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Building Connections: Building Polynomials (Day 2 of 2)
Lesson 3 of 15
Objective: SWBAT find an equation that could represent the function given the graph of a polynomial (limited to 2nd and 3rd degree).
Big Idea: This amazing NCTM lesson continues as students now work backwards to find the linear factors of polynomial graphs and extend it to third degree polys.
Present the polynomial puzzler warm-up problem to students from page 2 of the flipchart. Depending on the pacing of your students from yesterday's lesson you may want to just skip this warm-up and spend more time on the classwork today.
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Today students will finish the NCTM Illuminations lesson Building Connections. The lesson is outlined in great detail on their website so be sure to check out the link above. Today I expect students to finish the worksheet, Working Backwards, and the worksheet, Higher Degree Polynomials I have only allotted 30 minutes for this (why? I thought if we really built up students' understanding of yesterday's activity then today would go much smoother) so I don't know that all students will finish both worksheets. It is important that all students complete at least the working backwards worksheet. The higher degree polynomials worksheet could be used as just an extension although I hope that all my students get through both.
This lesson does a great job at having students work toward becoming better mathematicians. While working through this activity many of the mathematical practice standards will be addressed. I am going to encourage my students to be aware of how they are practicing the following two standards as we discussed yesterday:
Mathematical practice 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Mathematical practice 7: Look for and make use of structure
I definitely recommend working through the worksheet yourself before having students complete it. Check out the video in the section below (which is a bit long, sorry… you may be better just working through the activity!) for an overview of today's activity and some tips on differentiation.
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Closure: Pair-Share
Present page 3 of the flipchart and have students summarize their findings today by doing a pair-share. (No time for the 'think' today! Just kidding, I really just want students to discuss with a partner their findings and not just think about it on their own) Teams should share their findings with the class.
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The Annual Groundhog Day Corsage and Boutonniere Sale is once again underway.
What was started by the Women's Club 10 to 15 years ago has now been passed along to two of its most dedicated members.
Together, Jennifer Roberts and Katie Laska are working to bring an old tradition back into the town just in time for Groundhog Day.
Roberts, Punxsy PRIDE corsage coordinator, has been instrumental in starting it up again as well as putting it together.
After contacting Laska, a member of the PRIDE organization, with her idea, they decided to start making and selling corsages and boutonnieres.
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That tradition consisted of wearing corsages and boutonnieres on a daily basis.
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For many years, the Big Oak Tree of Thomasville has stood as one of the show spots of the city and one of the marvels of benevolent nature. Even President Eisenhower visited this historic landmark while a guest in Thomasville and was so impressed he photographed it himself!
One of the largest Southern Live Oak trees (Quercus virginiana) east of the Mississippi, the Big Oak (c. 1680) has a limb span of over 165 feet, a trunk circumference just over 26.5 feet and reaches 68 feet in height. Thomasville's Big Oak was one of the earliest members of the National Live Oak Society, registered in 1936 as the 49th member.
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The Donald Claflin Jewelry Studio is part of the Student Workshops, an innovative, co-curricular program through the Hopkins Center for the Arts that has been in existence for close to 60 years. The program has a well-equipped studio in Jewelry & Metalsmithing and is open to all currently enrolled Dartmouth students and faculty. Absolutely no previous experience is necessary. The studio has a staff of both professional and specially trained student instructors to help the participants make their objects. Because the program is voluntary and un-graded, creativity is nurtured in a very pure way. While the studios primarily operate in an "open-studio" format, there are also short "workshop-style" classes designed to accommodate students' busy schedules and regular guest artist events. The Donald Claflin Studio also serves as a support structure for the academic needs of the college as well, with students, faculty and whole classes using the facilities and the knowledge of the Student Workshop's staff for academic projects and research.
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Nashua mayor vetoed school security upgrades in 2009By SIMON RIOS
Union Leader Correspondent
December 18. 2012 11:48PM
NASHUA - A security upgrade at Nashua's schools was vetoed by Mayor Donnalee Lozeau in 2009.
At the start of a nearly four-hour Board of Education meeting on Monday night, former Nashua Alderman Fred Teeboom recalled a push after the Columbine shooting in 2009 to implement an Access Control System. The $2.21 million initiative, which was approved by the school board and aldermen, was subsequently vetoed by Mayor Donnalee Lozeau on the grounds of a ($3.3 million) school budget deficit, Teeboom said.
"The reason was primarily the deficit from the school district . based on an overly-generous teachers contract," he said, calling the decision short-sighted.
The aldermen, who had passed the item, 12-1, failed to override the veto.
Efforts to increase security in Nashua schools stretch back to Sept. 11, 2001.
After the terrorist attacks, Nashua police conducted security checks in Nashua schools, according to a document from the Aldermanic Budget Review Committee. Police expressed concerns such as exterior doors being left open and that visitor identification was checked only on a discretionary basis.
In response to the survey, the school district heightened visitor screening and began locking all doors except primary entrance and exits.
