love this place."
That sentiment may explain why Williams' homes don't come on the market very often.
Bret Parsons is head of the architectural division of John Aaroe Group, a Beverly Hills real estate brokerage handling multimillion-dollar properties. He says when Williams homes come up for sale, real estate agents scramble to get the listing. "They're gobbled up in seconds," he says. "They're an absolute pedigree for someone to have in their arsenal."
Parsons says Williams homes posses grace, design and elegant proportions, which attracted people with money and taste.
Several of them were celebrities from Hollywood's heyday. Williams built an elegant bachelor pad for Frank Sinatra when the singer was between marriages. Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz were clients. So was Cary Grant. Danny Thomas was both client and friend — Williams designed St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis gratis, as a favor to Thomas (and made Thomas promise not to tell, so he wasn't deluged with similar requests). In recent years, Denzel Washington, Ellen DeGeneres and Andy Garcia all have lived in Williams homes.
At the Beverly Hills Hotel, Williams designed the iconic Polo Lounge, the Crescent Wing and the Pink Palace's signature loopy signage. He also chose the colors — pink and green — that would signify the ultimate in service to its pampered guests for a century.
Actor-philanthropist Bill Cosby recalls seeing a Williams home when he and wife Camille went house-hunting. The TV series I Spy made Cosby famous — and rich. He and Camille wanted to live in Beverly Hills, and they wanted a brick home. "Brick is not conducive to the desert heat that is Los Angeles," Cosby chuckles, "but we were looking for brick."
To the East Coast Cosbys, brick symbolized a certain kind of moneyed refinement. "Back home, stucco was for poorer people — and in the winter, it was cold," he recalls. So when they were shown a 1932 brick Colonial Revival floating on rolling lawns, they were intrigued. When they walked inside, they were sold. "The entry was grand," Cosby says, drawing the swirl of the staircase in the air with one finger, "but once one entered the house, it became a home."
That innate ability to make grand spaces cozy is another Williams signature.
Sitting in the 1951 home Williams designed for himself, his granddaughter says her grandfather made many pragmatic adjustments to the reality of racism in his day. "He taught himself to draw upside down so white clients wouldn't be uncomfortable sitting next to him." And, Hudson says with a smile, "it became one of the things he was known for." Williams toured construction sites with hands clasped behind his back, like an English royal, because he wasn't sure every person would want to shake a black man's hand. So he gave them the option of extending their hand first. Many of the neighborhoods in which his homes were located were closed to him because of his race.
That's something California had in common with several other American states — not all of them in the South. Hudson notes that there were also restrictive covenants in greater Los Angeles. "By law, he could not live in some of the places [where he designed homes]. Particularly in Flintridge, where he designed his first home in his own office, the land deed said a black person could not even spend the night."
She says Williams found a way to work around such barriers because he had an ultimate goal in mind. "He believed that for every home and every commercial building that he could not buy and that he could not live in, he was opening doors for the next generation."
In a 1937 essay for American Magazine called "I Am a Negro," Williams shared some of his own philosophy.
"Virtually everything pertaining to my professional life during those early years was influenced by my need to offset race prejudice, by my effort to force white people to consider me as an individual rather than a member of a race," he wrote. "I encountered irreconcilables who simply refused to give me a hearing, but on the whole, I have been treated with amazing fairness."
This is the end of our week broadcasting here from Southern California, so it's fitting that we end our series on West Coast Innovators with the story of the man whose architecture helped transmit the idea of Southern California to the rest of the country.
Paul Revere Williams began designing homes and commercial buildings in the early 1920s. By the time he died in 1980, he'd created some 2,500 buildings, most of them in and around Los Angeles, but also around the world and he did it as a pioneer. Paul Williams was African-American.
NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates has been reporting on Williams' life and work and she joins me here in the studio. Hi, Karen.
KAREN GRIGSBY BATES, BYLINE: Hey, Melissa.
BLOCK: And, you know, when we first started bouncing around this idea of innovators, right away, you came back and said, let's do Paul Williams.
BATES: Yeah.
BLOCK: Why? How did you learn about him?
BATES: Well, when I first moved to Los Angeles, several people, in trying to acquaint me with the city, would take me on tours and everybody would always go past this one house and point it out as the house of Paul Williams, a prominent black architect. In fact, he was the first black member of the AIA, the American Institute of Architects.
BLOCK: When was that?
BATES: Nineteen twenty-three. So, a few years later, I met his granddaughter, Karen Hudson, when she was in the process of writing her first book on his work and I became fascinated with two things. First, the fact that a black man was doing this kind of work back then and how forward-looking a lot of the details in his homes were. He created grand houses for wealthy people, but they weren't stiff and formal. They took advantage of the climate and the sort of relaxed Southern California lifestyle. You can see some of those on our website.
BLOCK: I'm looking at them right now, Karen, at NPR.org and they're lovely. There are a lot of windows, a lot of natural light coming in, really open to the environment.
BATES: Yeah. He really believed in sort of trying to erase the line of demarcation between the outdoors and the indoors.
BLOCK: And, Karen, you're going to tell us about a party that you went to for a new book on Paul Williams' celebrity clients.
