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Glossary of Energy Terms
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Letter R
R-VALUE -- A unit of thermal resistance used for comparing insulating values of different material. It is basically a measure of the effectiveness of insulation in stopping heat flow. The higher the R-value number, a material, the greater its insulating properties and the slower the heat flow through it. The specific value needed to insulate a home depends on climate, type of heating system and other factors.
RAD -- A unit of measure of absorbed radiation. Acronym for radiation absorbed dose. One rad equals 100 ergs of radiation energy per gram of absorbing material.
RADIANT BARRIER -- A device designed to reduce or stop the flow of radiant energy.
RADIANT ENERGY -- Energy transferred by the exchange of electromagnetic waves from a hot or warm object to one that is cold or cooler. Direct contact with the object is not necessary for the heat transfer to occur.
RADIATION -- The flow of energy across open space via electromagnetic waves such as light. Passage of heat from one object to another without warming the air space in between.
RANKINE CYCLE -- The steam-Rankine cycle employing steam turbines has been the mainstay of utility thermal electric power generation for many years. The cycle, as developed over the years uses superheat, reheat and regeneration. Modern steam Rankine systems operate at a cycle top temperature of about 1,073 degrees Celsius with efficiencies of about 40 percent.
RATE-BASING -- refers to practice by utilities of allotting funds invested in utility Research Development Demonstration and Commercialization and other programs from rate-payers, as opposed to allocating these costs to shareholders.
RAW FUEL Coal, natural gas, wood or other fuel that is used in the form in which it is found in nature, without chemical processing.
REAL-TIME MARKET -- The competitive generation market controlled and coordinated by the ISO for arranging real-time imbalance energy.
REAL-TIME PRICING -- The instantaneous pricing of electricity based on the cost of the electricity available for use at the time the electricity is demanded by the customer.
REACTOR -- A device in which a controlled nuclear chain reaction can be maintained, producing heat energy.
RECOOL -- The sensible cooling of air that has been previously heated by HVAC systems serving the same building. [See California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Section 2-5302]
RECLAIMED OIL -- Lubricating oil that is processed to be used over again.
RECOVERED ENERGY -- Reused heat or energy that otherwise would be lost. For example, a combined cycle power plant recaptures some of its own waste heat and reuses it to make extra electric power.
RECOVERY EFFICIENCY -- (Thermal efficiency) Ia water heater, a measure of the percentage of heat from the combustion of gas which is transferred to the water as measured under specified test conditions. California Code of Regulations, Section 2- 1602(e)(7).
REFINER -- means any person who owns, operates, or controls the operations of one or more refineries.
REFINERY -- A facility that separates crude oil into varied oil products. The refinery uses progressive temperature changes to separate by vaporizing the chemical components of crude oil that have different boiling points. These are distilled into usable products such as gasoline, fuel oil, lubricants and kerosene.
REFORMULATED GASOLINE (RFG) -- A cleaner-burning gasoline that has had its compositions and/or characteristics altered to reduce vehicular emissions of pollutants. It was sold in California beginning in 1996 with the oxygenate additive MTBE.
REFRIGERANT -- A fluid such as freon that is used in cooling devices to absorb heat from surrounding air or liquids as it evaporates.
RDF (REFUSE DERIVED FUEL) -- The fuel component of municipal solid waste (MSW), which is the by-product of shredding MSW to a uniform size, screening out oversized materials and isolating ferrous material in magnetic separation. The resulting RDF can be burned as a fuel source.
REGULATION -- The service provided by generating units equipped and operating with automatic generation controls that enables the units to respond to the ISO's direct digital control signals to match real-time demand and resources, consistent with established operating criteria.
REGULATORY MUST-RUN GENERATION -- Utilities will be allowed to generate electricity when hydro resources are spilled for fish releases, irrigation, and agricultural purposes, and to generate power that is required by federal or state laws, regulations, or jurisdictional authorities. Such requirements include hydrological flow requirements, irrigation and water supply, solid-waste generation, or other generation contracts in effect on December 20, 1995.
REGULATORY MUST-TAKE GENERATION -- Utilities will be allowed to generate electricity from those resources -- identified by the CPUC -- that are not subject to competition. These resources will be scheduled with the ISO on a must-take basis. Regulatory Must-Take Generation includes QF generating units under federal law, nuclear units and pre-existing power-purchase contracts that have minimum-take provisions.
REID VAPOR PRESSURE (RVP) -- a standard measurement of a liquid's vapor pressure in pounds per square inch at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is an indication of the propensity of the liquid to evaporate.
RELIABILITY -- Electric system reliability has two components-- adequacy and security. Adequacy is the ability of the electric system to supply the aggregate electrical demand and energy requirements of the customers at all times, taking into account scheduled and unscheduled outages of system facilities. Security is the ability of the electric system to withstand sudden disturbances such as electric short circuits or unanticipated loss of system facilities.
RELIABILITY MUST-RUN GENERATION -- The ISO will allow utilities to generate power that is needed to ensure system reliability. This includes generation:
- Required to meet the reliability criteria for interconnected systems operation.
- Needed to meet load (demand) in constrained areas.
- Needed to provide voltage or security support of the ISO or of a local area.
RELIABILITY MUST RUN UNIT -- In return for payment, the ISO may call upon the owner of a generating unit to run the unit when required for grid reliability.
REHEAT -- The heating of air that has been previously cooled either by mechanical refrigeration or economizer cooling systems.
RENEWABLE ENERGY -- Resources that constantly renew themselves or that are regarded as practically inexhaustible. These include solar, wind, geothermal, hydro and wood. Although particular geothermal formations can be depleted, the natural heat in the earth is a virtually inexhaustible reserve of potential energy. Renewable resources also include some experimental or less-developed sources such as tidal power, sea currents and ocean thermal gradients.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES -- Renewable energy resources are naturally replenishable, but flow-limited. They are virtually inexhaustible in duration but limited in the amount of energy that is available per unit of time. Some (such as geothermal and biomass) may be stock-limited in that stocks are depleted by use, but on a time scale of decades, or perhaps centuries, they can probably be replenished. Renewable energy resources include: biomass, hydro, geothermal, solar and wind. In the future they could also include the use of ocean thermal, wave, and tidal action technologies. Utility renewable resource applications include bulk electricity generation, on-site electricity generation, distributed electricity generation, non-grid-connected generation, and demand-reduction (energy efficiency) technologies.
REREGULATION -- The design and implementation of regulatory practices to be applied to the remaining regulated entities after restructuring of the vertically-integrated electric utility. The remaining regulated entities would be those that continue to exhibit characteristics of a natural monopoly, where imperfections in the market prevent the realization of more competitive results,and where, in light of other policy considerations, competitive results are unsatisfactory in one or more respects. Re-regulation could employ the same or different regulatory practices as those used before restructuring.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) -- Research is the discovery of fundamental new knowledge. Development is the application of new knowledge to develop a potential new service or product. Basic power sector R&D is most commonly funded and conducted through the Department of Energy (DOE), its associated government laboratories, university laboratories,the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and private sector companies.
RESERVE -- The extra generating capability that an electric utility needs, above and beyond the highest demand level it is required to supply to meet its users needs.
RESERVE GENERATING CAPACITY -- The amount of power that can be produced at a given point in time by generating units that are kept available in case of special need. This capacity may be used when unusually high power demand occurs, or when other generating units are off-line for maintenance, repair or refueling.
RESERVE MARGIN -- The differences between the dependable capacity of a utility's system and the anticipated peak load for a specified period.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING -- means any hotel, motel, apartment house, lodging house, single and dwelling, or other residential building which is heated or mechanically cooled.
RESIDUE -- any organic matter left as residue, such as agricultural and forestry residue, including, but not limited to, conifer thinnings, dead and dying trees, commercial hardwood, noncommercial hardwoods and softwoods, chaparral, burn, mill, agricultural field, and industrial residues, and manure.
RESISTANCE (ELECTRICAL) -- The ability of all conductors of electricity to resist the flow of current, turning some of it into heat. Resistance depends on the cross section of the conductor (the smaller the cross section, the greater the resistance) and its temperature (the hotter the cross section, the greater its resistance).
RESISTANCE (THERMAL) --The reciprocal of thermal conductance. See R-VALUE.
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY -- The use of smaller amounts of physical resources to produce the same product or service. Resource efficiency involves a concern for the use of all physical resource sand materials used in the production and use cycle, not just the energy input.
RESTRUCTURING -- The reconfiguration of the vertically-integrated electric utility. Restructuring usually refers to separation of the various utility functions into individually-operated and -owned entities.
RETAIL COMPETITION -- A system under which more than one electric provider can sell to retail customers, and retail customers are allowed to buy from more than one provider. (See also direct access)
RETAIL MARKET -- A market in which electricity and other energy services are sold directly to the end-use customer.
RETAIL WHEELING -- See Direct Access.
RETORTING -- The heating of oil shale to get the oil out from it.
RETROFIT-- broad term that applies to any change after the original purchase, such as adding equipment not a part of the original purchase. As applied to alternative fuel vehicles, it refers to conversion devices or kits for conventional fuel vehicles. (Same as after-market)
RTG -- A Regional Transmission Group. A voluntary organization of transmission owners,users, and other entities interested in coordinating transmission planning, expansion, operation,and use on a regional and inter-regional basis. Such groups are subject to FERC approval.
RULES OF CONDUCT -- Rules set in advance to delineate acceptable activities by participants,particularly participants with significant market power.
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE -- A nonprofit, customer-owned electric utility that distributes power in a rural area. As of June 1990, there are three rural electric cooperatives in California:
- Anza Electric Cooperative in Anza
- Plumas-Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative in Portola
- Sunrise Valley Electrification Corporation in Alturas


