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Tahira Hira, an ISU professor of personal finance and consumer economics, assesses what impact the new Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act will have on credit card consumers. Hira is a member of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy.
Cyclers try battery-assisted bikes
A hundred ISU faculty and staff recently tested electric-assisted bikes loaned to the university by X-Treme Scooters. The Newton firm offered the bikes to support the university's Live Green initiative and asked that employees ride the bikes to work. Batteries on the bikes give cyclers the option of peddling assistance.
Iowa State's Mini Baja Team engineers a lighter, simpler off-road racer
Iowa State's Mini Baja Team is working to improve on last year's 16th-place finish in a contest sponsored by SAE, the Society of Automotive Engineers. Team members think a lighter, simpler off-road racer could help the team move into the top 10. The contest features student-designed and student-built race cars from across the country and around the world.
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ISU researcher identifies genetic pathway responsible for much of plant growth
Iowa State University resarchers have discovered a previously unknown pathway in plant cells that regulates plant growth.
Iowa State economists assess recession's impact on wages, immigrant workers
Two Iowa State economists have been studying what the country's economic downturn has meant to workers. University Professor of Economics Peter Orazem assesses how the recession has affected employee wages, while Dave Swenson, an associate scientist in economics, assesses its impact on immigrant, low-wage workers.
Campaign Iowa State surpasses previous two Iowa State University fundraising campaigns
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Sivils named the second Geoffroy Faculty Fellow at Iowa State
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Cyclone Power Pullers build four-engine "Wild CYde" for tractor competition
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Playing video games can make you a better person
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Economist: recession rebound starts next month
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Confidence gauge spikes on outlook, fueling stock gains
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Hi! I'm a reading specialist in a low-income school. I have used ebooks in the past and the children loved them. Like others, I am also looking for apps and onlinen programs to enhance my instruction.My next comment may sound crazy. I work in a low-income school and our technology resources are limited. Most of the children with whom I work do not have computers at home. Sometimes I fear using ebooks because I'm afraid once they've had a taste for that they won't want anything else. I don't want to turn them away from printed text. Is this crazy?
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Julie M. Wood, a former public school teacher and reading specialist, is a nationally recognized educational consultant with a special interest in digital learning tools. Join Julie in 2012 as she shares best practices in using educational technology and media in the classroom and at home.
Greetings Friends and Colleagues,
Please allow me to introduce myself as a new blogger on one of my favorite websites, Reading Rockets.
I'm a former elementary school teacher, reading specialist, editor of children's books, faculty member of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and contributor to digital projects for young children. That's a lot of careers, but when you figure that I've been an educator for several decades (let's just say that bellbottoms and love beads were part of my early teaching wardrobe and warm sweaters, since I taught in New Hampshire), it makes more sense.
I love anything that has to do with teaching and learning, especially when it comes to struggling readers and writers. I truly believe that all children can learn and it's up to us to do whatever we can to help them succeed.
Through this blog I hope to reach out to you as teachers and parents of young children. We can think through some of the biggest questions "out there" in the digital age, given that we have no official guidebook or roadmap. The world as we known it is changing too rapidly for the research to keep up with the trends and innovations! How much screen time is okay? Which apps have the most educational value? Is the time children spend reading a book that glows in the dark any less valuable than the time they would spend reading traditional books with you? And if it's not quite as beneficial, is it okay for children to read e-books once in a while when you're really, really busy?
Let's put our heads together and come up with a few guideposts for the educating children who some refer to as Generation Z (or Gen Z), meaning children born between 1995 and the present. (Believe it or not Gen Z is 46 million strong!) I've been thinking about this subject quite a bit lately for the book I'm coauthoring with Nicole Ponsford, an award-winning teacher in the U.K., called "TechnoTeaching: The Ultimate Guide to Taking Control of the Global Classroom." But more on that later.
For now, we'll tell of our experiences and give our own thumbs ups and thumbs down about digital tools as well as more traditional ways to get children excited about reading and writing.
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E-Books are great! I-Books, meaning those that are "i" for interactive, can be even better, especially if the activities deepen the plot or mood of the story. Often children can opt to have the books read aloud to them, with the text highlighted as they go. And while children can experience digital books on their own, a shared reading is so much richer. A shared reading allows you to ask "What do you think will happen next?" "What kind of a bear is a persnickety bear?" "Did anything like that ever happen to you?" Questions like these help children understand and interpret what they read, as well as give them extra practice with language. They also make reading even more fun.
What experiences have you had with children and digital books? Write back and tell us what you think!
I'm a mom and a 4th grade reading teacher. There are several apps my kids love. Millie books are popular with my 1st grader, 3 Little Pigs by nosy crow is great for my 3 year old, they also love Sock Puppets where you can create your own puppet show, and I second the vote for the Grover books. I'm sure I'll remember more later:) Thanks for this great column.
I provide E-books for children through Tumble Books, a subscription database at the public library where I work. They can be accessed with the patron's library card on their home computer. Children love them. They can be used in many ways, as Ms. Wood described. All formats of books allow a positive experience for children. It is important to read to children and allow children time to read.__Hi Jacqulyn,Great to learn from your experiences with e-books—Tumble Books in particular. Other readers may want to check with their libraries to see if they can access these books for their children and/or students. Lots more to come on the subject of e-readers as we all figure out this new world we live in. Keep chiming in. - Julie
I am a mom with a second grader just diagnosed with a reading disability. I'm anxious to hear of resources that we can use at home to augment what is learned at school. We are tech savvy and extremely motivated - please consider having a short list of resources as a link from your blog! I'm sure other parents would really value having a list of different sites and services to try out. Hopefully one of them will stick with our son and help him bridge the gap and learn to read.__Hi Kristin,Thank you so much for telling us about your second grade son. Given your enthusiasm—and his—you are well on your way to pioneering some new digital products to support your son's literacy development. Stay tuned. I plan to write a blog that will address the questions you raise. That said, there is no silver bullet. Sharing high-quality literature with your son (in any format), developing his vocabulary, and passion for reading and writing is the way to go. But new tools can help. Let's continue the conversation! - Julie
I am disturbed by the dichotomy that is being created when we talk about e-books and i-books vs. print books. I think this is dangerous as it says that one is better or more educational than the other. I don't see it that way. Reading a print book and reading digitally still involves comprehension and all of us need to understand what changes when we read online vs reading a print book, if anything. My point is that there is nothing inherently wrong with digital books or inherently great about print books. I think we need both and it is up to the reader to determine which he prefers and why. We would be better off teaching this to our students than bashing one or the other. Regards,Elisa__Right on, Elisa. What you say makes perfect sense. Comprehension is the absolute main goal of literacy instruction. Children need to be able to understand and interpret what they read, regardless of the medium. Here's to the end of bashing either print or digital books! - Julie
