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3:00 pm,
November 17, 2013
Fall Mainstage: WIT by Margaret Edson
A 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning play, Wit is a compelling story that promulgates the physical, psychological, and emotional journey of Vivian Bearing. An esteemed professor of English, the onset of ovarian cancer shatters Vivian?s professional world of research and scholarship. Suddenly diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer, Vivian Bearing is forced to cope with a terminal illness. Categorized as a passionate, demanding, and unforgiving teacher, Vivian?s scholarly studies of John Donne becomes her savior. As a new patient in a world-renowned oncology center, Vivian is aggressively confronted by memories of her past. Using the audience as a window into her soul, Vivian deliberately works to retrieve the fragmented pieces of her life. Vivian, a pertinaciously erudite empowered by language and trapped in her elevated reality, learns to appreciate and embrace the seemly mundane world around her. A surprising witty and emotional journey, WIT is sure to be engage one?s humanity and provoke greater thought.
Tickets are reserved seating ($10 general and $5 students/seniors/GC employees) and are available at the GC Welcome Center or at the door an hour before each performance. You may also purchase your tickets on line at: http://www.centerstageticketing.com/sites/goshencollege/
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Wow...She looks great. I love the color on her. I think it ages her in the way of a professional look but not in the way where I would say, "Wow, you look like an old lady". Maybe I should say it's a more grown-up look.
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LOVE that they went dark instead of light, LOVE that they went so short, but does anyone else think the new look ages her? I was hoping her bob was going to look sassy and fun, but it doesn't. I also think they should have been more playful with her make-up, I'm not digging the lips.
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Posted on March 29, 2013
I just sort of froze. I looked it over for a while. Then I realized that there is reason in all things, priced it, and packed it away before my giggles gave away my basic small-minded prejudices.
I hope you, too, will be able to control yourself when you come across a book called "The Literary Heritage of New Jersey." It was a very thin book, and that's all I'm going to tell you about it. Find it for yourself and make up your own gag, if so inclined.
We have been getting in a lot of things you didn't know you needed. I like to alert you to these matters so you remember to bring enough cash at the end of July this year. (You ARE saving up for The History of Dentistry in Colorado, aren't you?)
The bishop's record collection continues to turn up such treasures. There's a ten-inch EP on how to teach your congregation to sing the responses at Mass. (If they can sing two notes, they can sing everything required, the cover claims. Big if.) And I find that he did have a dozen or so records in Spanish, after all. They're not VERY Spanish, in my opinion: Nat King Cole sings in Spanish, The Robert Shaw Chorale Sings in Spanish…if you wanted to know, Petula Clark's hit "Downtown" comes out in the Spanish version as "Chao, Chao."
He also has not one but two copies of Mi Dama Bella, the Mexican cast album of My Fair Lady. I note, by the way, that one of Alfie Doolittle's drinking buddies is played by young Placido Domingo. If you THOUGHT your Placido collection was complete, maybe you'll need to think that over.
Meanwhile, up in the book department, I have some anomalies for the Health section NOT involving weird diets. Somebody gave me a bagful of extremely technical books on headache control. It took great stamina to price these and pack them away rather than put them on a shelf in my office, but the shelves in my office are full of broken clown figurines and warthog tusks. Somebody else gave me two bags of books on speech pathology. Most of these took up the subject from a medical standpoint, so they're in Health as well.
The naughty children in the audience will recall that the Health section is also where we put the sex guides. I have nothing terribly outre to report there, but we DID get three books on the history of kissing.
For those of you with empty coffee tables, we have received a few photography books which are probably bigger than your coffee table and potentially heavier, as well. We have not yet gotten one of those deluxe editions which come with their own built in legs, to support the weight. I would suggest to publishers that although the legs may come in handy, I wouldn't mind if they published books with handles and wheels in other areas than children's books. (Those are so light they don't need wheels: some of these art history books do.)
And for those of you seeking celebrity inscriptions, we have books inscribed by Elvis Presley's Uncle Vernon and John Wayne's third wife Pilar. Ah, and one of Rusty Warren's naughty comedy albums is inscribed. Yup, that's from the Bishop's collection (maybe he confiscated it in class or something.)


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Grace Kelly's Flower Girl's Dress and Underdress
Worn at Grace Kelly's Wedding, April 19, 1956
Designed by Joseph Hong, American, 1930 - 2004. Commissioned by Neiman-Marcus, Dallas, founded 1907. Made by Formals by Mary Carter, Dallas, founded 1952. Worn by Margaret Ann (Meg) Packer(then Meg Davis), American.
Made in Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America
White cotton organdy with silk machine embroidery, yellow cotton organdy, and yellow silk taffetaDimensions:
Center Back Length (Dress): 35 1/2 inches (90.2 cm) Center Back Length (Underdress): 28 inches (71.1 cm)Curatorial Department:
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For her bridal attendants, Grace Kelly chose designs by Neiman Marcus' young designer Joseph Hong. His design for the dresses of the four flower girls echoed some of the features seen in the dresses of the adult attendants and also incorporated elements fashionable for mid-twentieth-century girls' party dresses, such as very puffed sleeves and full, short skirts. This dress, worn by Grace Kelly's oldest niece, is supported by a yellow organdy underdress with three skirts. Sprigs of machine-embroidered daisies enliven the sheer white organdy fabric, and the daisy theme was continued by the small daisy bouquet and by the halo of daisies, which was substituted for the hat depicted on the flower girls in the original design.
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The Kirksville R-III instated its first-ever random drug testing program as the No. 8 top local story of 2012
The discussion
Starting this summer, the Kirksville R-III began talks of implementing the district's first random drug testing program, tying it to participation in academic and athletic extracurricular activities.
The school board hosted an open forum in July and aired the tentative plan which called for about 15 students a month to be randomly tested from a pool of students. Enrollment in the testing pool was to be mandatory for 7th- through 12th-grade involvement in any Missouri State High School Activities Association sanctioned event, dancing and cheerleading.
The discussion was prompted by the board's Athletics Committee and the fact the majority of the district's conference foes had already implemented such a plan.
The decision
Just in time for the start of the fall semester, the school board voted unanimously to implement the drug testing program.
The testing is used strictly for disciplinary purposes, with a first offense resulting in a 30-day ban from activities, second offenses result in a 90-day ban while third offenses during an academic career result in a permanent ban. The tests screen for drugs including marijuana, methamphetamine as well as specific pharmaceuticals, cocaine and ecstasy. The tests do not specifically screen for synthetic drugs like K-2 or bath salts.
"This is a solid first step," Superintendent Patrick Williams said following the vote.
First results
The district underwent several rounds of testing during the fall semester, with no disciplinary action taken so far against any students.
The district reported about 550 students are currently enrolled in the program, about half of the potential students.
The district has been testing 10 students from the high school and five from the middle school about every month on a random, unannounced basis.
The confidential results are shared only with the student and their parents and are not turned over to law enforcement instead being used for in-school discipline.
"This impacts a lot of students," Williams said. "Eventually, 15 kids talk to 15 kids and talk to 15 kids. Word spreads."
Counting down the Top 10 local stories of the last year...
10. Jason Haxton goes Hollywood
9. Kirksville responds to Buddy Pack crisis
8. Kirksville R-III implements drug testing
7. Revealed December 23
6. Revealed December 24
5. Revealed December 26
4. Revealed December 27
3. Revealed December 28
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222 West 134 Street New York, NY 1003002.15.2017 Backpack Letter and Lab ResultsThis web portal offers a wealth of information about our school community and we hope you will find it to be a valuable resource.
Visit the "About Us" section to view detailed statistics about our school including our Annual School Report Card, weekly attendance data, student enrollment, school budget and more.
