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The teams of Los Angeles Unified educators huddled around the auditorium of the Northridge middle school, brainstorming and debating innovative new strategies for teaching math.
Their chatter filled the hall as they worked together on ways to keep kids from giving up on a troublesome formula, techniques for demonstrating multiple solutions to a single problem and methods for encouraging students to learn more from each other.
Standing on the sidelines, Byron Maltez watched with satisfaction as principals and teachers embraced the next big shift in public education.
"Just look around," said Maltez, LAUSD's interim instructional chief for the San Fernando Valley. "This is how classrooms are going to look under Common Core. Students aren't just going to be sitting at their desks. They're going to be up and working and collaborating and trying to solve problems together."
A year from now, school districts in California, 44 other states and Washington, D.C., will be preparing to launch the Common Core standards, a new set of English and math benchmarks designed to better prepare students for college and careers.
With the deadline looming, education leaders across Southern California are scrambling to train teachers, create lessons and buy computers in time for the online assessments slated to begin in 2014-15.
"There's a range in terms of preparation -- some are advanced, and others are just starting to think about it," said Kathryn Edwards, head of curriculum and assessment for the Los Angeles County Office of Education. "For some, technology will be the major challenge."
Common Core will contain fewer academic standards than the current system, but they will be more rigorous, with a new focus on critical thinking, problem solving, and technology. That will result in a radical shift in how educators teach and test their students.
Educators will interact with students rather than lecturing to them, and will teach them to develop arguments instead of just memorizing facts. Reading and writing assignments will emphasize nonfiction rather than literature. Math lessons will use real-world situations and teach multiple ways to solve problems.
Tests will shift from pencil-and-paper, multiple-choice exams to online assessments that use performance tasks and essay questions to gauge student performance.
"This is a really big shift from subjects that have traditionally been taught out of a book," said Jeannette LaFors, director of Equity Initiatives for Education Trust-West, an Oakland-based research and advocacy group.
"This is a teacher-centered approach, and there's a lot to learn about engagement and making lessons more student-centered and applied. This means teachers will need to take risks that they didn't take before," she said. "Hopefully, districts are cultivating an environment where it's OK to take risks."
In fact, many education leaders across Southern California say they've been working since 2010, when the state Board of Education adopted Common Core, to make principals and teachers comfortable with the new standards.
Los Angeles Unified created a three-year transition plan, which included training during the school years, as well as two-week-long "summer institutes" like the one Maltez supervised in the Valley last month.
"There's going to be a lot less teacher talk -- like the 'Mwa, Mwa, Mwa' in the Charlie Brown cartoon -- and more collaborative learning," said Ellyn Kent, a fifth-grade teacher at Dearborn Elementary in Northridge. "We want the students to be the ones making the discourse."
Teachers in the district's kindergarten, first-, sixth- and ninth-grade classrooms taught a unit last spring that was aligned to the new standards. That test run of Common Core lessons will be expanded to all grades this fall, giving administrators time to identify and resolve problems before the standards actually take effect.
"Obviously, there's going to be a steep learning curve in terms of implementing instructional shifts," said Jaime Aquino, LAUSD's deputy superintendent for instruction. "But we're on track. We have one year to get teachers familiar with Common Core rather than just going in cold."
Superintendents from other districts say they're immersed in their own transition plans, training teachers and creating the curriculum and lessons to support the new standards. Just as important as their internal efforts, they say, is the information they've been able to share with other educators statewide.
"There has been more collaboration and networking than I've ever seen,' said Christopher Steinhauser, superintendent of Long Beach Unified, which invited neighboring districts to a training workshop featuring math standards co-author Phil Daro.
"The beauty of the standards is that they can be done in a variety of ways. There are a lot of ways to get to the top of the mountain. So we can learn from the other districts -- not only what's working, but what isn't."
That sharing of information is especially helpful for smaller districts trying to leverage their often-limited resources.
Whittier Union High School District gave a presentation this month to the state Board of Education on its three-year training program, winning praise for veteran Superintendent Sandra Thorstenson and her "teacher leaders" who researched and created a slate of best practices that other districts can replicate.
"What Sandy provides is collaboration and long-term leadership and trust," said Ilene Straus, vice president of the state board. "There are districts like that, but they're not the norm."
Chaffey Union High School District and Ontario-Monclair, a K-8 feeder district, partnered on a teacher training program to create a "vertical" framework for Common Core. The high school district also broke down the standards into their basic elements, then incorporated them into new math and English courses that will be piloted this fall.
"I think we're ahead of the game," said Tim Ward, Chaffey's assistant superintendent for instruction. "We're in a pretty good place as we get ready to enter this brave new world."
The Palmdale School District had already started to shift to a more college- and career-focused curriculum in 2010, so the progression to Common Core was "a natural progression for us," said Superintendent Roger Gallizzi. The 19,000-student district in the Antelope Valley introduced Common Core last year in kindergarten and first grade and will roll out the standards this year in grades 2-8.
"It's been very easy for us to implement," Gallizzi said. "It's about building the capacity of our teachers, which is something we've always believed in."
West Covina Unified is taking a different approach to Common Core, using the academic standards as a "bridge" to its strategic plan, which seeks student achievement in the fields of literacy, writing, technology, global citizenship and STEM -- science, technology, engineering and math.
"We know where we are right now and where we want to be in 2014," said Superintendent Debra Kaplan. "The new standards a way to get there and to get our kids to higher-level thinking."
Assistant Superintendent Arturo Ortega said Baldwin Park Unified has been working with other districts from throughout the San Gabriel Valley on training teachers to integrate the so-called 4 C's of the Common Core -- creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking -- in to their classrooms.
"It's not enough to just preach," he said. "We have to be integrating those skills into our own skills sets as well. We need to be modeling and practicing, both face-to-face and digitally."
