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My wife surfs the Internet more than I do and delights in sharing her discoveries. "You'll like this comment," she said last week. A reader wrote that the rising number of students failing Advanced Placement tests "could be a response to Jay Mathews' ridiculous Challenge Index."
It was nice to be noticed, and the reader had a point. I have been rating high schools since 1998 with an index that measures the portion of students taking AP, International Baccalaureate and Advanced International Certificate of Education courses and tests, not how well the students perform on them. The reader was commenting on a thoughtful post by education blogger Natalie Wexler expressing concern about "putting students in a class they're not prepared for," such as AP.
Many people wonder why schools do that. Doesn't that discourage the students? Isn't it a waste of their time to try to learn something so far above their level? Those are legitimate worries.
But after 31 years watching and interviewing hundreds of AP and IB teachers who welcome everyone into their classes, I am convinced that schools that challenge average or even below-average students that way have the right idea. What critics of that approach don't understand are nuances in what motivates teen-agers and what happens when courses lack the incorruptible exams provided by AP, IB and AICE.
I invented the Challenge Index, the core of the America's Most Challenging High Schools list on washingtonpost.com, to dramatize the success of schools like Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Most education experts, people as wise and experienced as Wexler, assumed Garfield students were not ready for the heavy homework and long exams in AP. Yet in 1987, two teachers at that school, Jaime Escalante and Ben Jimenez, produced 26 percent of all the Mexican-American students in the country who passed an AP Calculus test with a score of 3 or higher.
How did Garfield succeed when other schools with ill-prepared students did not? When the film "Stand and Deliver" was made about Escalante, the popular explanation was that he had a unique genius that other teachers could not replicate. Few noticed that Jimenez, no different from thousands of other good teachers, got the same results doing what Escalante did, giving kids more encouragement and time to learn.
If you visit schools that do that today, you will discover that the students who struggle in AP classes are not discouraged by the difficulty of the material when they are taught by encouraging teachers. AP to them is like going one-on-one against LeBron James. They don't score much, but they improve and are proud to have a tough challenge.
AP, IB and AICE exams are written and graded by outside experts. They cannot be dumbed down by classroom teachers. Schools that try somewhat less-challenging courses and tests to suit their less-prepared students find that doesn't work. The temptation to go easy on such kids is too strong when there is no independent exam to keep them honest. As Washington, D.C., principal Maria Tukeva concluded many years ago, her students learn more and are better prepared for college by taking an AP course, even if most don't perform well on the AP exam.
AVID, the nation's largest college-readiness program, insists that average students be put in AP or IB but gives them extra tutoring. I have yet to find any schools making more progress by challenging their students less.


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With his win against the Tigers in his last start, Tazawa became the youngest Japanese-born pitcher to win his first career major league start (23 years, 66 days old).
Daniel Paulling, mlb.com:
Including Saturday, the Red Sox have made seven roster moves in the last 11 days and 10 over the last 16. They have used 46 different players so far, just one shy of their mark (47) from last season. The Red Sox have used 22 pitchers this year, also just one behind the 23 the number they used last season.Clay Buchholz explains his baserunning adventure. ... Tim Wakefield threw 3.2 innings (63 pitches) for Pawtucket yesterday. He allowed three hits, two runs and one walk, and struck out three.
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Barclays to Cut 7,000 Jobs at Investment Bank by 2016Ambereen Choudhury and Elisa Martinuzzi
Barclays Plc, under pressure to boost returns, will eliminate 7,000 jobs at its investment bank, about a quarter of the total, and signaled its effort to build a global bank is over.
Chief Executive Officer Antony Jenkins's plan will bring the number of jobs to be cut across the firm by 2016 to 19,000, including the 12,000 the lender said in February it would eliminate this year. Barclays will create a bad bank to dispose of 115 billion pounds ($195 billion) of assets, including its European consumer arm. The investment bank will primarily target the U.K. and U.S., and serve fewer clients, while its Asian unit will be "more focused," Jenkins told reporters today.
"The investment bank is too exposed to volatility in fixed-income, currencies and commodities, and the group is too exposed to volatility in the investment bank," Jenkins, 52, told analysts on a conference call.
A consumer banker by training, Jenkins has been under investor pressure to cut costs at the investment bank created by his predecessor, Robert Diamond. The unit this week posted a 49 percent drop in first-quarter profit, as revenue from FICC, traditionally its biggest source of income, dwindled.
Jenkins said today that market faces a structural rather than a cyclical decline and that investment banking revenue will be "weak for some time." That revenue weakness has prompted other European firms such as Switzerland's UBS AG to scale bank sooner, and be rewarded with gains in their stock prices.
'Sensible' Strategy
Barclays -- before today, down 10.5 percent this year and the worst performing bank stock in Britain -- rose 7.9 percent in London trading to 262.45 pence in London trading, its biggest gain in more than 12 months. By contrast, UBS, which is exiting most debt-trading activities, has gained 8.6 percent this year in Zurich.
"The revised strategy is sensible and should be well received," Andrew Coombs, an analyst at Citigroup Inc. in London, wrote in a note to clients. "The shift in business mix from investment banking toward retail and commercial could potentially lead to a re-rating in Barclays' shares."
The plan will cut the investment bank's share of the firm's assets to 30 percent by 2016 from about 50 percent, Barclays said. The overhaul will cost an additional 800 million pounds, adding to the 2.7 billion pounds the bank announced in February.
Bad Bank
Barclays's bad bank, to be run by Eric Bommensath, will hold 90 billion pounds of risk-weighted assets from the investment bank, including complex derivatives from its FICC operation and some emerging-market specific products. It will also include 16 billion pounds of assets from the European retail and business bank as well as 9 billion pounds of assets from the corporate bank, Barclaycard and wealth-management units.
Jenkins will seek to cut the bad bank's assets to 50 billion pounds by the end of 2016. That will help to reduce the unit's drag on return on equity, a measure of profitability, to 3 percent by 2016 from 6 percent today. The rest of bank will target a 12 percent return on equity in 2016, Barclays said.
Barclays said it will make preserving net asset value "a priority" as it scales back the bad bank. Even so, the unit is likely to generate more losses than expected, according to Christopher Wheeler, a banking analyst at Mediobanca SpA in London.
"While its commendable that management has gone the distance, unfortunately without any macro tailwinds, it will be painful for the next 12 to 18 months," said Chirantan Barua, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. who rates Barclays market-perform. "You can't have 7,000 people walk out the door without any implications on income."
Profit Drops
Pretax profit at the investment bank fell to 668 million pounds in the first quarter from 1.32 billion pounds in the year-earlier period, hurt by a decline in revenue from trading bonds, currencies and commodities.
The overhaul is Jenkins's second since he took over as CEO in August 2012 after the bank's record fine for manipulating the London interbank offered rate. Diamond had rebuilt the investment bank after Barclays sold its money-losing European equities unit, focusing on bonds, loans and foreign exchange.
