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I made an incredible discovery yesterday afternoon. I think I have found the single most annoying DJ on the radio (at least in Austin). He has that annoying, syrupy "DJ voice" with the constant fake enthusiasm, talks over the first half of every goddamned song, calls up his buds and talks to them over the air, and just generally grates on the nerves (naturally, I had to waste 20 minutes of my life listening to this goober just to make sure he was as awful as I thought he was).
Why does morning drive-time radio have to suck so hard? Does anyone actually listen to these goobers? Do people actually prefer schtick over music (although, given what passes for music now, maybe that's true)? If I want to hear people jabbering, I'll switch over to NPR's "Morning Edition". At least I'll hear something interesting.
One of our local "classic rock" (oldies for boomers) stations had their own morning show that was okay, but didn't bring in the ratings. So they fire the DJs and run a nationally synicated morning show for about a year. The ratings fall even more, so they drop the syndicated show and just start playing music again, and the ratings go up. The lesson learned? "We needed a different morning show", so now they've picked up another syndicated show, and I think the ratings are dropping again.
Argh. Sorry, just needed to rant.
Well, because of the poor nature of music on the radio I do like the morning shows. I usually listen to Rob, Arnie, and Dawn. They are syndicated over the Sacramento-Tahoe-Reno/Sparks-Carson City area. Maybe wider. But it's usually pretty decent.
Up here in the Baltimore area (MD), I usually tune into DC 101...Elliot in the Morning. It definitely passes the time of the morning commute.
I know what you are talking about. In the morning I have a choice between the redneck radio show of John Boy and Billy, the crappy pop/mix station drole or the local 'classic' rock station (GnR is 'classic' I guess). In the afternoon the 'classic' station has the most annoying asshole I have ever heard, named Robbie Rags. He is a Howard Stern wannabe in the worst way.
It is crap like that that makes me very happy that my commute is only 5 minutes each way.
I listen to the same thing on the way to work every morning. I don't have a terribly long commute so I only hear about 15-20 minutes a day. Not bad at all, and better than the morning show on the classic rock station from Reno.
NPR r0x0rs.
You offered a solution to your own dilemma: NPR's "Morning Edition." Listen to it and you'll get all edumacated about teh news and stuff.
I listen to NPR all day at work except for when I take the occasional break (like now) to listen to Tony Kornheiser on ESPN Radio over Real Audio.
Actually, I think radio in general just plain sucks. Where have all the good indy stations gone? Here in Philly there's one station that I would classify as "decent " (WXPN) and one that I would classify as "good enough" (Y100)...however, listening to either one for too long gives me headaches and I have to switch over to NPR or the combo classical/jazz station (and don't even get me started on why a metro area of 5 million people doesn't have a SINGLE decent full-time classical station).
This is why a Hardrive mp3-player connected to the aux-in on the car-stereo is so good. And then I just activate the TA-function on the RDS so that I don't miss any major traffic problems... Good music all the time and no bullshit talking...
However. In Stockholm sweden we have a major pain in the ass speaker on the radio when driving home. Problem is that he works for the station with the best TA. so you either bear with him or do what I do...
And what does this guy do that's so unbearable? Well, when I drive home he decides to call some people up that has been involved in some sort of at least faintly scandalous thing in the papers the last days. And starts questioning them using the same question asked different ways over and over again trying to get the answer he has figured out must be the truth...
The worst thing with this is that he mostly has no idea of what he's talking about, and hasn't bothered to check anything even faintly below the surface. It becomes painfully embarrassing to hear most of the times...
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I ususally stay away from Music stations in the car. It makes me feel old, but I end up listening to AM talk radio for the most part. Tony Kornheiser on ESPN radio in the morning, and Game Night in the evening. If I need to relax or am getting fed up with the number of commercials on AM, I switch to the local classical station.
Anyone got XM radio yet (satellite radio with a per month subscription, for those who don't know)? Supposedly they have *good* DJs - ie ones that don't just pull what they play from the approved list. If it works, that might improve drive-time a bit. Also, you can get the signal anywhere in the country, so no more fiddling as you move out of a station's range...
I'm tempted, but the startup cost is high, so I want to know if it is actually as good as billed.
I generally listen to 104.3 in the Bay Area.
They have a morning show with 2 Dj's, Phyllis and Opie, that keeps me relatively entertained.
The music they play is pretty decent.
Other than that, I listen to KGO.
6 cd changer.
never have to listen to the radio.
morning edition for the drive to work.
all things considered and talk of the nation for the drive home.
no boy bands.
no new poprock.
no new "metal."
no brittney.
no howard "i have the IQ of a very, very stupid gorilla" stern.
Drive time FM radio DJ's are so annoying, except perhaps those on the "classic rock" station (but who wants to hear More than a feeling for the 20 bazillionth time) that I now listen to either sports talk or news talk, both of which are annoying in its own right, or CD's and thus miss traffic developments. The other thing about AM is that there is 5 minutes of programming and then 5 minutes of commercials.
Here in Portland KNRK (which is played on the 'net if you wanna check it out) has a really good morning show, Gustav and Daria. Daria roXors my boXors. They're smart, they're funny, and they don't try too hard or use phony DJ voices. I actually miss their show now that I commute on the train instead of in the car.
Noodle - I was going to post the same thing. Marconi/Tiny in the afternoons is quite the treat as well.
I have to say that I like Howard Stern and usually find him entertaining in the mornings.
Here in Dallas there are only two options for me.
107.5 The Oasis - New Age, Jazz, and Instrumental from the 70's to the present and very little talking other than to tell me what the weather/traffic/news is doing. They do give away a vacation once a day and the DJ's blather about that, but it isn't too bad.
101.1 Classical 101 - All classical music from all genre's. Very little talking, the only exception is the news/traffic reports.
Fuck morning shows...they all suck, regardless of content.
three letters = NPR
I gave up on radio years ago. I just play CD's. The only time I ever really hear the radio is in the morning when my clock radio wakes me up. I put it on Howard Stern so that I'm forced to take some sort of action when it goes off, just to make him shut up.
What's radio?
/me polishes my 50 CD changer...
since I discovered NPR (6? 7 years ago?) I cannot tolerate commercial radio. Not only are the DJs atrocious in most stations, but the godamn commercials are enuf to make me crazy. If I want music, I pop in a CD. If I want to keep myself awake, sane, and informed for the drive, it's NPR all the way. My only complaint is that my local NPR has a real awful jazz show in the evenings (some kind of light jazz) - in that case I switch to AM talk radio and CDs during the commercial interruptions
Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk, Fresh Air, Market Place ... mmmm mmmm good
I do, and the DJs are great in that you rarely hear them... and the channels I listen to mostly (34, 41, 42, and 150) are uncensored (no annoying bleeping out).
Jim - how much is it and where do I sign up (aka too lazy to ask t3h Google)
Go NPR, or find a station carrying Sean Hannity.
The Dawn Patrol here in Cincy (WEBN 102.7) http://www.webn.com pretty much has the morning market. They mix a little talk with a lot of Rock and Roll. They are funny as hell to boot.
I checked out XMradio.com but it didn't answer my biggest question.
