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Although ARC has its purpose it was not intended for those using a surround sound system. The TC-P50GT30 does have a Digital Audio out and if one was determined to have the HDMI's connected directly to the TV then that is what needs to be used to audio out to the AV receiver. I get a lot of clients that think that hooking the HDMI's directly to the TV is better than going through the AV receiver and it is not true with a GOOD AV receiver. www.unisenmedia.com
HDMI Audio Return Channel Conundrum
First of all, your connection scheme seems pretty whacky to me. Why would you connect the PS3 to the TV rather than the AVR to begin with?
For those who might not be familiar with Audio Return Channel, this feature of HDMI 1.4 allows compatible devices to send audio from an HDMI input to a compatible HDMI outputin other words, in the opposite direction of the normal signal flow. It's used mainly with an ARC-compatible TV and AVR connected in the normal mannerthat is, the AVR's HDMI output is connected to the TV's ARC HDMI input. (As with the GT30, not all HDMI inputs on a given TV are ARC-compatible.) When you watch the TV's internal tuner or online streaming apps, the audio is sent back to the AVR along the same cable that usually carries audio and video from the AVR to the TV. This eliminates the need for a separate TosLink or coax digital-audio cable from the TV to the AVR when the audio is generated by the TV itself, as shown in the diagrams above.
ARC can convey Dolby Digital, DTS, and PCM, but none of the advanced codecs, such as Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, or DTS-HD. After all, none of these codecs are used with over-the-air, cable, or streaming content.
I'm kinda surprised that your connection scheme works at allARC is not intended to take audio coming into one HDMI input and send it out from another input. I would definitely connect the PS3 to one of the HDMI inputs on your AVR instead of the TV, which will simplify the system and let you hear all the advanced codecs in their full glory. If you use the TV's internal tuner or online apps, keep the AVR's HDMI output to the TV's ARC HDMI input, and you'll hear the audio from the TV without having to connect a separate audio cable from the TV back to the AVR.
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Hi Scott:
I find the ARC method of connection very unintuitive. I prefer the information in my system to flow as follows:
Source-> AV Receiver -> LCD Screen and Speakers
Here's my question: Is there any models of rabbit ears / antenna that will allow me to have the setup I described (e.g. box with rabbit ears and an HDMI output or component output)?
Hi Scott, thanks for your reply! Unfortunately, I live in a condominium building that does not allow me to place an antenna in the balcony...I will do some more research into the Channel Master.
I am also wondering: are there any cheaper models without the digital recording functionality? (i.e. plain vanilla OTA input w HDMI output)
Scott, VUDU passes Dolby Digital Plus and Netflix will be shortly. HDMI 1.4 allows for these HD codecs to pass through to your avr or processor from streaming providers.
I have a Sharp 70" with Aquos Link with support of ARC via HDMI1. I connect via HDMI to a NAD757V2 which supports ARC.
I configure the 757 for Auto ARC as I do for the Sharp.
Bottom line: the 757 displays "HDMI ARC" on its' display but NO SOUND.
I even tried setting the 757 Control bits to Source Setup and configured various ports for ARC, but no dice.
Any suggestions? I really don't want to run an optical cable at this point because the TV is in the Lanai and the 757 is in the equipment cabinet in the family room. New cables need to go through the attic then snaked back down to the 757. It is a pain. The existing HDMI cable is about 15ft.
So can somebody help me?!!!!
Well, just got off the phone with Aquos Support.
They were adament that the original intent of ARC was to redirect sound from other TV HDMI input ports to the HDMI input port on the TV, so you could send sound from other TV sources to your receiver without using an optical cable. But the other TV sources had to be connected to the other TV HDMI ports.
I did not see this in the HDMI 1.4 spec. The spec basically says that ARC allows you to send Audio from the TV to the AVR without running an optical cable. It does not specify that the only way to use it would be to have other HDMI inputs on your TV redirect sound from the connected sources on those ports. I mean, how stupid, that would defeat the purpose of avoiding other cables because then you would have to run all component outputs TO THE TV HDMI inputs....curazzy.
Was this guy at Sharp just playing pretend and acting smart or is he right?
That means you cannot avoid running the optical cable if you want to send audio that originates from the TV itself, such as from the on-board tuner or the on-board apps, such as Netflx.
Who knows the truth?
The HDMI 1.4 standard does NOT require that audio originate on one of the HDTV's HDMI ports. This contradicts what Sharp tech support told me. In fact, I have an LG HDTV which sends audio from its on-board apps to the AVR via ARC. Sharp really should think about upgrading its' tech support staff.
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Less than 10 minutes into our chat in a chic Parisian hotel lobby, Alison Goldfrapp is expressing woes about her interviewing skills. "Sorry, I'm crap at talking about this," she says, referring to the broad-church topics of sexuality and gender she's been asked to discuss. "It kind of annoys me when I'm made to think like that. Our sexuality's so complex that to define it in black and white just seems ludicrous, really."
But whether she thinks it or not, the singer is slyly fantastic on these subjects, teasing their borders into intricate musical sentences. She has a keen ear for offbeat, intimate narratives, both in songs and in life. She recalls how after watching the film Elles, she was haunted by the image of Juliette Binoche reaching the outer limits of masturbatory pleasure. "I keep getting flashbacks of it and thinking, Wow, is that scene a bit over the top? They made her look quite pasty, almost as if she were going to throw up at any moment. But I love Juliette Binoche. I'll watch anything with her in it."
The question of sexuality and identity is all over Tales of Us, the sixth studio album from Goldfrapp, the duo she formed with keyboardist Will Gregory in 1999. The record is a third-person suite of bold, chilling stories with a cool, noir cast. A girlfriend runs from her homicidal partner through the Hollywood Hills. Two male soldiers are caught in a moving clash with love and mortality that packs its own military heat. ("Really?" she deadpans in response to the remark. "I hadn't noticed that."). In "Annabel," the titular intergender child is asked the question his/her parents most need answered, but which Annabel cannot oblige. The tales become touchstones for deeper reflections on the passing of time and the deceptive nature of memory. Her take: "They're just stories I found moving." You can hear it.
Gregory is publicity-mute (he makes Pet Shop Boys' Chris Lowe look like a Kardashian), so it is Goldfrapp's job to promote the album, something she has surprised herself by enjoying this time around. Tales of Us falls somewhere in line with the pair's 2000 debut, Felt Mountain, and 2008's deeply personal, pagan-inspired Seventh Tree. Between these soft-focus, acoustic outings the band has teetered on the brink of commercial success with albums of digital glam-rock (Supernature, Black Cherry) and sleekly art-directed perversity. Lady Gaga owes Goldfrapp some conceptual royalty checks, and there has never been a more presciently 50 Shades of Grey chorus written than "I'm in love with a strict machine," though Goldfrapp is sanguine when asked if the director of the book's forthcoming film adaptation, Sam Taylor-Wood — who benefited from an instrumental score from Goldfrapp for the soundtrack to her first film, Nowhere Boy — will be calling on them again. "No," she says. "It's mega, her doing [50 Shades], though. She's quite an incredible woman. She can take on anything."
