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Between running the Topsail Sea Turtle Hospital and her additional work in sea turtle activism, Jean Beasley has her plate full. So when she asked Ann Somers, professor of the Sea Turtle Conservation course at UNCG, if she knew anyone interested in assisting her work regarding the renewed gill net permit, Ann knew just who to ask.
A few weeks later, five fervent students, all 2005 sea turtle course alumni, found themselves on Topsail Island to dedicate their Fall Break to direct their energy into helping sea turtles. Once the students, Jean, and Ann came together, it took only a few minutes to realize the student's efforts would be best spent composing a resolution urging closure of the southern flounder gill net fishery. As the students worked with their prior professor, it became evident that they were no longer working under the usual professor-student dynamic, but as colleagues. That weekend, a gill net resolution was created and lifetime bonds were solidified. The students now invite you to read, support, and disperse their resolution, in the utmost hope that it will help all animals unintentionally caught in gill nets.
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The Day in the Life of a Student Teacher as Told by Indy Luis
Byon July 23, 2014 4:05 PM
By Guest Author: Indy Luis
As a student getting started on the Multiple Subject Credential (Elementary School) CORE track at Sonoma State, you get to spend two days getting hands on experience as a future teacher. Although, with 5 on campus courses at SSU your focus is more on learning the fundamentals for creating lesson plans, being familiar with the theories behind what you are seeing in the classroom, content knowledge, etc.
But when you transition to your semester as a full time student teacher the focus is more on your time inside the classroom 4 1/2 days a week. You truly get to feel what it feels like to get to school early, prepare your classroom, and then spend the day teaching children. You will spend time getting to know your students, learning your classroom management style, your philosophies on teaching, procedures that work best in primary and upper grades, etc. The learning that can be accomplished in one day is endless, especially if you take advantage of every opportunity.
Mondays during your full time student teaching are the days where lots of caffeine is needed. You are inside the classroom from 8 to 12, business as usual. By 12 you're on the road heading towards SSU where you will attend two courses. These courses are re doable, and they are full of useful information, but having full concentration for 6 hours can be challenging.
Not only is the hands on experience at your school site challenging, but it is also extremely beneficial, and is the most important piece of this program in my opinion. I thoroughly feel like my work in the field was the most important part of my journey to being a credentialed teacher.
The most stressful time of your full time student teaching will be the works prior, during, and after you create, teach, film, and reflect on your PACT lessons. PACT stands for Performance Assessment for Credentialed Teachers, and fulfills a requirement from the State of California's Commission on Teacher Credentialing. To earn a credential, there is a series of skills that you must be able to show. You must design some sort of literacy lesson, film it, and submit all your work to be evaluated by the university. It is something that most all student teachers are able to accomplish and do a fantastic job, and from what I understand all the student teachers in my class did well and passed.
Overall the process during your full time student teaching will be hard, and it will test your strength. Even though it was the hardest thing I went through in relation of my education, I feel like it showed me that I was made to do this. As I was stressing about my PACT lessons, and nervous beyond belief teaching them, I was also nervous about the outcome in my classroom. I wanted my students to learn the literacy skill I was teaching them SO bad. This realization showed me how much I truly was made for educating the members of our future generation. I know that my passion for teaching and learning clearly showed through my work as well, because the entire class was able to succeed in my lessons.
I also feel fortunate to have made this journey through Sonoma State's program with a dedicated staff who were extremely understanding throughout the entire year, as well as a wonderful group of individuals who were also in this journey. Not only do I recommend getting to know your professors, but I also recommend depending on your fellow student teachers at your site and at SSU to get you through this. We should be in this together as a group of future teachers, and helping each other should be part of the deal. It sure was hard at various times during the year as I battled through this program, but anytime I didn't think I could do it, I knew I would have people behind me telling me I could.
Overall I feel that I have learned to become the best teacher I can be in Sonoma State's Multiple Subject Teaching Credential program. I almost gave up multiple times, and it was an extremely difficult process, but I am proud to say I made it. One thing you must remember about this program is that you can and you will get through it, just like many amazing student teachers before you who were also meant to be educators.
To learn more about the Multiple Subject Credential Program at Sonoma State, read more on our website, or attend one of our monthly information workshops!
A (Tues)Day in the Life of a Multiple Subject Credential Student Teacher at Sonoma State
Byon June 30, 2014 11:55 AM
By Guest Author: Jessica Hernandez
Being a credential student at times can be challenging, especially if you are a mother and a wife as well. Being a credential student requires discipline and commitment. But, knowing you're making a difference in the lives of children validates everything.
For part-time student teachers in the Multiple Subject Program like me, you usually have two days at the university taking classes and two days at your placement site. In one of those site days you have a seminar class. On the other days you have an option to spend time substitute teaching during the day and in the afternoon doing homework if you want more experience. The following is a snap shot of a typical Tuesday in my life this semester.
On Tuesday, up at 6:00 a.m get ready and everything ready for my twins for Day Care. At 7:30 I head to my school site. It's a 30 minute to and from the site in Santa Rosa to my home in Cloverdale. Arrive at 8:00, sign in at the office and drop my reflection sheet for the week for the site supervisor to read. Class starts, for the first half hour students come to my desk for help. Teacher opens the class each morning allowing students to work on things that they may need to catch up on. After my mentor teacher starts the class. The full-time student teacher and I (the part-time student teacher) sit and correct papers for the teacher. From time to time I will stop and take notes on what I observe. Later I take a group of students to the library for reading. After reading we go back to class. The full-timer student teacher is doing a lesson. I help, in whatever she wants me to help her. During recess, our mentor teacher has study hall and the full-timer and I take turns going to the restroom since students cannot be left unsupervised.
From 12:00 -1:30 p.m we have our site seminar, this seminar will be different depending of which school site you are in. For us it was on Tuesday and typically between this time. In seminar we learned about different things we wanted to learn about teaching. At the beginning of the semester we brainstormed ideas and decided on the topics. Some seminar days were exclusively about PACT (Performance Assessment for California Teachers) for the full-timers, one was about CWS-1 (Candidate Work Sample) for the part-timers. But, most of the time the seminars were in teachers' classrooms where different teachers talked to us about topics like; classroom management, back to school night, Common Core Standards, etc. Most of the time, it was during upper grades' lunch, so we had to eat our lunches during that time as well.
After seminar, we went back to class, assisted our mentor in whatever she wanted us to do. Sometimes it was correcting, copying, taking down projects from the wall and displaying new projects on the wall. Sometimes, I would leave the class to observe other peers doing a lesson in different classrooms.as a part-timer you're required to do four peer observations After we would have a debrief session where we talked about what we observed about the lessons. Then I would return to my class and walk around helping students and observing. Then we head to the gym for P.E. before school ended. I always participate in the lesson. I believe it's important for students to see you as the teacher willing to do what you want them to do. Plus, it's fun to move around and play with your students. Class is dismissed at 2:54 p.m.