I've got a $500 "XM ready" Pioneer deck, but I don't know if being XM ready means that I can just sign up and start receiving.
Is "XM ready" the same thing as "HDTV ready" which basically means jack shit? You still have to buy a receiver or something along those lines?
Bob & Tom, people. Bob & Tom.
"More fun than a barrel of monkeys... with dynamite strapped to their backs!"
Screw that. Drew & Mike is where it's at.
Basically. "XM Ready" means that the head unit has the capability of interfacing with an XM tuner. You still have to buy a tuner and antenna.
And you won't likely see a head unit with the XM tuner integrated for quite some time. There's no room in most radios for another PCB, so the tuner pretty much has to be off-board.
I do listen to NPR most of the way in every morning (it and BBC World News are my primary news sources), it's just that the only opportunity I have to listen to music anymore is while driving, the truck doesn't have a CD player, and even if it did, I want to listen to stuff I don't already have. We do have a Triple A station that's pretty good, but "pretty good" still equals about 25 minutes of ads and happy talk per hour of broadcasting.
My commute's running about an hour each way these days, and there's only so much talk I can tolerate at a time, even if it's news.
I agree 99%.
However, I live in Indianapolis, home of Bob and Tom. They're the only morning show worth listening to (when their station isn't running yet another fucking advertisement for a jewelry store or a car dealership).
I think aside from Bob and Tom, it all pretty much sucks the goat's ass.
I usually listen to NPR myself when I'm driving around, but my only complaint about the local Boston station (WBUR) is that on Saturday nights at midnight, instead of my beloved BBC, they broadcast some stupid spanish music program instead.
Hooray for the CBC it's like NPR only 1000x better and with no commercials.
I have to say, NPR is teh win.
No commercial station can compete with the quality of the NPR station.
I know some people are paranoid about the N in NPR because it might be used as a state propaganda machine. But listening to NPR for 2 years, I find most of the NPR program does not spoon feed you any information, instead it encourages you to think.
However, I find BBC's interview during news broadcast offending. It seems to me BBC's interviewer already has an opinion and will sometimes lead interviewee to a conclusion they want to hear. That is just vile.
A case in example, they once interview a Chinese boy who likes Harry Potter. And the interviewer were just dying to hear the child say "Oh, the Chinese school system sucks. I can't have independent thoughts."
It would be okay with me if the boy came to that decision independently. But the interviewer were subtley feeding that decision to the boy.
"Don't you find the Chinese school system restricting?"
"Doesn't Chinese school officials discourages you from having indepent thoughts?"
It happened a few more times, and now, when BBC comes on, I switch to listening to the Lord of the Rings audio book.
Drew & Mike bore me. All they ever do is make fun of some lame show that was on the night before, call up random people from the tabloids and attempt to make them look stupid, and act like general dorks. The only good things they do are the sports talks with Redmond and Porcher, and the song parodies.
Bob & Tom, on the other hand, are actually funny, with regular guests, hilarious shorts, and are just generally less ascerbic and more fun than D&M.
I only listen to D&M when B&T are on commercial.
"More fun than a barrel of monkeys... with dynamite strapped to their backs!"
Chick McGee is my god.
livin in columbus, oh I have my choice, Bob N Tom (gag), Howerd Stern (rather have my nuts run over by a steamroller) or Waggs and elliot... of the 3, Waggs and Elliot is actually pretty funny... they have good guests, and play good music.. its a classic rock station, but alot of stuff i listened to in the 80's as a kid is becoming classic rock real fast
(did i mention I reall hate stern.. )
AM Talk or NPR for me.
KFI AM 640 here in LA is a big station. They have some good talk-jocks covering news in the morning and afternoon. Bill Handel in the morning (somewhat annoying) along with a guy for sports and weather and such.
And John Kobelt and Ken Shampo on in the afternoon, very good show. These guys are good, and John's rants are extremely funny http://www.johnandkenshow.com/audio/
Unfortunately, KFI has gotten so popular, commercials are out of control. The longest block of content is from :06 after the hour to :24. That's a nice long block, but EVERYTHING else is just about 4-7 minutes, and the last spot is only 2 minutes.
So you're going to be listening to about 32 minutes of content and 28 minutes of commercials (the news spots are only about 2 minutes) per hour.
It's insane. And it's really frustrating when you've been a long time listener and realize that those extra 6 minutes you expected at the bottom of the hour are now commercials.
Another vote for the KNRK crew in Portland. I miss listening to Daria's Local Entertainment Guide.


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Madison County school leaders may sign the system up to participate in a regional charter evening school in Bowman next year.
A Mountain Education Charter High School is being proposed in Elbert County in the old Bowman Elementary School, which was shut down recently due to a lack of funding.
The proposed high school would serve Madison, Elbert, Franklin and Hart counties and would operate year-round from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The charter high school would give students at risk of dropping out another classroom alternative, allowing them to work at their own pace to complete school. Likewise, students could maintain a day job while going to school at night.
"We just want to give kids a big tool kit," said Madison County school superintendent Dr. Allen McCannon. "This is something we've been looking at as another pathway for kids to be successful."
McCannon said the charter school would be funded directly by the state and that Madison County's expenses would be minimal — perhaps busing for some kids to attend the school.
The Mountain Education Charter High School, which was founded in Union County in 1993, has eight sites in Georgia. The school's average graduation rate in north Georgia is 80 percent.
Madison County's school board has not taken any vote on the proposal. McCannon said the school aims to open in the summer or fall of next year.
The superintendent said he feels the level of instruction at the school will be top notch.
"They try to get veteran teachers who just retired to participate," said McCannon. "It's a good way for those teachers to make extra money."
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The Indiana Supreme Court is the exclusive interpreter of disputed cases brought to appeal in criminal appeals involving the sentence of death or life without parole, in appeals in which a statute has been declared unconstitutional, in appeals involving waiver of parental consent to abortion, and in appeals involving mandate of funds. In addition, the Supreme Court may review the decisions of the Indiana Court of Appeals and the Indiana Tax Court.
The issues that come to the Supreme Court may relate to a great variety of circumstances, and affect property rights, the liberty of individuals, search and seizure of criminal evidence, or the broader public rights that stem from the common law or laws enacted by the General Assembly.
The route to the Supreme Court begins in the local trial courts. These courts have what is known as "original jurisdiction" and this is where the issues that eventually come to the Supreme Court are first tested in either criminal or civil actions. In these courts, each side to a dispute or criminal case presents evidence and arguments. Local judges or juries decide if an accused criminal defendant is found guilty or not guilty. In civil cases, the judge decides which side should prevail in the dispute before the court.
Whenever the trial court has come to a conclusion on all the issues in a case, the parties to the dispute must determine whether they should accept the decision or exercise the right to appeal to a higher court. In all civil cases and all criminal cases except where a sentence of death or life without parole has been entered, a party first appeals to the Indiana Court of Appeals, or to the Tax Court in tax-related cases. If either party wishes to challenge the Court of Appeals' decision, it asks the Indiana Supreme Court to take the case by filing a Petition to Transfer Jurisdiction from the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court may then decide to accept the case. If it accepts the case (which is called "granting transfer"), the Supreme Court will review the documents and record submitted to the Court of Appeals and may also hear oral arguments on the case. Thereafter, the Supreme Court may issue a written order or opinion that upholds or overrules the decision of the lower court and states the reasoning behind its decision. In some cases, it may order new a trial and provide guidance on how to avoid the trial error that sparked the appeal.


