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It is nearly time for the school run again, so I will have to go to bed early and not spend the midnight oil writing, or being interrupted by my child pulling my Ipod headphones out of my ear!!!, However I have taken her on some lovely trips to the park and the cinema this summer and we have had a nice beach holiday.
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In the UK we are in danger of having another measles outbreak. If your children are in secondary school, please get them vaccinated. Unfortunately people were misinformed that the MMR was linked to Autism and they did not get round to doing it the first time round.
Autism is a chromosome condition that has a wide spectrum of disability. Some people have it very mildly and are engineers and accountants and such, others have it seriously and need alot of care and support. It has nothing to do with the MMR
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How many words can you think of beginning with D? this is a D that is in the word AMSTERDAM, where there is lots of cycling and art and some rather curious behaviour!!!. I have yet to write a book about that unlike my friend LA Carlson!!!.
I introduce to you my new book "The Twice Man" about a man and a woman who meet in a cafe and both have had a hard life.
Do you have any humorous wedding stories I can put in my newly updated book "seven and six?"
I have just written my first thriller... "The Dishwasher Tablet!!!"
Third part of Vampires in Trourqueland on smashwords, please proof read It for me!
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My latest book is called Poached Eggs And Honesty, I hope you enjoy it , it is a good chick flick!!!!
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i live in Greenwich village with my cats and enjoy going to the haunted house restaurant called the Jekyll and Hyde Pub, which you can find on facebook..
I also enjoy a local restaurant called Espetida where I eat chorizo, avocado, and talk to their pet lizard called Manuel.
It is snowing at the moment, It is very cold, I a, sitting at home reading my Bloomingdales catalogue and eating Reeses kisses es.
I am enjoying writing my "Candour and Apricots"
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The latest one is called FAFFING ABOUT IN 2013 it is about the ups and downs of being a wife and mother in the millennium.
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The U.S.A. Women's gymnastics team won the gold medal on Tuesday to live up to the hype that surrounded them.
After being compared to "The Magnificent Seven" from 1996 Olympics "The Fab Five" did not disappoint by blowing out silver medal winner Russia and bronze winner Romania.
The Americans started on the vault as Michigan's own Jordyn Wieberwent first and set the tone with one of her best performances. After a few more great performances they walked away with a 1.7 point lead that never vanished. In the end U.S.A. beat Russia by five points with a total score of 183.596.
Victory was in the bag for America before the final scores came in from their final event though. Russia had several miscues that cleared away any chance of gold with the flawless march put on by the Americans.
Now U.S. gymnasts Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Gabrielle Douglas, Kyla Ross, and McKayla Maroney are gold medal winners in team gymnastics in the 2012 London Olympic Games and have taken their place in US Olympic history as "The Fab Five."
This is first gold medal for the U.S.A. Women's gymnastics team since the 1996 Olympics.
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A new leak once again hints at both an HTC One Mini and an HTC One Max -- not to mention 'Eros' and 'Mars', two mystery Nokia phones.
The four mysterious mobiles turned up in a German network's product plans.
NASA has released STL files so you can 3D print your own scale models of space probes, asteroids and the surface of the moon.
HTC's fancy flagship is available in red now, exclusive to one shop.
Mobile gaming social platform OpenFeint has announced that it is shutting down, giving developers just a few short weeks to migrate to Gree.
A new and improved version of the HTC One could be with us this year, followed by a sequel codenamed M8.
Despite troubles and slow production rates for the HTC One, HTC says it will continue to use its metal unibody process for future HTC phones.
HTC's marketing officer reportedly said another "variant" of the excellent HTC One will be out in the fourth quarter of the year.
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to the grocery store are becoming more expensive because prices for certain
fruits and vegetables are on the rise.
are struggling to produce certain fruits and vegetables because of all the rain
this summer. As a result of the low supply, prices are increasing.
produce suppliers are struggling to get their usual supply of summer favorites,
leaving customers paying more for the limited quantity available.
Meyers owns Georgia's Finest Organic Farms, a farm in Waverly Hall. He says
it's been the worst summer in awhile for growing certain fruits and vegetables.
The June and July rain totals in the Columbus area are twice as high as their
average. This is having a negative effect on growing certain crops.
crops can only do so much, eventually they're going to give in to water and if
they have excessive water, they're going to get damaged," says Meyers.
of the lack of supply, prices in grocery stores and farmers market are
increasing. Some Columbus restaurants are seeing it affect them too. Country's Barbeque
buys most of their produce from local farmers. This year, there's been a lack
of some of the summer favorites.
think probably the biggest thing that's hurt us more than anything because of
the rain this year is the peas," says Scott Ressmeyer, one of the co-owners. "That's
one of the huge popular items here in the restaurant."
been forced to get creative and find other ways to keep popular sides on their
have to just deal with what mother nature gives you, and try different things
with cucumbers, squash and items like that," says Ressmeyer.