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Portugal holds public stocks and places a minimum stockholding obligation on industry.
The industry in Portugal has a minimum stockholding obligation equal to 70% of the EU obligation (based on consumption) of the three main product categories. The remaining 30% of the EU obligation is covered by the public stockholding agency, EGREP. EGREP is also responsible for holding the additional volume of oil needed to meet the IEA stockholding obligation, based on net imports. EGREP is a public corporation under the supervision of both the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy and Innovation. EGREP must own at least 25% of its stocks.
Portuguese policy stipulates that at least one-third of the individual stock obligations of companies (including EGREP) must be held as products. This applies separately to each category of qualifying products. Semi-finished products are counted as finished product within the appropriate qualifying product category. If an obliged stockholder (including EGREP) wishes to hold crude oil instead of part of its product stock obligation, the product yield must be agreed upon with the government.
As of 2005 new legislation opened the possibility of holding stocks abroad, subject to certain conditions, under bilateral agreements. Stocks held abroad must be held in another EU member country. Individual companies may not hold more than 10% of their obligation abroad and there is also a minimum quantity (20 Kt) that may be authorised. In total, not more than 20% of the country's overall obligation may be held abroad; this includes volumes held as stock tickets. Portugal has bilateral agreements with Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.
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The soldier — not the hippie — defined a generation
BIG RUN — If you think Woodstock defined a generation, think again, according to Marine Capt. James H. Hales Jr. (Ret.), who was the guest speaker during VFW Post 9044's annual Veterans' Day observance Thursday.
Hales said Woodstock was a division — not a definition — of a generation. While young people were singing, swaying, using illicit drugs and making love in the rolling hills of New York State, the same day,
"Other young people were serving their nation, consistent with loyalty, humanity and honor" in Vietnam.
These days, if you place people from the two different groups — those at Woodstock and those in Vietnam — in the same room to discuss the events of 1967 and 1968, "You'll see the walls get built, a clash of ideals, ideologies, lives, philosophies and life experiences," Hales said.
"Don't tell me that Woodstock defined a generation," he said. "They are my generation, and were as any that came before them."
Hales — a past state commander of the American Legion — also said according to actor, writer and political commentator Ben Stein, the real stars in a society obsessed with celebrities are U.S. soldiers protecting America's freedom to be obsessed with celebrities.
Hales said U.S. President Calvin Coolidge — "called Silent Cal, because he didn't have much to say," he said — was not silent but profound in saying, "A nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten."
Hales said while Americans must support the families of the fallen, they should also support the families of those who are still out there fighting.
"True appreciation is expressed through deeds, not words," Hales said, while a simple "thank-you" to someone who has served should not be underestimated, either.
He said there are 23 million Americans who have earned the title "veteran," and that includes those still serving. He also said special attention should be paid to the needs of female veterans, including health and social issues.
"There are 1.2 million women veterans, and they deserve our support," Hales said.
He also addressed issues of homelessness among veterans. Of the entire homeless population in the United States, 23 percent are veterans, and 89 percent of homeless veterans were discharged from their respective service branches honorably.
Of homeless veterans, 47 percent are veterans of Vietnam, Hales said.
In spite of the sacrifices they have made, an overwhelming majority of veterans are proud that they served, he said.
In closing, Hales quoted 19th century British philosopher John Stuart Mill: "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse."
Post 9044 Commander Jim Pallone said Veterans' Day observances are keeping in stride with words Abraham Lincoln said in his second inaugural speech: "To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan."
He said veterans are everyday people who have served in extraordinary ways, and have made sacrifices beyond duty's call.
The post also recognized two local students for successful essay they submitted through the post.
Keaton Mohney, a junior, took first place for her audio essay, "Does My Generation Have a Role in America's Future," while her sister, Kaston Mohney, took first in the Patriot's Pen Contest with "Does Patriotism Still Matter."
The girls — the daughter of Keith and Barb Mohney — each received $100 U.S. Savings Bonds, and their essays move forward to the district level.
The master of ceremonies Thursday was Big Run Mayor Joseph Buterbaugh, while Nick Voris, Milea Schall, Barb Stookey Keller, Cindy Reynolds and Rich Keller offered musical selections.
Jena Pallone and Merica Pallone also offered readings, while the Big Run Boy Scouts and the Jefferson County Veterans' Honor Guard presented and retired the colors.