In 2008, Barclays acquired Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s North American operations out of bankruptcy and then embarked on a hiring spree to add stock underwriting and merger advisory businesses and bankers in Europe and Asia to match its standing in the U.S.
'Generational Shift'
Barclays has struggled since the financial crisis to reduce its dependence on the unit, which once accounted for more than half of profit and assets. Then-CEO John Varley said in Feb. 2009 he expected the investment bank to account for 30 percent of assets by 2016. The figure is still more than 50 percent today.
The operation has suffered departures of key dealmakers as compensation at the division came under criticism from investors and politicians. In the past week, Jenkins has lost Hugh "Skip" McGee, the firm's most senior banker in the U.S., Robert Morrice, chairman of the Asia-Pacific region, as well as investment-banking chairman Ros Stephenson.
Jenkins said in an interview today the departures were unconnected to the job cuts and marked a "generational shift."
"We will be competitive as we are today," Jenkins said in the interview with Bloomberg Television's Francine Lacqua. "We are focusing on where we can compete, and compete successfully."
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..and this was its steeple.
When we remodeled the former Calvary Baptist Church in 2000-2001 to become our Montessori school, we had to replace a few fixtures. The steeple was detached from the roof and lowered by crane to the parking lot below.
What do you do with a second-hand steeple? We gave it to a church down the road.
The demolition crew also removed the fiberglas baptistry by cutting it into pieces. All of the beautiful wood pews were sold. You can see one being used today in the school office. The colored windows were eventually replaced with clear glass.
This is what Building B looks like today.
Have a great Wednesday!
"No matter what we touch, an atom, or a cell, we cannot explain it without knowledge of the wide universe."
- Maria Montessori, 1948, To Educate the Human Potential
The Elementary students present their space projects in these photos from 2000 - 2001.
Stay warm out there and have a terrific Wednesday!
It's been a long week for everyone at MSGL and it's only Wednesday. The roots of our beloved river birch tree, which shaded the sandbox for more than 10 years, finally overtook the sewage pipe coming from Building A. The tree was cut down, the sandbox was dug up, and the lovely pergola that Ron Stier designed and built to shade the children has been dismantled. This is the sight today as workers remove roots and begin to repair the pipe. As luck would have it, we received 3 inches of snow this morning so classes were cancelled.
It's not a pretty sight right now on the playground. (Photo by Tony Harvey)
Yesterday, we said goodbye to the river birch tree.
The river birch comes down, one limb at a time. (Photo by Lena Atkinson)
But this is Wayback Wednesday and we have to go way back. So let's take a look back at how we got here. This is the sandbox under construction in 2001. The river birch was planted later that year. It probably seemed like a really good idea at the time.
2001 - Sandbox under construction.
Two years later the children are enjoying the new sandbox. The birch tree is wrapped in black at top left.
Miss Sherry and friends enjoy the shade of the river birch and the pergola during summer camp in 2010.
And here is a nice photo of the whole area from Summer, 2011.
Certainly one of the most popular areas in our outdoor classroom, the sandbox is going to be sorely missed until it can be reconstructed. But even as we lament this loss, it's good to remember that things could be worse. Back in September, 2007, this was the view outside of Building A.
2007 - Old toilets being removed during demolition of Building A.
Take heart, friends. The water will soon be flowing in Building A and children will once again play in a shady sandbox. And Spring is only eight days away. Have the best possible Wednesday!
~ Heather
This week's installment of Building MSGL focuses on the work of the jackhammer, a tool that was put to much use during the first few months of the construction project. Lots of concrete had to be broken up and hauled away so we could remodel the buildings and install new steps and sidewalks.
Tony Harvey breaks up concrete in Building B to make space for new plumbing for sinks and bathrooms. This was one of his least favorite days of the entire 6-month project.
Looking at Building A as the concrete demolition gets underway.
Later that day, it looked like this. Watch that first step - it's a doozy.
Don Harvey and Craig Lamb prepare to take out the upstairs landing.
As the demolition continued, it became apparent that the light-duty jackhammer they had been using was not going to cut through some of the steps. One parent volunteer took a look at the slow progress they were making and set off to find a better solution. Half and hour later he pulled in with a trailer-mounted mobile air compressor and a much more powerful jackhammer. Tony Harvey said that was a real game-changer for this phase of the project.
"We had a little jackhammer that you could plug into an outlet in an airplane bathroom," he joked. "This parent came back with a rig that looked like Iron Man built it. When we flipped the switch on the big one you could see lights flicker in the apartments across the street," he said, once again, joking. "We had been working all day on those steps and in just 20 minutes with the big hammer, they were dust."
The old steps are broken up to make way for the new stairs/ramp that will lead into the upstairs hallway in Building A.
Just for fun, I am including before, during, and after photos from Building A so we can admire the progress from an old church basment entry to a modern, ADA-compliant school entrance.
During demolition.
Here it is with the concrete walls freshly poured.
Here, the railings are being installed.
And here it is that first summer, looking quite lovely.
Thanks for joining me in the wayback. Have a super Wednesday!
Winter is upon us and the staff of the Wayback Wednesday department is preparing to head south for the season. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, we're not really going anywhere but we have discovered a treasure trove of awesome photos. We will be scanning them and organizing them over winter break. When everyone returns in January you can look forward to the beginning of "Building MSGL." It's the story of how our families built the MSGL campus that we know and love today.
To whet your appetites I am posting one photo from that winter of 2000. Look at this photo and see if you can figure out where in the school it is. The first commenter to get it correct wins a free Wayback Wednesday t-shirt. (The staff certainly wishes this was true.) Okay, no t-shirt but you can still be first. Have fun guessing!
Have a terrific Wednesday and an awesome winter break!
On September 21, 2000, Montessori Parents, Inc. officially closed on the purchase of the property at 2552 Soldiers Home Road that would become the new campus of the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette. To celebrate and prepare for the next step, the board of directors and some staff and parents met that evening in the sanctuary of what was the former Calvary Baptist Church. Board president Craig Lamb offered a toast with champagne served in paper cups.
The next morning, demolition of the buildings began. MSGL parent Tony Harvey coordinated the building project. His father, Donald Harvey, was the general contractor.
These are photos of the front of the sanctuary that is now the northwest corner of the Catalpa Room. When asked about these photos, Tony said that the gold walls on the left were part of the room that lead to the baptistry. "If you came to Calvary Baptist Church and you wanted to be saved," he explained, "you had to go through that room."
This was just the beginning of 5 months of hard and dirty work by many dedicated staff and parent volunteers. Three generations of families came together for one common goal. True friendships were forged. A lot of those people are still involved with MSGL today. I look forward to sharing the few photos and many stories of that time here on Wayback Wednesdays. If you were part of this amazing project and wish to share your stories, please add them as comments to the bottom of these posts or emaill me and I will be so happy to include them in an upcoming post. Of course, any photos you share will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading! Have a terrific Wednesday.
Let's recap our Building MSGL series on Wayback Wednesday. Montessori Parents, Inc. purchased the Calvary Baptist Church on Soldiers Home Road in 1999. Demolition of the interior began in September, 2000. Now it's December, 2000 and the stud walls are in place so that wiring, plumbing, and drywall work can begin.
