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Bullying Must Stop
Safe and Healthy Schools
Community Colleges Summit
Labor-Management Collaboration
Alternate Assessments
Odds and Ends
Quote to Note
Upcoming Events
Bullying Must Stop
Last week, Secretary Duncan issued a statement on the recent deaths of two students.
"This week, we sadly lost two young men who took their own lives for one unacceptable reason: they were being bullied and harassed because they were openly gay, or believed to be gay. These unnecessary tragedies come on the heels of at least three other young people taking their own lives because the trauma of being bullied and harassed for their actual or perceived sexual orientation was too much to bear. This is a moment where every one of usparents, teachers, students, elected officials, and all people of conscienceneeds to stand up and speak out against intolerance, in all its forms. Whether it's students harassing other students because of ethnicity, disability, and religion or an adult, public official harassing the President of the University of Michigan student body because he is gay, it is time we as a country said enough. No more. This must stop."
A reminder: BullyingInfo.org is a "one-stop" site for parents, educators, and community members seeking federal resources on bringing bullying to an end.
Safe and Healthy Schools
The Department has awarded $38.8 million in Safe and Supportive Schools grants to 11 states to measure school safety at the building level and to help intervene in those schools with the greatest safety needs. The goal of these grants is to create and support safe and drug-free learning environments and to increase academic success for students in these high-risk schools. Funds may be used by the states to develop measurement systems to assess conditions for learning within individual schools, to make this information publicly available, and to implement interventions that address problems identified by the data.
The Department has also awarded $36.8 million in Carol M. White Physical Education Program grants to 77 school districts and community organizations to initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for students in grades K-12. Recipients must implement initiatives that help students make progress toward meeting their state standards for physical education. Recipients may provide equipment and core support for students to participate in physical education activities, as well as training for teachers and staff.
And, in a related act at the direction of the President, the Departments of Education and Justice officially launched the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, along with participating localities and other federal agencies. At a recent working session, teams from the cities of Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis (TN), Salinas (CA), and San Jose (CA) met with federal officials and each other to share experience and information about what works in preventing youth and gang violence. Participating cities have pledged to develop or enhance comprehensive plans to prevent youth and gang violence in their city, using multi-disciplinary partnerships, balanced approaches, and data-driven strategies.
Community Colleges Summit
On October 5, Dr. Jill Biden hosted the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges, bringing together community colleges, business, philanthropy, federal and state policymakers, faculty, and students to discuss how community colleges can help meet the education and job training needs of the nation's evolving workforce and the critical role these institutions play in achieving the President's goal of leading the world with the highest proportion of college graduates by 2020. "For years, I have said that community colleges are one of America's best-kept secrets," Dr. Biden noted in her opening remarks. "Well, with the President shining a light on us, I think that secret is out.... Community colleges are uniquely American, places where anyone who walks through the door is one step closer to realizing the American Dream. These schools are flexible and innovative. For that reason, many around the world are looking at community colleges as a model to increase workforce preparedness and college graduation among their own citizens." President Obama then emphasized the Administration's commitment to community colleges in his own remarks. "Last year, I promised that we would end wasteful subsidies to big banks for students loans and, instead, use that money to make college more affordable and to make a historic investment in community colleges," he stated. "We passed those reforms [known as the American Graduation Initiative], and, today, we're using this money towards the interest of higher education in America. This is helping us modernize community colleges at a critical time, because many of these schools are under pressure to cut costs and cap enrollments and scrap classes, even as the demand has soared. It's going to make it possible for colleges to better harness technology within the classroom and beyond. And, it's going to promote reform, as colleges compete for funds by improving graduation rates, matching courses to the needs of local businesses, and making sure that when a graduate is handed a diploma it means that he or she is ready for a career." (On the summit's web site, one can download fact sheets and a toolkit, read Dr. Biden's and the President's full speeches, and watch the opening and closing sessions.)
"This event is a moment to both celebrate the extraordinary accomplishments of community colleges and to take stock of and action on the challenges that lie ahead," Secretary Duncan offered in his remarks. "Working with modest resources, community colleges now educate almost half of all college students. And, about half of all first-generation college students and minority students attend community colleges. It is a remarkable record. No other system of higher education in the world does so much to provide access and second-chance opportunities as our community colleges." Yet, he continued, there is work to be done. "Today, only one in four community college students earns a certificate or degree, or successfully transfers to universities. That has to change if our nation, our communities, and our students are to thrive and remain competitive in the knowledge economy." Concluding, he sees "two great challenges ahead." First, community colleges need to address the needs of older adults with limited college experience who are finding it increasingly difficult to find meaningful work in the information age. Second, there needs to be a systematic reorienting of the preK-16 system so that federal, state, district, and postsecondary programs do more to support earning a certificate or degree.
On the eve of the summit, at the start of a meeting of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, President Obama announced a new initiative to improve industry partnerships with community colleges. The Skills for America's Future will match up private employers with community colleges in every state to develop curricula and programs that will prepare graduates to excel in the workforce. The initiative already has the commitment of leaders, such as Walter Issacson (CEO of the Aspen Institute) and Penny Pritzker (CEO of Pritzker Realty Group), to advance this effort, and leading companies, such as Accenture, Gap, McDonald's, PG&E, and United Technologies, have already agreed to participate.
Labor-Management Collaboration
This week, at an event celebrating collaboration and resulting education reforms in Hillsborough County, Florida, Secretary Duncan, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, and National Education Association (NEA) President Dennis Van Roekel announced their plans to convene a national education conference regarding labor-management collaboration early next year, to highlight progressive collective bargaining agreements across the country and promote opportunities for labor and management to forge reforms at the state and district level. The gathering will include the participation of national, state, and local union leadership, as well as school superintendents and school boards throughout the nation. Some recent examples of progressive labor-management agreements are New Haven (CT), Denver, Delaware, Evansville (IN), Baltimore, Montgomery County (MD), Detroit, and Pittsburgh (PA).
Alternate Assessments
One month after awarding Race to the Top Assessment program grants for general state assessments, the Department awarded grants to two consortia of states to develop a new generation of alternate state assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The new assessments will be designed for a wide range of students with such disabilities and aligned with the common set of college- and career-ready standards that were worked out by governors and Chief State School Officers and have been adopted by 36 states and the District of Columbia. They will assess knowledge of reading and math in grades 3-8 and one grade in high school. The grants were awarded to the National Center and State Collaborative Partnership, a consortium of 18 states, the District of Columbia, and Pacific Rim territories led by the University of Minnesota, and the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System Consortium, a group of 11 states led by the University of Kansas. Assessments should be ready for use by the 2014-15 school year.
