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To more closely align the supervisory rating system for bank holding companies (BHCs), including financial holding companies, with the Federal Reserve's current supervisory practices, on December 1, 2004, the Board of Governors approved for System-wide implementation the attached revised BHC rating system. The revised rating system becomes effective January 1, 2005 and is to be used for all inspections commencing after that date. For inspections opened in 2004 and closed in 2005, Reserve Banks may assign either the BOPEC rating or the revised rating.
The increased complexity of the U.S. banking industry has necessitated a shift over time in the focus of the Federal Reserve's supervisory practices for BHCs away from historical analyses of financial condition toward more forward-looking assessments of risk management and financial factors. While the Federal Reserve has a well-established emphasis on risk management in its supervisory processes for BHCs of all sizes, which it re-enforced through the introduction of a risk management rating for all BHCs in the mid-1990s, the primary components of the BHC supervisory rating system known as BOPEC (Bank subsidiaries, Other subsidiaries, Parent, Earnings, Capital) do not directly reflect this emphasis. To align more closely the ratings with the supervisory processes, the Federal Reserve has developed a revised BHC rating system that emphasizes risk management; introduces a more comprehensive and adaptable framework for analyzing and rating financial factors; and provides a framework for assessing and rating the potential impact of the parent holding company and its nondepository subsidiaries on the subsidiary depository institution(s).
Because the revised rating system is consistent with current supervisory practices, the revisions generally should not have an effect on the conduct of inspections, nor add to the supervisory burden of supervised institutions. Rather, the revised rating system will better communicate the supervisory findings of examination staff to both supervised institutions and System staff. In addition, the Federal Reserve will continue to rely to the greatest possible extent on the work of the primary bank and other functional nonbank regulators. The new rating system is not intended to signal any shift in this practice.
Each BHC is assigned a composite rating (C) based on an evaluation and rating of its managerial and financial condition and an assessment of future potential risk to its subsidiary depository institution(s). The main components of the rating system represent: Risk Management (R); Financial Condition (F); and potential Impact (I) of the parent company and nondepository subsidiaries (collectively nondepository entities) on the subsidiary depository institution(s). While all BHCs are required to act as sources of strength to their subsidiary depository institutions, pursuant to the Board's rules and policies, the Impact rating focuses on downside risk--that is, on the likelihood of significant negative impact on the subsidiary depository institutions. A fourth component rating, Depository Institution (D), will generally mirror the primary regulator's assessment of the subsidiary depository institution(s), as has been the case for the Bank (B) rating under the BOPEC rating system. Thus, the primary component and composite ratings are displayed:
In order to provide a consistent framework for assessing risk management, the R component is supported by four subcomponents that reflect the effectiveness of the banking organization's risk management and controls. The subcomponents are: Board and Senior Management Oversight; Policies, Procedures, and Limits; Risk Monitoring and Management Information Systems; and Internal Controls. The F component is similarly supported by four subcomponents reflecting an assessment of the quality of the banking organization's Capital; Asset Quality; Earnings; and Liquidity. A simplified version of the rating system that requires only the assignment of the risk management component rating and composite rating will be applied to noncomplex BHCs with assets below $1 billion.
Composite, component, and subcomponent ratings are assigned based on a 1 to 5 numeric scale. A 1 indicates the highest rating, strongest performance and practices, and least degree of supervisory concern; a 5 indicates the lowest rating, weakest performance, and highest degree of supervisory concern.
The Federal Reserve recognizes the interrelationship between the risk management and financial performance components of the revised rating system, an interrelationship that is inherent in all supervisory rating systems. Accordingly, examiners are expected to consider that a risk management factor may have a bearing on the assessment of a financial subcomponent or component rating and vice versa. In general, however, the risk management component and subcomponents should be viewed as the more forward-looking aspect of the rating system, and the financial condition component and subcomponents should be viewed as the current aspect of the rating system. For example, a BHC's ability to monitor and manage market risk (or sensitivity to market risk) should be evaluated together with the organization's ability to monitor and manage all risks under the R component of the rating system. However, poor market risk management may also be reflected in the F component if it impacts earnings or capital.
The revised BHC rating system will be implemented on January 1, 2005. Although the timing of implementation is relatively close to the December 1 release of the final rating system, the revised rating system was developed and reviewed over several years with participation from a wide range of Federal Reserve System supervision and examination staff, so the new system has a high degree of familiarity. Because the revised BHC rating system incorporates factors that examiners have been routinely considered for many years in evaluating a BHC's condition, the revised rating system should not have a significant effect on the conduct of inspections or impose additional regulatory burden on supervised institutions. Supervision and examination staff at all twelve Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors have received and will continue to receive training in the revised rating system.
Over the course of the first inspection cycle under the revised rating system, as Reserve Banks implement and gain experience with the revised rating system, Reserve Bank senior management should be prepared to discuss implementation issues and difficult rating scenarios (including any rating situation involving a downgrade of a BHC) with Board staff and, as appropriate, with the relevant Strategic Plan Steering Committee management groups. Board staff and designated contacts at each Reserve Bank will serve as a resource on the revised rating system and will collect feedback on its implementation.
All of the BHC numeric ratings, including the composite, component, and subcomponent ratings, should be presented in the report of inspection, in accordance with the Federal Reserve's current supervisory practices. The management of each BHC under inspection should be made aware of the fact that this rating is furnished solely for its confidential use and under no circumstances should the BHC or any of its directors, officers, or employees disclose or make public any of the ratings.
Of course, as a result of the introduction of risk management and other components and subcomponents, the ratings of some BHCs may increase or decrease due to the change in the rating system. Examiners should help BHC management understand the revised rating system and the basis for all assigned ratings. Moreover, during the first inspection cycle under the revised rating system, examiners should be prepared to discuss with senior BHC management the new ratings and how they compare with the BOPEC ratings for that institution. The appeals process for material supervisory determinations remains unchanged.
Certain SR letters refer to a BHC's BOPEC composite or component rating in determining its status for certain supervisory policies, e.g., inspection frequency. For purposes of those policies, the composite rating of the revised rating system may be substituted for the BOPEC composite rating referenced in the SR letters, the capital subcomponent may be substituted for the BOPEC capital component, and the depository institution component may be substituted for the BOPEC bank component.
In addition, "well managed" BHCs enjoy a variety of privileges under the Board's Regulations K, W, and Y. These regulations generally define a well managed BHC as a BHC with a satisfactory composite rating and a satisfactory management rating. See 12 CFR 211.2(z) and 225.2(s). For purposes of these regulatory definitions of a "well managed" BHC, Board staff views the R component rating under the revised rating system to be the management rating of a BHC.1
This SR letter supersedes SR letter 79-530, "Bank Holding Company Rating System" and partially supersedes SR letter 95-51, "Rating the Adequacy of Risk Management Processes and Internal Controls at State Member Banks and Bank Holding Companies," and SR letter 02-1, "Revisions to Bank Holding Company Supervision Procedures for Organizations with Total Consolidated Assets of $5 Billion or Less."2
Reserve Banks are asked to distribute this SR letter and the attached revised bank holding company rating system to the BHCs in their districts as well as to supervisory and examination staff. Questions or comments concerning this letter should be directed to Deborah Bailey, Associate Director, (202) 452-2634, Barbara Bouchard, Deputy Associate Director, (202) 452-3072, Molly Mahar, Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst, (202) 452-2568, or Anna Lee Hewko, Supervisory Financial Analyst, (202) 530-6260.