Parochial and independent charter schools are also grappling with Common Core, but without many of the structural supports available to public schools.
The California Charter Schools Association, for instance, has hosted instructional workshops and webinars, but it's up to the individual campuses to devise their own plans for instruction and to provide technology, said Alice Miller, the group's director of knowledge management.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles began a four-year transition to the new standards last fall, said Jennifer Beltramo, who oversees more than 200 elementary schools. The archdiocese sets the course for the parish-run campuses, but it's up to the schools themselves to train teachers, provide technology and make Common Core a reality for students.
"Local control is a challenge, but it's an asset, as well," Beltramo said. "Schools can be flexible and adapt to the needs of the individual student. We want to provide support within that mission."
School districts and charters recently got a badly needed boost for their Common Core efforts, with the unexpected allocation of $1.25 billion from the state, which can be spent over the next two years on training, technology and materials. They have yet to receive the money -- expected to be between $170 and $200 per student -- but administrators say it will help in their final push toward creating a 21st century education system.
"It is a historic moment for us as a nation," said Aquino, the deputy superintendent in LAUSD. "We need to seize the opportunity take the set of standards that are fewer and higher and deeper and elevate the quality of our learning and assessments."
Staff Writers Rob Kuznia and Beau Yarbrough contributed to this report.


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New Order frontman Bernard Sumner says he and his bandmates are ready to try something different. He tells Billboard that the band has become known for disappearing "from the face of the earth" for a while and then suddenly popping up again with a new album. But after their 2011 reunion, Sumner says they want to keep their presence a little more consistent.
He explains that they'll only take a couple of months off in between live outings to focus on a few tracks at a time rather than hiding away for a couple of years to make a full album. Sumner says the plan is still a work in progress, but right now they're thinking about releasing a series of EPs and then eventually putting them all together to make an album.
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The annual Pacific gray whale migration has begun in Southern California and whale watchers are already excited about the number of sightings near the South Bay this week. | » Whales get protection from ships
About 100 Cabrillo Marine Aquarium volunteer naturalists climbed aboard the Redondo Beach Voyager Wednesday morning at the unofficial start of the local whale-watching season. It was too windy for the boat to venture out to areas where the gray whales might be spotted, but there are already indications that lots of the 50-foot-long mammals will be seen through the end of the season in May.
"Last season, our gray whales migrated closer to shore and our counts were quite high," said Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the annual gray whale census count at Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes. "The migration started earlier than usual. This year, the same thing may be happening."
The census, sponsored by the Los Angeles chapter of the American Cetacean Society, has been taking place since 1979. Last season, volunteer whale counters posted at the Interpretive Center logged 672 southbound and 1,133 northbound gray whales from December to May. These counts were higher than the previous season, and included a record 260 northbound mother-child pairs.
Each winter, the whales swim south in one of the longest known mammalian migrations. On the 14,000-mile round-trip, they go without food as they seek out warm lagoons in Baja, Mexico, to give birth and mate. They must give birth in warm water because their babies are not born with enough blubber to insulate them against the cold Alaskan seas.
Most gray whales are born between the last week of December and the first week of February. Once born, they drink lots of their mother's fat-rich milk to gain weight for the long trip back.
Schulman-Janiger said that, by Wednesday, 120 gray whales had already been counted traveling south past the Palos Verdes Peninsula this month. That is more than in most years, and it may be as a result of ice forming over the Bering Sea earlier than usual, she said.
Gray whales feed on tiny amphipods that live in massive quantities in the mud below the Bering and Chukchi seas. To eat, the toothless whales dive to the ocean floor, suck up mud and then filter out the water and mud through broomlike baleen plates hanging from their top jaws in place of teeth. The remaining crustaceans are swallowed.
Since ice formed over their feeding grounds earlier this year, they may have begun migrating earlier, Schulman-Janiger said.
Other less regular marine mammal visitors this month have included fin whales and killer whales, Schulman-Janiger said. Four killer whales that have been seen in recent years were spotted on three days this month. Fin whales, which are the second largest of all whales, have also been seen lunge-feeding in the area.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium Programs Director Larry Fukuhara told volunteer naturalists on Wednesday who will accompany local whale-watching boats to teach passengers about the whales how to go about finding the elusive creatures.
"How do we spot a whale?" Fukuhara asked. "Their noses are on top of their heads. We look at the horizon where the sky meets the water and look for a blow. If you see it, yell: `Thar she blows!"'
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The service works when i hardcode the mac address in my script, but i wan't it to be configurable from the GUI. The GUI itself works too, but i don't know how to pass the parameter entered in the GUI into the WOL command.
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xbmc.executebuiltin('WakeOnLan(' + str(Addon.getSetting("mac")) + ')')
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Jefferson City, Tenn. - The Brevard College softball team was eliminated from the 2011 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Softball Tournament on Thursday afternoon after falling 4-3 to Lincoln Memorial University.
Eighth-seeded Lincoln Memorial erupted for four runs in the fourth inning en route to a 4-3 victory over Brevard.
With the win, Lincoln Memorial (29-23) will face second-seeded Carson-Newman on Friday in an elimination game at 11 a.m. Brevard concludes its season at 29-21.
After two scoreless innings, the Railsplitters got things going with a four-run outburst in the home half of the third. Freshman Taylor McGinnis (Powell, Tenn.) and sophomore Cierra Mudd (Washburn, Tenn.) each delivered a two-run double in the inning to give Lincoln Memorial a 4-0 lead.
Brevard began to chip away in the fifth. Senior Kayla Dorsey (West Palm Beach, Fla.) produced a run-scoring single, and freshman Meredith Davenport (High Point, N.C.) scored when Martika Elmore (Fayetteville, N.C.) reached base on a fielder's choice to cut Lincoln Memorial's lead in half.