Odds and Ends
The Department has released a new video on Forest Heights Academy of Excellence in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, an award-winning public magnet school combining the art of learning with the learning of art. Students have the opportunity to study visual arts, instrumental music, vocal music, dance, and drama. Students also learn language, math, science, and social studies through their study of the arts.
On October 2, Secretary Duncan addressed the American Bar Association's (ABA) Litigation Section, encouraging the attorneys "to think ambitiously about the role of litigators in public education. Serve your clients ably. But, respond to the higher calling of the law to address injustice and inequality."
Earlier, the Departments of Education and Justice reached an important settlement agreement with Boston Public Schools to ensure that the English language learners who attend local schools will no longer be denied language support services based on a system that did not accurately assess or provide for their needs.
On October 12, Secretary Duncan was in New Salem, North Dakota, to watch as students attended an anatomy class where a lead instructor teaches students in five schools, at once, using satellite TV. This is one way New Salem-Almont High School is using technology to overcome distance and boost access to quality instruction. The video technology empowers the different classrooms to see and hear one another, and students can interact with the teacher and each other.
How about some more higher education grants? The Department has awarded roughly $141 million to states to bolster college access and completion, some $18 million to institutions to expand their capacity to serve low-income students, and, following awards to both Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and American Indian Tribal Colleges and Universities, some $85 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to strengthen their facilities and programs to improve education for students.
Also, the Department awarded $19 million to help Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loan servicers retain and redeploy workers for new jobs.
In addition, the Department awarded the Tennessee Department of Education a $1.7 million grant to develop, implement, and evaluate middle and high school personal finance instructional materials and teacher training.
A behind-the-scenes video shows President Obama meeting with students from the education documentary "Waiting for Superman."
The Literacy Information and Communication System (LINCS) web site offers informative resources for the adult education and literacy community. Visit this site to access all of the publications and resources released by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), view archives of webcasts, and find many other helpful resources for adult and family literacy programs.
ScienceEducation.gov represents unification of federal agencies' science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational content, supporting both cyber-learning and open participation.
Quote to Note
"We have never before had more examples of success of community colleges boosting transfer and graduation rates with a certificate or degree; of schools building partnerships with industry that lead to real jobs; and of effective remedial instruction and online learning. But, our students and nation need success to be the norm, not a sometimes-thing. In the years ahead, the overarching aim for community colleges must be dramatically boosting college completion and success. This is not about tinkering. It's about transformation. This is not just about getting more students to enroll. It's about getting more students to graduation day. To meet the President's 2020 goal, we project all institutions of higher education will need to increase their college attainment numbers by 50% over the next decade."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (10/5/10), at the White House Summit on Community Colleges
Upcoming Events
On Monday (October 18), the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics will hold a National Education Summit, bringing together Administration officials and national Hispanic education, business, and community leaders to share their expertise and resources to assist communities in expanding education opportunities and improving education outcomes for Hispanic students. If you are in or near Washington, D.C., that day, there is still time to register to attend the summit in-person. If you are out of town, you can watch the summit live. Then, on Tuesday, October 19, President Obama will sign a new executive order to renew the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. The signing ceremony will be broadcast live.
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is the highest honor a K-12 math or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the U.S. The President officially names up to 108 teachers annually. Awards alternate between elementary and secondary teacherswith secondary teachers eligible in 2011and are given to teachers from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the outlying territories, and the Department of Defense schools. The deadline for nominations is April 1.
Next week, the Department will exhibit at the National Future Farmers of America Convention in Indianapolis (October 20-23) and send materials to the Council of the Great City Schools' Fall Conference in Tampa (October 20-24). If you are attending either of these events, please stop by the Department's booth or pick-up materials.
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Levi's Big Adventure
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Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay. -Robert Frost
I am a white American middle class suburban housewife trying desperately to tell herself that that is not who she is. One time I was a glowing young ruffian. Oh my God it was a million years ago.

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Message history is removed from the BlackBerry's internal memory after restarting your phone. If your chat history is not saved to a media card (SD card), it will be completely erased after restarting your phone. This is how the BlackBerry system is designed.
- Check your chat history settings.
- Check for problems on your media card.
- Attempt to recover your chat history.
Check your chat history settings
First, check that you have a media card in your BlackBerry (see this article for more information), then check your settings inside of WhatsApp to make sure they are correct:
- Open WhatsApp.
- Go to the Settings tab.
- Go to Media Settings.
- Make sure that Message History is set to Media Card.
Check for problems on your media card
If your Message History is already set to Media Card but your chats are still missing, there is likely a conflict between your media card and WhatsApp. To fix this, we recommend these steps:
- Make sure your media card is not full. You can check this in BlackBerry Media folder > button > Memory Use.
- Make sure your media card card is not set to read only (if you can save and edit files on your media card, it is not read only).
- Remove and reinsert your media card.
- Go to BlackBerry Options > Device > Storage, press the button, and then select Repair.
Attempt to recover your chat history
You may be able to recover some of your chat history on your SD card by restoring an older chat backup:
- Delete WhatsApp, then reboot your phone by removing the battery.
- After your phone restarts, open your BlackBerry Media folder.
- Press the button and choose Explore.
- Go to Media Card > databases > WhatsApp and find the file called messagestore.db.
- Rename that file to "123messagestore.db". This will prompt WhatsApp to restore the next most recent chat history that was saved. A new chat history backup is created every day.
- Reinstall WhatsApp.
We also recommend that you periodically export your chat history if you wish to have a copy of your important conversations outside of WhatsApp.
Note: It is not possible to restore chat history from another phone or from any exported chats.
Learn how to restore messages on: Android | iPhone | Windows Phone | Nokia S60 | BlackBerry 10
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Alaska economy faces a fork in the river
Sides form over building one of the world's largest gold and copper mines at the risk of destroying its longtime fishing industry.By Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 1, 2007
NONDALTON, ALASKA - Fly overhead in a bush plane -- there are no roads between native villages -- and marvel: Eight giant rivers braid across hundreds of miles of wetlands, carving cobalt ribbons through snow-coned mountains before emptying into Bristol Bay.
For more than a century, the wealth of this southwest Alaska watershed has sprung from the astonishing volume of salmon nurtured by those wild rivers. Bank-to-bank, gill-to-gill, tens of millions of silver-hued fish thrash upstream to spawn each year, unrestrained by dams, untainted by pollution.