BATES: Yes. It's called "Paul R. Williams: Classic Hollywood Style," also by his granddaughter, Karen Hudson. Let's eavesdrop on that book party.
PETER MULLIN: It's great to have you all here today, particularly to celebrate Karen and her book and her grandfather and a beautiful Southern California day.
BATES: Before introducing author Karen Hudson, host Peter Mullin confesses to his garden full of well-healed guests that he was attracted to the house they're standing before without knowing much about its creator.
MULLIN: Frankly, I didn't know anything about Paul Williams at the time, but I did love the architecture of this house and quickly learned about Paul Williams and what an extraordinary talent he was.
BATES: All the more so because when Williams began his career, there were no black architects he could find as role models or mentors. Born in downtown Los Angeles in 1894, Williams became orphaned before he was four when both his parents died of tuberculosis. A family friend raised him and told him he was so bright, he could do anything he wanted.
He wanted to design homes for families, perhaps because he lost his own so early in life. His work has come to signify Southern California glamour to the rest of the country and the world. The bright, airy rooms and the oversized windows that, as he put it, bring the outdoors in are common now, but weren't when Williams began practicing in the early 1920s.
Peter Mullin remembers how he felt when he saw his 1925 colonial.
MULLIN: The first time I saw it, I thought, with the beautiful pillars and the Georgian colonial style and I went inside to the front entry hall and looked at that spiraling staircase and I didn't think I could afford the house, but if I could afford the staircase, I wanted to take it with me.
BATES: He's not alone. That gracefully curving staircase is one of Williams' signatures. It shows up in most of his private homes and in many of his commercial buildings.
BRET PARSONS: The ubiquitous trademark is the stair hall. He did the most beautiful entry halls I've ever seen.
BATES: Bret Parsons is head of the architectural division of John Aaroe, a Beverly Hills realtor that handles multimillion dollar properties. When Williams' homes come on the market, Parsons says, they sell almost immediately. One allure is the man's personal history.
PARSONS: He was an African-American practicing in Southern California in the '30s and '40s when that just wasn't done.
BATES: The other draw, the undisputed quality of his designs.
PARSONS: His work stands the test of time. He had a sublime ability to master style and proportion.
BATES: It's what attracted so many of Hollywood's A-list celebrities during Williams' long career. He built an elegant bachelor pad for Frank Sinatra when the singer was between marriages. Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz were clients. So was Cary Grant. Danny Thomas was both client and friend. Williams designed St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, gratis, as a favor to Thomas. In recent years, Denzel and Pauletta Washington, Ellen DeGeneres and Andy Garcia have lived in Williams' homes.
At the Beverly Hills Hotel, Williams designed its iconic Polo Lounge, among other parts. Actor-philanthropist Bill Cosby thinks back to when he and his wife Camille went house hunting after the TV series, "I Spy," made Cosby famous. They wanted a specific kind of home.
BILL COSBY: Brick is not conducive to the heat of the desert which is Los Angeles, but we were looking for brick.
BATES: To the East Coast Cosbys, brick symbolized money to refinement. They were shown the 1932 brick colonial revival that seemed to float above rolling lawns and, he remembers, they felt immediately comfortable in it.
COSBY: The entry was grand, but once one entered the house, it became a home.
BATES: Sitting in the 1951 home Paul Williams designed for himself, Karen Hudson says her grandfather taught himself to draw upside down, so white clients wouldn't be uncomfortable sitting next to him. Many of the neighborhoods in which his homes were located were closed to him because of his race.
KAREN HUDSON: By law, he could not live in some of the places, particularly in Flintridge, where he designed his first home in his own office. The land deed said a black person could not even spend the night.
BATES: She says Williams found a way to work around such barriers because he had an ultimate goal in mind.
HUDSON: He believed that for every home and every commercial building that he could not buy and that he could not live in, he was opening doors for the next generation.
BATES: So, Melissa, now people in Los Angeles can pretty much live where they'd like to, so that part of the door opening worked. We have a little work to do on the architectural end of it. There was a recent survey that showed that less than two percent of the nation's registered architects are African-American.
BLOCK: OK. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates, thank you.
BATES: You're welcome. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Taught by Don Ross in Building Finger Independence seriesLength: 18:21Difficulty: 3.0 of 5
This series is all about fostering the ability for your fingers to play independent of each other. Mastering this skill will give your playing a living, organic feel and open up previously unimaginable doors.
