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Multiple Addends - More than 2 numbers to add?
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Objective: Students will be able to solve real world and mathematical problems on adding integers with multiple addends.
Big Idea: More than two addends? No problem! After this lesson students will be comfortable adding lots of numbers, regardless of their sign.
Opener: As students enter the room, they will immediately pick up and begin working on the opener. Please see my instructional strategy clip for how openers work in my classroom (Instructional Strategy - Process for openers). This method of working and going over the opener lends itself to allow students to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others, which is mathematical practice 3.
Learning Target: After completion of the opener, I will address the day's learning targets to the students. In today's lesson, the intended targets are, "I can solve real world and mathematical adding integer problems with multiple addends." Students will jot the learning target down in their agendas (our version of a student planner, there is a place to write the learning target for every day).
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Table Practice: Students will work with their homogeneous table groups to complete 12 adding integers with multiple addends application problems - Versatiles Activity. For these problems, students will reason abstractly (mathematical practice 2) to write and then simplify integer expressions which model (mathematical practice 4) the given scenario. With this topic, it is very important that students are precise when paying attention to the signs of the numbers, mathematical practice 6. Students will use a set of versatiles to check their work, and I ask that students persevere with the problems (mathematical practice 1) until they find the correct answer. Please see the site www.hand2mind.com/versatiles for more information or to purchase versatiles. As students are working, I will walk around to monitor student progress, as well as stop and work with tables who appear to be struggling. Based on the previous activity, I will have a good idea of which students will need additional assistance.
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Write Your Own: To summarize this lesson, I am going to ask students to write and solve their own multiple addends integer problem on the back of their opener. Students like to make up their own problems, and this activity will give me a good indication of who is grasping the concept and who is not. I will ask that they place their papers on the opener table on their way out of my room.
Homework: I will take this time to pass out the homework sheet on adding integers. Philosophy on Homework


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Back in the 1930s, Boyd Lee Dunlop taught himself to play music on a broken piano left out on the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. Only half the keys worked.
He also taught his little brother Frank to play the drums while they were growing up. Frankie Dunlop went on to record with Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, among other jazz greats. Boyd Lee Dunlop went to work in the steel mills and rail yards of Buffalo, occasionally playing piano at local clubs.
Another chance encounter with a busted piano has now led Boyd Lee Dunlop to record and release his first album, at the age of 85. Brendon Bannon, a documentary photographer by trade, is the album's producer.
"We met when I went into the nursing home where Boyd's living, in Buffalo, to talk to the doctors there about doing a photo project. Boyd was sitting down in the waiting area also, and we struck up a conversation really quickly," Bannon says. "He told me about his piano playing and invited me down to the cafeteria to listen to him play. I looked at the piano, and there were keys broken off of it ... It didn't look well. But Boyd was wrestling some beautiful sounds out of it."
Here, Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Bannon and Dunlop about Dunlop's debut album, Boyd's Blues.
Back in the 1930s, Boyd Lee Dunlop taught himself to play music on a broken piano left out on the streets of Buffalo, New York.
BOYD LEE DUNLOP: The first song I played was "After Hours."
SIMON: Only half of the keys worked. He also taught his little brother, Frank, how to play the drums while they were growing up. Well, Frankie Dunlop went on to record with Thelonious Monk and Charlie Mingus, among other jazz greats; Boyd Lee Dunlop went on to work in the local steel mills and the rail yards in Buffalo, occasionally playing piano at local clubs. Another chance encounter with a busted piano has now led Boyd Lee Dunlop to record and release his debut album at the age of 85. His new CD is called "Boyd's Blues." And pianist Boyd Lee Dunlop and Brendon Bannon, the album's producer, join us from the studios of member station WBFO in Buffalo. Gentlemen, thanks so much for being with us.
DUNLOP: Thank you.
BRENDON BANNON: Thanks for having us.
SIMON: Brendon Bannon, how did you hear about Boyd Lee Dunlop? How did you two meet?
BANNON: We met when I went into the nursing home where Boyd's living, in Buffalo, to talk to the doctors there about doing a photo project. Boyd Dunlop was sitting down in the waiting area also, and we struck up a conversation really quickly and...
DUNLOP: You struck it up.
BANNON: He told me about his piano playing and invited me down to the cafeteria, to listen to him play. And I looked at the piano and there were keys broken off of it.
DUNLOP: Strings popped out and everything.
BANNON: It didn't look well but, you know, Boyd was wrestling some beautiful sounds out of it. I started recording him with a little MP3 recorder, and moved on from there.
SIMON: Mr. Bannon?
BANNON: Yes.
SIMON: What went through your mind when you first heard Boyd Lee Dunlop play?
BANNON: Well, I mean, a couple things. The first was, I was just filled with joy and wonder that this guy was sitting down and playing his heart out in what was an empty cafeteria in a nursing home in Buffalo. You know, the fact that he had to do it, that he wanted to do it, that he was doing it, really filled me with wonder and inspiration. And the fact that the music that he was making was so gorgeous, compelling, heartfelt and smart music made me think, somebody needs to make a record. And eventually I thought, maybe I should make a record. And you know, we kind of took it from there.
SIMON: Mr. Dunlop, do you have a favorite song on this CD?
DUNLOP: Everything on there is my favorite.
SIMON: Well, that's as good an answer as I've had to that question.
SIMON: Mr. Bannon, do you have something on this CD you want to point us to?
BANNON: You know, there's two things on the record. There is Boyd with the band, and it's an amazing band - Sabu Adeyola...
