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OCC at the NAEYC Conference & Expo
As the largest early childhood education conference in the world, the NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo gives early educators an opportunity to collaborate and explore the latest research in the field. Held in Washington DC, the conference and expo will feature hundreds of exhibits and presenters including Office of Child Care Director, Shannon Rudisill. More information about OCC presentations can be found below.
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Presenter: Shannon Rudisill, Director, Office of Child Care
Date: Thursday, November 21
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Room/Site: Washington Convention Center, 158 A/B
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The National Survey of Early Care and Education 2012: Findings on Parental Preferences and Choices and on the Characteristics of Programs Serving Children 0–5
Presenters: Shannon Rudisill, Director, Office of Child Care; Kyle Snow, National Association for the Education of Young Children; Lisa Gennetian, Research Affiliate, Institute for Human Development and Social Change, New York University; and Nicole Forry, Senior Research Scientist, Child Trends
Date: Friday, November 22
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Room/Site: Washington Convention Center, Ballroom B
Description: This paper session will present findings from the first national representative survey in 20 years gathering data from households, early childhood programs, and early childhood classroom staff on the reported preferences, search behaviors, and choices of early care and education (ECE) made by parents for their young children and will also present key characteristics of programs serving children from birth through 5 years (not yet in kindergarten), including key indicators of program quality, characteristics of the ECE workforce, and workforce participation in professional development activities. The session involves two research presentations by members of the National Survey of Early Care and Education team and two discussants who will reflect on the implication of the findings for policy and practice decision making.


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How to Tame Lions
Written for the Random Son title contest over on the beta boards, I rather like this one as it was fun to write.
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My very first poem ever, it still holds a dear place in my heart.
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En español l With heart disease affecting an estimated 27 million adults — more than 8 percent of the U.S. population — researchers are racing to develop new treatments. Among the most promising:
Heart Regeneration
During most heart attacks, a blood clot forms and blocks one of the coronary arteries that feed the heart. This kills part of the heart muscle, turning it into scar tissue, which often leads to shortness of breath, weakness and a reduced ability to exercise.
See also: 6 mobile apps that help you monitor your heart
Today researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute in Los Angeles are using a patient's stem cells to transform scar tissue into living heart muscle. The idea is simple: Harvest stem cells from an unaffected part of the heart, multiply them in the laboratory and inject them into the site of the injury, so they can take root and repair the damage.
Eduardo Marbán, M.D., and his colleagues have tested the procedure on 17 patients, and the results are striking. Heart attack survivors treated with their own stem cells within three months of an attack experienced a 50 percent reduction in scar tissue, on average, and all generated new heart tissue. If studies continue to show impressive results, heart patients will benefit from the procedure within four to five years, Marbán says.
The team is also testing the treatment using donor cells, which have worked well in experimental animals, Marbán reports. If donor cells work in humans, patients wouldn't have to undergo biopsies or wait for cells to replicate to receive treatment. The procedure might even work for patients who are in the throes of a heart attack, by preventing scar tissue from forming in the first place.
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes thick. Often, only one part of the heart is thicker than the other parts.
The thickening can make it harder for blood to leave the heart, forcing the heart to work harder to pump blood. It also can make it harder for the heart to relax and fill with blood.
Cardiomyopathy - hypertrophic (HCM); IHSS; Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis; Asymmetric septal hypertrophy; ASH; HOCM; Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition that is usually passed down through families (inherited). It is believed to be a result of several problems (defects) with the genes that control heart muscle growth.
Younger people are likely to have a more severe form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. However, the condition is seen in people of all ages.
Some patients have no symptoms. They may not even realize they have the condition until it is found during a routine medical exam.
The first symptom of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy among many young patients is sudden collapse and possible death. This can be caused by very abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias), or from the blockage of blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
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The health care provider will perform a physical exam and listen to the heart and lungs with a stethoscope. Signs may include:
The pulse in your arms and neck will also be checked. The doctor may feel an abnormal heartbeat in the chest.
Tests used to diagnose heart muscle thickness, problems with blood flow, or leaky heart valves (mitral valve regurgitation) may include:
Blood tests may be done to rule out other possible diseases.
Close family members of people who have been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be screened for the condition.
If you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, always follow your doctor's advice about exercise and medical appointments. You may be advised to avoid strenuous exercise.
If you have symptoms, you may need medication to help the heart contract and relax correctly. These may relieve chest pain or shortness of breath when exercising. Some medications used include beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers.
Some people with arrhythmias may need treatment, such as:
When blood flow out of the heart is severely blocked, symptoms can become severe. An operation called surgical myectomy may be done. In some cases, patients may be given an injection of alcohol into the arteries that feed the thickened part of the heart (alcohol septal ablation). Patients who have this procedure often show significant improvement.
If the heart's mitral valve is leaking, surgery may be done to repair or replace the valve.
Some people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may not have symptoms and will have a normal lifespan. Others may get worse slowly or quickly. The condition may develop into dilated cardiomyopathy in some patients.
People with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are at higher risk for sudden death than the normal population. Sudden death can occur at a young age.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a well-known cause of sudden death in athletes. Almost half of deaths in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy happen during or just after the patient has done some type of physical activity.
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Maron BJ. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds.Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2011:chap 69.
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Kyzza Terrazas's first feature-length film stars Mexican punk-rock icon Jessy Bulbo and actor, musician, and painter Andrés Almeida (Y Tu Mamá También) for a gritty story of a pair of counterculture activists caught between youth and adulthood as they hit their thirties.
