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I just pinned! I love Invitations by Dawn! If I won I would definitely choose the eyelet band invites.
Thanks for the opportunity!
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I pinned! Would love the save the date luggage tags! those would be perfect for my destination wedding!
I pinned it :) I'm in love with all their watercolor designs (like the ones you've featured here).
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I love the watercolor whimsy invitations! So pretty!
Pinned it :)
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Love the yellow invitation featured here in this post :)
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I pinned. I love the 2nd one in your post and also the round Filigree Damask - Melon ---- so many great invites to chose from!
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Loving the chevron designs they have!
I just pinned this giveaway!
Crossing fingers (and toes).
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Pinned it :) They are all so beautiful but I love the idea of Pocket Invitations, so I would choose the Flourishing Border pocket invite!
Pinned the giveaway =)
Love the pocket fold invites.
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I repinned the contest post. I really liked Artsy Romance - Amethyst - Invitation in romantic invitations. My email id: email@example.com
pinned it to win it! All of these are so beautiful. My fav was the watercolor whimsy!
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love this giveaway! i like the chevron invites featured here.
I pinned it! I just got engaged two weeks ago, so this is amazing! The Carved in Love in Mosaic would be perfect for our outdoor casual wedding :)
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Pinned it. I love the vintage type invitations.
I pinned it to win it! I love the fairy tale invitation! "Love gives us a fairy tale" Too true!
adore the striped invites they have in their collection.
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I am loving the Watercolor Whimsy line. The watermelon and yellow together are so fresh.
I pinned it!!Love the Enchanted Evening or the Princess Dreams- Aurora!! E-mail email@example.com
I've pinned the image!
I would LOVE the Rustic Wedding Seal and Send Invitation. It would be absolutely perfect for my barn wedding September 1, 2013!!
Hi! I pinned the pix and absolutely love the "dozens of roses" white embossed invites! perfect for my winter wedding =)
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I pinned!
I would definitely choose the "Through the Years" invitation (DWA04447) since my fiance and I have known each other since 6th grade, and we have dated since 9th grade (7 years total so far). It definitely fits our wedding =)
Thanks for this opportunity!!!
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I love the pocket fold kind :)
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Got it pinned for everyone to see!
My fiancee and I are really happy to have found our invitations (haven't ordered quite yet but almost!). We're choosing the mountain mist invitations- we're getting married in the mountains in a valley which looks similar! :)
I pinned! It's hard to choose what I would pick because I love everything! We would either go with the country sunflowers or something fall like.
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I'd love to win this giveaway! This would help out so very much! I like gray and yellow invites!
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I just pinned the Pin it to Win it contest for the $100 credit towards invitations! This is a great contest...and, there are tons of options on their website. I personally love the Natural Touch invitations. They would be perfect for our theme this fall!
I'd love to win the Fairy Tale Love invitations, reception cards and response cards! It's such a perfect invite for our Disney World wedding!
I just pinned! I would love to use the credit towards the antique charm invitation set in lavender. Gorgeous & perfect for my vintage garden wedding!
I just pinned the contest and I absolutely LOVE the Feathery Style - Tango :)
I pinned, actually i think i've pinned a few times now. i must say my favorite is the It Takes Two - Tango - Invitation. It's simple yet bright and elegant, just like my wedding and I.
I pinned! I LOVE the blue watercolor roses wedding invitations, they are exactly what I've been searching for! Thanks so much for posting about them :)
Pinned it!! I love the "It Takes Two "(pink and orange). I would love to win! Im ordering here anyway but paying for wedding on tight budget with no help from parents so winning this would be a blessing!! Thanks!!
I just pinned this and I would LOVE the "Purple Spring Flowers" or the "Flower Drama" invitations :) They are really unique designs!
Love the design it yourself feature a well as the simple but gorgeous Hip Type - Fresh - Invitations!
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2. How do you choose?!?! I finally narrowed it down to three:
Rustic Lace
Bold Poster or
Vintage Vows
I just pinned :) Thank you for this opportunity! It would be amazing to win!
I love the vintage vows!!!
Love the luggage tag save the dates! Those are just fabulous!
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I pinned this and I'm a huge fan of these invites -- it's hard to decide on just one! The one I would pick would be the Vintage invitation. Very traditional :)
PINNED! I love all watercolor invitation but if I had to pick one...I would choose Watercolor Peacock
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I pinned it! I would choose the vintage type!
Love the wooden lattice bridal shower invite: pinned it looking at all of the options for my MOH duties!!
Pinned! So many beautiful choices, but I especially love the Hip Flourishes and Watercolor Whimsy invites.
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Beautiful invitations!
Good luck to all!
I have pinned the image on my nature inspired wedding board.
I really like these invitations:
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Antique Charm - Lavender - Invitation
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I've pinned, I've pinned! :) I love the Patterned and Artistic Ampresand, with the personalized colors options!
Good luck everyone :)
I had such a time choosing but .. Fresh Flowers - Citrus ! Was my fav
I pinned!! And would LOVE to win!!! Invitations by Dawn has such lovely designs.
My favorite is Tropical Palms!!
Pinned!!! The Vintage Vision is perfect for the wedding I've been planning!!! This would be a great opportunity if I could win this!!
I love Natural Embrace!
Pinned It!!! I love the Las Vegas Skyline!! Perfect for my Vegas wedding. Please pick me :) I have been on Invitations by Dawn several times, love the designs!
PINNED. Pinstripe monogram. LOVE, LOVE, PERFECTION.
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Ether the pinstripe monogram or the "old school" chalkboard ones! I'm a teacher so they are super cute!
There are so many great designs to choose from. I'm currently drawn to the pumpkin passion invite, but there are a number of others up for consideration. I have pinned the post too.
I pinned to win! I would choose the Floral Ampersand Invitation! Thank you! -Tracy (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Sweet giveaway!
I pinned :)
Would love the yellow, floral invites you have featured here!
Just lovely.
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Would love to win this giveaway!
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Love the chevron invites!
Would love to win this! Love this shop - thanks for the introduction.
Would love the luggage tag save the dates!
Pinned it! We would love the Rushing Watercolor - Malibu invitations for our beach wedding. Your designs are beautiful!
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Definitely a seal-and-send, but I'm tossed up between the Rustic Fence and Touch of Autumn.
I just pinned! :) The "Invitations by Dawn" site has a lovely selection of invitations for all occasions. What I liked most, while browsing the site, was the variety of themes and the inspiring color palettes. The Filigree Damask (in Melon) is my absolute favorite design on the website. The shape of the invitation is lovely and unique-- and the initials on the back of the invite add a sweet personalized touch. These invitations will make an impression on my guests the minute they open their envelopes! :)
i pinned- these are all gorgeous but i think i've narrowed down my favorites. even if i don't win- i'm so glad i came upon this site!
Watercolor Hearts - Invitation
- i'm not into hearts and these aren't my colors but i'm floored by how beautiful these are.
Destination Waves - Invitation
great relaxed beach vibe- perfect for my wedding
Watercolor Paisley - Malibu - Invitation
love the aqua colors- so pretty
Preppy Pennant - All In One Invitation
this is so different from the other ones i've seen. love it!
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I just pinned the photo! I am in the process of choosing my invitations over the next few weeks and couldn't believe I saw this! I LOVE the Stylish Swirls petite invitation! I need to order invitations, reception cards, and RSVP cards and I loved how clean and classic the stylish swirls design was as well as the great coordination between the extra inserts I need! Great products and great contest!
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I just repinned! I am so excited about this contest! My fiancé and I are having our wedding on the beach in memory of his father who passed away 3 years ago. The "Making Waves" invitation is by far my favorite! The colors and simple designs fit perfectly with our beach themed wedding! Thank you for hosting such a wonderful contest idea!
Jordann (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Their invitations are gorgeous! I might do a DIY invite, but I'm loving the watercolor/ beachy invites...
DWN5460 By the Seashore or DW18822FC
Palm Tree or DW18661NFC
It Takes Two - Granny Apple
OH man, I like all of them.