DUNLOP: Oh, Sabu and - oh yeah.
BANNON: ...and Virgil Day, two players in Buffalo who played around the world with some of the greats.
DUNLOP: It was a trio - that trio, you like the trio better? Oh, you didn't like me by myself, huh?
BANNON: No....
DUNLOP: Now I hear it, for Christ's sake.
BANNON: You know, as much as I love listening to him play with the band, the things that are closest to what I originally heard him playing, when we met, are tunes like "Boyd's Epic Journey," which is about 13 and a half minutes. And, you know, I listen to that and I can hear references to classical music, to other jazz tunes, to nursery rhymes. It's a song that to me, has a whole lot of life in it.
SIMON: So, Mr. Dunlop, you've been playing the piano for almost 80 years, I guess.
DUNLOP: That's right.
SIMON: I don't know of anyone else who can say that.
DUNLOP: Yeah, well, and I thank God I'm able to say it.
SIMON: Let me ask you both this question, and if you could take it in turn. Do you think there are some things that you can play better on a piano because of the life you've had at the age of 85, than you could have played them when you were 25 or 30?
DUNLOP: Overall, I can play the blues better.
SIMON: Mr. Bannon, do you think there are things that Mr. Dunlop can play better now?
BANNON: Well, I mean, I met Boyd Lee Dunlop just last year, so I don't know what he was playing all those other years. I wish I could hear it. But what I do hear when he plays is, I hear an incredible openness and a fearlessness. And I don't know if you can have an incredible openness like that and that kind of fearlessness, that kind of musical bravery, at age 25.
BANNON: I think you've got to have a chance to not be doing things that other people are asking you to do, and you have to get to a place in your life where you're doing what you want to do because you want to do it, you feel it - and you've got to let it out.
DUNLOP: You're right. I was so wet.
SIMON: Well, second album in the works?
DUNLOP: Second album?
BANNON: What do you think, Boyd? Do you want to do another one?
DUNLOP: I'll do as many as I can. Yes, I would, sir.
SIMON: OK, good.
DUNLOP: Best way to put it. Yes, sir.
SIMON: Well, gentlemen, it's wonderful talking to both of you. Good luck with this album, OK?
DUNLOP: Thank you very much.
BANNON: Thank you very much. It was a pleasure to be with you.
SIMON: Boyd Lee Dunlop, the distinguished pianist, and Brendon Bannon, speaking with us from WBFO in Buffalo. Mr. Dunlop's new album - his debut - is called "Boyd's Blues."
SIMON: And you can hear songs from "Boyd's Blues" at NPRMusic.org.
SIMON: And as we bring this hour to a close, let's remind you, you can always find us online at NPR.org; on Facebook at NPRWeekend; and on Twitter, the show @NPRWeekend, my Twitter handle is NPRScottSimon. Some tweets already rolling in. ArizonaWildcat: Thanks for reminding us about Laura Nyro's versatility, beautiful voice, and messages that still resonate. TokyoCharlotte: They're talking about hackerspaces on NPR Weekend #IWantThat. Sandra Valentini listened to our coverage of the European debt crisis and Germany's increasing prominence and tweeted: I'm Italian and yes, uncomfortable. It looks frightening to me.
RKHall tweeted this message after our conversation with the head of the Family Leader Group about Christian conservative voters: For the life of me, I cannot figure out how universal health care is not Christian. And special thanks to our newest Twitter followers, including Boyd Lee Dunlop, the 85-year-old jazz musician we just talked to. You're never too old to tweet or to tickle the ivories. Tickle us. Let us hear from you. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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PEORIA — It might have taken four years for Aunterrio Barney to go to trial, but it took a Peoria County jury just 90 minutes Monday to find him guilty of setting a house afire in 2010, killing four people.
Barney, 37, showed no emotion when convicted of first-degree murder and arson. He immediately was placed in handcuffs. He faces a mandatory life term in prison when sentenced Sept. 4 as state law requires that when there are more than two deaths.
Across the room, friends and family of those who died in the April 21, 2010, house fire rejoiced. Tears were shed openly as a four-year wait for justice ended.
Youlandice Simmons, 24, died on her birthday. Also dying that night were her sister, Brianna Simmons, 22, and 19-year-old Darresse Roddy. Youlandice Simmons' son, 2-year-old Darryl Miller Jr., died the next day at a Springfield hospital.
"We have been waiting for four years and it was hard," said Tayo Faulkner, Youlandice and Briana Simmons' sister. "I am happy because he got what he deserved and because he took so much from us and he don't realize what he took from us."
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Prosecutors say Barney was angry at Youlandice Simmons for not returning his calls, being late to meet him and because he suspected that she was with another man. Enraged, he poured gasoline on the only stairwell to her upstairs apartment at 1212 N. University St., about 4:30 a.m. that day, they told jurors.
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Both Shelby and colleague Donna Cruz hammered home Barney's rage at Youlandice Simmons, playing voice mail messages, nine in all, that were left over a five-hour time frame beginning at 8 p.m. the night before and ending just before 1 a.m. The messages grow increasingly angry. In the last one, Barney can clearly be heard saying he's gonna "get" Youlandice Simmons for "doing him that way."
Defense Attorney Hugh Toner laid out another theory in his hourlong closing statement. Besides trashing the evidence presented in the four-day trial, he said the real arsonist was Gene Bragg, the man whom firefighters rescued from the roof that morning and the only person to survive from the apartment.
Toner questioned how it was possible that only Bragg escaped while the others died, unless he set the fire.