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CGM Focus (symbol CGMFX)
MANAGER: Ken HeebnerRETURNS: –19.1% YTD; 0.7% over the past 5 years; 10.2% over the past 10 yearsASSETS: $2 billionTOP HOLDINGS: Priceline.com, Herbalife, National Oilwell Varco
How it went astray: When Heebner and his fast-trading, concentrated style are in sync with the market, his numbers are off the charts. But when he loses touch with the market's pulse, CGM lags big-time, as it did in 2011 (the S&P 500 gained 1.3%). At last report, Focus held only 22 stocks, including Citigroup and Ford Motor, both stinkers in 2011. That said, Heebner trades so rapidly (Focus's turnover in 2010 was 363%) that it's hard to say which stocks did the most damage in any given period.
What now? Focus's ten-year return is superb. But it's an inconsistent one, and many investors buy after the fund shines and sell after it stumbles. That's one reason we removed Focus from the Kiplinger 25 in 2010. Unless you can stomach volatility and performance that often differs from the rest of the crowd, this fund is not for you.
Fairholme (FAIRX)
MANAGER: Bruce BerkowitzRETURNS: –24.7% YTD; 1.7% over the past 5 years; 8.1% over the past 10 yearsASSETS: $9.5 billionTOP HOLDINGS: AIG, Sears Holdings, Berkshire Hathaway
How it went astray: A former member of the Kiplinger 25 (it got the boot last spring), Fairholme is as concentrated as they come. At last report, Berkowitz held only 19 stocks and had three-fourths of the fund's assets in financials. The ill-timed bet on financial stocks threatens to ruin the fine record he built in the fund's first 11 years. And after his investing firm bought a majority stake in St. Joe, a troubled Florida real estate company, Berkowitz took over as the developer's chairman, raising questions about whether he can supervise a company and pick stocks, too.
What now? A focused fund is one thing; a fund that makes a massive bet on a troubled sector is another. Plus, Berkowitz is contending with a flood of redemptions by disgruntled Fairholme shareholders. It's time for you to join them.
Fidelity Magellan (FMAGX)
MANAGER: Jeffrey FeingoldRETURNS: –9.1% YTD; –2.1% over the past 5 years; 0.7% over the past 10 yearsASSETS: $16.7 billionTOP HOLDINGS: Apple, Google, Amazon.com
How it went astray: One problem was size -- Magellan topped $100 billion at the start of 2000. And a revolving door at the top hasn't helped. In 2008, previous manager Harry Lange's bets on American International Group and Wachovia, among others, dragged the fund to a crushing 49.4% loss. Feingold, who took over Magellan in September, has delivered decent returns at Fidelity Trend (FTRNX), which he continues to run. But he has never run a fund as big as Magellan, which, even at its diminished size, is some 15 times larger than Trend.
What now? Feingold focuses on steady growers, a strategy that we like. Because Magellan's management fee is based on performance, the fund's current expense ratio, 0.60% annually, is appealing. If you hold shares, it's worth waiting to see how well Feingold performs.
Legg Mason Opportunity (LMOPX)
MANAGER: Bill MillerRETURNS: –31.1% YTD; –11.6% over the past 5 years; 1.6% over the past 10 yearsASSETS: $1 billionTOP HOLDINGS: Ellington Financial, United Continental, Amazon.com
How it went astray: Miller achieved fame at Legg Mason Value, which beat the S&P 500 index for 15 straight years through 2005. He announced plans to step down from the helm of that fund in April 2012, but he's still running Opportunity, a more flexible and more aggressive version of Value.
Opportunity has had some superb years, but 2008 (a loss of 65.5%) and 2011 were disasters. Stakes in the likes of Bear Stearns, Countrywide Financial and Freddie Mac torpedoed the fund in 2008 (we deleted it from the Kiplinger 25 late that year). Financial stocks -- 32% of assets at last word -- hurt returns again in 2011, as did a big position in Eastman Kodak, which sank 80%. He finally sold his shares in that stock in the autumn of 2012.
What now? Opportunity's roller-coaster returns are a deal killer. Other value funds do a better job of delivering steadier returns with less volatility.
Data through November 4, 2011. Five-year and ten-year returns are annualized.


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Some observations for Boys D111 Northwest Ohio-1st edition
Started by raisethebar, Apr 20 2012 07:08 PM
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Posted 20 April 2012 - 07:08 PM
Posted 23 April 2012 - 03:03 PM
Thanks for the observations. Hopefully we will see some warmer weather in the next few weeks to see how low the times can go. It looks like the NW Ohio D3 regional will be tough to get out of as usual.
Posted 24 April 2012 - 05:07 PM
No doubt that all the D-3 schools are happy that Archbold moved up to D-2.
That's just the Reality of it...
Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:28 PM
raisethebar, on 20 April 2012 - 07:08 PM, said:
Since this forum is basically a cemetary of excitement
"Forever never seems that long ~~until you're grown"
Bandido- November 24, 1957- August 12th, 2011.....RIP, my good friend... things will never be the same here without you. :(
Gonemad -June 26th, 1962-May 13th, 2008
Bandido- November 24, 1957- August 12th, 2011.....RIP, my good friend... things will never be the same here without you. :(
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Posted 30 April 2012 - 09:54 PM
raisethebar, on 24 April 2012 - 08:58 PM, said:
In Reality, if Archbold were in D 111 it would have little effect upon the Region, it would affect the Ayersville district considerably however. Other that a couple of events they do not have top four efforts in the regional, anyway. No doubt they have a good 300 hurdler, a couple of really good relays but that is about it as far as top four marks in the regional are concerned. Their freshman sprinter is coming on and could possibly be close to a top four by seasons end but that is doubtful. No field event of theirs, other than a long, long shot in the pole vault, are even close to being a top four placer in D 111. Not really sure why everyone should be happy they are D 11 this year. It is much easier to be happy that the Wynford district is not coming to Tiffin this year.
Are you serious? Last year's D3 Regional meet was WON by Archbold. They scored a 4.5 point victory over Bluffton and 11 points over Col. Crawford. The winning point total was 72 points. At the Regional meet, it only takes "a couple of really good relays" and some other high point places like 300 hurdles to win the meet. To say that it would have little effect to take the winning team out of the Regional altogether is an ignorant statement on your part.
If Archbold were still in D3, they would be in the top 2 or 3 at the Regional again this year. They would win the 4x2 and the 4x4 with very little competition. They would get top 2 minimum in the 300 hurdles and the 4x1 team would probably place 2nd. Although with Tinora's top sprinter running lame, they could take first there too. So, at a minimum that would equal 36 points. The open 400 and the open 200 would get them another 12 - 16 points, the pole vault would likely get 14 or 16 points now that their top vaulter is healthy and their second vaulter has already cleared 13-6. That brings the total to around 66 points... once again competing for the Regional Championship.
Enjoy the meet (without Archbold) when, and if, you get there.
Edited by RealitySpeaks, 01 May 2012 - 10:27 AM.
That's just the Reality of it...
Posted 09 May 2012 - 01:03 PM
I dont know if Wayne Trace is at Tiffin this year or not, but Ryan Kortokrax has a 55'4" in shot put, And Brandon Dunderman from Antwerp has 50'5"
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Ljubljana is the capital and largest city in Slovenia, but its population is only about a quarter of a million. Even as the cultural and business capital of the country, this is a modest sized city with charm spilling over at its edges. People have compared this to a smaller version of Prague, but it's not on all the package tours yet so there is still time to see Ljubljana before it's overrun.