Thanks for the opportunity for this contest!
I forgot to let you know I pinned the picture!
So many options!! I looked for quite some time and changed my mind a bunch. But in the end I kept going back to Vintage Type 3: http://www.invitationsbydawn.com/Wedding-Invitations/Favorite-Wedding-Invitation-Trends/2657-DW17921NFC-Vintage-Type--3-for-1-Invitation.pro
Beautiful work!
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P.s. I pinned this. :)
I love the winter elegance invitation ... it is perfect for our winter wedding!
I pinned...and can't wait to win ;)
I pinned! I would likely choose "Committed--Vellum Invitation."
Love the Lavish Lace Pocket Invitation! I pinned this :)
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I pinned it, now I want to win it!!!
I am loving the classic invitations! I have many favorites, but my top pick is the prelude invite.
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I just repinned! I love the Lacy Flourishes invitations! :)
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Pinned! I like the timeless white. It's classic!
I love the pocket invites! Different, yet classic.
Pinned it! I absolutely adore the exotic flair invites. I not only want the invites, but I'd cover my windows in curtains with that design. Gorgeous!
I pinned this. I hope i win! I absolutely adore the "vintage vision" design which would match my wedding style. My fiancé and i are going for vintage- house, car and etc
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Pinned! Their invitations are gorgeous! I might do a DIY invite, but I'm loving the watercolor/ beachy invites...
DWN5460 By the Seashore or DW18822FC
Palm Tree or DW18661NFC
It Takes Two - Granny Apple
OH man, I like all of them.
Thanks for the opportunity for this contest!
I just pinned! There are so many that I love. I am in the early stages of planning but I love the vintage looking invites as well as the peacock feather ones.
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Pinned! I love the first and second one in the contest image!!
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I just pinned! I love the lavish lace in purple, they're all so beautiful but that is my favorite one. Fingers crossed and thanks for the opportunity!
love love love...hard to pick just one!
if I had to,I would pick AUTUMN BREEZE 2
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I've pinned!! I would choose the Diamond Delight!!
I pinned!
I would choose the From the Heart invitations!
Very nice works! I like the idea behind THe Days Gone By and the paper used for Dreams Do Come True.
Love the designs..Thanks for sharing..keep posting..
Pinned!!! I love "Light and Shadows" and "Lovely Shells"!!!!
Pinned!!! I love "Light and Shadows" and "Lovely Shells"!!!!

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An antique pair of blackened iron hexagonal wall lanterns glazed with white glass panels. Having a hinged bottom door. From a Reading, PA estate.
Overall: 20" h. x 8" w. x 11" d.
Backplate: 11" h. x 4-1/2" w.
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Expansion of Terminal 2 is due for completion in 2012, and further expansions, including the addition of a third terminal, are anticipated to increase overall capacity to around 35 million passengers yearly, more than double current levels.
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Mark Wauge Wins CGS Modified Nationals Race Of Champions; Deatherage Victorious In Hornet Feature
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Madman Photography)
Mark Wauge of Jacksonville put on an exciting display of action at the Cottage Grove Speedway for the opening night of the Cottage Grove Speedway Modified Nationals on Friday August 2nd. The race would be a non-point contest, dubbed the Race Of Champions; featuring main event winner's and track champions from across the Pacific Northwest.
Originally starting from the inside pole Wauge would take full advantage of the position in his Skinner Autoplex/Meineke Car Care Center/Hoppes Construction #1M Loose Gruff. Wauge would set a rapid pace on the high side to develop a sizeable lead but each time he would have plenty of breathing room a caution would occur bunching the field right up.
Several times Aaron Sheelar of Springfield would submit a bid to challenge on the bottom of the race track for the lead but time and again he would be denied by Wauge. That was until lap seventeen when the Producto Saw Systems/C&K Fabricating/West End Performance #45S Kazzbuilt, of Sheelar, would seize the lead. Sheelar would pace the field for several laps until lap twenty-six when lapped traffic came into play. Sheelar would lose the lead to Wauge and Wauge would go on to win it.
Aaron Sheelar finished a respectable second place followed by the SKS Racing/X-Factor Race Cars/Valley Rose Construction #24 X-Factor of Cottage Grove's Curtis Towns who fought hard to finish third. Don Muth Jr. from Cottage Grove would place his Serendipity Spa & Salon/West End Performance #23 Shaw in fourth while Mark Carrell would earn fifth on the last lap in his Mark's Auto Body/Gray's Automotive #27 GRT by Phillips mount.
Fast time of the night was the T&K Services/Affordable Self Storage/Southside Tattoo #57M GRT by Yeager of Troy McElroy from Shady Cove at 14.097. Heat race winners were the Eastside Rollforming Specialties/raceprint.com/BBQ Oil Barbeque Sauce #10 Shaw of Gus Cooper from Creswell, Don Muth Jr., Mark Wauge, and White City's Brian Poppa in his #65 mount.
In the Hornets James Deatherage of Cottage Grove would win his second race of the season. Even though it was his second triumph of 2013 it would be his first point event win after he captured a non-point victory earlier in the campaign in his D&D Automotive/Harris Machine and Design/A-1 Auto Supply #7D. Deatherage would make a move on lap five to gain the lead and hold it the rest of the way. He would be put under considerable pressure from Joe Maricle's Ram Jack Foundation Repair #11. Deatherage would hold out despite winning the race by a whisker at the line.
Joe Maricle, of Veneta, was a very close second while third went to the West End Performance/West End Auction #116 of Jake Williams also from Veneta. Melvin Walker from Goshen was fourth in the Froggy's Towing/Big B Tire/Springfield Auto Recyclers #00 followed by Marcola's Dan Jenkinson in his Dan's Automotive #4.
Fast time in the Hornets was Veneta's Josh Corley in the #7C at 17.441 seconds. Heat race winners were James Deatherage and Taunton Swaim from Dexter in the Big Dog Recycling/A-1 Auto Supply #17 while winning the trophy dash was Joe Maricle.
Night two of the Cottage Grove Speedway Modified Nationals will occur on Saturday August 3rd. The IMCA Modifieds will be joined by the Hornets and Street Stocks. For more information log on to www.cottagegrovespeedway.com or call (360)-699-RACE.