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Irony 2010 Pinot Noir, Monterey County
Medium-bodied wine with a definite sweet cherry aroma. It smells super fruity and tastes like fresh strawberries with hints of vanilla. Firm tannins and crisp acidity, well-balanced with a smooth finish. I have always been a fan of Pinot and this one is quite good.
I can't recall how I stumbled upon this one, but for about $12, I will buy it again.
Vina Leyda Carmenere 2010
This Chilean wine from Rapel Valley came from our wine club. It's an interesting selection. The black pepper on the nose is especially strong. The intense, jammy fruit flavors that take over are rich but quite smooth. The finish is savory and spicy with that hint of pepper again. There is a subtle oak taste as well. No need to decant this wine. It is meant to be consumed while young and the tannin level is naturally low.
Because the wine is pretty different from what I normally drink, I don't know that I'd have this on hand to drink every day. But I would consider buying again for a special occasion.
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You play an important role in protecting your information by taking basic precautions to protect your computer and data. You should keep your computer secure, only deal online with people and organisations you know and trust, and check that your personal information travels across the internet on secure connections.
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First time posting here, but have gone on this site off and on throughout the last, several years.
After checking it out on the maps and reading about it, I ventured out from Clovis along the 209 and hit the 40 on towards Glenrio.
Another one of those pesky rainstorms with lightning reared its ugly head, but I kept driving on until I hit the spot.
From what pictures I saw of it, it still appeared to be in pretty much the same, run-down condition it has been in.
Of course with it being in such a close proximity to the 40, you're going to have your atypical signs of vandalism, tagging,. etc
Only building that seemed to still have an occupant was the restaurant and gas station, both closed, at the east end of town.
There appears to be a small house back there with a couple of shiny, modern cars and some barking dogs.
Other than that, it was a good, first-time find ever since I decided to start getting back into this semi-urban exploration activity.
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Recipe: Potato Crusted Oysters
Potato Crusted Oysters (serves 6)
18 Cortes Island Medium Beach Oysters (Steamed for 4 minutes and removed from shell)
2 Large Kennebec Potatoes (peeled)
Salt & Pepper
Using a Japanese turning slicer (spaghetti cutter) cut the potatoes into long strands.
Quickly dip (2 seconds) the potato in boiling salted water and cool and dry on a towel.
Flour and season oysters and wrap with potato to cover the complete oyster end to end.
Fry Oysters in a 365 F fryer until golden brown and crispy, remove and season immediately
Sweet Corn Nage
2 Tblsp Butter
6 Heads of Corn (kernels removed, cobs reserved)
2 Cloves Garlic
1 Onion Fine chopped
1 Sprig Thyme (leaves only)
1 Bay Leaf
50 ml Dry Chardonnay
500 ml Homo Milk
Sweat Onion, Garlic, thyme and bay in butter. Deglaze with wine , add milk and corn cobs. Season. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove cobs and add kernels. Cook for 2 minutes. Puree and Strain through a fine chinoise.
Truffle Oil , Crème Fraiche ( or sour cream), fresh chopped chives, fennel and frisse lettuce.


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Under the Köppen Climate Classification climate classification, "dry-summer subtropical" climates are often referred to as "Mediterranean". This climate zone has an an average temperature above 10°C (50°F) in their warmest months, and an average in the coldest between 18 to -3°C (64 to 27°F). Summers tend to be dry with less than one-third that of the wettest winter month, and with less than 30mm (1.18 in) of precipitation in a summer month. SMany of the regions with Mediterranean climates have relatively mild winters and very warm summers.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Csb". (Mediterran Climate).
The average temperature for the year in Mount Shasta is 49.6°F (9.8°C). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 67.7°F (19.8°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 34.4°F (1.3°C).
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Mount Shasta is 40.0" (1016 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is January with 7.1" (180.3 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of 0.3" (7.6 mm). There are an average of 98.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in January with 13.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in July with 2.0 days.
In terms of liquid precipitation, there are an average of 93.0 days of rain, with the most rain occurring in January with 12.0 days of rain, and the least rain occurring in July with 2.0 days of rain.
In Mount Shasta, there's an average of 102.9" of snow (0 cm). The month with the most snow is January, with 27.2" of snow (69.1 cm).


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Tea Party's O'Donnell Talks Libertyby Kenny Farris '12 • April 18, 2012 Share:
Former U.S. Senate candidate, and Tea Party favorite, Christine O'Donnell challenged Wabash men to take control of their destiny and the future in her speech Tuesday night at the Wabash College Chapel.
"What you do today will impact millions of Americans yet to be born," O'Donnell told the crowd of Wabash students and members of the Crawfordsville community. "We have the duty of putting the next generation ahead of the demands of today."
O'Donnell's talk, sponsored by The Wabash Commentary, emphasized the values of the individual and their impact on a free market economy. O'Donnell's talk emphasized the power of college students to make an impact on the workings of government and general society today. Noting how many citizens only hear "sound bites" discussing major issues, O'Donnell called on youth today to "get better at telling the truth."
"If I have done my job here tonight, then you will be ready to join me as modern Minutemen, ready to defend liberty at a moment's notice," O'Donnell said.
Students and community members listened intently and respectfully as O'Donnell weaved personal stories into her discussions on the Declaration of Independence, government debt, and socialism.
"I was a teenager during the Reagan years, and this was a time of peace and prosperity," O'Donnell said. "As we saw the Berlin Wall come down on our TV screens, we watched the hunger for freedom from the heavy boot of government. We saw what people could do when they had control over their own money and people direct their risk and reward. And now we watch as the great American engine of prosperity has seized up and stalled out."
In her talk, O'Donnell stated that every civic issue relates in some way to how people should treat each other with respect.
"The principle of honoring and respecting all human life should direct all aspect of government and servant leadership," O'Donnell said. "You simply can't put a price tag on a human life. It's compelling to know that whenever the principles are violated by totalitarian governments, economic disaster occurs."
O'Donnell, the 2010 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Delaware, visited Wabash as part of her national speaking tour promoting her book Troublemaker. The first 50 attendees received a free copy of her book.


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Teaching is easy, right?
This is for all of you experts who know everything there is to know about teaching – those who have never set foot in a teacher's shoes, but the "experts" on the profession.
Take the Teacher Challenge. Here is what you do:
1. Call all your neighbors and friends and gather 24 children to baby-sit in your home for the day. Your job will last from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.
2. Make sure that after arrival, you use your resources to keep them engaged (coloring books, crayons, toys, cleaning stuff).
3. Keep discipline consistent throughout the day with these li'l Energizer Bunnies. Keep them focused.
4. At lunchtime, skip your lunch, so that you can supervise 24 diners!
5. Take them outside for some playtime. Careful, … sometimes one of them gets hurt. (Use your own bandages!)
6. At the end of the day, after giving them activities to take up every minute, send them home. Take an extra hour to attempt to turn the days "mess of activities" into order again.
7. Now the great part – payday! For baby-sitting 24 children, you get $6.50 an hour – no, not for each child. You get $6.50 per hour, for the whole shebang.
Understanding this, who wouldn't want to teach?
Thomas Green, Wilmington
The writer has taught courses ranging from middle school to university level for 36 years.
Any intelligent person knows our country faces a myriad of problems … repairs to our infrastructure, greater employment opportunities, curbing violence, better education, immigration reform, etc. Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, isn't the final answer, but it is a start.
It provides coverage for pre-existing conditions, and allows parents to keep children on their policy until age 26. Let's take it, and improve it, and serve the needs of all… and let's make sure Congress has to be part of the plan.
The recent histrionics to defund the Affordable Care Act – or shut down the government – are a waste of time. It is so typical of this do-nothing Congress. Never in my 70 years has there been a more inept, more pampered, and more beholden-to-lobbyists Congress.
If the government were to shut down, Congress would be paid but our armed forces would not. Is this the height of hypocrisy, and calls for us to rid us of all of them, Democrats and Republicans.
I call for a talented IT person to team up with an attorney familiar with constitutional law, and a sharp marketer to fashion an amendment that can start a groundswell movement to rid us of these incompetents.
Let's reform Congress so it works a full week, gets the same benefits as the average citizen and is paid commensurate with productivity.
Hugh Dolan, Bolivia
In the Sept. 21 column "Youthful Republican brain trust helps governor miss boat on Medicaid expansion," the term "Young Turks" presumably expresses a positive connotation.
Knowing history, however, leaves a different impression.
The origin of "Young Turks" goes back to 1908, when a revolution in Turkey proclaimed an end to the oppressive policy of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II. The English poet William Watson referred to him as "Abdul the Damned."
His overthrow was carried out by the Ittihad-Terraki party (Committee of Union and Progress), or "Young Turks."
Directed by its leadership, the "Young Turks" organized and carried out the 1915-18 genocide of 1.5 million Christian Armenians.
Mary Alexanian, Wilmington


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A 60–year–old man was rescued from the River Derwent after a passer–by heard his cries for help.
Police officers and the ambulance service were called when the man, of Matlock, fell in the river adjacent to Causeway Lane, Matlock, at around 10.20pm on Tuesday, March 25.
He was removed from the river by 10.27pm and taken to hospital for treatment of suspected hyperthermia and a minor head injury.
His condition was not thought to be serious.
To report an incident to Derbyshire Police, call the non–emergency phone number 101.