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Daughters of the Niger Delta is an intimate film portrait of three everyday heroines who manage to make ends meet against all odds. As their personal stories unfold, we come to see that the widely ignored environmental pollution in their backyard is not the only human rights violation affecting their lives. It highlights the strength and resilience of ordinary women who have to overcome injustices that we rarely hear about in the news.
Ilse van Lamoen, Nigeria/Netherlands, 56 min
Daughters of the Niger Delta is a bottom-up film production. Instead of bringing in filmmakers to document the lives of these individuals, young women from the heart of the region were equipped with the tools and skills to accomplish it on their own. They were trained in filmmaking as part of a MIND capacity building program entitled FEMSCRIPT. As peer filmmakers, these women were encouraged to share their stories, framing the film's messages and images. Professional researchers and filmmakers couched the group but the women deserve just as much credit for the end result as the trainers, editors, and director involved in the project.
About UNAFF:
The 16th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) from October 17-27, 2013 Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University celebrates the power of documentary films dealing with human rights issues, the environment, racism, women's issues, universal education, war and peace. The theme for this year is INDIVIDUAL TO UNIVERSAL.
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February 8, 2013
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AFT Welcomes Charter School Educators in Michigan, California and New York
Washington—American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten released a statement welcoming charter school educators into the AFT family following victories in Michigan, California and New York.
"More than 200 charter school educators and school employees in Michigan, California and New York will walk into their classrooms Monday morning with a stronger voice for their profession and for their students. I congratulate the educators at Detroit's Cesar Chavez Academy, Los Angeles' Ivy Academia and Ithaca, N.Y.'s New Roots Charter School on their efforts to win a union voice, and I welcome them to the AFT family.
"Their strength and determination—in the face of enormous odds—demonstrates their commitment to each other and the children they serve. And they will now have the support of 1.5 million AFT members beside them in their continued effort to strengthen their schools."
On Feb. 7, in the shadow of Michigan's recent passage of so-called right-to-work legislation, teachers and counselors on the four campuses of Detroit's Cesar Chavez Academy won an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board after a five-month effort. Cesar Chavez is the largest charter in Detroit and is the second-largest charter in Michigan. The Detroit victory was the first election conducted by the NLRB since a December ruling that charter schools may be considered private sector employers.
In the same week, teachers at two other charter schools successfully won access to the path toward certification under their states' public sector labor laws. In Los Angeles, teachers at Ivy Academia received voluntary recognition of their union after 54 of 56 faculty members signed a union petition. United Teachers Los Angeles now represents more than 1,600 educators at independent charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Also, on the East Coast, educators at New Roots Charter School in Ithaca, N.Y., recently received voluntary recognition of their union at the end of January.
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The AFT represents 1.5 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.


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Jo's 7th Annual Chili Cook-Off
WHO: Jo's Coffee on South Congress
WHAT: The 7th Annual Jo's Chili Cook-Off sponsored by Shiner will kick-off with a dance competition and chili tasting at 12:00pm on Sunday, January 27. Proceeds will benefit People's Community, which is Austin's only independent clinic offering comprehensive health and wellness care to improve the health of our uninsured neighbors.
Join the South Congress celebration to enjoy dancing and eating all in the name of a good cause. The cost to enter the dance competition is $10 and the chili tasting is $20.
Prizes include a night at the Hotel San Jose, Shiner Yeti coolers, gift cards, trophies and more. Live music provided by Jeff Hughes & Chapparal as well as The Jo's House Band.
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Many would-be subway riders were surprised and disappointed when they tried to catch a train Saturday.
Weekend track work has affected more than a dozen subway lines.
A lot of confused New Yorkers Saturday night and at the 68th Street station, there's no downtown service.
Riders are even asking us how to get where they need to go.
"Everything is express from 125th Street to Grand Central," said the subway booth clerk.
One confused rider is just one of many asking for directions. All weekend long, 16 subway lines will be experiencing major service disruptions.
"I just got here because the N and the R trains isn't going downtown, so I took a completely different route to this train and I just screamed -- you got to be kidding!"
The changes to service are a result of construction and maintenance. The MTA says the weekend work is essential to keeping the tracks in working order.
The affected lines: 1,2,3,4,5,6,A,E,F,G,J,N,Q,R and S.
"To hear there are no downtown trains… how I'm going to get home?" said one confused rider.