What To Do
Old Ljubljana is the historic center of town and one of the main draws for travelers. You'll find medieval churches and monuments all throughout this charming area, but you'll also notice the dragon motif, which is the trademark of the city. And speaking of dragons, don't miss the Zmajski Most (Dragon Bridge), which is guarded by four angry-looking specimens.
One attraction that is hard to miss is the Ljubljana Castle, mainly because it dominates the city and is visible from almost everywhere. You can take a train or funicular up to the top of this hill, or walk if you've got the energy. This area has been inhabited since before the 12th Century, but parts of the current structures have been rebuilt in centuries following due to earthquakes and the like. There is a virtual 3D tour attraction at the castle now, but some say it's overrated.
Read: Even the Rain in Ljubljana is Luminous.
Getting There
Ljubljana is centrally located in the region so it's a great place to visit by train, particularly if you are coming from Venice, Vienna, or Munich. If you are coming from further away you'll want to book a flight into the city's modest Brnik Airport. There are flights available
from all the major cities in Europe and a couple of discount airlines use this airport so prices can be competitive. The airport is not close to town, but regular shuttle buses make the run for a reasonable cost.
Read: Finding Ljubljana.
Where To Stay
This is a small city so location should not be a major concern here. There are a couple of hostels in Ljubljana and quite a few hotels in Ljubljana as well. Summer is the busiest season, but the spring and autumn weather can be very mild and agreeable. It's cold and snowy in winter, but the Christmas season is done well here and ski areas are close by. Particularly in summer it pays to plan ahead.


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By Chris Wright
Hundreds of journalists swarmed into the press room at Real Madrid's training HQ yesterday, all hoping for a pithy one-liner from Jose Mourinho to help fan the flames before tonight's showdown with Barcelona – only for wily ol' Jose to pull the rug from under them all by refusing to say a word, for fear that he anything he did say would be blown out of all proportion by the ravenous hacks in attendance.
Instead it was Mourinho's assistant, Aitor Karanka, who helmed the conference – but not before around 30 Spanish journos upped and left (along with nearly 100 television crews, if the Independent's report is anything to go by)…
He's an evil genius I tell thee.
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Berger d'Arcadie
Location: In a beautiful place out in the country
Tja, daar gaat die niet wakker van liggen.
Wachten tot het einde om Lorenzo aan te vallen kan gewoon een tactiek zijn die hier een beetje gedwarsboomd werd door de aanstormende Pedrosa. Misschien was het iets anders dan dat, maar het seizoen is voorbij nu en gedane zaken nemen geen keer. Tijd om het los te laten.
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"In another race they would have tried to overtake but not in this one, We are Spaniards and it was right that the title remain in Spain".
That sentence from Jorge Lorenzo after the race in Valencia is really all you need to know.
A shameful day for MotoGP. A sad day for a segment of Spanish sport and yet another opportunity to keep his trap shut missed by Jorge Lorenzo.
The now three time champion (who announced his happiness at having joined the ranks of 3 timers like Ayrton Senna.....?) claimed the only reason Rossi was ever leading was because of his own bad luck. Presumably like when he blamed his fogging helmet for his poor riding in the rain at Silverstone.
Few liked this man before, despite his enormous talent. Even less will like him in the future, not after he tried to get his teammate banned after Malaysia... except maybe for Max Biaggi.
Marquez. If this is the future of the sport then perhaps it's time to tune out.
He once again rode to protect Lorenzo's rear. Check out the time sheets sometimes, look how his lap time dropped after Pedrosa tried to attack. In that brief moment Marquez, who had been content to sit staring at Lorenzo rear for 28 laps, suddenly looked like the rider who gave Rossi no quarter in Malaysia.
But in the final analysis, it is Rossi who needs to look at himself in the mirror. Marquez has acted in pathetic, petty, bitchy way but Valentino is pushing 40, he should have know better than to stir the pot and fall into Marquez' trap.
That most other riders offered Rossi little resistance as he sliced though the field today speaks volumes on how many were calling bullshit of Marquez's behavior in Phillip Island and Malaysia. Everyone was obviously onto the Spaniard.
Rossi may come out of this season as the "People's Champion" but how he thought it a good idea to continue to pound on it leading into the final race where he knew his only chance was a an honest race by Marquez, more of a mystery.
A self fulfilling prophecy.
MotoGP is the big loser despite the enormous interest in today's race. There will forever be an asterisk next to Lorenzo's third title, mud on Marquez, regret for Rossi and a question for all fans:
How amazing would the season finale had been as a straight fight?
There is much killing to be done.
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What happened in Assen? Rossi, 20 seasons of racing and many similar moves under his belt, knew Marquez would try on the final corner and put himself in a position where Marquez could do nothing but bump him. In essence he played the youngster for a sucker, humiliated him and got the win.
This is the root of the current saga.
Marquez has been resentful ever since, his riding in 2015 has been inconsistent, his championship hopes evaporated. The Spaniard has been plotting his revenge: Rossi would not win his 10th championship, Marquez would do whatever he could to help fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo catch and beat "the Doctor".
Last month at Phillip Island, Marquez put his plan into action. He let Lorenzo go and started slowing Rossi and Ducati's Andrea Iannone. Lap charts showed Marquez riding consistently 1 second a lap slower than his usual pace when in front of Rossi and Iannone, only to speed up when behind.
On the final lap, he was able to pass both Iannone and Lorenzo with ease. The reason why he did not let Lorenzo win? A number of past GP riders have said it was not to give away the game.
Rossi, saw all of this coming and launched the accusation on the eve of the Malaysian race. "Marquez will deliberately try to help Lorenzo". Headlines across the planet.
In retrospect not the best move for Rossi because it only helped to provoke Marquez and make Spanish media bristle.
Come race day, Valentino's predictions come true, Marquez after letting Lorenzo go in the lead does everything he can to stay ahead of Rossi. At this point Marquez is not in contention for the championship any longer so his manic riding has only one goal.
The insane battle between Rossi and Marquez culminated with a frustrated Rossi leading the Honda rider wide, Marquez responding by leaning into him with his helmet and body before falling.
Rossi was penalized, three points taken away and condemned to start the title deciding race this week end from the back of the grid.
These pieces of film have been subjected to Zapruder level of scrutiny in the past weeks. Most commentary has not been kind to Marquez. It's obvious from overhead shots Rossi did not kick him as claimed and that Marquez leaning in was the reason for the fall.
It has not stopped much of the Spanish media from losing the plot or Repsol from issuing statements about quitting MotoGP sponsorship if Rossi was not punished and Honda claiming it had proof Rossi kicked Marquez' front brake lever causing the fall (even though there was a brake guard in place!).
But possibly worst of all, Jorge Lorenzo first gave his teammate the thumbs down on the podium and later asked for stiffer punishment. Very convenient.
There is much killing to be done.
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Homeland Security claimed it had "dropped the plans at an early stage"
Steve Watson
Aug 17, 2012
Newly released documents clearly show that the The Homeland Security Department continued to pursue a mobile surveillance program, moving radiation firing body scanners out of airports and into streets and shopping malls, despite claiming it has dropped the plans altogether.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) yesterday released the documents, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, showing that the DHS was still operating the program in March 2011, just two days prior to claiming it had "dropped the projects in a very early phase after testing showed flaws".