It is the largest sockeye run in the world, accounting for more than a quarter of wild salmon harvested in the United States, feeding millions at a time when fisheries are dwindling across the globe.
But if fish have made the region's past and present fortune, the future sparkles with the promise of precious metal. Beneath the rolling tundra, straddling the headwaters of two of the watershed's most productive rivers, a Canadian company has discovered North America's biggest deposits of gold and copper, worth about $300 billion in today's soaring commodities markets.
The dilemma is whether Alaskans will have to choose between the two -- and whether the watershed, its fish and a host of other wildlife will be casualties of what could probably be one of the world's biggest mines. The project would entail five earthen dams, of which two would be bigger than China's Three Gorges Dam.
Fueled by daily pro and con advertising on Alaska television, the debate is engaging state and federal politicians, commercial fishermen, Eskimo and Indian villages, the international sportfishing community, environmental groups, major foundations and multinational conglomerates in a state that rarely turns down a major mine permit.
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. of Vancouver, Canada, and partly owned by London-based Rio Tinto, has already drilled hundreds of exploratory holes, some more than a mile deep, on state-owned land in what's known as the Pebble claim. London-based Anglo American, one of the world's largest mining companies, announced this summer that it would spend $1.4 billion for a 50% partnership to mine the metal.
Opponents say a proposed Pebble mine would destroy one of the planet's last sustainable fisheries, dry up spawning streams, and poison lakes and groundwater with acid runoff. Biologists have found that salmon's genetic radar, which enable the fish to return from the bay to the very streams where they were spawned, can be ruined by microscopic particles of copper dust.
And Bristol Bay's other wildlife -- including one of the world's largest brown bear populations, a 45,000-head Mulchatna caribou herd, moose, wolverines, beavers and eagles -- also depends on clean water.
Northern Dynasty officials scoff at what they call an alarmist campaign. "We know Bristol Bay is a sensitive area," said Sean Magee, vice president for public affairs. "But there've been tremendous changes in the mining industry in the past 25 years. These projects can be done safely now: Mining and fishing can coexist."
What is clear is that the mine -- wedged between Lake Clark and Katmai national parks -- would entail a staggering scale of industrialization.
If the full resource were developed, as much as 12 billion tons of earth would be excavated and milled to extract the tiny flecks of metal: about 82 million ounces of gold, 67 billion pounds of copper and 4 billion pounds of molybdenum.
Ten square miles of impoundments would fill two valleys, to store in perpetuity more than 2.5 billion tons of waste rock and toxic residue.
And to transport equipment and ore, a new 104-mile road would cut through undeveloped forest and wetlands, skirting Lake Iliamna, Alaska's largest body of fresh water. The lake is host to rare freshwater seals and is a primary spawning bed for sockeye, the red-fleshed salmon that are among the world's most prized eating fish.
And Pebble may be just the beginning.
Northern Dynasty's exploration has sparked a surge of claim-staking, with eight other companies asserting rights over more than 700 square miles nearby.This month, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will make a final decision on whether to allow hard-rock drilling on 3,300 square miles of federal land in the area.
"A massive mining district would carve the heart out of the watershed," said Richard Jameson, president of the Renewable Resources Coalition, a statewide anti-Pebble group, which is backing legislation and ballot measures to stop the mine.
Northern Dynasty's environmental studies won't be ready until 2009, and obtaining the 67 required state and federal permits could take three more years. But already, Magee said, "Debate is at fever pitch."
Opponents are waging an uphill struggle. Because Pebble is on state land, the key decisions will come from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources whose commissioner, Tom Irwin, is a former mining executive and whose mission is to promote development.
"It's the fox guarding the chicken coop," said Norman Van Vactor, Bristol Bay manager for Peter Pan Seafoods, which operates the area's oldest cannery.
In the state capital this year, Northern Dynasty lobbyists beat back legislation that would have created a game refuge overlapping the mine site and would have barred polluting or diverting water from salmon streams. But the bills will be revived next year.
So far, Republican Gov. Sarah Palin has remained neutral. She has fished in Bristol Bay herself, and her husband fishes commercially. They named one of their daughters Bristol.
The outcome may hinge less on environmental values than on which economic resource Alaskans value most.
"You can't eat gold," says Robin Samuelsen, a commercial fisherman and chief of the Curyung Tribal Council in Dillingham, the region's principal town.
Bristol Bay's fishery, with $450 million in annual economic benefits, employs 10,000 people in seasonal jobs, including 6,800 fishermen. And it could grow in value: Because contaminants in farmed seafood have come to light, consumers are increasingly turning to wild salmon for health benefits and its superior taste.
This time of year, the rivers that feed Bristol Bay are bedecked with racks of drying salmon, ready to be stored for the winter. In an area where imported food is prohibitively expensive, several thousand Athabaskan Indians and Yupik Eskimos depend on fish, moose, caribou, wild greens and berries.
"I'd rather eat porcupine than hamburger," says Jack Hobson, tribal council president of Nondalton, the village closest to the proposed mine. An Athabaskan outpost of about 220 residents, with its homes of weathered clapboard and corrugated steel, scattered along a dirt road, is plastered with anti-Pebble signs.
Hobson has been a vocal opponent of the mine since the Renewable Resources Coalition flew him and other native leaders to see mines in Nevada. There, he said, they saw landscape that looked like it had been "bombed" -- huge pits, contaminated water and depleted aquifers that have forced a local Indian tribe to truck in drinking water.
Northern Dynasty's helicopters, he said, have scared away caribou for the last two years, depriving villagers of a diet staple. Once the mine is built, he added, "dust will blow all over the plants and the animals will eat this stuff, and -- oh boy!"
The region's 50 commercial lodges are also threatened. The international sportfishing mecca attracts anglers who pay as much as $8,000 a week to fly in and cast for rainbow trout that measure up to 3 feet.
But mining would mean high-paying, steady jobs at a time when fish prices remain volatile and the North Slope oil that has buoyed the economy is dwindling.
Pebble would run for 50 to 80 years, said Bruce Jenkins, Northern Dynasty's chief operating officer, and "go a long way toward eradicating poverty in southwest Alaska forever."
In the last two years, Northern Dynasty has mounted a massive public relations campaign, helicoptering in nearly 1,000 politicians, business leaders, teachers and other influential Alaskans to the site.