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Cottage Grove Speedway Modified Nationals Night #1
Friday August 2nd, 2013
Cottage Grove Speedway
Cottage Grove, Oregon
IMCA Modifieds
A Feature: 1. 1M-Mark Wauge[1]; 2. 45S-Aaron Sheelar[3]; 3. 24-Curtis Towns[7]; 4. 23-Don Muth Jr.[8]; 5. 27-Mark Carrell[14]; 6. 33C-Craig Hanson[16]; 7. W5-Jesse Williamson[13]; 8. F1-Monte Bischoff[6]; 9. 7S-Braedon Hand[9]; 10. 45K-Jason Kocks[18]; 11. 3RL-Ryan McTaggart[15]; 12. 44P-Sam Potter[10]; 13. 25-Craig Cassell[11]; 14. 10-Gus Cooper[17]; 15. 65-Brian Poppa[12]; 16. 15J-Jeremy Richey[2]; 17. 77-Dustin Knight[4]; 18. 57M-Troy McElroy[5]
Heat 1: 1. 10-Gus Cooper[1]; 2. 15J-Jeremy Richey; 3. 24H-Kevin Hewitt[3]; 4. 57M-Troy McElroy; 5. W7-Les Williamson; 6. 16-Austin McTaggart; DNS 25-Craig Cassell; DNS 77-Dustin Knight
Heat 2: 1. 23-Don Muth Jr.[2]; 2. F1-Monte Bischoff[4]; 3. 34-Albert Gill[1]; 4. 11X-Tom Berry Jr.[5]; 5. 3RL-Ryan McTaggart[6]; 6. 24-Curtis Towns[3]; DNS 46-Dustin Comer; DNS 21C-Curt Coggins
Heat 3: 1. 1M-Mark Wauge[3]; 2. 7S-Braedon Hand[1]; 3. 27-Mark Carrell[2]; 4. 68-Jesse Bailey[4]; 5. 45K-Jason Kocks[5]; 6. 44M-Greg McDonald[7]; 7. 21A-Matthew Drager[6]
Heat 4: 1. 65-Brian Poppa[1]; 2. W5-Jesse Williamson[3]; 3. P0-Brody Pompe[4]; 4. 45S-Aaron Sheelar[5]; 5. 33C-Craig Hanson[2]; 6. 9-David Schmidt[6]; 7. 44P-Sam Potter[7]
Qualifying: 1. 57M-Troy McElroy; 2. F1-Monte Bischoff; 3. 68-Jesse Bailey; 4. P0-Brody Pompe; 5. 24H-Kevin Hewitt; 6. 24-Curtis Towns; 7. 1M-Mark Wauge; 8. W5-Jesse Williamson; 9. 77-Dustin Knight; 10. 23-Don Muth Jr.; 11. 27-Mark Carrell; 12. 33C-Craig Hanson; 13. 10-Gus Cooper; 14. 34-Albert Gill; 15. 7S-Braedon Hand; 16. 65-Brian Poppa; 17. 15J-Jeremy Richey; 18. 11X-Tom Berry Jr.; 19. 45S-Aaron Sheelar; 20. 16-Austin McTaggart; 21. W7-Les Williamson; 22. 3RL-Ryan McTaggart; 23. 45K-Jason Kocks; 24. 21A-Matthew Drager; 25. 9-David Schmidt; 26. 21C-Curt Coggins; 27. 44M-Greg McDonald; 28. 44P-Sam Potter; 29. 25-Craig Cassell; 30. 46-Dustin Comer
A Feature: 1. 7D-James Deatherage[1]; 2. 11-Joe Maricle[4]; 3. 116-Jake Williams[3]; 4. 00-Melvin Walker[6]; 5. 4-Dan Jenkinson[9]; 6. 34-Mike Simmons[8]; 7. 17-Taunton Swaim[2]; 8. 0-James Donaldson[5]; 9. 28-Chris Pierce[7]; 10. 48-Mike Swaim[12]; 11. 9-Dale Jenkinson[10]; 12. 89-Jim Simmons[11]; 13. 31-Teresa Walker[14]; 14. 13X-Steven Moore[13]; DNS 7-Josh Corley
Dash: 1. 11-Joe Maricle[4]; 2. 116-Jake Williams[3]; 3. 7-Josh Corley[1]; 4. 00-Melvin Walker[2]
Heat 1: 1. 7D-James Deatherage[6]; 2. 116-Jake Williams[3]; 3. 0-James Donaldson[1]; 4. 28-Chris Pierce[2]; 5. 4-Dan Jenkinson[5]; 6. 89-Jim Simmons[7]; 7. 13X-Steven Moore[8]; 8. 7-Josh Corley[4]
Heat 2: 1. 17-Taunton Swaim[2]; 2. 11-Joe Maricle[3]; 3. 00-Melvin Walker[4]; 4. 34-Mike Simmons[1]; 5. 9-Dale Jenkinson[5]; 6. 48-Mike Swaim[6]; 7. 31-Teresa Walker[7]
Qualifying: 1. 7-Josh Corley; 2. 00-Melvin Walker; 3. 116-Jake Williams; 4. 11-Joe Maricle; 5. 28-Chris Pierce; 6. 17-Taunton Swaim; 7. 0-James Donaldson; 8. 34-Mike Simmons; 9. 4-Dan Jenkinson; 10. 9-Dale Jenkinson; 11. 7D-James Deatherage; 12. 48-Mike Swaim; 13. 89-Jim Simmons; 14. 31-Teresa Walker; 15. 13X-Steven Moore
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The goal of the Link Jarrett Baseball Academy is to provide a fun and exciting opportunity for players to develop their technical skills. The Link Jarrett Baseball Academy coaching staff strives to meet the needs of area baseball players of all ages by exposing all participants to fun and interactive training techniques.
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Planning Tip 1: Make the planning process inclusive. The professional development planning process will benefit from participation by a number of individuals, including teachers, principals and other school leaders, and school-based professional development staff and supervisors. It is especially important to include at least some of the potential participants in the activity in every step of the planning process. In addition, it is a good idea to include the persons who will be responsible for evaluating the activity. Broad-based participation in planning helps generate interest in and ownership of the activity. Involving participants can provide a reality check for the identification of professional learning needs and for the intended outcomes. Involving principals and other school leaders in the process can help define their role in the various learning activities and follow up as well as in making sure that there are adequate resources in place to support implementation and use of new knowledge and skills in the classroom and elsewhere in school programs. Finally, broad-based participation helps to distribute the workload.
Planning Tip 2: Think ahead and map backward to ensure that professional development is of the highest quality. All of your planning efforts should be guided by the axiom that high-quality professional development as envisioned by the Maryland Teacher Professional Development Standards is a critical component of every effort to improve the education for all of Maryland's students. Therefore it is important to think carefully about the kind of student outcomes that you want to effect and to think just as carefully about what teachers need to know and be able to do to help students achieve those outcomes. As your goals and objectives for improving student learning become more ambitious, so too should your goals and strategies for teacher learning. If you expect significant changes in teacher performance as a result of the professional development you are planning, it is essential that you plan realistically for the kinds of learning activities that will foster these changes and the kinds of follow up and other support that will increase the likelihood that they make it into the classroom. It is also critical to be realistic about time: How much time will the professional learning really require? How much time will be necessary to ensure adequate opportunities for practice and feedback on the mastery and application of new knowledge and skills? When is it reasonable to expect changes in student learning? Attending to these questions and to the "fit" between the intended outcomes and the strategies for achieving your plan will greatly increase the possibilities for success.
As you plan, keep in mind that high-quality professional development has other benefits for teachers that extend beyond improving instruction. Exciting, engaging professional learning activities can stimulate teachers as learners and can boost morale in difficult times. Conversely, professional development that does not engage teachers as active adult learners and problem solvers and that does not acknowledge their knowledge and skills will not have any kind of a positive impact. Indeed, these activities may undermine teachers' willingness to participate in other professional development as well as their commitment to improvement efforts.
Planning Tip 3: Consider developing a logic model to guide your planning.. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has prepared the Logic Model Development Guide, which is an excellent resource for program planning and evaluation. As the Kellogg guide explains in the introduction, a logic model is
A picture of how your organization does its work—the theory and assumptions underlying the program. A program logic model links outcomes (both short- and long-term) with program activities/processes and the theoretical assumptions/principles of the program.
The Kellogg guide is available at no charge on the foundation's website: www.wkkf.org.
A logic model for professional development will list the student outcomes that you are seeking as well as the outcomes for teachers and other participants. The logic model will specify the kinds of learning activities that are necessary to ensure that teachers and other participants achieve the intended outcomes. The logic model can also help clarify assumptions about the sequence of the learning activities that you are planning and how much time they will require. The logic model can help you think about the resources that are required. Finally, developing a logic model can help you think about the logical connections among all of the components of your plan.
Planning Tip 4: Learn what the data tell you, but don't take on too much. A thorough analysis of a variety of disaggregated student data and data on current teacher knowledge and skills may result in the identification of a wide range of needs that could be addressed through teacher professional development programs and initiatives. At this point, planners may be tempted to try to address all of the needs. Doing so could result in frustration as planners tackle too much. More importantly, it could result in designing professional development activities that are too broad in focus and too limited in appropriate teacher learning activities to be successful. Planners are well advised to list all of the needs that they identify and to carefully choose those that be adequately addressed in the activities that they are planning. These choices can be guided by planners' assumptions about the pace and sequence of introducing and implementing new knowledge and skills, local and state improvement priorities, and the availability of resources, especially money and time. Needs not addressed in the current planning effort represent an excellent starting point for the next round of planning.