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I need some ideas on securing a Dynasty 200 and the 211 (I hope to get soon) along with a gen set in the back of a Bronco.
I put a slide in it today. The surface is 3/4 marine plywood with marine carpet.
It works well and gives me access to the entire back of the truck (rear seat removed)
I would like to have some way to keep things where I put them and deter theft as much as possible. I haven't figured out how I'll tie down the Dynasty or the Mig other than a simple strap over the top.
Maybe some type of frame made from aluminum that locks? Hoping for some pics and ideas.
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Securing equipment on the road
The best theft deterrent is a simple cover. If you can't see it, is it worth the risk? I personally travel with the dynasty 200 in the passenger floor. I never leave it in the truck overnight.
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I remember my grandfather, when in downtown San Antonio, would remove his torch and put everything in his boxes. He carried extra washers for large bolts and he would use the welder with the washers to weld his boxes shut. He had had his boxes pryed open with crow bars too many times before to trust locks anymore.
He would leave out 1 welding rod and lock it in the truck and place it somewhere no one would think to look for important stuff. When he got back and needed in the boxes he'd use the rod and welder and burn through the washers to get into his boxes again.
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yes a cover will always be used. For the life of me I can't come up with a Dynasty tie down without damaging or altering the case in some way.
There is large seat locking devise under the slide where the rear seat was held down. I'm thinking making the same size cut in the slide and strapping the generator there. Last thing I want is a 250lb gen, screaming towards me if I hit the brakes.
I could also put a cable / lock through this (a long one) then the slide wouldn't slide and I could route the cable through the handles of the welders and generator.
Some deterrent but not 100%. Making a frame for the welders to sit in might keep them from rolling around. Then there's freaking gas bottles, leads, tools, welding wire, clamps,,,, I'm running out of room fast.
What year is your Bronco? They're not large trucks to begin with, so you're fighting an uphill battle to make one into a full-on welding rig. I'm putting a LOT of extra crap into mine as I rebuild it from the ground up, but I don't plan to carry my 211 with any regularity. IMO, you'd be better off making a securable trailer. I built one on a minivan rear axle, and it seems to be VERY sturdy so far.
If you need any Bronco-specific help, search the forums on http://www.fullsizebronco.com/forum/index.php
Most questions have been answered many times already, so you don't have to wait for a reply.Walk softly & carry a BIG SIX ! ! !
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Securing equipment on the road
The loudest alarm money can buy and weld in wire screen in the windows and don't forget dark window tint
Steve, my Bronco is a 93. Looks just like the pic you have on top. Same color.
I did not want to go the truck route, I wanted an enclosed trailer but I am working with what I have for now. The slide I put in is great. It was sold for a short bed Chevy but I got in. No rear seat, I didn't use it anyway. I can access the entire back now.
The new gen set needs a tie down plus Dynasty and 211. A little extra window tint has crossed my mind.
I guess just getting everything laid out and in place where it is stable when driving comes first.


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2011: Started all 12 games ... finished second on the team in total tackles with 87 ... added 4.0 tackles for loss, five pass break-ups, three caused fumbles and one INT ... in the ACC, ranked tied for third in caused fumbles per game (0.25) and 14th in tackles per game (7.3) ... finished tied for 41st nationally in caused fumbles per contest ... reached double figures in tackles four times ... posted a career-high 15 tackles with two stops behind the line of scrimmage at Virginia ... also hit double digits versus FIU (13), Florida State (10) and Georgia Tech (12) ... posted two caused fumbles in Duke's win at FIU to match the second-highest single-game total in school history ... lone INT of the year came against Richmond ... after carding 12 total tackles through the first four weeks of the year, averaged 9.4 stops per contest over the final eight games ... played 811 total snaps and topped the 60-play barrier in 10 of 12 weeks ... ranked second on the team in defensive snaps played (745), trailing only All-America safety Matt Daniels (768).
2010: Played in all 12 games with six starts ... starting assignments came against Maryland, Miami, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Boston College and North Carolina ... finished third on the team with 63 total tackles ... added 1.0 tackles for loss, one INT, one PBU and one caused fumble ... posted a season-high 12 tackles against Virginia with one tackle for loss and first career INT ... had 11 stops versus North Carolina and eight tackles against Army ... logged seven games with 5+ tackles ... on the field for 607 total plays including 538 defensive snaps.
2009: Played in all 12 contests primarily on special teams ... had three tackles on the year including two stops against N.C. Central ... on the gridiron for 165 plays including 32 defensive snaps.
Prior to Duke: Three-year letterman at Dorman under David Gutshall ... charted as the 26th-top safety in the nation and the 15th-best overall prospect in South Carolina by Rivals.com ... listed as one of the top 25 overall prospects in South Carolina by the Charlotte Observer ... as a senior, posted 84 tackles and four interceptions while rushing for 501 yards and 16 touchdowns as Dorman went 13-1, was ranked as high as No. 12 in the USA Today national rankings and advanced to the state 4A Division I semifinals ... named all-state in 2008 by the Associated Press ... Area Defensive Player of the Year pick by the Spartanburg Herald-Journal ... All-Mid Atlantic Region pick by SuperPrep ... earned defensive MVP honors of the annual Shrine Bowl after posting four tackles including two for loss and helping South Carolina hold North Carolina to 120 yards of offense in a 24-16 win ... in the Shrine Bowl, rushed four times for 63 yards including a nine-yard touchdown run and returned four punts for 55 yards.