In 2007, the district requested $554,000 from the school board for security upgrades. The request was denied because a formal assessment had not been conducted, and the aldermen recommended that the district hire a security consultant.
The district hired W.L. Bliss Associates of Dedham, Mass., to develop recommendations and cost estimates, along with a request for proposal for the installation of an Access Control System across the district.
In July 2008, Bliss presented to the school board, noting that the district is "in an extremely vulnerable situation regarding the ability of individual school buildings to protect their populations from trespass of unstable visitors and armed intruders."
Bliss' concerns stretched across the district's 18 buildings in four areas: main entrance access; perimeter security; lockdown capability; and communications.
An RFP for the work was issued in January 2009, fielding 11 bids ranging from $1.7 million to $2.9 million. A contract was awarded to Surveillance Specialties for $1.9 million by the school board, with an additional $200,000 in corollary expenditures.
The Access Control System was to install alarms and monitors on exterior doors, locks for all doors, over 100 cameras with a centralized monitoring system, and a buzz-in intercom camera system at main entrances. Aged alarm systems were to be replaced, as 56 panic switches and 123 proximity card readers were to be installed.
The mayor's veto put the upgrades to rest until this November, when the school board voted to proceed with a revised $1.5 Access Control System, which could see completion before next school year.
But at Monday night's meeting, Superintendent Mark Conrad noted the widespread concern that the main entrances of the elementary schools are open during the school day. The board voted to expedite two parts of the Access Control System - buzz-in entrance systems and locks on classroom doors - apart from the remainder of the project, which could be carried out by a separate bidder.
The board will hold a special meeting Jan. 2 to take the next steps.
Board member Kim Muise said the board should revert to the plan as it stood in 2009.
"The first line of defense is to have the proper controls and protections at the front doors, so I urge people to support the security system in its whole," she said.
Fighting back tears, school board member Sandra Ziehm recalled a teacher at Sandy Hook school who hid her children in a bathroom and confronted the shooter.
"She put like 26 children in that room, and she stood in front of the door and she said the children were gone, and he killed her. I believe we have teachers like that in our district."
Ziehm referenced mental health as a component of school attacks.
"I believe it goes to a bigger problem than our schools. It goes to we're not taking care of the mental health problems of these (individuals)."
Board member Dennis Ryder expressed concern about turning the schools into fortresses, highlighting the call for gun control as a response to the epidemic of gun violence. "All across Europe, the rest of Western Civilization, guns are not possessed by citizens, and you do not get these tremendous amounts of killings."
"This is the most dangerous place in the world, and we need to do something about it where our kids are concerned," he said.
Member David Murotake questioned how school districts can enforce safety in schools given their status as gun-free safe zones.
"Do we have to resort to turning our schools into fortresses?," he said. "Even if we upgrade the security of our schools, can we protect our schools from all types of disasters like this one?"


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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (US - DVD R1 | BD)
Warner Home Video reveals details on DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film
Starring: Dwayne Johnson
Released: 5th June 2012
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Warner Home Video has announced DVD ($28.98), Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99), and 3D/2D Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($44.95) releases of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island for June 5th. The only extra material on the DVD release will be deleted scenes, and a gag reel. The Blu-ray releases will also include an Are You Strong Enough To Survive Mysterious Island feature, and an UltraViolet digital copy of the film. We've attached package artwork for each of the releases below:
Quote: The follow-up to the 2008 hit! The new journey begins when young adventurer Sean (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist—a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean's new stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot (Luis Guzman) and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island under the sea and bury its treasures forever.
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Wow. These covers look as awful as the actual film and it's title. Had no desire in watching this film, even though Michael Caine was in it. The Rock just looks weird as hell on these covers. Everything about this film just looks terrible on almost every level.
Journey 2!!! I haven't even seen the first one yet!
Wow, look at Vanessa Hudgens. It's like she's in a completely different movie.
I hope when the new Dark Knight hits blu ray that there will be a tons of extras
Nightmare wrote: Wow not much extra on the blu ray that a surprise
Warner Brothers is infamous for this now. They have been really skimping lately for a few years. They do good with select titles but mostly they're just lacking
Warner Brothers is infamous for this now. They have been really skimping lately for a few years. They do good with select titles but mostly they're just lacking
Wow not much extra on the blu ray that a surprise
Ditto. The DVD coverart is bad. The main poster isn't awful, though. Will pick this up. Looks like a classic Disney adventure film from the sixties.
Yeh the dvd cover sux but i like the other 2. Fun film and maybe better than the first. I wouldnt buy it but it is worth seeing at least once. Its very slight, u will forget it once its over. Also why did they never say what happened to brenden frasier?
The DVD covert art is pretty lame
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One of the blessings we've gotten from Michael Jackson is the archive of filmed, documented milestones. Looking back, it can be considered the most public "progress report" of any entertainer in the last 45 years.
They are everywhere: YouTube, Facebook (who hasn't seen the "Jackson 5ive" cartoon opening sequence?), the Sullivan stuff, the "Ben" song, you name it.