Lesson 1
Don Ross introduces the series, and talks about exactly what you will learn. He also demonstrates two songs that will be taught in this series, so it's informative and inspirational.Length: 6:25 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
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In this lesson Don Ross introduces the concept of polyrhythms, or playing two different rhythms at once. This technique can add depth and flexibility to your playing, but be warned, it is challenging!Length: 7:07 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Don Ross introduces a 3 against 2 polyrhythm. He starts off by demonstrating how to get the rhythm "in your bones" by tapping it out with your hands, and then goes on to demonstrate how it can be applied...Length: 14:40 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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It's time to take the 3 against 2 polyrhtyhm one step further. In the previous lesson Don showed how this could be applied on two strings; this time around he breaks that barrier.Length: 8:34 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Don Ross ups the complexity of the 3 against 2 polyrhythm he has been teaching. The fun is just starting!Length: 6:11 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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These polyrhythm exercises are really starting to get interesting. Don complicates the bass line further in this lesson, giving us an alluring mix of a 3 against 2 polyrhythm, arpeggiated chords and a...Length: 11:31 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 7
It's time to graduate to a new polyrythmic pattern: 4 against 3. Think of this as 3 against 2's big brother; it's more complex, it's a little harder, but it also packs a bigger musical punch.Length: 18:21 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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It's practice time! Get your guitar out and follow along to learn how to apply the 4 against 3 polyrhythm with a more complex pattern. This will astound and impress your friends.Length: 5:08 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Don once again returns to the mesmerizing world of 4 against 3 polyrhythms. This time he teaches a more complex variation with an alternating bassline. These exercises may seem challenging, but remember:...Length: 7:18 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 10
Head up! We are almost there! This is the last exercise in the 4 against 3 polyrhythm section. This time Don makes the bassline more difficult. Remember, once you have these techniques down, you will unlock...Length: 14:25 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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In this quick yet powerful lesson, Don demonstrates how polyrhythm can be used in musical compositions. Apply these tips to your own playing and watch as your friends and family gasp in awe.Length: 13:29 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Now that you have a basic understanding of polyrhythm, it's time to move on to a song. In this lesson Don demonstrates his song "Stop Driving ,Start Playing," and talks about it's history and gets you...Length: 18:27 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Don Ross teaches the first 8 bars of his original song "Stop Driving, Start Playing."Length: 22:35 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Don Ross teaches the second 8 bars of his song "Stop Driving, Start Playing."Length: 32:18 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 15
Don Ross moves on and starts teaching the B section of his hit song, "Stop Driving, Start Playing."Length: 14:18 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Lesson 16
Don Ross moves on and teaches the rest of the B section of his song "Stop Driving, Start Playing."Length: 22:10 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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In this lesson Don Ross talks about the concept of relative major and relative minor. This gives you an easy way to transition between two related keys and expand your musical prowess to previously unimaginable...Length: 14:21 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 18
In this lesson Don Ross takes the concept of the relative minor and major keys and demonstrates how it can be utilized in standard tuning.Length: 11:29 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 19
Don will discuss how the relative minor and major keys can be used with alternate tunings. In specific, he will look at the Open F, or FACFCF tuning.Length: 10:01 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 20
Don Ross reviews the ultra-cool technique commonly known as "The Ripple Effect." This will impress your friends and family without a doubt, and will be necessary for upcoming lessons in this series.Length: 8:47 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 21
It's time to start learning the song "Cup of Pop," as it is an excellent way to reinforce all of the skills taught in this series, and sounds amazing to boot. In this first lesson we will look at the tuning...Length: 10:12 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
Lesson 22
Before we can learn the song "Cup of Pop" we need to make sure we can play "The Ripple Effect" in this stunning tuning.Length: 3:05 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 23
"The Ripple Effect" is insanely cool on it's own, but insanely cool isn't good enough for Don Ross. In this lesson we learn his modification of the technique which he calls "The Ripple and Tap." It's even...Length: 8:14 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 24
Don Ross takes the "Ripple and Tap" technique from the last lesson and demonstrates how it can be used in double-time.Length: 4:31 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 25
Don Ross teaches the first section of his hit tune, "Cup of Pop." Limber up your hands, because this will be a challenge!Length: 44:03 Difficulty: 3.5 Members Only
Lesson 26
Don Ross launches into the B section of his illustrious and highly difficult song, "Cup of Pop."Length: 18:58 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Lesson 27
In this lesson Don Ross takes a look at one of the signature moments from "Cup of Pop," an on-the-fly re-tuning of the guitar.Length: 9:07 Difficulty: 4.5 Members Only
Lesson 28
Don Ross returns to the song "Cup of Pop" to teach the venerated D section. This comes after the re-tuning, and acts as a bridge in the relative minor key.Length: 7:31 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
Lesson 29
It's time to return to the original tuning for the song. Don discusses the E section in which this phenomon occurs.Length: 5:57 Difficulty: 4.5 Members Only
Lesson 30
"All good things must end" may sound rather cliche, yet at the end of this fabulous song the words ring true. Join Don as he wraps the song up.Length: 10:52 Difficulty: 4.0 Members Only
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Don has toured regularly since 1989, across Canada, the USA, a dozen European countries, Japan, Taiwan, China, Australia, Russia and India. He has played with symphony orchestras in Canada and Germany, and collaborated live and on recording with Andy McKee, Canadian singer/guitarist Brooke Miller, & Toronto bassist Jordan O'Connor. He also composes scores for television, radio and film, and does production and recording engineering for a variety of other musicians. In addition to acoustic guitar, Don also plays electric guitar, slide dobro and lapsteel guitar, voice, piano, keyboards, bass guitar and drums.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2003 News Releases > September 2003 > Evening of short plays features comedy, drama mixture
Evening of short plays features comedy, drama mixture
PLAINVIEW - Tradition is important at any university, and Wayland Baptist University is no different. Among theatre fans, one annual production is becoming a tradition and a favorite for many.