Personal: Son of Donna and Walter Canty ... born October 28, 1990 ... high school teammate of fellow Duke player Taylor Sowell ... majoring in public policy studies with a minor in education.
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There was considerable rejoicing in Baltimore city this week when George Mason University released a study saying that, compared to Detroit, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Providence and San Bernardino, Baltimore is on "reasonably solid financial footing" and is demonstrating "financial resiliency."
Of course those other five cities are all basket cases (two are in bankruptcy), so being best of the lot isn't so hot.
The Baltimore Sun highlighted the parts of the report crediting Baltimore's success to sound city management provided by a strong-mayor system which lets the city's Board of Estimates (controlled by the mayor) write the city budget and run the city's finances without interference from the City Council, which can only lower the spending levels, not increase them.
But if you actually read the George Mason report it tells a much different story. What's really keeping Baltimore afloat isn't its mayor or its charter, it's the billions of dollars the state of Maryland pours into the city every year.
Baltimore runs on OPM: other people's money. Much of what taxpayers in Maryland's 23 counties send to Annapolis is recycled to Baltimore as direct and indirect state aid. Thanks to the city's political muscle, decades of governors who were former Baltimore mayors (Schaefer, O'Malley) or city politicians (Mandel, Hughes) and a liberal state legislature, Baltimore now is the most subsidized city in America.
State taxpayers pick up the tab for the city's community college (other community colleges are mostly locally funded); for the city's metrorail, metrobus and light rail operating and capital costs; for the city jail's construction and operating costs (county jails are locally funded); 71 percent of the city's K-12 school budget (the feds pay another 10 percent); all of the city's social services costs; most of the city's road/bridge maintenance costs ($134 million a year); the operating and capital costs of what used to be the city's port and airport (Friendship); annual grants to run the city's zoo, museums, theaters, concert halls and libraries; and now the city wants the state to pay for its courts, as well.
To help boost the city's economy, the state located a host of state agencies and departments in Baltimore; paid for the Ravens and Orioles stadiums, the Convention Center, the Aquarium expansion, the Science Center, the Meyerhoff concert hall, the Hippodrome Theater, the Christopher Columbus Center, the Lyric, Center Stage, a new $1 billion school construction deal ($20 million a year for the next 30 years) and a new $2.5 billion light-rail system. Meanwhile, the city wants the state to participate in a $900 million convention center/hotel/arena project in hopes that an NBA or NHL team will come if they (the state) build it.
Then there are all the hidden state subsidies: historic tax credits to rehab city buildings (the city gets more than half), enterprise zone tax credits (Baltimore gets 61 percent of the state total), a special city cut of the state's casino tax, a $79 million annual "disparity grant," special police aid grants and impact aid that the counties don't get, using state police to supplement the city's police force, rebuilding the city's failing wastewater treatment plants and scores of other subsidies embedded in state law.
Ironically, on the same day that the George Mason study was released, so was an account of the city's failed Reginald Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, which the state built for $30.6 million. The state also pays half ($2 million) of the annual operating costs and now is paying an additional $450,000 of the other half because the museum is a dud (the 150,000 estimated annual attendance turned out to be 38,000).
But the city isn't chipping in, and Baltimore state Sen. Bill Ferguson said, "The state has an obligation to ensure that the Reginald Lewis Museum continues to function." An obligation?
That's the city's pervasive attitude — the state owes us. When Martin O'Malley was mayor, the city foolishly spent $305 million building a Hilton Hotel that's now going broke, costing the city $28 million a year by 2023.
When asked recently about the Hilton boondoggle, O'Malley blamed it on former Gov. Bob Ehrlich. Why? Because, said O'Malley, "You may recall, at the time, that we asked (and) we were told 'no' by the then-governor."
In other words, when O'Malley and the city tried to get the state to pay $305 million to build a loser hotel that private investors wouldn't touch, Ehrlich dared saying "no."
You see, in Baltimore's view, the city is entitled to special status. Baltimore doesn't owe the state taxpayers any gratitude; state taxpayers owe Baltimore more assistance. When state and city assessors recently miscalculated city residents' historic tax credits, costing them huge new taxes, city politicians argued that state taxpayers should pay the costs.
And the city is lobbying Annapolis to shift city residents' high auto insurance burden to suburban motorists. The audacity is stunning: When Detroit went bankrupt this summer, The Baltimore Sun editorialized "Why Baltimore Isn't Detroit," citing the city's willingness "to make difficult decisions" without one word about the city's massive state bailouts — the real reason why Baltimore isn't Detroit!
The city has benefited, so far, from the largess of liberal Montgomery state legislators who don't mind raising Montgomery taxes and cutting its state aid to help the city, from P.G. lawmakers with whom the city shares the loot and from Baltimore County lawmakers who feel linked to the city as long as the city's problems don't flow across the county line.
But things are changing: The city's political muscle is dwindling (only 11 percent of the state's population and 8.5 percent of the statewide vote), for the first time in memory there's no Baltimore candidate running for governor, and federal spending cuts are squeezing the D.C.-area counties, which may not feel so charitable in the future.
Living on other people's money only works until the "other people" decide differently. When that happens, what's Baltimore's "Plan B"?
Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette. His past columns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is email@example.com.


