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NFL Tennessee Titans' first-round draft pick and University of Alabama All-American, Chance Warmack has been relying on The Right Stuff® (from Wellness Brands Inc.) since his junior year when the electrolyte drink additive energized him during a game in the Florida Gators' Swamp.
"It was so humid, and I was really concerned as to how I would sustain," he recalls. "The Right Stuff really helps me make it through all four quarters. I noticed it helps me to relax more and gives me an extra boost during long plays and drives."
Warmack, who signed a four-year, $12.2 million contract with the Titans in July, still depends on The Right Stuff for his pro career as an NFL Offensive Guard. He becomes the latest Athlete Advocate for the NASA-developed formula joining Walter Dix (Olympic Medal-winning Sprinter), Michael McDowell (NASCAR), Brent Morel (MLB), Megan Whiteside (Former World Snowboard Champion), Craig Evans (Pro Triathlete) among others.
"While preparing for the NFL draft combine, I continued to use The Right Stuff, and it worked wonders in assisting my preparation," he says. "I would sweat a lot during practices and workouts, and more so while playing in games. I began using The Right Stuff and not only did it hydrate me but it also decreased the chances of my getting cramps.
"Now that I'm a professional for the Tennessee Titans, The Right Stuff is not only my exclusive product for hydration, but it is the absolute best out there."
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Department of Ecological Conservation Wildlife Pathologist Ward Stone announced Monday, Sept. 28, that his independent studies of the Ravena area have found mercury levels up to eight times above the norm on and in vegetation and wildlife.
Stone suspects that the nearby Lafarge cement plant is largely responsible for increased levels of mercury, as well as other heavy metals like lead, barium, vanadium and cadmium that his tests also found.
We found a wide range of elements that are elevated, Stone said. He noted that in many cases other factors could be to blame (like disintegrating paint causing higher lead levels), "but a lot of these things can be pinned to the long operation of the cement plant."
Stone's work"which will continue"was conducted with assistance from the Community Advocates for Safe Emissions group. CASE Co-founder Elyse Kunz said the group has raised $3,000 for Stone's testing, but that he donated his time spent collecting samples and analyzing data.
Starting in April, Stone began collecting samples in the area to be tested for heavy metal levels. He said that he's ran about 80 tests so far, 20 on animals, with all of them returning higher than normal levels of mercury.
In some instances, Stone said he found 400 mercury parts per billion, or eight times the base level he observed in other areas like Five Rivers in Delmar. The tests are inexpensive, but in light of the new results Stone and CASE are calling for more intensive and costly testing, including an independent look at rates of certain diseases in the area.
"We've been asking the Health Department, and we haven't really gotten any clear statistics out of them," Kunz said.
While the Ravena area is at risk, according to Stone, areas to the east and southeast, including Rensselaer and Columbia counties and the Berkshires, will also have had pollution from the plant swept on to them. Stone noted that many lakes and ponds in these areas are on the fish consumption warning list because of increased mercury levels.
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While I was on my speaking trip in Europe a couple folks asked me how they could create their own search screen instead of using the built-in search functionality that LightSwitch provides. Basically they wanted the search to come up blank until a user entered specific search criteria and they only wanted to search on a specific field. I posted how to do this on my blog. I explain a couple options you have that allow you to tweak the default search screens and then show you how easy it is to build your own.
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Bash uses readline, and readline can delete the word to the right of the cursor with "kill-word".
The problem is in recognizing the keypress of control-delete. When I press them in bash, "5~" is output on the screen. I could just bind for this, but it would mean that one day I need to type "5~", and it deletes a word to the right instead! So I'd much rather discover the correct control sequence.
I have googled, and quite a few resources discuss the "delete" key, but none that I've found discuss "control-delete" key. I've experimented with many variations, but nothing works.
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Gilt silver; Ewer (.133) H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm), Wt. 102 oz., 17 dwt.; Basin (.134) Diam. 27 in. (68.6 cm), Wt. 264 oz.
Ewer marked by Samuel Margas, Jr. (active 171433); basin unmarked
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1968 (68.141.133,.134)
Empress Catherine I (16841727), born a Lithuanian peasant named Marta Skowronska, succeeded her husband, Peter the Great, after his death in 1725. She did not share his simplicity of habits and, strongly influenced by her splendor-loving favorite Prince Alexander Menshikov, she restored the former luxury of the imperial household. Princely magnificence embodied by an ostentatious court life in the western European manner reassured the new empress and her entourage of their impeccable social status.
This ewer and basin (both inscribed underneath in Cyrillic "English No. 1; English No. 2") belonged to the flamboyant golden "English Service" ordered by Catherine I about 1726. An inventory of the imperial silver stores of 1759 recorded: "Silver services/English service received in 1726, on the 21st day of September, from the Main Palace Chancellory: Gilt-silver vessels/1 Lavabo with plate." It is tempting to suggest that this entry refers to the ewer and basin. The plaques with the Russian double-eagle were added later to unify the service, made when uniformity was not considered essential and large services frequently reflected the varied styles of different workshops or were simply assembled in a short period of time. By the 1920s, only fourteen pieces of the "English Service" remained in the Hermitage, among them this "finger-bowl with a ewer by Samuel Margas." In 193233, seven pieces were sold abroad by the Soviet foreign trading organization Antikvariat. For more than seventy years, the whereabouts of this rare lavabo set from one of the most important imperial Russian silver ensembles was unknown; recent research identified a ewer and basin in the collection of Judge Irwin Untermyer with the long-lost treasure.


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I kinda like the way this beachwear company, Agua Bendita, designs their promos. They got a strange, offbeat, sort of bohemian vibe happening there. It's like bikinis for hippies or something. Bit of a niche area perhaps, but at least it's something different. Opinions of their ad strategy aside, they were at least smart enough to pick out one of the hottest of god's so-called chosen people to model it for them in the way of Bar Refaeli. If there was ever a body better made for modelling bikinis, it's got to be hers. Flat where it needs to be, round and full where it counts. Just doesn't get much better than what Bar is rocking by nature. I don't know about gods choosing specific people to represent god's interests, but if I were god looking to invest my time in some humans, I probably go with Bar.
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26 February 2013
NEW YORK: Estée Lauder plans to focus on innovation to achieve its goal of growing at least 1% faster than the global prestige beauty category for the foreseeable future.
Speaking at the 2013 Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference, Carl Haney, executive vice president of Global Research & Development, Estée Lauder, outlined
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He identified these as: "breakthrough hero product" innovation; "sustaining" innovation; "surprise and new trend" innovation; and "launch and leverage" innovation.
As an example of the first model, he cited the La Mer brand, where its "Miracle Broth" product was improved with a "weightless" new texture, which helped bring in new consumers and won awards.