We went back to the classroom to plan for the next day and next week. Sometimes we would have auto duty in that case we would be doing that for at least 40 minutes. After school is your opportunity to ask questions about anything you saw or anything you have questions about. During this time I would plan with my mentor on anything she wanted to let me teach for the next day or what I could teach next week. Sometimes we would leave this planning for the next day. Usually I would stay at the site until 3:30. Headed to the university for a class from 4-6:40. Then head back home.
When I got home I attended to my parental duties. Once my twins were in bed. I finished doing homework. Work on my lesson plan for the next day or for the following week. Usually this was a two hour deal on a good day. Then off to sleep I went.
ieSonoma Event June 9 Features Design Thinking in Education
Byon May 21, 2014 10:00 AM
Sonoma State School of Education is pleased to be a co-host of the 2014 ieSonoma event on Monday, June 9, 8:30am-12:30pm at Sonoma Country Day School in Santa Rosa. The event is focused the changing demands of the 21st century and how our community, and its schools, must respond to meet those demands. Two keynote speakers will be featured, Dr. Sugata Mitra and Nirvan Mullick. A discussion on "Design Thinking in Education" will include a panel of experts, including Greg Bamford, Kristen Swanson, and others to be announced.
Dr. Sugata Mitra is Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, England. His 30 years of research spans a wide range of disciplines, but he has earned the greatest recognition for his creative experiment known as the Hole in the Wall, which showed that children can teach themselves and each other when they're motivated by curiosity and peer interest. This work inspired the book and award-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. Dr. Mitra received the 2013 TED Prize and was named one of the Top 10 Thinkers of 2013 by CNN.
Nirvan Mullick is a filmmaker, creative consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur. His animated short films have screened in festivals worldwide. In 2001, he began an ongoing collaborative experiment called The 1 Second Film, which was one of the first crowd-funded films. In 2012, he directed Caine's Arcade, an 11-minute film that became a viral phenomenon, receiving over 8 million views and sparking a global movement of "cardboard creativity." Mullick subsequently founded the non-profit Imagination Foundation to find, foster, and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in children. He has received the Dan Eldon Creative Activist Award and Innovation in Action award.
Registration is free for teachers and students using the promotional code innovate14 on the registration form, but tickets are limited. General admission is $40 for non-teachers. To register, see this registration page
About ieSonoma
ieSonoma is a partnership of educational institutions and the larger community dedicated to exploring the research, theory, and practice of transforming education for the 21st century. The partnership was initiated by SCOE in collaboration with founding partners Sonoma Country Day School and Sonoma State University and is aligned to the Cradle to Career Sonoma County goal of ensuring that every child succeeds academically
Maker Day in Marin Showcases How Teachers and Students Integrate Creativity and Science
Byon April 2, 2014 9:11 AM
The MAKER Movement has taken hold in many schools around Northern California. Over the last several years interest in the grass roots MAKER Movement has grown. MAKER Fairs around the world have attracted hundreds of thousands of people. Now MAKER is beginning to spill into schools and be used by innovative teachers seeking to provide engaging, hands-on, authentic learning experiences in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics.You can find out what MAKER is all about the 1st annual MAKER Day on April 12 at the Marin County Office of Education.See how the future is being imagined,invented, designed, programmed, and manufactured by Marin County students.Meet the MAKERS and have fun with the hands-on exhibits. Everyone is welcome--teachers, kids, families and more-- and it's free! HERE to register.
GO Green and ride your bike to MAKER Day on April 12. Valet bike parking courtesy of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition!
The Marin County Office of Education
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Microsoft, Edutopia, Intel Clubhouse, Marin County Bicycle Coalition, Lego
Play-Well, Buck Institute for Education, and Bay Area Science Festival are hosting MAKER Day on April 12, from 10:00-4:00 at the Marin County Office of Education, 1111 Las Gallinas Avenue, San Rafael. Experience the excitement,
creativity, genius and the "do it yourself" ingenuity of our students.
More info at http://make.marinschools.org.
The School of Education encourages both pre-service and in-service teachers to take advantage of this opportunity to see how schools are incorporating the MAKER mindset in their classrooms.
Making Learning Fun! Sonoma State teams up with Sonoma Valley Unified School District
Byon February 20, 2014 4:53 PM
Reader's Theater brings together theater, literature and reading in the classroom. MaryAnn presented new literature to the third graders in effort to spark their interest in theater and to help students further develop their reading skills. Her hope is that teachers can creatively weave good quality literature and theatrical activities into their classrooms which will help increase engagement in reading lessons and initiate learning through student inquiry. In Mr. Madison's classroom, the process began by placing students into five groups. All students were assigned one month to rehearse their material from the script, Traveling to Tondo, an African Tale from a book by Verna Aardema. Week by week, all students rehearsed their material in the classroom. Dr. Nickel and the classroom student teacher, Katie Johnstone, encouraged students to continue rehearsing assigned sections of the script at home. After one month of rehearsal, the students would perform their play in front of a video camcorder. That's where I came in. The first time I visited El Verano School, I filmed the students' "dress rehearsals" as part of the preparation for their final presentation. The main purpose of the first recording was for students to become familiar with the video recording process. After their "dress rehearsal," students were able to watch their recordings and engage in a conversation with Dr. Nickel to critique their own performances, as well as the performance of the group overall. The first recording was an important tool for students to view their work and critique themselves. The class was given an additional week to practice their material before their final recordings. For their final performance, each group performed in front of the class. To increase student involvement and interest, students were encouraged to take part in all aspects of the Reader's Theater. I encouraged students who were not participating in the current scene to maintain their involvement by becoming a part of the production process. For each new scene, I asked a different student to assist with monitoring the camera, recording audio, and with directing. I asked students to help set up the cameras in order for them to develop understandings of the film production process. Students learned how to work with tri-pods, cameras, microphones and lights. While some students were performing, I had volunteers helping as directors by calling action or assisting their peers during their work.
Working with Dr. Nickel and Mr. Madison's third grade class was not only an experience for the students but it was a learning experience for me. Students exuded much enthusiasm and eagerness to prepare for their performances. It was inspiring to see how captivated the students were during the whole process - I was impressed that the third grade class took their performances very seriously.
Those who were typically limited in their classroom participation were more eager to maintain involvement in the play. There was an increased sense of confidence in the students that had not been showcased until this performance. The introduction of Reader's Theater is one effective and exciting way Sonoma State's School of Education and Sonoma Valley School District are working together to help in the transition to the new Common Core Standards in the classroom. It is a great method to increase student's theatrical interests, develop self confidence and ability to communicate effectively, and improve reading skills for all students--from the confident reader to the struggling reader.