Looking toward the Oak Room in Building B.
Standing in Catalpa looking through the wall into the Oak Room.
Looking out the door of the Maple Room into the office hallway.
Here's the view walking in the office door.
Here's that same view just a couple of months later.
This is the Maple Room looking toward the stairs.
This is the Willow Room looking toward the kitchen area.
And here is the Spruce Room filled with drywall supplies.
The Harvey & Son Construction crew. Steve, Don, Nolan, and Tony working over Thanksgiving Break.
That's all for this week. Have a terrific Wednesday!


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Simple Meta Object Programming / Simple Matter Of Programming
SMOP is an alternative implementation of a C engine to run Perl 6. It is focused in getting the most pragmatic approach possible, but still focusing in being able to support all Perl 6 features. Its core resembles Perl 5 in some ways, and it differs from Parrot in many ways, including the fact that SMOP is not a Virtual Machine. SMOP is simply a runtime engine that happens to have a interpreter run loop.
Important topics on SMOP
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SMOP Development ROADMAP
In order to keep this simple, the ROADMAP will stay here and will be edited as needed.
S1P - Read it "Swamp"
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Perl 6 SMOP
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Usually, things from ROADMAP should come to here when its done.
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Police charge brother in Old Lyme heists
Criminal charges continued to mount this week for two brothers from Old Lyme who are implicated in a series of burglaries throughout the area.
Troopers on Thursday charged Karl W. Weissinger, 21, with break-ins on Library Lane and Johnny Cake Hill Road in Old Lyme, bringing the total number of burglary cases brought against him to four. He was charged last week with burglarizing homes on Cove Road and on Bill Hill Road in Lyme in the spring.
The state police allege that Weissinger and his older brother, Justin P. Weissinger, 25, entered unoccupied homes throughout the region and stole high quality jewelry, precious metals and antiques.
More charges are expected, according to prosecutor Michael E. Kennedy. The brothers are being held at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville and are due back in court on Dec. 12.
The cases state police have been building against the brothers since Justin Weissinger was pulled over after a high speed chase in July are detailed in warrant affidavits prepared by troopers Gary Inglis and Kevin Seery, and Sgt. John Mesham.
In the Library Lane case, a housekeeper who was cleaning the home while the owners were out of town in November 2011 discovered that a safe that had been bolted to the floor of a second-floor closet was missing. The homeowners reported that the safe had contained jewelry valued at $80,000 and provided a detailed list of the missing items.
According to the affidavit in the case, police determined the burglars had entered the home by prying off the wooden trim and removing the pane of glass from one of a set of small windows that flanked a casement window. They then reached in the opening and in order to unlock and open the casement window. The thieves replaced the window pane and molding prior to leaving, "to make it appear as though entry had not been made into the residence," according to the affidavit.
One of the more distinctive items stolen that day was a 1-ounce, gold, 1974 Krugerand necklace, according to the troopers. They said they recovered the necklace from Weissinger after the chase.
The Johnny Cake Hill Road home was burglarized in April. The police determined the thieves had entered through an unlocked front window, had stolen silver items from a side table in the dining room and had emptied a jewelry chest in a bedroom of its contents, according to the affidavit. The total value of the stolen items was estimated at $5,475.
One of the stolen items was a gold pocket watch, engraved with a family member's initials, that was later recovered from a Mystic jewelry dealer.
The investigation focused initially on Justin Weissinger, who returned to Connecticut from California in 2009 after being discharged from the Marines. While stationed at Camp Pendleton, Weissinger had been convicted of committing burglaries with a group of fellow Marines and had served as a key prosecution witness in the home invasion and murder of a Marine sergeant and his wife.
In July, police say, Justin Weissinger led a Montville police officer on a high speed chase. Upon his arrest, they said, he was found to be in possession of a .380-caliber pistol stolen from a Salem home and other stolen items.
Two days later, state police executed a search-and-seizure warrant at a barn on the Brush Hill Road, Lyme, property of former First Selectman William T. Koch Jr., who is the boyfriend of Weissinger's mother, Nicole Weissinger. Justin Weissinger used the barn for various projects, according to Koch. The troopers said they recovered guns stolen from burglaries in East Haddam and Salem.
The probe led Inglis to the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. jewelry store at 9 W. Main St. in Mystic, where he ran into Karl Weissinger, who was attempting to sell two stolen watches and a gold chain, according to the court documents.
The jewelry store owner, Matthew Hopkins, reported that the brothers had been into the store between 15 and 25 times and had sold him about $100,000 worth of items they said they had purchased by bidding on abandoned storage units. Hopkins said he had seen Justin Weissinger wearing a mounted gold Krugerand around his neck three or four times, but that Weissinger had declined to sell it to him.
Hopkins turned over many of the stolen items to state police and admitted he sold some pieces to refineries for their melt value. He opened up the store after hours to burglary victims who identified some of their stolen possessions.
Mystic jeweler charged in connection with Lyme, Old Lyme home burglaries
Police: Lyme man faces multiple charges after trying to evade police
Public safety forum to focus on crime recidivism, priorities
Old Lyme church holds service as family approaches 100th day in sanctuary
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When a contest for ideas to improve a city draws more than 900 entries, some are bound to be a little strange.
When it comes to big plans for improving St. Paul, a fishing museum makes sense. Water bottle filling stations to reduce waste, too. But a zip line from one of the city's highest bridges? Or planting city parks in mushrooms?
When a contest for ideas to improve a city draws more than 900 entries, some are bound to be a little strange. And that was the case for the St. Paul Forever Challenge, an annual affair that saw a flood of entries after sponsors promised to spend $1 million to make the winner a reality.
The winning idea will be chosen in September, with $1,000 going to the person who suggested it. The St. Paul Foundation, which sponsored the contest, will choose a nonprofit to follow through on the idea.
St. Paul Foundation spokeswoman Naomi Pesky tells the St. Paul Pioneer Press (http://bit.ly/Z9HWj6 ) that the organization is thrilled by the response.
"This has captured the imagination of the public, the media and the state," Pesky said. "We really want to have transformational ideas."
There were a few of those.
Guy Eggers of Minneapolis envisions a resort made up of tree houses. These would be built like small cottages stuck in trees, possibly along the Mississippi River. Eggers said there are several tree house resorts around the world, but this would be the first in an urban area.
"There is a lot of childhood tree house nostalgia out there," said Eggers, who played in a tree house as a boy. "People have nostalgia and 'Swiss Family Robinson' on their mind."
Alvin Stafford of Eagan proposed fish houses for the homeless, similar to collapsible ice-fishing houses. Such a house could be carried in a backpack, he said.
Among other ideas:
—A "puckleball" field, which would be deliberately uneven and off-center to challenge assumptions about sports.
—Planting mushrooms on unused land.
—Upgrading bus stops to make them more friendly, including offering games such as chess.
—A festival for painting or chalking city streets in an artistic way.