Shorts, in its seventh year, is an evening of short plays combined to present a production with varying moods and talents. There's typically a good amount of comedy, along with a few more dramatic pieces, said Dr. Marti Runnels, director of theatre at Wayland. This year's production will be performed Oct. 2, 3, 4, 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. in the Harral Studio Theatre.
Produced completely by students with oversight by Runnels, Shorts is a hands-on directorial project for many in Runnels' directing courses, some of whom have never been in the director's role. Others may have directed previously and want added experience. In either case, they get it, having to follow the production from choosing the play, casting the roles, helping design sets and directing student actors in the rehearsal process.
Runnels begins the process by reading 50-100 short plays from various collections and sifting those down to 20-25. The student directors then read those plays to make their choices. Work for the set, which has typically been fairly traditional, calls for a bit of creativity as well, for Runnels and technical director Chris Moore as well as their students.
"This year, we'll have more ramps and platforms and such but still stay with some of the same set pieces as we've done in the past," Runnels said. "We try to bring some artistic unity to the night with the set, though these are all very different plays."
Runnels is excited to see a lot of new faces in the theatre department with new theatre majors and minors enrolling, and said the Shorts production is often the first exposure for many of these new students.
This year's production includes the following plays:
- "Wobblies," by Carolyn Myers, involves two ladies in a nursing home reminiscing about the past. Directed by transfer student Kelley Dunn, the play stars Lisa Angel and Jenni Combs.
- "Cover," by Jeffrey Sweet, is a story about a man trying to get his best friend to lie to his wife for him. Theatre veteran Milea Simpson stars, along with newcomers Andrew Oglesby and Craig Huckeby.
- "Manhattan Casanova," by Jenny Lyn Bader, is a monologue starring theatre veteran Jennifer Riley, playing a psychiatrist who finds herself in need of help. Lisa Angel directs.
- "Poodle with Guitar and Dark Glasses," by Liz Duffy Adams, is a play Runnels describes laughingly as "weird." Directed by Jennifer Riley, it features acting by 2003 graduate Tisa Whitfill, theatre veterans Brandon Campanella, Desi Pharis and Billy Boone and newcomer Doug Warren.
- "Shoppers" features two shopping addicts - played by Lisa Angel and Jennifer Ward - discussing the conflicts their habit raises. Directed by Jennifer Rutherford, the play is by Jean McConnell.
- "Last Tuesday," by Donald Margulies, is the more dramatic piece of the evening. "This play will strike home with people given the recent anniversary of Sept. 11," Runnels said. "It takes place on a New York subway as various people are trying to deal with their lives in the midst of tragedy." The vignette is directed by Milea Simpson and features acting by theatre returners Israel Cansino, Jennifer Rutherford, Desi Pharis and Billy Boone, newcomers Brandon McMillan and Leslee Matthews, and Robert Preston Riley.
- "Elizabeth" features a monologue by newcomer Kelley Dunn, directed by Brandon Campanella. The play is by Don Nigro.
- "Lost," a comedic short by Mary Louise Wilson, features two scatterbrained ladies - played by Jennifer Riley and Leslee Matthews - who find their world turned right-side up for once. Desi Pharis directs.
Admission for Shorts is $8 per person, or $4 for students or WBU alums. Half-price tickets are available with the donation of a grocery bag of nonperishable food items that will be donated to Faith in Sharing House, a local food pantry organization.
Reservations can be made by calling the theatre box office at 291-1089.
A reception for theatre patrons will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 in the atrium of the Mabee Learning Resources Center, featuring refreshments.


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This guest post was contributed by Joseph Buxbaum, Mark Daly, Silvia De Rubeis, Bernie Devlin, Kathryn Roeder, and Kaitlin Samocha from the Autism Sequencing Consortium (see affiliations and details at the end of the post).
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable condition characterized by deficits in social communication, and by the presence of repetitive behaviors and/or stereotyped interests. While it is clear from family and twin studies that genetic factors contribute strongly to the onset of this disorder, the search for specific risk genes for ASD has only recently begun to yield fruit. Finding these specific genes is critical not only for providing potential diagnoses for individual families, but also for obtaining insights into the pathological processes that underlie this neurodevelopmental disorder, which may ultimately lead to novel therapeutic approaches. Identification of ASD genes may at some point also reveal part of what makes us social beings.
In a paper published in Nature last week we and the other members of the Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC) describe the application of whole exome sequencing (WES), selectively sequencing the coding regions of the genome, to identify rare genetic variants and then genes associated with risk for ASD. WES data were analyzed from nearly 4,000 individuals with autism and nearly 10,000 controls. In these analyses, we identify and subsequently analyze a set of 107 autosomal genes with a false discovery rate (FDR) of <30%; in total, this larger set of genes harbor de novo loss of function (LoF) mutations in 5% of cases, and numerous de novo missense and inherited LoF mutations in additional cases. Three critical pathways contributing to ASD were identified: chromatin remodelling, transcription and splicing, and synaptic function. Chromatin remodelling controls events underlying neural connectivity. Risk variation also impacted multiple components of synaptic networks. Because a wide set of synaptic genes is disrupted in ASD, it seems reasonable to suggest that altered chromatin dynamics and transcription, induced by disruption of relevant genes, leads to impaired synaptic function as well.