The company has staged 800 presentations, in remote villages as well as in Anchorage, offering residents expense-paid trips. Tribal leaders have been hired as "community outreach people," and more than 120 local residents are on Northern Dynasty's payroll as $17-an-hour drill assistants, bear guards and other mine-related jobs.
Opponents accuse the company of buying influence, but Magee replies: "We don't apologize for hiring local people."
And opponents also have deep-pocket patrons, including Anchorage investor Robert B. Gillam, head of McKinley Capital Management Inc., who has a private lodge 24 miles from the Pebble claim. The foundation of another wealthy angler, Intel Corp. pioneer Gordon Moore, has awarded $5 million to local conservationists, including Earthworks, a Washington-based group organizing jewelers to boycott Pebble gold.
In Newhalen, a village of 120 on a windy promontory above Lake Iliamna, Ray Wassillie, the local tribal chief, has a part-time job as a fish observer, and his three sons are also employed by Northern Dynasty.
"No one else is offering our kids the opportunity to work," said Wassillie. Fewer young people in the village "are going to jail when they're doing nothing. Drugs and alcohol become a big part of life," he said.
Home heating fuel costs Wassillie $6,000 yearly, and gas to run his four-wheelers for subsistence hunting runs more than $5 a gallon. The bay's six-week fishing season "doesn't generate enough income for my living standards," he said.
Beyond the local economy, Northern Dynasty says, the mine will bring benefits to the nation. While critics say that gold -- 75% of which is used in jewelry -- is an unnecessary luxury, the company says the copper to be produced by the mine is "a strategic metal." U.S. copper imports are growing as voracious economies in China and India compete for metal.
But environmentalists, citing the web of interconnected streams, ponds and groundwater, say the risk is unacceptable. Salmon is the region's keystone species, food for bears, eagles -- and people. And as the fish decompose after spawning, their carcasses fertilize plants that nourish caribou and other wildlife.
Despite a rash of negative publicity, the company declines to rule out the use of cyanide, a toxin that helps extract metal from ore and has contaminated watersheds throughout the West.
The region is one of the most earthquake-prone areas on the globe, but Northern Dynasty counters that its dams would be engineered to withstand a 7.8-level quake.
"Most Americans will never get to Bristol Bay," said Brian Kraft, who owns a local fishing lodge and works for the conservation group Trout Unlimited. "But they see our bears playing in waterfalls on the Discovery Channel. They can experience the taste of wild salmon.
"They know that we can destroy places like this, but we can't create them."
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Judge Holwell on SAC Insider Trading Charges
Judge Richard Holwell, who presided over the Raj Rajaratnam trial, gives us his take on federal prosecutors claims that they've uncovered the most lucrative insider-trading scheme ever that implicated hedge-fund giant Steven A. Cohen.
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S 3711 - Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 - National Key Vote
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Title: Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006
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Vote to pass a bill that allows offshore oil and gas leasing in the 181 and 181 South areas within a year and plans to expand into the Eastern Planning, Central Planning and Western Planning areas at some future date.
- Permits anyone who has a prior lease in the regions where a moratorium on drilling until June 30, 2022 has been put in place to "exchange the lease for a bonus or royalty credit that may only be used in the Gulf of Mexico" (Sec. 4).
- Prevents any leasing, preleasing, or any related activity from occurring in the following areas until, at the earliest, June 30, 2022 (Sec. 4):
- Any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico;
- Any area in the Eastern Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of the State of Florida; and
- Any area in the Central Planning Area that is within 100 miles of Florida's coastline or outside of the 181 area.
- Requires 50 percent of the revenues from this project be deposited into the Federal Treasury and deposits the remaining 50 percent of the revenues into a special Treasury account, from which 75 percent will go to Gulf producing States (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas), and 25 percent will go to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (Sec. 5).
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - July 20, 2006
Title: Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006
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It's not just a young person who benefits from taking part in Scouting; parents and carers can also reap the rewards.
In an independent survey of over 2,000 parents of Scouts, nine out of ten parents said Scouting is worthwhile and nine in ten said their children find Scouting enjoyable.
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As your child progresses through Scouts you should be able to see signs of the impact their Scouting adventure has on them.
Parents tell us Scouting gives their children more confidence, responsibility and a broader set of friends. Scouting can help develop your child's social skills and encourage self-sufficiency, and gives them access to activities and opportunities that may have been otherwise unavailable to them.
A huge number of parents agreed that since their child joined Scouting family life was easier and they were 'nicer children to live with'.
'I think I probably wouldn't let Ella do as much as she does, but when I see her at Cubs, doing things for herself and her friends, I'm so impressed. It helps you step back and let them get on with it.'
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Starting age for Beavers is usually 6, but this will depend upon the Scout Group's own waiting list policies. Looking ahead, children can join Cubs from around the age of 8 and Scouts from 10 and a half. Explorer Scouting starts at 14 and runs until Scouts are 18.
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NHL, Union Have Contact, No Talks Scheduled
NEW YORK (AP) - With a lockout drawing ever closer, the NHL and its players' union are in touch with each other after a day of internal meetings.
But no new negotiating sessions are scheduled one day before Commissioner Gary Bettman has said he will lock out the players. This would be the NHL's fourth work stoppage since 1992.
On Thursday night, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly spoke to special counsel Steve Fehr, the brother of union executive director Donald Fehr. They did not, however, discuss a possible return to the bargaining table Friday.
The collective bargaining agreement expires at midnight EDT on Saturday. Bettman has said the season won't start without a new deal. Training camps are to open Sept. 21 and the season is to begin Oct. 11.


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Daly statement regarding new CBA proposalNHL.com @NHLdotcom
NEW YORK -- Bill Daly, Deputy Commissioner of the National Hockey League, released the following statement regarding a new proposal to reach a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the National Hockey League Players' Association:
"In light of media reports this morning, I can confirm that we delivered to the Union a new, comprehensive proposal for a successor CBA late yesterday afternoon. We are not prepared to discuss the details of our proposal at this time. We are hopeful that once the Union's staff and negotiating committee have had an opportunity to thoroughly review and consider our new proposal, they will share it with the players. We want to be back on the ice as soon as possible."


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Disclaimer: I may be a blogger, but I am in no way a super blogger. In fact, I blog when I want to write about something. Which for me, usually means I cannot force anything. I have to be somewhat inspired, or nothing is going to get written. Period. I would like to branch out into shorter, more frequent posts, but to be honest, it's just not my style - which is what I ADORE about blogging! I don't have to fit anyone's mold. I can be ME here, and if folks come to read it, fantastic...if not, I still have a place to exercise the writing demon, as it were, to let it out, before the pressure becomes too much for the host - most writers will know what I mean by this! Therefore, I am not speaking from a place that is seeking the designation - but I notice how many others should be considered for this honor based on their hard work, and who continue to be passed over.