Yet two of his arguably most compelling milestones (and innovations) in his captured life have seemingly missed the big cut of the conversation since his passing. That's a shame, because without factoring in the two videos below the arc, the entirety of the sweep of his genius is incomplete.
Here are my two top Michael Jackson (and by extension, Jackson Five) captured moments, along with one of his most famous (the Motown 25th Anniversary "Billie Jean" sequence), and finally, a very recent addition that demonstrates fully just how influential the man and his family were. [See this week's "HIStory" opinion column for a reflection on Jackson's more personal influence.]
The best way I can describe this gloriously ragged capture of the Jackson Five's first nationwide telecast performance is "undistilled." The band is just the Jacksons, not sessions pros. A couple of crap amps, a microphone for the rest of the Jacksons that doesn't seem to work well and a very young Michael fronting.
A number of things to watch for. One, since they had not "broken out" yet, the crowd basically doesn't know what to make of it. It is not nearly the Jackson Five Mania response we've been conditioned to see. Second, of course, is Michael, who almost seems older here than in their debut Ed Sullivan appearance to come. The song, the super-funky Isley Brothers hit "It's Your Thing," likely contributes.
The technical flaws make this a tough watch, but it's worth waiting for the end. Check the crowd response when Michael does his thing away from the band, with a couple of double snare pop hip thrusts straight at the crowd. There's an audible gasp that is scintillating. It's the first coast-to-coast Michael "hit."
Michael's "crowd management" mastery is on full display. He has to work it twice, but finally gets a solid call and response thing going near the end.
It's a "chitlin' circuit" raggedy-ass delicious piece of archival footage.
By the time of "Dancing Machine," a lot of the national television dates had been reduced to daytime shows like Mike Douglas and Merv Griffin, and not primetime extravaganzas. Additionally, the J5 was doing world tours and had a big Vegas run in 1974 coming.
Even though it did fairly well, "Dancing Machine" turned out to be the group's first hit as a unit in a while. And it would be a bit before the next. It's an interesting time that it seemed not many paid attention to, likely because the clothing, the dance steps, everything, seemed a bit musty. Even by '74 heart-of-disco standards.
However, this "Soul Train" segment, a Saturday morning staple for any black American household, is significant. And not just because whenever the Jackson Five was on, it was a big effen deal. It was about what he did during it: The Robot.
It's hard to imagine there was a time in the country when there was no Robot, but when Michael busted this, it set off a bomb in African-American youth culture. Within seemingly weeks, it was everywhere.
Watch closely at the end of the Robot bit. His eyes blank, floating, and then he snaps back to the microphone with a wicked twinkle in his eye, like, "How you like that?!"
Michael is in complete control here in a studio, lip-synched setting, especially when he steps forward into the audience, à la the Miss Black America Pageant. It lights off a nifty crowd reaction, working it out '70s style with the group.
And while we're talking about "Thriller," why not indulge in Michael, circa 1983, at the Motown 25th anniversary network special and his now infamous "Billie Jean" performance featuring The Moonwalk. Tell me you don't see bits from the Miss Black America Pageant and the "Soul Train" bit in his moves now. It's all connected.
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Since I became governor, Connecticut has received five Presidential Emergency Declarations related to extreme weather-related events. Storms that were considered once-in-a-century events have now become annual occurrences, causing both millions of dollars in property damage and tragic loss of life.
Each and every time our state is hit hard by a large-scale storm, we see the best in human nature. People come together to assist in the recovery efforts by donating their time and labor. Many others donate goods and money to various relief funds.
That same innate impulse, that need to help during another person's darkest hour, was abundant in the aftermath of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In the more than 100 days that have passed, well over $10 million has already been donated to more than 60 Sandy Hook charitable organizations that were established for specific purposes: for first responders and surviving Sandy Hook teachers and students, for memorials, for the town of Newtown, and to victims' families to help them cover funeral expenses, cope with the senseless violence that took place and preserve the memory of those lost.
Much of the donated money flowed into Newtown unsolicited and selflessly unrestricted; however, not all of the organizations receiving donations registered as charities with the state Department of Consumer Protection (DCP). Remarkably, there has been only one quickly thwarted scam to divert contributions from legitimate Newtown charities so far. Although DCP Commissioner William Rubenstein has provided guidance to many of the Newtown charities, some of these organizations are waking up to the difficulty of determining how best and to whom they should distribute the donations collected over the past several months.
To date, there exists no central infrastructure or accounting system created to collect, record and expedite the distribution of funds to Connecticut residents following a catastrophic event, which raises the question -- what mechanisms can we put into place that will ensure these donations are properly managed and accounted for, and reach the intended recipients?
Answering this question has prompted me to join Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and state and local officials to propose legislation to create a new foundation called the Connecticut Coordinated Assistance and Recovery Endowment (CT CARE). CT CARE is specifically designed to coordinate recovery efforts of disasters and other emergencies. It will set up several separate accounts restricted to each emergency, as well as a separate endowment from which it will fund its operations. In response to an emergency or disaster, CT CARE will receive those private donations, report on them and then spend them in a way that carries out the intent of the donors.