Previous EPIC FOIA work produced records showing that the DHS is actively moving to install radiation firing scanners in all manner of public places,
The technologies include "intelligent video," backscatter x-ray, Millimeter Wave Radar, and Terahertz Wave, and could be deployed at subway platforms, sidewalks, sports arenas, and shopping malls.
EPIC filed a specific lawsuit against the DHS for attempting to keep the program secret.
EPIC's suit asked a federal court to order disclosure of nearly 1,000 pages of additional records detailing the controversial program – records the agency repeatedly refused to make public, despite freedom of information requests and appeals over the course of several months.
The lawsuit points to an agency under the DHS umbrella, the Science and Technology Directorate, which has released only 15 full pages of documents on the mobile scanners, whilst heavily redacting another 158 pages and withholding 983 pages of documents.
In February 2011, EPIC discovered (PDF) that the DHS had paid contractors "millions of dollars on mobile body scanner technology that could be used at railways, stadiums, and elsewhere" on crowds of moving people.
According to the documents obtained by EPIC, the Transport Security Agency plans to expand the use of these systems to peer under clothes and inside bags away from airports.
The documents included a "Surface Transportation Security Priority Assessment" [PDF] which revealed details of conducting risk assessments and possible implementation of body scanners in "Mass transit, commuter and long-distance passenger rail, freight rail, commercial vehicles (including intercity buses), and pipelines, and related infrastructure (including roads and highways), that are within the territory of the United States."
The DHS maintained that it had discontinued the program, but refused to provide the proof, invoking several FOIA exemption clauses, ironically including one that cited "invasion of personal privacy".
EPIC also noted that the DHS has actively deployed "mobile body scanner technology in vans that are able to scan other vehicles while driving down public roadways."
"These vans, known as 'Z Backscatter Vans,' are capable of seeing through vehicles and clothing and routinely store the images that they generate." EPIC's lawsuit notes.
As we previously reported, while the focus remained on the TSA's use of naked body scanners at airports, the feds had already purchased hundreds of x-ray scanners mounted in vans that were being used to randomly scan vehicles, passengers and homes in complete violation of the 4th amendment and with wanton disregard for any health consequences.
WSBTV reported on once instance of the mobile scanners being used to check trucks for explosive devices at an internal checkpoint set up by Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, and the TSA. Officials admitted there was no specific threat that justified the checkpoint, and although it was labeled a "counter-terror operation," the scans were also being conducted in the name of "safety".
EPIC will continue to pursue the case in an attempt to discover whether the DHS still plans to roll out mobile body scanners across America.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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With MVVM (Model, View, View-Model) patterns, and techniques like the Universal apps work on Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1, code sharing can get up into the high 90% for some kinds of apps. However, even for simple apps you've still got to create a custom native view for each platform. This is desirable in many cases, but for some app it's just boring, error prone, and tedious. Xamarin announced Xamarin.Forms today which (in my words) effectively abstracts away native controls to a higher conceptual level. This, to my old eyes, is very similar to the way I wrote code in Java back in the day - it was all done in a fluent code-behind with layouts and flows. You create a control tree. "Xamarin.Forms is a new library that enables you to build native UIs for iOS, Android and Windows Phone from a single, shared C# codebase. It provides more than 40 cross-platform controls and layouts which are mapped to native controls at runtime, which means that your user interfaces are fully native." What's interesting about this, to me, is that these "control/concepts" (my term) are coded at a high level but rendered as their native counterparts. So a "tab" in my code is expressed in its most specific and native counterpart on the mobile device, rather than as a generic tab control as in my Java example. Let's see an example. My buddy from Xamarin, James Montemagno, a fellow Chipotle lover, put together the ultimate cross-platform Hanselman application in a caffeinated late night hack to illustrate a few points for me. This little app is written in C# and runs natively on Windows Phone, Android, and iOS. It aggregates my blog and my tweets. Here is the menu that switches between views: And the code that creates it. I've simplified a little for clarity, but the idea is all MVVM:public HomeMasterView(HomeViewModel viewModel) { this.Icon = "slideout.png"; BindingContext = viewModel; var layout = new StackLayout { Spacing = 0 }; var label = new ContentView { Padding = new Thickness(10, 36, 0, 5), BackgroundColor = Color.Transparent, Content = new Label { Text = "MENU", Font = Font.SystemFontOfSize (NamedSize.Medium) } }; layout.Children.Add(label); var listView = new ListView (); var cell = new DataTemplate(typeof(ListImageCell)); cell.SetBinding (TextCell.TextProperty, HomeViewModel.TitlePropertyName); cell.SetBinding (ImageCell.ImageSourceProperty, "Icon"); listView.ItemTemplate = cell; listView.ItemsSource = viewModel.MenuItems; //SNIP listView.SelectedItem = viewModel.MenuItems[0]; layout.Children.Add(listView); Content = layout; } Note a few things here. See the ListImageCell? He's subclassed ImageCell, which is a TextCell with an Image, and setup data binding for the text and the icon. There's recognition that every platform will have text and an icon, but the resources will be different on each. That's why the blog and Twitter icons are unique to each platform. The concepts are shared and the implementation is native and looks native. That's the UI side, on the logic side all the code that loads the RSS feed and Tweets is shared across all three platforms. It can use async and await for non-blocking I/O and in the Twitter example, it uses LinqToTwitter as a PCL (Portable Class Library) which is cool. For RSS parsing, it's using Linq to XML.private async Task ExecuteLoadItemsCommand() { if (IsBusy) return; IsBusy = true; try{ var httpClient = new HttpClient(); var feed = "http://feeds.hanselman.com/ScottHanselman"; var responseString = await httpClient.GetStringAsync(feed); FeedItems.Clear(); var items = await ParseFeed(responseString); foreach (var item in items) { FeedItems.Add(item); } } catch (Exception ex) { var page = new ContentPage(); var result = page.DisplayAlert ("Error", "Unable to load blog.", "OK", null); } IsBusy = false; } And ParseFeed:private async Task<List<FeedItem>> ParseFeed(string rss) { return await Task.Run(() => { var xdoc = XDocument.Parse(rss); var id = 0; return (from item in xdoc.Descendants("item") select new FeedItem { Title = (string)item.Element("title"), Description = (string)item.Element("description"), Link = (string)item.Element("link"), PublishDate = (string)item.Element("pubDate"), Category = (string)item.Element("category"), Id = id++ }).ToList(); }); } Again, all shared. When it comes time to output the data in a List on Windows Phone, Android, and iPhone, it looks awesome (read: native) on every platform without having to actually do anything platform specific. The controls look native because they are native. Xamarin.Forms controls are a wrapper on native controls, they aren't new controls themselves. Here's BlogView. Things like ActivityIndicator are from Xamarin.Forms, and it expresses itself as a native control.public BlogView () { BindingContext = new BlogFeedViewModel (); var refresh = new ToolbarItem { Command = ViewModel.LoadItemsCommand, Icon = "refresh.png", Name = "refresh", Priority = 0 }; ToolbarItems.Add (refresh); var stack = new StackLayout { Orientation = StackOrientation.Vertical, Padding = new Thickness(0, 8, 0, 8) }; var activity = new ActivityIndicator { Color = Helpers.Color.DarkBlue.ToFormsColor(), IsEnabled = true }; activity.SetBinding (ActivityIndicator.IsVisibleProperty, "IsBusy"); activity.SetBinding (ActivityIndicator.IsRunningProperty, "IsBusy"); stack.Children.Add (activity); var listView = new ListView (); listView.ItemsSource = ViewModel.FeedItems; var cell = new DataTemplate(typeof(ListTextCell)); cell.SetBinding (TextCell.TextProperty, "Title"); cell.SetBinding (TextCell.DetailProperty, "PublishDate"); cell.SetValue(TextCell.StyleProperty, TextCellStyle.Vertical); listView.ItemTapped += (sender, args) => { if(listView.SelectedItem == null) return; this.Navigation.PushAsync(new BlogDetailsView(listView.SelectedItem as FeedItem)); listView.SelectedItem = null; }; listView.ItemTemplate = cell; stack.Children.Add (listView); Content = stack; } Xamarin Forms is a very clever and one might say, elegant, solution to the Write Once, Run Anywhere, AND Don't Suck problem. What's nice about this is that you can care about the underlying platform when you want to, and ignore it when you don't. A solution that HIDES the native platform isn't native then, is it? That'd be a lowest common denominator solution. This appears to be hiding the tedious and repetitive bits of cross-platform multi-device programming. There's more on Xamarin and Xamarin Forms at http://xamarin.com/forms and sample code here. Check out the code for the Hanselman App(s) at https://github.com/jamesmontemagno/Hanselman.Forms. About Scott Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author. About Newsletter Sponsored By Hosting By Comments [91] Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or use the Permalink


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During the summer months at Mono Lake millions of alkaliflies cluster along the shore and on this tufa tower.Photo courtesy of Chris McCreedy.