Planning Tip 5: Student outcomes are important, but think carefully about the indicators. Improvements in the quality of student work are good indicators of the implementation and use of new curricula and new instructional strategies. Therefore, your planning group may want to think about specific changes in student work that should be considered outcomes of professional development. Over the longer term, changes in student test scores and changes in end of course assessments are certainly desirable outcomes, but unless the professional development activity that your are planning is very ambitious and broad in scope, it will be very difficult to identify specific changes in student scores that are attributable to the professional development. Alternatively, results of benchmark assessment or student work samples collected at various points during the year may be reasonably sensitive indicators of the outcomes of professional development.
Planning Tip 6: Consider developing a management plan to guide implementation of the activity you are planning. A solid management plan will spell out the tasks necessary to implement the activity that you are planning, the timeline, and who will be responsible. Developing this plan can help clarify your thinking about key details of scheduling, resource needs, and communications with prospective participants and consultants and others who will help with the activity. The management plan can be a simple as a checklist or it can be more complex.
Planning Tip 7: Focus, focus, focus. Effective professional development has a clearly defined focus. Professional development that attempts to address too many topics is likely to have little or no impact on instruction or student outcomes. This is a good point in the planning process to review your choice of content. As a rule of thumb, if you have selected more than two of the professional development content standards, the activity that you are planning may be too broad in scope. Alternatively, if you have chosen to address more of the content standards, you will need to be sure that the learning activities and follow up that you plan are consistent with the breadth of the content and that you have allotted sufficient time for teacher engagement and practice.
Planning Tip 8: Think about group process. If you expect that participants will engage in the activity in groups, it will be important to ensure that the groups are able to function effectively. For example, if participants are SIT members or members of grade-level teams, they will probably have some experience in working together. Alternatively, if the groups are formed for the purpose of participating in the activity and members do not know each other or have not worked together, your plan should probably include activities that focus on building collaboration skills and that foster setting a norm for collegiality among members of the group. This will be especially important if you expect the group to generate a product, such as a school improvement plan, or to continue working together after the initial learning activities.
Planning Tip 9: Ensure that everyone gets into the action. It is important that all participants have the opportunity to participate in all of the activities that you are planning. For example, if your plan calls for opportunities to practice a new strategy, the plan should ensure that these opportunities are available to all participants. Similarly, if the plan includes feedback on this practice or feedback on materials developed by the participant, it is important to ensure that all participants receive feedback.
Planning Tip 10: Look for strategies and opportunities to share the responsibility for follow up. Too often follow up is left to chance or there are unspoken assumptions about the kinds of things that will happen to support teachers after the initial learning activities have been completed. As you think about options for follow up, think about who can or should provide the follow up. For example, if you are planning a series of workshops or training sessions that will take place at a central location or a location that is some distance from school sites, it may not be feasible or practical for the presenters and facilitators in these sessions to provide school-based follow up to individual teachers or groups of teachers. Instead, principals, other school leaders, school-based professional development staff or district professional development staff and specialists may be in a better position to provide the necessary follow up.
If you decide to include these other staff in follow up activities it will be important to communicate with them about what they are expected to do and to provide them with concrete guidance and other resources that they will need to be effective. For example, you will want to provide some basic information (perhaps in the form of a rubric) that explains what the new strategies and practices that were the focus of the initial learning activities look like in practice. In addition, it may be helpful to provide information about the resources that teachers need to practice and implement the strategies as a way of helping to ensure that teachers have what they need to move forward. In the end, successful sharing of responsibilities means leaving nothing to chance and letting everyone know what is expected of them.
Planning Tip 11: Evaluations that focus on participant satisfaction and ratings of quality have limited value in assessing the impact of professional development on participants' knowledge, skills, and performance or the impact on student learning. These evaluation strategies can, however, contribute to your assessment of whether the activity took place as planned. If your plan does include these kinds of evaluation strategies, it is better to administer surveys or conduct interviews about these topics at least four to six weeks after they have been completed. It is also advisable to seek these ratings by asking respondents to compare the activity that is being evaluated with other kinds of activities.
Planning Tip 12: Consider seeking help from an evaluator. You may find it useful to consult with an evaluator on your plans for evaluation even if you do not expect to conduct an external evaluation. An evaluator can help you identify appropriate outcome indicators for both teachers and students. An evaluator can also suggest ways of collecting and analyzing data on the indicators. In addition, an evaluator can help you determine whether it may be appropriate to concentrate on a sample of participants in ways that will generate valid results and that may also reduce the overall cost of the evaluation. If you do decide to seek assistance from an evaluator, you may want to include this person in the initial planning activities, particularly the decisions about intended outcomes and the appropriate indicators. In the end, it is important for the planning team to keep in mind that it is not necessary for them to be skilled evaluators. Rather, team members can think of themselves as clients and the audience for the evaluation.
Cost will certainly be a concern when considering seeking help from an evaluator. One role for an evaluator is to help organize the work of teachers and others in collecting and analyzing data on the indicators that will be the focus of the evaluation. This arrangement will reduce the costs of hiring an external evaluator. At the same time, teachers and other staff may simply be too busy to do a thorough job of data collection and analysis and their time has costs associated with it even those these costs will not show up as direct expenditures for the activity. Nevertheless, in the long run, you may find it less expensive to hire an evaluator.
If your district has a research office, you might begin your search for an evaluator there. Staff in the research office may be able to help plan and conduct the evaluation as part of their regular work. They may also be able to suggest the names of evaluators with whom they have worked in the past. Alternatively, you may want to contact the dean of college of education at a nearby college or university for recommendations of faculty or staff who could serve as a evaluator. You may also want to contact college or university departments with a special focus on research and evaluation. Finally, MSDE program staff may be able to recommend evaluators with whom they have worked on program evaluation tasks.
As you begin thinking about your evaluation, you may find it useful to review Evaluating Professional Development (2000) by Thomas R. Guskey (available from the Corwin Press, Inc.). The author provides detailed suggestions and numerous concrete examples of how to plan and conduct evaluations of professional development activities.
Planning Tip 13: Consider using products and artifacts from learning activities and follow up as evaluation data. A number of learning activities and follow up opportunities can generate data that are extremely useful for evaluation purposes. For example, feedback to participants on their mastery of new knowledge and skills can be aggregated to provide an overall sense of how effective the activity was. Similarly, if either the initial learning activities or follow up include observations of teachers applying new knowledge and skills, using rubrics for those observations and feedback to the teachers can easily generate quality data to gauge the impact of the activities. If you are planning a multi-session activity that includes "homework" assignments between the sessions, systematic ratings of these assignments are yet another source of data on program effectiveness. There are several advantages to using these kinds of data for an evaluation. First, collecting them does not add much to the cost of the activity or the evaluation. Second, they are readily available and can help generate evaluation results quickly—often in time for making mid-course corrections when early results suggest that the activity is not achieving the intended outcomes.
Planning Tip 14: Elements of your evaluation plan that focus on outcomes for teachers and for students should explicitly reflect your assumptions about the pace and sequence of change. Changes in teachers' instructional practices, their use of curricula, and their use of new assessments all take time. Changes in student learning outcomes and outcomes in other areas that result from changes in what teachers do take even longer. Your evaluation design, especially the plans for data collection, should reflect your assumptions about how long these will take. For example, if you assume that full implementation and use of a new instructional strategy requires 15-20 opportunities to practice it and to receive feedback, you will need to think about how long it will take for those opportunities to occur and think about assessing the extent and quality of implementation after that period. If the timing of your evaluation is not consistent with your assumptions about the pace and sequence of changes, the evaluation is very likely to underestimate or overestimate the impact of the activity—possibly by wide margins. A good evaluator can help you think through the alignment of the evaluation plan with your theory of change.


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Three days after a heartbreaking, extra-inning loss to Fortuna High, the Del Norte High softball team swept McKinleyville High in a Saturday doubleheader at Del Norte High School.
The Warriors won the first game, 6-4, and the second game, 7-1, to improve to 6-8-1 overall (2-1 Humboldt-Del Norte Big 5 League). The Panthers slipped to 4-12 overall (0-5 Big 5).