Donations to CT CARE will pass through the state treasurer, who will act simply as a custodian for CT CARE. I want to make clear that this money is not accessible to the state for any other use. Thus, the state would become an immediately available trusted repository for private donations in the aftermath of an emergency.
CT CARE would not be a competitor to existing charities but rather a partner in any relief effort, helping them to improve the collection and distribution of private donations. We can be struck by a natural disaster or emergency at any time and even charities can be caught unprepared. When these events pass, we have always worked closely with our partners on the state and local level to focus on picking up the pieces and moving forward to a place of healing.
CT CARE builds on this progress in some important ways. First, CT CARE allows pre-existing nonprofits to keep focus on their core missions by avoiding the chaos associated with widespread unsolicited donations. Second, CT CARE will work closely with those nonprofits to distribute funds to them where appropriate. Third, CT CARE allows us to more accurately capture and preserve donor intent by providing a trusted venue to pass through to victims the generous gifts of donors who want their contributions to meet the direct needs of these individuals and communities.
Most importantly, CT CARE will let us respond more quickly and effectively to victims of catastrophic events when they need our help the most. The bill is currently before the General Assembly and, based on their recent actions, I know that many legislators share my concern on this matter. It is my hope they will soon pass legislation to establish CT CARE and make available to us another important tool to provide relief to residents in the wake of the next emergency or disaster.
Dannel P. Malloy is governor of Connecticut.


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Florida's Python Hunt Aims To Put Dent In Population Of The Invasive Species
Audie Cornish talks to humorist Dave Barry about Florida's so-called "Python Challenge." It was dreamed up by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The "challenge" is a month-long contest with the mission of raising public awareness about Burmese pythons.
It won't take a Supreme Court ruling to declare the winner of the next big contest in Florida. When Sunday, February 10th rolls around, only size and quantity will matter. That's when the 2013 Python Challenge ends. No chads this time, just dead pythons.
And that's why we've contacted humorist and Florida resident Dave Barry to guide us through the rules established by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Welcome, Dave.
DAVE BARRY: Good to be here.
CORNISH: So when did this competition start?
BARRY: It started last weekend. It runs for a month.
CORNISH: And any reports from the field just yet?
BARRY: I'm not going anywhere near the field, personally. The field is full of people who have come from other states to try to kill large non-native snakes with guns. So I'm staying away from the field. But as far as I know, no humans have died yet. I assume some snakes have.
CORNISH: I mean, what are the rules actually, like how does this work?
BARRY: Well, you have to catch - excuse me, I don't mean catch. The actual expression used by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is trying to raise public awareness about the Burmese pythons. That means kill. And you have to kill as many as you can in this month. There's a prize of, I think, $1,500 for the most pythons. And there's a price of $1,000 for the longest Python. But you can't cut your long Python into several smaller pythons. That's against the rules.
CORNISH: There's actually a serious reason why they're doing this, right? I mean, this isn't just about randomly killing pythons.
BARRY: No, they're kind of like taking over the Everglades. They don't have any enemies down here. Apparently, they were pets at one point. And I'm not going to say that the people who had these pets were stupid, but apparently they didn't look up what happens to the Burmese python as it gets to become more mature, which is it gets to be really, really huge. They caught one not too long ago. I think it was like 17 feet long.
CORNISH: Oh.
BARRY: So the idea is to get people to come in and raise public awareness about them.
CORNISH: And, of course, this is a state-sponsored event. So I assume there must be some rules about how you kill a python.
BARRY: Yeah, you have to kill the pythons in an ethical manner, which is described in some detail in the pythonchallenge.org website. But the main thing is you can't let your pythons suffer too much. You have to get the brain of the python. Apparently, they do have brains.
CORNISH: And I see the term captive bolt is thrown around regarding that.
BARRY: Captive bolt, I don't really know what a captive bolt is, but it's a thing you attach to the head of an animal to destroy its brain. Now, I don't want to be second-guessing anybody here, but you've got amateurs from other states here who are suddenly going to come in contact with maybe a, I don't know, 10, 15-foot-long carnivorous snake out there. I don't really know when they're going to find the time...
BARRY: ...to attach the bolt to the head of the python. I think there's going to be - to be honest, I think there's going to be a lot of just shooting going on out there.
CORNISH: Now, you were joking that you're not going to go out there. But, you know, you're having fun at people's expense. I mean, do you have any experience with pythons yourself?
BARRY: Not pythons, but I do live in the Miami area, which is basically a swamp. We don't admit it, but the animals know it. And I had an experience several years ago. I had a number of snakes on my property. But several years ago, I was in my office, which is next to our swimming pool, and I reached for my diet soda and there was - I heard a hissing sound. And there was a snake that at the time I would've estimated at probably 30 to 40 feet.