A good question many riders were asking at the 68th Street station. In order to go downtown, you had to go uptown -- way uptown.
Some riders took the maps to figure out another route, while others gave up and grabbed a cab.
"I'm really stumped on how I'm going to get downtown at this point," said one frustrated rider.
Riders tell us the signs don't help much either. There are so many service disruptions, we can't even mention them all.
So your best bet is to give yourself a lot of extra time.
"I'm not really sure about this. I'm trying to get Brooklyn, where am I going to go now?"
For more information on subway service changes for your line, visit the MTA website.
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ESPN Insider: Brian Hoyer 'could be a starting quarterback' in the NFL
For the first time in franchise history Sunday, the Arizona Cardinals will start their fourth quarterback of the season in the team's 2012 finale against the San Francisco 49ers.
The latest winner in Arizona's season-long quarterback shuffle is 27-year-old Brian Hoyer.
Hoyer, who signed with the Cardinals on December 10, will get the starting nod at quarterback against the league's fourth-ranked pass defense. While Sunday will mark his first career start under center, one ESPN Insider thinks the move is a logical one for Ken Whisenhunt and Co.
"I actually have seen a lot of Hoyer in a lot of preseason games with the New England Patriots, and I like what I saw," Ron Jaworksi told Arizona Sports 620's Burns & Gambo Thursday. "I just got done watching the Chicago game...and I thought Hoyer handled [the pressure put on by the Bears defense] pretty well.
"Obviously, he doesn't fully understand the Cardinals' system, where a player's going to be or what the adjustments are, but I thought there was a look of an NFL quarterback."
The look of an NFL quarterback has largely been missing with the Cardinals since Kevin Kolb went down with a season-ending injury in the team's loss to the Buffalo Bills on October 14. Arizona's offense is currently ranked last in the league in yards per game (263.1) and hasn't recorded a passing touchdown since Week 9 in Green Bay.
Heading into the offseason, the organization has a big decision on its hands regarding what direction to go in at quarterback. However, Jaworski thinks the Cardinals might already have a potential candidate internally.
"I saw a lot of the little things in Hoyer's game [on tape] that leads me to believe that going into training camp and understanding the system, that he could be a starting quarterback in this league," said Jaworski. "I told you a few weeks ago that I couldn't understand that after the Patriots released Brian Hoyer, he wasn't on someone's roster."
Hoyer went undrafted in 2009 and spent his first two seasons in the league with New England. In 2012, Hoyer was released by the Patriots and spent three weeks with the Pittsburgh Steelers before signing with the Cardinals earlier this month. In Arizona's 28-13 loss to the Bears last Sunday, he completed 11 of 19 passes for 105 yards and an interception.
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Most people will receive their chemotherapy after surgery ("adjuvant therapy"). Some people may receive their chemotherapy before surgery in certain circumstances such as when the tumor is too large or in a particular location that would make surgery difficult or impossible. In these cases, "neoadjuvant" (before surgery) chemotherapy may help to shrink the tumor and make the operation feasible.
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ISO Japanese wetstone
A butcher recommended that I try using a Japanese wetstone to sharpen my knives. Does anyone know where i can find them in the GTA?
Here you go, grasshopper!
This online store is in QC but will ship.
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Thanks. I will check it out.
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There's a new stor specializing in Japanese knives that just opened up at Queen and Palmerston. They may be able to help.
Here's a write-up on it: http://www.torontolife.com/daily/dail...
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i would be tempted to visit "knife" just because it is one of the centrally located places where you can actually touch things.
one other place you might want to check is called merry cookware. they only have an online shop but their prices are quite reasonable though their stock isn't necessarily on the higher end.
re: pinstripeprincess
just wanted to add that knife will be doing "sharpening demonstrations" come mid-month, but from the sounds of it it will be much more than that and more like a class where one can bring in their own knives to swipe on some stones and ask very specific questions. he's going to try to keep them to 6 ppl and no more.
i will be signing up as soon as i can... i'm a bit afraid of my stones and hacking up my japanese knives.
re: pinstripeprincess
I say just go for it, you'll make mistakes along the way, it's unavoidable but that is how you learn. A knicked stone can be reflattened and a scratched knife won't affect performance.
Class is a good idea though, as long as the instructor knows what he's doing. Both Korin and Dave at Japneseknifesharpening have great dvd's out teaching sharpening technique.
re: pinstripeprincess
That I would be interested in. My love / fascination with knives goes way back as this post shows...
There is a fine selection and good advice at www.leevalley.com and they have Arkansas whetstone as well.
re: jayt90
LV have the largest selection I have seen ... http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page...