In my district we use Scholastic's Bookflix and Trueflix which offer ebooks. We have been using these two programs for the last 4 years and what a great way to engage students in ebooks. We use them to differentiate our instruction by using them with student's one on one, small groups or in large group instruction on a SMARTboard. I am so excited about this blog!__Hi Terri,We're excited to have you join us. I just looked up Bookflix and Trueflix. They sound like a terrific combination of fictional video storybooks with related nonfiction e-Books—47 titles in all organized into 8 categories. I'll bet kids really enjoy this approach. Thanks for telling us about them and how you use them for different teaching contexts (individual, whole-class, etc.). What other digital resources do you use? - Julie
For children with language processing differences like dyslexia there are some terrific digital tools, both for direct intervention and assistive technologies for accommodations. I invite you to view our previously recorded live broadcast by Learning Ally http://www.lexercise.com/2012/04/live-broadcast-31-learning-ally-the-rol... and join our up-coming broadcast on 5-31-12 by GingerSoftware http://www.lexercise.com/2012/03/live-broadcast-32-gingersoftware-assist... Also check out www.Lexercise.com for direct, online(teletherapy) services http://www.lexercise.com/dyslexia-services/ and clinician-customized review & reinforcement online games http://www.lexercise.com/dyslexia-services/try/ See the publicly available Forums articles http://support.lexercise.com/forums for articles and references concerning best practices.__Hi Sandra,How great of you to share with the group all these helpful resources for children with language processing difficulties. They look really interesting. Nice to see that you've included some links to games as well. Thanks for making us all a little smarter today! - Julie
I am so eager to read your blog! I am a new reading specialist this year. I am searching for ways to incorporate technology. I just purchased an iPad to familiarize myself for implementation with my small groups and literacy instruction. So overwhelmed with searching for apps in the store. I have been searching and heard of a couple. Interested in hearing how others/to incorporate iPad technology into literacy instruction/small group intervention. __Dear Fins,Always great to meet a fellow-reading specialist. How old are the children you're teaching? Here are a few literacy-oriented apps that I just learned about at a presentation at a conference. They're all intriguing (not free, though, unfortunately).• Monster at the end of this book (Sesame)• When I grow up• Meanwhile (Graphic novel--choose your own adventure)• MorrisCome back and tell us what apps you've found to be the most beneficial for your students re: literacy development. Thanks, Julie
Awesome. This is in deed a conversation in which I like to participate. I have been both a reading specialist and a tteacher of studets with special needs for more years than I want to admit. I enjoy working with struggling readers, but I have never tried the e-book resource. I hope to learn from others as they blog this topic.__Hi Beverly,So glad you've joined the conversation. Have you had success using any particular technology tools with your young readers and/or struggling readers? Any aspect of digital media that you feel ready to try? Others in this group may be able to lend some guidance. Tell us more about your media-related goals for the end of the school year. - Julie
This is awesome. Teaching ought to be interactive and I think blogging has the education capacity to do that. My students with special needs, I mean those with low vision and blindness will not only love it but benefit substantially from it. I will therefore polish my technological skills and join colleagues in the discussions and contributions. Thank you!!!__Hi Daniel,Thanks for writing to us from Ball State. Yes, teaching should be interactive, shouldn't it? So often teachers feel isolated in their classrooms. I like your spirit. As you research adaptive technologies for your students with special needs, how about sharing your most interesting findings with us. We'll be all ears! Also, let me recommend the Center for Applied Special Technologies website (www.cast.org) as a great jumping off point for your research. - Julie
I am so excited to have this resource. I have also used Reading A-Z and found it very useful with many grade levels. I am learning more about the newest Kurzweil program and will keep the group informed as I learn. I am looking for writing resources for 1st and 2nd graders with dysgraphia. Notability is an application that can be used by older students to take notes in lectures and simultaneously record the audio elements. Sound Literacy is a great application for phonemic awareness and sound symbol correspondences. __Hi Sasha,Another vote for A-Z! And Kurzweil! And I completely agree with you about giving children lots of auditory experiences to help them develop phonemic awareness and sound symbol correspondences. What have you learned about using these teaching tools with children in various age groups? We want to know! Thanks. - Julie
I have found ebooks to be very useful in reinforcing letter sounds and helping to build confidence in my two children. However, my daughter seem to be able to navigate better and has learnt much more with this technology than my son, who prefers the interaction with a real person.__Hi Anrea,Thanks for writing in about your children's experiences. I think an idea that your post underscores very nicely is that we must always think about different kids and their preferred style of learning. Your daughter is ready to read on her own, while your son still wants to have a shared reading experience. Terrific. As parents and teachers we need to make sure that we're offering kids many ways to access text and interact with them while they read. Do your children also read print books? Thanks. - Julie
If you have access to an ipad in the classroom, the ebooks from Reading A-Z are wonderful. They have one free book on each guided reading level which I use to get a quick read on my kiddos' reading levels at the beginning of the year. They also have packs of each level that can be purchased. Just search 'readinga-z' in the search box of the app store to find them. I like them because they have nice color pictures, a way to touch key vocabulary words for definitions, and comprehension questions at the end. There is not an option to have the stories read to you. In addition, the Smithsonian has four of it's lovely OM books on sale right now for 99 cents. They are gorgeous and have the option to be read to. I bought the polar bear book and the penguin book today.__Hi Judi,Your Reading A-Z experience sound terrific. I will definitely check out this product for my e-book blog (see above, message to Kathy). What would you say is the most important thing you've learned as a teacher (grade level?) that would help others get started? And what is an OM book? Thanks! And let us know! - Julie
Just this year I began publishing student-authored eBooks. We've had third, fourth and fifth graders publish a variety of fiction and non-fiction. I love the way eBooks can be downloaded by parents and community members, and once you've worked out a few technical kinks, it's quite easy. Students love reading their books on iPads and smartphones, and their illustrations look great! Third graders collaborated on a book of idioms; for example "It's raining cats and dogs" shows a colorful image of dogs and cats 'raining' from a cloud. Fourth graders wrote a 'textbook' called 'A Visitor's Guide to the Solar System.' They researched in teams and wrote about the planets. Another fourth grade class created a collection of poetry they call "Random." I encourage everyone to publish their student's work as ePub documents.Janie Hobson-DupontNantucket Elementary School, Nantucket, MA__Hi Janie, my neighbor in Massachusetts,Your student-authored e-book project sounds fantastic. Can you tell us more about how to publish students' work as ePub documents? Also, do you have a school website that features your students' projects. We'd love to see them. Thanks. - Julie
As a teacher in a virtual environment, I used a site called Storybird.com with my first and second graders. They found it exciting and fun to write stories that they shared with the class. The artwork on the site gave them ideas for creating their stories. __Hi Carol,"Storybird" sounds very cool and worthwhile. Can you tell us more about it (cost, age range) and what you've learned about integrating this tool into your writing program for young children? We'd love to know more! Thanks, Julie