The Tornados made things interesting in the seventh, as Kayla Clemens (Sebring, Fla.) smashed a two-out triple to drive in Davenport to trim the Railsplitters lead to 4-3. However, Mudd was able to get Elmore to ground out in the next at bat to seal the win.
Lincoln Memorial tallied six hits in the win, as McGinnis and Mudd each had a double and two RBIs.
Brevard collected six hits, including a 2-for-4 effort from Dorsey. Clemens finished with a triple.
Railsplitters starting hurler Katie-Jo Gentry (Calhoun, Ga.) earned the win in the circle to improve to 11-14 on the season. Gentry allowed one run on three hits in four innings of work.
Brevard starter Alyssa Miller (Davie, Fla.) was tagged with the loss. Miller (12-10) gave up four runs and six hits in four innings in the circle.


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Modeling the human form from a Sphere
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 56 / System Requirements: Maya, but should work in any application
This is a video showing how I modelled the human form from a sphere, rather than a cube or number of cylinders. There is no sound because my mic is not working currently.mistersinister on 8:19PM Thu, 18 September 2014
Intro to Cloud modeling and animation in PD Howler 9.5 - part 2
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 19 / System Requirements: Project Dogwaffle Howler edition 9.5, Windows 7 or 8 recommended (GPU support)
Hello fellow users for Project Dogwaffle... Here's another tutorial taking a look at a new feature coming with PD Howler 9.5 - the Particle Modeler, aiming at cloud-like shapes. It's got a bit of a volumetric fluffy appearance, and it has some funky animation options. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEHo6mEvvUM Music by Jose Luis Suazo, from Honduras, aka 'eMaya' - Mayan music for the electronic agestaigermanus on 11:03AM Wed, 20 August 2014
DAZ Studio: An Ultimate Resource Guide
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 456 / System Requirements: DAZ Studio 3.0 or higher
Unsure where to start with DAZ Studio? Whether its morphing, creating custom textures, or fine tuning your renders, this guide directs you where you need to go. Designed for beginners, but useful to experienced users as well.
Digital Drama - how it was created
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 111 / System Requirements: Photoshop or any imaging software that can work with layers
This tutorial takes you through the steps of digitally enhancing an image to create a moody more powerful image, using layers and filters in photoshop. While it shows how this image was improved, it also shows the thinking and process you can recreate this approach on any image.
How to remove blemishes from skin on frames of video or animations
Skill Level: Regular / Views: 82 / System Requirements: Project DOgwaffle PD Howler 9
Whether it's a pimple, a mole, ACNE, a birth mark, a scar or a tatoo, facial hair etc..., you may want to hide some blemishes that appear over your subject's photos. Even with 3D renders such as from 3D human animation and posing tools, they might be based on textures derived from real human skin, such as the new generation of popular 3D human characters in HD mode, and they might look just a little too real. We don't necessarily need to turn their appearance into that of a smooth porcelain doll's skin, but it can help to get rid of the most visible distractions. Or in fact to the contrary to place on there of a different type, such as to replace a mole or wrinkle with a dragon tatoo or just a simple heart.... Love your skin! Here is a first look at covering it up, by borrowing nearby skin and placing it over the area that you want to cover up.This uses the Brush Keyframer to do this across multiple frames of a video too.staigermanus on 9:13AM Mon, 28 April 2014
Daz 3D Studio Making Installer zip Package- Detailed Version
Skill Level: Intermediate / Views: 243 / System Requirements: Daz | Studio
This Tutorial is how to make a daz Installation package in briefly. Make your own product for Daz 3D Studio.smuthustalin on 8:44AM Sun, 27 April 2014
Daz3D Making custom installar for Daz Instal Manager - Simple version.
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 238 / System Requirements: Daz | Studio
This tutorial for How to make a installer zip package for daz studio. 10 Step to make your product as installable via daz installer package. This is short version. For detailed version plz check this playlist.smuthustalin on 7:19AM Sun, 27 April 2014
Daz3D Making custom installar for Daz Instal Manager(DIM) - Basic
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 192 / System Requirements: Daz|Studio
This tutorial help to make Daz core installer from free models or custom created datas.Advanced product making tutorials coming soon.....smuthustalin on 2:13AM Sat, 19 April 2014
Daz 3D Studio 4.6 content Install Tutorial
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 391 / System Requirements: Daz|Studio
Daz 3d Walkthroughsmuthustalin on 2:09AM Sat, 19 April 2014
Ultra-realistic displacement in Reality
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 328 / System Requirements: DAZ Studio, Reality 2
This is a tutorial on how to make rough or bumpy objects realistic using my favorite method in the Reality plug-in for DAZ Studio.
Beginning Dogwaffle - How to bring back the Color selectors with the Sidebar
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 15 / System Requirements: PD Howler 9
If you have experienced loosing the sidebar while exploring and trying things, here's a reminder of how to bring it back, most likely.Happy painting and waffling!staigermanus on 9:26AM Mon, 03 March 2014
Alien Skin text effetcs with photoshop cs6
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 283 / System Requirements: adobe photoshop
Step by step directions for doing great text effects with Photoshop cs6 using alien skin free texture.
Using DAZ Genesis (and Genesis 2) models in Blender 3D
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 1218 / System Requirements: Blender 3D, DAZ Studio
Importing and setting up a well-rigged, morphable Genesis (or Genesis 2) character into Blender can turn out to be a very tedious and repetitive task. This tutorial shows you how you can do it in just a few clicks.khalibloo on 7:53AM Sun, 05 January 2014
BVH MOCAP in Lightwave with Genoma and Nevron Motion part II
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 72 / System Requirements: Lightwave + Nevron Motion
The second part of this tutorial is about BVH file loading and retargeting, and usage of the GETSELL function for uncommon hierarchies.