"And these hero products beget other hero products," Haney added. One such example was an eye serum, inspired by similar lines in Asia, which "extends our franchises to a whole new generation of consumers."
Elsewhere, Clinique's Repairwear Laser eye cream was offered as an instance of "sustaining innovation", where "we've taken an existing property, improved it with technology and upgraded it."
Alternatively, the "surprise and new trend" form of innovation leverages brands' "creativity intuition", said Haney, and is "critical" to the company.
He offered Archie's collection, part of the M-A-C brand, as "a great example where we've created news, driven interest and excitement that brings consumers to the store, which then allows a M-A-C artist to then provide service [and] enhance the product experience."
For the fourth strand, "launch and leverage", Haney explained how "we take new stories, new claims, new regimens to re-engage consumers and attract new users". He mentioned a year-long study with Estée Lauder's Advanced Night Repair "to show that the product delivers significant improvements, lines and wrinkles, skin clarity and skin tone".
Earlier, Fabrizio Freda, the firm's CEO, had stated it was vital to be relevant to consumers, and how at beauty counters around the world Estée Lauder's brands "are attuned to local cultures and focus their product assortment, language and expertise to local needs".
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The world of processed meats has been on a wild ride lately: the starting bell rang in mid-January when burgers in the UK labeled as beef were found to contain horse meat. This prompted more inspections and the labeling scandal went from a trot to a gallop when Irish processors were found to have 80% horse meat and some UK grocery store meals contained 100% horse meat.
But the scandal got fresh legs yesterday when Czech inspectors found traces of horse meat in IKEA meatballs, the furniture store's signature food item. To riff off a tweet from Daniel Gross, if you have some meatballs before starting to shop at IKEA, are you putting the horse before the cart?
While some may find this hard to swallow, eating horse meat (or not) follows cultural norms. In France and parts of Asia, eating horsemeat is not taboo and the recent scandals have stimulated an appetite for it in Quebec. So what say you: which wine to pair with IKEA meatballs? A little Cheval Blanc? Or is it…impossible?!?
Dwight Garner, the astute book reviewer for the NYT (be sure to check out his hilarious review of The 4-hour Body from last year), ventures into the food section this week with what he calls a "thrifty and unacknowledged American classic": the peanut butter and pickle sandwich. Or PB&P, if you will. He delights in the "vinegary snap of chilled pickle cuts, like a dash of irony, against the stoic unctuousness of peanut butter."
I can't say that I'm swayed by this description and remain skeptical of the appeals. Nonetheless, given that the NYT spotlight is now focusing on this, the question everybody's going to be asking–sort of the Rule 34 for bizarre foods–is which wine goes with PB&P, or is it impossible?!?
Hit the comments with your thoughts! Thanks, @trouty for the suggestion!
Lobster roll plate at Sesuit Harbor Cafe in Dennis, MA.
What's the best lobster roll on Cape Cod? It's hard to say and many local spots have their partisans. I've had the good fortune to perform a broad sampling–all in the name of science!–and offer you my top picks. For those of you who have not sampled its ineluctable charms, the lobster roll is one of those high-low pairings of lobster chunks dressed with a a mayonnaise sauce, loaded in a hot dog bun adorned with lettuce; often fries (double fried!) and/or coleslaw accompany the roll (which is sometimes seared).
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Last night, we dodged rain clouds and feasted on Wellfeet oysters, lobster rolls, and grilled striped bass. Cape Cod's finest. And washed it all down with a bottle of Camille Savès, Carte Blanche NV. This made me ponder one of the wine world's most urgent questions: is champagne better with oysters or fries?!? (Fries, often double-fired, frequently come with lobster rolls, for those who haven't had the pleasure.) Have your say in the comments! While oysters may be a classic pairing, the high-low pairing of fries works so well, if you haven't tried it, thanks to the fat and crispiness of the fries and the acidity and bubbles in the champagne. Mmmm….
Behold the douche burger, a "a f—ing burger filled and topped with rich people s–-t."
The $666 burger has gotten a lot of media attention but for the description, we'll cut right to the owner of 666 Burger, a food truck (yes, this burger comes from a truck, presumably relocated to the Hamptons for the season):
"Kobe beef patty (wrapped in gold leaf), foie gras, caviar, lobster, truffles, imported aged gruyere cheese (melted with champagne steam) kopi luwak bbq sauce and Himalayan rock salt. It may not taste good, but it will make you feel rich as f–k. Douche."
Hey-oh! That's some spicy talk to go with the champagne-melted gruyere! Even though the 666 burger man only sold one burger and more or less admits it's a hoax, which wine would you pair with this burger? Something to go with the lobster, the caviar, the kopi luwak sauce? Or match the minerality of the gold leaf? Goldschlaeger? Ace of Spades, the "gold bottle"? Or just a magnum douchy wine? Or is it…impossible?!?
Okay, we just did an "impossible" challenge but it reeked of pipi and April foolery. So here's something more useful: five veggie burger recipes via the Times, where the article was as high as number two on the most emailed article list over the weekend.
Seeing it on the way to the Trade Joe's, we decided we would try it out here at the Dr. Vino World Headquarters. We made the "curried lentil, rice and carrot burgers" and they were pretty good (though the cumin smell will linger in the kitchen for days). It was so impossible for me to pair with wine that I went with a Bengali Tiger, the supremely balanced and utterly delicious IPA from Sixpoint brewery in Brooklyn.
There are other challenges on the list: Beet, Rice and Goat Cheese Burgers; Quinoa and Vegetable Burgers With Asian Flavors; Mushroom and Grain Cheeseburgers. Each has a particular aspect making it difficult, but at least a couple can offer some fun red wine pairings for vegetarians. Unless you think they are…impossible?!?
Ah, spring is in the air. And people around the world are thinking about eggs. Here, we have bunnies who lay colored and chocolate eggs. In China, it turns out, the springtime air in Dongyang fills with the smell of hot urine and the gastronome's mind in that city then turns to…eggs. Let's hear the recipe for this "delicacy" from Reuters: "Basins and buckets of boys' urine are collected from primary school toilets. Eggs are then soaked and cooked in the urine." A vendor touted the health properties, saying "If you eat this, you will not get heat stroke." A shopper who was buying 20 eggs pushed the health angle further: "we will not have any pain in our waists, legs and joints. Also, you will have more energy when you work."
Given China's growing interest in wine, perhaps they need a little help with the wine pairing? If you were a sommelier in Dongyang, what would you serve with urine-boiled eggs–or is it impossible?!! A sauvignon blanc with notes of pipi de chat?