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Hero: HTC names third Android smartphone
Enough to rival the iPhone 3G S?
HTC has taken the covers off of its third smartphone based on Google's Android OS. But does the firm's latest phone sport sufficient features and a decent enough UI to shake the foundations at iPhone 3G S HQ?
HTC's Hero: an Android phone running HTC's own Sense UI
The first thing to mention about HTC's new phone – called Hero – is that although it runs Android, HTC has layered its own interface over the top. This UI, called Sense, is said to provide "an intuitive and seamless experience" for users.
When Register Hardware played with Hero at its London unveiling earlier today, we discovered that while the UI looks and feels like Android, HTC's Sense layer adds extra functionality to the device wherever it can.
For example, you can access email, text messages and Facebook updates from one person from within a single address book-like application.
Hero itself looks like the result of a one-night stand between HTC's existing G1 and Magic handsets, but is a good deal slimmer: 112 x 56 x 14mm.
Hero also has a 15° curve running through its body that HTC claimed makes the phone perfectly shaped for holding in your hand and against your face.
Bookmarks appear as web pages on Sense
Hero's 3.2in, 320 x 480 touchscreen isn't unique, and neither is the anti-fingerprint coating HTC has added to the phone's screen. The iPhone 3G S likewise has an "oleophobic" layer.
A Teflon coating apparently also gives the phone a durable white surface that's soft to the touch - and won't get bits of fried egg stuck to it, presumably. We didn't have long enough with Hero to test the durability of its body, but it didn't feel any softer to touch than a normal smartphone.
Everything else on Hero is pretty much as you'd expect from a high-end HTC handset. The phone has a 5Mp camera with autofocus and is equipped with Assisted GPS, ensuring that the phone's Footprint application can help geo-tag every image you snap.
HTC said Hero can hook itself up to the web through Wi-Fi 802.11b/g or at up to 7.2Mb/s over an HSDPA 3G connection. The phone's also quad-band GSM enabled, the firm added.
Hero doesn't have any user-accessible storage, but will accept Micro SD cards. HTC added that Bluetooth 2.0 support is included on Hero.
Available in Blighty next month
Hero's "Digital Compass" suggests HTC plans to market its latest phone as a direct rival to the iPhone 3G S, which also includes a digital compass.
HTC's Hero will be available in Europe next month through T-Mobile and Orange. Price plans haven't been unveiled. A North American Hero rollout is planned for later this year. ®


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Add Walmart to the list of stores that will be open Thanksgiving day, along with Target, Toys R Us, Kmart, Macy's and others. Hours vary, but bargain hunters who want to start at 6 a.m. can continue straight through to Black Friday.
Do you live in a Super ZIP? The Washington Post has mapped income and education data to identify elite communities across the country, illustrating beautifully how we experience class differences. See where your local neighborhoods rank.
Miami Herald correspondent Jim Wyss describes being detained for 48 hours:
I was wearing a bulletproof vest, lying flat in the backseat of an unmarked armored car and being escorted by three heavily armed men when I started to worry.
Perry Inhofe would have turned 52 on Monday, but the son of Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe died in a plane crash Sunday, reports the Tulsa World. A licensed pilot and flight instructor, Inhofe was the only person on board the plane when it crashed in a Tulsa suburb.
A new show will premiere on Friday, the first TV series produced by Amazon. Created by Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau and starring John Goodman, "Alpha House" tells the story of the "most likable Republicans in the country," four senators living in the same Washington, D.C. house.


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To me, the developers of the YouTube app made a strange design choice. The left slide out menu, through many updates, used the old arrow icon at the top left instead of Google's new hamburger button. They never fixed it, despite other apps getting the quick and easy fix. But now we know why: they had a full redesign of the app in the works.
This redesign employs Google's love of the white Holo UI. It also includes the new hamburger button in the corner, symbolizing a slide out menu. The menu has direct links to favorites, watch later and playlists, which is a fantastic decision. The rest of the UI is based on cards, much like Google Music.
Playing a video opens up an entirely new UI, and it's also far better than any of its predecessors. There are like and dislike buttons, no longer hidden behind a menu button. And instead of ignoring your auto rotation settings, it will follow it. Luckily, you won't have to turn on auto rotate every single time you watch a video; there is a new full screen button. The closed captions and high definition buttons are now in a menu, but are nice and big and easy to press.
Probably the coolest thing about this update is the new multitasking feature. Pressing back while watching a video, or pressing the down arrow on the video itself, will make the video small and put it at the bottom. You can now search and explore more videos while the previous video is still playing. Swiping it up will bring the page up again, while sliding it left or right will dismiss it.
The UI has been reworked for 7-inch tablets with a new landscape UI. Previously, going landscape would enter full screen, like with phones. Now, there is a nice UI with the same functions as portrait. That's definitely awesome, don't you think?
There are also a lot of minor improvements. The icon is new, foregoing the white box for just a simple red logo. The TV queue is improved, you can search for playlists and various other things. It's a big update and should be fairly well received. it doesn't contain anything that would make it less usable as far as we can tell, unlike the new Maps update. It's starting to roll out now, so hopefully you'll all get it soon! And tell us what you think in the comments.
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Once the Skyhawks got up to speed, the Mountaineers were little more than a hill to climb to win their ninth game in a row.
The Fort Lewis College womens basketball team used a 14-0 run to overcome a deficit as big as nine points in the first half, and the Skyhawks held off Western State Colorado University 90-81 on Friday in Gunnison.
Mary Brinton keyed FLCs highest scoring output of the year, scoring a career-high 25 points and pulling in nine rebounds. The Pagosa Springs High School alumna was a perfect 9 of 9 from the field.
It was the way they were guarding, FLC head coach Jason Flores said. They suck up on you, guard you tight on the perimiter. ... When wed get them extended on ball movement, we were able to go inside for a lot of one-on-ones.
She had a great game.
Ashley Kuchar had 17, Erika Richards scored 13, and Alex Easterbrook scored 11 for FLC (17-8, 16-5 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference).
Christie Groh just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds, helping the Skyhawks lock up at least a top-four finish in the RMAC and an opening-round home game Tuesday in the RMAC Shootout.
The Skyhawks opponent will be determined after todays regular-season finales.
The Skyhawks struggled early, making just one of their first six shots. But the rhythm and points soon came in bunches as FLC led the Mountaineers (4-21, 4-17 RMAC) 42-37 at halftime.
We did enough defensively in a few stretches to give ourselves double-digit leads in the second half, Flores said.
Natalie Markovich had 20 points and Raven Taylor 19 for the Mountaineers.
Bigger still than the nine-game streak is the fact FLC has won 15 of its last 17 games to go from struggling to get into the Shootout to hosting position.
Thats a credit to the players that we had to dig ourselves out of a hole after a really tough start with a lot of adversity, Flores said. But they stuck together.