BVH MOCAP in Lightwave with Genoma and Nevron Motion part I
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 69 / System Requirements: Lightwave + Nevron Motion
This is a simple tutorial for people willing to use BVH motion capture files within LIGHTWAVE 11.6 with GENOMA rigging system and the NEVRON MOTION plug-in.The first part of the tutorial deals with the preparation of the character to animate (weight mapping and skelegons).
Ray Tracing on the GPU, with PD Howler 9.1
Skill Level: Intermediate / Views: 99 / System Requirements: Project Dogwaffle 9.1, Windows Vista may be ok, but 7 or 8 recommended
This tutorial covers a new feature in Project Dogwaffle 9.1, namely a GPU-accelerated version of Puppy Ray, the elevation-map-based landscape ray tracer introduced in v9.0Here's a video that shows using Puppy Ray 9.1 (pre-release beta) on the GPU:With GPU acceleration, rendering a scene that could take minutes can now be done in seconds. Animations that took hours can be done in minutes or seconds, depending on dimensions and chosen parameters. And of course depending on the particulars of your graphics chip. Using the GPU can yield 4x the speed, 10x, and even more. Much more in some cases. Some graphics cards have the compute power of 100x-200x or more that of the CPU. Using the GPU can significantly reduce your time spent waiting for the rendering to complete, to decide if you like it or need a different value on some parameter, such as a viewing direction, a fog depth level, an extrusion depth, a camera angle.. This can be a great improvement in your workflow for exploring options during your creative experimentation and final renders.Have fun waffling and howling!staigermanus on 12:33PM Fri, 29 November 2013
IBGs: VOL 1: Apocalyse / Farm Tutorial/Intro
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 123 / System Requirements: IBGs VOL 1: BG Package, Software that opens PSDs
This is a basic tutorial on using the farm scene in my Interactive Background Package, VOL 1: Apocalypse. This background set can be purchased here: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/index.php?ViewProduct=101970Don't forget to pick up the free expansion: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=72797
IBGs: VOL 1: Apocalyse / Snow Expansion for Farm Scene
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 70 / System Requirements: IBGs VOL 1: BG Package, Software that opens PSDs
Video tutorial on how to use the expansion for the farm scene in the Apocalypse series. You can purcahse the background set here: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/interactive-backgrounds-vol1-apocalypse/101970/The free expansion can be downloaded here: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=72797
IBGs: VOL 1: Apocalyse / Bed Tutorial
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 105 / System Requirements: IBGs VOL 1: BG Package, Software that opens PSDs
This is a tutorial on how to use the bed in my third background of the Apocalypse series. You will have to download the free bed that is in my file locker to use this.
Play with Lights Experimental Fun!
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 644 / System Requirements: Poser and Photoshop (or anything with Layer effects)
I'm here to show you how I experiment with lighting to get some cool lighting effects without hurting your brain.
Create Clothing Manikin/Doll In Blender
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 331 / System Requirements: Blender
This tutorial is to guide you thru the process of creating a clothing manikin/doll within Blender. This tutorial is based on these previous works and modified for the current version of Blender 2.69 I will be working using Poser 2012 but most of the steps are backward compatible with previous versions of Poser and the steps should also work with Daz Studio as to how to export your character. So let's get onto and have some fun Modeling.
One Way To Map Tattoos Using Blender
Skill Level: Intermediate / Views: 342 / System Requirements: Blender 2.49b (same principles for later versions)
It really is incredibly simple - maybe 50 keystrokes/mouse moves and less than 5 minutes to do a figure! This guide assumes you know how to import your mesh, position it, and delete the bits you don't need, but holds your hand from that point on...
Using The DAZ Studio Shield Shader
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 730 / System Requirements: DAZ Studio 3+
This is intended to fill that "Well, how do I use the damn thing!" void that a few of you must have felt after downloading my DAZ Studio Shader For S.E.Asian Shields ( http://www.renderosity.com/mod/freestuff/details.php?item_id=70322 ) at the start of the year. Yes, I've only just discovered that I'd forgotten to include any advice in the ReadMe about how to actually use the shield shader! Hopefully this 16 page guide (mostly screenshots) should remedy the situation. Note: the advice here is just for using the ShieldTMS(Full) shield shader via the Surfaces tab of the DAZ Studio User Interface. It does not cover the generic DMS(Full)/TMS(Full) shaders, and it does not cover using ShaderMixer. I was thinking about doing separate guides for those but never got round to it.
Create MAT poses from Material Room easily!
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 471 / System Requirements: Poser, textpad, ckrename (links in tut)
Please keep in mind that I am going to outline how I do my MAT poses. For me this is the quickest and easiest way, you may prefer a different workflow. This tutorial will work on props as well however it is written for figures, see end of tutorial for prop info.
Personal Splash Screen for PP2012
Skill Level: Beginner / Views: 333 / System Requirements: PP2012
Tired of seeing the same face every time you start Poser Pro 2012? Why not customize it with an image of your own? Its easy, all you need is a graphics program capable of reading & saving psd files (I know you have one after all you are a graphic artist!).


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Kleven fires eight two-hit innings
Phillies' righty prospect fans six as Lakewood blanks Delmarva
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | July 30, 2012 7:07 PM ET
But when things started to go awry shortly after the All-Star break, he stood in front of a mirror and studied his motion to find out exactly what the problem was.
On Monday, the flaws he fixed in his delivery led to one of his best outings as a pro. Kleven scattered two hits over a career-high eight innings in the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws' 8-0 win over the Delmarva Shorebirds.
The native of Kamloops, British Columbia, struck out six batters, did not issue a walk and faced the minimum before turning the shutout bid over to the bullpen in the ninth.
"I had some struggles and I was trying to work my way back by figuring out what had been working for me to that point," Kleven said. "My mechanics had started to change or alter. I started doing some mirror work, going through my mechanics to see what didn't look normal.