In this post we wanted to focus on an easily-overlooked aspect of this paper: the use of a false discovery rate (FDR) approach to identifying genes for follow-up analysis. While FDR is a well-recognized approach in biology, one could also argue for using a family wise error rate (FWER), which has been the norm in recent large-scale, genome-wide association studies (GWAS). So why did we decide to take this alternative approach here?
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Living in Oregon
Living in Oregon is one of the special benefits of attending the university. Residents take pride in their state and are concerned with the quality of life in their cities and with preserving a remarkably beautiful and diverse natural environment. Eugene, home of the University of Oregon, and the neighboring community of Springfield are gateways to several stunning recreational areas.
The Oregon coast, just an hour's drive to the west, is a compelling recreational attraction: miles of shifting sand dunes; long, driftwood-strewn beaches; and tidepools at the margins of basaltic headlands provide possibilities for the wilderness experience.
The timbered foothills of the Cascade range are a ten-minute drive from the university. The mountains rise from the floor of the valley to above 10,000 feet in dramatic volcanic peaks. Vast areas of designated wilderness are crossed by a trail system restricted to hikers only. Nature enthusiasts can experience the solitude of the primal forest year round through hiking or cross-country skiing. Outdoor sports predominate in the mountains and forests of western Oregon — downhill skiing, camping, rock climbing , river running, and fly fishing are a part of the experience to be enjoyed in these nearby mountains.
Eugene-Springfield, the state's second largest metropolitan area has a population of about 200,000. It is located at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers at the southern tip of the lush Willamette Valley. Portland, Oregon's largest metropolitan area and gateway to the scenic Columbia River Gorge, lies 175 km to the north. Eugene is located on the main travel corridor that connects the major West Coast cities of Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles and is easily accessible by car, rail, or air.
In recent years three national quality-of-life surveys have rated Eugene near the top in the nation for cities of comparable size. Its climate is mild throughout the year; winter days are damp but rarely frigid, and summers are dry and sunny. The city offers a cosmopolitan range of cultural, entertainment, and shopping opportunities yet retains its comfortable, small-town atmosphere. The Hult Center for the Performing Arts added a new dimension to cultural opportunities in Eugene. The Eugene Symphony Orchestra, the Eugene Ballet Company, and the Eugene Opera Company are in residence, and national touring companies, orchestras, and performers are scheduled regularly. The university itself offers first-class musical and drama events and sponsors films, art shows, and lectures on campus each year. Two major events on campus are the University Chamber Music Series and the two-week long Oregon Bach Festival, which are critically acclaimed as among the finest. The popular Oregon Shakespearean Festival takes place each summer in Ashland, Oregon, located south of Eugene.
Rolling Store magazine included Eugene in its list of "America's Top 10 Campus Music Scenes That Rock." With the recent addition of Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene has seen an increase in big name performers coming to town.
Bicycling magazine called Eugene one of the ten most bicycle-friendly cities in the nation. Miles of bicycle paths and jogging trails are maintained in the city and local parks. A favorite stretch is in Alton Baker Park, across the Willamette River from campus. A footbridge provides access from the university and makes it possible for students living in North Eugene and Springfield to bicycle to campus. "Pre's Trail", also in Alton Baker Park, is a specially designed European-style jogging and exercise course. Eugene is recognized internationally as one of the country's leading sites for track-and-field competition.


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the dophins / it's a beautiful day
Time to drop sail
Nine hours on the Bluenose It was perfect Captain. Thanks.
Moving on to new adventures
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You can't beat those big wooden ships for style and grace in the open waters!!
Great essay. It really shows how you rig the ship. And really good photographs, too.
Thank You! You know Marilyn, we take tons of pictures (love this digital stuff). That little Sony fits right in the palm of my hand. So some turn out.
This was a great post and photo essay on the Blue Nose 2. The weather looks very nice on that day. I also really like all the great pictures of the Blue Nose 2.
Thank you. Everything was perfect. Weather was nice – seas weren't high.
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- Definition: Number of public school students who are English Learners (with Spanish as a primary language), English Learners (Other Language), or not English Learners (e.g., in 2016, 1,147,404 California public school students were English Learners with Spanish as a primary language). English Learners are students with a primary language other than English and who lack the defined English language skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing necessary to succeed in regular school instructional programs.Percentage of public school students who are English Learners (with Spanish as a primary language), English Learners (Other Language), or not English Learners (e.g., in 2016, 18.4% of California public school students were English Learners with Spanish as a primary language). English Learners are students with a primary language other than English and who lack the defined English language skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing necessary to succeed in regular school instructional programs.
- Data Source: California Dept. of Education, DataQuest (May 2016).
- Footnote: Years presented are the final year of a school year (e.g., 2015-2016 is shown as 2016). Data for the state, counties, and some school districts are not available for 2011 because many districts did not report English Learner data by language that year. However, 2011 data are available for the related indicator, English Learners in Public Schools. LNE (Low Number Event) refers to data that have been suppressed because fewer than 60 students were enrolled in school. N/A means that data are not available.