Watch the students' performance! >>
Professors Kathy Morris and Debora Hammond Honored with Goldstein Award
Byon January 31, 2014 3:31 PM
The award recognizes the important connection between faculty professional development (scholarly creative activities) and enriched learning environments for students.
Dr. Kathy Morris received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies - Teacher Education from University of Michigan. Since joining the Sonoma State University faculty, Dr. Morris has authored or co-authored five peer reviewed publications, completed two book chapters and six other publications. In addition, she's participated in 38 conference presentations since 2003 alone.
Dr. Morris has been a Carnegie Fellow on two different projects; The Goldman-Carnegie Quest project related to elementary school mathematics teaching and the MSRI Carnegie Elementary Math Project. For the past five years Dr. Morris has been a Principal Investigator and Co-Director on grants totaling three and a half million dollars. This includes a current $500,000 State grant related to the California Common Core project.
This work has led to her current book project on effective strategies for implementing Math lessons. Dr. Morris was instrumental in the design of the MA in Mathematics Education through the School of Education. Graduates of this program are teachers who go on to take leadership roles in the K-12 education system.
Dr. Debora Hammond received her Ph.D. in History of Science from University of California, Berkeley. She is an international expert in the history of systems thinking; she has given plenary talks six times for the annual meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences. She has over 20 publications on topics which range from systems thinking, to food, education, ecology and sustainability.
Her book, The Science of Synthesis; Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory was published in 2003. She has also been an invited speaker, workshop organizer or participant in over 28 conferences and events. Her two recent publications in 2013 are "Reflections of Recursion and the Evolution of Learning" and "Systems Theory".
Dr. Hammond works with graduate students in the Hutchins Action for a Viable Future MA program, and as Coordinator of the MS in Organization Development. Dr. Hammond has the honor to be selected as an invited participant to the 2014 International Federation for Systems Research Conversation which will be held in Linz, Austria. This biennial event gathers a team of researchers together to work collaboratively for a week on a shared theoretical paper.
The vision of Bernie and Estelle Goldstein is definitely reflected in this year's "Goldstein Awards for Excellence in Scholarship" winners. Each recipient will receive $1,500 to support their ongoing scholarship efforts. Debora Hammond and Kathy Morris will be formally recognized at the annual Exposition of Faculty Research event that will be held later this spring.
'Taste' of Graduate Study Available to Newly Credentialed Teachers
Byon January 10, 2014 1:40 PM
The fee structure is $280 per unit through Open University.
Courses are offered one night per week, usually at 4-6:40 or 7-9:40 pm, or on Saturdays, and may have a hybrid model wherein some classes meet face-to-face and other sessions are constructed online through Moodle (or some other platform).
The spring 2014 course offerings are listed on our web page at http://www.sonoma.edu/education/graduate/electives.html. Not all courses are appropriate for students exploring the program as some have pre-requisites. But many of the courses will be useful for any teaching career and will apply to your MA degree if you apply and are accepted later on.
The process to enroll through Open University can be found at the Extended Education web page at http://www.sonoma.edu/exed/misc/open-university.html
Generally, the steps to follow are:
1. Look over the course offerings and determine if you wish to take any of the courses listed.
2. Get the REGISTRATION form in the Extended Ed office and secure the instructor approval and department chair approval to enroll in the class.
3. Pay the fee of $280 per unit, or $840 for a 3 unit class, $1,680 for two classes. (Note, this is significantly less expensive than the normal SSU graduate program course fee structure.)
4. Start attending classes the week of January 13.
While engaged in the course or courses, seek advising, review the programs we offer and, if appropriate, apply to that program in the spring for consideration of fall enrollment.
Note, attending courses as a "continuing education student" does not automatically allow you entry to that program--you must still go through the normal application process later if you decide to move forward with the advanced degree. No more than two courses taken through Open University can be applied toward your MA degree. The instructor must approve your enrollment.
To see what MA concentrations we offer and connect with one of our faculty advisors, see our Graduate Studies webpages for more detailed information.
SSU's Teacher Technology Showcase Fosters Dialogue & Innovation
Byon January 8, 2014 2:08 PM
Where can you play PacMan with a carrot controller, walk on the moon, and play a digital piano using Play-Doh, all in one evening? One month ago, educators and students gathered together for the Teacher Technology Showcase, and were able to do all three in this year's interactive Maker's Space.
The annual event, now in its third year, is an open house for creative thinking about how to effectively use technology in teaching. Thirty six presenters shared and demonstrated their ideas for lesson plans, tutorials, and tools, all designed to improve learning and student engagement. The event gathered over 200 attendees, including SSU credential and master's degree students, SSU faculty, staff, and alumni, and Bay Area educators.
Posters around the room encouraged participation and dialogue with phrases like "Choose to be Creative," "Create classroom activities that don't yet exist in the world!" and "Ask me how this meets the needs of all learners." One of the graduate students who attended said, "I really appreciated the opportunity to talk with the presenters about the benefits for students."
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This year the School of Education welcomed the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) as a partner for the event. Presenters from SCOE provided many of the hands-on Maker Space activities, and helped spread the word out about the Showcase to local schools. Technology Showcase supporters Edutopia and KQED also sent representatives to present and share information about the resources and tools they offer for the classroom.
Presentations covered a broad range of topics, and were aimed at various teaching levels, including elementary, secondary, and special education. Presenters shared their utilization of various websites including Prezi, Wix, Twig World, and Moodle, as well as a handful of useful iPad apps used for behavioral change, teaching science, and verbalizing emotions. In an attendance survey many participants said they appreciated the relevance and practicality of the presentations, as well as the broad range of topics and grade levels included.
One of the goals of this event is to help educators see creative and practical uses for a variety of applications for the classroom, and encourage them to try out some of these new ideas with their own students. To help them put the ideas into practice, each of the presenters created an online version of their presentation which is available online on the School of Education website. One elementary school principal left saying, "I have homework!" commenting on how there were so many things to learn at the showcase.
3rd Annual Sonoma State Teacher Technology Showcase December 5
Byon November 15, 2013 10:40 AM
Technology has infused education, and teachers have at their fingertips an overwhelming array of choices in software, mobile apps and web-based resources for teaching and instruction. This year's SSU Teacher Technology Showcase provides the opportunity for both new and experienced teachers to share what technologies they are using and demonstrate how they are using applications to more fully engage students and impact student learning. This year the School of Education has partnered with the Sonoma County Office of Education to make this event, now in its third year, bigger and better than ever, with 40 presentations and interactive displays. The event will take place on Thursday, December 5 from 5:00-7:00 p.m in the SSU Cooperage and is free and open to the public (parking on campus is $5.00 per car)
Dr. Carlos Ayala, Dean of Education, says that the Showcase represents two very important movements that will have a broad impact in the North Bay education sphere: "First, it represents the collaborative nature of education agencies, non-profits, community agencies, and businesses working together to accomplish change," said Ayala. "Second, it represents the latest in educational technology innovation." The School of Education is reaching out to strengthen partnerships in our region, share ideas and leverage resources to innovate and meet the needs of our public schools. This year KQED, Edutopia and Google will participate in the fair.