"I noticed my arm slot has dropped a little bit -- that wasn't a big deal, I just got it back higher -- but I was leaning forward too much and not getting back over the rubber. That meant either the ball would be elevated because my arm would drag or it would be right down in the dirt."
With the mechanical tweaks behind him, he had little difficulty against Delmarva.
Kleven allowed two batters to reach base -- Michael Ohlman stroked a clean single to left field to lead off the second inning and Roderick Bernadina singled to right field to begin the seventh. Both hits were erased on inning-ending double plays.
With the victory, Kleven improved to 6-7 and lowered his ERA to 4.40.
He was at 71 pitches through eight frames, and he would have came back out for a shot at his first nine-inning complete-game shutout had the BlueClaws not scored four more runs in the top of the inning.
The 21-year-old's previous career high was seven, achieved four times, most recently in the BlueClaws' 8-3 win over the Hagerstown Suns on July 3.
"If the game was still 4-0, I would have gone back out there, but we got some more runs and they wanted to get the new guy [Chris Nichols] in there for some work," he said.
Kleven was 4-5 with a 3.80 ERA in 13 starts in the first half of the season. But since the All-Star break, he had gone 1-2 with a 6.39 mark in seven games entering Monday's contest. Even though his strikeout-to-walk ratio has been better in the second half, batters are hitting .302 against him, up from .253.
"I've had some good games and I've had some bad games," said Kleven, selected by the Phillies in the 33rd round of the 2009 Draft. "It's still a learning process for me, but I'm getting better every day. I'm not having an amazing season, but I'm working on the little things and learning more about myself and the game.
"Sometimes I get geared up too much and I'll try to overthrow or throw too hard or harder than I'm capable of. Or there will be something I can't control, like a bad call, and that will affect me."
Nichols worked a perfect ninth to complete the shutout.
Delmarva starter Eduardo Rodriguez (4-6) allowed two runs on one hit and two walks while striking out four batters over five innings.
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This is the leather case for an iPhone 5 or iPhone SE that stores earphones or a charging cable in a built-in pocket. An iPhone 5 or iPhone SE slides into the case and is secured with a flap that snaps the case closed. The flap has a 2"-diam. netted pocket that stores either an iPhone or iPhone SE 5' 42"-long charging cable or a pair of earphones. Made from synthetic leather and lined with a micro-suede interior that keeps an iPhone 5 or iPhone SE free from scratches, the case provides full access to all controls, allowing you to take pictures, manage apps, or recharge. Includes detachable neck strap. Black. 5" L x 2 1/2" W x 1" D. (2 oz.)
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A ridiculous product
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Hard leather case adds weight to an iPhone along with strap one would never use in public.
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Founded in 1949 by a hard-working Ukrainian immigrant named Bernard Gantmacher, GANT built its sterling reputation by revolutionizing the men's dress shirt. Double pleats, locker loops, and other functional features helped the company distinguish its products from those of competing clothing brands and become one of the nation's leading shirt makers. In the 1960s and 1970s GANT popularized casual American sportswear with the Rugger — a striped cotton rugby shirt featuring unbreakable, tackle-proof rubber buttons — as well as trendy madras shirts and and stylish chinos. Originally inspired by the rugby polo, GANT Rugger — the kid sibling to GANT's flagship label -- features denim, jackets, shirts and ties in bold colors and patterns: think a yellow button-down paired with a snappy tartan blazer, or a warm lambswool pullover sweater paired with tortoiseshell sunglasses. Tailored and well-made with a playfully laidback vibe, GANT Rugger is perfect for men whose style strikes the balance between casual and formal. Other GANT lines include the flagship label as well as GANT by Michael Sebastian, Kids, Fragrance, Eyewear, and Footwear.
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If you have two points on your leaves, it could be your tip ends are tight and need to be opened more. Take a thin knife blade and pry the points apart slightly. Your icing might also be too stiff; add corn syrup to thin so it will pull the icing leaf to a point. You can also try using tip 352 which some decorators find more success with.


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Johnson City, Tenn. - The Brevard College Cycling
team opened up the 2012 Fall Mountain Bike season this past weekend at East
Tennessee State University.
The men's A downhill race saw Dan Ennis and Mac Banner putting in stellar performances to claim 1st and 2nd place, respectively, while Erica Zaveta attacked the course in her first downhill event of the year to take 1st in the women's A race.
The rest of the Brevard gravity team put forth strong rides in their new Troy Lee Design Downhill kits.
Saturday afternoon's short track saw Zaveta taking the win for the A women, and Nicole Miranda placing 2nd in the B women's race. The B men from Brevard dominated their short track, with Caleb Welborn taking the win, followed by Spencer Lowden, Brandon Milet, and Blake Stephenson in 2nd, 3rd, and 5th, respectively. Next up was the A men, where Lewis Gaffney took 2nd place, followed by teammate Cypress Gorry, who had a strong top 10 finish.
Sunday's cross country races saw Gaffney take another strong 2nd, with Gorry and Ennis riding to top 10 results in the men's A race. Lowden scored his first Tornado win in the B race, with Stephenson finishing 4th, Welborn 5th, and Milet in the top ten. Zaveta took another dominating win for the A women, with Miranda following with a win of her own in the B race. Dylan Brown tackled his first mountain bike race with a strong top five finish in the men's C. Later in the day Brown and Zaveta raced to 2nd in each of their 4-Cross A races. Stephenson put in a solid 4-Cross ride in the men's B event.


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Kleinstuck Preserve is a 48-acre nature preserve owned and managed by Western Michigan University. It is one of the few open spaces remaining in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This unique ecosystem includes upland forest, swamp forest, shrub carr, and marshland which are home to a wide variety of plants and animals.
Some of Kleinstuck's special features include a beautiful showcase of native wildflowers in the springtime and a highly diverse bird population. The property is open to the public for passive recreation and is used by WMU and other educational institutions for research and education. Dogs are permitted on the property, but must be kept on a leash at all times to protect vegetation and wildlife as well as other people visiting the Preserve.