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- Measures of English Learners on Kidsdata.org
Kidsdata.org offers the number and percentage of English Learners among public school students, the number and percentage of students by English Learner status (i.e., English Learners with Spanish as a primary language, English Learners with a primary language other than Spanish, or non-English Learners), and the top 10 primary languages spoken most frequently by English Learners. English Learners are students who have a primary language other than English and who lack the clearly defined English skills of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing necessary to succeed in a school's regular instructional programs.
- English Learners
- Bullying and Harassment at School
- Demographics
- Births
- Births, by Mother's Marital Status (California & U.S. Only)
- Child Population (Regions of 10,000 Residents or More)
- Children in Rural and Urban Areas (California & U.S. Only)
- Child Population, by County
- Total Population
- Public School Enrollment
- Immigrants
- Children Living in Limited English-Speaking Households (65,000 Residents or More)
- Children Living with Foreign-Born Parents (65,000 Residents or More)
- Children Living with Foreign-Born Parents, by Income Level (65,000 Residents or More)
- Foreign-Born Population, by Age Group (65,000 Residents or More)
- Reading Proficiency
- Why This Topic Is Important
Trends in English proficiency and primary languages spoken among children and families can be useful in projecting potential needs and planning appropriate services in health care, education, child care, and other settings. For example, quality health care requires effective communication between families and providers. Research shows that children in families with a primary language other than English experience disparities in health status, quality of health care services, and access to care, compared to children with English as a primary household language (1). Academically, children with limited English proficiency tend to have lower test scores than their native English-speaking peers. English Learners face the challenge of mastering content presented in the school curriculum at the same time they learn a new language (2, 3, 4). These circumstances create exceptional challenges for later educational attainment and socioeconomic success.
California's public school system is charged with serving a diverse student body. In 2015 more than 2.6 million California students (43%) spoke a language other than English at home, compared to a national estimate of 22% among all children ages 5-17 (3, 5). More than 65 primary languages are reported among California students classified as English Learners (6). To ensure that children with limited English proficiency reach their maximum academic and health potential, it is critical for California's education, health, social service, and community systems to be adequately prepared to meet the needs of the state's increasingly diverse child and family population.For more information on English Learners please see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section.
Sources for this narrative:
1. Flores, G., & Tomany-Korman, S. C. (2008). The language spoken at home and disparities in medical and dental health, access to care, and use of services in U.S. children. Pediatrics, 121(6), e1703-e1714. Retrieved from: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/121/6/e1703
2. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (2015). Language spoken at home and difficulty speaking English. In America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 2015. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved from: http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren15/family5.asp
3. California Department of Education. (2016). Facts about English Learners in California. Retrieved from: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/cefelfacts.asp
4. Fry, R. (2007). How far behind in math and reading are English language learners? Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project. Retrieved from: http://www.pewhispanic.org/2007/06/06/how-far-behind-in-math-and-reading-are-english-language-learners
5. KIDS COUNT Data Center. (2016). Children who speak a language other than English at home. Annie E. Casey Foundation. Retrieved from: http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/81-children-who-speak-a-language-other-than-english-at-home
6. California Department of Education. (n.d.). State of California language group data - Statewide for 2014-15. Retrieved from: http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/lc/StateLC-alphabetical.aspx?Level=State&cYear=2015-16
- How Children Are Faring
In 2016, 22% of all California public school students were classified as English Learners, which equates to more than 1.3 million students with limited English proficiency. The percentage of English Learners remained around 22% to 26% between 1998-2016.
In 2016 and previous years, Spanish was by far the most common first language of students classified as English Learners, statewide and in virtually all counties with available data. Nearly one in five (18%) California public school students were Spanish-speaking English Learners in 2016; 4% were English Learners with a primary language other than Spanish. Following Spanish, the state's most common non-English primary languages were Vietnamese and Mandarin.
- Policy Implications
More than 1 in every 5 of California's public school students—almost 1.4 million—have limited English proficiency (1). These children face a variety of educational challenges that policymakers and educators are working to address through targeted instruction, setting high expectations for academic achievement for all students, and improving dropout prevention policies. Currently, only about 70% of English Learners in the state's public schools graduate from high school (2). Students who are learning English also often have parents with limited or no ability to speak English, which may result in barriers to accessing health care or other services that support academic achievement.
Policy options for addressing the challenges faced by children who are English Learners include:
For more policy ideas and information on this topic see kidsdata.org's Research & Links section or visit the Urban Institute, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, or the National Immigration Law Center. Also see Policy Implications on kidsdata.org under Immigrants, and Reading and Math Proficiency.