—A zip line across the Mississippi River, beginning at either the High or Wabasha bridges
—Making the city more hospitable for those with Alzheimer's disease.
—A "Chamber of Conscience," a group for people who "recognize their interdependence."
—Laser projectors that, once a year, would project the newly created emblems of St. Paul neighborhoods into the sky.
Many ideas were practical.
One would upgrade signs to make navigation easier for St. Paul drivers. Others would add seat belts in school buses and build parking lots that could be used when snow limits street parking.
Ideas offered for St. Paul Forever Challenge: www.mnideaopen.org/foreversaintpaul


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Lavern Edward Messer, 64, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Monday (November 19, 2012) at Lakeview Health Care & Rehabilitation Center in Boonville, Missouri.
Lavern Edward Messer, 64, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Monday (November 19, 2012) at Lakeview Health Care & Rehabilitation Center in Boonville, Missouri.
The son of Noel Lavern and Anna Mae (Black) Messer, he was born March 21, 1948 in Fairfield, Iowa. He was united in marriage to Marylee Schaffer and on December 13, 1987 he married Thelma Cox.
Ed is survived by his wife Thelma of Kirksville, MO; one son, Steven Messer of Bloomfield, IA; two daughters, Shirley Turner and Sherry Messer both of Bloomfield, IA; two step–daughters, Lisa Elder of Greentop, MO and Lori Cox of Kirksville, MO; three brothers, David Messer of Marshalltown, IA, James Messer and Larry Joe Messer and wife Sandy all of Fairfield, IA; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Carol and Tom Lewis and Mary and Rod Smith all of Fairfield, IA; one brother-in-law, Roger Haynes of Fairfield, IA; eleven grandchildren, Kendra Montgomery of New Franklin, MO, who took care and watched over Ed while he was in the nursing home, Angel Montgomery, Jamie Elder, Virkita Elder, Felicia Cox, Shawna Cox, Makayla Cox, Douglas Turner, Tatum Turner, Stacey Flower and Ryan Flower; eight great-grandchildren and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Ed was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Carl and John Messer and one sister, Bonnie Haynes.
Ed received his education in the Fairfield, Iowa, public schools. He worked for Dexter Factory, Anderson Junk, Bragg Recycling and last several years for Sunbrite Laundry in Kirksville. He loved his job at Sunbrite and when asked when he was going to retire, would say when Steve wouldn't let him work no more.
Ed enjoyed fishing, classic cars and Elvis Presley. Most of all Ed loved and enjoyed being with his grandchildren.
Public visitation will be held Friday (November 23, 2012) from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville.
Graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday (November 24, 2012) at the White Oak Cemetery in Rome, Iowa, under the direction of Travis-Noe Funeral Home.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Ed Messer Memorial Fund. Memorials may be left at or mailed to Travis-Noe Funeral Home, P.O. Box 306, Kirksville, MO 63501.


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A large six-branch Rococo chandelier in cast bronze. The whole is detailed with berried pendants, acanthus leaves and husks. The body surmounted by a pedestal of three putti. The castings are of the highest quality and exceptionally well chased.
Minimum height: 65"
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In today's Parade magazine: Merrimack's Mike Banks chasing his dreamBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Sunday News Correspondent March 09. 2013 9:20PM
Mike Banks of Merrimack revealed he makes $35,000 a year as an insurance salesman and app developer. (COURTESY)
MERRIMACK - For people working the daily grind to make ends meet, the thought of multimillion dollar salaries earned by celebrities Tom Brady, Brad Pitt or Adele may seem like a slap in the face.
But for one local man trying to make a living the best way he knows how, those hefty earnings by Hollywood celebrities often flashed on the front of tabloids have become a motivation rather than a deterrent.
Mike Banks of Merrimack, a 39-year-old insurance salesman who earns $35,000 a year, is proud of his work ethic. He is the only New Hampshire resident to be featured in this week's PARADE magazine's What People Earn edition.
"Obviously, my job doesn't pay all that well. We just scrape by, and we definitely aren't driving a BMW," said Banks. "I guess if I made a million dollars, I would probably be a little happier."
But joy is in the eye of the beholder, according to Banks, who says people have to make their own happiness by going after what really inspires them.
About three years ago, Banks graduated from college and moved from Michigan to New Hampshire, searching for a better opportunity for his wife and son, now 7.
"It has been a struggle," says Banks. "We quit the jobs we had, and we walked away from jobs that we couldn't stand any longer."
His first employment opportunity in New Hampshire was making cold calls for Aflac. Following that job, he took his current salesman position at Life Solutions Group in Massachusetts.
"But that is only to pay the bills," says Banks. "My heart has always been aimed at having my own business and doing my own thing. So, if we can't find the ideal jobs, we decided to create them."
Banks, who has a degree in marketing, decided to join forces with his creative and artistic wife, Jenya, to pursue a new career path.
For the past several months, Banks has been spending his spare time talking to venture capitalists throughout New England about his idea for a new mobile app that connects people with similar interests face-to-face with real-time encounters.
Hypnotic Rhythm LLC is now building a simple mobile app for the Banks family that instantly connects neighbors, employees and service providers with similar interests. While digital connections are beneficial, the Banks say they shouldn't replace face-to-face communication.
NX2U, or next to you, is an app tool that connects people with similar interests as they pass by the street, wait in line at the grocery store or share an elevator.
Banks' idea may be his ticket to a better life for his family, or at least offer him better opportunities in the future, he said.
"If we keep down this path, it will change our life. It may not be tomorrow or the next day, but our time will come," Banks said on Friday, promoting his Facebook page at facebook.com/nx2uapp.
When comparing his $35,000 annual salary to that earned by singer Adele - about $32 million at the age of 24 - Banks said it is stories like hers that make him want to succeed even more.
"Adele was told that because of her looks or because her voice was too scratchy that she might not make it, but she didn't listen to any of them. She persevered anyway," said Banks. "We are trying very hard to be stubborn and pig-headed like she was. We have no Plan B."
Actress Anne Hathaway earns about $10 million a year at the age of 30, Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas took home about $10 million at just 17 and singer Justin Bieber earns about $55 million a year, according to PARADE's website.
All of these people followed their passion, said Banks, who doesn't mind having his salary posted alongside the annual earnings of Brady ($23 million), Channing Tatum ($15 million) or Paula Deen ($16.5 million).
"While they might seem overpaid, they followed their dreams and overcame their own obstacles. The sky is the limit for anyone who is brave enough to go after what they really want to do," said Banks.


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Syria's new opposition coalition
Does the deal done in Doha actually boost the legitimacy of Syria's opposition abroad... and is it ultimately beholden to its benefactors in the Gulf States and Turkey? François Picard's panel examines the prospects for the new coalition in light of a brutal escalation of fighting.
- Rahaf HARFOUSH. Editorial Director, Syriadeeply.org;
- Bruno GIRODON. Video Journalist and Senior Correspondent, France 2;
- Barak BARFI. Middle East Independent Analyst, New America Foundation;
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It's exactly the sort of futuristic thinking you'd expect from Google and NASA: Late last week, the organizations announced a partnership to build a Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA's Ames Research Center.