In regards to Banai's post, I feel her frustration....not as one trying to be an "Official" blogger, but from a reader's perspective. I've been researching my family history and studying history for over 20 years, but I've been attending conferences for only about 5 years, and blogging for about 3 (2010). What I have observed has been both wonderful and perplexing.
When my adventure into blogging began, I was immediately enraptured by the concept! I love this creative space, and I LOVE reading the varied creative spaces of others! I began prior to this blog, in the library and gardening fields, but when I found the genealogy bloggers, I knew I was home. They were such an amazing group - unlike anything I had encountered before. And this group continues to amaze me! I learn from them at such an astounding rate. If something new comes out in our field, or if I need help with a tricky standard resource, the blogging community will usually have a post about it somewhere. This is something that I never want to see change - as they say, you are perfect the way you are - keep up the remarkable work!
However, the reaction to Banai's post has me a little concerned. As I have attended many national conferences these past few years (RootsTech twice in person - once virtually), I am one that loves reading the "Official" blog posts, and also, if there are any new "Official" bloggers, I love discovering these as well. But I understand the growing frustration over the same list being given to us as "Official" bloggers, year after year.
Here's why I too get a little frustrated:1. Hobby versus Profession: Let me begin by saying that those chosen are 90% awesome choices! The genealogy blogging community has produced several blogging "celebrities" who continue to rise in popularity and put so much time and work into what they are doing, that NO ONE can compete with this level of production or quality. These upper-crust bloggers deserve to be there, but they have gotten there from a dedication level that is on the professional side, and not the occasional/hobby blogger side. As much as I love Thomas MacEntee, he has admitted that this is a job for him (a job he is very passionate about and loves), he is a professional at this, and he is not alone in that role. Many of the high ranking bloggers are now full-time social media professionals. Most may still be approachable on a social level, but they operate at a different blogging level. Period.
2. Blogger versus Social Media Guru: One thing that Banai mentioned was the low number of blog posts and low session attendance because of the time pressures involved in interviews, pod-casting, video segments, Twitter, etc. (Reason given by the bloggers themselves) These are all wonderful, and I admit to using Twitter probably more than any of the Social Media tools out there....but hey, aren't "Official Bloggers" supposed to blog? I love the new video elements that are now easy and cost effective to produce, but to be honest, I'm not such a big fan of this new fad that is producing a gazillion new "interviews" in video format. I'm with Banai on this one: if you are an "Official Blogger", please attend a good portion of sessions and blog about what you learned or didn't learn. Staying in the exhibit hall and interviewing vendors is not really attending the conference, it's jumping on a band wagon that feels like pandering to a bigger crowd in the hopes of getting more "exposure". (Not talking about the video veterans out there that have been pioneering this wonderful element for years - I'm talking about the scads of copy-cats, or fantastic bloggers who think they have to rely on new video/interview segments to keep reader attention.)
3. Valuing Many Voices: Let's put aside the "celebrity" bloggers/Social Media gurus for a second and think about why we chose blogging to begin with. Our first love was sharing, both our experiences and stories, and thereby learning from each other. I love the welcoming community that developed from this genea-blogging journey! I have made so many amazing friends from this community, but it is sad to see the diverse voices not celebrated nor given the same opportunities to share their knowledge and experience. I agree with Banai about the RootsTech selections this year, and I mentioned it in my 2013 RootsTech post - the selections were expected on one level - and ridiculous on another. Yes, the main blogger staples were expected and as always do a wonderful job, but instead of expanding WITHIN the genea-blogging community, RootsTech chose to expand outward into non-genealogy bloggers. At first, I was very open-minded about this. As a librarian in a state research/genealogy library, I am constantly watching our patron base and looking for new ways to reach the younger, non-genealogy, audience. Which means, I was initially excited about this move to see how this new group of bloggers would react to RootsTech.....and then the opposite happened: They ignored, or in my book, snubbed the honor, and did not write ONE post about this conference! (With the exceptions noted by Banai and myself in an earlier post) If they were not going to even mention this conference in their blog as an "Official Blogger", they get an automatic "FAIL" from me....I was shocked by this and severely disappointed. If that is the reaction of the non-genealogy bloggers chosen for this honor, then PLEASE, RootsTech, next year, branch out WITHIN the genealogy community and reward those who have also worked hard by blogging their experiences, so we can learn from a much more diverse community!
4. Numbers: Ummm, yeah, when conferences branch out and consider their list of "Official" bloggers, could they please focus less on traffic volume and more on quality of blog content? **Note** I am NOT dissing the "celebrities'" content, but rather criticizing RootsTech's choice to use traffic as a main component for selection - they are seriously missing some great genealogy gems out there by picking the same list year after year. Newsflash, RootsTech, I understand marketing principles, and driving Social Media traffic your way to grow the conference, but let's play a little fair and sprinkle your list with some new genealogy voices to BALANCE the offerings and increase the content quality!
5. If you can't say anything nice....: First of all - Hey genea-celebrities - We LOVE you guys!! You teach us SO much ALL the time! You have dedicated your time and resources to educating us and bringing us together as a formidable group! This community would not exist as it does today without your dedication and we THANK YOU! However, this is not a community that should be afraid to criticize a bit when needed. In fact, I will never stay silent (regardless of low reader numbers) if I see an area that should be tweaked in our community. We are all members of this community, and despite non-celebrity status, we ALL have voices. I was just a bit disturbed by the attacks coming to Banai in the comments field. Sorry guys, but in the "Official Blogger" issue, she's right - and most of you know it. Let's not shoot the messenger. Instead, let's continue our respectable community by being self-critical where needed, which fosters growth.