It was probably actually, really, in real life about 2 feet long, but it was a snake right next to my soda can. And so I made a really un-masculine - I made a sound like a recently castrated Teletubby. And I jumped out and ran out onto the patio and got the first weapon I came across, which was barbecue tongs.
CORNISH: What else?
BARRY: So I go running out with this thing riding at the end of my barbecue tongs and dropped it. And as it happened, it fell into the swimming pool. It made a rookie snake error, which is it swam into the filter basket.
CORNISH: Ugh.
BARRY: And it was exciting, and that was just a little snake that wasn't even a python. I don't know what people are going to do when they encounter actual pythons out there.
CORNISH: That was Dave Barry, humorist, novelist and herpetologist. His comedy novel "Insane City" will be published at the end of this month.
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jan 24, 2013) - A string of positive economic data helped propel the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 Index to five-year highs last week. The Dow's and S&P 500's weekly gain of 1.2 percent and 1 percent, respectively, were the third consecutive week of gains. Research Driven Investing examines investing opportunities in the S&P 500 Index and provides equity research on McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM).
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Mid-life career change
A shiny 1969 Chevelle Super Sport helped seal Dick Smith's fate at Monroe Auto Equipment Co. more than four decades ago.
Today, the sports car is long gone and Smith's employment is coming to an end at what is now Tenneco Automotive.
"I was told I might be needed there as long as possible, maybe through October, but I need to find something," Smith said from his home in Gothenburg where, a few weeks ago, he put together a resume for the first time in his life.
In 2009, Tenneco officials announced the closure of the plant. Manufacturing will be taken over by other Tenneco facilities in Hartwell, GA, and Paragould, AK.
After June 3, officials said a skeleton crew is expected to continue to make and ship piston rods until May or June of 2012.
The way Smith tells the story is that he was 17 the summer he joined the shock-absorber manufacturer as a machine welder 43 years ago.
Instead of going to college, the teen bought the Chevelle and decided to work another year to pay for it.
When the Army came calling, he spent a couple of years in the service—one in Viet Nam—and returned home where he had 90 days to decide whether to stay at Monroe's or get another job.
"Monroe's was the best-paying job around," Smith explained. "With insurance and making $1.85 an hour, it was good money."
At Monroe's, Smith worked the night shift and joined the product engineering department in 1975.
Since then, he's worked in packaging and most recently as a customer service specialist in the shipping office.
There he works with Ford Motor Company downloading orders, scheduling shipments, following orders through the plant, bar coding packages and following them to the trucking dock.
The day the 60-year-old learned his life-long job would be eliminated, Smith said he and the other 499 employees were in shock.
Even though officials had talked of closing the plant a decade ago because of higher shipping costs than other facilities, Smith said he didn't think it would happen.
"We're the most profitable and productive and the best in safety so it was hard to understand," he said.
However the knowledge that Dawson Area Development and other local, area officials worked to keep the plant open made people feel better, Smith said.
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Choice of this nonstop flights from BKK to DEL:IC854 BKK DEL 1330 1615 arrival into downtown Delhi would be around 1800.It looks like the alternate flight connection for any lagging teams is:PG906 1250 1400 REP BKKTG315 1745 2045 BKK DEL
Puddin i'm thinking go find the groom is first, and that would be some obsure name that is probably why Kelly/Christy were asking about it.I have been trying to match the wedding venue, looking up banquet halls etc but Delhi sure has a bunch.Plus as i also posted the windstorm is 2/3 hours after sunset so are Andrew/Dan stuck at the back of the pack?
Does anyone think that this leg could be a TBC?Instead of our needed NEL? Either would set up for a speed bump appearance wouldn't it?
more Siem ReapWe didn't manage to take a picture of it but i think we ran into a couple doing the Amazing Race here. We'll have to check out the next season but the couple was being followed by a camera man and they had to find a specific face in the ruins. I did my best to make a cameo between this and Bollywood I am really getting my face out there.
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That's Siem Reap puddin....
Quote from: georgiapeach on October 28, 2008, 11:28:25 AMThat's Siem Reap puddin.... I thought it was Bayon?
.......So you think find the groom is the task all teams have to do before the Detours & Roadblock? to get a clue?
they probably have to find the right groom or something
Quote from: Michael on October 28, 2008, 12:22:08 PMthey probably have to find the right groom or something I just rewatched the preview and Sarah says "we searched the reception for ONE of the grooms" so I think that's it--there is only one right one to find in all that crowd. patlini--is it common to have a "group" reception? It is interesting that they don't say search the the receptionS so you get the idea it is all one big one.I agree though patlini--I'll take a party over doing laundry any day!
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If California's real estate industry hadn't tanked so badly in recent years, Irvine resident Bentley Kerr probably wouldn't be talking about self-propelled scooters.
As it is, an adult version of a traditional child's riding toy consumes Kerr's waking hours and fills his midnight dreams.