The showcase has continued to grow each year both in attendance and presentation numbers. "Last year, there were 150 people in attendance and 26 presentations from both pre and in-service educators," said Assistant Professor Jessica Parker, who is the annual event coordinator. "This year, we expect 250 local educators, administrators, and campus community members to attend to experience 40 presentations from our teacher candidates and alumni of our program that are working in local schools."
Thanks to this year's partnership with the Sonoma County Office of Education, this year's fair will also incorporate a unique and interactive "Digital Sandbox" and experiential Maker Space. The Maker Space will offer attendees hands-on opportunities to hack a laptop with MaKey MaKey, use play dough to conduct electricity via Squishy Circuits, and create Blinky bugs. "This is all part of the School of Education's effort to promote the Maker philosophy and learning," said Parker. "Additionally, local educators will demonstrate how they have integrated Maker culture into their classrooms."
"The goal of the Showcase is to highlight how educators are creating better learning environments for students through the integration of technology," said Ann Steckel, SSU's new Director of Educational Design & Curricular Innovation. "The School of Education is always excited to bring educators and community members together to support local teachers, administrators, and faculty to discuss their work." Since coming to SSU this semester, Steckel has been working to bring faculty on SSU's campus together to strengthen pedagogy and support one another for more collaboration and innovation in the realm of teaching. Helping faculty develop and share ideas for effective use of Moodle and other online tools is one part of that work. Although the Showcase centers on Preschool through 12th grade instruction, the event can help university faculty think about the way they incorporate technology into their college level courses as well.
Read here about the success of the 2012 tech showcase
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California Reading Association Institute brings prominent language and literacy experts to SSU campus, Nov. 1 & 2
Byon November 1, 2013 12:38 PM
The Professional Development Institute offers over 60 sessions, focusing on the Common Core, the new California English Language Arts/English Language Development (ELD) Framework, reading comprehension, writing, early literacy, the new ELD standards and techniques for teaching English learners which are issues and challenges our schools and districts are currently facing.
The conference features literacy leaders, educational experts, and award-winning children's authors. These sessions will provide the latest researched based strategies for teachers, librarians and administrators, who are transitioning to the new Common Core State Standards as well as a forum to discuss literacy issues, provoke innovative thinking and network with colleagues from around the state.
Dr. Karen Grady, Professor in the Sonoma State Reading and Language Program in the School of Education noted that while "teacher educators have been working on the ideas associated with Common Core for some time--this is a unique time of transition which provides the opportunity for educators to re-imagine what we have been working on all along."
Dr. MaryAnn Nickel, Sonoma State Professor of Reading and Language emphasized this transition must be grounded in literacy research. Educators must "meet the needs of all learners, and as we move to interpret Common Core standards into practical applications, we need to stay true to sound literacy theory as both our anchor and our path forward." The CRA, with this professional development conference provides this anchor, and offers educators a hub for collaboration and communication on literacy education.
Speakers include internationally respected researchers, including:
Many SSU professors and School of Education graduate students from the Master of Arts in Education program will also be presenting sessions, and some SSU students will be volunteering to help at the conference. Speakers include Dr. Charles Elster, Dr. Karen Grady, Dr. MaryAnn Nickel and graduate student Diane Dalenberg. Professional development credit units for the conference will be available through Sonoma State University's School of Extended Education for professional educators who attend. For more information about the conference schedule and about the California Reading Association, see californiareads.org.

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MADISON (WKOW) -- The Madison Fire Department got the chance to get some live training Thursday in buildings that were donated to the department.
Five buildings were donated by the Gallina Corporation. Officials say these house are valuable training tools for the department, and give fire crews a more realistic opportunity to practice firefighting skills.
"The more repetitions we get, obviously the better at what we do we are," Capt. Paul Ripp, with the Madison Fire Department, said. "Being able to do it with clear conditions is one thing, and if we can get good at doing it. That way then when we do have real heat and real smoke then we have a higher likelihood of success."
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The Atlanta Falcons have given Tony Gonzalez the Brett Favre training camp schedule. At 37 years old, and entering his 17th NFL season, his body probably doesn't want to be subjected to the early training camp rigors. Gonzalez is always in peak physical condition so his conditioning isn't a worry or issue. Gonzalez hasn't missed a game since 2006.
"Tony is gone. Again, I don't want to get into details," head coach Mike Smith said, via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "His son is starting football this week. It's his first season of tackle football and he's going to be with him."
"Our plan is that Tony will be missing the first preseason game but he will play in the last two preseason games. That's an update and I don't want to be having a Tony Gonzalez update moving forward, but that's where we're at right now. We knew this ahead of time. Not to rehash it but Tony had made these commitments to his family prior to deciding to come back and play. When Tony can be here, he is going to be here and be a part of it and I think that was very evident by him being here for the first three days of practice."
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"Overall, I thought that Fable had a lot of potential that was not quite fulfilled. The dialogue and the ending were, for me, disappointing, as was the lack of any real depth to the story. On the other hand, I still enjoyed the adventuring components, but then, I do like this style of graphic adventure. Experienced players may find it to be a bit too easy, but it's certainly entertaining enough to provide light relief between tougher games and offers a reasonable challenge to players new to the genre. I'd like to recommend it as suitable for all the family, but just remember that it does contain some rather immature and uninspired dialogue."
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Residents of Savannah, GA., were treated to a spectacular commercial from personal injury lawyer Jamie Casino… and now Hollywood has come calling. Full story: TMZ
The singer will perform 45 shows at the Donny and Marie Showroom at The Flamingo, starting April 8. Dates are scheduled through the summer. Full story: People.com
The pop star has opted to extend her stay in treatment and has therefore scrapped her tour dates that were scheduled for March and April. Full story: E! Online
In his Editor's Letter, Graydon Carter addresses long-running rumors that Vanity Fair has been working on an "epic takedown" of Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Read excerpts here.
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That in a work environment, everyone thinks their #1 priority has to be your #1 priority. It's not possible for everything to be #1. That's counter to the actual mathematical meaning of "one."