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Contempt for Congress
Sandy Levinson
The proposed creation by President Bush of a "bi-partisan commission," to be chaired by Robert Dole and Donna Shalala and charged with looking into the treatment of injured veterans, shold be recognized as the contemptible sham it is. There is no reason in the world to have such a commission to duplicate what Congress itself can do altogether well (especially because Congress has the subpoena power). Commissions are useful primarily--and perhaps exclusively--when there is good reason to believe that the normal political process is not operating, perhaps because of the volatility of the issue (social security, base closings) or because one simply doesn't trust Congress, for reasons of political party control, to be sufficiently vigilant in seeking out all relevant information (the 9/11 Commission). There is also justification for "expert" commissions dealing with controversial scientific issues, such as the pace of global warming. None of these conditions obtains with regard to how injured veterans should be treated. This is not a "third-rail" issue; indeed, both parties are united in their justified outrage over the disclosures. Nor, obviousy, does a Democratic Congress have any incentive to avert their eyes from recognizing that responsibility for the disgraceful treatment might be traceable to decisionmakers beyond the hapless generals who are currently being set up as the fall guys.
Don't you think you are being VERY disengenuous? If Bush didn't try to establish a commission, then people would say he didn't care about the soldiers or he isn't doing anything about it.
Bush can't make Congress hold hearings -- only Congress can do that. Bush isn't preventing Congress from holding hearings by establishing a commission.
I agree that for better or worse, it probably won't accomplish much. But, it is what is expected. Making the argument that this shows Bush's contempt for Congress just strains all credulity.
Presidents of both parties set up commissions every time some scandal or disaster hits. These are meant as executive oversight, not as a replacement for congressional oversight. If the President's own officers did the executive investigation, they would be correctly be accused of being biased. To avoid this charge, a President trots out some elders from both parties; who draft up a report, hold a press conference and are then generally forgotten.
We all know this Bush dog-and-poney show is pro forma theater to appear concerned, when the President never listens to anyone, anyway. The allusion of doing something has been GWB's modus operandi for over six years.
Four months ago, the country voiced its desire for change. No more rubber-stamping Congresses acquiescing to an autocratic Duarchy of incompetence and malfeasance. What has the Voice achieved? Not much of anything. A few symbolic gestures, and a couple of indecisive near-resolutions.
Iraq continues. The VA will look the same for years. Etc/ And, so we continue to let the Executive Duarchy dictate inaction, because a divided "opposition party" cannot unite to oppose the Duarchy's malfeasance. They cannot achieve consensus, even if the nation has, and voted for a sea-change. All that has happened is a few changes in seats.
Echoing Lee Hamilton's retort to Hilary's stunning question, "What can Congress do?" responded, "Demand accountability." Duh?
"Hey, look over here! We're investigating ... [<*sotto voce*> ourselves]. No need to bother, we'll tell ya what we find ... believe me, we'll get to the bottom of this horrible maladministration [in the executive] pronto. OK? OK???"
It's not going to work any more. No one trusts the maladministration.
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Presidents of both parties set up commissions every time some scandal or disaster hits. These are meant as executive oversight, not as a replacement for congressional oversight.
"Executive oversight"? Is that the Republican word for "management" (or lack thereof)?
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Are there still places that have been unexplored? Still to explore?
I know that we have used Google Maps and other satellite maps to help locate "new" places of interest, geographically; but, are there still places that remain unexplored (I am sure there are, and we don't know)?
What places should be further explored and what could the exploration lead to?
I know that one of the best explorations, (I think by National Geographic and NSF), was the study of the Vietnam cave, one of the largest cave systems in the world.
Nov 2 2013: Alex, Yes. Diogenes is searching Washington DC for a honest man.Nov 2 2013: As an individual, anywhere in this world you haven't been is the place yet to be explored. A new culture,an island,a remote village,etc,are the places that fresh to outsiders,that are also worthy of exploring.
I like lingering around,without any purpose,except to see new things,which is the satisfaction we can easily achieve.
Nov 10 2013: There are regions in both the conscious and subconscious mind yet to be explored, for all of us.Nov 4 2013: "What lies behind you and what lies before you are tiny matters compared to what lies within you"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Well Ralph you are so right, that is Atlantis, the explored but never found continent that sits in plain sight on our neck. So little is know about our own minds and yet it is vast region of uncharted territory so large it is beyond our comprehension.
Actually Alex any place you have not been is a new adventure waiting to happen. AlohaNov 2 2013: Something to consider is the quality of the explorer.
Being first somewhere might mean fame and glory if you want to put a flag up, but what is it you are looking for?
Many spend years preparing their minds so that when they get the opportunity to explore, the probability of the time leading to some discovery, observation or data collection that might be useful immediately or through some later research is maximized.
Since our knowledge is based at least in part on our experiences, and everyone has a different set of experiences, what will you be able to assimilate from all the places you visit that no one else thought about? Is is a rock formation? Is is a new species of animal? Is it some small missing piece to a large puzzle someone else has been trying to solve for years?