"Initially we didn't think of this as a business, but (after two years) it has evolved from a part-time planning exercise to a full-time venture," said Kerr, who remains a principal in the Southern California land development firm Bluestone Communities. "I'll probably always be involved in real estate, but it became clear to me that real estate wouldn't have a soft landing in the recession."
Many Orange County real estate and mortgage veterans lost longtime jobs and, like Kerr, have found ways to transfer their business experiences and skills to other industries.
In 2010 Kerr and a friend, Erik Smith, brainstormed "something fun" they could start as a business. Out of 50 "crazy ideas" came the concept of Razor-like scooters for adults. They attended the 2010 Interbike, a big bicycle convention in Las Vegas, and found nothing like the vehicle they envisioned.
"I made as many contacts as I could at the show, made friends at bike shops in the area and spent a lot of time researching online," Kerr said. "I found a few others, including a prehistoric version made by the Amish. They were functional but missed from a design standpoint."
Kerr learned that the size of the bike market is a hint that an adult-sized, quality scooter could be marketable. Americans bought 11 million adult-sized bicycles (20-inch wheels), accounting for 70 percent of all bike sales in 2011, according to the National Bicycle Dealers Association.
Through friends, Kerr found an Irvine engineer, who had built prototypes for the auto industry, to build three Coaster prototypes. Kerr took the prototypes to Tustin Market Place and offered passersby free movie passes for trying the scooters and answering some questions about themselves and what they thought of the product.
He also sought feedback at the 2011 Interbike and from bike shop owners on everything from how low to the ground the Coaster should be to the location of the brakes.
Joe Heskith, manager of Let It Roll bike shop in Costa Mesa, said new bike models come out almost as often as new computers, "but I haven't seen anybody coming out with anything like this in a long time."
"I spent considerable time doing my own market research through informal surveys and more structured focus groups," Kerr explained. "These efforts helped me assess demand, peg prices and consumer preferences. It turned out to also be a good way to source our early adopters/buyers."
Kerr wanted to build Current Coasters in the United States, even though the bicycle dealers association said 99 percent of U.S.-sold bikes are made in China or Taiwan. He issued a request for proposals to manufacturers in the U.S. Mexico and China. He got no takers in Mexico, and the U.S. quotes were double the price of those from China.
Kerr picked a private manufacturer in China and made three trips to the factory to oversee tooling and production. It took 60 days to tweak and edit the design to get it correct for production, he estimated.
At the same time, he researched whether the Coaster is street legal (police said riders would be considered pedestrians) and if the U.S. Product Safety Commission had any safety restrictions for the Coaster, "but they didn't even have a category for it. They said use common sense, like no sharp edges," he said.
He had equal difficulty finding out what tariffs would be on such a product. "There are thousands of variations of scooters, and this isn't in the same category as a Razor."
At the 2012 Interbike show, the Current Coasters team paid for a booth to take preorders and to sign up bike shops as dealers. Twelve people applied to be dealers, and six of those contracts are now signed, Kerr said.
Consumers also can buy Coasters online at ridecurrent.com. The company is developing a line of accessories including a bell, cup holder and front basket to boost revenues.
The first shipment of Current Coasters from China may be shipped to independent bike shops and customers this week. Kerr has preorders for 75 Coasters.
Heskith of Let It Roll said, "It's bigger than a Razor, rides smoother and seems safer. There were scooters a few years back, but they had a limited market because they were small, for 6- to 10-year-olds. I'm 26 and I can hop on (a Coaster) now. Because the hardware is put together with bike parts you could adapt (a Coaster) to taller people.
"It definitely has a certain market, probably closed to serious mountain bikers, but we're close to the beach where I think it will be popular," he added.
Kerr worked hard to set the Coaster's price, which had to be more than the cost to make the vehicle but no more than customers were willing to pay. About half those questioned at the 2012 Interbike thought the $350 suggested retail price was correct, and many were surprised the product didn't cost more, Kerr said.
Kerr estimates he has invested more than $30,000 before making his first sale. He anticipates going as long as two years before turning a real profit. "My cost goes beyond the financial commitment," he said. "The time commitment has been unbelievable."
There's another cost that Kerr, as an economics major in college, considered. "We always talk about opportunity costs: What else could I do with my time that would have a greater return. Real estate is starting to come back, especially apartments. Is that a better return for me?" he said. "Every so often I questioned what I was doing."
Kerr said one reaction from acquaintances has surprised him. "I've talked to so many people who can't believe I actually followed through with this," he said. "So many people have ideas about businesses to start but they never do it."
His advice to those who want to try is to build a dream team of experts to do the tasks the founder can't, to expect everything to take longer than planned, and to prepare to hear a lot of no's.
"You have to be realistic about whether your idea will work, but you also need conviction," he added. "You have to believe before anyone else will."
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The news came after a nervous day where West officials told residents packed in a hotel waiting for updates about their neighborhood that leaking gas tanks were causing small fires near the blast site, keeping authorities from lifting blockades. But officials emphasized that the fires were contained and the town was safe.