Could you give some resource for ebooks? Where will you find them? What are good sites?__Hi Kathy,What I've learned from all of you who've posted comments is that you want to learn more about e-books, what makes a good e-book, where to find them, and so on. So, rather than speaking off the top of my head, let me do more research and then write a blog about e-books. Any ideas you have are more than welcome! - Julie
As you talk about ebooks, I'd like to see a clear description of what kind of "book" are you talking about. Some are really games, not books, some are not interactive at all. A lot fits under that name of e-books.__Hi Sheilah,Right! There is a lot of confusion over terminology these days, isn't there? Can you give us a few examples of books that seem more like games? And when a produce claims to be interactive, what does that mean to you? Tell us more! - Julie
I am very excited to be part of this conversation. I am a new reading specialist and am looking for any and all information. I love the use of ereaders as they allow for so much flexibility in choices of books for all children. __Hi Deb,Thanks for writing in. We're excited to have you be part of the conversation as well. Can you tell us more about how you think about using e-readers with your students and how you choose books for your students, or invite children select what they want to read out of, say, three title's you've previewed. What have you learned from your teaching? - Julie
Excuse my ignorance, I am not too familiar with this topic, but what is the argument against eBooks?__Hi Eric, No need to apologize. We're all running to stay caught up in a rapidly changing world. I think there are people who worry that we will soon lose touch with the printed book, which would be very sad. On the other hand, you can carry around hundreds of books with you at once on an e-reader. I think Elisa (below) hits the nail on the head about how reader preferences should be the main factor in the choices we make.What do you think? Are you a reader of e-books? - Julie
I am so excited about your blog, Dr. Wood. Will you explore teaching reading in cyber schools via community chat rooms?__Hi Eva,Thanks so much for writing in! I'm not really an expert on cyber schools. All I can say is that I'm currently taking a screenwriting course online with Gotham Writers in New York and loving it. But, the course is for adult learners who are really motivated to learn. What do YOU think about cyber schools? What have you read? Fill us in! Thanks, Julie


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All of my friends, with the exception of one possibility are Christians. I am so tired of listening to their prayer requests and declarations of "thank you God." and this and that. It is driving me bonkers and I don't want to say anything to them about it because I don't feel it is nice to rain on another person's parade but damn it is driving me crazy. Just being friends with them on Facebook is difficult because so often they use that as a place to spew the christian stuff. Sorry this is so rambly I am just exasperated at the moment!
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Yeah that drives me bonkers too. What really annoys me is how many of these people think that everything goes down according to "god's plan." He has some pretty brutal plans for a whole lot of people.
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Aleksandra Djukic M.D. PhD, Associate professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Director, Tri State Rett Syndrome Center, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology Researchers at the Rett Center at Montefiore have begun a phase 2 open label trial to test a potential drug treatment for Rett syndrome, the leading known genetic cause of severe neurological impairment in girls. The drug, Copaxone (generic name - Glatiramer acetate) is medication FDA approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Copaxone's high safety profile has been documented in large cohorts of patients for more than 12 years.
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In Rett syndrome brain cells aren't actually lost, instead poor maturation of connections between brain cells (synapses) prevents effective neurological functioning, and is the main morphological feature of the disease. The MeCP2 gene plays a major role in transcriptional regulation of other genes, one of which is the gene encoding brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).
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Copaxone treatment by subcutaneous injection caused elevation of BDNF levels. Quantitative immunofluorescence assays showed about a twofold increase in neuronal expression of BDNF following Copaxone treatment.
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Amendments to the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct and North Dakota Rules of Lawyer Discipline
The Joint Committee on Attorney Standards filed proposed amendments to Rules 7.1, 7.2 and 1.16(e) N.D.R. Prof. Conduct; to Rule 3.1(D)(4) N.D.R. Lawyer Discipl.; and to the Comments of N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.6. The Committee also proposed new Rules 1.19, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 N.D.R. Prof. Conduct. Notice was provided under Section 7, N.D.R.Proc.R., and a hearing was held on the proposed amendments on March 26, 2001, at 10:45 a.m. At that time, any written comments received were also submitted to the Court. The Court considered the matter,
ORDERED, the amendments to N.D.R. Lawyer Discipl. 3.1(D)(4), as proposed by the Committee, are adopted and amendments to the Comment for N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.6, as further amended by the Court, are ADOPTED, effective August 1, 2001.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, the proposed amendments to N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.19, 1.16 and a portion of the Comment to N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 1.6 are referred to the Joint Committee on Attorney Standards for further review.
The proposed amendments regarding N.D.R. Prof. Conduct 7.1 through 7.5 remain under consideration.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota, this 23rd day of May, 2001.
Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice
William A. Neumann, Justice
Dale V. Sandstrom, Justice
Mary Muehlen Maring, Justice
Carol Ronning Kapsner, Justice
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RICHMOND, Va. (Jan. 23, 2004) - The No. 72 ranked East Tennessee State University men's tennis team defeated Norfolk State, 5-0 in the second day of the annual VCU 4-1 Invitational at the Thalhimer Tennis Center.
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PB12IN wrote:I love the fact that the rieviews went from how fantastic the bikes are to how much they are garbage.
Have I made to many posts already to rieview one or talk about how I plan to buy one?
After 140 posts, you'd have to be a hardcore fake, PB12IN!
Look, I've actually put one on a list of possible first road bikes for a work colleague. She may be limited to $500, and these things have a place.
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I feel like these kids need to have a class before they start getting recruited. I think this is 3 years in a row a top recruit has done something dumb on social media. Our good friends yuri Wright and Treadwell for instance. BTW whatever happened to Brian eating a lemon if Yuri went to Colorado?
I think Brian said he would eat the lemon if Yuri chose Colorado over Michigan. But since we pulled his offer, there was never really a choice to be made
The linked article is weird. The amount of $$ in that tweeted photo looks pretty substantial--probably a few thousand dollars at least. If I am a journalist and some big-time football recruit tweets a photo like that, I am going to start looking at who's recruiting him and where he might have gotten the money. Instead, the writer is just like, "put your stash away, KD, before people get the wrong impression." Nothing to see here, I guess.
[insert screed on woeful state of American mainstream media]
Ole Miss lean?
This seems like a non-story to me. He is a kid and kids do dumb things like post pics of themselves with a bunch of cash so they look cool (or whatever word the kids use these days to signify being cool). The kid hasn't been charged with anything, he is not a member of a school being investigated, and I didn't notice drugs or anything else damning in the photo. He dreams of being a big deal one day with lots of cash to throw around. If we start noting every time a kid who is good at high school football does something dumb online, when will we have time to worry about recruiting class size and bubble screens?
Usually when kids post pictures of themselves with a bunch of cash to look cool, it's some 20's and smaller denominations mixed in, amounting to a couple hundred bucks. This 17-18 year old just posted a picture with a stack of 100's amounting to a few thousand dollars. I think it's reasonable to wonder where he got it. Very fiew kids his age are in a position to take that picture absent some nefarious means of obtaining the money.