Del Norte head coach Tom Moore and assistant coach Rick White credited the Warriors with an improved defensive effort, after several late mistakes led to the Huskies' victory in Del Norte's league opener.
"They played small ball at the start, and all their runs came on that," White said of McKinleyville. "Once we took that away, they didn't have an answer."
Camryn Ridgley homered for the Warriors in the first game while pitching a complete game in the circle. Sammy Morrow and BreAnna Moore each had two RBI for Del Norte, and Regin Loftin had a triple.
In the second game, the Warriors played aggressive small ball, culminating in a four-run sixth inning to put the Panthers away. Colleen Markussen earned the victory for Del Norte in a complete-game effort.
"The defense finally came around" in the series, White said. "It was a turning point."
The Warriors face Eureka High on Wednesday in Eureka for a 4 p.m. game.


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Min Chen is an assistant professor of information systems and operations management at the School of Business, George Mason University. He has received a PhD in management science from the Jindal School of Business at the University of Texas at Dallas, where his dissertation research focuses on examining the ecomomic impact of click fraud on online advertising market and developing mechanisms to mitigate the agency problems in the setting.
Chen's research interests include agency problems in online advertising, economics of information systems, and optimization models. He has presented his research in various conferences, including International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) and Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS). He is a member of the Association of Information Systems (AIS) and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).


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Ronald Lee Satterfield, 60, of Nebraska City died Jan. 4, 2013 at his home. He was born on Feb. 10, 1952 at Ft. Morgan, Colo., to Raymond Leo and Irmgard (Florecke) Satterfield.
Ron moved to Nebraska City from Denver 12 years ago and lived with his sister and brother-in-law Linda and Larry Radford. He worked for ten years and was currently working as a security guard at the Cargill plant in Nebraska City.
He is survived by siblings Barbara Dieckman and husband Mark of Wheat Ridge, Colo., Linda Radford and husband Larry of Nebraska City and Warren Lewis and wife Teri of Tucson, Ariz.; half-siblings Donald, Richard, Julie, Rodney and Roger, all of Colorado, and Janice of Alabama; numerous nieces and nephews, other family and friends including his co-workers at Cargill.
He was preceded by his parents and brothers David and Robert.
Viewing will be held and the family will greet friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City.
No formal funeral services will be held.
Memorials may be given to the family in his memory.
Remembrances may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes.com.
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It's football season and I thought this card, tag and bag set from the new Cricut Wrap It Up! cartridge would be just perfect for that football fan in your house. My husband is a huge Notre Dame fan and so every Saturday he devotedly watches the game with the Notre Dame club while I am silently praying they will win so the weekend isn't ruined. Needless to say, if you know anything about college football, you know the last few years at our house have been difficult...
Moving on to the project - this card was cut at 4". I cut the card twice and then cut off the front layer so I could run it through the Cuttlebug using the Tiny Bubbles folder. I had to run it through twice. This folder is so convenient for adding texture to images like whales, various animals and now this football. I love the pebbly surface! The white edges were so stark that I ran them through the Cuttlebug also using the Distressed Stripes folder (another winner) and then I used some chalk ink to rough it up a little. The football was looking too stark...
This football box was a snap to put together! I cut it at fit to page using a 12x12 sheet of Core'dinations cardstock. Check out the photos below:
You could put a little bag of nuts inside this box as a quick snack - or maybe M & Ms.... yummo!
Finally, the tag is just two layers. Since I wanted the football to have white stripes, I backed just that section with a scrap of white paper and then used my scissors to trim around the football before I added the yellow layer. A bit of Stampin Up! ribbon in brown and cream seemed to be the perfect match!
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The pituitary gland is a small gland, approximately the size and shape of a pea. It is located between the eyes, behind the bridge of the nose, just below the brain. The pituitary lies within a bony depression in the skull called the sella turcica, which sits below the optic chiasm, the area where nerves from the eyes (the optic nerves) cross and enter the brain. It is often referred to as the "master" gland of the body, because it produces hormones (proteins that are released into the body that influence the function of other organs) that control several other glands throughout the body, including the thyroid gland, the adrenal glands, and the sex organs (ovaries and testicles). The pituitary gland is divided into two main portions: the larger anterior pituitary (at the front) and the smaller posterior pituitary (at the back). Each of these portions has different functions, producing different types of hormones. It is rare for tumors to develop in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
The pituitary itself is controlled by another gland called the hypothalamus, which sits just above the pituitary gland. In response to various signals from the body, the hypothalamus sends hormones directly down a channel to the pituitary gland, telling the pituitary to produce and release its hormones into the bloodstream so they can act on various organs throughout the body.
In the posterior lobe, two different hormones are produced:
In the anterior lobe, several different types of hormones are produced:
Normally, cells in the body will grow and divide to replace old or damaged cells. This growth is highly regulated, and once enough cells are produced to replace the old ones, normal cells will stop dividing. Tumors occur when there is an error in this regulation, and cells continue to grow in an uncontrolled manner. Tumors can either be benign or malignant. Benign tumors represent uncontrolled growth; however, unlike malignant tumors, they typically do not invade into surrounding tissues or break off and spread beyond where they started. Malignant tumors, however, will grow uncontrolled in such a way that they invade and damage other tissues around them. They also gain the ability to break off from where they started and spread to other parts of the body, usually through the blood stream or through the lymphatic system where the lymph nodes are located.
The vast majority of tumors in the pituitary gland are benign, and most of these are pituitary adenomas (see below). Other types of tumors (both benign and malignant) can develop in the pituitary gland, and these include teratomas, germinomas, and choriocarcinomas. Although malignant cancers can develop in the pituitary gland, they are very rare. In fact, only about 100 cases of malignant pituitary cancer have been reported in the medical literature.
Pituitary adenomas are benign growths of glandular tissue that almost always grow from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. Pituitary adenomas can be either non-secreting adenomas, meaning that they do not produce excess levels of hormones, or they can be secreting adenomas, meaning that they produce an excessive level of one or more of the hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland.
There are two general types of pituitary adenomas. Adenomas that are at least 1cm in maximum dimension are called macroadenomas. These can exert pressure on nearby structures due to their increased size. Most commonly, because the pituitary gland sits right underneath the optic chiasm, macroadenomas can affect vision. This usually presents as loss of peripheral vision on both sides, but can also present as other patterns of vision loss. The pressure of pituitary macroadenomas can also lead to headaches, and invasion into nearby nerves can cause other neurologic signs, such as loss of motion of the eye.
Most pituitary adenomas are microadenomas. These are small adenomas, less than 1 cm, in maximum dimension. If these cause symptoms, it is because they produce excessive amounts of hormones, although macroadenomas can also secrete and produce hormones. Depending on which hormones they secrete, the signs and symptoms of these adenomas can differ. For example, prolactin-secreting adenomas can result in milk production from the breast, while growth hormone-producing adenomas can cause acromegaly.
Some adenomas do not produce any symptoms at all. Most of these are found incidentally during the workup of another unrelated problem. Many people may have pituitary adenomas and never know it because they do not have symptoms. In fact, some reports state that up to 16% of people undergoing autopsy after death have been found to have pituitary adenomas that they never knew about because the tumor did not cause any symptoms.
Pituitary adenomas are indolent (slow growing) tumors, which account for 10–15% of all diagnosed intracranial neoplasms (tumors in the brain). Each year, there are approximately 2,000 cases of pituitary tumors in the United States. The cause of most pituitary tumors is unknown, although there may be a genetic factor. For example, there is a mutation in a specific gene that is associated with increased risk for developing pituitary adenomas. Pituitary tumors develop in 30% percent of patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1). Mutations in the MEN-1 gene are rarely found in sporadic cases (which means cases that do not run in families) of pituitary tumors, but are almost always found in cases of familial pituitary tumors. Patients with MEN-1 are also at increased risk for developing parathyroid and pancreas tumors.