Solution?Here's how I think we can fix this issue:
1. Conferences - Back off of the "Official Blogger" title, unless the field rotates more and embraces
2. New Designation? On the other hand, some really amazing personalities/celebrities have emerged over the years due to their hard work, dedication, and lifelong experiences. While we have rewarded a few with speaking and most with the automatic "Official Blogger" status, I think they have surpassed this role. They have truly become our Social Media and journalistic representatives - many on a professional basis. If they are going to spend more time on interviews, videos, etc, and leaving their first love, blogging, as a second thought, maybe this designation does not really fit them as it did once before? (obviously there are some exceptions here!) I know this might make some others mad, and maybe this is perpetuating the problem, but maybe something a bit more prestigious to honor their work? Leave the "Official Blogger" designation to those who really have kept blogging as their main focus and who will truly honor that designation by blogging their way through the conferences? Perhaps the upper-crust group fits more into a Social Media Press class, and not just bloggers? We are growing with the rate of technology, so why shouldn't our conference designations grow in the same manner? Or, on second thought, as Thomas mentioned, maybe it's time to forget the whole thing and chuck any designation? Hmmm, the two values I see in the designation: 1. Honors hard work and quality of commentary. 2. Brings attention to a new crop of great bloggers - if done right!
Thank heavens I don't make the rules! But from the words of a great comic, years ago: "It's good talk" (insert New York accent here)
P.S. Thanks Banai for pointing out the terrible search function for Blogger! Mine sucks too! It may have pulled up any time I mentioned RootsTech, but did so out of date order. I am a librarian, so I tend to tag EVERYTHING - probably too much, but hopefully that will snag many. Great observation!


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|English: A group of acorns. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I had never read about this particular siege or its outcome before so was appalled at the level of desperation the Romans must have reached to engage in these last ditch efforts to stave off hunger. But as I thought about these poor unfortunate wretches, I got to wondering about whether the items mentioned would really produce a mass poisoning. Since all three items were mentioned, I assume there was not a definitive consensus about which of the three caused the fatalities.
So I began to research this issue further.
I learned that coprophagia, from the Greek copro which means feces and phagy which means eat, is common among some animals, particularly dogs. That's why I've had to scold my little dachshunds for attempting to scarf down cat feces when they dig them up in the yard. Veterinarians are not really sure why dogs engage in this disgusting behavior although it does appear to increase in frequency in cases of severe disorders of the pancreas (pancreatic insufficiency) or intestine, severe malnutrition from massive parasitic infestations, or starvation. (I assure you my little dogs are rather pudgy from my husband feeding them too many snacks so they don't have that excuse!)
I also learned that in ancient times physicians would taste the excrement of their patients to try to determine their state of health. (I knew there was a reason I decided against becoming a medical doctor) I also read about the Bedouin using the consumption of warm camel feces as a treatment for bacterial dysentery.
So, as revolting as it sounds, apparently some people have eaten feces without initial harm although long term diseases can be contracted such as E. coli, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E, pneumonia, polio, influenza
and internal parasites. But it doesn't sound like coprophagia could be the cause of an observed wide-spread poisoning.
So I started exploring the effects of eating nettles. But I learned that nettles, even stinging nettles, actually have an edible bulb and, although the ancients may have only recorded that the inhabitants of the beseiged town were gathering nettles, they may not have realized they were only eating the tuber and not the "nettlesome" foliage. So that leaves acorns as the only remaining suspect.
Acorns have been used as a protein-rich food source by both wildlife and humans for centuries although acorns from some species like red oak are high in tannic acid that must be leeched out by soaking them first. But processed acorns are susceptible to mold when stored. Perhaps it was mold, then, that actually precipitated the poisonings, not the consumption of acorns itself. Of course, poison concoctions could have been manually applied to potential foodstuffs and left where they could have been easily "stolen" by desperate townsfolk but the ancient sources were not admitting to anything like that. Hmmm....
In this updated introduction to her book (it was written to coincide with a 2008 paperback re-release of her original work ) Mayor also mentioned that archaeologists found the remains of an ancient concoction termed "Mithridatium" in the bottom of a vat in a Roman villa near Pompeii in 2007.
I somehow missed hearing about this fascinating discovery back in 2007. For 38 pages of similarly intriguing examples, I encourage you to read her "New Introduction" available online from Stanford.
"Tests of the residue, published in 2007, revealed a mixture of powerful medicinal plants, including opium poppy seeds, along with the flesh and bones of reptiles. Was this an ancient witch's poisonous brew? Quite the contrary; according to the archaeologists, the vat may have been used to prepare a secret "universal antidote" believed to counteract all known poisons.
Image via Wikipedia Mithradates VI "The Poison King" of Pontus
This concoction, a combination of small doses of poisons and their antidotes, called Mithridatium, had been invented by King Mithridates VI of Pontus, a brilliant military strategist and master of toxicology, about one hundred years earlier. His recipe was perfected by the Emperor Nero's personal physician and became the world's most sought-after antidote, long prescribed for European royalty." - Adrienne Mayor
Other Resources:
A Brief History of Chemical and Biological Weapons
Polybius: The Histories


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BOSTON, Mass. – Behind a 47.1% shooting performance in the second half, men's basketball overcame a tough first half to outscore Framingham State University 43-19 to earn a hard fought come-from-behind 71-55 win Thursday evening in the Clark Athletic Center Gymnasium.
With the Thursday's win the Beacons close out 2012 with a 6-4 record and remain undefeated at home with a perfect 4-0 record. For the Rams they fell to 6-4 following Thursday's loss with only one more contest on the 2012 schedule.
Through the first five minutes of the second half, Framingham State managed to hold the Beacons back, maintaining their six-point lead which they closed out the first half with. However that early momentum came to a crashing halt when freshman Jahleel Moise (Brockton, Mass.) threw-down a viscous dunk to make it a five-point affair.
Moments later, Brian Clarke (Miramar, Fla.) completed an and-1 to make it just a two point ball game. The Rams did get the lead back to four, but with a free throw from Rahshjeem Benson (Boston, Mass.) and a lay-up from Mike Mitchell, Jr. (Dorchester, Mass.) the Beacons cut the Rams lead to one.
Proving to be the turning point of the contest, would be another hard dunk by Moise, which by that time completely took the Rams out of the contest. Framingham State tried to make another push, but it was not enough as the Beacons just dominated on both sides of the court. A slew of players contributed to the Beacons explosive second half, while their defensive effort was highlighted by a combined five blocks, seven steals, and 11 Framingham State turnovers.
Benson, who was quiet in the first half proved to be the driving force in the second half for UMB as he put-up 13 of his 17 points, while also pulling down six of his seven boards. Four of the five Beacons blocked shots in the second half belonged to the junior. Along with his three rejections in the first half, Benson tied the single-game program record of seven, becoming the fifth player in program history to hit that mark. The last player to do so was Ernst Jean against Suffolk University on December 3, 2009.
Off the bench sophomore Cody Edmond (Plaquemine, La.) also helped the Beacons offense push by the Rams as he dropped in seven points. Moise recorded all of his points (8) in the second half and also managed eight boards and one steal.