But questions surround the new type of computer at the lab's core. D-Wave systems, the company that makes the machine, says it is a quantum computer — a machine that runs on the strange laws of quantum mechanics. But although the computer can solve a certain type of problem much faster than conventional computers, critics say that the company's claims are not supported by scientific evidence.
"It's not exactly science, what they're doing," says Christopher Monroe, a physicist with the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland. "It's high-level engineering, and I think it's high-level salesmanship, too."
The quantum computer is a giant black box, or more precisely, a black cube approximately 10 feet on a side. Inside is a refrigeration system that chills the guts to near absolute zero, and shields the workings to protect them from external radiation.
In this rarefied environment, the laws of quantum mechanics can come into effect. These quantum rules are pretty strange. Particles can be in two opposite states at once, and they can be intrinsically tied together through a process known as "entanglement." For example, two quantum coins could be in a state of heads and tails simultaneously, as though they were flipping through the air. If the two coins were entangled, reading "heads" on one after the flip would instantly tell you that the other was heads — even if it were on the other side of the galaxy.
The D-Wave Two computer has 512 quantum "bits," or units of information, in its supercooled central processor that can be entangled together, according to the company. The entanglement allows the computer to do things that a conventional computer can't. In particular, it's good at choosing between many different solutions to a problem, according to Geordie Rose, D-Wave's chief technology officer.
Here's (roughly) how it works: Just like quantum coins, the quantum bits exist in two states at once, and because they are entangled, that means the entire chip is simultaneously in many different configurations of "heads and tails." The quantum computer, in a sense, simultaneously tries every answer imaginable before settling on an efficient one. Running the computer just a few times will give a subset of highly efficient solutions. By contrast, a conventional computer would have to individually test millions or billions of solutions to find the right answer.
Rose says that the new machine won't always be better than a regular computer, but for machine learning and searching — activities both Google and NASA are interested in — the D-wave's computer could be far more effective.
"The best answer, or the highest or the lowest or the smallest or the meatiest ... no matter what," Rose says. "If it's got an '-iest' at the end and you can write down a mathematical equation for what you mean about that, then you can attack it with one of our machines."
But proving exactly what D-Wave's computer does is tricky. Quantum states are highly sensitive to outside intrusion. The very act of trying to measure entanglement can easily destroy it.
There is solid evidence that the D-Wave machine is unusual. New research by computer scientist Catherine McGeoch at Amherst College suggests it can solve one particular kind of problem thousands of times faster than a regular computer. But McGeoch adds that the D-Wave Two was not measurably faster at solving two other types of problems tested.
And work from the lab of John Martinis, a researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, also seems to hint at quantum processes at work inside D-Wave's previous generation of quantum chip, the D-Wave One.
But Monroe remains skeptical. He believes that the D-Wave team has never demonstrated that entanglement is happening on the chips in its machine. He believes that D-Wave's supposedly quantum bits are actually working instead as tiny electromagnets. Those magnets, Monroe believes, could be interacting in ways to solve a certain problem very quickly without quantum mechanics. "There's no evidence that what they're doing has anything to do with quantum mechanics," he says. If he's right, then D-Wave's machine may be far more narrow in its abilities than the company believes.
D-Wave's Geordie Rose acknowledges the criticism, but says he believes that D-Wave's machine ultimately will also prove faster than conventional computers at solving the problems facing companies like Google, NASA and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin (which has also purchased a machine).
"What we do is build computers," Rose says, "and if we can build the fastest computers the world has ever known, you can call them whatever you like, and I'll be happy."
Google and NASA have partnered to purchase a new kind of computer, one that uses quantum mechanics to solve problems that are too complex for regular computers.
NPR's Geoff Brumfiel takes a look at the next generation of computing technology.
GEOFF BRUMFIEL, BYLINE: This new quantum computer is literally a black box the size of a small room, or to be more precise, a black cube.
Geordie Rose is chief technology officer with D-Wave Systems, the Canadian company that made the machine.
GEORDIE ROSE: Inside that black cube is a machine called a dilution refrigerator which cools the brains of the computer down to just a fraction above absolute zero.
BRUMFIEL: At these extremely low temperatures, the rules of quantum mechanics take over. These rules are very different from those used in a normal computer. For example, a regular computer can only work with separate bits of information: ones and zeros. But in a quantum computer...
CHRISTOPHER MONROE: There's a certain intrinsic wiring between the bits that sort of comes for free. It's called quantum entanglement.
BRUMFIEL: Christopher Monroe is a physicist at the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Institute.
MONROE: Quantum computers use, they exploit this resource called entanglement to do certain tasks that can be shown for certain problems to be exponentially faster than what could be done without a quantum computer.
BRUMFIEL: What might take decades can be done in hours. D-Wave claims its latest processor has 512 quantum bits. That's enough to tackle some really tough problems, says Geordie Rose. In particular, problems that require sifting through lots and lots of possible answers.
ROSE: The best answer or the highest or the lowest or the smallest or the meatiest, you know, no matter what. If it's got an iest at the end and you can write down a mathematical equation for what you mean about that, then you can attack it with one of our machines.
BRUMFIEL: And that's why Google and NASA are interested. They've partnered with an independent research association to start a quantum artificial intelligence lab centered around the D-Wave computer. Both organizations want to develop systems that can learn to spot patterns in massive, messy datasets.
ROSE: They want to continue to understand how to increase the intelligence of machines.
BRUMFIEL: But many scientists still have questions about how well the D-Wave computer really works. Until now, most quantum computing has been done on a small scale. And physicist Chris Monroe says that D-Wave's 512-bit chip may be too big to keep everything entangled.
MONROE: If you make the system bigger, in every platform I know of it gets harder, and in fact, the entanglement goes away faster.
BRUMFIEL: Too fast to do any calculations. D-Wave's computer is solving tough problems and for specific cases it can beat a conventional rival. But the company hasn't been able to convince Monroe that entanglement is doing the work.
MONROE: They've shown no evidence of entanglement, now that doesn't mean to say that what they're doing is not interesting.
BRUMFIEL: Monroe says this new chip is so unusual in its design that it might be working in a way that can sometimes beat other computers, even without entanglement. D-Wave's Geordie Rose says that's fine with him.
ROSE: Academic groups tend to want to focus more on the quantum part than the computing part, and that's fine. It's just not what we do. What we do is build computers, and if we can build the fastest computers the world has ever known, you can call them whatever you like and I'll be happy.
BRUMFIEL: Regardless of what D-Wave's machine is doing, quantum computing is not going away. The strange rules of quantum physics are just too tempting for technology companies to ignore.
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Peabody sisters of Salem
Published in London in 1773, Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religous and Moral, was the first book of poetry by a Black American.
Paul Revere writes in support of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who served during the American Revolution disguised as a man.
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The American Party (the Know-Nothing Party) comes to power in Massachusetts in 1855
Benjamin Franklin sent a recipe "To make Milk Punch" to James Bowdoin, a Boston merchant and the future governor of Massachusetts, on 11 October 1763.