"It is safe, safe and safe," City Council member Steve Vanek said emphatically at a news conference.
He said residents in a small area would be let back in later Saturday afternoon, but did not indicate when all evacuated residents could return.
Residents with homes inside the zone were told to assemble at a designated location and show identification. As the hour when the area was to be opened neared, residents and insurance agents formed a mile-long line of cars. Law enforcement checked the IDs of each person inside.
Some who do not live in the designated area were turned away. Police used soap to number the windshields of cars allowed into the area.
Evacuated residents had been anxiously waiting to return and assess what is left of roughly 80 damaged homes after the blast Wednesday night at West Fertilizer Co. that killed 14 and injured 200 more. The blast scarred a four-to-five block radius that included a nursing home, an apartment building and a school.
Many hope to find insurance papers and family records to help with recovery. Others simply wish to reclaim any belongings that might be buried under splintered homes.
Tom and Tiffanie Juntunen were in the car line waiting to enter. As first responders, they had gotten a glimpse of their home and knew what to expect, but wanted to grab a few essentials before spending the night with friends.
"There's a boil order, utilities could be sketchy, better to hit the road," said Tom Juntunen, a 33-year-old construction worker.
He said their home's front and back doors had been blown in and the garage door looked as though it had been battered with a sledgehammer.
"I thought at first the SWAT team kicked the doors in," he said, "but then we saw the blast left all the kitchen cabinets open and all the other damage and we knew it was just from the force of the explosion."
The Juntunens live in an area farthest away from the blast where homes were less damaged.
During a town hall meeting Saturday, Mayor Tommy Muska apologized for failing to communicate with residents, telling them he was focused on technical aspects of the situation.
He said the damage northwest of the site is the worst. "When you see this place you will know a miracle happened," Muska told the town hall crowd.
Those being allowed in are only to collect a few belongings, he said, adding there's no water or gas and just a little electricity.
The mayor said "it's devastating" closer to the blast area, which is where his family lives.
"I've seen our neighborhood and it's not really pretty," Muska said. "This is going to be a marathon, not a sprint."
He was reluctant to give a timeline on when residents in that area could get to their homes. He said the re-entry would be divided into three stages and hoped everyone would get in within the week.
Students from a school near the plant that was heavily damaged by the blast will finish their year in a nearby town at a facility repainted in their school colors, red and black.
Earlier Saturday, at a hotel where evacuees huddled, paramedic and town spokesman Bryce Reed told residents that small tanks were leaking and had triggered fires in one part of town. He said they were small and were contained, and didn't cause further injuries.
"The whole place is still on fire, smoldering, all that kind of stuff. It could spark up," Reed said. But, he cautioned, "There isn't really enough structure left to light up and burn."
Reed described dozens of portable, white tanks at the site that are typically filled with anhydrous ammonia from larger storage tanks for when farmers request them. The tanks get weak when they are exposed to fire and bleed, he said.
The tanks are attached to plows pulled by tractors and feed streams of the chemical into the ground as the plow passes to fertilize. Reed said they resemble large, horizontal propane tanks.
"You're safe where you're at," he told those at the hotel.
Resident Gene Anderson, 64, said hearing Reed's comments helped avoid panic: "He just nipped it in the bud like it should be."
But closer to the site, things were more tense. Ron Price, a 53-year-old construction worker, said he approached the police barricade to check on his son's damaged home.
Price said he drove his truck up to the roadblock and was trying to get in when state troopers "came flying down the road" from a half block away and told everyone to get back because there was another chance of explosion. People in their backyards outside the barricade were also told to get back, he said.
"It was pretty scary. Everybody just jumped and took off running," Price said.
Dorothy Sulak, who lost her home and her job when the blast went off, was among those hoping she could get back in. The fertilizer plant secretary fled with only the clothes on her back.
There's a hole in her roof now, and her medicine, cash, even her glasses, are somewhere in the rubble. She used reading glasses for three days, until she could get a ride to nearby Waco to be fitted for new prescription frames.
"Yes, it's just stuff. But it's my stuff," said Sulak, 71.
Associated Press writer Paul J. Weber in West, Texas, and Ramit Plushnick-Masti in Houston contributed to this report.


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Golden Globes: All the Snubs and Surprises
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen?
NBC likes to tout the Golden Globes as a wild party where anything can happen, and fittingly, the nominations follow suit: Even jaded award watchers have a hard time predicting what the Hollywood Foreign Press will select, simply because the voting body is so oddball. This year, the HFPA continued to deliver in spades by packing most categories so full of good stuff (like awards-approved Lincoln, Breaking Bad, Zero Dark Thirty, Girls) that the head-scratching, out-of-left-field picks stood out all the more. Which nominations had us buzzing, and which likely contenders were shut out? Read on for our analysis.
Best Picture, Drama:
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Zero Dark Thirty
Snubs: Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Master, The Impossible, and Flight were all left out in the cold.