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SEO Recommendations for Nofollow Implementation
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During a Q&A panel at SMX Advanced in June, Google's head of Web spam, Matt Cutts, had a discussion with the audience and the conference's chief content officer, Danny Sullivan. Matt explained that the nofollow link element "evaporates" PageRank, recommending against the use of nofollow to "sculpt" PageRank and referring to PR sculpting as a "band-aid." At Bruce Clay, Inc., clients following the news wondered how it might affect their SEO strategies. It's important that SEOs make an educated decision on the best use of nofollow. To help with that decision, the following is Bruce Clay's guide to SEO implementation of the nofollow link element.
In early 2009, the three search engine giants, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, came together for a rare collaboration to create the canonical element, a useful new search engine optimization tool for a webmaster's toolbox. The new canonical element (or "canonical tag," as it's generally referred to) addresses the problem of duplicate content for Web sites that just cannot avoid duplicate pages within their domain. Identical content pages referenced by several URLs within a site can cause SEO problems for the site. This article outlines the solutions available to SEOs facing duplicate pages and the best practice guidelines for use of the canonical tag.
Bruce Clay, Inc. partnered with For Dummies Publications to produce the all-in-one desk reference guide for SEO. The Search Engine Optimization All-In-One For Dummies by Bruce Clay and Susan Esparza is now available for $39.95 from major booksellers and comes with a free $25 AdWords coupon. The all-in-one desk reference is intended for those wanting to do search engine optimization themselves, providing many tips and hints necessary to optimize and operate in today's online market. But it is also a useful tool for any professional SEO out there needing any extra help. The Search Engine Optimization All-In-One For Dummies is currently available on Amazon.com, Borders.com and BarnesandNoble.com, so be sure to grab a copy today.
Google has announced that the company is in development of an operating system designed for PC netbooks. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight, Web-based operating system which will be available to consumers next year.
Industry analysts are looking at the Chrome OS as an attempt by Google to corner part of the Microsoft-dominated OS market. Microsoft executives have pointed out that Google already has the Android Operating System, and that in Microsoft's past experience, dueling OS products are problematic.
Meanwhile, Google has distanced its product from any comparisons with Microsoft, instead focusing on the benefits of a cloud-based computing platform that, in large part, does away with software updates and hardware configuration.
The development of a Web-based Operating System is another step in the direction of cloud-centric computing. Nearly ubiquitous Internet connectivity and Web-based applications have brought computing to a place where most electronic activities can be done from the Web.
Cloud computing makes it easy for users to retrieve documents or information from any machine connected to the Web, allows for easier file transfer and sharing, and is less cumbersome than traditional local-machine-based computing. Because Google has produced many Web-based applications, Google also stands to gain from users' increased dependence on cloud computing.
In SEO-specific news, Rebecca Kelley left SEOmoz in June to become 10e20's new director of social media. Scott Polk, former senior SEO analyst with Bruce Clay, Inc., joined Search & Social Media LLC as its director of operations.
Microsoft hired away three more former Yahoo executives, Kevin Timmons, Yongdong Wang and Knut Risvik, in June. Jeff Weiner, also previously of Yahoo fame, made news with his promotion from president to CEO of LinkedIn.
Microsoft formed an alliance with ad agency Publicis, which also partners with Google. Microsoft put Razorfish up for sale, and Publicis is among the potential buyers of the digital advertising agency.
AOL chose Kate Burns, previously head of the social network Bebo, to lead AOL's European Sales division. Google finally appointed a new head for its German operations, Lars Lehne, who comes to the position of Country Director Agencies in Germany with experience from GroupM and Maxus Communications.
According to StatCounter, Bing surpassed Yahoo for the second time on July 9, with 12.9 percent search engine market share compared to Yahoo's 10.15 for the same day. On a monthly basis, however, Hitwise figures show Yahoo still far ahead of Bing, Ask dropping, and Google actually gaining ground to over 74 percent search engine market share in the U.S.
MySpace announced it is cutting four offices and 300 jobs internationally, on top of reducing its U.S. staff by 30 percent. This restructuring may be primarily due to Facebook's rapid rise to become the top site people spend time on online.
Speaking of Facebook, the company has hired David Ebersman (formerly with biotech giant Genentech) as its new CFO, a move speculated to be in preparation for an IPO. And according to a MarketingSherpa report, Facebook has also joined the list of PPC providers attracting advertiser dollars.
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Heather Lutze
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Dana Lookadoo
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Search Engine Strategies San Jose comes to the West Coast August 10-14. To start conference week off in high gear, attendees can sign up to take Bruce Clay's one-day SEO Training class on August 10.
A slightly less conventional convention, Twiistup, will be in Los Angeles July 30-31. For northern California SEOs, new conference called Local Search Summit kicks off in San Francisco on July 17.
Affiliate Summit East comes to New York City August 9-11. Bloggers may want to attend the BlogHer Conference happening July 24-25 in Chicago. And the next Search Marketing Expo conference is SMX Sao Paulo, taking place in Brazil on August 4.
For the educationally minded, online search marketing courses are available from SEMPO Institute through their new summer session.
SEOToolSet Training courses are scheduled on both coasts. Next up:
European search marketers will want to check out the SEOToolSet Training coming up October 26-28 in Milan, Italy.
The Facebook and MySpace application Causes, which lets users donate money to various good causes, announced it has helped raise $10 million since its launch just over two years ago.
Google launched a volunteer activity search interface called All for Good which has an API, is open source and was developed using Google App Engine and Google Base.
The Google Apps suite of applications, which includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk, came out of beta after wearing the tag for more than five years in some cases.
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against three individuals who are allegedly responsible for click fraud on the MSN ad platform.
Google is now cracking down on AdWords advertisers who pedal scams or misrepresent an affiliation with Google. The AdWords click measurement system has been accredited by the Media Rating Council, certifying that Google's processes for counting interactive ad clicks meet industry guidelines.
Yahoo announced its plan to build one of the world's greenest, most energy-efficient data centers, fueled by hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls. The company has also launched a pilot of My Display Ads, a display ad builder and marketplace designed to give small- and mid-size businesses an affordable yet customizable display ad platform.
Bruce Clay discussed PageRank sculpting, SEO silo strategy and other search topics on the digital media podcast DishyMix.
Global marketing company Interpublic has forecasted that online search will be the only major advertising medium to expand its market this year.
A new product from Yahoo called Search Pad lets users track, make notes on, save and share their searches. Site owners can now augment their Yahoo search results with enhanced product pages and local news, events and info through SearchMonkey. Yahoo also announced that the search engine will accept five popular types of Google Base feeds: events, products, reviews, job listings and personals.
It appears that the Vince brand update has been rolled out in Google UK; however, the search results were flooded with non-UK Web sites.
Google has reserved 1 million phone numbers, leading to speculation that Google Voice may be nearing a public launch. A new Google Labs project called Flipper may be on its way, designed to display news in a more engaging way.
Google has invited Google News partners to share professional news videos on YouTube, giving approved news organizations an additional opportunity for ad revenue at no cost for video hosting. YouTube also released a number of updates, including Wonder Wheel, an improved advanced search, additional language support for the mobile app and more.
A real estate search feature has been added to Google Maps, returning real estate listings and information on a map. Google Maps have also been enhanced with the City Tours experiment available in Google Labs. Google Affiliate Network launched Product Ads in beta, a program that charges participants only when customers make a purchase.
A post on the Bing Community blog about linking with relative and absolute URLs suggests that absolute URLs may pass more link value: "The use of absolute links reinforces the use of your full URL and, like canonicalization, focuses the link juice to that URL."
Microsoft has announced that Outlook 2010 will once again include the Word rendering engine, a move that proved unpopular when Word was first used to power Outlook rendering in 2007.
The FTC has moved forward with the approval process for new guidelines that would require bloggers to disclose any perks or freebies they receive.
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14 month BARF Report on Sadie, female, age 11, weight 13 kg , 28.6 lbs (about a half kg or 1 lb overweight)
Sadie started her BARF diet early January 2011 at 33 lbs and quickly gained another 3 lbs. The weight came off by summer. Now all seems to be going well. The only problems are 1. tear-stains have returned, 2. straining during BMs*, 3. Her torn ligament from a year ago still has occasion to hurt, and adding crushed flax seed or psyllium has helped during bone feeding with her straining.
At least 1 hour before breakfast: 1 tablet of each - sieraSil tablet, Glucosamine/ Condroiten, MSM, and (¼ tablet Robaxin at breakfast & supper when I notice limping)
I feed Sadie the following, daily:
Breakfast: ⅓ meaty chicken back* (fat cut off but I leave the skin) +1tsp fresh crushed flax seed with ½ C water + 1 tsp Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar (*back usually has some meat still on)
and one of the following mixed into the warmed water-flax-cider mix
A- 45g (1.5 oz) low fat raw hamburger - or -
B- 1 X-large egg (whites lightly cooked until white in colour) yolk raw, old shells are dried and powdered for use)
Supper: 60-80g (2-2 ½ oz) any one of
A- Raw pink salmon 2 − 3 times a week (skin, flesh & bone)
B - Low fat raw animal meat, beef, pork, lamb, 1 − 2 times a week
C - organ meat (beef liver, chicken kidney, tripe, lung) 3-4 times a week (All hand held for her to do some chewing instead of gulping. All foods that she can just bolt down are fed this way.)
Night snack - small piece of beef heart (which she tears by pieces while hand held otherwise it is gulp and wheres my snack attitude.)
Bits and pieces of raw green vegetables when I am cooking. Occasionally a chicken neck (3-4 times a week) I have pounded and then hand hold to maker her chew it more.
I am fearful of beef or pork bones as I cant figure out which are the soft kind to feed her. She has one canine tooth in which the pulp is showing. I am hoping the dried egg shells and chicken backs are enough calcium for her.
I notice she is slowing down when she first gets up to move from a lying state and the torn ligament continues to be a problem if I am not vigilant with her meds. I try not to give Robaxin very often. Sadie is quite active when we walk or doing our rope chasing (fishin) exercise most days.
Am I doing anything out of order or are their suggested modifications to our routine.
PS My previous dog died at 14 yrs from a rare liver cancer. She was small like a Corgi but finer boned and may have had some Corgi in her. She always had to have her anal glands cleaned and she was on a low calorie diet from a top rated dried dog food company I got from the vet. Moh always seemed to be round without any stomach definition, but I dont think she was terribly fat. Had I known then what I know today, she wouldnt have suffered that horrid disease, I firmly believe. Sadie has a loose stomach, I can feel her organs, so I dont think she is overweight.
Sadies breed seems to live up to about 15 years of age though 11.3 is the standard. Time will tell if she is healthier on this diet and lives to twenty, my goal. I met a guy who put his dog on the BARF diet when it was 12 years old and it was past 21 a year ago. The dog lives (lived?) on a farm. It was a medium size dog, larger than Sadie. Corgis have an average span of 11.3 which means she could pop anytime now.
Just as Moh loved here exercise, Sadie loves her walks and rope chasing activity and can run after it for half an hour if I let her. I limit her heavier exercise periods to 20 or so minutes because of her ligament problem and her age. She also will just stop and bark at me and the rope, trying to gain energy to chase some more. But I then call it quits. Three years ago I couldnt tire her out. Except for really cold days she does her heavy rope chasing exercise once a day with one walk a day, about 5 blocks in total.
I also do a month episode, for times a year with each season of a Milk Thistle supplement to strengthen and cleans her liver. I believe the Milk Thistle is what kept Moh alive for over four months after her liver was discovered to be consumed with cancer.
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Keeping informed is the journey to good health and a healthy outlook, pbpatti, so I am on a life quest for knowledge. pets.ca has a lot of good ideas to offer. I have my favourite sites together and am determined to check them more regularly. Health, literary, politics, philosophy/spiritual, and general education about sums it up. Dogs hits about five out of five of these studies.
I think back on my life with dogs and my movement from commercial dry food, to homemade, to BARF and wonder how I could have thought I was right ever time. Yes, I provided what I thought was the best quality at the time but how do we really know? How do we really know our doctor or veterinarian is the best one around with the best knowledge and our best interests at heart. They probably are as well informed as they can be for the time, just as I was as well informed as I could be at the time I was thinking as I was. But commercial, dry as sand packaged meal, as animal fit? Now that takes a special disregard for the obvious.
The trick to clearer thinking is getting out of the box of the times, and thinking beyond assumed norms. Some actions and thoughts are just plain crazy for what they are. Anything that has to be advertised ad nauseam using bad spelling like frebreze, swiffer, and Charmin must be suspect. I've never ever seen lint on anyone's bum before and why a bear would want to use toilet paper is beyond thinking straight. And dirt talking and dreaming of being picked up by a mop, such foolishness needs to remain in the head of the nuts who think such things up. Obvious they do no pass the Sheldon test and were not tested for sanity by their mothers.
So, what one thinks is best on Monday may be seen as irrational by Wednesday. The realisation of an irrational thought is a wake up call to all reality: how ever could I have thought that business companies selling dried dog food had anything other than visions of dollars danced in their heads?
And so my journey continues. Is BARF, as it is generally presented, the best diet for my dog? And is it one, or is it two meals a day? How about BARF grazing, is that the ultimate dog diet? My dog doesn't take a step in any direction when at least one eye is not on the lookout for something edible. It is her relentless quest, no matter how full her stomach may be, no matter how soon after her last gorged at the dog bowl? Is a wolf in the wild ever satisfied or is it always sniffing the undergrowth for a choice piece of animal, god-knows-what, or vegetable left over? Sure sums up my Sadie.
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Canaries Hit Hard By Winnipeg, Split Series
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Winnipeg Goldeyes piled up eight runs in the first inning Thursday night and went on to beat the Sioux Falls Canaries 12-1 to split a four-game series at Sioux Falls Stadium.
The Canaries (8-13) fell back to 4 ½ games behind the first-place Goldeyes (12-8), and they won three contests in the seven-game homestand.
Canaries starter Jordan Whatcott (0-5) allowed back-to-back singles to begin the game, and that opened the door to a seven-hit, eight-run rally that brought 12 men to the plate. Casey Haerther started the scoring with a two-run single, and it was capped by Ryan Scoma's three-run double. Both Fehlandt Lentini and Scoma had two hits in the first inning. Lentini finished the game 3-for-5 with a home run and three runs scored. Scoma went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI. Haerther also homered in the game and had three RBI.
Matthew Rusch (4-1), last year's Pitcher of the Year, was very effective. He held the Canaries to one run on eight hits while walking two and striking out seven.
Austin Brough was a bright spot in relief for the Canaries, tossing five innings and allowing just one run and two hits.
Nick Van Stratten quietly had three hits and scored the only Canaries run. J.P. Ramirez singled him home in the first inning. Rookie Nate Baumann had two hits for the third straight game.
The Canaries begin a three-game series against the Gary SouthShore RailCats on Friday at the U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Ind.
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She was born April 29, 1951 in Lynwood, Calif., to Mary Jean and George Dunkley. She graduated from Owens Valley High School in Independence, Calif. She moved to Utah to attend school at Brigham Young University, where she earned a bachelor's degree. She then came to Moab to teach home economics and there met Joseph "K" Holyoak, who she married on July 11, 1974 in the Provo, Utah LDS temple.
Marion was active in the community through teaching high school and serving on the school board. She owned and operated a fabric store and spent nearly 15 years as a 4-H coordinator for the Utah State University Extension Agency in Grand County.
She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had a deep faith in her Savior Jesus Christ. Through the church she was able to influence and teach children and the young women.
Marion loved music, sewing, quilting, crafting, tole painting, gardening, serving others and spending time on the mountain. Most of all, she loved being with her husband, children and grandchildren.
Marion is survived by her five sisters: Susan Mills, Daryl Fahrnkopf, Lori Brown, LuAnn Johnson and Valerie Bergner. She is also survived by her husband, Joseph "K" Holyoak; five children, along with their spouses: Nathan and Tonya Holyoak, Stacy and Jeremy Mallory, Tori and Adam Scow, Megan and Andrew Alton and Lindsay and Carson Dalton; and eight grandchildren: Crystal, Kayla and Kendra Holyoak, Parker and Payton Mallory, Cheznie Scow, Alexander Alton, and Kynlee Dalton.
Funeral services were held Aug. 18 at the Moab LDS Stake Center. Interment was at the Grand Valley Cemetery.