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As I write, the phalaropes—minus the few that foddered falcons—are 3,000 miles away in South America, where they are cavorting with flamingoes on saline lakes high in the Andes. Yet somehow the paths they travel, while beyond human design, are parallel with our own. They have as much right to be here as we do—not because they are useful or beautiful, but because they are kin.
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Mono Lake, Autumnal Equinox, 1987
Despite Lee Vining's tiny little airstrip, the Mono Basin has probably the busiest international airport in California with millions of birds arriving and departing between mid-summer and fall. A vital stop on the Pacific Flyway, migrating Eared Grebes, Wilson's Phalaropes, and Red-necked Phalaropes are among the most common of the nearly 100 species of birds that are found around Mono Lake. Why Mono Lake? By mid-summer abundant alkali flies and brine shrimp provide an endless food supply for migrating birds (click here for a bird list). Stream delta, and near-shore wetland habitat also provide good bird habitat.
If you visit a beach in California and you see a California Gull, there's a high probability it hatched at Mono Lake. By late spring anywhere from 44,000 to 65,000 California Gulls arrive to breed on Mono's lesser-known islands. Mono Lake is home to one of the largest California Gull rookeries in North America (Great Salt Lake is the largest). The majority of gulls used to nest on Negit Island, the black cinder cone island to the north of Paoha. In 1979 water diversions lowered the lake level to a point where a landbridge emerged connecting Negit Island with the mainland. Hungry coyotes made easy prey of gull chicks, and the adults abandoned the island. Today the majority of California Gulls nest on the small islets neighboring Negit Island's north shore. A few gulls also nest on the Paoha islets, near Paoha's west shore. The gulls avoid Paoha Island entirely. As of 1999, with the rising lake, gulls began returning to Negit Island, their primary, native nesting grounds. Click here to read an article about California Gulls.
Of all the birds that come to Mono Lake, the Wilson's Phalarope stands out as the hardiest traveler. These small shorebirds, not much larger than a fist, arrive at Mono Lake in mid-summer after breeding in the northern US and southern Canada. At Mono Lake they molt their feathers and double their weight after several weeks. By the middle of September they have mysteriously disappeared. Leaving in stages during the cover of darkness, they depart for a journey that takes them all the way to South America. The fact that these birds fly over 3,000 non-stop miles to South America is amazing enough, but what is truly astonishing is how fast these little birds reach their destination—-an unbelievable three days!
Move over Las Vegas—-one of the greatest conventions in North America takes place on Mono Lake!
The Eared Grebe, a diving, duck-like bird that spends its entire life on water, arrives at Mono Lake in greater numbers than any other species. Aerial surveys have revealed 1.5–1.8 million birds on the lake in the fall—-comprising a large portion of North America's population. Mono Lake provides a tasty staging area for these water-bound birds as they feast on brine shrimp. The grebes double, and in some cases nearly triple their weight after gorging themselves on shrimp (but isn't that what conventions are all about?). Many grebes end up getting too fat to fly, and must lose weight before departing for winter destinations.
Mono Lake is a small, vital part of the big migration picture. Because large numbers of phalaropes, gulls, and grebes depend on the lake, along with approximately 100 species of other birds, Mono Lake was designated as a part of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN). WHSRN is a collection of critical migratory bird habitats in North and South America. Birds like the Wilson's Phalarope depend on Mono Lake as well as Great Salt Lake, and a host of other lakes in South America for their survival. Mono Lake is twinned with Great Salt Lake in Utah and Mar Chiquita in Argentina because of their combined role in providing critical habitat for Wilson's Phalaropes. If you explore some of the less-visited stretches of Mono Lake during shorebird migration you may see for yourself the lake's importance to birds—-American Avocets, Western and Least Sandpipers, Snowy Plovers, White-faced Ibises, Dowitchers, along with the occasional rare appearances of Whimbrels, Baird's Sandpipers, Sabine's Gulls, Black Terns, and Parasitic Jaegers.
The data is incomplete, but there is evidence to suggest that Mono Lake once hosted nearly a million ducks as recently as 1948. Nearly 40 years later in 1986, only 14,000 could be counted. Water diversions to Los Angeles radically changed waterfowl habitat in the Mono Basin. This combined with loss of habitat throughout North America helped reduce waterfowl populations over the decades. Restoration of waterfowl habitat in the Mono Basin may bring increased numbers of migrating ducks, but will we ever see the numbers of the past? Today you can still see a wide variety of waterfowl at Mono Lake, mostly in the fall. Canada Geese, Mallards, Northern Shovelers, Northern Pintails, Gadwalls, Ruddy Ducks, Cinnamon Teals, and Green-winged Teals are locally common around the lake. If you take some time to explore off the beaten path you may encounter the occasional Bufflehead, Lesser Scaup, Snow Goose, or even migrating Tundra Swans in the late fall.
The Mono Basin is home to millions of birds representing over 300 species. Most are migratory, and over 100 species nest here as well. The Mono Basin watershed has a variety of habitats, and each supports its own collection of bird species--as well as birds commonly seen throughout the basin. Green-tailed Towhees can be seen in the vast sagebrush plains around Mono Lake. Yellow Warblers can be found along the creeks, with the densest population in the state in the Rush Creek Bottomlands. Osprey are fish-eating hawks and can be seen fishing in freshwater streams and lakes and nesting on tufa towers in Mono Lake.
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The Bells of Saint John has picked up an additional 176,000 time-shifted Australian viewers, giving it a final, or consolidated, ratings average of 932,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. This was the second largest number of time-shifted viewers for a program broadcast on Sunday 31 March (after Elementary with 183,000 time-shifted viewers). The final or consolidated ratings includes all 'time-shifted' viewers who record the program and watch it within a week.
Based on these final figures, Bells was the top rating drama of the day, the top-rating ABC program of the day and the fourth highest rating program of the day overall (this compares to it being the eighth highest rating program based on its overnight figures of 757,000 viewers). These ratings do not include regional viewers.