Surprises: It's a little odd to see Django Unchained in the Drama category, if only because it's got way more outrageous laughs than anything that made the cut for Comedy.
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Moonrise Kindgom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook
Snubs: None, really, since the Musical/Comedy category is usually so thin that it ensures surprise picks like ...
Surprises: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen! Well, all right. This long-gone, gentle dramedy from the beginning of the year must have put on a hell of a HFPA event.
Best Director:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Snubs: Both Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) and David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) were shut out, though Oscar will likely be kinder.
Surprises: The biggest surprise was that the HFPA had two strong contenders from the Comedy/Musical category, yet still ignored them and selected the same nominees picked for Best Drama.
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson
Snubs: Very few, though if Meryl Streep earned a nod for Hope Springs, we suppose Tommy Lee Jones could have shown up here as her counterpart.
Surprises: Salmon. Fishing. In. The Yemen. Sure!
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy:
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs
Snubs: The Guilt Trip's Barbra Streisand and This is 40's Leslie Mann found no traction here, in a category nominated by classy Brits.
Surprises: Let's just say that if Emily Blunt claims she slept through the announcement of the nominations this morning ... well, we'll believe her just this once.
Best Actress, Drama:
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
Snubs: The SAG nominations shut out Beasts of the Southern Wild favorite Quvenzhane Wallis and Amour's Emmanuelle Riva, and now the Globes have followed suit.
Surprises: Is Rachel Weisz beginning to get some awards traction for the little-seen The Deep Blue Sea? Certainly, her buzz (hastened by end-of-the-year critics' awards) is building at the exact right time.
Best Actor, Drama:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Richard Gere, Arbitrage
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Denzel Washington, Flight
Snubs: The Django Unchained train left lead Jamie Foxx back at the station. And though Helen Mirren scored a nod for Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins didn't rate.
Surprises: Good to see Richard Gere in the mix for a career-best performance that's likely to get creamed by the Oscars.
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Snubs: When you consider the Globes love for Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, it's a surprise that Maggie Smith couldn't make the cut here.
Surprises: Another day of high-profile award nominations, another nod for Nicole Kidman in The Paperboy! If anyone's gonna
pee on him be this category's dark horse, it's gonna be her!
Best Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Snubs: Probable Oscar nominee Robert De Niro was shut out, but this year, the Globes clearly favored drama over his comedy Silver Linings Playbook. Alas, Matthew McConaughey's Magic Mike work went ignored, too.
Surprises: Django Unchained has three very strong supporting performances, but after the SAG shutout yesterday, it's a surprise to see two of them make the cut here. (Sorry, Samuel L. Jackson.)
TV Drama:
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
The Newsroom
Snubs: Mad Men, obviously. Game of Thrones was nominated last year, and could easily have made the cut this year, too.
Surprises: The Newsroom. Seriously? Over Mad Men?
TV Comedy or Musical:
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Snubs: Everything. Community, Louie, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, New Girl, Portlandia, and Veep especially. (Suburgatory was a long shot, but let hope never die.)
Surprises: SMASH. Again: Smash. Smash! Are we watching the same show? The Golden Globes like loopy, but this is really pushing it.
Best Actress, TV Drama:
Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Juliana Margulies, The Good Wife
Snubs: Christina Hendricks and Elisabeth Moss. Moss was nominated last year in this category, and Hendricks was nominated in supporting, but they both should have been nominated this year.
Surprises: Glenn Close. Tens of people watched the final season of Damages.
Best Actor, TV Drama:
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damien Lewis, Homeland
Snubs: Eh, this is about right.
Surprises: Eh, this is about right. Except maybe for Jeff Daniels. Best Actor is not the same thing as Most Shouty.
Best Actress, Television Comedy or Musical:
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Snubs: Martha Plimpton for Raising Hope.
Surprises: None. But both hosts are nominated, which could make for a fun segment.
Best Actor, Television Comedy or Musical:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Snubs: Johnny Galecki is at least as good as Jim Parsons on Big Bang Theory.
Surprises: People are still watching Episodes?
Best Supporting Actress, Television:
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Snubs: Oh man, the list goes on and on. The Globes combine drama, comedy, and miniseries or movie for the supporting category, which makes it even more prone to snubs. Anna Gunn on Breaking Bad and Jane Krakowski on 30 Rock are but the most glaring omissions.
Surprises: Hayden Panettiere is fine as Evil Taylor Swift, but not award-worthy fine.
Best Supporting Actor, Television:
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Snubs: Again, the list goes on and on. No one from Mad Men? No Aaron Paul? Damon Wayans Jr? Peter Dinklage?
Surprises: Danny Huston. (Who?)


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The Standard Ethics German Index purpose is to measure, over time, the stock market confidence concerning OECD, EU and UN voluntary guidelines and indications on Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance.
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The index is weighted according to a sustainability score, the Standard Ethics Rating (SER). The index wants to offer an alternative to benchmark indices that are typicallly weighted by float-adjusted market capitalisation.
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