For the Rams, their 19 point second half marked the fewest points scored this season following the halftime break. In the final 20 minutes Framingham shot just 25% from the field and 45.5% from the line. They were 0-for-7 from behind the arc.
Andre Santana was the lone Ram to finish in double-figures as he recorded 10 points off the bench. Tyrone Figueroa finished nine points and team best six boards to make Santana on the glass. Framingham struggled to possess the ball in both halves of Thursday's contest, turning it over a combined 21 times, while UMass charged with just 14 turnovers, a season low for the Beacons.
Men's Basketball will now take a much needed break and will not return to competition until January 5 when they travel to Rhode Island College for a 3 p.m. Little East Conference game.


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Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden sustained a concussion in the final minutes of Cleveland's win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.
He banged his head while falling awkwardly after an incompletion. Backup Colt McCoy, who suffered a concussion when the teams met late last season, came in and finished off the win without attempting a pass.
Coach Pat Shurmur said he spoke with the 29-year-old Weeden after the game.
"He's good," Shurmur said. "We had a good conversation. He's being treated for a concussion, and we'll see where that goes. Some guys come back quickly, some guys don't."
In Chicago, Bears receiver and return specialist Devin Hester left the game against the Minnesota Vikings with a concussion, and running back Matt Forte hobbled off midway through the third quarter with an ankle injury.
The Atlanta Falcons lost their starting cornerbacks in a win over Tampa Bay. Asante Samuel (shoulder) and Dunta Robinson (head) left the game with injuries in the third quarter.
Colts rookie wide receiver T.Y. Hilton took a vicious high-low combination hit on his second punt and was left his head with both hands as he was motionless on the ground for several minutes.
A few minutes later, Hilton was cheered as he walked off gingerly under his own power. Team officials announced he was being evaluated for a head injury.
Hilton had already returned a punt for a touchdown. He returned later in the first half and helped Indy's sluggish offense wake up on the way to a win over the Bills.
In New Orleans, San Francisco receiver Kyle Williams and running back Kendall Hunter both were hurt on the same play during the second half of the win over New Orleans.
Niners officials said Williams had a knee injury, while Hunter hurt his ankle and was questionable. The club did not specify which leg was hurt for either player.
Both were helped off the field and were soon taken by cart to the locker room. They were injured on a running play in which Hunter carried the ball for a 2-yard gain late in the third quarter.
Chiefs WR Dexter McCluster (head/neck) and S Kendrick Lewis (shoulder) left Kansas City's loss to Denver.
Browns rookie quarterback Brandon Weeden sustained a concussion in the final minutes of Cleveland's win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.


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What is ClickFunnels? Ecommerce Unit 8 P4
ClickFunnels was set by Russell Brunson who to the season has made over $100 million annually boosting this program.
In its heart, ClickFunnels is a funnel construction software that permits you to make high-converting landing pages with a smooth drag and drop editor. You're going to be equipped with autoresponders, email advertising along with a shopping cart to handle the whole process in one spot.
Essentially, you've got all you want to advertise your company without having to cover for a group of programmers.
Plus, what is fascinating about this software would be the tools which come along with it. You're not only handed ClickFunnels and anticipated to begin earning money from funnel advertising.
ClickFunnels has lots of tutorials and guides which simplify the procedure and explain to you just how you can use the software efficiently.
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When asking yourself why you must use ClickFunnels over any other funnel building applications, here are some primary benefits:
No distractions
If you look for a site on the internet, there are always likely to be more distractions that keep you from hitting that purchase button.
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For any company, you do not wish to come across as pushy –"enquire about our advertising and marketing services NOW — proceed, do it!"
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ClickFunnels vs Competitions
There are two or three rival funnel advertising tools that promise the identical degree of excellence. One of the most popular are LeadPages and SamCart, nevertheless, can they be regarded as a ClickFunnels choice?
Clickfunnels vs LeadPages
Now LeadPages is up there with one of the most admired landing page builders. It has recently added the performance to purchase through landing pages, employing a Checkout widget. LeadPages is somewhat late to the party, however, since ClickFunnels was created with an extensive checkout procedure from the get-go.
Each stage features an impressive selection of templates that permit you to design a landing page for your precise specifications. The easy drag and drop editors make it easy to generate pages without the necessity of a programmer. And they both comprise email responders to be sure you stay in touch with your customers long after they leave your landing page.
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SamCart promises to provide stunning, high converting checkout pages. The focus is really on a fast sale. It supports both the Stripe and PayPal, and it includes 17 distinct templates to select from.
As you can tell, it's a great deal in common with ClickFunnels.
But that is where the similarities end. SamCart allows for fundamental customisation and edits, whereas ClickFunnels has unlimited resources that assist you to create complex changes. Ecommerce Unit 8 P4
SamCart is missing is the ability to direct people through the whole funnel procedure. You're left to your own devices and not equipped to construct funnels?
They come in at the same starting price of $97 with numerous upsells on the way, and also we locate ClickFunnels to become a lot more powerful and instinctive compared to SamCart.
Mainly, if you're in your business to generate money on the internet, then you want a funnel. Some individuals will shine over this ClickFunnels inspection and depart without so much as checking out the program.
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Give it a try on your own, and let's know what you think:


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We hooked up (Angler: Alexander Trukhachev) about 17.00 when we were on our way back from the Noreste Bank to Tarrafal, St. Antão; actually in the deep three & a half miles from the north west point of the island. A perfect day to fight a beast – beautiful blue water & flat calm. The fish hit a Bonze Mongrel Dog on the short corner. That's a double for Bonze too. The fish took just over 40 minutes to gaff with fortune smiling on us since the hook pulled just as Tony put the gaff in. Tutu wired the fish the first time he took the leader, so the fish never had a real chance to go deep. It was dark before we got to Tarrafal so we left the fish on the beach until we could weigh it the following morning. Finally hoisted it about 09.00 on account of having to find the right tree. Lucky that Bebiche had scales. We have some nice video footage as well. (online ASAP)
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And finally: The Happy Hooker 1 weighed in its 10th Grander on 27th June. Capt. Simon Bracey put angler Chris Lyle on the fish which struck at 1030 on a Bonze 'Grimmel' lure rigged with a single hook. The fish was caught in the deep water off the point of St. Antão & fought for about 3 hours before succumbing to the gaff. The fish weighed in at 1,017 lbs. It's Cape Verde's first »official« (weighed) grander so far this season. A shame it couldn't have been on the 4th of July. No complaints, you can't have it all!