Another gene called gsp may be involved in sporadic cases of pituitary tumor. Mutations in the gsp gene have been found in 10% of non-secreting pituitary adenomas, 40% of pituitary adenomas secreting growth hormone, and 5% of pituitary adenomas secreting ACTH.
Aside from these genetic mutations, no other cause is known for pituitary tumors. Pituitary tumors are not associated with smoking or drinking and have not been linked with any viral infections. The risk of pituitary adenomas does increase with age, and they are slightly more likely to occur in women than men, although the exact reason for this is unknown.
Given that the only known cause of pituitary adenomas is genetic mutation, there are no specific interventions that would be expected to reduce the risk of pituitary tumor formation.
Most pituitary adenomas are discovered because they produce symptoms, either from direct pressure due to their large size (in the case of macroadenomas), or due to the hormones that they secrete. Occasionally, pituitary adenomas are detected when the brain is imaged for an unrelated reason. When a pituitary adenoma is suspected, the physician should perform a thorough history and physical examination. The physical exam should consist of a complete neurologic evaluation and examination for signs of excessive hormone secretion.
A number of blood tests can be performed to look for excess production of hormones. Often, these hormones can be measured directly from a blood sample, although in some cases, additional tests are needed to distinguish if abnormalities on a blood test are due to a pituitary tumor or due to some other cause. Many of these tests are specific to the hormone that is being produced. These tests include a glucose suppression test used to detect pituitary adenomas that produce growth hormone, and a cortisol-stimulation test used to distinguish if abnormal blood cortisol levels are due to a secreting pituitary adenoma or due to a problem in the adrenal glands.
In addition to blood tests, imaging of a suspected pituitary adenoma will be ordered. The most common type of imaging used is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), which uses magnets to produce a very sharp picture of the inside of the head. Despite the high resolution of MRIs, small microadenomas may not be detectable on an MRI. In those cases, the only way to confirm the diagnosis is by obtaining a biopsy or by removing the tumor and examining it underneath a microscope.
Less commonly, Computed Tomography (CT or CAT) scans are used. CT scans use x-rays to form a three-dimensional picture of the inside of the body. The ability to detect pituitary tumors on CT scan is significantly worse than on MRI; however, large macroadenomas can sometimes be seen on CT scan. With the use of modern imaging techniques the diagnosis of pituitary adenoma is increasing.
Ultimately, the only way to confirm a diagnosis of a pituitary adenoma is to examine the tissue underneath a microscope. In most cases of tumors or cancers in other parts of the body, this is done by obtaining a biopsy of the tumor. A biopsy is where a small piece of the suspected tumor is removed (i.e. with a needle, etc.) and examined underneath a microscope. Pituitary adenomas are an exception to this general rule. The accuracy of diagnosing pituitary adenomas through blood tests and radiographic imaging is very good, and often makes a biopsy unnecessary - especially since the pituitary gland is in a difficult area to reach and near a number of critical structures, such as the optic chiasm. Since many pituitary adenomas can be treated without surgery, by using medications or radiation, the issue of accessing this area of the body for biopsy may be irrelevant.
There is no official or widely used staging system for pituitary adenomas. In general, pituitary adenomas are classified as either macroadenomas (larger) or microadenomas (smaller), and by whether they are secreting (adenomas that produce hormones, also called functional) or non-secreting (adenomas that do not produce hormones, also called non-functional ).
Currently, the most common therapy for pituitary adenomas (excluding prolactin-secreting adenomas, also known as prolactinomas) is surgical resection. For non-secreting macroadenomas, surgery removes excess tissue and relieves pressure from the adenoma on surrounding tissues. For secreting adenomas, surgery often results in a rapid drop in the excessive hormone production.
Surgery for pituitary tumors can be performed in several different ways. The most common approach is the transsphenoidal approach. In this procedure, an incision is made on the inside of the upper lip just above the teeth, or along the septum of the nose. The pituitary gland is accessed by cutting through the bond of the sphenoid sinus, which lies behind the nose and just in front of the pituitary gland. For microadenomas, this procedure has high overall cure rates with few complications. Occasionally, this surgery can lead to decreased hormone production from the pituitary gland, leaks of cerebral spinal fluid leading to meningitis, and possible loss of vision. These complications are rare and occur in less than 1% of transsphenoidal surgeries performed by an experienced neurosurgeon. The transsphenoidal approach is less optimal for larger tumors, particularly macroadenomas that are very fibrous or extend too far towards the back of the head.
Recently, more pituitary surgeries have been performed endoscopically. Endoscopic surgery is performed by using a fiberoptic camera (the endoscope) to access the pituitary fossa (usually through the nostril in a transsphenoidal approach). Small instruments are passed through the small hole made by the endoscope and used to remove the pituitary adenoma. This procedure works well for small tumors and has the advantage of being less invasive than a transsphenoidal surgery, with a quicker patient recovery time and a low complication rate. However, this procedure may not be appropriate for larger tumors or tumors that are not in the appropriate position.
For larger tumors with a large amount of extension beyond the normal pituitary gland, a craniotomy can be performed. A craniotomy requires the neurosurgeon to cut through the bones of the skull to access the pituitary gland. Although it may be the only type of surgery possible in some cases, there is a higher risk of neurologic complications and a longer recovery time for the patient as compared to the other surgeries.
With any surgery to the pituitary gland, the development of central diabetes insipidus is fairly common. In diabetes insipidus, the pituitary gland does not produce enough anti-diuretic hormone (ADH), which leads to excessive loss of water in the urine. In most cases of post-operative diabetes insipidus, the problem goes away by itself after one to two weeks. Occasionally, however, this problem can be permanent. Treatment requires taking replacement ADH (also known as vasopressin), usually as a nasal spray.
Radiation therapy can also be used in the treatment of pituitary adenomas, although in the majority of cases, it is not used as the first line of treatment. The radiation comes in the form of high energy x-rays that are delivered to the patient only in the areas at highest risk for cancer. These x-rays are similar to those used for diagnostic x-rays, only of a much higher energy. The high energy of x-rays in radiation therapy results in damage to the DNA of cells, causing the tumor cells to die. Although the overall control of pituitary tumors with radiation therapy is high, radiation does not remove the pressure that macroadenomas can exert on surrounding structures as surgery does, and hormone levels fall more slowly after radiation therapy than they do after surgery. In most cases, radiation therapy is reserved for patients who have disease left behind after surgical resection, for patients who have their pituitary adenoma come back after surgery, for patients whose adenomas are in a location such that surgical resection would carry a high rate of complications, or in patients who are not medically operable.
Standard radiation (also called conventional radiotherapy) for pituitary adenomas is given daily, Monday through Friday, usually for 5 to 6 weeks. The radiation treatments themselves are short, lasting only a few minutes. Like diagnostic x-rays, radiation treatments cannot be seen, heard, or felt, and they do not hurt. Generally, the side effects of treatment are limited to the areas being treated. Most commonly, standard radiation treatment for pituitary adenomas can result in loss of hair and fatigue. Because the pituitary gland sits very closely to the optic nerves and optic chiasm, there is a risk that radiation treatments can cause loss of vision, although this is unusual in the hands of a skilled radiation oncologist. Compared to surgery, patients receiving radiation can experience hypopituitarism, where the pituitary has decreased production of one or more of the hormones that it usually releases. If this occurs, these hormones can be replaced in the form of medication. Finally, although the risk is low, radiation for pituitary tumors may cause cancers to form in the radiation field years after the radiation has been given.
Stereotactic radiosurgery is a way of delivering radiation therapy to brain tumors in a very precise way. Often, this is done in order to treat a tumor with large doses of radiation over a few days, or even in a single treatment, rather than spreading the treatment out over a number of days as is done with standard radiation therapy. When performed in other parts of the brain, this technique can deliver high doses of radiation to a specific area of the brain while reducing the amount of radiation that is delivered to normal, healthy brain tissue. This treatment is generally considered only if the tumor is less than 3 to 4 cm in maximum dimension. Stereotactic radiosurgery has been tried in pituitary adenomas, and compared to standard radiation therapy, it results in more rapid decrease in hormone levels of secreting adenomas. However, because higher doses are delivered with each treatment, a higher rate of complications has been seen with stereotactic radiosurgery, particularly with regards to damage to the optic nerves and the optic chiasm. For this reason, stereotactic radiosurgery is not often used to treat pituitary adenomas. Occasionally, stereotactic radiosurgery can be used in situations where a pituitary adenoma has recurred after previous treatment.