I could post a picture by the end of the day with me standing next to a Lamborghini or an Audi R8.
What, exactly, would that say about me? What would you "surmise"?
Who, precisely, did I "flame"?
You could find an Audi in a parking lot or on the street (Lamborghini might be harder to come by) that you could take a picture with even if you don't own it. I assume this is what you're suggesting. Where does a high school kid find a stack of $100 bills?
I'm suggesting that taking a picture of yourself next to something that most people think is beyond your means to possess is not indicative of committing a crime. As you detail.
I don't think any one is suggesting that this kid committed a crime. Just that when you are in a position to receive money that could put your eligibility into peril and possibly bring sanctions against a school, posting pictures of yourself online holding stacks of cash isn't a good idea, even if that money didn't come from a school/booster.
Additionally, it's one thing to take a picture of something sitting outside that is publicly accessible (such as a car) v. something that tends not to be laying around (such as a stack of cash). I don't think your example of taking a picture of yourself with someone else's car is really the same thing, because people don't leave stacks of $100 bills sitting around for other people to handle.
The kid didn't commit a crime and one picture like this isn't evidence of any NCAA violations. That said, I don't think it's crazy, though, to consider it a little eyebrow raising.
Dude $2000 is not a lot of money, even without a partime job. I had more than that when I was 16 from working odd jobs growing up and just saving here and there from birthday gifts and left over communion money and what not.
Not that it materially changes your point, but I see more like $4000 in that picture. And I can't remember the last time I saw that much cash just chillin, and I'm a man. I'm 30.
/Mike Gundy'd
And that's how Dave Brandon came to be a millionaire. Odd jobs and prudent spending.
Mr. Brandon, I will say that $4000 is not a huge amount of money, but the odds are, Mr. Streets-are-real was recently given that money as a lump sum. I couldn't keep $60 in my pocket without buying a video game or a baggie of some sort when I was in my late teens. If he spent his summer slowly accumulating that money, he would have spend that summer slowly distributing it as well.
Either "baggie" means something different than it did when I was in HS, or you just made the most casual drug reference I've ever seen.
I've always known "baggie" to be used in reference to hobo prostitutes who frequent truck stops and dive bars. And son, I'd recommend staying away from baggies, especially in your teens when you can meet a nice girl at a mixer or dance.
Just for future reference, if you're spending $60 dollars for a baggie, you're paying too much.
Whatever Herm. Everyone knows the only baggies you're an expert on are colostomy baggies.
You may have had $2,000 (thuogh your lack of perception of the true amount in the picture leads me to believe you've never seen that amount in a stack of 100's) but you either kept it in a bank account or had a "piggy bank" of different denominations with many bills folded or wrinkled.
It's perfectly reasonable that the kid just closed out his bank account and received a fresh stack of 100's. It's also perfectly reasonable that the money came from some other means.
Or he knows where is family members keep their emergency stash in the house and is just using that to seem cool online. Move on.
Maybe. But I could have taken a picture of myself with a giant mound of powdered sugar on the table, Scarface style, and posted it all over the internet whilst applying for jobs. Totally legal, not breaking any rules, but also a really stupid idea.
I can get you a toe. He'll, I could get you a toe today with green nail polish. There are ways, dude. Believe me.
This could be nothing at all. Maybe it isn't even him (or his money) in the pisture. On the other hand the possibility still exists that it IS him and his money, and that's the problem. Where would a 17 year old kid get that kind of money? There are a multitude of answers to that question, but on of them is that a university that would like to aquire his services gave it to him in exchange for his committment. That is a story whether you want to admit it or not.
If I was a school recruiting a kid I would be pretty pissed off if he pulled a stunt like this because it could definitly open the door to people taking a hard look at my school and sometimes people are presumed guilty until proven innocent in cases like this. It was clearly a very childish decision made by a 17 year old kid. That stuff happens, but it doesn't make it any less of a potential story.
Why would it open the door? Everyone has money. I have some in my pocket RIGHT NOW. If you searched my home, you may even find a stack of money.
Are you a 17 year old football recruit?
Then comparing youself to said football recruit doesn't make a lot of sense. And if you are sitting on several thousand dollars at home on a regular basis you might want to speak to a better financial consultant.
I don't know if you're being intentionally obtuse because you have a problem with me (it seems you often chime in on nearly all my posts to disagree with me) or you are actually this oblivious, but if you can't see how a kid THIS age (not your age) taking a picture of himself with 4000+ dollars on his lap might open the door for some people to question where that money came from, I don't know what can be done for you.
As I stated already, he could have that money for 100 different perfectly good reasons, but there are also a few pretty questionable ones that come to mind as well. When you are an average Joe on the street, none of that matters because who gives a sh*t if a kid has money. But when you are a superstar HS football player who has many universities (and thousands of other people who take recruiting too seriously) paying attention to what you are doing it probably isn't the best idea to "open the door" to speculation.
Oh, and if you disagree that it "opened the door" what do think this entire thread (and the linked article) is about if it isn't about that door being opened? Honestly, I think you've just got an issue with me for some reason because your posts aren't making a lot of sense, and if that's the case why not just come out with it instead of disagreeing with absolutely everything I ever post?
I haven't noticed myself replying more to you than anyone else - I don't really comment much anymore, so I assure you it's not personal. If I reply to "everything you write", it must be because I find most of what you write stupid. So I guess in that way, it has something to do with you, but it's not targeted.
Are you seriously attempting to dethrone Magnus as the most insufferable poster on MGoBlog? Because you certainly are making a strong move.
Uh excuse me I believe I should at least be in consideration.
I do apologize. However, I was thinking more along the lines of him not truly realizing what he was doing. I've always gotten the sense that you do realize what you are doing. Besides, you're a ghost. I've learned not to invoke the name of a ghost until they present themselves, because it is only polite.
Since I'm not the age of the subject of the OP I won't get into a flame war with someone over the internet but I will say this and leave it at that: It's people like you that make this site worse IMHE. I don't think I have ever read a post of yours (at least not very often) where you provided any actual content, rather you just jump in threads with negative comments about what someone else has written. It's because of posters that use that MO that others, who probably have very insightful content to add, won't post for fear of obnoxious retorts from people for no other reason than they disagree with the post.
Now I have no problem with someone disagreeing with me or anyone else, but there is a degree of tact that most normal people use when engaging in civil debate, something I have not witnessed in any post I have ever read of yours. Anyway, I'll leave it at that as I don't want to be an ass. And thanks for calling me (or what I write) stupid too, that was much appreciated and brought me right back to elementary school (the last time i was called "stupid").
I'll search for you. I'm thinking somewhere in Chicago? DM me with clear directions.
I sure as shit didn't have $4k chilling in my pockets when I was a 17-year old soon-to-be senior in high school.
I'm pretty sure I didn't have $4k to my name even when I was in law school. LOL.