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Calling Ferris Bueller….
a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Califormia has sold, setting a record for most expensive car ever, at $10,976,000. The winning bid was from a British radio DJ. They pay DJs that much? I'm in the wrong line of work. A 1961 Ferrart 250 GT California was the car in the Ferris Bueller movie, except that they used a replica. Sr. Ferrari only built 100 of these beauties. The prior record was $9,275,000 and was set last year, also for a Ferrari, a 1962 330 TRI/LM. The record before that was for an American car, a 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake, and a not so insignificant $5.5 million.
Photos at Jaolopnik. It's black (the car) and it's lovely even though it's not Ferrari red or silver. It used to belong to James Coburn. The list of cars I should have bought in the 60s but couldn't afford then either continues to grow.
If you haven't figured it out by osmosis or whatever, I'm a child of the 60s – an old hippy of sorts. And although in recent years I have gotten more accustomed to shorter hair, I tend to let it grow until I receive notification from people who pay attention to this sort of thing, that it needs some attention. It's probably only been a decade since I cut off my pony tail and I only got rid of it because I had to constantly wear in in that little band. It's wavy enough that it looked bad unfurled, I am told.
And I do have to admit that shorter hair requires less fussing with in the morning. Given that I am not a morning person, that has some degree of importance. I ran errands on Saturday. I drove down to Rivergate to return a cell phone we got last week to replace the one that got washed and dried. We've gotten accustomed to flip phones, maybe because they're so Star Trekkie, but anyway, keyguards just don't work for us. So I had to return the replacement phone we hated, and the other errand I had to do that morning before I started on mowing was to get a haircut.
I used to try to go find someone who cut my hair so that 'That looks nice" was the comment I got at home, once the shearing was done, but we've moved and that person is in Bellevue. But these days, hairstylists seem to quit their jobs at the drop of a hat, or they work strange schedules or something so I never see the same one twice. As a result, I tend to just give up and go to one of those quickie haircut places you tend to find in the strip stores near Kroger stores. They're almost ubiquitous (ooh, big word!), they do a nice job, and they tend to charge around $12 or so and cheap works well for me too. But I never know what to tell them about what to do, how to cut my hair. They ask the question "how do you want it cut?" In the quickie cut places it usually works to say it's been a couple of months, and I think I have ears under there, or something equally non-committal.
Since I don't know if it was done well until I'm told so, it wouldn't do me any good to ask them what to say the next time, so I tend to wing it. Well, back to Saturday. The quickie cut place I've been to since we moved is in Springfield and it wasn't going to be convenient to drive all the way up there so I figured I'd stop on the way back home. I went into one quickie place in the Rivergate area and it was SRO. Since I have no patience any more, that wasn't happening and I ended up at a barber shop in Greenbrier. Mack takes his son there and my father-in-law gets his hair cut there too. It would be pretty quick, on the way, seemed like a good idea.
They have two barbers. As it turns out, the shorter one doesn't see at all well according to my father-in-law and he's better at giving Marines haircuts than civilians, but I didn't know that going in and fortunately didn't need to. I got the guy in the front chair, I assume he's the owner. Both are older gentlemen and they have a central vacuum system attached to their clippers. I wear hearing aids. Vacuum system right next to your ears plus hearing aids means pain. It's sorta like your brain is being vacuumed while attached to a wire brush and they're not into being gentle. So I sit down in the chair, he throws the sheet over me and asks the question. "So, medium for you?" Medium? Am I a steak? Well, actually, medium might be OK, so I say sure.
For your further edification, medium is somewhere between "shit, there's nothing left" and "that looks nice" but it's much closer to "damn, you really got your hair cut." On the good side of things, I've had my haircut for the summer, it seems.
And I thought I was selfless
I have overestimated my selflessness and feel humbled after reading this post on Politico.
For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families.
"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
Bush said he made that decision after the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, which killed Sergio Vieira de Mello, the top U.N. official in Iraq and the organization's high commissioner for human rights.
"I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life," he said. "I was playing golf — I think I was in central Texas — and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, 'It's just not worth it anymore to do.'"
The man has given up golf for the duration. Why, no wonder he leads the free world.
Smart cars tested by IIHS
The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) has tested the tiny Smart Fortwo car for crash protection. It received a good rating. That is as high as the IIHS gives a vehicle. It rated good in both side and frontal impact testing so it seems their safety cage body works as it was designed to do. The Smart is about three feet shorter than a Mini Cooper and around 700 pounds lighter, gaining it a classification as a microcar.
Now if they just cost less than $20 grand, didn't require premium gas, and got better than 40 MPG, they'd still be ugly, in an ugly sort of way.
And, yes, I do understand that this will be profoundly different than the fuel consumption that I have wanted all of my life. It would require winning the lottery. I'm ready for that sacrifice and that burden, if this is the result. Just call me selfless.
A good resource
If you need a photo and you're going to go searching through the intertubes to find it, here's the best place ever to start. This blog has a huge list of places to start searching, places to find images for free, places to go where you have to pay, etc. It is a great resource.
Don't forget to watch out for copywrite issues. It's not nice to steal from starving artists, especially if they have lawyers.
To the moon, Alice! To the moon!
Unfortunately, in this case Ralph Cramden is talking about oil prices going to the moon rather than Alice. Oil is now at $126 a barrel today, it's highest so far this millennium. And, when I filled up my tank this morning, I was excited to find some idiot that hadn't raised prices up to the moon and I filled up with the silver-plated octane level at $3.43 a gallon. According to Nashville Gas Prices, it's now officially highest in Brentwood and Franklin and lowest in Hendersonville. Oddly enough, those are probably the more financially better-off suburbs and I have no idea why the Hendersonville folks are getting off so cheap. Whatever.
Even Toyota is having a hard time and their cars get better mileage. (A friend here at work just bought a Yaris. She's been happy as a clam over her 38 mpg.) They're forecasting a 27% drop in this year's profits and a 28% drop for the current quarter.
Chrysler has offered to subsidize the cost of your gas, covering everything you have to pay over $2.99 a gallon for the next three years in an efort to sell their cars. (Gets out Excel to do some calculatin') If you drive a PT Cruiser (We had one. It is comfortable to ride in, based on a 4 cylinder engine, but gets 19 mpg. Which isn't too bad for a Chrysler, but in general sucks.) and drive it about 12,000 miles a year, you'll do 36,000 miles in that three years. If gas goes up a nickel a month every month in that same three years (topping out at $5.18 a gallon for regular — yow!), you will pay $8,200 for gasoline. Chrysler will pay you back the difference between what you've paid and the $2.99 price, which amounts to around $2,500 in three years – but wait – there's a catch in their deal. They agree to pay you the difference based on the EPA mileage rating, which means to get the full value of your rebate, which will be more like $1,300, you'll have to drive no faster than 45, never roll down the windows and never use air conditioning. Compare that savings with what you lose in depreciation the minute you buy a Chrysler product, and you're still a loser. Thank you for playing, Mr. Chrysler.