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The writing was on the wall, and we all refused to see it. Assad had no intention of going gently into that good night, yet he was given all the leeway he needed to transform his crisis into a quagmire with regional, even international implications. Dealing with psychopaths like Assad is never easy, but that's no excuse for indifference and inaction, nor is the fact that this tragedy is unfolding in some far away country. Distances have lost their relevance in our world, it's about time our policymaking reflected this reality. Mass murder, ethnic cleansing, tyranny are no longer local concerns with local implications: they are global problems with global implications, and world leaders have sat on their hands for too long in regard to the Syrian crisis, this is unconscionable and inexcusable. Irrespective of the geopolitics involved, this tragic chapter in our contemporary history needs to be brought to a proper end, and the criminals involved need to be held accountable.
Wednesday January 2, 2013
Today's Death Toll: 207, including 6 women and 8 children: 141 in Damascus and suburbs including 47 in Mleiha, 32 in Mouadamieh and 8 in Deir Al-Asafeer; 17 in Aleppo; 14 in Daraa; 15 in Idlib; 7 in Hama; 5 in Homs; 4 in Deir Ezzor; 2 in Raqqa; and 2 in Sweida. Points of Random Shelling: 257: 14 areas were subjected to aerial shelling mainly in Damascus Suburbs. Barrel bombing was confirmed in 5 areas, and Mouadamieh was subjected to cluster bombs. Thermobaric bombing was documented in one area in Mleiha. 117 locations were subjected to artillery shelling, 72 locations to mortar shelling, and 68 to missile attacks. Clashes: The Free Syrian Army (FSA) clashed with regime forces in 125 locations, with the fiercest clashes taking place in Damascus Suburbs and Idlib Province. In Hama, the FSA was able to control parts of Taftanaz Military Airport, downed an attack helicopter in Taftanaz, and another in Afas. In addition, the FSA attacked the military airport in Thaala in Sweida and repelled regime attempts to storm Basr Al-Harir. The FSA seized control of the checkpoint in western Nahia in Sheikh Miskeen, and repelled regime attempts to storm the village of Al-Saan in Homs (LCCs).
Special Reports
Few Syrians interviewed in Aleppo believe that a brand of Islam like that practiced by Jabhat al-Nusra can survive in Syria. But any regime that succeeds Assad is likely to be Islamic in nature, some say. "We want a regime that applies sharia law, but that is fair and just," says Abu Mohammad, a Free Syrian Army commander in Aleppo and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. "Many Muslims believe that if we apply the true Islam, we can use it to get rid of corruption and problems like bribery," he says.
The civil war's threat to Damascus The spirit of Syria's capital lies in its diverse people and exquisite buildings. Both are in great peril
In addition to our shared humanity, what's at stake for America is that due to the world's inaction, the rebel movement is now contaminated by al-Qaida and other Islamist forces – all of whom have enthusiastically filled the vacuum that we have chosen to ignore. In short, we overlook Syria at our own peril. At best, the situation there can now be deemed a civil war; at worst, a petri dish where extremism will be grown for a generation.
After almost two years of bloodletting in Syria, there is little chance that negotiations of the kind UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has been urging would end the conflict. More likely, they would prolong it. And worse, they would perpetuate Bashar al-Assad's favorite strategy of fanning fears of rebel sectarianism and extremism to dissuade the world from intervening against him.
"Given there has been no let-up in the conflict since the end of November, we can assume that more than 60,000 people have been killed by the beginning of 2013," Pillay said. "The number of casualties is much higher than we expected, and is truly shocking." … The analysts noted that 60,000 is likely to be an underestimate of the actual number of deaths, given that reports containing insufficient information were excluded from the list, and that a significant number of killings may not have been documented at all by any of the seven sources. The recording and collection of accurate and reliable data has grown increasingly challenging due to the conflict raging in many parts of the country.
Indeed, the revision does not come as a surprise to me, I have long said that the official casualty figures fail to give an accurate impression of the what's really taking place in Syria: most of those believed missing or detained are probably dead, this is what previous experiences with the regime tell us. Also, activists on the ground are having a hard time keeping up with the all the violent developments taking place.
Also, the figures we have do not include regime casualties. Many of the soldiers fighting for the regime have no choice in the matter: they were lied to, manipulated and/or coerced, and when some try to defect, they are often killed on the spot by loyalist officers. In many ways, they are victims as well.
Personally, I believe that we have long exceeded the 100,000 mark in terms of casualties. A comparative perspective informs us that official figures are usually off by a factor of three. We will not know the truth of it all until the end of the conflict which may not happen anytime soon.
Video Highlights
The Massacre at Mleiha, Damascus Suburbs: a runor was spread earlier in the day that the local as station finally had some gas. Indeed, Syrian TV came and covered parts of the distribution process, but as soon as the TV crew left, an aerial raid took place and the gas station was bombed, killing around 50 locals.
Rushing to the scene http://youtu.be/tKi-JI20zzI Pulling bodies from under the rubble http://youtu.be/lxLgWylKQQU The martyrs http://youtu.be/ikApkegbqQ0 Human remains http://youtu.be/eY8xWPl5BEQ Nearby residential buildings were also targeted http://youtu.be/LHlhtEZkayc
The nearby communities of Eastern Ghoutah were also targeted: Douma http://youtu.be/jl7kvN7pTtI , http://youtu.be/tdWWir04D-I Deir Al-Assafir http://youtu.be/5rM5g6uD3Qg , http://youtu.be/6KBTou6WcH8 Arbeen http://youtu.be/PKJ9kq9Ws0A
Several neighborhoods in Damascus City itself were also pounded: Mazzeh http://youtu.be/mBwbiuA1LLg
To the south, local sift through the rubble in search bodies in the town of Mouadamiyeh http://youtu.be/fdih2E9jxMw
In Idlib, helicopter gunships took part in shelling the town of Taftanaz http://youtu.be/e2iFC7o2FCY , http://youtu.be/MCPL7WDMKgo , http://youtu.be/Ys8pxUFvOYw In Binnish, local rush to pull out the bodies from under the rubble in the aftermath of an aerial raid http://youtu.be/QCeGOroTWX0
Fighter jets took part in pounding the town of Basr Al-Harir in Daraa http://youtu.be/4B5n0vnaOPQ
In Homs City, the aftermath of aerial raid on Old Homs, one of the oldest towns in the world http://youtu.be/i5WXHONBUP0


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BABSON PARK, Fla. -- The baseball team opened their seven game Florida trip with a doubleheader split against Curry at Webber International University. The Panthers lost the first game 11-4 and bounced back to win the second game 4-2.
After Curry took a five run lead in the first inning of game one, the Panthers cut the deficit to four when Ryan Smith homered to left-center field in the second inning.
Curry quickly answered Greenville's run with a home run of their own, pushing the GC deficit back to five before the Panthers rallied to post three runs in the bottom of the third. In the Panthers' three-run third, Jared Massengill hit a two-run single, and Kenny Trager had a run-scoring double.
Jared Massengill and Trager were Greenville's most productive offensive players as Massengill went 1-for-2 with a run scored and two RBI. Trager was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Smith's home run was his second of season.
Cody Hinterscher picked up the pitching loss for the Panthers as he surrendered 10 runs on 11 hits in three and one-third innings. He had three strikeouts.
Relief pitchers Michael Wittmer, Tyler Corder, and Jared Massengill combined to limit the Colonels to one run on four hits over the last three and two-thirds innings.
The Panthers rode the right arm of David Massengill in game two of the doubleheader as he threw a seven inning complete game in Greenville's 4-2 win. Massengill held Curry to two runs on five hits. He struck out nine and walked three in his first pitching appearance of the season.
The visiting Panthers opened the game with a run in the first inning on Jared Massengill's two-out single, scoring Cole Lawson. The Colonels matched Greenville's run with one of their own in the bottom of the second.
Dylan Goldsmith doubled in the third inning, advancing to third on a throwing error by the left fielder, and scored when Tyler Pilcher grounded into a double play.
The score remained a 2-1 game until the final inning. The Panthers capitalized on an error by CUrry's shortstop which allowed Adam Wallace to reach first base safely after Jared Souhrada's double. Souhrada later scored on a wild pitch, and Wallace came around to score on Lawson's RBI single.
Goldsmith went 2-for-2 with a run scored, and Lawson was 1-for-2 with a run scored, two stolen bases, and a RBI.
Greenville's record improved to 1-6, and they will continue their trip Tuesday with a single game against St. Norbert at 11:30 a.m. CT.