A veiw of the marsh in the fall
Trillium, a native Michigan wildflower
Bird watchers in Kleinstuck Preserve
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Mission Statement: WMU's Natural Areas Program partners with students and faculty, local ecological organizations, area schools, and volunteer groups in order to promote environmental stewardship, provide research and education opportunities, and create healthier natural areas on WMU properties.
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Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region II, Social Security Administration, Room 3904, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278.
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region III, Social Security Administration, P.O.Box 41777, Philadelphia, PA 19101.
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region IV, Social Security Administration, Atlanta Federal Center, Suite 20T45, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8920.
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region V, Social Security Administration, 200 West Adams, Street, 30th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606-8920.
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region VI, Social Security Administration, Suite 130, 1301 Young Street, Dallas, Texas 75202-5433.
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region VII, Social Security Administration, Room 535, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2898
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region VIII, Social Security Administration, Suite 120, Federal Office Building, 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80294.
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region IX, Social Security Administration, Room 405, 50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, California 94102
Office of the General Counsel, Chief Counsel, Region X, Social Security Administration, 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2900, M/S 901, Seattle, Washington 98104-7075
Categories of individuals covered by the system: The individuals on whom records are maintained in this system are individuals who are involved in litigation with SSA or (in matters within the jurisdiction of SSA) the United States as defendants in civil matters seeking Social Security benefit payments and other types of procedural relief in claims and benefits processing.
Categories of records in the system: The records contain documents either filed in court cases or collected in support of court activities that SSA is either involved in or in which it believes it will or may become involved.
Authorities for maintenance of the system: The authorities for maintaining this system are the various statutes, regulations, rules or orders pertaining to the subject matter of the litigation (e.g., the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 405(g) and 1383(c)).
Purposes: To enable the Office of the General Counsel to efficiently and effectively manage the records of the benefit claim cases being litigated in court.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
Disclosure may be made for routine uses as indicated below:
1. Records are used in communicating with, among others, Federal and State agencies, private individuals, private attorneys, the United States Attorney and other Federal officials and agencies. These communications are all for the purpose of providing status information on pending litigation and managing the litigation workload.
2. Information may be disclosed to any Federal, State or local agency when the information is relevant to a matter involving the administration of a Federal, State or local income program.
3. Disclosure to a congressional office in response to an inquiry from that office made at the request of the subject of a record.
4. Disclosure to the Office of the President for the purpose of responding to an individual pursuant to an inquiry received from that individual or from a third party on his or her behalf.
5. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), a court or other tribunal, including an administrative tribunal or another party in litigation before such tribunal, when:
(a) SSA, or any component thereof;
(b) any SSA employee in his/her official capacity;
(c) any SSA employee in his/her individual capacity when DOJ (or SSA where it is authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or
(d) the United States or any agency thereof where SSA determines that the litigation is likely to affect the operations of SSA or any of its components, is a party to the litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and SSA determines that the use of such records by DOJ, the court or other tribunal is relevant and necessary to the litigation.
6. Information may be disclosed to the Department of Justice for the purpose of obtaining that Department's advice concerning disclosure of such information under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552.
7. Records from this system may be disclosed to a private firm under contract to SSA for the purpose of having that firm convert the records to machine- readable form, or collate, analyze, aggregate or otherwise refine the information in the records. The contractor will be required to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with respect to such records.
8. Information may be disclosed to student volunteers and other workers who technically do not have the status of Federal employees, when they are performing work for SSA as authorized by law, and they need access to personally identifiable information in SSA records in order to perform their assigned Agency functions.
9. To a Federal, State, or local agency for law enforcement purposes concerning a violation of law pertaining to the records in this system.
10. To Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies and private security contractors as appropriate, if information is necessary (a) to enable them to protect the safety of SSA employees and customers, the security of the SSA workplace, and the operations of SSA facilities, or (b) to assist in investigations or prosecutions with respect to activities that disrupt the operation of SSA facilities.
11. Non-tax return information which is not restricted from disclosure by federal law may be disclosed to the General Services Administration (GSA) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under 44 U.S.C. sections 2904 and 2906, as amended by NARA Act of 1984, for the use of those agencies in conducting records management studies.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage: Information (court papers and other records) may be stored in files in filing cabinets and on a variety of computer-readable, electronic media (including disc, mass storage and magnetic tape).
Retrievability: The records in this system relating to litigation in court are retrieved by the court docket number. In addition, records in this system may be retrieved by the names of parties.
Safeguards: The buildings where these records are stored are safeguarded by a variety of physical security systems that permit access only by authorized personnel and authorized visitors escorted by authorized personnel.
Retention and disposal: Records are maintained until the judicial proceedings have ended and for varying periods of time thereafter, subject to the Federal Records Act and applicable retention schedules.
System manager(s) and address:
The Agency official responsible for the system policies and practices outlined
above is: the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Room 617 Altmeyer
Notification procedure: An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the systems manager(s) at the above address and providing his/her name, SSN or other information that may be in the system of records that will identify him/her. An individual requesting notification of records in person should provide the same information, as well as provide an identity document, preferably with a photograph, such as a driver's license or some other means of identification, such as a voter registration card, credit card, etc. If an individual does not have any identification documents sufficient to establish his/her identity, the individual must certify in writing that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
If notification is requested by telephone, an individual must verify his/her identity by providing identifying information that parallels the record to which notification is being requested. If it is determined that the identifying information provided by telephone is insufficient, the individual will be required to submit a request in writing or in person. If an individual is requesting information by telephone on behalf of another individual, the subject individual must be connected with SSA and the requesting individual in the same phone call. SSA will establish the subject individual's identity (his/her name, SSN, address, date of birth and place of birth along with one other piece of information such as mother's maiden name) and ask for his/her consent in providing information to the requesting individual.