Two things that may come in handy
If you ever need to channel Mr. Peabody and his wayback machine*, there still is one available. Although it only deals with the Internet, this link archives the web so you can go back and see the prior incarnation of your favorite site as far back as 1996. (OK, so it's not all that way back. Picky, picky.)
This site is where you go to find out those amazing facts you use to befuddle your friends like there are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos; most lipstick is made using fish scales (ew.); men are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women; and tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered insulting.
* Old television show reference to Bullwinkle character Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman.


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PAHO Director meets with President of the Rockefeller Foundation
PAHO's newly installed Director, Carissa F. Etienne, met on Feb. 5 with Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, to discuss expanded collaboration between the two institutions, which have both played central roles in promoting public health in the Americas since the early 20th century.
Dr. Etienne outlined her priorities as she begins her new term, saying that promoting universal health coverage in the countries of the Americas will be her "number-one priority." "This is the grand idea, and now we need to make it a reality. We've done a lot at the global and regional levels, now we need to move to the country level."
She said initial efforts in this regard will include assessing progress toward universal health coverage in different countries, examining PAHO's technical cooperation in this area, identifying and targeting vulnerable populations, creating a network of expertise to look at financial aspects and core benefit packages adjusted to country realities, and making recommendations for strengthening the Organization's role in advancing universal coverage in its member countries.
Before becoming PAHO Director, Dr. Etienne was the World Health Organization's Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Services. In this capacity, she had chief responsibility for the production of the 2010 World Health Report, Health systems financing: the path to universal coverage, which received financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Dr. Rodin said the Rockefeller Foundation also views universal health coverage as one of the most important public health challenges today.
Other priority areas discussed included reorganizing health systems based on primary health care models, the growing epidemic of noncommunicable diseases, public-private partnerships for health, and the challenge of aging populations in the Americas.
PAHO and the Rockefeller Foundation have collaborated in areas including gender equity, mobile health technologies and, most recently, an initiative to develop case studies of successful efforts in the Americas to mobilize inter-sectoral action for health promotion, in preparation for the World Conference on Health Promotion in Finland (Helsinki 2013).
Both leaders agreed to continue strengthening their collaborative efforts in support of universal health coverage and promoting the development of public health in the Americas by engaging all relevant stakeholders.
The Rockefeller Foundation, founded in 1913, is currently celebrating its centennial.
Recent Immunization News
New data show child mortality rates falling faster than ever
New data released today by the United Nations show that under-five mortality rates have dropped by 49% between 1990 and 2013. The average annual reduction has accelerated – in some countries it has even tripled – but overall progress is still short of meeting the global target of a two-thirds decrease in under-five mortality by 2015.
eHealth initiatives take off in Latin America and the Caribbean
Haiti launches cholera vaccination campaign
Haiti to launch cholera vaccination with PAHO/WHO support
Experts recommend continued surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases for rapid response and prevention of outbreaks
PAHO/WHO reminds travelers to get vaccinated against measles and rubella before going to the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Ciro de Quadros, Public Health Hero of the Americas (1940-2014)


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There was some good options in last week's poll which isn't surprising since all the options were straight from my favorite Bon Appétit issue of the year: The grilling issue.
This was always my favorite annual issue even before I had a grill, but now it's just butter to my bread baby.
This recipe is actually a beginning grilling recipe. The original uses just boneless skinless breasts and pounds them thin so they cook evenly and quickly. That's all fine and good, but I like a really good char on my grilled chicken, so I just cut up a whole chicken that way I could have my thighs and legs and Betsy could have her breast meat.
Worked great!
Grilled Yogurt Chicken
- 1-2 whole chicken, cut into pieces or 4-8 pieces of your favorite chicken parts.
- Marinade: (This is easily enough for two whole chickens.)
- 2 Cups plain yogurt
- 1 Cup cilantro, stems and all
- 1/2 large onion, chopped
- 1/3 Cup olive oil, plus some for the grill
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 Tablespoon lime juice
- 2 Tablespoons garam masala
- 2 Teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 Teaspoon fresh ground pepper
- 1 2 inch piece of fresh ginger
Helpful Equipment
1) Roughly chop marinade ingredients and add to a food processor. Pulse until smooth.
2) If you using chicken breasts, pound them until they are an even width between two pieces of plastic wrap. You can also just use a whole chicken, cut into pieces.
3) Pour marinade over chicken and rub it in well. Let it sit for at least 6 hours in the fridge. Overnight is even better.
4) Shake off extra marinade from chicken before grilling.
5) Heat grill to medium high and, if you're using whole chicken, prepare a spot for indirect heat.
6) Cook breasts for about 10 minutes total. Thighs and legs will take much longer, maybe 35-40 minutes. Start them on high heat and then move them to the indirect area to finish cooking.
7) I always recommend checking chicken with a meat thermometer. The thighs should register 170 degrees.
8) Let rest for a few minutes before serving.
From The Grilling Issue courtesy of the team at Dinner: A Love Story.
A Yogurt Bath
Yogurt isn't often used as a marinade here in the states but it's really popular in India and other countries.
And let me just say that those people know what's up. Yogurt is a perfect base for a marinade. It keeps the chicken really moist and also gives it this kind of subtle tangy flavor that's irresistible.
But, it's a good idea to beef up the flavor a bit with some good additions. These are the ones recommended.
Just kind of roughly chop everything and add it to a food processor.
It's definitely not necessary to have a food processor for this recipe, it's just a lot easier. You could chop everything very finely and stir it together in a big bowl with more or less the same results.
Pulse this until it's well-combined and basically a liquid and then pour it all over your chicken.
Speaking of Chicken
So the original recipe uses just chicken breasts which you can definitely do. If you are using them, I recommend putting each breast between two pieces of plastic wrap and pounding it until it's about 1/2 inch thick. Ideally, it'll be the same thickness over the whole breast.
Frankly, I find boneless skinless breasts to be boring. I love skin, especially the grilled charred kind. But Betsy does like the boneless skinless thing.
So to solve this problem I usually just chop up a whole chicken that way I have some of everything. It's a lot cheaper to buy a whole chicken also.
Whatever route you choose, just drown the chicken with the marinade when it's ready.
The recipe will make enough marinade for two whole chickens or 8 servings of boneless skinless breasts.
Let the chicken marinate for at least 6 hours, but overnight wouldn't hurt.
When your ready to grill, pull your chicken out of your yogurt bath and gently shake off any extra marinade. It's fine if there is still plenty on the pieces.
Grillin' the Chicken
If you're using the pounded boneless skinless breasts, grilling is easy. Just heat your grill to medium-high heat and rub it with some oil so the chicken doesn't stick. Then toss on your chicken and cook it for 4-5 minutes per side. Done deal.