Chef Yannick Alléno, recipient of three Michelin stars, adores New York hot dogs. According to a piece in the NYT Dining section, he loves the hot dog so much that he wanted to make a French version, out of calf heads. Instead of calling it literally a "chien chaud," he opted for truth in labeling, going with "veau chaud" (hot calf). Site reader Caleb Ganzer writes in to see if we might try to pair it up. And to that we reply "fo sho with the veau chaud"
So here's a bit more on the dish that can be eaten without a plate. The nine-inch sausage is made from "edible bits of a cooked calf head, or tête de veau" (brains and eyes excluded). Served on a mulitgrain (!) baguette, the dog, or calf, is topped with gribiche sauce, which is a vinaigrette with capers, cornichons, and hard boiled egg, herbs and mustard.
"I have adapted the 'dog' to the true ambience of Paris," Alléno told the Times. "There is nothing more Parisian than tête de veau."
And there's nothing more French than wine! So which wine would you pair with it? Or is it…impossible?!?


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The LEARN Model for Effective Lesson Planning in PE
The state of Virginia has recently adopted new state standards for the 2015-2016 school year. Changes in existing curriculum must align with the new standards. Change is often very difficult for seasoned teachers who are very comfortable with standards that have been around since 2008.
With new changes in standards, teachers will have a unique opportunity to rethink and realign their lessons to meet (in many cases) new learning objectives. This is also a chance to re-evaluate the process for lesson planning so that the plans follow current best-practices for quality instruction.
The first questions to ask is, what are the elements of a traditional lesson?
Below are some general components of most quality physical education lessons (in no particular order):
- Warm-up
- Stretching
- Fitness Component
- Main Lesson
- Cool-down
- Closure
It is important to realize that these components should not exist in isolation from each other. If possible, every effort should be made to connect learning and concepts during a lesson and from one lesson to another.
To assist with this, there is a lesson plan model which helps teachers organize these basic concepts. The LEARN lesson plan model uses the acronym L-E-A-R-N to assist with writing the individual components of the lesson plan.
L = Link to Background Knowledge
E = Engage and Explain
A = Active Learning
R = Reflection
N = Next Steps
Free Download: LEARN Lesson Plan Template
After stating an objective for your lesson, the LEARN model provides guidance for developing lessons that meet all the basic criteria for a high-quality instruction and focus on key components of effective instruction. The most important thing to notice is that the lesson plan format is designed to encourage users to connect lessons (using background knowledge) and be more reflective in the process to connect learning outside of physical education class. Although the look and the order of the lesson plan may appear different, all the components of a basic lesson are included.
Now I know what you're thinking- why do I need to re-write all my lesson plans? For me, it is not about re-writing my lesson plans but being more reflective about how my lessons connect together and what my expectations for student learning really target. Educational best practices should be used in every content area, including health and PE.
For our school division, there has been a huge shift in the requirements for classroom teachers and lesson planning. Those expectations will likely make it to "resource" classes eventually so this is a timely subject for our health and physical education teachers. With that being said, I think it is important to be pro-active rather than re-active. I do, of course, realize that a great lesson plan that has all the right elements does not always equal great instruction but I would like to think that being thoughtful and prepared would help a teacher at any level be more successful when actually teaching the lesson. I think the key word is "thoughtful". Teaching with intention and with a clear learning target in focus should result in student learning…we hope. :)
Feel free to share your favorite lesson plan template for comparison purposes.
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FITNESSGRAM® Testing: Data vs. Results
Now that the President's Physical Fitness Council has adopted FITNESSGRAM® as its fitness assessment tool, most school divisions across the country are now using it as their assessment tool for measuring student fitness levels.
But, are they using it correctly?
According to the Cooper Institute, "FITNESSGRAM® is a comprehensive educational, reporting and promotional tool used to assess physical fitness and physical activity levels for children. It was first developed in 1982 by the Cooper Institute and is the most widely used children's health-related physical fitness assessment in the world."
As a teacher, I find a great deal of value using a fitness assessment. Being able to effectively measure upper-body strength (90-degree push-ups), abdominal strength and endurance (pacer curl-ups), aerobic capacity (PACER), and flexibility (Back Saver V-Sit & Reach and Trunklift) provided me with data that we used to design and cater our physical education program to our students. It was also a valuable tool that we used for student goal setting and basic fitness planning.
In the state of Virginia, all schools with students in grades 4-12 are supposed to report FITNESSGRAM® data with the Department of Education. The Department of Education (DOE) makes the yearly results available on the DOE website. Using that information, teachers can compare their school's scores to other school divisions and the state average and identify strengths and weaknesses in the different fitness areas for their students.
Since all schools need to submit the test results, teachers are trained using the FITNESSGRAM® assessment. An essential component of the training should be a connection between performing the assessment and using the data to drive decisions to focus programming that bolsters areas of weakness that were determined by data analysis. Students can use their own data to begin analyzing personal fitness data and planning, which is clearly a higher-order thinking task that requires students to know and apply what they have learned about health-related fitness through effective instruction. Ultimately, FITNESSGRAM® should be used as a tool to guide students to make healthy decisions regarding physical activity and personal fitness.
Sadly, there are schools were physical educators have not taken advantage of these best-practices and learning opportunities. Some teachers see the fitness assessment as a requirement that they must complete but fail to use the data to adapt their program to meet the needs of the students that they teach. Another troubling practice is grading students based on FITNESSGRAM® results. Based on research, a considerable portion of student performance is based student age and heredity. These facts may cause fitness results that do not reflect the efforts of a child who is working hard to improve scores. Many teachers defend the use of grading for fitness scores because they measure the amount of improvement. Although that is a better option, there are still challenges determining the level of effort that student give when participating in the pre-assessment. It also has the potential to penalize skilled athletes who may perform well in the pre-assessment because they are "in season" only to perform at a lower level on the post-assessment.
To wrap it all up, FITNESSGRAM® is a tool designed to measure student fitness levels. This tool should be used to empower student to take ownership of their personal fitness and learn a variety of ways to increase fitness levels, improve areas of weakness, and increase physical activity levels. Most importantly, teachers need to discontinue the inappropriate practice of grading fitness assessments and focus on student learning and application of important fitness concepts.
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Infusing Yard Games with Quality PE
What do you think of when you hear the words "yard or lawn games"? Do you infuse these games and activities into your PE program? How can you connect the physical activity aspect of yard games to your physical education program?
For me, they are part of a quality physical education program. Physical education without a clear understanding of the benefits of lifelong physical activity misses a large opportunity to promote a healthy and activity lifestyle. Often, yard games are a vehicle for physical activity post-schooling. What happens in a society where no one knows the rules or has the skills to partake in yard games? Have we done our job if we just teach football, soccer, and volleyball?
In my program, there was a balance between many sport, individual, and recreational (yard/lawn games) activities. In my opinion, all are important and students need to be exposed to each to build the confidence they will need to be successful lifelong movers. However, there is also a social aspect of yard games that I find fascinating. There is nothing like talking a little smack when playing horseshoes or ladder ball. Could you imagine going to tailgate at a sports event without a Frisbee or Cornhole? I certainly cannot.