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Rugby Canada is proud to once again host the Canadian Rugby Championship Under 19 tournament, this year in St. John's in Newfoundland. The tournament will take place over the course of 5 days from July 16th to the 20th at the Swilers Rugby Club.
This year's contest features five regional teams from across Canada: the Ontario Blues, BC Bears, Prairie Wolf Pack, Atlantic Rock and Lower Canada Voyageurs.
Last year's champions the BC Bears will be looking to defend their title after having beat the Wolf Pack in the final 15-13. Meanwhile the Atlantic Rock will be looking to make a big impact after being absent from the 2013 competition.
The Under 19 Canadian Rugby Championship is the premier youth rugby division in Canada, featuring some of Canada's most talented players. The tournament serves as a feeder to the Senior Men's Canadian Rugby Championship as well as to the National U20 Men's Team.
Entry to the event is free, see full match schedule here.
There will be two matches played a day, meaning all teams will have a singular bye day. The Swilers Rugby Club is located at: 100 Crosbie Rd, St John's, NL A1E 3Y3.
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Sound Session #322 (7-31-11)
As I was trying to think of a topic for this week's SNSS wrap up, I couldn't really get past the shocking realization that it's already…August. How…does…this…happen? Wasn't it just New Year's?
Eh well…time is flying and we're here to provide the soundtrack for your rapidly moving life. Episode #322 features new tracks from Smoke DZA, Chevy Woods, Inc., Hassaan Mackey, Wordsworth, Charlie Smarts, and one of my favorite mini-sets in quite some time: a 4 song block of Toronto's finest. Between Drake, Shad, Kardinal Offishall, and Purple HeArts (well, The Weeknd too, but we didn't spin him this show), the T-Dot is responsible for all my favorite music from artists not named Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Dom Kennedy, and Big K.R.I.T. right now. Must be something in the water up there…or the lack of a debt ceiling.
Rock to it.
Show #322 (7-31-11)
- Jay-Z & Kanye West – "Otis"
- Thurz – "Dope"
- Smoke DZA ft. Bun B & Big K.R.I.T. – "On The Corner"
- Chevy Woods ft. Mac Miller – "The Drive"
- Kendrick Lamar ft. BJ The Chicago Kid – "Kush & Corinthians"
- Dom Kennedy – "Graduate"
- Grynch – "Mister Rogers" (Local Music)
- Drake – "Headlines"
- Shad – "Flawless"
- Kardinal Offishall – "Ol' Time Killin', Pt. 2 (Anywhere)"
- Purple HeArts – "ReMinder Smiles"
- Frank Ocean – "Thinking About You"
- Inc. – "Swear"
- Rapsody – "Sweetest Hangover"
- The Physics – "Delusions Of Grandeur" (Local Music)
- DOOMSTARKS – "Victory Laps"
- Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown ft. Finale – "Higher"
- Roc Marciano – "Momma Told Me"
- John Crown ft. Action Bronson – "Like This" (Local Music)
- Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar – "Hood Gone Love It"
- A Tribe Called Quest – "Buggin' Out" (Throwback of the Week)
- Charlie Smarts – "Tony Robbins"
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Well, this should make things interesting.
Downton Abbey is promoting Lily James, who played Lady Violet's troublemaking great niece Rose, to a series regular for Season 4, Entertainment Weekly reports.
Downton Abbey and more of TV's most heartbreaking deaths
As fans may recall, Rose sneaked away from the Crawleys while in London so she could hang out with a married man. The little escapade was covered up from most of the family, but the Dowager Countess sussed it out and sent Rose back to her parents in Scotland. James, 23, will help fill the void left by cast members Jessica Brown-Findlay (Lady Sybil) and Dan Stevens (Matthew), both of whom exited this past season. In the Season 3 finale, Rose's mean mother gave Rose the OK to move to Downton, at least for a little while.
Among other new faces set to pop up in Season 4 is that of Lady Mary's new love interest, a role which has not yet been cast.
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I am totally in love with this ad for the Fun Stuf Electro Genic Arm, obviously a toy made to cash in on the popularity of Steve Austin, it's just piece of plastic with a circuit sticker on it that a child uses to simulate that they're bionic
That is what's so incredibly cool about this toy, I can imagine spending hours with this thing pretending to be a cyborg until I broke it and well, moved on to the next thing.
(Note the mention of "He" in this ad, guess Funstuf never heard of the Bionic Woman, back to your easy bake ovens girls, Funstuf doesn't want your money. )
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Will Arnett has filed for divorce from Amy Poehler more than 18 months after the comedians announced their separation, according to court records.
Will filed a divorce petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on April 8 citing irreconcilable differences. His filing seeks joint custody of the pair's two sons, who are aged three and five.
The actors announced they were separating in September 2012 after nine years of marriage.
They were married in 2003 and have maintained successful careers, with Amy starring in NBC's Parks And Recreation and Will starring in CBS' series The Millers.
The court filing was first reprted by People magazine.


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Everyone know these sets are $20 on BF ...errrr thursday?
I'd rather have paid full price and just sit at home enjoying 2 ships for $20 a pop.If one Mando shuttle's important enough for you to rush out on Thanksgiving night, just to save $20, I think that's pretty nutty to be honest. Then again I didn't have Ani's ship so maybe I'm biased since I viewed it as 2 ships for $20 rather than 1 for $40... Then again if you want the Mando shuttle that bad, is $40 even a ripoff to you?The whole thing of stores opening on Thanksgiving is a shame, to me. I'd rather be home.
These babies look great with my Mando army! I'm glad to finally have my Mando collection completed. Hopefully Hasbro is kind enough to release the Mandalorian Starfighter at some point, as it would compliment the shuttle nicely.
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Dear Sam.
I just received your letter and am very glad to know you passed the examination. I hope your arch wont hold you back. As for your weight that is all right. Uncle Al only weighs 111 and I weigh 105. You have gone along fine so far in training and promotion so don't quit. I addressed a card to you last night but Bert carried it in his pocket all night. After this I must tend to the mail myself.
When I wrote your last letter I send a card too because I had no stamps. When little Mary mailed it she only put a 1 cent stamp on. I went down to the post office to see about it and he said it must have gone. If you don't get it from the top Sergent it might be at the post office down there. My name was on the back of it but it didn't come back.
I said in my other letter about the time Liggetts is having out to Braves field. There is a couple of girls who are not going and I'm going to get their tickets for Bert and Lena. I asked Pa if he could go but he said he would be working that night and couldn't get off. He has his hours changed on account of the vacations. It will be just the kind of a show he would enjoy seeing. He may try to get off though.
You told me you were going to send home your mail that you were saving and I've been looking for the parcel. Did the storm hurt that? I've got quite a bunch of mail from you and I've saved it all.
Mary and Lena have gone out to do the shopping and I'm minding the beans. Mary and I are going to the movies tonight, up the Hurst's and see Mutt & Jeff in movie cartoons. Lena paid your insurance yesterday. Jim Coyne is in Co. H. You asked on Lena's postal if we could read them. Yes it don't make any difference how small it is as long as the writing is plain. I have a good eyesight and have read every word on them so far. I must hurry up with this letter and set the table. It is Sat afternoon and beleive me its lonesome here, too. I had the bathroom all to myself and no one to hit my nose or bother me.