One of two known surviving copies of a certificate of attendance at Dr. John Warren's anatomical lectures and demonstrations, engraved by Paul Revere.
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Written by Samuel Sewall in 1700, The Selling of Joseph was the first anti-slavery tract published in New England.
Saltonstall wrote this letter to her family while she was serving with the American Red Cross in France during World War I.
Hamilton wrote this letter the day before his duel with Aaron Burr.
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Ranch War: Thieving land grabbers take an expectant mother hostage in a dispute over grazing rights.
The Peddler From Pecos: Ruthless poachers murder a Federal Agent when he discovers their criminal activity.
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Dr. Ken Miller, who serves as Oklahoma's state treasurer in addition to his role as associate professor of business at Oklahoma Christian University, announced a sweepstakes to help students save for college.
At an event at Capitol Hill Elementary in Oklahoma City, Miller helped kick off the Think Big! Save for College! Sweepstakes, a partnership between the Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan and the Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
"The sweepstakes reminds families about the importance of saving now for a child's college education," Miller said in an article by The Oklahoman.
The sweepstakes will award $2,529 for an Oklahoma 529 College Savings Plan account to two Summer Reading Program participants. One winner will be selected from the children's program and one from the teen program, according to The Oklahoman. Entries can be submitted online at www.ok4saving.org/news/reading.shtml.
Parents with students applying to Oklahoma Christian can go to www.ok4saving.org to set up/contribute to an OK 529 account. When a parent is ready to withdraw funds for their child's expenses, they simply designate OC as the university they wish to have the funds sent to.
OC also is part of a consortium of schools that offers a pre-paid 529 plan (http://www.oc.edu/services/financial/the-private-college-529-college-savings-plan.html).
The latest step in Oklahoma Christian's commitment to make college affordable was its recent announcement that the university will eliminate all student fees and will not raise students' total costs for tuition, room and board for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Oklahoma Christian also will expand its block pricing to 17 hours per semester (up from 15).
Tuition for most students taking 12 to 17 hours will be $18,800 per year. Total charges for the typical OC student, including room and board, will be $24,975.
That price is far below the national private-school average of $38,589, and is further reduced by financial aid that makes OC's nationally-recognized education competitive with many state-supported institutions.
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On the occasion of Frank Sinatra's 97th birthday on December 12th, I along with such music luminaries as Harry Prime, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Peggy King, Jane Powell, Billy Jon Coogan, etc., say Happy Birthday Francis Albert! You and your music are forever in our hearts and minds.
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Luther traveled to the St. Mary's University Open this afternoon, a non-scored invitational.
Jayne Cole and Christina Storlie headlined the Norse efforts with firsts place finishes in the 1500 and 3000 Steeplechase respectively. Cole crossed the finish line in 4:49.55. Storlie, a two-time national qualifier in the steeplechase, posted a time of 11:29.21, winning the event by nearly 15 seconds. Sophie Ristau placed third in this same event clocked at 12:30.10.
Hannah Theisen also posted a top-three finish. Theisen placed second in the 400 meters with a time of 60.75. She was edged by Molly Brion of UW-Stout who was clocked at 60.69.
Luther's 4 x 400 of Riley Jamison, Theisen, Sydney Gehrt and Bailey Mulholland placed third clocked at 4:12.52.
Luther top-10 all-time performances were posted by Anna Hennessy in the 200 meters and Addy Rickels in the long jump. Hennessy placed sixth in the 200 meters with a time of 26.46 that ranks tenth all-time. Rickels finished fourth in the long jump with a mark of 17-4 3/4 that ranks seventh all-time.
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A diabetic man who was arrested earlier this year on suspicion that he used his insulin to drug and rape a woman has been arrested again.
Frederick Lawrence Allen's latest arrest -- which occurred while he was out on bond in the sexual assault case -- is on suspicion of driving under the influence and tampering with the interlock device placed on his truck after previous DUIs.
Boulder police pulled over Allen, 32, around 11:30 p.m. Monday after employees of the Bustop strip club, 4871 N. Broadway, called to say a patron had refused an offer of a cab after drinking three double whiskeys in an hour and a half.
According to a police report, an officer saw Allen driving erratically -- including driving on the sidewalk on Lee Hill Drive -- in a Dodge pickup truck that matched the description from the Bustop employees. When the officer turned on his lights, Allen pulled into the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express, 4777 N. Broadway, but drove over two parking barriers before coming to a stop, the report said.
The report describes Allen as visibly intoxicated and says he failed to complete field maneuvers satisfactorily, though he told officers he hadn't had anything to drink that night. He refused to do a breath or blood test even after an officer told him his license could be revoked for declining the test, the report said.
According to the report, Allen's truck was equipped with an ignition interlock device that required him to blow into a tube to show he hadn't been drinking before his truck would start. Court records show Allen was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in 2008 and again in 2009. Both times, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of driving while ability impaired.
Officers also found a can of compressed air in the inside pocket of the driver's-side door.
Allen told police his truck started without problems and that he did not have another person blow into the device or use the compressed air to trick the machine.
He was booked into the Boulder County Jail on suspicion of driving under the influence, tampering with an interlock device, lane usage violation, violation of a restraining order and violation of bond conditions.
Allen is not allowed to drink alcohol under the bond conditions and the restraining order from the sexual assault case.
Allen had been free on $100,000 bond after being arrested in January on charges of sexual assault, first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and tampering with evidence. According to a grand jury indictment, Allen met a woman at a bar and offered to walk her home. The next day, the woman's roommate found her naked on her bed with only a sheet covering her. She appeared to have thrown up and to be disoriented.
When the woman was examined at the hospital, she was found to have severe hypoglycemia, most likely from an insulin injection, and to have signs of sexual assault and other injuries, the indictment said.
Allen pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to go to trial in August.
Allen's bond already has been increased to $200,000, and prosecutors have filed a motion to revoke bond in the case. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning.
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With EU unemployment hitting record levels and forecasts of a grim economic outlook for the months ahead, the Commission has come forward with a set of concrete measures to boost jobs.
The proposal focuses on the demand-side of job creation, setting out ways for Member States to encourage hiring by reducing taxes on labour or supporting business start-ups more. It also identifies the areas with the biggest job potential for the future: the green economy, health services and ICT.
The policy communication underlines the need for a stronger employment and social dimension to EU governance and lays down ways to involve employers' and workers' representatives more in setting EU priorities.
1. The employment package urges Member States to strengthen their national employment policies. In particular it includes proposals for Member States to:
2. The Communication also lays down key areas for reform so that labour markets become more dynamic and inclusive and therefore more resilient to economic change. These proposals include:
3. The "employment package" also aims to create a genuine EU labour market:
4. Finally, the employment package paves the way for reinforced coordination and monitoring of employment policies at EU level in line with EU economic governance. From 2013, and as part of the European Semester, the Commission plans to introduce a scoreboard to keep track of Member States' progress in implementing their National Job Plans. To reinforce the involvement of EU and national social partners in employment policy making the Commission has put forward plans for EU-level exchanges of views and monitoring on wage developments. Finally, the package stresses the important link between policy and EU financial instruments (like the European Social Fund) in supporting countries' employment priorities and reforms.