One of the best features of the new School Portal is our improved ability to immediately update information about daily and special events such as our instructional programs, parent associations, after school programs, School Leadership Team meetings to school exam schedules, celebrations and other time sensitive information.As an extension of our school community, our new School Portal also better reflects who we are, featuring a new look and feel that allows us to express our individuality on the web. We hope you enjoy this new look and that together with its improved usability it serves to create a more enjoyable user experience for you.Check back with us frequently to see the latest news about our community and to learn about upcoming activities. As always, we value your feedback. Please use the feedback form on our Contact Us page to send us your comments and suggestions.


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Construction could begin in early spring on $24 million project
Construction of a 73,000-square-foot medical clinic in Waynesville could begin in early spring, the Phelps County Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees heard Wednesday night.
"We'd start construction at the end of March or first of April," PCRMC Chief Operating Officer Ellis Hawkins told the board near the end of his presentation at the monthly board meeting. "We'd be on a 14- to 16-month construction schedule."
There's still research and work to be done in the design and development phase, and the board gave its formal approval to continuing that work.
Hawkins said the project would cost an estimated $24 million; $16.6 million would be for construction and $7.5 million would be for furniture, fixtures and equipment.
Chief Financial Officer Ed Clayton said the construction would be paid with a long-term revenue bond issue and the furniture, fixtures and equipment would be paid with a lease-purchase plan.
Clayton said the current debt-to-equity ratio is 20.4 percent; borrowing for this construction project would put it at 38.5 percent. The benchmark ratio is 50 percent.
"That would still give us better-than-average leverage," Clayton said, adding that when the 2003 bonds were issued the debt-to-equity ratio was more than 60 percent.
Hawkins opened his presentation with a history of the project's planning.
In the spring of this year, he said, the hospital learned of the opportunity to purchase property highly visible from Interstate 44 in a high-traffic area at Highway H and the Westgate Exchange.
The PCRMC clinic, if constructed, would be adjacent to the Veterans Primary Care Clinic and near the Waynesville High School.
Once that opportunity arose, Hawkins said, "We began developing a business plan."
That plan shows there is a market for PCRMC's services. Hawkins said the business plan looks at non-military population, and outpatient visits are expected to be 16,000 annually with 40,000 clinic visits.
The clinic would include many services, including urgent care and a walk-in clinic, a full imaging suite, cardiac testing services, physicians' offices, physical therapy and a sleep lab.
Hawkins said research is continuing on the possibility of offering dental and optometry services.
In the planning, he said, a hospital-owned and operated pharmacy was considered, but that idea has been shelved. Instead, the research is ongoing on a third-party retail pharmacy.
"We are pleased with the opportunity to expand our world-class services to our Pulaski County community," Hawkins said. "The idea was to make sure we were offering the right services based on the community need in Pulaski County. We tested our business plan, modified the design of the building and added or ruled out services in order to provide the best PCRMC services to our Pulaski County residents."
Craig Schneider, principal in Esterly Schneider Associates Inc., a Springfield-based architectural firm, showed a computerized rendering of the building. It would be a five-level structure with the bottom level being partially underground, although there would be enough above ground to provide natural light.
Using the computer, Schneider moved around all sides of the building, showing the addition of a parking deck that would add 51 parking spaces on its top and provide covering from the weather on the spaces below.
In addition to those parking spaces there are many more parking spaces around the building.
There's a lane for drive-up window for the pharmacy.
Inside the various levels will have a women's clinic, a physicians' clinic with 23 exam rooms, space for the various services, space for a coffee shop, an atrium entryway.
The top floor would be initially empty, available for expansion of services.
Dr. Donald James, chief medical officer, said there would be 10 physicians at the clinic when it opens, six of them permanently there and four who would be there part-time and at other clinics part-time.
The clinic would also have a nurse-practitioner there, qualifying it as a rural health clinic.
Dr. John T. Park, chairman of the board, said a primary benefit, in his opinion, would be the outreach to Pulaski County, expanding the PCRMC market so it could attract specialists that the hospital currently cannot attract.
By expanding the "catchment" or "drawment" area of the hospital, there is a better chance of adding those specialties at PCRMC, he noted.
Hawkins said the Waynesville city officials have been gracious and good to work with.
"They want it to succeed," he said. Architect Schneider added that the city officials have been willing to grant variances to setback regulations allowing the construction of the clinic and the parking deck closer to the property lines, giving the structures the needed space.
All the board members present — Park, Joanne Brand-Hoertel, Tom Bahr and Albert Crump Jr. — voted for the continuation of the design and development. Ted Day had to leave early, before the discussion of the clinic and the vote. Although the vote was sufficient to pass the motion, Park asked board secretary Brenda Hribar to poll Day for the minutes.


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BILLERICA -- There was activity inside a region of Iron Horse Park on Monday afternoon, as workers methodically transferred liquefied petroleum gas from railway tank wagons and into tanker-trucks destined for parts unknown.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is well aware of the business happening inside the 553-acre industrial yard as the former manufacturing and railway hub that was added in 1984 to the EPA's list of Superfund sites, giving it the dubious distinction of being one of the most polluted plots of land in the nation.
Mary Jane O'Donnell, acting manager of the EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act branch, said the business has been going on for at least the past two weeks.
Moving liquefied petroleum gas, or propane, from rail to truck atop a Superfund site may seem hazardous at first, but whether any shipping companies are treading into murky legal waters is still unclear.
One official who is concerned about the activity is Deputy Fire Chief Tom Ferraro. Ferraro said Wednesday he stumbled upon the shipping operation "by accident" when he spotted a propane truck entering the property.
Ferraro said one of his concerns is the fact that the closest hydrant to the transfer location is roughly 2,000 feet away.
"If something did happen we're concerned about the water supply," he added. "But we're not sure if we have any authority in it right now.
O'Donnell said EPA and Federal Railroad Administration representatives met with Fire Department officials last Friday to inspect the site.
O'Donnell said the EPA is now evaluating whether this type of activity is regulated under sections of the Clean Air Act. She added that Tulsa, Okla.-based NGL Supply, LLC, is the propane provider.
Yet, O'Donnell and other officials are still determining where, if any, responsibility lies.
The company overseeing transport through the yard, Pan Am Railways, is headquartered at Iron Horse Park.
Pan Am Executive Vice President Cynthia Scarano pointed out that the transfer site was "capped" last summer. The area is known to the EPA as "Operable Unit 3," which contains seven "source areas." These areas required critical attention after contaminated soil, asbestos and recycled oil was discovered following decades of use by the old Boston and Maine Railroad.
As for shipping, Scarano said Pan Am is not responsible for acquiring permits and has nothing to do with which goods are being shipped.
EPA Spokesman Don McElroy said the asphalt section where propane is being transferred is known as "Area of Concern 5," a 50-acre landscape singled out for its contaminated soil.
Active businesses existing inside Superfund sites is not unique to Billerica, however. The Industri-Plex Superfund Site in Woburn was once home to a chemical and glue manufacturing facility that wound up contaminating soil with elevated levels of metals like arsenic and lead.
Today it is home to the James "Jimmy" Anderson Regional Transportation Center.
McElroy pointed out that the asphalt portion was also designed to address stormwater runoff. Storm drains lead to an underground retention system.
O'Donnell said inspections at the site will be ongoing, and added that officials are still trying to determine how the propane transfer operation will be regulated.
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Bent County Public Health is warning people to vaccinate their pets against rabies and avoid wildlife.
Bent County Public Health is warning people to vaccinate their pets against rabies and avoid wildlife.
The warning comes after health officials announced another skunk tested positive for rabies on Friday, March 29. A total of six skunks have been found to be infected with rabies in the county from August 2010 to now.