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Facebook upgrades pages service for companies on mobile
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is overhauling its Pages service with features for wireless devices that help users quickly find business information, another sign the company is ramping up efforts in mobile.
The revamp, the most extensive in a year, is the first Pages upgrade to begin on mobile instead of the desktop version, said Matt Idema, head of product marketing for Pages. The updates, which highlight business information such as addresses and hours of operation, will appear first on the applications for Apple Inc.'s iPhone and mobile Web version, followed in May by the app for smartphones running Google's Android software.
Facebook, owner of the world's most popular social- networking service, is focusing more on mobile services and advertising as users access its features from smartphones and tablets, putting it more directly in competition with Google and Yelp. Almost half of users visiting Pages do so on a mobile device, Idema said in an interview.
"It is a mobile-first product," he said. "Our user base has rapidly adopted the mobile platform."
Pages lets businesses use Facebook to communicate with customers, showcase products and highlight special offers. Before the upgrade, visitors to the pages may have had to make an extra click or scroll down to get information they needed about the businesses.
The Pages upgrade displays key company facts, such as location and contact information, near the top of the page. A cleaner, more efficient design lets users easily "like" a company's page or call the business.
"We're delivering on what people want when they're getting to the page, beyond just seeing a list of the page's posts," he said. "It really allows people to take actions and connect with those businesses."
The upgrade borrows from a Facebook app called Nearby, which uses a new layout for getting information on local businesses. The app suggests businesses that are close by, based on a user's location.
Facebook, which boosted the speed of the Pages service, will tailor pages to different types of companies, said Jasper Hauser, who heads product design for Pages. For now, a few of the categories include local businesses and retailers, and new ones will be added in the future, Hauser said.
With the upgrades, businesses themselves also get more tools for easily updating pages to highlight new products, special offers and video clips.
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Library Renewing Magazine Program
ST. MARYS — Over the next two weeks, a local library will be holding a magazine drive to renew its magazine subscriptions that are available for patrons.
The St. Marys Community Public Library is holding its annual Adopt a Magazine drive, in which community members can buy a magazine subscription for the library. St. Marys Community Public Library Director Sue Pittman said the library has already had numerous magazine subscription donations.
"We spend approximately $2,000 on magazines each year, and everything has been adopted except about $400 worth," she said. "We have approximately 75 magazines total to be adopted and we have 20 yet to go."
The annual Adopt a Magazine drive, Pittman said, began in 2009 and is a way for patrons to give back to the St. Marys Community Public Library.
"People like to give back to the library and this is one of the ways in which they can do it," Pittman said.
She noted that area residents have regularly participated in the drive.
"People from the community have taken an interest in the project and have adopted the magazines," she said.
Pittman said the drive allows the library to renew the magazines at the same time each year, keeping things more organized.
"By ordering them at the same time, they renew at the same time, so there is a regular schedule," Pittman said.
Approximately 20 magazines still need to be adopted, including O: The Oprah Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping, National Geographic and Seventeen, among others. Most subscriptions cost between $20 and $25. A list of the magazines yet to be adopted and their prices is on display at the St. Marys Community Public Library.
Pittman noted that the library also accepts monetary gifts to purchase books or other library materials, and anyone interested in making a donation can contact the library for more information.
"Oftentimes, people will give a donation in memory of someone or in honor of someone," she said.
For more information about the St. Marys Community Public Library and its Adopt a Magazine drive, call 419-394-7471 or visit the library at 140 S. Chestnut St., St. Marys.


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Animation features and some live action directors use the cheapest methods to make you cry. Sad music, gloomy staging, a certain cutting technique and contrived story points. ET for Christs's sake.
Disney had the best method: shoot or torture your Mom. What kid won't cry if they see the main character's Mother get gunned down? What a dirty trick to play on kids!
Using cheap tricks like these gets you critical acclaim: "Wow that cartoon made me cry! It must be brilliant! Much better than those shitty little funny cartoons that make you feel good."
I purposely made a cartoon that used some filmic tricks to make people cry just to show that it's not hard to do it. And I didn't have to shoot anyone's Mom either. I made people cry over the fact that Stimpy couldn't fart for a second time. I went out of my way to make the story have the most preposterous plot events in it-everything to undermine the seriousness of Stimpy's depression.
Besides the mood tricks, I relied heavily on Stimpy and Ren's acting-the drawings of their expressions and their interactions. A lot of films will ignore this part of the pathos recipe. They rely on the filmic tricks and contrived story points.
I'm all for funny pathos. Jackie Gleason was a master at funny pathos. He would soften his character by showing Kramden in remorse after he spent the rest of the show being a complete asshole-like every real guy!
Remorse is the funniest man emotion. All men do bad things, even good men. But the sign of a good man is that he feels guilty about it afterwards and that's when man is at his most vulnerable and funniest.
Jackie Gleason doesn't need sleazy films tricks to get his pathos across. He does it all with his great acting. He makes you laugh at the same time you have a lump in your throat.
"Pardon My Glove" (1956)
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Police: Connecticut man, daughter charged with sex crime after having baby together
BETHEL, Conn. – A 46-year-old Connecticut man and his 23-year-old daughter have been arrested on incest allegations after police say DNA tests showed he was the father of both the woman and her baby.
An arrest warrant affidavit says George Sayers and Tiffany Hartford, of Bethel, were charged Monday with third-degree sexual assault. The warrant calls Hartford an aspiring porn star.
The investigation began with a complaint by Hartford's former girlfriend.
Police say the ex-girlfriend was upset that Sayers didn't get her permission before selling photos and videos of her and Hartford having sex. Sayers and Hartford also were charged with obscenity and conspiracy.
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NEW YORK (AP) Major League Baseball officials are not afraid of getting their feet wet for a good cause.
Commissioner-elect Rob Manfred, Hall of Famer Joe Torre and more than 160 baseball employees poured ice water over their heads outside the league's Manhattan headquarters Wednesday to raise money for ALS.
For every employee involved in the Ice Bucket Challenge, an altruistic stunt gone viral, the league is donating $100 to the ALS Association. So far, that's more than $16,000.
The San Francisco Giants challenged the league office to participate and Manfred challenged other departments within the organization.
Torre was challenged by wife Ali and sports columnist Mike Lupica. He told fellow 2014 Hall of Fame classmates they're next.
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Making its way through the courts is the case of Fall River Corporation Counsel Liz Sousa. Sousa was so "unwise" as to put a picture of herself in a short skirt on Facebook.
Making its way through the courts is the case of Fall River Corporation Counsel Liz Sousa. Sousa was so "unwise" as to put a picture of herself in a short skirt on Facebook.
Because Sousa posted her picture in a short skirt, the next logical step was for someone to cover the picture in childish obscenities and re-post it on Facebook. The weak minded believe this is satire.
If that's satire, then spray painting nasty things on a highway overpass is "social commentary."