I would say the more remote and less populated the place, the more likelihood you will find something new and different, but the challenge is to learn something from every place you visit, then apply all your knowledge and experiences to the place you are visiting today.Nov 1 2013: Do you count the relatively unexplored human mind? I think the most valuable explorations will be the ones that lead to healthier interactions amongst ourselves. So...increase our ability to collaborate effectively and thus increase the creative and productive ability of the human species exponentially!Nov 14 2013: I was thinking about this the other day! I asked myself who wrote the atlas's? How do we know there is a piece of land they didn't 'draw' for the atlas? Only way we'd be able to find out is by shipping ourselves out there but there is 'forbidden' land!! Coincidence much??????Nov 13 2013: A lot of the ocean has yet to be really explored. Also a bulk of Africa is too densely forested to explore in any detail. The same is true for many rain forest areas. Just talking in regards to regions where humans have lived, there are most likely many relatively unexplored sites full of information regarding human habitation that have yet to be unearthed.Nov 11 2013: A person has been sent to earth to learn things at their best,and offcourse till he dies.same came is with the places,obviously there are still some undiscovered places about which man has not even thought of.Because God is great ,God can turn ashes into gardens.
Nov 12 2013: "God can turn ashes into gardens"-Asra
I can do that, give God the hard ones like turning violence into love or compassion. Or something useful like turning all the oil into milk, then we would truly be the land of milk and honey provided we stop killing all the bees with pesticides. We need to use our pesticides on the real pests... Corporations!
No liability is the #1 killer on the planet by far. Why would any sane person believe we can continually run any business which is not responsible for the damage they do to society?? Yet it is exactly the model for all our businesses, governments, military, police, prisons, cities and countries.
To put it simply, no liability is a recipe for disaster in any language.
Until we change that, humans will continue to put a gun to our own heads and pull the trigger. What is the matter with the simple principle of "if you break it, fix it"?
I know this sounds a little off the subject but it really is not. The subject is "places that have been unexplored?" and I submit to you that "sanity" is absolutely one of those unexplored places that we desperately need to explore!Nov 4 2013: May be the deepest places of subatomic particles? I find them fascinating
Nov 4 2013: There are huge swathes of rainforest in South America, Africa and Papua new Guinea in particular in which no person has explored. These include isolated mountain valleys and inaccessible plateaus.
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Our deep oceans, having an average depth of 7km are almost totally unexplored.
And then there is Space where the possibilities are endless.Nov 4 2013: Have you been to Saskatchewan?Nov 2 2013: The world of the narcissist, im not joking , its expanding and evilNov 2 2013: The places to explore are by going deeper, rather than wider. That includes deep sea, deep in the earth, and deep in the human mind. (deep space I find rather elitist and not very cost-effective in terms of pay-back to the general public)Nov 2 2013: deap sea
Nov 4 2013: I agree but I would spell it like this: deep seaNov 1 2013: Infrared satelite scans, if you can find a site online that will allow you access to this tech then you could possibly go on your own "Raiders of the lost Eldorado".Nov 1 2013: yes, anything beyond the confines of this puny rock in the vastness of space is yet unexplored. the last i heard only 3% of the ocean has been explored. we can only descend so far into caves because eventually you encounter water and that water can only be explored so much even with a rebreather. we've only set foot on antartica, only ventured so far into the vastness of the amazon/other rain forests. i could go on but yes lets explore more (especially space - go Elon)Nov 1 2013: Geo: anything under the surface (earth, water). I've read Cameron is doing exploring/filming in the Marianne's trench.
Space: good-old Mars, orbit-space-Moon tourism (I think it's already planned or started), closest human body to the sun.
Geo+social: percentage of society with means of geographical mobility.
Geo+science: speed/rhythm of "nature", i.e. new land formation in estuaries.
Geo+science: walk-through matter (i.e. walls)
Geo+science: if we can trigger earthquakes by drilling in specific techtonic plates areas, are they planned/announced? How can the population tell between man-made earthquakes and "natural" ones? What other natural phenomenons can we also trigger?
Medical: body growth/restauration following amputation.
Social: re-vitalising "age pioneers", the work-pension life-plan, real-utopian exercises (i.e. how long does it take a poor person to get out of poverty)
"Superior"-society + communication: comm from those few at the "source" of money: how are the source numbers being established? Do they know how many people are actually out there, or they just come up with a "meaningful" number and everybody else has to "fit" their lives within that/those numbers?
Visible leadership+communication: an all-encompassing message from territory leaders that can be beyong "story-sailing", "vocabulary-flow", and the classic "using all of you in ways you can't comprehend for a purpose you don't need to know about"... that an audience can engage their minds into "for the right reasons".
Society - war/peace: there was a talk more than a year ago, about a day of peace planned for 21-Sept-2012. I haven't heard of a single no-war day yet. (planet, that includes extremists&rebels, not just armies)Nov 1 2013: Caves and oceans.Nov 1 2013: yes there are many places, I believe.Nov 1 2013: There are plenty of unexplored caves, unclimbed mountains, and various islands where no human foot as ever paced. The caves are often uncharted, though the islands and mountains are all fully mapped from either the air or space, even if no one's ever physically been there.
There's also the bottom of the ocean. I'm not entirely sure how well mapped it is, but you can be sure most of it is untouched by human hands (expect perhaps for the occasional piece of sinking debris from a ship) due to the difficulties of getting there.
People seem to fail to comprehend just how enormous the earth is. All the "record breaking" places like Everest or the ocean's deepest point have been visited, but run of the mill places that are simply difficult to reach or very numerous, not so much.Oct 31 2013: Apparently yes, I just read more than 400 new species were discovered in the Amazon rainforest over the past 4 years.
In another article I read about new species discovered in Australia and a new lizard species was even discovered recently in Los Angeles.
Let alone the oceans which still give explorers a lot to do for a long period of time.Oct 31 2013: I saw the issue of National Geographic you are talking about. The cave is so beautiful and immense. As for where next, I couldn't even guess. It seems as though we have our eyes fixed upon the stars at this point. With talk of manned missions to other planets and the current fervor over launching planet-finding probes into space..I think we have found the next frontier if not the final one.