Health officials said the latest skunk was found just east of McClave on US 50. Previously, skunks were found in Hasty and Las Animas. In June of 2012 a cow from Bent County tested positive for rabies.
Kaysie Schmidt, director of Bent County Public Health, recommends people take these precautions to prevent rabies:
- Ensure that dogs and cats are vaccinated properly against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. Rabies vaccination requires booster doses. Discuss vaccinating horses and other livestock with your veterinarian.
- Don't feed wild animals or allow pets around them. Teach children to stay away from wild or dead animals. Do not keep pet food outside that may attract wild animals.
- Protect all pets, particularly animals too young to be vaccinated, from contact with wild animals. Puppies and kittens can be vaccinated for rabies as early as three months old, depending on the vaccine used.
- Contact your veterinarian if your dog or cat is bitten or scratched by a wild animal, such as a skunk, bat, fox or raccoon.
- If you or a family member has been bitten by a domestic animal or wild animal, contact your doctor and Bent County Public Health without delay.
- If you see a skunk or other wild mammal that this acting abnormally, such as stumbling or acting aggressive, especially during daylight hours, make sure you keep children and pets away from the animal and call the Division of Wildlife to report the location.
- To remove a dead skunk or other wild animal from your property, do not touch the animal. Remove the carcass with a shovel or other tool, and double bag it for the trash.
- Take steps to bat proof your home.
Rabies is a viral disease that infects the brain and other parts of the central nervous system, causing brain swelling and damage, and ultimately, death. Rabies is spread primarily through the bite of rabid animals, resulting in the spread of the disease through their infected saliva. Rabies also can be spread when saliva from an infected animal gets into open wounds, cuts or enters through membranes of the eyes, nose or mouth.
Preventive medication is available for people known or suspected to have been bitten by a rabid animal. But once rabies symptoms appear, the disease is almost always fatal. It is important for people bitten or scratched by a wild or domestic animal to contact their doctor.
The best way to protect your pets and family is to get your pets vaccinated. Low-cost rabies vaccination clinics are held annually by the City of Las Animas. The 2013 clinic will be held on Saturday, May 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Las Animas City Hall garage. For more information, contact the City Clerk's office at (719) 456-0422. Peak View Animal Hospital comes to Las Animas on a monthly basis and provides vaccinations, including rabies ($8), as well as low cost and free spays and neuters. Clinics are held the first Tuesday of the month from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bent County Fairgrounds. For more information, contact Peak View Animal Hospital at (719) 263-4321.
If you have questions about rabies or about whom to call in your area for response to a wild or suspect animal, call Bent County Public Health at 456-0517 or COHELP at 1-877-462-2911 for more information.


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Hehe, I just got a 12" Boomstick for $80. I'm very, very happy with my gun!
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Hey FeelTheRT, I like the 'artistic' dreamy soft-porn look to your 'cocker pics! Some of us really do love our markers too much...
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Walter Barry stands outside the front gate of what once was a vacant lot, looking like a proud father, lacking only the big cigar.
He has every reason to be proud, as he and a group of other people from the Friends of the Lifers have created an industry where previously only weeds grew. He helped start a farm in the middle of one of the most urban parts of the nation, in fact in the heart of what was once was on the most dangerous streets in Jersey City – Martin Luther King Jr. Drive near Stegman Street.
"That corner over there," said Freeholder Jeff Dublin pointing a block up from what has become a fixture in the neighborhood, "used to be all drug dealers. This part of town has turned around."
While crediting the Urban Garden program – which is only two years old – might not be completely accurate, the garden and those who run it have become symbolic of a change of culture that is part of the revitalizing of the inner city.
"We teach them out to grow food, we teach them how to can food, we teach them how to market those products," – Annette Joyner
How it started
"I'm an ex-offender," Barry said. "I served time in Rahway State Prison. I used to grow food in the vacant areas when I was in prison."
Barry came over from Essex County to help start a program in Hudson County similar to one he had started there. This is the second year for the program here, although it is the end of the season for this particular site. The program is seeking funding to construct a hydroponics green house here.
"We want to grow year-round," Barry said.
Since June, when they started planting here, they have raised eggplant, basil, hot peppers, okra, cherry tomatoes, thyme, several types of collard greens and much more.
"A lot of it we grew as seedlings from different nurseries," he said. "Some we started from seeds. But we started late. Most of the time when you start with seeds, you have to start in late March or early April."
Barry serves as project director, and knew The Friends of Lifers founder Harvey George.
"We partnered with Friends of Lifers. We're from a redirection program in Newark-East Orange, Prodigal Songs and Daughters," Barry said. "We built a hydroponic greenhouse in Orange."
Officials from Hudson County had heard about the project and came out to East Orange to see it, and then decided it would be something they wanted to help provide job opportunities for ex-offenders here.
"So we came down here last year and helped them start it," Barry said.
Opening the gate, Barry led a tour through the garden which has more than 500 boxes filled with greens, the last crop before the end of the season. He talked about fertilizers and the modified hydroponics already being used, and how the greenhouse would duplicate growing conditions using nutrients and other means so that crops could be generated from this site all year round.
Barry paused in front a small area where there is a bench, calling it a Heritage Garden, a place where people with a rich history of family ties to the past in the Deep South can come and reflect. And then, he reached down and plucked a white tuff from what turned out to be a cotton plant.
"Jersey City cotton," he said with a laugh.
Nearby were stalks of sugar cane. These are not part of the cash crop, but part of history, and local churches and schools bring their children here to talk about the family roots, just the way Barry talks about roots of plants.
Teaching ex-offenders skills
A graduate of Rutgers' master gardener program, Barry knows his stuff.
As of early September, the program had six people working on it, but there were more trainees coming, who are brought in through the Friends of the Lifers program. All are ex-offenders, and training is paid for through a grant.
"This program teaches ex-offenders skills," Barry said.
Residents spent the summer coming in to buy fresh produce, but the farm also sells to local markets and hopes to expand to restaurants.
"We're open to the public and we let people come onto the grounds, but we do all the picking so that the plants are not damaged," Barry said.
But there are rare instances when someone comes that makes for an exception, such as the woman raised in the south who brought her granddaughter here to show her how to pick okra.
"What could we do? We let her pick. She knew what she was doing," Barry said.
He and the others also learn from people who come, such as an old timer who recognized an unusual variety of collard green.
"I thought the bag of seeds was mislabeled because when it started to grow it didn't look like collard greens I knew," he said.
"When someone comes out of jail, we provide housing, substance piece, and this provides job training," said Dublin. "We need the green house here in order to provide job training year round."
The cost to purchase and construct a permanent green house is about $37,000. While the program has a $50,000 grant, it is not likely to happen without extra funding. Ben Lopez, director of Hudson County Division of Family Services, said that while the project has a grant of $50,000, O'Dea said there are other needs, such as purchase of supplies, that the project must get beyond the scope of the grant. He hopes to get members of the building trades involved to help with construction.
Dublin and the freeholders are hoping someone else will step up and prove that they are willing to take a chance on these ex-offenders.
Bigger plans in the works
Annette Joyner, executive director of the Friends of Lifers, said she and the late Harvey George put together the program as part of an effort of turning the community around.
"When people come out of prison they need a start," she said. "This could provide some of them with that."
Along with programs that provide training for janitorial services and car washes, this program has the potential to teach ex-offenders an even broader range of services. Barry, who runs a landscaping business, said some of these ex-offenders even get training for those skills.
Along with some local supermarkets and the general public, Jersey City Medical Center also purchases vegetables here.
When fully staffed, the program currently has three instructors and 10 trainees.
The state Department of Labor, through the county's Division of Family Services, funded the garden for the first year, which allowed the program to purchase 500 earth boxes, and some of the equipment needed to get the program off the ground.