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Cursive Step One provides 81 pages including teacher information. PRACTICE pages provide models and practice space. LEARN pages provide huge color/rhytm models for finger-tracing as the technique for teaching the movement sequence. The pages in each section are presented alphabetically to make it easy for you to correlate the physical patterning for letter production into the sequence of your reading readiness program.
The Color/Rhythm movement models exaggerate the production process making it easier to establish correct start point, direction and sequence. PLEASE DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN TRACE MODELS WITH A PENCIL OR CRAYON. Pay close attention to the PROCESS (start point, direction of movement and stroke sequence). Initially, correct process is more important than accuracy of the product.
Teach the student to hold the page in writing position and use the pointer finger to trace the movement model. Action words allow you to include rhythmic movement as a goal in each exercise session. Chant the Action Words, Count or Colors aloud and move with the voice. The challenge to move smoothly with the vocal when finger-tracing, air-writing and with the pencil on the practice page, greatly enhances the internalization process.
Chant and write huge letters in the air with various muscle groups for initial gross patterning and to get the students moving with the voices. Finger-trace the movement model again. Then pick up the pencil to Write And Say on the practice page. The goal is to move the pencil with the voice. The voices indicate that the child is practicing the right kind of movement.
When the child is unable to chant as strokes are produced, it indicates the child is looking at the pencil as it creates the trace. To move smoothly, the child must learn to look ahead to goals within the sequence. The color separations in the movement models enhance that learning. Control of fluent movement improves with rhythmic practice resulting in more accurate product. Independent practice rarely includes smooth movement as a goal. Until the patterns are well established, practice must be "directed" to include the fluency challenge. It is that challenge that enhances internalization.
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A recent study published by a Duke University economist revealed North Carolina could save $11 million annually if it dropped the death penalty. Philip J. Cook, a professor at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, calculated the extra state costs of the death penalty during fiscal years 2005 and 2006. He calculated over $21 million worth of expenses that would have been saved if the death penalty had been repealed. The total included extra defense costs for capital cases in the trial phase, extra payments to jurors, post-conviction costs, resentencing hearings, and the extra costs to the prison system. This conservative estimate did not include resources that would have been freed up in the Office of the Appellate Defender and the North Carolina Supreme Court, the extra time spent by prosecutors in capital cases, and the costs to taxpayers for federal appeals.
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TV station reporter is McCrory's new Communications Chief
TV station reporter is McCrory's new Communications Chief
A North Carolina television station's top political reporter will become Gov. Pat McCrory's next communications director.
McCrory's office confirmed Friday that WNCN-TV's Kim Genardo is joining the new Republican administration starting next week. Previous communications director Chris Walker announced earlier this month he was leaving the post after working with McCrory for three months, citing family concerns.
Genardo worked at WNCN since the late 1990s and was also a weekend anchor. The Chicago native and Northwestern University journalism school graduate previously worked at WGHP-TV in High Point.
McCrory's office says Genardo will make $120,000.


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By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Kansas and Arizona filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government on Wednesday, seeking court approval for states to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.
The lawsuit brought by the two Republican-led states accuses a commission established by Congress of preventing them from enforcing state laws that require proof of citizenship as a way to prevent illegal immigrants from voting.
The commission was created by Congress to help reform the voting process after chronic problems in Florida during the 2000 election delayed the naming of a winner until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that George W. Bush should become president. Its commissioners are appointed by the president on the recommendation of both parties in Congress.
The suit, part of an on-going battle over voter registration laws being waged nationwide, demands that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission modify federal voter registration forms to allow states to require proof of citizenship.
The federal form now asks for a verbal pledge that the applicant is a U.S. citizen but does not require documentation as proof.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the controversial provision requiring proof of citizenship passed by Arizona voters in a 2004 referendum. The requirement was criticized by immigrant advocacy groups such as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund.
The groups said it unfairly deterred legal voters from casting ballots because they might not have the required paperwork.
In a 7-2 vote, the nation's highest court said the 1993 National Voter Registration Act trumps the state law approved in the desert state that borders Mexico. The ruling affected Arizona, Kansas, Georgia and Alabama.
But the court left the door open for Arizona to assert its arguments through separate litigation, a possibility mentioned by justices during oral arguments in April.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority that Arizona could still challenge the current form in court or ask the commission to include the citizenship requirement on the federal form in the future.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Topeka, Kansas, by Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Kobach has been active in opposing immigration even before he was elected to state office. As a private lawyer, he was involved in the drafting of the controversial Arizona anti-immigration law passed in 2010 that stirred protests and court challenges.
A number of states led by Republicans have tightened voter identification laws in recent years, prompting criticism from Democrats and some advocacy groups that they will discourage minorities, the elderly and the young from voting.
Republican supporters of the laws said they are aimed at preventing voter fraud.
(This story is corrected in paragraph 2 to show commission was established by Congress and is not agency of the Obama administration; adds third paragraph with background on commission)
(Reporting by David Schwartz in Phoenix and David Bailey in Minneapolis; Writing by Greg McCune; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Ken Wills and Dan Grebler)


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You say pumpkin…I say punkin'
Out of all the new recipes I try every year, we always go back to this one. It's my husband's favorite version and mine too. It is creamy, fluffy and down right decadent without tasting too sweet or rich.
And it's not difficult to make at all. It just uses some slightly different pumpkin pie ingredients to achieve a really yummy result.
- 1 9-inch deep dish frozen pie shell or (2) regular-sized pie shells
- 2 tbsp real butter melted
- 1 cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 15 oz can pumpkin puree
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
If you are using a frozen pie crust, you may need to partially bake it first. Check the back of the package for instructions.
- Most frozen crusts just require that you to sit it out on the counter for about 10 minutes before putting any filling into it.
- Or, if you are using my Wham Bam Pie Crust, just make sure you prick the inside of the crust all around with a fork, then pop it into the fridge to chill while making the filling.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Using an electric mixer, mix the melted butter, brown sugar, pumpkin puree together until combined.
- Add in eggs, heavy cream, sour cream, spices, and vanilla.
- Mix until thoroughly combined.
Pour batter into the pie shell, taking care not to overfill. You will have some batter left over.
- Also, to keep pie edges from getting too dark, wrap edge of crust in aluminum foil.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees F, then reduce heat to 350 degrees F and bake for about 40-50 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature for 2-3 hours (to allow the pie to finish setting up) then serve with whipped cream.
Oven times vary, but basically the pie should be just a little jiggly in the middle when it is done. It is overcooked when the pie has totally set up in the oven. Also, pie mixture may look VERY thin compared to what you are used to, but don't worry, it will thicken up in the oven. This recipe makes 2 regular-sized pies or one large deep dish pie (with a little filling leftover).


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HoneySpot Elementary School in Stratford will be named after 27-year-old Victoria Soto who died trying to shield her students from the gunman inside Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Shooter Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six educators at the school on Dec. 14 before committing suicide. He also killed his mother at their Newtown home.
Mayor John Harkins made the recommendation which was approved Monday night, exactly one month after the shootings.
The mayor also is hoping to build a memorial to Soto, and a petition has been started to rename a local street after her.
Soto graduated from Stratford High School in 2003.


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Crews tearing down old I-85 Yadkin River bridge
Crews tearing down old I-85 Yadkin River bridge
Crews have started to slowly tear down a bridge that carried millions of vehicles over the Yadkin River.
Workers are removing the surface of the old Interstate 85 bridge over the Yadkin River between Charlotte and Greensboro after crews finished work on a pair of new bridges over the river. They expect to completely remove the bridge by April.
The old bridge was built in 1955 and had four lanes for all traffic and no shoulders. The new bridges have four lanes for traffic in each direction and shoulders so broken down vehicles don't block a travel lane.
Only two lanes are currently open on the bridge, but once I-85 is widened to four lanes in each direction in the spring, all lanes on the bridges will be opened too.


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can someone pls give me the filename of the 3rd image?
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ok, I got it, too
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Solved the logical puzzle, do not know what the second paragraph means yet. Highlight the following to see the solution to logical puzzle
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Trying this on IE, the images seem to go under the board, nothing happens when I release the mouse...is this browswer-specific or just IE's failures?
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Done and dusted, these heists rule! And thank you for banishing all the hints to the backroom!
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I connected it all up but nothing happened, was there a time limit or something?
I dont know what to do now its connected.
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If you haven't found the place already, the 'socket' for the fluids is between the second and third of what looks like PCI slots. A little white socket.
That was the hardest part. I kept going to the little black tubes.
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Can't seem to get the sockets to show in either WebKit, Firefox or Safari, hence nowhere to place the components. Frustrating... anyone have some tips in this regard?
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{namecat}I had the same problem and was wondering what 'PCI slots' they were talking about. So i looked at the source and found a link to the image in question:img/circuitboard.png at the same address.
It may not load with the page so just keep refreshing until it does(I used safari). Hope it helps.
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from 東京 (Tokyo)
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Thanks Shougo.
(Hey, I have a friend in Japan with that name!)
When I used the Web Inspector in WebKit (what Safari is based on) to see what images were used in the page, I saw circuitboard.png and tried to load it in a new window. All it appeared to be was a completely transparent image... now when I do that, it actually shows up, but still no luck when attempting to get it to show on the actual page...
What a waste of time. Anyone mind just PMing me the tga filename? This is the only piece holding me up from finishing this thing.
Nevermind... I just got the circuitboard image to show in Flock.
Estimated time remaining: 28 days
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woo! hoo! i did this one with no hints!!! I love logic.
just keep swimming.....scuba would be better....and cupcakes!
from California
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i got everything except where the capacitors go
help anyone wanna help please?
nevermind, i found out
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could not find the link for this one guys illogical dot com loading and loading .. but never loads with success.. something is there but i cant see it i think using last Safari version.
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never mind figured it out! safari works btw!
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Figured it out, pasted the image link in the mainframe and nothing happens. I already solved the first 2, but this one is not uploading...