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This is the second set up expel covers for my 2002 Jetta. The first set lasted 12 years kept my headlights crystal clear. Now they're starting for a little the engines time to replace them. Considering how other cars on the road of the same year have really yellow and hazy headlights, these are well worth the investment.


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Dr. Heath ThorntonAssistant Professor,Family and Community MedicineCepEsperu Baptist Healthpresented by CepEsperu Baptist Health.
Should children diagnosed with asthma avoid sports and exercise?
Definitely not. Being active and playing sports is a good idea for all children, particularly those with asthma. Roughly 7 million children in the U.S. under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with asthma, and exercise has been shown to help strengthen their lungs, increase lung capacity and speed recovery after an asthma attack.
Asthma varies from child to child and from season to season, so it's important to have your doctor explain the best way to keep your child's asthma under control.
Make sure you and your child understand what asthma triggers affect your child most. Each child has specific conditions such as exposure to pollen, pet dander, cold air, vigorous exercise and respiratory infections that can result in an asthma attack. Some triggers such as pet dander can be avoided, but others, such as vigorous exercise, are important for good health and need to be controlled rather than avoided.
Today's medications are so effective that almost all children can safely play vigorous sports if they take their medications as prescribed by their doctor. With proper control, people with asthma can excel at sports. In fact, more than 15 percent of Olympic athletes have asthma, a rate nearly twice the general population.
How do I make sure my child's coaches and teachers understand how to help him/her manage their asthma at school?
Communicating with school personnel is key. With the help of your health care provider, develop a written asthma management plan that includes a brief history of your child's asthma, his or her symptoms and triggers, a list of prescribed asthma medications, and what to do and whom to contact if your child begins to exhibit symptoms.
Make an appointment to answer any questions school personnel have about this management plan. It's essential that your child's medications are accessible. Having to leave the field to run to a locker or a nurse's office can be very uncomfortable and embarrassing for a child who may be sensitive to peer and coach pressure to work through physical challenges. Medication needs to be immediately available.
A regular cough, particularly at night, might be a signal that asthma control could be improved. Also if a child who usually enjoys sports is reluctant to participate in exercise or is not able to perform at his or her usual levels at home or school, it might be a signal that more care needs to be taken to follow the care management plan. If the behavior continues, the child may need evaluation by his or her physician.
Most children require two types of medication to control their asthma. Both are usually metered-dose inhalers. One is taken daily to prevent symptoms. If possible, have your child take this daily medication before or after school. The other medication is a rescue inhaler designed to relieve symptoms when a child begins having breathing issues. Students must be able to have this emergency medication available at all times.
Children with asthma under good control should be able to participate in any sport that they desire, but some sports may be more likely to trigger asthma symptoms than others. For some, swimming in a chlorinated indoor pool can be irritating. Long-distance running, which requires a lot of exertion as well as exposure to cold, dry air or pollens and mold, can trigger attacks. Children with exercise-induced asthma may need to use their rescue inhaler 10 to15 minutes before these kinds of sports to prevent symptoms. It also might be a good idea for children with allergies and asthma to have a back-to-school healthcare visit to review their management plans before returning to school.
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NexPoint Credit Strategies Fund (NYSE:NHF) ("NHF" or the "Fund") today announced its regular monthly dividend on its common stock of $.06 per share. The dividend will be payable on the last business day of October to shareholders of record at the close of business October 24, 2014. As of September 30, 2014, the Fund had estimated undistributed net investment income ("UNI") of approximately $16.0 million (unaudited).
The Fund is a closed-end fund managed by NexPoint Advisors, L.P. (the "Manager"), an affiliated adviser of Highland Capital Management, L.P. The Fund invests primarily in below investment grade debt and equity and has the ability to hedge risk. The Manager attempts to deliver consistent returns in excess of the Credit Suisse Hedge Fund and the HFRX Global Hedge Fund indices in a transparent, registered fund format with consistent monthly dividends.
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In 2014, the Manager has recommended, and the board has approved, two dividend increases totaling 17%. The increases were driven by increased earnings on portfolio positions. Prior to recommending increases in the dividend to the board, the Manager carefully analyzed each position in the Fund and its long-term earning potential as well as the Fund's expense run rate. Below is the Fund's annualized earnings rate as of September 30, 2014, excluding any one-time income and expense items:
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In 2013, the Fund's NAV increased 61.9%, inclusive of dividends, from $7.44 per share on December 31, 2012 to $11.33 per share on December 31, 2013. During the year, the dividend was increased three times for a total increase of 43% from a monthly dividend of $.035 per share to $.05 per share. The Fund finished the year as the best performing closed-end fund of 2013^1. Additionally, as of December 31, 2013, the fund had $461 million of capital loss carryforwards available to shield capital gains.
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Many factors in empty seats at O'Dome
It started as a quiet December night when Florida faced Southeastern Louisiana at the O'Connell Center.
Florida junior forward Casey Prather wowed fans with an acrobatic layup. Later, the 6-foot-6 Prather dunked a ball in transition, launching from the floor like a gymnast off a springboard.
Florida finished off its lone home game of the month with an 82-43 win, albeit against an overmatched opponent. The announced crowd of 8,057 was higher than expected, considering students were out of town on holiday break.
But even against marquee opponents like Wisconsin and Marquette earlier this season, Florida men's basketball hasn't been a hot ticket. Coming off back-to-back Elite Eight seasons, the Gators have averaged 8,914 fans through six home dates in the 12,000-seat O'Connell Center.
Those numbers account for paid attendance, not actual fans in the seats. Obtained through an open records request, Florida's average turnstile count for its first five home dates was 4,998. Florida had more than 6,000 fans in stands for both Marquette (6,534) and Wisconsin (6,305). UF's low turnstile count was Nov. 20 against Savannah State (3,095).
"I get a little antsy when I look up and see the building isn't full," said Sun Sports basketball analyst Bill Koss, a former UF basketball player from 1961-65. "But people have a lot that they can do with their entertainment dollar in November and December."
Likewise, Florida coach Billy Donovan said he doesn't focus on attendance. UF's paid attendance has remained steady since the Gators won the second of their back-to-back national titles in 2007, but the season-ticket base has dwindled from 7,000 to 4,100.
"The two most important commodities people have in their life is their time and their money," Donovan said. "And for anybody to determine what they should do with their time and their money to me would be a great injustice. In today's economic times, what it would cost to go to events or movies, or buy gas or things like that, I never worry about that stuff. That's each individual person's own decision."
Florida's average paid attendance last season ranked sixth in the Southeastern Conference, behind Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Arkansas and Alabama. All five have arenas with larger capacities than UF. Based on selling to percentage of capacity, Florida (87 percent) was fourth highest in the SEC, behind Kentucky (98.8 percent), Vanderbilt (95.6 percent) and Alabama (93.8 percent).
Of the teams that reached the Elite Eight last season, UF's attendance was second lowest, ahead of just Baylor.
But Florida associate athletic director Mike Hill sees room for optimism. Season ticket sales are up for the first time since 2007.
"College basketball battles for attention a little bit this time of year," Hill said. "The full houses typically don't happen until after Jan. 1, and we are hopeful that with the season that we're having, it's going to pick up."