I find it very refreshing to see other PE teachers share creative ways to integrate yard games in their PE classes. Former Middle School National PE Teacher of the Year (2012), Jessica Shawley, is well-known for her Yard Games session at conferences. In the past, I have also offered a "RecFest" session to highlight creative ways to use these activities in physical education settings.
As physical education teacher, I have seen the true value in adding yard games to my program. From horseshoes to table tennis, find ways to make these activities part of your program. Think outside the box and maximize student participation and fun while teaching the basic skills and rules for each game.
Students will find a partner. Each pair will collect 1 polyspot and 2 beanbags. Each pair will place the polyspot about 10-15 feet away from them (the teacher can designate the distance from the pair using cones). When the activity begins, both partners will toss their bean bag toward the polyspot using an underhand toss and try to get the bean bag on the spot or touching it. If a bean bag is all the way on top of the spot, it is worth 3-points, if it is touching the edge of the spot, it is worth 1-point. When both partners have taken one toss, the partners will quickly gather the bean bag add any new points to the total and return to the starting position. The first team to 11/15/21 points wins the round.
** Remind students that the faster they go the better their chances of scoring more points.
- Change the size of the polyspots to make the activity more or less challenging.
- Have students use different locomotor patterns when traveling to collect the bean bags
- Change the distances between spots and teams based on ability level
- Add fitness by having student complete a simple fitness activity every time they collect a bean bag (i.e. – elbow to knee squats, cross crawls, jump jacks, push-up shoulder taps, etc.)
- Change the way that they students can toss the beanbag (i.e. – non-dominant hand, through the legs, behind the back, etc.)
- Add a TASKCARD with different challenges for the team when they reach the amount of points designated by the teacher.
- Have the partners join another team and have a competitive match of Cardio Cornhole.
- The teacher can do an authentic assessment while students playing the game to assess the underhand throwing pattern or stepping with oppositional movement.
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Building Character in PE
Health and physical education are excellent vehicles for teaching and reinforcing character education. I did not realize how closely linked the two were until we got a new principal about a decade ago. Prior to the arrival of the new principal, character education was a staple at our school. We used a program called Character Counts and each month the teachers would focus lessons on a character trait and reinforce it throughout the month. Our physical education program was no exception. We helped by providing relatable situations during class and reinforced the important concepts. When the new principal arrived, Character Counts disappeared. By the end of the first year without the program, it was noticeable that our students were struggling without the monthly reinforcement. As the physical education teacher (who sees all the classes throughout the year), I noticed a big shift in student communication and it was having a negative impact on sportsmanship and teamwork.
During the summer, my teaching partner and I decided we needed to do something about the character issue at our school. Fortunately, it happened to be an Olympic year and we decided to create our own character education program (based on Character Counts) and we called it Olympic Character. We used an Olympic flag and gave each ring a character trait (trustworthiness, kindness, responsibility, respect, and fairness) and all those traits were on a flag of citizenship (see graphic below).
It was a simple concept and it was tied to something we were already discussing with our students. Because we did this through physical education classes, we ended up re-establishing a school-wide character education program that was built on the Olympic movement, which fit our content area nicely.
Character education meets many of the goals and objectives of the affective domain (a critical domain that SHOULD be addressed in every physical education lesson. Many of these skills are linked to sportsmanship and teamwork concepts that are easily folded into any physical education activity. The important thing to remember is that some of these learning opportunities do not avail themselves so easily for classroom teachers. We have the perfect delivery system to reinforce character education traits on a daily basis. In addition, these traits lend themselves naturally to those important 21st century learning skills (communication, collaboration, teamwork, problem-solving, etc.) that all of our students need to be productive and competent citizens.
If you have not thought about character education in a while or know that it is an area of weakness, I challenge you to work to the concepts to your instruction. Guidance counselors are typically an excellent source for ideas and materials that you may find useful. The key to successful integration of character education is making sure that you teach each trait to the students to start but then make a consistent effort to discuss examples of great character during the closure of each physical education lesson. It's not hard to add and can make a world of difference when it comes to student interaction in your classes.
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How to Create a Learning Environment in PE!
What's on the walls in your gym?! Are they bare or maybe covered with sport stars and athletes?
Find out how to take your boring gym walls and turn them into a colorful learning environment that reinforces core content for your students!
When I started teaching 20 years ago, I was faced with the unique situation of having a brand new gym. Although the school was over 40 years old, they were in the middle of a massive renovation when I was hired. The back half of the school was under construction and part of the new edition of the school included a gym and a media center. Needless to say, I was very excited about the many possibilities that a new gym brought my way. For the first 4 months, I got to watch the construction and had to patiently wait my opportunity to get in the new "gymnatorium". The walls were bright white, the floors were unscuffed hardwood, and there was a nice sized office and equipment closet. When I was finally able to get into the gym the students and I were so pumped to be in this wonderful space! It didn't take long for me to realize that something wasn't right. Once you got past the fact that the space was great, you realized that the walls were blank and boring. I decided to come up with a plan and do something about it, immediately.
I went to my principal at the end of that week and proposed some changes to the walls in the gym. I asked her if I could paint the walls. Her first questions was, "What exactly are you planning to paint, sports figures?" I immediately told her that I wanted the gym to be a place to reinforce learning for the students and I wanted to paint a huge United States map and on the opposite wall a giant map of the state of Virginia. I also wanted to paint a word wall near my office that I could use to reinforce vocabulary. Based on her reaction to my plan, she was a little bit surprised that I wanted to include academic content; but, she was very supportive and we made arrangements to purchase some paint. Later that month, during a teacher workday, I began my painting project. (It is important to note that I have no artistic talent whatsoever.) I found copies of the maps, printed them onto an overhead sheet and projected the maps on the wall and began tracing the lines. I traced using permanent markers then went over the lines with paint.
The new artwork had an instant effect and finally added some color and pop to the gym. I decided to continue coming up with content to add each year thereafter. You can see the results of this labor of love throughout Please note, after my second year, I had other PE teachers who helped with the painting (although I did spend most of the time on the 12 foot ladder when needed).
The purpose of this blog is to help PE teachers understand that all space in a school needs to maximize student learning potential. The gym or utility room that most PE teachers use is a classroom. Students come each day ready to move and learn. If paint is not an option, then utilize posters. Create bulletin boards that reinforce core academic content or health and physical education content. Use whiteboards, chalkboards, or chart paper to share information that students need to know. The more students see the material and use it as part of their activities, the better the chance of retention when it matters. Nothing makes me sadder as a PE teacher than to walk into a "boring" gym. I feel bad for the students who go into it and I feel bad for the teacher who has lost their pride in creating an exciting and engaging learning environment for those students.