And don't tell me I'm in anyone's "pocket," either. I've criticized this administration loudly and frequently in this space and I've said I think the law department is doing a lousy job. I haven't used stupid four letter words to do that because I know a lot of other words, some of them containing five or even six letters.
I think what interests me most about the Liz Sousa court case is what it says about what we think about women.
Daniel Racine is the Fall River chief of police. Who'd he sleep with to get his job? Ever hear anyone ask that question?
No. Hell, you could get a laugh asking that question.
But any woman who gets hired for or promoted into a good job faces that question. Daily. If the boss who promotes her is male, it's worse.
Will Flanagan hired former City Administrator Shawn Cadime when Cadime was a young guy without much experience. Cadime even got a "special" parking spot, the gift of Will Flanagan. Did you ever hear any talk about how Cadime dressed or see any photos of Cadime with added "commentary" of the 13 year old boy variety? No, you did not.
This kind of thing is thousands of years old and thousands of years crazy and we invent the Internet and this is what we use it for, to perpetuate the attitudes of 1835?
And don't sneer that I'm being "politically correct," either.
People who say they don't want to be "politically correct" mean they should be allowed to say any stupid, insulting, bigoted thing to anyone they want, anywhere, and never be held accountable.
I mowed my lawn Sunday and I took my shirt off while I mowed.
Did I take my shirt off because I was working in my yard and it was a warm day, or was I signaling my sexual availability to people driving by my house?
A woman wearing a halter top to mow her grass has to think about the answer to that question, at least silently, to herself.
I'm writing about your daughters, those of you who have daughters. I'm writing about my mother, my wife.
Teach your daughter that if her skirt is short, some stupid people will call her a "whore" and any mullet-head has the right to call her that on Facebook. Teach her that people don't need a single tiny piece of evidence before they start grinning and whispering.
Teach her that anything she achieves, any job she gets can be tainted by a word from the envious. Teach that she is how she looks, that she is how she dresses.
Teach her that guys are entitled to yell their opinions of her body from passing cars. Teach her what "askin' for it" means.
Teach her that some guys (and some women) don't grow up.
C'mon, buddy. Get the spray paint. We're going out to protect our First Amendment rights.


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The 10 Safest Cities in the United States
We all want to live in a safe neighborhood; it's a basic human need. When you're moving to a new area and looking for homes for sale, you may often wonder which neighborhoods are the safest. One way of determining this is by looking at which neighborhoods are the least likely to file a claim with their home or auto insurance company. Insurance Providers has put together a list of America's safest neighborhoods. Here is their complete article with their findings (complete state-by-state listings below):
How We Did It
To compile our reports, we collected information on three safety factors:
- Crime rate: we collected info from the FBI's Uniform Crime Statistics on the violent crime rate, by city, per 100,000 people. This data aggregates of all the violent crime: assaults, homicides, armed robbery, and so forth.
- Likelihood of natural disaster: We gathered data from the United States Geological Survey and NOAA to determine how likely a disaster was to strike a city, and put each city on a 1 to 50 ranking, 1 being the safest.
- Driving safety: Finally, Allstate had the courtesy to compile a list of the safest cities to drive in America. We took out the average number of years between accidents experienced by drivers in each city.
Then we weighted each type of accident according to likelihood, and found that the results were interesting, to say the least.
Crime Was Not a Predictor for the Best … But Definitely for the Worst
You'd think crime rates would have a major influence on safety, but that isn't the case.
For example, as crime goes, New York City — although it pulled a mediocre 43 out of 73 overall , which confirms every stereotype about New York drivers ever — is actually pretty safe, with a violent crime rate of .55% per 100,000 people. Not bad for the big city.
Although a high crime rate guaranteed you a lower spot most of the time, there are some surprises. For example, Detroit is not the most dangerous city in our rankings, despite having the highest crime rate. It comes close, though.
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SKILLMAN, N.J. - The Lipscomb men's and James Madison women's tennis teams have been honored as April's recipients of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Team Sportsmanship Award, the ITA announced today.
The ITA National Team Sportsmanship Award is a monthly award that goes to one men's and one women's team that has exemplified outstanding sportsmanship, character and ethical conduct in the true spirit of competition and collegiate tennis. The winners are selected by the ITA Ethics and Infractions Committee from nominations received from all ITA member institutions (NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior/Community Colleges). This monthly award began in 2003. In addition to the obvious reasons, sportsmanship and fair play are considered important in college tennis due to the fact that players make their own line calls during a match.
Lipscomb University is a NCAA Division I school, coached by Andrew Harris, and is located in Nashville, TN.
"This is certainly a testament to our players and the type of character they have," said Head Coach Andrew Harris. "All of our guys understand the importance of representing our tennis program with dignity but also representing our university with class. The word we mention a lot is "ambassador" and understanding what it means to represent your program. Whether its fair or not, often times the first time someone meets our players or sees them play is usually the reflection they see our program in. Our team has bought into that in understanding the importance of being an "ambassador" for the Lipscomb tennis program."
James Madison University is also a NCAA Division I school, coached by Maria Malerba and is located in Harrisonburg, VA.
"We are proud to coach a team that acts with honesty and integrity each time they step onto the court," said Assistant Head Coach Courtney Klein. "As coaches, we stress the importance of being respectful toward our opponents and officials and it feels great to be recognized for those qualities that our players have naturally adopted."
"Sportsmanship is part of our recruiting process and makes a big difference in athletes that we consider for our program," added Head Coach Maria Malerba.
As the governing body of collegiate tennis, the ITA promotes both the athletic and academic achievements of the collegiate tennis community. The ITA, which is compromised of nearly 1,700 men's and women's varsity coaches representing over 1,200 institutions, administers numerous regional and national championships and the Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings for over 15,000 college varsity student-athletes at the NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and Junior College levels. The ITA also has a comprehensive awards program for players and coaches to honor excellence in academics, leadership and sportsmanship. The official ITA Web site is www.itatennis.com.
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Help someone in Armenia today by giving them a micro business loan!
Gagik Tsarukyan
Known popularly as "Dodi Gago".
Gagik Tsaroukyan (Գագիկ Ծառուկյան) was born on November 25, 1956 in Arinj Village in the Abovyan region.
Mr. Tsaroukyan graduated from the Armenian State Institute of Physical Education. He was the winner of the World Arm Wrestling Championship and the European Arm Wrestling Championship in 1998. He was also the president of Armenia's National Olympic Committee. Mr. Tsaroukyan was awarded the St. Grigor Lousavorich Medal (2002) and Movses Khorenatsi Medal (2003).