For some pituitary adenomas that secrete hormones, treatment with medication rather than surgery or radiation can be effective, and is often the first treatment tried for these types of adenomas. For pituitary adenomas that produce the hormone prolactin, the medication most commonly used is bromocriptine (Parlodel). Other drugs such as cabergoline (Dostinex), lisuride, and pergolide mesylate have also been used with some success. These drugs are similar to a chemical normally produced in the brain called dopamine that normally prevents the pituitary gland from producing prolactin until it is needed. These drugs result in reduced prolactin production in the pituitary adenoma and can actually lead to shrinkage of the tumor in the majority of patients. The rate at which these tumors shrink in response to medical therapy can be very variable, taking anywhere from days to months. If the medication is stopped, the adenoma will resume producing prolactin and can grow again. Therefore, medical therapy as the only treatment for a prolactin-secreting pituitary adenoma requires lifelong treatment. Approximately 10% to 20% of patients taking bromocriptine experience side effects from treatment. These can include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, low blood pressure, and headaches.
Pituitary adenomas that produce a few other types of hormones can also be treated with medication. Adenomas that secrete growth hormone can be treated with drugs such as octreotide and lanreotide. These drugs can also be used to treat some adenomas that secrete thyroid-stimulating hormone. While these drugs are being used in several studies, surgery still remains the treatment of choice in most of the US for these types of adenomas, with medical treatment reserved for cases where surgical resection has been unsuccessful.
Occasionally, small non-secreting tumors are found in the pituitary gland when a patient is undergoing workup with an MRI scan for an unrelated reason. In these cases, where there are no symptoms from the adenoma, it is reasonable to simply follow these tumors with periodic physical examinations and MRIs.
In general, treatment with a combination of surgery and radiation therapy is used for pituitary carcinoma. These are rare cancers, and unfortunately the ultimate outcome with either of these modalities is often poor, especially in the setting of disease that has spread to other part of the central nervous system (metastasized). Chemotherapy has been tried but has demonstrated little benefit. It is occasionally used to help palliate symptoms from pituitary carcinoma that has metastasized.
Shortly after treatment for functional (secreting) pituitary adenomas, blood will be drawn to measure hormone levels in the body. If the hormone levels have returned to normal after therapy, the main follow-up will be repeat blood draws, measuring for hormone levels every 3-6 months for several years after treatment. MRIs of the head may also be performed as part of follow up for these tumors. For patients who are taking medication to treat a functional pituitary adenoma, follow-up visits to the doctor and blood draws may be even more frequent. In the case of non-functional (non-secreting) adenomas and pituitary carcinomas, follow-up MRIs of the head will be obtained for the first few years.
The side effects of treatment, particularly radiation therapy, may take quite a while to develop, and it is not unusual for new side effects, such as decreased hormone production from the pituitary, to develop several years after treatment. Therefore, it is important to continue regular follow-up with your doctors after treatment. If side effects such as hypopituitarism do develop, you will need to take medications that will replace these hormones.
The treatment of pituitary tumors should be a cooperative effort involving the patient, radiation oncologist, neurosurgeon, and neurologist. It is important that all patients with pituitary tumors know about their disease so that they can make an informed decision about their treatment. This article was intended to help answer some of the common questions patients face when they have a pituitary tumor. If you have any additional questions, please contact your doctor.
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As a HON Circle Member or First Class passenger whose Lufthansa, SWISS or Austrian Airlines flight arrives in Frankfurt, Munich or Vienna at a non-gate position, you will enjoy a very special service.
You will be met at the aircraft by exclusive minivan or by limousine. This exclusive service is also available to you as a Business or Economy Class passenger if you have booked an onward flight on the same day in Lufthansa First Class. The vehicles will wait at the aircraft and then take you straight to the bus stop.
If you are travelling in First Class and arrive at a non-gate position, an exclusive minivan or a limousine will be waiting for you. This is sure to save you time as you will be the first to disembark the aircraft and your vehicle can drive off before all the other passenger buses.
Because of security regulations, it is unfortunately not possible at the moment to drive you anywhere else at Frankfurt Airport, such as to one of the First Class Lounges or the First Class Terminal, for example.
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After your flight, enjoy a free stay in our lounges where you can freshen up or prepare for the day's business. First Class passengers and HON Circle Members or Senators are entitled to use the Lufthansa Business and Senator Lounges when arriving on Lufthansa, Star Alliance or code-share partner flights.
In addition, First Class passengers and HON Circle Members arriving on any Lufthansa flight and Business Class passengers, Senators or Frequent Travellers arriving on a Lufthansa long-haul flight may use the Welcome Lounge at Frankfurt Airport.
Please note that it is not possible to visit a Lufthansa Lounge after arriving at a number of Lufthansa destinations because of official regulations or the layout of the airport buildings.
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As a HON Circle Member or First Class passenger, if your incoming flight is parked at a non-gate position at Vienna Airport, the limousine service will pick you up from the aircraft and take you either to the bus stop at the terminal or to the HON Circle Lounge. If you have less than 25 minutes transfer time in Vienna, you will be driven directly from your incoming aircraft to your connecting flight.
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HON Circle Members or First Class passengers arriving from Geneva with an intercontinental connecting flight who arrive at a non-gate position will be met at their aircraft and taken to the relevant terminal. This also applies the other way round for passengers arriving in Zurich on a SWISS intercontinental flight who are flying on to Geneva. If, because of a delayed arrival, you have less than 40 minutes transfer time at Zurich, we will drive you straight to your connecting flight.
Welcome to Frankfurt: the Welcome Lounge
Our Welcome Lounge is available to First and Business Class passengers who arrive in Frankfurt on a Lufthansa long-haul flight, ensuring a perfect start to their day. You can freshen up in peace and quiet in the well-appointed shower area while our ironing service freshens up your clothes. A delicious and healthy breakfast buffet is also available.


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The Carmi City Council unanimously passed two formal ordinances at its regular meeting Monday evening to allow Dr. Clint Taylor, a local optometrist, to build a new building in the city's business park on its outer west side.
The agreement will allow Taylor to recoup half the TIF District taxes over the first five years, up to a maximum of $25,000. Taylor told the council his current building on Church Street (the former site of Dr. Ray Ebmeier's optometry practice) is about 2,100 square feet. The new building, expected to be open for business by summer 2014, will be 4,200 square feet and, Taylor added, he plans to hire some additional employees.
In other council news, Mayor David Port said he has received word the railroad crossings on Fifth and First streets will be replaced this summer. One crossing, on Staley Street, has been patched.
The mayor also said, to date, there have been about $3 million in oil leases signed as the area is prepared for large-scale directional drilling, commonly known as "fracking." He said there are many company representatives in town researching property documents at the White County Courthouse, which is crowded with them every day.
Port said he was told these researchers will be here another three years. Alderman Steve Winkleman noted some of the property owners have already received payment for their oil and gas leases.
The mayor also read from a story reported by WSIL-TV in which a Carbondale geologist said the coal industry in southern Illinois has a solid future as coal is becoming the world's number one source of energy, a plateau expected to be reached by 2015. According to the mayor, the geologist was reported as telling the television news outlet there is more energy in the form of coal beneath Illinois than there is energy in the form of oil beneath Saudi Arabia.
Coal employment has risen from 3,300 jobs in 2010 to about 4,000 jobs in 2012 with more projected as the industry expands to keep pace with the world market demand.