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How To: Maximizing Participation in Physical Education
Maximizing participation in physical education sounds like a no-brainer to me!
But, what are some of the effective strategies that can make that objective a reality in your physical education?
Based on best-practice research, students in physical education classes should be doing moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) at least 50 percent of the time. Simply put, if you have a 30-minute class, students should be in MVPA at least 15 minutes. This sounds like an easy task but many unmodified physical education activities fall well-short of this goal. Elimination games are at the top of that list. Other common offenders are traditional relay activities and large group games (like sideline soccer). The good news is that there are various ways to modify these activities to help increase MVPA for all students.
Elimination games, often tag games, are easily modified to ensure that all students are engaged. First, provide students who are out with a way to get back into the activity. Typically, we chose a physical fitness activity that students can complete to "earn" their way back into the game. Smart teachers will target areas of weakness that have been previously identified in physical fitness testing (i.e. – if students have consistently scored poorly on abdominal strength and endurance fitness tests, I always chose a "curl-up" challenge for the students to earn their way back into the game). Another forward thinking concept is to tier/differentiate the activities that the students perform to "earn" their way back into the activity (i.e. – we used to have three levels for our students (green-easy, yellow-medium, and red-hard) the activities that students could choose were similar in nature but either required more repetitions or slightly more difficult technique).
Relays can be adapted to reduce wait time to maximize student participation levels. One strategy is to limit the number of students in each relay line. The more students in a line the longer the wait time (i.e. – if there are 4 students in a line, the participation rate is only 25% which is well below the minimum standard). By have only two students on a team, you get that number to a more reasonable 50%. Another interesting concept is having more than one student from a relay team "go" at the same time. For this concept, we used colored flags to designate the students that could move. If working with larger groups (5 or more), we always used flags for half of the group or more (i.e. – for a group of 5, we would provide 3 similarly colored flags for each team). This concept takes a little bit of practice if it has never been introduced but it really works well and can be adapted for collecting activities too. The last strategy is very simple but really ramps up activity levels. If students are waiting for a turn, they must be doing a designated physical activity (i.e. – jumping jacks, cross-crawls, crab kicks, etc.).
Large group games with limited amounts of equipment are another participation buster. One ball and twenty-five students is not a recipe for student engagement or success. The students with the skills needed for the game (approximately 15%) will dominate the activity, while the rest of the students never get a meaningful touch of the ball. It makes more sense to offer small-sided activities where the student-to-equipment ratio is much more conducive to "real" participation and skill building. If offering a large group activity, set game play up in stations to reduce the number of players on the court. Instead of two huge teams, break up the groups into 4-6 teams and have the teams rotate in and out of the game. While teams are not playing, they can be working in skill building or fitness stations that will keep them engaged while waiting for their game time.
The important thing is to think in terms of MVPA. You can always use an MVPA pedometer, such as the FITstep™ Pro Pedometers by Gopher, with your students to get a better picture of the level of activity that they are getting each day and then make adjustments to activities based on that feedback. Another option is selecting one student in a class and timing the amount of time on a stopwatch that they are engaged in physical activity. It is an eye opening assessment, I can assure you!! As physical education teachers we have to make sure that we keep the physical in physical education and provide appropriate games and activities that are designed to maximize not minimize student participation.
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Success-Driven PE: The New-School Approach
Success-Driven Physical Education is one of my favorite topics to speak on when I have the chance to be in front a group of health and physical education teachers. To be honest, because of the traditional approach to teaching physical education, I think it is a critical concept that needs to be discussed as part of any staff development or teacher preparation program. I believe it is a great concept to frame one of the biggest challenges we face as health and physical education teachers; old school vs. new school teaching. I find it interesting that according to statistics, less than 15% of the students at any school are considered to be highly-skilled movers. Yet, the old school programs cater to that small percentage of students based on the teaching methodology being used and the types of games and activities being selected for students. There is no argument that health & physical education teachers teach 100% of the students that arrive in their classrooms and gyms. So, why do we still see archaic programs that punish and demean the weak and honor the highly skilled?
Fortunately, the new physical education does not subscribe to the elimination happy, exclusionary, winners vs. losers mentality. Success-driven physical education is all about designing and implementing a student-centered program where ALL students have a chance to develop skills and concepts that will help them be lifelong movers who make healthy choices. The nice thing is that we now realize that physical development is just like academic development (students learn in different ways and at different paces) and teachers are designing lessons that encourage participation by providing successful outcomes and proving appropriate challenges for everyone. In the education world, we call this "differentiation". Quality health and physical educators have been differentiating lessons for years, but we seldom talk about the many ways we perform the task and hardly ever say the actual word "differentiation".
Let's take some practical examples and see how quality HPE teachers can promote a success-driven PE model. My favorite topic during staff development presentations is push-ups. Why do we have all of our students do an activity that many cannot complete correctly? Sure, there are a portion of students who can do great push-ups, the athletes, but can everyone? The students who cannot do a correct push-up are cheating in any way possible to complete the task without being ostracized by their peers. What about a more developmental approach that focuses on building the strength and the skill needed to complete a proper push-up. Kevin Neeld states that the three most notable limitations that he sees on a regular basis are; 1) lack of anti-extension core strength, 2) lack of scapulothoracic control, and/or 3) lack of pressing strength. I find that information to be particularly interesting.
Let's put this into different terms…would a teacher have every student bench press 100 pounds? The answer is an easy no, right? Then why do we torture students with this technical strength movement without building the strength and skill to complete it correctly? The purpose of the push-up is to build upper body strength (and core strength too) or demonstrate it. Could we do other exercises that all students can complete that still fulfill the same objective, like; planking exercises that focus on form, a plank shoulder tap that develops muscle stabilization, core strength, and balance, a crab kick (alternating leg kicks that go above waist level), or a negative push-up that focuses on good form? What if you gave the students a choice, plank shoulder taps or quality push-ups? The athletes might like the challenge (can everybody say "differentiation"). What about just getting the students down on their hands and feet and walk around like a bear for 30-seconds? There are lots of options that will accomplish the same goal as a push-up and provide students a chance to be successful. Now, I do realize that some teachers may be required to use a 90-degree push-up as a fitness assessment. I am not saying that we should shy away from push-ups all the time. My point is there are other more student-centered options to build upper body strength than the traditional push-up.