If a request for notification is submitted by mail, an individual must include a notarized statement to SSA to verify his/her identity or must certify in the request that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR § 401.40).
Record access procedure: Same as notification procedures. Also, requesters should reasonably specify the record contents being sought. Access will not be provided to information about drafts or copies of draft documents or internal government communications.
Contesting record procedure: Same as notification procedures above. Also, requesters should reasonably identify the record, specify the information that is contested, state the corrective actions sought and the reasons for requesting the correction, and furnish supporting evidence to show why the record is not accurate, timely, complete, relevant or necessary. These procedures comply with applicable regulations.
Record source categories: The sources for information in this system include attorneys and staff in OGC, formal and informal discovery, Federal and State agencies and the individuals involved in the litigation of benefit claims.
Systems exempted from certain provisions of the Privacy Act: None.


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Thread: Best month for ultrasound
5th August 2012 05:51 AM #1
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Best month for ultrasound
Hi, I would like to ask what month during pregnancy should be the best time to have an ultrasound for me to best possibly know the gender of my baby? We are quite excited and dont want to ruin everything when the baby doesnt want to cooperate Hope you can enlighten me..
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5th August 2012 03:32 PM #2
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Generally the best time is between around 20-27 weeks. Before 20 weeks it can be difficult to get a good image because the baby is tiny and moving about a lot. After the third trimester starts, the baby could quickly become too big to get a good gender prediction. Remember, ultrasound gender prediction is not guaranteed to be accurate! You may still end up with a surprise, even with a clear shot
6th August 2012 07:36 AM #3
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I had an ultrasound at 19 weeks with my 5th baby and they told me she was a girl... and she was a girl when she was born.
I also had an ultrasound at 19 weeks with my 4th baby and they asked if I wanted to know the gender, but my husband was adamant that he did not want to know, so I didn't find out.
I have a neighbor who's daughter was told she was having a boy, and she had a girl.
So my experience is that sometimes they are wrong but most times they are right.
Here are a couple of videos that show gender ultrasounds at 16 weeks and 18 weeks.
18 weeks:
16 weeks 4 days (fast forward to about 16 minutes to see where they indicate the gender)
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Thanks for the very informative reply on my query
I love the additional clippings(video) youve included. Im so happy and very excited to have the ultrasound maybe next month. On my last check up, my doctor gave me a go signal to have an ultrasound anytime this month. Im still thinking of it though
Ill try to share my experience when that time comes.
9th August 2012 05:47 AM #6
How exciting melisse30!
With my first baby, we wanted a surprise so did not find out the sex (although I did think I was having a boy). With this baby, myself and my husband just really wanted to know the sex of the baby - so we did find out! We are trying to keep it a secret though!
Most ultrasound scans where the gender of the baby can be found out are carried out at around 20 weeks. Most sources put the accuracy of a gender scan at this time at over 90%. Although, I have met mums who were told the opposite gender for their baby! This article explains about the accuracy of looking at the gender on a 20 week ultrasound scan.
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Sorta Like a Rock Star
Reading Level: Grades 7+
Amber Appleton is the most optimistic, hopeful, cheerful girl you could meet. She divides her time between Father Chee and the Korean Divas for Christ (a group of Koren women learning to speak English through R&B music and Amber), the elderly at the local retirement home (where Amber engages in a cheerfulness-pessimism battle every Wednesday with Joan of Old),with the Franks Freak Force Federation (her four best friends brought together through group therapy and favorite teacher), with Private Jackson and Ms. Jenny (a Vietnam veteran/haiku poet and his dog), and with her own dog, Bobby Big Boy. Amber lives a full, vibrant life, enriching the lives of everyone she meets. And yet, Amber Appleton lives on a school bus with her alcoholic mother.
Despite her home and family situation, Amber's hopefulness and willingness to give her all to others never wavers, until the unthinkable happens, sending Amber into a deep, spiraling depression. Her faith, previously so strong and infallible, fractures, and Amber Appleton, previously a town rock star, loses herself.
The first half of this novel flies past quickly, Amber's cheerfully whirlwind lifestyle a welcome respite from some of the depressing (yet good!) YA books I've been reading lately. Amber's depressive state is expertly, sparsely written, her discussions with Father Chee about religion a welcome addition to current young adult literature, and the ultimate banding together of the town a heartwarming conclusion.
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TROY, MI -- 365 Retail Markets and Kraft Foodservice report that 365's micromarket kiosks can now scan Tassimo Professional T-Disks, allowing patrons to buy freshly brewed gourmet coffee, along with their other micromarket purchases.
The Tassimo T-Disc, a proprietary portion-packed single-cup cartridge, is imprinted with a barcode that identifies it to the brewer and specifies the brew settings for the specific product.
Through their collaboration, Tassimo and 365 have simplified the checkout process by enabling consumers to scan the T-Disc barcode at checkout, the collaborators report; consumers will no longer need to search kiosk menus for the hot beverage selections they want.
The T-Discs supplied for Tassimo Professional brewers are imprinted with barcodes distinct from those imprinted on the products sold for the home appliance line; the two are not interchangeable.
"By integrating the Tassimo proprietary barcode system with the 365 self-checkout technology, we not only help some of our best existing customers use their preferred coffee brand, we also open up our technology to all of those companies looking for a micromarket/Tassimo solution," said 365 chief executive Joseph Hessling.
Tassimo Professional T-Disc's proprietary barcode system also enables micromarket operators to more efficiently manage inventory. By analyzing individual T-Disc scanner sales data, operators can predetermine a micromarket's hot beverage restocking needs and drive lower cost through centralized product picking. Additionally, offering premium beverage brands like Gevalia, Twinings and Suchard enhances customer satisfaction and encourages cross-selling opportunities for the operator, Kraft said.