The cheapest (but reasonable) stone I have seen is at Chan Chi Kee Cutlery (CCK) in Pacific Mall. I have one of these and use it to keep my knives tuned rather than a steel.
re: Paulustrious
Timely suggestion. I'm headed to Steeles for spot prawns at T&T!
re: jayt90
And while you are there look at the cleavers. I have one and I use it more than any of my Shuns. It holds a superb edge, although I sharpen it on a stone two or three times a week. (And by sharpen I mean 1-2 minutes)
re: Paulustrious
2-3 times a week? You are getting worse than me.
re: Paulustrious
Paul, I missed him by a few minutes. Hours are 11 to 6:30 which is odd for a mall, but it looks like an excellent small shop operated by one person.
I did get my spot prawns. Try to get back there tomorrow, to get a cleaver larger than my Sekizo, which does take an edge.
re: jayt90
I own a Sekizo stainless steel Chinese Chef's knife. I think you will find the CCK cleaver to be as good if not better. You may want to decide if you want a medium or a thin blade knife, stainless or carbon steel knife.
re: jayt90
The carbon CCK's perform better than the stainless, if you don't mind the extra maintenance I suggest you go w/ those. I have a KF1302.
re: jayt90
Aser has a valid point about performance. However, I use the stainless steel. I want to leave my wet knife lying around between uses.
If you are going to be using it primarily for veg preparation then go for the thin one. It is lighter and will (probably) be sharper. The wooden-handled variety may have a better hold / heft, but for maintenance I went with the SS handle. I cannot tell if it's KF1222 or KF1122. I don't regret my decision for a moment.
I am sure you already know this but for others.....
Most of these cleavers are NOT meat cleavers and you should treat them like any other thing edged very sharp knife. The cleaver-shape is so that you can use them to scoop up your veg. I don't use it for that as the edge is so sharp I cut my other hand with it one time. When it comes off its magnetic rack, then out comes the dough scraper. The cleaver doesn't fit in you knife block and it won't do well in a drawer. At first I glued some magnets to the side of my knife block to hold it, but it looked a bit weird. If you want to chop bone there are other ($12) cleavers in every Asian store that take a reasonable edge and will split chops.
re: jayt90
I think Paulustrious and Aser have made excellent points about carbon steel vs stainless steel knives. Obviously, stainless steel knives are easier to take care of and carbon steel knives are easier to sharpen. I do have just one point to add.
In general, carbon steel knives can be made to a higher hardness (higher HRC). Consequently, carbon steel knives are usually stronger and stainless steel are usually tougher. What this mean is that carbon steel edge tends to not get rolled over as much and stainless steel edge tends to not get chipped as much. Of course, this is a generalization.
For more informaiton, you can read the definition of "strength" and "toughness" here:
re: Chemicalkinetics
I'll be going there in an hour. Thanks for all the input from aser, Paul and Chem., I'll look for a fairly thin carbon blade, to balance out my Sekizo SS which is medium thick. And I'll look at stones. I have lots of older Sabatier c.s. that need attention.
I didn't expect to find this kind of shop at Pacific, and never noticed it before, as it is way at the north end.
re: jayt90
:) Considered they are not too expensive. You can always get two knives. :P
re: Chemicalkinetics
Here is what I got, for $88.:
a scraper,
a slicer, both carbon steel
and a dual stone.
Imported from the factory to Toronto, direct.
re: jayt90
Nice. :) Beautiful, aren't they? I believe I have the same thin blade slicer (bottom of your photo) I think it will grow on you like it did on me.
$88 is a good price for all that. If it is $88 Canadian dollar, then it is only $80 in US. The slicer is sold for $30-45 in US dollar. That large sharpening stone is sold for ~$10 in US. I will guess the small cleaver will be sold for $40+ in US based on the fact that Chefknifetogo sells the large version for price for $70.
If you ever want to have more polished blade, you can get a waterstone as the original poster suggested.
One suggestion I have is that I sealed the wood handle with tung oil. I notice the wood handles from CCK are very light and pores, so you may want to seal it with tung oil or beeswax or whatever you like. You may not have to seal it. Just something to think about. Best.
re: Chemicalkinetics
I agree about the water-stone. For a fine edge your stone may be a little coarse.
re: Paulustrious
The stone was $28, scraper $22., and slicer $38. There was no tax, which led me to believe I could probably barter and tax would be added. So I left well enough alone.
There was a distinct language barrier, but I thought I was getting a water stone, as it looked similar to a 1000-4000x I have from leevalley, just thicker.