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The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) has announced the availability of $4.5 million in federal grant money for economic and community development projects for local governments and non-profits in the states of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. In New York State, projects will be accepted from applicants in the following New York Counties: Cayuga, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego, St. Lawrence and Seneca.
The grant evaluation will be managed by the New York Department of State, with assistance from Local Development Districts. Such evaluation may also require the Department of State, as a State Infrastructure Agency under Article 6 of the Environmental Conservation Law (State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act), to determine whether an application for grant funding or approval of a public infrastructure project is consistent with the 10 Smart Growth Criteria outline in Article 6.
Projects are funded up to $250,000 per project. The maximum NBRC contribution for a project or activity to be carried out in these counties is 80%.
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Response Tools for Oil Spills
Here is a quick guide to many of the most commonly used tools and resources that NOAA OR&R offers for oil spill responders and planners. General emergency responders may also want to refer to the quick list of tools and resources for chemical spill response.
Software and Datasets
- ADIOS, oil weathering model.
- ERMA®, online mapping tool for environmental response data, adapted to a variety of regions.
- Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps and data, concise summaries of coastal resources that may be at risk in a spill incident.
- GNOME, oil spill trajectory model.
- GOODS, a tool that helps GNOME users access base maps, ocean currents, and winds.
- CAFE Database, a program to help responders in their assessment of environmental impacts from oil or chemical spills into an aquatic environment.
- NUCOS, a unit converter that includes units unique to oil spill response.
- Response System Planning Tools, tools to assess system performance of oil spill response methods, including mechanical recovery of oil, dispersant application, and in situ burning of oil.
- Trajectory Analysis Planner, oil spill contingency planning software.
Publications, Training, and Other Resources
- FOSC's Guide, describes the scientific products and services that NOAA can provide to FOSCs (Federal On-Scene Coordinators).
- Incident Command System (ICS) forms, available as an electronic database.
- Job Aids, field guides to assist with various response tasks.
- Publications, a list of our spill response reports, guides, and publications.
- Seafood Safety After an Oil Spill, background information and publications describing how to monitor seafood for exposure and contamination after an oil spill.
- Training, classes and self-study options for spill response professionals.
More Information about Oil Spill Response
Learn more about OR&R's tools and resources for oil spill response.
You can also find contact information for SSCs around the U.S., and a sampling of research publications written by OR&R scientists and other partners.