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CHELMSFORD -- The fire that killed a married couple at Woodcrest Condominiums on Jan. 5 was likely caused by an extension cord underneath a foldout couch in the couple's unit, the state fire marshal's office said Thursday.
Damage from the fire was so severe that investigators were not able to determine exactly what started the fire, such as whether the cord was frayed, pinched or had been defective, said Jennifer Mieth, a spokesman for the fire marshal's office.
"Sadly, this fire took two lives and forever altered so many others," Chelmsford Fire Chief Michael Curran said in a statement. "Fires move incredibly fast, and the foam in our furniture and plastics in our homes give off toxic fumes that give us a short window to respond to the smoke alarm and use our escape plan."
The late-night fire also injured a 7-year-old boy, who his being treated at a Boston hospital, the fire marshal's office said. The office did not have a medical condition for the boy, whose name has not been released. The couple killed was Susan Astle, 67, and Paul DesLauriers, 77.
All 21 apartments in the building were destroyed, leaving 31 people displaced.
The Woodcrest Condominiums building on Littleton Road, which was demolished this week, was not required to have sprinklers because it was grandfathered into pre-existing laws when the complex was built, between 1979 and 1983. Such a building, if built today, would be required to have sprinklers, fire officials have said.
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The Chelmsford fire was one of three fatal fires that weekend in Massachusetts in which four people were killed.
"These tragedies underscore the value of fire sprinklers which could have altered the outcome of each one," Coan said in a statement. "No one thinks fire will happen to them, but practicing good fire prevention is key to reducing the chance it might."
The investigation into the fire was conducted by state police officials assigned to the fire marshal's office and to the Middlesex district attorney's office, along with members of the Chelmsford fire and police departments and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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The 25th Putnam County Spelling Bee
Six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The show's Tony Award winning creative team has created the unlikeliest of hit musicals about the unlikeliest of heroes: a quirky yet charming cast of outsiders for whom a spelling bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. Show Times: Wednesday - Saturday at 8:00pm Sundays at 7:00 pm June 28th at 2:00 pm NO SHOW on July 4th
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Authorities Wednesday located the body of U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's brother, Randy, who was reported missing on a solo backpack trip to the Wind River Range in Wyoming.
The body of the 61-year-old Carbondale resident was found at 10,700 feet, his poles still in his hand, his sister, Dodie Udall of Boulder, said.
Randy appeared to have died from a medical condition, she said. An autopsy has been scheduled.
"Randy left this Earth doing what he loved most: hiking in his most favorite mountain range in the world," the Udall family said in a statement. "The entire Udall family is touched beyond words by the tremendous outpouring of support from people around the country."
Randy was the second of six Udall siblings born to Morris "Mo" Udall, who served three decades in Congress, and Denver native Patricia Emery. Mark, the eldest, was born a year before Randy.
The family exchanged e-mails, calls and texts after learning Randy's body had been located.
"We're talking about how sad we are and how Randy is very much in our hearts right now," said Dodie, who is a year younger than Randy. "It's a big tragedy. I'm devastated."
Randy Udall had hiked the Wind River Range in Wyoming for more than 30 years, often going up once a month to fish and climb. His climbing exploits, along with many others, were chronicled in the book "Climb: Tales of Man Versus Boulder, Crag, Wall and Peak." He always left his route details with family, and early indications are that he stuck to the plan on this hike as well.
A long-time advocate for renewable energy, Udall helped found the nonprofit Community Office for Resource Energy Efficiency, which promotes the use of renewable energy in western Colorado. He also was the co-founder of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas and was one of the oil experts interviewed by the National Petroleum Council when they researched their 2007 report called the "Hard Truths about Energy."
"Randy had a brilliant mind and was an inspiration to those of us in the environmental community," said Matt Garrington, a longtime energy advocate. "He could take on the most complex, arcane issue on energy and deliver a commanding speech with humor, simplicity and urgency. Colorado has lost a true visionary, and he will be missed."
JP Strait, a CORE energy programs specialist, said Udall was an inspiring man with tremendous passion for the environment.
"He made me want to achieve more," Strait said.
Strait was among those who attended a silent prayer vigil for Udall on Wednesday night at Carbondale Community School, planned before news broke of the grim discovery.
"We were all hand-in-hand," he said. "There were a lot of emotions."
Authorities had been searching for Randy since his wife, Leslie Emerson, daughter of climbing legend Dick Emerson, called Wyoming authorities last Friday. She said she expected to hear from him late Wednesday or Thursday, but there had been no word.
Tip Top Search and Rescue of Pinedale, Wyo., coordinated the search with resources that included ground teams and aerial sweeps with two helicopters. A helicopter spotted the body.
Randy and his wife have three children in their 20s: Ren, Tarn and Torrey. Ren and Randy's brother, Brad, had gone to Wyoming after he was reported missing, and they notified family members Wednesday, Dodie said.
An article this week in Rock & Ice, about climbers, talked in detail about Randy's and the senator's expertise in mountain climbing and technical ascents. Both at one time were Outward Bound counselors.
The two also shared a passion for the environment; their uncle Stewart served as secretary of the Department of the Interior under President Kennedy.
Randy Udall's home in Carbondale was retrofitted with solar panels that he often said would keep 300,000 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere over 20 years.
Mona Newton, executive director of CORE, has known Randy Udall for 18 years. She noted that Udall was involved deeply with a methane capture project at a Colorado coal mine and turned that energy into electricity. Last year, Aspen Skiing became the first in the nation to convert waste methane into energy on a large scale.
"He was an environmentalist in the best sense of the word," she said. "He was really grounded in his connection to the natural world. He was unafraid to challenge us in what we were doing."


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ROCKFORD - A massive weather system delivering snow, rain, ice or a combination of the three to a third of the country is expected to pummel several major cities with a foot or more of snow - but not Rockford.
"The bulk of it is tracking through central Illinois, Indiana, the Ohio Valley and almost the entire Northeast," National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Lenning said.
"It's a system we've been watching for about a week. It's very large but not quite as intense as we had feared, at least not as far as wind speed. Up until a week ago, it was looking like a blizzard of 2011."
Rockford and much of Winnebago County are on the fringe of the weather system. A light snow arrived Tuesday afternoon in the Forest City and was expected to leave up to 3 inches by midmorning Wednesday before the weather system moves east, Lenning said.
While the snowfalls haven't been heavy this season in Rockford, they have been frequent, making for weary snowplow drivers.
As of Monday, Rockford had received 36.5 inches of snow, 2.2 inches shy of the average yearly snow total: 38.7 inches.
Salt supply
Several suburban Chicago communities have struggled with a salt shortage brought on by above-average snowfall and freezing temperatures. Some cities are rationing supplies so they last through the rest of winter.