Joyner said by providing services year round, ex-offenders get training, and then later jobs, and the garden also provides services to the community, educating residents about healthy heating habits – when many rely on fast food and other unhealthy sources of food.
"A lot of people in this community do not know how to cook with herbs, they do not use paper. They don't use cherry tomatoes and they don't use eggplant. This is educating them on healthy eating."
An outgrowth of the program would be workshops for the public to teach people around cooking, how to eat better, and how to use some of things grown here.
"We would like to start out how job project for ex offences, creating our own company, our own businesses, so we can have our own jobs for this population," she said.
Combined with a local facility that will house classrooms on the second floor and a café on the first, the program has the potential to become a significant employment and training opportunity for Hudson County ex-offenders, she said.
"We're trying to teach people about food science," Barry said. "We want them to be conscious of what they put into their bodies."
The farm program is a kind of vocational school for ex-offenders, Barry said.
"They get gook work and hands on training," he said. "This is also a perfect green initiative," he said. "If we're trying to conserve energy, building buildings that are solar, making materials that hold heat better, what is better green initiative than what we put inside ourselves?"
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Donald Sterling reportedly screamed at his girlfriend -- is that what she is? -- V. Stiviano just minutes before she sat down with Barbara Walters on Friday and said she was Sterling's "silly rabbit."
V is for Vhat the hell is she talking about?
Sterling was initially supposed to appear on the 20/20 interview -- at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles -- as well, but canceled at the last minute.
The New York Daily News reported that a guest, who supposedly was on the elevator that afternoon with the 81-year-old Los Angeles Clippers owner and Stiviano, witnessed Sterling screaming at her.
"He's screaming at her in the elevator, 'You're a media whore!' She sat there quiet and didn't say a word," the witness said. "Then he looks at her and says, 'Get off this (expletive) elevator! Get off this elevator and shut the (expletive) up!'"
Stiviano then apparently pushed a random button and got off the elevator on the 15th floor.
As you know, a tape of Sterling criticizing Stiviano for being photographed with African-Americans and bringing them to Clippers games was released last month. Sterling has since been banned for life by the NBA.
The witness told the Daily News that Sterling continued ranting to a male friend, who appeared to be on his legal team.
"He was yelling, 'She's (expletive) crazy! I can't deal with her! She's nuts!" said the source.
Right. She's the crazy one.
Sterling then reportedly rode the elevator to the lobby and stormed out of the hotel.
Not long afterward, Stiviano was sitting down with Walters to talk about her "father figure" in a positive light.
Stiviano told Walters she doesn't believe her much older -- whatever he is -- is really a racist. "I think he feels very alone, not truly supported by those around him. Tormented, emotionally traumatized," she said, adding that he should "absolutely" apologize to those he offended.
Too late.
"I think he can't even believe or understand the things he says, and I think he's hurt by it. He's hurting right now."
Boo hoo.
Stiviano said she was Sterling's personal assistant, describing herself as his "right-hand man, his wingman ... his silly rabbit."
Silly is right.
Contact Tony Hicks at Facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks or Twitter.com/insertfoot.


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The crop in southern Minnesota surprised most this past year with good yields considering how dry it was. Early planting, extra moisture early in the growing season and cool temperatures later in the season likely are factors that led to good crop yields.
The crop in southern Minnesota surprised most this past year with good yields considering how dry it was. Early planting, extra moisture early in the growing season and cool temperatures later in the season likely are factors that led to good crop yields.
No one knows what is in store for the 2013 season, but crop management decisions are underway now and that will be the focus of the University of Minnesota, Southern Research and Outreach Center (SROC) annual Winter Crops Days.
Producers, farm managers, ag consultants and salespeople, or others interested in learning more about economically favorable and environmentally sustainable practices for ag production will benefit from attending one of the five locations on January 16, 17 and 18.
Tom Hoverstad, scientist or Jeff Vetsch, assistant scientist at the SROC will begin each program at 9 a.m. with the crop year in review. They will summarize weather data collected at Waseca and explain what role the 2012 weather had on crop production and how the dry fall conditions may impact the 2013 crop.
Atypical weather patterns can affect nutrient management in corn and soybean production systems. Vetsch will discuss how 2012 weather patterns influenced nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus and sulfur responses in corn and soybeans. He'll also discuss how the dry fall may affect nutrient availability for the 2013 growing season.
Weed species that are most frequently causing problems for corn and soybean growers will be discussed. Hoverstad will also talk about results from University trials examining herbicide performance on these specific weeds.
Jeff Coulter, Extension agronomist, will present U of M research in corn that examines plant population and fertilizer rates to optimize efficient corn production.
At the Caledonia location, Craig Sheaffer, professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, will discuss variety selection, cutting management, winter survival and replant decisions for alfalfa producers.
At all locations local Extension educators will provide a summary of research in local areas and upcoming outreach activities.
Dean Malvick, U of M plant pathologist, will discuss plant diseases that have the potential to cause problems in corn or soybeans. He will provide information on how to identify these diseases and which control measures may be effective.
Recent problems where transgenic corn has failed to control rootworms in certain fields will be presented by Ken Ostlie, professor in entomology. He will present information on what led to the problem and what control measures are available where transgenic corn is failing.
On Friday, at both the Community Center in Arlington and the American Legion in Lake Crystal, Jeff Strock, professor at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Lamberton will focus on drainage water management practices including controlled drainage and subirrigation.
Data from field scale research will be used to demonstrate the capacity of these practices to mitigate edge-of-field nutrient loss and potentially enhance crop yield.
Cost for the event is $35 which will include morning refreshments, lunch and handout materials. Continuing education credits have been applied for certified crops advisers. The program will be held at five locations beginning on Wednesday, January 16 at the Good Times Restaurant in Caledonia, MN.
On Thursday, January 17, the program will be held at two locations, the American Legion Post 294 in Lake Crystal and the Community Center in Arlington.
On Friday, January 18, the program will be presented at the Southern Research and Outreach Center in Waseca, and EVENTS in Kasson. Registration begins at 8:30 at all locations, and the program runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For speaker information or specific topic times, details can be found at the SROC web site at: http://sroc.cfans.umn.edu or contact your local or regional Extension office or the SROC at 507-835-3620.
Deanne Nelson
Program Associate
University of Minnesota
Southern Research and Outreach Center
35838 120th Street
Waseca, MN 56093
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About TUMIThe Urban Ministry Institute is the research center of World Impact, Inc., an interdenominational missions organization dedicated to ministering God's love in the inner cities of America. As a missions organization,
World Impact evangelizes the lost, ministers cross-culturally among the people in the city, and plants churches specifically targeting America's urban poor.
To support and further World Impact's purpose and vision, TUMI seeks to facilitate dynamic, indigenous church planting movements among the poor to reach the inner
city unreached populations.
VisionTUMI's Vision is to facilitate pioneer urban church planting movements, to equip leaders serving the churches in these movements, and to spawn aggressive new church planting initiatives among the poor in America and across the globe. What is the foundation of this commitment, this vision for urban ministry and mission?
On the significance of vision and passion, the Scriptures are clear: where there is no prophetic vision, the people perish--they cast off restraint (Prov. 29.18). The vision that inspires us, drives and encourages us, that moves us is rooted in a simple biblical axiom: God's method of transformation and mission is people. When God wants to accomplish something great for his namesake, he raises up a man or a woman on whom he can anoint, by whom he can fulfill his covenant promise, and through whom he can work. Above all else, TUMI is established on this essential conviction: God is raising up a new generation of Christ-centered servant leaders who are biblically equipped, spiritually vital, and technically competent to accomplish God's task of planting the Church in the cities of America and the world. Since our beginning, we have sought to live out this vision, and to see God work through his chosen vessels who would launch pioneer urban church planting movements. Our vision is to identify and equip God's called leaders who are emerging from and called to serve and plant these churches in these movements. We are trusting the Lord Jesus through them to spawn aggressive new church planting initiatives among the poor in America and across the globe, and thereby fulfill the Great Commission among America's and the world's urban poor.