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Normal and Combination Skin
Pond's Clean Sweep Micro Dermabrasion Wet Cleansing Towelettes, $7.29 for 30 wipes This is a great idea: One side cleanses, one exfoliates, and you can also use it to remove waterproof makeup. Not a plus: It took some rubbing to remove eye makeup -- and rubbing the eye area is a no-no. Burt's Bees Radiance Day Creme with royal jelly, $17.99, 2 ounces It's a heavier cream, good for dryer skin, and our tester said it made her skin glow so that even her husband noticed. If only it had sunscreen, it would be her go-to day cream. Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture for Combination Skin, $10.79, 4 ounces Very light in texture, it felt good on the skin and didn't cause problems in the oily T-zone area. The downside: It has no sunscreen. Basis Cleaner Clean Face Wash, $5.99, 6 ounces This is a definite keeper. It cleans thoroughly, taking off makeup and stubborn mascara. It felt nice on the skin and smelled like a refreshing cucumber wash. A bonus: It's free of oils and soap. CVS Oil-free Eye Makeup Remover, $5.49, 4 ounces Another keeper: It removed all eyeliner and mascara in one clean sweep without leaving oily residue or stinging the eyes. Smelled appealingly of rose water. L'Oreal Eye Makeup Remover, $6.99, 4 ounces Light, not heavy like a cream, and it did remove all eye makeup, including mascara. A plus: The kelly-green color looks kind of cool.
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January 7, 2013 (EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.) --Police are looking for a former East St. Louis woman whose baby was found abandoned in St. Louis County.
The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports that 30-year-old Ebony Jackson left her Oklahoma home Wednesday morning to visit relatives in St. Louis and East St. Louis, Ill., but never returned.
Her 3-month-old son, Donovan Prom, was found in a St. Louis County apartment building on Friday.
Police say the infant was left in the apartment's hallway, strapped in his car seat with a full bottle of milk. He wasn't injured.
Family members fear foul play was involved in Jackson's disappearance, but they also don't know if she had medical issues.
Jackson was last seen in Oklahoma by her boyfriend, who's also the baby's father.


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The 8th and final round of the series saw our HPI Racing sponsored Subaru Impreza take a very impressive 2nd place finish! After battling it out in the qualifying rounds, drivers Kazuhiro Koizumi and Yasushi Kikuchi held their nerve for an overall 4th place finish in 2004 Super Taikyu Endurance Series Class 2 – well done guys! In the penultimate 7th round, the HPI Racing Impreza finished 4th during some tough rainy conditions. The Impreza demonstrated a strong performance and clocked up speeds higher than some of the rival cars in Class 1! Round six of this year's season, a 400km race, was held at the TI Circuit Aida in the Okayama region, from September 11 to 12. Driver qualifying took place on the Saturday morning and the rain from the previous few days had cleared up so all drivers in the all-wheel-drive class cleared their standard time! Grid qualifying was held in the afternoon and the HPI sponsored Impreza came in a decent 4th! 34,300 spectators gathered on Sunday morning awaiting the 1pm start of the 109 lap race. Although the Impreza dropped a few places down to 7th by the 20th lap, some good driving meant it climbed back up the rankings to an eventual 4th place class finish and 10 more points in the bag! Race five in this years season on August 8th, 2004 took our Impreza to the Hokkaido & Tokachi speedway for the Tokachi 24 hour race. It was a hot day with temperatures reaching 86° F around noon. The Impreza had a few problems during this run. The car did have to make a pit stop due to fuel defects. The car got a break in the night when two cars had to make long pit-ins. #20 needed to get its brakes replaced while #11 lost 4th gear and had to stop for a new transmission. The Impreza took 2nd place in its class and 9th overall. We're in the fourth race of the season and our team drivers are still doing a spectacular job. This race took place on June 27th, 2004 at the CP-MINE circuit, a 500km race in 155 laps. Once again, poor weather conditions caused the race track to become wet for a short period during the race, but cleared up before it was over. The HPI Racing Subaru finished 4th place in its class and an admirable 7th place overall! Race three of the season at the Suzuka 300 circuit has brought the HPI Racing Subaru closer to victory than ever, taking an incredible 5th place overall and 2nd place in class. The fastest lap for the Subaru Impreza STi was 3:32'48.348 on lap 80. The Suzuka track was quite overcast and foggy during the preliminary race but cleared up for the finals. The second race of the season was held on April 24th, 2004 at the Sendai Highland Raceway. The HPI Racing Subaru again placed 8th overall but took an amazing 3rd place in class! The Sendai Highland track was shortened from 100 laps to 80 laps due to an overnight accumulation of snow. Round 3 will take place on May 15th, 2004. Stay tuned! In the first race of the season on March 21, 2004 at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit, the HPI Racing Subaru grabbed an impressive 8th place overall finish out of a field of 34 cars and 5th place in class. We'll be tracking the car throughout the season here on the web page, so keep an eye on our news section for the latest results and photos. A replica R/C body and decal package are in the works, stay tuned!
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Clara's Perfect Location
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- What I Love About My Small Home:
- What I love most about my apartment is the location. I'm right in the heart of Back Bay on bustling Newbury Street. From here I can easily make my way to anywhere in Boston using Public transportation or by walking. I have lovely city views flanked by the Prudential building to my right and the Hancock building to my left. The Charles River with its beautiful Esplanade is a 5 minute walk away. And on Sunday mornings, when the streets are still quiet, before the shoppers and tourists come out to play, I can hear the church bells ringing in Copley square. Plus it's cozy!
- Biggest Challenge of Living in a Small Space:
- It was challenging to adjust to the lack of space going from a 2 bedroom apartment in suburbia to a city studio. The one closet is the smallest I've ever seen, so storage was a concern. But with some serious purging and reorganizing I found that you don't really need to have as much "stuff" around you as you think you do, so I only brought in some treasured items and functional pieces. I was fortunate that a new kitchen with amazing cabinets had been installed just prior to my moving in. I have a lot of kitchen items, but I also use them to store almost EVERYTHING else. Space over the cabinets also becomes useful. Furniture becomes multi-functional. A round table is not only for dining, but is also my desk and make-up area. The TV cabinet holds my TV/DVD's/DVD player as well as my printer and office supplies. The bookcases have closed cabinet sections which I use to keep off-season shoes and tons of other items. And let's not forget the miracle under-bed storage containers!