I hope the rumor that says you are coming home for the 12th of Oct is true. Did you kiss the other soldiers as Mary told you to and keep the big ones for yourself. Well I must close as the paper is full. Hoping this finds you well I remain.
With Love from all
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For teachers, counselors and parents, this comprehensive new resource is filled with up-to-date information and practical strategies to help kids with attention deficits learn to control and change their own behaviors and build the academic, social, and personal skills necessary for success in school and in life. The Kit first explains ADD/ADHD behavior, its biological bases and basic characteristics and describes procedures used for diagnosis and various treatment options. It then details a proven set of training exercises and programs in which teachers, counselors and parents work together to monitor and manage the child's behavior to achieve the desired results.
Best Friends, Worst Enemies brings to life the drama of childhood relationships, guiding parents to a deeper understanding of the motives and meanings of social behavior. Here you will find penetrating discussions of the difference between friendship and popularity, how boys and girls deal in unique ways with intimacy and commitment, whether all kids need a best friend, why cliques form and what you can do about them.
Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our "two minds" — the rational and the emotional" — and how they together shape our destiny.
Remember the kids who just didn't fit in? Maybe they stood too close, or talked too loud. Whatever the reason, we called them hurtful names, and they never understood why. Now, clinical psychologists Duke and Nowicki call these children "dyssemic," and offer some ideas of how to help them. Dyssemic children cannot readily comprehend nonverbal messages, much as dyslexics do not correctly process the written word. Yet nonverbal communication plays a vital role in our communication with others, and children who misunderstand or misuse it may face painful social rejection. In Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In, Duke and Nowicki show parents and teachers how to assess the extent of a child's problem, as well as how to help the dyssemic child.
Practical and comprehensive, this book focuses on the nuts and bolts of designing positive behavior support plans for students with such disabilities as mental retardation, autism, learning disabilities, and emotional/behavioral disorders. Strategies are provided for addressing individual behavioral problems at all levels of severity. Filled with illustrative examples, the book shows how to conduct a functional assessment and develop an overall support plan, using a team-based approach.
As any parent, teacher, coach, or caregiver of a learning disabled child knows, every learning disability has a social component. The ADD child constantly interrupts and doesn't follow directions. The child with visual-spatial issues loses his belongings. The child with a nonverbal communication disorder fails to gesture when she talks. These children are socially out of step with their peers, and often they are ridiculed or ostracized for their differences. A successful social life is immeasurably important to a child's happiness, health, and development.
Richard Bolless What Color Is Your Parachute? has helped millions of readers find their path in life, and now his Creative Approach to Job-Hunting is brought to bear on the specific challenges faced by job hunters with disabilities. In Job-Hunting for the So-Called Handicapped, Bolles and Dale Susan Brown guide readers through the often-frustrating, but ultimately rewarding process of securing independence in their lives and personal satisfaction in their careers. The authors begin by demystifying the intricacies of the ADA, describing in clear terms what the act does and does not guarantee disabled job hunters, and then move on to job-hunting strategies tailored specifically to people with disabilities.
Executive functions are the cognitive skills that help us manage our lives and be successful. Children with weak executive skills, despite their best intentions, often do their homework but forget to turn it in, wait until the last minute to start a project, lose things, or have a room that looks like a dump! The good news is that parents can do a lot to support and train their children to manage these frustrating and stressful weaknesses.
This book uses the Building Blocks model. The Building Blocks model is practical, supported by research, and easy to implement. It identifies ten areas important to school success (the building blocks), divided into three levels:
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Dale Borman Fink, the author of the only book on inclusion of youth with special needs in after school child care, now presents the first book to examine the experiences of children with disabilities participating in youth programs alongside their typical peers. Using a case study technique, he probes into the issues and dynamics that influence the increasing participation of kids with disabilities in such activities as Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and park and recreation programs.
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Dr. Anne Larsen of the HopeCollege faculty is co-editor of the book "Early Modern Women and Transnational Communities of Letters," published in November by Aldershot: Ashgate of Surrey, United Kingdom.
Larsen co-edited the book with Dr. Julie Campbell, who is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University of Charleston, Ill. Together they made a presentation on the book during a colloquium on Wednesday, March 31, at the Newberry Library, a preeminent humanities research and reference institution in Chicago, Ill.
"Early Modern Women and Transnational Communities of Letters" concentrates on cross-national communities of letters in countries such as Italy and France, the Low Countries, England and Scotland. It offers a comparative approach to early modern women's writings. Individual essays investigate women in diverse social classes and life stages ranging from mothers and siblings to nuns and celebrated writers and artists.
Asked in what ways the book fills a gap or a need in the field of early modern studies, Larsen explained that it situates early modern women as embedded in communities of like-minded men and women who collaborated with each other artistically and in response to the political, religious, and cultural pressures of the time. Women writers and artists were not the lone prodigies, alienated from family and friends that critics once purported them to be. They found inspiration and support from familial, religious and political networks, as well as coteries and literary / artistic circles. The book thus highlights connections between communities and crosses several kinds of borders - geographic, linguistic, political, and generic.
A second feature of the book is that just as early modern women functioned in several languages including Latin, Greek, and the vernaculars, French and Italian especially, so do the scholars who contributed the essays. Their familiarity with several languages enabled them to carry out extensive new archival work.
Larsen has published articles and book chapters on French Renaissance and 17th-century women writers; most recently, she is the editor and translator of "From Mother and Daughter: Poems, Dialogues, and Letters of the Dames des Roches" (University of Chicago Press, 2006) and co-editor of the "Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance: Italy, France, and England" (ABC-CLIO, 2007). She is currently investigating the letters of the 17th-century Dutch scholar Anna Maria van Schurman.


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PRINCE GEORGE — A young man from northern British Columbia on trial for the murders of three women and a 15-year-old girl can be linked to all four deaths through DNA evidence, including blood found on his belongings, in his apartment and on various weapons, the Crown told a jury on the first day of trial.
Crown counsel Joseph Temple opened the case Monday against 23-year-old Cody Legebokoff — who is facing four counts of first-degree murder — outlining in graphic detail how three of the alleged victims died, as well as explaining why the prosecution believes the man can also be linked to a fourth, whose body was never found.
The murder charges relate to 35-year-old Jill Stuchenko, 35-year-old Cynthia Maas, 23-year-old Natasha Montgomery, whose body was not recovered, and 15-year-old Loren Leslie.
Temple said Legebokoff, who is from Fort St. James, B.C., was a frequent user of cocaine and often sought the help of sex workers to obtain the drug. Legebokoff, his head shaved bald and wearing an oversized suit, sat expressionless as the Crown outlined its case.
Stuchenko, a mother of six who has been described as a talented singer, was last seen Oct. 9, 2009. She was reported missing later that month and her body was found, half buried in a gravel pit, on Oct. 26, Temple told the court. Stuchenko was a frequent user of cocaine who was involved in the sex trade, Temple said.
Temple said an autopsy revealed Stuchenko suffered multiple blows to her head, face and arms. Her DNA was found on blood stains on a carpet in a basement apartment where Legebokoff once lived and on a couch that had been at the apartment when he lived there, said Temple.
Vaginal and anal swabs of Stuchenko's body revealed DNA profiles matching Legebokoff, said Temple, as did testing of a clipping from one of Stuchenko's fingernails.