Cruz called that "crazy talk." For that to happen, Bragg would have had to have trapped himself in the building, risking possible death. Or, she quipped, he was "Spider-Man" in order to get back onto the roof where he was found.
For his own part, Barney flatly denied setting the fire when he testified Monday.
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He explained he was upset and angry because he couldn't get inside the apartment to get his things. He said he was friends with Youlandice Simmons and explained away testimony about a fight the two had, saying it was blown out of proportion.
Barney said he didn't tell his girlfriend, Sueara Foucher, that he set a fire on University, as she testified. She told jurors Barney told her that as a way to show he didn't steal her TV.
Barney said he left the area because he was worried about his parole being violated because of the alleged TV theft.
He fled Illinois for North Carolina after reading about the fire and the deaths on the Internet. He knew he was a suspect and was afraid of capital punishment. When asked by Toner why he didn't turn himself in, Barney said simply, "That's not how we do things."
And he said he confessed to police after returning to Peoria in June 2010 because he believed he was stuck.
No matter what he said to police, Barney testified, he believed he was going to jail. His options were going to jail for the rest of his life or facing lethal injection.
"I know how to survive in jail," he said. "But I don't know how to come back from being dead."
While his case was pending, Gov. Pat Quinn abolished the death penalty.
Porsha Roddy, Darresse's sister, said regardless of the verdict, her brother is gone.
"He can never come back. We'll never get him back," she said. "His family can still talk to him. They can visit him but we can't. He's gone."
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Aunterrio Barney found guilty on all counts in 2010 fire that killed four
PEORIA — It might have taken four years for Aunterrio Barney to go to trial, but it took a Peoria County jury just 90 minutes Monday to find him guilty of setting a house afire in 2010, killing four people.


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Since 2006, almost 160,000 gallons of untreated wastewater spilled from Newton sewer lines, and more than 140,000 gallons of raw sewage made its way to the area's freshwater streams.
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"We did get the grant award," Clark said, adding it was slightly less than the expected project cost. "One-point-one million dollars is a home run for the city. I want to thank the mayor for working to contact the CWMTF board of trustees and championing this for the city of Newton."
Newton's grant for the Burris Road Pump Station was among 227 local governments, state agencies and land trusts that sought almost $249 million from the CWMTF during the 2010 grant cycle, said CWMTF Executive Director Richard Rogers.
While Newton will accept almost $1.2 million grant funds, Clark said the city will also accept a low-interest state loan to cover the remaining $800,000 in costs associated with the project.
"In a worst-case scenario, we got a loan at 2.2 percent," Mullinax said. "The best case is that we will have $1.1 million paid off for us."
With engineering and project design complete, Clark said the city is awaiting state approval of project plans.
"It is real important for us to move forward," he said. "All they have to do is approve it. It has been engineered, and it is ready to go."
Newton Public Works Director Wilce Martin said work should begin in 2011, and the project is estimated to be completed in 2013.


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MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwire - Feb 11, 2013) - Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today announced that Steven W. Kohlhagen, Ph.D., a veteran executive in the financial services and investment industries, was elected to serve as a director on the company's board. Kohlhagen, 65, brings over three decades of experience to the board and will serve on the Business and Risk Committee and the Compensation Committee.
"Steve is nationally recognized as a leading financial expert with extensive knowledge of mortgage finance and the capital markets," said Christopher S. Lynch, Freddie Mac's non-executive chairman. "He will bring to the board a unique combination of senior executive leadership skills and a deep understanding of economics, modeling and complex financial instruments. Steve will be invaluable to the board during an important time for the housing industry and the nation."
Over the course of his career, Kohlhagen held senior executive positions at leading financial institutions. From 1992 to 2003 he worked at First Union National Bank (predecessor to Wachovia National Bank) last serving as managing director of the Fixed Income Division. Kohlhagen served in senior roles at AIG from 1990 to 1992, Stamford Capital Group from 1987 to 1990, Bankers Trust Corporation from 1985 to 1987, and Lehman Brothers, Inc. from 1983 to 1985.
Kohlhagen's public sector experience encompasses consulting work for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development from 1980 to 1981, the United States Department of the Treasury from 1976 to 1977, and the Federal Reserve Board in 1976. He was also senior staff economist for the Council of Economic Advisors, White House Staff from 1978 to 1979.
Since 2006 Kohlhagen has been a director of AMETEK Inc., where he is a member of the Audit Committee. He is also a director of Abtech Holdings Inc., where he is a member of the Audit Committee, and Reval Inc., where he is a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee. Kohlhagen served as a director of the IQ Mutual Funds, a family of Merrill Lynch registered, closed-end investment companies, from 2005-2010.
Since 2001 Kohlhagen has been an Advisory Board member of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He also served as a professor of international economics and finance at the University of California, Berkeley from 1973 to 1983.
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Andy Rubin, VP of Mobile Platforms at Google, confirmed in an interview with the New York Times that Android 2.2 (a.k.a Froyo) will come with full Flash 10.1 support. We suspected this was a strong possibility for the Froyo release and expressed as much in our post last week.
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2010: Enters her senior year as one of the most dangerous forwards in the Capital Athletic Conference … an exceptionally talented student-athlete who has a knack for finding the goal … vocal student-athlete … consistently gets herself in the right position to make plays … a great scorer who is still a team-oriented player … has the ability to anticipate the defense and find where opponents are vulnerable.