If you went the whole chicken route, it's a bit more complicated. You need to start the thighs about 20 minutes before the breasts. Also, you need to set up your grill with a section for indirect heat cooking. The thighs will need probably 35-40 minutes to cook through. If you cooked them over medium-high for that long, you'd have a completely charred exterior.
So cook the thighs and legs for about 5-6 minutes per side over high heat and then move them to the low heat/indirect heat area to finish cooking.
The marinade is really flavorful and goes well with rice and any steamed veggie really.
These thighs and legs were my idea of chicken heaven. Perfectly crispy skin with really juicy, flavorful meat.
This recipe is really all about the marinade. Feel free to use whatever chicken pieces you like and to make it your own.
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Fabulous projects for the study of dark matter and dark energy
The most relevant observation to date regarding dark matter is "Bullet cluster".
"The Bullet cluster (1E 0657-56) consists of two colliding clusters of galaxies.[1] Studies of the Bullet cluster, announced in August 2006, provide the best evidence to date for the existence of dark matter.[2] At a statistical significance of 8σ, it was found that the spatial offset of the center of the total mass from the center of the baryonic mass peaks cannot be explained with an alteration of the gravitational force law.[3] Observations of other galaxies cluster collisions, such as MACS J0025.4-1222, also show significant displacement between their center of visible matter and their gravitational potential."
Major contribution to the study of dark energy was published recently.
"A team led by Alexey Vihklinin (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory) has discovered that very ancient galaxy clusters are much more massive than those that formed more recently. "What we find is that the growth of these structures has slowed down during the past 5½ billion years," Vihklinin explains, "and this is the unmistakable signature of dark energy.""
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QUANTICO, Va. (AP) — A World War I ceremonial sword that turned up in a Fredericksburg store is being restored by the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico.
The sword is inscribed with the name of Col. Frank Goettge. The Ohio native is known for leading the ill-fated "Lost Patrol" in August 1942 on the island of Guadalcanal, where bitter fighting took place between Americans and Japanese in World War II.
The Free Lance-Star reports that the restoration will include removal of corrosion, repair of the grip handles and stabilization to prevent further deterioration.
Officials say the sword is slated for display in the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame gallery as part of a project set to open in 2016. Goettge was known for his skills on the football field.


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|District and Town
Semporna Waterfront.
|Coordinates: 4°29′0″N 118°37′0″E / 4.48333°N 118.61667°E
|Population (2010)
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|www.sabah.gov.my/md.sprn www.sabah.gov.my/pd.sprn
Semporna is a district as well as town located in Tawau Division, in the east coast of Sabah, Malaysia on the island of Borneo. Its population was estimated to be around 133,164 in 2010.[1]
Semporna was founded soon after the British North Borneo Company established Sandakan, and initially settled by Chinese traders, most fleeing from Spanish attack on the Sulu Sultanate. The name Semporna means place of rest (as in Sanskrit "sampoorna" meaning accomplishment i.e. implying completion of a journey into a settlement) and was given after the British quelled resistance from the local Bajaus in the mid-1880s, changing it from Tong Talun. Another story is that Semporna was called place to settle or meeting place by four admirals – Panglima Kabogan, Panglima Bum-Bum, Panglima Simunul and Panglima Abdullah . The original founder of group of islands and the ancestor to the four admirals was Panglima Jamaludin Bin Ajibudin.
Semporna is located at the tip of Semporna Peninsula around Lahad Datu Bay (also known as Darvel Bay), and is visited by tourists as a base for scuba diving or snorkelling trips to Pulau Sipadan (Sipadan Island), some 36 kilometres southeast of town.
The majority of the population is Bajau, many of whom live in sprawling stilt villages over the water on the outskirts of town. Also on the sea around Semporna live thousands of people of the Bajau Laut (also known as Sea Gypsies or Sama di Laut). They are one of the few nomadic sea borne peoples of the world and spend most of their lives from birth to old age on board boats, finding a livelihood from the rich coral reefs in the area. Only after death burial takes place on land.
Sabahan Malay creole is the main language spoken in this area. Semporna is also unique due to it is the only Zamboangueño Chavacano-speaking community in Malaysia, a Spanish-based creole whose speakers can mainly be found only in the Zamboanga area on the neighbouring Philippine island of Mindanao. The cause of the language exist here due to many Filipino refugees who escaped from the conflict in southern Philippines bring the language to this area.
Marine products are still the mainstay of the local economy, as well as tourism. Pearl culturing is a major component of this industry.
Semporna is also known for the Regatta Lepa traditional boat races which occur annually in April. Semporna was also the location of the finish line of Eco-Challenge: Borneo, held in 2000. Off the coast is a marine park called Tun Sakaran Marine Park also known as Semporna Islands Park. It was gazetted by Sabah Parks in 2004.
Semporna is the gateway to diving paradise in world-renowned islands like Sipadan, Mabul, Kapalai, Mataking, Sibuan, Mantabuan, Siamil & Pom Pom among others. Visitors to Semporna are mainly sun seekers looking to relax or to take up water sports activities such as scuba diving or snorkelling.
As Semporna is a coastal town, visitors are encouraged to try out all the various fresh seafood as they are cheap and delicious.
- ^ "Total population by ethnic group, administrative district and state, Malaysia, 2010" (PDF). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
External links[edit]
- (Malay) Semporna District Council
- (Malay) Semporna District Office


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The pyramid complex at Gizeh,
and in particular the Great Pyramid, has held a grand fascination for all
peoples for millennia. What is it? Why is it? These questions have been disected,
debated, researched, and written about for centuries.
I have read every possible writing that I could ever find on the Great Pyramid and have not seen this theory presented anywhere. In one way, I think this presentation is more objective than most theory views. I am not promoting this theory, not publishing it for profit, and nothing to gain or lose by its acceptance or rejection by the readers. Other theorists have developed a single approach and one-sided view of this Grand Structure, promoting their one theory with self-serving facts and research, overlooking other obvious facts. I do believe a more comprehensive - more encompassing theory is probably a better definition of the Great Pyramid ---one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The oldest manuscript concerning the Gizeh complex is the 'Emerald Tablets of Thoth,' where Thoth writes about how he developed the 'underground' portion of Gizeh. He buried a craft there for the 'end times' for our benefit to defeat the enemies of humanity. (reptilian overlords?) This manuscript is purportedly 35,000 years old. Thoth is also been spelt as Toth, Thaute, Thute, and Thuti. There is a general consensus that Thoth (the Atlantean) is also Hermes, and according to Freemasonry he was also Enoch. In the ancient languages, according to many, Thuti is the closest spelling to the the correct pronunciation of this being's name. (ta-hoot-i) The Great Pyramid in the same ancient language was call Khuti (ka-hoot-i).