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If 食って掛かる is one word meaning "to lash out at someone" or perhaps closer in figurative language, "to bite someone's head off," how should I think of the 掛かる? If I want to understand the logistics behind this word, perhaps I can imagine it as "to be hit with someone's bite," wherein 掛かる provides the "to be hit with" meaning? Is this the right way to think of 掛かる here?
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掛る means "to be hung on, get involved into, bite into, get locked, lean on." 食って掛かる's literal meaning is something like "bite on and get locked on it (for fighting mode)".
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They have a pretty large list at Wikipedia. Unfortunately I have not used any to date so could not provide any recommendation.


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Cozumel's Most Complete Island Jeep & Snorkel Tour
Visitors are always looking for fun things to do in Cozumel and as one of the best Cozumel sightseeing tours, this incredible six (6) hour, sixty (60) mile Cozumel jeep island tour adventure that offers you and your family a comprehensive island sightseeing experience and overview of Cozumel island.
After meeting the driver/guide at your hotel or ship pier, participants will begin their island jeep tour along the western coast of Cozumel and will stop at a prime spot to allow guests to snorkel in the beautiful crystal clear Caribbean waters. Unlike other island jeep tours that snorkel on the other side of the island, this island tour's snorkeling is done on the calm, west side area of the island where all of the island's best dive and snorkel sites are located, many in the world famous Dzul Ha reef system. The visibility is excellent and the variety of marine life is simply outstanding. This is a guided tour in the water with complete snorkel equipment is provided, including snorkel vests to ensure your safety at all times. Tour photographers will also be taking underwater photos that will be available to view and purchase after the Cozumel island tour ends.
After snorkeling, the Cozumel island jeep tour itinerary varies depending on weather, time constraints and traffic congestion but always ends up making a full trip around the island. The Mayan Ruins at San Gervasio will be one stop where you will enrich your knowledge of the mysterious Mayan culture. Later guests might visit a local hacienda and learn how tequila is made.
Guests will also get to see the breathtaking, remote beach areas on Cozumel's "wild side." At one of these popular remote beach areas you'll stop for a taste of Mexico and enjoy making your own tacos with the best chicken fajitas on the island. A refreshment is included as well.
Then the island jeep tour not only explores Cozumel's northeast coast, but continues north/south along the entire coast, making a loop back across the island and up the western coast of Cozumel. You will visit various beaches as well as the Eco Park Punta Sur and the Mayan ruin site of San Gervasio. The ultimate island jeep tour finishes at the hotel or pier area where your tour began.
This Cozumel island jeep & snorkel tour really is an excellent overall tour, combining the best that Cozumel has to offer both above and below the water. This island tour sets itself apart by catering primarily to hotel clientele who are typically not in a rush or on a time clock so the pace is more relaxed and fun. Make your reservation now and see why this has quickly become one of the most popular around the island excursions in Cozumel.
This island jeep and snorkel tour is the island's most thorough and personalized tour. You will see more of Cozumel in these few hours than others see in a lifetime. Support our website ~ reserve online here!
For logistics reasons, all of the Park Entry Fees are collected UPON ARRIVAL in CASH or travel checks for the tour so the guide can have these funds in hand and more quickly proceed with the tour. Park Fees are NOT OPTIONAL. The group stays together and tours together all of the areas, sites mentioned ~ time permitting.
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The shell bead collection at the Bead Shop is an eclectic range of patterned designs to suit different bead loving palates. We have floral, psychedelic, sugary and sharp shell disc beads, all available at attractive prices.
Each one of our shell disc beads has a 1 mm hole for threading and the ranges contain beads of different thicknesses. The size of our shell disc beads starts at 20mm and goes up to 40 mm.
As well as shell disc beads, we also sell shell bead mixes at our online store. This option allows customers to purchase a 20 g bag with around 65 beads inside it. We have square shaped multi coloured shell mixes which can create a colourful and fun design. Our round shaped multi coloured shell mixes work similarly and both are available in sizes ranging from 5mm up to 8 mm across. The hole size on the shell disc beads is around 0.5mm.
To get your shell bead design created to perfection you will need some jewellery making tools and equipment to help get you started.
Pliers, glues and adhesives, beading mats, beading needles are serve a different purpose in helping your breeze through making your jewellery design, not just with shell disc beads but with a whole set of other beading materials.
Have a look at our choice of storage boxes too. These boxes serve not only way to keep your beads separate but also as a way of transporting your beads from one place to another if you need to.
We have an infinite supply of jewellery making accessories at The Bead Shop. Choosing the correct stringing material is a key element of jewellery making. The versatility of shell beads means there are a variety of string material options on offer. Tiger tail, beadalon wire, metallic thread and necklace chokers are just some of the options. Browse through our stringing material section to see more possibilities.
Jewellery findings also play a very vital role in bringing together a perfect shell bead jewellery design. We have a boundless supply of jewellery findings in a many different types of materials. Find the perfect earring finding, jump rings, clasps and head pins for your shell bead design on our jewellery findings page.


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A Lexington Park man died Saturday after a U.S. Navy helicopter's crew found and carried him from the Chesapeake Bay, authorities report, in the aftermath of a boating accident that also claimed the life of his fiancee's stepfather.