- Adopting practices with demonstrated effectiveness at the district and school level, such as: strategic use of academic assessment data; implementing a coherent, standards-based curriculum and program; using measurable and monitored achievement objectives; ensuring availability of teaching resources; securing district-level support for English Learners; using resource teachers for individualized programs; and using immersion techniques (such as Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English) to teach math to English Learners (3)
- Setting school and district policies to incorporate formal and informal strategies to promote family and community engagement (4)
- Ensuring that teacher candidates understand second language and literacy acquisition and how they inform effective instruction (5)
- Improving access to publicly funded social services, including targeted outreach to non-English speakers for state child care subsidies, conducting public education on language access rights for medical patients and their families, and enforcing existing language access laws in health care settings (6, 7)
Sources for this narrative:
1. As cited on kidsdata.org, English Learners in public schools. (2016). California Department of Education, DataQuest. Retrieved from: http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest
2. California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System. (n.d.). Cohort outcome data by program. California Department of Education. Retrieved from: http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/cohortrates/CRByProgram.aspx?cds=00000000000000&TheYear=2014-15&Agg=T&Topic=Graduates&RC=State&SubGroup=Ethnic/Racial
3. Williams, T., et al. (2007). Similar English learner students, different results: Why do some schools do better? EdSource. Retrieved from: http://www.edsource.org/wp-content/publications/SimELreportcomplete.pdf
4. Lazarín, M., & Ortiz-Licon, F. (2010). Next generation charter schools: Meeting the needs of Latinos and English language learners. Center for American Progress & National Council of La Raza. Retrieved from: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education/report/2010/09/01/8329/next-generation-charter-schools
5. Santos, M., et al. (2011). Teacher development to support English language learners in the context of Common Core State Standards. Understanding Language Initiative. Retrieved from: http://ell.stanford.edu/publication/teacher-development-appropriate-support-ells
6. Firgens, E., & Matthews, H. (2012). State child care policies for limited English proficient families. Center for Law and Social Policy. Retrieved from: http://www.clasp.org/issues/child-care-and-early-education/in-focus/new-clasp-paper-looks-at-state-child-care-policies-for-limited-english-proficient-families
7. Chen, A. H., et al. (2007). The legal framework for language access in healthcare settings: Title VI and beyond. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(Suppl. 2), 362-367. Retrieved from: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-007-0366-2
- Research & Links
- Websites with Related Information
- American Institutes for Research: English Language Learners
- California Dept. of Education: Specialized Programs
- Californians Together: Championing the Success of English Learners
- Education Commission of the States
- Migration Policy Institute
- Pew Research Center: Language
- Spanish-Language Health Resources Knowledge Path. National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health.
- UnidosUS
- WestEd: English Language Learners
- Key Reports and Research
- Connecting Limited-English Proficient Individuals to Health Care Services: The Important Role of Community-Based Organizations. (2017). Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum.
- Dual Language Education Programs: Current State Policies and Practices. (2015). U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition.
- English Learner Students: A Diverse Group Deserves Differentiated Services. (2016). Regional Educational Laboratory West at WestEd.
- English Proficiency on the Rise Among Latinos: U.S. Born Driving Language Changes. (2015). Pew Research Center: Hispanic Trends. Krogstad, J. M., et al.
- Every Student Succeeds Act: A Vision to Address the Needs of California's Youngest Learners. (2017). Advancement Project California & Californians Together. Ou, V.
- Facts About English Learners and the NCLB/ESSA Transition in California. (2017). Migration Policy Institute. Sugarman, J., & Lee, K.
- Families Facing Language Barriers in Healthcare: When Will Policy Catch Up with the Demographics and Evidence? (2014). The Journal of Pediatrics. Flores, G.
- Improving the Opportunities and Outcomes of California's Students Learning English: Findings from School District–University Collaborative Partnerships. (2015). Policy Analysis for California Education. Umansky, I. M., et al.
- Language Diversity and English Proficiency in the United States. (2016). Migration Policy Institute. Batalova, J., & Zong, J.
- Policy Statement on Supporting the Development of Children Who Are Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Programs. (2017). U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services & U.S. Dept. of Education
- Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures. (2017). National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
- Quality Education for ELLs/ MLLs: Why We Need It and How We Can Achieve It. (2017). New York State Education Department. Walqui, A.
- The Case for a Two-Generation Approach for Educating English Language Learners. (2015). Center for American Progress. Ross, T.
- County/Regional Reports
- Community Health Improvement Plan for Los Angeles County 2015-2020. Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health.
- Santa Clara County Children's Data Book. Santa Clara County Office of Education, et al.
- More Data Sources For English Learners
- California School Dashboard. California Dept. of Education.
- Children of Immigrants Data Tool. Urban Institute.
- Childstats.gov. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
- DataQuest. California Dept. of Education.
- Education Data Partnership (Ed-Data) California Dept. of Education, et al.
- Local Control Funding Formula Reports. California Dept. of Education.
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Top 5 MLB Disappointments So Far
Investing in a player means making an emotional commitment. A month into the season, some players aren't performing up to snuff, and competitors are no doubt wondering who among April's disappointments deserves the roster axe. Here's five of the least-valuable, most universally-owned players who are currently killing their owners — and some insight into what's ahead for each of them:
Ryan Dempster:
It's easy to forget, but at one point in Dempster's career, he was a mediocre closer for the Chicago Cubs. In 2006, Dempster registered 24 saves, but a 4.80 ERA. In 2007, Dempster notched 28 saves, but a 4.73 ERA. When Dempster was switched to starter the following year, expectations were little, and yet for three consecutive seasons, Dempster was one of the best, most consistent starters in the National League, posting a healthy number of wins, strong strikeout totals, and an excellent ERA. Entering the season, Dempster seemed to fly underneath the radar as 200+K pitcher with several strong seasons underneath his belt, and yet, Dempster may be headed for the dumpster in many fantasy leagues with an ERA currently standing at 9.58. He could be a good bet to turn things around. The strikeouts are still coming for Dempster, and while his walk rate has climbed somewhat, what's really troubling him is a phenomenal amount of fly balls going for HRs – nearly a quarter when the MLB average is typically 10 percent. That will regress.