2009: Had a breakout campaign … named to the All-Capital Athletic Conference second team for the first time in her career … scored a team-high 18 goals, including three game-winning tallies … started 20 of the 21 games in which she played … contributed four assists … totaled a Spartan-best 40 points … scored two goals on two occasions, in York's 6-0 victory over Hood on September 8 and their 3-1 win over Stevenson on September 24 … averaged 0.86 goals per game as she scored in 16 contests, including a streak of seven straight games … was named Spartan Athlete-of-the-Week on September 28 after scoring three times and adding an assist in helping York to a 3-0 mark the previous week.
2008: Appeared in 19 of York's 21 games … started 14 contests … scored three goals … two scores came in the Spartans' 5-1 season-opening victory over Albright on August 29 … also added one assist in that contest … scored and provided an assist against Wilson on October 23, a 4-0 Spartan victory … her goal against Wilson was also the game-winning tally … 13 of her 21 shots were on-target
2007: Played in 16 of the Spartans' 21 contests … drew four starts as a freshman ... first collegiate start came against perennial national powerhouse Salisbury University … recorded five shots during the season putting two on-target …
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Butterick 5748: MISSES'/MISSES' PETITE DRESS: Lined dress has close-fitting bodice, flared skirt (Cut on crosswise grain of fabric), side zipper and very narrow hem. A: attached bows. Purchased petticoat.
I managed to make a ridiculous mistake on this project – because the back bodice scoop is almost the same level as the armhole, I stitched my lining pieces with the center back seams as side seams. Whoops! It was an easy fix, but I did not notice until I went to stitch the lining to the bodice. That will teach me to ignore markings!
Other than my silly boo-boo, this was extremely easy to put together (especially since I was working with a stable quilting cotton!).
The slits in the front and back bodice are lovely, but they do make the neckline quite wide. If you have narrow shoulders, View B may be a safer bet.
Because this dress needed a little something extra, I added some contrasting piping to the waist seam. The fact that there are not very many pieces to deal with always makes adding those extra details more fun!
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Over the past 32 years, VMC has established a wide range of community partnerships and increased our efforts to provide the most current and sought after resources for Veterans within our agency. Many of the resources and programs most valuable to a Veteran can be found right on site, either at the VMC headquarters in Old City Philadelphia or at Operating Base Cecilia in Coatesville.
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- Philadelphia VA homeless outreach team
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- Emergency food and clothing
- Open Computer Lab (Internet job site assistance)
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Large military units establish Operating Bases – Forward Operating Bases, Contingency Operating Bases, etc. – to adjust to a mission in a particular location. Operating Base Cecilia was established to meet the needs of Veteran families in the Chester, Montgomery and Delaware County areas. In association with Catholic Social Services, VMC manages the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program for these counties, and also provides Veterans with access to additional services such as employment readiness, training and placement right on site. Planned future programs include additional training programs and a day drop-in center, as well as options to take services to other locations within the three-county area.
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Windward CC students take on gritty play at Paliku Theatre
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Posted: Feb 27, 2013
Windward Community College's Theatre 260–Dramatic Production students will perform onstage and behind the scenes in the Hawai'i premiere of Polaroid Stories, March 21-March 24 at Palikū Theatre. This harrowing drama intended for mature audiences is written by award-winning playwright Naomi Iizuka and directed by acclaimed international stage director Taurie Kinoshita.
Due to adult language, situations and themes, this play is recommended for ages 17 and older.
Polaroid Stories
Dates and Times: Thursday, March 21, Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 24 at 4 p.m.
Tickets: $5 students with valid ID/senior/military; $10 general
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Polaroid Stories is a modern and gritty take on Ovid's Metamorphoses, casting the heroes and gods of several Greek myths as street kids living on the edge of a desolate urban landscape. Playwright Naomi Iizuka gives voices to the traditionally voiceless by merging outcasts of urban society with mythological characters whose ephemeral, transient lives reflect the main themes of Ovid's Metamorphosis, on which many of the stories are based, the power of storytelling and transformation.
In Polaroid Stories, Persephone (Queen of the Dead in classical mythology) is a drug addict prostitute; Orpheus (who in classical mythology is the greatest ever musician, capable of making rocks cry with the beauty of his music, and travels to hell to save his wife) obsessively stalks Eurydice. This darkly lyrical production also follows Ariadne who is hopelessly abandoned by a Skinhead boy (aka Oklahoma Boy, aka Pentheus, aka Theseus); Narcissus, who in Ovid's tale falls in love with himself and becomes a flower, is a 'Raver' followed by Echo; D(ionysus) is a powerful drug dealer and G(Zeus) roams the streets searching for love and a good night's sleep.
The Hawai'i premier of Iizuka's Polaroid Stories will draw audiences into the sad world of homeless youth—behaving like classical Greek gods and heroes: bragging, chasing sensual pleasures, telling stories, searching for love, seeking transformation and transcendence—seeking to escape. Polaroid Stories is an unflinching look at the brutality of their bleak, desperate, troubled lives. Taurie Kinoshita, who has done critically acclaimed work in London for four years, directs a cast made up entirely of students.
Each night, a different pre-show lecture will be presented on classical mythology, substance abuse issues, homelessness, and censorship in the arts. A post-show talk back with the actors is scheduled for the Friday, March 22 performances. In addition, a graffiti artist will make live art each night onstage.
For more information about Polaroid Stories, contact Taurie Kinoshita at 779-3456. To learn more about Theatre 260 and other theatre classes offered at Windward Community College, contact Nicolas Logue at 236-9138 or go online to windward.hawaii.edu.