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January 29, 2013
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Co-Ed Outdoor Soccer League:
Play begins on Sunday Feb. 10 (games will be played on Sundays and Wednesdays from 7-10 p.m.)
Team registration is due by Friday Feb. 8th
There must be one female on the field for each team at all times.
Team captains can sign up by e-mailing email@example.com, stop by Pamplin 075, or filling out the form on the intramural website
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Safari in iOS9 to make ad blocking easier
The hits just keep coming for advertisers looking to reach consumers through digital ads.
The latest setback for online advertising: the version of Safari that will ship with iOS 9 will make it possible for developers to build ad blocking extensions.
Four things to avoid when creating a tablet experience for customers
Nothing frustrates the mobile consumer more than forcing them to view your desktop site on mobile.
Today's consumers are educated and nimble on mobile and their expectations are significantly heightened when engaging a brand on tablet.
With 43% of tablet users spending more time on tablet than on desktop, companies are increasingly optimizing tablet browsing and shopping to make it easier for consumers who want a seamless experience across all channels.
Three reasons why digital marketers should revisit augmented reality in 2014
AR (augmented reality) gets a tough rap in digital marketing circles. To date, the technology is still most visible powering children's games and providing 3D thrills that use your tablet or smartphone to layer digital information or graphics over real-world objects.
With wearable tech exploding off the tradeshow floor at CES, and Google Glass finally infiltrating mainstream press, it's time to take a serious look at augmented reality in modern marketing and the enterprise.
Here are three reasons why I'm betting on seeing more use of AR from savvy brands and agencies in the year(s) to come.
Optimising PPC landing pages for Christmas
During the run-up to Christmas, which companies are bidding on paid search terms for the most popular products, and which have the most effective landing pages?
I took a look at paid search in my beginner's guide what is paid search (PPC) and why do you need it? last month, and since then I've been a lot more attuned to this method of search engine marketing.
However I've also realised that PPC ads are for nothing, and a complete waste of searcher's time and an advertiser's money, if conversion isn't happening.
Start Me Up! A profile of Magvault
It isn't always easy to find what you want in the app store, or to browse for apps that might not be in the charts.
With this problem in mind, Magvault brings together digital publications, to be perused on a digital newsstand.
I chatted to Neil Morgan, Founder of MagVault, to find out more about the service.
iPad, iPhone or Android: what's right for your company app?
21% of the global population will be using mobile apps by the end of the year. Your company may need an app too, but should you build your app for iPad, iPhone or Android?
One and a half billion people will be using mobile apps by the end of the 2013, equivalent to 21% of the global population.
Of course, mobile-optimised websites are clearly vital to communicate with your audience, with the balance now tipping in favour of responsive website design, but there's still a strong case to be made for providing one or more apps as well.
But assuming you're ready to commit, should you go for an iPad, iPhone or Android app?
Landing page review: are Apple and Amazon making the most of Christmas search traffic?
As has been the case for the past few years, it's safe to assume that tablets and e-readers will be a popular gift idea this Christmas.
And with ecommerce spending in the UK predicted to reach £20.4bn in the final two months of this year, brands need to be visible in search results to maximise their sales.
New data shows that Amazon is in prime position to benefit from the spending spree as it is highly visible in SERPs for a number of popular electronic items.
This is particularly true for tablet and e-reader devices, where the retailer features in the top positions for 80% of popular keywords in organic search.
So you have a mobile site. What happens next?
57% of users won't recommend a business if they have a bad mobile site, a simple statistic that speaks volumes about the current landscape in mobile commerce.
Global mobile web usage is increasing exponentially and most businesses know they need a mobile strategy.
Building a mobile-friendly website is just the first step. What happens after that?
At Searchlove this morning, Distilled's digital marketing consultant Bridget Randolph provided her own insight and guidance.
Apple's golden ring: app primacy and PC convergence
While the iPhone which provides half of Apple's revenue is its foundation, the iPad is its bellwether for growth.
Gartner has upwardly revised its growth projections for tables to a whopping 54% this year, against an 11% drop in PC sales. This makes it no surprise that Apple has set its course in this direction.
As Willie Sutton answered when he was asked why he robbed banks, the answer is obvious, its where the money is.
But it goes further than retail. The iPad is a gateway to incremental media, software sales and services purchases. There are 170m of them in circulation, and Apple is moving to gain new users and upgrade its installed base.
And along the way gain increased wallet and mindshare while depositioning its rivals.
Net-A-Porter bets on social commerce with new 'Netbook' iPad app
Net-A-Porter has launched a new mobile app, called The Netbook, that steps up the retailer's move into social commerce.
The iOS app is based on the 'Live' feature that sits on the site's homepage and acts like a carousel ticking through the latest products that customers have purchased.
Until now the product feed was anonymous, so the new app is an attempt to give customers an online identity on Net-A-Porter which then creates an additional social layer to the site and makes the recommendations more powerful.
Once they've created a profile users can create a wish list within the app by 'loving' different products and also follow other users by 'admiring' them.
The Netbook is currently invite-only and the launch was timed to coincide with London Fashion Week so that Net-A-Porter can sign up bloggers, stylists, designers and other members of the fashion glitterati. Everyone else will have to join a waiting list.
Three ways for marketers to drive a winning tablet strategy
There's no denying that the tablet is more than a passing fad.
With tablet shipments expected to grow 58.7% in 2013, rising from 144.5m to reach 229.3m, and with 34% of the US population currently owning a tablet, it's important for brands to approach the tablet design process in an entirely unique and different way than the smartphone and desktop.
Rather than being an extension of these channels, there's a huge opportunity to turn the tablet into a unique channel for engagement, capable of delivering strong conversion and incremental revenue.
Premier Inn's simple iPad app is a useful tool for business travellers
Premier Inn recently unveiled a new iPad app alongside a revamped iPhone version as it seeks to increase mobile sales and repeat bookings.
The hotel chain took more than 100,000 bookings through its iPhone app in 2012 and the updated version has already seen average daily sales conversions increase from 3% to 5.9%.
Designed by Grapple, the new apps feature improved navigation, redesigned booking function, Trip Advisor ratings, the ability to add extras such as breakfast, and a simplified process for booking repeat stays.
The iPhone app has been downloaded more than two million times since it was first launched in January 2011, so to find out what the fuss is about I tried out the new iPad version...