Rockford has used up a 12,000-ton salt surplus it built up during the past two winters. The start-of-season surplus helped the city avoid shortages that have struck surrounding communities.
About 2,600 tons of salt were piled at City Yards, 523 S. Central Ave., before Tuesday's snowfall sent plows out on the streets. The city has a 3,000-ton shipment on the way, with a final 3,400 tons to go to finish off its 2014 salt purchasing contract with the state.
"We haven't had any issues getting salt like some other communities," Public Works Director Tim Hanson said. "We're still in very good shape."
The city has used about 15,500 tons of salt this winter. Not counting the past two years' mild weather, it typically goes through 18,000 to 25,000 tons, Hanson said.
Winnebago County is likely to need to order more than normal for next winter.
Dan Davis, operations manager for the Winnebago County Highway Department, said the agency has used about 15,000 tons of salt this season, about 4,000 to 5,000 tons more than usual. About 7,000 tons of material are left, which should last through the rest of winter even if the county is hit with multiple storms.
Winter costs
The city spends an average $104,000 each time trucks are sent out to plow and salt roads, Hanson said. The particularly harsh winter has cost the city about $2.6 million this season to pay for fuel, labor, road salt, deicing liquid, plowing contractors and plow maintenance. Before Tuesday, city crews had been sent to salt and plow streets 25 times.
"We get that average for a season," Hanson said.
Winnebago County's plow drivers have worked hundreds of hours in overtime this winter to clear and salt the roads.
Davis said each employee has worked 200 hours of overtime. Typical winters warrant 150 hours of OT.
It's not the amount of snow that falls, it's how often and when it comes down.
"If you get (the snowfall) during the middle of the week, in the middle of the day, your overtime is down. When you start hitting weekends and holidays, that's when it kicks you in the backside," Davis said.
"You've got to be there. The public expects it."
In Rockford, public works staff have to complete their regular day jobs, fixing water main breaks and repairing streets, before they jump on plows for 12-hour shifts. There are some who have worked 100 to 150 hours of overtime during a two-week pay period, Hanson said.
"They're beat. They've worked every weekend so far this year, along with every holiday.
"They are the true unsung heroes of the city of Rockford. I have the highest respect for them and for what they do."
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Florida Campus Compact-AmeriCorps recently awarded $8,225 to Barry University's Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) and Family CARE Center's College Reach-Out Program (CROP) to host College Access and Success AmeriCorps Programs.
Seven Counseling graduate students were selected to be mentors to Miami Edison Senior High School students. The selected mentors will focus on personal and academic success through leadership, counseling, college readiness, summer college residential programs, and educational college visits.
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Indulge & Win winner announcement
22 May 2014
Come Thursday, 22 May, a lucky traveller who had shopped at one of Malaysia Airports' five international airports will be RM1million richer! Malaysia Airports will be announcing the grand prize winner of its Indulge Till You Fly 2013-2014 Campaign at a prize presentation ceremony.
The Grand Prize winner will bag a RM1million shopping spree and a complimentary trip to seven of the most glamorous shopping cities in the world - Hong Kong, Tokyo, London, Paris, Milan, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur. If you want to know who it is, come to the prize presentation ceremony to be held on:
Date: Thursday, 22 May 2014
Time: 10.30 a.m.
Venue: Stage Area (Near McDonalds and Old Town White Coffee), Level 5, Departure Hall, Main Terminal Building, KL International Airport (KLIA)
Present at the event will be Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad (Managing Director, Malaysia Airports) and Puan Faizah Khairuddin (Senior General Manager Commercial Services, Malaysia Airports). You and/or your representative and a photographer/TV crew are cordially invited to the prize presentation. A tentative programme is enclosed for your perusal.
Tentative Programme
10:30am: Arrival and registration of guests and media
11:00am: Start of ceremony:
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• Introduction to Indulge Till You Fly Campaign • Opening speech by Puan Faizah Khairuddin
11.15am: Concessionaire Recognition - Incentive rewards give-away by Puan Faizah Khairuddin
11:30am: Unveiling of Indulge & Win 2013-2014 Campaign Winners
11:50am: Prize presentation for Final Monthly and Grand Prize Winners by Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad, Puan Faizah Khairuddin and Safdar Khan, Country Head for Malaysia & Brunei, MasterCard
12:00pm: Photo opportunity
12:15pm: Refreshments served
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Alabama's second severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday will be all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Alabama's second severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday will be all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
During those three days, the state will waive its 4 percent sales tax on a limited number of products that it has listed as things people might need for weather-related emergencies. (A complete list of tax-exempt items is on Page 3B.)
Tuscaloosa, Northport and Tuscaloosa County also are participating in the sales tax holiday and will not charge local sales taxes on the selected items. The two cities each have a 2 percent sales tax, and the county has a 3 percent sales tax. That will result in a 9 percent savings on the tax-exempt items.
Several other cities, towns and counties in West Alabama also have advised the Alabama Department of Revenue that they are participating in the sales tax holiday.
In addition to Tuscaloosa County, Bibb, Fayette, Lamar and Marengo counties have waived their sales tax on the weather-related items, according the revenue department's website. West Alabama municipalities listed as participating in the tax holiday are Berry, Brent, Centreville, Coker, Fayette, Greensboro, Linden, Livingston, Moundville and Sulligent.
Counties and municipalities have the option of participating in the state's two annual sales tax holidays — the severe weather preparedness tax holiday and the back-to-school tax holiday that is held in the summer.
Birmingham, Bessemer and Jefferson County will not participate in this weekend's tax holiday and will charge their local sales taxes on the storm-related supplies. Hoover, however, is participating and is waiving its city sales tax on the items.
The severe weather sales tax holiday serves to remind people of items they should have before the outbreak of the severe weather season — tornadoes which typically are most severe in Alabama in the spring and hurricanes, whose season runs through the summer and fall.
Items exempt from the sales tax this weekend include most batteries with the exception of batteries for vehicles and boats and coin batteries — the disc-like batteries used in watches and some small appliances. Also exempt are tarp-like covers, plywood, containers for storing food, portable generators and other items.
Alabama held its first Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday last year, partly in response to the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak that swept across much of the state, claiming about 250 lives, including more than 50 fatalities in Tuscaloosa County.


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Blue Catfish is a large freshwater fish species, which can weigh more than 100 lbs and live to over 20 years. Blue Catfish are native to large U.S. rivers, such as the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio, but have been introduced into other areas, including several rivers in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Although no formal population assessment for Blue Catfish has been conducted in the Chesapeake Bay region, there is evidence that the abundance of Blue Catfish is high, and in many areas increasing. Managers are now concerned that Blue Catfish are having a negative impact on native species in the Chesapeake Bay, and are therefore now focusing on ways to reduce the population.
Blue Catfish support both recreational and commercial fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay region. In the commercial fisheries they are captured with fish pots, bottom gillnets, fyke nets, pound nets and haul seines, which can cause some damage to bottom habitats. The level of bycatch in these fisheries is unknown.