HistorySince 1971, World Impact has shared the Good News of the Kingdom of God with its neighbors in communities across the nation. Dedicated to facilitating church planting movements among the poor, World Impact evangelizes, disciples, plants churches, and and empowers congregations to minister effectively Christ's love to their community. The Urban Ministry Institute serves an important role in equipping these leaders and their churches as we provide quality biblical training and empower servant leaders for dynamic, effective ministry in the city.
With a deep commitment to the lost in the city, as well as a determination to empower the poor, World Impact strives to facilitate church planting movements to reach and transform America's inner cities. Since 1995, TUMI has sought to ground and empower emerging Christian leaders in the city to ensure that these movements remain viable and aggressive. Read an overview of our history.
For more information about TUMI please visit their website at www.tumi.org.


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Some astrologers take a change of residence into account. They interpret the birth chart, but use the new location as an additional source of information. They can tell you what effect being in a particular place could have on you. The 'relocation chart' in the "Extended Chart Selection" can be used as a basis for this interpretation. Our Astromaps are based on a similar idea.
Usually, it only becomes worthwhile to use these techniques when you have moved further than fifty kilometres from your birthplace. Suddenly, certain things might begin to make sense, like why one has a lot of accidents in one place, or why one suddenly feels the urge to study in another. But through it all, your birth chart doesn't change.
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With a post-graduation job already secured in the equine industry, Kara Einarson's career is off to a promising start.
A transfer from Washington, Einarson is a natural horsemanship major with a business management option. Einarson, who is currently enjoying her senior year at the University of Montana Western, discovered the natural horsemanship program by chance.
"I found an ad for the horsemanship program in an equestrian magazine," Einarson explains. "I met one too many horses that had been trained incorrectly. I wanted to do it the right way."
Montana Western's natural horsemanship program teaches students training techniques based on the natural behavior of horses. Students use these training techniques to create a human-equine partnership formed by trust.
Einarson enrolled in Montana Western's unique equine program in order to satisfy her personal desire to better understand horse training. A horse enthusiast for most of her life, Einarson was comfortable with horses, but still found herself challenged by the natural horsemanship program.
"It was rough the first year, but I stuck it out and it has been worth it," Einarson says. "It works. I like to do colt starting. It's nice to get a blank slate and see progress."
Although balancing horses and classes is always hard, Einarson discovered the Experience One block-scheduling program simplified her schedule.
"In Washington I was going to six classes a day and training my horse," she recalls.
"Here it's simpler. I can focus. You can get into classes, do activities, ask questions and really let it sink in. The block works great with natural horsemanship."
Experience One is only half of the reason for Einarson's appreciation of Montana Western.
"All the professors are very willing to help," Einarson adds. "You are not just a number here. Without the professors I would not be where I am. It's nice to have professors willing to stick with it. I love the professors here. I can't say enough about them all."
With graduation around the corner, Einarson credits Experience One, the professors, and the natural horsemanship program for giving her the tools to succeed in finding a job so early on in her career. The job was offered to her by a Washington-based Arabian farm where she completed her natural horsemanship internship. Einarson will groom and care for the young horses at the farm, but she says the opportunity for advancement exists.
"It is a great foot in the door," Einarson says.
Kolby Brown is a literature major at the University of Montana Western.
Marcus Williams came to Montana Western to play football and major in business administration.
Recent Montana Western graduate Taeler Rodriguez has been accepted to the University of Denver's graduate program.
Coming to Montana Western was part of fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming a doctor for Lindsey Densmore.
UMW grad Justinn Marshall was accepted into the University of Washington's regional medical education program.


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Science conference for Mo. educators
A Kirksville Middle School teacher was selected as a session presenter at the 2013 Interface Conference, an event designed for science and math educators and their professional development.
R-III Science teacher Greg Elson will attend the annual conference in February, presenting on the topic of "Developing a Periodic Table," a lesson designed to help students develop an understanding and appreciation for the scientific periodic table of the elements.
The annual conference is organized through the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri University Conference Office.
The sessions offer a chance for Missouri teachers to see what their counterparts are doing across the state in science and math education.


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As a school district library department supervisor, I would love to say that, after 17 years in this position, my district has the perfect school library program. The reality is
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Article by Cathi Fuhrman, Ed.D., library department supervisor for the Hempfield School District, originally presented at a hearing before the state House Education Committee.
In the article she emphazises the important role of certified school librarians on students'futures, but also that this role is changing continuously.
This means school librarians need to evolve and keep up with the changes in education and the demands of society.
New for 2016! Scholastic Reading Club announces James Patterson's $1.75 Million Dollar Pledge to Save School Libraries
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James Patterson, American bestselling author donates to school libraries. He says: "Libraries are the heart of the school, and the response from educators and parents alike to the first Great Library Pledge showed that there is much more needed to save them. That's why I'm back with a new $1.75 million pledge to save school libraries across the country."
School libraries can apply for a grant and find more ways to support school libraries on the website
S L Faisal, a librarian with the Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom has been recognised for his contribution to national development of school libraries.
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The 2016 IASL School Librarianship Award was awarded to our Indian colleague Mr. |S.L. Faisal. He was recognized for his contribution to the national development of school libraries.
They empower and educate children, and help with social mobility. With public libraries also being closed, we need their school counterparts more than ever
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Those familiair with school libraries know how important they are. In this article the power of school libraries and their effect on children's lives is emphazised. One critical point: the article states that because of the closure of public libraries, school libraries are even more important. I would like to reply to that as follows: school libraries are special entities and have their own specific role in education. School libraries should always exist next to public libraries. It is a shame public libraries are closed but this is a problem in itself that should be dealt with.
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The IFLA library started in 2013 and contains all submitted IFLA WLIC papers. This repository reached over 550.000 downloads. Searching for "school libraries" shows 551 results. Interesting to check out if you're looking for WLIC conference papers on this topic.
An essential component to becoming Future Ready, is making a digital learning plan before purchasing technology. The Interactive Planning Dashboard offers districts a five-step collaborative planning process. Upon completion, districts have a complete digital learning implementation plan, full of research-based strategies, including stakeholder input, local context, and district team leadership responsibilities.
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Are schools and librarians ready for the future? Check out this site with video and factsheets to prepare yourself and your role in student success
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"The purpose of Global MIL Week is to promote MIL connections across cultures, peoples, educational institutions, organizations, policies, professions, initiatives and nations. Global MIL Week is led by UNESCO in collaboration with the UNESCO initiated Global Alliance for Partnerships on MIL (GAPMIL) and the UNESCO-UNAOC UNITWIN MIL and Intercultural Dialogue (MILID) University Network. The feature event is the 6th Conference of the UNESCO-UNAOC UNITWIN MILID Network and the inauguration of the first General Assembly of GAPMIL. This Global Call invites all stakeholders to join in the celebration. Beginning in June, we are launching a 6-month campaign to promote MIL across the world, in a build-up to the Global MIL Week celebrations that will take place in Brazil from November 2nd – 5th 2016. Celebrate with us! Tell us how and where you promote Media and Information Literacy (MIL). Please let us know about events or initiatives in your community or region taking place this year, or events that will be taking place in your region during Global MIL Week in November. What can you do to promote MIL? How can you make MIL happen where you live, study or work? Find some suggestions by Clicking on Ten Ways to Celebrate MIL Week in 2016. "
Check for more information on the official website: https://en.unesco.org/global-mil-week-2016
Information Literacy: digital citizenship , digital citizenship, information literacy | Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students
See the Glog! Information Literacy: digital citizenship , digital citizenship, information literacy | Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students
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Information literacy #IL #MIL shown in a #Glog. Get inspired and make your own for your students
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New standards for students on digital literacy #ISTE. They offer a free account to join the community. The browse function does not seem to work at the moment!