The mayor, along with Alderman Tim Pollard, praised the work of the tree trimming crew and credited the upgrades in the electrical service as allowing "virtually" no power outages as strong storms with 70 m.p.h. straight line winds moved through the area.
Pollard said only one fuse was blown and no lines were downed during the storm.
Port also reported on the grant funds received by the city and provided a breakdown of those projects funded, at least in part, by grant funds received. They were:
- $55,960 for LED street lights
- $20,500 for more streetlights
- $350,000 for infrastructure at the sewer plant
- $155,500 for housing rehab of five homes on Second Street
- $423,000 for tornado and flood damage from FEMA
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- $415,000 for airport runway and taxi lights
The mayor said the following grants have been approved but not yet received:
- $100,000 for business park development
- $320,000 for business park development
- $1.1 million for business park development
- $330,000 for an airport fuel project expected to begin this spring
There are also two pending grants the city has received word it would likely receive, but have not yet received formal approval:
- $1.2 million in flood property buyout grants
- $400,000 in IDOT funds
There is another $1.6 million in grant funds pending application completion processing and IDOT officials have confirmed Illinois 14 will be repaved from Main Street in Carmi west to the county line, a $2.9 million project, of which at least some portion will be spent in the city limits.
Not counting the Illinois 14 project there are total grant funds projected for the city of $5,172,960.
The mayor also noted eight properties slated for demolition proceedings. They were:
- 815 and 817 N. Seventh St. that belong to the late Debra Jean Collins, the properties are being sought by the city attorney
- 608 N. Second St. belongs to Rosemary Nalley, petition for demolition filed
- 606 N. Second St. belongs to Tim Schneider, petition for demolition filed
- 207 Pleasant St. belongs to R.J. Simmons being sold to neighbor for new construction of a garage
- 707 A W. Sycamore St. owned by Wilbur Pennell, being repaired by non-profit group
- Two mobile homes, one at Stewart and Seventh and one at Stewart and Illinois, both in demolition process
The mayor also noted there are 14 restaurants within the city limits. Dairy Queen, DiMaggios (offering delivery), Four Corners, Fourth Street Pizza (with delivery), Ginny's, Gottzz's (with delivery), Main Street Café, McDonald's, New Dragon China Buffet, Pizza Hut, Subway, Tequila's, The Coffee Shop, Yesterday's and the soon to be completed Webb Hay House.
There are four delis: Casey's (with delivery), Huck's, Little Giant and Wal-Mart. There are also five caterers: Gottzz's, Little Giant, Two Chicks and a Spoon, Yesterday's and the Elk's Club. The Elk's and Legion also offer meals. The VFW has temporarily discontinued its meal service.
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Columbia College-Jefferson City is holding a graduate information session Wednesday, Nov. 7 from 4-5 p.m. on the Columbia College-Jefferson City campus located at 3314 Emerald Lane, Jefferson City. This event is designed to provide students information about graduate programs available on campus, online or both. Staff will be on hand to provide information about admission criteria and financial aid.
"I want students in the area to know Columbia College offers convenient, flexible and relevant master's degrees," says Becky Bocklage, director of Columbia College-Jefferson City. "Our graduate programs meet the needs of a highly demanding workplace. In addition, the college provides its students and alumni robust career services to assist in the job search."
Columbia College offers master's degrees in: business administration, criminal justice, military studies and teaching. Tracks in criminal justice include law enforcement and corrections administration. Tracks in the MBA include human resource management and accounting.
Graduate programs at Columbia College are offered in eight-week sessions starting in January, March, June, August and October. Registration begins Nov. 26. Classes for the January session begin Jan. 14, 2013.
Columbia College-Jefferson City was established in 1974 at the National Guard Armory and began serving the civilian population in 1982. The campus has resided at its current location on Emerald Lane since 2000 and continues to serve civilian and military adult learners in the Jefferson City area.
Founded in 1851 in Columbia, Mo., Columbia College has been helping students advance their lives through higher education for more than 160 years. As a private, nonprofit, liberal arts and sciences institution, the college takes pride in its small classes, experienced faculty and quality educational programs. With more than 30 campuses across the country, 18 of which are on military installations, students may enroll in day, evening or online classes. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Columbia College educates more than 30,000 students each year and has more than 74,000 alumni worldwide. For more information, visit www.ccis.edu. ###


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It is always an eye opener to add up how much money you are spending on eating out in restaurants and on quick snacks picked up at a convenience store and especially fancy coffee drinks at the local coffee house. Whatever amount you might be spending eating convenient, processed, sugary foods you could spend at the grocery store or farmers market and purchase ingredients. Those ingredients will go much further than processed foods when you create your own meals from home.
Besides blogging, I teach at two schools and work as a master instructor, so my work hours can total 60-80 per week. I understand what it is to be super busy. I still make it a priority to create food for my family because our health is too important to rely on quick processed foods.
To make eating real meals possible in my household, I set aside a 4-5 hour block on Sundays to cook for the week. I use crock pots, electric pans and a portable electric oven in order to cook several items at once and not stand over the stove for that amount of time. Occasionally I also fire up the outdoor grill and cook two or three items on that. I rarely ever cook for just one meal. I always want there to be enough for several meals.
If you are not used to cooking, there are tons of recipes on the internet. Here are a few ideas as well. You can throw a whole chicken covered with herbs, onion & garlic powder into the crock pot and walk away. Five hours later it is amazing. One pound of grass fed buffalo or beef can make 6 servings if 6-8 cups of chopped vegetables are added. Breakfast can be vegetables sauteed with eggs. To make enough for eight servings, I use 6 eggs, 12 whites and 5-6 cups of mixed vegetables. I have also discovered many stores carry chicken sausage w/out hormones or nitrates and that is excellent for breakfast or added to shrimp and vegees for a creole stew.
A typical list of foods/meals that will last 5-6 days includes: breakfast: egg & vegee dish; chicken sausage sauteed w/ apple sauce. Lunch & dinner: coleslaw w/ chicken on top; green salad w/ salmon or mahi mahi baked; ground meat & vegee dish and some baked yams or squash. Snacks: raw nut & dried fruit mix; whey protein shake w/ almond & coconut milk & 1/2 banana.
You will notice there is no rice, potatoes or pasta in these dishes. The starchy carbs are digested into sugar and easily stored as fat, so limiting consumption can assist in losing weight and keeping it off. It is not that you should not eat them ever, but remember if you want to use stored body fat as fuel, having an excess of carbs does not help. The vegetables and fruit will give you all the carbs you need and plenty of nutrients.


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When I work with new instructors each weekend, many of them comment on how they are timid about speaking into the mic and riding. My answer to them is that it's OK to have hard breath. It means you're working, and many students like to see their instructors work. Your exertion level is a big part of creating an energy-filled workout environment. If you have met me before, you know I'm not a fan of getting off the bike (other than rider emergencies) because students lose their connection with you. Your energy input is a big part of class. That old saying (started the first MI coordinator) "you're there to coach, not get your workout" is not really correct. I agree you're not there to focus completely on yourself, but you are there to demonstrate form, resistance use, proper cadence, rhythm, alignment......etc. Walking around and talking to people doesn't quite give you the opportunities to demonstrate these critical aspects of Spinning in a meaningful way. It usually means you are talking too much and contributing too little to the collective efforts of the class participants.
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(from J.C. Tinsley) - Carmi Chamber of Commerce President Doug Devore is doing a lot of behind the scenes work to better the organization. Among the proposed changes, Devore has produced a copy of the By-Laws for every board member and recently made changes and amendments. The changes mostly deal with updating how the Chamber welcomes new members, requirements of Chamber directors and officers along with reasons for termination, duties, committee assignments, appointments and authority.
The changes cannot take effect without a vote at a general membership meeting, with the only one of its kind being the annual Chamber dinner held in October. Therefore, plenty of time remains for additional changes, amendments and other discussion before adoption.
Also, at last week's Chamber meeting, Devore requested an internal audit be carried out at the end of 2012. Keith Botsch and Jeff Bohleber have agreed to serve and will perform the audit.
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