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Cognizant's Q4 profit up 16%
IT services company Cognizant Technology Solutions reported a modestly better-than-expected quarterly profit as clients in Europe ramped up outsourcing, but guided first-quarter profit below analysts' estimates.
European companies have been outsourcing more in recent months as instability in the region forces them to restructure and cut costs. However, some U.S. companies have said they may be seeing a bottom after years of weakness in the region.
The economic downturn in Europe has served as a catalyst for longer-term growth for outsourcing in the region, Cognizant President Gordon Coburn said after the company reported third-quarter results in November.
Rivals Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys, India's top two software services providers, reported better-than-expected results earlier this month boosted by client additions and accelerated IT spending by existing customers.
While 13 new deals in Europe boosted Infosys' revenue in the quarter ended December 31, TCS termed Continental Europe a "soft point" as revenue from the region dropped sequentially.
Cognizant forecast first-quarter earnings of 92 cents per share on revenue of at least $2 billion.
Analysts were expecting earnings of 93 cents per share on revenue of $2 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company, founded in 1994 as a captive unit of Dun & Brad Street in India, has not missed analysts' profit estimates for 16 quarters.
Cognizant's net income rose 16 per cent to $278.8 million, or 92 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, from $240.1 million, or 78 cents per share, a year earlier.
Total revenue rose 17 percent to $1.95 billion. Revenue from Europe, which accounts for nearly a fifth of the company's total revenue, rose 19 per cent to $326.2 million.
Analysts on average had expected earnings of 91 cents per share on revenue of $1.95 billion


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Castries Travel Guide
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The main reason for the existence of the town of Castries, capital of St Lucia, is as a port of call for hundreds of cruise ships that dock in the deep harbour every year, disgorging thousands of day-trippers who shop till they drop in the market and duty-free shopping malls. Visitors who linger find the town has a certain charm surrounded by hills, although little to offer in the way of sightseeing or architectural heritage.
Most of the buildings are fairly new, with Castries having been destroyed several times by fire during its history, most recently in 1948. There is a very vibrant and colourful market on the go every day except Sunday, some good waterfront restaurants and a few remains of the defences of the island's various occupiers to claim the attention. Castries also serves as a good base for island exploration, whether it is by road or water.
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Full text of Rick Wood's Sept. 27 speech in the MLLA case
Here is the full text of Mammoth councilmember's Rick Wood on the MLLA settlement, delivered Thursday, Sept. 27 at a special meeting of the Town Council:
You can only imagine the frustration of a lawyer and a politician being muzzled for a year on this.
I thought that I would not actually have any prepared remarks, but that I would see how things flowed.
I don't need to explain again why we voted the way we voted other than to indicate that it was very important for me to get some finality, to get some certainty, and to do that as a result of a risk-factor analysis, and that's what I did and that's the reason I came to the conclusion that I did, notwithstanding that I don't like the deal.
So instead, based in part in two things that occurred tonight, one is the letter that I received at about a six o'clock tonight that was just read into the record, and second, based on Tim Flynn's remarks.
They relate to this: the elephant in the room, if you will, is and always has been, how did this happen? How did we get here? And who's to blame? Who's responsible for this? Not for this settlement, but for this problem.
I've listened to it; I've heard it for the past year as have all councilmembers; it's appropriate for this council to take responsibility for the actions its staff and itself; it's appropriate for past councils to take responsibility as well, but in the end, the blame doesn't do anybody a whole lot of good. It prevents us moving forward.
That said, I think it was probably very cathartic for Michael Raimondo to write his story, and I imagine it's going to be a community to catharsis to put the blame out there and to reach back. The only value I can see in that, I do see some, it provides an opportunity to learn something from something that occurred in the past.
So, from my perspective the chronology goes something like this:
In 1997 we had an airport that we were unable to financially afford. A developer came in and made a proposal to this town to enter into a partnership. That developer promised a number of things, the town promised a number of things and the town's ultimately found was to have breached its promises.
But there's something important to remember. We as a council as a whole—and two of us, in the words of Michael Raimondo, have been tagged with responsibility for that—I would tell you that I was a member of the community in 1997 but I wasn't a member of the council.
I was a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission in 1997 and I spoke in favor of the development proposed that was proposed before the council.
I also remember clearly when the council at that time was wordsmithing a 55-year development agreement from the dais. I couldn't imagine at the time that we would be doing this; we didn't know much.
There are a number of people in the community who somehow believe that I drafted that agreement. I've read the blogs. It doesn't really matter who drafted that agreement, if we had capable town counsel, that we had a capable town manager or whether we were hoodwinked by Terry Ballas. The fact is, you do the best you can under the circumstances that you find yourself in. That's what that council did and that's what its attorney did and we went forward.
But there's something that goes along with entering into a partnership agreement, and that is the climate that you perform, not just by the letter, but you also perform in good faith. What we did—I will tell you, because I was elected to this council in 1998, and as a good councilmember and became the mayor in 2000 and I was a good mayor, I did what I was supposed to do, which was to try to fulfill the commitments that we had made in that agreement.
Who's to blame? There isn't anybody to blame. Is it Tracy Fuller, Steve Julian, Charley Long, Rob Clark? Every single one of them was well intentioned during that period of time.
I for one traveled to Washington D.C. on a number of occasions, met with the deputy director of the FAA and her engineering staff to try to convince them that the decision they'd made to rescind the approval that they had given to our agreement just three or four years earlier, was wrong. We were not successful. Is that the town's fault? The jury thought so. So we live with it.