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Publisher: Berkley Jam Books
Author: Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta
Cover Artist: Dave Dorman
Cover Price: $5.99
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23 years after ANH; Episode 1 of the Young Jedi Knights series
Jacen and Jaina
When the Empire died, they were born—a new hope for a New Republic. The young twins of Han Solo and Princess Leia are now fourteen, and enrolled at Luke Skywalker's Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Together with friends both old and new, the future heroes of an already legendary saga begin their training.
While exploring the jungle outside the academy, the twins make a startling discovery—the remains of a TIE fighter that had crashed years ago during the battle against the first Death Star. Mechanical whiz Jaina thinks she can repair it...if they can sneak the right parts from the academy.
Meanwhile, their work is being closely watched -- but not by academy eyes. The original pilot, an Imperial trooper, has been living wild in the jungle since his ship went down. Waiting to return to duty. And now his chance has come...
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Edson Buddle has only been with the Rapids a few weeks. But as a MLS and U.S. national team veteran, he's known some of his new teammates for some time, including Marvell Wynne. That has made the transition to the Rapids that much easier, as evidenced by the fact that Marvell trusted Edson to give him a new haircut.
On the right is what Marvell looked like at the start of preseason camp. On the left, a few weeks in when he saved his head before the group went to Vegas.
Apparently, he wasn't done with his new look. Here's the image Edson tweeted on Thursday:
I just gave ummdub aka Marvel that fresh line-up. mikestylezhof what you think? #sharp #1stlineup #rapids… instagr.am/p/WBL9LNF4i9/— Edson Buddle (@EdsonBuddle) February 22, 2013


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Robert Marion Kerr Jr., 97
MAPLETON, Utah — Robert Marion Kerr Jr., stalwart, faithful servant, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at his home at the age of 97.
Born to Annie S. and Robert M. Kerr in Ora, Idaho, on April 7, 1914, he was the oldest of five children and is survived by his brother Douglas L. Kerr and his sister Coral Clifford. He was preceded in death by brothers Lyman S. and Joseph (Jay) Kerr. He was an exceptionally hard worker and excelled in school and everything he did. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Idaho in 1936 at age 22. He served as an assistant to the Attorney General for the State of Idaho, Bingham County prosecutor, and maintained an active legal practice for 66 years. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living continually licensed attorney in the state of Idaho. He held his law license for 73 years. He was a flight instructor in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Active in the Boy Scouts of America throughout his life, he served as president of the Tendoy Scout Council and received the Silver Beaver award. As a dedicated member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints his church service included over 20 years in the stake presidency as a counselor and stake president. He served as a counselor to two temple presidents in the Idaho Falls Temple. One of his greatest joys was performing temple weddings for his children and grandchildren. He married Aloha McMurray on April 1, 1942, in the Logan Temple. They had five children, Steven, Kristen K. Price (Steve), Gregory, Catherine Stringham (Clay) and Jacqueline Lofthouse (Val). Aloha passed away on Sept. 23, 1969. He married Ann Thueson on June 4, 1970. She had four children, Byron Thueson (Raylene), Deanne Uriona (John Pace), Kelley Thueson (Karen), and Michelle Rigby (Blake). Their marvelous, combined family enjoyed sweet companionship for over 40 years. They have a posterity of 54 grandchildren and 64 great-grandchildren, all of whom love and adore their patriarch fisherman. The family expresses thanks to their hospice caregivers and doctors who so lovingly assisted them this past month. In lieu of flowers donations may be given to the Perpetual Education Fund, the Missionary Fund, or the Humanitarian Fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-eay Saints or the charity of your choice. A viewing will be held on Sunday, May 1, from 6-7 p.m. at the Mapleton 1st Ward, 31 West Maple St., Mapleton, Utah.
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – A balanced performance, with five runners in the top 30, helped lead the MIT men's cross country team to victory at the Purple Valley Classic, hosted by Williams College, on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers, who are ranked fourth in New England in the latest USTFCCCA poll, finished with the same point total as Keene State, but earned the meet title based on the finish of their sixth-best harrier.
Paul Welle was the first through the chute for the Cardinal and Gray, finishing in 26:41 and in ninth place. Stephen Serene's time of 26:48 on the eight-kilometer course was good for 14th overall. Roy Wedge (26:52) was two places behind Serene.
Richard Prevost (27:08) outkicked a pair of Division I runners from Boston College to finish in 24th place. Dan Harper rounded out the scoring for the Cardinal and Gray with a 27th-place effort thanks to his time of 27:10.
After taking a week off, Tech will return to action in the NEICAAA Championship on Saturday, October 9. The Engineers will face off against the top teams in New England from across all three divisions in the meet, which will be run at Franklin Park, beginning at 12:00 p.m.