The empty seats at the O'Connell Center are part of a national trend. With more games available on television and the advent of high-definition TV, more fans are choosing to stay home and watch games from the couch. A Chronicle of Higher Education analysis published last March revealed one in five men's college basketball programs have seen attendance dip by 20 percent or more over the last four seasons. Earlier this month, a game between marquee programs Texas and UCLA at 71,500-seat Reliant Stadium in Houston was played before 2,797 fans.
"What we're dealing with is what the rest of the country is dealing with," Hill said. "There is more competition out there for your entertainment dollar."
But Koss said he still thinks the Gators should draw better based on their recent success. Florida is off to an 8-1 start and ranked No. 8 in the country, with its lone loss by one point at No. 5 Arizona.
"If you look at schools like Xavier and Dayton, they have big crowds," Koss said. "We've won two national championships, back-to-back, been to four Final Fours. We have a real basketball juggernaut."
Here's a look at some factors that have contributed to Florida's basketball attendance since 2007:
When the Southeastern Conference signed 15-year television contracts with CBS and ESPN for a combined $3 billion in 2008, it brought more national exposure to SEC basketball. During its back-to-back national title runs in 2006-07, Florida averaged 14.5 games on national TV per year. In the past two seasons, the Gators have averaged 24 nationally televised games.
The television contracts have proved lucrative to SEC revenue sharing, with each school receiving checks for about $20 million last season. But more national television also has resulted in later start times for men's basketball games, which causes more no-shows.
Because Gainesville is just the sixth largest metropolitan area in the SEC (232,392 according to the 2010 U.S. Census), Florida relies on fans and alumni from neighboring cities like Tampa, Jacksonville and Orlando to attend games.
"It's tough when all of the games are on TV, if they can sit at home rather than driving two hours to and from the game," Koss said. "For a 9 p.m. tip, that sometimes means not getting home until 1 or 2 in the morning, driving through the fog. And with the way the economy is, it's not easy to draw all of your fans from Gainesville."
Hill said based on recent attendance figures, the Tuesday and Wednesday night 9 p.m. games tend to have the most no-shows.
"We have five Saturday games in the SEC, which helps," Hill said. "Saturday crowds are usually full. Where we get hurt are weeknight games late. We're not facing any more 9 p.m games, but we have two 8 p.m. (weeknight) games against Vanderbilt and South Carolina."
Hill said that season ticket holders who can't attend weeknight games can go online and donate their tickets to charity.
On the flip side, Florida has used local television to promote upcoming games. The clever "Live Life in the Dome" commercials have included appearances from Erik Murphy, Kenny Boynton and Donovan.
"We promote the heck out of it and we want to be able to pack the place as much as we can," Hill said. "It's something that, as a sports world as a whole, we are all trying to deal with, to find more creative ways to make the fan experience more enjoyable."
The cost
Florida's single-game admission prices ($20 reserved, $12 general admission) are on par with the rest of the Southeastern Conference. Alabama charges $14 for non-conference games and $20 for conference games. Tennessee charges $25 for reserved tickets and $10 for general admission.
"Our basketball tickets have been pretty flat," Hill said. "You can buy a ticket for $20, it's $12 a ticket for general admission. We were in Tallahassee earlier this month (for Florida at Florida State), and I think it was $50 for a general admission seat."
The Gators increase ticket prices $5-10 for marquee opponents like Kentucky and Wisconsin, a common practice in the sports industry. Major League Baseball teams charge more when the Yankees come to town. NFL teams charge more for the Steelers or Cowboys.
But Gainesville resident Tim Higgins still thinks that UF has priced the average Alachua County fan out of the market.
"If I want to go with my wife and kid, it's $75 just get in the door, $5 drinks, $4 hot dogs, we're looking at an easy $100 for roughly two hours of entertainment," Higgins said. "That's more than I make in two hours."
For season ticket holders, Florida began graduated increases in booster contributions in 2006, the year after winning the first of its back-to-back national titles. Booster contributions went up from $200 to $375 in one season and have leveled off at $500 for all lower bowl seats since the start of the 2008-09 season.
The price increases caused UF's season-ticket base to decline by close to 3,000 (from 7,000 to 4,100). It didn't help that the Gators followed the back-to-back national title seasons with back-to-back NIT seasons.
Julius Davenport, a former Alachua resident, decided not to renew his season tickets for basketball after booster fees increased.
"When they boosted the ticket prices, I looked at the cost compared to what I considered to be competitive games and I decided not to renew them," Davenport said. "It was costing, in my view, about 100 dollars per game and we didn't think it was worth it."
Hill said quality of opponents was the No. 1 complaint Florida received as to why season ticket holders chose not to renew. As a result, Florida has improved its non-conference home schedule. The Gators hosted Arizona and Florida State last season and faced Wisconsin and Marquette at the O'Connell Center last month.
"We are trying to schedule two marquee games at home during the non-conference season each year to reward our season ticket holders," Hill said.
The facility
The O'Connell Center will turn 32 next week. There are still no chairbacks for season ticket holders or students who sit closest to the court. Davenport said when he had season tickets, he chose to buy Level 2 tickets because they had chairback seating.
Since 2000, both Auburn (2009) and South Carolina (2002) have built new basketball arenas on or near campus. In 2007, Tennessee's Thompson-Boling Arena underwent a $15 million renovation that reduced its capacity (from 24,000 to 21,678) but added luxury suites.
"I don't think there is any question they need to renovate the building" Koss said of the O'Dome. "When you take a look around the league, there are a lot of buildings with nicer environments with programs that have had less success. I think the location is perfect. The size, I think they would do well with 10,000 seats if every seat was a quality seat."
Hill said he has not heard negative feedback about the O'Connell Center from fans.
"Facilities are important, but if you ask the Miami Marlins, a new facility doesn't guarantee instant attendance," Hill said. "You have to be able to put a good product on the court."
Even with its recently built facility, Auburn ranked 11th out of 12 teams in the SEC in paid attendance last season (6,502 fans). Miami, which opened its new on-campus basketball facility in 2003, averaged just 3,936 fans last season.
Earlier this month, Florida's board of trustees approved $10 million toward a $50 million renovation project for the O'Connell Center. But it could take up to two or three years for UF to raise the remaining $40 million through private donations. The improvements would include chairback seats for all levels, luxury suites and a new overhead scoreboard at center court.
"Fan comfort and amenities, those all contribute to the fan experience," Hill said. "That comes into play, no question. We are excited about what the trustees have done and we're hopeful that it will carry through."
Student support
Florida sets aside 2,300 tickets for students. Of the 2,300, 980 are in the lower-level bleachers adjacent to the court. Known as the "Rowdy Reptiles," Florida's students are loud and often stand throughout the game. ESPN college basketball analysts Andy Katz and Jay Bilas have rated the student atmosphere at the O'Connell Center among the best in the country.
Students get in for free and can register online for seats in advance. Or, they can show their campus IDs at the door.
"Our student turnout was terrific last year and so far it's off to a good start this year," Hill said. "It was a big reason we did well with the Marquette game."