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Publications by IFLA how libraries support the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs
The library offers a unique opportunity for learners to shape their own experience and engage in a "learning expeditions". Read David Jakes exploration of the great potential for libraries as change agents!
Via Karen Bonanno
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Leadership. Empathy. Agency. Empowerment are the keywords in this post by David Jakes on school libraries. Worth reading!
School Library Association of Victoria | Upcoming Events » » Strategic Planning for School Libraries: A workshop for those involved in School Library Management and Planning
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Announcement of training session on strategic planning for school libraries: July 19 - 2016.
Mark Ray is changing the conversation from "shh..." to "How can I help your with technology?" Mark has helped to overhaul libraries in Vancouver Publi
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"TL's are indispensable to our strategic vision", a quote from this TedX by Mark Ray on the changing role of the teacher librarian from the shushing librarian keeping books to the tech leader in the school. Interesting video inspiring teacher / school librarians to look into their role and if they should change it.
Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with Information Literacy Section and School Libraries Section
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Call for Papers: joint session Audiovisual and Multimedia and Information Literacy and School libraries section @IFLA2017, Wroclaw Poland
The Ministry of Education and Du have pledged to distribute 12,000 books to 226 school libraries across the country.
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UAE, one of the richest countries in the world, distributes 12,000 books to school libraires in 226 schools.
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On behalf of João Paulo Proença: We are proud to be able to provide another SlamIT course. After six successful courses we have announced SlamIT 7 to take place in Zagreb (Croatia) from the 30th Oct to the 3rd November 2017 We hope to see a lot of enthusiastic teacher librarians, teachers, headmasters and media specialists at this course event. Read more about the course at: http://www.slideshare.net/jp.proenca/european-curse-slamit-7-school-libraries-as-multimedia-centres-in-service-trainning https://www.facebook.com/slamit7course/
ECIL 2017 - St. Malo, France
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First Call for Papers European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) http://ecil2017.ilconf.org/ September 18-21, 2017, Saint Malo, France Co-organized by the Department of Information Management of Hacettepe University, Department of Information and Communication Sciences of Zagreb University and the IUT Paris Descartes, European Conference on Information Literacy (or ECIL) will take place in Saint-Malo, France from 18-21 September 2017. ECIL is an international conference under the patronage of UNESCO and IFLA. Paul G. Zurkowski is the Honorary Chair of the Conference. Conference committees include over hundred distinguished experts from over sixty countries. The language of the Conference is English. Aim & Scope Workplace Information Literacy being the main theme, ECIL aims to bring together researchers, information professionals, employers, media specialists, educators, policy makers and all other related parties from around the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss recent developments and current challenges in both theory and practice. Topics of the Conference include (but not limited with) the following: • Information literacy in the workplace • Information literacy and employability • Information literacy and workforce development • Information literacy and career readiness • Information literacy and developing critical and creative workers • Information literacy and 21st century workplace • Information usage in the workplace • Information literacy and organisational success • Information literacy and competitiveness • Critical perspectives on workplace information literacy • Information literacy and the neoliberal agenda • Information literacy and digital empowerment • Information literacy and trans/inter/multiculturalism • Information literacy and community engagement • Information literacy and social change • Information literacy and democracy, citizenship, active participation • Information literacy, libraries, the public sphere • Information literacy and lifelong learning • Information literacy in theoretical context (models, standards, indicators) • Information literacy and related concepts (transversal competencies, media literacy, data literacy, civic literacy, transliteracy, metaliteracy, e-literacy, digital literacy, computer literacy, scientific literacy, visual literacy, health literacy, multi literacy) • Information literacy research (research strategies, methodology and methods) • Information seeking and information behavior • Information literacy good practices • Information literacy policies and policy development • Information literacy and libraries Information literacy and LIS education • Information literacy and knowledge management • Information literacy across disciplines • Information literacy in different cultures and countries • Information literacy in different contexts (law, health, etc.) • Information literacy and education • Information literacy education in different sectors (K-12, higher education, vocational education) • Information literacy instruction • Information literacy for different groups (adults, children, young people, disadvantaged groups) • Information literacy and ethical/social issues • Information literacy and emerging technologies • Information literacy in the future Important Dates First call: 7 November 2016 Second call: 12 December 2016 Third call: 16 January 2017 Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2017 Notification of acceptance for abstracts: 31 March 2017 Deadline for submitting final versions of abstracts: 15 April 2017 Authors' notification on final decision on abstract category: 2 May 2017 Registration starts: May 2017 Full-text submission deadline: 15 May 2017 Notification of acceptance for full-texts: 15 June 2017 Deadline for submitting final versions of full-texts: 3 July 2017 Early registration deadline: 15 June 2017 Author registration deadline: 30 June 2017 Conference sessions: 18-21 September 2017 Paper Submission The conference is composed of several types of contributions, such as full papers, posters, PechaKucha, best practices, workshops, panels, invited talks, and doctoral forum, each of which has different requirements and restrictions regarding the length, time allocation and content. Contributions should be prepared using the templates available through the Conference web site and submitted electronically via the conference management system before the deadlines indicated under important dates. Contributions will be peer-reviewed. Detailed information about review process can be obtained from conference web site. At least one of the authors should register online via Conference web site and take part at the conference to make the presentation. Venue Le Grand Large – Palais des congrès de Saint Malo. 1, quai Duguay-Trouin. FR-35288 Saint Malo Webpage: http://www.pgl-congres.com/ Contact Abstract submission, review process & book of abstracts Sonja Špiranec, General Co-chair and Co-chair of ECIL 2017 firstname.lastname@example.com Full-text submission, review process & proceedings book Serap Kurbanoğlu, General Co-chair and Co-chair of ECIL 2017 firstname.lastname@example.com Local issues, registration, accommodation and tours Joumana Boustany, Co-chair for ECIL 2017 and Chair of the Local Organizing Committee email@example.com
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The IFLA sections School Libraries and Section on Academic and Research Libraries held a joint session at the WLIC 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. You can find the links to the presentations here.
The Maine Department of Education and Apple are offering Maine schools a "Refresh" swap offer to exchange iPads for laptops at no additional cost.
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Survey and outcome of usage iPads versus Laptops in schools shows what many already know: Laptops and iPads both have their own usage. iPad schools or even Steven Jobs schools seem to be a strange name for a school; why not Laptopschool or Smartphoneschool or even better Schooltableschool ;-)
June 15th, 2016: "Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians" Webinar recording (Duration: 1 hour and 50 minutes). For the fifth consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group are partnering with the American Library Association to present a webinar "Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new…
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Recording and slides of the IFLA/ALA "New Librarians, Global Connection Webinar Series" about "Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians" that took place on June 15th, 2016.
Media and information literacy is a tool that enables life | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Media and Information Literacy is a tool that enables life. Words on the second day of the #UNESCO conference #MIL. Important role for libraries and librarians.
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Valuable toolkit by #AASL on school libraries. The toolkit includes materials for teachers, parents and of course school and teacher librarians
Research article by Jennifer Robins
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Literature study by Jennifer Robins on 156 action research projects conducted by 39 school librarians.
Tennessee's Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is blazing trails in innovative library and media center design to bring true 21st Century literacy to 83,000 students in more than 150 schools. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is blazing trails in innovative library and media center design
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The school library: Knowledge building, research skills, digital literacy, content creation, and a number of other integrated learning experiences.