To keep the momentum going, let's talk about sport skills. As a physical education teacher, the goal is to teach students the skills and concepts that they need to be lifelong movers. I want children to love to move and sweat and have fun. My program was not about creating the next Peyton Manning, but creating a culture that encouraged and promoted being active. The problem is perspective, and when you go into some gyms around the country, you will see teachers playing inappropriate sports activities with students who have no skill and knowledge about the game. One ball and twenty-four students is certainly not a recipe for successful skill-building. The less skilled players never touch the ball, which means they are not gaining any skill. It would be like going into a math classroom and having only one piece of paper and a pencil for the whole class. You only get to practice the math skill when you get a turn with the paper…yikes! In my humble opinion, large group sports games are seldom appropriate for physical education. Small-sided games and activities make much more sense from a developmental and success-driven point of view. Students need chances to practice the basic skills in a variety of ways to develop the skills to play the game. They also need time to develop the basic strategies and tactics necessary to be successful. Too often, students are thrown into a large group games like sideline soccer and do not have the skills to participate effectively. This is physical education malpractice, as far as I am concerned. Not only is safety an issue but there is NO learning taking place.
Times have changed and so must our physical education programs. We must work in creative ways to encourage students to be active and enjoy moving. Now more than ever, we need to build programs that are student-centered and success-driven to engage all of our students and promote being active and fit for a lifetime.
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Let's Dance!
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Let's dance!
When I was in college, I took many classes to prepare me to be a physical education teacher. As part of the coursework, I took one dance class (ballroom/folk dance). Even though I had a lot of fun in the class, I did not learn much about "how" to teach dance. When I first started teaching, dance was certainly not one of my strengths. It is important to note that I loved to dance (always have) but I had no idea how to help my students develop an enjoyment for moving to music. I knew that dance needed to be part of the curriculum because, in Virginia, there is a rhythms/dance standard for every grade level. So, what did I do? I taught a one day dance unit that focused on copying rhythms and patterns using lummi sticks. I did this for several years always knowing that I needed to focus on dance more.
Things changed for me one summer when I was able to attend the Virginia Summer Health and Physical Activity Institute. I decided to focus on my glaring weakness as a physical education teacher and attend a few dance sessions. During the sessions, the presenters were demonstrating real-world approaches and lessons that I could incorporate into my teaching. After taking part in the conference and getting some fabulous new ideas, I decided that I was going to revamp my dance unit (which obviously needed lots of work!). I continued using the lummi stick lesson and refining the vocabulary terms that I would teach the students. Then I added several new components, changing levels and speeds based on different types of music, creating simple four-component dances, teaching basic square dance patterns, utilizing technology (Dance-Dance-Revolution). Things were really starting to come together and my dance began to span over a 3-week period (6 lessons). As I continued to gain confidence, I realized that I was really enjoying the unit and I wanted to continue to add to what I was sharing with my students. We started adding basic line dances to the mix (Cupid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slide, etc). We received a grant for GeoMotion Equipment. Things were really starting to "hop" at my school. Then things got even better…
In 2010 while at the Virginia Summer Health and Physical Activity Institute, I attended a session title, "Rock This Party – Everyone Dance". The session was led by two gentlemen, JD Hughes and Chip Candy, and it was awesome! It was over an hour long and full of amazing creative dances to a wide range of music. I was hooked! When I got back to school at the end of the summer, I met with my teaching partner and discussed different ways we could add more dance to our program. She was on-board and we began teaching one dance a month to our students. To start, we used some of the dances that I learned from the conference. Later, we began picking popular music and creating our own dances. In addition to teaching the dances, we also videotaped ourselves teaching the dance and then performing them. We shared the videos with our classroom teachers and they began using them as Brain Breaks for their students. The most amazing part of expanding our dance instruction was the change of the culture at the school. The change did not occur over night but one year after sharing our monthly dances, it was clear that out students were more comfortable with their movements and really started to exhibit more confidence. Our students started asking; "What's the next dance?" "Can we dance to that song by ____?" and "Can we do another dance for warm-up today?" It was AWESOME!
If dance is an area that is a challenge for you, don't give up and let it continue to be a "hole" in your program. There are many great resources out there (including dance sessions at almost every PE conference in the country). You don't have to know everything, just demonstrate a passion for something new and sell it to your students. I guarantee your students and your program will benefit from the new addition.
All of the dances we taught are posted on YouTube.
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Self-Evaluation in PE: The Key to Effective Instruction
One of the most valuable tips that I received during my teacher preparation years in college concerned self-evaluation. My professor shared that he had been using a system of self-evaluation which helped him grow professionally each year and focus on improving instruction. Each year, he kept a "journal" based on instructional practices and at the end of each semester, he reflected on what and how he taught during the term. Each time he did this, he noted one area of excellence which he would continue to maintain and one area of weakness which he would focus on improving.
At the time, I did not process the ultimate value to this best-practice concept. When I started teaching, I did little to no self-evaluation because I thought I was doing a "good job". After several years of teaching, I began reflecting on my instructional practice by keeping a journal. I made a point to collect what I called the "needs improvement list" each semester. I tried to keep the list short so that I felt I could make changes to improve in my areas of weakness. The process was truly an eye opening experience that helped guide my future professional development choices. About a decade ago, I began making a concerted effort to concentrate on my areas of weakness by searching out professional development activities to bolster those areas. I truly believe that this had the largest impact on my ability to provide a quality program for my students that never got stagnant and continued to raise the bar.
As an educator, we focus a lot of our time on student achievement and tracking progress. Rarely do we, the teachers, take the time need to evaluate our instructional practices and their impact on student progress/achievement. Currently, most states have increased teacher accountability by increasing the standards for teacher evaluation. Unfortunately, the process is not improving instructional practice but rather creating stress and animosity. According to Pat Puleo (1993) in the California ASCD Newsletter, "studies show that evaluation is ineffective after five years" (Robbins & Alvy, 2003, p.104). It is my contention that if teachers spent more time performing effective self-evaluation/reflection, we would notice an increase in teacher effectiveness.
The 100 million dollar question is; what strategies should teachers use to focus on self-improvement? The process can be more or less formal based on your needs. In my experience, just keeping a personal journal has been extremely beneficial. Of course, there are more formal options that have checklists and focus on targeted goals (for a sample of more formal checklist and rubrics, click on the links below). Clearly, there are lots of options that can fit each educator's needs. The key is to make self-evaluation part of your professional growth process.
Check out these links for excellent self-evaluation resources -
Robbins, Pamela M. & Alvy, Harvey B. (2003). The Principal's Companion: Strategies and Hints to Make the Job Easier, California: Corwin.
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Crossing the Curriculum in Physical Education
It is amazing reflecting upon my college experience to recall the number of best practice concepts that were folded into our learning experiences. One of the big projects we completed in our elementary methods course was a cross curricular unit. Each student selected a topic and then created physical education lessons that met all of the state physical education standards and reinforced concepts related to the subject chosen. At the time, I chose Native Americans and created a unit that reinforced a wide variety of concepts related specifically to Native Americans but also reinforced language arts and math concepts. It was a lot of work and required a good amount of research but it really made me realize the impact a physical education program can have on academic achievement. As I began my teaching career, I took that experience with me and began to search out ways to integrate core content in my physical education program.