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This post is the second in a series covering the learning exchanges being held across the country between LGBTQ, racial justice, and educational justice youth organizations with funding from the Just and Fair Schols Fund. Read the first post from Missouri GSA Network here!
Last month, I had the opportunity to join a conversation already in progress. FIERCE, the Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project (QUIP), the Alliance for Educational Justice and folks from the Brown Boi Project joined GSA Network in Oakland, California for three days to begin a national dialogue around movement building and social and economic justice for queer and trans youth of color. The experience was like no other; it was empowering, educational and exciting.
On the first day, the participants had deep conversations about their organizations, the work we do and why and how we do it, and the lack of visibility for our communities as people of color and especially as queer youth. We had time to build community, understanding and solidarity between our organizations. Then we turned to talking about the many issues facing our communities.
Through our deep analysis of the issues that are affecting our communities we came to the conclusion that these conversations have to continue on a national level in a way that puts youth on the front lines– in decision-making positions where we lead and shape the way in which the LGBTQ movement addresses the issues that are affecting young people of color. We envisioned the creation of these round table discussions in which youth leaders could be empowered to organize and take actions that affect local, state and national policy while deepening the LGBTQ community's understanding of intersectionality. Through the collaboration of these organizations we'll focus on the mobilization of youth and emphasize the importance of raising the visibility of queer and trans youth of color within the LGBTQ movement. Finally, we discussed how we could further engage our organizations' alumni and create a leadership pipeline. It was inspiring to be around folks who are truly passionate, strategic and intentional about creating social and economic justice for queer and trans youth of color.
I am excited to see what's to come as we continue to develop plans for these national conversations. As we pull our resources, knowledge and experiences together we'll create a stronger base for real change and we'll produce stronger relationships with organizations that support each other's work, which will essentially benefit our communities.
It is time to take space, queer and trans youth of color! It is time for our voices and our stories to be heard!
Mario Vasquez is the Vice-Chair of GSA Network's Board of Directors.


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Step 1 – Read these instructions.
(See? Totally easy! Just like the title says!)
Step 2 – Think about what you want.
Think of the resolution to a challenge you're facing. Or some kind of expansion you're intending in your life. Or some area of your life that could use a little energy, light, abundance, peace, or healing.
Step 3 – Write your intention as powerfully as you can.
"I intend success and prosperity as I begin a new exciting path in my life." = more powerful.
"I am jobless and feeling insane for quitting to start a business. Please help me not be a loser." = less powerful.
For some, it might feel terrifying to write a powerful intention, especially if you're scared or hurting. That's okay.
But just try to remember this: the more of your own affirming mindset that you can conjure up, the better it is for you. If you can't conjure that up – then read on. Cuz we'll do it for you!
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Let go means let go. Take a breath and let go.
Step 6 – Be grateful.
At some point today, write down or say out loud ten things for which you are grateful in your life. Be grateful that you are learning the lesson that this challenge is offering. Be grateful that you have friends, a roof over your head, a job. Just be grateful for as much as you can. Gratitude is the ultimate bringer of more. It is the ultimate releaser of drama.
"You're right. That was easy. But I don't get it."
Well, this coming weekend is the third of five 2008 Great Big Dreams Retreats.
At every retreat, I open the weekend with silence and intent. At that time I take the names of everyone who has emailed or commented to this post – along with all of their intentions and requests – and I include them in our circle and in our own prayers and affirmations.
I call it our "Great Big Prayer List."
It's a powerful part of the retreats. In fact I've received many emails saying that lots of things changed in their lives after they did this – and that they could actually feel themselves as part of the circle.
Maybe it's just hooey.
Maybe it's totally real.
Who cares?
If nothing else, you'll just get some good mojo going on!
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On Friday afternoon at 2pm EST, join us. Light a candle. Say, "I'm in." Nod to the clouds. In what ever way works for you, join our circle with your intent. We welcome you!
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The patent wars continue.
Just weeks after AOL CEO Tim Armstrong was quoted as referring to AOL's 800-plus patent portfolio as "beachfront property in East Hampton" and reports surfaced that the company was shopping the collection, AOL sealed a deal with Microsoft worth just over $1bn.
A memo from Tim Armstrong to AOL staff explained the deal and what it means for AOL:
This morning, we announced that we've agreed to sell 800 of our patents and their related applications to Microsoft for $1.056 billion in cash. Most importantly, for the future growth trajectory and innovation for our business, we will continue to hold a significant patent portfolio of over 300 patents and patent applications spanning core and strategic technologies, including advertising, search, content generation/management, social networking, mapping, multimedia/streaming and security among others. AOL also received a perpetual license to the patents being sold to Microsoft, which allows us to continue to innovate and drive strategic growth across all areas of our business.
Armstrong continued:
This process of unlocking the value of our patent portfolio, that we began last fall, is a significant example of focusing our time and energy around strengthening our company's balance sheet and unlocking value for our shareholders. Most importantly, this is another step forward for the comeback of AOL and allows us to remain laser-focused on our strategy and future growth.
While the $1bn haul is good news for AOL, and appears to represent a good deal given that AOL will retain perpetual licenses for the patents sold, it's questionable as to whether the sale is really a "step forward" for the company.
Yes, Microsoft has added money to the bank, but that doesn't mean that AOL will spend it wisely. The company's Patch initiative, which might be referred to as a train wreck in progress, shows that too much money can be a dangerous thing when it's being invested in an unprofitable concept.
The billion-dollar price tag for AOL's patents is a big one, but not an amount that Microsoft executives will lose sleep over. Just how 'good' (read: legitimate) are the AOL patents, many of which cover technologies related to "online communications"? Who knows?
But as we've seen from the Yahoo-Facebook patent lawsuit circus, patents are sort of like guns: much of the time, you don't need to know if they'll actually fire to accomplish what you're looking to accomplish, meaning any gun is a good gun so long as the party staring down the barrel thinks it might fire.