I'll try it under a stream of water.
ed: I've decided not to try out the stone until I figure out the specs.
re: jayt90
I may well be wrong about the stone then.
re: jayt90
Yeah, taking the picture at a closer look, the scraper has a $22 or $22.50 sticker on it. I think you got great deals on the two knives. It does not look like a waterstone to me, but if it is, then you got a good deal for a huge waterstone for $28.
Now that I think a bit more. You know, it could be. I have seen a combination Japanese sharpening stone sold in my local Chinatown. It was too high for an oil stone, but a bit too cheap for a Japanese waterstone and it was made in Japan too.
What it is, is a combintation stone. It has some Japanese writings. The rough side is not waterstone, but some high grade carbide and the fine side is traditional water stone. It also looks like this stone (not the same one, but look alike):
My understanding is that the fine side will form slurr and will shave like a waterstone as expected, but the rough side will not. Maybe you got something like that? :)
P.S.: You will use water on both sides.
re: Chemicalkinetics
I'm not letting a 120 grit stone anywhere near my knives unless I want to let the children play with it.
re: Paulustrious
So you don't like your children :P
re: Paulustrious
I'll have to compare the stone to my 1000/4000, which has a few nicks.
Report that tomorrow.
By feel, however, it may be 400/1000x, which I might return.
Paul, I met a nice mid aged Chinese lady there, poor English. Is anyone else on staff?
re: jayt90
Last time I called, it was a dude answered the phone and answered my questions about the different knife versions ....
Next time, tell her that you only want to talk to a man :P
re: jayt90
By the way, I am not 100% sure of what you meant by "report tomorrow".
You are not planning to actually use this new stone on your knives, are you? If in doubt, returns it. I won't actually use and test the stone, and then return it. I don't think they will accept an used stone even if it is not what you asked for. Best.
re: Chemicalkinetics
No, just compare the surfaces. The Lee Valley is packed away in the basement, but I think it has a finer surface.
I can call the store tomorrow.
Lee Valley
590 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V, CA
re: jayt90
I've seen Naniwa stones at the CCK outlet in Pac mall. My friend has a big 1000 red brick Naniwa from them.
If you can imagine, the prices at the CCK shop in Hong Kong is significantly cheaper than the one here and chefknivestogo.
I believe you got the one I recommended, the KF13__ series, which is a smaller thin carbon cleaver. The steel might not be as hard as Japanese blades, but the geometry on it is superb. Ultra thin, a dream for push cutting/julienning.
You can also try Ozawa Canada at 135 East Beaver Creek Road, Unit 3, Richmond Hill. They have the stones and also nice selection of Japanese knives.
Ozawa Canada
135 E Beaver Creek Rd, Richmond Hill, ON L4B, CA
Ozawa and Yamasho both carry stones, along w/ the aforementioned "Knife".
Fonseca sharpening will also be carrying sharpening stones by Naniwa. Their superstone series are great and if you're a baller their chosera series is the best of the class for synthetics.
Leevalley carries decent store brand stones, but nowhere near the level of brands like Naniwa, Bester, etc....
I am a member of Knife Forums, and I can vouch that Dave is probably the foremost expert in North America on knife sharpening, he is selling off the Japanese wetsones via his website: http://www.japaneseknifesharpening.com/
You can also send him your knives for sharpening, he is in rural Pennsylvania but turnaround time is short.
re: Paulustrious
He may have sold out. He had been liquidating them at great prices.
re: bogie
Yep, I wanted to post this, but I thought it is not a CHOWHOUND new. Dave is getting out of the whetstone business, rather all business except knife sharpening.
Quote from Dave's website:
"We've recently decided against carrying on with our retail sales the way we've been doing. Retail sales have become tough on myself as it's taken time away from things that I prefer to do but more than anything I hate the aspect of becoming a salesman...."
I am second-ing foodyDudey
I like to add two things.
I don't know Paul from PaulsFinest very well, but my limited experience with him makes me believe he is a very honest and knowledeable person. Shoot him an email and ask for whetstone advice.
I have used Naniwa Superstone. These good stones. Do you need all three? I don't know. You will have to make your choice. They are slightly on the soft side, but not too soft.
There is a Japanese store on Queen st West close to the 7/11,I think the name is Sanko it's on a corner and it has a mural of a cartoon cat on the side of the store,They sell Japanese wet stone,the one I bought is a two sided 1000/3000 grit,bought it 2 years ago for 69$+tax.I mostly use the 1000 grit side as I find the 3000 side to be too fine. I would also recommend you buy a ceramic sharpening rod.