There are many opportunities to reinforce core content in physical education classes. This effort to support language arts, math, history, and science should not come at the expense of teaching physical education standards and content. The key is find creative ways to reinforce the core material while keeping true to the goal of teaching the skills and concepts related to developing lifelong movers. Below you will find some suggestions on ways to reinforce core content in PE.
MATH - Skill drills in physical education provide many opportunities for students to practice counting in multiples. Student can also be given points for completing different tasks. As the points add up, students will need to use basic math skills to compute their score. Another skill that is easy to incorporate is pattern building. This can be done as station work or as part of creative relay races. Money can be used as a reinforcement for completing tasks thereby giving students additional exposure to the look of various types of currency (coins vs. bills) and how to count it. There are also many opportunities to discuss math vocabulary that relate to physical education (i.e. – angle, measurement, perimeter, distance, etc.).
LANGUAGE ARTS – When students enter the gym, a great way to reinforce language arts is to have the students read instructions for their warm-up. If doing this, keep the language simple and post three or fewer basic instructions. Physical educators can use spelling words in a variety of creative ways to help students (i.e. – jump rope spelling, word sort challenge, GeoMat spelling, etc.). PE teachers can also reinforce key vocabulary using a Word Wall.
SCIENCE – One of my favorite ways to support science was to perform experiments in physical education class. The practical use of experimentation vocabulary when learning about heart rate or burning calories is a great way to reinforce these important science concepts in physical education class. There are also many opportunities to highlight science related vocabulary that is used during PE classes (i.e. – speed, friction, angle of trajectory, fulcrum, lever, aerodynamics, etc.). There are other awesome activities that use student knowledge of science concepts (i.e. – Habitat Survivor (dodging and fleeing), Evaporation (tossing flying discs at a target), Rocket Launcher (striking and catching pool noodles), etc.).
SOCIAL STUDIES – Social Studies is made up of a variety of sub-disciplines like civics, economics, history, and geography. Each discipline has unique vocabulary that can be highlighted in physical education classes. If organizing students into squads or teams, using history vocabulary as team names is a simple way to reinforce the terms (i.e. – Presidents, important Native America tribes, important historical battles, famous Black Americans, etc.). There are also many opportunities using creative activities that are specific to social studies content (i.e. – anything that deals with the Olympics can be connected to Greece, Chinese jump rope has a natural connection to the history of China, etc.).
The key to crossing the curriculum is using the resources available to you at your school (other teacher and/or your administrators). For me, it has always been pretty simple because my wife is a 5th grade teacher. In many ways, her knowledge and expertise with the core content has helped me be a more effective physical education teacher. I realize that this may not be your situation but I also know that there are many teachers in your school that would be more than willing to provide ideas on ways that you can help their students be successful.
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Home prices rise, while sales slump
Ventura County median rises to $375,500
While the price of homes sold continued to rise in August, home sales tumbled a bit, reflecting a shrinking number of foreclosures for sale and financial uncertainty among homebuyers, MDA DataQuick reported Tuesday.
In Ventura County, the median sales price of new and existing homes and condominiums was $375,500, barely budging from $375,000 in July and down 6.1 percent from a year ago, the real estate information company reported.
The price is nearly back up to where it was in September 2008, when the county's median home price was $385,000 — the last time it was at or above the current level.
The number of homes sold was down 6.4 percent from a year ago, even though sales rose from last year for most other counties in Southern California. Month-to-month, sales were down throughout the six-county region.
Foreclosures accounted for 38.8 percent of existing home sales statewide in August, down from 40.7 percent in July and 45.5 percent for the same month a year ago.
"There's still a lot of uncertainty out there about prices, interest rates and the availability of mortgage money," DataQuick President John Walsh said in a statement. "Additionally, we don't know if this drop in foreclosure resales is temporary."
He said there are indications that there's still a lot of financial distress to work through.
Some first-time buyers have been lured by the $8,000 federal tax incentive, said Bob Davis, branch manager for First Mortgage Corp. in Ventura.
The deadline to receive it is Nov. 30. Davis cautions that to qualify, a homebuyer needs to have closed on the home, moved in and sent off the paperwork. His office is advising clients to close by Nov. 15 to allow enough time for the process, anticipating that a lot of transactions are going to try to squeeze through at the very last minute.
Though the median home price continues to rise month to month, it remains down from a year ago throughout Southern California. The median is the point at which half of the homes sold for more and half for less.
DataQuick cautions that a change in median price can be affected by shifts in the mix of homes sold and should rise as increased availability of large "jumbo" loans and adjustable-rate loans land more people in higher-priced homes.
"The way the market's rolling right now is the buyer in the sub-$400,000 price range has limited inventory," Davis said.
He said that's bumped up prices in that price range by about 15 percent over last year. But in the price range above $425,000, there hasn't been the same kind of movement.
He said it will take "move-up" buyers buying into those more expensive homes to cause the market to stabilize, but whether that happens will depend on the interest rates staying below 5.5 percent and unemployment not getting any worse.
Of course, if those purchases start to increase, it will be important to keep the pendulum from swinging back toward loose underwriting of loans, he said.
The latest housing news comes amid other indicators that the economy is preparing for a recovery, although recovery in California is expected to lag the rest of the nation.
In the UCLA Anderson Forecast, released for the state and the nation today, economists see some hope in the housing market, where affordable prices have translated into increasing sales and could start to drive new construction to again meet demand.
Despite that news, unemployment is "ugly" in the state and will remain so well into 2010, according to the report. The forecast expects unemployment in the state will hit 12.2 percent in the fourth quarter this year for an average unemployment rate of 11.6 percent for 2009.
"As we grow out of this recession, we'll be creating jobs, but not as many," said Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist for the UCLA Anderson Forecast. "The expansion of the labor force is going to be greater than job creation."
Though housing-related sectors of the economy, such as construction and finance, have been hit harder because they grew faster in the housing bubble, those sectors have now adjusted to pre-1999 hiring levels. Many of those jobs are not expected to return, making housing-related jobs one of the areas where the forecast sees "long-term employment stagnation."
"Some of the jobs that have been lost have been lost for good," Nickelsburg said.
Because the housing downturn started two years before the recession, many of the people who lost jobs in housing-related industries have already gone on to other things, Nickelsburg said.
But job losses in the government sector will continue with many of those people having to find employment in the private sector, he said.
And with continuing job losses, foreclosures will continue beyond the end of the recession, he said.
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Amelton Guillori, 30, and Marcquence Guillori, 29, of the 100 block of Santa Clara Drive, Naples, were arrested Thursday by Collier deputies at home. They are accused of cocaine possession with intent to sell, possession of marijuana less than 20 grams, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Amelton faces an additional charge of possession of firearm.