The helicopter brought 43-year-old David Fletcher to MedStar St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, where an ambulance crew arrived with 55-year-old David Chase, also of Lexington Park.
A spokesperson for the Maryland state medical examiner's office in Baltimore said Monday that autopsies determined that the accidental deaths of Fletcher and Chase were caused by drowning, complicated by coronary problems. "They both had heart disease," the medical examiner's spokesperson said.
Four survivors also were rescued during the response by Ridge volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders who rushed by boat to the scene. Those passengers were identified this week by Maryland Natural Resources Police as 38-year-old Katrina Washington, Fletcher's fiancee, along with Richard Stone, a 42-year-old Scotland resident who owned the capsized boat, his wife, Mary Hobbs, 44, and Brady Hobbs, a 14-year-old son.
At about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, a local charter boat captain was contacted by a sister of a passenger on the 25-foot vessel, after the passenger called her to say that the boat was taking on water. Radio monitors heard the charter captain asking for assistance to find the overturned boat, and boat crews from the Coast Guard station in St. Inigoes, natural resources police and St. Mary's fire and rescue volunteers from Ridge and 2nd District began responding to the scene two miles south of Point Lookout State Park.
Waves of three to five feet were in that area on Saturday morning, the first day of rockfish season, according to natural resources police. Sgt. Brian K. Albert said Tuesday that the boat's bilge pump will be tested during the ongoing investigation, but that there were no indications of any problems with its motor, and that the conditions that morning remain a likely key factor in the accident.
"We're thinking the rough seas," Albert said.
Petty Officer David Marin of the Coast Guard said Tuesday that of the boat's six passengers, "Some of them had life preservers on, [but] not everybody."
Fletcher and Washington had gone out fishing with Stone one time before Saturday's trip, family members said Sunday outside the couple's home in the Patuxent Park neighborhood.
An uncle called their oldest son from the hospital, where Washington, Stone and Brady Hobbs were being treated for hypothermia, but it was Washington who later got home to tell the younger children that their father and the man they regarded as their grandfather had died in the accident.
Chase was making his first trip out on the boat, Davondre Fletcher, 12, said on Sunday.
"They took him to shore [during the rescue], and he had a slight pulse. It just stopped," the grandson said. "He shouldn't have died that way. He should have died old, not drowned."
Chase and the four survivors were in the water for about an hour, his family members said, but David Fletcher was in the water for about 90 minutes before the helicopter crew spotted him.
"Dad's in a happy place," Kabari Brooks, 16, another of Fletcher's sons, said Sunday, "but that's not the right way."
Dahjanee Fletcher, 15, said her father also enjoyed motor sports in Budds Creek, when he wasn't fishing and in the company of the other people he was with on Saturday.
"Everyone was really close," she said.


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Thursday, May 11, 2006
A Peculiar Fairness Issue Brewing In Law Schools
Brian Tamanaha
An annual rite of spring in law schools is the (quiet) announcement of tuition increases for the new academic year. Tuition goes up every year in law schools around the country, generally in a range between 5% and 10%; sometimes less, sometimes more, but rarely not at all. At my own institution, to offer one example, tuition has about doubled in the past decade.
While I doubt anything can slow the US News & World Report induced tide, I agree that this is a dreadful system. I previously worked at a law school where most students piled up huge debts. A handful of students got plum jobs each year, and in many cases, these were indeed the students who paid the least tuition. The others got low-paying law jobs, or low-paying non-law jobs.
I think that for the most part, this is a very real phenomenon, and as strange as you describe. But the general world you're describing is one in which every student's goal is to maximize income. What about students whose dream careers lie in government and nonprofit work - the 'public interest kids'"? For them, elite schools without merit scholarships and with poor loan repayment programs are a terrible deal. For those students, taking scholarships at lower-ranked schools may be the only way to ever afford the job they want.
This could all be solved, or at least made better, by decreasing the amount of "straight" merit scholarships, and increasing the funding for scholarships for high numbers AND high financial need, or high numbers AND a proven dedication to public service (going beyond those who say "I want to work for the ACLU" to those with impressive experience). Then it seems we would be subsidizing those who really need it, either because they don't have money now or won't have as much in the future. But perhaps it would cause a slight slippage in those precious US News medians...
I think this captures only part of the dynamic.
For example, what about the fact that the high earners are more likely to give money back to the school, so the school is better for all (given that tuition pays only a fraction of total education costs).
Also, what about the fact that the few who raise the prestige level of the school (by U.S. News and otherwise) thus have the effect of:
a. increasing the chances that the school will some day be elite and
b. increase the earning potential of lower ranked students at those schools
Finally, consider that some top students could use the money as well. In fact, a top student that picks a non-top school in order to get a merit scholarship might very well need the money, even if earning capacity is greater.
A problem with "need based" scholarships is that they can be gamed. Because of the age of the applicants, no parental financial information (let alone grand-parent information) is gathered and a student may well present a "needy" profile when in fact there is little need at all. Further, for a student who works for a couple of years to "save up" for law school is penalized for his or her industry and thrift.
That isn't to say that there aren't students who have very genuine needs. In theory part-time programs are one answer, but they are, in general, looked down upon by ivy league types. (After all, that's how Warren Burger got his education and who wants more of his type!) And, one could make an argument that law school budgets are bloated (compare the ratio of faculty and of support staff for most law schools today with the ratios in the 1950s--and in those years law schools were able to educate very successful lawyers and judges. Of course the faculty course load was a lot higher, and who wants those bad old days again.) Some selective pruning in costs might give, in effect, a scholarship to every student.