Francisco Liriano:
Liriano has battled injuries and inconsistency throughout his career, but also has flashed tantalizing potential that makes him the definition of a "toxic asset," somebody who is hard to cut loose. No doubt many are tempted with a 9.13 ERA, and there's hardly anything in Liriano's peripherals at the moment that point to a rebound. His strikeout rate has dropped from a career average of 9.19 Ks/9 IP down to 6.85 and his walk rate has climbed all the way up to 6.85. Yes, he has walked just as many batters as he has struck out. Although it wouldn't be surprising to see Liriano turn things around, the question will be how much rope he'll get to do just that. Kevin Slowey is due back soon, and the Twins also have one of the most major league ready pitching prospects in the minors in Kyle Gibson. Sell low? Not the worst idea.
Carlos Pena:
Pena didn't have a great season last season as he hit less than 30 HRs for the first time since 2006 and had an average below the Mendoza Line. Some optimism followed him this off-season nonetheless because regression was expected plus he was moving to the hitter-friendly Wrigley Field. But Pena didn't hit a single HR in April and his average has dropped even further from last year's low standard. These days, Pena simply can't hit left-handers, striking out 8 times in 13 at-bats against them. He's quickly becoming a player who will be platooned. Our sense is that if he is dropped in fantasy leagues, even in very deep ones, he won't be claimed.
Vernon Wells:
When Wells was traded this off-season, many pundits ridiculed the Angels for acquiring the big contract. Nevertheless, Wells was drafted in the 11th round in fantasy leagues and is still owned in nearly all leagues despite the woeful start that's making even the most dire assessments of the Angels centerfielder seem kind. One month is still too little a sample set to draw firm conclusions, but Wells is hitting a mere .157 at home compared to a more respectable .267 on the road. His strikeout rate is up; his walk rate is down; Wells is getting unlucky, but not enough to say with any confidence he'll avoid being a bust in 2011. Surely, Wells has demonstrated enough contact skills throughout his career to put together a nice hot streak, so he shouldn't be summarily cut from squads without further thought. But given the depth at the outfield position, his upside isn't strong enough to justify excruciating patience either.
Derek Jeter
Is this the end of the line for the future Hall of Famer? Coming off a bad season, Jeter was still given the benefit of the doubt thanks to high scarcity at the shortstop position. In April, however, Jeter failed to record a single HR or SB, making him less valuable than, well, just about everybody. Still, there's some reasons for optimism: He's not striking out much these days, and is suffering a miserable batting average on balls in play. He's sporting an atrociously high ground ball rate (73%) this year so far, so there's no huge cause of optimism for the return of his power, and yet given Jeter's strong batting eye, hard work, and good team environment, he still represents a lot of upside, especially now that his stock has fallen so low.
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Matthew Macfadyen is the 2002 British Go Champion. He beat the challenger Matthew Cocke 3–0, as in their previous encounter in the 1999 Title Match.
Took place at the Epsom Go Tournament on Saturday 10th August. A big thank you to Paul Margetts for making this happen, and to Natasha Regan for refereeing. Matthew Macfadyen won by 12½ points playing white. He has added some brief comments to the game record.
Took place on Sunday 22nd September, in Tim Hunt's flat in Milton Keynes. Matthew Macfadyen won by resignation after 185 moves. The game was broadcast over the internet on KGS. At lunch time, Guo Juan gave a commentary on the morning's play, and then in the afternoon she commented live. There are several versions of the game record:
A big thank you to KGS for allowing us to relay the game through their servers, and thank you to Guo Juan for commenting. Thank you also to Nick Wedd, who arranged for Guo to comment.
Took place at the Wanstead Go Tournament on Saturday 12th October. Matthew Macfadyen (white) won by resignation in 210 moves. He has added some comments to the the game record. Thanks to Francis Roads for refereeing.
The Challenger's League took place from Friday 3rd to Monday 6th May in Cambridge as part of the Cambridge MSO. Many thanks to Aubrey de Grey, Charles Matthews, Patrick Ribbands and Paul Smith for organising this event and letting the Challenger's be a part of it. (Friday's play took place in the University Centre.)
The results table and some game records are available.
At the end of the tournament, three people were tied on four wins out of seven. Therefore a play off between Young Kim and Des Cann was required to decide who won the third place in next year's Challenger's League. Des Cann won this game by default.
The Candidates' Tournament took place on Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th April in the Oddfellows Hall, Leamington, alongside the Leamington Go Tournament. This combined event was run by Leamington Spa Go Club.
Matthew Macfadyen and other strong players gave commentaries on some of the games from the Candidates' between the rounds of the Leamington tournament.