Lindsay Lee, 31, of the 1000 block of Hartley Avenue, Marco Island, was arrested Thursday by Marco officers at the 600 block of Bald Eagle Drive. She is accused of cocaine and drug paraphernalia possession. She faces additional charges of tampering with physical evidence and introduction of contraband into a jail facility.
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The B's draft 2&17 in the 1st!
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posted at 5/27/2010 2:47 PM EDTIncorrect. The lottery teams are #1-#14. The playoff teams that didn't make the conference finals are sorted by points to fill #15-#26. The Bruins had the fewest points of those teams (since Montreal and Philadelphia advanced), so they get #15.
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You may have heard there is a new event logging API on the block. Its codename is Crimson and it rocks.
Haven't heard of Crimson? Check out the .NET Show on Management Services at http://blogs.msdn.com/theshow/archive/2005/07/06/436242.aspx. Also see http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wes/wes/about_the_windows_event_log.asp?frame=true (and its worth checking out http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/top10/#CTA5 for the bigger picture in Vista)
If you were at PDC, you will also have seen Crimson in action.
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So here is the plan based "loosely" upon http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wes/wes/developing_event_publishers.asp :
Over the next day or two I'll be explaining how to do this.
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A team of researchers at Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Medical Center announced today the results of the first study comparing bone structure in Chinese-American women to Caucasian women. The report, just presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society's annual meeting at Long Beach, CA, found that pre-menopausal Chinese-American women have far greater bone strength than their Caucasian counterparts, as determined by a breakthrough technological advance.
The Columbia team was led by X. Edward Guo, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, and, from Columbia University Medical Center, John P. Bilezikian, Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Marcella Walker, Assistant Professor of Medicine, and X. Sherry Liu, Associate Research Scientist.
The team used a groundbreaking analytical technique developed at Columbia Engineering Individual Trabeculae Segmentation (ITS) to analyze the microstructure and strength of the trabecular, or spongy bone, one of the two types of tissue that form bone (the other is cortical, or compact bone). Trabecular bone is the most important site of osteoporosis-related fractures. Critical to the research was the use of ITS, an advanced 3-D imaging analysis technique that was conceived and developed in Dr. Guo's Bone Bioengineering Laboratory, and has a unique ability using high-resolution computed tomography images to quantify the plate and rod microstructure crucial to bone strength and osteoporotic fracture of bone.
The Columbia group is the first to apply ITS to clinical studies; this is the first time they have applied ITS to ethnic studies of bone health. A total of 95 women were included in the study49 Caucasian and 46 Chinese-American. There were no significant age differences between the two groups (367 vs. 354).
"We found in this research that Chinese-American women do not have the same risk of fracture as Caucasian
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Finally, Liam Hendriks is a winner.It took 18 major league starts, but the Minnesota Twins right-hander finally won his first big league game on Wednesday as the Twins beat the Cleveland Indians 6-4 at Progressive Field."Nice to get the young man a win," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said of the 23-year-old Hendriks. " Tonight goes to Liam. It's been a long time coming for his first win. Fortunately, we got it for him. That's nice to see."Hendriks put together arguably one of his best starts of his young major league career on Wednesday, allowing two runs on a career-low two hitsin six innings of work. He walked two batters while also striking out a pair of Indians in Wednesday's win.Hendriks' lone mistake Wednesday came in the bottom of the first inning. With two outs in the inning, Hendriks served up a solo homer to Indians shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who sent a 1-0 pitch to the seats in right-center field for a 1-0 Cleveland lead.The only other hit Hendriks allowed Wednesday also ...
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CAMBORNE fire crews responded to 62 incidents between October and December last year.
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"EDRA has always been at the forefront in providing a forum where environmental design research can be explored and debated," said Mallika Bose, Ph.D., Chair of the EDRA Board of Directors. "The Healthy Rhode Island Environmental Design Summit is an excellent opportunity to see research in action, and we truly appreciate the integral support of the Rhode Island Department of Health and Roger Williams University in the creation and development of this historic event."
For more information on the Healthy Rhode Island Environmental Design Summit and EDRA's 2013 conference, visit http://www.edra.org/edra44providence.
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PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (AP) - A private delegation including Google's Eric Schmidt is urging North Korea to allow more open Internet access and cellphones to benefit its citizens, the mission's leader said in the country with some of the world's tightest controls on information.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson also said his nine-member group called on North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests that have prompted U.N. sanctions, and the delegation asked for fair and humane treatment for an American citizen detained. He spoke in an exclusive interview in Pyongyang with The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Before departing on Thursday, he told reporters his trip had been productive and successful.
"We enjoyed our trip to the DPRK, especially with the North Korean people, and we had a good opportunity to talk about expanding the Internet and cell phones in the DPRK," Richardson said at the Pyongyang airport.
The visit has been criticized for appearing to hijack U.S. diplomacy and boost Pyongyang's profile after North Korea's latest, widely condemned rocket launch. Richardson has said the delegation is on a private, humanitarian trip.
Schmidt, the executive chairman of the U.S.-based Internet giant Google, is the highest-profile American business executive to visit North Korea since leader Kim Jong Un took power a year ago.
Although Schmidt often meets with government officials around the world on behalf of Google, he didn't make this trip at the company's request.
Schmidt has not said publicly what he hopes to get out of his visit to North Korea. However, he has been a vocal proponent of Internet freedom and openness, and is publishing a book in April with Jared Cohen, director of the company's Google Ideas think tank, about the power of global connectivity in transforming people's lives, policies and politics.
Cohen doesn't typically accompany Schmidt on Google-sanctioned trips, a sign that the two men may be primarily interested in gathering more material for their book.
On Wednesday, Schmidt toured the frigid quarters of the brick building in central Pyongyang that is the heart of North Korea's own computer industry. He asked pointed questions about North Korea's new tablet computers as well as its Red Star operating system, and he briefly donned a pair of 3-D goggles during a tour of the Korea Computer Center.
Even if Schmidt isn't officially representing Google in North Korea, the company stands to benefit if the country's leadership were to loosen its Internet restrictions.
For years, the Mountain View, California, company has pushed for more accessible and affordable Internet connections and Web-surfing devices on the premise that its business ultimately will make more money if people spend more time online.
Besides the world's most dominant search engine, Google also offers a variety of other services that rank among the most popular destinations on the Internet. More Internet traffic translates into more opportunities to sell digital ads, which account for most of its more than $50 billion in annual revenue.
Richardson told The Associated Press that his delegation was bringing a message that more openness would benefit North Korea. Most in the country have never logged onto the Internet, and the authoritarian government strictly limits access to the World Wide Web.
"The citizens of the DPRK will be better off with more cellphones and an active Internet. Those are the … messages we've given to a variety of foreign policy officials, scientists" and government officials, Richardson said.