730 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J, CA
re: chunkeymonkey
thanks for all the tips and information. I will take a look at some of the places mentioned in the posts. Looks like I have a lot to learn before I make my purchase.
re: chunkeymonkey
Sanko link ... http://www.toronto-sanko.com/en/
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Accelerating Translational Research at NCI: The Next Steps
Dr. Lynn Matrisian serves as a special assistant to NCI Director John Niederhuber while maintaining her position as professor in the Department of Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt University. A former co-chair of the Translational Research Working Group, her charge is to work with the Coordinating Center for Clinical Trials to begin implementing the working group's recommendations.
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Nov. 11
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11:58 a.m. — 700 block of Linley St. Lost/Missing Property. A caretaker reported that a garbage can and two recycling bins had been taken from a property.
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6:23 p.m. — 6800 block of GMD. Suspicious Person. While walking her dog, a woman noticed a man lying in the grass near a shopping center. Police found a man who matched the description and was wearing a knit cap, sweater, jacket and pants, despite the mild temperature. The man confirmed that he had been lying in the grass earlier. He was visiting Sarasota, walked to the area for exercise and sightseeing, and lay down for a quick rest. He declined an offer from police to drive him back to Sarasota.
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Water Works: 150 Years of Louisville Water Company, a historical book celebrating Louisville Water Company's 150th anniversary and highlighting the past and present of Kentucky's oldest public utility, has been recognized with a Silver Independent Publisher Book Award for 2011.
The coffee-style book, featuring photographs, original drawings and personal stories, was published last year as part of Louisville Water's 150th Anniversary celebration which also included an exhibit at the Frazier History Museum and a community open house at the historic Water Tower.
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Middle-Level Series
For the next few weeks, the Principals' Office will feature a middle-level blog series, focusing on issues that especially impact students at the middle level, but that are also significant to all K-8 leaders. The first issue is bullying.
When Is It Teasing and When Is It Bullying?
If you lead a middle school that is similar to the one in which I am principal, you may often hear a student in your office say, "I was only teasing/kidding/playing!" Sometimes the statement may be true, but more often than not the student really has been participating in the age-old activity of bullying.
Parents defend their bullying child by saying that he or she could never bully, that the other child may be jealous, or they may say, "boys will be boys." Some of these parents were bullies as children.
But, what exactly is bullying? Is it a one-time event? Is it only physical? Or can it include verbal and social actions?
At our school, we continue to deal with kids who are bullies and we are taking a schoolwide approach to attacking the problem. First, we advertise our "no tolerance of bullying" policy to our kids and parents. Second, our character education program (Schools of FISH!) is taught each day with emphasis on treatment of others. Third, we have initiated a video-vignette program called Stories of Us that graphically records a long-term bullying scenario. Our counselor shows clips of the progressively intense bully episode and then follows with classroom discussions. Finally, we come down aggressively on violators.
Despite our best intentions, we continue to have problems with bullies because some parents cannot tell us who is bullying their child, other parents will do anything to deflect the blame toward their child, and bullying works for bullies!
What are you doing with your students? I'd love to know.
Mark Terry is principal of Eubanks Intermediate School in Southlake, Texas, and is the Middle-Level Foundation Member on NAESP's Board of Directors.
What Does Election Day Look Like in Your School?
During the past few months, if not the past year, elementary and middle schools across the country have discussed the 2008 presidential election to various degrees. We've received e-mails about the different ways in which the election process has been taught in a number schools. For example, last spring a principal in Pennsylvania tied in NAESP's 2008 Principals Read Aloud Award with primary election day by having her students vote for their favorite book.
And in Atlanta, a debate class at Ron Clark Academy came up with this get-out-the-vote song whose lyrics include the issues discussed by both presidential candidates.
What has your school done to teach students about the election process? What creative activities have your students participated in leading up to this historic Election Day?
Good Teachers Don't Need Research-based Programs
Have you read the latest Speaking Out article in Principal magazine? Author Carolyn Bunting argues that principals should rely less on the use of research-based programs in the classroom and instead allow good teachers to simply teach. "Good teaching is too diverse to be captured in prescribed programs, no matter what the research may say," Bunting writes. "A better alternative is to give teachers the time and resources to find their own way."
She adds: "The process begins with principals trusting their teachers and themselves. Then begins the slow and careful work of giving teachers the breathing room they need to develop independently."
Do you agree with Bunting? Are your teachers locked in to research-based programs? Do you believe classroom instruction would improve if teachers were allowed to use their own methods?
Curl Up With a Good Book
In the November/December 2008 issue of Principal magazine, we asked principals to let us know what book should be on every principal's bookshelf. Responses to the My Two Cents question included such titles as The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow by John C. Maxwell, Bringing Out the Best in Teachers: What Effective Principals Do by Joseph Blasé and Peggy C. Kirby, and Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson.