From 1989-1990 he was a chief engineer in a hothouse of the Yerevan Institute of Animal Husbandry and Treatment. From 1990-1992 he was the executive director of Armenia Company. In 1992 he started the biggest animal husbandry complex in Armenia and in 1995 the first private dairy plantproduction. In 1996 he purchased the controlling stock of Kotayk Abovyan Beer Factory, in 1997 the Abovyan Plant of Measuring Equipment and Yerevan Chemical Drug Company were also included in his enterprise. In 1997 he founded Mek Furniture Network. In 1998 he obtained the controlling stock of Aviaservice, the only private company providing services to planes and passengers in Armenia and started Aviasnund, an enterprise serving Yerevan Airport. From 1999-2002 he created the petrol station network Multi Leon. In 2000 he founded Multi Group Financial and Industrial Complex, which in 2002 included also Multi Stone Stone Processing Company and Yerevan Ararat Brandy, Wine and Vodka Factory.
On May 25, 2003 he was elected as a deputy of the NA from electoral district # 42. He is currently on the NA Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs. He is not a member of any of the NA faction or deputy group and has no political party affiliation.
Mr. Tsaroukyan is married and has five children.
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By Emil Danielyan
Monday, May 9, 2005
Eurasia Daily Monitor
Gagik Tsarukian, arguably the wealthiest man in the country, owns more than 40 medium and large companies. Only a handful of them were on the list and only one of them, a Yerevan-based winery, posted any earnings. Its first-quarter profit tax of nearly $20,000 is less than the price tag of any of the dozen cars that normally make up Tsarukian's motorcade.
Tsarukian's business empire has seen an incredible expansion in recent years. The former arm-wrestler started out as a minority shareholder in one of Armenia's two largest breweries in the late 1990s. The brewery has claimed to be loss-making since then, and it is not clear how exactly the unusually beefy tycoon, who is very close to the ruling regime, has earned his millions. Some local observers suspect that more powerful individuals are behind Tsarukian's businesses.
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"The ink is barely dry on AMD's Socket AM2 Phenom II launch, but Sunnyvale is making up for lost time when it comes to debuting new products. On Monday, February 9, the CPU manufacturer released a total of five new Phenom II-class processors, all of which are classified as Socket AM3 parts. Unlike Socket AM2 chips, which are only compatible with DDR2 memory, Socket AM3 CPUs can use either RAM standard and drop neatly into either motherboard. The backwards-compatibility of Socket AM3 chips should make them quite attractive to anyone upgrading an older Athlon 64 X2 or even a Phenom part; AMD's Phenom II (aka Deneb) offers a number of significant performance and thermal improvements over the ill-fated Phenom I. Remember that backward compatibility only goes one direction - AM2+ processors will not work in AM3 boards."


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Although no deal is imminent, the Packers and free-agent running back Steven Jackson have been in contact about a potential deal, according to Pete Dougherty of the Press-Gazette. "A source told the Press-Gazette that Jackson and the Packers were discussing a three-year contract on Wednesday," writes Dougherty. "If the sides complete the deal, the Packers would be signing one of the league's best backs since the St. Louis Rams selected him at No. 24 overall in the 2004 draft, though at an age (30 in July) when most players at his position are in significant decline." The Packers and the Falcons are thought to be the two teams most-interested in Jackson. People get fixated upon the dollar amount, but the years included in the deal is an important factor too.
As a report at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel goes into some detail, the name Eugene Parker is of utmost importance to the Packers and their immediate future. "The complicated part is that the fates of receiver Greg Jennings and running back Steven Jackson are woven together because they affect the offense in different ways and have the same representative," writes reporter Tom Silverstein. It's an interesting dynamic. Can the Packers afford to pay only one of these players and not both? Is there actually a conflict of interest? It's a situation that needs to be handled very delicately.
Did you notice that ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted that Steven Jackson had signed with the Packers yesterday and very quickly deleted his missive. JSOnline, Acme Packing Company and Lombardi Ave. did.
More on free agency and the fates of Steven Jackson and Greg Jennings come from Packer Report, the Wisconsin State Journal, ESPNMilwaukee.com and Lombardi Ave.
Further complicating matters in free agency is the status of tight end Jermichael Finley. "The longer the Packers wait out Jennings, the worse Jermichael Finley's situation becomes," writes Tyler Dunne of JSOnline. "The team has told the tight end that he's on the roster and general manager Ted Thompson has not asked Finley to take a pay cut. But Finley's camp is in limbo. If Green Bay is able to land Jennings — whenever that is — there's a good chance the Packers circle back to Finley and ask him to take less money or release him." Finley's $3 million roster bonus is reportedly due on Mar. 27. The Packers will have to make a decision on Finley by then, and while perhaps not likely, a trade is not out of the question either.
Tackle Marshall Newhouse reportedly led the Packers in a program that pays NFL players who perform beyond their salaries, netting him $214,335 this week, according to Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Newhouse, who played all 1,103 regular-season snaps at left tackle, was awarded that team-leading amount as part of the NFL's performance-based pay benefit program." Newhouse received a salary in the neighborhood of $500,000 this past season, a rate out-paced by many full-time starters in the NFL, particularly left tackles.
Former Packer Charles Woodson is visiting the San Francisco 49ers.
Taking a look at some young players vital to the future of the Packers is JSOnline.
The annual checkup series continues at Fox Sports Wisconsin with running back James Starks.
Over at JSOnline, some entertaining thoughts from offensive lineman T.J. Lang are shared. USA Today noticed too.
General manager Ted Thompson gets put under the microscope at AllGreenBayPackers.com.
The Packers had a formal interview with Florida tight end Jordan Reed at the NFL Combine, according to Packer Report.
Video: From WBAY, the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest is currently being held at Lambeau Field...
Brian Carriveau is the author of "It's Just a Game: Big League Drama in Small Town America," and editor of Cheesehead TV's "Pro Football Draft Preview." To contact Brian, email [email protected].
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US Labor Department study underscores positive impact of unemployment insurance
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the findings of a multi-year study of the impact of the Unemployment Insurance program in stabilizing the economy during a deep recession. The study was commissioned by the department and undertaken by IMPAQ International LLC and the Urban Institute
Using UI data and the proprietary economic model from Moody's Economy.com, researchers studied how gross domestic product, employment and other economic variables would have performed without the increase in regular UI benefits; federally-funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation; and Extended Benefits, including the offsetting effect of the payroll taxes that pay for UI.
Thanks to the aggressive, bipartisan effort to expand UI benefits and increase eligibility during both the Bush and Obama administrations, the Unemployment Insurance program had an even more positive impact on the economy than in previous recessions.
Among the key findings:
- For every dollar spent on UI, economic activity increases by two dollars.
- During each quarter of the recent recession, UI benefits kept an average of 1.6 million Americans on the job.
- At the height of the recession, UI benefits averted 1.8 million job losses and kept the unemployment rate approximately 1.2 percentage points lower.
- UI benefits reduced the fall in GDP by 18 percent. Nominal GDP was $175 billion higher in 2009 than it would have been without UI benefits. In total, unemployment insurance kept GDP $315 billion higher from the start of the recession through the second quarter of 2010.
"Unemployment insurance is one of the best investments we can make, not only for the millions of people that utilize UI benefits to provide for their families in a time of need, but for the millions more whose jobs are kept secure because of the stabilizing effect it has on our economy as a whole," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.