Libraries are transforming to meet the needs of 21st Century users. This is certainly true of school libraries.Just ask Marge Cox, school librarian at Veterans Memorial Elementary School in Naples, Florida. "Today, the expectation is that instruction happens on a daily basis," she said. "There is more interactivity."She mentioned that the school libraries of today have Makerspace nights, online book clubs and game events. "I think if people haven't been in a school media center lately, they really don't have a true picture of a 21st century school library media center," she said.However, she added, "Those events don't happen without a full-time trained professional supported by assistants, volunteers, and the community."
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"School libraries of today have Makerspace nights, online book clubs and game events". This is a 21st century school library managed by a full-time trained professional supported by assistants, volunteers and the community.
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The Cincinnati Bengals firmly believe they're still on the road to respectability, just as the Kansas City Chiefs are wondering if they'll ever hit rock bottom.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals firmly believe they're still on the road to respectability, just as the Kansas City Chiefs are wondering if they'll ever hit rock bottom.
One thing is certain: There could be a lot of people wearing black inside Arrowhead Stadium when the teams meet on Sunday.
The Bengals, coming off a confidence-boosting win over the Giants last weekend, visit a disheveled Chiefs team that's floundered to six straight losses. Kansas City still has only led in regulation once this season, and its only win came after a franchise-record comeback.
"They're going to come in here and feel like they have a good chance to win another game," Chiefs coach Romeo Crennel said, "but if we work on our attitude, our effort and the things we did Monday night, clean up one or two things, I think we're going to play good. That's the focus."
Been the focus all season, too.
It hasn't mattered.
Kansas City's latest letdown came last Monday night, when it rallied in the final minutes to force overtime at Pittsburgh. Matt Cassel promptly threw an interception after the Chiefs won the coin toss, once again snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
The Chiefs (1-8) were expected to contend for the AFC West this season. Instead, they've committed a league-leading 30 turnovers, suffered season-ending injuries to three starters, had both of its quarterbacks go down with concussions, and shown a startling lack of professionalism.
That became evident Monday night, when the Chiefs were flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after a group dance celebration following a touchdown that ultimately never happened.
Little wonder there's such unrest in Kansas City.
Long one of the NFL's most passionate fan bases, Chiefs supporters have turned increasingly hostile in recent weeks. Twice fans have paid for banners to be flown behind airplanes asking for general manager Scott Pioli to be fired — they haven't gotten their wish yet — and this Sunday, they're expected to come dressed in black to mourn another lost season.
They should blend in well with all the Bengals fans dressed in black and orange.
"We're frustrated. Everybody is frustrated. None of us envisioned this, or none of us want to be 1-8, and the fans are frustrated as well," said Cassel, who lost his job to Brady Quinn, only to get it right back when Quinn sustained his second concussion three weeks ago.
Quinn still had not been cleared early in the week, meaning Cassel will start Sunday.
"At the same time, we have a job to do," Cassel continued, "and we're going to go out there and do our job to the best of our ability. Hopefully, that results in a win and we can change the atmosphere and the environment around here."
The environment is slowly starting to change in Cincinnati.
The Bengals (4-5) made the playoffs last year for only the third time since the 1990 season, which is also the last time they won a postseason game. They haven't made it in back-to-back years since 1981-82, something that seemed all but written off just a week ago.
Cincinnati started off 3-1, the only loss coming at perennial contender Baltimore, but then came a string of four straight losses that left some cynics saying, "Same 'ol Cincy."
Well, the Bengals showed last Sunday that's not the case.
Facing the defending Super Bowl champions, Cincinnati roughed up Giants quarterback Eli Manning, forced four second-half turnovers and saw second-year QB Andy Dalton throw a career-best four touchdown passes — each to different receivers — in a 31-13 rout.
"If you look at all our games and just evaluate us on a game-by-game basis, we felt that was the standard of how we should play each week," Bengals cornerback Chris Crocker said. "You can always every week make adjustments and get better. That's the thing this week, it's coming out and playing just like we played last week, and just try to build on it."
The Bengals still have plenty of work left — they're two games behind second-place Pittsburgh in the AFC North, and three back of the Ravens. But they're also beginning a stretch of five games against teams with sub-.500 records, starting with lowly Kansas City.
"We had a good attitude going last week," Dalton said. "The way we started the game, we started fast, scoring quick. We've just got to use that as momentum. We've got to keep it going, we've got to take it into this week and take it on the road against Kansas City.
"We've got to come out and play the way we did on Sunday."


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CU (1-9, 1-6 Pac-12) hosts Washington (6-4, 4-3) on Saturday at Folsom Field. Still looking for their first win of the season at home, the Buffs are also hoping to gain some momentum for the offseason and send the seniors off on a high note.
"They have an opportunity these next two weeks and I appealed to their pride," Embree said Tuesday at his weekly press conference. "We've talked about trying to create some momentum for them in the offseason and moving forward into 2013. I also talked to the older guys, the seniors, about how they wanted to finish.
"It would be big (to win a game or two)."
The Buffaloes have not gone through a season without a home win since 1920. To get it this week, they'll have to upset a Washington team coming off an impressive performance against Utah last week.
Embree said that when scouting the Huskies, he's been impressed with Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who is "probably the best tight end in the country." He also said he's been impressed with quarterback Keith Price, running back Bishop Sankey and a Washington defense that plays sound fundamentals.
As for his team, Embree is hoping his Buffaloes come out spirited and ready to finish strong. And, he said he's not worried about going winless at home.
"No, because I expect us to (get a win)," he said.
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ROCKFORD — Simon Peter Nelson, who killed his six children 36 years ago, will stay behind bars.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled unanimously today against Nelson's request for parole, said Winnebago County State's Attorney Joe Bruscato. The board voted 11-3 to extend Nelson's next attempt at parole to 2017. By law, the maximum extension would have been five years.
This was Nelson's 18th attempt at parole since he first became eligible in 1986. Without early parole, his release date would be October 2076, a de facto life sentence.
"Clearly, Simon Peter Nelson remains one of the most notorious murderers in the history of the city of Rockford, the county of Winnebago and maybe even in our country," said Bruscato, who traveled to Springfield to fight Nelson's release and ask for the maximum time between parole hearings.
"I don't think there's any amount of time that he'll ever be able to serve that will amount to justice for those six children," he said.
Bruscato did not speculate on the reason the board decided to set Nelson's next parole hearing in three years, rather than the maximum five years. But he said the board had discussed Nelson's advanced age — he's 82 — his health and his good conduct as a prisoner before making its decision.
In January 1978, Nelson bludgeoned and stabbed his six children to death with a rubber mallet and a hunting knife inside the family's Camp Avenue home. He then drove to Milwaukee to find his wife, who had left to consider a divorce, and attacked her before being arrested by police.
Nelson's victims were Jenny, 12; Simon Peter III, 10; Andrew, 8; Matthew, 7; Roseann, 6; and David, 3. He also killed the family dog, a dachshund named Pretzel.
He has admitted the killings and expressed remorse in previous appearances before a member of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. He previously said he had benefitted from intense anger management therapy during his time in prison "so nothing of any kind of a violent nature is ever going to happen in my life again," according to a May 2004 story in the Register Star.
In 1982, he married Jewell Friend, a former administrator at Southern Illinois University Carbondale whom he met while she was teaching at Menard Correctional center in Chester. Friend died in 2005.
Nelson was sentenced to 100 to 200 years in prison under Illinois' old indeterminate sentencing law. He and other inmates who received indeterminate sentences are periodically eligible for parole under the old rules. There are approximately 220 such inmates left in the state's prison system, including a handful from the Rockford area.