I'm not sure how the tale you tell (which I don't doubt is true) is any different from that told in other disciplines. My niece just graduated magna cum laude from a good university, has been admitted to the top PhD program in her field, is being paid to get her PhD (financial aid well in excess of tuition, fees, and books), and will probably get a plum job offer if she performs as expected. Her fiancee graduated closer to the middle of his class from the same university, did not get into a top program in his field, is only getting enough financial aid to cover the difference between resident and nonresident tuition, and will be lucky to get a teaching job (probably at a community college or as an adjunct) in the same state as my niece.
Nearly twenty years ago, I was offered a $20K/yr.- plus-tuition-and-fees fellowship from a top 20 Ph.D program. I don't think they were trying to game the U.S. News rankings (if they even existed), I think they were trying to get me to come there rather than pay to go one of the more highly-ranked program where I had been accepted.
What's wrong with rewarding merit?
I'm assuming that for a certain range of LSAT scores (I'll posit 160+), any student has a chance to go to a lesser school on the cheap (lesser being relative to his/her own LSAT, measured by the USNews rankings) or pay the full amount to go to a more highly ranked school. If I'm right it seems like the fairness issue is less compelling that the post suggests since it represents a reasoned decision made by the student. Students might often make poor decisions, but that seems neither here nor there.
Obviously a significant chunk of actual and potential law students fall out of the scholarship range (whatever it actually is). Even for them, though, the incentives of the current system are about right, trumping concerns about fairness. Lord knows there's no need to entice more people into law school, particularly those that are least likely to end up as successful lawyers.
Assume that LSAT proxies grades, which together proxy legal ability; why shouldn't the less-able subsidize the education of the more-able? If the system, as it is, induces more competent people to enter the practicing bar and contribute in whatever way they wish, isn't it better?
Additionally, merit scholarships for the best and brightest free their hands to NOT pursue corporate law if the wish, in effect allowing them to consider so-called "public interest" law as an alternative career path.
How is this a "fairness" issue at all? The tuition at law schools is known in advance. Many students with low LSAT scores, low GPAs, or both, are happy to pay it (and would gladly pay far more to attend schools that did not accept them--a friend of a friend swore she would pay "millions" for a Yale degree). This is nothing more than schools sweetening the deal for the best students they admit. "Need based" scholarships make no sense for professional schools.
I'm confused. Under what definition of the word fair are you operating? If fairness in terms of scholarships at law schools is defined as "the rewards ought to be doled out to those with best numbers," what is happening is perfectly fine. If fairness is defined as a Rawlsian ideal that society ought be organized so that those who are most disadvantaged ought to be the beneficiaries of social policy, well then you're right. I'm not sure how you expect the definition of "fairness" under which you operate to be the universal one.Post a Comment
Furthermore, if we look at this in strictly value-for-value terms (even leaving the value of a boost in US News rankings aside), it's not so unfair even under your own definition of the term. The students with scholarships are bringing in pretty high value for everyone in the school. I am not a lawyer, but I've done some LSAT's for fun (geek, I know) and they seem to be a decent measure of intelligence. Given that LSAT's are likely correlated with intelligence and high levels of knowledge, aren't the students with high LSAT's (and hence scholarships), providing a benefit to the other students? I would think that everyone benefits by having lots of smart people around. I'm not sure what monetary value we ought to associate to this, but I think that at this point, we're just haggling over price.
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Denim enthusiasts listen up! It's time to get hyped up for more jeanious denim fashion—but this time, they aren't jeans. They're not even bags! Instead, Jen Abrams has launched an eco-chic line of jewelry that meshes vintage recycled denim with recycled gold. Each piece is unique and hand crafted. Jen has an ability to rummage through denim keepsakes from the 60′s, 70′s, and 80′s, producing some great material to work with. Her entire collection features baubles that are casted, plated, and paired with a specific denim swatch in shades of blue, black, white and to go with the current spring trend. There's also colored denim (spot-on!) We can't wait to accessorize our denim…with denim!
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March 26, 2013
State Road 39 will Close Monday in Clayton
Pavement replacement project closes roadway until August
HENDRICKS COUNTY, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announce State Road 39 (S.R. 39) will close on or after Monday, April 1 for a pavement replacement project in Clayton. There will be three separate closures this year. The first closure is for a small structure replacement between Crawford Street and York Ave. The road is scheduled to be open to traffic August 21, 2013.
Hunt Paving Company, Inc. was awarded the $3.5 million Major Moves contract. This project will replace the pavement on S.R. 39 from just south of Amo Street to north of Ader Ave. in Clayton. The project will include the reconstruction of the pavement of S.R. 39 within the project limits along with new sidewalks, drive approaches and curb and gutter, a new enclosed storm drainage system and two new box culverts.
The detour follows US 40 to State Road 267 to US 36. Local traffic will be able to utilize County Road 0 for access into the town of Clayton.
INDOT reminds motorists to follow the posted work zone speed limit, use caution and consider worker safety when traveling through a work zone. For the latest news and information about INDOT, please visit www.in.gov/indot or www.trafficwise.in.gov .


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Cosmopolitan Cocktail Shakers
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Whether it's for yourself or someone else, our Cosmopolitan Cocktail Shaker will impress even the most seasoned bartender.
- Shaker: 3.5" diameter, 9" high; 20 fluid ounces
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