"The Crown will invite you to conclude that Cody Legebokoff murdered Jill Stuchenko," said Temple.
Maas was last seen on Sept. 10, 2010, leaving the home of acquaintances with an unidentified man, said Temple. Her body was found in a Prince George park nearly a month later, he said.
Temple told the court Maas died of blunt-force trauma to the head and penetrating wounds. She had a hole in her shoulder blade, a broken jaw and cheekbone, and injuries to her neck that might have been caused by someone stomping on it, he said.
Temple said experts conducted tests to determine what "tools" could be responsible for markings found during the autopsy.
"There is evidence that more than one tool was used to cause her injuries," said Temple.
Temple said Maas's DNA was later found on a sweater and a sock found in Legebokoff's truck, as well as a pickaxe tool and running shoes found in his apartment.
Montgomery was released from jail in the Prince George area on Aug. 19, 2010, and last seen either Aug. 31 or early Sept. 1 leaving a friend's house.
Montgomery's DNA was later found in blood stains and stains presumed to be blood located in 32 samples taken in Legebokoff's apartment, including on an axe, Temple said. Her DNA was also found on shorts that Legebokoff was wearing when he was arrested in November 2010, said Temple.
It was Leslie's death that eventually led to Legebokoff's arrest, said Temple.
Leslie was last seen Nov. 27, 2010.
Temple said she had met Legebokoff on a website called Nexopia, where Legebokoff used the name "1countryboy." Legebokoff first sent her a message on Nov. 1, 2010, and soon they were exchanging text messages offline, said Temple.
On the evening of Nov. 27, they exchanged text messages arranging to meet, said Temple, and Legebokoff agreed to bring alcohol. That evening, Leslie was seen at a school playground meeting a man wearing shorts and driving a pickup truck, said Temple.
Later that night, an RCMP officer spotted Legebokoff speeding out of a logging road and pulled him over, said Temple.
The officer saw blood on Legebokoff's chin, said Temple. When Legebokoff exited the truck, there was blood on his legs and shoes, as well as a puddle of blood on the floor of the truck, he said.
At first, Legebokoff claimed he was poaching, prompting the police to call in a conversation officer, who in turn followed tracks from Legebokoff's truck up the logging road to a gravel pit, said Temple.
Leslie's body was found in the pit, said Temple. Her pants were pulled down to her ankles, said Temple. An autopsy concluded she died of massive blows to her head, while she also had stab wounds to her neck.
Initially, Legebokoff claimed he was poaching and discovered the body by chance, said Temple.
He later told police he met Leslie online and they had sex, but he said Leslie began hitting herself and then used a knife and pipe wrench to hit herself in the face and stab herself in the neck, said Temple.
"The Crown will invite you to conclude that Cody Legebokoff murdered Loren Leslie."
Legebokoff has pleaded not guilty.
The Crown expects the trial will last six to eight months, hearing from roughly 100 witnesses.


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Yes, Virginia, There Really IS a Billionaire Boys Club
The second largest school district in the nation, Los Angeles Unified, is in the midst of what must surely be the costliest school board race ever.
This month we have seen report after report of billionaire donations rolling in, totaling almost $3 million. First we learned that Eli Broad and former Univision head Jerrold Perenchio had each pitched in $250,000. Then New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg dropped a cool million into the effort. Most recently, Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst lobby has added in their own quarter million.
The billionaire's money is being spent to pay for what the usually staid Los Angeles Times calls "junk ads," and "serious exaggeration and distortion."
The big concern among these "reformers," is apparently that the pace of charter school expansion might be slowed. They are also very focused on eliminating or weakening due process and seniority protections for teachers. And most of all, they want board members who will offer strong support to Superintendent John Deasy, a favorite of the Gates Foundation.
The teachers union, UTLA, is also supporting candidates in these races, though they do not have the money to match the "reform" slate. Robert Skeels is an education activist with strong grassroots connections. Steve Zimmer is a moderate, a former TFA teacher, and an incumbent on the board. He has been targeted because he has raised questions about the expansion of charter schools in the district.
Diane Ravitch's blockbuster book on education, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, featured a chapter entitled "The Billionaire Boys Club," about the alliance of wealthy philanthropists "investing" in market-driven education reform. But some writers have discounted such fears. Just this week, Sarah Reckhow wrote in Alexander Russo's This Week in Education blog,
I have studied and written about convergent grant-making among major philanthropists and efforts to influence federal policy. My research has shown that convergence and coordination among top education philanthropists has grown in the last decade. I worry about the consequences of this trend, and I think some of the policy priorities of major philanthropists are not well supported by research.
But I also worry that some recent critiques of education philanthropy overstate a top-down, secretive, and elite-driven perspective on policy-making in education, possibly to the point of conspiracy theorizing.
Alexander Russo has placed himself studiously above the battle over reform. A little more than a year ago he wrote a post in which he stated:
There's a strange dynamic going on inside the online education reform debate in which the well-funded reformers play the role of wimpy David and the scrappy traditional educators are Goliath.
By "traditional educators" he was referring to people like myself, Nancy Flanagan, teacherken and John Thompson, who have the nerve to object to the reforms preferred by the wealthy.
Russo closed that post by noting,
I'm not taking sides here as to who's more right or more wrong (most everyone's wrong, far as I'm concerned).
But Russo may be taking sides now.
On February 10, the Los Angeles Times reported on the big money flowing to "reformers," and described a new venture in advocacy "journalism."
Veteran journalist Jamie Alter Lynton also has donated $100,000 [to the Coalition for School Reform] She's married to Michael Lynton, chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Like Chernin, she's on the board of the fundraising nonprofit organized by Deasy.
Lynton's new venture, launched in August, is the L.A. School Report, which has covered the school board elections extensively. In a December editorial, she criticized the teachers union for opposing legislation that would speed up the dismissal of teachers accused of gross misconduct, faulting union leadership for continuing "to insist on sacrificing student well-being to protect even pedophiles."
And whom do we find now in Ms Lynton's publication, covering Los Angeles education from his vantage point in New York? None other than Alexander Russo.
Leonie Haimson, in the NY Public School Parents blog, points out that some of the well endowed have such strong feelings that they may be putting their non-profit status in jeopardy. She writes:
There also seems to be a lot of shady and unethical politicking going on in Los Angeles. The LA Fund for Public Education is a charitable non-profit, a 501C3 started in 2011 by Superintendent Deasy, apparently modeled after NYC's Fund for Public Schools, founded by Joel Klein. The LA Fund paid for several billboards featuring Garcia as a supporter of the arts in January and February of this year, just a few weeks before the election, until angry protests made them take the billboards down. As a 501C3, this organization is absolutely prohibited from any partisan political activity.
One does not need to be a "conspiracy theorist" to connect the dots here. We have a local school board race that has become the focus of a coordinated effort on the part of the wealthy advocates of corporate reform. This is no conspiracy. It is neither secret, nor is it illegal, thanks to rulings like Citizen's United (with the possible exception of those billboards). It is perfectly legal for billionaires to, in effect, buy up local school board races. And it is perfectly legal for them to hire "journalists" to write stories largely sympathetic to their point of view. Fortunately, it is also still legal for skeptics to point out all of the above, and suggest the voters of Los Angeles might want to think twice before they vote.
What do you think? Is there a coordinated effort on the part of wealthy elites to "reform" our schools? How should educators and voters respond?
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