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And so I've spent more time preparing for this class than I have for any class since I decided to add an African lit section to one of the high school AP English classes I taught nearly ten years ago. I've done this only partially out of fear of not knowing what the heck to do once I'm standing in front of the class -- that fear, I've learned, never goes away, no matter how well prepared I am; it's the same fear I have before setting foot on stage as an actor, and it's essential to being able to perform well. (Indeed, the few times I've lacked the fear have been disastrous.) The primary reason I've spent so much time preparing is that the material is engrossing and the possibilities for the class are about as close to limitless as it's possible to get and still provide a general course description. One of the two regular teachers of the class told me he loves teaching it because it allows him to show some movies he likes and talk about them with students, and who wouldn't like that? (His syllabus reveals there's a bit more to it than that!)
First, I had to decide what I wanted my class to achieve. I always do this when writing a new syllabus, and usually with a few levels. First, there's "What do I want them to learn even if they learn nothing else?" That's the most basic level, the level that I try to distinguish from passing or failing the class, the thing that should be so central to the core of the course that if you only attend 60% of the classes and do 60% of the work, you'll still get it. There are always other levels, but the first level is what provides the fuel for the first draft of the syllabus.
So for this class, I decided I wanted the students at the very least to leave with a stronger and more articulate sense of their own responses to movies. Unlike in introductory literature classes, where half my job is selling the idea that books are not terrible things, I don't have to convince them that movies are worth watching. They come to the class with lots of experiences of movies, and they already have a sense of what they like and don't like. They will continue to watch moovies throughout their lives, even if I am the most boring and soporific teacher of their entire educational careers. The most basic thing I want to give them, then, is a toolbox they can use to be more engaged filmgoers than they would be otherwise. (Some of the students will, I expect, already be savvy and thoughtful about film, while others will not have spent a lot of time thinking about it at all.)
The first thing I set out to do was choose the films I would screen in full during our weekly screening time. Class sessions are only 75 minutes long, so there isn't time to show most movies in full then, but there is also a 150-minute screening block on Monday nights. There was time to screen 14 films.
I spent a week making lists. First, I made lists off the top of my head, figuring that the movies that came most immediately to mind were worth giving extra consideration to. Then I looked at all the DVDs and video tapes I own to see what I was forgetting, then reviewed my Netflix rental history (an amusing activity in and of itself, since there were plenty of films I'd forgotten I'd watched). After making my personal lists, I read every film syllabus I could find on the internet or from friends to see what sorts of movies people tended to show students. Finally, I went back to my three pages of lists and found six movies I considered the "core" of a list for class. These were six movies that met the most essential criterion: I would be happy to watch them multiple times, and felt I had something to say about them. Beyond that, they were the five films of the ones that met that criterion that also seemed to meet the curricular needs of the class.
The core films were: Citizen Kane, The 400 Blows, Manhunter, Zodiac, Badlands, and Synecdoche, NY.
There are obvious reasons Citizen Kane kept popping up on my lists -- it's a rare intro to film class that doesn't include it, and most intro to film textbooks feature considerable discussion of it. 400 Blows is less common, but it kept coming back because it's one of two films I saw in college that completely blew me away (the other is Unfinished Piece for Player Piano), and I wanted to include a film that had been a revelation to me when I was an undergraduate. Manhunter is there not just because I love it (I do), but because Matt Zoller Seitz and Aaron Aradillas's video essay about it is brilliant and will be a great item for class discussion. Zodiac kept popping up on my lists because it's a great example of how digital cinematography can achieve different effects from film, and also because the narrative breaks so many expectations of what a "good" crime movie is. Badlands is there because it allows a nice comparison of all sorts of different things with Zodiac, and also because it will provide good fodder for conversations about voiceovers, music, and sound in general. Synecdoche almost didn't make it, because though it's a personal favorite I expect it's a movie that many of the students will hate. Then I decided this is a good thing. Or, rather, what I decided was a good thing is that Synecdoche is a movie that rarely produces bland feelings in viewers. Most of the people I know who've seen it responded strongly, some with passionate love, some with absolute hatred. I'm sure there are other films I've chosen that will have similar effects on the students, and probably a few of the students will have neutral feelings about Synecdoche, but this is the one that kept reminding me of my basic principal for the class: helping them define and articulate their responses to movies. Having a strong reaction to at least one film is vital to that quest.
Deciding on the core was not all that hard. The list of eight other movies is something that I have fiddled with for months. (The deadline for settling on the list is not the first day of class. I want to have a copy of each film available on reserve at the library for students to study, so I needed to have finished the list in time for the ever-generous librarians to order copies of the films they don't have.)
My first step toward a final list was to define more limitations. I needed to have some way to eliminate titles, because my basic limitation -- that I have to enjoy watching these films multiple times and be able to talk about them -- does not produce a small set of movies to choose from. I made the rather arbitrary decision to elimate comedies. This is not because I want my students to suffer and to realize the pain of living, but because if I were to use the genre of comedies in class, I would want to include at least five films, probably more -- I just couldn't figure out a way that I could teach comedic films without devoting at least half a term to comedy. (This may just be a holdover of my own experience -- one of the film classes I took at NYU was devoted to comedy.) I'll of course show some clips and maybe even short films of Keaton and Chaplin in class, but it was helpful to be able to cut out the comedies from my various lists (the ones that kept coming up were Duck Soup, The Lady Eve, and His Girl Friday -- yes, I am particularly enamored of a certain era and style of film comedies). Finally, I decided to try to find films that would work well together even beyond the basic groups I expected to put them into (films exemplifying certain essentials of form or narrative, films representing different approaches to culture or identity, etc.). Ideally, I thought, students should be able to keep comparing films all through the term, so that film number 2 was, yes, a good comparison with film number 3, but also with film number 10.
By then, I had whittled my lists down to about 30 films. The trouble I had then was that the list already felt like it was leaving too much out -- it wasn't historically or geographically representative enough, it didn't include enough different types of films to show the full possibilities of cinema, and it gave too much weight to Hollywood. The only way I could get down to eight films to add to my list, though, was to ignore all of these worries. I needed to accept the fact that the films we screened in full would not be representative of anything except a group of movies I'm personally passionate about and that provide enough material for the students to write and think about. I would, I decided, point out all of the flaws of the group in class and encourage the students to research beyond what I had provided them. I would require them, too, to choose some films to view on their own -- some of the syllabi I looked at included assignments that asked students to write responses to films from specific eras or backgrounds, and since I planned to make short written responses a major assignment, I thought I'd do that, too: in addition to responses to the films we screen, I will ask them to write a certain number of responses to, for instance, a silent film of their choice, a film of their choice that's not in English, a documentary of their choice, etc.
And so I made my way toward a final group of films to screen. The product of lots of hemming and hawing, this is the preliminary list I came up with, one that I would then review by re-watching the films (some of which I hadn't seen in many years) in order:
- Citizen Kane
- Manhunter
- Vertigo
- Zodiac
- 400 Blows
- Badlands
- Rashomon
- The Haunting
- The Shining
- Do the Right Thing
- The Living End
- Orlando
- Synecdoche, NY
I watched each of the films on my preliminary list again and made one change. As important as Rashomon is, it's one of those classics that I can appreciate but not gain much pleasure from. I felt this way when I first saw it in college, but thought it might be because I was young and couldn't appreciate the movie's subtleties. And I probably couldn't appreciate its subtleties then, but even now, when I've read about and discussed Rashomon plenty with people who love it more than I do, it just doesn't do much for me. Oh well, I thought, I don't mind sitting through it, so I'll keep it on the list. But a week or two later, I decided against it, because I found myself looking forward to all the other screenings and dreading having to sit through Rashomon again or having to try to talk about it with any excitement. Obviously, it had to go.
And be replaced with what? First, I thought maybe another Kurosawa film would do -- I could watch Seven Samurai once a week for the rest of my life and be perfectly happy, I think. Or, though I might not want to watch them every week of my life, I've had good luck using both Throne of Blood and Ran with classes in the past, and enjoy them immensely. And though I like Kurosawa less when he's not in his historical mode, I do enjoy High and Low and The Bad Sleep Well quite a bit. (I'm not a die-hard Kurosawa fan beyond the titles I've mentioned, though. I've seen nearly all of his films that are available in the U.S., and there's at least one scene in each that astounds me, but he's more a director I cherish for particular movies than for his body of work.) I use Seven Samurai with one of my other classes, though, so decided not to include it here, in case I have some students I've had in the past.
High and Low in particular would have fit well with many of the other films on my list, but instead I decided to replace it with Cabaret, a film I adore and that will allow us to look at editing, mise-en-scene, narrative structure, cinematography, etc. We can talk about the staging of violence. We can talk about representations of history and sexuality. And it is one of those movies that, though I can go on and on about various intellectual topics it raises, I cherish ultimately because it is so completely engaging and pleasurable.
I'm also going to show Ousmene Sembene's Black Girl, which is only 65 minutes long, during one of our regular classes. Though I've used it in another class, I'm making an exception to my rule of not using a film in multiple classes, because the length makes it easy to fit into a class period, it tends to provoke lots of good discussion among students, and it fills multiple gaps in the screening list.
Finally, there was the problem of the optional screening on the first day. I wanted something fun and film related. The Player came to mind, since I love Altman but hadn't found a way to include any of his films among the full screenings. But the students would enjoy The Player more at the conclusion of the class than at the beginning, so I ditched that idea. I considered Day for Night, but there's already one Truffaut film on the list, and given the general aversion to subtitles that I've found among my students, I thought it best not to start with a subtitled film. The Stunt Man could be fun, but it's a little long and a little ponderous, despite its good qualities...
Finally, I settled on Sullivan's Travels, because though I had ruled out comedies, the perverse part of me liked starting with a comedy that advocates the value of comedies over serious dramas.
Once I had chosen the films, I had to choose the textbook. That choice proved to be just as complex as choosing the films, and so I will save it for a later post...