Hill said the student allotment is increased if the remaining 9,000-10,000 seats in the building aren't sold.
"We'd like to have the building packed with as many students as possible," Hill said.
The Rowdy Reptiles became an organized student group last September. Rowdy Reptiles president Jake Sillick said he plans to set up a table at Turlington Hall on campus with a laptop in an effort to encourage more students to sign up online for games.
"I think a lot of it is realizing that you can go to basketball games during football season, too," Sillick said. "We get a lot of students that come out for the SEC games in January, but it would be nice to get them in the building in November and December."
Florida's current student enrollment is 49,785 undergraduate and graduate students. When asked what could bring more students out, Sillick said: "Giveaways. I know a lot of people who will just come into the building, grab something free, and just leave. It's unfortunate, but it's the way some students think."
Football state of mind
Like many states throughout the Southeast (with the exception of Kentucky), Florida is football-frenzied. Gator fans flock from as far as Miami and Pensacola to fill 90,000-seat Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for weekly college football games. Attendance for football games has dropped in recent years, but Florida still wound up with as many football sellouts (four in seven home dates) as basketball sellouts (four in 16 home dates) last season.
"I would think if it was a football team coming off similar success, back-to-back Elite Eights, that the stands would be 80- to 90-percent full, instead of 60 percent," Koss said. "Even for games like Alabama State and Savannah State."
Koss recalls first arriving to Florida from Bridgeport, Ohio, in the late 1950s and noticing the lack of fan support for high school basketball. State semifinal games were played on outdoor courts.
"They were probably not as many people there as there were for sectional playoff games in Ohio," Koss said.
Koss played at Florida under Norm Sloan in the 1960s. With winning teams, Koss said Florida routinely sold out 5,500-seat Alligator Alley.
"It was not uncommon to get 6,000-7,000 people in there," Koss said.
From the 1970s to the 1990s, Koss said Florida had a following of about 5,000 core fans in the North Central Florida region. But there were some down crowds. In 1972, when former Florida guard Tony Miller set the school record with 54 points against Chicago State, Koss said there may have only been 1,700 fans in the building.
The move to the 12,000-seat O'Connell Center and more success under Sloan in the 1980s gave Florida basketball an attendance boost. Yet even after Lon Kruger took the Gators to their first Final Four in school history in 1994, the Gators averaged 9,838 the following season, an increase of just 500 fans per game.
Koss remembered Florida returning home from a tough loss to Kansas to face Texas during the 1994-95 season. There were about 6,000 fans at the O'Dome.
"(Lon) was shocked to see so few people in the building," Koss said. "It was very discouraging to him."
Donovan has embraced football as a recruiting tool since becoming Florida coach in 1996. Florida has arranged recruiting visits around big-game football weekends, which has resulted in Donovan landing big-name national recruits. Since 2000, after Donovan took the Gators to their second Final Four in school history, Florida has consistently averaged more than 10,000 in paid attendance.
"You look at the product that Billy has been able to put out on the floor, even with all of the negative recruiting from schools like Duke and Kentucky and Kansas, that's a pretty big accomplishment," Koss said.
Donovan said he doesn't view Florida's basketball attendance or its perception as a football-first school as a factor in recruiting. Of the 12 Division I programs in the state, Florida had the highest average attendance last season, ahead of Florida State (8,541) and Miami (3,936)
"We play in a pretty good environment here," Donovan said. "I don't think there's any questions about that. I think kids ultimately make a lot of decisions on style of play, relationship with the head coach, those kind of things, opportunity to grow and develop, get better, have a chance to play in the NBA.
"Listen, I think any person, player, coach or anything else, would love to see sellout after sellout after sellout. But I have no control over that. I don't really focus on that."


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Senior pitcher Danielle Roesing continued her sensational final season by striking out 13 batters and Jessie Koerner and Kim Alfonso delivered clutch run-scoring singles in the top of the eighth inning, giving the Secaucus High School softball team a 4-2 victory over North Bergen Saturday at New Jersey City University's Thomas A. Gerrity Athletic Complex.
With the victory, the Patriots (20-6) captured their first-ever Hudson County Tournament title.
The Patriots jumped out to a 2-0 lead on the top-seeded and heavily favored Bruins in the top of the second inning, setting the tone for the rest of the game.
Senior Ariana Simon and sophomore Kaitlin Schlemm each drove in a run, giving Roesing some early breathing room.
North Bergen, the defending county champions, came right back and scored a single run in the bottom of the third when Alize Sarmiento singled and scored on a throwing error, slicing the lead in half at 2-1.
Roesing was in complete control from the third through sixth innings, retiring every batter she faced, including six via strikeout.
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The Patriots were one out away from clinching the title and the Bruins delayed the victory celebration. The game was tied at 2-2, going into extra innings.
"Today, we're the best." – Cheryl Bott
"But I told them that we had the top of the order coming up," said Secaucus' long-time head softball coach Cherryl Bott. "I told them we could do it because we had been through that kind of pressure before."
Sophomore Kendall Caruso, who has been the lynchpin of the Patriots' attack in recent weeks, drew a walk against North Bergen's ace left-hander Jessica Feria to lead off the eighth inning. Koerner, the Patriots' standout catcher, delivered what stood to be the game-winning run with her third hit of the game, a solid single to right field that scored Caruso.
For good measure, the Patriots scored again, when Alfonso's single brought in Julia McClure for a 4-2 lead.
"That's some testament about these kids," Bott said. "Never once did I feel that they sensed any pressure."
And that was enough for Roesing, who was not about to let the two-run lead slip away. Even when the Bruins got runners on base to give them a sense of hope, Roesing shut the door, getting a strikeout and a pop out to end the game and begin the victory celebration.
"When they tied the game, I was confident that we were going to get some more runs and more hits," said Roesing, the latest in a long line of talented athletes from the Roesing family.
Older sister Cory was a former Hudson Reporter Female Athlete of the Year and older brothers Eddie and Bobby were great multi-sport athletes at Secaucus as well. Danielle also has younger brother Sean, a junior football player and wrestler, at the school.
"We knew it wasn't going to be easy, beating a team like North Bergen," said Danielle Roesing, who scattered five hits in earning the victory. "But we also knew what we had to do."
For Bott, getting the first county championship was special. In 2010, the Patriots reached the final, but were defeated by High Tech, 20-8. Five current Secaucus seniors were freshmen on that team that lost the county title.
Before then, Secaucus never had a chance to compete for a Hudson County championship, because the Patriots competed in the old Bergen County Scholastic League and the county titles were reserved for those who competed in the old Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association's Coviello and Seglio Divisions.
The old leagues were dissolved in 2009. Once the Hudson County officials decided to open the door to the other Hudson County schools that didn't play in the HCIAA to compete in the county tournament, it gave Secaucus a shot.
"This says that we can play with anyone, but until you win, no one says that," Bott said. "Today, we're the best."
"It feels great," Roesing said. "I'm totally speechless."


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Chapel: Worship Series
Is worship just singing praise to God? In this series, a special team of faculty/staff have been selected to lead us through several aspects of worship. Twice a month, we will hear from God's word and learn about some of the many forms of worship. To listen to the sermons online visit our livestream.