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One of rock and roll's first advocates.
As music editor of Billboard, Paul Ackerman's prime coincided with the advent of both rock and roll and music journalism as forms. While some dismissed rock as a fad, Ackerman recognized its artistry and wasn't afraid to let people know.
For three decades, from 1943 to 1973, Paul Ackerman served as music editor of Billboard magazine.
His tenure in this post coincided with the birth of rock and roll. Among the first journalists to champion this new music form, he recognized in it the roots of earlier musical traditions.
A longtime fan of rural blues and country idioms, and an academic scholar versed in European and American civilization, he wrote and reported on popular music of all types. "Music is the most important of our arts," he proclaimed, "because it cuts through every facet of show business." Ackerman helped insure that popular idioms were taken seriously from the mid-twentieth century onward.
Paul Ackerman was born in New York City in 1908. He studied at the College of William and Mary, and at Columbia University. He received a master's degree in English. He spent forty-seven years at Billboard, where he charted the rise of rhythm & blues, country music and rock and roll, recording their impact upon the world of popular music. This he did with uncommon integrity and what Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records termed "righteous intolerance" for hype. "He believed there was a genuine place for real editorial content in the trade paper," Wexler said in his eulogy to Ackerman. "He was a deadly reporter and superb writer."
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Under Ackerman's tutelage, Billboard became the music industry's premier trade publication.
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Description: Professor Mahmoud Hessaby
Professor Mahmoud Hessaby Professor Mahmoud Hessaby, Born in Tehran in 1903, was educated in a Beirut school. His family hailed from Tafresh, a Central Iranian city, had moved to the Lebanese capital in 1907. They were in a poor financial situation. He received religious instructions and studied Persian literature from his devoted and learned mother. He memorized the Holly Quoran by heart, developing a strong belief in it. He also read the great poetty of Hafez, Sa'adi, Ferdowsi, Molavi, etc.
His Studies in high school coincided with the commencement of the First World War, and therefore the French schools, including the one in which he was studying, had to closed down.
After two years, he went to the American College of Beirut, graduating with a bachelor's degree of Art and Science at the age of seventeen. He obtainded his biology degree at the age of nineteen, and then continued his studies in Civil Engineering. He then studied Medical Science, Mathematics and Astronomy. As a graduate of the Engineering School in Beirut, he was admitted to the "Ecole Superieure d'Electricite "and graduated in 1925. At the same time, he was employed by the French Electric Railway Company.
He continued his research in Physics on "Sensitivity of Photoelectric Cells" and received his PHD in physics at the age of 25. He was well acquainted with the traditional Iranian music as well as the classical Western music and played piano and violin skillfully.
He was active in sports and as a youngster earned his living pardy by acting as a swimming instructor and a life guard at the Mediterranean coast in Beirut.
During his life, he held various important scientific and cultural positions. He also founded many cultural and scientific centers in Iran, such as the Civil Engineering School and the Teacher's College in 1928, the first Iranian Meteorological Station in 1931, the first radiology center in 1931, the first private hospital called Goharshad ", named after his mother, in 1933, Tehran University and its Faculty of Sciences in 1934, the Telecommunication Center of Assad Abad in Hamadan in 1959, The Geophysical Center of Tehran University in 1961, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, the Iranian Music Society and the Academy of Iranian Literature.
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Professor Mahmoud Hessaby His other cultural and scientific services include the first survey of Iranian coastal road-map at Persian Gulf setting the Iranian time in 1932, writing Tehran University's charter, acting as the Dean of Technical Faculty of Tehran University from 1934 to 1936, acting as the Dean of Science Faculty of Tehran University over the periods 1942 - 1948 and 1951 - 1957, heading the delegation for dispossession of British Petrolium Company during the Government of Dr. Mosaddegh, First General Manager of National Iranian Oil Company, acting as Minister of Education in Dr. Mosaddegh's government from 1951 to 1952, writing the charter for Iranian Standard Institute in 1954 and Iranian representative in United Nation's Scientific Sub-committee of Peaceful use of Outer Space from 1960 to 1967. He continued lecturing at University for 3 working generations, instructing 7 generations of students and professors.
He had a good command French, English, German and Arabic languages and he also knew Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Pahlavi, Avesta, Turkish and Italian, which he used for his etymological studies.
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Hessaby was the sole Iranian student of Professor Albert Einstein, and during his years of scientific research he had meeting and discussions with well-known scientists such as Schrodinger, Born, Fermi, Dirac, Bohr and scolars such as Russel and Andre Gide.
During the Congress of" 60 Years of Physics in Iran "the service rendered by him were deeply appreciated and he was entitled" Iran's Father of Modern Physics.
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Australia can't win much without Shane Watson it seems. Let this be a lesson!
Australia can't win much without Shane Watson it seems. Let this be a lesson!
They surely can, but can they win major tour at ease without captain Ponting ? it remains to be seen.
It does seem very bizarre to me how they've gone with batting and bowling specialists for this tournament. Obviously Watto has been injured but the other teams such as NZ, Pak have shown how having a number of 'all-rounders' (at least in some sense of the word) works in this format.
Can't help but agree with the sentiments raised by this thread.
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Say what? Shane Watson became a crucial part of the Aussie Team? No way!
Jason Gillespie = Best Bowler and Batsman of South Australia
CW Record Stats http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?t=23910
Given how Australias fifth bowling options are being crunched bringing Watson in would be a very good move Imo
FFS, we may be bad, but we're not that bad!
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I have heard t20 spwcialists thrown around a lot of late. It doesn't seem to have herlpes England besides against Zimbabwe who must obviously be the closest team to English first class standard.
Quite the opposite, from the little attention I've been paying. Some of the Twenty20 "specialists" seem to have been among few to have performed for England in this tournament. It's the Test players who've not done much.
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Dr. Thomas "Dr. Tom" Davis (born December 3, 1938) is an American former college men's basketball coach. The Ridgeway, Wisconsin native was the head coach at Lafayette College, Boston College, Stanford University, the University of Iowa, and Drake University from 1971-2007.
He earned his bachelor's degree from University of Wisconsin–Platteville, master's degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison and his doctorate from University of Maryland.
Davis began his coaching career at Lafayette College in 1971. During his six year tenure at the school, he posted a 119-44 record, advancing to the NIT in 1972 and 1975. During 1972, one of Davis's assistant head coaches was Gary Williams, future University of Maryland head coach.