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Albany drops No. 13 Ohio State
Freshman Ty Thompson scored three times and Rocky Bonitatibus added two goals and two assists, as Albany held off nationally-ranked Ohio State, 11-9, on Saturday afternoon at John Fallon Field. The Great Danes have beaten consecutive top-20 opponents for the first time since the 2007 campaign.
Albany (3-1) trailed 5-3 in the second quarter, but then ripped off five unanswered in span of five minutes and 44 seconds. Brian Caufield set up both goals that tied the contest at five apiece. He found Thompson on the right side and then hit a spinning Joe Resetarits in front of the cage. Artie Marrapese then put his team in front by driving from the left side in a restart situation and placing a shot between Ohio State goalkeeper Greg Dutton's legs.
The Great Danes, who have won three in a row after losing the season opener at Drexel on Feb. 26, padded their margin as Bonitatibus moved in from the left and sent a blast into the right side of the net following a clear. Matt Johnson finished off the run for an 8-5 advantage by converting from the middle of the zone. Ohio State closed the gap just before halftime when Brock Sorensen scored with a two-man advantage.
Albany took control of the play in third quarter with three goals for an 11-6 lead. Defenseman Greg Raffensperger caused a turnover at midfield that led to Thompson finding the cage with a low shot off a scramble in front. Miles Thompson, Ty's cousin, and Resetarits scored 48 seconds apart. Thompson, who is also a freshman, buried a shot over his right shoulder with his back to the goal from right of the crease. Resetarits added his second of the game when he picked up a ground ball and went high into the cage.
The Buckeyes, who are ranked No. 13 in the USILA poll and No. 16 by Nike/Inside Lacrosse, made things interesting in the final period. Still trailing 11-7, Logan Schuss scored twice in a 26-second span, as both goals came off failed clears. The 2010 ECAC Rookie of the Year converted in transition off Tyler Frederick's feed with 2:28 remaining. Ohio State looked to make things even tighter, but Albany goalkeeper Edmund Cathers stopped Schuss' man-up attempt. Cathers, a freshman, finished with 12 saves.
"We are certainly playing with confidence," Albany coach Scott Marr stated. "It's rare that we have three home games in March and we certainly wanted to take advantage of that. We're happy with the effort, but we are still feeling each other out offensively. At this point in the season, we don't want to get ahead of ourselves."
Dan Wertz had two goals for the Buckeyes, who were coming off an 11-7 win over Lehigh in their last outing. Dominique Alexander, a sophomore midfielder, had one goal and three assists, while Dutton turned away 12 shots. Caufield, who left the game with a bruised shoulder, had one goal and three assists for the Great Danes, who knocked off No. 5 Massachusetts four days ago.
"We have guys who play hard, have a positive attitude and play for each other," said Bonitatibus, a junior midfielder who recorded a career-high point total. "We want to keep the ball on our end as long as we can and keep our defense fresh. We have some players who are fast and can handle the ball."


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With the new Supreme Court term well under way, UC Hastings Professors are chiming in to add context and clarity to some of the Court's early cases for SCOTUSBlog, the most widely-read and trusted resource about the US Supreme Court.
Professor Scott Dodson offered a pre-argument summary in Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs, the day before oral arguments were heard at the Court, and then a post-argument summary of how the litigants presented their positions. "The argument seemed more one-sided than a two-headed penny," Dodson wrote. "Counsel for petitioner Sprint faced only fifteen questions, while counsel for respondent IUB faced around forty. Further, the Justices took up only seventy-seven transcript lines of Sprint's 456 total but a whopping 217 of the IUB's 514. Look for a unanimous reversal from the Court in short order," he predicted.
Professor Rory Little has offered a similar preview for Fernandez v. California, a criminal procedure case garnering significant attention in the press. You can read his complete preview here.
Professor Little also offered an opinion analysis for Burt v. Titlow, the first full criminal law case of the new term. "Titlow presented various follow-on questions after two 2012 decisions, which extended ineffective assistance of counsel doctrine to the plea bargaining context," Little wrote. "But the Court's nine-to-zero ruling (with Justice Sotomayor filing a separate concurrence and Justice Ginsburg concurring only in the judgment) did not resolve most of those follow-up questions. Instead, the Court was plainly more concerned about the Sixth Circuit's failure to apply the 'doubly deferential' standards of federal habeas corpus law."


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Author Notes: This recipe came from the need for a nice brunch for a late spring garden event committee meeting I hosted. Zucchini, lemon, ricotta and asparagus go so well together. I like the quiche consistency of the filling, and the asparagus gets nice and roasted. Add some puff pastry, and a nice arugula side salad with big shavings of fresh Parmesan, and you can't go wrong. To avoid a soggy crust - make sure the zucchini is dried and cooked thoroughly. This dish is lovely with glass of crisp Viognier. - Burnt Offerings —Burnt Offerings
Food52 Review: Not only are the ingredients for Burnt Offerings' Mother's Day dish uniformly crowd-friendly, but the combination of the flaky puff pastry (amplified by the saltiness of the parmesan-encrusted rim), creamy ricotta-zucchini filling, and tender asparagus is immensely satisfying. Nothing says "I love you" like artfully-arranged asparagus spears. - CookLikeMad —CookLikeMad
Serves: 6
sheet of frozen puff pastry, thawed
pound zucchini - grated
1 1/4
teaspoons salt - divided
bunch asparagus - trimmed
tablespoons butter
teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
medium onion - finely chopped (1 cup)
garlic clove - minced
teaspoon lemon juice
teaspoons grated lemon zest
cup ricotta cheese - drained for 15 min.
cup plus 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
egg yolk mixed with 2 TBL water for egg wash
- Place grated zucchini in colander set over large bowl. Sprinkle with 3/4 teaspoon salt and toss to coat. Let drain at least 30 minutes. Working in batches, squeeze zucchini in kitchen towel to remove as much liquid as possible. It's important that the zucchini is dry.
- While the zucchini is draining, blanch the trimmed asparagus spears in boiling water for 3 minutes. Plunge into ice water to stop cooking, cool, and dry thoroughly on paper towels.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until soft and translucent, about 7 minutes.
- Add garlic and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add zucchini and lemon juice; reduce heat to medium-low and cook until zucchini is tender, and mixture is dry, stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
- Whisk ricotta cheese, 1/3 cup Parmesan, egg, lemon peel, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt in medium bowl. Stir in cooled zucchini mixture.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or Silpat. On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 pastry to a 10" x 15" rectangle, 1/8-inch thick and transfer to baking sheet.
- Trim 1 inch of pastry from each edge of the rectangle and set aside next to its edge. Wash the rectangle along each border with the egg wash, and then top with the piece of trimmed pastry, creating a raised edge. Overlap the corners.
- Spread zucchini filling evenly over pastry, filling the pastry box.
- Arrange the asparagus spears decoratively on the top of the filling.
- Apply the egg wash to the raised borders, sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and some fleur de sel or kosher salt.
- Bake for 30 - 35 minutes until puffed and golden. Let rest at least 5 minutes before serving. Can be made ahead and reheated.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Spring Vegetable Recipe
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- Whirlpool is a Fortune 200 firm.
- The County has provided an 85% ten-year abatement on real and business property for this project.
- Whirlpool's new regional distribution center will create about 100 new jobs, have a value of about $30 million-$40 million, and utilize about $20 million -$30 million of inventory (about one-half of the inventory will be freeport-eligible).
- This is one of the largest economic development projects yet undertaken in the County's southern half and is one of the first major projects to materialize in the inland port area (an area which we believe is the key to the County's future economic health).
- Projects utilize the area's location benefits: it is near the crossroads of several interstates highways (I-35, I-45, I-30 and I-20) and Union Pacific's intermodal rail facility. Because of such a location, 98% of the nation's population can be reached from the Dallas area by truck within 48 hours.


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WASHINGTON – The number of people seeking unemployment aid barely changed last week and the average over the past month fell to a fresh five-year low. A decline in layoffs is helping strengthen the job market.
The Labor Department says weekly unemployment benefit applications rose just 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell 7,500 to 339,750. That's the lowest since February 2008, just three months into the recession.
A steady decline in unemployment claims signals companies are laying off fewer workers. That suggests they aren't worried that business will fall off in the near future.
The average has fallen nearly 15 percent since November. Fewer layoffs typically suggest that net hiring will pick up.