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Title: Steve Jobs Graphic Biography (Saddleback's Graphic Biographies)
Publisher: Saddleback
May Contain Spoilers
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Fast-paced and easy-to-read, these softcover 25-page graphic biographies teach students about historical figures: those who lead us into new territory; pursued scientific discoveries; battled injustice and prejudice; and broke down creative and artistic barriers. These biographies offer a variety of rich primary and secondary source material to support teaching to the standards.
Using the graphics, students can activate prior knowledge–bridge what they already know with what they have yet to learn. Graphically illustrated biographies also teach inference skills, character development, dialogue, transitions, and drawing conclusions. Graphic biographies in the classroom provide an intervention with proven success for the struggling reader.
When I first received this review book, I wasn't impressed. At 25 pages, it seemed skimpy, and I didn't think a graphic novel about Steve Jobs would hold my attention, even at such a low page count. Now, don't get me wrong. If you know me, you know how much I love gadgets, most of which Steve Jobs was directly responsible for. He had such a vision of what technology would and should be, and he had the drive to make his ideas transform the world. His contributions to technology have touched the lives of almost everyone, and there aren't many people who can make that claim. To me, Steve Jobs is a lot like Walt Disney; he saw a void in the entertainment world, and he aggressively moved to fill it, despite set backs and the skepticism of others. When he passed away last year, I was surprisingly upset, and I was left to wonder what other wonderful ideas he might have had, what other ways he could have changed my world.
This graphic biography is part of Saddleback's collection of fast-paced and easy to read glimpses into the lives of famous historical figures. It's marketed to struggling learners, and because everyone is aware of Apple products and almost everyone owns at least one, I think that this book will appeal to even the most reluctant of readers. It would also be appreciated by Middle Grade readers. It is a very easy to read book, and it is packed with the highlights and even the rare failures that made up Jobs' career. I found the material extremely compelling, as I was there for many of Steve's product launches. My mom had an Apple computer, and I wasted many, many hours playing Tetris on it when I should have been doing homework instead. I still love Pixar movies, and I wonder how different Disney would have been without Toy Story and Monsters, Inc to enrich both their movie catalog and their theme parks. Where would I be without my iPhone and iPad? Probably reading more, but most assuredly Tweeting, texting, and blogging less.
While I enjoyed the written material, I found the artwork functional at best. These are no frills illustrations that follow along with the text, but offer nothing more. The prose was occasionally stiff and unnatural. At 25 pages, the $7.95 price point is also exceptionally steep, so you might want to check this out of the library. Despite these nitpicks, I thought this was an informative and interesting read. I am definitely in the minority about this, so you might want to sample a copy at the bookstore before you purchase.
Grade: B
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Rationalized Transformations: Shifting Rational Functions
Lesson 6 of 12
Objective: SWBAT simplify complicated radical expressions to graph the function as a shift of y=1/x.
Big Idea: Fluency with manipulating algebraic fractions improves as students investigate the transformations of various rational equations.
Warm-up: Homework Quiz
For the first 8-10 minutes of class today students I will have students complete their Homework Quiz over Homeworks #1-3 from last week.
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To help students wrap-up today's learning and demonstrate their current understandings, I have students answer the Clicker Questions questions on page 13-15 of today's Flipchart. The question on page 13 assesses today's new learnings, while giving students an opportunity to apply the new vocabulary word, asymptote. The questions on page 14-15 are a stretched version of the parent function. For the question on page 14, I plan to just have students answer it based on their knowledge of asymptotes and shifting. Then, I will talk a bit about the stretch factor of 2. For the next question, I will encourage students to use their knowledge of shifting to eliminate some answers. Answers 1 and 4 will probably both appear correct to students as they both have the correct shift. Then, I will encourage students to use a test point to find the correct answer. Testing when x=2 works great!
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I plan to assign Homework 4 - Rational Functions for the students to begin working on this evening.


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Big ideas about "m" and "b"
Lesson 8 of 20
Objective: SWBAT understand big ideas about linear functions.
Big Idea: Get kids to think big. Illustrate some enduring understandings about how changing m and b change a linear function... and then link this to some real-life examples.
Each day, students complete a warm-up that usually consists of spiraling the previous day's material, in addition to older material. Warm-up problems also sometimes extend lessons that students have encountered before to more unfamiliar contexts.
For a video narrative about how I structure each lesson, and how the warm-up fits in, click Warm UP.
I really like the warm-up problems today, because they push kids to apply their understanding to unfamiliar problems - in this case, focusing on matching the equivalent graphs and equations... I like to ask: "Which answer choice is wrong, and why?" Kids then use reasoning about the positive or negative nature of the slope, as well as where the line crosses the y-axis, which enriches their understanding of multiple representations of linear functions.
In this case, I always ask kids - what do you think is a popular wrong answer, and why? Get in the kid's head - why would they choose this? This pushes them to explain their reasoning and critique the reasoning of others.
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The homework file is a resource that generally includes 5-7 problems that consist of problems related to this lesson, as well as spiraled review. I also give the kids the answers to the problems.
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Wanderlust. From Caspar David Friedrich to Auguste Renoir opens at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin on May 10 (Photo: "Solitude" by Hans Thoma).
Wanderlust. From Caspar David Friedrich to Auguste Renoir opens at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin on May 10 (Photo: "Solitude" by Hans Thoma).
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Exploring Indonesia, Mexico or France can take years. If you're strapped for time why not try a cultural theme park instead?
Island hopping
At the Taman Mini park near Jakarta, you'll find Indonesia's over 17 500 islands in miniature format plus architecture, dances, crafts and culinary specialties from across the archipelago.
Mexico Express
Enjoy dance and music shows, watch traditional potters and smiths at work, stroll the ruins of a real Maya settlement – all at Xcaret, the Mexican culture park near Cancún.
Puy du Fou in Vendée, France, has been named the world's best theme park multiple times. Its spectacular shows spotlight French historical and mythological heroes.
The best place to see and learn to dance the tango is Buenos Aires, where the sensual dance was born and where the annual International Tango Festival and world championships take place (August 9 – 22).
A master poised between Classicism and Avantgarde: MoMA New York is showing sculptures (photo: "Endless Column") and photographs by the Romanian-French artist Constantin Brâncuși (1876-1957) through the end of February next year.
With their eclectic mix of house, hip-hop and indie pop, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, aka The Chemical Brothers, can still whip up a storm on the dance floor two decades on. The Manchester band's videos and light shows are legendary. Catch them live in Munich on Aug. 17.


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Savanna City is a greenfields , sustainable and integrated housing development located 35 km south of Johannesburg CBD. This mixed- income development offers South Africans the opportunity of suburban home ownership in a quality environment. Once completed this development will include more than 18 000 houses and supporting amenities such as schools, parks, churches, crèches, clinics and business and retail facilities.
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Watch the live-stream of the 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities on April 1
Martin Scorsese, Academy Award winning American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, film historian and preservationist delivers the 42nd annual Jefferson Lecture on April 1 at 7:30 PM at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
Scorsese's lecture, "Persistence of Vision: Reading the Language of Cinema," will be followed by an on-stage conversation with noted film-critic and long-time collaborator Kent Jones.