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Adult gay film star Donny Wright was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly breaking into a firehouse in Louisville, Ky., to masturbate, WHAS11 reports.
Wright, whose real name is Nicolas Gonzales, allegedly broke a window in the fire station in order to masturbate on fire gear that he removed from the station's lockers.
The station's firefighters apparently heard Wright, 27, break the window and went to investigate the commotion. The men said they were surprised to discover the porn star masturbating on the gear.
"This is probably the craziest thing I've probably ever been involved in," Sgt. Douglas Hepner with Louisville Fire and Rescue told NBC's Louisville's affiliate station WAVE3. "I heard some loud banging outside," he added.
Firefighter Michael Davenport told the station he thought it was "the dumpster man coming to empty the dumpster" at first. Hepner went on to say that it appeared that Wright "jumped head first through the window. The glass shattered and he came in head first and I just saw him take off running."
"Once we found out the intruder was still in the firehouse, all members searched the firehouse very rapidly and that's when I came across him," Davenport said.
The firefighters found Wright down the hallway in the station's locker room.
"That's where I found him sitting on the floor," Davenport said. "He never even acknowledged I was there. He continued his lewd act and that's when I grabbed him by his shirt and drag him out."
"Every day's a brand new day for us," Davenport added. "I'm sure this story will long live."
The authorities said Wright was under the influenced of alcohol. Police arrested him and charged him with burglary, public intoxication and criminal mischief. According to Louisville's CBS affiliated station WLKY-TV3, Wright said he broke into the firehouse, "Because I wanted to."
It should be noted that according to to Wright's Twitter account, the adult film actor tweeted on Feb. 15, "Feel like I went thru a time machine. Kentucky !!"


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YREKA – A woman and her two young children sustained minor injuries Monday afternoon as a result of a vehicle collision in Yreka.
According to Yreka Police Department (YPD) officer Steve Fahrney, the collision occurred on Oberlin Road just west of Campbell Avenue.
Montague resident Gregory Baker, 58, was traveling eastbound on Oberlin Road and was preparing to make a left turn onto private property. While executing the turn, his vehicle was struck by a gray Honda Civic driven by Ereca Sanchez, 25, of Yreka, who was traveling westbound with her two children, ages 2 and 4.
The YPD, Yreka Fire Department, California Highway Patrol and two Mt. Shasta Ambulance units were dispatched at approximately 1:45 p.m.
Sanchez and her two children were transported to Fairchild Medical Center where they received treatment for minor injuries. According to Fahrney, they were cleared and released later that day.
While rescue personnel were administering care, traffic was directed through the eastbound lane until the scene was cleared at approximately 2:30 p.m.


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Pottawatomie County voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide municipal races in McLoud, Maud and Pink, while school board runoffs will be decided in Maud and Konawa. In Earlsboro, voters who last approved a bond issue in 1971 will be asked to decide two school bond issues.
Pottawatomie County voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide municipal races in McLoud, Maud and Pink, while school board runoffs will be decided in Maud and Konawa. In Earlsboro, voters who last approved a bond issue in 1971 will be asked to decide two school bond issues.
Earlsboro Public Schools is asking voters to approve a $495,000 proposition for school improvements as well as a transportation bond for $80,000 to purchase a new school bus.
As far as the building projects, Superintendent Mark Maloy said there are many projects slated for the $495,000 proposition, which is a five-year bond.
Projects include replacing 1950s-era cast iron plumbing in the high school, installing new tile in the elementary hallways and classrooms, as well purchasing a new marquee sign for the school.
Also on the list are constructing a new bus barn and purchasing an eight-passenger van for special education and small group transports.
Maloy, who said Earlsboro voters last approved a school bond in 1971, said constructing a new multipurpose building is also planned. The building could be used for extra-curricular activities and a practice area for the district's new archery classes, as well as be available for community use.
Since plans are to construct the new building adjacent to the district's newer gym, there would be additional restrooms for both facilities, Maloy said, and there are plans to remodel the current restrooms and lobby in the gym.
The bonds, if approved, will increase the annual property taxes for those living in the Earlsboro school district.
Estimates show that if a homeowner's annual taxes are $100 per year, taxes will increase $34.44 for each $100 in annual taxes currently paid. The change averages to an increase of $2.87 per month for every $100 in annual property taxes.
Earlsboro Public Schools currently has about 230 students, Maloy said, so he encourages all patrons of the district to "get out and vote."
There are municipal races in three Pottawatomie County towns.
In McLoud, there are four races on the municipal ballot.
Candidates for the Councilmember Ward No. 3 seat are Ann Pearce, Pete Pendley, Tim McGuinness and Jon Barrett.
Vying for the McLoud Ward No. 4 seat are Chandra Heitzinger, Thomas Morris and Ronald Kenyon.
For the Councilmember at large position, there are five candidates — Robbie D. Remington, James Woods, Steven Michael Tomaszewski, Ruben Abilez Jr. and Frank Pearce.
For the unexpired seat in Ward No. 1, Becky Carpenter and Philip Leslie Solinger are the two candidates.
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For Councilmember Ward 2, voters will decide between Roger Cunningham, Don R. Lam and James Haws.
For the Ward No. 4 councilmember in Maud, Woody I. Hopkins and Lisa Armstrong are the candidates.
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Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Pottawatomie County Election Board Secretary Diana Knight encourages voters to bring their voter ID cards with them to the polls.
Absentee voting also is available 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday at the Pottawatomie County courthouse.


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The attorney general's office argued in motions filed Tuesday that the state isn't liable under a federal law that protects the privacy of driver's license data.
The state of Minnesota has asked a federal judge to dismiss five lawsuits filed on behalf of several people who say their driver's license data was improperly accessed by a Department of Natural Resources employee.
The attorney general's office argued in motions filed Tuesday that the state isn't liable under a federal law that protects the privacy of driver's license data. The law sets the minimum damages at $2,500 per violation.
The lawsuits names several current and former DNR and Department of Public Safety officials, as well as former DNR enforcement officer John Hunt, who was fired after officials said he inappropriately accessed the records of 5,000 Minnesotans without any job-related purpose.
The state countered that Congress deliberately crafted the 1994 Driver's Privacy Protection Act narrowly, in a way that means only Hunt could be held liable. The state contrasted that law with a federal patient privacy law that contains specific oversight responsibilities for supervisors.
Holding the state responsible for anyone who misuses driver's license data could be "catastrophic," particularly if the damages are $2,500 for each violation, the motion said.
"The court should not presume that Congress intended such an absurd result," the motion said. Otherwise, it said, the state could face an "impossible choice" of either shutting down its driver's license database or "running the risk of ruinous liability."
The state also argued that the plaintiffs have not produced evidence that state officials knew Hunt was improperly viewing data.
U.S. District Judge Joan Erickson set a hearing on the motion for July 11.
Hunt also faces criminal charges. The complaint alleges over 90 percent of the people whose privacy was violated were women, including politicians, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers and journalists. His next hearing is May 24.


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TRAINING: While in Texas, I hit the gym with Jesse James Leija in the mornings for my boxing training. Then in the afternoons, it's Gold's gym for conditioning and weight training. In the evenings I will train with a few of the guys from Sinlapa Muay Thai for some light MMA until I head to Boston for my official training camp with Mark Dellagrotte, Kenny Florian and Sityodtong Boston.
those guys to be blessed into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, Oklahoma. Famous alumni include NBA star Dennis Rodman, MLB star Brett Butler, WNBA star Crystal Robinson and UFC star Pete Spratt. I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Health. Can you believe that? Quite a contrast with how I make my living.
What was your job before you started fighting? The last full time job I had, I was doing Restaurant Management recruiting while pursuing my dream of professional fighting.
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