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'You have been a part of the Buffalo Sabres longer than any other player in the locker room. What has changed in the time that you have been here? MA: It has changed a lot. The first thing is everybody and the new faces on the team. I think we changed our style of the game too a lot. We improved a lot also.'
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if u dont mind me asking..how long did u train in the gi?
was bjj ur first encounter with submission fighting?
if u dont mind me asking..how long did u train in the gi?
was bjj ur first encounter with submission fighting?
I first got interested in MMA and it was the grappling aspect of it that which really caught my attention so naturally I just trained without the gi. Then Submission Wrestling started to develop and become popular and that became my main interest.
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nogi grading would be something that i'd really be ineterested in..but as you say..little opputunity for it.
Does someone from SBG want to start updating us with promotions.It would really help!
didnt see Henrique Santana on the list?
Its cause were all hippies and dont think belts are cool, belts are only good for holding your gi shut.
Brown Belts
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in order to set apart and preserve for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people a site of exceptional historic and archeological importance, the Secretary of the Interior may accept on behalf of the United States the donation of approximately three hundred and forty-two acres of land, or interests therein, including the remains and artifacts of the seventeenth century Spanish mission and ancient Indian pueblo near Pecos, New Mexico, for administration as the Pecos National Monument.
The Secretary shall administer, protect, and develop the national monument in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U. S. C. 1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $500,000, as are required for construction of facilities and excavation and stabilization of the ruins in the Pecos National Monument under this Act.
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Segway to U3-X
The year: 2001. The product: Dean Kamen's Segway® Personal Transporter. I was instantly intrigued, and to this day I still do a double-take, then gawk, when I see someone cruising around on their Segway. I'm secretly envious of anyone who gets to ride one, so much so that riding, if not outright owning one, is on my bucket list. To me, the Segway is the ultimate in personal A to B transportation. No gas. No oil. Just a quick battery charge and you're on your way. Run your errands. Go out to lunch. Park it in your cubicle. What could be better? Well, it turns out that Honda's engineers have developed an equally impressive aid to personal mobility. Enter the U3-X Personal Mobility Concept.
Both the Segway and U3-X are great examples of mechatronic engineering. Despite their relatively small size when compared with other self-propelled transportation options (think motorcycle or automobile), neither is a simple machine. Both rely on complex interactions between hardware and software to safely move passengers from one point to another. Like the Segway, the U3-X is self-balancing – which is a surreal sight when you see either machine free-standing. The Segway looks a little like a glorified hand truck, with two wheels separated by a platform and a tall vertical handle. To make the Segway move, passengers stand on the platform, grasp the handle, and lean in any direction. The U3-X, on the other hand, balances on a single wheel-within-a-wheel that enables forward, backward, lateral, and diagonal motion. Picture a sort-of high-tech unicycle without pedals. Passengers simply sit on the foldable seat, rest their feet on the retractable foot pegs, and lean slightly in the direction they want to move.
So what makes either machine tick? At a high level, each is a tightly integrated combination of several different technologies including motors, batteries, control algorithms, electronics, sensors, and actuators. Precisely the type of components you find in any self-respecting mechatronic system. Common components integrated in unique ways to solve real problems – the classic, and sometimes rare, product realm where form and function meet genuine usability. Segway and Honda engineers simply needed to figure out how to get all of the components to play nicely together – the engineering challenge of mechatronic system design. And as systems get more complex, the challenge of EDA software vendors to provide design tools that accurately model and analyze often disparate technology interactions. A perfect segue (sorry…couldn't resist) to today's sponsor…SystemVision, Mentor Graphics' solution for mechatronics system design and analysis.
The Segway and U3-X are clearly focused on different segments of the personal transport market. If you need to get from one building to another, or one part of town to another, the Segway is clearly the winner. It's even suitable for travelling short distances, say from your desk to the printer in Room 213, provided your office hallways and doorways are wide enough. But it is a bit bulky for close quarters. The U3-X, on the other hand, is designed for close quarters maneuverability – precisely the type of environments you find in an office or crowded public setting. The more I think about it, the more it seems these two machines really compliment one another. Use the Segway for Point A to Point B long distance travel with the U3-X carefully stowed either in a backpack or one of several commercially available Segway storage options. Once you get to where you're going, park the Segway (in free-standing mode, of course), then unpack the U3-X and hop on for close-quarters, short distance mobility at more liesurely speeds. Perfect. Add another must-ride item to be bucket list. Now someone needs to convince Honda to move the U3-X from its concept / prototype phase to full production.
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The Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for creating and implementing policies and procedures for the protection of human subjects involved in research. The policies and procedures are based on the Code of Federal Regulations established by the Department of Health and Human Services, Title 45 – Public Welfare, Part 46 – Protection of Human Subjects (June 23, 2005).
The purpose of the IRB is to safeguard and protect from harm those persons who volunteer to be subjects in research conducted at or sponsored by SMWC faculty, staff, or students. The IRB ensures that: risks to subjects are minimized, risks are reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits, subject selection is equitable, informed consent is documented, and data are kept confidential and safe. Any research involving human subjects must be submitted to, reviewed by, and approved by the IRB before data collection begins.
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New Kids On The Block reveal '10' tracklisting
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New Kids On The Block are giving fans a taste of their new album 10, ahead of its April release.
Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre, and Jordan and Jonathan Knight have released the album's tracklisting, revealing 13 tracks.
Last month, the former boy band debuted their new single called "Remix (I Like The)" on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest."
Ten will be the group's sixth studio album, and first since 2008's "The Block." It drops on April 2nd, a month before they launch "The Package Tour" with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men.
1. We Own Tonight
2. Remix (I Like The)
3. Take My Breath Away
4. Wasted on You
5. Fighting Gravity
6. Miss You More
7. The Whisper
8. Jealous (Blue)
9. Crash
10. Back to Life
11. Now or Never
12. Survive You
13. Block Party
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