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A Rare Corporate Memo: The CEO Is Pregnant
What should workers expect when the CEO is expecting?
That's the uncommon question facing the more than 1,400 associates of WEX Inc., whose new chief executive, Melissa Smith, will announce in a company-wide memo Wednesday morning that she is due to welcome her first child in September.
(See the full note below.)
Smith, 45 years old, took the helm of the Maine-based corporate payment solutions firm in January. A 17-year veteran of the company, she was chosen to take over the top spot in May of last year.
"It's a very unusual place to be when you're talking to a board member about your pregnancy before you're talking to a lot of people in your family," she told the Journal.
With the announcement, Smith follows Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer in being in the rare position of serving as CEO of a publicly-traded company while pregnant. Like Mayer, Smith said she's planning to take a brief maternity leave and will likely stay involved during her absence. She didn't specify how many weeks or months she would take off, saying there was time to evaluate that as her due date draws nearer.
"I'm planning to work throughout the pregnancy," Smith said, and "I expect to continue to be involved while I'm out and take relatively short leave."
During her leave, the company's former chief executive and current executive chairman, Michael Dubyak, will pitch in with the executive leadership team.
Smith cautioned that her decision is not meant to signal that a brief time away is appropriate for other female executives or women at her own company. WEX offers parental leave through a combination of the Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave, and the company's short-term disability policy, which allows six to eight weeks of maternity leave paid at two-thirds of an employee's salary.
"I think how you do it is a very personal choice," she said. "How I actually conduct my maternity leave, how things happen [after], I think that is very personal to your own situation."
Smith said the company's board has been supportive and she's thrilled to be pregnant with her first child. After watching her mother raise three children and continue to work, though, it was never a question that Smith would keep pace up until her due date.
"I was raised under this kind of belief of why not? Why can't you do all of that?" she said.
In the meantime, friends who are in the loop on her big news have offered advice. For instance, one of her friends used to get dressed for work in the morning, put on a raincoat to feed her children, and then shed the coat and scoot out the door to the office.
For other executive-level women weighing whether to get pregnant, Smith again noted it's a personal choice. She recalled that her proudest moments in life – like being a 34-year-old chief financial officer when WEX went public – were also some of the most trying.
"They are some of the most rewarding situations that you'll ever have, but you're in this moment of discomfort for a while," she said. She expects a similar feeling as she navigates the balance between being an executive and a first-time mom. "Like most people, it will be a conflicted feeling."
Read the full memo:
To My Fellow WEX Associates:
I am thrilled to share some wonderful news. My husband and I are expecting a baby in September. I'm excited by the prospect of becoming a mother, and thankful for the support and encouragement I received from the executive leadership team and the Board of Directors when I shared the news with them.
I plan to work up to my due date, and I will be taking a limited amount of time off for maternity leave. The executive leadership team will be working closely with Mike Dubyak, our former CEO and current executive chairman, who has graciously offered to take a more active role in the business during my brief absence.
Last year, the announcement of my appointment to CEO of WEX was one of the proudest moments of my professional life, and it is a role that I am thoroughly committed to doing to the best of my ability. Every day, I feel proud to lead WEX and look forward to maintaining our focus on driving continued long-term success for the business. Thank you so very much for your continued support.
Melissa Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Ruminations on computational geometry, algorithms, theoretical computer science and life
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Godel Prize
The ACM site isn't updated yet (here's the press release), but Michael M informs us that Vadhan, Reingold and Wigderson just won the Godel prize,
most likely for their paper on the zig-zag graph product, which had a major role in and for Reingold's proof that SL = L. These were inspiration for Dinur's combinatorial PCP theorem.
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Castiella has been abused ever since her mother and...
Half a Heart
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|2013-02-16, 16:10
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Fifth-grade boys' plot to kill a classmate thwarted
|2013-02-16, 16:14
|Link #26582
Not Enough Sleep
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Location: R'lyeh
Age: 42
might be a good time to put together a disaster pack
|2013-02-16, 22:48
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
|2013-02-16, 22:57
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Le fou, c'est moi
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Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
Either way I'm a little more worried about the Washington state law thing. I get the intent of such statutes; most of the cases go the other way -- children and teenagers cruelly put in harmful environments when they're just first-time offenders of minor crimes, ending up worse than they started -- but what about these kinds of exceptions? What to do when you have little Hitler caught and changing the law just for him will get thousands into trouble?
|2013-02-17, 06:09
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Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
At Bolshoi, show goes on, month after acid horror
|2013-02-17, 07:08
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Knight Errant
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Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Of course, there are some kids that don't have the seeds that flower into a full sense of morality past puberty.
|2013-02-17, 22:09
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|2013-02-18, 00:00
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books-eater youkai
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Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
White House drafts backup immigration plan, Republicans balk
Youth turning their backs on "Singapore Dream"
|2013-02-18, 00:24
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|2013-02-18, 01:38
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US electronics engineer Shane Todd was found hanging in his Singapore apartment
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|2013-02-18, 05:09
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Age: 30
Someone from the ISD whacked him? Or the CIA/Chinese intelligence?
That "military application" thing is suspicious. Either Shane was undercover for the CIA to take evidence of the GaN or any military involvement between China and Singapore, or he was silenced because they don't want him to bring this sensitive knowledge back to the US intelligence agencies.
I have always been suspicious at those China PRs serving in our military in certain posts, especially officers. The running joke amongst locals is that we try to memorise their faces and names so we know who to shoot first when SHTF.
EDIT : After more readings on GaN research, I have come to believe that many powers already have some prototype application of the substance in military gear. The research papers should have been very basic and be of little or no use to either China and US, which already has enough data to analyse on their plate. And given how the SPF had made rollover statements alongside IME, plus that the hard disk has been accessed the day before his parents visited, I hazard guess that such an operation is local because with siginificantly larger agency experiences, neither China nor US could have done such a slipshod work. Even special operators have been trained to do IMMEDIATE site exploitation upon completion of an operation, but the hard drive and data seem to have been taken the day before his parents visited.
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|2013-02-18, 06:34
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If it's indeed SG's dark side that made the hit...well it was crappy indeed. And SG stands to gain nothing by killing an American
|2013-02-18, 06:56
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Age: 30
The operation, from what I have read at FT, looks seriously slipshod. A hit-and-run using a J-plate, or a alley-smackdown at Shanghai Dolly could have been much easier since both can be much easily written off as a diss-attack. But I am guessing that they needed whatever is on his laptop, and they forgot the hard disk.
Secondly, it must have been done by 2 people, probably friends or colleagues. I am suspecting that his girlfriend is probably involved and someone strangled him from behind - one way to tell is to see the markings of the rope on his neck. At 2.1m and 90kg, he is pretty big sized and a tough takedown, so if he hung himself the rope markings on the side of his neck should be pointing upwards instead of downwards, and the markings should encompass only the front half of the neck with slight bruises. But with bruises on his arms, he probably fought someone which is around his size.
Thirdly, the suicide method is too complex. He could have easily ingested an entire box of panadol or antidepressants and down half a bottle of cough syrup, and he should die of a heart failure in around 24 hours, but having to drill holes to hang himself? It is not subtle enough although tracks are covered, and with that hard disk, the methodology of site exploitation is a whole crapload worse than what was trained to soldiers in the SAF.
The SPF probably had a gag order from the ISD, and this run is done by amateurs, not by real professionals who practiced dozens of time around the world. I suspect our own government had a hand but seriously, there isn't enough proof to lift the carpet and look at the cinderblock.
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The suicide setup is seriously a dead give away...no one would do that unless he wanted to raise attention or is really naive.
That's why I said business related...the killers were amateurs in the pay of a corporation. That's quite probable. Just that the corporation is the chinese or local equivalent of a big Zaibatsu oligarch
|2013-02-18, 08:42
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Feeling comfy
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Location: Singapore
Age: 43
The anger is justified, and there's no getting away from it. I share Bertha Henson's cynical disappointment in finding the story of the Hong Lim protest buried in page four of the Sunday edition of The Straits Times, instead of being reported on the front page, where it should have belonged. Instead, we had a lame story about Girl Guides by the Bay on the cover.
Be that as it may, my deeper concern is that amid the outburst, Singaporeans are losing sight of our real problems. I strongly agree that immigration cannot be the solution to our long-term demographic and economic problems but, at the same time, I am very leery of suggestions that economic growth is not important for Singapore.
People who claim that have very little idea of just what it means to allow the economy to shrink — we will go down a slippery slope of decline that will be very difficult to recover from, if Japan's example is anything to go by.
A top-heavy economy like Singapore's, limited by a very tiny resource base, has to keep spinning in order to stay upright. We have ceased to be cost-competitive since the late 1990s, and can therefore compete only on the basis of prospects. Once we lose the prospect of growth, corporations will flee, and businesses will start failing. We'd be staring structural recession in the eye if we allow the spinning top to topple.
In short, we cannot afford to be cavalier about economic growth. The question isn't whether we should forgo growth to get the good things in life. It's the other way round: how good can we make our country without forsaking economic growth altogether.
And the hard truth is no one has a politically and economically sound solution to this problem in the short term. Sure, we need to achieve growth through productivity gains. That's easy to say, but how do we actually achieve that at a time when Singaporeans, especially the bottom 20 per cent income earners, simply want more pay? The two objectives are at odds with one another. What opposition speakers haven't dwelt on is the price of the economic restructuring they are clamouring for — we can try to force businesses to upgrade into capital-intensive production, but as the experience of the United States shows, that will lead to a wrenching period of structural unemployment for a generation of low-skilled Singaporean workers made redundant.
Are we prepared to pay that short- to medium-term price? For someone like me, with savings and transferable skills to bank on, I could easily say, sure, let's go ahead. Meanwhile, for the people at the bottom, I'd be effectively saying, "Too bad dudes, shape up or ship out."
In principle, it isn't a bad thing to allow for more creative destruction in our economy. In fact, I would wholly recommend it, especially in my industry, which is far too coddled by a cosy Government-mandated duopoly. What I think many opposition supporters haven't fully considered is the social price we will have to pay in the process. There is no free lunch, and every decision will come with a cost. The grave mistake is in thinking there is a pain-free alternative to the Government's plans, however flawed they may be.
Basically, we're caught between a rock and a hard place. We're damned if we do, damned if we don't.
As for the insinuations of police incompetence, given recent developments, it's sad that I can't dismiss it outright either.
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|2013-02-18, 08:58
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They are using the wrong policy for economic growth
I don't see any real capital gains like new production centers and shit or a larger percentage of the population getting into the unis or increased wages or a more diverse scientific field apart from the traditional petrochemical and electronics.
Everything these days is focused on finance and services...where's the real capital in that. Also, the thing about a large percentage of the immigrants being domestic helpers and construction workers reveals just how reliant the people here are on needing to be served as well as the terrible state of the construction sector in general. A plant (as in the earthmoving equipment) operator elsewhere earns loads more than a builder operating a plant here...=.=
|2013-02-18, 09:08
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
The problem is about the "transferable skills" part. Our education system is too oriented towards specialisation, meaning which the lower end of YOUR generation, who are not as good in academics, will be literally phased like a plasma ball hitting a rabbit. Mine is still okay, but with the excessive competition, wage depression, rising costs of living, and age catching up, they can't simply do that courier/warehouse work they have done for the past 20 years since dropping out of school.
I currently hold 2 jobs, and I have to save up to finish my university because the bank refuses to lend. My superiors are foreigners sending money out of the country and looking for some reason related to "productivity" to cut our wages when it is just gross mismanagement and lack of creative strategies during the downward movement of a business cycle. And with the lack of SMEs to buy, they just dug themselves a hole by entering a market called Singapore.
Time is running out with all those cinderblocks being swept under the carpet. We risk either a contraction or a civil war - I support a civil war so at least I can vent my discontent by shooting at random people. *sarcastic*
My friend was robbed outside a disco once and that bugger was one hell of a runner, we gave chase but lost him, and the police took half-an-hour to arrive. All they do is record a statement then replied with a "Sorry but we have to close this case" in less than a week.
Coupled with the lack of riot police at the recent protest (I estimated only one platoon of PTT riot police on standby based on pictures a friend took), I think we can say that the SPF, has in fact, become an old tiger. Looks fierce, experienced fighter, but not as mean as before.
As for the construction sector, it has always been a big problem because nobody in the equation wants to lose money building homes. The government, technically, lost billions they never got back since constructing the first flats at Queenstown post Bukit Ho Swee. If the HDB is a private organisation, it would be as deep in debt as Bear Stearns.
They need to wise up and tell themselves that they can never get that money back, and move on.
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WICHITA - A Wichita maintenance technician has been sent to federal prison for stealing equipment from two Wichita companies where he worked.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for Kansas says 45-year-old Mark A. Lankford was sentenced Monday to 16 months. He pleaded guilty in December to two counts of wire fraud after stealing equipment from Spirit Aerosystems and Fiber Glass Systems. Prosecutors say he made more than $150,000 selling the stolen equipment.
Lankford worked for Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita from October 2010 to September 2011. Prosecutors say he stole computer parts and other items from Spirit worth about $466,000. He's also stole about $41,000 worth of equipment from Fiber Glass Systems between March 2008 and October 2010.
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H.R.624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act113th Congress (2013-2014)
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|Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] (Introduced 02/13/2013)
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- 1. H.Amdt.46 — 113th Congress (2013-2014) Description: Amendment adds the Inspector General (IG) of DHS to the omnibus IG reporting requirement; adds the DHS IG to the rest of the group responsible for submitting an annual report to Congress and adds the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs to the list of recipients of the report. Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9] (Offered 04/18/2013) Latest Action: 04/18/13 On agreeing to the Sinema amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 411 - 0 (Roll no. 113). (All Actions)