What do you think of these suggestions? What is your go-to book and why do you think every principal should read it?
Would You Pay Your Students?
According the October Communicator article titled "A Twist to Pay for Performance: Cash for Students," schools in New York City and Washington, D.C., are using cash as a motivator for students to perform well in school. For example, middle schoolers in the District of Columbia can earn up to $1,500 a year for such accomplishments as good test scores, solid attendance, and completing homework.
Although the New York City program, which distributed $1.1 million to the 5,889 participating students last school year, is fully funded by private monies, the District of Columbia will pay for nearly half the $2.7 million set aside for its program. The remaining funds will come from private grant monies.
What do you think about the idea of paying students for good grades and test scores, as well as for solid attendance records—can it work? If you had the option of implementing such a program in your school, would you?
Here's what one principal said: Money is a motivator. However, I am very concerned that to proceed with such a path is futile ... To implement such a plan will increase taxes and stipulate that every child must be paid to do what he or she must do as a member of society ... If I were given the option to implement such a program, I would not comply. If directed to implement such a program, I would resign my position.
National Distinguished Principals on Professional Development
For the next couple of days, the Principals' Office will feature reflections from the 2007 National Distinguished Principals, as they respond to the question: What skill or concept did you learn through professional development in the past year that you plan to implement this year?
This is what NDP Richard R. Alix, principal of Spangdahlem Elementary School in Spangdahlem, Germany, had to say:
I was recently reassigned to a new school in a U.S. Department of Defense Educational Activity overseas school. My focus this year is actually a continuation of active school improvement. In my last assignment, I worked closely with the school improvement leadership team in developing collaborative approaches to promote assessment driven instruction to address areas in the student performance profiles that needed to show greater growth.
The value of formative and summative assessment and the processes involved in identifying key skills for focused attention in each grade level's performance and curricular standards highlight the positive outcome when assessment data is used to guide instruction.
In this new school, I plan on working with the school improvement leadership team in designing staff development programs that will equip the instructional staff with the skills necessary to promote collaboration in identifying grade level focus on highest student achievement, as identified by the student performance data.
As I work in collaboration with the teachers at this new school, staff development in each of these areas will be necessary to build capacity. Specifically, we need to identify the curricular and performance standards that we are going to teach and when we are going to teach them. Through staff development on benchmarking, teachers will be able to clearly assess if the students learned the necessary skills. By learning how to differentiate instruction, the staff will be equipped to teach each child as he or she needs to learn. This is a path to excellence, and it is a process that will evolve over the years of my tenure in this new school.
How have you approached working with a school improvement leadership team?
Common Sense and Homework
The author of the September/October Speaking Out article argues that educators must change the way they look at homework. "Homework isn't a single thing and its applications are far from consistent," the author writes. "While proponents and opponents of homework battle, little is being done to bring widespread and beneficial change."
Read the article for yourself and let us know what you think. What conversations have you had with your teachers about giving, and grading, homework? Do you agree with the author that teachers should count summative assessments more than formative ones?
What Are Your Two Cents?
Happy new year! With the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year comes your September/October issue of Principal magazine. As you'll notice, we've introduced a new section to the magazine titled Member Voices. Among the items on the Member Voices page will be "My Two Cents," in which principals offer their thoughts on a particular question.
The question for this issue was: If you could ask the presidential candidates one question about their stance on U.S. education, what would it be and why?
Here's what some of you have responded:
School reform in the last decade has translated to many of us educators as unfunded mandates with an over concentration on assessment and a focus on failure. That being said, what legacy do you plan to leave? Jan BorelliPrincipalWestwood Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, Oklahoma
The current strong federal (NCLB) and state accountability standards have changed the nature of education in America. Do you feel that the burden of testing imposed by those accountability standards has improved or impacted the level of excellence of U.S. K-12 education?
Katherine RalstonPrincipalNorth River Elementary SchoolMt. Solon, Virginia
What question would you ask?
It's Been a Great Year!!
In addition to covering what's new at NAESP, this year's Principals' Office blog has engaged in topics such as the federal budget, principal pay, diversity, mentoring, instructional leadership, and NCLB.
To coincide with the end of the school year, the Principals' Office editors are taking a summer hiatus. But feel free to peruse the archives and make sure to check back in the fall for new posts and series.
Principal Offers to Take a Serious Pay Cut
According to a recent The Miami Herald, principal Larry Feldman recently decided to postpone his retirement and offer his services to the cash-strapped Miami-Dade School District for an annual salary of $1 plus benefits.(Now that's what you call commitment.) The district declined Feldman's proposition because it would be too difficult to replace him, considering his budgeted $1 salary, should he decide to leave before the year was over. Still, some parents have launched an e-mail campaign, and are considering a petition in favor of the popular principal's offer. Stay tuned.