Subsequent to that, we, as was explained earlier, entered into negotiations with Mr. Ballas and his successor. Do I blame Mr. Ballas for selling the cause of action or selling his development rights to MLLA? I'm not really happy about it, but I don't blame him either, because quite frankly, I thought he was doing what he needed to do to protect his interests.
So a lawsuit was filed in 2006. I didn't happen to be on the council at that time, nor was I on the council when the case went to trial in 2008, so I don't know what happened there. Do I blame that council? No. They did the best they could with what they had in the circumstances of the time.
You heard a number of people say that they believed that the town had not done anything wrong. A jury found otherwise. The council of 2008 determined it was wrong enough that it should be appealed. It didn't work. Some appeals are successful, some are not.
The one thing I recall very clearly in the spring of 2010, which was when Matthew Lehman and I joined the council—I rejoined the council and he joined—we made a commitment to bring this financial house back into order and included in that commitment was a commitment to fix this problem.
I didn't know—I didn't dream at that time— that we would file for bankruptcy protection. What I do know that in May of 2010 when the court of appeal rendered its decision and it was all but final, I know one month before that election of June 2010 that we were pretty much near the end, folks, so what we did during that period of time was what any responsible council with fiduciary obligations to the community would do: We went to MLLA and said we cannot pay $30 million, plus attorneys fees. Interest was accruing at $7,000 a day, and MLLA and we entered into good-faith negotiations. It didn't work out.
MLLA said we could afford to pay. I said in 2011 I would not vote to decimate the ability of this town to function as a legitimate government and if MLLA had required us to pay that judgment over 10 years, which is what I understood the law allowed to us to do, it would create a $6 million hole in our budget. The measures that the town manager mentioned that we did not touch totaled $5 million a year. It would have taken $5 million out of those measures and another $1 million out of the budget in order to resolve this.
Do I blame the town staff or past councils for not being able to get the job done? No. They did the best they could with what they had at the time and they believed it. They have the same commitment to this community as everybody else.
In 2012 we uncovered stones that had not been turned over in years in respect to the condition of our finances. We learned that we were poorer than we thought and we were generating less revenue and we had budgeted for and even accounted for. Matthew Lehman and I had the same message in the last election: We're going to fix this financial mess that we're in. In 2012 we consciously made the decision to hire very expensive bankruptcy counsel to come up with a plan, believe in that plan and, given the uncertainty of the bankruptcy process, that is not the plan that was being proposed.
We will debate for a long time or maybe a short time whether this was the right deal. My view is that what we did, we eliminated the risk. We identified it and we eliminated it. If we had lost, there would have been cataclysmic effects on this government and therefore this community.
We put $18 million a year into this community, plus capital projects. We built stuff, we maintained stuff, we provided services for folks. We plow the roads, we fix the potholes and we provide police protection. We've done things the public has asked us to do. If we're not going to be able to do any of those things, it was a heck of a risk that I felt that we would have take, had we gone forward.
I cannot tell you how strongly I disagree with Michael Raimondo's remarks. There is room for debate. I tried, I had the debate in closed session over and over and over again, but this is a democracy. We have different views. We hear the same information and process it differently and come to the same conclusions even though the process is the same. He is entitled to his opinion. It is OK. I believe it reflects the opinion of the segment of the community that suggests—and I think rather naively— that we should take our chances, roll the dice and let it go.
I contend and submit that it would be a breach of our fiduciary duty as stewards of the town's money and the town's finances for us to have not in good faith attempted a settlement and reach a settlement on terms we could afford, and that's the reason I went forward and voted for this plan. I was simply not able to persuade Mike Raimondo to do so, and I certainly respect his opinion.
So where does it leave us? It leaves us with a dramatic restructuring that, as it filters out into the community, is going to have us look a lot different and it's going to be very painful in many respects over the coming months.
I also think that Mammoth has an extraordinary resiliency; it has shown it before. But more than that, it provides us with an opportunity to move forward with a shared vision that we can only have and we only implement, with this 800-pound monkey off our backs, and that's what we've done.
One could argue that what I've said tonight is simply a justification for what we've done. What I've really meant to say is that for one year I've wanting to tell the public as what I see, or saw, as the story of the events as they unfolded over all these years. Some of it I was here; some periods of time I was not there. It doesn't matter.
It is what it is, and as we close this chapter, the door closes, another one opens and we move forward.


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The big Israel-Palestine news of the week is Richard Goldstone's op-ed in the Washington Post on Sunday (4/3/11). The short version you pick up from the media is that Goldstone has "retracted" his UN-sponsored report on war crimes during Israel's Operation Cast Lead war in Gaza in late 2008 and early 2009.
The "retraction" language is fairly common--as in the New York Times headline (4/4/11), "Israel Grapples With Retraction on UN Report."
But is there any real retraction?
Goldstone, a retired South African judge, chaired a four-person fact-finding commission investigating crimes committed by both sides. As he explains in his Post column, the Israelis refused to cooperate, which obviously affected the report's findings:
The allegations of intentionality by Israel were based on the deaths of and injuries to civilians in situations where our fact-finding mission had no evidence on which to draw any other reasonable conclusion.
Goldstone writes that he now believes that "civilians were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy." He sides with a follow-up report from the UN, which credits Israel for launching some investigations of their Gaza war--though he added:
I share the concerns reflected in the McGowan Davis report that few of Israel's inquiries have been concluded and believe that the proceedings should have been held in a public forum. Although the Israeli evidence that has emerged since publication of our report doesn't negate the tragic loss of civilian life, I regret that our fact-finding mission did not have such evidence explaining the circumstances in which we said civilians in Gaza were targeted, because it probably would have influenced our findings about intentionality and war crimes.