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Showcase December 2015: The 2015 first annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous, Boulder CO, July 13-17
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The 2015 first annual Earth Educators' Rendezvous, Boulder CO, July 13-17
Thomas F. Shipley
Temple University
The Earth Educators' Rendezvous brought together researchers and practitioners working in all aspects of undergraduate Earth education. Faculty who were interested in improving their teaching about the Earth, a few administrators from geoscience departments, and education researchers joined the Rendezvous for 2 or 3 days or stayed the whole week.
The Rendezvous program was designed to foster conversations to allow the community to address the interrelated challenges faced by undergraduate Earth Education. Six themes were identified:
- ♦ developing students' higher order geoscientific skills, from data analysis to critical thinking to effective communication
- ♦ increasing the number and diversity of students who learn about Earth
- ♦ collaborating with colleagues across the disciplines to situate learning about Earth in a societal context
- ♦ supporting current and future teachers in successfully implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
- ♦ preparing competitive graduates who move easily into and within the broad and changing geoscience workforce
- ♦ pursuing education research that supports our ability to address these challenges
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The Earth Rendezvous program consisted of workshops, contributed talks and posters, plenary sessions, and working groups. Of note to Showcase readers, one morning workshop focused on developing a programmatic approach to geosciences education research. Here the value of developing deep collaborations between earth sciences instructors, education researchers and cognitive scientist was clear. Studying the complex spatial thinking problems that confront geosciences students has much to offer the cognitive scientist interested in the mind's spatial reasoning potential. The cognitive scientist, who is skilled in application of learning theory, assessment, and testing has much to contribute to the goal of transforming science education. SILC's Tim Shipley ran a workshop on statistical methods. The workshop discussion focused on basic statistical concepts, tests, and types of errors, as well as failure of replicate. He noted that all of the attendees had data they desired to analyze or a new instructional idea they were excited to test.
A highlight of the conference were the plenary talks which were started off by SILC's PI, Nora Newcombe, who spoke on Evidence-based teaching in the earth sciences. The talk reviewed the current understanding of cognitive science of learning and was well received by a large crowd. The other plenaries, on diversifying science by John Matsui, teaching controversial issues with a panel of fracking experts, and systems science by Daniel Wildcat, were all excellent talks and well attended. The rendezvous crowd was interested to hear about education research, and for those thinking of getting involved, note this from the town hall at the end of the rendezvous: "the Rendezvous [is a] great place for people new to geoscience education research to present and learn."
If your interest is piqued, here's a link to next year's program: http://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2016/program.html (of particular note is the workshop on Spatial Reasoning in the Geosciences to be led by Eric Riggs and SILC's Carol Ormand).
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From racism against the Irish, blacks and South Americans, and misogyny, the graffiti found scrawled in the construction workers toilets at One World Trade Center has shocked New York City.
One piece of graffiti demands that Irish people 'take a bath ya smelly f****.'
The most shocking is "None Whites Only" and "Whites Only" written on urinals and the constant use of the "N word."
One misspelled remark reads "Lame n**** be queit [sic]."
Another reads, "Woman [sic] don't belong in construction! Maybe painting, that's it…Then who's gonna **** us?"
An insider told New York Daily News that the graffiti on the 104-story tower is believed to be the handiwork of the construction workers
Read more: World Trade Center graffiti reflects both Irish and American nationals - PHOTOS
"Most of it's racial," said the insider.
"Most of it - I mean, there's a lot of stuff with the N-word. But pretty much every race is covered: Spanish people, Irish people, Jewish people, women."
They said the "N-word" "is written all over the place, to be honest with you. That's a big deal. It's there."
They estimated that 99 percent of the writing on the wall is negative remarks.
Saddened by the writing on the wall, the insider said, "We're all supposed to be there as one, the whole 9/11 thing," adding that the graffiti takes away from the sense of pride they have in working on this symbol of freedom in New York City.
Dermott Barber, charged with cleaning up the graffiti, told CBS Local these types of messages are common on construction sites.
"This is construction, I've seen this on many jobs that I go to. I've seen comments about black people, the N-word," Barber said. "We spray paint it, spray paint right over it and clean it up as best as we can."
Last week IrishCentral spoke to construction workers about the graffiti on the site.
For their part they only reported their own scribbling on the site including patriotic notes like "Up Kerry" and "Come on the Kingdom" but it would appear that not all the graffiti on site is quite so positive.
The $3.8 billion, 1,368 feet tall tower is part of the effort to memorize and rebuild the WTC after the 2001 Al-Qaeda attack.
In June 2012 President Barack Obama visited the site. He added to the graffiti writing, "We remember. We rebuild. We come back stronger!" on a steel beam.


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Michael Reagan, son of the late former President Ronald Reagan, has spoken out in a recent op-ed for the Ironton Tribune that it is time for religious leaders and institutions to fight back in the gay-marriage debate.
"You can't win the fight if you don't put on the gloves," writes Reagan as his opener for the charged opinion piece.
Reagan points out Fox TV and Rush Limbaugh as the media sources that are "arguing the conservative — and moral — position that sanctifying gay marriage with the grace of the U.S. Constitution is not only wrong but a serious threat to the culture of this country."
"I don't expect the GOP to provide any leadership," writes Reagan. "Republicans are too busy cat-fighting with each other and making sure their presidential choice will be whooped by Hillary Clinton in 2016."
However, Reagan questions where heads of religion within the US are.
"And where in the heck are the churches on the issue of legalizing gay marriage? Where are the Protestants, Jews and Catholics? Have they lost their tongues? Their hearts and wills? Their institutional you-know-whats?"
"Are our churches and their comfortable leaders simply no longer willing to fight for what is right?"
"Churches should be in the vanguard of the fight to defend the culture against legalized gay marriage, not hiding in their pews."
Reagan then discusses California's controversial Proposition 8, which is currently being debated in the Supreme Court. The Proposition, which was voted upon by California residents, put a ban on same-sex unions in the state.
"This fight over Proposition 8 isn't just about saying it should be legal in the eyes of government for two people of the same sex to get married in California. It's ultimately about changing the culture of the entire country; it inevitably will lead to teaching our public school kids that gay marriage is a perfectly fine alternative and no different than traditional marriage."
Reagan then goes on to say that if Prop 8 is overturned, "There is also a very slippery slope leading to other alternative relationships and the unconstitutionality of any law based on morality. Think about polygamy, bestiality, and perhaps even murder."
In closing, Reagan writes "Meanwhile, as the High Court decides our fate, it's time for the churches to get engaged and start fighting for America, instead of wimping out. If it takes them giving up their 501(c)(3) status to start fighting for righteousness, then I'm all for it."


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In the 2016-17 school year, 13,600 students who use a home language other than English attend Seattle Public Schools. With more than 54,000 students, that is approximately 25 percent of all students and their families.
Recently the English Language Learners (ELL) department introduced an upcoming policy to affirm rights to translation and interpretation. Though this action is mandated by state and federal law, our district has many supports in place, and seeks to put a policy in place to continue the great work already happening across our schools and central office.
Over the summer, we redesigned district and school websites. The new layout features links to crucial information for our families that has been translated by our team in to the six top languages. Additionally, each page on the district website can be translated into home language. You find links to the translated pages on our Translation and Interpretation webpage.
Critical Communications and Forms
Vital documents, such as time sensitive districtwide key communications, are translated into the top four languages at minimum, and sent directly to families in the language they self select.
School-based Staff
Many schools have staff to provide translations on site for school related communications and special requests such as flyers for school-based events or family engagement meetings.
District Central Office Staff
Our ELL team, which is organized within the Office of Student Supports, has been working to share information. We train staff on all the resources available and provide best practices for reaching all of our families. Please visit our webpage for more information about the services and work of the ELL department.
Read the full School Board action report


text: Rising junior WR DJ Neal of Stone Mountain, GA committed to USC Thursday evening following his spring game. Neal becomes the Gamecocks' first commitment for the 2015 class. Neal had been planning to commit to the Gamecocks ever since he received an offer from them earlier this month. Neal has visited USC in the past and will visit again Saturday. "I felt like I fit in around their program," Neal said. "The depth chart is what really pulled me towards South Carolina. I think I'll be able to make big plays for them." Last season Neal caught 91 passes for nearly 1000 yards. Neal said he might visit some other schools over the next several months but his mind is set on the Gamecocks. "It's going to be pretty hard to pull me away unless something happens with the depth chart," Neal said. "That's the only thing that might change my mind." Neal said Clemson and Tennessee were the other schools high up on his list. He also has offers from Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Michigan State, Cincinnati and Connecticut.


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