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By Julia Emmanuele, Hollywood Staff
After meeting on last week's episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Boyle's relationship with Vivian is now progressing at top speed, and his new-found love is giving him some new-found confidence. Peralta is worried that he's moving too fast and will scare Vivian away, so he tags along on a double date in order to stop him from ruining it. However, after a series of weird conversation topics, a hasty retreat from the dinner table and an accidental pepper spray war, both Peralta and Boyle discover that Vivian is just as crazy in love as Boyle is, and the two reunite in a sweet, yet surprisingly graphic, cap to the episode.
Meanwhile, Holt is facing opposition for the first time ever in his campaign for President of the African American Gay and Lesbian New York City Policeman's Association (or AAGLNYCPA for short), an organization he founded and has nurtured for 25 years. Santiago and Diaz refuse to take a civilian who calls himself Super Dan seriously, despite the fact that he has evidence that could help them with their drug bust. Between a homemade superhero, Boyle's new low-slung jeans, and Scully and Hitchcock's in-depth ear cleaning, there was plenty to laugh at in Full Boyle. But who managed to steal the show, and become president of this week's Brooklyn Nine-Nine?


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Things I liked:I had one when I was 13. Made of wood and metal. I was initially disappointed because it felt very light and not what I remember from 1973. However, once I put a few rounds through it my mind and feelings quickly changed. Accurate and quite powerful. The lighter weight makes it easy to shoot for hours. For the price you just can't beat it. My wife likes it too. I'll be ordering the "Pink" model for her soon. If you're looking for something better you will be disappointed when you realize you just spent enough money to buy a quality .22 caliber semi-auto (real) rifle. I'm quite satisfied with this purchase. Thank you!
Things I would have changed:Nothing at all.
What others should know:No.
Things I liked:Lightweight, short, good starter air rifle for kids. Good power but remember this one hits hard, not for unsupervised use by smaller kids.
Things I would have changed:Any changes would likely drive up the price, and this is a pretty durable airgun
What others should know:Great first airgun for pellet use / training.
Things I liked:easy to pump. nice size for a young shooter. Ok introduction rifle, just know it's not that accurate.
Things I would have changed:one of the worst triggers. Terrible sights (light pipe works as it should), HUGE, but with the lack of accuracy, I guess smaller sights aren't justified. Can't scope it since you need to hold the receiver to pump it, and besides the accuracy doesn't warrant a scope. If you don't shoot it regularly, you'll forget how to load the BBs. LOL ... Pellets are easy, so long as you don't loose their little "clip" holder.
What others should know:I've shot this rifle YEARS (30 or more) ago, when it was metal and wood. It was a good rifle than. So figured, geez, wonder, would be nice to get one... ugh, shouldn't have, but that's me. Don't think you'll be doing much in the way of impressive hole punching in paper targets with it. You'll be on paper, with the likes or 3" groups at 10 yds. Could be frustrating for a new shooter wondering why they can't get a bullseye, but so long as one knows this going in, all is fair. While I don't like the "huge" sights, they will be easy for anyone's eyes to pickup and align. As others mentioned, read the directions for pumping , or you'll break off the butt stock. May want to consider the the "RedRyder" BB rifle as well. It comes in a smaller size as well. I find them more accurate, same price range, but maybe harder to "pump" (operate the lever to set the spring).
Just an update, I had failed to test the 760 during my initial test with pellets.... it becomes an entirely different little carbine accuracy wise. Now that the groups tighten up when using pellets (didn't care to before- with such a spread who knew where to bring the POI), no true windage adjustment = cant tweak the point of impact (POI)vs point of aim (POA), guess this is where a scope would be of value on this little carbine.
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All hail Queen Cher. "Woman's World" will become the 67-year-old sex symbol's eight number one single on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs Chart when the music bible is updated on Friday (August 2). Three years have passed since the pop legend last topped the club chart with the accurately-titled "You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me", so this is quite the achievement. And given that the diva's new album promises to be largely dance-orientated, she shouldn't have to wait as long for her next chart-topper. Read on for a full list of Cher's club conquering tunes.
2013 "Woman's World"
2010 "You Haven't Seen The Last Of Me"
2003 "When The Money's Gone"
2002 "A Different Kind Of Love Song"
2002 "Song For The Lonely"
1999 "All Or Nothing"
1999 "Strong ENough"
1998 "Believe"
Which epic dance track is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below.
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