There have been two recent discoveries that may verify that accuracy of the Emerald Tablets, concerning the craft that Thoth buried. One was the oldest ship ever recovered. This huge boat has been re-assembled and restored. Could this have been the craft that Thoth buried, intended to be the saving of mankind from a large flood?...


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HyperCardA hypertext programming environment for the Macintosh introduced by Apple in 1987. The HyperCard model consists of cards, and collections of cards, called stacks. You can connect the cards in various ways, and leaf through them the way you would with a set of Rolodex cards. In addition to data, each card can contain graphics and buttons that trigger other events, such as sound or video.
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Python client error
I'm trying to load 500K docs in a couchbase cluster, I have shards with 100k docs, each shards is loaded via same python script
The three first shards were loaded without any issue, but the fourth shard reported this error
Exception in thread dispatcher-thread (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown): Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/threading.py", line 532, in __bootstrap_inner File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/threading.py", line 484, in run File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/couchbase/couchbaseclient.py", line 661, in _start_dispatcher File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/couchbase/couchbaseclient.py", line 968, in dispatch File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/Queue.py", line 174, in get <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: 'NoneType' object is not callable
Now when I execute the loader script I have always this issue
Someone have idea what this could be?
Hi Yago,
I saw similar behavior recently while updating the client to its current version 0.6. However, I wasn't able to recreate the issue after it cleared up on its own. I've created an issue that's being tracked here - http://www.couchbase.com/issues/browse/PYCBC-26.
Thanks for reporting this error.
-- John
Reading my server logs and other debug I did some identifications.
First, I didn't close the couchbaseclient with the done() method at the end of script, now the issue doesn't appears when script finish.
Second, my server exhaust the memory and crash the python script, in this case this exception is raise some times.
One thing I forget to say
My environment is a Centos OS 6 with python 2.6 and a Mac OSX lion 10.7.3 whit python 2.7, the version of the couchbase client is the 0.6
Sorry for the trouble with the Python SDK. Would you be able to upload some sample Python that generates this error? That'd be a huge help to narrow down where and when it's happening--as I've not seen it, myself.
Are you using the Python SDK 0.6 download from...
...or a version you've built from the Github repo?
There is a bug listed in our issue tracker, but it references the 0.5 version:
If you can confirm the version, etc, that'd be great.
Wanted to add I ran into this using
from what I can see the client.py: Bucket is missing the __del__ method that the main branch has. I cut and paste that in which stops the exception, and has us waiting 2 seconds for shutdown.
this happened to me today when testing importing ~100k docs that are each approx 100bytes in length. python 2.7.3 on mac / terminal / bash


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The Los Angeles Lakers retired the jersey of star center Shaquille O'Neal on Tuesday night and raised his jersey in to the rafters among the greatest players to ever put on the purple and gold. Shaq became the ninth Lakers player to receive the honor of having his jersey retired, but his jersey will be coming down soon… for a little fix.
After examining the jersey, the Lakers realized there was a slight error in the larger than life jersey for the larger than life personality and star center.
Superman's jersey was printed on the wrong side.
The jersey that Shaq was honored with was a post-1999 jersey when the team re-designed their uniforms. The giant V-neck on Shaq's jersey made it clear that his name and number were printed on the front of the replica jersey rather than the back, but the team will fix the problem.
"The new jersey will be ready and installed prior to Friday's game," a team spokesman said in an email Wednesday via ESPN.
For Shaq, standing out in the crowd is nothing new, but the team wants to make sure his jersey that is hanging in the rafters at Staples Center is done the right way.


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5 Unconventional Ways to Display Family Photos
Don't even get us started on how long it takes me to decide where to hang artwork. It takes forever. And by the time I get to family photos, I'm tapped out and they end up on the fridge. But I've taken a closer look and found a couple of different ways I'd be into displaying those family photos after all.
1. Make it a Painting. Cheating, we know, but making that family snapshot into a drawing or a painting is a great way to make it stand out and feel more like artwork (because it is!).
2. Make it Larger Than Life. We love this mural made out of an old photo, it makes a statement, it's fun and it doesn't smack of a bunch of framed photos on a piano. Follow the link in this post for how to make one.
3. Make a Grid. This example doesn't use family photos, but we love the way a grid automatically makes things feel modern. Blow up the photos, choose a color palette (or stick to black and white) and grid it out.
4. Keep Them Small. Cover an entire wall with old polaroids and snapshots to create your own wallpaper and plenty for guests to take in when they come over. We love it on this grand scale because the images become more of a texture so they don't overwhelm the room.
5. Accordion Them. This example came from a Conran catalogue and we love the casual nature of having free standing black and white photos of our family. It's easy to switch out and you can fold it up and out of the way when redecorating. Here's how we would make one of our own.
Images: Kelly and Jonathan's Mission House Tour, Supersized Family Photos, Natalie and Nicholas' Framed Photos, Inspiration Wall of Photos at Palihouse, Photo Display Idea By Conran
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That first picture is a wee bit 'fashion victim'-ey.
I quite like the idea, but a vignette of 4 trends is a bit of overkill.
Glass surfaces are fun; you can use them to display photos and change them whenever you like, depending on who's visiting.
I love #2, but I don't know that I'd ever have the courage to do it. Kudos to whomever did.
Thanks for the arrow in the last pic. I was too busy drooling over that table. lol
I used to enjoy the quality of writing on this blog. Unfortunately, it's really gone downhill lately.
Check out this non-commital (and free) way to hang photos on my blog post "Upcycled Cage Turned Photo Display"
#2 is awesome, as a vintage photo as artwork. if that was a modern photo featuring the people that live in that space, i'd barf.
a photographer i love, featured her family in the same style as #3: http://tarawhitney.com/justbeblogged/2008/06/opam-may-08-photo-wall-in-living-room-after/ looks awesome, even with ikea frames!
i don't personally love personal / family photos out in the more "public" areas of ones home. the more abstract the photo or display, the better, to me!
I really liked number 3 both for the overall idea and for the individual photos.
@fiona: no, you aren't. ;-)
Oh, sigh, that wall, that wall! I might not have the guts for it though.
Hanging artwork is a lot of work. Take it from me, my husband and I hung 14 pieces this summer in one shot. Just remember to get the artwork on after you have basically designed the whole house and placed the large pieces. Another option would be to place family photos in a book and use it as a coffee table feature, there any many websites where you can publish the photos in a book, this is easier than keeping in a shoe box or trying to place on the wall.
I love #4 but the frame and mat alone must cost over $1,000. That's assuming you can find a mat that big to begin with . . .
Here is a NY Times review of different photo services for unconventional photo printing. Murals, printing on canvas, vinyl etc.


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