Unless there is congressional action over the next few weeks, our unemployment insurance system will be drastically curtailed. Without continued support for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Extended Benefits programs, most people facing unemployment will have only 26 weeks of benefits available.
"Two million people stand to lose benefits before the end of the holiday season if Congress does not act to extend federal benefits. Four million more would lose benefits early in 2011," added Secretary Solis. "While the economy and the job market are on the road to recovery, the loss of consumer sales from removing billions of dollars in unemployment benefits will set us back. Now is not the time to turn our backs on the families that rely on these benefits and the businesses that serve them."
For additional findings and a link to the full report, go to: http://s.dol.gov/BW.


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Men of dishonor: inside the Sicilian Mafia : an account of Antonino Calderone
Morrow, 1993 - 285 pagine
A Sicilian mafia boss for 20 years, Don Antonio Calderone's sensational confessions in 1992 brought about the 1993 capture of Toto Riina, the Sicilian "boss of all bosses". Calderone's revelations are the first behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Cosa Nostra--the real Mafia. Photos.
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Hotels with Happy Modern Style, International Edition
Depending on the season, our craving for design styles can run the gamut from ultra cozy in the winter to fresh and cheerful in the summer months. That's why hotels that offer bright, light, cheery and whimsical interiors are particularly appealing this time of year. Earlier we highlighted some examples of Happy Modern hotels stateside, but there are also many stylish, dreamy places to be found all around the world. Here are a few.
1. Hotel DeBrett, Auckland, New Zealand
2. Wanderlust Hotel, Singapore
3. Villa La Banane, Saint Barthélemy
4. Hotel Azúcar, Tulum, Mexico
5. La Maison Champs Elysées, Paris, France
6. 25 Hours Hotel, Zurich, Switzerland
7. La Plage Casadelmar, Corsica, France
8. La Scalinatella, Capri, Italy
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Monroe Library gets a new look
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The first floor of Loyola University New Orleans' J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library, known as the Learning Commons, has recently received a makeover.
The Learning Commons is a collaborative space where students, faculty and staff can come together to study, learn, teach, create and socialize. At the Learning Commons desk, individuals can receive assistance with standard circulation, research and technology questions. Users wanting or needing more in-depth knowledge are connected to appropriate experts, materials, programs or workshops.
Last year, space consultant Bill Dittoe worked with the library, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the department of Information Technology, the Student Library Advisory Committee and student workers to create a vision for the area.
As a result, planners created six distinctive areas: a laptop/collaboration area, a computer area, a multimedia project area, a café area, a reading alcove and the "Porch," a transitional seating area between the laptop and desktop areas. The commons received new furniture and computers. The multimedia area now includes new workstations and scanners.
Ria Newhouse, Learning Commons coordinator, witnesses the enthusiasm from the students firsthand.
"So many of the comments about the new spaces have been utterly positive – the new spaces truly support new ways of learning. I have the benefit of having the Learning Commons right outside my door and everyday I have the opportunity to see students truly engaged in what they're doing," Newhouse said.
"They work in groups, alone, with partners, etc., doing everything from quadratic equations to art critiques. It's so much fun to see students so involved in their education."
The new space design is also encouraging the faculty to use the technology and seek assistance with research, circulation and reserves. Faculty also uses the new café area, Common Grounds, to meet together and with students.
According to Mary Lee Sweat, dean of libraries, the future holds more in store for new development.
"We hope to continue to work in other areas of the library to foster faculty development and support research and technology instruction for the students. We want to encourage the use of our physical collection, expand the virtual collection and introduce new technology applications," she said.
The floor plan for the new layout can be found here and photos of the new configuration can be viewed here.
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With 12:01 remaining in the first half, Western Michigan trailed third-ranked Michigan by only a point.
The Broncos may have already wasted their best chance to make a game of it.
Instead of racing out to a surprising lead, Western Michigan turned the ball over too much early on, allowing the Wolverines time to settle in. Michigan's superior talent became obvious after that. Trey Burke finished with 20 points and seven assists, and the Wolverines eventually pulled away for a 73-41 victory Tuesday night.
"When we did execute, I felt like we could stay right there with these guys," Western Michigan coach Steve Hawkins said. "But you're probably talking about doing that at a 30 percent, 40 percent rate against a team like this. Hopefully by the end of the year, we're able to execute at an 80-to-90 percent rate."
The Wolverines (8-0) had actually lost their previous two games against the Broncos, but that was more than a decade ago. Western Michigan (6-2) had won six straight coming into this game, including a victory over South Florida, but the Broncos turned the ball over 13 times in the first half.
Nik Stauskas scored 11 points for Michigan, and fellow freshman Mitch McGary added 10 on 5-of-5 shooting.
"If you looked at our faces in the first 10 minutes, we did not predict that outcome," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "Our guys picked up the pressure a little bit, we did a few other things — had to feed off our defense, because our offense, we missed some shots."
Freshman Darius Paul had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Western Michigan.
The Wolverines weren't all that sharp offensively, especially early, but Western Michigan couldn't take advantage. The Broncos committed several fouls at the offensive end in the first half, and Michigan led 25-15 after a layup by Glenn Robinson III. Jordan Morgan pushed the lead to a dozen with a layup of his own, and it was 35-21 at halftime.
"I felt like if we really executed well, that we had a chance to take this thing into the last four or five minutes — and then let's see what happens," Hawkins said. "You knew you were letting a little bit slip away."
The Wolverines put the game away early in the second half. Stauskas made a 3-pointer to make it 45-28, and Robinson and Burke added old-fashioned three-point plays to make it a 23-point game.
It was 51-34 before Michigan padded the margin with a 22-2 run. A 3-pointer by Tim Hardaway Jr. made it 66-36, and Burke connected moments later from beyond the arc.
For much of the night, Michigan threatened its worst shooting percentage of the season, but the Wolverines actually ended up right at 50 percent. It was the Broncos who really went through a nightmare at the offensive end, shooting 29 percent from the field, going 2 of 17 from 3-point range and finishing with 18 turnovers.
Michigan was coming off a bit of a test last weekend, when the Wolverines won 74-66 at Bradley. They'll face another interesting nonconference matchup when Arkansas visits Ann Arbor on Saturday.
Paul was the only Western Michigan player in double figures, and he shot 3 of 12. The Broncos' winning streak might have been a bit deceptive, with the last three victories coming by a combined 10 points.
"Some of our talent was able to take over a game when we didn't have anything," Hawkins said. "Tonight, when things broke down or when execution wasn't there, our talent was not going to take over the game. They just have better players."


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Tuesday 26 May 2015
Adult Tap with Nadine!
May 26th 10:00am
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Hoofing is one of the truly American indigenous dance forms-a combination of African rhythms and Irish clogging led eventually to the tap dance form. But most of all, it is good exercise and fun, fun, fun!