The annual Jefferson Lecture, sponsored by NEH, is the most prestigious honor the federal government bestows for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Past Jefferson Lecturers include Wendell Berry, Drew Gilpin Faust, John Updike, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Bernard Bailyn, Toni Morrison, Arthur Miller, James McPherson, Barbara Tuchman, and Robert Penn Warren.
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Professional Pay and Decent Work Action page!
The AECEO and our Task Force present the Ontario Early Childhood Sector Decent Work Charter.
The AECEO's Professional Pay & Decent Work Campaign has been successfully engaging and organizing hundreds of RECEs, early years staff, parents and community members across Ontario to advocate for quality affordable early years and child care programs where RECEs and staff are well supported with professional pay and decent work.
Early childhood educators, staff, parents, children and community members can work together to shape the future of Ontario's early years and child care system. Below are some ways you can participate in the Week of Action!! We will keep you posted as week of action events develop across the province!
The Ontario Early Childhood Sector Decent Work Charter has been developed by the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO) Decent Work Taskforce as one of the components to mobilizing a collective effort to achieve greater recognition and improved compensation and working conditions for those employed in the sector.
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We've created a Campaign Tool Kit to support local communities and their members as they engage in campaign actions.
Here are other campaign activities you can take part in..
Pledge cards are a way for people to support and join the AECEO's Professional Pay and Decent Work Campaign. They are also a way for local groups to recruit new campaign supporters and to engage their community members in conversation about the importance of improved wages and working conditions for RECEs and early years staff. You can use the online version of the pledge card or order the pledge cards in full-colour (they're the same pledge).
Pledge cards can be used for:
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- engaging with early years and child care programs to engage parents and staff
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Order full-colour pledge cards for your next CoP, workshop, staff meeting or community event! Local Professional Pay CoPs and others can order pledge cards to support local actions and to build support for the AECEO's campaign!
Please complete the order form by October 16th to ensure a timely delivery for the week of action.
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Everyone has a child care story to share: we are asking RECEs, early years staff, parents, children and community members to share their child care stories in support of the AECEO's Professional Pay & Decent Work campaign.
You can send your completed story to email@example.com and/or share on social media and be sure to tag the AECEO and your MPP along with Minister Indira Naidoo-Harris @MPPIndiraNH and Premier Kathleen Wynne @Kathleen_Wynne
Lyndsay MacDonald has created this how-to-share-your-story video for ECEs and anyone who wants to be part of our professional pay & decent work campaign.
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Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa doubts Britain and Sweden will change their tough stance on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, especially since they are negotiating with a small, poor country like his.
Ecuador's leftist leader told Reuters in an interview on Thursday that he remained open to talks over the fate of the former computer hacker, who has been holed up at the Ecuadorean embassy in London for more than two months.
Britain says it is determined to extradite Assange to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of rape and sexual assault. Correa says he shares Assange's fears that he could then be sent to the United States to face charges over WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of secret U.S. cables.
"We have always had faith in dialogue. You never lose hope," said Correa, who granted asylum to the 41-year-old Australian last week.
"But ... I'm a bit skeptical that Britain, Sweden or the United States will change their position, since they are not used to doing so, and even less so when they are in talks with a 'Third World country' like Ecuador," he said.
"We've always been underestimated, but we still have hope."
Despite Assange's claims that Washington is plotting to extradite, U.S. and European government sources say the United States has issued no criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder and has launched no attempt to extradite him. The Obama administration has said his fate is in the hands of Britain, Sweden and Ecuador.
Correa, a 49-year-old economist, is a self-declared enemy of the U.S. "empire" who seldom shies away from a fight, whether it is with the Catholic Church or international bondholders.
Prevent Assange from facing justice
His government says it never intended to prevent Assange from facing justice in Sweden, and it has called on Britain and Sweden to provide him with written guarantees that he would not be extradited from there to any third country.
Ecuador's president said it would be "perfectly possible" in theory for London and Stockholm to issue those assurances.
If Assange received guarantees from Britain and Sweden that he would never be extradited to the United States, Correa added, the WikiLeaks founder would decline Ecuador's asylum offer and hand himself over to Swedish prosecutors.
"Those guarantees can be given by Sweden. They can be given by Britain by extraditing him under that condition. Neither one wants to provide those guarantees," Correa said.
"He has never refused to face justice in Sweden ... That's why I think there is a hidden plan to send Assange to a third country. What other conclusion could you reach?"
Diplomatic immunity
Correa said he remains angry at a veiled threat by Britain to enter its embassy in London's affluent Knightsbridge district and arrest Assange. Speaking to Reuters in a TV studio in Quito, he said that had been "a monumental diplomatic mistake."
"Can you imagine if a similar threat were issued by a third world country to a first world nation?" he asked. "That would have been a global scandal. This has become one, but they have tried to minimize it by saying that it's a bilateral problem."
Correa has long been critical of what he sees as heartless capitalism, and has accused foreign investors of profiting from Ecuador's natural resources while doing little for the poor.
Since taking office in 2007 he has put in place reforms to increase the state's revenue from the oil sector and redistribute wealth by building schools, hospitals and roads.
'Arrogance and ethnocentrism'
He said the Assange saga had been worsened by the "arrogance, neo-colonialism and ethnocentrism" that other countries had shown towards Latin America as a whole.
But he said the diplomatic stand-off also marked the beginning of a "new era" during which Latin Americans would more staunchly defend their sovereign rights.
"This is not a about patching up systems that have not worked for centuries," Correa said. "It is about changing the systems, and that is why we are clashing with national and international powers that want things to stay as they are."


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'World's oldest hockey stick' tops $50K in EBay auction
A carved piece of sugar maple that's been dated to 1830, believed to be the oldest hockey stick still in existence, has topped $50,000 in an EBay auction.
The so-called "Moffatt stick" was put up for auction by current owner Mark Presley, of Berwick, N.S.
Presley has spent the past six years studying the history of the stick, which he bought for $1,000 in 2008 from a local barber shop that displayed it for nearly 30 years.
Using tree ring aging to determine its age, Mt. Allison University provided Presley with scientific evidence that the stick was crafted between 1835-1838. Other evidence traces it back to owners near Pottle Lake and North Sydney, Cape Breton, N.S.
According to documents posted to a website dedicated to the stick — themoffattstick.com — it was made for William "Dilly" Moffatt by his father so he could play hockey on the lake near their North Sydney home. Charlie Moffatt, Dilly's Great-nephew, told Presley during a 2008 visit that both his "father and grandfather had used the stick to play on Pottle's Lake."
Although Presley says he's passionate about the stick and is astounded by its history, Presley is prepared to part with it for the right price.
On the EBay listing, Presley says: "I know there are better settings for the Moffatt stick than in my possession, hence this auction opportunity. The Moffatt stick is simply a wondrous survivor and a cultural treasure, reflective of Canadian heritage."
The Moffatt stick was posted for auction on March 5 with a starting price of $10,000. By Thursday afternoon it had already topped $50,000. Though EBay says the minimum selling price has not yet been met.
The auction is set to close Saturday at 1 p.m. EST.