At CounterPunch, Jonathan Cook notes (4/5/11):
Israel would certainly like observers to interpret Goldstone's latest comments as an exoneration. In reality, however, he offered far less consolation to Israel than its supporters claim.
The report's original accusation that Israeli soldiers committed war crimes still stands, as does criticism of Israel's use of unconventional weapons such as white phosphorus, the destruction of property on a massive scale and the taking of civilians as human shields.
Cook adds that some observers see this as a mostly misdirected debate over intentionality--whether Israeli forces meant to kill civilians, or merely disregarded the fact that their actions would kill civilians. As Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch put it at the Guardian (4/5/11):
Goldstone has not retreated from the report's allegation that Israel engaged in large-scale attacks in violation of the laws of war. These attacks included Israel's indiscriminate use of heavy artillery and white phosphorus in densely populated areas, and its massive and deliberate destruction of civilian buildings and infrastructure without a lawful military reason. This misconduct was so widespread and systematic that it clearly reflected Israeli policy.
Roth also tweeted some criticism of the New York Times' coverage:
NYTimes wrong on Goldstone oped. He said intentional killing wasn't policy. No retraction on indiscriminate warfare.
NYT wrong again. Goldstone says Israel didn't intend to kill but its policy was still crime of indiscriminate warfare
So what has happened then? Goldstone--who has been under tremendous pressure to distance himself from the report that bears his name--now says that there may have been cases where the Israeli military was not behaving with intent to kill civilians. Left unchallenged is the fact that many civilians were actually killed in attacks where little was done to prevent such killing.
But those details may not matter, if Richard Cohen's column in the Washington Post today (4/5/11) is any indication. Cohen writes that it was "shocking" that "Israel was accused of deliberately targeting civilians during its brutal 2008-09 war with Hamas." But now comes vindication:
Goldstone has retracted his findings. He no longer believes that Israel intentionally targeted civilians during the Gaza war (although he still believes Hamas did) and says that any deaths were inadvertent--the usual fog of war, the usual panicked decision.
The report focused on Israeli actions that were "either reckless, disproportionate or deliberate." There is nothing to suggest that most of the report's findings are in serious dispute. But to Cohen, it's now all "the usual fog of war." Cohen also claims:
As Goldstone acknowledges, Israel has looked into every charge of war crimes--incident by incident. Some soldiers have indeed been punished because some awful things happened.
It is not clear where Goldstone says or implies this in his brief op-ed. As Roth and other writers have pointed out, the Israeli investigations have yielded few indictments.
Cohen closes by writing:
Those who gleefully embraced the Goldstone report have to ask themselves why. They may hate the answer.
One might assume that he's suggesting anti-Semitism on the part of Goldstone's "gleeful" champions. Ironically in a piece admonishing those who rush to judgment, Cohen recalls that
a West Bank settler family of five was recently murdered in their home by what are universally thought to be Palestinians. This, too, has put Israel on edge.
As I noted before, there is plenty of speculation that a Palestinian committed those murders--but no evidence to date to that effect. Apparently speculation is enough for Richard Cohen. He should ask himself why. He may hate the answer.


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Severn Trent Water has awarded a Derbyshire school £500 after they proved they are doing their bit for the environment.
Woodbridge Junior School in Alfreton, Derbyshire has been taking part in the Severn Trent Water education programme. This is where representatives from the water company visit schools to teach pupils about the water cycle and the importance of saving water. They also learn about how Severn Trent treats water and how sewage was treated in the past.
Pupils taking part in the education programme all make a promise – to save water and do their bit to help prevent sewer blockages.
Then they complete a sticker chart for three weeks and an online quiz to check they know their stuff.
All the schools that do this get entered into a prize draw every term for £500 to spend on helping them become even more environmentally friendly. This term Woodbridge Junior School were the lucky winners.
Edwina Woodland, Severn Trent's education co-ordinator, presented the pupils with the prize cheque at a special awards assembly on Tuesday, April 8.
She said: "Many people don't realise the importance of water conservation or know how to prevent sewer blockages.
"By teaching children about the water cycle at an early age, this is hopefully a lesson they'll take with them through life, and then pass on to their children."
Woodbridge's head teacher, Gayle Bacon, said: "We're delighted to have won this £500 cash prize. Our eco-committee does a fantastic job of helping the school and pupils become more environmentally aware and we are very proud of them".
Anyone interested in taking part in the Severn Trent Water education programme can go to www.stwater.co.uk/education to learn more.


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In recent weeks, economists have been worrying about the negative impact of the now-ended government shutdown and potential debt crisis.
But away from Capitol Hill, the economy has been getting a big boost: Gasoline prices have been declining, week after week. In some parts of the country, a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline is now down to less than $3 a gallon — a price most Americans haven't seen in three years.
And any time the pump price starts dropping, consumer spirits start rising.
"When it falls, everyone has a smile on their face, and when it goes up, nobody is happy," said Mike Thornbrugh, spokesman for QuikTrip, a Tulsa, Okla.-based company that operates nearly 700 gas stations nationwide. Dozens of them are located in the Tulsa area, where many stations sell gas for around $2.99 a gallon, thanks to low fuel taxes and nearby refineries.
Chuck Mai, spokesman for the AAA auto club in Oklahoma, says the lowering of geopolitical tensions involving Iran, Syria, Egypt and other places in the Middle East has helped cut prices.
"Tensions seem to have cooled there," Mai said. "And no hurricanes threatening the Gulf [of Mexico], so everything looks good for continued lower prices."
Mai's assessment is shared by most economists, who are predicting prices will be heading even lower over the next several months. Analysts point to a number of triggers that shot down gas prices, allowing the average price of a gallon to slide from $3.74 in March to $3.37 a gallon this week.
Among the reasons most often cited are:
- Greater supplies. Current stockpiles of gasoline are up more than 12 percent, or about 25 million barrels, compared with last year, according to the federal Energy Information Administration.
- Lower demand. When the price of oil peaked at $144 a barrel in 2008, many Americans started rethinking their transportation choices. In subsequent years, many people traded in their full-sized SUVs and trucks for more fuel-efficient vehicles. So demand has been easing in recent years.
- Seasonal price drop. People tend to drive more in the summer on vacations and weekend trips — and then they hunker down at home in the winter, reducing demand for gasoline. At the same time, refineries are switching to their winter blends, which are cheaper.
- Refinery utilization. Gulf Coast refineries took a bit of a hit from Tropical Storm Karen, but 2013 hasn't been a tough year for hurricanes. So while some refineries have been slowed in recent weeks by routine seasonal maintenance work, they will be in good shape heading into winter.
- EPA rule changes. Some analysts are predicting the Environmental Protection Agency is going to adjust the mandate that requires refineries to blend ethanol into gasoline. If that were to happen, gas prices probably would come down further.
- Better relations with Iran. If Iran starts to change its policies regarding its nuclear program, President Obama might agree to ease oil sanctions. That could allow Iran to export more oil into the global marketplace, helping lower prices.
Despite all of those positive factors, Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for Gasbuddy.com, warns that consumers should not get too used to low gas prices. He says most of this autumn's bargains reflect simple good luck with the weather.
"We have not seen a hurricane this year, so we have not had to deal with that," DeHaan said. "We're past the peak season [for hurricanes], so we may be able to get out of this year without any major disruptions" in oil drilling or refining.
Prices likely will start to rise again next year when the blossoms open, and the storm season starts to heat up again. "Unfortunately, we can expect prices to go back up in the spring," he said.
Matt Trotter of Public Radio Tulsa contributed to this report.
Economists have been focused on the negative impact of the government shutdown and potential debt crisis. But away from Capitol Hill the economy has been getting one big boost: gasoline prices have been dropping. In some places, a gallon of regular gas is now below $3, a price most Americans haven't seen in three years.
Matt Trotter, of member station KWGS, reports.
MATT TROTTER, BYLINE: Almost everywhere you look in Tulsa, gas is $2.99 a gallon. GasBuddy.com users even report a West Tulsa station selling regular for $2.85.
MIKE THORNBRUGH: When it falls, everyone has a smile on their face. And when it goes up, nobody is happy.
TROTTER: That's Mike Thornbrugh, spokesman for QuikTrip. The company is headquartered in Tulsa and operates more than 600 gas stations across the southern half of the United States, from Arizona to North Carolina. AAA reports the average price nationwide for a gallon of regular gas is $3.35 down 17 cents from a month ago.
Thornbrugh attributes part of the drop in prices to the season.
You've had a switchover from what we call summer gasoline to winter gasoline, a huge difference in price historically.
But there are other, stronger forces acting on the market right now. Chuck Mai with AAA Oklahoma focuses on what's not happening.
CHUCK MAI: Nothing's happening in the Middle East - tensions seem to have cooled there - and no hurricanes threatening the Gulf. So everything looks good for continued lower prices.
TROTTER: Mai says there are other factors too. More fuel-efficient cars on the road, people driving fewer miles and using less gas because they're taking better care of their cars. Oklahoma drivers have seen a particularly sharp drop. Gas prices have fallen 38 cents since early September here; more than double the national average. Mai says there are a few reasons Oklahoma is typically among the five cheapest states for gas.
MAI: One, we have a very low state sales tax on gallons of gasoline.
TROTTER: Data from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation show the average state tax on a gallon of gas is 27 cents. You pay that on top of the costs to produce the gas and get it to the pump. California, which has the nation's highest gas prices right now, has a 49 cent tax. Oklahoma's tax: 17 cents.
And you've probably heard the adage location, location, location in real estate, but it applies to gas prices, too. Mai says Oklahoma is in a sweet spot.
MAI: We have refineries here in Tulsa. We have others across the State of Oklahoma. And we're close to the Gulf Coast refineries, as well. So transportation costs being low, and the state sales tax on gas being low, as well, help to keep our prices low.
TROTTER: Tulsa sits a mere 50 miles away from Cushing, Oklahoma, which calls itself the Pipeline Crossroads of the World, and not without good reason. Eight companies, including Valero, Sunoco, Enbridge, and Magellan Midstream operate pipelines in the area. And the town is a major trans-shipment point, connecting Gulf Coast suppliers with northern consumers. It also stores a huge amount of oil, somewhere between 5 and 10 percent of the total U.S. crude inventory.
Many economists are predicting gas prices will move lower over the next few months. But all bets are off if anything disrupts fuel supplies nationwide, say, a storm taking refineries offline or tensions flaring in the Middle East. Tulsa's gas prices may be among the nation's lowest, but even they can't get away from those kinds of market forces.
For NPR News in Tulsa, I'm Matt Trotter.
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